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Simple Happiness

2010-10-05T21:28:00.001+08:00

This morning, Jade pointed to our wedding photo which was hanging on the wall and said: "Papa, mama!" Then she pointed at us n repeat papa, mama!

This little innocent act of hers really brightens up my day! =)

With Much Regrets

2010-09-22T15:46:00.004+08:00

I'm writing this with a heavy heart.
I'm sorry for what I did cos I broke my promise to you.
It's really never my intention.

I promised to shower you with love.
I promised to grow old with you.
I promised not to neglect you.
I promised to make you part of my family.
I promised to take good care of you.
I promised that in any conditions, you will not part from me.
I promised...I promised...I promised...!!!

However, I never regretted. You may have stayed a short 6 years with me, but we definitely have had happy moments together. You were once so tiny and young. Now you are even older than me but still as playful. You are always seeking my attention and do all those naughty things to make me angry so that I can tok to u. Now, I barely play with you and sometimes kept a distance from you. I think I'm really horrible.

I thought I will still keep you with me for the many years ahead, but it seems that it's no longer possible.
Believe me, I do not have the highest degree of intention to give you away, it's more of like, if there is anyone who's willing to take you in, then maybe yes.

Then the news just broke in. Yes, someone is interested to take you in. It happened so suddenly that I do not even have the time to think. In my mind, I'm only thinking if the new family is capable of taking care of you and shower you with lots of love which I no longer can give to you. I convince myself to say yes. I know you will be happier, with kids to play with and someone to talk to. (Am I deceiving myself?)

Will you really be happy in the new environment? Will you ever forget me? Will you ever remember the promises I made? Will I ever visit you again? I'm having a lump in my throat now, the tears in my eyes is swelling up, I think I cannot continue writing le.

Please forgive me, for breaking my promises. I wish you happiness in the new place, I really do. I want you to feel love once again. I dare not promise you anything now.
All I want is for you to live happily from now till your journey ends.

日子难熬！

2010-07-13T18:55:00.004+08:00

人就是活在痛苦与绝望当中。现在的我连不开心的权利都没有了。这样的人生会开心吗？

可能结束是好的。是为了迎接更美好的开始。是吗？我是在自我安慰吗？

我变得伤感，
我变得惆怅，
我变得消沉，
我变得不快乐。

这是真正的我吗？
从前的我哪去了？
已经死了吗？
我想是的，从前的我已烟消云散，一去不复返！
现在的我，心已死。剩下的只有躯壳。

Nobody understands!!!

2010-07-09T12:02:00.002+08:00

I really felt the heart-pain. I dun care if others dun understand me and what I'm gg through. But even my loved one wouldn't care less how much I feel.

What I got is hurting remarks and asking me to go and die.

Yes, I'm really unhappy and really wish to die sometimes. As I grow older, I'm beginning to dread living. People always say I must give thanks cos there are many unfortunate people around me. I understand, I'm not complaining about life. I just want to rest, is it so difficult???

Ok, serve me right for not having savings ever since I started working like 10years ago. So now, I want to stop working, I can't. I fully understand as I have family commitment blar blar blar. I didn't say and NEVER SAY I dun wanna work.

I just need a break. A break from working like an ox from 9-5.
Why must I get a job now? Why can't I quit first and take my time to find one?

I know there are many considerations and plans, but why can't we shelve some plans till we are more comfortable financially before plonking into doing something so hurriedly?

What's the hurry? What's wrong with staying in our 3-room flat for the time being? What's the urgency of selling our house and get another one so soon??? What's all these?

Why do I have to make all the sacrifices just for the whole household???? It's just so unfair. I'm so sick of everything. Just so sick!!!

So sick of dragging myself to work.
So sick of making myself look incompetent at work when actually I'm not.
So sick of doing things for the sake of money when I'm not happy at all.
So sick of waking up every morning, dreading to put myself to another day of torture.

That's life, that's my pathetic, unsympathetic life. :(

Happy Mother's Day to Me

2010-05-09T10:44:00.002+08:00

Today I have a new definition for Mother's Day!

This morniing...

Me: Ehh..today is Mother's Day, y no action or appreciation words from you?

Someone: I dun celebrate Mother's Day. Even if I celebrate Mother's Day, I will buy things for my own mother only.

Me: But I'm also a mother, mother to your daughter, a wife to u. Should there be any kind of appreciation or sorts?

Someone: Then you shall wait for our daughter to grow older to celebrate Mother's Day for you.

Me: .........upset........upset......upset!

Seriously, am I asking for too much? Just a word thanks is good enough too. Yet I got such hurting remarks. Yeah, maybe I need to depend on Jade to celebrate Mother's Day for me then. Or maybe even Jade cannot be bothered when she gets older.

Maybe, maybe, maybe...it's just another ordinary Sunday, just another Mother's Day!

Haizzzz..........Happy Mother's Day to me!

Tots for the Day!

2010-03-29T22:46:00.002+08:00

Does being richer means I'm happier?

Not true!

Having no goals and dreams dread me the most!

What do I want in life? What will I be doing 10 years down the road?

I need to retreat and ponder for a moment!

Life is too tiring now!

Peace is what I'm seeking now for a fulfilling inner soul!

Grant me the strength!

Jade is exploring with her toys!

2009-11-18T18:44:00.004+08:00

10th and 11th

2009-11-17T18:08:00.008+08:00

Seriously, I have no idea where I have last stopped, thus decided to update some Oct and Nov'09 happening. Pardon me for my tardiness!

Can you imagine, it's already Nov'09, 20 more days to Jade's first birthday. Time really passes so quickly.

My darling Jade took her first 2 steps about 2 weeks ago, looking forward to see her walk steadily before her bday. But she's rather lazy, she likes to crawl than walk, hahha!!!

Ok what were some of the happening in Oct and Nov? Hmmm...oh, looking back, nothing much in Oct'09. Jade's more responsive and likes to smile at any uncles, aunties, gor gors, jie jies, mei meis and di dis on the streets. Heee!!! She looks more like me and yes, her temperament is some how like me too! Oh no...!!! ;)

My darling nephew, Wayne was born on 6 Nov'09, one day before my birthday.

I have reached the big "3" this year, I can't believe it, I'm old liao....sob sob!!!

Jade had her virgin visit to the zoo on my birthday. She's not very appreciative, hahah..think she's too young and got distracted easily.

I'm now preparing for Jade's birthday bash, seems like many more things on hand which I have not started.

Attended Bb Tara's first bday and what a great celebration, Bb Tara is just so expressive and adorable.

Brought Jade to her first studio photo shoot yesterday, well, she's not very cooperative. An hour session was extended due to her unwillingness to smile at the camera. Haiiizzz...just hope that there are few nice photos for me to choose from.

For those who are interested to have a family studio shoot can try Foto-U Studio. Our photographer, Wai Peng was very professional and tried her best to make Jade smile. Overall, we had a great experience. Thanks Wai Peng. Realised she did a wedding photo shoot for my sister's friend and she also took photos for kids bday party. I saw Mathias's photo in one of her work. Such coincidence!

Big Girl, Jade @ 11th month!

Jade's virgin trip to the zoo on my brithday! Big "3"!

Bb Tara's bday bash

Dancing Buttock

2009-09-14T00:05:00.000+08:00

Dim Sum @ Ah Yat

2009-09-13T22:04:00.016+08:00

My family have not had dim sum together for quite awhile, thus, I rally all for Dim Sum @ Ah Yat (Turf City). 40% discount on weekends, why not?

It was as usual, a sunny Sunday afternoon. Plenty of carpark lots and it's free. Actually I kind of like gg to Turf City. Plenty of makan places and Giant is located there too.

We ordered a table full of dim sum. Must order items like Har Kow, Siew Mai, Carrot Cake, Steam Pork Ribs, Char Siew Bao, Egg Tarts and many other typical dim sum dishes. The captain thought we ordered too much but we finished the table of food and ordered more...hahah!!!

Although I'm not a prawn person and most dim sum contain prawn, I still ate to my heart's content. We ordered Peking Duck too and it was oh-so delicious. The overall rating of food is 4.5/5 stars. Prompt service, ingredients are fresh and food are tasty, nothing much to complain about! Well, the restaurant was packed with diners. There are 2 other branches but I'm not sure if standards are the same. One is at Shaw Tower, the other is at Allson Hotel.

Overall damage: $200+ for 11 of us!

Table of food:

Happily entertained by:

Finger-game by Uncle Thomas and Tammie cousin!

Wet tissue and toy!

Preggy Aunt Wendy!

Dun know what happened?

Back to normal self

Munch Munch

2009-09-03T16:24:00.004+08:00

Hahaha...she was imitating me!!!

Sunday Morning

2009-09-03T15:21:00.006+08:00

Mr Loh suggested an impromptu visit to Food Fair @ Expo, so off we go!!!

It was a wet and cooling Sunday, thus I geared Princess Jade with turtleneck romper matched with long pants and warm socks. Well, call me kiasu, just to ensure my darling will not catch a cold. Btw, expo can be realli cold at times.

I know it' wrong to be pushing a stroller @ a food fair. Though we are not the only one to do that, but I can realli feel ourselves being a nuisance by pushing the stroller through the crowded lanes with people dying to try all the food..hahah!

After trying to squeeze through, Jade and I ended near the corner of the entrance while Ken went to look around. Actually, our main purpose was not for the food. Hahaha!!!

I did ended up trying Hokkaido ice-cream and Japanese sausages though!

While waiting, I took out my camera and began snapping photos of Jade n myself, yes again!

What's new right?

After spending less than an hour at the food fair, I grabbed the opportunity to go to John Little Mega Sales at the next exhibition hall. There was NATAS travel fair at Hall 6 as well. Saw many people lugging luggages, must be the free gifts from the travel fair. Then I saw this travel fair poster: "Spend $5000 and get a free luggage"!

I'm wondering, wow, Singaporean are very rich hor, almost everyone who came out from the travel fair lugged a luggage with them, thus they must have spent $5k or more for travel. So much so for economic crisis, hmmm....!!!

Didn't buy alot of things frm JL Mega Sales, we went home to do hsework after that.

Later in the evening, we had steamboat at Mei Chin hawker centre.

Celebrating "外公's" Bday!

2009-09-03T14:10:00.023+08:00

The old Singapore Badminton Association was closed down for other development.
Now, it's occupied by a food court.

Since Dad's bday was just round the corner, decided to try the "Cze Char" stall there. "Song & Song Live Seafood", we made a reservation a few days in advance.

It was an Alfresco dining as I mentioned it was one of the stall in a food court.
The table was abit too small for 12 of u. (Dat's their biggest table)
As we were there slightly after 6pm, it was still sunny and thus it was pretty warm. We were hoping for sunset soon! We hope that it will not rain and thankfully it didnt.

We ordered dishes like hot plate deer meat, sweet n sour fish, shrimp paste chicken, black pepper and chilli crab, noodles, vegetables and some other typical cze char dishes.

As I was suffering from food poisoning just the day before, I did not dare to indulge much on the sumptuous dinner. I tried on the pepper crab and skipped the chilli ones. And surprisingly, the meat was juciy and tasty, the black pepper was delicious, comparable to those @ Telok Kurau! For black pepper crab lovers, can try their Black Pepper Crab, personally I liked it.

The total bill came up to $200+.

Overall, I gave a rating of 3.5/5 stars. Apart from no aircon, no bigger tables, delay in serving food (it was pretty crowded that day) and our cereal prawn didnt turn up on our table, the food was considered tasty.

I didnt take any photos apart from the chilli crab. I was busy taking photos of my darling Jade instead. Change of focus once u became a mum, hahah!!!

Some photos for your viewing pleasure!

Jade: Must clean hands before u eat ok.

Tammie jie jie, come I help you to open the wet tissue packet with my strong teeth!

Jade: Give me the camera, I help to take photo.

Loh Look-alike Meter

2009-06-25T22:48:00.001+08:00

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My Pride, My Joy, My Everything!

2009-06-22T23:40:00.016+08:00

Here are some videos of Jade's milestones!

3rd month & marching on!!!

2009-05-14T23:31:00.029+08:00

Time slipped passed so quickly and my darling is 3 months old le.

This is a very late post, but I still wanna share Jade's growing stage with my friends and all the new-mummies.

It was a month of breeze as I got to know Jade's temperament better. She's easier to manage compared to last month. I knew exactly when she's hungry and when she want her beauty slp.

Soon I will be back to work, thus, I tired my best to take photos of her everyday without fail. I guess I will not have the luxury of time after I'm back to work.

As we shaved her hair, she looked quite botak in all the photos. This darling of mine hardly smile and that's her signature expression. She was learning to flip on her own and will get frustrated if she's unable to do so. Jade also can hold her milk bottle when she's in a good mood.

