A Snowy Melon

NZ Day3 Lost our way!

2010-04-13T22:19:00.001+08:00

Based on instruction on the map (which is also our driving guide), we had to cross a river after passing Oxford before we will reach a junction, where we need to make a right turn in the direction toward Arthurs pass. However, after passing a river and traveling for a long while, we didnt come to any junction! Panicking, we decided to turn back to Oxford to retrace our way.

There was this interesting toilet signage we saw at Oxford when we made a stop: Hen = Female ; Roster = Male

We seeked direction from the isite located inside Oxford library, and we received the same direction instruction as the map, plus a word "Good Luck". At that moment, I really wished we had GPS on the car.

Evelyn enjoying herself in the library

However, the "luck" from the isite people at the library did not work. We still did not spot any obvious junction after retraceing our way several times around Oxford! Feeling desprate, we drove into the nearest farm from where we were and asked for guidance! As usual, while daddy is away (asking for direction), I started to snap pictures of Evelyn who was apparently having a good mood and happily doing different positions for the camera.

So what went wrong? It was because we are yet to past the river! What we had passed is just a small stream. The "real" river - Waimakariri River, which we eventually reached after we drove for at least another 10 minutes from where we were. Godness! A river over the Gorge bridge...

Our little pinic at the Gorge (with apples)

A few more pictures before we go... Oh I must not forget to mention that in this pretty deserted place, there is a very CLEAN toilet (with hand soap and toilet paper)!

And this is the junction, how could anyone miss this!

NZ Day3 Goodbye to Petes farm

2010-04-13T19:43:00.002+08:00

Early in the morning, Evelyn woke up and all she wanted to do is to play with Tobby! Well, Tobby boy has to go to school, and his granny had a hard time making him changed out of his pyjamas. Finally Tobby's dad came, and Tobby got changed and dashed out of the house. No chance to bid farwell. All these while, Evelyn did not know that she will not get to play with Tobby again.

A short clip of Tobby and Evelyn playing Catch ME if you Can!

Finally, its time to get onto the road. Goodbye Gayes and thanks for being such a nice host.

Another family photo... A last look at the farm and more photos...

Moving on, the sky was getting dark and groomy. At that moment, we have no idea that the rain will be following us all the way to Greymouth (or did it come from the west coast?) And we also have no idea that we will be losing our way shortly.

Petes Farm @ Rangiora

2010-04-12T22:46:00.005+08:00

Once we reached the farm, our host Peter helped us gear up for farming. But there arent any boot of size for Evelyn!
Daddy will have to carry her.

First upclose experience with sheep. Before Shearing.....

During Shearing

After shearing....

A clip of sheep run into the field..

We also have a chance to see cows squeezing into one single cage! Peter told us that these cows were sold to someone who were to feed them up before selling them to the market. I think there are easily more than 10 cows..... There was this last one which refused to go into the cage, but he did not have much of a choice.. Pretty inhuman.. hmmm no beef for a while?

Sun is setting soon. Before we moved back into the house, we were brought to see a "sheep gathering" by the sheep dog.

See.. Evelyn can do what a sheep dog do! Watch her!

1 ... 2 ... 3 !

I am coming!!!

Ops... scattered instead of gathered!
Not forgetting, we must take a family photo with sheep before we leave!

That night we had a wonderful seafood dinner prepared by Gayes, with 4 other housemates, a couple from Hong Kong, a Brit and an Aust. Once again, I forgot to take any picture until the dinner is over!

And the sky was filled with stars at night, but it was too freezing cold that I ran into the house once I took a glance at the sky and not coming out again to take an camera shot. As for Evelyn, she was playing with Tobby (not sure if this is the right spelling) whole night, and enjoying herself refusing to go to bed until I asked if she want her milk.

NZ Day2 Sumner & Rangiora

2010-04-12T18:38:00.002+08:00

Today we made a short drive out to Sumner before moving on to Rangiora for our farmstay.

As usual, Evelyn is the first to awake. I took some pictures of her while daddy packed our luggages into our rented hunchback Mazda.

Suprisingly, today we encountered our first jam in New Zealand. I thought people said there arent much cars on the NZ roads. So it wasnt true after all!

Gosh... see what is this girl doing along the side of the road?
Finally we reached Sumner, a place full of sand and sunshine!We couldnt find a shady spot on the beach, and had to sit under a nearest tree. Really pathetic! A short clip of Evelyn walking on the grass....

Making our way speedily to Rangiora, we reached around 2pm. We walked around the town centre and wanted to have Fish and Chips for lunch, but too bad its closed (or yet to open)!We passed by the Gingerbread house and take a picture with the Gingerbread man! A pinky pig with chubby cheek, just like me!

We had some fun in the park before going off...

Evelyn couldnt get enough of the swing...

Flying to New Zealand!

2010-04-11T18:04:00.001+08:00

We reached the airport early, and there aren't much people queueing at the check-in counters. This is Evelyn with all our cargos.

After several hours of flying (was that 9hrs?), we finally reached Christchurch airport! While waiting to exit from the immigration, I took some snap shots of Evelyn playing with the toy from SIA.

What's this? Something we wouldnt get to see in Singapore! This is a clocking that showed the toilet is overdue for inspection, and since when it was last cleaned!

As its still early to check into our reserved motel, we decided to go to the nearby Botanic Garden. Well, we do looked kind of werid among the others, expecially Evelyn who was still in her pyjamas! And do not be deceived by our clothings, it was actually quite chilling..A short clip of Evelyn in one of her favorite... The Swing. I wonder why we do not have similar "baby- safe" swing back home.

A drive around the city centre for lunch before we make our way to motel to ZZzzzz... A busker's performance in the city centre. Our lunch in a resturant along the Oxford strip (along the Avon river). As we were all feeling cold, we decided to sit in the restaurant, while other diners are sitting outside. So the restaurant is empty except us.

MOMMY

2010-03-13T10:34:00.006+08:00

This morning, baby Evelyn pat on my chest and said "MOMMY".

And then, when I pat on her chest and said "Evelyn", she laughed. This is so funny.

I have waited to hear that word from her mouth for so long! And this is it! I am so happy..Will try to video clip her later if there is a chance.

