Wei Lian & Doris

Our 3rd new addition

2011-12-17T03:28:00.000+08:00

Our 3rd new addition to the family, baby Alvan, is here on 10 Dec 2011!! He decided to arrive a week earlier than the EDD, 16 Dec, given by doc KT Tan.

This labour started very differently from my previous 2! I started my day with a giddy head!! Little did I expect myself to vomit in the noon after we left the house for lunch and to collect the birthday cake for Adwin's 4th birthday celebration in the childcare! Giddy spell was still with me and after I mentioned to my sis, her reply was a shock to me!! LOL... She say her ex-colleague was in labour after she complained of giddy head and vomiting too!! Upon hearing this, I decided to give KKH a call, ask-a-nurse service! And upon hearing my situation, the nurse advise was, please come to the delivery suite for us to monitor you!! It was only 5:15pm then, so I asked WL to buy back the kids and maid's dinner so we can proceed to KKH for them to monitor!

Upon reaching KKH at 7pm, the delivery suite, I was being led into the monitoring area to monitor baby's heartbeat and my contractions! An hour and the half later, the doc came in and read my CTG chart, commented that the baby's heartbeat was not very active, though of the normal range, and am experiencing regular contractions! So, I need to be admitted for further monitoring! This admission was into the delivery ward, which was really unexpected, as we were thinking of going for dinner after the monitoring!! LOL...

By the time am on the bed in the delivery ward, it's 8:30pm! And, am already 3cm dilated!!! Therefore, doc KT Tan was informed and she appeared around 9:30pm to check on me and break my waterbag!! So, baby Alvan will be out on 10 Dec!!

Following the burst of my waterbag, is the administer of the epidural!! Afterwhich, I can rest till the dilation is full for me to give my final push for baby to come out!!

At about 2:15am, the nurses were getting in and out of my ward, checking for my dilation, which was about 7cm only, but the CTG on baby heartbeat was dropping, so they were abit worried. And I was asked to stay in the left side position to hasten my dilation so baby can be out soon! By 2:45am, nurse concluded that I am ready!! And she went to inform doc Tan, whom had been resting upstairs since she checked on me at 9pm+, afraid that she may not make it in time for my delivery, since its my 3rd one! After all the necessary preparations are done and doc Tan appearance, I was asked to push!! I must say this is a fast delivery and baby Alvan was out at 3:03am!!! Weighing 3.63kg and 50cm long...

Presenting baby Alvan....

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Our first Flyer trip in 2011 & MBS visit...

2011-11-23T21:54:00.001+08:00

This is our first Flyer visit since our last Friend of the Flyer membership expired in mid 2010? And we are surprised that it can changed quite abit along the walkway from the main entrance to the flyer capsule... And the information displayed is much more informative as compared to the last which was nothing but view of the surroundings... And the kids were really happy and we had sign up another year of Friend of the Flyer membership again!! Haha... Why? Cos the single entry tickets we are going to pay is almost the same as the membership price!! And as we were expired members, they allow to add 2 more adults to the family membership and instead of 12 mths, it's extended with extra of 4-6mths (*sorry, memory failing me & I really can't recall... haha...)

And first storey had been converted to a food court known as Singapore Food Trail (路边摊)... They tried to bring in all the popular food in Singapore here, but the standard is not truly there... :( But I guess it's a good try for visitors to Singapore!

After dinner, we decided to walk over to the Marina Bay Sands since the Science Museum is newly open...

Farmart & Dinner @ Kranji Farm

2011-11-23T21:28:00.001+08:00

The kids have been asking to go feed goats after their zoo trip with the childcare and Adwin did not get a chance to feed the goat as there were too many students... So, my trade with him is, if he's able to perform properly without crying during his Tien Sia End of Term 3 performance, we will bring him to feed the goats on the next day (Saturday)! Since he kept to his promise, so did we!! Hee hee...

We brought them to the Farmart @ Sungei Tengah, the last time we were there was like 4-5 years back with WL's buddies... Anyway, the kids really enjoyed themselves alot as there were really alot of animals for them to feed!! Goats, fishes, parrots, rabbits, frogs, turtles... And they were asking to go back again soon!! :D

I had bought 2 vouchers for dining @ Kranji Farm and this is a totally new place to us, don't think we would even drive all the way into Kranji to find this place if not for the fact that I had bought the vouchers!! Hee hee... The food served here are tasty and we love the salads, cos the serving is really HUGE, which can serves up to 2 adults actually!! But we still managed to finish it, as the main dish is smaller when we order as a set with the salad! But the kids didn't not quite enjoy their pasta!!... The dish they enjoyed most is the dessert!! Brownies with ice-cream!! Nice place to dine in, serene and peaceful... totally away from the city and urban area that we are in daily....

Ashley's 6th Birthday

2011-11-23T20:13:00.001+08:00

OMG... I only realised that I didn't blog about Ashley's 6th Birthday celebration here!!! Pregnancy really makes me more forgetful.... :p *is that a valid excuse??*

This is the last year that Ashley have her celebration in the childcare... This time WL was not able to make it to the CC celebration due to his busy schedule... But we got her a cake she selected and arranged for her birthday dinner with our 2 family members on the same day. And I brought them Orchid Country Club, The Little O'zone playground for some playtime since after Ashley's birthday celebration, its barely 4pm...

Here's some shots from the playzone... not very nicely taken as they were so actively playing!! :p

We were lost as to where to hold her birthday dinner with the 2 families, as it's a weekday and most of us need to rush over from their workplace and some places are not able to hold so many of us... And we decided to make do with Mayim @ Northpoint since it's a place nearer to all our family members...

Ashley selected the Toy Story ice-cream cake from Swenson for her dinner celebration, as she said Toy Story is Baby Caden's favourite character... that's really sweet of her to think of her cousin even for her own birthday!!

Bottle Tree Fishing

2011-11-23T19:59:00.001+08:00

Sorry, this is another overdue posting... LOL...

We decided to bring the kids for some kampong fishing again someday in Sept! And I was busy prawn-fishing, cos its something I can SIT there & do nothing on! Haha... See my prawn in the basket??... :p

As usual, the kids were busy getting themselves wet & trying to catch the long-kang fishes...

It's been a long time since we last visited Bottle Tree Village @ Yishun... And they are improving of the surroundings... more places for visitors to take pictures... :p

Adwin's first visit to the dentist

2011-10-31T14:26:00.000+08:00

Finally managed to bring adwin for his first dental visit today!! Had only made an Appt for Ashley to visit dentist Sharon Chong cos she complain of toothache and the advise from dentist Prudence is that her first root canal tooth is infected and need to do an extraction, lucky thing is, the infection is gone after a course of anti-biotic therefore no need extraction today!! Only filling for a tooth next to the molar!! And since adwin realized he's the only one going to school, he rather choose to go dentist with us!!

But still, it was not an easy task for him to lay quietly on the dentist chair... He had cried and refused to sit up, only hugging on to me hoping dentist Sharon can see his teeth!!! After much persuasion and crying, and after showing how dirty his teeth were then he got into the chair and open his mouth with much cooperation!! You can actually see that his teeth are indeed much cleaner and whiter after the polishing!!!

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Making of 红槽

2011-09-07T15:40:00.000+08:00

This had been something I had wanted to learn since I tasted the 红槽鸡面线 cooked by my Mother-in-law!! It's really tasty & I guess the older I gets, the more I preferred traditional dishes! Haha...

As I will be doing my 3rd confinement from mid december this year, I thought of making some 红槽 so I can get my Confinement Lady to cook for me! And I had heard from my Mother-in-law how tedious it was in the making but still I had the thought to give it a try from the instructions from her! :p

I must say, it's not really tough, just that it takes some time to cook the 2kg of glutinous rice! Haha... As I had a small rice cooker, so it took me 3 rounds to finish cooking the 2kg of glutinous rice!! But it's all worth the effort!! :D

Here's the ingredients (Just in case I forgot how to make 红槽 again! :p):
- 2 kg of Glutinous Rice (should have soaked in water for 2 hours prior to cooking, this is according to my grandfather-in-law)
- 2 pcs of 酒饼 (should not use the sweet ones)
- 1 pack of 红曲
The last 2 items can be bought from medical halls, but I got all the ingredients from my Mother-in-law as my Grandfather-in-law had bought them and request my Mother-in-law to make 红槽 since the chinese ghost festival is over! Actually there are many 'rules' in the making and should not be in the process of making if it's raining, if the lady is having her period, if the lady is pregnant (**am in 25 weeks pregnant when I was making this! hahaha.... let's see HOW true are these sayings... :p) & no making in the month of Hungry Ghost festival...

Anyway, here's some photos taken by WL while am busy getting ready to mix up the ingredients:

After mixing the ingredients and all ready to be transferred to the ceramic pot I had prepared! :p

And here's the final product before I sealed up the pot for my 红槽 to be ready in 100 days!!! Yippee!! :)

Adwin angry with mummy....

2011-09-07T14:16:00.000+08:00

Wow... seems like a long time I blog my entry again! :p

Let me start off with something simple first...

Adwin was angry with me last night... Reason? Due to me meeting my old friend, Huimee for dinner... haha... Amazing? Well... the moment I stepped home, Adwin was walking out of his room with an angry face and both hands at his waist... say, "hump, I am angry with you!"... And he came forward to give me a hug... & started mumbling... "You are naughty... did not come back early and wait for us... " And I can tell he was trying really hard to control his tears, and suddenly he cried and started hugging onto me... This feeling is so amazing... He was angry with me for coming back home late and he had to wait for me till 10:25pm before he got to see me after I dropped him and Ashley off to the childcare in the morning!! He only stopped when WL came out from his room and asked him, "Oh, what happened? Mummy bully you?" I can only see him shaking his head... WL asked again "Since mummy is naughty tonight, shall we ask her to stand outside for the night?" He again shake his head and look at me! So I asked him, "ehm, you had been crying the moment I reached home, so Daddy thought I bullied you, you want me to stand outside for the night since am naughty? And if you do not stop crying, Daddy will send me out to stand..." He stopped crying immediately and say no!

I guess all mummies will feel the sweetness if you child showed such reaction... And I must say, I feel really blessed to be loved by Adwin... and I have to say, his love towards me is much contributed to the bonding we had from breastfeeding... I will always have this memory with me and hope he still remembers when he grow up... As I know, as the kids grow older, I will lose all the hugging and kissing from them...

Adwin's hair cut

2011-08-06T00:27:00.000+08:00

It's been a difficult task to bring adwin for a hair cut recently and now he had insisted his hair to be cut only at the salon near to his childcare!! And after 2 failed visit to a closed salon (have no idea is it's closed for good or closed for the 2 days we went!!) he was okay to give it a try at another salon!!! Whew... And I was really surprised at how cheap they charged!! Only $3.50, even at non-member price!!! Haha...

Okay, here's some pictures I took while he's on the chair...

Don't ask me why he gave such an expression, cos I had no idea!!! Haha...

But he was quite upset when we left the salon... Why? As the lady didn't often him any sweets!!! And I was joking with him saying... Oh, that Aunty was naughty huh? You gave her your cutted hair but she did not give you any sweet! And he gave me a blur and funny look and answer, Yes! Haha.... Thats my adwin!!!

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Homemade chicken essence

2011-08-06T00:10:00.000+08:00

I had heard from my last confinement lady that it's good to make our own chicken essence from home but never figure out till now!! Which is about 4 years later!! Haha...

