What a coincidence...

Haha, just finished reading Blur's blog and realise they went to the zoo on Sat, while we had just came back from our trip to the birdpark today, ie. Sunday. Hee hee...

I'm so looking forward to our zoo trip in March. Rie's quite sick on looking at birds, birds and more birds. She was only keen on the penguins and her favourite flamingo...

Other than that, she was asking me " Where are the monkeys? I want to see the monkeys and giraffes". Oh man, I didnt know what to explain to her after countless times of explaining that we are at the birdpark.

Reyes was more enthusiatic about the birds. It was his first trip and I think he enjoyed himself more than his sister did.

Will upload the photos tomorrow when I edit them. I'm very happy with how the photos turned out to be, coz I was trying to experiment with the macro function and the whatever zoom thingy to achieve the sharp image but blur background effect. Thanks to the pros who gave me a tip or two during reyes's birthday party last year. My photos were definitely much better than my first trip to birdpark with rie back in 2008.

Royce.....

My first box of Royce... So yummy and delicious....

What a great weekend...

I'm tired, dead tired.

The kids are also dead tired. It was an impromptu decision by hb. Called me halfway during shichida's class this morning and suggested to head to Jurong Birdpark. I'm game for it too, since nearly all the Sundays are spent at home napping in the afternoon. Such a waste of time.

So off we went and we arrived before noon. Such a simple route there, one straight way via the expressway.

Kids were excited....here's rie posing with her fav flamingo...The pelican waiting for their lunch.....They are really huge! And the kids can relate to the pelican, because they have been watching the Nemo show and in it, there is this talkative pelican....so now rie knows how it looks like in real life.Trying my hands on the blur background effect...She was starting to get bored looking at birds, birds and more birds...
We allowed reyes to walk for a few distance and he was happy to do so...

If you start to rattle off 一，二，三，四，五，六，七...reyes will say " 八" and that explains the huge mouth in the photo below..haha.

To date, he has only 4 teeth leh...sigh..when will his teeth all grow out. Where have they been hiding?

And the blur background shots....

I like this shot of Father & daughter.

The pink parrot...I like the effect of the blur cage grills...

The magnificient eagle...

And this photo of rie is so comical! haha. I wanted her to pose for me, but she didnt want me to take any photos of her and was shouting at me to stop.

Notice the little handkerchief around her wrist? Well, I applied mopiko for her and she wanted me to bandage it up for her lor...It's a fun day. Am looking forward to the zoo trip next.

Feeling blue..

Mood isnt good. Feeling so xian.
Had a tiff yday.

I just dont understand are there still such rare mens on earth who divulge EVERYTHING to your own mother even after u are married with kids???? Even the most minor issue?

And worst of all, it doesnt even concern them. Okay, not exactly doesnt concern them, but hey, it's about your own, O-W-N family issue.

I'm so pissed lor, because my hb happens to be one such rare stupid man. Just yesterday I left reyes at home while he was taking his nap. It was just 10mins. And because he slept late in the afternoon, if I were to drag him up to go wait for rie, he would be grumpy and tired later. That's why I made this stupid decision.

Of course, it's dangerous! And I swear it's my first time and it will be the last of all man. Stupidly to have divulge that to my own husband, whom I never expect to have inform his own mother about it and then news spread to my SIL and then I saw the sms on hb's mobile from SIL.

I can even imagine how MIL would be grumbling about it the whole night about leaving her precious grandson at home blah blah blah blah. Thank godness I'm not staying with them. My ears will suffer. And there I go, I just lost it. I screamed at him, whatever did he tell his mother about.

He said he was just saying no choice sometimes and when it rains, it's just a thought. He wasnt telling the truth. If it rains, we have already made a decision to let the bus driver send rie back to our void deck. So????? My case is : WHY Tell your mother for what? It's about us, our own family, I dont owe them any explanation as to why I am doing it. So WHy tell?

There are MAny, countless issues that he tells his mother without me knowing. Even recently my dad gave allowance for rie's education, he also tell his mother. For what? His parents gave rie money or whatever, I dont even tell my own parents. because I dont see a point or a need to do so. Blame it on the genes. Blame it that he has to inherite his mother's genes. It sucks living with someone who is a replica of the MIL man.

