The A.R.K. Family

Be thankful for wat we have...

2011-06-07T12:42:00.000+08:00

Recently, I have been reading a blog abt a mom losing her 3yr old boy to a childhood cancer...and the boy was really beautiful wif blue eyes. N he passed away within 9mths upon knowing. Life is so unpredictable and reading her blog makes me tear. I can feel her grieve and her anguish. I felt heartache for her and for her boy's short life span on earth.

I can't imagine how I would have felt if it happened to me...I would not have know how to carry on wif my life...so lately, I tried not to beat them over trival things and indeed spend more time playing wif them and enjoying their presence.

And I'm really thankful for my 2 adorable and naughty boys. I can't imagine life without them. I won't trade Andre for a girl and I am certaintly happy to have him (tho he often drives me crazy).

I'm jus praying that they will forever be this healthy w/o major illness and be happy and loving towards each other. They are each other best friends now and I hope it will be this case forever.

This is her blog if u are keen to take a look: http://rockstarronan.com/

Andre & his 1st 'MaMa'

2011-04-23T16:58:00.000+08:00

I was very happy when Andre came to the toilet and looked at me and called me 'mama' yesterday! Prior to this, he called me 'Daddy' (cannot believed it rite? He called both hb and me - Daddy!!!).

But after that, he had since stopped calling me and when I asked him to call me, he whined and shaked his head :(

This naughty son of mine really had an attitude! He only called me when he felt liked it!

Andre & his mischief

2011-04-23T16:13:00.000+08:00

Andre is getting more & more creative. Don't know how he managed to tink of folding down one of the table stand so that it will look like a slide. And he will slide down the table very happily and do it again & again...

Here, at this pic, he was sliding to the end and sat there watching his TV...haha

He even had fun running down his 'slide'...

Enjoying their blueberry pancake

2011-04-23T16:00:00.000+08:00

For Daddy who is away on biz trip....we are doing well at home :) Both boys liked the pancakes n the scrambled eggs from KFC :)

DAY 1: Weaning off pacifier

2011-04-23T15:43:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I felt that it's a gd time to wean off pacifier for Andre as he is coming to 2 and also he had been very whiny as he kept waking up crying for his pacifier and caused me to feel very tired the next day as I kept having interrrupted sleep.

Not much fuss from him during his afternoon nap as I tink he was too tired liao...he whined a lil bit asking for his pacifier but I told him no more already. I had thrown the pacifier away and promptly patted him to sleep. He fell asleep quite fast as I tink he was too tired.

Nite time, he was more whiny and cried on and off. But I insisted and thankfully I didnt give in to him...took quite a while to pat him to sleep...and he was there opening n closing his mouth as if he was chewing on something. Funny sight! He slept quite well and woke up lesser than the last few nites...

So weaning him off isn't as bad as I thought :)

Amadeus' Progress Report for Term 1

2011-04-20T17:40:00.001+08:00

We received his report before the start of the March Sch holidays. Below are the comments by his English & Chinese teachers...

Andre's 1st day at Childcare

2011-01-17T04:17:00.000+08:00

Yes, it had been quite a long time since I last updated my blog. Blame it on my laziness and facebook. And for this new yr 2011, I hoped that I can blog more and share abt the developments of my 2 boys.

So for 2011, the first post will be Andre's 1st day at CC.

Initially, before he started CC, I was confident tat he will not cry for me as he had been very open to strangers, playing wif them & allowing them to carry him. So I requested for him to start CC in mid-Dec 2010 but was turned down as there would be a few new comers too. So the earliest he can start is Jan 2011.

But who knows, as he was turning 18mths, he started to cry for me or hubs when he realised we were out of his sight. So I began to worry as I need to help Amadeus adapt to his new school too in Jan. Thank goodness, hub had a new job and will only began work on 10th Jan. So he can helped me wif both boys.

To my surprise, Andre adapted pretty well on his 1st day. Not crying for me at all or needed me by his side. I just stood at a corner while he explored the place on his own. Ard 10.30am, I said good-bye to him and went off to have my breakfast. He didn't cried at all. When I walked back ard 11am, I peeped him from outside and saw his teacher feeding him his lunch.

After lunch is his bathing time. I stayed behind to watch how the teacher bathe and changed him before I went off.
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Clearing his own plate after lunch...

Started crying after the teacher forbade him to do certain thing...

Bathing time!

His teacher brushing his teeth for him b4 bathing,,,

Flying off in a few hrs time...

2010-10-12T15:37:00.000+08:00

I can see cobwebs forming in my blog...tried to update about my Port Dickson trip in August but the uploading of the photos was so cock-up tat I gave up. Almost wanted to close this blog as really had no motivation to carry on...so shall see how it goes...

Anyway, back to the topic, our family of 4 are flying off to Japan in another 8 hrs' time. This is the 1st flight for Andre and 2nd one for Amadeus. Hope they will slept thru'out the flight and I can enjoy some peaceful time.

We will be staying in 2 different hotels and 1 ryokan (Jap-style hotel) for this 8 days trip. This is the 1st time that I spent alot of time researching, planning and coming up with the itinerery. And finally finalises everything at the eleventh hour.

But alas the 2 lil boys and myself are down with cold at the moment. Hope it won't get worse and that we will still be able to enjoy this trip :)

Looking forward to our short weekend getaway...

2010-07-23T05:01:00.000+08:00

I didn't wanna waste the long holiday for National Day so decided to book a resort stay without consulting hubby. I only told him after the room was confirmed...this way, he can't say no...hee hee...

The room tat we will be staying is rather special as it is above the sea....look at the picture below...will blog more after our trip.

Amadeus is 3 years old!!!

2010-07-23T04:51:00.002+08:00

Times flies. It seems like only yesterday tat Amadeus was still a baby. Now, he is an active & bubbly lil boy.

Initially wanna celebrated his b'day in school but his teacher told me tat it is not allowed as they already had a joint celebration so I decided to hold a mini party for him at home to make him happy. He had been looking forward to his b'day so tat he can eat his 'Barney' cake. But fickle him decided to change his cake last min when he saw sesame street characters cake at Pine Garden.

I invited only immediate family members and 2 of my close friends to join in as it was on a Thursday. I was glad tat I held this party for him as he was really excited and happy upon seeing his cousins and friend. He had fun singing his b'day song, cutting his cake and eating his agar agar. Even when the party ended, he was still very high and kept singing b'day song to himself and dancing away.

He was also very happy to receive his presents and liked all of them :) Really appreciate all my family members n frens for coming on a weekday nite and making it such a special day for my lil darling.

Ordered QiJi catering: DIY Mee Siam, Nasi Lemak and DIY Popiah...

All the lil frens tat were here...

The cake from PG (same design as Andre's party previously)...

The agar agar tat never fails us...

As Ian's b'day was a week away, his mom made a home-made cake for him to blow as well...

The 2 boys getting ready to cut the cakes...

Amadeus was so happy to receive all the wonderful pressies....

Thanks to all for the pressies & angbaos...

Joint B'day Celebration in School (Dated 18th June 2010)

2010-06-20T21:47:00.005+08:00

Monthly, Carpe Diem will hold b'day celebration for all the kids tat are born in tat mth and will invite the parents to join in their celebration. We are free to make any contributions like cakes, goodies bags etc. Every class will perform an item and the celebration will last slightly more than 2 hrs. Imagine the class teachers having to tink of a performance to be put up 12 times a yr!

For June's celebration, I contributed a 'Big Bird' agar agar tat was chosen by Amadeus. As he was sick and had been absent from school for days, he clinged on to me like glue when I brought him to sch tat day. He refused to go up to the 'stage' and needed me to go up wif him to be wif the other b'day kids to sing b'day song and cut his cake. I needed to sit wif him thru'out the performaces and I cannot left his sight, ifnot, he would broke out in tears.

I stayed wif Amadeus till he finished his lunch and we left the sch since he doesn't want to stay there.

Amadeus' teachers putting the final touches to the decoration...

All the b'day kids will go up and introduce themselves except for Amadeus who refused to go thru the notion...

I managed to sneak to the side when Amadeus was not looking but he cried badly when he discovered I'm not behind him...

I was pacifying Amadeus and trying to get him to blow his candle when suddenly, the boy besides him leaned over and blew it off on his behalf...

Each b'day child got to cut a side of the cake...

Amadeus received his present from his teacher....

Performances from the different classes...

Look at the size of Amadeus' class (N1)...They were being split into 3 grps now for their class...

The kids waiting for their lunch to be served after their bathe...

The special lunch for today...

Andre's B'day Bash on 8th May 2010

2010-05-18T01:54:00.000+08:00

I was really fed-up in uploading the photos because they are in high resolution and I had already wasted more than 1 day to upload them. But something happened and all the photos are gone and tried a few times to re-load but everytime I re-do, something will go wrong. So I'm not going to waste more time to upload. Those who knows me will be able to view the photos from facebook.

We celebrated Andre's birthday on 8th May at the Children's Playroom located at The Grassroots' Club. So glad that many of our relatives and friends were able to join us on tat day. Appreciate their attendance as the next day is Mother's Day. We had a good time and we hoped our guests had an enjoyable time spent wif us too :)

Thanks to all our relatives & friends who showered Andre wif ang pows and pressies :)

Andre is 1!!!

2010-05-14T23:28:00.000+08:00

Today marks the day Andre turns 1. No special celebration as we had thrown a party for him on 8th May.

I cooked mee sua for him in the afternoon and hubby bought a small cake after work to have a simple celebration at home.

Loots from USA

2010-05-04T00:39:00.000+08:00

Look at the amt of clothes hubby bought back from USA...I'm not complaining thou...hee hee....luckily, this time round, I'm able to fit in all the tops that he bought for me...

These are all the matching clothes tat hubby bought for the 2 boys....crazy rite?

Awake at such ungodly hour...

2010-04-30T04:24:00.001+08:00

It's 3.55am now. Damn it. I shld be asleep and not here blogging away.

