Chye Leng & Jeremy's Wedding on 287-11-2008

Yesterday was such a fun and enjoyable day.


Tried to sleep at 11.30pm the nite before coz i need to get up at 5.30am to prepare myself, get the stuff ready and prepare isaac's schoolbag.. But isaac woke up up hourly frm 12.30am right up to 4.30am till i scolded him and my mum came over to my room at 5+ to help me shake isaac's sarong. Thanks mummy. I din't wake up at 5.30pm as scheduled and i'm deeply asleep as mum tried to wake me.. Anyway i jumped up with shock at 6am and rushed to get ready den prepare isaac's bag. Couldn't wait for jason to reach home coz i'm abit off schedule

Long story on being the jie mei part but it's damn fun and enjoyable lor.. Jeremy was really very sporting but zero points for his xiong dis.. The gatecrashing ended so much earlier than we planned. Chye and jeremy's hse both got caterers so we were filled up heavily haha..

Jie mei's wrist corsage hand made by chye... Really very nice :)













The perfect couple.. Now in their future nest. Love chye's gown. Very flattering to her bod and curves... and the plunging backline is fabulous... With chye's hairdo, it's a replica to princess fiona is Shrek ya hehe :) I'm not the only one who felt that way, even her cousins mentioned that too hehe

Pro Vs Pro.. Richard and novem finished doing the makeup and hairdo for the mc and chye's cousins... Now finishing for themselves :)

Lili, Richard and Me... :)

Best Friends - Counting hard, our 13yrs friendship is still damn strong...

Lili, Me, Novem and Richard (Richard's the only single bachelor now hehe)

We just can't get enough hehe...

Top: Peili (chye's sis), novem

Bottom: Lili, Me and Richard

Takeaway memoirs :)

Isaac's persistant high fever

Isaac had high fever accompanied with flu, terrible cough and lotsa phlegm on 18 nov tues nite after i had a gathering with chye and the gang.. It ended on monday 24nov. Thank god, i almost wanted to bring him to kk for a blood test.. Nonetheless the 6days was torturous for me.. I'm glad he's fine now. Surprisingly, he din't hv any rashes which he usually will have after a long period of fever. **finger-crossed**

Renovation Process 7

Carpentry works commenced at an amazing rate.. 2days later after we last seen the painters doing up the living room, we were surprised to see most carpentry works done.

Living room tv feature wall + tv console.. The white laminates brings out the wenge really well.. Hope it'll goes well like the backlite and after the tv + soundbar is mounted on

This is jason's wardrobe at isaac's room. The cream laminates is by the side which will give a different look when the doors switch sides.

My wardrobe at MBR. Plenty of spaces to put isaac's and my clothes... finally :D

1st pic is the aircon in isaac's room... I felt that the aircon is placed in a very awkard location leh... Like mounted too low le.. Anyway told khoo to inform the aircon guys to adjust..

Aircon in 2nd pic is at MBR after the painting works. Aircon is shifted to this slot which is less visible compared to the previous spot.

Washbasin is too small le.. got to exchange with a bigger one.. As in my previous post, had mentioned tat khoo suggested us to take the bigger washbasin previously but jason find this is alrite.. So now we hv to get khoo to request for an exchange... 2nd pic is wat we wanted as a guage on the proportions of how we wanted our vanity top to look like

Renovation Process 6

This is the entrance of the MBR toilet.. These are ceramic tiles which looked like wood 100%. Looks good huh? We'll be doing laminated flooring for the all the 3bedrooms. But the lifespan of such flooring will be reduced if there's nil improper care like leaving wet spots on the floor. It's unavoidable to hv wet floor esp at the entrance of the bathroom after our shower or bathing isaac so we took to such measure.. getting almost-real resemblance wood-like ceramic tiles fixed at the entrance of the bathroom..




































Rainshower's up in the MBR toilet. Very impressive water spouts works and evenly-spread of pressure from the water, gushing from the rainshower.