~ My Dancing Princess ~

2010-01-16T22:24:00.011+08:00

We were in one of the indoor kid playground, was it called kid explorer or something like that. I couldnt help but to take a video clip of Evelyn dancing to the music, her bottom swaying and arms moving up and down, left right... Its so funny!

There is this area filled with lots of colorful balls. I placed her in there with the other kids who were jumping all over. Then, I happily snapping photos without realising that she was actually sinking! It all happened so fast that when I was pulling her out, her face was already covered by a layer of balls. And the while, Evelyn never make a single sound. So its either she was too amazed by what was happening around her, or she was in shocked!

Evelyn can walk!

2010-01-09T10:47:00.010+08:00

Today at 11 months and 2 weeks 6 days old, Evelyn stands and moves a single step forward (independently)!
We are so proud of her! **Clap Clap**

And the other shock I got today... she was pointing to this photo on the table and called pa pa! Good job daddy.

Wishes

2009-12-16T22:05:00.003+08:00

After listening to almost a month of xmas carols with Evelyn on the car, I am abit "sick". So this morning after leaving her with my mother, I decided to tune in to Class 95. Glan Ong was talking about some volcano in Philipines, Myon or something like that. It sounded like Myan (the calendar which pre-tell the world will end in 2012).

I started to think and list out want are the 3 most wanted things I wanted to do before I die.

1) Another 3 weeks vacation in England (or United Kindom if to include Scotland and Ireland)

2) Start and own a business

3) Watch my little Evelyn grows up and start her own family

I have visited a few countries, and there are still many places which I have never been to. So its kind of strange why England is the first to pop into my mind. Probably, people wanted to revisit a place, for recollection of good memory before dying?

I wanted to own a business, and as to what kind of business I seriously have no idea and no plan. I do not even care if it failed.

My 3rd wish wish will never come true if the world is going to die by 2012. Perhaps, I should just wish and hope that nothing bad will happen in 2012.

1st day of schOOl

2009-05-07T22:06:00.013+08:00

Today is Evelyn's first day of school!

Here's another clip of us getting ready for the shot (coz the camera was in video mode)

I still remember her look when I carried her along the corridor towards the infant room. Very cute! Eyes big big, mouth open and head turning left and right. She was very excited!

We left for lunch and returned in the afternoon, to find her eyes filled with tears and red from crying. A caregiver was giving her her "ne ne". Poor baby. And then we hear poo poo poo.... She pooed! Instead of putting the bottle down and put her on her potty (this is what I always do at home), the caregiver continue to feed her. And finally, when she is not drinking anymore, she was brought to a rocker. Oh... I was shocked! Immediately I asked why wasnt her diaper changed since she pooed? And the answer was... oh we only check every 3hr-ly! And I asked when was the last diaper change. OMG.. she has to sit in her shit for another one and half hour... my poor ah B.....

When we returned to pick her up at night, she was lying on another rocker. This time she was surrounded by babies and kids, all getting ready waiting for their parents to pick them up.

Once home, she drank hungrily. And after a quick bath, she slept (like a real baby)! Occassionally, I can hear her laughter! Thanks god she has no problem sleeping tonight. Today must have been a real tiring day for her!

There is another thing to add... After we left her at sunflowerbaby house, home is really werid without her. The cot is empty, the house "feels" empty (even though there are 2 big adults at home). And I cant wait going back to check on her. I was telling daddy, having baby is like picking up smoking. Before you pick up the habit, you can do without it no problem and still live a happy life. But once you are into smoking, your life changed. You get addicted. I dont mean to encourage smoking, but today every minutes when we are apart my mind kept going back to Evelyn in school. I never expect that having a baby is so "addictive".....

Ready to fly!

2009-05-06T14:42:00.006+08:00

Finally Evelyn has her own passport today! And we are ready to fly.

Evelyn, are you ready for it? hmmm we will see...

See that pair of "fatty" legs? Yes yes its Evelyn taking her nap.

oo.. oo... arh arhh

2009-05-05T22:54:00.010+08:00

Tonight Evelyn keeps bubbling and cooing, refusing to sleep. However, once i turned the camera ON, she stopped talking! Maybe she is shy!

Saw that clear path on her head? Yes, she is shedding hair. Guess we made a right decision to shaved her, or else she will be looking "sick" with her hair getting thinner everyday.

And btw, mummy is shedding hair too, yet she cant shave her hair or else she will look like.... hmmm a nun?.. an alien?

Heard the woman's voice in the backgroud? Its not me talking. Its our indian neighbour "shouting" with her baby! Sigh... Thanks god, Evelyn is going to school. Or else, in future i got to scream at her before she can hear me.

Another clip (shorter).. Something interesting towards the end!

Can I sleep here?

2009-05-05T17:30:00.005+08:00

So are there any interesting behavior of my princess? Definitely!

When Evelyn is tired (but not overly tired), once you put her on the bed, she will go into a "starfish" position. Leaving her alone, she will fall asleep herself (but sleep duration is variable la). Occassionally, if she cant fall asleep alone, she will make some noise. Usually, we will just pat her softly on her pillow. When all else failed, there is one thing that works -- MILK!

Will ICA rejects these photos?

2009-04-24T01:05:00.008+08:00

We are going for plane ride!
But before we get too excited, let us try to solve our first headache...

PASSPORT PHOTOS

Jie Jie Christine: Doesnt this look familar? YES, this is the bear top you got for Evelyn. Will post the full body "candid' shots later. Now we need to be serious..

December 21, 2012 Apocalypse

2009-04-21T22:35:00.007+08:00

I was thinking of uploading some pics of Evelyn after we shaved her hair. But then I came across this topic...

Since the day I saw Evelyn through the ultrasound in gynae's clinic, I have started to wonder what she will be like. Will she be healthy? Smart? Pretty? I would think and imagine the day when I will hold her hand and walk her to the school, when she will go holiday with us, when she will start making friends and how her boyfriend will look like, and when she will start her own family, and when we will have big family outing ......

If 2012 Apocalypse is true, then its very cruel. Its not so much of the fear of dying or disappearing from the world (since most or all of the living things on earth might perish anyway), its the fear of separation that I wouldnt have a chance to grow with Evelyn. This thought really scares me. Isnt this all parent's wish to be with their child?