We brought her back to the swimming place @ Harboutfront for a 2nd time since she like it. Actually we had signed up a five sessions class for her.

In March, we attended baby Shanelle's first month party too. Again Jade got to mingle with bb Tara and her new friend who's only a month old. We were also invited to Phyllis's place for steamboat dinner to celebrate her MIL's bday.

An eventful month with a not so good incident contributed to it. Jade had a fall when we were changing our bedsheet. It was difficult to explain how it happened, but it happened within seconds when my eyes were not watching her. From then onwards, I dared not leave her unattended again, unless with proper safety measures laid out. We monitored her for 48 hours to ensure she do not have symptoms like vomiting, drowsiness or bleeding etc.! Thankfully she's well and we had the pd to check on her during her routine check.
She took her 2nd round of vaccinations.

Check out some photos which were taken in March

Gloomy face!

Naked!

Vivo with Mummy

Vivo with Daddy

Family @ Vivo

I'm swimming in the sea!!!

Minnie n Jade

What's this???

Unhappy!

Kangaroo!

Family of 3..!!!

Daddies and Mommies

Shiok!

Do we look alike?

Mum n Jade!

Dad n Jade

Group!

Kaden's First Bday

2009-03-20T16:39:00.026+08:00

Celebrated Kaden's 1st birthday on 28 Feb'09. Coincidently, it was Jessica's bday as well. We went to Barks Cafe after the Kaden's bday celebration @ Changi.

The theme for the bday party - M.I.C.K.E.Y MOUSE...Micky Mouse!

Baby Kaden n Mum!

The young boys showing their potential!

Aunty Sylvia n Jade

Jade Jade enjoyed herself @ the party. Who's the naughty unker who tied the balloon to Jade's hand when she was sleeping? LOL!!!

Our usual gang!

The group photo! (who's hand was that???)

Daddy n Mummy with Kaden singing bday song!

Mommy n Jade!

Dinner @ Barks Cafe

The "ang" and the "bor" stealing the lime light!

Moi & bday girl!

Sylvia, Jessica & Moi!

Finale

It seemed like yesterday when we were all 13 years old.

We shared and went through many ups and downs in life, yet our friendship remains solid.

We are no longer the bunch of immature, wilful teenagers but women with more wisdom and wrinkles.

17 years passed, looking forward to more 17 years with my dearest friends.

Sweet Sweet February

2009-03-16T17:10:00.017+08:00

February is a month of love...season of love...!!!

Dedicating this page to the love of my life, my hubby Kenny and my beloved daughter, Jade. Our Valentine's Day is no longer the same, not the 2 of us anymore, but with Jade celebrating her first of every occasion with us this year. 1st Xmas, 1st New Year, 1st CNY, 1st Valentine's Day and more to come!!!

Can't wait to capture her special moments too, her 1st crawl, her 1st step, her 1st tooth, her 1st word......
Here are some photos taken in Feb, sharing with all my frens the growing stages of baby Jade.

Nothing fanciful, just some daily photos of my darling! Hope you like it! :)

2009 CNY - 牛年篇

2009-03-10T16:27:00.036+08:00

This year, we had our reunion dinner at my cousin's place. It was bb Jade's first CNY celebration with us.

All the food were cooked by my cousin and her maid. My cousin has 2 sons, thus she gave me many tips on how to massage bb Jade, how to soothe her to slp etc etc!

After the sumptous dinner, how can the nite be completed without a game of mahjong? :)

CNY Day 1

Bringing Jade to "bai nian" for the very first time. Woke up early to prepare her. I was feeling abit unwell that morning, tot the pain in my stomach will go away soon.

Though Jade dun knw how to greet Daddy n Mummy with mandarin oranges yet, we still gave Jade her very first ang baos.

It was not an enjoyable Day 1 for me, when visiting Kenny's relatives in the morning, I became realli unwell due to sudden attack of gastric. It was rather unusual cos I do not have history of gastric pain. In the end, we did not continue visiting his other relatives but went straight to my Granny's place for lunch. However, I was half dead when I reached there, I did not take lunch and rested in the room. The pain didn't subside n a fever came along. I was on off sleeping, n feeling reall bad. Dad gave me some gastric pills to take.

Only felt better in the evening, hardly ate anything. Managed to eat abit of rice during dinner. Was still feeling abit sick when we went home.

CNY Day 2

We visited my sister on Day 2. Nothing much actually. Dinner @ nearby coffee shop with our family & their friends. Sis's MIL offered to take care of Baby Jade for me cos she's not having dinner with us. Thus, Ken & I left Jade with her and off to have dinner. Managed to go back in time to feed Jade despite the long wait at the coffee shop. Haaha!

My 2nd sis & bro-in-law did not join us cos they went to Beijing with their family on CNY's Eve.

CNY Gathering with frens

Our usual gathering during CNY, for consecutively 2 years, it was held at my place. Obviously, their no.1 motive was to gamble lah...hahah!!! Not forgetting our annual "Lo-Hei" affair too.

We bought a small bday cake for Coreen and celebrated her belated bday at my place.

Those who didn't make it in the end was Imelda and Adeline.

Though this CNY, we did not visit many relatives & frens, it was sure tiring for both Kenny & I. Cos we have our special family member, Baby Jade in tow with us wherever we went. She had definitely added more colours to our family's celebration this year.

Kenny was on block leave and he was of great help @ home taking care of Baby Jade with me.

Now, if u see me on the road or at a shopping mall, do say hi to our family of three. ;)

Lastly, Gong Xi Gong Xi & Huat ahhh!!!

Bye Bye Edwin

2009-02-27T13:21:00.010+08:00

Managed to squeeze out time for this farewell dinner @ Waraku East Coast on 23 Jan'09. Yes, Edwin is leaving us and decided to move on to work in Australia (this is wat he always wanted).

I took few hours off from taking care of bb Jade, thks to Kenny who agreed to take care of her. He drove me to East Coast too cos he said it will b difficult to get a cab during that hour.

I did not tell the rest that I'm coming, I told only Li Woon, decided to give the rest a surprise. :) Indeed some were surprised to see me, hahaha!!! We bought him a Crumpler backpack for him to use over in Australia. Hope he likes it.

Edwin & Shemin

Jason, Edwin & Xiaolu

Group photo

Edwin, Moi & Mervyn

Mervyn, Edwin & Shemin

Edwin with his farewell gifts. The booklet is from Shemin and the photo is frm Mervyn.

After dinner, we had New Zealand's ice-cream which was situated behind Waraku. Finally, we bidded farewell to Edwin and wished him all the best in watever he do. Some of us called it a nite while the youngsters carried on as the nite was still young. They headed down to St James for drinking session.

Being a new mum, of course, I left after the dessert. Albert gave me a ride home.

It was an unforgettable nite, I will definitely miss this dear fren of mine.

I still remembered I met Edwin during an orientation program organised by SingTel. We were all new recruits back then. Edwin brought me into his grp of lunch kakis (Best fren group) and frm there, I got to know more frens from SingTel. Though we are from different biz grp, we met up often during lunch.

It was indeed sad to know that he's leaving us and gg somewhere faraway, but still this is something he wanted all along, so naturally, I'm happy for him too. It seemed like yesterday when we 1st joined SingTel.

Spot us?

All the best Edwin, wherever u r, watever u do! :)

January - HM & Phyllis's Big Day

2009-02-20T14:47:00.017+08:00

11 Jan'2009

The long waited day finally arrived. It was just right after my one month confinement, thus I'm able to make it for their big day. This is Jade and Phyllis yiyi first time seeing each other since she was born. Due to Chinese belief, Phyllis did not come visit Jade in the hospital as well as her full month party. So on this day, they finally met.

Congratulations to the newly-wed. Hope Jade will have another cousin to play with soon!

January - Jade's Full Month Party

2009-02-20T12:22:00.026+08:00

3 & 4 Jan'2009

We decided to celebrate Jade's full month for 2 days as there were just too many guests to invite. Initially, we wanted it to be a small affair, this proved to be a tough task. Hahha!!! So we decided to invite all who came to our mind. Colleagues, frens, relatives & the list went on.

On 3 Jan, the party was dedicated more to Ken's family & relatives and my frens. We ordered buffet for 2 days. I put up some decorations and personally made letter-cutting of Jade's name n pasted it on the wall.

My darling wore a white romper with pretty flowers and butterflies. Her accessories were anklet and bracelet given by "Tai Po" and grandparents. I was instructed by my parents to let Jade wear them during her full month's party.

3 Jan was the last nite of my confinement aunty, of cos have to take photo of Jade & Aunty lah! Thanks for her help throughout the first month. She realli helped us alot. I also want to thank her for feeding me well, hhaha!!! Look at the photo n u realised wat I meant. :)

On 4 Jan, it was 2nd day of Jade's full month. My family & relatives came. And more of our frens. My confinement aunty left in the afternoon, and frm that moment onwards, our nitemare began. Hahhaa!!!

Friends and their kids

Gifts - Thank you to all family & frens for their generosity.

Arrival of our Precious Angel

2009-02-12T16:42:00.008+08:00

In my previous post, I was counting down 10 days to Baby Jade's arrival. However, she was eager to come to this world, maybe she wanted to celebrate bday together with Granny and to attend her Yiyi's wedding. She's not gg to miss the big occasion.

Yes, she arrived on 7 Dec'08, Sunday. Weighing 3.005kg and measuring 48cm.

I was experiencing contractions around 1am plus, after monitoring for a few hours, off we went to KKH. I was inspected and was 4cm dilated liao. I was admitted to the labour ward straight. It was 4plus in the morning.

The actual labour started at around 6plus, I told myself to go through it w/o epidural no matter what. When the nurse put me on drips, the intense contractions was realli unbearable. I used the gas but it was of zero use.

I was lying on my side and whenever the pain came, I will grabbed the bed railing and put my breathing technique into use. It didnt help much too, and I kept telling myself, no epidural, no epidural, bear with it!

In the end, it was Kenny who wanted me to take epidural. I surrendered and said ok. While waiting for the anesthetist to come, the midwife was asking me questions like do I feel like clearing bowels when the contractions came. Tell u, when u r in great pain and ppl is asking u questions, u dun feel like answering at all. Hahaha!!! I told her ya! Then she do another cervix chk for me again. This time she said I was dilated to 8cm. Basically no need to take epidural liao. I heaved a sign of relief. I was thinking, finally the ordeal is over. Baby Jade is gg to come out soon.

Sad to say, I struggled almost 2 hrs before Jade realli popped out. Tremendous amount of energy was wasted during the push. I was told to switch to 2 other positions to hasten the labour, but it was of little help too.

Forcep was finally needed to get Baby Jade out. It was really an experience that I will never ever forget man! The feeling was definitely indescribable when I held Jade in my arms.

I'm overjoyed to see Baby Jade in my arms, and that she's able to latch on without fuss. However I was unable to walk, my bones seem to be on strike, they refused to move. I had difficulties getting out of the bed and walk.
Still, I was discharged the next day. I need to be wheeled down to the carpark in a wheelchair. Even when I got home, I need the help of a office chair (with rollers) to help me move around. I was walking backwards when I'm not using the chair. I can't reached Jade the moment she cried, I depended alot on the confinement lady and Kenny.

Anyway the dreadful moments were long gone. I'm enjoying every single moment now with Jade. I will be returning back to work real soon. I must treasure every precious minute and watch Jade grow day by day.

Playing PSP to kill time in the labour ward!

Visiting!

(for more photos, please view from facebook)

End 2008!

2009-02-12T15:40:00.013+08:00

I'm sorry for the backlogs. Many many things to update but time is scarce. Well, perhaps my time-mangement skills is realli bad. Where should I begin? Since the headline of this blog is end-2008, then I shall update you some happenings in Dec'08.

I will keep it short & sweet since it's already the 2nd month of 2009 liao. Haha!!!

BBQ - 5 Dec'08

It was near to my delivery date, but still able to enjoy one last BBQ before Baby Jade pops out. This BBQ was organised by my eldest sis to celebrate Tammie's gd results as well as Mum's bday which is on the 7th.

Men @ Work

Food

The Kids

Our family & relatives

Mum's bday cake!

Couple of the year!

It was a great nite! Hardly any chance to meet up all the extended family which include my sisters' in-laws, the kids and their friends. I enjoyed the nite! Hope to have more gathering like this in future.

Motherhood

2009-01-13T11:26:00.006+08:00

It has been a month plus since my last post. Plenty of backlogs but just not enuff time to post them online. I will try my best to put these logs up whenever I have the time.