Due to this pregnancy that I got to know another batch of Dec 2011 mummy to be from the forum, and finally I got to know exactly how to make the chicken essence!!!

I was amazed at the amount of essence that 1 kampong chicken can produce!!! And the taste is really pure chicken!! Haha... You can only understand what am saying here after tasting it!!

Here's some pictures of the final product:

I was really amazed at how the essence was being contained in the flipped over bowl underneath the whole chicken and after taking out the chicken pieces, you still can't see the essence!!! Haha...

This is definitely a 'dish' I will make often for myself and the family!!! The next try shall have a slice of 泡参 to make it more flavorful!!!

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My first sushi attempt

2011-07-19T23:05:00.000+08:00

Wow! Seems like a long time since I write in my blog!! Haha...

Okay, my first attempt of making sushi at home was long time back... Here's only some pictures of my sushi making process... The final product was not taken with my iPhone, so no photos to be posted!

My ingredients of making the tamago egg...

The making of the tamago egg...

Finished product!!! Ehm, may not look nice but taste good!! At least that's what my 2 kids enjoyed!! :p

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EDD

2011-05-16T00:18:00.001+08:00

Time for some update on my #3 pregnancy!!! This time round, I only had an appointment with my usual gynae, doc KT Tan of KKH at my week 8! Haha.. Know what to expect so didn't want to go earlier than that! And the EDD given by her is 16 Dec, which I think may change during my next visit in June! Anyway, this time round is really different from the first two times, my taste bud is really terrible and it does took me some time to figure out I can only take savory food and no sweet stuff!! Anything taken wrongly will surely spoilt the day! And the best thing is just plain crackers!! Sound so pathetic!! Even plain water is no good! It leaves my mouth feeling very metal after drinking and I also can't take Milo or anything hot sweet drinks! And this is my 9th week, I hope my next 3 weeks will pass faster!! I do not have serious morning sickness but the nausea I am feeling throughout this period of time is as bad!! And I find myself feeling tired and sleepy always!! Sad...

Anyway, from the ultra scan, doc actually saw a white image next to the baby!! And she was asking if I had bleeding or spotting before, as it could be a blood clot if I did. But no, nothing of the sort till the day I go for the checkup. So the next possibility is, this pregnancy had started off with a twin!! But somehow the other did not make it and she did not detect a heartbeat too!! Upon hearing this, I was feeling rather sad, if it's a twin, then it would have been really wonderful!!

And upon checking online, found that this is term as "disappearing twin"! And amazing thing is, the one twin that did not make it does not require any operation to remove it, it will be absorb by the mummy or the other surviving twin and will just disappear from the womb!! This is really amazing and fascinating how human body works!!!

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Earl swensen @ Changi airport T3

2011-04-19T14:39:00.001+08:00

Was browsing thru my iPhone camera roll and thought should make an entry to my blog before my iPhone goes crashing and all my photos will be gone again!!

We made a trip to T3 after WZ told us about this restaurant giving free salad bar buffet for ordering of a main course, so decided to give it a try. And thought to bring the kids there for some car rides since our last visit, but to our surprise, the car ride was gone!!! Not only the kids were disappointed, me too!!! :(

As for the food, I am not going to say it's fantastic, but just edible!! Haha... Sounds terrible to you?? It's really normal only and the price for a main course is already inclusive of the buffet salad, min for a main course is around $25.90!! So, my final verdict is not worth going another time!! I believe WL would prefer the Crystal shanghai restaurant rather then this!!

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Baby Ashley's weight progression...

2011-04-18T12:24:00.000+08:00

Managed to get this 'history' data from a webpage I created before my blog is up... these data is so PRECIOUS... hahaha... cos if anyone ask me who heavy was my babies when there were @ xx months, sorry, I really can't recall... :p & now with a #3 coming, I guess my memory will really be failing super badly... :p

01/07/2005 (Hep B 1st dose) Weight: 3.54kg Height: 53cm
03/08/2005 (Hep B 2nd dose) Weight: 4.2kg Height: 58cm
05/10/2005 (3-in-1 1st dose) Weight: 6.85kg Height: 63cm
05/11/2005 (3-in-1 2nd dose) Weight: 7.5kg Height: 64cm
10/12/2005 (3-in-1 3rd dose) Weight: 7.95kg Height: 67cm
12/01/2006 (PD for eye lump) Weight: 8.7kg Height: 68cm
14/01/2006 (Hep B 3rd dose) Weight: 8.9kg Height: 68cm
12/03/2006 (Baby Show 2006 @ Kaki Bukit CC) Weight: 8.3kg Height: 72cm
01/04/2006 (9th month Assessment) Weight: 8.9kg Height: 72cm
18/06/2006 (Prelims for KKH Best breast fed babies) Weight: 9.8kg
16/07/2006 (Semi finals for KKH Best breast fed babies) Weight: 10.1kg
12/11/2006 (Nee Soon Central CC Baby Idol) Weight: 10.5kg
25/11/2006 (Tampines North CC Baby Show) Weight: 11kg
05/01/2007 (18th month assessment - MMR injection) Weight: 11kg Height: 84cm
09/06/2007 (Ashley's 1st trip by Plane to Hong Kong - weight her via the check in luggage conveyer belt! :D) Weight: 12kg Height: 88cm (approx.)

Confirmed...

2011-04-17T21:19:00.001+08:00

Oh well, yes, I got a digital pregnancy test kit this afternoon while the kids were at class...

I thought to just get a normal test kit but since i do not know if I would still be using this again, thought to give it a try!! Haha...

The results show got an indication of the number of weeks of pregnancy from the day you conceived rather then from the LMS if we go to see a GP or gynae... Interesting invention!!!

I also downloaded an app on my iPhone, my EDD based on my LMS and my period cycle, should be on 22 Dec 2011! And am wishing BB can come out earlier so he/she can sure the same birthdate as brother Adwin!! Wishful thinking hor... Haha... Cos so far, my EDD fot my 2 children were super accurate!!! Haha...

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Unexpected...

2011-04-17T00:01:00.001+08:00

I am still wondering if I should post this entry here... Cos if I post in FB, everyone will be asking me to confirm soonest... And I am actually 80% positive about the result tested... But still have not disclosed to anyone yet, not even WL! Haha... And he's just snoring next to me now!! Haha...

Ok, maybe you can do your own judgement here...

I remembered when I was doing the self test for Ashley, the result was the same as today, the 2nd line was very faint, that's why I also went to GP on the same day to confirm the result!! And the GP say, doesn't matter if the 2nd line is faint or not, so long theres 2 lines, it's positive!! But I prefer to buy another test kit tomorrow to reconfirm again!!!

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Gathering at The Pinnacle

2011-03-31T16:38:00.000+08:00

WL & buddies had asked for a gathering before the CNY 2011 is over, so everyone can have a 'lou hei' together... and also I think its really been a long time since he met up with them... And this is fun cos we will be going up to JM's house @ The Pinnacle!!

Everyone took the chance to go up to the Sky Garden to have a view since residents have got a few visitor cards for entry, if not, Visitors will have to pay and get the security pass to go up to the Sky Garden on 50th Storey to have a glimpse of the view!!

And since this is a potluck gathering, I finally found the chance to make my Quiche again!!! Hahaha.... Was waiting eagerly for this day to come actually... :p

And also, the day happened to be SH's (also the sick man of the day!) birthday & his friends really made an effort to get him a surprise Birthday cake... but got the wrong flavour!! Cos he doesn't take DURIANS!!! Hahaha... but the cake was really nice.... hee hee... And we does enjoy all the food... pizzas, sakae sushi, my quiche, cakes, chewy junior, satays...

It was a nice and homely gathering, especially when about half of the guys brought their family there, so there were like 6 children around, including Ashley & Adwin and not only the adults got a chance to chat about their lives, work, the kids also enjoyed each other's company, cos the age gap is not big... hope to have more of such gatherings!! :)

Ashley request for a hair cut!

2011-03-31T15:35:00.000+08:00

This is really something new, as Ashley asked me to cut her hair on a Saturday morning!! So, to grant her her wish as well to make me less hassle in the morning preparing to send her & Adwin to childcare, here's her new look!!

When I asked if she would like to maintain this short hair now, she say No, I would like to keep my hair long again! Hahaha....

Btw, I did ask if she wanna go to a Salon for a professional cut, but she had refused and only I can cut her hair!! Pardon for the uneven cut if there is... :p But so far, everyone commented that it was a good time especially for a novice like me! Haha... Anyone care for a cut??

BEFORE THE CUT...

NEW LOOK...

THE MESS...

Backlogs...

2011-03-31T15:19:00.001+08:00

Okie... Am feeling pretty guilty for not updating my blog for a long time... Reason being? Busy @ work & also been actively checking updates on Facebook thru iphone... Satisfying my kpo mentality knowing what my friends & relatives had been doing throught their status update & photo uploadings....

And I also felt that blogs have recently been changed for Business usage rather then personal usage... as I see many online shops set up via Blogs & now on Facebook as well!! And some mummies whom I know to have a blog, had also stop updating... so sad... :(
Anyway, am back to my blog now.. And hope to be able to update as much as I can... :p

2011 大年初三

2011-03-12T18:22:00.000+08:00

We decided to go back to River Ang Bao on the third day of CNY again... As Adwin had been bugging us that he did not take the 'fly up & down' ride there the last time we went with old grandpa! And since we have no plan to go visiting, decided to pop by Marina Square for some shopping & then to River Ang Bao after dinner...

This time round, the kids get to enjoy the rides they missed since our CNY eve visit... And we also get to enjoy our favourite milk tea from the Myanmar Restaurant @ Marina Square! Haha... The tea is really nice, but a bit too expensive though...

MacRitchie Reservoir

2011-03-12T18:19:00.000+08:00

WL had been asking to go MacRitchie for a walk since their upgrade and I had not been pushing it aside till this year... And as one of my 2011 new year's resolution is to keep everyone healthy, so decided to make a trip down to the Reservoir for a walk...

Seriously, I had not been there before, we never had any cross country run before when I was in school, so was spare the trip! Haha... Anyway, here's some photos... I think the kids enjoyed themselves, though they had been complaining about how tired they are...

2011 大年初二

2011-02-23T16:18:00.000+08:00

We have a very different 初二 this year, as we had invited both our families over for dinner!! So, I had a busy day preparing for a feast for 12 adults plus our 2 children!! It was very challenging, but I enjoyed it!! Haha... It really feels good to have so many people in the house for CNY and I hope everyone enjoyed it! As for pictures... sorry, cos I was really busy cooking and no time for me to have a snap or 2!! Ashley & Adwin enjoyed very much, they were asking why so many people were at our house. Cos the last time so many people were in the house was for Adwin's 3 year old birthday celebration!! I hope to continue this yearly!! Haha... it just feels so good!!...

2011 大年初一

2011-02-06T20:55:00.001+08:00

The long awaited 大年初一 is here!! We got up pretty early, but by the time we left the house, its time for lunch!! Why? As we were busy getting the kids to change into their new clothes and keep the toys before we leave the house! It's supposed to be a tradition to not scold and beat the children on 大年初一, but they really left us with no choice, especially Adwin! He is really getting so mischevious that with no cane, he will not do anything that is ask of him! Even for changing into new clothes, he can take his own sweet time and after changing, he complain the long jean is painful and went on to change into a pair of old shorts! And before we leave for parent-in-law's place for lunch, we thought to have some pictures taken and have a mini 拜年 at home so they know what to do later! Haha... But as usual, it's a tough job to get Adwin to do what we ask of him!!