Sometimes, I wish why cant he just shut his mouth and close his eyes. His cleanliness is killing me everyday. He prohibits u to throw rubbish outside at the chute without entering the house showering after you have done it. So, our rubbish is only thrown when someone returns from home, the other party will rush from the kitchen to the door to pass over the rubbish, OR thrown very late at night when the party will enter the house, straight to the shower.

And even with that, it means mopping the living room walking area from the doorstep to the shower! But come on, if you enter the house thinking there are dirts all over your body and you walk to the kitchen, take the mop, go to the living room, mop the living room then enter the shower, dont the dirt on your body "fly" all over the living room already? So how clean can you be?

Everyday. yes, EVERYDAY, he returns home, undress, "sterilises" his hands and feet, then proceed to mop the WHOLE house. Entering the bedrooms, thinking he is already clean. But he is not of course! How clean can you be when you didnt shower?

His claim? I wear long sleeve and long pants to work, so I'm covered up. But you did not wash your face and hair! So??? Whats the logic?

I'm dying everyday with the nonsense. I'm tired. I'm sooo damn xian.
You may think wah, I have a good husband who does the housework and all.
Yeah, he doesnt let me wash the plates and pots (he thinks I waste water washing)but I still do, because I dont like to pile all up in the basin and then washing all at one go.

I dont treat the basin as a rubbish place. Throwing all the fruits skin, seeds and then clearing them up ONLY after the fruit has been eaten. Yuck man!!! Horrible lor. Gr.....If only I have a maid, wont that be wonderful?

Sigh..not again..

Alright, yesterday rie came home happily with chocolate smeared all over her mouth. A boy offered her some chocolates on the bus and I was happy things seem to be getting better.

Not that fast. She was crying so badly on the bus today when I picked her up. Hair was all wet and messy, tears pouring non stop and mucus drooling...Sigh...And that stupid indian boy was saying things like "crybaby", everyday cry. I warned him before last week.

And when i asked rie why she was crying, her first sentence was " I'm so tired."Then when I probe further, she said "jiejie scold me, ask me shut up"

KNS right? Everyone's been telling me, let the bus auntie know so that rie will not get bullied by the K2. BUt rie being ever so stubborn, refuses to be held by auntie, wants to sit on her own, wants to buckle up on her own. So there goes! How to get auntie to watch over her?

I must thank god, it's only the 2nd stop and she will be alighting. No more fighting, no more arguing and crying on the bus and I'm there to comfort her back to her happy self. When will all these nonsense stop?

Sadly, I dont know. being the youngest on the bus, and certainly the most over friendly and talkative girl isnt helping much. I look at 2 other N2 girls, sit quietly on the bus, or they just watch from a corner. I'm a upset mum man.

But I'm trying my very best liao. Sending her to school, so as to prevent her from getting into arguements on the bus on way to school. At least I know she is safe and sound at school, happily walking into class and not crying.

Ezlink card..

Oh boy...I think it's high time that rie gets her own ezlink card liao, since I'l be bringing her to school via public transport.

Definitely wont want to be screamed at on the bus by the driver man.

Today's the first day that I brought her to school with reyes in tow. Left the house 45mins earlier prior to school starting. Leisure stroll to the busstop. Had a brolly in hand and tried my best to shelter her fr the hot sun. Thank god it was cloudy & windy, so not so bad, although by the time we arrived at school, her hair was rather messy liao. tsk tsk.

So I guess it's not that difficult afterall hor..except for the backaches....My calfs were actually aching due to the walking last week...Signs of old age catching up man.

What a week..

I was so happy that it's finally Friday yesterday.
Although it's just a 4 school day this week for rie, I'm extremely tired and so is she.
I think it's a challenge for us 3 to start a new routine and take time for us to get used to it.

Poor reyes, seem to have gotten tan from the afternoon sun and so have I! Boo hoo...Maybe I ought to get suntan lotion for him.

So currently am still fine tuning our schedule.
But it goes somewhere like this :
830am : Dread to wakeup man...(I cant believe I have to wake up this early every day)
900am : Wakes rie up.
930am : Early lunch
1005am: Water parade
1015am: Get ready
1020am : Head downstairs to wait for school bus.

If I am ditching the idea to let her take sch bus to school, then we have more time to play with and leave the house at 1100am only. So come this week, I'm gonna try out if I can bring 2 kids to school on the bus. Gotta get her an ez link card too.