Also, if disaster really strike, this blog will be gone too. All the bits and pieces which I've been trying to keep and save for Evelyn will be wiped out. Feeling really down now.... and will she be safe? How do I keep her safe and the family together?

What time is it?.. Its Gym Time!

2009-04-17T11:02:00.006+08:00

Recently, we noticed Evelyn likes to stick her hand out straight (like the superman). She will do this almost all the time when she is awake, and she doesnt feel tired at all!

So, during a trip to kiddy palace, we saw and got this turtle gym for her. And she seem to really enjoy her gym session, sticking out all her fours!

Its Poo Poo time ~~

2009-04-15T13:40:00.000+08:00

Yes Evelyn has started on the potty lesson. So far so good. At least I am comfortable to say that, she is able to recognise sit on potty means poo poo! She always poo within 5mins after sitting on the potty. Probably, its easier to poo due to her feeding on breastmilk.

I hope when we send her to infant care, the teacher will continue to bring her to her potty or toilet during her poo poo time.

And photos? No photos haha... *censored*...

Its So HOT !

2009-04-12T22:18:00.012+08:00

Nowadays, the weather is getting really unbearable.. its so hot and humid! Thanks to the effect of global warming...

But this doesnt stop Evelyn's hair from growing. And its growing VERY WELL. I wouldnt say its "long", coz "Tall" is a much better word to describe her hair, coz its still sticking out! She spends most of her time lying down, probably gravity has forgotten about her hair.

Believe me, Evelyn's hair can smell really bad on a hot afternoon. She needs a hair cut soon! And, here are some last pictures with mummy and daddy before the haircut, for memory of her "womb" hair.

In Memorance of our 7.5 yr old friend, Tututu 2002~2009

2009-04-06T15:40:00.006+08:00

It is with great sadness that Tututu has passed away last saturday morning. Tututu has been with us for around 7 great years. I hope the time with us is a happy one.

We bought him from a pet shop at marine parade and he left us at a vet clinic in choa chu kang.

Tututu: You will always be in our memory...

Hello Pinky!

2009-04-05T21:03:00.012+08:00

After nearly a week of practice, Ting Ting can finally lift up her head to more than 45 deg! Glad that I have the camera nearby.

Ting: Hello Pinky!
Rabbit: Hey you can crawl?

(To listen to the rest their conversation, watch the video clip below)

Ting Ting's crawling lesson

2009-04-02T17:31:00.004+08:00

I think she is pretty amazing.
After 2 days of lesson, today she is able to lift her head up for at least... 1min?

A new "boy" friend

2009-03-23T16:08:00.007+08:00

Evelyn has a new friend, who is quite cute ...

See that red patch near her left eye? Its not a love bite from the new boyfriend, but from mosquitoes! Its actually made up of 3 small bites, and there is another one on her left arm (yesterday she slept lying on her right side).

There has been a flood of mosquitoes in our house, and outside our house. I have called NEA, hope they will do something soon, and will not throw my request aside because we are staying in an opposition party's constituent. *pray hard*

Smiling baby

2009-03-16T20:29:00.006+08:00

Ting Ting seldom smile, but when she smile, it really melt my heart!

In her sleep.

After a feed...

Playing with me!

Separation anxiety....

2009-03-13T17:50:00.009+08:00

Starting to feel this separation anxiety.

I will be returning to office on coming Monday, to help out in an audit. But then I am so loss touch with work after being away for 2 months, so I am also not sure what kind of help I can offer.

Though this is just for a few days (in fact - its a few half days), I am still feeling kind of stress and .. hmmm.. cant describe. I guess I am getting comfortable staying at home with Evelyn, happily changing her diaper and feeding her =)

Haven't been blogging for sometime as busy seeing her needs, will post her other pics on some other days. Just this set first.

Evelyn with Tortoise

Seem that Evelyn doesn't like Tortoise!

A Note from Evelyn

2009-02-14T23:25:00.013+08:00

Dear Uncles & Aunties,
Thank you for spending a memorable Valentine Day with me. I was overwhelm by all the gifts that you have showered me. Sorry for not been a good host as you know babies like me tend to sleep, poo, cry & drink milk a lot. I enjoy some of the cuddle from you despite soaking in plenty of sweat. Hope to meet up soon for my very 1st birthday!
Cheers, Evelyn

Here are some gift received by our little Evelyn.....And........ lots of Ang Baossss!

A Valentine's Day Invite

2009-02-09T16:51:00.006+08:00

We are having baby shower for Evelyn on 14-Feb. Co-incidently, it is also Valentine Day! But, no flower is required as it is likely that she will just eat up all the petal =)

Its feeding time again!

2009-02-07T12:30:00.002+08:00

But this time Evelyn feeds from bottle!
What is mummy trying to do to me!??! Help!!!Why no one come to my help? Totally shacked out, can I go back to bed now?

A new sleeping style

2009-02-06T15:17:00.002+08:00

Kelvin rushed of bedroom asking "Why is our Ting Ting sleeping like that?!?!" He sounded horrified. So I quickly went in to take a look.. This is what i saw..

24-hr cow ... Moooo....

2009-02-01T12:29:00.012+08:00

Feeding... Feeding.. and Feeding! 24-hr round the clock, everyday! On-demand feeding, comfort feeding, feeding to increase volume...

Nothing has prepared my mindset in this area! Not from the books I read, not from the antenatal classes we attended, and definitely not from friends. In books, I used to see pictures of breastfeeding mother and baby looking contented, peaceful, and lovely. That has been so misleading, at least to me! The reality is.. it is a very tiring task, and you need to have great perseverance to endure so that you can continue. During this period, I think encouragement and help from people around you is very important.

However, there are still people around me, who will give negative remarks, eg milk supply is low - baby do not have enough, baby is hard to take care (because she is always crying), give her a "dummy" i.e. pacifier. So who is this people? Its my mother! Was really disappointed in her. In hospital, she said that, at home she said that. Everynow and then.. How can I trust her to look after my baby in future? Why cant she stop giving feedback if whatever she has to say is so negative? And if you ever try to stop her from talking, she will speak even louder, and this usually woke Evelyn who has just fallen asleep! And the whole nightmare will start all over again.

