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I AM BACK!
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After being away from blogging for so long, I am back... =)

Charlotte and Charmaine will be attending the same preschool next year, at Thomson Road Baptist Kindergarten next year. We attended the school orientation last Friday, and bought 2 sets of uniform and 1 set of physical activity attire for each girl. We also booked school bus transport for them. Their school hours next year will be 11.15am to 2.15pm, and every Friday is Physical Activity Day.

Wonder how Charmaine will react on her first day at school... Still remembered how poor Charlotte used to cry and whine for almost the first month when she started attending Capstone Kindergarten this year! Since Charmaine will most likely be the youngest (she's born in Dec) among her classmates, she might take a longer time than Charlotte to adapt?

Dearie and I are glad that both girls are getting along better now... There are still occasional fights and screamings, but these are unavoidable... =P

Personally, I am glad that Dearie plays an active & hands-on "Daddy" role... I managed to doll myself up for my good friend, Shuling's wedding last Saturday at Orchard Parade Hotel! It was great catching up with the girls during the dinner! Thanks Dearie!

Me dolled up...

All of Us At Shuling's Wedding

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Charlotte's & My Birthdays - Jun 09
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On Baobei's 1st bdae itself (1 Jun 09), together with my in-laws, we brought her to Sentosa.

We had lunch at Sentosa before bringing her to The Underwater World. For her 1st bdae, my MIL prepared abalone porridge for her and let her taste some of the abalone. Whenever we give her new food, she would put on this cute expression where she would close her eyes shut and give us a smile... =) But think we gave her too much 'good' food at 1 shot, wat wif abalone, mushrooms n tofu, her tummy couldnt take it... She became very irritable after lunch n cried non-stop n stuck more to me... It took us a while to pacify her... At The Underwater World, her tummy discomfort must be acting up again cos she became irritable again... Dearie was trying to pacify her and me took over... The moment she passed into my arms, she puked! All over me... onto my hair, my dress, everywhere.... =(( Dearie said she must felt comfortable wif me so chose me as the puking target... Oh well... wat to do... at least after puking, she felt more comfortable n became her normal self again... *Lesson learnt: Dun gif her too much food at one go*

 Charlotte in her red Guess dress during lunch... think she looks nice in bright colors.
Like this pic, she's looking and smiling at the camera
After the puking session at The Underwater World
Wif in-laws


 Looking interestedly on at the fishes swimming past

2 daes later, on my actual bdae, we brought Baobei to take The Singapore Flyer. We enjoyed having the whole cabin to ourselves and seeing the view... Think Baobei enjoyed herself too!

The night before, Dearie oso got me a surprise bdae cake - Tiramisu cake from BreadTalk. =) Was sleeping wif Baobei whn he suddenly woke me up... got a shock on opening my eyes cos the candle light was a bit bright in the dark room... haha! =) He oso bought me a bouquet of red roses which me found in the backseat of the car the next dae. =) Thanks Dearie, for the 2 surprises!


Taken by the staff before boarding the cabin.. a bit blur =(
Inside the cabin
Baobei looks very happy!
Think she's trying to say she wanna see the view too!
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My Farewell at PSD
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After having spent 2 yrs 2 mths working in PSD, I decided to leave and stay at home and spend more time with Baobei, as well as to get some rest. =)

My colleagues gave me a farewell with a sweet, pretty cake which I did not have the heart to disfigure... had carefully sliced off the top layer, and it is now sealed in a ziplock bad, lying in my fridge. =)



The kawaii gers oso got me a farewell/bdae gift, which I really treasured a lot. It was a collection of the polaroid pictures we took and they had specially placed on a board with cute stickers for decoration! N I got to keep the one and only polaroid pictures! =) Thanks!!!!!!