So after I am happy that rie is in class, will head home ard 1145 to 12noon. Prepare lunch for reyes and tuck him for nap at 1pm.

He has only the pleasure to nap for 1.5hrs, as I have to head downstairs to fetch rie at 310pm. To play safe, I have to head out earlier, as the location where i am picking her up isnt very convenient and safe to wait any longer. So basically is, bus comes, open door, grab her and go. hahah..

At least she is #2 to alight fr the bus and is able to start her nap at 4pm which will last 1.5hrs.

So...
900pm : Shower and dress up
930pm : Milk time, settling down
1000pm : Lights off.

Reyes KO most of the days at 10pm while rie still need some coaxing and sleeps around 1030-11pm. It's so rare for the kids to sleep that early. But am glad, coz I need a good night rest for another hectic day again.

Sat have to wake up at 815am, coz needa work.
Sun have to wake up at 730am, coz rie has shichida.
But the sunday class will end come march term, so at least WE can sleep late on sunday..hoo hoo..

sob sob...

Sigh...was happily waiting for rie to come home and had even went out of the house 15mins earlier to the busstop to wait. But past the scheduled time and it got me worrying sick.

Left the bus driver's handphone number at home, so I had to sms his daughter, but no reply by then. Then made the decision to rush home and call him. When I called, he said he was at the busstop and there was a massive jam due to fire outbreak at Moonstone. Hence a delay of 10mins.

So he said will send rie back to our place downstairs. We waited and waited and the bus finally arrived 1hr later after rie's class has ended. And I was expecting a happy looking rie, but she was crying so badly in the bus in auntie's arms!!! Wah liao!

I thought what happened and she said " jiejie scold riesia". Kaoz leh. It was the same girl who sat beside her today that scolded her. I probe further and she said "jiejie say No more sticker". Because rie is still not able to express herself much on what exactly happen, I cant find out more detail, until tomorrow at least. But I wont be taking the sch bus with her tomorrow already.

Now I'm worried again. Whats going to happen to her on the school bus tomorrow morning onway to school. I definitely wont want a crying girl arriving at school when she was so happy at home earlier. Furthermore, the journey from home to school takes anyway from 30-40mins too. I decided to take the public bus tomorrow with reyes and see how is rie when she arrives at school.

Can you imagine how heartbroken I was to see rie tearing away? I hate it when kids cry and tears roll down their cheeks and nobody bothers to wipe them off. This morning this N2 boy didnt want to go to school too. Everyday he will cry, and mum has no choice but to leave him on the bus heartlessly. And he cried and cried and I took out a tissue to wipe his tears. Hmm..actually I always do that to kids I found crying..haha. Coz I find it comforting myself when someone actually damps my eyes when I cry when I was younger. tsk tsk.

And I cannot swallow the fact that I am no longer 24 by 7 protecting my girl anymore. If I was there, I could have distract her with something or whatever. But you know kids are kids, they wont know how to really lie so that girl was really blant about it. I know, because she actually didnt want to give or share her stickers with riesia.

I kept telling rie, not to sit with the 2 older girls tomorrow. But she still wants to sit with them. There are 2 other younger girls, and they sit quietly by themselves one u know, dont mingle and such. Why cant rie behave like them? Just mind your own business? Sigh. And it got herself so upset and she kept crying and crying.

And so, I made the decision to give myself a 1 week trial to send rie to school next week, but still returning via school bus.
If I fail(& I really hope I will not fail), then start Feb, she will continue to take the school bus to school 2 ways.

I'm not afraid of the return trip, because she will be the 2nd to alight if I were to wait for her at the busstop. So hopefully within that short 20mins journey, no fights, no crying, no arguements. I pray hard.

It wasnt easy feat for me today with no more help from hb, I had to deal with 2 kids in the morning like a mad rush. Attend to rie, attend to reyes, fed both quick early lunch, wear shoe, grab bag, head out. And it's going to be like this for the whole year. I'm already starting to feel sooooo damn tired physically and I wonder how long I can hang on.

To bring 2 kids to school, gotta put reyes in ergo and let rie walk. But then, soft hearted me cant bear to let rie walk such a far distance to take the bus. Yes, only 1 busstop away, not that far right? But but..still have to walk under hot sun leh.

It's thursday and not even the end of the week...