To keep myself going, I always psyco myself to think that 1-hr of breast feeding would be equivalent to 10g fat lost! And to see Evelyn's pleasing smile after every feeding is the greatest reward for me

*will post her photo later when I have uploaded from camera*

2009-01-29T23:53:00.000+08:00

Today, we went for our first post-natal checkup, all by ourselves (without confinement aunti).

The visit to gynae is smooth and swift. Though there is a queue waiting to see Dr Wong, we were given priority as we have a newborn baby with us. However, we do need to pay $85 for the visit as this post-natal checkup is not part of the package that we had signed up with the clinic.

But the appointment with Evelyn's paediatrian Dr Ong's was very upsetting. Firstly, the clinic was very crowded when we reached. The nurse has reassured us that priority will be given to newborns, and told us to wait in the nursing room. After half an hour, its still not our turn. We asked the nurse, and her response was "What? Havent you see the doctor yet?" Just to be safe, we decided to wait in the main waiting area, so that we will not be forgotten again.

As Evelyn has jaundice, she needed a blood test to determine the level of bilirubin. We were told that result will be available soon after lunch. If the result exceeded an index of 14, she would need to be admitted for treatment. At 3.30pm, there is still nothing from the clinic. Before we left TMC (after seeing gynae), I called the clinic and was shocked when they said the blood sample has just been send to the lab, and result will only be out in another hour!

So, we only received call from clinic after we reached home. The bilirubin index for Evelyn is 15.2, and she need to be admitted. We frecked out on the thought that we need to travel back to TMC. It had been really tiring to travel half of Singapore to Novena and Thomson.

Anyway, after much thought, we decided to checkout the treatment proceduce and room-in pricing with KKH. At KKH A&E, Evelyn was put through another blood test for bilirubin level. It was heart-wrenching to hear her cry. Surprisingly, result was out within 15mins, and we were told that her bilirubin level is not high enough to justify for her admission in KKH. After much clarification, we learnt that actually different hospitals have different admission criteria for jaundice treatment. So, we were sent home and told to observe her for a few more days. The doctor advised us that we should have blood test done at polyclinic before coming to hospital.

Anyway, thanks to god we can go home, and need to be hospitalized. We were really dead tired traveling to and fro hospitals, and mentally-stress up with Evelyn's condition.

my name is ^_^ ~~

2009-01-28T15:35:00.001+08:00

Finally, we've got a name for baby!
This is after we consulted a master and paid $198.

Ong Sze Ting Evelyn 王詩婷

Hopefully, her name will help to improve her life and supplement what she lack!

A new helper @ home hurray

2009-01-28T08:14:00.009+08:00

Finally, I get some time to surf! Our new confinement lady arrived last night. Ops, I can't remember what's her name! Anyway, I will just refer her as aunti till I can recall her name *paiseh to ask*

The neighbour confinement aunti left us on new year eve. She walked off with a dark face, saying that we have "shouted" at her. This all happened after I told her I need her help to tidy up my room (I haven't unpack my bags and gifts from friends since I returned from hospital), and mum told her those baby's clothes need re-washing as they still showing signs of detergent residues. Maybe I shall talk a little more about this neighbour.

After I mentioned that i will be doing full time breast feeding, she said she will not stayed in house with us. Having no experience with confinement, and not sure what to expect, we agreed to let her return home at night.

On the second day, she came to our house very late. I was pretty upset, since I have told her I need her help to "sun bath" baby @ around 8 to 9 (baby has jaundice). Yet she didnt appear till after 9. And she seem to rush through things which she need to do (ie. wash our clothes, bath baby, cook my lunch). And as expected, she left for home right after she cooked my lunch. While I was having lunch, baby cried, and I cant find anyone to help me other than my dad! It was really hectic!
Before she left, I've told her I am having massage @ around 3, so she need to come back in case baby need some attention. Yet she was no where in sign till dad went downstair to look for her. Similarly, after cooking my dinner, she went home by 5.30 and no where in sign till the next day (which is the new year eve - the day she left us). And BTW, the food she cooked is really tasteless.

Although her service is lousy, we thought we might as well tolerate till after CYN, but we didnt expect her to leave us on CYN eve.

The new aunti is directly an opposite of this neighbour. She is sensitive to my need, has initiative to tidy my room and the whole house without you tell her what she need to do, and most importantly she can interact with baby. (When the previous aunti tried to bath baby, baby was crying like there is no tomorrow). For such a pro service, we are definitely paying for a much higher price of $2700, and considering this is also last minute request. Anyway, today is just the second day we are having her around, so let's hope the standard will stay.

Another milestone reached!

2009-01-27T18:09:00.011+08:00

Baby's umbilical cord stump has dropped off today. I was shocked when I saw it as I only expect it to be detacted a few days later. Prior to that, I was feeding her, and then noticed the detached cord when doing diaper change. Anyway, the fact is it has fallen off!

Picture? The blurred mum has lost it before she got a chance to picture of the stump.

*Post -natal life without confinement lady's help is very hectic*

Day 3: Hungry baby @ 3.30am

2009-01-23T04:35:00.007+08:00

03:30: Nurse came in with baby saying that baby is hungry. Wasn't it less than 2 hr that we had the previous feed? While getting myself ready, I couldnt help thinking and feeling abit worried that I havnt really start giving her any milk (she was on colostrum all along).

And then I saw it, a small whitish dot. Is that MILK? With baby on my left arm, I tried to turn on the light using my other hand, but not successful. Took another look at that "dot", it was still whitish! Couldnt be wrong.

Finally, reached 4.15am. I broke the suction, and let her lie on my lap. She looks satisfied with her eyes closed! I pressed the call bell immediately, for the nurse to bring her back to the nursury, as my bladder is bursting!

Now slipping through my cup of milo after the toilet break, phew..

Day 2: Family photo

2009-01-22T01:29:00.005+08:00

Let's take a pics with mummy first!

Mummy, Baby and Daddy

Hello Baby 20-Jan-2009 @ 23:43

2009-01-20T23:43:00.010+08:00

Finally, we get to see each other!
And you looked so much like your daddy...