Patted Andre to sleep at abt 9.10pm, make milk for Amadeus and I went to bathe. Ask him to sit on the sofa to watch TV first (waiting for me to sleep wif him). Finally, after watching Animal Mechanics, then he willingly off the TV and went to his room. Talked and played wif him for a while before both of us fell asleep.

Woken up by Andre's cries. Saw the clock - 10.30pm. I only slept for afew minutes. Went in to pat him and not sure whether did he fell asleep, cos I did...but keep waking up cos tat lil fella refused to sleep and I'm so god damn fed-up tat I just ignored him and carried on wif my beauty sleep. Just then, heard Amadeus crying in the living room.

It's 2.10am. My gawd. Amadeus was sitting on the floor and crying for daddy. Tink he missed daddy too much. Earlier, we just web-cam wif him and Amadeus was so excited. He even asked daddy to 'come in'. Tink he meant come out from the screen....lol. Anyway, since Andre not asleep yet, I carried Amadeus to the room wif us and asked him to lie down on the bed while I pat Andre. He refused to sleep and I realised tat he needed to drink milk (Andre will cried for milk at abt 2am these few days) and Amadeus also cried for some.

It's only when I went into the kitchen tat I realised I needed to sterlise the bottles, boil water and wash Amadeus' bedsheet (for his school use).

Quickly made milk for them and put the dirty laundry into the machine. But tat lil fella still refused to sleep after drinking his milk and I patted him for so long b4 he closed his eyes. By this time, Amadeus was already fast asleep. So put Andre down and he started to turn left and right and make noise. So bloody fed-up wif him and at this time, I also had a very very bad headache to cope. Carried him and whacked him a few times on his thigh and I literally thrown him back to the bed (I was sitting on the bed so very low height, no worries). I carried Amadeus and out of the room. Andre was still crying and I simply ignored him and carried Amadeus to his room. I was in his room for abt 5 mins and I heard the crying stopped. Luckily, mom didn't wake up to interfere.

Then I just went to the kitchen to sterlise bottles and boil water. After tat, I took a peek at Andre and he was fast asleep at the exact position of how I thrown him onto the bed.

It's 4.20am now and I'm still typing away here accounting what had transpired just now. Wide awake now and still wif a headache and waiting for my 2nd load of clothes to finish washing b4 drying the 2 loads of clothes in the dryer. If I just dryed the 1st load of clothes, hubs will say I waste electricity.

ok, ending my entry now. Going to surf the net till my laundry is done. By the way, the above might be boring to most of u but I'm posting it to update my hubs so tat he knows what I had gone thru...haha...

Last visit to the Cardiac Centre

2010-04-28T01:32:00.000+08:00

Brought Andre for his heart scan at KKH, Cardiac Centre and am glad and relieve tat the hole has finally closed.

But before the doc broke the news to me, I was given a scare by them.

One of the doc was looking at the screen and pointing something to another doc. Then the female doc said "heart defect". Then the male doc kept scanning here and there and both kept silent and just looked very intently at the screen. Finally, I couldn't hold back and asked whether his heart is alright. Then the male doc said 'nothing wrong, everything prefectly normal and the hole had closed'. I heaved a sign of relief and the doc chopped a discharged stamp on his health booklet :)

1 last shot taken outside the centre before leaving...

Andre turns 11 mths today!

2010-04-14T23:23:00.001+08:00

1 more mth to go and Andre will be 1! How time flies...

He is really an active baby, keeps moving and touching and putting things into his mouth. Even when I am patting him to sleep, wif his eyes closed, his hand and leg will still be moving ard, esp his hand will come looking for my hair and then pull and let go and pull and let go. He will only stop moving when he is finally deep in sleep.

His milestones so far:

- can crawl on all fours

- can do high-5

- can clap but only when he feels like doing it

- will say mum mum when he is hungry

- can bottle-feed himself

- will follow me everywhere (he will crawl after me when he saw tat I'm walking away - at home)

- can walk a few steps wif support

- can drink from cup

He has 7 teeth now...no wonder he drools so badly...the tooth jus pop out one after another but glad tat he is not overly cranky when he was teething.

Now, he will fight wif Amadeus for toys and will bully him at times too. He loves to pull Amadeus' hair and wat did Amadeus do? He just screamed loudly and shouting "my hair, my hair. Mummy, help me!" It was very hilarious to see the scene.

He is also one greedy boy. Whenever we were eating, he would looked at us and licked his mouth, waiting for us to feed him. But 1 bad habit of his is tat, if he gets tired of eating tat food, he will jus spit it out.

Lastly, pray tat he will forver be this happy and healthy and tat he and his gor gor will be the best buddies when they grow up :)

Trip to the SIngapore Flyer wif SIL's family (Dated 13 March 2010)

2010-03-29T01:07:00.000+08:00

Together wif our FIL and SIL's family, we went to take a ride on the Singapore Flyer for the very first time. As usual, Amadeus & Ian had the most fun in the flyer, running here and there & climbing up and down.

Weiliang & Shimei's Big Day (Dated 27 Feb 2010)

2010-03-29T00:35:00.001+08:00

27 Feb 2010 was the big day for my brother-in-law & his gf. I knew my hubby, his sister, his bro & his gf from Church. Yes, we went to the same Church when we were young. So our friendship goes a long way back and now, we even became relatives.

Felt very happy for them and here wishing them, a very blissful marriage.

Supposed to have 2 flower girls & 2 page boys. Last minute, Amadeus & Kristen had stage fright and refused to walk down the aisle. So, the job was left to the older boy and girl.

I was part of the helpers at the recept....

1st Day of CNY (Dated 14 Feb 2010)

2010-03-28T23:35:00.001+08:00

As usual, our family was always rushing here and there on the 1st day. We went to a total of 7 houses for visitation. Started our day at abt 11.30am and only reached home at abt 11.30pm. A total of 12 hrs outside!!! Totally shagged out when we reached home. Luckily bathe the boys at my SIL's house as they fell asleep on the way back.

Didn't take alot of pics as some of the houses we went, we only stayed for a while and went off liao to the next destination.

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Amadeus & Andre received their 1st red packet from us...

So difficult to get both of them to look at the camera...

1st stop - Father-in-law's place

Before reaching, Andre was already fast asleep...

2nd stop - My mom's place...

Amadeus wif my bro's son - Crespo

My bro & his family...

My nieces & nephews...

5th stop - hubby's relative's place...

Amadeus & Ian had a fun and crazy time catching & imitating each other actions...

Happy 8th Mths to Andre

2010-01-14T00:41:00.001+08:00

Our dear Andre is 8th mths old today. Really glad to have him ard as he brings alot of joy and happiness to our family and relatives. He never fails to brighten our days wif his cheerful face and cheeky smile. Even Amadeus was infected by Andre's laughter and will make some silly expressions/sounds/movements to make Andre laugh even harder and Amadeus will laugh wif him too :) It was so funny to see both of them like tat. Jus hope tat they will forever be so loving towards each other.

Andre is also another active baby, way more than Amadeus. He cannot stop moving, always turning here and there or jumping excitedly, whether we are changing or carrying him. I'm so afraid tat when he is older, he will be more active and naughty than Amadeus as now we already have problem disciplining him.

Anyway, both hb and I truly felt blessed to have such a cheerful and smiley baby and wif him ard, our family is complete :)

Locked himself in....

2010-01-13T17:48:00.003+08:00

Today is the 2nd time Amadeus locked himself in. This time is at the changing room of Giordano. Somehow Amadeus always know how to turn the knob so tat the door is locked but he always doesn't know how to unlock it. Luckily the door of the changing room can be opened using a key. If not, I really don't know how to rescued him out. Initially, he tried to crawl out from the small opening of the door but was unsuccessful. When he was out, he was still smiling...*faint*...Hb and I were so embarrassed luckily there was only 1 customer at the store at tat time.

The 1st time was when we went to Malacca in Nov'09. He locked himself in the bathroom. I was so afraid when Amadeus didn't respond when I called him after sometimes. I was scared tat he will drowned himself in the toilet bowl as it was so quiet. I quickly alerted the staff at the hotel to open the door using their key. In the midst of informing the front desk, my friend's bf knew wat happened and quickly used a key (a random key) to open the bathroom. Oh my, I'm so glad when the door finally opened. Of course, we gave him a gd scolding but after a while, he tried to lock himself again when we were busy changing room....so we gave him a gd beating and closed the door always to prevent the same thing from happening again.

Taking schoolbus home for the 1st time...

2010-01-04T23:03:00.003+08:00

Today is the first day that Amadeus takes the schoolbus home. According to the auntie on the bus, he was ok thru-out the trip but when he saw me at the void deck and the bus driving off to make a u-turn, he started crying very badly...

Initially I wanna take photo of him coming down the bus but I can't possibly asked him to take photo when he was crying, rite? Wait the driver and the auntie tink I must be crazy...

Nevertheless, I still managed to take photos of him getting down from his seat and before taking the lift up...

The driver making a U-turn...

Amadeus crying his head off when he thought the driver was driving off...

His tears & mucus still on his face...

New Year, New Start

2010-01-04T14:12:00.003+08:00

So sorry tat I had been too lazy to blog ever since I had Andre and I had not been updating much abt Andre's progress.

One of my new yr resolution is to start blogging more and update abt the 2 boys' progress. For this week, I will try to blog more out-dated posts...

Will end this short post wif a pic of the 2 boys....

The 6th Month...

2009-11-14T21:43:00.002+08:00

Yeah, finally Andre is 6 mths old and it is time to intro solid to him. But unlike Amadeus, Andre doesn't know how to swallow his cereal. Never mind, today is the first day. Shall try again tomolo.

His milestones so far:
- able to sit unsupported for a few secs
- learning to crawl backwards
- will grab anything in sight and put straight into his mouth
- started to babble some baby words
- loves to play and smiles...

