My Cozy Corner

Sharing Love

2010-10-07T00:53:00.000-07:00

Had been trying to introduce the new member to isaac bit by bit. Well, seems hard coz he's feeling jealous apparently. Even though we knew that he will slowly learn to accept Lloysius after he's delivered, me on the other hand, is trying to learn to divide my love.

All along, my love is only for isaac. The thot of dividing my love makes me wonder if i can do it fairly. Too much for one will means too little for the other. I really hope i can share my love equally. The 1st 3mths will be very tough to get going but i will learn.

Isaac has been very understanding lately. Yesterday, jason brought him out for a drive. He parked along Bukit Merah Central to get a bread for his supper later when he's on night shift. A few walks from the bakery is isaac's fav spot - a toy car rental area whereby he will always sits in his fav police car. Isaac spotted the cars and looked at Jason. "Daddy, can i sit the police car today? " Jason replied "Today's abit rush. Daddy's on nite shift later and we need to rush back soon". Isaac replied "okie daddy, today you are working. We shall come again when you are off" It's touching when Jason told me the whole conversation. If Isaac had insisted on playing the car (which is his usual practise) we may not feel anything if he din't take the ride. But what he said makes us feel so sayang towards him and a lesser ride would impose a greater guilt.

Tomorrow dear. We will let you play with your favourite police car tomorrow coz daddy's off.

Free Carnival at Harbourfront

2010-10-07T00:06:00.000-07:00

We brought isaac to harbourfront and surprised to find that there's a free carnival on the 3rd level. Free games, stickers and even popcorn hahaa..

Isaac had fun playing with the pressure gun and even got free stickers for 3games though he din't shot thru any of the targets :)

Had lotsa free popcorn till the lady told him "this is the last pack ya" hahaha.. He had lotsa fun on the car rides, mainly "sponsored" by mummy. I must be spoiling him but it's been a long time since he had such fun so be it.

Days & Months

2010-09-27T23:08:00.000-07:00

Finally managed to make up a video of isaac saying out days and months. But it just take soooo long to upload a 1MB vid!!!!.. Anyway got the embed from FB:

18weeks

2010-09-01T23:14:00.000-07:00

These pics were taken when i'm 15-16weeks. Was a bonus coz there was an intern in Kc Yeo's room so we were given 2 3D pics hahahaha... Yeo said might be a boy. Shd have seen dear's expression hahahaha... Anyway he's kinda still hanging on to the last hope that it might be a ger ger when we go for the detailed scan in 2weeks time :) 1st pic showing baby covering his face with both his fists. Dear say he's in boxing position, ready for action. 2nd pic showing the "birdie". We couldn't make out the pic till the gynae told us hehe

10 weeks

2010-07-13T20:25:00.000-07:00

MS finally subsiding and hope to keep it this way. I'm feeling good on Monday and my big mouth went ahead to tell jason. MS came back within the next hour with a vengeance. Okie my mouth's shut. Can't wait for the oscar on 23th which means i'm finally moving forward to 12weeks.

Xmas Tree for 2009

2009-11-13T07:39:00.000-08:00

I was greeted by a very nice light that came from the living room as I passed by the windows after work. There's a Xmas tree! Wow! Jason bought the tree at a whooping $180 though he said that it's already at a wholesale price. Optical fibre and LED lights. I was hoping to get a white xmas tree this year. But this is nice too .. and definitely not cheap. Okie at least i noe it's gonna last for a couple more years hee.. :D

My best Xmas pressie for 2009!!

2009-11-07T05:33:00.000-08:00

Jason gave me a huge surprise... he's gonna get me a damier trevi PM!!! Yippeee!!! Oh boy, am i excited! Tat's soo nice and loving of him.. He knew i've been wanting this for some time. But times are still not tat very well for us so i never really expect him to get it for me. Not many husbands are willing to fork out almost 3k to get a bag for their wife rite? Thanks dear, muak!

I can finally have my dream bag :) This got to be the best Xmas present I ever got.

Busy busy as can be

2009-10-14T08:07:00.000-07:00

Almost a year since I'm back to workforce but I can't find myself adapting to it. I really missed Isaac. I missed housewife's life :)

Workload getting heavier.. But not the same as Far East (heng ah). I should treasure now that i'm still employed. I seemed to have lost the ability to cope with work stress. Whenever i've been given a new task, i start to worry if i can leave on the dot today, worry i can't spend time with isaac before he sleep. I can't help not to worry. Perhaps too much OT done previously till i'm getting paranoid even when the word OT is heard.

Aaahhh heckzzzz....

Sick Again!!!!

2009-09-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

I'm down with sore throat, flu and cough!!!! Saw a doc yesterday and he's so funny coz he wanted to give me an mc for Monday. So i told him, Monday is a public holiday... Yesterday was gathering for Lili's birthday. Lucky everything went thru smoothly, thank god for Jocelyn's help in the preparation of the food.

I'm on mask for 2 days le... Today i brought Isaac to Tiong Bahru Plaza for a short walk coz it's just damn bored to stay home on a holiday.. 30mins after we reached, i can felt that fever is hitting me so we left.

Hope I can recover by tomolo!!

New Health

2009-09-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

Feels darn good to be healthy. Isaac and jason both down with vomitting n diarrhoea on the week 1 and i'm next in the second week.

Now... isaac's having bad cough and flu.. Damn! Izzit the fengshui or wat? Seems like after the hse got renovated, nothing seems to be moving smoothly.. I missed the offering during the 1st day of Hungry Ghost Festival.. Gosh, my fault lah.. I won't missed the offering on the last day of the festival.. Hope everything will go ping ping an an.. I dun ask for much - just good health for the whole family. Chantel said his ex-boss will ask for wealth in return for more offerings. Spooky..

As busy as usual.. Planned my work schedule today, i must book in all invoices today! Ah.... the whole morning's soo busy with dunno-wat-matters.. i only started at 4+ Ha!!!

I must go chong this weekend.. afterall, it's a LONG weekend FINALLY!! Yippee!! After this Hari Raya, there's no holiday in Oct. I decided not to take unnecessary leave le. Realised I need to take couple days of leave whenever isaac ill. Choy Choy!

Nothing to buy online... After i bought the dress from Agneselle online 2 days ago, nothing seems to catch my eyes after that... Ah... I can't wait to try it on..

Moving On

2009-05-03T01:19:00.000-07:00

The decision to leave NUH is a tough one.. Just when i thot i could leave swee swee, isaac got chickenpox and now the hospital's really busy coping with the swine flu thingy coz the admin staff were asked to help out at the triage stops (dammit, why must it be at month end when we are closing our accounts?!).. Really good thing that my new employer agrees to let me commence at a later week and sherry's okie to let me take half day leave on my last day to take care of isaac...

Now i can't possibly clear all my outstanding tasks... sigh.... Darn good thing, friday's a PH... Jason left with not much leave le...

Tired, Exhausted & Shagged

2009-01-20T06:53:00.000-08:00

I'm not plain lazy for not updating. Just super duper tired with work and taking care of isaac after work.

Love my new job coz no need OT and i got somewhere near to my expected pay so can't grumble anymore coz accounts job usually requires OT..

Really thankful to jason on days when he's working morn or nite shift and helped me to feed isaac dinner if not i surely died man... Maybe it's been a long break for me since i last work and most prob i'm still adapting to workforce life ba... So now keeping myself motivated and determined with a simple goal -- bring isaac for holiday!!

CNY coming... surely shagged out from bai nian....

Jiayou Jiayou Mummy!

Renovation Process 8 (This shd be the last one ba)

2008-12-15T06:55:00.000-08:00

It's oredi 2mths and i shd be able to get back my hse this wednesday.. Abit pissed off with the delayed progress.. I'm glad it's gonna be over :)

L-box in living and dining area

Ceiling lights for MBR / L-box with cove lights in MBR. Either lights alone is still too bright for me during bedtime.. Dun think i'll make use of these lights much.. Not tat cozy either.. perhaps my definition of cozy dun fit wat these lights give me ba

Ceiling light for isaac's and fil's room.

Lights for kitchen and bathrooms

MBR toilet (mirror's not up yet) My fav.. these are my kind of lights which gives me a cozy feeling :)

Wanted to get this (pic 1) for my dining area but coz the area's too wide for this lights so din't get it. Got the other Egyptian crystal lighting for dining area instead. This is a great steal combined with superb bargaining power for $300! The lights reflections cast an extremely mesmerizing effects durint the nite.

HHS feature wall. Khoo said lights shooting up is the trend now.

Living Room Tv feature wall and console. Love my new flooring. But i'm definitely wearing rubbies if i'm mopping the floor.. Sure gonna be very slippery. Using back this ceiling fan with lights coz still working well..

Common toilet.

Kitchen

Looks roomy without the furniture and curtains.

Fever again

2008-12-15T06:44:00.000-08:00

Sigh... Seems like isaac kept getting sick every week ever since started childcare.. I'm getting worried coz will start work soon.. He had fever yesterday afternoon.. Had expected that his fever will recur this morning and true it is.. He's having fever at 37.8deg so no childcare for him again..

Just hope his immune system will adapt fast.. If i start work and he's always sick, i duno if my employer will tahan me to take so many urgent leave :(

Severe Diarrhoea

2008-12-09T21:55:00.000-08:00

After gg to Explorerkid, isaac go diarrhoea on sunday evening.. 4x within an hour.. It's not rite... We brought him to the 24hr clinic at tiong bahru... Nite time okie, he din't hv any diarrhoea

Just when i thot everything was okie, i was awoke at 6am by my mum's soft voice... Isaac had diarrhoea and ran over to my mum's room.. His diaper and pants all soaked in poo... While washing him, he poo more.... this goes on for the next hour... total 6-8x within 15 mins!

Brought him to kk immediately.. What came out frm the doc's mouth damn pissed me off..

She said there's NO medication to stop the poo and we were given sachets of good bacteria powder and cream to apply on his anus.. When i asked how long will this continue. She will isaac will diarrhoea for another 4-5 days.. and we can admit him if 1)he vomit profusely 2)lips turning white 3)very drowsy and not inactive coz isaac was oredi weak when i brought him in 3) cry with no tears due to dehydration. WHAT THE FUCK!? I told her straight tat with such given symptons, i dun need to consult her anymore and anyone moron would noe to admit hospital immediately!