30 Weeks Preggy: Ache, Itch, Bloat...

2008-11-11T22:32:00.004+08:00

This truely reflect the discomforts which I am experiencing now!

Movie Magic - Phantoms @ the DND

2008-11-09T14:30:00.002+08:00

After a tremendous effort of preparation, we won the best table theme at this year D&D - Phantom of the Opera. So, how does a MTB looked in costume? Let's see... Not too bad right? At least I managed to squeese into one. Now guess who are behind those masks!

Costume Fitting

2008-11-06T22:42:00.001+08:00

Today, we went for our DND costume fitting. It was pretty stressful as nothing fit well on me. Sigh.
How about this?

My tummy amazing growth !

2008-10-17T10:11:00.007+08:00

This is a photo taken on 10-Sep-08. This was taken last night (17-Oct-08).Its amazing! My tummy has grown so much in just 1 to 2 months. And I have since put on about 6Kg.

First Business Trip - Freiburg, Germany

2008-09-20T00:16:00.000+08:00

I have never expected that I will be making my first business trip during my 5th month journey into pregnany. We flew business class on SIA (its my first time experience on buz class). It was simply awesome, I meant the flight.

Let see how the SIA lounge look like...

Evan & Mabel's Wedding

2008-09-14T23:50:00.013+08:00

Attended Evan and Mabel's Wedding @ GCW. Bride is pretty, food is nice, what else can we complain? There is also a nice serving of mooncakes and nuts at the reception area! And this is Yizhai enjoying himself with the nuts! He will be the next upcoming groom.. Stress?? Ask him!

Yaks! What is that? Something for the groom. Look at the smirk on BEAR's face!!

Group photo time!

Ops, where is the bride? Here she is..

FiT for nEw yeAr!

2008-03-09T09:55:00.003+08:00

Feeling EXCITED!

We are going to get a FIT! Which color? White or Silver?

Wedding Portraits

2007-10-02T12:44:00.008+08:00

As we started the day pretty early, we have quite a bit of time and so we went to Boat Quay and Museum for some phototaking! It was a very hot and sunny morning. Max is not very happy with the sun. However, with the editing, I think its not too bad actually..

Color Test

2007-08-20T22:08:00.000+08:00

Trying to revive the blog.
*TEsting Testing*

~ 9 June 2007 ~

2007-07-25T21:07:00.004+08:00

Finally, the day came and went.
Some photos to share and the memory will stay. These are taken by our actual day photographer. It was a long wait, but the most important thing is WE GOT THE PHOTOS. Yippy!

Pre-Wedding Shots

2007-05-31T22:51:00.011+08:00

Some photos from our pre-wedding shot by Kelvin Lim from

Chris Ling Photographers Sound & Pictures

My Sweeties

2007-02-21T23:25:00.004+08:00

Instead of having roses during valentine day, which wouldn't last more than a week, this year I have asked for gold fishes! We went fish shopping on the night before the chinese new year eve.

But after 5 days, there is only one fish left.. Poor sweeties.. And almost everyday, someone gota scoop dead fish from the bowl.. Aawww..

Anyway, we got new partners for the lucky one that survived (that big one in the photo), and he can then share his tale of surviving tactics. But then again, with a small brain of 30seconds memory, I doubt he can recall anything now.. hahaha

Bear @ Home

2006-12-23T18:30:00.000+08:00

Snapping photo of bear using my new phone!

See that mattress standing behind?

Its our bed, but we are not allowed to place it on the bed frame until the official date for *An Chuang*, deem by a master to be an auspicious day.

Christine & Her God Daughter

2006-12-21T23:47:00.016+08:00

Christine came back from the state during her school break. Although time is short, but it was nice. Craving for chinese food, so we lunch out with her @ Chinese restaurant Dian Xiao Er.

And I did not forget to snap photos of her and cute baby Reichei using my new phone! Seem that the god mum is not very good with baby le...

HeLLO heLLO

2006-12-15T01:48:00.000+08:00

Finally bought the N70 handphone that I always wanted. Got it at promo price $99. Charging it right now. Cant wait to use start using it. **EXCITED**

My HOLIDAY starts today

2006-12-14T23:50:00.000+08:00

The first day of my holiday leave. A rainy day. Had a good sleep till late afternoon. Did a bit of laundry and then went out. Caught the show ~THE HOLIDAY~. Its quite nice. Jude Law is very sweet. Charming. This is how he looked in the show... So cute!

DECEMBER is finally here

2006-12-10T09:26:00.000+08:00

Have not blog for a while. But I am still the same old me. Am still obsessed with nails and nail enamel.

This is what is currently on my nail now. Esprit Red Earth BE072.

Update from Wakin's Concert? The whole show lasted three and half hours. Other then the few minutes when he left the stage to change, the indoor stadium is always filled with songs. He sang many songs that we loved (still loving?.. love). As usual, he cracked some jokes here and there. He have aged, and we have aged too. **All the audience that night are at least >20 years old** Took a few short video clips using my camera, but have not figured out how to post on blogger. Anyway, the sound effect is lousy.

Jingle bells are ringing.. Christmas is coming.. Here and there, everywhere is filled with christmas decoration. Nice. Looking forward to christmas and my vacation. A short one.. to somewhere that is nearby, but it doesnt matter.. I am going for VACATION!!

My coffee, your cookies?

2006-11-28T20:27:00.000+08:00

A tiring day... Perhaps because I didnt sleep well last night. Could it be the effect of the coffee that I drank yesterday afternoon? Struggling through the day, and keeping myself away from any coffee after lunch.
And thanks to DAvid, who offer me a piece of your chocolate.
Hopefully, tonight I will sleep well.. like a pig **SNOre SNOre**
Oh what about the cookies? Nothing, hehee just thought that coffee go well with cookies.. Yummy! And I have just finished up my last piece of crabtree and evelyn toffee crunch cookies. Nice!
Looking forward to Emil Chow's concert this coming saturday! Yippy :)

Weeping Miffy

2006-11-26T20:03:00.000+08:00

A sAd dAy

Realized the care and concern you gave people will not be the same as to what you will receive. Probably because I always thought it should be (or eventually it will be), so that's why I am so sad when I realized the truth.. Taken the truth hard.