Anyway, when we arrived at my parent-in-law's place, we proceed with our normal 拜年 to 老爷爷 and our parents. 红糟面线 is a main dish we have during festivals or birthdays and also my favourite! Haha... After this we proceed to my parent's place and have another round of eating and another round of 拜年.

My parents will head back to Malacca after we leave, as they find it boring here and also all our relatives are there and I do misses the time back there when we were still kids. We play tons of fire crackers there, eat lots of food, visit lots of relatives and friends there and collect lots of ang baos!! And we also get to have small mahjong and card games back then. I had always hope to be able to go back for a visit during Lunar new year, but only managed to drive back once after marriage when Ashley was 2! Hope we can have another drive back during Lunar new year again...

Year of Rabbit -- CNY Eve

2011-02-06T17:58:00.000+08:00

This Lunar new year seems to arrive faster than anything, or is it cos I was sick at the beginning of the year and thus not much time for me to prepare, so everything seems to be in a rush!! The same goes for my work, as I was not in office for about half a month, so my work had been piling since last Xmas till mid of Jan!! This is really terrible!!

Lucky for me, not much spring cleaning, as we just shifted in in mid of Sept last year, so 80% of the things are in order. With the weekly cleaning done by our part time helper, everything looks easier to manage!!

Oh yes, we were also doing some last minute shopping too!! Haha... And my Ashley's new year's dresses came by post only on Tuesday and I had to wash & put them in the dryer on the day I received them, so she can wear them during CNY! :p

And the kids have their CNY celebration on the eve as well... so they were dressed in their traditional clothings and we need to pick them up by 1pm... And this year, the childcare is opening later then the past few years, so I had to stay home to look after them... :(

Woodlands Waterfront

2011-02-06T17:02:00.001+08:00

Ashley went for her 1st colouring competition for 2011 on 23rd Jan at Woodlands waterfront... Can't recall is this for the Official Opening ceremony for the waterfront! Of course the competition was mainly for fun, as it was organised by her Art class and we did not expect her to win as she got impatient half way through the process and towards the end, it was the mummy taking the part in the competition, if you get what I mean! Haha... And coincidentally, we ran into our old neighbour from Sembawang!

But the kids had lots of fun at the playground!! And parking was a pain, as there were already very limited parking lots and after reserving some lots for the VIPs, we had to park our car along the roadside just after the zebra crossing!! Haha...

Postings supposed to be done in 2010... :p

2011-02-06T16:29:00.000+08:00

I only realised there's lots of catching up for me on my blog!! Since I fell sick during last Christmas, recovered for 3 weeks and fell sick again in mid January, all my things had been backlogged, including my work, my housework and my blog!! I must say, last Christmas and my 2011 beginning sucks, and I hope from this Lunar new year onwards, me & my family will be in tip top condition for THE YEAR!!! Haha...

Let me try to recall what I missed here...

1) I had imported some suncatchers for the kids to have painting at home in early Dec, and this is the first time the kids tried this at home... As I thought it was really expensive when we go shopping and the kids asked to do paintings... we need to fork out at least $20 each session and afterwhich, the 'suncatchers' are left in a corner of their room or play area... These suncatchers are easy to start and keep, but drying takes longer, as we need to air them to dry naturally, which takes about a day or 2 before we can hang them up...

2) As I mentioned earlier, we were grounded during Xmas, Adwin was sick and all our Xmas outing plan was put aside... And we were supposed to go over to my mum's place for a mini gathering and have Turkey for Xmas, turned out that they deliver our dinner... haha... (forgot to take a pic of our delivered dinner... only pics of Adwin enjoying his Xmas pressie and some pics set by Adwin on self-timer.. haha...

3) Our Post Xmas shopping after I recovered and Adwin fell sick AGAIN..
We decided to pop by the new shopping mall, Nexx @ Hougang the day after Xmas, as we thought we should all go out for a breather and Adwin was feeling better. But did not expect his fever to be up again after our 1st hour of shopping there... and went to get the cool patch to 'stick' on his forehead, hoping the fever can subside... but sadly, no, the fever was pretty persistant and we had to head home before we can go for our dinner...

4) As for our New year's eve, we only pop by Square 2 for Waraku Pasta and went over to United Square for some shopping went Whampoo market to packet the frog's leg porridge home for dinner!! What a plain New Year's eve.... :(

Ready for CNY 2011

2011-02-02T09:10:00.000+08:00

The kids need to wear their traditional CNY clothings to the childcare for celebration every year, but it's the first time for Adwin.

These clothings are normally only wore once on 初一, so I normally let them wear the last year's! Haha...

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Thoughts for the new year

2011-02-02T00:14:00.000+08:00

Had been thinking of writing my thoughts for my 2 children for some time, but had been really busy since we had them! Haha...

I must say, the kids really grow up very fast, Ashley is turning 6 this July and Adwin will be 4 this coming December. I do misses the time when they were just babies, and I would occasionally go back to watch those small clips I had taken using my HP back then, they were really cute and adorable!! And of course with me missing their growing years, I do misses the time when they were still in my tummy, waiting eagerly for their next kick, waiting to see them during monthly gynae check up, popping in all the vitamins and fish oil to ensure they get all the required nutrients to grow and of cos the wait for labour!!!

The kids have grown up learning lots of things from the childcare and those enrichment classes they are attending now. And now, I am being bombarded by their tons of WHY questions!! It's amazing why they have so many questions!!!

And I really wonder if Breastfeeding is the reason to why Adwin is so sticky to me. Ashley only had direct latch with me for the first 2 months, after which all her feed is through bottles, not that I do not want to direct latch for her, she refuses my breast at the time and would have the "wanna throw up" sound when she's near my breast!! So I express out for her till she's about 8months old. As for Adwin, he enjoyed the latching process and thus managed to latch him till pass his first 2 years!! I find it amazing, and lucky it was him who decided to stop 1 day!! Haha... I guess breastmilk does help to boost his immunity, he does recover faster compared with Ashley.

We managed to start Adwin on enrichment classes this year, and are glad he's doing quite good in starting, firstly is him attending Tian Xia, follow by his music lesson at Yamaha and just the pass Sunday, he went for I Can Read!! As he's a left hander, WL finds it tough to teach him at home, and he always refuses to learn to write.

I hope we can prepare Ashley well for her primary 1 next year! And I also hope she can have a happy childhood, the same goes for Adwin. My dad is concern about us sending the kids to all the enrichment classes now, asking me not to stress them at this young tender age, but I did ask Ashley if she want to stop any of these lessons, so far her feedback to me is, she's enjoying all of them!! The only lesson she quit so far is the electon class at Yamaha! And the reason for her losing interest is the teacher!!

I took 2 days to complete this entry, as many things are on my mind now, hoping to be able to pen down my thoughts so far, of cos, it's not 100% complete, but about 50%! Hope to find some time again later this year, to pen more of thoughts for my 2 children!

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Our time...

2011-01-30T13:12:00.000+08:00

Finally, the kids are big enough to go for classes together and we get some "our time" when they go for classes!!!

Here's our fav drinks...

And the kids get to enjoy their Happy Meal before their class. This is the only time slot for both to attend class together. And this is only their first lesson to 'I Can Read' program, hope Ashley can progress faster, so she can start to read on her own, as she really enjoy reading!! And hope adwin can start to love to read and write soon!!

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Adwin hair cut

2011-01-17T14:03:00.000+08:00

Finally, managed to find time to bring adwin for his hair cut and just in time for the coming CNY!!!

Look how messy his hair before the cut:

WIP: Work in progress...

Final result: clean and smart!

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Bak gua

2011-01-09T15:09:00.000+08:00

Haha... WL always suggest to buy the new year goodie, bak gua much early so as to avoid the queue as well as to avoid the price increase!!

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Sushi tei

2011-01-08T20:43:00.001+08:00

As usual, ashley would ask for sushi when we ask her what for dinner!! And today we saw on the menu there's a promo on pufferfish!!

Here's the pufferfish hot pot, which says for 2 pax but it's really small and only a few pcs of pufferfish!!

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New music wonderland

2011-01-08T13:44:00.001+08:00

Adwin just started his musical journey today!! We did not prepare for this first lesson actually, after dropping Ashley to her Tian Xia lesson, we had thought to drop by yamaha to check the new lesson schedule for him, but coincidentally, theres a new class starting today at 12pm!! So without much hesitation, we registered him for it and off we went for lesson!! Haha... And he was really not prepared to be attending a lesson after sending Jie hue off to class!!

Here's a pic of him and his new teacher and his new books!!

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My new project

2011-01-08T00:56:00.001+08:00

Ok, I decided to find some nice Ang baos this year to make this...

A candy holder using Ang baos, which I saw in the office of my car workshop!! Haha... And I also wanna make some lanterns using Ang baos this year!! Been a few years since I done them again, but am having some trouble finding nice Ang baos... As always, things ate hard to find when you need them!! Haha...

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Cheeky Adwin

2011-01-08T00:53:00.001+08:00

Ehm... I really think my 2 kids are soooo alike!!! Adwin is doing exactly what Ashley is doing now and I really find his boy traits are coming out... Super duper mischievous!!!

This was taken on New Year's eve at United Sq outside of popular!! Lucky they were exposed to this Super Why weeks back...

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Transformation

2011-01-08T00:47:00.000+08:00

Haha... See what I had transformed in the house today...

Since CNY is coming, had got some festive sticker to go onto the power switch!!

I personally like this!!! Very cute!! Peeping goofy!!

This is for my room... Hee Hee...

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Adwin's first enrichment class

2011-01-08T00:43:00.000+08:00

Finally, starting on his enrichment class this year!! As WL had been saying he's a lazy boy when comes to studying, I guess mainly due to him being a left hander!! WL says Ashley is able to recognise many Chinese characters when shes at his age, but we do not see this from Adwin!!

And it's tough starting him for class cos he's really sticking on to me and I could not get out of the class!!! Had arranged for a trial lesson at Tian Sia this evening and for the first hour I was inside the class with him!! Along with ashley, as WL is busy with tuition and ashley is running high fever so have to bring her along, else would have left her with my mum!

Adwin only allow me to go buy him ribena when he started doing some coloring!! Lucky he was able to participate in the class after we left!!

See him busy coloring after wr left!! ** the left most boy in green is Adwin!! **

After our short shopping, he was still sitting at the back of the class!

When the class ended, he was full of smile when he saw us!! And when asked if he enjoy the class, it was a definite Yes and asked if he would like to come again next Friday, he also happily nod his head!!! I do hope he can keep his promise!! Haha...

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Happy 2011

2011-01-01T00:57:00.001+08:00

We just finished watching the countdown to 2011 on TV. 2010 is officially over... A year just passed by so quickly... In fact, we did many things during 2010, of course the major one will be shifting of our house and WL had finished the required 40 hours of volunteering work at CF Pri Sch and also, adwin started attending childcare with ashley, had his first performance on stage.

My wishes for the new year is everyone to stay healthy. As everyone had fallen ill, starting from adwin since Xmas eve all the way till today and passing on to me, then now is WL and Ashley!! Hope I can find out more effective ways to keep our family healthy and strong!!!

New resolutions for the year??!! Ehm, I dun think I had ever realized my resolution, so let's forget about it this year as well... Haha...

Happy 2011!!

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Ashley posing for photos

2010-12-27T01:10:00.001+08:00

We had always been wondering how come Ashley can pose so naturally whenever she's in front of a camera!! See this one, it was after a jogging session on a sat (day before adwin's birthday party)!