The next following 2days, monday and tuesday, he's hving diarrhoe ard 18-24x a day.. He's also got terrible nappy rash which make his pi gu very red and sore like baboon butts.

I can't wait.. I brought him to his pd on tuesday evening coz he's starting to poo more again.. Pd's med works and there's no need to admit him (suggest by pd if his condition remains same or got worse) on wednesday morning.

2nd visit to Explorerkidz on 30 November 2008

2008-12-09T18:39:00.000-08:00

Woke up at 7am and prepared to leave at 8am. It's gonna be a super duper long journey of bus, mrt and then shuttle bus.

We went to the market to hv some breakfast and set off.. Reached there ard 9+ and isaac simply love the place.. as usual haha..

Realised he still enjoyed playing at the smaller foamy playground rather than the huge one over the other side..

At the mini ball pool. Isaac still rather scared of the pool. Duno why.

Playing hide n seek with daddy.

At the huge playground. Beri chuan to assist isaac and going up myself but is definitely a good form of exercise haha.. Jason went up once with isaac only coz he's having muscle ache frm the gym visit the day before

Back at the smaller playground.. Isaac definitely enjoyed more here

Chasing the lights hehe

At the Korean Fried Chicken Store... Really very nice ambience, comfy sofa and their chicken are really very tender but abit ex...

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

2008-11-27T21:56:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-20T21:06:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-20T20:12:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-11T23:01:00.001-08:00

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)

2008-11-10T07:40:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-11-06T19:32:00.000-08:00

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)

2008-11-06T19:18:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-06T19:16:00.000-08:00

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)

2008-11-06T18:53:00.000-08:00

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)

2008-11-06T18:37:00.000-08:00

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)

2008-11-04T17:55:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-03T19:04:00.000-08:00

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...

Fountain at Suntec

2008-11-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

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..

Renovation Process 5

2008-11-03T18:41:00.001-08:00

Tiling done for both toilets and kitchen. I felt that the progress is rather slow but jason find it acceptable leh... Anyway hope tat everything will proceed faster

Common toilet

Kitchen

MBR toilet (find it very dark but jason says it's rustic)

Nasty Bites

2008-11-03T18:06:00.000-08:00

Isaac has alot of bites on his face, temple, back of his ears, hands and legs. Suspected is the mattress tat we slept. Mum's always dump their junk on the bed so it's no surprise the mattress must be damn dirty even though i've changed n washed the bedsheets 3x in just one week!

Culprit either bedbugs or dustmites hiding in the mattress. Either i get someone to clean up the mattress or change a new one. Went dnstairs to the furniture shop to take a look and realised spring mattress is not cheap. So decided to clean up the mattress instead. I emailed HygieneProf to request a quote for cleaning a queen size mattress. $49 for QS and $55 for KS nett. Okie, price cheaper than getting a cheapo mattress. He did a 1min test with the machine and a black cloth.. Omg, just 1min of sucking the machine, the dust is worse than wat's inside my vacuum cleaner dustbag which is used for 6mths. After the clean up, isaac no longer getting the bites thank god...

Guy frm Hygiene Prof cleaning and sterilizing the mattress

My Lucky Boy

2008-10-28T00:32:00.000-07:00

Yest we brought isaac to tiong bahru with intentions to get him a tricycle..

In the end, we bought 2. One foldable tricycle and one which is similar to the car which my mum bought for isaac previously. This car will be placed at mum's hse in future. In case i'm working next time, he can play with it when he's at mum's hse.

It's so funny.. I can control at buying my own stuff but i couldn't when it comes to isaac's stuff esp toys and jason's stuff. Maybe it's time i shd discipline myslf to control my spending irregardless to whoever's things.. That'll be a good start..

Renovation Process 4

2008-10-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

All the living/hall area flooring all hacked. Kitchen floor and wall + 2 bathrooms fully hacked. Today went down at 11+ and realised nobody is working.. Jason called khoo and workers will only be coming in tmr. :(

Hse is in a whole mess and isaac's with us so we left. Pics still in jason's hp. Will upload tonite.

Recession is zooming in and i'm unsure if it's right for us to renovate at this time.. Anyway, too late for doubts now

Singapore's 1st Online Sampling Platform

2008-10-21T01:41:00.001-07:00

Got this free sample site from a friend and realised it's based in singapore... :D Finally a site to get free samples of cosmetics, skincare and haircare yippee! Click here

After i'm done with the registeration thingy, i started to look for samples that i interested. Not bad.. there's even samples of premium korean brand like BRTC and well-known brands like dermalogica, loreal and neutrogena

After i chose wat i wanted, i realised i had to pay for postage of $1.60 for 3-4samples.. Hmm.. okie at least i get to sample wat i like. It's better than buying the actual bottle of the item which might not suit me...

Can't wait to try out the samples hehe :D

Renovation Process 3

2008-10-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

Reached hse ard 11am.. Hacking of the hall & kitchen flooring already started.. Khoo is instructing the workers to shift our stuff into the 2rooms... Though it's raining and weather is cooling but all of them are covered with sweat. I took my umbrella and went dnstairs to buy drinks for them... When i came up, all the stuff hv finished shifted over to the 2 rooms...

Something is wrong with my KS storage bedframe.. The top layer board can't be suppressed and require an item with substantial weight to press it down. Could be the hydraulic thingy tat has went wrong ba.. Will call up 4stars when reno's finished.. Khoo asked the workers to carry our washing machine up our bedframe and suppressed it down.

Guess by tmr when i'm here again, the flooring shd be all hacked.. Jason paid khoo 40% of contract sum today.. And we rush back to feed isaac lunch

!st scene tat greeted us. Our main door entrance

Hall area also started hacking

Kitchen entrance

Renovation Process 2 (18 Oct)

2008-10-20T11:17:00.000-07:00

Jason n i went down at 4+ to see the process of the 2rooms. The floor laminates are oredi done and the worker is laying cardboards on the floor so that our stuff could be shifted in on monday.

Somehow the 2 bedrooms looked smaller than previous.. i duno izzit due to the dark floor laminate or the paint... Maybe i used to seeing white flooring and white walls ba... Aiya.. forgot to bring my cam so can't upload any pic

Renovation Process 1

2008-10-17T01:58:00.000-07:00

Went back to my hse to see the reno process for the 2 rooms. Our reno requires careful planning coz we had plenty of furniture and stuff in the hse. Id hv to plan and schedule the works by parts due to our stuffs in the hse during reno works. We had to shift all our things out from the 2rooms to do up these 2rooms 1st. When it's completed, we hv to shift all our stuffs into the 2rooms and proceed to the other major works as we could put all our stuff in the 2rms.

Electrical works started.. Quite dangerous to walk ard the hse..

Kitchen cabinets all hacked

Painting already done in fil's room and painter doing isaac's room..

Laminates for the bedroom flooring hv arrived. !st time i saw the laminates. Colour seems much darker than i expected. 2nd pic is taken with flash which explained a different tone.

10月囉~~~~ 時間用跑的...

2008-10-16T08:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all friends for yr concern on isaac's injury thru emails, smses and blog comments here. He's recovering well and the swell had subsided. I'm also able to carry him the normal way :D

Time flies sooo fast... Isaac's starting childcare in another 2weeks time.. My hse finally started renovation on tuesday. Hope everything will turn out well as scheduled **fingers crossed**

Mum's hse is really windy and cooling even on a hot day.. Maybe it's facing Mt Faber? I nv realise this hse where i grew up is such a nice spot..

Isaac's bad injury frm the fall

2008-09-26T23:56:00.000-07:00

Isaac was fine yesterday and not cranky so i din't bring him to c the pd for a review. But there's a significant swelling on his collarbone and shoulder. He din't move much of his left hand. Last nite, he started to cry while asleep almost every now and then. Decided to take him for an x-ray the next morning. Jason called for urgent leave last nite also. If unapprove, i need to wake up earlier at 7 and bring isaac alone. Only managed to sleep at 3+am due to isaac's cries but funny i auto woke up at 7am. Maybe i'm too worried for isaac. Jason's leave approved and we left home early to c the pd coz it's saturday, sure super packed.

We are no. 1 in the queue and pd advised us to bring isaac for an x-ray. We took mrt to HPB. It's damn hot and quite xin ku to carry isaac under the hot sun as it's quite a distance. We waited 30mins for our turn. Isaac started to cry after i took off his shirt as the room's very cold. He cried harder as the nurse tried to position his hand for the x-ray. She took 3shots. Finally it's over. I quickly put on his shirt. I was so emotional and heartpain to see him cry just now. The x-rays ready within minutes and the nurse commented isaac's bones are okie.

But when we went back to see the pd, he said otherwise. Looking at the x-rays, he said there's a possibility that isaac's hving a hairline crack in the bone. He referred us to a orthopaedic doc at TMC. Like tat, the pd's bill is $120!!! Damnit why so ex with just 3pc of x-ray, saying a few words n referring an orthopaedic?! Sigh....

We took a cab to TMC coz the pd booked the appt for us at 11am which is less than 20mins time. Jason and i hvn't had breakfast yet so i quickly went to get a burger and eat on the way there. The OP, Dr William Verhoeven, very nice doc, told us the same thing tat isaac is having a hairline crack. He suggests to bandage isaac's left hand but we told him isaac hates restrictions and bandaging his left hand will result him to struggle more to attempt to shake off the bandage and worsening the injury. So he said okie to go without the bandage. But we shd try to avoid or cut down his left hand movement. OP bill's $50. I need to bring isaac back next week for another review. It'll take a while for the crack to recover. I hope he can recover fast coz i really can't bring myself to see him go thru another x-ray session, exposing him to another round of radiation.

Fall frm the bed... again

2008-09-26T00:09:00.001-07:00

Isaac fell frm the bed again on wed nite.. I really dun want to think back again and relate here who's responsible for failing his duty to look on isaac,, which could hv prevented this accident.

Isaac injured his left ear which ballooned like a pig's ear within seconds and turning black... Jialiat lah... We brought him to the 24hr clinic at tiong bahru and the gp say the ear's swelling will subside within a few days.. It's tat amateur gp again... I got to tell him to check isaac's eardrum then he took out the scope to check ... He gave isaac brufen to reduce isaac's pain.