Anyway, jus wanna wish my darling boy to be healthy and smiley always :)

Unable upload video of Andre taking his first solid...shall do it another day...

OUCH!!!

2009-11-12T10:27:00.003+08:00

To get to Amadeus' school, we had to either take the lift or the stairs at the Anchorvale CC. While walking towards the lift, Amadeus was pointing to the stairs as I believed tat was his usual routine to school (Normally it was his daddy who brought him there). So thinking tat it shouldn't pose too much problem for me, I used my right hand to hold Amadeus while I was carrying Andre and holding on to his sch bag wif my left hand.

As I was telling Amadeus not to put his hand on the side railing, I missed a footing and fell down a couple of steps together wif Amadeus. I landed hard on my bum and in the process, sprained my left ankle and brusied my right calf. Luckily I hold on tight to Andre and he was not hurt. Tink Amadeus hurt his calf as he kept saying , pain pain. ~~But I didn't see any bruise or bleeding~~ (he did suffered a cut and a bruise on his right calf upon closer examination) luckily he didn't roll down the stairs. A kind auntie walked passed and offered to carry Amadeus down the flights of steps for me :)

Till now both my legs still hurt. Guess I need to go and see the sinseh liao...If not, how to go to Malacca in a week' s time...

Did we make the correct decision???

2009-11-12T10:04:00.002+08:00

Hb and I decided to put Amadeus into another childcare centre (CC) which doesn't has aircon and had a better curriculum - using the concept of the 8 Multiple Intelligence.

The reasons y we wanna change are firstly, the place are air-conditioned. As Amadeus had sensitive airways, he is not suited to be in aircon place for too long. Secondly, the quality of the teachers is a main concern too.

We had already registered and paid the deposit for the new CC and Amadeus will be starting school on 15 Dec.

But today, when I brought Amadeus to sch, his principal, who is also his form teacher, spoke to me. She was sad to see Amadeus go as she can see the transformation in him. She even said tat the assistant teacher who has been taking care of Amadeus since Day 1 felt tat it was a pity to see him leave. Somemore, Amadeus gets along very well wif all his teachers, friends and even the cleaning aunties. Everybody knows his name including those children in other classes. Even some parents know Amadeus too as he will greet everybody tat comes into the centre every morning. The principal says that she will always welcome Amadeus back even if there is no vacancy. She will try to squeeze him in...haha...

After talking to her, I had been thinking whether did I make the correct decision in removing him from a familar environment and putting him into a strange place and has to make him adapt all over again...What should I do???

But everything is already in place - paid reg fees, deposit and the sch uniforms. So we can't possibly back out now. Just have to hope tat Amadeus will also be equally happy in his new school. Worse come to worse, we just put him back to his current CC if he really has problem adapting the new environment.

The 5th Mth

2009-10-14T23:26:00.002+08:00

Andre is 5 mths old today :)

He is getting more n more playful and curious abt his surroundings. His grasp is also getting much better. He basically can grasp anything tat we give him and he will automatically put in into his mouth *faint*.

He also started to flip sometimes ago and so, whenever I put him down, he will flip and hence we have to keep a close eye on him as in a matter of seconds, he will roll out of the bumper mat and onto the cold hard floor (scared tat he will bump his head on the floor).

His love of sucking his fist/fingers bothers me alot and even after introducing pacifer to him also doesn't improve the situation. He can literally suck his fist the whole day...*my gawd*. Just hope tat he will outgrow this habit when he is older.

He is also starting to recognise the ppl ard him. He is very attached to me and even when someone else is carrying him, he will still keep looking at me and smile widely towards me. And when he cannot find me for quite a while, he will wail loudly. And whenever he sees me or hb, he will smile widely and kick his legs and move his hands excitedly. So cute!

Anyway, we just want our cutie-pie to grow up to be a healthy and happy toddler.

This video captures Andre who learned how to flip a few weeks ago...

Andre's 2nd 6-in-1 & Rotarix

2009-09-24T23:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday afternoon, hb came back home during lunch to bring Andre for his jab as I need to be at home taking care of Amadeus.

Same as the pevious time, Andre didn't cry or scream when being jabbed on the butt. Dr Lillian also commented tat his development was quite good :)

Glad tat Andre didn't had any fever but he had diarrhea due to the Rotarix.

His stats:
Weight: 6.4 kg (75 percentile)
Height: 63 cm (75 percentile)

Gastric Flu or Food Poisoning???

2009-09-17T20:17:00.003+08:00

The doc also not sure...anyway, he said tat now got a lot of viruses flying ard and last nite alone he already saw alot of kiddos wif similar symptoms like Amadeus...

anyway, this is the story....

Amadeus coughed very badly in his sleep and ard 3pm am, he vomitted big time, out came his dinner and hb changed the bedsheet. Amadeus felt nausea n vomitted some phelgm out again n I bathe him after tat. We thought tat this is the end but who knows, within minutes upon hitting the sack, he vomitted again...luckily hb reacted fast n quickly carried him to the bin to let him carry on his vomitting hence no need to change bedsheet. After tat, I cleaned him up and I slept wif him while hb went to sleep wif Andre. Who knows, jus when I was falling asleep, Amadeus stirred in his sleep and vomitted out alot of yellow juices and phelgm. I quickly on the light n to my horror, I saw him lying face up on the bed wif vomit all over his face and on the bed.

I quickly woke hb up and told him tat something was not rite cos normally Amadeus only vomitted once if it was due to coughing. This time round, he would vomit whenever he drinks water (luckily we didn't give him any milk). And his 'want to vomit but nothing to vomit' expression is so pitiful cos I knew how terrible tat feeling was. I was feaked out and decided to bring him to KKH at 6am while hb stayed at home wif Andre and went to work after my mom came over.

Luckily there were not much patients at the A&E when we reached there at abt 6.30am. So we managed to see the doc relatively fast (he vomitted one more time). He need to stay there to take some anti-vomitting med and glucose water to see whether his vomitting continues. Luckily, no more vomit and after examining by the doc and collecting his medication, we went to the food court for some porridge and the exhausted Amadeus fell asleep on the way home.

Not again...

2009-09-16T08:22:00.002+08:00

Just when Andre is going to take his 2nd 6-in-1, he started coughing quite badly and even merlion his milk this morning...how many times must I postpone his jab? had been 2 times liao and if I postpone again, don't know when he will be able to take the jab considering the ridiculous amt of kids visiting the clinic and the crazy waiting time. He was recovering and so I reduced his medication frequency from 4 times to 3 times per day and sometimes 2 times. And, his cough came back. My gawd! Does this means tat he has to keep taking medication to keep the cough at bay?

Amadeus also...He was recovering too and the moment he went back to CC, his cough started to come back. I'm really getting very frustrated wif all their sickness! Please, please let them get well soon and I mean real soon....Amadeus had been deprived of his swimming and it had been ages since we brought him to have some fun at fidgets or eXplorer.

Andre is 4th Mths Old

2009-09-14T22:15:00.000+08:00

I'm so happy tat I managed to survive these 4 mths. It was not easy taking care of Andre cos he cries alot in the daytime and always wanted me to be around to play or accompany him. He doesn't like to be left alone in the bouncer. And when he cried, it is non-stop till I carried him and the moment I carried him, his crying immediately stop! I felt really frustrated at times as I couldn't do anything and I would scold and beat him on his thigh. I would felt guilty after tat as he was still so young and the only thing he can do is cry but instead of pacifying him, I screamed & beat him. And instead of being angry wif me, he would still smile at me after his crying. Really felt very bad. So I resolved to be more patient wif him and to be more tolerant of his crying. Hope I can achieve this.

Anyway, Happy 4th Mths to my little baby :)

Do you know what he is trying to do? Look at the next pic...

He is lifting his head...had been doing this repeatedly recently...

Lastly, wanna share this pic of the brothers - I really loved this photo of them :)

Mixed up Andre's Lunar date

2009-09-07T22:34:00.001+08:00

hahaha....I posted b4 tat we helped Andre performed the 'stop drooling' ritual during his lunar 4th mth...but today, I realised tat I actually mixed up the day. Amadeus is 初十 and Andre is 初二十..so by rite, Andre's 4th mth shld be tomolo...thus shall perform the ritual again...as for the shaving, what's done cannot be undone..blur me...

Booked our year-end holiday - Club Med, Bintan

2009-09-04T04:16:00.002+08:00

It is a 5 days 4 nites all-inclusive trip for 2 adults and 2 kids at a price of only $1,393. It includes the following:

- Return ferry tickets between Singapore and Bintan
- Transfers to and from the Resort
- Accommodations in Superior Seaview Connecting Room
- Gourmet Dining Throughout the Day
- Quality Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Baby Welcome (for Andre - all the necessary baby essentials)
- Leisure and Sports Activities (excluding programs at an additional cost)
- Membership Fees (Compulsory to be a member for both hb and me)

This is really a family-friendly resort as it had programmes catered to children of different age grps. They even had a babysitting service. So hb and I MIGHT be able to spent some time alone celebrating our wedding anniversary.

Getting very excited and can't wait for Dec to come...but first, we need to make Andre's passport.

Love You!

2009-09-04T03:42:00.000+08:00

Recently, whenever I stuck Amadeus to bed, I will say 'nite nite' to him and kiss him on his cheek and end wif a 'love you'. He will immediately reply 'love you' to me and sometimes followed wif a hug. His reply never fail to warm my heart. Felt so happy upon hearing tat :)

Sometimes when I was lying on the bed wif him, he will put his hands ard my shoulder and my head will be resting on his chest. This never fails to make me laugh as this action is like how a bf will treat his gf...haha...

Really must treasure the times spent wif him now, or else when he gets older, don't tink he will still hug me like tat.