Loved the rustic look for the MBR toilet.. Somehow reminded me of the toilet in the resort at Bintan Lagoon :P

Common toilet - 2mths ago i had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe and realised they used similar tiles like ours on theirs.. But they had wonderful downlights which turns out cozy and spa-like.. But i bad thing is there's really alot of visible pipings in this toilet. Coz we told id we wanted pipings to be built into the wall for the MBR toilet so it's pipings hv to be seen in the common toilet de. :(

That's frm citygas.. using gas to generate hot water.. Suppose to reduce electricity bills as gas is used instead of electricity.

Kitchen - Laundrette area looks really nice and bigger after the tiling works.

Isaac's Childcare - Day 6 (10 Nov Monday)

When isaac entered the centre, he starts to scrutinised the place and within seconds he burst into tears accompanied by a loud wail. Jason was rather surprised coz that's the 1st time he witness this. He continued crying as the teacher did her routine temperature checkup.

Teacher cindy was on mc and jocelyn helped us with isaac so tat we could exit. Isaac started to struggle in her arms and cry as he saw us leaving.. We were settling with his uniforms thingy.. Bought 2sets of uniforms and 2 sets of PE attires and as those were the last of his size, we couldn't get an additional set. I peeked thru the corner and saw that isaac had stopped crying. Good boy.

Jason napped till 2.30pm and we headed to Queensways SC to collect my specs. Jason bought a pouch and bermudas.. And it's oredi 4.30pm. Time to fetch the prince..

Isaac burst into tears (as usual) when he saw us.. As we were leaving, the principal came out of her office and wanted to do a review on isaac's performance today. Tat was really good and i din't expect tat. There's 2 points that she wanted to point out. 1st is isaac's eating habits. Today they took 1hr to feed isaac (oops). She realised tat isaac dun bite his food and just swallow everything. So when they feed meat, isaac simply spit out.. She tried to peel the pork into smaller pcs but same thing happened. So she got to replace the whole bowl with all the pork removed. I told her isaac only bite when he eat biscuits or dry food like cornflakes, biscuits and stuff. But when it comes to soupy things like kway tiao, carrot cake, porriage, he just swallowed the whole lot. She also mentioned that isaac make alot of noises (tat's whining) during lunch and kept calling papa hehe.. Maybe it's becoz i'm always the one who force-feed him while jason's the one who says stop ba.. Principal also asks if i'm okie if they try abit of force-feeding. I said i'm okie..

Secondly she said tat isaac's abit anti-social coz today there's an activity where all the children are to form a circle by handing each others' hands and isaac simply refused to let his hands to be held by other kids. But he allowed the principal or teachers to hold his hands. But the principal said it could be improved after he get to noe the kids better.

Separation Anxiety...

This is really killing me slowly... Can't really describe how i'm feeling now but the feeling is really very bad... It's similar to sipping poison at a real slow pace.. u get wat i mean? I'm seriously missing my boy now....

Been reading this article over and over again : Separation Anxiety in Young Children

Maybe going to kino to get this book by Steve Biddulph : Raising Babies - Should children under 3 go to nursery

I'm really dealing this very badly.. i can't eat, can't sleep. I even lost interest in my fav pastime watching tv...

Isaac's Childcare - Day 5 (7 Nov Friday)

Dint sleep well last nite and i slept late ard 2am due to separation anxiety but i woke up at 7am to prepare isaac's milk and medication.

Isaac woke up a very happy boy (could be becoz he din't go childcare yest ba) and was riding his car everywhere. I prepared his stuff and carried him to the childcare ctr.

The moment we entered the centre, he started to cry very loud and i got to carry him as the teacher test his temperature. We then met teacher huiling and isaac stopped crying and say "yee yee". Huiling carried him and brought him to take breakfast. Today they are serving cereal cornflakes. Isaac love it and was seated on huiling's leg thruout. But isaac did attempt to start crying when i leave a while to bring him his water. Cindy just reached the ctr and i told her not to bath isaac today. I also told her to feed isaac med and went to fill up the med form with instruction. Isaac did whine everytime i walk away. Then i asked huiling is this the best time for me to leave? And she said yes. I bid goodbye to my baby and told him mummy will be back at 4pm to pick him up. He can sensed something wrong and cried very loud with his mouth filled with cornflakes. Makes me very very very heartache very xin ku.