Yest, isaac woke up and kept crying and whining non-stop.. Then realised his left hand couldn't raise up and cry when we touched his left hand and shoulder. So we brought him to our pd. Pd checked thru his whole upper body for bone fracture and he said so far okie, no dislodge but he said if isaac continue to cry today, must bring him back for xray.

Today, isaac was his usual self with minimal whines and cries so i think it's not a case of cracked bone. Jason bathed him just now and said his shoulder is swelling and isaac will cry when touched his collarbone and shoulder. Think when he fell, also injured his left shoulder as well..

Shock of my life!

2008-09-25T23:54:00.000-07:00

Stepping out of the kitchen after finished washing up, the next scene tat appeared before my eyes shocked me!. Isaac had made his way up the sofa and climbed up the window grilles. Grabbing my hp, i quickly took some pic to show jason and then pulled him down and scolding him "No! Cannot climb up!"

Of coz he started to cry lor... and within seconds, he stopped and tried to do that stunt again... Sigh... Realised he only noe how to climb up and duno how to make his way down.. I tried telling him it's very dangerous to climb up but he's just too mischievious, the more i told him "no, cannot climb up", the more he wanted to climb... I'm quite at a loss.. Tat's really very very dangerous... esp if i'm not around, eg if i'm cooking or doing chores... So i taught him how to climb down.. Funny he understand this and able to climb up after the 3rd attempt.

Hair Colour

2008-09-15T03:00:00.001-07:00

Wanted to dye my hair same colour as elva's as in her latest album release. Not sure if it'll be too "lian". But colour looks nice and warm and a light shade of brown.. Could make my skin colour yellowish also..

Vivocity - 14 Sept 2008 (Isaac's finally can hold his bottle)

2008-09-15T02:40:00.000-07:00

I almost forgot to post this... Isaac finally learn to hold his milk bottle when he's in the stroller.. His progress is slow but it's very comforting to me already.. Sooner or later, i'll be able to shop ard even when it's feeding time hehee....

Vivocity - 14 Sept 2008

2008-09-15T01:39:00.000-07:00

Promised jason to go vivocity on sat for the Lantern Lights up thingy but later i saw on tv and realised hv to register or something like tat so told jason to cancel the trip. He's quite disappointed. So we went on the next day sunday...

We reached ard 12noon and starving coz missed breakfast... We settled at Kim Gary Hongkie's restaurant.. Everywhere's crowded on a sunday so is this restaurant.. Luckily we were able to get a table with a fantastic view hehe.. We ordered baked rice set and isaac love the soup and baked rice.. Must try n do it after the reno.. But also must get a toaster 1st coz i'm unsure if i can do it with a normal microwave.

After the meal, we brought to isaac to toyrus (as usual hehe) and we bought him a 2 in 1 Step n Learn Mat. Recently he's so hyperactive, exhausting jason and i and still hv loads of energy left so tot this mat will tires him hehe... Both sides of the mat can be played with music so quite worth the $$ :)

Isaac only got 2pairs of socks and he usually go sock-less. Realised it's time for socks coz his shoes really stinko man! I din't realised baby's shoes can stink sooo much! So bought him 5pairs of socks at mothercare.. Hv to admit the price really justify the product.. The socks really soft.

Then we entered Adidas shop.. Jason been wanting to get a good raincoat cum windbreaker coz his job requires him to stand under the rain ocassionally. Finally, he found wat he wanted but it only comes in red colour and he wanted dark blue.. So he said it's alrite and he'll look ard. We got an adidas ball for isaac. The SA told us that the proceeds of the ball will go to charity. Very good..

We went to Best Denki coz i wanted to get a crimper.. But couldn't find wat i like. Jason got this philips dvd player c/w wall mount instead.

I finally found wat i wanted at watson.. Not bad but not cheap also

Today really spent alot of $$$ sigh

Renovation - Part 3 - Tiles Selection (Again sigh!)

2008-09-12T00:28:00.000-07:00

After the quarrel from the previous session of tiles selection, we both agreed we won't go thru that again. "Anything can be discuss" - tat's wat we told each other...

We couldn't agreed on the tiles for the common toilet coz it's really very hard to visualise based on a small piece of sample tile whether tat's the ambience i want for the final effect. It's a long day and we finally confirmed all our tiles for the hse. It wasn't an easy task esp if isaac's ard.. Good thing is he fell asleep in khoo's car while we are on our way to LSH. So we had 30mins to go thru the selection again. But coz i'm carrying isaac so the 30mins is still siong for me...

Our Finalised Tiles:

MBR toilet tiles - The 2 tiles on the left are wall tiles. Both tiles r super rough surface n bottom's one is jason's fav.. Supposed to give an epoxy effect coz of the glitters. On the right is the floor tile, it also has the glittering particles.

Common toilet tiles - It's all becoz of this bathrm tat's causing the unnecessary tiffs.. But i'm glad we found wat we wanted. The front piece is the wall tile which is a running tone tile. The dark piece is for decorative and we found a similar tone as the wall tile for the flooring..

Kitchen tiles - This is an easy one.. We got a white tile with lines design. (the lines are barely sighted unless you scrutinise it) Flooring was a dark brown with glittering particles (again?!) I'm keeping my kitchen nice and clean with minimal design.

Close Up

Hall & Dining Homo Tiles - This is easy too coz we both love the idea of a nice and fair homo tiles. It will make our hse look super clean and white during daytime with all the light. This tiles comes with an added feature - super index and anti-stain which could reflect light with a superb defined shadow.

Due to budget constraint, i couldn't get myself to do vanity top in the common toilet. Was quoted ard $850 for just a 2ft vanity top.. So i told jason why not get an instant one from those hardware store? We told khoo wat we wanted and he told us tat be prepared coz the material is definitely inferior. We found this in Hoe Kee and it cost only $260! Big basin with cabinet, tat's good enuff... even if it only lasted 3-5yrs hee..

I also realised tat Hoe Kee's stuff is cheaper than Asia excel's. We found this Krisroz rainshower with mixer and handheld shower for $368! We couldn't find it at Ho Kee IMM tat day. This is wat we wanted initially coz i had kept the newspaper cutting when it was advertised. This $368 Krisroz shower is being compared as an alternative option to a $8486 Hansgrohe raindance rainmaker shower. We told khoo to arrange to cancel the previous shower which we bought at $569 (yes tat's the bloody expensive one tat i mentioned in the previous post) Hmm.. seems like not all the shops the id brought you to is the best one huh... Probably he earns a commission for bringing us there ba...

Next tuesday, tat's jason's next rest day, we'll be choosing the laminates and we can finally prepare to commence our reno process..

Wat's left:
1) Flooring Laminates - for 3 bedrooms
2) 2 Wardrobe Laminates
3) Hall Tv feature wall + console laminates
4) MBR Tv feature wall + console laminates
5) Bomb shelter HHS laminates
6) My concealed dressing table laminates

Hmm.. guess tat's about it...

Renovation Part 2 - Sanitaryware Story

2008-09-10T00:44:00.000-07:00

Meet up with khoo on Monday to check out the 3D drawings and purchase sanitaryware.

I wasn't going to expect amazing drawings coz i told khoo it's the end product ie the worksmanship tat i'm concerned with. No point giving me fantastic drawings which doesn't look like the real thing. Not all drawings are ready yet. We decided to make another appt to re-choose the common toilet tiles coz the tiles tat i choose doesn't give me the ambience i want.

Living room (this is going to change coz we both dun like it. Khoo used this coz he said our theme is resort style so the feature wall is backed with timber strips and a white laminate with baroque mortifs)

We'll be changing our kitchen design to accomodate to fengshui practice. Our main door is facing the kitchen windows directly as we entered the house. Jason said this is bad in terms of fengshui coz all the wealth and good luck will come in the hse and go out from the window. So we'll be fixing a tampered glass to block this direct view of the windows (pic 2) and add in 2-3ft cabinet w solid worktop. I'm unsure if it'll make my already small kitchen smaller.
Pic 1-Left side kitchen
Pic 2-Right side kitchen

Common toilet

MBR toilet

Laminates for the kitchen cabinets - White glossy for top cabinets and dark wench for bottom

We went to Asia Excel to purchase our sanitaryware. Total damage : $1689. I still can't believe i actually paid $569 for a blo*dy rainshower! This is wat we bought:

- 2x Crizto Washbasin - 295 (PIC 1-3)
- 2x Pop up waste - 28
- 2x Nobel Basin Tap - 154 (PIC 4)
- 2x bottle trap - FOC
- 1x Crizto Shower head w rainshower - 569 (PIC 5-6)
- 1x Hand shower set - 93 (PIC 7-8)
- 1x Bath mixer - 71 (PIC 9)
- 1x Mixer wall bracket - 17
- 1x wall bracket - 26
- 1x wall plug - 9
- 2x washing machine tap - 17 (coz i hv 2 washing machines)
- 1x Franke Sink c/w Franke mixer tap - 410 (PIC 10)
- 2x bottle trap - FOC

Pic 1-3. Khoo suggested using pic 2 for our MBR basin coz our vanity top is ard 5ft and the bigger basin would be more proportion. We'll measure and get back to him.

(PIC 4-6)

(PIC 7-9)Very good deal for this hand shower set at $98. We'll be changing the shower head from the round one to a squarish head. I felt it's more stylish and easier to hold.

PIC 10 Priscillia said this is considered a branded sink but i told her i'm looking for a more lasting sink. Anyway, it's considered cheap for a "branded"sink and comes with a good tap (khoo said this tap would easily cost $200+) so we bought this as well. We told priscillia we'd like the smaller sink to be on the right hand side.

After a discussion, jason and i felt that we dun need a hood so we'll be just getting a hob. These 2 hobs are from Rinnai (not cheap) and we'll be getting the 2cooker one instead coz the other one is too big for the kitchen (sigh.. my kitchen is small) Any bigger, it'll either cut into the space nearing the sink or the other side which would face the toilet. Again, fengshui thingy... if yr stove is facing the toilet bowl, that's bad also..

That's priscillia hehe.. Isaac's been very very cranky on tat day.. All 3 of us can't outdo his hyperactive energy...

Finally reached home... It's been a long day... Isaac super exhausted and he's sleeping while i'm taking pics.... He sure is tired coz he din't nap thruout the whole afternoon.. hehe

Fussy Eater

2008-09-05T07:59:00.000-07:00

Ever since isaac started solids when he's 5.5mths, it's always a nitemare for me when it's feeding time. Initially i tot he's not ready yet coz he kept refusing cereals which i had made it very watery. By the time when he's 8mths old, he's still refusing to eat cereal and porriage and started to spit out his food, i consulted the pd. It's then i knew about the term "fussy eater".