4th Mth (Lunar) Shave & 'Stop Drooling' Ritual

2009-08-29T23:45:00.016+08:00

Andre turns 4th mth today according to the lunar calendar. So we brought him for a shave at Hua Xia at Punggol Plaza after both boys woke up from their nap. We were so glad tat Andre didn't fuss or whine at all thru'out the shave unlike Amadeus when he was a baby. He was not bothered at all by the shaver and this is a gd thing n we hoped tat subsequent hair cuts will be this smooth and fuss free :)

By the time we reached home, it was already 10pm plus and we had to wake Andre up at 11pm plus to perform the 'stop drooling' ritual b4 it passes midnite. He was crying thru'out the short ritual as he wanna sleep...hope this ritual really helps in his drooling, if not I can foresee a 2nd Amadeus liao...

Not able to upload the shaving process so just post pics of Andre before & after the shave...

The 'Stop Drooling' Ritual...

My Convocation

2009-08-28T23:05:00.000+08:00

I finally graduated from my business course after 4 long years (supposed to graduate after 2 yrs, but took a yr deferment and spread my remaining module over a yr).

My convocation was held today at 3pm at SIM headquarter. Hubby was there to see me received my certification.

Andre's 2nd Echocardiogram

2009-08-25T23:17:00.004+08:00

Brought Andre back for a 2nd Echo to see whether his tiny hole in his heart had closed.

And the diagnosis is:
Small atrial septal defect/patent foramen ovale 3mm.
Patent ductus arteriosus spontaneously closed.

In simpler terms, it means tat the hole in his heart is still there but the doc is very confident tat it will closed by itself and no cause for worry. Need to repeat the echo in 8 mths time, ie, in 27th April 2010.

The damage is $105 and can use CDA to pay for it.

2nd Review

2009-08-14T23:58:00.007+08:00

Brought Amadeus for his 2nd review and Andre there as well to see PD as he caught the flu bug from Amadeus.

According to the doc, his infection is clearing but not completely and hence, have to take another bottle of antibiotics and cough medication (When I heard that, I felt so sian lor, cos it was difficult to feed him the bitter antibiotics). He was also given Zyrtec and Zaditen (like a lung tonic) to take for his lungs and had to be taken for a cool 6 mths!

So if Amadeus no longer cough or doesn't have a fever, he does not need to come back again. We just need to come back to replenish his med when they r finished...

Andre is 3 mths old :)

2009-08-14T23:58:00.005+08:00

Time flies and Andre is already 3 mths old...but for the last 2 mths, Andre had been sick on and off, all tks to his bro, Amadeus. We just hope tat he will recover soon from all his illness and remain healthy thereafter. This is my only wish as it is very heartache to see him not well and hence not much appetite for milk.

Anyway, Andre is also a playful boy, always want to play and 'talk' and when no one is there to entertain him, he will get angry and whine...really naughty.

Lastly, hope his on & off eczema will be completely clear soon.

1st Review

2009-08-10T21:16:00.001+08:00

Brought Amadeus for review at the PD's clinic...still not clear of pneumonia yet but definitely getting better...have to complete another round of antibiotics, cough med and wheezing med (additional med and bitter).

I already have problem feeding him the antibiotics and now another bitter med...poor Amadeus. Now he had a total of 4 different kinds of med to take everyday and have to complete 3 of them...

Hb and I can only hope tat we will hear gd news when we bring him back for a 2nd review...but when he is clear of his lung infection, he will have to be on Zyrtec or Singulair for a period of time (it has got to do wif his lungs, forgotten wat it is for).

Tomolo, he will be going back to school after a weeks' absence. Hope tat his condition will not worsen when he goes back.

Amadeus has Pneumonia

2009-08-03T21:32:00.003+08:00

Amadeus started coughing very badly last nite n even vomitted twice. He hasn't made a full recovery from his previous cough (still coughing occasionally at nite) and now started a new round again.

We decided to bring him to see the PD tat we brought Andre previously (Dr Cecilia is very gd in diagnosing the problem). Initially, we still had 2nd thoughts abt seeing a PD cos Amadeus was still very active, running here n there and playing wif us. Luckily we persisted.

Hb brought Amadeus to see the PD while I stayed at home to take care of Andre. I recived a call from Hb 1 hr later informing me tat Amadeus had to go for an X-ray to check for any infections since he keeps having cough. And it turned out tat he had pneumonia and was on the neubulizer at the clinic. According to Dr Cecilia, Amadeus had pneumonia for sometime and had since been stable but now it flared up again. I'm so shocked to hear tat. The previous PD we went to didn't detect the problem at all (she was Amadeus' PD and she knows tat Amadeus had been coughing for quite a while already).

Luckily we let Amadeus take the pneumoccal jab or else I can't imagine wat will happen to him since he had pneumonia for quite a while without us knowing. Now he had to complete a course of antibiotics and a cough med. The antibiotics is very bitter and it was difficult to feed Amadeus wif the med. We had to literally forced him down while I inject the med into his mouth. All along we had no problem feeding him wif med and he is happy to take them too. But this proved too much for him and he kept spitting out the bitter med. Just hope that he will gradually get used to the taste n not reject it.

Now my biggest worry is that Andre will be infected as Amadeus cannot go to school and had to remain at home. I'm seriously considering letting Andre wear a mask as Amadeus hated wearing one. Another thing is tat we definitely bringing forward the date for Andre to take the pneumoccal jab though he had numerous jabs to take as it is for the good of his health.

Now I just pray tat Amadeus will recover soon and tat Andre will not be infected by it.

*Amadeus is now 13kg and 93cm.

p/s: The clinic is located at Blk 139 Tampines St 11, #01-52. Paediatric & Family Medical Centre Pte Ltd. Tel: 6783 8743. Cash Payment only.

Offical Opening of Sengkang Sports & Recreation Centre

2009-08-02T13:38:00.001+08:00

The centre was offically opened on 26 July 09, and Amadeus' sch also took part in the ceremony...hence, we decided to let Amadeus joined in and he needed to wear a traditional costume for it.

On tat day itself, after we dropped Amadeus off at the sch, we quickly took off to have a quick breakfast b4 going to the sports hall for the ceremony, awaiting the arrival of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Alas, when we went into the hall, Amadeus spotted us and came running towards us n refused to join back to the grp...hb quickly carried him back n we walked off ignoring his cries. Thankfully, he managed to calm down rather quickly n sat at his spot quietly...I tried to take a grp photo of the kids but Amadeus spotted me so after I took a shot, I quickly walked off...hee hee...

Amadeus and his friends was standing outside the hall, waving the S'pore flag to welcome the Prime Minister (PM)...too bad we can't take any photos...soon after welcoming the PM, his teacher brought him back to our seat n he joined us in watching the rest of the ceremony.

It was a very crowded day and the carnival was set up at the swimming area n most of the performance was located there...we stayed there for a while, bringing Amadeus ard to look see, look see....and all the while, Andre was fast asleep in his stroller even when the lion dance was being performed...oh yes, Amadeus was scared of the lion dance n refused to go near them....he run off crying when I tried to bring him closer...hahaa...evil me.

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Not happy to join his frens...he wanted to be wif us

Took this shot secretly and Amadeus' sharp eyes spotted me...

After the ceremony...

Happenings at the Swimming Pool...

Amadeus & Andre

2009-07-30T00:30:00.001+08:00

Amadeus seems to be more n more receptive towards Andre. He will pat and sayang Andre when he cries and sometimes he will also put Andre's pacifier into his mouth to stop him from crying.

And whenever he got the chance, he will try to carry Andre. He will keep saying, 'hug, hug' or 'bao4 bao4' to me and wan me to pass Andre to him. And when he saw didi lying on the bed, he will always go n join him and lied down besides him.

Of course there are times when Amadeus was cranky or feeling jealous of didi. These times, he will not allow me to go near didi or carry him. Amadeus will hug me tightly and refused to let me go n pacify Andre even when he was crying.

Overall, Amadeus is a good big brother and a gd son as he will help me when I asked him to most of the times like helping me to take things or to throw soiled diaper.

Andre is recovering

2009-07-24T03:14:00.002+08:00

Thanks to all my frens who shown concern for Andre...he is getting better after we brought him to see another PD last Saturday. He was given antibiotics and another cough med to take. After 3 days, his snorting and phlegmly sound disappear and he had no probem drinking his milk now.

I'm glad tat he is still putting on weight even while he was sick. The PD commented that he had a healthy weight gain (5.3kg as at last Sat) and tat he will be sent for X-ray if he still haven't recovered by this Saturday (going back for review). Hb and I are relieved that Andre need not go thru the X-ray :) Now we just hope tat his coughing will completely disappear soon.

p/s: It's 3.15am as I'm typing this cos Andre vommitted big time after his feed just now and I had to take a bathe and wait for my hair to dry b4 I can go sleep...while he is happily sleeping now...

p/p/s: something very wrong wif my blog...my template for writing my post is completely hay-wire...cannot do other things...only can type and change font..tat's all..cannot upload photos etc...so angry...

Andre puked again....

2009-07-15T11:38:00.004+08:00

Yesterday nite ard 4am after having his milk, he started coughing n coughing and puked quite alot of milk. But this time round, he didnt cry...the one to cry is me as I need to wipe and change him and the bedsheets also need to be changed and I'm so so so tired! But at least I know tat he felt better after puking out some phelgm as he was smiling away when I was wiping and changing him (normally he will cried). After tat, he fell asleep.

This week, this is the 2nd time tat he puked not counting the numerous times he puked last week. According to Dr Lillian, the frequent vommiting of milk is not good as the acidity of the vommitted milk will harm the throat and caused his condition to worsen. But there was nothing much I could do as he normally would start coughing after his milk. I can only monitor him and if he still does not get any better, I will bring him to see another Pd that is recommended by hb's colleague in Tampines.

Guess I need to switch him back to soy milk so as not to worsen his phlegm (he was on soy milk until the tin was finished). At this pt in time, I regretted stopping my breastfeeding. I should have carried on...blame it on my un-determination and loads of excuses.

Andre is 2 mths old!