 A photo of the whole board b4 proceeding to take indiv shots

 Nina, Sinti, Eileen (from left)
Changling (my oldest childhood friend) and me
Nina and Sinti
Yong Kuan (my buddy on my 1st day) and me
Eileen, Tricia, me, Ting, Sinti, Nina
Kiss from the bdae ger?
The Pigeons!
Me and Jasmine (talented Cappella Alto singer)
Nina, Eileen, Me, Sinti, Tricia. Is tt handsign for The Pigeons?
Jasmine, Eileen, Cheng, Me, Tricia, Zee, John
Haha! What are Yongkuan and John doing?
Fengrong and Eileen
Layhar, Me and Monica
Abi, Tricia, Ting
Me and Suat
Zee and me
The happy couple, Abi and her bf
Denise and me
John, Eileen, Nina, Tricia, Ting
Group foto!

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My Last Physical Day with PSD Today
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Have tendered my resignation with my current employer, PSD on 4 May 09. My last day of service with PSD will be 3 Jun 09 (which coincidentally, is also my 30th birthday). Will be clearing leave from tomorrow onwards, so today is my last physical day with PSD... can finally get to relax from tomorrow onwards... yeah!

Have oso started clearing my work desk last week, been bringing stuff back in paper bags... but no time to clear them out yet... maybe will start tomorrow...

Have never dreamt that me will start becoming a homemaker at age 30! Dearie n me are not eliminating the possibility that me might return to the workforce later when Baobei is bigger n things are more stabilised...

Have not really thought of what me will do on my 1st free day tomorrow... probably iron clothes, take naps, watch dvds, surf net, facebook, blog... hmm....
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Fresh Supply Running Low...
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Baobei is now 7 months 10 daes old... how time flies!

My menses came back last month (yes, have been 'free' for 7+9 months)... then my bm supply started decreasing... i admit i have been stretching the time between my expresses by 1 hour, and sometimes even longer esp on weekends when we brought Baobei out... Dearie said the most crucial period for full benefits of bm is the 1st 6 months, n since Baobei has reached the 7 month mark, it's okay if my supply runs low...

Though my supply is running low, i still continue expressing (wanna let the supply stop naturally)... can oso start clearing the frozen stock in my (n MIL's cos my freezer was running outta space then) freezer... luckily Baobei has started on solid foods (n taking to it quite well)... she has had infant rice cereal, pumpkin, potato, fish porridge, banana puree, biscuits etc, all of which she likes... MIL has been diligently giving her fish porridge n rice cereal daily =)

Dearie said to introduce formula milk in her diet when my fresh supply totally runs out... wonder when that will be...
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Bad Week... =(
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This week has not been a good week 4me... Mon experienced severe pain n milk refused to come out no matter wat methods me use to relieve the pain... warm, cold compresses... massages... milk stil refused to come out... as it was onli 1 side, there were obvious differences in the amount of milk collected in both bottles after each express session... felt realli sad n demoralised, realli felt like giving up... cos it was realli painful, cried... *sobz*

@ 1st, thot after a few daes, the pain wil subside n the milkflow wil resume to normal... but the pain stil remains n got worse... finalli on thur, decided to call Dr Lui... he referred me to the bfeeding consultant, Sister Kang, @ MAH... she said nt engorgement (as wld happen to both sides), but blocked ducts... she said nid to drain it else wld get infection... she pressed down on the blocked gland n massaged (PAIN!!!!), thn pressed all the way down.... thn she hand-expressed into a bottle... dis took quite a while... she managed to clear the major blocks but me stil nid to clear the minor blocks myself every 3 hrs (following her methods)... she oso told me to watch out for fever cos wld b a sign of infection or worse, mastitis.

The next dae in office, stil experienced pain n milkflow stil felt blocked... followed her method but stil super painful... complained to my female colligs n tears jus flowed down whn they showed concern n understood (as they went thru b4 too)... @ abt 4pm, felt feverish n giddy... went back 2c Dr Lui who upon consulting Sister Kang, prescribed me antibiotics, fever medicine n pills to relieve the pain n swelling... he oso gave me a prescription to get over @ MAH, in case me decided to stop bfeeding... he sorta chided me 4 seeing him @ the last minute... sighz... thot me cld relieve it myself ma...

