Ideally

Ideally...

I wish I speak proper statement to R

I wish we all speak proper statement to R and to each other

I wish I watch out what I am doing as R will learn and do the same

I wish we watch out what we are doing as R will learn and do the same, so will other kids

I wish I have 4 eyes, 8 limbs 2 heads and 2 bodies.... So that I can work and accompany R at the same time...but if that happens.... I would be nothing else but a monster...

I wish R get the right exposure with people and things... But good and bad influences follow... R needs to be guided promptly to differentiate between both and learn what is right and what is not so right...

Ideally, I should step back and watch her explore all new things... And Socialize. Being over-protective is not helpful... Just that every step I adopt, there's bound to be the good and bad that tailgate... I should relax myself... Give and take...

Wish the weather can be pleasant and future will be full of positive people and energy... and life filled with great hopes...

Cheers and smile... Life will be great ^,^

How we spent our Holiday

Last day of my block leave...

First and only day of dear's break of the month...

Another happy eat-sleep-poop day for Renee ;p

How could I end my block off days without much coming out from the oven?

So I baked, again! Muahahaha!

Well, I exercised Ken-Chef on Thursday when Renee and I spent some quality time with each other. Ermm... or rather, Renee spent quality time sleeping while I spent time with myself... Okay, more like it. I dug out a hardcover recipe note book which took down 秘籍 from online blogs sometime back... Picked one which I hadn't tried baking - Sweet buns from happy Home baking blog.

Results? It looked like a bread (despite a little charred on the top), smelt like a bread and tasted like a bread! Only wish it could be softer for more days...

So today, on Hari Raya Haji... 3 of us spent time with 410... Renee and her dad had a eat-sleep-poop day... And I hid in the kitchen king-king-kiang-kiang... And whooped up another bread! This time, the pandan Bread!!!

I must say that these bread were just bread that appeared like bread but I seriously didn't think they were successful at all yet, sadly!

Nevertheless, I had my loyal supporters! Der and Renee!!! Dear eill eat 1 and stop. Renee would have a bite and cry for more! It's not my intention to mislead Renee on stereotyping how bread should taste like... So I wish I could improve and get real nice and freshly baked bread sometime soon... To impress this little girl, and her dad!!!

Evening, we stayed with the plan to visit Changi Airport T2. Yes I must be specific, and that's what I said... Terminal 2. Reason being... We had been to the airport the most number of times during these 2 years... But it had always been T1 or T3 (once to the budget terminal before it was shutted) and been a long time since we went to T2! So off we went... And for the first time ever, we got lost from the carpark trying to get into T2... Wrong door and we ended up at some aviator office area... So we spun, explored and got into T2 from some 'secret tunnel'. How we wished we could end up in the check-in area! Muahahaha!!

T2 has so many restaurants... It's like a food empire than an airport... And if I recalled correctly, T3 has many kids retail shops... Which make it more like a wonderland! I couldn't recall much about T1... Wait till its renovation is completed ;p

Oh, before I forgot to mention, T2's viewing gallery seemed more like a discovery science centre than a gallery... When it turned dark... I could hardly see flights taking off or landing... Only reflections of ourselves and many others sitting around at the miserably small area... Oops!

Ok... Here's some fun pics from a normal family day to share...

Dear, pls be reminded that your wife is on leave, please do not ask ever again what time my call is... I have no call No call no call...... T__T

New New New

It was on news that Carrefour will be moving out of Singapore end of this year... So when we headed to Suntec area this noon, we thought we could get some stuff from Carrefour before it's gone...

Turned out that the hypermarket had the gate drawn down... It was almost entirely emptied!! The location at Suntec would be replaced by Giant, Cold Storage group.

We were at Millenia Walk and Dear mentioned to me about the tart cafe at a corner of Parco. He tried it some time back when colleagues bought some was takeaway... $10++ for a tart and a drink, I hesitated but thought maybe we should just try it, new to me anyway!

Turned out that I was extremely satisfied with every bite or sip I took... We ordered a blueberry tart (yes! BLUEEEBERRYYYY) and a mango strawberry tart. Dear had coffee (what's new?) and I had Earl Grey Tea ^,^

BTW, met HS again this weekend! Haa!