In my last post, I was counting down to Baby Jade's arrival while enjoying my annual leave.
However, Baby Jade can't wait till EDD and she came a week earlier, too eager to celebrate Grandma's birthday. Yes, Baby Jade arrived on 7 Dec'08, Sunday. It was my mum's birthday too. Initially, my family decided to have fishhead steamboat to celebrate her bday. However, due to Baby Jade's arrival, I got no chance to enjoy my last decent meal. Haha!!!

Today, Baby Jade is 1 month and 6 days' old. I ought to be enjoying motherhood every single moment. Yes I do, no doubt about it. But there's always 2 sides to a coin.

Here's my version of Motherhood.

I think I depend too much on the confinement lady during the first month, thus I do not realli take care of Baby Jade during the night. I latched her on whenever needed and bottled-fed her when aunty is busy. I bathed her once before aunty left. Time realli flies, the first month ended with 2 full month celebrations for Baby Jade. That also marked the departure of my confinement aunty and the start of taking care of Baby Jade on our own.

I know it's gonna be tough and I got myself prepared. However, it's not a matter of how prepared you are, it is definitely not easy taking care of a baby, especially a demanding one like Baby Jade. It can be mental torturing. Seriously, not sure how long I can withstand this ordeal.

Baby Jade doesn't want to slp at nite, she won't allow u to have a peaceful nite as well. I have tried all methods to try to get her to slp. Even though she does not want to slp, she will never failed to wail for attention either.

Most days I slept for 4 hours only. During day time when she slept, I got to do household chores and prepare my own lunch. Sometimes I had lunch at 3pm cos I need to attend to all her needs.
Taking care of a baby seems like a breeze to others but not me.

Baby Jade won't allow me to sit down n pat her to slp. She wants me to walk round the whole house in the middle of the nite. When thinking she's alsp, I will put her down to her cot, she will wake up 5 mins later and wailed for attention again. She can torture me in this manner frm 2am till 6am or even longer.

I'm not those weak kind of person whom dun even know how to handle a baby, it's just that Baby Jade cried even after her feeding or changing of diaper. She cried for attention and do not allow me to rest. Think I'm gg to have a mental breakdown soon, hahhah!!!

Still, I lurve her though she's cranky and difficult to take care. It has been very difficult ever since I gave birth to Baby Jade. From the labour to aftermath till now, just three words to describe - Traumatising, Tiring and Torturing.

Many things are different once u have a baby. I stayed home 24hrs frm Mon to Fri and can't go out as and when I like, like in the past. I'm at a different stage of life now and Baby Jade is now our priority, but at the same time, it seems that I have lost something in my life too. I dun know, I felt confused sometimes, sometimes I regretted having Baby Jade. Sometimes when I looked at her, I have mixed feelings.

Not sure if I'm suffering frm post-natal blues, I do feel very upset nowadays.

Anyway, hope things will get better and to see Baby Jade grow day by day is another joyful part of Motherhood. I must think positively in order to chase away the blues I have now.

I will try to post Baby Jade's photos whenever I have the time, which proof to be difficult.
Pen off for now.

Kudos to all Mothers! :)

Counting down 10 days...???

2008-12-04T15:44:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was the first day of my annual leave. Yippee...I have more time to do my things until the big day arrive. Went shopping for Xmas gifts with my sisters yesterday @ Takashimaya, being extremely heavy and clumsy now, still managed to shop for 3-4 hours without resting. Kudos to myself!

We finally decided to call it a day and pampered ourselves at Coffee Club for a nice cuppa of coffee. I had my healthy "Or-Mango Blend" and indulged in New York cheesecake. That's life!!!

Then I took a cab down to KKH for my gynae appt. Ken will meet me there.

The usual ultrasound scan revealed a healthy 2.9kg Baby Jade. I have dilated 1cm, so it's like ANYTIME...!!!! Hahaha...! Getting real excited and abit nervous. Nevertheless, I will calm myself no matter wat! Praying for a smooth delivery!

I will still be actively roaming about for the next few days. Celebrating mum's bday tmlo at Downtown East - BBQ party. Then over the weekend, I have 2 "Full-Month" baby parties to attend.

I will probably be at home most of the time next week, packing my bag, preparing last-min thingy for Baby Jade and then waiting for her to arrive. It will be plenty of rest, more bird's nest and coconut juice. =P

No sure when is my next blog, just stay tune for more updates ok!

An advance Merry Xmas greetings from me, Kenny and Baby Jade.

Wishing all our frens a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Moi 29th Bday Celebration wif Dar & Baby Jade

2008-11-10T15:34:00.015+08:00

One year older, approaching the 30s soon, cannot imagine!
Expecting my first child this year, thus a whole new beginning and meaning for moi and Ken.

As usual, I had to crack my brain and decide on a new dining venue as my dear Dar is totally clueless. He's not the type to plan surprises for moi on moi bday, so I have to do the sourcing. Haha!!! :)

Went to book "Carousel" three days before moi bday, sad to say, the restaurant was fully booked. I was told that I need to make reservations at least 2 weeks in advance. OMG, so "hot" ah that place!
Anyway thinking back, the price of the buffet dinner was pretty steep, $60+++ for international cuisine. For those who know me well, I'm pretty fussy abt food. I dun eat raw, I dun eat lobster, prawn, oyster and mainly delicacies lah. Thus, bringing moi to eat buffet is definitely a waste of money.

Here comes other alternatives: Wild Rocket, Privé, restaurants at Chijmes etc.
In the end, I stumbled upon this dining place at Robertson Quay, near to Alkaff Bridge called "Epicurious".
Some nice reviews abt the restaurant, thus moi decided to go ahead and made reservations. Praying that it won't be too disappointing.

We didn't go anywhere in the afternoon (7 Nov'08, Fri). After having dim sum for lunch, we went home and waited patiently for the delivery of baby's cot, stroller, car seat etc.

In the evening, we slowly made our way to Robertson Quay. We were there 15mins early, so took a few pictures by the river and Alkaff Bridge. The photos came out too dark, so I posted only one here. :P

Surprisingly, although there were many gd reviews from the various websites, we were the only patrons there. We took the alfresco dining and looked through the menu. Not alot of variety though.

Some photos taken after ordering our food.

Our drinks: Snapple and Dar's beer.

Our sides: Mushroom soup and sauteed mushroom.
The mushroom soup and sauteed mushroom were yummy. Not a single drop left of mushroom soup.
However, the sauteed mushroom was too 腻 thereafter cos it was quite a big bowl.

Our Main: Dar's herb-roasted half chicken and my choice of chicken breast parmigiana.
There were not much to choose from the menu as both of us do not take beef. As you can see, we ordered 2 chix dishes of different preparation. Mine was top with cheese and it tasted more like chix patty underneath.

Apart from the disappointment of the mashed potato (u can choose any 2 sides from the menu) on my plate, both dishes tasted not bad. The portion were quite big too. It will be better if there were more variety on the menu. Perhaps pork or fish dishes to be added into their menu.

Our dessert: Apple crumpler with vanilla ice-cream
I lurved it, the apple crumpler was not too sweet to start with (careful that u burnt your tongue).
The top crust was crispy. A great combination when you scooped a spoonful of hot apple with the crust and topped it with vanilla ice-cream and some strawberries, mama mia...heavenly...!!!

The bill came up to about $80 or slightly less. There were more diners after 8pm.
We kinda like the ambience there, facing the river, we felt relaxed. There were many apartments around that area, so you can see alot of Japs and Caucasians. There are many bars and restaurants along the river. It's quite a cool place to chill out with frens as well.

We took a stroll after dinner along the river. More photo taking.

We booked tickets to watch sneak preview of "Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa" @ 11pm at Tiong Bahru. I like part I, so I thought I should not missed part II.

A drink @ Coffee Club - Tiong Bahru before the movie start. Dar ordered some lychee drink and I had my pot of earl grey tea to wash away the heavy dinner I had earlier on.

At 11pm, off we went for the show. Disappointing, not as good as part I. Can give it a miss!
That's my bday celebration with Ken and Baby Jade.

My 30 years old bday next year, I will have Baby Jade physically beside me, celebrating with us. :D

Advanced Bday Celebration

2008-11-06T15:58:00.011+08:00

A bday lunch treat from my SingTel's colleagues aka "Best Fren Grp".

Decided on the "包罗万香" @ Plaza Singapura after a round of voting.

Date: 4 Nov'08, Tues
Fall-In Time: 12pm

Venue: "包罗万香" @ Plaza Singapura

Attendees: Albert, Bok Lan, Li Woon, Mervyn, Edwin, Shemin, Felicia, Jason and Moi (bday mummy-to-be)

Absentee: Roy Jan

Took a train down to Dhoby Ghaut, the restaurant was not crowded. It was a good thing because we didn't make any reservation. We ordered mostly dim sum from the menu. Thinking since there were 9 of us, we ordered x2 of every type of dim sum. Counting from the menu, there were abt 20 varieties, thus, 40 dishes on the table. Seems like we have starved for the past few days...hahhaa!!!

The dishes came at a fast speed, perhaps there were not many patrons. Our table were full of food and there was no space to accomodate more plates which were being delivered by the waitress. I bet the boss must be laughing at our "goondu-ness" for ordering so much food.

Not all dim sum were yummy anyway. Think it will be my first and last visit to this "包罗万香". I can have nicer dim sum else where even if I have to pay more. Credit to the glutinous rice (not oily) and egg tarts. Can't think of anything nice liao. Oh ya, the ice chrysanthemum tea is tasty too. :)

Overall damage: $150+

Table full of food

In the end, we got to play a few rounds of in-between as game of forfeit. Those who lost got to choose from the remaining dim sum and eat it. Fortunately, I was spared from the forfeit...hiak hiak hiak!!!

Cos I'm the bday gal mah!!!!

Anyway, we still got to da bao 4 boxes of dim sum back to office. See how much food we ordered. *faint*

Well, I enjoyed the lunch. Though no more room for dessert, I'm still satisfied, not the food but the company.

Thank you my best fren grp!!! Muacks....!!!!! :*

Dog's Life

2008-11-03T11:46:00.013+08:00

Some dogs are born lucky, some are not.

In this blog, I wanna show the differences of how dogs are treated.

If they are treated badly, they can only suffered in silence. How I wish ppl will think 1001 times before they get themselves a pet. Pets are not toys, they are living things, just like u n me!

A Very Contented Puppy named Dolphy:

My frens jus got themselves a white Maltese puppy. Very adorable and not afraid of gg into my bag.

Her name is Dolphy! She's a lucky dog!

Not all dogs are like Dolphy.

A Very Unhappy Dog, unknown breed, unknown name! I named it - Red Basket Dog.

It might seems like a red basket to u. Initially, this was what we tot. It was always outside my neighbour's hse.

They put rubbish in it like old shoes, flower pots, broken unbrella and trash which I tot it was very inconsiderate of them. They even put glass panel on top of the basket, exposing the sharp corners. What if a toddler walked passed near the basket not knowing the potential danger?

Till one day, Ken realised something moving inside. With a closer look, we saw a dog inside the restricted, dirty, sandy red basket. The poor little one share its only shelter with a broken unbrella and a old flower pot with soil in it. The basket was covered with a wooden plank, floor tiles and flower pot.

A normal red basket?

Peeping in closer to have a look, surprisingly no bark from the dog.

Saw the stain on the floor? Urine stain?

Dog's head exposed! The dog started to growl at us when we walked real close.

Not wanting to alarm the neighbour, these were the only photos I took.

I sent the photos and an email to SPCA.

Their action was swift. They got ppl to come down and check. SPCA called me later and told me this family was taking care of the dog for a fren. The mother do not seems to like the dog when asked to bring the dog into the house. Probably the dog was brought home by her teenage daughter who did not seek her mum's approval lah! SPCA told me to monitor and call them if they still leave the dog out there at the corridor.

Verdict:

The red basket was gone, it was no longer outside their house. Probably they moved the red basket into the house, so that they can continue to keep the dog in there. If not, they might have returned the dog to its owner. Whatever it is, I wish the dog good luck.

How do you feel if you are kept in a restricted area with junks around u? Limited walking space, limited food and water. Might get drenched when it rained etc etc etc!!!

Dogs are living things, please respect and love them. If you are not ready for a pet, please dun get one.

Wish more people are aware of this. Hope my readers are aware and share with all your frens and family.

In loving memory of Beckie, 1992-2008. Passed away peacefully on 20 Oct'2008.

My sister's PIL decided to bring their old dog, JJ to SPCA. High possibility of putting him to sleep. He's old but not to the extend of putting him to sleep. Yet, their decisions are made.

Some dogs are left with no choice, no choice at all. :( All the best, JJ!!!