Realli hope the pain wil subside n milkflow wil resume to normal... *pray hard*
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Sudden Attack of Backache
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Felt a sudden sharp pain (@ my sides) in my back aft my shower ydae... was squatting down to pick up strands of hair on the floor when me felt sharp jabs of pain in my back when trying to get up... Dearie asked if me nid to go A&E, given itz Sun n most clinics were closed... told him no nid to, cos din wanna bring Baobei to hospital unnecessarily... he said could drop her @ my in-laws' b4 going A&E... but me din wan... so decided to rest more n monitor the situation...

Dis morn, stil v painful, esp whn me tried getting up fr bed.. oso had probs walking... Dearie had to support me... had to get over the initial sharp pains b4 the pains became more bearable n me could walk properly, albeit stil unnaturally... Baobei seems to noe me in pain, she din fuss as much whn Dearie carried her... cos usualli Dearie had trouble pacifying her cries, but last nite n dis morn, she was ok wif Dearie pacifying her!

As usual, we dropped Baobei @ my in-laws' dis morn, b4 Dearie brot me to the clinic (he took urgent leave tdy)... Doc Tan said my backache could hv been a result of nt enuff rest, he deduced so fr my sleep pattern daily (waking up @ 0530 on weekdaes n 0700 on weekends n sleeping @ 2200+ daily)... he oso advised me nt to wake up to breastfeed Baobei in the middle of the nites, so Dearie said he would bottle-feed her.... gonna b taxing for Dearie, until my back gets betta @ least... Dr Tan said to observe for 1-2 weeks, if my backache does nt go off then, wil nid to go c him again... (kips fingers crossed wil get betta then, in time for our Tokyo trip fr 18-22 Oct)

Given 2d mc to rest @ hm, instructed to lie in bed, to relieve my back muscles... Dr Tan gave me medicine for fever/pain n hyperacidity... Dearie oso made sure me rested in bed, n on standby wheneva me nid to move ard... MIL oso offered to let Baobei sleep over @ her plc tonite, so dat me can ample rest... =)

Actualli dis is nt the 1st time me hv backache... in the past, had sneezed too hard n resulted in backache too!
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Dropping Hair...
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we did not shave Baobei's hair during her 1st month as we didnt bear to do so, given her nice crop of hair... nw dat she is 3.5 months old, she is dropping her baby hair... whn we carry her outta her cot aft her sleep, we can see some strands of her hair cot in her pillow... there r now abt 2 white patches on her head, think resulted from the dropping of her hair... sad but MIL said itz ok, as baby hair, or tai1 mao2, wil fall off gradually n new hair wil grow back... me hv oso seen some babies wif a white trail around their head, think most prob oso resulting fr dropping of baby hair...

nt jus Baobei's dropping hair... me oso dropping hair... whn me run my fingers thru my hair, a few strands of my hair wil get cot among my fingers... sometimes as many as 5... quite scary... normally, me wil oso drop hair, esp during showers, but nt so easily as nw jus by running my fingers thru my hair... sighz... my colligs said dropping hair aft delivery is normal, hair wil grow back... but stil... Dearie said nvm, my hair is thick enuff to withstand the dropping n hair loss is nt too alarming... but stil... =(
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1st Dae @ Work
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Me was supposed to return from maternity leave on 25 Aug (Mon), but after discussing wif Dearie, decided to return 1 dae earlier, on 22 Aug (Fri) instead... the idea was for me to slowly gain momentum in my work on a Fri, and rest during the weekend, instead of plunging headlong into a whole week of work on Mon...