Ok, so we wondered our way to Marina Sq and found JL having sale... I couldn't help but bought a bedding set for CNY 2013 ^,^ 800 thread count with printed patterns for max smoothness and comfort! Looking forward to using it!!! Ahhhh...

We thought the 'high tea' could last us till 5pm... But I found myself famished before 4pm ;(

Passed by "Bun Today" so many times but the first time we ever decided to try it...

Turned out? Hunger made the best food... We had some dim sum and a cheese seafood baked rice each... Yummmmm!!! (Too hungry to take pic)

First time we used up all diapers brought out... Renee had been keeping up with her bowel movements. Phew!

Besides having no more diaper, last serving of milk powder, there's also a super heavy rain that prevented us from heading to the Marina Barrage this evening...

So the plan to bring Renee for kite-flying-sight-seeing had to be shelved for now...

Slowly, carefully and eventually, we got home safe and sound! Daddy adjusted the BB cot level while I kept Renee companied on Seally where she fell asleep on during the previous night. This time, she was surrounded by pillows and bolster... She had so much fun by herself until she almost knock out again!? Muahahaha!!

It's often a pleasant surprise when we open up to new things... That's why we had yummy desserts, delicious dinne today... And how a BB found so much fun in exploring new things!! ^,^

我会有空吗？

朋友们，走的走、去的去。

我下个星期请了一整周的假！

想约我的就快点约；不想见到我的就别让我看到你！哈哈哈！

找点事来放松心情吧！

深呼吸

呼
吸
呼
吸

为什么是先呼后吸？

因为打从呱呱落地的那一刻，人们先得把体内的气，液体都呼吸出来，才可以开始吸气。

把这个大自然的道理应用在人生中；必然有益无害。

话虽如此，又有多少人愿意这么做呢？往往，不都是拼命地吸，不停地吸；而且把呼给忘得一干二尽。

今天，我和几位志同道合的同事终于以实际的行动来取诸社会用诸社会。为慈善尽一份绵力。

加油，大家好好为彼此儿努力吧！

COL..

You should be more than familiar with LOL... It generally refers to laugh out loud...

So if this understanding applies to COL, it refers to Cry out Loud...

It's a term to describe a sleep through the night training process for babies... Just as the word has spoken for itself... Let the baby cry out loud instead of feeding during the wee hours...

Nope, we didn't train Renee with COL... We let nature take its course.

So why this post?

I believed one of the residents was carrying out COL training on her BB... As I could hear loud and very sad cries... For quite a while... About 10-15mins... Quite loud considering that my windows were all closed...

Don't be mistaken, I wasn't annoyed by the noise... In fact, I was worrying abt the poor BB who was left crying in the night... I hope it's really the COL and not Something else... So that BB would be well and fine. It's truly unbearable to hear cries like that... I believed it'll break the heart of most parents...

Back to COL... I'm wondering if I could really do that if another chance comes...is it really good for the BB? I still think that nature has its way for everything... And we should not enforce something that is against nature...

Bibigone!!

And the restaurant is called Bibigo... Recommended by Renee's aunt for its supposed-to-be fabulous raw rice wine...

So I longed for a few weeks and finally been there-done that...

As i could recall, the first time I ever tried Korean fried spicy rice cake was when dear and I were at Perth. It was prepared by Korean at a Korean eatery... So I stereotyped Korean spicy rice cake as it was tasted...

I had no more cravings for the rice cakes... Until I tried it at Bibigo@NEX... My eyes just couldn't get any wider... It was crispy on the outside, firm at the inside... And the sauce was just right! THIS is real Korean spicy fried rice cake!

Afraid that its not enough for us... We ordered its seafood pancake and spicy pork bibimbap... And of course for the main reason why I was there - its rice wine... So for the first time ever, I ordered a drink that cost $24! (Don't worry! It's a bottle of it, not a puny serving)

When all food was served, our table was overloaded... Because the tray and hot stones took up quite some space... And we need to keep all of these away from Renee's reach... ;p

Remember that my eyes were so wide when munching on the rice cake? Well, I couldn't even close it when I tasted its seafood pancake! Dear liked it pretty much too!!! It's so so so delicious! You could taste the crunchy crust of fried veggies, with the rich aroma of fresh seafood but somehow, I just couldn't see physical piece of seafood in each bite I took... Odd but its just so yummy!