2009-07-14T23:56:00.003+08:00

He turns 2 mths today and I can't wait for him to grow up quickly. Cos he always wanna be carried after he woke up from his nap, cannot lied down for long periods of time and he will cry till he gets what he wanted. So different from Amadeus' time.

But when he had enough sleep, he will wake up smiling. He is so charming when he smiles :)

His development is also faster than Amadeus:

1) He will turn his head towards the TV (where the sound comes from) when he was abt 2 weeks old.

2) He can lift his head momentarily off the bed, turn his head left n right when on his tummy - abt 2 weeks old.

3) He can grasp things n hold them tightly when he was abt 6 weeks' old. Now he loves to grasp my shirt when I'm carrying him.

4) He is a curious boy and will keep looking at his surrounding when he was abt 2 weeks old.

The above are some of the things tat I can remember off hand. All I ask is that he will be a healthy and happy baby and I will be very happy :)

Andre's 1st dose of 6-in-1 jab & Rotarix...

2009-07-06T11:37:00.004+08:00

We brought Andre for his 1st jab though he was still not feeling very well on 4 July. But Dr Lillian gave the go ahead and proceed wif the jab and the oral med. Andre was very brave and didnt cry at all when being jab in the bottom. She also examined him and commented that his development was quite fast. He was able to lift up his head and looked around when being put on his tummy and etc.

Dr Lillian also gave Andre Zytec to take for 2 weeks and to stop the remaining medication. But the next day after the jab and the oral med (Rotarix),Andre started having diarrhoea and it gets worse n worse. He started to poo every milk feed and intervals btw the milk feeds. So tat is about 8 times per day. Really very heartpain to see him like tat cos he will cry abit at every pooing...I guess the redness at his anus caused him pain and all I could do was to apply lots of diaper cream for him to ease the pain.

Today, I called Dr Lillian and found tat the Rotarix might caused him to have diarrhoea..at least it eased my mind abit knowing tat it was not caused by the switching of goat's milk to cow's milk. She prescribe some Lacto capsules for Andre to take to help in the diarrhoea-ing. Hope tat he will recover soon as it is really very heartpain to see him suffer like tat at such a young age.

Andre's stats as at 4th July:
Weight: 4.9 kg
Height: 56.5cm

What do u think?

2009-06-30T00:50:00.002+08:00

Hb say Andre looks alot like me when I was a baby...And when I looked at my baby photo, indeed it is lor! What do u think?

Amadeus is 2 yrs old!!!

2009-06-24T23:44:00.001+08:00

We didn't plan to have a big celebration for Amadeus this yr as we had just celebrated Andre's full mth. So we decided to celebrate for him in his sch instead. Wat a terrible mistake!

When Hb and I reached the sch, the teacher asked us to wait outside as they r clearing up the place after their nap. Amadeus saw our reflection n when we didn't went in for him, he cried big time. Once inside, he hold our hands and wanna get out of the place. Even after telling him tat we were there to celebrate his b'day, he still cried and needless to say, the whole celebration was ruined. He was not in the mood to blow his candles nor taking of photos. Hence, after the b'day song, I blew the candles for him and the rest of the kids were quickly usher back to their seats (I wanna take photos of them wif Amadeus lor). Hb then quickly distributed the cupcakes for them. And the celebration was over...So duhz...wat kind of a celebration was tat! Hence, Hb and I decided not to celebrate for him in sch anymore cos Amadeus will enjoy more if we celebrated on our own.

Eventually, he managed to calm down and ate a little bit of the cupcakes but had 3 servings of the jelly...haha...and after tat, he was in a hurry to go off! We brought him to Vivo City as we need to buy a bigger bag for him to put all his barangs to bring to sch (initally wanna bring him to Kids Explorer but as he was still not feeling very well, we dropped the idea).

So disappointed tat the celebration turned out this way...it's not wat I had planned at all...haiz...
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Personalised goodies bags done by my fren (so if u r interested to do personalised wedding favours, goodies bags etc, pls visit http://alilgarden.blogspot.com/ for more details)

Jelly and B'day cupcakes

The pathetic 2 pics...see how Amadeus hug me like a Koala...

Managed to take these 2 pics after he had calmed down...look at his ultra red face from crying...

Some of his classmates...

At VivoCity...

Having our dinner at a Japanese restaurant (forget its name)...

He loves to do this 'Cheers' thing and can keep doing it over n over...

Thanks to Lynette, Geraldine, Yen Ling & Hb, Cherie Hearts and the one who gave Amadeus a yellow Old Navy Polo shirt (so sorry, I forgot who is the one who gave me tat) for the presents :)

My present for Amadeus...

Hb's present to Amadeus

Driving us crazy...

2009-06-19T13:47:00.003+08:00

Amadeus is getting more mischievous and now bringing him out is no easy task...he always wanna run on his own, don wan to be hold, climb here n there or lie flat on the floor when angry. I'm so embarrassed by his behaviour sometimes. He is really driving both hb and me crazy...Yet when we go for gathering, he can be very shy and don't wanna play or mix around wif other kids and will stick to us like superglue...he is really hard to understand at times!

But when he is at home, he can be very sweet n loving n a terror all at once. He can hug n kiss me and the next moment, he will do things tat will make me mad, arrrgggg...

This 2 videos were taken while we were having dinner at Kim Gary on 16th June...Really cannot tahan Amadeus...cannot sit properly and eat his dinner!

Andre's Full Mth Party on 14th June 2009

2009-06-18T12:33:00.010+08:00

Andre turned 1 mth old on 14th June and so we celebrated the occasion at my fren's condo clubhouse. We liked to thank all our relatives and frens who came to share the joy wif us as well as all the gifts and ang baos. We were surprised tat Amadeus too received some presents for his upcoming b'day :)

All dressed and ready to go...

The buffet spread and the ang ku kueh...

Andre's full mth cake...very nice but 1 minus pt, the cake started melting way too early)

Some of our guests...

One n only family photo...

Group photos...

Andre slept thru out the party n still sleeping after the party ended...

The gifts and angbaos...

Turn left & right

2009-06-17T16:42:00.000+08:00

Put Andre to sleep on his tummy jus now and I was surprised to see tat he can turn his head left and right wif ease...this is considered to be his 1st milestone rite? Eagerly waiting to see more of what he can do next :)

First nite without confinement lady...

2009-06-13T13:19:00.002+08:00

My confinement ends yesterday and in the afternoon, we went off to my FIL's place to pay respect to my MIL...and I took this opportunity to color n cut my hair...this time round, I hated the way my stylist cut my hair and my fringe...I nearly cried...sob sob...

When we were finally home, it was nearing 10 pm and I quickly gave Andre a wipe and prepared him for bed...but at this time, Amadeus was also crying away and wanting me to tuck him to bed...so I had to run here n fro to attend to the 2 prince...really tired!

But I'm glad tat Andre didn't gave me a hard time....he only woke up twice to have his milk and promptly went back to sleep again...but jus as I thought I can have a gd sleep, Amadeus woke up at 6 plus n demanded to have his milk...after tat, he refused to sleep and came to look for me and disturb me...so I asked hb to bring him along to service our car so tat I can have some sleep...but who knows, when they were gone, Andre woke up...On my! Guess this is how it will be from now onwards....don't be surprised to see my dark circles become darker...

First time on the tummy...

2009-06-04T00:54:00.002+08:00

I let Andre slept on his tummy a few days back as I heard tat this way, the baby can sleep better and longer...so I tried and true enough, Andre can sleep 3-4 hrs straight without waking up crying...but of course, we only let him sleep this way in the day time and not at nite jus in case anything happens.

Hong Kong Trip (Dtd 1/12/08 - 5/12/08)

2009-05-31T22:05:00.043+08:00

This post is way long over due....I had been too lazy to upload the photos and suddenly I felt the mood to post and so here I am....

Our family, together wif my cousin's family, went to HK for 5 days. After this trip, we realized tat it is still better to go on our own rather than to be a tour guide....sometimes, it's hard to go to the places tat we wanted as we need to consider our cousin's family interest too...hmmmm...so I tend to be caught in between my hb and my cousin's side and its really hard to please both sides :( but nevertheless, we still had some enjoyable times when we went to DisneyLand and The Peak.

A side note abt Amadeus: He is so funny....He had this habit of only pooing at home and since we were at HK, he only pooed when we were back in the hotel room at nite....the funny part: when we opened the hotel door, he would quickly dashed into the room and went straight to the bedside table where the telephone was, squatted down and did his business....very very funni...it was as though he did not want ppl to know wat he was doing...hahaha...

Overall, I tink Amadeus had the most fun as his 2 cousins would always tink of ways to play wif him n made him laugh and he had fun running n playing at the DisneyLand :) We will be back again when our 2nd son is older :)

Will post pics of the 3 main attractions tat we went: DisneyLand, The Peak and Ocean Park

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1 big luggage for the 3 of us...

Amadeus slept, played and ate in the bassinet...he refused to come out after his nap...

Wif cousin, Dylan

Our Room @ Prudential Hotel

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At DisneyLand, we didn't managed to take any pics wif any cartoon characters cos the timing was not rite...the queue was too long n we decided to take later or Amadeus was sleeping...so I feel so banged at the end of the day when I realized tat we had no pics at all!!!

And...there are still some rides that we didn't went to play as Amadeus was sleeping...haiz....and even more banged was the balloon tat we bought for Amadeus was not able to board the plane back wif us to S'pore...Such a pity and it costs us abt SGD20.

On the Disney train to DisneyLand...The pig was taking a nap...

Wif my cousin and the husband was looking away...

Amadeus wif Dylan & Shawn...

This is the balloon tat cost us abt SGD20...

A musical show tat we watched...

Not long after the show, Amadeus had his 2nd nap...

All the cartoon characters were behind this fountain for us to take one last pics and we missed the chance as Amadeus was taking his nap and when he woke up, all the characters were gone to prepare for the parade...so sad...

Amadeus woke up just in time to watch the parade...