And had a bad sleep. WAking up feeling more upset and angry. Had a dream about someone and something making me mad again. Cannot remember what is the dream now. Wondered how could life be so hard.. After a bad incident in real life, yet you are still disturbed in your sleep by dream..

A single sad incident brought back other unhappy memories.. like a piece of magnet attracting all kind of magnetic objects from distant.. even those that happened about 5 to 10 years ago. All the unhappiness occupied 80% of my mind the whole day.. a rainy day..

Wonder when will all this sadness end..

When will the rain stop...?

Nails.. nails.. nails..

2006-11-21T18:29:00.000+08:00

Recently, I got myself a new hobby. **GROWING NAILS**

It all started on one day when I was shopping with my friend at Vivocity. While passing by a manicure shop, I decided to pamper my ugly nails with a manicure session. It was also an attempt to quit my nail bitting habit.

Since young, I have been bitting my nails (especially when I am thinking, stress, bored, unhappy). I was never successful in kicking off the bad habit. After the manicure session, no more nail bite! Hurray!... Probably it was the effect of the coat of paint that made the nails looked "distasteful"..?

Now, I am obsessed with nails. Almost everyday, I found myself browsing through forums on nails talk, surfing websites on nail lacquers and colors, thinking when shall I give them a new coat of color...Need to constantly restrain myself from buying anymore nail lacquer...

Discovered that the price of a nail lacquer (same brand and color), can vary from <$10 to >$20, depending on where you get it from.

Wondering why is my nails growing so slowly. It has been more than 3 weeks. Why is it still so short?

@_@ Music in Blog!

2006-11-15T23:36:00.000+08:00

I made my blog play song!

Always wanted to do so. Asked alot of people but no one can tell me how. Finally figured it out myself. Suddenly, I have this idea that programming is so amusing, especially when you figured out how to interprete the codes!

** Am Very Happy **

Oh, btw the song that is playing right now is:

大城小爱 by Lee Hom
乌黑的发围盘成一个圈
缠绕所有对你的眷恋
搁着半透明的脸
嘴里说的语言完全没有欺骗
屋顶灰色瓦片安静的画面
灯火是你美丽那张脸
终于找到所有流浪的终点
你的微笑就输了疲倦
千万不要说天长地久
免的你觉的我不切实际
想多么简单就多么简单
是妈妈告诉我的哲理
脑袋都是你心里都是你
小小的爱在那城里好甜蜜
念的都是你全部都是你
小小的爱在那城里只为你倾心
让我大声的对你说
i'm thinking of you
那回城的票根你留做纪念
不必害怕面对离别
剪掉一丝头发让我放在胸前
走到那里都有你陪
相随
oh~~念的都是你全部都是你
拉拉拉拉拉~~~~~拉拉拉拉拉
那一种寸步不离的感觉
我知道就叫做缘

GST Hike again

2006-11-14T21:54:00.000+08:00

Our government finally made their call to raise our GST to 7% from the current 5%. I heard this will take effect sometime in FEb 07.

People around me are planning to get the necessary stuff which they need before the hike. So, shall we also quickly decide, book and pay for our honeymoon before the GST hike? Hmm..

I always wanted to visit london after watching *LOVE ACTUALLY*. HAve imagine myself walking along the street of london with dear dear on christmas eve, snow falling and people singing christmas carols. Its so romatic...

Browsing through wedding websites regarding topics on honeymoon destinations. France look romatic. Greece is gorgeous. Caribbean? San Francisco in USA?

Hmm.. there is still no progress from me in deciding on design of my evening gown.. Argghh.. STRESS.. Today is only Tuesday, tomorrow still need to work.. So many things, training, project.. So tired.. This week is terrible. HORRIBLE. I wish I could escape from all matters and go into hidding.

**AVOIDING** Probably in my previous life, I was an ostrich who buried its head in the ground in times of trouble.

Feeling really moody since yesterday. ATe 2 chocolate ice-cream after dinner. One is chocolate icecream sandwiched between two piece of biscult, the other is duno what flavour coated with chocolate. BUt AM STILL FEELING LOUSY. My calories consumption had been wasted.

**FEELING MORE UPSET**

Going to sleep..

Back frOm Pfizer College

2006-11-12T20:13:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, we had our D&D at Pan Pacific hotel, the pacific ballroom. It was quite an enjoyable night, although I never get to win any lucky draws.

The food is not bad. I went home feeling full. In fact, everything tasted so much better than the dinner we had last year at Ritz Carlton. Also, our table is very close to the stage. We have a good view of all performance.

The theme is lovely and friendly -- "BACK TO SCHOOL". It gave us an opportunity to dress in school uniform, a reminisce of the past.

Thanks to my 3 cousins for lending me their school uniforms. And also to my mum who helped to pleat my hair.

And, there was an Australian performer, who I think is very cute. Others find that he is too skiny.. I cant remb his name though. Took a short video clip with my camera while he was performing, but not sure how to post it on the blogger.

Pacific ballroom with its intelligent lightning, is the dream place where I like to have my wedding. But, we are unable to hit the minimum capacity of the ballroom (at least 45 tables on a weekend). So .. *Goodbye to my dream wedding venue*

I WIsh for..

2006-11-07T21:03:00.000+08:00

Browsing through people blogs. Noticed that many included a wish list in their blogs..
**THINKING**
What do I wish for? Haha.. Not a difficult question at all..Besides good health, good luck, and world peace, I dream of:
1. N70 series Nokia handphone
2. A new handbag **branded piece**
3. A long distance oversea holiday with friend or dear dear
4. Longer finger nails **pray that it grow faster**
5. A maid to do my laundry and housework
6. Tiffany diamond ring
7. ...
[hmm.. Will update the list when I think of anymore wishes...]
My Birthday is over. But christmas is coming... **hint hint**
Do update your blog with your wish list so that I know what I can get for you too? =D

The Creepy Weigh Scale

2006-11-06T22:45:00.000+08:00

Got back my medical report for the health checkup done about 3 months ago. Everythings seem alright.

I hang around the clinic for quite a while before the clinic assistant managed to dig out my health report.