An Excited Week of Good News

2008-11-02T19:25:00.018+08:00

Yeah, it was a weekend of exciting news since Friday. Full of joy and bliss! I'm so excited as though it was happening to me. Haha!!! Well, my turn will come real soon, another 5 weeks to go!

My colleague, Yvonne gave birth to Baby Chloe who weighed 3.02kg on Friday, 31 Oct'08 (Halloween).

A close fren, Jojo gave birth to Baby Tara weighing 3.6kg on 1 Nov'08 (011108), nice number!

On Thurs, Yvonne came to work as usual. The next day morning, we received her sms informing us she was 4cm dilated and getting all ready to deliver. Oh man, what a surprise to all of us in the dept.

My dear fren, Jo-san was supposed to be induce on Wed, however, she managed to buy time from the gynae to wait till Friday. Cos she hoped to deliver Baby Tara on 1 Nov.

We had a pre-planned dinner on Friday. Initially I thought she will cancel the dinner. In the end, we still meet up! Hahaha!!! Felin was still joking that we might end up sending Jo to the hospital before she even admit to the hospital (Jo was supposed to admit into Mt A after midnite). Fortunately that didn't happen.

We had our dinner at a Thai restaurant at Kovan and then proceed to Serangoon Gardens for dessert. Think this will be our last gathering as Jo will start her journey of motherhood and I will join her pretty soon! ;)

We had a great time at the dessert place called "一碗甜品". Some photos here to show the delicious desserts.

We parted after our dessert rendezvous. Jo went home to do some last min packing before making her way to Mt A. Wishing her good luck and a safe delivery before we left.

Received her sms after midnite, her water bag broke at home and she's on her way to the hospital. What a miracle, she was suppose to be induced, in the end, she dun have to go through that. Isn't it great?

After much agonising moments, Baby Tara finally arrived. Here's a sneak preview of Baby Tara. =P

Welcome Baby Tara to this beautiful world!

Juz for Fun

2008-10-28T22:06:00.013+08:00

Happened to see my colleagues browsing this particualr website, tot it was hilarious.
So, I decided to have some fun too.

Here are some photos, juz for laughs...enjoy!!!

Please vote for 2008 best-looking guy - M1 to M5.

Please vote for the most beautiful woman of 2008 - F1 to F4

What are you waiting for? Cast your votes now!!! :P

You wanna have some fun, log on to http://www.yearbookyourself.com/.

October Backlog - Day Out to Hort Park

2008-10-27T23:34:00.014+08:00

1 Oct'08, Children's Day

We were cracking our brains on how to spend the public holiday meaningfully. In the end, moi decided the day's itinery. Thus, off we went to Hort Park which was near our place to have an outdoor photo shoot session.

The weather was great and after lunch, we brought along our Sanyo camcorder, tripod and remote control. Initially, we were still worried that there might be a crowd and the tiny carpark might be fully occupied. Fortunately, we found ourselves a carpark lot after touring one round of Alexandra. There wasn't an over-whelming crowd either.

Some flowers and landscape photo shoots when we were at the entrance.

We walked further in to explore other areas. As we walked, we setup our tripod and took more photos of ourselves! =P

We failed to charge the camcorder earlier, so the battery ran out when we were sight-seeing half way.

Anyway, we took quite a number of photos and videos, but just too lazy to post everything here.

Overall, we managed to walk though the whole park despite moi being tired towards the end.

Though nothing special, at least it was a day well-spent. :)

September Backlog - Wedding Dinner

2008-10-27T23:01:00.010+08:00

Steven & Fong Ling's (Kenny's poly mate) Wedding on 28 Sept'08.

Some photos to share:

September Backlog - House-warming @ SX & HL's Loft

2008-10-17T15:55:00.014+08:00

Jojo suggested a monthly gathering. Initially, wanted to have the gathering @ our place. Then decided to do it @ SX & HL's new place as they had just moved in. Just right for a house-warming gathering.

Ken and I can't be happier cos we are staying a stone's throw away from them. ;)

Although staying near them, we were the last to arrive. Pai seh!!!

The hosts ordered Thai cuisine from the caterer. The theme for this gathering is "Lantern Festival".

Each couple were to bring mooncakes to celebrate "中秋节".

Ken n I brought durian snowskin mooncakes from Four Season Durians and assorted mini snowskin mooncakes as well. Specially wanna to mention about Felin's mooncakes, she brought hm-made agar agar mooncake and it was my first time seeing that, I'm pretty impressed. Haha!!!

Guess which are the agar agar mooncakes?

Ah Siang aka happy boy with red lantern.

Mums-to-be!!!

Let's celebrate Lantern's Festival!!!

Couple A

Couple B

Couple C

The gentlemen and the ladies

August Backlog - Hendersonwaves

2008-10-17T14:26:00.013+08:00

We were hoping for a good weather, so that we can bring Roxie for a walk at the Hendersonwaves. About 25 weeks pregnant, I dun think I have stamina to walk the whole of the Southern Bridges. Thus, we will only conquer Hendersonwaves which is pretty reasonable for me and Roxie...hahaha!!!

Well, the weather was realli unpredictable, halfway through the walk, it started to drizzle. We were at Fort Canning then. So we decided to walk back to Hendersonwaves where we first started before the rain became heavier. Surprisingly, there were alot of tourists. Hmm, they are mostly from China.

Fortunately, it was only when we reached the carpark before the rain got heavier. What a spoilsport!!!

We brought Roxie for a shower at the groomer, while waiting for her, we went to have Dim Sum @ Bt Merah Central. After all the morning affair, home sweet home for a rest and relac afternoon. :)

August Backlog - Gathering @ Coris

2008-10-05T21:39:00.008+08:00

It was a Friday nite, we had a gathering specially for our fren, Eddie aka Ah-Dee. Well, he's leaving for Middle East again. Another 4 months overseas. Thus, we had a farewell dinner for him. Our Coris hosts ordered Thai mini buffet for the night. I bought chocolate brownie as dessert for the nite.

Ken-san was out of town, but will be back that very nite. So, our gentleman - Ah Siang picked me at my office and off we went to Coris. If not, preggy moi had to take MRT with the heavy box of brownie. Thanks man!

Some photos of the nite:

Our New Toy

2008-09-23T01:03:00.005+08:00

To welcome our baby, we bought our first video camera. Though not a very popular brand, we liked its light-weight and the easy handling of the video cam. Moreover, it's user-friendly. It comes with remote control too.

We have used the video cam on two occasions, still do not have the time to download the video & images yet.

Will do so pretty soon. Hahha!!!

Stay tune!

Mathias's First Birthday

2008-09-23T00:11:00.013+08:00

24 Aug'08, Sunday. It has been raining for the past few days. So I thought today's weather should be getting better. I'm so looking forward to the BBQ @ Aloha Changi, to celebrate Mathias's first bday as well.

However, the sky decided to stay gloomy as usual. Mathias's bday was held @ Aloha Changi, a 2-storey chalet which has a sea view....ooohhh...so shiok....!!!

Many of our secondary school friends were invited. Even Radha who was married to India after sec school was there. She had her first child just 4mths back, and she's a real darling. But she's returning to LA soon with her hubby. Is it LA? Or did I remembered wrongly, aiyah nvm lah. We can still keep in touch even though she's far away from us.

The chalet was packed with friends and relatives of Shane and Imelda. Mathias must be thrilled with all his bday presents stacked on the table.

Photos as proof...

Some other adorable photos...

The cake-cutting session...

In the end, I waited and waited for the rain to stop, hoping we can have BBQ.

To my disappointed, the rain decided to continue the whole night.

We gave up waiting for the rain to stop, we ended up having dinner at Changi hawker.

Well, I have not been there for quite awhile, so nasi lemak, stingray, hokkien mee, here I come.

A Short Post

2008-09-21T23:07:00.002+08:00

I'm always not a supporter of Made In China products.
Not in the past, not now, not even in the future.

I'm absolutely terrified by the way the manufacturers produce their products.
It's not once, but there are so many reports about these flawed products till I lost count.

With tainted milk products reported everyday in the news, how can consumers do their marketing at ease?
Marketing at the supermarket should be an enjoyable, relaxed therepy for most working adults. But not now, at least not for me.

I will stay more vigilant when marketing for groceries now. I will boycott all Made In China products especially products which we put into our mouth. Call me kiasu or kiasee, I dun care!

I can't afford any blunder as I'm now 28 weeks into my pregnancy. I regretted having ice-cream (not Wall's) secretly, cos my hubby has been reminding me not to eat ice-cream. Well, obviously I did not heed his advice.

I thought occassional indulgence is ok, but thinking back, why am I putting my baby's health at risk?
In case some of you do not know, pregnant ladies can't eat raw product especially raw egg yolk. And raw egg yolk is one of the ingredient in ice-cream. I feel so guilty now, sorry baby!

Really hope my baby will be born in pink of health. Really praying hard.
Well, who won't want a healthy baby?

I will curb my bad eating habits from now on. It's never too late!

Spectacular Fireworks

2008-09-21T22:06:00.014+08:00

It's a once a year event. Post-National Day fireworks display from various countries.

I have watched one many years back, haha...dun even know when it started. :)

This time I watched it with my family. We settled dinner at Suntec before walking to where the floating platform is. Unfortunately, it was drizzling. The rain got heavier when we were seated. Everyone started to open their brolly and children started to wear their poncho.

There were some pre-fireworks performance to keep us entertained. However, our views were mostly blocked by opened brollys and spectators who came late. So we just waited patiently for the show to start.

Miraculously, when the emcee announced that the fireworks is going to start in another 5mins, the rain stopped. We began to keep our brollys and whipped out our cameras to wait for the moment.

Before the show starts:

Finally, after the long wait.

If I can remember correctly, this firework display was by Korea. I did not watched the one from France.

Thus, I can't make a comparison. But I thought it was pretty amazing liao, cos we can watched the fireworks at such a close-up. I'm easily contended. (",)

When the fireworks was coming to an end, the rain came back again. Isn't this incredible?

After the fireworks, dear and I went to walk at the bazaar located downstairs. My family left for home first.

We made a wise choice by taking public transport cos my sister smsed me that night telling me they were stucked in the carpark for about an hour. Phew...!!!

Still, a great night spent!

Few Hours Spent in Sentosa

2008-08-31T22:20:00.016+08:00

What to do on a Sat public holiday? 9 Aug, our nation's bday, thinking of where to go?
Somewhere we can relax and stay away from the crowd.

Well, well, in the end we went to somewhere near our place. Ah ha, Sentosa!!! So off we go..!

Drove to Beach Station carpark, first stop, went to meet our frens!

More like a date with the animals:

Next, we took the train from Beach Station to Imbiah Station - F.O.C...to our surprise!

Didn't visit any placs of interest, just jalan jalan around that area. Initially wanna try out the skyride, to my disappointment, it was not meant for the preggy women. Oooh...how sad!

No choice then, got to wait till next year lah! :(

We also went to the beach to enjoy the sun, the sand and the sea. However, it started to drizzle shortly after we reached there. Thus, we took the train back to where we came from, Beach Station. Then, we left Sentosa after another round of animals encounters.

All in all, think we spent about 2hrs plus in Sentosa. That's how we celebrated National Day 2008.

Then, we headed back home to watch the NDP and ordered KFC delivery. (",) Happy Birthday Singapore!!!

Ad-Hoc Post

2008-08-22T18:37:00.003+08:00

Since I'm waiting for Ah Siang to pick me from office to Coris, I might as well waste no time.

This weekend will be busy, so will have no time to blog.

Ok, what's my ad-hoc topic then, what else? Something related to my current status lah! Heee!!!
Yeah the new Parenthood Package. The announcement last night was to backdate to 17 Aug'2008.

Initially, MTB 2008 are not eligible for this new package, now it's of different story liao.

The perks that delighted me the most:

- Extended Maternity Leave

- Enhanced Baby Bonus

- Paid Childcare Leave from current 2 days to 6 days.

Thank goodness it was backdated to 17th of Aug, or else I will miss all the perks man!
Three cheers to those who sent the petition to the ministers.

But still, having a baby is part of our family planning, it got absolutely nothing to do with the package.
It is definitely a bonus for us and help lessen our burden. Whether this will help boost the birth rate in Singapore or not, it realli depends. I can't realli comment on this.

Still, must thanks the government for its efforts.
Congrats to all MTBs!!!

My Little Darling

2008-08-18T00:14:00.006+08:00

Hi frens, this is not the latest scan though.
This was taken in July'08, baby at about 19 weeks!
I'm now at my 23rd week. Put on 7kgs, enjoying my little darling's kicks every single day!

Playing classical music to darling every nite too.

Baby saying Hello to all, see you uncles and aunties in Dec!

