妹妹呢？

昨晚，我的家婆过来。

问睿锦＂妹妹呢？妹妹在哪里？＂

睿锦立马就拍了拍我的肚子。

哈哈！妹妹就睡在婴儿房里呢！原来睿锦把我的肚子当成妹妹了。嘻嘻！

My little bun!

Say hello to Phoebe!

Yes, the mystery BB P stands for Baby Phoebe! Hahaha! Have u guessed it?

We are all able to 'check-out' today to return home!!! Yippee! Waiting for doctor to give the finally Go! So that dear can settle the admin and billing work...

Phoebe had peed a few times and pooped 3 times during the 3D2N stay in this 'hotel'... Hohoho! Good Job, Phoebe the bun!!!

How do you know for sure that your girl has grown?

When ya husband is cranky

When lulu was lack of zzz... His thought could not be straightened... And he'll be cranky... Thinking of the weirdest things...

Thank you, Dear, for being here with us!

If not for your slightly speeding and near-accident-almost missed exit ride on CTE, my scars could be easily worse than this...

These were my nails sinking into my skin... When I was almost in true labor but still on the way to hospital... 

Contraction started at 4:30am when i climbed out of bed in sleep to the restroom, thinking that my bladder had burst? 

I googled to confirm about real contraction and started to track it's frequency and intensity with an app...

It took less than 30mins to confirm everything... this was absolutely more intense than what I experienced in 2011... I knew we couldn't drag any longer... "It's quite intense, we need to setoff soon" I told my half-awake husband.

We set off as soon as we could, arrived at the A&E at around 6:05am, screamed like a mad woman, pushed to the delivery suite and water broke at 6:10am...

Dr Chua who was on duty didn't have to check for my dilation... He took a glance and said "the head is there..."

Nurses and midwife were calm and professional... Instead of slapping the mad woman who couldn't stop screaming, they encouraged me in very gentle voices to calm me down and guide me on the right way to breath...

The key "dun push yet!" All until Gynae Dr Su arrived at the suite, we started the delivery... Push!!!! Pushhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! And the third push led Phoebe to the whole new world... Welcome to Singapore! It's indeed a beautiful Sunday today... So lovely and so warm!! 

I didn't use epidural this time as I thought  I can take the pain... In fact, it was also too late to take any pain-killers besides the laughing gas... Nevertheless, no regrets! Thank every blessing that make this a quick and smooth process!

Our family pic...

More sleepless nights to come! WuhOO =,=

Cheers

It's a beautiful Sunday..

The most beautiful Sunday, ever! ^^

Welcome and love you!!

Finding Minions...

We have 8 of them... But there's only 4 left on the shelf...

So where did the rest go? Let's find them...

Behind the cushion...

In the car boot...

With the china dolls?

Basin?

Goods news... I need more of this!

I need plenty of good news to charge my protons... positive field... 

Only positive thinking keep us in a healthy state!

Stay positive~* everyone needs to be gracious, kind and positive for a better place...

Jiayou Jiayou Jiayou ^^

Wan2 buy 4D?

Try 5872...

Dun forget to tip me if u won any prizes...

That's the amount of weight change that i had experienced during this period... From 58 to 72 kg and growing...

P seemed to hiccup a lot after a heavy meal from me... I hope she's taking in the food and nutrients well... Perhaps I should feedback this to Dr Su since the last scan shown concern over her tiny stomach...

38+2, I should stay at home to bed rest and stay cool... Jiayou!! ^^

小小感想

今天从一位长辈那儿听到的。

问我们是否会为老二办满月酒。

我心里想，如果能力还行；那就办一个简单的也好。但是我什么也没说出口。

长辈坦白地向我表达了看法；说不想要麻烦其他人，所以也不想特地联系亲戚，别让别人破费或跑一趟。这个我可以理解。

但是在这种想法的背后；竟然是因为宝宝只是老二不是老大。。。这个我就想不明白了。最糟的是，我的宝宝可能已经听到了这番话。难过呢！

我看还是听听就算了，每个人的顾虑都不一样；也没有对错之分。这种小事只要方便大家，开心就好。

做为父母的不可以对孩子有不一样的待遇。尽能力爱护每一个宝宝；一视同仁。

老二，妈妈虽然很少跟你聊；但是还是很关爱你的！

wa bei....

ji wa lor bah berng... Translate, please?

“我想要。。。 一碗卤肉贩！ ”

Nah... I didn't really want lor bah berng... I was more craving for...