Brot lotsa stuff to office on Fri - microwave steriliser, electrical pump, milk storage bottles & bags, freezer bag, curtain, brush, a small basin, liquid cleaner etc... luckily Dearie gave me a lift after dropping Baobei @ my in-laws... felt so sad n reluctant to leave 4 work after sending Baobei to my in-laws... was sniffing a bit when me said goodbye to her, then tears jus flowed down whn Dearie n me got into the lift =(

Back in office, my colligs were commenting me had missed the 16 weeks maternity leave benefits... Dearie n me felt itz okie... mebbe 2nd one lor, but a few years later lah... some colligs were oso shocked 2c me return to work, din noe dat 12 weeks had passed by oredi... some oso commented me had 'deflated', think me mus hv 'ballooned' alot during pregnancy... looking back @ my foto then still amazed me @ how big my tummy can stretch to accomodate Baobei, hee...

Oso, me had probs logging into my laptop, my token had been locked n there were no new emails received since my 1st dae of leave! was amazed that the system automatically suspended new emails from coming in, so as to hog my email inbox during my maternity leave?!? my collig joked dat mebbe me not supposed to come back to work yet... hee

Nowadays, when me draw the curtain, my colligs wil noe wat me doing in my cubicle, n wil gif me privacy... hee... even the cleaning auntie oso noes =)
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Back to Work on 22 Aug 08
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How time flies! Will be returning to work on 22 Aug (Fri)... seems like jus not long ago when me gave birth to Charlotte... 12 weeks have jus flashed by... gonna miss spending time wif Charlotte, feeding her, playing wif her, interacting wif her, singing songs to her, changing her diapers etc everydae...

Besides preparing myself mentally for the loads of work (sobz) back in office, me oso made other preparations like getting a 'curtain' to put up @ the doorway of my cubicle, a microwave sterilizer, more milk storage bottles & bags etc... Charlotte seems to noe she will b spending her weekdae noons @ Caribbean, my in-laws' plc... she started rejecting me when me bfed her last Fri n took to taking expressed milk in bottles during the daytime... @ 1st, when she rejected me, me got so sad that me nearly cried, thinking she din wan me anymore =(( then, MIL consoled me saying she's smart, knowing she needs to drink from bottles soon anyway, so might as well start practising nw... Dearie oso said letting her drink from bottles will make things easier 4me too... @ the same time, me can practise expressing milk more often, every 4 hours....

Jus hope that back in office, me will still hv time to express, cos frequent expressing will maintain the milk supply n prevent engorgement... as me will b using an electric pump, realli hope the sounds wun disturb my neighbours @ work...
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Tricia's Wedding 080808
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Me attended Tricia's wedding on 8 Aug 08... it was my 1st time being away from Charlotte n Dearie's 1st time taking care of her alone.... it was fun meeting up wif my colligs again n seeing the happy couple... but my mind was constantly on Charlotte... wondering if Dearie was able to cope, if Charlotte was cooperative, whether she had her feeding etc...

The kawaii gers @ my table, being the kawaii gers, saboed the wedding couple.... brot back fond memories of my wedding dinner 2 years ago when Dearie n me were oso saboed by his colligs... hee... his colligs had gone to great extent for the sabo mission, where they made 2 almond jellies resembling 'breasts' wif hershey kisses chocolate resembling nipples on them, a plate of chicken meat n a hand-toy, all of which were props of their sabo mission... we had engaged a 'live' photographer, Willie Foo, who took photographs which were immediately screened on the big screen for our guests' viewing pleasure, so it was rather embarrassing but fun! Willie oso printed the photographs of our guests in namecard sizes for them as souvenirs =)

After the dinner, CL's hubby, Rod, gave me a lift hm (Thanks, CL & Rod!) When me reached hm, Charlotte was playing wif the music mobile @ her cot & Dearie was using his laptop on the bed... hee! Thx Dearie, for taking care of Charlotte while me had fun outside =) Me oso bot Dearie a gift of cuff-links... glad he likes it n can use for his new 'Black Label' shirt bot @ G2000! =)
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World Breastfeeding Week 08
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Both Dearie n me hv alwiz known that there are many advantages to bfeeding, for both baby and mother... so from the dae Charlotte was born, me hv been bfeeding her exclusively... it was tough @ 1st, especially when she had difficulty latching on properly... but luckily, the bfeeding consultant @ Mt A was very helpful n both Charlotte n me overcame the initial hurdles of bfeeding...