Making Decisions

2008-08-17T15:51:00.004+08:00

We make decisions everyday in our lives. Have you made a decision which you regretted? Sometimes, it's a decision you have to make once in a lifetime. I'm glad we made the right decision, others may not agree.

Someone once told me "But it's not 100% guarantee", I didn't think much of that comment until now. Even if there's only a 0.01% of chance, we will still go for it.

Okay, you readers must be wondering what I'm gibberishing about. I'm talking about storing my baby's cord blood. I'm not gg to spend time here explaining what is it, but for parents-to-be, you ought to know what I'm refering to. =P

Surprisingly, I realised many of my frens are not keen in storing their baby's cord blood. For whatever reasons it may be, I thought it was not a wise decision. Apologies if you are one of my frens mentioned here. I'm just sharing my thoughts here, dun get mad at me ok! :) Anyway, everyone has a choice.

But what's wrong with me saying that? I'm sure no parents in this world will want to curse their children into having some terminally ill diseases. But what if (touch woooooddddddd), what if this really happen? Can we just stand there and see our children fade away day by day? Or wait endlessly in hoping to find suitable donors or a cure to save their young lives?

With advance medical technology now, we are able to store our baby's cord blood which has a high possibility of curing those terminally ill diseases such as leukaemia. Instead of waiting in agony for suitable bone marrow, the stored cord blood stands a higher chance of saving the patient. And why not?

Back to the comment made by someone, he said it's not 100% guarantee that the cord blood will save lives. You mean you are gg to forsake the chance of saving someone just because it's not 100% guaranteed?

Think again! Why do we buy insurance for our kids? Why do we buy insurance to cover them of diseases? If one day (touch wwwoooooodddd again), something realli happen to them. The amount insured can only cover their medical bills. But this stored cord blood can save them and make them healthy once again, why not?

Some parents strive to provide their children the best thing(s), but what's really the best thing(s)?
Some parents spent thousands on branded goods, some spent on vacations, some spent hundreds in insurance. But when asked to spend on something without 100% guarantee, they are skeptical about it.

All parent want their children to grow up healthily, but sometimes things are beyond our control. Yet, when we have the ability to control and make decisions, do we grab the opportunity or let the opportunity slipped away like sand in our hands?

I'm not trying to be a spokesperson here, just wanna highlight the importance of what's best for our children.
For parents-to-be, there's no harm in attending the educational talks given by these cord blood banks. If you really do not have the time to attend these talks, you can always visit their websites for more information.

I received this sms from my fren today and found it pretty appropriate to use in today's topic.

Here it goes:

" Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
~William James~

I will like to change part of this quote.

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of many lives."
~Verybubbly~

Pardon me for my lame-ness here....!
Lastly, I will like to wish everyone good health, best of health!

My Baby's Cordblood Collection Kit

Mr & Mrs Tang

2008-08-04T00:38:00.012+08:00

The long-waited day finally arrived on 27 June'08, a sunny Friday morning.

After park-tawing for 5 years+, they finally tied the knot on this day. Congratulations!

The March-in of the Bride and Father

The Ceremony

Mr and Mrs Tang

The old couples

Unfortunately, my eldest sis and family cannot attend this celebration.

I'm sure the family have sent their heartfelt wishes to the newly wed!

Their customary will be held in Jan'2009, and I can't attend cos most prob it's my confinement period.

Nevertheless, Ken & I and baby wish them happiness and a blissful marriage. :)

June's Xpress Blog

2008-08-04T00:11:00.009+08:00

Celebrating Father's Day - 13 June'08

Moi Lum @ Murray Street

Gifts frm Australia by Thomas & Wendy!

Gingerbread Man & baby's rompers!

Xpress Blog - Dar's 30th Bday

2008-07-06T19:20:00.019+08:00

A full day celebration planned by none others but Dar's beloved wife, Moi...haha!!!

Hope he had enjoyed the sursprises specially arranged mths before.

1st Stop:

Lunch @ Swissotel Merchant Court - Ellenborough Market Cafe

2nd Stop:

Suntec City - Bought dar a new pair of spectacles as his bday pressie!

3rd stop:
Singapore Flyer

Our Dinner:

4th and the last stop:

Marina South Pier - Edge The Bar & Bistro

A place to chill out and away from the crowd.

Verdict? A great place to enjoy the sea breeze. =)

Check out the place if you are adventurous enough!!!

070608 - That's my Dar's birthday celebration!!!

Kala'Ok and Frens' Gathering

2008-06-28T16:12:00.009+08:00

22 May'08

My fav past time with frens. It has to be on Thurs cos it's ladies' nite @ KBox.
My usual kala kakis!

30 May'08

Gathering with galfrens!

Mathias's a big boy now!

He's enjoying a ride on Frances's lap!!!

Procrastinated Post

2008-06-28T15:14:00.005+08:00

Yeah, I have been dragging and not updating my blog diligently. Ok, just plain lazy lah.

Well, to satisfy my readers' curiosity, I have to curb my lazy worms and get back to the blogging scene.

So in the next few posts, I will be updating the recent events and my pregnancy...heee!!!

Since knowing my pregnancy in April, I have been keeping hush hush abt it. Apart from family and close frens, I did not disclose to anyone else. You know lah, the 1st three months' taboo of pregnancy yah! Thus, my apologies to my frens who got to know abt it now. Dun scold me!!!

I'm very blessed, apart from feeling tired and having cramps during the 1st trimester, I do not hv morning sickness and my appetite was superb. I will just feel hungry every few hours...and hv no problem deciding what to eat for my regular meals.

Of course, the downside of my first pregnancy were the uncertainties. Inititally, nothing was shown during my 1st scan, so I panicked. Subsequent scan was not smooth either and my gynae got to do a pelvic scan in order to see the tiny sac in my uterus. Thank goodness, it was there, at the right place.

I was engulf with fear and always check to make sure that I do not have spotting. My symptoms were different from a fren who was pregnant a month before me. She seemed to have all the normal symptoms in her early stages, like light spotting etc. For me, my spotting came very late, towards the end of my 1st trimester and it happened again after the first one subsided. I had bad cramps too. Oh man, realli can scared the hell out of me leh!

Btw, I had my checkup just this morning. Now I'm into my 15weeks, I'm getting backaches frequently and cannot stand for long. During the nite, when I sleep I will feel somehow bloated and uncomfortable. I'm trying to figure the best position to have a good nite sleep. Baby's doing well and now measuring 10cm and somersaulting in my tummy. Doc said baby's active. :)

I'm not going to reveal the gender of baby yet...hahaha...!!!

Showcasing here are some scans during my 1st trimester.
May not be very clear though. I have not scan the most recent ones yet, will do so soon.

Can you figure where's baby? =P

Juz Another Potluck

2008-05-22T14:36:00.014+08:00

18 May 2008, another potluck gathering @ the Coris. Theme for the day - Chinese Cuisine

List of yummy food:

The host, Jo-san: Oyster Sauce Fried Bee Hoon

Heart & Soul Ah-Dee: 古早卤肉 + 卤蛋 + 豆卜

Top Chef Dennis: Royal Palace Herbal Chicken

Top Chef's Chef Jess: Mouth Watering Fresh Fruit Palette
Little Woman aka Moi: 黑豆花生鸡脚汤

NerdyBaby Felin: Curry Vegetables and 炒年糕

Xing Xing & Hui Hui: Lovers' Fresh Shrimp Wanton

My attempt to wrap a wanton - Sweee bo???

The Hardworking Ones

The Idling Men:- (Appearing in both photos - The Idle King or the Newspaper Man)

Some Souvenirs to Bring Home

Another successful potluck gathering, with marvelicious food and great company.

What a fantastic way to spend a holiday eve!

Thank you all my friends for all the hard work to make this potluck an enjoyable one.

Juz Some Photos

2008-05-22T14:11:00.011+08:00

Mathias @ 3 mths' Old - 16 Nov 2007

David & Sylvia's Big Day - 2 Dec 2007

CNY 2008 @ Home - 10 Feb 2008

Girls' Gathering - 11 Apr 2008

Juz For Tots

2008-04-23T22:53:00.007+08:00

I had a conversation with some colleagues lately. It spurred me to write down my tot in this post.

Have you heard of "人不可貌相"? How often do we judge people by their looks? The answer is almost all the time. Don't you agree?

I met my colleague's wife for the 1st time and it was over a coffee session. That was enough for her to have an impression of me. A negative impression and I was surprised. She told my colleague that she do not like me, dun know why, just a feeling.

Haha...I tot I have not given ppl such impression since teenage days. I always tot that I'm the friendly and easy to talk to kind. I dared not say I have realli good "人缘", but I'm definitely not the kind that ppl or frens will dislike one. Hahaha...thick-skinned u might say.

I must agree that when I dun smile, I appear to be not amicable and sometimes proud. But that was in the past. I mean you dun expect me to be smiling at strangers all the time right, I will be branded as mad if I do so.

I'm not good at expressing myself, maybe it was contributed by my childhood. I'm the 3rd child in the family of all girls. Think when I was born, my mum was pretty disappointed cos another girl again. So she packed me up and got me a nanny. I was with the nanny most of time when I was still very young. I grew up an introvert.

During relatives gathering, I will be at a corner while all my cousins and my siblings were be having fun. I dared not speak up to anyone. I will be alone, watching them play.

However, as time went by, when I started schooling, things got slightly better as I met more frens in school. Still I'm the quiet and shy type. I was in a all girls' school throughout 11 years of education. My family was abit conservative and I wasn't given alot of freedom.

I wasn't good at handling people and often gave people the impression of being a snob. Seriously, I'm not such person. Anyway, that was in the past. Ever since, I came out to work, my "人际关系" improved quite alot. I'm no longer the shy and quiet person. Still, I will not take the initiative to speak to a total stranger. It's just my character.

Thus, upon my colleague's wife making such a remark, I was realli puzzled and find it laughable. I hardly know her and I think we didnt converse more than 10 sentences.

I think the weakness of the human beings is that we judge someone too much by their appearance. Obviously I'm guilty of that as well. That's human nature.

Whatever it is, no matter to who, just remember if you want to be respected, you need to know how to repect others in the 1st place. Though the world is so big, you never know when your paths will meet in future.

April Liao Whoa

2008-04-15T22:27:00.002+08:00

Time flies man, it's mid-April liao! Today is pay day as well as last day to file income tax. Have you file yours?

This is my 2nd week in Marcom dept, though still not very hectic, it's definitely not "honeymoon" period liao! There are more than enough work to last me the whole day. No complains, as time passes quickly that way.

Seriously, I hate doing nothing, every hour seems like decade to me. Hahaha...therefore, I'm happy when there are work to do. Ironically, when there's plenty of work, I will start to complain...hahha!!! Well, dat's life!

Whether there are plenty or nothing to do at all, most importantly, you must have passion in watever u do. If not, you will feel very miserable and can never do your best in that job.

Looking forward to other aspect of Marcom job scope. I have pretty high adaptability and 领悟能力, thus I'm able to learn and pick up new things quickly. *Ahem*

Enuff say, no photos to share lately and simply too lazy to load, hahaha!!!
See me hanging around soon! Take Care! >u<

Miscellaneous

2008-03-30T22:19:00.021+08:00

Yo, once awhile I will update some miscellaneous fotos here.

Had bought a new Digi and mobile phone lately. My previous Olympus was disastrous, and it was high time to get a new one. I was initially choosing between Canon and Panasonic. In the end, my choice was Panasonic Lumix FX33 which I bought it before Chinese New Year. Hopefully, it won't disappoint me like Olympus.

As for my mobile phone, I'm always a Nokia user, thus, no change in the brand. I have tried Sony Ericsson in the past, but realli can't adhere to its functions. Settled with Nokia 6500 slide, as my fav N95 8Gb is too costly. Wherelse, Nokia 6500 slide was "zero" price. *Tsk Tsk*

Well, as long as its camera function is up to standard and easy to use (yeah, I'm a simple gal, using a simple phone)! Other than that is minority!

Yesterday attended Kaden's baby shower, ooohhh, lovely boy, his tiny nose is quite sharp. Managed to take a few photos of him, as his eyes are still sensitive to light, I did not switch on the flash and the curtains were drawn in the room. So photos abit dark...heeee!!! (Managed to brighten up the colours slightly)

Bought Baby Kaden a bear bear!

Isn't Kaden adorable...?

Discovered a gadget by his cot. It was a kind of player that plays the sound of a womb. So the baby will feel as though still inside Mummy's womb...!!??? Interesting...very interesting...! (forgot to take foto of that) *faint*

Oki, below are some photos taken with Nokia 6500 slide. I thought the quality was not as good as my previous N73 though both are of 3megapixels. U decided for youself.