Laksa (done)
Minced Dark Soy Sauce Pork (done)
Lady's Finger (will be done this noon)
Sweet and Sour Crispy Pork
Fat and cheesy Hawaiian Pizza
Fresh young Coconut juice
Jln Senang Fishball Noodle with ketchup

宝宝，你会撑到双8吗？加油！

（看开一点，轻松一点；左边进、右边出；深呼吸。。。别动胎气！）

Renee's Leme Leme and Wk38

What's new abt my phone when it got to Renee's hand?

Well, besides the YouTube "Ba-Ba-Ba" that she would watch umpteen times a day, her new hobby was the camera function!

She loves to hold on daddy's non-camera phone to pretend to take photo "Ka-Cha Ka-Cha"! And she would activate my leme leme app to snap a shot before selecting a lomo effect!

See, this little girl actually knows how to smile at camera now... Arghhhhh!!

(Some fun with wearing hat at my parents' place on the other day)

Her leme leme of her Ba-Ba-Ba friends...

Renee, while you were 'praying' at home... Mommy is doing CTG for BB P. 

Remark from gynae Su on week 38: "Dilation is 3cm (good!) and BB's head is quite low. it could be anytime this week. If it's next week, we'll need another scan of water level to determine if we can continue to wait or require to induce..."

姐姐，妹妹快来了哦！我们要相亲相爱OK！

"For my current stage, is it safe to drive?" I enquired. 

Dr and I looked at each other for the next moments... Speechless. 

"Hmmm, try to minimize. If there's regular contraction or water break occurs, stay calm and come over right away."

So... Stay calm!! ;p

And I had to re-do CTG for another 10mins as the second half of the session failed to capture the heartbeat due to too much movement... "Boy ar?" The nurse asked... "Nope, it's a girl. See, move again!" Pointing at my odd shape tummy... P, what r u doing? Stay calm!

Ifa's curry chicken with bee hoon

As far as i could recall, my first fried Bee hoon during home Econ was with vegetables, fish cake. I didn't remember any other ingredients...

Monday, I requested for bee hoon with fish cake, egg, bean sprout and carrot strips... It turned out very nice!

Curry was okay, potatoes could have been softer... Anyway, I ate that for lunch and dinner! Hahaha ^^

Research homework

I had set myself 4 assignments that would be close to my daily life... To be exact, these assignment will benefit both my girls more...

First research would be on toddler's constipation. Besides relying on Yakult, is there any cheaper, more natural and easy way to induce pooping on a daily basis? It really freaked me out every time I see blood when a baby poop... So much cries and pain...

Second research topic would be on 'hum-meng' aka known as cry-in-sleep if kid had too much fun using the day... Anyone knows of the exact words for this? Renee could not be brought out after 7pm... She'd HM* at ard 1am almost without fail... What kind of exciting dreams were she having? I really wondered...

Third, I had considered to BF P for a longer time, if I could, in order to save $ on formulas. However, I also wanted to flush myself with DOM or other wine and beer at times... Would these really clash? Not a major issue as it could be within my control or limit...

The last assignment had deliverable... And it took time and great efforts to make it happen... That is to regain to my Pre-natal figure/weight before next March for a big day in the family ^^ Jiayou!!! (Actually I have more and important assignments than this... Just to make it easy for myself for now... Wahahaha)

Other deliverables include:

1) how to make Renee sleep earlier?

2) how to make Renee eat anything?

3) how to make Renee eat more?

4) how to ensure Renee does not cry when meeting new faces?

... Gosh! The challenges are piling up!!! I better catch more rest!! T__T

Happily ever after

Congratulations to one of my longest friends and her 'Ang mo Kia' husband on their Big day today!

Great fun catching up with my teenage-time classmates and a heart-warming experience at a west-meet-east wedding!

It was The local traditional 'gate-crashing'   Snatch bride style to pick up the gorgeous bride, followed by western style open air long table French cuisine dining with a few speeches given by groom's dad, best man, groom, bride, groom's brother and groom's uncle... Everyone shared their love and best wishes for the newly Wed couple! 

Oh and the token was actually yakun's kaya toast spread.. Interesting and one of the most useful gifts received... Hahaha!!

Congratulations, again, my dearest friend! You looked absolutely stunning tonight ^^

And I wan2 thank Lina and her husband for the ride to the island... Wahahaha!! ^^ hope Alivia like the new 'toy'... Happy learning and playing!