Initially, when we brought Charlotte out, me found bfeeding a great inconvenience as we nid to find nursing rooms... some nursing rooms dun provide privacy for nursing mums (no private rooms), some look unused n dirty (especially the dirty or dusty changing tables), some dun provide cushions for the hard benches... but me particularly like the rooms @ Bugis BHG n Marina Square, great privacy in a cubicle all to myself (n Dearie cos me will ask him to accompany me =)) His collig oso gave me a nursing top, which me used once in public, @ Bugis MOF, after our lunch when Charlotte oso demanded for her lunch... Remember once, me was bfeeding Charlotte in a nursing room @ Parkway Parade (a room shared by nursing mums n mums who wanna change their babies' diapers), Charlotte made a fuss n refused my milk, a Malay Auntie asked if itz my 1st child, mebbe she had deduced so from my inexperience... oh well... but now, my mindset on bfeeding had changed... found it 2b a great bonding & fulfilling journey wif Charlotte =)

Recently, there was an article in The Straits Times on the advantages of breastfeeding, in conjunction with the World Breastfeeding Week 08. The article stated that couples could save as much as $710 on formula milk from 6 months of exclusive bfeeding! Since me have been bfeeding Charlotte exclusively for 2 months, this in effect, translates to as much as $236 savings for us =) Not considered a huge sum of $$ but still...

Now, in between Charlotte's feeds (3 hour intervals), me will sometimes express the milk (oso to relieve engorgement "sobz") n store in the freezer... initially, me felt like a cow ("Moo...") =P But seeing the packets of frozen milk in the freezer brings me a great feeling of satisfaction... when me return to work, me will still need to express the milk once every 4 hours, so that my MIL can bottle feed her while me away from her @ work... hope that my supply wun drop, especially wif work stress... me realli hope 2b able to bfeed Charlotte for as long as I can... =)
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Confinement Nanny Woes =(
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My confinement nanny has finally left... she has initially told my MIL that she wanna leave on 29 Jun, Charlotte's full month... but yesterdae morn, she suddenly told me she wanna go home, cos her daughter's MIL (who had agreed to do her confinement) had fallen ill... wa biang! no advance notice given n wanna leave on the dae itself! coincidentally, she told me after Dearie stepped outta house for work... mebbe cos she wanna avoid seeing another unhappy face...

Told my MIL who's very unhappy... cos she's being very irresponsible... we deducted her pay accordingly based on the no. of daes she worked... itz a veri expensive lesson to learn, teaching us to open our eyes wide the next time we hire a confinement nanny...

Actualli, her job here is quite relaxing... she doesn't nid to bottle-feed Charlotte, wash n sterilise milk bottles etc... oso, we din ask her to do strenuous house-chores... she jus nid to look after Charlotte, wash her n my clothes, cook my confinement food (Dearie oso ate the same stuff as me, she din nid to cook separate meals for him) and do minor cleaning of the floor...

During her 1st week, she was stil okay, guided by MIL on wat types of confinement food to prepare n the way around the kitchen... but from 2nd week onwards, she showed her true colours!

1) She told my MIL her M-card was running low in value n she's unable to make calls home... so my MIL bot her a M-card worth $18... she then asked me to check on the balance (think she wanna confirm the card balance), telling me she had topped up her M-card b4 coming to Singapore!

