And a New friend found

Renee woke up a couple of times last night due to the fever... Good thing is she would still finish her milk... Thanks to dear and Le Sucre bunny junior (LSJ)... For keeping her accompanied...

This morning, her woke up earlier than before... With fever subsided and a beautiful morning smile ^,^

Brave lil Renee recovered from post-vaccine fever 37.6 degree Celsius...

So dear and I brought her to compass point for a fast and simple dinner... And got her and LS Junior a BIG new friend... Called it Le Sucre Bunny Senior (LSS)!

Returned home, fed and happy... Renee concussed (for only 30mins)... Check out the way she zzz... Like Father like Daughter ^,^

YEAH! So relieved and happy that she's getting better! v','v

开了！

可是我没买。。。

The Good, The Bad, The way I see Myself

"OMG..." Yes, this was what I heard in a meeting... It's going to be interesting... very interesting...  (-_-")

What does the statement above tell you about me? I have a positive attitude? I'm a sadist?... Well, sometimes, I feel that I'm the second last person to know what kind of a person I am... The last person will be, of course and hopefully, a total stranger...

Very often, we only see the "Good" side about ourselves, at least we thought its goodness! How often and how willing are we to realize our "Not so Good" side, not to mention about doing relfections, corrections and improving ourselves as a better person...

The Good

I believe I'm a rather detailed person, those kind who would feel miserable to be left hanging without detail of the whole picture... Ironically, I prefer to listen to highlevel information... leaving out the grandmother story of it... and know the big picture... Well, that doesn't mean that I will remain ignorant about it... So, in some ways, I'm still think that I'm a (lazy) detailed person!

I'm a control freak? Or some say "perfectionist"... or some other may refer it as "self-centred"? To clarify, I would prefer things to be done the way I wanted... well, who wouldn't, if given a choice to? Perhaps, slightly more than how others wish for it... At the minimum, I'll attempt to justify and influence. Nevertheless, if all means fail, I'll still be happy to go with what it right, rather than what I like... so, what does that say about me? I'm someone who take charge and make an effort for myself...  :)

The Bad

I'm not so easy-going... I'm not too sociable... I'm pretty skeptical.... I'm ocasionally inconfident in some ways... I'm quite dependent on my dependent... I'm sometimes too serious about life... I'm very naggy... and well, impaitient!... Okay, enough! That's a long list to deal with... one at a time... (see, impatient kicks in!)

The way I look at it... All these negative "attributes" are chained together... Why do I say that? If I'm not too serious about life, I'll probably be more easy-going. If I'm more confident in myself and less skeptical, I'll most likely be socialble, too... With these, I made friends but only kept a few... eventually, I become naggy... and by nature... impaitient... Haa!

It's dependent on my mood of the day and the "chemistry" with the strangers I met to determine if I'll look on the floor and stare blankly at nothing OR look into their eyes and strike a conversation... I would say, 90% of the time (before I had Renee), I'd behaved as the former, while now that I have Renee, it's 60% of the chance that I'll behave as the latter, specially with those who have kids in their arms... Hee! That doesn't mean that I'm becoming sociable, just that I'm become braver in meeting new people!

The way I See it


"TIME make a person who was meant to be..." - Simiwago 6/28 7:20pm (in between meetings)

Everyone has the capability to realize a mistake and reflect for self-improvement... It's the matter of TIME...
Things happened. Good or bad... People experienced and learnt from chain of incidents encountered in their life... That's how personality is moulded and shaped when every decision is made...

I'm still taking a walk down the path of my life... I'll pray for more good things to come and stay positive, at all times... If I ever forget how to stay positive... remind me, my friend... my family!

Weekly update...

It's Wednesday, again! Guess what? I'll blog about my yesterday! Wahahaha!!

"Yesterday... All my troubles seem so far away... Suddenly... Blah blah blah" I don't know the exact lyrics but this is the way I sing it ;p

Morning meeting schedule for this week had been pretty messed up... Postponed or even cancelled, due to some unforeseen personal reasons at the other side... Flexibility does imply inflexibility at times, doesn't it? As far as I know, 4 person's schedule had been messed up due to these changes... Nevertheless, it is what it is... So... Just make full use of my time at work then ^,^

Happy things happen to Renee... We had 2.5 visitors who dropped by specially for her... And they always come with something... Be it umbrella, pot or BB food for BB... Haa! Thank u, aunties ^,^ (Oops! Dun hit me but u r auntie from BB's perspective...)