And Adwin's pose, as always... (enjoying his H2O)

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Ashley injury

2010-12-27T01:06:00.001+08:00

Ok been quite a long while since I post an entry here again... Am wondering if I can reach my target of the 100 postings for this year!!

Back to my topic here... Ashley had hurt her left foot when she went for a cycling trip with her uncle (WL's bro) on a tuesday evening (14 Dec) after dinner at my MIL's place. Seriously I was really upset and guilty. Firstly, when they left the house and me seeing my BIL pushing out the bike, my first thought was "would she get hurt if she were to be riding at the back seat?"! I always feel there's a mother's instinct in me, so I always do not allow my kids to participate in certain activity if I can sense a danger in it. And lucky thing is, I had not allowed Adwin to follow, as I know no one would be able to handle him if he throw a tantrum and especially when I heard my BIL's wife asked him "who to take care of him if he follows?". Secondly, I can't blame anyone here for the accident, only myself, if I had insisted not allowing Ashley to follow!

Anyway, I really hope Ashley learned her lesson, as I had told her, no one knows how to take good care of her except for her mummy. And if she continue to always act on her own decision she is the only one to suffer if things were to go wrong somewhere. I believe all doting parents would feel this way for their children!

The picture below is after 2 days and had been covered with medicine.

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Adwin's 3 Year Old Birthday at home...

2010-12-23T12:31:00.002+08:00

This is the first time Adwin had a Birthday party and he was really happy and excited about it!! Especially after we put up the Birthday banner at home, he was really looking forward to it (as we put up on Friday but party will only be held on Sunday... :p)

I realised I had forgotten to take the photo all the goodie bags we had prepared... The last one taken was 2 years back, when we prepared for Ashley's 3 year old celebration in the childcare... Haha... Anyway, I had customised some Birthday pencils this year, with the kids' name on it "Adwin is 3 today! 12122010" the same for Ashley (as I had forgotten to blog about this in her Birthday Party entry... :p)

The party was mainly for family and close friends, also as a house warming party, since we moved in in mid Sept. And since it's a smaller place compared to our old house, we can't invite too many, the house will be super duper cramp!!!

Ok, back to Adwin's party, we decided a Toy Story theme at home, since he likes Buzz Lightyear & Woody. I had planned to get him a customised birthday banner, but was not in time somehow... so what did I do?? I did up the banner MYSELF, meaning, doing up the artwork and FIND someone to print the banner out for me!! & I am super impressed with MYSELF! Haha... Everyone I spoke to who knows the banner was done by me, say it's very nice and the quality is good, as in the artwork was done only in MS PAINT & not any other professional photo editing software!! Well, maybe I can start to think of doing some business in Customising Children's Birthday Banner!!! Haha...

Adwin had 2 cakes this year, a Toy Story cake from us and a Jelly MacQueen cake from his 公公!! The jelly cake taste as good and the size of our Toy Story cake was just nice!! Perfect!!

Adwin was really happy with ALL his presents and since he saw Ashley's having so many presents during her 5th Birthday Party, he had been lamenting how come jie-jie got so many presents but he did not... SO, it's his moment now!! The party ended around 3+pm after everyone left our house, we were trying really hard to get the kids to nap, cos they were really still in the 'mood' of partying and keep asking why had everyone gone back home?? We still want to party!! Haha... so, their 'nap' ending up starting only at 5pm! And by the time they are up, it's DINNER time!! & after their dinner, its time for opening up of presents, so you can imagine what time they ended up in bed for the day!! Anyway, the most important is, Adwin really enjoys his birthday, so do we!! Haha... :p

Here's a better view of his banner!!

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Adwin's 3 Year Old celebration in Childcare

2010-12-14T16:28:00.000+08:00

This is the first time Adwin celebrates his birthday with such a big group of friends!! As he had been promoted to N2, so they had moved to the Kinder Bay, meaning K2 (Ashley's class), K1 & N2 are being allocated there and this year, the classes are all pretty big and comes celebration, there's a total of about 60 kids, excluding the Teachers!!

When we reached the CC, the kids just woke up from their naps and Ashley & Adwin were really happy to see us there with the cake!! And Adwin was busy keeping his mattress cover when he sees me and I can see that he was trying to open his eyes to confirm that its Mummy standing there!!!

After the celebration, we brought the kids to Causeway point Gelare for their ice-cream, as I promised them during the Dino show, as they were asking for ice-cream in the middle of the show!!

Anyway, we are looking forward to his actual birthday party at home the coming Sunday, 12122010!! :)

Walking with Dinosaurs - 2010 Singapore

2010-12-14T15:05:00.000+08:00

WL was not sure if the kids would like the show, but we thought to let them watch The Jurassic Park they should be able to sit through the 1-1/2 hours of Walk with Dinosaurs show!! True enough, after they watched the DVD, they were really eager to go for the Dino show!! And they had been talking about Dino since then!! Haha...

Lucky we were really early for the show, had bought the tixs for 8 Dec, 8pm show, but we reached Indoor Stadium at about 7pm!! An hour early, that's very rare for US! Haha... Most of the time, we would arrive just in time for shows!! And cos we were early, we managed to have a picture taken for the kids with no one else around, since the poster was SO HUGE!! And there's a M1 booth taking video of us with a virtual Dino in the video, but till today still have not receive them thru email yet!!

As usual, lots of merchandise will be on sale at such show event. Ashley asked for a plush T-Rex, Adwin decided he wanted a Dino T-shirt & a Dino tail!! So we asked him to wear them on his Birthday Party this coming Sunday @ home!! Haha.. He happily agreed & hope he can keep his words!! Haha...

As for the show, personally I feel they did a good job, all the Dinos are really huge, and moving them around was not easy!! I like the props that were put on stage, the flowers, plants, trees, are really bright and when the air blown, it's really nice!!

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

2010-12-14T10:32:00.000+08:00

Ok, this is a place which I had refused to go whenever WL mentioned it... Cos to me, it's a place we go and feed the mosquitos!!! *sob sob*

Anyway, I agreed to bring the kids there for a walk since their childcare is closed for 2 days for the redecoration of the classes for the new school term. We brought the kids to Mac breakfast, as it's their favourite and since I switched Ashley's art class to Friday evening, they hardly get a chance to go Mac for breakfast now. I brought along with me anti-mosquito patches as well as the anti-mosquitos lotion to apply... ehm, I guess it was effective if we remember to apply after an hour or so, cos the lotion gets wiped away when we became sweaty... As we got quite a bit of mosquito bites towards the end of the walk.. :(

Oh ya, forgot to mention, we had to pay for the admission, due to the School Holidays, as we missed out this clause on the website, only thought that it's chargeable on weekends and free on weekdays...

I was really surprised we managed to catch a glimpse of 6 Iguanas throughout the walk... & they are really HUGE!! I was really frightened, not sure if the kids are... haha... Anyway, the kids were hoping to see crocodiles, as there were some signboards saying to WATCH OUT for them! Which I hope they DO NOT appear!!! :p

Anyway, I WOULD NOT wanna come again... thank you!! :p

Christmas Lightings @ Orchard

2010-12-13T16:10:00.001+08:00

We decided to take some pictures of the Xmas Lightings at Orchard this year, since they are up, so better go early to avoid the crowd...

The kids were asking to take a pic with Santa, but sadly, we can't find any Santa Claus, except for the tiny Santa on the shoulder of the Giant at Triple-One Orchard...

And I realised for this year, most malls are just displaying some huge Xmas Trees, unlike the olden times, where malls will try to come up with interesting decos for Xmas, sad to say, Xmas lightings are not as interesting now and not really a thing I look forward to... :( And only interesting thing this year is, there are 2 malls (which we went) that have openings to the Huge Xmas Tree, Raffle City Shopping Center & ION... Go have a look yrself... :)

Lunch @ Iggys

2010-12-13T15:34:00.000+08:00

Ehm... I thought to post the pics of the FOOD only... This was the place WL had been wanting to visit for a LONG LONG time... since he said they ARE one of the Top restaurant in the World!!

We had finally made a trip down for lunch on our 'special date'... But he was really disappointed from the look I get.... Ehm, firstly, he complained about the kitchen being situated just next to the dining area & we can really hear the cutting, chopping, blending & cooking noise... which he say should not be the case especially when this is FINE dining place!! And secondly, the food served was really not up to his expectations, be it the serving & the taste... But anyway, like I told him, it's a 'Been there, Done that' thing... & don't think we will go back AGAIN, unless someone is giving us a treat!! Haha...

I can only try to recall SOME of the dishes here... sorry for my poor memory... haha... :p Oh yes, while I was trying to recall which dish came first, Appetizer & Starter started to confuse me & after some checks online, actually BOTH are the SAME thing!! Haha... So, are some restaurants here being kiasu to serve 2 of them before the main course??...

Trying to catch up with my postings... AGAIN!!

2010-12-13T15:10:00.000+08:00

Ehm... after going thru my photo folders, THEN I realised my postings are not up to date AGAIN!! Haha... or is it we have been taking too much photos??!!

December is a busy month for me... which I do not understand why... Though only Adwin's Birthday falls in December... other than that, is Christmas and we do not have Christmas party to be busy with... so I do not understand WHY am I SO BUSY??!! I guess also due to the kids' childcare will be closed for a few days to decorate the different class due to students being promoted!! Anyway... I should not be finding excuses NOT to update my blog, correct??... Haha... :p

Kids with their new sunglasses

2010-12-06T23:31:00.001+08:00

The 2 had been asking for sunglasses when I sent them to school every morning cos the sun had been shining onto their face!! Haha... I managed to get something they liked, but I think its still very new to them and they are treating them like toys!!

In fact, I did not expect Ashley's pair to be such a big one, and she was complaining till I show her a picture of Barbie wearing sunglasses exactly the same as hers, except that hers are with some blinds at the corners! And she was so excited she got a pair just like Barbie!!

And Adwin was glad he got a pair which has his favorite 'soldier' print on!! Haha...

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Meet & Greet -- Toy Story 3

2010-11-25T16:47:00.001+08:00

Christmas is coming... So you will see all the malls trying to attract more shoppers by bringing in some Kids favourite characters... and we know about Parkway bringing in Toy Story as we were there the past 2 weeks and saw lots of Toy Story 3 banners all around the mall... And WL managed to get the date on ST... There is Buzz Lightyear & Woody Meet & Greet coming the last Sunday, 21 Nov... so, I took the challenge to bring my 2 kids there... as WL will be in the tuition center... tough challenge for me!!! haha...

Ok, first, I need to make a purchase of at least $30 so they can have a chance to meet & greet Buzz & Woody, and it starts at 1pm... we reached there around 11:15am and have to settle our lunch and make my purchase before we head to queue for the Meet & Greet ticket which will be distributed 30mins before and it's limited, so will have to make full use of the time....

Here's the ticket for the Meet & Greet...

And here's the much awaited picture...

See how tightly Adwin holds on to me... He almost backed out when we were queueing to get on stage... But when I assured him that I'll be up with him, then he reluctantly say OK, but after the shot, he keep saying he likes Buzz & Woody!! OMG....

Little Greenhouse Graduation Performance 2010

2010-11-25T11:47:00.001+08:00

The kids had been practising all the dances in school for about 6 months and had been waiting eagerly for the day to come!! And especially Ashley, she had been asking me when would she be performing for us starting from July, but the dates were not realised till October this year. This is Adwin's first performance, he looks quite good on stage!! Haha... During his practise in school, he was quite reluctant to dance, the Teachers had told me he's quite lazy... haha... and Adwin ever told me, Teacher say must dance, else can't go home!! So, during his full dress rehearsal, he did dance & the Teachers had praised him, he's really happy with the praises!! haha...