2) She started bringing Charlotte outta the nursery n carried her while watching TV in the living room... while carrying her, she kept saying "Baby, Auntie carry you, rock you to sleep"... however Charlotte din cry, was jus lying quietly in her cot but she carried her out on the pretext of rocking her to sleep, but think she actualli wanted to watch TV!

3) She kept telling MIL n me dat during her previous confinement job, she slept in the air-conditioning wif the baby, v comfy... we told her we dun wanna expose Charlotte to too much air-conditioning.... but think she was trying to tell us she wanna sleep in air-conditioning too...

4) Initialli she cleaned the floor daily wif the MagicClean Wipes n mop... but she gradually cut down to cleaning every 2 or 3 daes... she oso cut down to jus using the mop, w/o the MagicClean Wipes... ydae me asked her whether she used the wipes b4 the mop... she said she used the MagicClean Wipes in the living room onli.... but whn me looked in the dustbin, there's no used wipes!?!?

5) At the end of the daes, she din bother to clear the rubbish bin... the bin would emit a foul smell, sometimes wif small flies flying around or wif the brim overflowing wif rubbish... but she din bother to replace wif a new, clean plastic bag... aiyo... Dearie n me had to clear the rubbish for her every nite...

6) She din bother to clean the kitchen tops after preparing the confinement food too... me jus couldn't stand it n started wiping the kitchen tops myself, much to the despair of my MIL n mum, who said me shouldn't do so, would onli make my hands dirty n oily, couldn't carry Charlotte...

7) We had alwiz thot these confinement nannies were professionals, would prepare delicious confinement foods, changing the menu daily... but she din... alwiz the same old food every lunch, til me wanna cry... MIL asked her to prepare soups for dines daily, but she oso din....

8) She oso liked to tok loudly to Charlotte... when Charlotte cried, she wil raise her voice at her, saying "Baby, losing temper again ah?"... but babies like to cry wat (their onli way of expressing themselves), wat else did she expect babies to do?!?!

etc...

Sighz... Dearie said me, being an easy-going person, could oso b so irritated by her... hmm... actualli, there's a limit to my easy-going nature... she has gone over the limit, such dat me can't take it anymore... nw dat she has left, itz good too... cos she's so irresponsible, lazy n distracted @ work, sometimes worried wat she'll do next too...

Luckily, MIL came over ydae after she left, n helped me wif the remaining of my confinement... else, dunno wat wil happen to me...
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June - Bad Month for Confinement...
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2 weeks into my confinement liaoz... getting sianz of the hot weather n confinement food...

particularly pity Charlotte who cant sleep in her cot in her 'oven' bedroom in the afternoons... we carried her, tried to coax her to sleep but the moment we put her down in her cot, she woke up... think cos her bedroom is more exposed to the afternoon sun, compared to our bedroom... so we resorted to putting her on our bed n she managed to sleep... told Dearie abt it n suggested getting a yao2 lan2 which was more cooling... he immediately went to get 1 @ United Square Mums & Babes aft work dat dae. =)) Charlotte took some time to adjust to sleeping in the yao2 lan2 (guess unfamiliar surroundings n confined spaces... she likes to stretch her limbs, mebbe datz y my tummy alwiz turned into lop-sides shapes during my pregnancy).... but in the hot afternoons, she tend to sleep betta in the yao2 lan2...

the confinement nanny, Auntie SH, we hired has a daughter who's oso due in Jun, but late Jun on 20 Jun... so she's kinda distracted while doing my confinement nw... she's worried abt her daughter who has 3 other daughters @ hm.... her MIL had initially agreed to do her confinement so Auntie SH had taken on my confinement job whn me called her last year... Auntie SH was initially thinking dat if me gave birth earlier, she could stil hv time to do her daughter's confinement, but her daughter's MIL likes to play mahjong n she's worried she wun take gd care of her... so she's thinking of gg back earlier but worried abt the little $$$ she wil get from my confinement job... but we'll jus hv to deduct accordingly from her pay based on the number of daes she worked...
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Turning 29 in 2008...
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By a stroke of luck, me became a mummy at age 28... if Baby Charlotte had arrived on her EDD (5 Jun 08), me would hv become a mummy at age 29 instead... =P