And I mustn't forget to thank my MIL for helping to take care of Renee this evening, as well as my loving hubby for picking me up after the dinner! Thank you, dear!! ^^

First thing in the morning...

Bombarded by spams from Indonesia?

Just like a mid-year Spring/ Summer cleaning

Within a week (before the raining days arrived), we managed to wash and iron all curtains at home!

Last week, we cleaned up our fridge together and its neater, cooler and more organized now... (Not that I hadn't done it before but as time passed and stuffs from different families came piling into my fridge... I kind of lost track of what it was supposed to have.. Excuses, I know!)

Yesterday, our helper packed our kitchen cabinets upon request. So many food was expired and had to be thrown away... What a waste!

Our helper is indeed a good helper. She cleaned up the cabinets and proposed new way of arranging our items, so that the condiments will be easily accessible by most of the folks without climbing up chairs... and the canned food or snacks are more visible in the frequently opened shelves to avoid turning bad before it was forgotten...

Just wondering... what's there to do in this tiny space after all the "big cleaning"... We shall see...

Second home cooked dinner by Ifa

I'm hungry again...

Zzz... T__T

My first time...

Joining the queue at M fast food chain for toys...

Ba-Ba-Ba... Wu ga wu ga!!! ~,<

Day 10 下马威

今天，我吃饱了撑着给帮佣来了个下马威。那就是七早八早就坐在餐桌前吃着自己准备的早餐。。。

On day 10... My helper took afternoon nap... This is how small and 'nothing to do' it could be at my tiny 4-room HDB...

Did I also mention that she completed reading her story book in less than 10 days also? Haa...

Ohhhhh... And I helped to keep her laundry due to the heavy downpour in the morning... Zzz

I'd be reviewing the chores that we had planned for her and also find suitable time to debrief on the level of expectation of her cleaning work...

Anyway, I woke up early (6am today) and fixed myself this breakfast... While my helper was still snoozing... Hee! She'll help me clean up the kitchen later ^^

Good morning!

(Story behind this: I only wanted soft boiled eggs and choco-banana spread... But the eggs weren't cooked so I fried sunny side up and added a hush brown)

今日一学

今日抽空参听了于丹教授在百家论坛里的其中一章庄子心德篇，学习到的小提点。。。「小惑易方；大惑易性」

不尽感慨。

在自然的形态下，最初、最根本的快乐，才是真正的幸福来源。

为什么人们往往都会在生活中的变化、诱惑下，改变了最初的方向？总是要为一个原原本本的物体在个人的眼界里套上一个「有用」的框框？

回头想想，我在小时候提交的作文作业「我的志愿」里；曾经有过很明确的方向。这样的题目无论要写几次，我的志愿都没有改变过。可惜，那是年幼时的自己。

人越是长大，越是偏离了这个最初的方针。是我没有把目标锁定好；才会动摇、失去方向。。。

方向一旦改变；一切都变得模糊了。热诚少了、目标没了。兜兜转转十余年也搞不清楚自己要的是什么。人生仿佛得过且过。

如今身为人母，我必须提醒自己。无论孩子将来的志愿是什么，热诚忠于哪个方向。只要是不违法不缺德的；做父母的千万不要给他们的理想套上任何「有用」的框架。而是庆幸孩子们有着目标、方向；可以努力地迈进。

只有这样的学习与成长自由，才能让他们为自己的人生感到最初的自然幸福。

希望我会记得这个简单的道理。。。让孩子们随心所欲地、快乐地展翅高飞。

It's fried rice lunch by Ifa

And the key is... Renee is feeding herself with some of the fried rice! Wahahahaha!!

Oh and Renee had a new interest... 'Sight seeing' from my window bay... Haa!

BTW, Renee loves chocolates and she calls it 'chor'... that's her language.... Haa!! ^^

First home cooked dinner by Ifa

Our good helper had been put to test today... We discussed about what to cook up for dinner and she's left in-charge of the kitchen ^^

We're satisfied with her culinary skill... Well done, Ifa! I am on my way to put on weights from now on... Bye-bye hot mama!

Someone left me a msg!

Remember abt my juicer review blog setup to share on my experiences with slow juicer?

It's been chanced upon by folks from same interest group and someone actually posted me question if I'd recommend it for daily juicing...

I was so excited that my sharing worked and found pple who faced similar dilemma as me... I happily told Dear abt the question posted to me... Dear asked "is that person staying in Singapore?"

I was puzzled, what has this question got to do with if I'd recommend the juicer for daily juicing?