GP Peter told Renee that he'll bring her out (w or w/o mommy) as long as she poop that day (Tue) as the last time she cleared her bowel was 3 days ago... Nobody would be confident to bring a potential pooping infant to outdoors... Haa!

So? Renee pooped! And GP Peter went MIA the entire noon... Leaving Renee waiting for an outing... Till neck long long... When GP Peter reappeared, Renee watched and observed, checking if anyone was even packing up for her gai-gai... No? No! Ok... Renee started making noises until we had some reactions! Well, she cried even louder when GM Judith brought her to BB room (to pick up her pacifier)... LOL! Moral of the story? Kids are serious and have super memory, unlike mommy, so never bluff a kid!

Out we went, in the evening before my night meetings started... A very quick outing to a nearby beautiful Punggol park... There, we were... 3 exhausted adults, 1 happy BB... And many even happier mosquitoes... Haa!

Here's the evidences.... Enjoy ^,^

Revisiting Botanical Garden

Family time family time!!

A weekend we spent, with mission in mind --- to get a Thermal Flask and to revisit the beautiful Botanical garden where we had our wedding photoshoot!

And we accomplished our agenda of the day, indeed ^,^

Original plan: Food for thought @Botanical Garden for breakfast, followed by a stroll in the national park... Then to Takashimaya for air-conditioning and some shopping...

Actually: Breakfast @Empire State @Greenwich, followed by Taka, then Food for Thought, Botanical Garden.

Well, we almost cancelled the trip to the garden... Good thing was the weather turned out okay eventually and we proceeded with our plan, with a change of sequence ^,^ to the shopping mall, then to the park...

To start our day... Dear tried the Empire Breakfast, I had egg benedict and Renee had her usual milk with top ups of Rice cereal. They were eaten as brunch as it was already 10:30am by the time we were served. Not that they were slow. In fact, the service was excellent! This kept both of us bloated to the max, until dinner time... Breakfast and lunch - checked!

At Taka, we picked up almost all vacuum bottles, peeped into it, listen to the woooo sound and wondering which one is good... In the end, we go for the "cheapest" deal of the better brand... So we purchased w/o purchase on the Z brand thermal flask at the price of Purchase w purchase... Thanks to the flexible promoter as we were her first customer of the day... Thermal Flask - checked! ^,^

Extremely happy... We continued to hang ard the malls at the area (as Renee fell asleep in the BB sling) noticed that there's nothing much to dig... So we left ^,^ Renee's nap - checked!

The warm water in our old Thermal flask wasn't even warm when it's almost time for Renee's feeding... We headed to Food for Thought @Botanical garden to get hot water for Renee... And Cold refreshment for ourselves... Renee's feeding - Checked!



At Botanical garden, we visited the swan lake... And the main gate... Took a couple of pictures, been there done that ;p the weather became warm again do we called it a day before lil Renee became too tired... Botanical garden - Checked!

Renee fell asleep in her heavenly BB cr seat along the way home... Listening to the very localized but SB expensive BB rhymes... This was the first time Renee was fed more than once outside... It's the longest ever Gai-gai we ever did together... She had behaved well, ate well and napped well during this outing... Our lil Renee had grown so much... Hugz!!!

Back at home... Renee concussed for 3.5hrs straight until the next feeding at 9pm... All milk finished! Perhaps she slept too much... So we caught kids TV programme together before her last feed and bedtime at 11pm...

Family time and fulfilling weekend - Checked!

*P/s: Many thanks to dear dear for planning this outing!!!

Bloody Middle Finger

Yes... My left middle finger...

No... Not meant to be in any rude way...

Just that it was cut when I tried to open the sealer of a new tin of milk powder...

So now it's my bloody middle finger...

以人为镜

可以明得失。。。
退一步，海阔他妈天空！

Busy Tot

We didn't sent E-E off today... But Renee woke up (hopefully in time) for a pic to 'send' E-E onboard ^,^

Headed to Ikea for its $2.50 breakfast... Which was only served between 9:30-10:30am... So obviously we missed Ikea's breakfast as we only got there at a quarter to eleven...

Saw kawaii veg stuffed toys... Dear specially like the broccoli one... Because he likes broccoli as compared to carrot... Or strawberry... Hahaha!