Taken by N73:

Taken by N6500 Slide:

Ajisen mascot posing for me @ new outlet in Tiong Bahru Plaza.

The food:

This was taken behind a toilet door at a coffee joint:

Guess what's this...? The popular craze now, skin for Ezilink card!

Bought this mobile phone pouch and charm from Taiwan!

Lastly, my Panasonic Lumic Fx33:

ONEº15...Continuation!

2008-03-27T23:55:00.013+08:00

Room #: 8º15

Kala kala room, big enough to hold 20 kalaholics like me...! Hahaha!

Kala King and Kala Queen.

Facilities: Sipping cocktail in the swimming pool? Isn't it SHIOK? =D

Shower stand done up stylishly!

Development:

A walk at the berth!

My speed boat with leather seats! Hop on..! =P

Bringing the whole family for 游船河....! =P

What about a game of mahjong after 游船河? Auto reshuffle tiles! =O

A luxurious club...though facilities are limited.

Did not have the chance to patronise their restaurant. Hopefully, there's a chance in near future.

Nevertheless, I like the place, thumb's up!

好运总和我扯不上关系 ="(

2008-03-24T22:02:00.004+08:00

The time now is 10.05pm, still in the office struggling with never-ending reports!
Revised, revised and revised! Updates, updates and more updates!

Please sympathize me! Whole day, no lunch, no dinner, nothing went into my stomach, except plain water! Think my breathe began to stink liao...ahahahah!!! Asked my colleague to buy lunch - Delifrance Tuna Croissant, took one mouth only...now whole piece of croissant inside the office fridge, as breakfast tmlo!
No more appetite though hungry like crazy!

I'm calling it a day....working more than 14 hrs non-stop. Three or four toilet breaks today!
Tell me, I'm gonna fly to polaris soon....hahahah!!!

Pardon me for my madness here, just trying to 苦中作乐!
Drop me a note to wish me gd health, dun knw how long can I survive!!! *pondering hard*

No more Work Life Balance (WLB) liao...now it's Work Life Integration (WLI)!!! *Pengzzz*

The Week After Taipei's Trip

2008-03-17T21:52:00.011+08:00

Back to work on Wednesday, 12Mar.
Bought some Taiwan snacks for my colleagues. Not very bad, at least only three more working days onli.

Friday came pretty soon, after work, met up with Dar at Tiong Bahru. After dinner at the newly-opened Ajisen Ramen, we went to watch a movie "Rule #1". It was a nice show, quite scary, I gave it a ***1/2 out of *****.

Saturday, 15Mar.

Went to pick my parents and had lunch at Old Airport Rd hawker centre. My sisters, Thomas and Tammie took a cab down from Tampines and met us there too. Today, we have a date with One degree 15 nestled in Sentosa Cove.

My bro-in-law had a complimentary one nite stay in this new club, thus, invited us to spend the day there.

Upon reaching there, we were welcomed by a scenic view of the sea...hahaha...actually not lah. We were greeted by many yachts at the berth. As the area is still developing, we can see on-going construction on the opposite side.

After checking in at the lobby, we were brought to the room by the staff. And to our delight, the room has a view facing the berth and it was even better than some hotel rooms.

Tammie demonstrating how to watch tv and take a nice bubble bath at the same time...!!! =P

View of the berth from the balcony.

Sorry frens, this is an incomplete post...have been very busy at work lately. Simply got no time to blog this week. I will update the backlog this weekend if possible! *cross my fingers*

Meanwhile, stay tune!!!

Day 4 - Going Home...再见了，台北!!!

2008-03-17T20:39:00.003+08:00

Heading back to Singapore in the evening. Dar and I will be taking different airline but the time difference was only 25mins. Dar will reach Singapore first.

We still have the afternoon to do some last min shopping.
Hence, we decided to go to "台北101", which will be the last stop of our trip.

It was drizzling again after we had breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

We took a train to 市政府 and walked a short distance to the famous shopping area "新光三越" which housed all the branded boutiques. We were not attracted to the shopping mall, instead we took photos of the buildings around that area. We also went to this shopping mall called "New York, New York". There was a replica of the Statue of Liberty outside the mall, and the cutest of all was, the status was carrying a huge Marks & Spencer shopping bag. =D

We had lunch at a foodcourt and then went back to "西门丁" to do last min shopping. I bought a bag for myself and a stuff toy (七仔) for Tammie. A taxi will be picking us at 3.15pm as the journey to the airport take about 45mins to an hour depending on the road condition. We left the hotel on the dot!

When I reached Singapore, it was closed to 11.30pm. Dar took the sky train from terminal 2 to terminal 1, he waited for me to check out of the custom, we then took a cab home!

Fortunately, I took leave for the following day, so that I can have ample rest.

The trip finally came to an end. Though a short trip, I enjoyed it. Most importantly, I bought quite alots of stuffs which were all good bargain!!!

My own 七仔!!!

台北 - Day 3 (士林夜市篇)

2008-03-17T00:11:00.007+08:00

As 阳明山 trip came to an end, we continued the night at 士林夜市 for dinner. We met up with another Taiwanese couple and their young daughter at 士林!

What else can I say, lots of food. It's not possible to try every stall. We had western food, "甜不辣", some "海鲜庚", oyster omelette and "青蛙下蛋"! How can I not put on few kilos when I'm back in Singapore! But who cares!

美食难以抗拒! It will be very silly of me not to try nice food! =P

The chicken chop was succulent and given plenty of sauce, so not too dry!

The oyster omelette was topped with sweet sauce, it was tangy!!!

After a hearty meal, we continued to shop at 士林, they have nite bazaar selling lots of stuffs too! Numerous pet shops along the streets. It was very, very crowded!

As our Taiwanese friends got to work the next day, and they have to drive back to "新竹", we've decided not to disturb them further. We went separate ways at the streets of 士林 after bidding farewell. They have been very nice hosts, taking the trouble of travelling all the way to Taipei to bring us around. Realli appreciate their kindness! When they come over to Singapore in future, I will be a good host to them too! Hee!!!

Dar and I then shopped at 士林 before taking the MRT back to our hotel! Another tiring day!

Going back to Singapore tomorrow evening, 有一点不舍.

台北 - Day 3 (阳明山篇)

2008-03-16T22:19:00.029+08:00

Today, we will not be travelling alone. Dar's suppliers in Taiwan, Ricky and girlfren, Ivy came down from 新竹 and brought us to "阳明山" for sight-seeing and "士林夜市" to try their local cuisine. It was the biggest 夜市 in Taipei.

Ricky and Ivy came to our hotel to pick us. He then drove us to "阳明山", we will be having our lunch there. Upon reaching the foot of "阳明山", we waited for another supplier and his girlfren, Owen and 小林. While waiting, we took some photos for fun. I saw this notice and decided to take a photo, cos it was interesting...!!!

寻鸟启示 - searching for a bird..!!!???

A pub named "The Pig"!!!???

Dar decided to have some fun with the public phone!

A residential apartment.

Taken at the foot of the mountain!

After about 45mins wait, Owen and girlfen finally arrived! We then drove up to "阳明山"! Halfway up the mountain, we stopped by a restaurant for lunch. It was not a classy restaurant, but it was quite unique. We sat near a pond, where the patrons can fish in the pond. You can choose to sit outside with the public or choose to have some privacy in the little huts, which can accomodate 10pax in each hut.

It was a sumptuous lunch and I felt very satisfied and was in high spirits! Seriously, with such a cooling weather, 整个人觉得精神益益! 真舒服!

We continued driving up the mountain. As we ascend higher up the mountain, it became more n more foggy. Soon our vision of the road ahead of us was just fog. It was pretty dangerous to drive at such conditions. We stopped by the road side to take some photos!

The road ahead!

Now you dun see it, now u do!!!

Suppose to go to "小油坑" to see some formation of the mountain...but it was just too foggy! Did not get to see!

Just saw some bubbling hot water seeping from the ground below. It was stinky...!!!

Since we were not able to see anything due to the thick fog, we then head to "阳明公园". It was the YangMingShan Flower Festival, so seems like we can't give it a miss since we were already there. As it was a weekend (Sunday), all the carparks were fully occupied. We've got to park further away and walked to the garden which was about 20mins walk. Luckily, I wore a comfortable pair of shoes!

Kenny's suppliers - very camera shy, only managed to take their back view...hee!!!

Stopping for some snacks. They had ice-creams and I had this:

More photos:

Spending almost the whole day there, we left the place in the evening. Had a drink @ Starbucks before leaving "阳明山"!

The long walk out and the shy hosts!

台北 - Day 2

2008-03-16T15:16:00.019+08:00

We woke up around 8.30am, though the hotel provide breakfast, we decided to have the local food for breakfast instead! Our itinery for day 2 was to travel out of "西门丁" area!

Our hotel - "城都饭店" was located at "西门丁" area and was about 5mins walk to the nearest "捷运" which is their MRT lah! It's a three stars hotel, although not very posh and the room was quite small, we were contented with the convenient location and friendly hotel staffs.

We had our breakfast at this small eatery, we ordered 2 kinds of noodles, one dumpling soup and a plate of vegetables. Then, we could not find any cutlery, I checked with the waiter and realised the cutleries was hidden under our table...hahaha!!!

After having our breakfast, we took their MRT to "淡水", which took about 45mins. Another bus journey which took about 20mins, and finally we reached our first destination for the day - "淡水渔人码头"! The scenery was great and it was the coldest place in Taipei. We walked across the Valentine's Bridge with the wind blowing heartlessly, our hands n face were chilled! But the feeling was fantastic!

We spent the whole afternoon there, taking photos, sipping coffee and snacking! It was so so relaxing. We walked at a slow pace and this was definitely a luxury. Unlike, in Singapore, the pace was always fast & hectic!How often do you stroll in a park or along a beach with your loved ones?

We also saw doggies everywhere in Taipei, even on a motobike! Hahha!

In the end, it was time to bid farewell to "渔人码头" and head to our next destination which was still within "淡水"! This time, instead of taking a bus journey back, we took a ferry to "淡水老街"!

We spent alot of our time buying souvenirs and local snacks for our family and friends at "淡水老街". Initially, we thought of postponing our "五分铺" trip till tomorrow cos it was getting late. We enquired from a young salesgirl from a novelty shop, she told us shops in "五分铺" open from evening till 1 or 2am. Hahaha...heng ah, my shopping plan was not disrupted! *Phew*

We returned to our hotel to put our purchases, had dinner and proceed to the wholesales shopping paradise - "五分铺"! I loved the place, the fashion is more trendy, shops are neater and there are more varieties. Every boutiques sell different fashion. It was better than Thailand's Chatuchak! Most importantly, you do not perspired like mad while shopping, you need not squeezed yourself through crowded lanes and bargain like mad. Some tops cost about NT$100 which was about SGD$5!!! What else to expect?

This shopping paradise might not be as big as Chatuchak, but if you regretted not buying something from one shop and will like to return to the same shop after sometime, you might find difficulties locating the shop. It can be a maze there, so dun think twice if you see something you like! Other shops may not sell similar stuff! Bear that in mind! *wink*

By the time we returned to our hotel, my legs were complaining liao...from all the walking. Needless to say, my hubby was tired too, but he got no complains lah, he too like to shop there!

We had a long and tired day, especially the areas we went today were a distance from where we stay.

That nite, we slumbered into deep sleep!

我爱旅行。。。我爱台北

2008-03-13T23:46:00.012+08:00

我回来啦，有没有想念我？哈哈哈。。。真不要脸！

Yes, I'm back! How I wish I can stay longer in Taipei to enjoy the cool weather, the palatable food and the SHOPPING SPREE...wahahahh!!! Dream on man...back to work, back to reality...sob sob sob!!!
Still, I had a good time in Taipei though it was a short trip, 4D3N.

Okay, here's the itinery of my whole trip. As mentioned, Dar went over to Taiwan for business trip, I'm supposed to meet him there on Friday, 7 Mar. Mine was a afternoon flight, so I had ample time and took the MRT to Changi Airport. I had only one luggage with me, so no sweat!

After doing all the necessary check-in procedures, I went through the custom and settled myself at Coffee Bean for my lunch. My departure time was 1pm. I was taking my own sweet time and didn't realised it was 12.30pm liao...the boarding time was 12.50pm. I had the last mouth of cheesecake and walked hurriedly to the gate which was fortunately, not very far away.