Fussy eaters refused food for many reasons and the pd offered many solutions. I had tried almost every solution and frankly speaking i'm v exhausted with trying anymore, even the pd gave up and run out of ideas whenever i brought isaac for his vaccinations and related about isaac's eating problems.

It's been a year since he was introduced to solids and he's still not eating much and not eating well. I stopped cooking for a month and give him outside food so it's not tat wasteful if he dun want to eat and kept spitting out the food. Yes, of coz i noe that outside food is very salty, very oily and lotsa msg added. I also wanted to give the best homecooked food for isaac. But buying fresh ingredients daily like pork, chicken n vegs and spending 1hr to cook, 2hrs to feed and the end result is he only eat 1tsp of wat i've cooked. This is really a waste of $ and waste of time and effort. Feeding time is usually spent on trying and bluffing him to open his mouth to put the food in and cleaning wat he had spit out.

Ch8 showing "Daddy Nanny" at 9pm. There's this scene which showed Adrian Pang feeding the baby nicole. The baby opened her mouth widely. Seeing this suddenly makes me very upset and almost to the brink of tearing. I really wish isaac will be like her someday.

Isaac's haircut session

2008-09-05T01:23:00.000-07:00

Isaac's hair grew very fast, in fast we need to bring him for a haircut every 1-2mths. It's easier if he cut without clothes. Coz 1stly hair will usually stuck in his clothes and it sort of sting him and he'll keep fidgeting. 2nd all those bits of hair which got stuck in his clothes is soooo damn hard to remove. You hv to use scotch tape to stick out those pieces of hair.

His haircut is cheap only $5. Previously i so gong gong brought him to junior league for haircut tat cost $18 which dun look nice.

Fly high in a DHL balloon

2008-09-03T01:26:00.000-07:00

We had steamboat with robin last sunday. There's alot of steamboat shops at bugis area and we settled for Tian Tian.. The soup is great! (Writing this just makes me hungry) I can still recalled the great taste. It's stated that the soup contains no msg but seriously i think it's unbelieveable haha...

Outside the shop, there's this big open space where you can pay to fly high in the DHL balloon. Not cheap ard $23 for adults, can't remember how much for kids but below age of 3 is free. That area is very windy, has a mini-bar and even a pool table haha

Harbourfront

2008-09-03T01:19:00.000-07:00

Big had been removed from Harbourfront for quite some time and that huge space was replaced by couple of shops. There's now a book store, hardware store and a handicraft store and there's even a carpeted area with many coin-slotting machines. We din't put any coin and let him move try out each machine.. He had fun hehe

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Isaac at toyrus

2008-09-03T01:15:00.000-07:00

One of the most frequent places we brought isaac to is toyrus at vivocity. We never failed to go there when we are in vivo. Ever since he learnt how to walk, he too enjoyed himself, running about, playing with wheels and toys which had dropped on the floor. We had a hard time chasing after him haha... Had to look out too coz there's once he tried to stand a skateboard haha...

Marche at Vivo

2008-09-03T00:55:00.000-07:00

Always a huge queue during weekends. I hv never tried marche before so we went on a monday after lunch time... There's less than 10 stores so not much variety. Previously been to Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar at rafflescity #B1-44E coz daniel's working there. The dining concept is the same where you hold a card and charge whatever you eat on the card. There are 3x more food stores there and has great food. So marche @ vivo was quite a disappointment to me.. I'm not a great lover for pasta so i had a garlic bread and pizza. Feeding isaac was havoc and the only thing tat i could put in his mouth is wat i'm eating.. The rest he just spit out...

Frankly speaking, the highchair is also a problem.. I duno who designed it but the design really s*cks. The centre piece of wood (at isaac's stomach) cannot be adjusted and it's so difficult to place isaac in and out and it's really also restricting his movements. No wonder he screams when we put him in.

Thank goodness, robin is there with us. He helped us played with isaac while we quickly had our meal.

Teac SoundBar

2008-09-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

Jason bought a teac soundbar from the comex fair on friday. UP: $1099 and the promo price was $699. Sound effect was good and appearance wise, i'll prefer this than the usual HTS which consists of 4 - 5 speakers, woofer and amplifier. This soundbar has a built-in dvd player, fm/am, docking station for ipod. Comes with wall bracket to mount on the wall for a cleaner look.

Got this 46" samsung lcd from the pc fair 2mths ago at a steal of $2299. UP is $4599. We managed to get the final set before it's all sold out. Jason's been spending alot on electrical stuffs and he really enjoyed going to pc/electrical fairs for great bargains...

Isaac's starting childcare in Nov 1

2008-09-02T01:44:00.000-07:00

We went to the childcare to confirm isaac's commencement date. Was wondering if isaac's been confirmed a placing or did the principal totally forgotten about it. She went back to her office and took out isaac's application form which we submitted in march. Good thing we paid that deposit in march coz the centre is fully booked for 2008 and 2009! My mum's neighbour tried to place her grandchildren last mth and was informed that they are full.

Had a discussion with sharong (the principal) and confirmed to let isaac start on the lst day of nov, though sharon suggested 15th as this will be a new class with new kids, new to the centre. So the whole class will be filled with cranky kids and sharon said by the 15th, everything shd calmed down. But isaac will also be cranky ma if he go on the 15th, might as well be cranky all together on the 1st. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on whether he can adapt to this new environment but I'm sure all these takes time.. I'm giving myself a "havoc" period of bout 3-6mths for him to slowly adapt so this period i told myself to be damn patient with him.. Surely he'll be very angry with me when i pick him up in the evening and cranky in the middle of the nite, but all symptons are common among kids who just started childcare life as mentioned by sharon. So patience is the word.

Online Spree Buys

2008-08-27T00:29:00.000-07:00

Realised i've been buying so much stuff online and lost count of them.. Might as well record them in my blog

Mayuki

Mayuki having super mega sale! How could i miss it? hehe.. bought some more on 31Aug

1) Black top w ribbon - rec'd on 6 Sep

2) Fake 2pc black blouse - rec'd on 6 Sep

Payeasy (Nu Ren Wo Zui Da)

1) Japanese Cherry Areola Fading Cream - rec'd on 6 Sep

2) Axilla Pore Whitening & Astringent Concentrate (腋下美白煥膚精華素) - rec'd on 6 Sep

3) SHILLS 不油自主毛孔隱形膏 - rec'd on 6 Sep

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SMH Online

1)Talking Thomas Train

http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/581296/1626701.html?1219537471

ELove Lingerie - items posted to me today hehe

Bought this nurse cosplay nitewear and couple of Gs... hehe

Hubstation Remote control

2008-08-27T00:22:00.000-07:00

Jason exchanged the digital set to a hubstation at nil cost.. The remote control for the hubstation is swee lor! Looks abit like the nokia old model gaming phone.. I still haven't figure out how to use it for recording.. This morning still trying to figure out how to on the set haha

Rashes

2008-08-26T23:47:00.000-07:00

Last nite after we bought isaac back from ktv, realised his whole body is full of red rashes... My 1st thot is could it be the tcm medicine which he took this morning? I quickly called up the physican and so damn lucky he's still there. He told me the powder which isaac took is for boosting his appetite and won't cause any allergy reactions. Much relieved to hear that but still worried.. Next thot is it could be the after-fever rashes that isaac kena... So we continued to give isaac the 2nd dose of tcm medicine... Another heart breaking scene.. sigh... Somehow i've got a feeling tat this "forcing medication act" is causing isaac to cry and kept waking up at nite... Jason is so angry coz he's on morning shift which is baring a couple of hrs more.. Isaac's cries can wake up the whole damn estate! Even i'm getting impatient... I just manage to dozed off at 2+ and he starts to cry again... After a few rounds of crying and waking, isaac finally zzz in the sarong..

Woke up this morning super duper tired... Changed isaac's diapers and realised his whole body is covered with more red rashes! I brought him to see the pd. Lucky mum just reached my plc and we went together.. Pd said most probably the rashes is resulted from the fever which will last for another 3-4days time.. He also said isaac had throat infection (which could be the reason for his poor appetite). Was given allergy and throat infection medicine. I told pd about tcm medication and he advised to stop giving the powder med as tat could also be a cause to his rashes.. Like tat i spend another $53 in just 10mins.. sigh...

Isaac at KBOX

2008-08-26T23:20:00.000-07:00

This is isaac 2nd time to a ktv... 1st time was when he's 12mths when we brought him to a ktv at Gentings. 1st time wasn't so enjoyable for him coz he's still crawling tat time.. Yest was fun for him but not so fun for us hahaha coz we had to look out for him, like stopping him to dip his hands into the beer mug, munching on the tibits, and grabbing mugs and cups... His fav song is 新窝 by she and 飞轮海. He just can't stop his "ah pek" dancing when the song is played haha

Eu Yan Sang (Yu Ren Sheng) TCM consultation

2008-08-26T23:07:00.000-07:00

Isaac's appetite is sooooo poor... Monday nite he had 180ml milk (he can usually drink 280ml) till tues 12pm, he din't eat anything or want any milk at all.. This is really very bad... We decided to bring him to EYS for a consultation. The physician felt isaac's pulse and he said isaac's spleen (脾) and gastric is weak thus resulting in his loss of appetite, frequent stomach wind resulting in bloatness and can't sleep well at nite... I too had a consultation for my weak womb which is causing alot of bai dai... We waited 30mins coz the physician need to retrieve and pound the medicine into powder and then packed into sachets... Not cheap... Consultation plus medicine cost $55+ which is about $7-8 of medicine for a day coz the medicine he gave is for 1week's supply.

After we came home, 1st thing is to feed isaac the med.. It's such a big sachet for isaac and i need to add an amt of water or the mixture will be very sticky.. Taste horrid like the usual chinese herb taste.. It's was heart-wrenching when feeding isaac the med with the syringe... He closed his mouth real tight. I had to press his nose so that he'll breathe frm his mouth and hence i'm able to put the syringe in his opened mouth... After tat, he had a phobia of being pressed down on the bed when i'm trying to feed milk coz he tot he's taking tat medicine again.. Poor boy..