I'm tired. Dead tired. IN another 10mins, I've gotta walk out to the busstop to wait for rie with reyes in tow.

This morning, I had no choice but to bring reyes along on the sch bus with rie. Uncle was very nice. There were 2 new twin girls added to the sch bus today. First day at school.

Rie seem to be rather unpopular with the older K2 girls. haha. She was very yakky and was like whatever the jie jie do, she also do. They had ham sandwich and she wanted a bite! Kaoz lor. yesterday, she wanted their nutella sandwich, so today, I told her, I've prepared for her in the bag.

She took it out to eat 2 mouth before the jie jie took out hers and there goes, rie decides theirs are more delicious than hers. Sigh...

She couldnt sit still too and I'm thinking how man. Tomorrow she will be going to school alone. I still cant help to be assured that she knows where she should head to when she arrives at school. Bus uncle was nice to actually bring her to class for me, but he said he would be doing for 1 week only and by then, she should already know. But kids are kids leh, 3 yrs old only.

And plus, I tried to make her pee before getting on the bus today, but she insisted to go to the toilet at school. Haiz. Yesterday when I asked her if she pee at school, she said no. No urine. Why? Not enuff water obviously lah.

So I'm thinking tomorrow morning, will take the public bus to school and peep secretly to see if uncle brought her in and if she knows how to go toilet or not. Rehearsed many times yesterday with her on the steps to do in the toilet. Paranoid, but what to do.

Spoke to teachers today, they said she didnt take her lunch yesterday, which was kway teow soup with fishcakes. I then told the teachers, she take fish balls, fish cakes, so you can perhaps tell her to try and maybe she will eat. I pray she will eat, otherwise given the high sch fee that we are paying, not having the meals in school is such a wasteful.

Alrighty, gotta go fetch her now. Only had 2 hours of peace. No more rest time in the afternoon anymore. Reyes will be up when rie is back. Sigh....The only comfort is I have been heading to bed at 10pm since Tuesday...yawn.

First day of school

Stress stress stress and then dead tiring.

Woke up at 9am, prepared everything and then made the right decision to feed rie some rie and soup before heading down to wait for bus.

Had a strong hunch the bus will not arrive and was urging myself to call the lady night before, but hb deleted all his inbox message.

And true enough, it didnt arrive. And I made him try his luck to search through the dialled number and bingo. The daughter answered and I grumbled. End up the uncle really miss out location, but will still fetch us home. Like that transport how to charge.

Then the daughter gave me the plate number different from what the school had in their records, so I had to call and double check again. Sigh...

So I was praying hard she wont cry and she didnt. She happily went into the classroom and did some colouring, drawing till teachers urshered them to the other classroom. Glad. Occassionally, I will still peek at her, and when she notices me, will smile and wave.

Lunch was served VERY late. 1pm. (that explains heng I fed her beforehand, but that was at 10am). She was hungry, I bet. But macaronis was served and she was the only one who didnt eat. Sigh. So end up eating 2 small pieces of butter bread and some biscuits nia. Water was served, but very little each time. She was very thirsty given that she dunk 330ml of water every 45mins at home.

Everything was fine, until dismissal time. I was hanging around waiting for the school bus uncle and went to speak to him at the carpark. When I turned my back to head back to the dismissal area, I saw rie crying liao lor..Teacher was holding her, said she was fine, until dismissal time and she couldnt find me and started crying.

She was crying coz she couldnt find me and also she was very very tired. It's her nap time and plus, 3 hrs of play non stop, I think very tiring for her too. Heart break okay. Sigh...
Then she asked to drink water, said thirsty, but I had finished my water too and it was close to her turn to get up the bus. So no water lor.

So had to coax her up the schoolbus. It was really a round about and by the time we were reaching home, she was gonna close her eyes liao. So head home, gave her some bread, dunk down water and immediately KO.

Tomorrow's hb taking only half day, so SIL will be coming in the afternoon to bbsit reyes. I was suppose to head home after accompanying rie to school, but now worried what is going to happen during dismissal time again and if she will go up the bus crying or not.

IT was SOOO chaotic in the morning when I arrive. Younger kids were crying, parents hanging around, so messy. Aiyo....The kids cry non stop, so poor thing, no one to comfort them. Teachers immune liao I think, they just kept holding their hands and walk here walk there as they had to do things too. I think the kids were just dead tired crying. Sigh.