The plane took off on time! Surprisingly, the plane was not fully occupied, I had the entire row of seats to myself! Shiok man! With MP3 and PSP on hand, the four hours plus flight journey will not be very bored! :)

After about 4hours, I've finally reached Taipei International airport and without any delay, went to retrieve my luggage. I've waited for abt 15mins before my luggage finally appeared on the conveyor belt. Grabbed my luggage and walked out of the arrival hall. Went in search for "Free Go" bus service counter which will bring me to my hotel. More waiting needed as the bus will arrived 30mins later. Btw, need to transfer to another bus upon reaching Taipei City. All in all, the whole journey to my hotel took almost 2hrs cos there was minor traffic jam! *faint*

It was raining on the way to the hotel. When I changed bus halfway, the temperature dropped to bt 15degrees with strong wind blowing....Grrrrgghhhh....cold....!!!

My hubby was already waiting for me in the hotel as his colleague drove him to Taipei. After meeting him, we began to explore "西门丁" and settled our dinner at that area with their local 小吃.

We did not travel to elsewhere that nite, went back hotel to rest so that we can wake up early the next morning. To be continued...

Goodbye, See U!!!

2008-03-07T01:04:00.003+08:00

Another 12 hours I will be up, up in the sky, flying to Taipei. Before I go, I wanna to share some good news.

Adeline, my girlfren, gave birth to baby Kaden on 060308. He weighs 3.702kg, both mother n son are doing well. She was supposed to give birth earlier, however, the little one refused to leave thy mummy's womb, too comfortable liao...hahaha!
Thus, doc got to induce her delivery. Realli kudos to her, she was hospitalised on Wednesday morning, and she gave birth on Thurs afternoon, it was a long ordeal lor!!! Respect sia!!! The wonder of giving birth...!!!
*Tsk Tsk*

Congratulations to Adel n Louis and their family, first grandson in Adeline's family whoa...her parents must be delighted! Welcome baby Kaden to this world..!
I'm unable to visit her, as I got to pack my luggage and sent Roxie to my mum's place. But I'm sure Kaden is a adorable baby, cos his Daddy n Mummy are both good-looking n pretty. Hope to see them soon!

Another gd news is, I'm a confirmed SingTel employee liao, *phew*, finally after much uncertainty!
I will start work in the new dept - Marcom on 7th of April. Hope everything turns out well, keep my fingers crossed!

Looking at the bright side, at least I do not have to wait for 2 years to do a different job scope...hahaha!
On the dimmer end, I may need to work late quite often...hmmm...!!! Well, nothing is perfect lor!

Think I better dun think too much, make myself miserable only...! "既来知则安知" 吧! (dun knw whether the words are correct or not) =P

Ok, got to pen off here! Get some beauty sleep and then I will take a train down to airport tmlo.
At first, I tot of taking cab to the airport, then Mum reminded me that I shld take MRT. Haha, why I didn't think of that in the first place? So convenient and it's cheaper too! *Blurr*

Gd nite, sweet dreams everyone! 台北，我来啦!!! ;P

Last Entry for Today

2008-03-02T17:14:00.005+08:00

Ok, I'm very "eng" today! Woke up at 8plus this morning (Sunday), 少有少有!
Usually I will slp till 11plus or noon time.
Dar flew to Taiwan this morning, so we went to have breakfast together before he goes to the airport.

I have cleaned up the house and blogged the whole day!

It will be a miserable week ahead, he will be there (Taiwan) for the whole week!
How I wish I can join him there soon, arrghhhhh...got to wait till Friday, OMG!!!

Hmm...I think I'm gg to spend the rest of the evening watching TV! Gonna "da bao" dinner later too!

Nevertheless, I'm so so so looking forward to this Taiwan trip, though a very short one, better than nothing whoa! The weather in Taiwan now is cooling, between 13-15 degrees, I like it man! Counting down!

Meanwhile, Roxie girl is my only companion...!
She's 4 years old liao!

That's all folks, hope my blog dun bored u too much!
Won't see me blogging for the next few days unless there's something worth mentioning...hahaha!
Back to work tmlo...! *faint*

Dogathon 2008 @ Bishan Park

2008-03-02T16:21:00.013+08:00

It was a chirpy Sunday on 24th Feb. Fortunately, I didn't disappoint Roxie girl, we brought her to her 1st Dogathon this year at Bishan Park. As usual, she was like a wild horse let loose, hahahah!!!

She was very, very excited, nothing...but realli excited!
I just hope she behave herself n do not bully other dogs.
Well, her behavior was not too bad that day! Some kids came over to touch n play with her!
She's always popular with kids, heee!!!

All getting ready to start, 2 giant poodles right in front...!

Hahaha...although it was a Dogathon n Roxie was suppose to walk or jog, but as you can see, she's has grown a little fatter - Fatty BomBom which's now her nickname, we've decided to let her walk walk, 逛花园 instead!

So she had the run, the sun and the fun, so did we! Three cheers!!! Yeah x3!

Anielka's Birthday Party

2008-03-02T14:19:00.014+08:00

Vincent's daughter, Anielka's bday celebration at Pasir Ris chalet. Kids are wonderful, innocent, naive, playful and adorable. I wanna be like them, I wanna to have their youth and energy. I wanna to have fun like them! I wanna...I wanna...I wanna (Spice Gals), hahahhaha!!!

Anielka's having fun with bubbles!

Have u seen bubbling strawberry (or grapes) before?

Moi having fun too...! Flying saucer, spin...spin...spin...it was fun, but abit scary...hahaha!

The Moment:

Bday cake from Pine Garden's, Elmo with Nemo n frens figurine. Lovely...!!!

The flavour? Lychee bday cake...unique!

Photo Hunt

2008-03-02T12:20:00.022+08:00

Hi there, some backlogs n photos (Feb) for your interest.

The day when my house encountered short-circuit!

The guys bought a Morries single hotplate from NTUC, thks goodness, we can continue our steamboat party liao!!!

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Dar and I have dinner together almost every nite, so wat's so special about this nite?

Haha, nothing special, just an excuse to have slightly better food due to Valentine's Day. We wanted to go “老北京” @ Tiong Bahru Plaza intially, in the end, changed our mind n decided to have mini steamboat @ "The Rajahinn". Nothing fanciful, just 2 of us, enjoying the steamy hot soup. He ordered fish base soup while I order a herbal chicken base soup.

U can hardly see him wearing his wedding band except during special occassions, hmm...or when he remembers it...*yawns*

After dinner, we had a stroll @ Labrador Park. Saw a cat "bullying" a little rat, poor ratty!

Seems like the cat is slowly torturing its victim...lifting the rat by its neck, dragging the poor thing when it tried to crawl away. And flinging it backwards when I'm taking a video clip of them, got a fright of my life sia!

When we are leaving Labrador, the cat was still there, but no sign of the rat...escape? in thy's stomach?

No idea! :(

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Many thks to my bro-in-law, giving us a treat @ Ocean's Restaurant (hope I got the name rite). The dim sum there was realli good especially their "sio ba", but their bill was even better, think all in all totaled to $600++!

Nothing to complain lah, gd food and gd service whoa...not eating there everyday anyway! Hiak hiak!!!

The list of dishes iclude: roasted platter, 天上有地上无的汤，竹蚌，蚂蚁上树, braised duck feet and dim sum!

Sumptuous, Delicious, Sumptuous, Delicious.....!!!

L Change The World

2008-03-02T10:24:00.015+08:00

Oooohhhh.....aaahhh....I like this show, like it more than the previous Death Note series. It touches my heart, especially with the 2 additional casts (young boy n the pretty girl) in this show, definitely made a different. Perhaps most of you might still prefer the previous Death Note movies, but "L Change The World" worth watching. Giving it *****/***** rating! ;P

L aka Ken'ichi Matsuyama 松山ケンイチ

Good-looking hor!!! *drool...drool...drool* :P

In real person, he looked totally different from role he played in the movies.

In "L Change The World", there're more humorous scenes than the previous two.

I'm not gg to reveal the story, go n watch the show lah!

Met up with my my galfrens yesterday, to celebrate Jessica's bday (belated). We went to Old Hong Kong at this East Coast Road, next to Katong Mall. Ordered Peking duck, dim sum, fish...the serving came pretty fast, one dish after another, our table almost got no space to put the dishes liao. Hahah, probably they knew we are all starving...LOL. So we ate n ate, no time to stop though...wahahha!!!

After dinner, we headed down to Siglap - Coffee Club for a round of drinks n dessert! Have not been to Siglap for quite sometime, Coffee Club was revamped! But, their mud pie is still marvelicious...yummy!

Photos for viewing:

The nite ended with sweetness...ma ma mia...!

Leap Year

2008-02-29T23:31:00.003+08:00

IT'S FRIDAY...IT'S WEEKEND...FINALLY!!!

It has been a torturing week, working till 9pm since tuesday!

Having our BG Quarterly Com @ Suntec, The Rock today, however, due to never-ending workload, I've decided to give it a miss. The office was rather empty except for a couple of colleagues who, like me, got to work like an ox...*mooo mooo.....moan moaannnn mooooaaaannnn*! HAhahah!!!

Transferring to another dept soon, counting down to another 24days...mixed feelings...dun knw how to put it...just dun feel good! Hope my career will "flourish" in the new dept. This new role, is wat I always wanna do in the past. Now? Hmm...just keep my finger cross :-?

PC not fixed yet, fren was busy last week. Let's see how long I'm gg to drag getting it fix. ;-)

Thus, no photos for the moment! Boring...!

Looking forward to next week, nah, not work lah...!!! Btw, who will look forward to WORK, let me know...perhaps can encourage me abit...give me some inspirations? Perhaps, I need a savior! Wahahaha!

Last day of Feb, happened to be a leap year, lucky baby who was born today was given an education sponsorship...lucky star!!! Then how, celebrate bday once every four years? Good wat, never grow old...! :P

New movie, The Leap Years, screening today in the theaters too...starring Wong Li Lin and Ananda Mathew Everingham...the "yan dao" one! *drools*

Pretty skeptical about this movie, rather watch "Death Note - L change the World".

Those who have watched both shows, give me the reviews and ratings please....thks!

T.G.I.F, another week gone!

2008-02-22T17:47:00.003+08:00

Yeah, u bet! I have been struggling thru this week with the greatest efforts.
The power supply of my CPU have gone down after a short circuit happened at home.
Thus, I'm blogging away in the office. Official knocked off time - 17:30hrs. So dun say I 'eat snake' okie!

Some backlogs:
Last Sunday, frens came over for a steamboat reunion. Jo n Nic having a great time in Europe - winter wonderland, thus, not able to join us!

It's a freaky Sunday, my PC failed me, my study room's door decided to shut itself tightly and refused to open.
Yeah, dun knw who itchy hand, lock the room and the lock mechanism simply got jammed. Till now, I'm still puzzled about the whole thing!!!
"Locksmith" Kenny-san tried with all means to "tear" down the damn door, it (the door) stayed as composed as it can be. Finally, we gave up and called for 911....hahhahah...no lah, called my F.I.L for Helpppp!!!
(Seriously, if we dun get the door to open, we can't play mahjong for your info, so die die must open the door.)
Hiak, Hiak, Hiak!

I dun know how long the guys "fought the war", finally they managed to dismantle the "enemy" and that definitely left a "victorious" mark on my door.

Well, freaky as I have mentioned. It doesn't end here. After a round of mahjong, it's time to start our steamboat reunion. Everyone is anticipating the moment, gathering around the table, busy spreading all the food on the table. I switched on the power supply of the extension wire hooked to the induction cooker, power on...alas, the whole hse went into darkness. Realli man, I tell you, wat a wet blanket! We were all stoned for a min before trying to figure out which appliances had caused the short-circuit. True enough, it was the induction cooker which I use once a year....haahhah! Btw, I bot the induction cooker for $70+ at Mustafa lor!
Wat's the brand huh? Hmmm....I forgot liao...got to go back n chk.

Nevertheless, we sent the guys out to NTUC to buy another induction cooker, this time the brand - Morris.
Finally, after much hassel, we can eat in peace and comfort our starving stomachs with all the good food.

With another round of mahjong after the feast, we called it a nite.

Memorable Lunar 11th of Chinese New Year = freaky Sunday!!!
Fotos to be uploaded once my PC's back to normal yeah!

Suay...Suay...Suay...!

2008-02-18T22:40:00.002+08:00

PC down, gg to get it repair. Meanwhile, cannot blog...hahaha...gd excuse!
Be patient...I will be back!!!

Hiak, Hiak, Hiak, Hiak....!!!

恭喜发财。。。万事如意。。。鼠年行好运！

2008-02-12T22:08:00.000+08:00

Dong dong dong qiang, Dong dong dong qiang...!!!

Happy Lunar New Year everyone!

Back to work today, had a sumptous lunch with my "best fren" group, it was a hearty and expensive meal...LOL!

About $70 per pax, burnt a big big lobang in my pocket. Gonna settle lunch with bread n plain water for the next 2 weeks Wahahahha....or better still, who wanna give me lunch treat for the next 2 weeks? *Big hint* :)

Ok, some updates frm Day 1 to Day 5 of Chinese New Year.