The New Baby Incentive Scheme

2008-08-25T00:18:00.000-07:00

Govt improving the bb incentive scheme as announced by PM Lee HL at the ND Rally on 17 Aug 2008.

Paid maternity leave extended from 12wks to 16wks.. (woo.. shiok!)

Paid childcare leave extended from 2days to 6days if the child is below seven years of age on or after 1 7 Aug 2008

New Infant care Leave if the child is below two years of age on or after 17 Aug 2008

More details found HERE

This scheme is so attractive but it's announced at the wrong timing for me... sobs sobs.... coz i'll be looking for a job in Nov and with this new implementation, i'm gonna hv a hard time looking for a nice job... Well... wish me luck then

Retro Bangles

2008-08-23T09:37:00.000-07:00

Bought some really nice retro-style bangles at IMM and they are really cheap - all for $4...

Jason say i wear le looks like xiao mei mei.... of coz must wear such accesories now ma, if not wait till i 40 then wear meh... hee

1st wash after rebonding

2008-08-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

2 days oredi so time to do 1st wash.. I'm very scared once wash liao my hair back to the normal thick and curly old days... But it's still straight and nice! Except being rather dry (coz hair very brittle and weak le after dyed and rebond), the results still gd. Thank god my hardearned savings never gone down the drain...

Isaac dancing along wih Hi-5 show

2008-08-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

Had this video with me for 2weeks.. Really find it funny to see isaac dance along with the show haha... Even my mum can't help laughing nonstop in the vidz

Renovation - Part (1) - Tiles Selection

2008-08-23T08:25:00.001-07:00

Left home early at 11+ to meet khoo for tiles selection. We went LSH at balestier. The shop not very big compared to SBH but they hv very nice tiles! We shortlisted tiles for common toilet wall, flooring, kitchen wall tiles and proceed to SBH for MBR toilet tiles..

This is a mockup bigger version of wat we'll be doing for our MBR. Khoo say the theme would be rustic cum resort feel

Close up on the wall tiles

Find that the lightings there very nice for photo-taking hehe

Finally did my rebonding at Kimage.. Yippee!

2008-08-22T00:09:00.000-07:00

Finally done my rebonding at kimage. A dream came true. 8yrs ago, was "bluffed" to do my rebonding at this hair salon below my block and results were horrid. Hv to admit tat my hair is very thick, coarse n frizzy, matching my big head, i look like wearing afro. I'm always seen with a ponytail or bun, nv a hair let down. So i felt rebonding won't work for my hair type.

Early morning, call up to book an appointment and intend to just hv a hair cut and a colour touchup. After checking with chris tat i can colour and rebond, i decided to give it a try. Normal process took 3hrs, mine took > 5 full hrs! I'm so hungry by the time everything's done. But i'm so satisfied with my new hair (n_n) However, i'm unsure if my hair will remain in this condition after 1st wash.. **keeping fingers crossed**

Alien on the loose

Before the crimping process

After the crimping, doesn't look much diff

Love my hair

Once reached home, fast fast do chores, feed and bath isaac then quickly pick up my hp and start to snap non-stop haha...

Naughty Isaac

2008-08-16T10:30:00.000-07:00

Isaac's starting to explore and learning different stuffs. This is also the time where he'll do the wrong things very often and annoy me frequently.

1) Climbing the grilles
Realise that he has learn to climb up the door grille and using his left hand, trying to open the door while the other little hand is holding on. "Monkey see, monkey do" He's trying to mimic me opening the door every morning when i brought him to the market. He'll cry and whine for me when he's up. He only now how to climb up and dunno how to come down. Very dangerous. Told him not to do tat (coz i'm really scare he'll fall off and hit his head again) but seems in vain. Might as well teach him how to get down and it works. But still better pay 101% on him from now on.

2) Playing with switches
I'm just so angry when he played with switches. Whenever he play with it, he'll look at me and "ta" on the switches for the fan. I hv already caned him (i caned him real hard) countless times but he just can't learnt his lesson. Funny thing is he'll cry very hard and i can tell this time he'll surely learn but he just forgets the next minute.

Amazon's Book spree

2008-08-16T10:05:00.000-07:00

So happy, finally rec'd my packages frm Mayuki, JJS and amazon's spree.

Amazon's having a 4-for-3 book promo now. So i only paid price of 3books instead of 4. Shipping's not tat high but cost ard $10+. It's still cheaper if i bought in sg online. Bought 4 music sound storybooks for isaac. He doesn't seems to enjoy me reading books for him. So hope these sound books will arouse his interests in the books.

Pearl Rice

2008-08-16T09:53:00.001-07:00

Bought a pack of pearl rice frm the taiwan food fest at giant vivo some time back. Realised that it only has a shelf life of 9mths and expiring soon in sep. Just a small pack cost $4+, damn ex. Decided to cook chicken rice for isaac. Outcome? Very good except tat i think i added too much hainanese chicken rice paste. I find it very salty oops... Isaac did manage to eat half a bowl. Better than nothing.

1st time cooking such rice and realised you have to soak the rice for 30min before you can cook it. It's initial colour is translucent and after u soak it, it becomes white!

Initial colour

After soaking for 30mins

Pics of Current House

2008-08-11T00:10:00.000-07:00

Taken some pics of my current house so tat i can hv some memories of it after reno.

Living Room

Dining Area

Kitchen & laundry area. I seriously can't understand why the previous owner chose this colour for the cabinets. Horrid

My Heritage (Do you resemble any celebrities?)

2008-08-09T23:54:00.000-07:00

Peng emailed me this link : My Heritage

This is fun! You upload a pic of yourself and click click, and wah lah! You'll get to see if you resemble any celebrity.

Isaac Washing His Hands (n_n)

2008-08-09T01:31:00.000-07:00

Jason taught isaac to wash his own hands after throwing his diaper. I'm very surprised tat he noe how to turn off the tap after washing! Good boy! Great job!

Viewing of tiles for Reno

2008-08-08T00:44:00.000-07:00

Khoo suggest to bring us to the showroom to view the tiles to have a rough guide of wat kind of tiles we'll be expecting. So after isaac's enrichment lesson, we went to IMM to meet khoo.

Khoo brought us to the showroom and there's so many tiles to choose! Just browsing thru the homogenous tiles for the living & dining area alone is a big headache. I'm not really into fanciful or wild design so the one tat i chose is clean n simple with 1streak (dun think you'll notice it unless i tell you where it is) Jason say it's nice!

This is wat i've chosen (can't really see the streak though)

For kitchen, we'll be getting heavy duty homo tiles, most probby in dark grey as in jason's wishes. Top cabinets will be in white glossy laminates, white solid worktop and true dark wench laminate for bottom cabinets. Dun think we'll be getting hanging cabinets. Though it's very nice to have lights underneath the cabinets but sure waste electricity and it'll increase our quotes by fixing lights pts as well.

Hanging Cabinets

A nice backsplash in the IN thing now for kitchen reno. At least dun hv to worry about grating using tiles.

We'll be getting a vanity top for MBR toilet and had proposed to khoo tat we wanted something like this:

- Big mirror with lights, white solid surface top (anti-drip) and dark wench laminate cabinet.

Jason wanted a resort theme for MBR toilet so he seriously wanted a black theme so i guess i'll be getting a very dark toilet hehe

Still no concept of the common toilet design. Was impressed by this "premium" tile and mosaic. Khoo mentioned it's at least $8-9, wow! It's a sandy brown colour and goes very well with the "glass-look alike" mosaic. Nice

Trial lesson at MyGym @ GreatWorld

2008-08-08T00:39:00.000-07:00

Brought Isaac for a trial lesson at Mygym @ greatworld. Was hoping it'll work for him this time but looks the same leh.. There's no temperature check before isaac went in (quite dangerous though. Wat if a kid is having fever?) Adults n kids can go in barefooted. (Wondering how frequent did they sanitize the floormat?)

But Mygym is so big! It's almost twice the size of Gymboree Lesson. I'm amazed by tat. There are many toy cars around the room (Jialiat lah! Isaac is greatly infatuated by wheels!) so there goes isaac, playing with the wheels again. Lesson conducted required the kid to be seated several time thruout and mission mpossible for isaac to sit down and listen. He did yelled and screamed now n then when i tried to get him seated. Jason said it's a waste of $ for him to come here and play with balls and wheels haha! Well, i believed it takes time for him to listen n understand instructions. He is afterall just an 18mth now.

The teacher sounds like a filipino to me and looks young. The receptionist will come in to help out when trying to get the kids to do a flip or turn. (So i'm not really sure whether she's a helper or teacher) Instead of hving children's song, they played adult techno music! Haha, jason was asking huh? How come like disco? So really makes me in doubt if the lesson is really specifically designed for kids.

Besides the available facilities around, the teachers will also fixed up the mini-swings and mini-flying fox. Isaac dun like th flying fox thing and kept yelling. But he like the mini-swing esp if we swing it high. There are also bubbles blowing out frm a gadget thingy at the top. Lights are dimmed so it's really soothing. (but as i saw the bubbles dropping on the floormat, can't stop me from wondering again, how often did they sanitize the mat?)

We din't sign the package for him coz we dun really find the class developing any skills for him. However i felt that he enjoyed himself with the facilities, balls and cars around but paying $300+ for 8hrs doing tat, it's not really worth it. JMHO

My personal reviews of MyGym (Great World)

Atmosphere :
Facility :

Kid's Enhancement-
- Social skills -
- Motoring/ Coordination skills -
- Music skill thru song & dance -
- Physical fun sports play -
- Bonding btw child & parent -

The 2 teachers letting isaac doing turning on a slope.

Mummy who lost her child in a huge playroom haha

Teaching isaac to stack up the cones. Surprisingly he's able to understand my instructions and stack up the cone tat i placed a distance away.

Running around with isaac.

Assisting isaac to clear obstacles and socializing with other kids (it's quite an "international" class coz got korean, japanese, angmo, etc)

Teacher helping isaac doing headturn on a slope. Isaac quite proud with his headturn haha

Arrival of Baby Brayven on 02 Aug 2008

2008-08-06T01:06:00.000-07:00

Esther gave birth to brayven on Aug 2. Bb brayven is sleeping so sweetly when i visited her on sunday. Carrying brayven in my arms just reminded me of isaac when he's still a newborn so peacefully asleep in yr arms...