Dis yr, me spent my bdae w/o any birthdae cakes or nice treats, n at MAH somemore... as Charlotte had mild jaundice, she could onli b discharged 1 dae later on 4 Jun instead of 3 Jun... as me bfeeding her totalli n we felt uneasy leaving her alone at MAH, we decided to extend my stay for a dae too... hwr, Dr Lui suggested so as to allow her maximum time under the bili light, itz nt advisable to hv her wheeled outta nursery for bfeeding, so me expressed my milk out n asked the nurses to spoonfeed her... seeing her exposed under the bili light, wif onli an eyeshield n diapers on, pained me... remembered hvg tears in my eyes watching her from outside the nursery... =(

Dearie got me a Trinity ring from Goldheart... itz a 2-in-1 gift (both bdae n delivery) =) he gave it to me after my delivery on the delivery date itself... wil nid to get the ring size changed thou, as itz too small... wonder whn me can put on my wedding band n proposal ring, as my fingers hv expanded during my pregnancy =( had hinted to Dearie b4hand dat a Trinity ring is special, given wif Charlotte's arrival, there wil b nw 3 members in our family... he had nt shown any positive signs of getting it 4me, so was pleasantly surprised whn me received the ring =)

My DIL got me a white Burberry Blue Label bag during his Tokyo trip. =) he said itz exclusive onli in Japan... so nice of him... the moment he n Dearie's sis got off the plane on 2 Jun, they immediately came to MAH... needless to say, Charlotte got the most number of gifts - Mikimoto foto frame, a pink-heart Burberry keychain, a cute kimono-like outfit, a hand-knit ball, an amulet, a NOEL hamper wif 2008 Singapore Mint coins n a box to kip her many 1sts... the 1st addition to her many 1sts is her umbilical stump which dropped off on Sat =P

But think Charlotte is my greatest gift dis year! =)) Motherhood is realli a gr8 plc 2b! thou itz tiring bfeeding her every hour, even @ nitez, the feelings of fulfillment n joy outweigh the tiredness n sleepless nitez... =)
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Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day
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Ydae was Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day =) It was an annual affair... din queue up for it last year though there's one outlet near my workplace, SMRT HQ @ Suntec City...

But dis year, me n some of my colligs went to queue for it @ the outlet @ Raffles City during lunch =) we purposely went to Burger King for lunch, n after lunch joined the super long queue which stretched from the shops opp MPH, curled around the Ben & Jerry's outlet, n back to MPH to a temporary stop set-up for free cones by Ben & Jerry's near the ATM machines...

Told Dearie abt it n he was surprised dat me joined in the queue but nt surprised there's a queue... but he's v against queueing up for stuff... dun like to waste time on such stuff... so @ supermarkets, if there's a long queue, we wld nt buy our groceries unless we need the groceries v v urgently...

But me got special privilege, whn we got to the point whr the staff gave us leaflets to prove our eligibility for a free cone, the staff told me quietly in a corner dat me can take the leaflet (signed by him) to the Ben & Jerry's counter n claim my free cone, dun nid to join the long queue after all... hee! me chose New York Fudge which is realli realli nice! chocolate flavour wif chocolate chunks! realli the highlight of my dae in the hot weather ydae! =))
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Back to Blogging.... 15/08/2006

i am back, after a long period of MIA from Friendster... straight after my wedding dinners on 10 & 16 June 2006 and a short rest, i plunged into work & heavy preparations for a major event - SMRT Challenge 2006... it's a form of 'Amazing Race' whereby participants need to solve clues and travel islandwide to perform physically challenging and courtesy/safety tasks at each of the 24 pitstops around the island... i was secretary for the event as the existing secretary resigned, so i was in a way suddenly thrown in... but luckily the event turned out to be a success.