As i about to walk out, the principal saw me and we greeted. We had a good chat bout dealing with separation anxiety and handling kids who are 1st exposed to childcare life. As we chat, i can no longer hear isaac's cries (sigh.. good) Principal sharon had previously told me what i'll be expecting but only tat time, i can't feel anything yet. But she say we'll both get over it soon. I also told her bout isaac's nitemares and crying in the nite, she mentioned all these are normal. It's part of adapting to childcare life. I really all these would passed very quickly..

Later i'll be picking up isaac early ard 4pm... Now find tat time goes sooo slowly.. Sigh.. seems like i'm the one harder to get over this stage

Isaac's Childcare - Day 4

Isaac's hving high fever despite we gv him fever med. So we decided to let him rest at home. Luckily jason's off.

In the afternoon, when his fever subsides, we went to suntec to get my dress for chye's wedding.

Isaac's Childcare - Day 3 (5 Nov Wednesday)

Today i brought isaac to the centre alone coz jason was going for his body checkup with the guys today. Isaac's temperature was okie. But when i was bout to leave him, i felt his body and it feels hot. So i told cindy can i go bring his med and feed him med there. She said okie. Wondering how come can liao coz not supposed to feed paracetemol leh..

When i'm back, another teacher came up and told me i can't feed fever med coz if i do, it'll suppressed the fever in him but still passing the virus ard so i asked her then how? I feed or dun feed now? Then she said okie feed. I force-feed isaac with cindy's help to hold isaac's hands. It was a big scene and many were looking at us. Isaac really getting smarter and it's impossible to feed him with a syringe anymore and pressing his nose getting him to breath by his mouth. He now noes how to hold his breath and spit out the medicine. I brought him to the washroom and cleaned him up. The parting scene is really heartbreaking. Isaac kept wailing as i leave and i can still hear him outside the centre. Really breaks my heart.

I decided to bring isaac back after his lunch. When i'm there, cindy said he din't eat today coz could be due to he's sick and not feeling well. Today the class had swimming lesson and i had told isaac earlier to exempt him. He joined the chinese teacher huiling class. Cindy said isaac very sticky and he cried very loud when she carried him away from huiling. Later then i realise why isaac cry. Coz teacher huiling looks alot like my sis peng and isaac yelled "yee yee" when she saw huiling. So i told cindy n huiling tat huiling resembles my sis, no wonder he feels comforted with huiling.

As i carried isaac home, he started coughing and shows signs of running nose. Today's the 3rd day only and he's sick.. We then brought him to see pd in the evening

Isaac's Childcare - Day 2 (4 Nov Tuesday)

Isaac started to cry as we were leaving which startled us. We never expect that he'll start crying.. So we bid goodbye to him and fasten our pace to leave. I couldn't forget his tearful face and couldn't stop worrying. Once the clock strike 11, i dash my way down to the centre to take a peek at him..

When i'm there, the new 2yr old boy's parents are oredi there sitting at the couch.. As i make my way in, the principal stopped me and asked to join the boy's parents at the entrance. There she told us, it'll be best if we stopped the lunch visit as our boys are doing fine there. If we were to come to the centre, that'll be when we are here to pick them up and not to take a look at them. She said the boy started crying when their parents left and stopped when they are here. The principal also told me today isaac had an incident with the long hair boy (oh no! again?!) She said isaac standing at the door and the boy wanted to enter but was blocked by isaac so he pushed isaac aside and causing him to fall. Of coz, isaac started crying and the principal said she comforted him and carried him.. Oh, i really missed him and din't even manage to see how he's doing..

When clock struck 4pm, i quickly make my way down. Isaac's hving tea break and he's sitting quietly, holding a spoon and eating bread with milo.. I'm very impressed and proud. Teacher cindy saw me and signalled me to hold on for a while. She said isaac's doing good. I asked her did anything happen to him today. She said no.. So i told her wat the principal said bout the incident where isaac was being pushed and she recalled. Oh dear, seems like cindy got a short memory and i told her i wanted to be informed of such incidents in that happen in the school again and i also related to her bout wat happen yesterday to isaac and that long hair boy.

The principal brought isaac to the washroom to clean him after tea break. Cindy brought him to me and i can see that his clothes is all wet. Wondered how they cleaned him up dammit... Isaac started crying upon seeing me.. I gave him a big hug and carried him all the way home. At the same time, i can feel tat isaac's abit hot. Oh no, hope he's not sick.