Reunion dinner with my in-laws, 1st time did not have reunion dinner with my own family, so abit not used to it. But no choice lah, my pandang granny said cannot go back, ok lor, listen to her lor! A game of mahjong session after reunion dinner with frens to do our duties of "守岁-ing" for our parents...kekeke!!!

大年初一, cannot go 拜年, thus slp late. Had vegetarian for brunch cum dinner.

Met my siblings at Tiong Bahru Plaza in the evening for our 1st movie of the Ratty year..."CJ7".

It was stated that if purchase 6tixs, there will be a "七仔" soft toy. I told my sis the previous nite, that I want the toy, to my disappointment, it was out of stock liao! Sobbb....!!!

I want my 七仔.....!!!

Review for CJ7:

Bit disappointed on the plot, very simple story, not much focus on Stephen Chow.

The kid and 七仔 were cute n adorable though! ***/*****

My sis n Tammie

Moi and my Ah-Lao

My other sis n HM

Worse or Worst

2008-02-04T01:02:00.000+08:00

When you think the worse thing had happened to you, the worst thing has yet to come.

Rainy, dreamy Sunday. U just feel like slumping on your cosy bed and refused to get up right?

I wish I have the luxury, but I dun!

I have an eyebrow shaping appt at 1.45pm. Ken will be sending me there. So we decided to have a quick lunch at the hawker centre and then head down to Orchard. The roads were wet, the rain was getting heavier.

Ken was driving out from the carpark and turning into the 2-way road toward the hawker centre. He managed to squeeze past the cars driving towards left, he drove further hoping to make a right turn fast enuff.

Yes, fast enuff, fast enuff for the other car - a Mitsubishi to ram into ours.

Seriously, before Ken made that turn, I already told him not to try, as we cannot see the cars coming from the other lane. I felt it was risky. Well, women are always accused of being lousy drivers, btw, we are not lousy, just like to play safe, u know! Men, on the other hand, are risk-takers, and somtimes you have to pay for being risky.

The price of being risky:

Our car's damange - a dent besides the left headlight. Poor Mitsubishi's condition is much ugly (see above).

Nevertheless, we admit it's our fault. We had a quick exchange of personal details and went separate ways.

Rainy Sunday was further darkened by this accident.

I asked Ken, why he made the turn, he said it was a misjudgement. I do not want to further piss him off by asking "u shld have listen to me", cos I knw in his mind, he sure to argue back "if I did not drive you to orchard, all these won't happen". Thus, before the finger-pointing game start, I put a stop to it.

Though I tried to avoid the above scenario, in the end, the above scenario still happened...LOL!

But seriously, there's nobody to blame. Just rectify the problem and not to dwell on wat has already happened.

Seems like the dark aura above my head will take quite sometime to disappear. Hopefully, my new hair cut means a new beginning. CNY coming, though not celebrating or having reunion dinner with my own family, best time to stay home and relac relac!!! Oh yah, I still can receive ang bao btw....hahahaha!

丧礼进行曲

2008-02-03T23:25:00.000+08:00

On the day Ah Gong passed away, Suharto turned into another angel as well. Date: 27012008, Sunday.
We hurried down to where ah Gong used to stay (where his wake will be), changed into white tee, see Ah Gong lying in thy coffin, followed by rituals. Day 1, everyone was busy and very moodless.

Day 2, Ken and I did not go to work. After tidying up the storeroom @ hm, we went down to the wake again. Prayers start at 7pm every evening. This nite, more people came, wreaths started to stream in. I sat around with the cousins to fold "金纸". The obituary was out in the chinese newspapers. We left shortly as we need to work the next day.

Day 3, we went down slightly late due to work commitment, managed to attend the prayer session.
Dad and mum came to pay their respects. Jo and frens came too, very kind of them. We left for home when our frens left.

Day 4, as today is the final nite of the wake, Ken and I stayed till 2plus in the morning. To pass time, we played poker cards and mahjong.
Earlier, something "怪异" happened after our dinner. We were sitting around the table when there was a commotion from a table nearby. An uncle was behaving strangely, he appeared to be toking to himself, sometimes thrusting himself back n forth, sometimes hitting his hands against his laps, making loud "piak piak" sound. And also singing loudly.
I dun understand and can't figure out wat he was singing. Some relatives were beside this uncle, one of our aunty was even holding her hands together as though she was praying to the uncle. It seems kinda fun to watch him and we were realli curious wat had happened to him. Did he do that on purpose to grab ppl's attention? Or did something realli possessed him?
In the end, the monk who's doing the prayer rituals tried to speak to this uncle. The monk even handed the uncle his handphone to speak to someone on the other line, but it seems not to be working. The uncle started to stand up and walked towards the carpark stairways. I overheard the uncle spoke in a harsh, male tone and suddenly in female tone. I felt terrified for a min, I was thinking, that's definitely not fake, I was stunned!
After much coaxing, the uncle still behaved weirdly and even told the monk that they must do proper rituals for Ah Gong. Anyway, in the end, the monk decided to start on the prayer rituals and we all went ahead.
After the prayer session, we do not see the uncle liao!
Call it bizarre or what, we heard frm a cousin saying the uncle was possessed by "十八罗汉"!
Hmmm...I only knw "十八罗汉" are all man right? So wat's with the female voice and singing?
Seriously, I got no idea.
Nvm, I do not wish to know either. Do you believe? Well, the world is full of strange happenings.

Day 5 - the final send off.
Reached at 9.30am, took off our slippers and wore socks only. Followed by final prayer rituals before the coffin was closed. We walked around a couple of times to see Ah Gong for the last time. We were not allowed to watch when the coffin was finally closed. "Why can't we watch?" was some of the young cousins' concern.

Ken dedicated a song to Ah Gong, "Goodbye My Love", played by the live band during the funeral.
"good-bye my love 我的爱人再见， good-bye my love 相见不知哪一天"

The final procession - all the sons and daughters and eldest grandson got to hold on to the van which carry the coffin. The rest of the family followed behind. The road was filled with 佛经 played frm the van. Some passerbys stopped and watched. Well, typical Singaporeans!

It was my first visit to Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium, the hall was like a theaterette. Very modern and classy. The whole process was fast. I think it took less than 20mins and everything was done. It was sad, very sad! 89 years of life spent in this world, you came a long way. 2 hours of cremation seems to be express train ride to heaven. At least, no need to queue anymore, or do they have to?

At This Very Moment

2008-01-27T00:59:00.000+08:00

I felt a dark aura floating above my head at this very moment!
Hmm...maybe not this moment, I think it has been looming above me since beginning of 2008.

I have just received a bad news! Not again, u might said!
How many bad news have I mentioned since Jan'08?
You tell me, I just hate to remind myself!

Finally it's over for him, perhaps for the family too! Too much agony...now a breathe of relieved? I dun know!
It's time, I said! As quoted by a fren of mine, heaven need another angel, so they took him away! Seems like heaven need alot of angels! Short period of time, they took 2 (actual figures, I realli have no idea).

Yes, Ken's grandpa had just left the world. Reminded me when my own grandpa left 13 years ago.
13 long years, still missed him! Felt so guilty, have not paid respect to him for a long time.

I have visited Ken's grandpa in the hospital twice this year. The last time was on the 22nd, Tues!
He was wearing the oxygen mask and appeared to be in distressed! He was breathing hard! Anytime, the doctor said! I looked at him, soon? I asked myself. Perhaps he's a strong-willed peraon, perhaps he can pull through? I thought to myself.

Now, he's gone, what's in my head? I do not get to see him in future CNY anymore. His sitting position on the sofa when we visited him every CNY will remain in my head forever.

阿公，安息吧！

Updates

2008-01-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

Realised my previous posts were rather 无理头, today I'm back to normal!

Today, I have brought Ah-Xi girl for a makeover.

As it was close to CNY, additional charge of $10.
Total damage = $50

More damage to come:

Shopping at AnchorPoint, the place was revamped recently.
There are few factory outlets there....FOS, Giordano, City Chain, Clubmarc, Charles & Keith etc....
Not sure if they are turning the place to a factory outlet shopping centre or wat, but quite a shiok place to shop. I bought a pair of bermudas at FOS, and Ken bought 2 Polo-tees.

Most of our damages were done at G2000. Men short-sleeves shirts only $23 each.

I bought 2 singlets @ $8 each, 2 other tops cost $13 & $23 respectively.

All in all, we spent $144 in G2000! Average $18 per piece....wahhhhh...cheap till LS ah!!!! Hahahaha!

A HK cafe took over the previous location of the foodcourt. And there's a new Disney cafe as well.
Oh yah, not forgetting to mention TCC.
Hmmm....it will be my next shopping hangout in future, since it's near my place.

For 1st class shopping, I have Vivo City, for mid-class shopping, I have Tiong Bahru Plaza and for lower-class shopping, I have Anchorpoint....! Hahhaaa...who need to go Orchard Rd liao.....hiak hiak hiak!

Visited my parents after shopping, my dad's knee injury recovered 7788 liao! Do not need to use the "tongka" so often ord, can oso stand while bathing! Will be returning to the hospital for knee therapy, so as not to injure it in future!

Some backlogs:

19 Jan'08

Some photos taken while in Powerhouse @ St James.

23Jan'08, Wed - Vivo City KimGary

Actually our purpose of gg there was to give support to Ken's cousin, who was working part-time there while waiting for O-Lvl results. Little did we know, she no longer works there...*piangzzzz*

Nevertheless, it gave us an opportunity to try the food there. Too many HK cafes in S'pore liao, so we remained skeptical about the food!

I ordered a pork chop rice and strawberry aloe vera while Ken ordered a chicken mushroom rice and mango juice. A side order of drumlets too!

Verdict: Pork chop too tough, chicken mushroom rice tasted better as the mushroom rice was rather fragrant.

Both of us liked the drumlets though, if slightly spicer will be best. Btw, both rices were not served hot.

Mine was like warm only. Shld improve on that. Drinks were okay!

**VeryBubbleee**

** Simple Happiness**

** With Much Regrets **

** 日子难熬！**

** Nobody understands!!! **

** Happy Mother's Day to Me **

** Tots for the Day! **

** Jade is exploring with her toys! **

** 10th and 11th **

**Dancing Buttock **

** Dim Sum @ Ah Yat **

** Munch Munch **

** Sunday Morning **

** Celebrating "外公's" Bday! **

** More Video **

Loh Look-alike Meter

** My Pride, My Joy, My Everything! **

** 3rd month & marching on!!! **

** Kaden's First Bday **

** Sweet Sweet February **

** 2009 CNY - 牛年篇 **

** Bye Bye Edwin **

** January - HM & Phyllis's Big Day **

** January - Jade's Full Month Party **

** Arrival of our Precious Angel **

End 2008!

** Motherhood **

** Counting down 10 days...??? **

** Moi 29th Bday Celebration wif Dar & Baby Jade **

** Advanced Bday Celebration **

** Dog's Life **

** An Excited Week of Good News **

** Juz for Fun **

** October Backlog - Day Out to Hort Park **

** September Backlog - Wedding Dinner **

** September Backlog - House-warming @ SX & HL's Loft **

** August Backlog - Hendersonwaves **

** August Backlog - Gathering @ Coris **

** Our New Toy **

** Mathias's First Birthday **

** A Short Post **

** Spectacular Fireworks **

** Few Hours Spent in Sentosa **

** Ad-Hoc Post **

** My Little Darling **

** Making Decisions **

** Mr & Mrs Tang **

** June's Xpress Blog **

** Xpress Blog - Dar's 30th Bday **

** Kala'Ok and Frens' Gathering **

** Procrastinated Post **

** Juz Another Potluck **

** Juz Some Photos **

** Juz For Tots **

** April Liao Whoa **

** Miscellaneous **

** ONEº15...Continuation! **

** 好运总和我扯不上关系 ** ="(

** The Week After Taipei's Trip **

** Day 4 - Going Home...再见了，台北!!! **

** 台北 - Day 3 (士林夜市篇) **

** 台北 - Day 3 (阳明山篇) **

** 台北 - Day 2 **

** 我爱旅行。。。我爱台北 **

** Goodbye, See U!!! **

** Last Entry for Today **

** Dogathon 2008 @ Bishan Park **

** Anielka's Birthday Party **

** Photo Hunt **

** L Change The World **

** Leap Year **

** T.G.I.F, another week gone! **

** Suay...Suay...Suay...! **

** 恭喜发财。。。万事如意。。。鼠年行好运！**

** Worse or Worst **

** 丧礼进行曲 **

** At This Very Moment **

** Updates **