After the parade, we stayed ard for a musical show and the fireworks...

A part of the musical...

The castle lighted up so beautifully after the musical...

The fireworks was very spectacular but Amadeus was not interested at all...below is a part of the fireworks...

Getting ready to leave DisneyLand...

Look at wat Amadeus was doing...

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At The Peak

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Ocean Park, the weather was super duper hot and there were so many slopes and stairs....really not a gd place to bring stroller and toddlers. There was also not much rides that Amadeus can ride on...the only ride we took was to bring us to the top and look at the surrounding views.

Amadeus afraid to sit on the seal...

Taking the cable car to see the panda...

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Getting ready to check-out...

Last family pic taken at the hotel lobby...

At Times Square doing last min shopping...

On the train to the Airport...

Rare pic of just us...

Waiting to board the plane back to S'pore...

Amadeus' first letter...

2009-05-28T15:36:00.001+08:00

Amadeus received his first letter from OCBC bank on the 26th May and hb was so amused and said we shld take a photo of it...

Confinement for 2 Weeks....

2009-05-28T01:59:00.002+08:00

Andre is 2 weeks old now and so it means, I had been doing my confinement for 2 weeks too. It is still bearable as I had a relatively good confinement lady (CL). She helps me by looking after the baby 24 hrs a day. I hardly had time to hold n carry him. Every time when I carry him, my CL will come over and attempt to carry him away. This really pisses me off sometimes. When I told her I wanna carry him for a while, she will sit there n look at me and can't wait for me to pass Andre to her. Though I know that she means well and she wanna do her job by letting me rest, but I'm still his mother and I need to bond wif him too....

Some other things that pisses me off:

1) I don't like it when she carry Andre wif her wet hands...
2) She keeps all the plates, bowls and pots into the cabinet when they weren't fully dry. This causes my cabinet to give out a very foul smell...
3) She tends to warm the breast milk till it is quite hot n over temp of 40 degrees...this might cause the breast milk to lose its nutrients and it will also burn baby's throat if he drinks the milk too hot...
4) This is supposed to be good - she don like to sleep in aircon room. But sometimes the weather is just too hot and when Andre sleeps in his playpen, he will perspire as the fan can hardly reach him. He will then cry and cannot have a gd nite sleep.

But still, I must give her the due credit as she really does her job well. She is easy going and will cook for my hb's family or my mother when they come over.

She also takes good care of baby Andre and even help me wif Amadeus. She will help me get ready Amadeus milk bottle and water bottle every morning and even offer to bathe Amadeus in the evening.

She is very initiative - she will pour red date tea for me without me asking and will do it every few hrs (till date, I haven't pour a cup for myself since confinement starts). She insist in helping us wash our clothes n ask us to teach her how to use the washing machine though I told her I will do it myself. She will serve me my lunch n dinner-I just need to wait at the dining table.

Overall, she is good though there are things that I don't like. Guess nothing is perfect and I just have to keep one eye shut till this confinement ends...2 more weeks to go.

Venue Confirmed!

2009-05-28T01:51:00.002+08:00

Finally, we had found a venue to hold Andre's full mth party. Thanks to one of my gd fren, who managed to book for me the function room in her bf's condo. This room is much bigger and can accomodate more pple and hence, decided to use hers.

I also wanna thanks one of my fren, Mich who helped me booked her function room first as a back-up while I source around for more suitable location.

Hence, pls keep a lookout for my sms/email for the invitation to the party :)

Full Name of Andre

2009-05-23T18:39:00.003+08:00

Today we finally went to ICA to register Andre's birth. His full name is Andre Koh Zhe Ying (許哲颖). His birth cert no. also very nice, easy to remember :)

Last Jaundice Check-Up

2009-05-23T18:32:00.002+08:00

Brought Andre for jaundice check-up at the clinic...He put on 200g in a span of 3 days...from 3.2 kg to 3.4 kg. Happy to know that Andre need not go back for anymore check-up as the jaundice is very mild now. Will be back in 6 weeks' time for his first 6-in-1.

More Pics of Andre

2009-05-21T23:02:00.005+08:00

This baby son of mine knows how to smile on the 2nd day, doesn't like to be swaddle and his favourite is to put his fingers into his mouth whenever he had the chance and suck away happily...really a naughty baby!

Jaundice Check-Up and Heart Scan

2009-05-21T22:27:00.003+08:00

Brought Andre for his jaundice check-up at the polyclinic on the 18th May and we were glad tat the level were at 132 which is considered mild and need not do any photo therapy or sun-tanning.

But after being checked by the doc, a murmur in his heart was being discovered. We were advised to go to KKH, Cardiac Centre for follow-up the next day. We were so thankful when the doc at KKH told us that the murmur was nothing serious. Indeed there is a tiny hole in his heart but tat is normal and normally, it will close by itself and even if it doesn't, it won't pose any health problem. We were ask to come back on 25th August for another heart scan to make sure.

The following day on 20th May, we brought Andre to Dr Lillian at Kid's Clinic for follow-up on his jaundice (decided not to go back to polyclinic cos the waiting time was quite long and need to go from one place to another for different check-up). After examining Andre, Dr Lillian concluded that the level is between 130-140 (did not do any blood test on Andre to determine the jaundice level) and asked us to go back on Sat for follow-up. Hope that Andre's jaundice will clear by then.

Pics of Amadeus & Andre

2009-05-18T22:36:00.003+08:00

The first time Amadeus saw Andre, he was not receptive towards Andre and tried to avoid him or sayang him...we only managed to take photos of them together when Amadeus was drinking his milk...

The day of my discharge - took photos of them sleeping together...

The Special Day...

2009-05-18T22:08:00.004+08:00

...had finally arrived....tat is, the arrival of our 2nd baby son, Andre Koh. He was born on 14th May 2009 at ard 9.50pm, weigh 3.045kg, and 47cm in length. Compared to his big bro, he weighs slightly lighter and shorter. But nevertheless, he is still very cute :)

Recalling back, I nearly thought I might need to go for emergency c-sect as I was in the delivery suite for nearly 12 hrs and my cervix dilate quite slowly and I was getting despair and discouraged at abt 7pm when I'm told that I'm only 7-8cm dilated only...but comes 9pm, the nurse suddenly told me that I'm fully dilated and asked me not to push till my gynae arrived. Wif 1 push and a cough, the baby is out....we were all so surprised by the quick delivery and I'm glad tat the labour was finally over...

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Pics of our precious son-moments after he was born...

Counting down to seeing Baby Andre...

2009-05-13T22:10:00.002+08:00

I will be admitting myself to hospital tomolo morning at 9am for induction. The reason being tat my water level is getting low and so it will be better to go for induced birth rather than wait for it to happen naturally. At least I know that my baby is engaged and I'm already 1.5cm dilated, so hopefully my induction will be successful and need not become emergency c-sect.

Wish me luck and hope my labour will be short and hopefully by evening time, I will be able to see my baby boy... :)

1st Mother's Day Gift

2009-05-08T13:51:00.002+08:00

I felt so touched and happy when I received this handicraft from Amadeus. This is his 1st Mother's Day gift to me. Isn't it nice? Hahaha....though it's not entirely his own piece of work (wif some help from his teacher) but I still felt very happy when he gave it to me...and he gave me a hug too :)

Booking of Aloha Loyang Cancelled!

2009-05-06T13:55:00.004+08:00

So disappointed to know that Aloha Loyang Chalets will be used for quarantined purposes. My booking for the Swimming Pool Terrace will be cancelled. So now have to think of other venues to hold Andre's full mth celebration as well as Amadeus' 2nd birthday celebration...

Headache la! Anybody got suggestions for venue???

3rd day of school...

2009-05-06T13:28:00.002+08:00

...didn't started very well...Amadeus got a bit whiny when I put on his uniform for him and when we reached the CC, he started to make noise again n reluctant to walk so I carried him. The whole crying saga started again when we reached the door of his childcare. He refused to go in and wanted me to carry him. But once inside, he settled down quite soon n even drank some milk :)

Today, I decided to leave him for a while to let him slowly adapt....ten minutes later, I returned and there he is, crying very badly and only calmed down after I carried n pacified him. I decided to leave again after sometimes and bade him goodbye and I told him I will come back later to fetch him...he cried big time...1 hr later, I returned to the centre...at the door, the teacher mentioned that Amadeus had calmed down n even joined in the activities so I decided not to go in and will fetch him after his lunch n bathe.

Good news! When I went back at about 12 noon, the teacher told me that he was bathing and I waited for him. He had started to adapt...I'm very happy when the teacher told me that he participated in all the activities and even ate some of his lunch. Very glad to hear that...this is so different from the experience we encountered at the childcare previously.

Amadeus even bade goodbyes to all his teachers n frens before leaving :) hope that such behaviour will continue and eventually he will bid me goodbye wif a smiling face :) This is wat I hope.

First Day of School...

2009-05-04T13:04:00.003+08:00

He is so happy when at home getting ready to go to sch...

Today is the first day of school for Amadeus. Initially, he was very happy to put on his inform but when we reached the childcare, he started to cry n refused to go in. He kept cringing on to me and refused to let go. After crying for half an hr, he began to calm down to take a few sips of his nestum.

Then I persuaded him to join his class for singing time but he jus wanna walk about n explore the place...he was happy for a while and started crying again when his teacher wanted him to join the class or when the teacher just smile n wave at him...*faint*...He seem to be very wary of the teachers and doesn't wan to have any contact wif them.

Slowly, he began to warm up and joined in some of the activities but on n off, he will cried for no reason n sometimes he will scream n cried and jus lied on the floor...really don know wat to do wif him...I tried to let him build a rapport wif his teacher but he still seem wary of her even though he did warmed up to her a bit...

I just hope tat tomolo will be a better day n he will get used to the classroom environment soon...

Accident Prone

2009-04-16T12:55:00.003+08:00

Amadeus is really a clumsy boy...ever since he knew how to walk, he had been falling down everyday and will get bruises here n there. The problem wif him is tat whenever he had the chance to walk on his own, he will run instead of walk and will caused him to fall.