Must comment on my wedding ;)) Had great fun preparing!! we wanna give thank-u speech during the dinner on 16 June 2006.. i had stage fright, was so afraid i would stumble or our guests unable to hear my voice... but luckily ken was by my side, giving silly jokes to liven the guests & lighten my tense mood... moreover, wif the great help from my jiemeis, his xiongdis & the hotel staff, the dinner went smoothly, without us having to worry too much... our videographer & photographer were also very professional! Our guests must be very amused to see the instantaneous photographs that were shown on the big screen after the photographer took the photographs!! He also gave out name-card sized photographs to our guests ;) It's also a form of advertising his company and services

When we sat back and watched the videos taken of our wedding on 10 & 16 June 2006, those memories, feelings simply flooded back... it seemed to be just yesterday...

Enjoying married life too... :) Our own Er Ren Shi Jie... we have own share of quarrels or misunderstandings, but ultimately it's fate that brought us together & we truly treasure our lives together ;) Looking at our wedding photoshoot 3-in-1 portrait at home simply brought back wonderful memories of that dae too ;)
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Hee... been a while since I updated my blog... guess cos too busy... when i return home from work, will take a long bath, watch tv, then go zzz for another day's work the next day...

Anyway, Happy Wow Wow Year to all!! This year is the 1st CNY i celebrated wif Ken :) Oso took a family foto wif his family & relatives on Chu1 Yi1 :) Hope the foto turns out nice :) If nice, will post here... ;P

Oso get to host home visits by frens, relatives... ;) Used to only go bai4 nian2 @ other ppl's homes, now dis year, we get a chance to host :) oso did some spring cleaning, esp with the many windows in our home... pray wun rain, else will get dirty again... haha!!

Oso got 2c my fren's baby son, Zenith... so cute!! :))
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We Are Always A Child In Our Parents' Eyes? 10/12/2005

Does the above statement hold true for most of us?

Our parents will always treat us like a child even if we are married, have children of our own etc...

This question pops up in my mind cos my parents will still call me almost daily... dad will say he misses my voice, mum will always asks whether we have eaten and what we have eaten, oso asks if we still have enough food stocked up in our fridge :P If not enough, she will buy for me when she does her own shopping @ wet market (cos she knows I dont go wet market, only go ntuc, cold storage, carrefour etc)... ken's mum will buy instant noodles, pasta, cooling tea etc for us... looks like both our parent are very worried we dont know how to take care of ourselves!

Ken's sis & dad have went for a short holiday overseas, so his mum will be alone @ home during this period... she rejects our offer of coming over our place... now, ken's dad & grandmother will call her often... she even lamented to us "they treat me like a 3-year old kid!!" ken smiled an evil smile @ me... does he mean to say our parents also like this wat? Or that we will grow up to be like them when we have children of our own? Hee!

Hmmz... something to ponder about ya? :P
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Food... 12/11/2005

Food... who don't love food right? :P Think we are lucky to live in Singapore, where there are all kinds of different food available around us, but think can find the most types of food at hawker centres... though not air-conditioned, one can get to savour many different types of food from the various food stalls there @ affordable prices...

I particularly like eating... especially spicy, fried or 'noodle' food... however, like most gers, I am scared of putting on weight or getting unnecessary pimple breakouts... :P

Anyway, having my own home now means having to cook meals for hubby and myself, especially during weekends when both of us are not working... I love cooking... though when still living with my parents then, I usually don't cook cos mum will do all the cooking... but now, it's different... having own home means we are able to buy our favourite foods to stock up our fridge, add our own favourite food ingredients etc... it's also fun when both of us get to prepare a meal together ;))

Now, I will pay great attention to the ingredients that go into a dish when I eat outside, make a mental note and try to prepare something similar at home... hee!! A fun process

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