Bought 6 new mugs for our kitchen... Hoping to replace the "united nation" mugs at home which had stains and fine cracks...

Bought a cutlery holder, too... To hold cutlery, obviously! Zzz...

Crossed the quiet road and grabbed a packet of 5kg rice @$13.80... Then Dear was misled to buy a "scratch remover" product. The advertisement was showing a pen product... But when we enboxed... It's like a toothpaste tube... Anyway, key was ... The scratches still look the same way they were...

Returned home, Renee napped for 2 hours before 2nd round of "gai-gai". Renee woke up in time (again) to WA E-E with pic when she was transmitting at Seoul ^,^

We went to my sec friend BB's full month... I mis-spelled her son's name... Oops! Anyway, Renee cried a little at the place... So we had to leave early... And we headed to our 3rd round of "gai-gai"...

This was the first time we brought Renee to Suntec/Marina Sq! She was so so so excited! I could say... Well... Even more excite when going to a nearby McDonalds! Haa! Kick kick kick.. Giggle giggle... Look around...

We came across this ultra super kawaii fat stuff toy rabbit at MS... Too bad it costs $28 or you'll see pic of Renee hugging it to sleep, shit and sing song... Way too cute but ex!

We went Suntec Carrefour to look out for thermal bottle... BB rhymes... We found all that we were looking for... But bought none... WuhoO!

After sometime at Carrefour... Renee's opera kicked in... We almost got attention of all nearby customers... So we sped off the scene as fast as we could, without turning back...

Da-dah! Here came my BB sling to our rescue... Little Renee was exhausted from a whole evening of kicking giggling and looking around... So she's seeking for cuddle and rock to let her play with z-monster... An this is the first time she fell asleep in BB sling, on my chest ^,^ it felt extremely good!

End of the day, 3 exhausted persons left the malls with nothing in the cart... But with 3 happy hearts and a shared basket of fond memories >,<

Love my family!

$12...

What? Besides getting birthday cakes... I have not spent more than $10 on bread/ pastry during each visit to the confectionary...

This day (Friday)... Was my first time buying $12 worth of Danish... And I think they are worth it!

What a sec... Pls let me clarify... I had bought 6 pcs of Danish (Pear, Apple, Mango and Strawberry) @$2 each... WuhoO!

New love found... *Drool*

Hyper Day O_O

Kick ass!!!

I only fell asleep because mommy been singing boring and weird songs to me!!!

Reading Renee's diary "Chalet @125"

Here it goes...

"8th June, windy

Daddy (PP) had to work overtime (again)... So Mommy (MM) let me stay for another night at chalet 125 ^,^

Grandpa (GP) and grandma (GM) dressed me up in EE's Balinese sarong in the morning... In evening, we visited great-grandma (GGM) at her place! GGM was so happy to see me... WuhoO!

At night, MM came over to chalet for night shift coz GP and GM were exhausted from previous night. Yippee!!! Too bad I couldn't see PP today...

Sat morning, GP GM MM & EE brought me to White Sand Pasir Ris Park ;) before that, all of us started our day with McD breakfast. Yes, including me... I had McEnfra!!

At the park, GP said there's lotsa thing to see... I only see the sky most of the time when I'm in GG (uncle Ali) pram... When GP and GM took turns to carry me for a better view... Let me recollect, I saw a horse pong-pong-ing... Some butterflies at the mini garden... GP said he'd catch one to show me though he couldn't get any... I also saw the beach (from a distant) and EE who was riding a bicycle madly on the pedestrian pavement... Zzz

Back at chalet 125... PP came to see me for a while and disappeared with MM... They went to pah-tor without me!!! I only returned home at night... And was very happy to be home where I could bite anything in my hands and even got to ride on my loaned Ferrari junior car-car (speed limit 1cm/step)... WuhOO!"

Sarong Party Balinese

Hello Daddy, I'm in the Balinese sarong dress from E-E... Do I look like sarong party girl? Muahahaha! ^,^

My Wednesday Night

Renee didn't fall into sleep right after feeding at 11pm... Instead, she smiled, flipped around and kicked a little...

Puked a bit of milk which wet her pyjamas... No choice but to change her into a dry one... Just as I took her soiled clothes to the service yard, I stepped on some sticky stain on the kitchen floor...