There was abit of over run this year, I guess should be due to the number of items and also seems that the Yishun branch had got a bigger group compared to the Marigold one... I can understand how tough it is to lead an ARMY of small children on stage.. I must say, it is really an amazing performance being put up by them!! All the way to go... Little Greenhouse!! :) And 3 cheers for all the Teachers!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!...

Now is the time for... PHOTOS! :)

Sorry for the quality of the photos... as we were seated at the last row in the theatre, and my zooming feature is not as good... :( Shall get a better camera next year!!! Haha... But, we will be seated in the first 2 rows as next year is Ashley's graduating year!!!

Here's the photo of the finale with the song... Rainbow Connection...

Ashley had her ears pierced

2010-11-22T01:59:00.000+08:00

Ashley had been asking me to bring her to pierce her ears, so she can wear nice earrings! And I had been telling her that it will be painful but she insists she can bear with it.

And I happened to see the ear piercing ad in a goldsmith shop last evening while getting bread for their breakfast. So it was really a impromptu decision to bring her in to fulfill her wish!

I must say she is really brave, even though I asked her to decide before the ladies prepare the piercing, she was really firm and gave me a clear and loud, yes I want! I remembered during my times, ear piercing was done ear by ear, meaning they would pierce the right then the left, but to my surprise, the ladies had 2 guns and they can pierce both ears together!! Which is good o prevent kids from running away after piercing one side of the ear!! Haha...

Ashley was really happy after the piercing though she sat it's really painful and adwin really had a shock seeing Ashley's ears being pierced!!

Anyway, before she goes to bed, she told mr her ears are not painful anymore!! She even told mr right after piercing, shes going to tell all her friends about it tomorrow in school!!! Haha... That's my girl!!

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Performance day

2010-11-20T08:00:00.000+08:00

Finally... The day for their performance has come!!! Haha... I had been waiting since adwin joined childcare!! As this is the first time the kids will perform together!! They had to be in school by 7am for make up and be at the auditorium by 930am. This year, the tickets were 100% sold, meaning full house!! Here's a sneak preview of the kids in their first performance outfit w/o make up:

Wondering what Ashley is wearing?? Yes, it's a bathrobe!! As she will be dancing the song 我爱洗澡!! And she told me shes the leader for this song and will be standing in the front center!! Next will be Dancing Queen!!! For adwin, I do not know what's the title of the song he will be performing, they keep telling me it's a hi-5 song, so am clueless!!! But for the Chinese song, it's 踏浪, an old song, anyone hears the song will go... Ah? Which century does this song comes from??!! Haha...

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Jogging

2010-11-17T18:36:00.000+08:00

This is our first visit to the stadium after our move. The kids had been asking for jogging session for a long time but due to the rainy season we didn't make it!

Ashley really enjoys jogging and she keeps jogging till I ask her to stop! Adwin complain of tummyache after about 100m jog, which I thought should be due to him drinking water after his nap. But he still insist on jogging after that and also ran about 2 rounds!

Here's a far view of Ashley and daddy...

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Pose

2010-11-15T00:09:00.000+08:00

Ashley loves to pose in front of cameras.. Here's some of her nice, cute and cheeky poses...

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Painting

2010-11-13T18:45:00.000+08:00

The kids just love to do painting and I find it's really not cheap to have a session, the picture prices range from $6 to $11 and most of the time their selection is from the highest range!! I had actually bought some suncatcher materials from the States, the difference is that it does not require any oven to bake it dry but I also do not know how long does it take for the suncatcher to dry naturally!! Haha...

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My kids went missing

2010-11-13T15:29:00.001+08:00

This is the first time my 2 kids went missing together!! Haha... We were at Tampines Ikea for lunch and were doing some shopping before that. After our check out, I headed to the wrapping corner to wrap my breakable things. And I saw the 2 kids playing some games near the wrapping corner. After we are done, we can't find our 2 kids!! And after some looking around, I finally saw my 2 kids being taken away by a Malay lady staff of Ikea. And WL ran forward to claim the 2 kids!! Haha.. He said the 2 were crying terrible while being led away... When I asked ashley if the lady asked for her name she say no, and if the lady asked who they were looking for, she also say no. But she told us, only Adwin cried and say "I want my mummy!" haha... Really funny...

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Trying to post 100 postings in my blog this year...

2010-11-12T15:48:00.000+08:00

HAHA!!!! Am trying to post more entries in my blogs, hoping to reach 100 entries by end of this year... possible?? haha... I do not know really... :p

Realised I had been blogging for 4 years... and of cos, I had intended to start earlier, especially after Ashley came around and after I started working again since I step into Motherhood... but all had been delayed... Anyhow, I just hope I can continue to update to this blog, especially on the grow and well-being of my 2 children.

When I look at them now, I can really see them grow, of cos physically it's very obvious... as they will run around now, but of cos, at times they will still want to be carry... ehm, I would try to carry them if I can, but most of the time, my arms are really tired and they are heavy too!! Like what my friend told me, to appreciate them NOW that they still want me... haha... I also can imagine, especially when Ashley starts Primary 1 in another years time, I guess she may not want me to be around her too often... :p it does sadden me when I thought of this myself, but I guess kids grow, and I can't possibly tied them to me always, they will have their friends and things they would do without me... Yes, I may be scolding them most of the time now, but deep inside, I also try to control. I do not know if they will continue to be so naughty in another years time, but currently, they already have their own set of thinking and doing things, which I do not understand at times!! And I also try to recall if am like that when I was at their age!! Haha... But really, kids nowadays are so much different from MY times... The most obvious part is in their education, I remember only going to school at the age of 6, and only attending Kindergarten for a year before I proceed to Primary 1, but Ashley & Adwin started going to school at the tender age of 2years & 3months only!! So much difference!! And Ashley started weekly Spelling or Dictation at Kindergarten 1, which is 5 years old!! I guess for me, it was like in Primary school!! And WL was teaching her some simple multiplications last night, I remember my multiplications was only in Primary 3??!!! See the difference??

Anyway, I just hope my kids can grow up happily and healthy (these 2 are the most impt), and of course, to be able to do what they like and have a good education so they do not need to slog when they step into the working world... :)

Henderson Waves...

2010-11-12T15:34:00.000+08:00

We finally make our way to Henderson Waves!!! Haha... It's been quite sometime since WL mentioned to FIND this Henderson waves... The last time we went to hunt for this was like 6mths back??!! Anyway, we found our way after downloading the HOW TO GET THERE from the Parks website... :p

Anyway, it's a "Been There Done That" mentality... haha... The kids seems to enjoy the bridge more than us.. cos they were really around and having so much fun with the steps at the sides... After this, we went to Commonwealth for dinner, as WL wanted to try the 'zi char' there, as it was featured in one of the episode in 'Zhu Chao Lai Le' variety show in Ch. 8!! Ehm, must say, the dishes were quite nice and unique, but to queue for more then 30mins may not make it worth while... :p

Chong Pang Community Day

2010-11-12T15:06:00.000+08:00

I was not really aware of this Community Day, as we only signed Ashley up for the Drawing competition through the Art class she attended. And really, to sign her up for such competitions were really just for fun, we did not expect her to win, not that Ashley drawings are bad, just that most of her drawings got no theme and we always allow her to go for freestyle drawings, i.e. to draw what she likes and what comes to her mind!! And we were really glad and surprised that she got 1 of the Consolation prizes, it's a $30 NTUC voucher!!

Anyway, the kids enjoyed this Community day, as they get to see and touch their favourite vehicles!! Police car, bike and a van, and (I really do not know what it's call) the Fire Truck??!! :p And they also got the Fireman's hat... which they liked too! And after this, they told me "Mama, today is a happy day!!..." haha... cos whenever they feel happy, they will say that day is a Happy Day!!

Malacca Trip -- National day weekend

2010-11-11T16:37:00.000+08:00

Haha... I can't even recall that I have not put this post up!! And this trip was close to 3 months back!! :p

Ehm, let me try to recall as much as possible on what we did there... Ok, WL told the kids we were heading to "Xiao Niang Re"'s home... Cos it's tough for them to understand where is Malacca, geographically and also theoritcally, as they would need to be buckled up in their seats for at least 3 hours in the car!! So to make they feel anticipated towards the trip, WL had to say something they understand!! And I had told them, they need to nap in the car, get up, watch some movies on our portable DVD player before they reach their favourite character's home!! And so they did, they were quite ok through the car ride, took their nap, got up & still buckle in their seats!! Haha... And we only make 1 stop-over for them to stretch their legs, for US to go loo & also got them each a pack of milo.

And, before the trip, I had bought an app on my Iphone, the GPS system Papago with Malaysia map, and it's really good!! Cos it's running on satelite & there's warning of Speed cam along the way, and of cos, the best thing is it does not require any data plan for it to navigate, as I do not want to pay thousands of dollars when I get back home! Ehm, yes, I may be familiar with the road in Malacca (since I was BORN there, but been a long time since I heard back to Malacca to visit relatives!), so I thought it's better to have a MAP on hand since we are really on our own this time!!

Ok, back to the trip, after we checked into the hotel, we went to the famour Jonker Street, hoping to have our dinner & also do some walk around, and lucky for us, Jonker Street is only available on weekends!! So it's our ONLY chance to be able to 'see see look look' for this trip! We bought lots of things to eat along the way, and of cos, lots of drinks also... But none were what I was looking for! Haha... Anyway, the kids seem to be enjoying but it was pretty humid there and super crowded!!

Day 1: 0808, we arrived around 5+pm & only managed to go to the Jonker Street, which is just behind our hotel!!

Day 2: 0908 (Happy National Day! :p) This is my first time stepping into Malacca museums!! Haha.. Though I was born there, but I never attended schools there, we only went back during our school holidays, and during public holidays break!! The kids were really upset over the big ship museum showing some prisoners being locked up in the 'confinement deck'. Especially Adwin, he keep asking to stay there, he felt so upset that the guy can't move anywhere with the heavy ball chained up on his legs and he keep telling us the guy can't go shopping, toilet, etc after we left!! Haha... So WL though to take the picture so he can look at when he 'misses' the poor guy! :p The dinner we had today was BAD... I really never expect this famous Farmosa Chicken Rice ball to be so tasteless... if not for the fact we have nothing better to eat around the hotel!! And forgot to mention, for our breakfast, WL got up early & went to the famous Dim Sum cafe, just behind Jonker Street to get some dim sum & you know what? He said he ordered the famous BIG BAO, but the guy forgot to give him!!! ARGH... I had missed the bao since it's been YEARS since I last tried it!! *sob sob*...

Day 3: 1008, we will be heading back home today!! A really fast short getaway!! We decided to go for the breakfast provided by the hotel, the kids enjoyed it, having their eggs & cornflakes... We decided to go for a last walk around the area before we go back for shower & check out. And we managed to get some really nice chicken rice balls along the way, no time for dine in, so only pack some for later consumption! And while we were walking back, my cousin bumped into us!! haha... really so coincidental, cos he was out to collect his son's full month cakes, & was heading home, but saw WL!! Haha... Anyway, after our check out, we head to the famous Satay Place for satay!!! & my kids really had alot of satay, Adwin being the meat-eater, enjoys most!! Haha... Our last stop before the way home, was a new mall (to me i guess!) but we find the things are quite expensive, so we were really window shopping and only got 2 avacado coffee from J.Co & head back home...