I really missed the time when he's still a baby but at least we had a wonderful time thruout his growing stage. Well, tat's why we should always treasure the time we are when with our children. Although i missed out alot from my previous working life, sacrificing my life and freedom to take care of isaac, i never regret this decision.

Lovely Brayven sleeping

Brayven in my arms

Trial Lesson at Gymboree Harbourfront

2008-08-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

We brought isaac to Gymboree for a trial lesson coz wanted him to develop social and motoring skills. He's going to start childcare in another 3mths time so we guess it'll be good if he starts to learn to social with other kids.

After attending this trial lesson, i somehow felt that it's not really helping much of the kid's social skills coz most of the time, it's just the teacher explaining to the parents how to help the kid clear the obstacles and us parents just follow suit. There's not much singing sessions as well which i was hoping there would be. One of my main reasons why i wanted isaac to attend the lessons coz he's been dancing around when he starts to hear music esp those with heavy bass.

So after discuss with jason, we decided not to take up the package and try out other kids enrichment lesson for isaac. I hv book a trial lesson for him at MyGym tomorrow. Hope he'll like it.

My personal reviews of Gymboree (Harbourfront)

Atmosphere :
Facility :

Kid's Enhancement-
- Social skills -
- Motoring/ Coordination skills -
- Music skill thru song & dance -
- Physical fun sports play -
- Bonding btw child & parent -

Below are pictures which i took during the class:

Facilities at Gymboree

Isaac socialising with other kiddies

Isaac having fun climbing thru the long hole. I was rather surprised that he's brave enough to climb thru the long 3-4m tube and giggled as he made his way out.

Isaac clearing the different obstacles.

Some of the time spent with the teacher helping each kid and getting the kid to sit down

Isaac is very irritated after 25mins of class and kept wandering off halfway while trying to clear the obstacles to look for my mum whose sitting near the entrance. He started to yell consistently which made us thinking tat he's either tired or hungry. So no choice, we had to left class early. True enuff he fell asleep less than 5mins after seated on his stroller.

CJ7

2008-07-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

Peng bought a CJ7 toy for isaac after she knew that he loved the movie. He's so happy when he saw the toy.

Isaac Throwing his diaper (n_n)

2008-07-30T01:17:00.000-07:00

My baby has finally learnt to throw his diaper to the dustbin after each diaper change. I'm very proud of him. When i told him to throw away the used diaper, he'll pick up the diaper and walk straight to the kitchen, carefully walked over the safety gate and placed the diaper in the bin. Hee!

Create yr own Mag Cover

2008-07-27T01:32:00.000-07:00

Found this web to create mag cover. It's fun, try it : here

I made some memorable mcs hee

Accident at Ah Ma's House

2008-07-26T02:37:00.001-07:00

Isaac come back from ah ma house with a bruised toenail. My mum so guilty tat she cried as she relate to me wat happen.

My mum brought isaac home at 10+am. She thought peng still in bed and wanted to bring isaac over to wake her up. But peng left for work early coz something cope up with her workplace. While Ah ma was lighting the joss sticks preparing for a pray (with isaac), she din't realise that isaac had went in bro's room and next thing she heard something landed hard and isaac loud cries. A paper holder or something had landed on isaac's toe and mum said isaac cried non-stop. Poor boy.

Frankly speaking, mum's hse no different from a rubbish dump. The whole hse fulled of rubbish man. Been nagging them to clear up the hse for years. Even the utility room was fulled of rubbish right up to the ceiling, leaving a small walking space leading to the window for her to hang clothes. The sofa fully occupied with plastic bags, shopping bags, etc. Wah piang!

Peng and mum, PLEASE THROW AWAY WHATEVER YOU DUN NEED! The whole house is like rubbish dump! The coffee table is fulled of unwanted pamphlets, flyers, used 4D papers, unfinished sweets, gums, blah blah blah.... The dining table dumped with more bags, boxes and dunno wat. Bros's room and utility room also fulled of bags, boxes and dunno wat. PLEASE THROW! If you know that you'll need this item in future n not now, then buy it in future. Now for goodness sake, just THROW! Can't bear to throw then dun BUY! Sigh.... I'm so sick saying the same things again and again... The whole house is a hazard. No wonder isaac will get injured in that hse. Everything is lying everywhere around. If there's a fire, this godamnhse sure kena totally burned 1st.

Crayola stuff finally arrived

2008-07-26T02:14:00.000-07:00

Crayola having discount and there's a mom holding a spree so decided to get some washable crayons for isaac. The stuffs finally arrived yesterday. The crayons look smaller than i expected but fits isaac's lil hands nicely.

Box of 24 lil crayon. Cost - US2.99

I put a piece of paper of the floor and guided isaac how to draw with his right hand. (Realised he's more "skilful with his left hand thou) He had fun and even drew on the floor! As claimed, these crayons are easily cleaned off with a damp cloth. So i just let him show off his art skills on the paper and floor.

Tadoodles which require no caps and it's shaped to fit into a child's palm. Cost - US6.49

Hmm.. This fits nicely in isaac's palm too. Tap 2-3 times on the paper and you'll see watermarks coming out. Leaves a wet trail of colour after you draw so you'll stained yr hands easily. I should have gotten the Tadoodles crayons instead of the watermarks. So i find tat he's still too young to play with this.

Lasik?

2008-07-26T02:01:00.000-07:00

Last nite, my vision on my left eye is blurring and i'm double images. Today when i wore my contacts, same thing happen to my left eye. I believe degree has went up again for left eye. So far never met anyone with such high degree like me except for my siblings and dad hee. Been thinking about going for lasik for the past decade. There seems to be a lot promo going on for lasik surgery like LSC and EEC.

Told jason bout my left eye blurry visions. He said like tat also jialiat, might as well go for a lasik pre-assessment checkup and see if i'm suitable for lasik. Been researching around and seems like i've never come across anyone with high myopia like mine giving their post-lasik reviews. :(

Wearing specs since 7, i'm serious sick of waking up in the morning, blind as a bat. Lasik has always been a dream. But of coz, i've to be prepared for the post-op complications as well.

Pray my final quotes be fixed at 32k

2008-07-25T01:26:00.000-07:00

Khoo finally called last nite and mentioned his 1st boss bounced back the deal at 32k coz it's too low. Khoo said he needs to consult the 2nd boss who happens to be in Thailand. If this boss say okie, then yippee le! But i just dun understand how come still require to seek agreement frm boss since the balance will be going to khoo's pocket?

Slimming update

2008-07-24T01:58:00.000-07:00

Oh well... sigh.... Hmm... just weigh myself. 45.5kg. This product maybe just dun work on me ba... anyway going to finish liao so i think exercise is a better and more effective method for me..

I can't believe i spend 210+ bucks on this powdered drink and pills... and worse, totally no effect. sigh...

Somehow i realised that replacing a normal meal with this, will lower my metobolism rate coz i'm not getting any food intake the whole day! ... The pills stops my craves for food (though i still munch on crunch bars hee) And i'm still taking fried chicken, fries, oily food. Guess this also contributes to why it doesn't work huh? hee

No such thing as a so called "elixir" which can turn you from an ogre to Princess Fiona... If i can maintain my expected weight by exercising, why would i spend $ on this stuff if it still require me to exercise?

Aiyo, wat's wrong with me? I'm contradicting my own beliefs again! I need a break. now.

My finalised quotes

2008-07-24T01:41:00.001-07:00

Must really "pei fu" myself for working out this finalised quotes alone man! It's really not an easy job esp i know nuts about reno, works and quotes. But after reading and going thru reno stuffs, webbies, i'm more aware of wat i'm supposed to be quote for wat kind of works done.

My Final Quote

DEMOLISH WORKS
Hacking of both bathrooms floor & wall finish
Hacking of kitchen’s floor & wall finish
Hacking of cement motar bases & dapoh slap
Hacking of bathroom’s door & frames
Hacking of bathroom’s fitting & accessories
Hacking of kitchen cabinet

MASONRY WORKS
Laying of homogenous floor @ kitchen
Laying of homogenous floor @ bathrooms
Laying of waterproofing membrane @ kitchen & bathrooms
Laying of ceramic wall finish @ kitchen
Laying of ceramic wall finish @ bathrooms
Construct 50mm cabinet base
Construct 50mm washer base
Construct 50mm fridge base
Construct 50mm shower kerb @ bathrooms

PLUMBING WORKS
Replacement of standard copper piping
Supply & install 2 sets of sitting water closets
Supply & install 2 sets of wash basins
Labour for installation of storage or instant heater
Labour for installation of bathroom accessories
Labour for installation of kitchen sink
Laying concealed drainage pipe for kitchen sink
Laying concealed drainage pipe for bathroom wash basin
Laying concealed drainage pipe for washer

CARPENTRY WORKS
Design & fabricate 20ft kitchen cabinet in ABS trimming laminated doors c/w
- Solid surface worktop, designed handles & cutlery tray
- Supply & install stainless dish rack
- Labour to install cooker hood & hob
- Stainless steel panel backing at cooker hob

MISCELLANEOUS/GENERAL SERVICES WORKS
Supply & install 2 sets of powder coated bi-fold doors @ bathrooms
Painting of kitchen & bathroom’s ceiling with ICI emulsion paint
Painting of all pipes with gloss paint
Laying of floor protection @ affected area flooring
Chemical washing

Kitchen & Bathroom Package - $13688

Additional items (Kitchen & Bathroom)
10ft Kitchen Solid Top $770
MBR vanity top $1200
2ft kitchen cabinet $200
Hotwater Supply $380

Total for Kitchen & Bathrooms Works - $ 16238

Flooring
Hacking of living and dining floor finish and skirting - 700.00
Hacking of all bedrooms skirting - 100.00
Laying of 600mmx600mm polished homo tiles flr c/w skirting @ Living & Dining area - 2,660.00
Laying of HDF Laminated Flooring c/w skirting @ all Bedrooms - 1,600.00
Make good to hacked off skirting area @ all bedrooms - 150.00
Construct main entrance kerb - 40.00
Alteration of all doors - 50.00
Alteration of existing main gate - 30.00

Living & Dining Area
Construct false ceiling @ bedroom's passageway - 100.00
Construct L-box light holder at living area - 500.00
Construct L-box light holder at dining area - 500.00
Construct 1 roll of L-box light holder at MBR - 125.00
Design & fabricate 3ft full height shoe cabinet in laminated finish - 600.00
Design & fabricate 7ft feature wall c/w swing door in laminated finish @ household shelter - 980.00
Design & fabricate 7ft suspended TV console in laminated finish @ Living Area - 980.00
Master Bedroom Design & fabricate 6ft wardrobe in laminated door finish @ MBR - 1,200.00

Misc / General Services
Painting of Living, Dining & Bedrooms wall with ICI emulsion paint - 800.00
Painting of all pipes, doors, door frames & gate with gloss paint - 150.00
Painting or revarnishing of existing main door - 80.00
Laying of floor protection after completion of flooring - 150.00 (I can't believe he's charging me $150 to lay cardboard on the floor! What the xxxx!)
Chemical washing for whole unit - 150.00
General cleaning upon completion - 100.00

Total (Prices pro-rated from Living, Dining & Bedroom Promo Package ) - $ 11,745.00

Additional items (Living Rm & Bedrooms)
Design & fabricate 7ft TV feature wall with laminated finishes @ Living Area - 980.00
Design & fabricate 2ft Concealed dressing table with laminated finishes - 400.00
Design & fabricate 5ft TV console with laminated finishes @ MBR - 650.00
Design & fabricate 5.5ft wardrobe with ABS trimming sliding laminated doors - 1,210.00
Top-up to alter MBR wardrobe to sliding laminated doors - 120.00

Total for Additional items - 3,360.00

Grand Total = 31,343.00

After gst, total damage will be $33537.