Dear addressed "If you're in Singapore. Juices will be easily and cheaply available in supermarket or even markets, no need the juicer at all!"

Well done... That explained why I bought 2 packets of peel fresh mixed veg and fruit juice and stocked them up in my fridge... LOL!!

S***

Week 37

I nagged at Dear for not accompanying me to gynae appointment...

So, he took leave today just to keep P and I accompanied!

Thank you, Dear! I was so tired and uncomfortable to make my own way there... Glad that you were there to support us!

Also, thank you for bringing us to the hawker for the delicious kway chap! It's so nice... worth the wait (15 mins) for old man to open stall...

Thank you, Dear!

终于「屎」怀

有一 XX。。。

相当坚固。。。

强硬的藏在我的 YY 深处已有数日之久。

无论我耗尽精力、用尽各种方法；就算我是个达人也奈何不了它。

这一晚，我得到了伟大的启发。。。

「天下无难事；只怕有心人」

「只要功夫深；铁棒磨成针」

在我努力不懈的多次尝试后；终于成功地摆脱了 XX。 接着来的除了满足；就是爽！

Lousy Mom...

I'm lousy lousy lousy...

I'm a lousy mom... I saw a flyer on the notice board at our lift lobby... It's for playgroup enrollment for children born in 2011... Then, I took the lift and went back home...

The second or third time when I had time to read the flyer carefully, I had missed the enrollment date... by a week... Okay, I'll go to the website or call up to find out more... It's just downstairs which is a very good location for Renee...

I called... the registration was full.... the waiting list was long... I had to go to the centre to talk to the teacher and get Renee onto the longggggggggggggggggggggg waiting list...  T__T

Lousy lousy lousy... I could get Hello Kitty or Minions from Mc for this girl but when it came to even way more important milestone... how could I have missed it... ArgHHHh~*

Those who don't fall, don't grow

What type of growth are you looking at?

How much growth is considered as enough? The important thing is to learn from each fall...

To learn not to stand behind a door...

To learn not to get down the bed the wrong way...

To learn not to chase after ya dad just because you wanted to be carried...

Learn to pick yourself up after each fall... And become stronger or more cautious each time...

Grow well, girl... We watched you fall... So we were equally hurt as you were, if not, more than you did...

Your bruises will heal with time... So take care and be a good girl, sweetie ^^

Abt my girl...

She's been brushing her teeth briefly for 2 nights with my help... I hope this can be kept as a good habit...

She's been cranky for 2 days... She screamed and threw tantrum last night because she was over exhausted but resisting sleep at the same time...

The amount of milk that she's been taking had gotten lesser each day... From 240ml last feed to 150ml last feed... With that, it couldn't last her through the night...

The only good news was probably the chemistry between Renee and our helper, Ifa, had grown day by day...

From crying when being looked at, to able to smile at Ifa, to playing with Ifa... To able to sit at the back of the car together with Ifa... To finding Ifa to greet good night before zzz... Haa! ;)

Tonight... She's falling asleep at the 'usual' late time... So I shall quickly sign off and catch up with my sleep too... Jiayou!! ^^

Mc Mc Mc... Ba Ba Ba...

真的是吃麦当劳的快餐，吃到想吐！

睿锦，你要乖一点好吗？只要晚上早睡，妈妈办公时你不要来闹就好了！

Googling Day

So what's up early this morning?


The first Google search I made was on Jln Kayu Roti Prata... Because when only my body was awake, I heard from MIL that "Jln Kayu Roti Prata no more ar?" This statement-turned-question kept echoing in my sleepy head...

I did a search and did not find any forum or people discussing about its closure... so may I concluded that the prata stall was simply not open too early? I couldn't think of any logical reason why it would be closed down now... Maybe I'd delegate this research to my hubby... Haa!  ^^

And what's next?

I Googled my kitchen cabinet and found some canned food... so we would be having canned-food porridge lunch, per suggestion from hubby and MIL. We would have Sardine, Cai Xin and peanut... These can't go wrong, can they? How to 'test' our helper's cooking skills with these? Hmmz... I'm getting more awake every second... how nice~*

And what happened to my first Banana shake/yoghurt/smoothie?

I might have made a big mistake... for putting whole banana into the freezer without peeling them before hand... The skin turned brown but that's not the problem... Issue is, it's damn difficult to peel a frozen banana... so I ended up eating part of the inner skin, as well, along with my yummilicious creamy banana thing... I shall try again with the correct approach and share with my guests (if anyone coming?) some day...