The kids are asking to go Little Nonya's house once awhile now... haha... Hope to find time to go back once again!!

WL Birthday aka Deepavali

2010-11-11T13:35:00.000+08:00

Haha... Trying to understand what my title means?? Well... This year, WL's birthday happened to clash with the Deepavali public holiday, so it's a big celebration for him cos all the Indians are celebrating!! haha... :p

Anyway, I really do not know what to plan for his birthday this year, cos we had been to Universal Studios on my birthday (YES, I know, the pictures & posting are not OUT yet, cos WL had removed the pictures from my cam before I had the chance to upload to my laptop! So, give me some time to load the pictures from the home PC to my laptop! :p) and we had thought of going for a short trip like Bintan, but the rates are too high due to the Public holiday in Singapore and also there's a min requirement to stay over for 2 nights and it's not possible for us as Ashley will be having her last lesson at Tian Xia and she'll be having her end of term review, that means its time for performance again! :)

Ok, we started out with a tim sum @ Peach garden, cos it's already 10+am by the time we left our house and we have not taken our breakfast and since WL suggested to go to Sentosa Underwater World, so I thought maybe we may not have time for lunch, so suggested tim sum!! It was nice of cos, given Peach Garden's standard, so all of us have a good time eating. By the time we reached Sentosa it's like 1pm and it took us sometime before we can get into the car park just behind the Underwater World, it's a very small car park and with limited lots!

The Underwater World had changed since we last went... can't recall when, but we guess should be before Adwin came! haha... long time right?? Cos Adwin will be celebrating his 3YO next month!! :p Any they have also moved The Dolphin Lagoon into Underwater World, which I feel is a super good move!! The last time we went, we still need to drive over to the Lagoon just to watch the Dophins!!

The kids had fun at the Touch Pool & the Feeding area, but only WL & Adwin managed to touch the Shark!! NOT ME!! As for the feeding, the kids had a real fun time, but the fish food capsule was really expensive, only 2 chucks & it costed $2!! & I even bought 3 capsules for the kids, cos they fun it so fun that the fishes all try to grab a bite from their hands!! Haha...

Sad to say, they only managed to catch the Seals in action and not much of the Dolphins, cos it's outdoor and the kids are really cranky as it's also their nap time... Anyway, we went 2 rounds on the tunnel, cos the kids find it fun on the moving platform seeing all the fishes swimming around us...

A worthwhile trip, and Underwater World is worth visiting... :) I had intended to go ION for dinner, but the kids were too tired and we were too full to proceed to dinner, so we only packed 2 boxes of the white beehoon back for dinner + the Mango cheesecake from Shangri-La hotel... :p

The Move...

2010-10-27T16:36:00.000+08:00

Okie... I decided to show you some pictures of our move from Sembawang to our new place... haha... Lucky we got so many guys to help us out, it was a tough job moving ALL our barang barangs from 1 place to the other... and unpacking was even a tougher job! :(

Bottle Tree + Long Kang Fishing

2010-10-27T15:37:00.000+08:00

There was a Back to Kampong Days event at Yishun Bottle Tree on 10-10-10.... Ehm, it's more of creating awareness to the Public to try to save the planet, so eat less meat, go organic and try to use recycle products for takeaway food, etc...

The lunch we had were vegetarian, and WL was pretty impressed with the 'Kong Ba Bao' created, as this is mainly a meat item, but they had somehow created the texture of meat w/o using real meat!! haha... anyway, lunch was a pretty simple one...

The long kang fishing was not part of my plan for the day, but when the kids saw how all other kids went around the pond to catch fish, they were asking to do the same... So, WL got each of them a fishing net & tank for them... it's not cheap, considering we are only getting 'long kang' fish... $10/kid... Anyway, the fishes were not easy to catch, really tough!! Lucky was, my sis-in-law & her hb dropped by for the event & managed to catch 2 tanks for fishes for us!! haha...

Our new place

2010-10-27T13:56:00.000+08:00

Really lagging behind in our postings... Well, I guess I can't use the same old excuse of busy with new house doing reno and moving... cos we had moved into our new place since 12 Sep! Haha... and I must say we are DONE with unpacking all our stuffs... but 'something' is still not really in the correct place till I have time to fix them up! :p

As promised, here's the pics of our place BEFORE we move all our things IN...

I am very happy with our new place, as we have really hack off everything EXCEPT for the windows & grills! And the tiles for this house is really what we wanted and they really look GREAT! haha... :p And the kitchen is my favourite, next comes our 3 rooms... The kids room were designed just for my 2 kids and our bedroom now feels neat & OURS! Haha... And of course, WL SHOULD be happy with his 'study' room as he had designed it in mind to be able to give tuition @ home... And and.... I must say this, we FINALLY have an air-con in our LIVING ROOM!!! Yippie!!! Our new house may be small... cos it's a 4-room flat, BUT everything is what we wanted and a proud thing to say, we are NOT servicing any loan for this new place... so now our CPF $s are really there sitting till our retirement!! (This will only be TRUE IF we stay put @ this place till our retirement age!! haha... possible?? ehm... I must say I do not know really...)

Beach

2010-09-26T14:05:00.001+08:00

Yes we are at the East Coast Beach again!! Seems like a long long time we were last here, after all our busy tasks on hand are done, then can we find to come here again!! As usual, WL and the kids will play with the sand and ME idling enjoying the sea breeze!! Haha...

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Hubby and ashley

2010-09-25T21:19:00.001+08:00

See how WL is soooo engrossed in a game with iPhone!

And see how Ashley is enjoying her prata!!! Haha...

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Trying to catch up + Lantern Festival 2010

2010-09-23T15:13:00.000+08:00

Seems like quite some time since I update my blog... been busy with the house renovation and then busy packing & unpacking due to our urgent move, as we had agreed to give the buyer the keys by 15 Sept, but our new place are not 100% done yet, still pending some carpentry works. And after the move, I fell seriously sick for 3 days!! Been a long time since I fell sick and all I can do is sleep and take medicine! My body was aching like hell and I can barely swallow food down the throat due to a bad sore throat!! And my balance carpentry works came to on 21 Sept with a 80% recovered me, trying to keep the place clean after the dusty work done. And our new place is consider 99% finished, due to a small hole left from the carpentry work on Tuesday... *sign* so now trying to find time for my dad to bring the workers down to fix up the hole nicely and hope they can do some touch up works for some of my walls...

And yesterday was the actualy Mooncake festival, and we managed to bring the kids some to my mum's place playground for 'supposedly' lantern tour, but they ended up playing with fireworks and fire! haha... Anyway, it's been some time since I 'played' with the lanterns and candles!! :p

It was the kids' first experience with the fireworks, Ashley was really having fun and she loved it!! Adwin only managed to light up 1-2 fireworks and after that he went to play with the sticks, supposed to be used to hold the lanterns, but he was having fun holding on to some in his hands!!

The 2 trying to light up the fireworks... haha...

Ashley and Lego

2010-09-20T20:09:00.001+08:00

I thought these Robots were very nicely built!! And was really surprised when she can built them without any help from us!! And she was telling me she's building a family of robots!

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Why lecture my kids??

2010-09-14T21:03:00.000+08:00

I do not understand why others like to lecture my kids. I do not feel good watching my kids being scolded by others, especially when the 'others' have no kids themselves! Cos I do not have the habits of scolding other children and I believe their parents would have encounter those bad times too! Cos all parents would want the best for their children!

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Our tea

2010-08-29T16:11:00.000+08:00

We went to botanical gardens today for lunch, was quite disappointed with the food court, cos I find the price is quite ex and doesn't taste very good!

Anyway, WL thought to bring the kids for some outdoor activity but the weather was not very good today, was drizzling when we left the house. Lucky the rain stopped after we finish our lunch and we managed to take a walk round the swan lake!! It was pretty interesting to plants we do not see outside, or is it just me?? Haha...

Anyway, the kids have fun knowing how water lily, arrowheads and cat tail looks like!! And also we some beautiful swans and dragonflies!!

After the walk, we head to holland V, been a long long time since we were here! Did some shopping and head to the Taman Warna road for our tea!! Cos our 2 rascals are having their nap and we know this shop serves very nice orange cheese cake!! Bunalun!!! And here we tried their Raspberry brownie, coffee latte and hibiscus tea!! Nice!!

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My Ashley

2010-08-28T01:15:00.000+08:00

Ehm, I dunno how I should start this entry tonight. Cos am feeling bad about ashley's crying. I did not scold her or raise my voice at her, but I was lecturing her and telling her what she had done wrong. This is the first time she was crying so badly from my words!

She started weeping initially but when I ask get why, the worse she cried! Even after I wiped clean her face, the moment she sees me, she cry again! As though she was being wronged!! Signed...

Ok, the things that started my lecturing:
1. She would destroy and throw away a piece of the A4 construction paper when she found a word had been spelt wrongly or some picture she drew were not correct! Even though I had told her umpteen times that the other side of the paper can still be used or she can crossed out the wrong word, she would crashed the paper!! This is really wasteful thinking of the amount of trees used to produce the paper!!

2. She would refused to tie up her hair the moment she leave the childcare!! And her hair is making her sweaty and hot and super messy!!! And she always refused to let me tie her hair too, always insisting to tie them herself!! So just now I had also told her that I would bring her to the hairdresser tomorrow after her lunch!

3. And she forgot to wash her hands before eating the banana!! I guess this was the triggering point! As she started crying while washing her hands!

4. She had recently started to whine pretty badly!! Whenever she encounter things not done her way, she would start to whine! And this really pisses me quite badly!

Anyway, while I ask her to stop crying I also assure her that, mummy still loves her every much!! And when I hug her, she started to cry badly again and my tears were also in my eyes!! I really did not realized I had hurt her so badly.... :(

Adwin and drumstick

2010-08-22T20:26:00.000+08:00

My little adwin loved meat more than anything. We are Ikea for dinner now and WL had ordered some chicken wings. He did not have nuggets and chips or the pasta, he only choose to eat 3 drumlets for dinner!!

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Father n son having hair cut

2010-08-22T11:43:00.000+08:00

Haha... First time, WL and Adwin going for a hair cut together!!! Adwin keep trying to peep at his daddy during the cut! And he keep saying he does not want a hair cut!!

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Renovating our new place

2010-08-19T16:00:00.000+08:00

We are in the mist of renovation our place so we can shift in by mid of Sept... And I guess I had underestimate the size of the project! Haha... Cos firstly, the budget is way over what I had intended for, overlooking that many things need to be changed since this is an old flat!! But am glad we had chosen some nice tiles for the flat. Am sure this house will look different from the one we are currently staying in!!

I was really shocked with the amount of cockroaches that had stayed there before. When the workers dismantle the kitchen cabinets, the roaches were all dashing towards the front door for escape!! OMG... and the smell was really unbearable, with all the oil stains that had accumulated for years there!! And with this, am 200% glad I did hack off everything there!! In fact, WL was quite upset that we were paying so much COV and still need to hack off everything in the house!! But like what our agent told us, corner units are being snatched very quickly in the market rather than being SOLD!! So, I guess with all these, our new place is still a worthwhile purchase! :p

Look of the old flat:

Major hacking process:

After wet works to the flooring before they can start to put up the tiles:

Orchard Central....