During the waiting time, i saw that the weigh balance is staring straight at me. I remembered those days when I used to weigh myself daily after lunch. I became quite obsessive about my weight then. Whenever there is any slight increment in my weight *even the tinniest 0.1kg difference*, I will be upset. Managed to quit this weighing habit altogether...

Finally, finally... I BRAVE myself up to take my weight again. **Surprise Surprise** I am weighing 2 kg lighter then 6 months back! After lunch!

After work, still feeling excited and greatly amused, I asked bear if I showed any weight loss. He stared at me for a while [perhaps wondering if he should say the truth?], before replying "NO".

So, probably the machine is just out of calibration. Maybe I will weigh myself again tomorrow. Just to confirm...

Robertson Walk on Saturday Night

2006-11-05T17:03:00.000+08:00

Last night, I went out with BF and his friends to Robertson Walk for soccer match. I am not a soccer fanatic (except during World Cup). So, I kept myself entertain by taking picture of the night scene and the crowds, while enjoying my mint tea.

Ops! What is the final score? I cant remember..

My Diet Restriction List

2006-11-02T22:45:00.002+08:00

I have a Diet Restriction list. BUt this is not a diet for slimming down in preparation for my wedding! It is a list of forbidden food instructed by my doctor, that I need to avoid if I want to recover from the bad bad cough.

I seldom fall sick. But today, I coughed till my chest ached. And last night was horrible. I was awaken from sleep by my own cough. It is actually a weird feeling. First, I heard several coughing sound, and I opened my eyes, then I realised its me who is coughing! So, I revisited the clinic today, this is the third visit within a week!

Looking through the list, I start to wonder what should I eat tomorrow. Majority of them are (directly or indirectly) part of my daily diet, eg cereal in milk. Chicken is the main meat dish for lunch as no pork is allow in our halah canteen. Egg and potato are also an unavoidable side dish. Chocolate, my anti-stress afternoon snack. So, what can I eat tomorrow?

Passed by a bakery shop on way home, thought of getting some bread for tomorrow breakfast. But, excluding those bread without the restricted food type, there are not much which I can choose. In the end, I never get anything from the bakery.

Besides the restricted food list, I have a whole new set of medicines from the doctor. Probably, they are really really STRONG *as claimed by my doctor*, I have not cough a single bit since I took the medicine a while ago. Just feeling a bit drowsy.

A Wonderful Evening

2006-10-31T22:45:00.000+08:00

Dear Dear just called me from airport to tell me that he is back.

Suddenly, I can feel my illness lifting off. The tiredness of traveling to revisit the clinic to get more medicines, the disappointment when finding out that a relief doctor is standing in for my usual doctor (found out she is usually OFF on Tuesday), and the long waiting time for bus to go home.. All of these doesnt matter anymore..

When Milo died, people told me must take good care of tututu, must give him lots of loving tender care, or else.. And now, I understand why...

Thanks to friends who have kept me company this few days. It may be your simple sms-es, or chatting, or even to hang out with me **when I am sick**. Thankzz! Realised that I am very scare of being alone and bored.

**Cough Cough Cough**

Time for cough tablet, and then sleep.

A Sick MElon

2006-10-30T20:40:00.000+08:00

Cough Cough Cough!! Been having sore throat and running nose since last week.

For the last few days, I have been obediently taking the antibiotics, flu tablet, danzen and lozenges prescribed by my doctor. But my throat is still feeling horrible.

Today, I saw my colleagues eating green bean soup. Yummy.. I couldnt resist the temptation, so... after eating *my* green bean soup, I started to cough really badly for the remaining afternoon. Finally, my neighbour gave me the warning **Don't spread the germs to us, quick go see iris (our company nurse) to get cough syrup!!**

And it strucked me that I was given cough tablets from my doctor, but I have not taken any (because I wasn't coughing last week). Haha, after popping down a pill, my cough stop totally! Powerful medicine lez!

Feeling better now. A bit sleepy. Not sure if this is the effect of the cough tablet or I am tired from work. Throat still painful. Sianzzzz.

Sabrina's Wedding

2006-10-29T13:07:00.000+08:00

Last night, I went to Sabrina's wedding at Hyatt. The bride is pretty, groom is handsome. The food is not bad, and the desert is nice too.

I know both the bride and the groom, but am closer with the bride. We studied together at Singapore Polytechnic some years ago. So, as much as I have expected, yesterday was kind of a polytechnic schoolmates' gathering. I saw alot of people who I have not met for a long time.

I am also quite surprise to find out that most of my ex-schoolmates are now working in clinical lab and research lab, majority in KKH, DSO, IMCB. One guy has also recently started his phD. **Surprise Surprise**

I wondered if I have not decided to move out of research life, will I be starting my phD by now?

VivoCity Discovery

2006-10-24T22:16:00.000+08:00

With my shopping kaki, I spent a whole day exploring the new Vivocity. It is hugh. And it is very crowded too. Before stepping into the mall, I can feel the crowds inside it! HOW? BEcause, there is a serious traffic jam of cars queueing outside the mall just to get into the carpark.

There are queues outside all food outlets. Some are long, some are short, some super long. After walking rounds and rounds, we finally decided to eat at harbourfront Pasta Mania instead of joining the Vivo queues. But, Singaporeans think a-like. There is a long queue outside pasta mania too!

We returned to Vivo after lunch. I decided to get a cup of coffee from coffee bean before continuing with shopping. As usual, there is a long queue. This is one of the few times that I see such long queue at coffee bean.

While queueing for my coffee, I saw this on the menu "All sandwiches are available in low carb without bread." I wondered what is sandwich without bread?

Missing You?

2006-10-23T00:42:00.000+08:00

Bear is leaving for Melbourne on Tuesday.

This is the first time (since they are together) that bear is leaving miffy alone in Singapore, while he left with his sister for australia to wear his graduation gown and hat. For a period of about 8 days.

Miffy decided not to follow-on because the past experience of tour in the same company of 3 hadnt been memorable to her. Will I be missed? Probably not, you dun miss people when you are enjoying. Will he be missed? I will find out soon.

Thinking back, I havnt been going anywhere for a while. Last year, we have cruised to Penang and Phuket, taken a tour package to China provinces, and fly to Egypt in december. Where have I holiday-ed this year? Tioman in April, and Hongkong in Augest. Woh, I think for certain people, this is consider not too bad!