Frankly speaking, i believe i'm able to find a cheaper quote elsewhere but takes lotsa time. Jason is comfortable to get khoo as our ID even though we are both skeptic bout the worksmanship and final results. I surf thru alot and many pple said that this company dun give good worksmanship and lack of creative designs :(

Busy busy busy

2008-07-24T01:34:00.000-07:00

Can't find time to update the blog coz so busy with the quotations over our renovation. Finally i've come up with the list of the updated and finalised quotes. Whopping 33.6k inclusive gst!! Meet up with Khoo and told him to help us to fix at 32k nett. Coz we still hv to pay for lightings, aircon, sanitaryware, blah blah blah... which can easily go up to 40k.

Hope tat Khoo can manage to convince his boss to reduce to 32k...

花钱买罪受 Aiyo!

2008-07-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

Today's the 1st day of my slimming program. After feeding isaac's breakfast, i went to make the protein shake drink. I mixed it with mango juice coz tat's what i used to do when i took herbalife 2yrs back. Tat time was just taking it to maintain my weight at 44kg. I take a sip at the drink, AIYO! It just remind of the terrible taste tat i had endured for a long period when i took herbalife 2yrs ago. Bo bian... Have to finish and finish it fast. Coz today's really a busy day. I still need to cook isaac's lunch, wash & hang all the laundry (tat's a really huge pile i'm talking about coz it's been raining for the past 3days) and wash & hang isaac's laundry. I need to finish it within 1hr coz mum brought isaac back home to play with peng. Well, at least i got it done, phew! Also thanks to mum coz if isaac's home while i'm doing the chores, i sure die... Isaac very very active and attention-seeking nowadays.

After the chores, feed isaac lunch, shower, feed milk, blah blah blah... i finally got him to sleep at 4pm. Time for the yucky lunch shake drink. This time i mix with manogolia fresh milk coz i always love this brand of milk. I tasted it... Worse! Terrible sticky with "sour milk" taste. Sigh... This is really a typical example of 花钱买罪受

Maybe i shd just stick to doing exercise and spend longer time on the x trainer. Nowadays really so busy with isaac that i dun even hv time to shit! Ya, i noe "no time to exercise" is not an excuse. Din't i previously exercise at 1am when they are asleep? 7700calories burned to lose 1kg.. Guess it's back to counting calories time after i've finished the program. But i really hope this program thingy helps coz i weighed myslf right after dinner and it showed 45kg. Very nice.

Slimming Routine Start Tomorrow

2008-07-11T11:07:00.000-07:00

Bought the Herbalife Advanced Program online at 5pm and surprisely the delivery man came in the evening. So efficient!

Somehow i took a long time before considering to popping pills to slim down again. Well, i did lose 20+kg which i gained from my pregnancy thru diet and exercise and i told myself to believe that taking pills won't be a long term thingy to lose weight. Well, really find myself contradicting over my own beliefs. Anyway, already buy liao so just eat lah.. This package will only last for a month. I just need to lose the last 2kg which is clinging deadly on me. I'm now 45.5kg so shall see in a month's time.

Somehow when jason saw the herbalife pills, he actually laughed. He said i'm such a sucker for junk food and chocolates, how can i curb myself to stop snacking? Ya true lah.. But i will TRY to stop the snacking and concentrate on the program for a month.

Sigh... Opening the fridge and i find my sweet indulgence (there's alot of chips in the storerm as well) Really hv to buck up my mentality man

Stupid & Careless Amateur Groomer!

2008-07-11T10:48:00.000-07:00

I'm soooo angry! Sent momo for her grooming and she came back with a wound. Jason went to pick her up and was told that the groomer had accidentally grazed her leg with the razer. They had disinfected the wound and spray something which acts with a glue to "glue" up the wound.

This morning, i was shocked when i saw the wound. It's nothing like a cut at all!! Almost 2-3mm thick of skin was skined off and it measured ard 3cm by 1.5cm!! How can they lied tat it's a small cut! I'm so angry i get jason to call up those idiots and demand them to send momo to the vet immediately. I'm so sad tat i cried coz momo din't whine but she did acted very quiet after the grooming. I'm so sorry momo. Bloody idiot, they even asked jason whether the wound is gathering pus. CB lah! Must kena pus then they willing to bring momo to the vet?! They came within 30mins and i scolded them how come the wound turns out like tat. Darkie came with another gal (she's the bloody idiot amateur groomer lah!) and both were shocked with the wound. I told them i want a letter from the vet as well. They sent momo to the vet and came bk within 40min with the letter and medicine. They'll come back on tues to fetch momo to the vet for a review and decide if she needed stitches. Stupid ma! 1 look at the wound will tell anyone tat it needed stitches. Will monitor momo in the meantime. My poor momo... I'm really very very sad... Momo has always been well-known for being a very good and obedient dog when grooming.

The Bloody big wound.. Does it look at a small cut in any way!!!??! Bloody stupid groomer. Though she has admitted her mistake n apologized sincerely but i just can't forgive her!

My Poor Momo... She looked so tired and weak. She has never been wounded for all her past grooming.

Ehub @ Downtown east

2008-07-10T01:45:00.000-07:00

Saw the tuesday show on ch U and they were introducing this place Ehub. Since it jason's R-off tmolo plus the luxury of hving Kel's car for the next 5days, we decided to bring isaac there.
Long long journey. Maybe i'm used to staying within city area so i really find 35mins of car-ride abit long. Isaac fell asleep in my arms while in the car. We reached there at 2pm. Decided to take lunch 1st. 1st restaurant we passed is already very tempting. Can't rmb the name, bul--- something.. Staff mostly looked like thai but very friendly coz they kept picking up the toy that isaac threw on the floor. Notty boi!

After the meal, we proceed to 3rd level - Explorer Kids. Ooh... it's damn ex considering it's like a "high-class playground". Per entry is $20! The lady told us that if we join as member, the fee would be $9. Hmm.. looks okie.. We paid $18 in total with 2pairs of socks. Not bad. Isaac had lotsa fun there but he's afraid of the ball pool. Maybe he'll enjoy it when he's older. Anyway we'll definitely come again coz his membership will last till he's 12yrs old. There's many themes inside like the cave, the forest, and a huge 3-4levels playground, etc. We played for 1-2hrs and took a ride in their indoor ferris wheel. Couldn't take pics coz jason's hp low batt. Isaac dozed off in my arms on the way home. Was a joyful and fun day for him.

长江7号 aka Chang Jiang No. 7 or CJ7

2008-07-08T03:54:00.000-07:00

Just watched the show 长江7号 last nite on demand tv. It was not a bad show after all except tat the storyline was a simple and heartwarming one. I like happy endings and i find the ending for this show is a happy one though CJ7 did passed away to save Stephen chow.

CJ7 is really really cute!!! Except for the poo bullet-shooting part haha... Guess momo will be damn pissed off if i hv CJ7 hehehe.. Poor gal, been neglecting her recently coz busy with isaac. Must sayang her tonite. Guess this show seems to be reminding to show more love to momo also.

The lovely CJ7

Kelvin & Shoan's ROM on 1 Jul 2008

2008-07-08T02:35:00.000-07:00

Jason and ah 7 took leave on this special day. Woke up early to feed isaac and prepare to leave the home ard 1pm. The time they booked was at 1.50pm. We reached at 1.15pm and saw granny, auntie and uncle Q. They are so happy to see isaac. Think the last time they saw isaac was Sep last yr.

Dad, me, Great-granny and Aunt Q-mei

The couple arrived at 1.45pm and we all went in to witness the ceremony.

The happy couple Shoan & Kelvin

I'm very noisy inside the room while the ceremony was going on. No choice, mummy had to stop taking photos and carry me outside.

Happily Married!

Taking pictures with the happy couple

It was picture-taking time after the ceremony. Isaac also tired and taking a nap. Guess he must be tired also coz he woke up early at 9am. Usually i just let him wake up by himself at 10 or 11am. Since he's asleep, jason and i seized this golden opportunity to to grab a puff n take photos. Well, we can still recalled wonderful memories during our ROM at 2001. Tat time, we also took alot of pictures. Times sure flies fast.

After the photo-taking session, we all proceed to New Harbour Restaurant at Tanjong Pagar for a buffet session. The food not bad especially the beef pasta and fried fish. After we finished the meal, it's only 4+pm so we decided to move on to vivocity for a short while before heading back hm to prepare isaac's dinner.

I just can't stop taking photos haha.... jialiat even while changing isaac's diapers i also happily clicking nonstop.

We took him to toyrus.. Wanted to get him a bicycle or car but not much options there and the cars are soooo ex! So we just let him try every single car there and he seems satisfied!

Then we headed to giant to get some groceries and cereal for isaac. While jason was paying at the cashier, i ahead straight to isaac's favourite barney seat to give him a treat on the ride! While taking pics, the camera low batt (must be me lah, keep on taking pic) and it off itself after i took the last shot of isaac on the big bird seat.