The bibimbap was okay overall, it's spicy pork was nice, not any taste I could get from Korean BBQ stall elsewhere!! Just that I was totally impressed by the seafood pancake and rice cake... Hee!!

Excitedly, I poured the milky raw rice wine into a thick glass bowl and pretended to drink it like a Korean (turned to the side and covered the bowl/mouth with a hand while greedily flushing every drop of the wine down my throat)

"WHAT? Hmmm... I'm so going to claim the bill of the wine from Renee's aunt for overstating this drink" I was thinking out loud...(which made my bill from $50 to almost $80!)

You may beg to differ but somehow, I just couldn't be impressed... Perhaps I have had better? Hahahahaha!!!

Nevertheless, I felt heavy-headed after a full bowl of serving... I guessed I was 70% drunk, if not, 60%?... Felt delightful with the meal... With the companion of my hubby and girl... WuhOO! Getting high~~ Only that I didn't crawl to the table and do Gundam dance when the song was played at the restaurant. (Only Renee grooved to its rhythm)...

In a nutshell, Bibigo is the place to go if you want good Korean food... Just that you probably will visit it just once in a while... Specially after you received your payroll... >,~

歇着呗！

今天身体又不太对劲儿了。。。

先是整整头疼。。。后来还首次感到脖子像有炸弹从里面引爆一样。啊！那太夸张了！或许是狼吞虎咽时把鱼骨给吞了？总之，就是有压迫感的疼就是了！

我还是抽空让双眼合上吧！要不还真不知到又会出现什么状况！

似懂非懂

最近，小睿总爱摇头。好像还不会点头。。。

有一晚，我们一家三口在看SCV，Discovery Science的Space Week。。。节目正在讲解地球、火星和木星的一些知识。

小睿趴在床上，看得津津有味！我便在她耳边问道：＂小睿，你是从火星来的吗？＂

小睿立刻摇了摇头，然后对着我微笑。

哈哈哈！小朋友好像似懂非懂。

后来我便接着问道：＂那你是从木星来的吗？＂

小睿有望回电视机继续观赏节目，没有理会我的无聊问题。哈哈哈！几够力一下！

Back to where we used to date

And it's with our girl!!! ^,^

Morning, we started our day by visiting the Punggol Beach. Nope, we didn't date at Punggol Beach, it's just that dear wanted to drop by the place for fresh air and sea breeze... Too bad we went a little late in the morning, so the sun was getting stronger by the time we got there... Will be fabulous if the wind could get a little cooler...

The police station had become such a modern one... Totally lost its originality as 'landmark' of the beach...

Headed for breakfast at Punggol KFC for the first time... And did some grocery at AngMo Supermarket ^,^ Pampers there is the cheapest we could find!! Hee!! ;p

Renee napped through the noon till 2:30pm... So did dear and I caught a good power nap! ;)

Alright, and our re-date started at 5pm... We went to China Square and Far East Sq... Most of the shops were closed in evening of weekends. Glad that we explored a little despite of the hunger... And found Dim Sum Love... Pretty good dim sum with wide range of variety... Not all the dishes were served hot... But we were not picky. Taste pretty decent and we were very satisfied with its reasonable price and pleasant ambient! (Ok, we didn't date at DSL in the past, it wasn't there when we were dating!)

Then we headed to the Fullerton bridge... That's not the exact name but its right beside the Fullerton Hotel so I called it the Fullerton bridge. Hee!

Then we recapped the simple life as we used to date when we were still students... By patronizing the Mr Bean at the underground Raffles Exchange (is that the right name? Whatever, you know where I was referring to...)

Conclusion? The buildings seemed the same... The shops were different... And when dear asked me on the bridge "What's on your mind now that you're back at this place?"

My response? "I wish I am at our living room, lying on the sofa with a drink and catching any movie on streaming..."

WuhOO! What a fruitful weekend! ^,^

Heart-breaking Bites

Was it the mosquitoes?

Was it allergy?