Before deciding on the Australia's trip, he said last year he choosen to go Egypt, so this year it will be my turn to choose where I like to go. Hmm.. Considering his budget constrain, wonder when that will be.

Babies' Gathering on Deepavali

2006-10-22T22:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was deepavali. Today, Sowmya invited us to her house. I had a great time munching on the Indian snacks and playing with babies!

People who know me, would have also know that I love babies, but minus the crying.

Christine, if you are seeing this, you must feel very happy to see that your god-daughter's has longer hair now. But I think her papa and mummy still like her hair to grow slighter faster.

Reichel and Kate

Reichel and Jia Sui

A Divine Obsession

2006-10-21T20:02:00.000+08:00

Finally decided on my wedding gown. It is a simple tube dress with a train filled with crystals and small flowers pieces here and there. Boyfriend like it, bridemaid said its nice on me. So, this will be the one.

Now, my next headache is... How should my evening gown look like? I was surfing wedding websites to collect ideas. It is quite frustrating to have a wedding package with Made-to-measure evening dress. I wish I could just choose an evening gown available on the rack, but the variety of evening gown in my bridal store is very very limited.

Should I get a Cheongsum?

A V-neck?

A Halter-neck?

Or another tube dress again? Probably ask my bridemaid for her opinion. *indecisive*

Where are the Clouds?

2006-10-19T12:05:00.000+08:00

The haze is really bad today. I am having running nose and sneezing all the way since I woke up. Probably I should not have taken leave today. Staying the office would have been better as it is indoor with aircon.

This is a photo of the basketball court taken from my room window. On a good day, the buildings behind the trees are clearly visible. But today, they are lost in the SMOKE. The kids who were playing in the court have decided to go home. Right now the court is empty.

The odd smell is very strong, and I have closed all the windows at home. I wonder how long is the haze going to last?

When can I see the clouds again?

The Wedding Ticker

2006-10-18T21:16:00.000+08:00

Since the day we decided on our wedding venue, my excitment is increasing everyday. The excitment is similar to the feeling I had when I am looking forward to a coming holiday trip.

While surfing a forum, I found a wedding ticker. With some help from the blogger help, and some limited memory of the programming course that I took in NUS, I managed to add this ticker to my blog! Feeling a sense of great achievement! HAha!

7months and 21days.. tic tok tic tok..

Me and my feeder bus

2006-10-17T21:06:00.000+08:00

Today, I waited about 15 to 30mins for a feeder bus to send me home from IMM. While waiting for my bus to come, I pondered about how frequent should the freqency of a feeder bus be?

Imagine this scenerio, if a person live 20 mins walking distance away from where the bus stop is, and got to wait for about 20 mins for a bus (if he want to take a bus)... Would he rather walk home or wait for the bus..

Every morning, I need to travel to Jurong interchange. I have several ways of reaching my destination. Either..

1. Take a feeder bus, which will stop right at the interchange.

2. Take a non-feeder bus, where I alight along the main road and walk about 5mins to the interchange.

3. Take another non-feeder bus, where I alight along another main road but is 10mins walking distance away from the interchange.

4. Take a cab. This is the last ultimate resort..

Out of 10 working days, I only managed to catch the feeder bus once. What happened to the rest of the 9 days? Most of the time, I waited for 10mins and there is still no sight of the feeder bus. But all the other buses come and go. So instead of waiting, I decided to take the other buses that come along, and walk a longer distance.

I realised that feeder bus generally move more slowly than the other buses. Sometime, it is literally crawing on the road! To reach the interchange via feeder bus, it took at least 15-20mins. But via non-feeder bus (plus walking), I can reach the interchange in less than 15mins! Also, after work, the longest queue in the interchange is the feeder bus queue. Sometimes, the queue can be so long that we have to wait for the next bus. This happened everyday, the passenger number is guaranteed to be so much. Why aren't the government or sbs increasing the frequency of our feedbus ar?

Yet, the public transport fee is forever increasing. But I do not understnad why I am paying more. There is no improvement to the transport frequency, or should I said that the frequency of feeder bus near my home is reducing! Sigh..............

Milo

2006-10-11T00:11:00.000+08:00

Blogging seem so hot among everyone around me. So, I decided to start one too. It is also in the memory of a rabbit -- Milo.

He died yesterday. He "collasped" on Sunday afternoon. Panicking, I called the vet clinic hotline. The vet recommended that I observed him for a day, and if he is still abnormal, then bring him to clinic in the morning.

He hasn't been eating properly due to lousy teeth, which tended to over-grown. Colleagues told me that this was commonly caused by in-breeding. I learnt about the "over-grown" teeth when I brought him to clinic about 2 months ago for a swollen cheek. Vet said that the swolleness was because the absess built up due to overgrown teeth.. Can't remember the details, anyway I am not a vet, and it was quite sometime ago. All the teeth on the right side were removed at that time.

I still remembered that on Sunday night, and he was lying in the cage. I opened the cage door to let him out into the play pen. Usually, he stand and wait by the door to come out. But that night, he didn't move. He just lay there looking at me. Still keeping Milo's cage door opened, I let tututu into the play pen instead. And I saw that Milo try to shift in his laying position, so that he can see what is going on in the play pen. Its so sad.

What I should have done on Sunday? Try to seek another vet for advise? Bring him to an emergency hospital? Till now, for the last two days, my mother kept repeatedly said that I have caused his death, and said that he didn't want to die. I am blamed for not bringing him to seek medical treatment earlier. I am such a horrible owner. Hmmm... I decided that no more rabbit for me. No more no more.

My rabbits:
Tu Tu: First rabbit - Die due to hmm.. I also do not know. I am young, she was very very young. Probably less than 4 months old? All I can remember was, we went out in the afternoon. And by the time we returned home, I saw a stiff body in the cage. I have cried for a long time.

Tututu: Second rabbit - A replacement for Tu Tu. He looked exactly like Tu Tu, except that this is a Male. Now, he is about 4 years old. I promised myself that I will give him all my loving tender care, everyday.

Milo: The third. The cutest. Yet, the most pitifully one..