Now I'm begining to think what is rie going to do when she arrives 30mins earlier in school. Was informed they will be gathered to sit at the bench and wait till the AM session dismiss. That's a big "HAR" lor. I still cant let go until I see rie is well adjusted in school. She doesnt seem to speak up yet. Today witness her trying to snatch the rolling pin, end up lost. Then wanted to run out crying to me..haiz...so sad.

I hate to go through this stage..

I felt so bad recommending my mum to head to my usual lady to do her eyebrows embrodiary.
The tail ends actually faded off together with the scars and my mum went back to touch up today.

It came back worst than the first time. There was bleeding and the scar was worst. So upset over it. Now, I feel terrible bad lor, coz my dad did tell my mum to just go and look for the doctor that was being advertised in the papers instead of going to my usual lady. Sigh.

My mum keep saying never mind, but I know she must be feeling very sad too. Spent $280 okay. $180 for the eyebrows and $100 for lazering off her old tail ends.

If she heads to the doctor, it's gonna be $300 and above leh I heard from her. Should have let her went there the first place. Sigh...so upsetting. I really wish to tell her I'm sorry.

Seriously worried...

Tues is slowly creaping by and I"m seriously worried alot.

We went to kiddy palace and grabbed socks and panties for rie. Didnt manage to find those boxer style of panties leh. Thought it would give her butt extra coverage in case they are to sit on the floor, where the kids actually wears shoes.

Hb's only taking 1.5 days of leave. That means I get to only follow her on the schoolbus for 1st and 2nd day. How how how...

She is very much excited and looking forward to going to school. Everyday, telling me she will be taking school bus, gotta buckle up and tell auntie that she is ready to go. She doesnt know poor mummy is so worried about her safety, about her being bullied, about her falling down, about her not knowing how to still learn to pull up her panties after visiting the toilet.

Yes, I tell myself it's only 3 hrs that's all. But taking in the journey, 1030am and she will only be back home 330am, it's a good 5 hrs gone!

My timetable is gonna get upset too. I doubt I will have any free time in the afternoon, with reyes having to nap after lunch and waking up when rie's home. I dread the day she goes to primary 1, that means I have to wake up way way early, 530? 630? Kao!

Gfs would know I'm never a morning person man......Hate it.
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Happy girl yesterday. My lovely KS bag arrived and I went to collect it last night. So pretty. Hb's really pleased with my purchase too, because he claim he chose the colour. haha. Will post up pix soon when I'm free.

Am hoping BIL would be lugging back the LC mini handbag this Tueday....maybe it's gonna be a disappointment.
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....I've wasted the 5th strip within 2 mths. Auntie's not here yet and it's has been 2 months since she went on a trip to nowhere! and that got me worried sick. But the results has been pleasing. a negative.

But when is she coming back.....Just when I thought she is on a monthly routine schedule again. sigh.

Lazy, tired...

Okay, been slagging..tired xia.

Many have been asking why sleepless nights? Sigh....I dont know what's got into with reyes.
I think is a curse to have said he has been such a good boy, sleeping through the night on my blog!!!

Such that, he started wailing every night, in intervals of 30mins, 1hr, 2 hrs or 3 hrs. And I can hardly sleep through the night..sigh...

It was bad for the first 2 nights that hb and rie didnt have a good sleep coz they were all woken up. I tried craddling him in my arms and was ready to sleep in that awkward sitting up position.
It worked for an hour. But that resulted in me having a stiff neck and aching arm.

I tried carrying reyes outside to the living room, made him milk and was all prepared to camp outside with him if he should fall asleep. That didnt work. And instead, he kept urshering me back to the master bedroom. So no choice, went back to the room and he was all quiet in the room and finally slept. ON MY BED! I was tooooo dead tired to take the risk to place him back to the cot, so he laid in between me and rie.

The next few nights were the same. And now, IF he happens to wake up in the middle of the night and finds himself in the cot, he would actually cross over the baby cot frame, onto my bed and sleep in between!!!! Xiao liao lor.

Poor rie, squashed over to the side and hardly had place to turn and toss and she got so frustrated with reyes one night, she shouted at him. ahhahahahah.