He is also someone who doesn't see when he is walking. He can be looking somewhere else and he will bump his head on the wall, window or door. That is why there is still a small bruise (been there for months) on his forehead which is not very visible unless you look at it very closely. That was the result of bumping at the same area numerous time before it heals.

The latest injury was yesterday when he ran and fell n cut his lips and caused him to bleed. And the day before, he was holding his water bottle and drinking happily when he fell and the water bottle hit his left cheek and caused a bruise.

But one gd thing is that, he doesn't cry when he fell down. He will just pick himself up and carry on running like nobody business unless it hurts big time. Even then, his crying only lasts for a few secs and he will be back to his normal self again.

The cut lip and his bruise on his left cheek...

Hort Park

2009-03-28T04:10:00.007+08:00

We were idling away at home and hb suggested that we bring Amadeus to Hort Park since we got nothing to do. So off we go and when we reached there, it was abt 5pm plus. A good time to go as it was not hot at all. Amadeus had fun running around the grass patch, watching the kois in the pond and playing at the playground. It will be more fun for him if the kids there are willing to play wif him. Amadeus keep wanting to join them but they don't want him to be part of their group :(

At one point, he saw that their frisbee was lying on the grass and he quickly took it and ran off...so funni....

Anyway, it was still nice to be out at the outdoor and we will definitely go back again and will be more prepared like bringing a ball along for Amadeus to play n some food n drinks :)

Amadeus saw the ger (wearing white shirt) on the see-saw n he also wan to join them but after the ger left, he quickly wanna get off also...

Another Childcare for Amadeus

2009-03-28T04:00:00.000+08:00

I had been scouting around for a playgroup for Amadeus to go to and finally decided on one. But as Amadeus was sick, I kept putting it off till I received a call from a childcare to tell me that there is a vacancy in class and I can start him off from May.

After visiting the place n talking to the branch director, we will quite happy wif the school as well as the environment. Amadeus also seems to be very happy running ard the place and playing wif the toys. Thus, we made the pymt and also opt for a 2 weeks' trial to see how well Amadeus can adapt to the place.

Hopefully, this time round, Amadeus will be able to settle into the class quickly wif less fuss n crying...keeping my fingers crossed.

4 days in Childcare....

2009-03-06T03:40:00.001+08:00

Hb and I decided to enrol Amadeus into a childcare before I gave birth to my 2nd boy, Andre. This is to enable me to have some free time to take care of Andre and also to let Amadeus be more independent and to learn more skills over there.

For the 1st day, he was ok as I was with him throughout. For the 2nd day, I left at about 10am and he cried till very badly n refused to eat his lunch. 3rd day, I stayed briefly and he cried on n off but he managed to participate in some of the activities. Again, he refused to eat his lunch as I was not there to feed him.

On the 4th day, something happened (long story) and we decided to pull Amadeus out of the childcare. And for 2-3 nites, he will wake up in the middle of the nite to cry. Guess he must be very traumatised by the whole experience.

Nevertheless, we will still be on the lookout for another childcare or playgroup for him to go to before the arrival of his lil bro.

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1st day (2/3/09) of school (pardon his messy hair)...

Our V-Day Trip to Desaru (Dtd 14-15/02/09)

2009-02-28T23:11:00.014+08:00

We spend our Valentine's Day weekend travelling to Desaru wif 6 other families. It was fun travelling wif such a large entourage - 7 daddies, 7 mummies, 7 toddlers and one kid. Our itinerary includes:

Day 1:

- Stopping at Tesco for toilet break and some grocery shopping

- Going to Ostrich Farm

- Lunch at Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant

- Spending the nite at The Pulai Desaru Beach resort

Day 2:

- Going to Desaru Fruit Farm

- Shopping and lunch at Jusco Tebrau

- Home Sweet Home

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Breakfast at Jalan Kayu Prata shop b4 departing...

Ostrich Farm...

Lunch at Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant (took this pic from Vendy's blog)...

The Pulai Desaru Beach Resort...

Playing at the Kids' Club first b4 going to the beach...

At the beach...

Swimming after sand-playing at the beach...

Playing at The Kids' Club after dinner...

Met Tricia there...

They nearly fell down after Amadeus hugged Tricia too tightly...

Day 2:

We checked out after our breakfast n proceeded to the Fruit Farm...

The lorry driving us to the farm...it was very hot n humid...

Our guide...

Again, Amadeus caused Ian to fall down after hugging him too tightly n refused to let go...

Mini Zoo in the farm (didn't capture pics of all the animals n reptiles there)...

Overall, we had alot of fun during this trip and Amadeus really enjoyed himself...Hope to do this again after I gave birth to Andre :)

Janelle's 2nd Birthday (Dtd 08/02/09)

2009-02-24T22:38:00.004+08:00

We went to one of our friends daughter's, Janelle 2nd birthday celebration on the 8th of Feb. It was held at her parent's bungalow. Initially i was afraid tat Amadeus might be scared of their dog but my fear was unfounded. He loves to sayang the dog which strangely keep following my hb...

Amadeus had a fun time playing n eating at the same time...he will run back to us to eat his cake and then run off again to play...

Overall, we had a great time catching up wif my ex-colleagues cum friends and I believed Amadeus had his too :)

I loved this smiling shot of Amadeus!

Birthday cake from Smiling Orchid and Barney Agar Agar...

The 'J' family...

The goodies bags in the basket...

Trying to self-feed himself...

Kranji Farm Stay become Chalet Stay (Dtd 29/01/09)

2009-02-24T16:44:00.010+08:00

We decided to go for a relaxing overnite stay at the newly open Kranji Farm Stay before Hb started his new job...but it was a huge mistake as when we went, no shops were open, the fruit farms were not ready, basically nothing for us to do there except spa. Hb was so furious that he demanded a refund and a check-out immediately after we check-in not long. Hence, for those who are interested to check out the place, I will advise u to check carefully with the person-in-charge to make sure that the shops n farms r open n ready before u go as the villa is not cheap - 1 nite stay is abt $230 incl breakfast in the villa...

Taken outside our villa...

The pathetic state at the farm...

the only seafood restaurant tat is opened...

still cultivating the farms...
retail kiosks not opened...

As we were already packed for an overnite stay, we decided to go to Downtown East and rent a chalet and spend some quality time there (hotel stay not worth it as by the time we decided, it was already 5 plus in the evening).

The next day, after check-out, we had our breakfast at MacDonald's...
waiting for his breakfast - hotcakes...

He had a fun time playing at eXplorerkid after his breakfast...it was a big n nice place for kids to run about and there were different stations meant for different age groups. There was a station meant for parents too who can relax n watch DVD in the comfort of individual armchair...

dared not move in the ball pit...haha

River Hongbao 2009 (Dtd 28/01/09)

2009-02-24T16:28:00.004+08:00

We went to the River Hongbao to take a look and it was rather boring and we left the place in half an hour...

CNY Day 1

2009-02-13T10:34:00.004+08:00

As usual, every first day of CNY will be a mad rush for our family as we need to go to a few places for visiting. This yr we went to a total of 7 places and we were all shacked out by the end of the day. I didnt take pics of all the places tat we went as I became too tired liao...hee hee...

Amadeus 1st two red packets from us...

Playing football happily on his own...

Photo wif my mom n FIL...

Photo wif my dad...
My dad wif his 2 grandsons...

CNY Reunion Dinner

2009-02-13T01:01:00.003+08:00

This year instead of having our usual steamboat, we had some simple home-cooked food instead. We had chicken, duck, sea cucumber wif mushroom, ABC soup wif bao bei, prawns, nogh hiang, vegetables n not forgetting abalone. It was nice having dinner together as a family wif Amadeus joining us for this yr dinner. But I would still prefer to have steamboat cum BBQ...find tat it is more fun...so next yr definitely will revert back to steamboat :)

the food taste much better than it looked...

Pic wif his Ah gong...

In one of his mischievous mood...

Rummaging the cupboard as usual...

Helping to vacuum the floor...

Happy 牛 Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2009-01-26T02:55:00.000+08:00

Wishing everyone a Prosperous New Year and may all your wishes come true in this 牛 year!

A Time of Bonding...

2009-01-25T01:24:00.004+08:00

Father & son combined to color a sun...

And this was wat happened after the colouring time was over...

A trip to the Swimming Pool (Dtd 7th Jan 2009)

2009-01-25T00:55:00.004+08:00

Amadeus used to love swimming but as it had been quite sometime since we brought him swimming, he started crying when we put him inside the pool and wanna get out immediately. He only dare to play around at the edge of the pool and when the water was at his knee level, he will turned back immediately to dry land...on my! my son had become such a coward!

Guess we need to bring him to the swimming pool more often and tat he will overcome his fear soon.

time to buy a new swimsuit..this is way too small n tight

wearing his 'life jacket'...

see! he is so scared!

comes running to me for help...

only dare to play at the edge of the pool... he loved to walk along this pathway but when the water reached his knee, he quickly turned back...

A trip to Marina Barrage on 2nd Jan 2009

2009-01-24T23:53:00.007+08:00

Hubby wanted to bring us to Marina Barage for the longest time and finally today, we manage to make a trip down. The place was quite nice but we didn't let Amadeus played wif the water there as it was rather windy and hubby was scared that he might caught a chill.

We explored around the place and we went to the observatory to tour the place n it was inside there that something hilarious happened. There was one section where we had to walk on glass panels. Amadeus on seeing the glass panels stood rooted on the ground n refused to move an inch. It was very funny lor n some of the staff even came over to look at Amadeus.

Inside the observatory...

Here is a video of him whinning away...

On the roof garden...
very nice view...

Other nice views...