2010-08-07T17:29:00.000+08:00

Orchard Central is still not my preferred shopping mall after so many visits... Cos of the funny layout and the shops do not interest me. And seems like they are having flea market on weekends too!! I guess they are also trying to attract more young people to the mall. And this time round, we managed to find our way to the rooftop to have a look!! No pictures taken, cos our iphone does not have flash so it turn out all black! And WL feel the layout is quite bad, cos the exhaust pipe from the restaurants are blowing in a direction which would makes you smell stinky after awhile there!! haha...

See how the father & kids are posing outside the mall!!...

Ashley's first colouring competition

2010-08-07T17:20:00.000+08:00

Ashley participated in her first colouring contest last Sunday, this was jointly organised by Chong Pang CC & Great Eastern Insurance, promoting Kindness & Filial Piety. I had signed her up for the purpose of exposing her to such an event, as I know her artwork is still not yet to win a prize yet! Haha... :p

Anyway, WL joined us after his volunteer work @ CF is done and the picture below shows how the Father & Son is enjoying the leftovers milo!! WL is trying hard to scrap the milo from the cup & Adwin is waiting eagerly for it!!! Haha...

All of us are down with fever

2010-07-23T21:33:00.001+08:00

4 of us are down with fever this morning!! This is really so unexpected!! My 2 children were making lots of noise around 5-6am till I got up at 630am and measured their temperature. Adwin was 38.8, Ashley 38.4 and me 37.1. So i got up and fed all with paracetamol and keep changing water and adding ice pack on their forehead. But their temperature was still at 38+ till 730am. I was really sleepy and tired and when WL got up before 8am, his temperature was 38.8!! So after taking his med, all went to bed again till after 9+am!!

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Kids and sushi

2010-07-18T22:47:00.001+08:00

I remember haven't blog about how much the kids love sushi!! But they only takes 1 type, the tamago sushi, the yellow egg on top type. Only last Saturday, Ashley started eating the kani sushi, with a tiny piece of crab stick in the center!

Here's a pic of them having their favorite sushi:

And i guess all kids love to sit next to the conveyor belt!! Haha... Ashley likes to help everyone with the food on it!!

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First try on pizza

2010-07-18T21:48:00.000+08:00

Haha... Must thank my net friend, tulip7v for telling me how to make a pizza at home!!

I got the my ingredients from Cold Storage at United Sq on Friday, here's what was bought: frozen pizza base, tomato paste, shredded mozzarella cheese, sliced pineapple, bacon and a pack of fresh salad!!

Ashley says the pizza is nice from pastamania so I thought to let her try making her pizza would makes her wanna eat more!! Hee Hee....

The first one was a simple pizza with bacon and fresh salad on top, the 2nd one was made by Ashley, the Hawaiian!!

Here's the pic of the first one, left only a mouthful for photo sake!! Haha...

Here's what Ashley made:

WL says this is nicer cos the pineapple actually made the pizza quite sweet and the leftover hams us just enough for this!! Will sure to make these pizza more often! ;)

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Adwin able to make himself sleep

2010-07-15T00:23:00.001+08:00

Not many people know am still Breastfeeding my 2 years & 7 months old adwin! In fact he was a fully breastfed baby till 18 months!! After that, I had asked my mum to give him some powder formula milk during day time. However, it took me some time to train him to only latch on during night time, day time will be fully formula milk! And today is my 3rd successful day that he goes to sleep without latching on me!!! Hooray... Really hope he will end his breastfeeding days soon!! As we plan to train him and Ashley to sleep in their own room after we move to our new home in sept!! :)

Actually I do misses the time when am feeding him and I must say this really bonded us very well!!...

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Feeding Adwin

2010-07-13T20:31:00.000+08:00

Adwin had been requesting to be fed by Ashley! And Ashley is enjoying as much as him being fed! As Ashley feels she is a big sister now that she can feed her baby cousin Caden as well as her brother Adwin!

Yes, Ashley asked me an interesting question 2 weeks back, "mummy can you give me a baby?" haha... My answer to her? Of course is a No... Haha.. As my 2 kids are bigger now and going out with them is abit easier compared to a year ago... Unless I miss the smell of a baby again! Haha...

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Ashley's 5th birthday party

2010-07-01T12:09:00.002+08:00

We celebrated Ashley's 5th birthday earlier this year, as we had invited her classmates an their family over, so need a Sunday so everyone can make it!! And I am really happy that everyone enjoyed and the kids had lots of fun!!

Glad that I managed to bring in the DIY foam crown for the kids!! Cos we see all the kids enjoying doing them and wearing them during games!! And I must say, lucky we thought of some games for the kids to play and bought some prizes for everyone!

I had ordered the cake from ecreative, but asked them not to put their decors on the cake, so I can put the Princess cake topper which I had ordered, to complete my Princess Birthday theme! hee hee... the Barbie jelly cake was ordered by my sis for Ashley, but when my dad saw it, he 'hijacked' & paid for it! haha... but Ashley was happy with it cos jelly is her favourite dessert!!

Must really thank all the parents who brought Ashley's classmate over for the celebration. And Ashley likes all the presents received! But had told Ashley not to open them till our shift to the new place! :D

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Adwin is toilet train

2010-06-24T22:43:00.000+08:00

This credit must go to adwin's teacher, teacher Eliz and treacher Ivy! They were so brave to toilet train adwin in the childcare and they did it without informing me to bring extra pants!! Haha... And actually all these took about 1 week time only!! And now adwin is able to tell me he need the toilet for pee and poo!! So they really will save us lots of $ on diapers!! We will only put on diaper for him during his nap and night time! Hooray...

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Ashley not taking ballet

2010-06-24T13:49:00.000+08:00

Ashley had initially asked me to bring her for ballet lesson. So I took some effort to find ballet classes for her and also found some dance studio but in the end decided to let her join a class held at a CC near us. Last wed was her first lesson and we thought it was more of a play thing for her cos it was a lesson for the teacher to assess if she's should join the Tod or Pre-primary class. And the teacher say she's flexible enough to join the older class. But last evening, she told me she dun wanna go for ballet anymore!! Even after me telling her that if she does not go last evening, there will be no more ballet for her! I hope she will find the interest later again....

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Adwin haircut on his own

2010-06-20T10:45:00.000+08:00

Adwin managed to sit on his own for a haircut today!! And he always looks handsome after a cut!!! Haha.... :p

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Ashley birthday update 1

2010-06-18T23:56:00.002+08:00

Today is the last day the parents of the invited kids RSVP me on their attendance. Out of the 20 children we invited, 7 are confirmed coming and 1 can't make it cos they are on holidays, but am glad some of Ashley mentioned friends are coming! But WL say the number is just nice!! And now am abit stressed as I need to plan for some games and activities for the children attending the party!!

I had been doing some research online today regarding games for children party. Had discussed with WL and I intend to play the Pass the package game, thought of also playing Stepping stone and Bingo. Pray that the DIY crowns be in time for the party! We also went to get some prizes!!

I really didn't expect all these when we agreed to invite the kids over for ashley's birthday party, till a mummy called me today and asked what are the programs you planned for the party!! Am shocked when I heard that and started some planning only till then!! Haha... Hope everything will turn out fun on the day!! :p

Princess theme Invitation cards...

Planning for Ashley's birthday

2010-06-16T15:54:00.000+08:00

Ashley will be turning 5 this year!! It's really fast!! Every year am saying the same thing, cos really feel like she was still my baby in my arms!!

This year, we intend to have a party at home, had just asked her to pass all the invitation cards to her childcare friends hoping they can come over. She was really happy to hear her friends will be invited just hope her best friends will attend!

We do not plan to invite our friends this year, as she have friends in the childcare and since it's her birthday, those attending should be HER friend rather then her parents friend! Haha...

Weight of my kids

2010-06-15T10:05:00.000+08:00

Again, weight was taken when I brought the kids to see doc...

Ashley 19.2kg
Adwin 15kg

I must say am happy with their weight cos I didn't expect their weight to go up when they are quite picky with their food and especially for Ashley who is taking plain rice most of the time!!

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Woodlands Waterfront

2010-06-10T15:25:00.000+08:00

This is a new place open up in the North... Actually if I say it's just behind Republic Poly, I guess everyone would like the location, but if I say end of Admiralty Road, not everyone knows....

Anyway, the place is really PACKED with adults & kids!! There's no parking lots available & cars are seen parking along the roads way before you arrived at the designated car park!! And mind you, there's still a Phase 2 coming up!! Hope they can allocate more parking lots!!

We were also surprised to see many people there fishing even when the sun had set!! But like I told WL, how come I dun see their tubs of fish!! hahaha... if you get what am trying to say!!

Anyway, the kids did enjoyed themselves with the slide & those modern 'see-saw'... haha... I dunno what to call them and of cos, the kids favourites, ICE CREAM!! There's quite a number of ice-cream motorists there too!! & given the weather, everyone is getting an ice cream themselves!! hee hee....

This is a Mega Play thing for teenagers I would say, cos they are not suitable for my 2 toddlers!! It looks quite fun, but I guess it's over crowded!!

My forever WHY Ashley....

2010-06-09T15:57:00.000+08:00

I had been wanting to post this here... my Ashley had been filled me with all her WHY questions recently!! And am going bogus!! haha...

Out of the 10 sentences that came from her mouth, 8 are WHAT & WHY questions...

Mummy, What is Vesak Day?
Mummy, Why Daddy goes to work only in the afternoon?
Mummy, Why we need to go to school?
Mummy, Why you need to wear bra? **i almost flip!**
Mummy, Why you want to wear heels to work?
Mummy, What is a Muslim?
Mummy......

And I really do not know how to answer her @ times... so I'll forward her to her daddy!! hahaha...

Kids love painting...

2010-06-09T15:53:00.001+08:00

The kids had been doing painting at home quite frequenty recently, my frequently means about once a week... hahaha....

Anyway, WL had gotten them each a set of the water colors and brush. Lucky I've got quite alot of coloring books for them, which can be torn out so they can paint with the water color. They really enjoyed very much!!

Ashley had been asking me to take pictures for them...

Jogging Session #2

2010-06-07T16:37:00.001+08:00

We managed to go for our jogging session again yesterday (Sunday), as requested by our 2 kids... As we asked them, if they wanna go Swimming or Jogging... Ashley replied:"We've been to many swimming sessions oredi, think we go jogging today!" haha... so, wish granted!!

Anyway, we managed to have 2 new flat units to view before the jogging session & the first one we saw, WL was very impressed with the no block view.. as it was the last storey & is just beside the Pri Sch side gate, with no road crossing required, so hopefully we can manage to get this unit!! hee hee...

I managed to bring my iphone with me during the jogging session, so can captured my kids in action!!

Daddy & 2 kids before jogging:

Taking a rest after jogging for 2 rounds in the stadium!!! hooray!!

Taiwan / HK Trip Day 8 -- 24 Feb 2010

2010-05-26T14:37:00.000+08:00

We decided not to take the hotel breakfast provided for, and went out venturing for some authentic Taiwan breakfast!! But quite disappointed, cos nothing much we can find here, only some small shops, but I guess better then nothing... at least I know what are the types of sandwiches the locals are having...

We also went to do some shopping @ the Cheng Pin bookstore inside the MRT station before we head back to our hotel to gather our luggages to catch our flight to Hong Kong...

Ehm, I must say, I do like Taiwan, but our next trip should be a Free & Easy one, mainly spending time in Taipei, I don't think I would like another trip down to Hua lian, cos of the long journey and mainly the cliffy roads along the Pacific Ocean!! hahaha....