So I put Renee onto Seally bed, hoping that the daddy who already fell asleep beside will somehow make her sleep... While I returned to the kitchen to wipe the floor... Tile by tile... Yes, at 11:45pm... It was some green bean soup that was spilled... Better get rid of it before ants invade my kitchen T__T

As I returned to my bedroom, I found 2 sleeping persons... Little Renee, beside a snoring dad who occasionally woke her up with the thunderous snore... So here I sat by my window bay... Blogging about what's going on here ^,^

上火

最近真的很火大，凡事都看不过眼！
我现在要去洗一个冷水澡；降一降火！

Slept through night for the second time

Googled. It says that a baby sleeps through the night when she is able to sleep from 12-5am without feeding... It doesn't necessarily mean that she has to sleep for very long hours...

I've been awake since 3am... Watching her sleep like a little angel... Every breathe she took, inhaled and exhaled... I watched her as her chest rise and fall...

I could have not fed her at 5am and waited till she's really awake for milk... But we have guest tonight... So I fed and changed her diaper before she woke anyone else up....

Ironically, I ended up being the one who didn't sleep through the night... And worse, woke my guest up when getting stuff from BB's room... LOL!

Hurray, my 小大人is finally behaving like a 小大人！嘻嘻！

Sorry... We've learned from it

As a mom, as her parents... If u think we had taken it lightly... I couldn't say another word since what could have been avoided had happened indeed... Despite many kind reminders...

But please do not think that we are not upset enough.... It's been a very traumatizing and extremely LOUSY experience... Believe me, the emotional damage could be equally bad... Or even worse...

However, what had happened have happened... Most importantly, baby Renee is fine now! We need to manage this well: accept the fact, learn from the mistake and move on...

I'm sorry Renee... I wouldn't care if anyone is telling me that I'm an over protective or paranoid mom... Because nobody can afford for anything to happen to u...

Thanks, bro! You were the only one who also cared about the parents who were equally hurt from the incident!

A side note... Renee didn't seem to enjoy swimming... She's most probably not used to the water that's not warm enough...

Renee slept through the night

Even if it's just once... It's good enough to know that Renee managed to sleep through the night...

(with occasional intervention of pacifier though) ;p

Let me quickly recollect what she's been through this Sat...

She slept till 9:50AM... (for almost 11 hours with 2-3 night feeds during every 3-4 hours) Bathed, fed at 10:30AM when we went to Greenwich Toastbox for breakfast. She didn't finished the feeding since previous night, not sure why...

Once returned to her room, she slept for an hr from 1-2PM, woke up for feeding... We fed her Friso's rice based milk cereal (from our lovely neighbor). Again, she didn't complete her serving until a continued feed at 3PM...

Then she fell asleep again and slept for another hour... From 3-4PM...

We headed to Compass Pt for a quick dinner at Yoshinoya... She was fed at 5:30PM then... Completed 130ml but puked 10-15ml... Next we brought her to kiddy palace's GSS... She fell asleep in Uncle Ali's pram for... 10mins?

At 7PM, we headed to Blk 638 Punggol Drive ("Angmo" supermarket) to restock her Pampers... She fell asleep in her cosy car seat along the way there, till we got home... That's for 30mins at least...

She continued her sleep when we returned home... From 8-9PM... Woke up, relaxed at living room with daddy.

Cranky for... An hr? On-and-off... Didn't want her milk since 9:30pm... Didn't want her pacifier, didn't want her sarong bouncer... Didn't want to be put down, didn't want teether... Arghh... She slept in my arms (swaddled with a tower) for ard 30mins... In between her 1 hr drama which I thought was suffix to rock Coral Spring...

10:30-11PM... She completed the remaining milk and finally finally finally! Fell asleep (in my arms)... I carefully laid her onto Seally... On-and-off interrupted by 'someone's snoring, coughing... She moved, flipped, wanted pacifier but good thing, didn't wake up.

6:15AM... Pacifier didn't work... She kicked and cried for milk (with eyes closed at all times)... Now, happily fed and snoozed back to her dreamland...

Me? Trying to recollect with my lousy memory on how she made it to sleep through the night ^,^

Conclusion? Longer night sleep, totally insufficient day naps... Plus... This was just a lucky night! ;p

WuhOo~* I should go back to my sleep! Before another long day!!