My Poor Boy - It's all mummy's fault

2008-07-06T03:30:00.000-07:00

Poor isaac fell frm the bed on Sat 6am (again since last week) while he was asleep. Stupid jason din't place the pillows by the legside after feeding him milk. Last nite, i placed the mattress on the floor. I dun want to let him sleep on the bed again. I think i've enuff lessons of him falling frm the bed. After his shower, i played with him on the bed. He, as usual played with my dressing table. I suddenly heard a loud sound and realised the drawer dunno y knocked on his head. Dammit lah... kena his right forehead again! There's a small and sharp bump. His right forehead always kena when he fell. Kept crying the whole nite. I quickly carried him downstairs to buy eggs to make boiled egg for rubbing his bump. Quickly cm hm and cook the eggs while i make him milk. My poor and extremely aching shoulders and back is really killing me! I carried him all the way frm 9+ to 2am (and while making milk also). Earlier at 5pm, I had already carried him from vivocity back home. Had to come hm 1st to prepare isaac's porriage coz jason's queue to buy the samsung hp is still very long. So i carried isaac from vivocity back home and he doesn't want to come dn when we reached home. Bo bian, i got to carry him in one hand n boiled up the soup and prepare porriage with the other hand. I really think i damn superwoman.

My mum came over at 11+ after she heard wat happen and she tot can help me for a while but isaac doesn't want her to carry and wail louder. No choice told my mum to go home 1st coz it's already midnite. Only managed to get him to sleep at 1.50am.

Dunno izzit he attended pristine's 1st birthday. The medium already told me dun bring isaac to red and white affairs. Sigh.. My fault.. It's all my fault. Shouldn't be so stubborn. Poor isaac.

Falsies

2008-07-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

Well, it's not really tat tough to get the falsies on my eyes. At least i make it in time for my appointment. Hee.. I'm rather satisfied with the results coz i only took ard 8mins for each eye (including waiting for the glue to become drier)

Medium

2008-07-03T01:55:00.000-07:00

Isaac is crying every nite several times after 1am for me and only wants me to hug him to sleep. My backache and sleepless nights are really torturing me.

I decided to bring him to see a medium aka "Dang ki" after seeking advice from peng's friend Huiling. She also brought her son to a medium when he was younger like isaac's age. We went to see Huiling's medium at Yishun. It's really a long trip from my hse. We left home at 6.15pm yesterday, took a cab to tiong bahru mrt coz it's raining very heavily and mrt to yishun. Isaac very notty and though this kind lady gave up her seat to isaac, he just doesn't want to be seated. So i told the lady it's alrite she can hv the seat. It's peak hr and really very crowded. We reached the temple ard 7.30pm. The ritual start at 8pm so we waited.

There was a queue starting before 8pm. Luckily jason called up in the morning to get a queue. Ours was no.2. The lady said all children will go ahead 1st. It's our turn and we told the "translator" what was isaac's problems like he always wake up and cry in the middle of the night, his poor appetite and bad temper. The medium replied in a foreign language and the translator said place isaac down for the medium to touch him. He felt isaac's stomach, observed his mouth and teeth, placed him up and felt his back and lastly his head. After that, the medium told me to carry out coz he was crying non-stop. I guessed he's hungry so i make him milk.

After jason came out, he said the medium said isaac had kena shocked and his poor appetite was due to wind in his stomach. He told jason isaac is like tat is due to his character and said "pamper isaac in our hearts". The translator asked jason if he understand what this means. He said we can't pamper or spolit isaac or give in to him every time. Frankly speaking, both jason and i never pamper or spolit isaac and we do hit isaac coz we believed in "Spare the rod and spolit the child". The medium also asked if we wanted to "invite" Kuangyin back to our hse. And he also asked if we wanted isaac to be his godson. Coz jason was a christian, he told the medium that he hv to ask me. We told them we need to consider 1st. I learnt that the god that was in the medium is Kuang Di or known as 關公

We reached home at 9.30pm and isaac fell asleep in the cab on our way back. I called my mum and told her the whole thingy. She said tat not everyone can be Kuang Di's godson and it's fated. Mum also said with isaac's character and temper, it's best if there's a god who can "guard" isaac. There's a ritual to perform to be godson and i'll hv to bring him back to the temple yearly on Kuang Di's birthday. This is the only obligation. I'm still considering whether to let isaac be his godson.

What a Dishonest Bi*ch!!

2008-07-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

I'm so damn angry!

Peng wanted to get a 2nd hand treadmill. I din't noe that she's serious to get one so i sold off mine in May. She told me she found someone selling an exact model as my previous one and tat lady is selling at $900. I told her to forward me the email tat the lady sent her. One look at the email address and the pics of the treadmill and i noe tat... tat treadmill was the one tat i sold off!! I sold to her at $700!!! And she asking for $900 from my sis!!! Wtf!!!!

Wat really pissed me off is she's lying tat she got the treadmill 1st hand at $1499! How can she be so dishonest?! I'm so angry i exposed her on the forum where she posted her sale of treadmill. Guess wat she replied?

"Firstly, why can't i sell it at $900? What made you think that i used the treadmil when i got it from you? I didn't used it okay because i didn't have the time to. I thought that i would but i didn't. Believe it or not. Not even once. I only checked whether the belt was smooth or not. So why can't i say it is from 1st hand since i never even run on it it? Isn't it the same? Why must i say so much stuff and say i got it from another person and all. When it is exactly the same if i get it from you. Since i already bought it from you, shouldn't it be my problem for whatever price i sell it at? Your price was your price. Mine is mine now. Getting the treadmil from you wasn't easy as well, transportation fees? Taking off day? hellooo? I will even lower the price if they asked? like what i told another person. It's not as if the treadmil is in lousy working condition or i have used it a million times. It is in a excellent condition! I DID NOT EVEN USE IT THAT'S WHY I AM SELLING IT OFF! So if the others mind, then they don't have to get it from me. I won't cheat people like that okay. I feel that the treadmil is mine now, so i can charge whatever price i want to . It's like buying stuff outside and later selling it online for another price. I don't think that there's anything wrong with it. So why should i sell it at a lesser price then what you sold me when i didn't even use it."

How can anyone be so unethnical?! And she actually lied again and said tat collecting the treadmill wasn't easy cos she had to take leave. For goodness sake la, it was her mum and uncle who came down to collect the treadmill and tat day was raining heavily. I was carrying isaac and guiding them all the way down to the carpark to avoid getting the treadmill wet. So collecting the treadmill WAS EASY FOR HER. Can't believe really got such people. Really not worth getting angry over such person. Anyway, i already exposed her on the forum. Hope no one buys from her.

Absolut Mango

2008-07-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

Bought a bottle of absolut mango frm a lady online 2 weeks ago and tried it last nite. The strong mango aroma filled up my whole kitchen. Was quite surprised coz never thot the mango smell would be so strong. Had owned a few bottles of vodka before and not one had such a strong smell. I only had ribena in my fridge so mixed a glass of vodka ribena. The combination tasted funny, I prefer drinking it straight frm a shot glass.

Or try this concoction taken frm the absolut webby:

Cheers (n_n)

23 June 2008 - The "Sai Nai" Stage

2008-07-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

Ever since my mum fallen sick last week and stopped coming over to help out, i'm soooo busy during the day trying to cope with cooking and playing with isaac. Realised i'm always taking my breakfast around 12 coz i'm just so busy. I really hate the feeling of starved. Makes me very pek chek and frustrated easily.

This morning (as usual), isaac kept whining/crying at the safety gate and wanted me to let him in the kitchen.. Very irritated coz i'm trying my best to cook his lunch at an amazing super pace. Bo bian let him in. There he goes, wandering n touching here n there... I dun normally let him in coz just too dangerous n also momo's "toilet" also at the kitchen.

Seems like he's now going thru the "sai nai" phase. He always want to hug me n he'll rest his head on my shoulder. This morning, he actually pull my sleeves (well he tot by doing tat, he can pull my shoulder closer) n rested his head on me. Tat really feels good despite the fact tat i'm really busy! Cooking halfway n sweating badly, this action comes as a surprise actually.

Jason told me isaac also very sai nai last nite. He was shifting isaac to a more comfy position but woke him up instead and started to cry. Next time he see, isaac crying and crawling towards the "super dead" asleep me and buried his head in my chest and fall asleep. Haha now i can recall a bit.. coz at 7am (i guess) isaac also leaned over me and wanted me to give him koala bear hug. Was so shionk and sleepy but i did hug him till he zzzz....

THE SAI NAI KING

22 June 2008 - Tasty Treats

2008-07-01T09:04:00.000-07:00

Brought Isaac to Tiong Bahru Plaza after his dinner coz he's really very cranky at home. Hmm.. better coz i've been craving for chewy juniors and haagen dazs ice-cream. Might as well pop down to see if Ntuc's having any promos.Din't bring the strollers along coz i thot it would be good for isaac to walk ard. It wasn't really a good option either. Isaac was so excited when we reached there and couldn't stop stomping into the shops... Finally we reached ntuc and yippee.. there's a promo for 2tubs of HD ice-cream at $23+ ( i bought a tub at $14+ previously) I'm really in love with the green tea flavour. Taste similar to the Hokkaido ice-cream but texture is creamier and not as stickier.
Yums

Got a shock when i realised i hv to pay the cashier $42.. I just bought 2tubs of ice-cream, ham, 2boxes of baby cereals and 1 box of honeystars... We make our way to chewy juniors to get some lovely puffs hehe... Love their chocolate puff hmmm.. Applaud for that fella who came up with the idea to give cream puff a chewy texture.

Was having a hard time stopping isaac to run away. He almost bump several times to people pushing trolleys around. So dangerous. I end up carrying him most of the time. I shd hv taken the stroller along.. So with isaac in my left hand and the grocery on the other, my arms are damn aching.... Can't wait to go home... Our last stop is the Macdonald dessert kiosk.. I got myself a strawberry milkshake and headed straight to the taxi stand.Isaac toppled my milkshake when we are home and i scolded him.. Abit regret coz it wasn't totally his fault. So after i shower him, i let him suck the milkshake frm the straw.. He loved it! haha.. and kept wanting to snatch the milkshake... hehehe