Am trying my very best not to make this a habit. Maybe is due to the afternoon naps that I place him on the bed together with rie. Sigh....Or maybe he is already thinking, why jie jie can sleep with mama, but I cant! hmmm....

On a happier note...hb finally collected his 2nd wedding band. But $XXXX poorer.

I'm really lousy to capture pretty photos. But the diamonds are really bling bling lor after a good wash. Here's a pic of it.

Platinium was way way too costly for us. It was considered very cheap when we got our bands back then. So this time, we opted for this newly created metal, Rhodium or dont know what, which supposedly will not tarnish over time. The surface is matt, slightly rough to texture and the sides width are shiny. I"m a shiny person, I love the shiny surface very much and was trying hard to persuade hb to get it shiny instead of matt.

But because he's not a very careful person, we opted for matt in the end, as scratches will not be as obvious.

A difference this time is, I insisted on having 2 diamonds for him instead of 1. They are princess cut. He was complaining for years why he has only 1 diamond and I have plentiful. haha. So I said, let's have it 2 princess cut and have it in a column. Turned out very nice to my liking.

The engravings. Looking at the photo above, it seems to read as "Abused Joanne". hahahahah

New bag again??

Well well, seems like I've move from clothings to bags spree now...

Am thinking of getting myself a small tote bag for everyday use for myself or just a short trip with the kids' staffs to parents place or to the market.

Hence, been surfing the longchamp website and wow, totally clueless.

Now I finally found out that under the Le Pilage, there are "handbags" version and "tote bags" version. That finally resolves the clueless me why the same bag that looks similar to me are in different dimensions.

The one on the left is TOTE Bag : 25x25x14 cm (10x10x5½ inch)

The one on the right is HANDbag : 21x21x14 cm (8¼x8¼x5½ inch)

So, I would certainly prefer the tote bag size BUT I want it in short handle. And it seems like no such model leh.

Because the KS that I've bought measures : 14.5" x 13.5" x 5.5"

I didnt want another similar size bag. as such, am looking at the smaller size range only.

So how!!! boo hoo

Actually they have this customisation service too and if I were to do that for the size i prefer with short handle, this would be how I want my bag to be like....

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tah-dah!

Updates : While surfing to try to understand the sizes, I chanced upon this :

Dimensions : 30x28x20 cm (12x11x8 inch)
The base is actually 11" x 8"wide, height is 12".

In comparing to the tote bag that I want which comes only in long handle :
25x25x14 cm (10x10x5½ inch)

The size merely differs by 1-2inches. But the width is great!
Normally when I am out by myself, I will carry these things :
wallet, handphone, tissue paper, water bottle(may or may not), umbrella(may or may not), my specs, sweets. So maybe this bag might just be wee too big for me hor. BUt then, the point is, it's in short handles, which I would want.

Esther, think this is the bag that you have and is called the medium size bag hor. Just found out Robinsons have a corner too. So that's another place u can head there to look see the bags. Am asking hb to drop by tomorrow to take a look. muahahaha.

On second thoughts, if I do intend to get the medium size one, then I would rather get the limited edition Eiffel Tower one right? Size is also about the same. 31cm x 30cm(length) x 8cm width.

Time for a haircut...

At the very last minute, I decided to back out trimming off rie's hair. But due to huge protest from her, I had no choice but to agree to her.

She was screaming her lungs out :"I want to cut hair".
I think she enjoys the process of being pampered. Am surprisingly amazed, she sat really still on the chair for Jennifer to trim for her..hee hee... Taking a peep...

And I love this pix...taken at City Square one weekend while lazing in Dec 2009.

Happy me..

Last night, collected my gift from SIL who bought from Japan.

Didnt expect such an expensive gift from her nonetheless...so happy.

She bought for me a Burberry Blue Label small clutch.

I didnt know it was versatile until today I took it out and look at it.

The straps can be removed and you can hang it like a wristlet, or you can remove it totally and it looks like a small clutch cum cosmetic bag.

It comes with a small heart and is so lovely.

The picture above shows the exact bag, but it is in pink version. The one above is in black version. Will take a snap when I have time. Now thinking when I can start to use it! woo hoo..

Complain part 2 & 3

Forgot to rant about this incident.
Was at city Square few weeks back.

Rie wanted to go to the toilet, so I brought her in, together with the stroller.
I had to park the stroller outside the cubicle, left the door half open.