Sorry, What did 'I' say?

Sometimes, it really triggered me to wonder if I have split personalities... It's kind of funny (or puzzling) when people put words into my mouth. Nevertheless, those were really on trivial matters, so I shall simply get used to it... "Okay fine, I said this and I said that, if you insisted..." Whatever you like.. HohOHO~* You'd probably find me not speaking at all in future... though I may pretend to be listening... Wahhhaha~*

Day 3

Getting better everyday!

Good job! ^^

Worst Saturday... Ever

Hate this day...

Last Jab...

These were the 18th month jabs... and Renee's last jab!

I had totally lost count of the number of jabs she had taken since birth but today's it's FREE! Thanks to our government! WuhOO~*

When Renee was waiting outside the immunization room, she was fidgeting in anxiety...

The moment when she entered into the room, before the nurses spoke, before we took the seats... before the immunization started (or even mentioned)... she started her marathon cries...

It went on and on and on and on throughout the weight taking, height taking, 2 jabs... out of the room, into another room, 18th month growth progress check...

She only stopped when we stepped out of the polyclinic! She started to reveal her smile again when we board the car and told her, we are going for breakfast now.. to the Mc Mc Mc!!!

What a way to start her day... so poor thing to be woken up and given all these shocks... Now she had taken her hot bath, napping in her sarong...

Good Girl! No more jabs for you... so no worries  ^^

Happy Bday E-E

It was E-E Bday off and she decided that she'll bring Renee to the marine life Park for a visit.

This was Renee's second visit... But seemed more like her first as she was soooooo young during te first visit... She probably didn't recall anything as she fell asleep halfway during the last visit.

Today, she had great fun at the sea aquarium... She saw jelly fishes, sharks, stingray, lobster, school of fishes...

She didn't fall asleep this time... And Ben 'survived' the typhoon experience at the theatre. I could tell that she a great time today! And so did I.. My parents and the Bday E-E ^^

DIY or get chopped

Here's a thousand words of us being chopped... 

Don't call NTUC income for electrician...

If u r feeling rich... Call this man to 'fix' ya lights... >,<

How does it feel?

After dear saw BB P doing kickboxing for a few nights... He asked me "how does it feel like when she moves inside you?"

I scratched his arm a little and told him. It felt just like this but from underneath your skin instead...

Creepy... ~,~

My third detailed scan

There's usually just one detailed scan throughout pregnancy, which took place at 32 weeks. However, as each  pregnancy is unique, today, we did our third scan and I was told to return in a week's time for another water level check. Okay, that's new to me. At least I didn't recall having to do that during my first pregnancy.

BB P saying hello to all... Her kickboxing for 2D2N explained how excited she had been ~,~

Today is week 35. Getting a snapshot of BB is getting more challenging as she'll be moving a lot and outgrown the view even if she's on the tiny side of the range...

I'm waiting to meet Dr Su now... Hope everything goes well... And please tell me that BB P has done well, grown well, and be ready in a month's time... ^^

P/s: People with butts... Pls be gentle when ya ass is taking up a shared cushion seat... Don't make a lady with such big tummy fly up on her own seat when u r slamming yaself to the sofa... This is not the first time, what's wrong with these pple.. Old or young... None with big tummy but can't even control ya heavy ass? Donkeys... =,=

Thank you, Dear

I wasn't feeling well since last night after throwing out twice before turning to bed...

Renee caught me "red-handed" again... and cried like a baby (yes, she's still a baby!)

She walked towards me and gave me the most powerful hug that I'd need at that moment... Lovely girl, mommy was so sorry for scaring you like that!

After the episodes, I had a baby doing kick-boxing that entire night within me, a runny nose and some aches from the stretching womb... I declared that I was down!

Good thing was that hubby had been understanding and sensitive towards my discomfort and tried his best to help. Which include taking a day leave today to take over the chores at home and make sure I got enough rest...

Not to forget, I had to thank parents from both sides for their time and help, too!

Dear accompanied me to lunch and clinic... Dear played with Renee and kept her entertained the entire noon when she refused to take naps... while her mom caught up with her bed rest... hEe! Daddy changed diapers for his girl and made milk for her when she demanded for milk...

Watching all these reminded me of the words I told my hubby days ago... "I was still considering if I should transfer a week of paternity leave to you when the time arrive...." Now, the doubt had been cleared. Hubby would be able to help if he's off his work... so hope he didn't have to miss too much work just to take care of the family!

Thank you, dear... for your love and care!!!  ^^