For Hong Kong, we had upgraded the hotel stay to HK Disneyland Hotel, as we thought to reward the kids to Disneyland for 2 days, rather 1-1/2 day to be exact! & Yes, lucky the hotel gave another day of entry into Disneyland when we stay there, so the kids will have more time this time!! But, we wouldn't wanna miss out Kowloon again, so we decided to take their train down to Kowloon after checking in and had dinner @ the Temple Street... But was pretty disappointed as there were not much stalls there now and the shop which we had Gui Ling Gao 3 years back was GONE! So we went other shop to try... haha.. And WL had a bad flu this time & the fovever HK milk tea he loved, was tasteless to him, but after my tasting, I had to tell him, it was sooooo good!!! Comparable to the milk tea he likes @ the Myanmar restaurant @ Marina Sq!!

Taiwan Trip Day 7 -- 23 Feb 2010

2010-05-26T14:29:00.000+08:00

We shall be heading back to Taipei today already, first stop is Jiu Fen lao jie... and I really love this place!! We tried the yu yuan from here... it's really good & Q!! Too bad can't buy back!! But if have a chance, I'll definitely be back here & walk the whole day... The street are small & interesting, I guess they are specializing in making clogs, cos we saw many shops selling them and even customising them! But Ashley does not seem interested!! haha... We had limited time shopping around, only had time for lunch (Lu rou fan, fish ball soup, drunken chicken, desserts - Yu yuan in ginger tea & red bean soup).

Next stop is the Muesum.... there were tons of people inside, which really surprised me!! And, we were not allowed to take any pictures inside and Yeo only showed us some of the highlighted items, anyway, the walk thru in the Muesum was very brief and rush!! And the 2 kids were killing us, as they requested us to carry them thru out the walk....

Following next is a more boring place... Pi Qui... as usual a talk by the shop manager is compulsory again and over here, they actually give you free fortune telling so they can better advise what type of Pi Qui is suitable for you ... but we gave it a skip! Afterwhich, we were again being brought to another place for honey talk sale! hahaa... another miss here...

We had our dinner in a classy place, sorry, I really can't recall the place, but it's a restaurant built & design by a lady with all parts of a vessel... which I thought was very messy! hahaha... terrible me with no artistic genes!!

Anyway, after dinner, we will be heading back to our hotel to settle our luggage and we are free to roam till tomorrow's flight to HK!! We will be heading to the famous Shi Lin Night market and will have to take their MRT back to our hotel... Had intended to try the famous Fried Chicken here, BUT it was CLOSED!!! So disappointed!! But still, we tried some other food here... Guan cai ban & Oyster omelette & more bubble tea!! haha...

Taiwan Trip Day 6 -- 22 Feb 2010

2010-05-26T14:09:00.000+08:00

We will be on the road most of the time these few days, as we will be heading back to Taipei. Along the way we are seeing much of the padi fields, interesting to see them in the southern part of Taiwan, and much more interesting is, there's a stop for us to buy rice back home!!! OMG... I thought we had enough of things to bring back, if we were to buy rice back, I think we will need to have extra hands and legs!! haha...

So far I see our meal restaurants are very much like village areas, which is interesting, cos we can never find such places in Singapore anymore, except maybe in Malaysia...

And we will be heading to hear talks about Ling Zhi and Placenta of deer!! And to my surprise, WL suggest to buy the ling zhi pills & try, it's not cheap... SGD500/bottle, which can last a year if 1 person takes 1 in the morning each day... so shall try it out & see if it's really so effective to purge out all the poison from our body!! hahaha...

I was really amazed when I see the scenary @ Tai lu ge... it's really like a chinese painting comes to life!!! So amazing!!! But the rocky road in may not be very safe.... :p After this stop, we will be heading to Shangri-la resort for some activity... am looking forward to release the lantern up the sky (fang tai deng)... I actually thought we can buy 1 & put up ourselves but it's a group activity though... & I also thought of buying crackers or fireworks for the kids to enjoy, but did not do them also... hahaha.. Why? Cos I guess I was pretty lazy and also the cool weather is making us tired and the kids are hooked onto the bubble thing there... But this is a pretty relaxing place lah...

Taiwan Trip Day 5 -- 21 Feb 2010

2010-05-25T12:55:00.001+08:00

Long Hu Ta was our first stop today, the weather is good in Kao Siong, sunny & cooling!! We are lucky to have met the Petrol police on white horse! hahaha... And the next stop was not impressive, Pearl outlet... almost everyone left the hall after a compulsory talk by the lady.

We had our lunch @ a restaurant near Fou Guang Shan. The place was really huge and grand! A interesting place to visit lah, I must say! Afterwhich, we will be on a long journey to Hua Lian, Hot Spring hotel, along the Pacific ocean. I must say, this is the most scary journey, cos the bus was really travelling along the coast line on some cliffs and we saw some broken roads left from the last flood. And also cos the bus was travelling at a faster speed to catch the stall that is selling the Shi Jia (Taiwan version of soursop). But the lian wu was really nice & sweet and we even brought 6 big ones back! haha...

Yeo advised us not to let Adwin go to the Hot Spring at the hotel due to his age and the temperature of the water, so we allow the kids to have fun in the bath tub in the room!! We only tried the hard boiled eggs using the hot spring water, ehm, the smell is very different from the normal hard boiled eggs we had back home! haha...

Taiwan Trip Day 4 -- 20 Feb 2010

2010-05-25T12:45:00.001+08:00

Today we will be heading to a Theme park... Jian Hu Shan!! Before the park, Yeo brought us to a local fruit stall, buying fresh squeezed orange juice, which is so sweet that it's unbelievable! haha... And the sour prune powder I bought from here is nice!!

The park is big, but due to the time we have here, the kids only had 2 rides, especially with the long queue to each ride takes a long time... Our lunch venue was at a local restaurant about 5 mins away from the park, their food was very nice and their coffee jelly dessert was also impressive!

We are heading down to Kao Siong after lunch and will be boarding ferry to Qi Jing Dao upon arrival for our own expense seafood dinner... We had watched the Taiwan Food show on Qi Jing Dao and really looking forward to it, cos we did not see this on other travel agency itinerary. Anyway, we had our fill of seafood dinner here and I was lucky to see the Taiwan Post having a stall here to sell their stamps! Of cos, I bought some for souvenirs back! hee hee...

And after Qi Ji Dao, we were supposed to head to a popular Night market in Kao Siong, but cos we had our dinner already, instead we went to another Night market, should be Xin Kan Jiang, for some shopping before we head back to our hotel...

Food we tried today: Sugar cane juice with milk (@ Qi Ji Dao), Green tomatoes with some homemade sauce (cranchy & nice!), lousy Papaya milk...

Interesting app...

2010-05-25T12:26:00.001+08:00

Thought this is an interesting app in iPhone... Photofunia!

Here's the pencil drawing of me and adwin:

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Taiwan Trip Day 3 -- 19 Feb 2010

2010-05-25T12:09:00.001+08:00

From tonight onwards, we will be shifting hotels every night as will be moving down South for the rest of the trip...

Today's weather was one of the worst, the temperature was around 8 degrees only and with the strong wind and rain, it's feeling like close to 0 degrees!! And am really worried about my kids, asking them to keep the zippers up and try not to expose their hands, with the hood on always... But am freezing from inside!! hahaha.... Cos, I have not brought my thick jacket along, only a windbreaker, to break the wind! hahaha...

Anyway, my Adwin was comfortably napping when we arrived at Daeramon Museum & Xiao Ren Guo. There's an amusement park, but due to the time constrait, it was not in our itinerary.

We will be having our lunch @ Ri Yue Tan and visit the Wen Wu Miao. Afterwhich we will be heading down to TaiNan for dinner and stay over...

Dinner is provided for today, but it was not very impressive, cos the place was abit cramp and they were timing us, due to the limited seats and it was a rushy dinner!! Forgot to mention, its Steamboat dinner, and how fast can we eat with the steaming hot food just out from the boiling soup?? :( But the night market was very big and interesting here!! If I remember correctly, it's known as Feng Jia Night Market! WL & me each bought a pair of shoes here...

Some of the food we tried here: Da Chang bao Xiao Chang (my 2 kids love it), Bubble milk tea, Guava again, Mao Keng Chou Dou Fu (VERY NICE!! Hahaha... ** how can a smelly food be nice?? **)

Taiwan Trip Day 2 -- 18 Feb 2010

2010-05-25T11:46:00.003+08:00

I liked the Taiwan breakfast, cos they served their authentic Taiwan porridge!! haha...

I make sure I had put on enough clothings for the kids, as it's the first time they came to a cold country and am really afraid they may catch a cold or what if they are not used to the cooling weather. Anyway, as I mentioned, it's always good to have MORE then LESS! hahaha... call me kiasu mummy!! :p

Ok, our first place to go is Zhong Zheng Ji Nian Tang... but the wind was so strong that we only have time to take a shot & board the bus!! haha... And next stop was Jing zan, a place to buy Taiwan food back, but I was thinking if it's too early to do tat?!? haha... Anyway, we can select & pay for the things here, they will pack & send to our hotel on the last night in Taiwan. And next place of visit is Zhong Lie Tang, we were on the bus, cos the kids were having their nap... And also cos it was drizzling & it's just a place for a shot, so we decided to give it a miss!

Our tour guide, Yeo (he was a Singaporean, but came to Taiwan for his U and stayed here cos of his wife! hee hee...) brought us to Yu Ren Ma Tou, according to him, this Love Bridge was used to shot Meteor Garden (but I can't recall @ all... haha.. though I had watched the seriel a few times! hahaha...) Anyway, the cold is getting unbearable here, cos of the strong wind & drizzles.... But we were busy eating @ the food stalls there instead of taking pics @ the bridge! hahaha...

Next stop was interesting, Dan Shui Lao Jie, taking our lunch (A-ge &; fishball soup) & buying some Yu Su & Xia Su... And also, we managed to get some gloves here, cos as I say, the weather was getting quite unbearable... haha... And we realised the kids love the Taiwan sausages here!!

Taiwan 101 was our next stop... Yeo asked if anyone wanna pay to go up to 101, but he suggest not, cos 101 is no longer the tallest bldg in the world after the one in Dubai came up! So, we went with his suggestion and just went shopping there...

By then, it was already in the late afternoon and we went to Wu Fen Pu for some cheap shopping, but got nothing also, cos the place was not properly sheltered and the streets were all wet and to make it worst, my Adwin was having his nap!! OMG... carrying a 13-14kg sleeping toddler & shopping in a like wet-market place is not fun at all!! Anyway, we tried the guava here, it's nice!! And in fact, the place here is recommended for bulk buying, most of the shops deal with wholesale and I think it's a good place if we are doing business... this is a place I'll come IF am in business next time for Ladies clothings! haha...

We were not supposed to have our dinner here, but cos we were tired of shopping, & we found this dumpling shop opposite (as recommended by Yeo @ Xi Meng Ding yesterday night!). And we were happy to have made this choice!! haha.. cos the Guo Tia was good & cheap!! And also we had order a bowl of noodles for the kids. As we will be heading to another night market after this, afraid we have no time to sit down for the kids to have proper dinner...

Next stop, Rao He Street Night Market!! At least the weather is abit better, not much drizzling.. haha... The kids bought their shoes here, and we tried these food here: Lu Rou Fan here (not impressed), peanut soup with Yu Yuan (Ok only), WL packet a Beef soup back & also Herbal Lamb soup (nice!), oh yes, and also a piece of Zhu Xue Gao (yucks!)... All these end our 2nd day!!! :D