Once reached hm, i quickly checked him with a thermometer and showed 37.3. A fever could be coming anytime and i feed him paracetemol mixed with yakult. Cindy mentioned tat isaac's afraid of cold and he was shivering when bathing.. I decided to go tiong bahru and get him some long-sleeves tees. Mum can't handle isaac alone so i brought isaac along. On our way back, it started to rain big time. Lucky i'm almost home.. Hope isaac's won't get sick

Isaac's Childcare - Day 1 (3 Nov Monday)

Isaac's very happy on his 1st day at the centre. We reached at 7.35am and we are the 1st one there. One teacher took his temperature, checked his hands and feet and when it comes to checking his mouth, isaac simply refused to open his mouth.. So the teacher say it's alrite and will teach him to open his mouth soon.

Isaac went to his classroom and we were told wat to do like place his milk bottles, milk powder and water bottle in respective baskets. The separate bag for his pillow and blanket also hv it's pigeon hole.. Then we were told to tag his clothing, bottles and all his stuff..

Isaac was hving a good time running around with the kids there. Then i saw something which really scares me.. This twins boys, both having the same haircut -with long streaks of hair at the back of their head (really hv to say this, it just look like a beng) one of them pull isaac's hair while isaac was squatting down on the floor to play with the lego! Isaac lose his balance and fell backwards by the sudden thug and banged his back of the head on the floor! God was i flared up. I told jason and he walked over to the boy asked why he did this to isaac and he replied coz isaac just now used his hand to poke him.. Anyway i told the teacher cindy and the principal. I was really bothered by this scene.. Isaac being so violent and a tranny at home suddenly looks so vulnerable to me.. Not only tat, after we left a crying isaac with teacher cindy, we headed to the market for breakfast. Jason told me he also saw something which he felt rather sad.. Isaac was running ard with the kids but none wanted to talk to him so after running and chasing ard with them and nil respond from them, he sat down alone and give a big sigh. Dunno y but i can myslf tearing.. Jason comforted and said it's part of the adapting process of childcare's life

I make a visit down during isaac's lunch.. I peeked thru the glass panel on the door and to my surprise, he's actually seated and eating his lunch with the help of the principal. But he's crying. Cindy saw me and told me isaac's performance is good after we left till 10.30 when some kids started crying and he followed suit.. Principal told me a different thing and she said isaac's been crying since 10.30 and he couldn't adapt even during playtime which they hvn't even touched on the routine stuffs yet like shower, feeding and nap.. So wat does it means?! Frankly i believed cindy more coz she's the immediate caretaker for isaac. I left after isaac's lunch and was told to come at 3pm after his nap. Cindy said during their 1st day, almost all will start to look for their mummy after they wake up from their nap.

I reached the centre at 3pm and it was dark coz all lights are out. Many are still sleeping.. I saw cindy carrying a crying isaac. She said isaac's performance is good after lunch.. After shower, he had his milk and dozed off very quickly. When he woke up, he even smiled at cindy so she carried him to the office to play with the other teachers. Till they saw a baby lizard on the floor and started screaming, it startled isaac which resulted him to cry..

I was very happy with isaac today but after we reached home, oh a different scene lor.. Isaac changed back into the old tranny and loud kid.. He kept yelling and shouting and throwing his toys all over the place.. Well, guess he's taking his revenge on me now for "abandoning" him there ba....

Mount Faber Huge Christmas Tree

Believed they are doing testing of lits up for the xmas tree at Mt Faber. Saw it lit up on sunday and before i could snap a few pics with my hp, the lits went off again... Waited for 10mins and it's still not back. No luck.. Yest jason saw the lits at 12am... Finally!

Somehow the lits looked so much brighter in actual and very glittering.. Mum's hse still the best.. Pics are taken at the window at the living room. Great view huh isn't it? Haha...

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Fountain at Suntec

1st time see isaac's eyes sparkled when he saw the laser fountain at suntec. Not his first visit but probably he's too small to notice it previously.. He opened his mouth while staring at it and yelled every now and then. Must be very fascinating for him..