Pre-natal Check-up on 5th Jan

2009-01-24T23:38:00.003+08:00

I went for my detailed scanning on the 5th Jan and I'm glad tat Baby Andre (yes, tat is our 2nd baby's name) is doing fine inside me - growing healthily. According to my gynae, Andre is slightly above average in weight and also rather tall. Really glad to know tat and another thing is he had already faced down which is very surprising for us as Amadeus only turned when I'm about in my 9th mth.

I'm also very happy that as at 5th Jan, I only put on 2 kg. But as of now, which is 24th Jan, I already put on 4kg. I hoped that for this pregnancy I will not put on more than 10kg as I looked very fat and bloated now and I hated it.

Will update more abt Andre when I went for my next appt on 4th Feb.

18th Mth Booster Jab cum Assessment

2009-01-16T12:56:00.004+08:00

We brought Amadeus to his PD at Rivermall for his 18th mth booster jab on the 26th Dec 2008. We also decided to let him take chicken pox vaccine as recommended by the PD.

As expected, he got suspicious when I carried him upright and pulled down his shorts (the PD wanna jab his butt). He began to struggle and started crying big time but after the 2 jabs, he started to calm down n started smiling again after we left the room.

But as the PD didn't complete his 18th mth assessment in the health booklet, I made an appointment at SengKang Polyclinic on the 13th Jan 2009 to do a thorough check on Amadeus. But who knows, he cried till very bad when the doc wanna examine his eyes and kept pushing the doc's hand away when he tried to touch his testicles. He even refused to let us remove his diaper...Haiz...I hope his probia in seeing a doc will disappear soon after he reached 2 yrs old...in the end, the doc didn't manage to check anything and asked us to come back again when Amadeus is 3 yrs old.

I'm so glad tat all the compulsory jabs are over n he even receive a certificate for completing all his vaccination from his PD. His stats as at 18th plus mth:

Weight: 11.5kg
Height: 86 cm

Andy Lau's Wonderful World Concert 2008 (dtd 13th Dec 2008)

2009-01-07T23:16:00.005+08:00

Hb and I went to Andy Lau's concert on 13th Dec as part of our 2nd wedding anniversay celebration. The concert was awesome and I really enjoyed it...the atmosphere was great but sadly our seat was quite far away from the stage though I already bought the best seats, hence I couldn't see Andy's face clearly *so sad* and I had to stand up for half of the show jus to be able to watch the performance.

The zooming in of my camera was so lousy tat even after I zoomed fully, the picture was still so small *angry* So I have to resort taking pics of him from the big screen....guess it's time to change to a better camera...another sad thing was tat my camera and Hp batt went flat halfway thru the show hence I was not able to capture the encore part which was quite entertaining.

Weaning of the Pacifier

2009-01-03T23:00:00.003+08:00

Today hb and I decided tat it is time to wean Amadeus off the pacifier as he seems to have buck-teeth. W expected that we will have a hard time weaning him off as he is such an addict to pacifier...

True enough, during nap time, he started to cry n it got worse n worse when he can't find his pacifier. Hence, I cut up his pacifier in front of him but he still happily took the cut-up pacifier n put into his mouth and went into his oom for his nap. But as he was unable to suck the pacifier, he started to struggle and made a fuss for an hour before he fell asleep. But he only nap for an hour and he was up (Normally his nap time would be abt 2-3 hrs)...

But comes nite time, he seems to have got over the idea of no pacifier and hb didn't have to pacify him. Hb jus patted him and soon he was off to his lalaland....We were very surprised but proud of our darling son for not making any fuss...Well done, Amadeus :)

Happy 18th Mth, Baobei :)

2008-12-24T14:26:00.006+08:00

Today is Christmas Eve and also the day Amadeus turns 18th mth. But sadly, on this day, he happens to be unwell and had fever on-and-off. We brought him to see a GP just to make sure. The doc say Amadeus had a toe infection caused by an ingrown nail and need to be on anti-biotics but the infection might not be causing the fever so we can only monitor him for these few days to see whether there are any more other symptoms. Hb and I can only hope that it will be nothing serious. On a happier note, he is still eating well and very active so we are not that worried.

At 18th mth, Amadeus can do the following things though he is slow in speaking, and we are proud of him:

1) He can understand most of our instructions to him or what we are talking about...

2) He will sit near our front door waiting for us to put on/take off his shoes when we are going out/coming home...

3) He knows how to open all the rooms' doors without us teaching him...

4) He will take his dirty diaper and walk to the kitchen entrance waiting for me to open the gate before proceeding to the dustbin to throw the diaper...

5) He will immediately imitate our action after we done it...

6) He is able to blow his nose when I said, "sniff" to him...

The above are wat I can remember for now...Will update his progress again later on if any...

Christmas Party at our house

2008-12-20T23:30:00.005+08:00

My sec sch frens and I organised a Christmas party which was held at my hse...

Pressies from my frens for Amadeus...

Gifts received for our family...

18th Mth Bash cum X'mas Party (dtd 13th Dec 2008)

2008-12-18T21:09:00.005+08:00

We had a 18th mth bash cum X'mas party for our toddlers on the 13th of Dec. It was a gathering for the SMH June MTBs. It was held at a function room of one of the mummies' condo.

It was nice to catch up wif all the mummies again since the last big gathering was the 6th mth bash. Amadeus had fun running around the place and it was also the 2nd time tat Amadeus opened his mouth to eat cake...really caught us by surprise as the 1st time tat he ate a cake was when he was 1 yr old!

Blackforest cake from Pine Garden...

Amadeus seems to like cake wif alcohol...

His trademark stunt.... Pressie from gift exchange...

Exam results...

2008-12-16T14:55:00.002+08:00

Finally I gotta all my exam results...quite pleased wif it...got a Distinction for Global Marketing and a Credit for Managing Change...very happy! I was so scared tat I will fail my Managing Change n now I can finally heaved a sign of relief...so now left wif 1 module to complete next sem and I can graduate wif a degree liao! Really can't wait :)

Updates coming soon...

2008-12-14T21:59:00.002+08:00

Amadeus had spoiled my laptop so I was not able to blog about the recent events...Pls be patient n I will update as soon as my laptop is back from the service centre...

2 hard kicks on my tummy...

2008-12-06T22:39:00.000+08:00

The lil one inside me gave me 2 hard kicks on my tummy jus now...caught me by surprise as I havent felt any movement from the lil one until now...felt a bit excited but at the same time, painful...Amadeus never gave me such hard kicks before...hee hee...longing to feel the lil one more but too bad the kicks stopped for the nite.

Hoping to feel more of the lil one movements soon...can't wait to see my baby on my next check-up :)

Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary

2008-12-03T10:00:00.003+08:00

Today is our 2nd ROM cum Customary Wedding Anniversary :)

I love this 3 photos!!!

Though this is only our 2nd anniverary, we had come a long way. We came together when I'm 18 and he 21 yrs old. We gone thru alot of bad as well as good times. I like to thank him for being so patient wif me and for being able to bear wif my bad-temper.

Hope tat in the yrs to come, we will still be able to walk hand-in-hand and grow old together.

In 8 more hrs time....

2008-12-01T02:56:00.002+08:00

we will be on the plane to Hong Kong! Really excited as this is the first time Amadeus is taking a plane. Hope he will be able to adapt well. But 1 bad thing is, his cough came back 2 days ago n seems to be getting worse. Hope tat he will recover soon after taking the med and we will be able to enjoy our holiday!

My Birthday Celebrations

2008-11-28T10:45:00.002+08:00

24th Nov - Met up wif my Poly frenz for dinner at Marche at Vivo City and then shopping at Daiso b4 hb drove us home.

27th Nov - Met up wif my Sec Sch frenz for dinner at Melben Crab at Toa Payoh Lor 8. I still prefer the black pepper crab at Joo Chiat. Tat is the best! Then at midnite, hb surprise me wif a birthday cake.

28th Nov - Hb and I went for a buffet dinner at Melting pot at Holiday Inn. The food was not bad but the variety was really limited. So will not recommend u all to go there for buffet. U will be disappointed by the variety.

p/s: will upload the photos at a later time.

Happy 17th Mth, Baobei :)

2008-11-24T22:43:00.003+08:00

Amadeus turns 17th mth today. Though he is slow in speaking, he can understand numerous instructions from us. He is also very fast in imitating our actions and every so often, he will amaze/amuse us wif a new action/stunt (will show pics/videos another time).

Hb & I are glad to see him growing so well. We just hope that he can be more healthy n fall sick less often and remain cheerful always.

Happy 17th Mth, Baobei :)

DisneyLive! Three Classic Fairy Tales

2008-11-21T23:30:00.004+08:00

After much hesitation, we decided to bring Amadeus to watch this Disney musical which consists of 3 fairy tales: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Beauty & The Beast. We went for the 7pm show. We were seated at the 4th row from the front so we had a bird's eye view of the musical. Amadeus was quite fascinated by the musical, the singing, dancing and the numerous different characters.

Hb and I were very happy to see him being able to sit still on my lap and watch intently at what was happening on the stage. He only got restless after the interval and kept wanting to touch an Indian lady's hair sitting in front of us...he only paid attention when it was the closing ceremony where all the characters were coming out and he was also fascinated by the paper confetti at the end. Overall, we were glad that he was quite a good boy and hb was already thinking of watching the next Disney on Ice in March next year.

Took this photo b4 the musical started...

3 days in Shanghai...

2008-11-13T13:29:00.003+08:00

Hb went to Shanghai for work for 3 days from 10th to 12th Nov...luckily it was for a short time only as Amadeus was down wif cough and flu and I'm afraid that I cant manage without him around.

Luckily I managed to survive....hahaha...it was tough taking care of sick Amadeus as he had difficulty sleeping at nite due to his coughing and he had fever on and off and this resulted in me needing to take his temperature now and then and sponging him, hence making me very tired.

So when we went to fetch hb at the airport on the 12th Nov, I immediately passed Amadeus to him to take care so that I can take a break.

See, Amadeus had slimmed down after being sick for a week and still haven't recovered yet...