Then this indian cleaner came by and peeped in then commented : Nursery there. cannot change here.

I thought I heard her saying like there's a children's toilet for kids or whatever. So I stared at her and said fustratedly: What?

Then she said "cannot change here."

I Dl liao lor, rebuked back : "What? She pass urine what? Why cannot?"

Then the cleaner said : No pampers ah?

And of course I said, " No lah! So big already."

And she just walked off without apologizing.

If she had used a better tone to talk to me, I wont be so rude to her. And pls, not all toddlers are not toilet trained okay. Stupid.
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later at 530pm, I have to go down and wait for the postman. WHy? Hb posted a parcel without stamp this morning. So I have to go and retrieve it back. SIgh. I had earlier written a note for him to purchase stamp...

Another complain...

Last Thurs, on the way home, I saw this small kia beng car, blasting his loud music and speeding into the multi storey carpark.

Entering illegally via the 2nd "OUT" exit. Yes, I dont know whats with this HDB people. The multi storey carpark at my place actually has 2 OUT exits and 1 In entrance.

The 2nd OUT is located near the car washing area, I reckon it is for the convenience for those car washing people to exit after they are done.

But it does not make sense lor, since inconsiderate and reckless residents around my area are using this 2nd OUT as an entrance. Why are they doing this? Well, if you enter via the 2nd OUT, you will be taken up the slope to the 2nd level liao, instead of entering the official IN entrance, then driving about 20m, then making a turn to go up the slope. SHORT CUT LAH! get it?

It is simply waiting for an accident to happen nia. So here I am, writing in to ask them remove the 2nd OUT and barrier it off. Let's just see what happens.
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Saga Part 2 of the sticky pad. Well well, after my last reply to that lady, she agreed to refund me 1 pad payment of $6.70. Well, she kept her promise to refund, but shortchange me of $0.10. Didnt want to argue with her over $0.10, but I could have sent her a nasty email. Of course I didnt do that lah.

New babe on board....

Okay, so, I made the decision to get the bigger version instead. I sure hope it's not a regret.

We actually went down to the lady's place to view the bigger version. It's really a pity the smaller version is not here yet, so I really cant compare, other than viewing online only.

Hb definitely prefers the bigger version, coz can dump more things in. But for me, I actually like the smaller version,more compact, cuter. BUT the thing is, the handle strap, I dont know if I can do a shoulder carry or not. The drop down is only 5.5".

We measured another bag - tracy bucket and it measure 5.5" and I can sling it over my shoulder! So I was thinking if I should take a risk or not to buy the smaller version.

But here are some reasonings:
1. The bigger tote, only need to pay additional $40 and you get so much more space!
2. Well, with more space, I dont have to dig and find all my things.
3. If the smaller version, cannot be sling over shoulder, then how?
4. Everyone say with the price I"m paying, definitely more worth to get the bigger version.

So fine, I paid for the bigger version and waiting for it to arrive sometime next week or the week after. Woo hoo...If I dont like it, may just sell if off hor..hmm....

Anyone gg to US?

BN LIpsy Inspired Tube Dress- SOLD

Wow, this dress is a hot hot item. Received so many emails and have just sold it to a lovely lady.

Sigh...Selling another AE's beautiful dress that I have just received in the mail.Thought I can slot a pink dress into my wardrobe, but it was too small for me at the bustline, cant even zip it up! Boo hoo. Tried on for only 5 mins.

Asking for $29, negotiable if you are reasonable enough.

Something to rejoice about

I can now call for a mini celebration.
That I can have my peaceful sleep through the night once again! Reyes has been sleeping through the night for the past few days and maybe this might just be it. Yoo hoo!

No more late night sleep-walking making milk for him in the dark, no more waking up to pat him to sleep. I can sleep soundly through the night till next morning when he wakes up! So happy right? Just about time as well, since I have to get up early in the morning in 2 weeks time. Dread that time to come.

Woo hoo

Guess what, I've hit 1000 post as of yesterday!

On a lighter note, something funny happened to us yesterday that both of us didnt know what to do. Hb jio to head out buy beancurd along Balestier road. On the way, we dropped by the petrol station to pump air to the tyres.

As hb was getting out of the car, the car alarm was triggered. Both of us didnt know what to do! Both of us didnt know what happened! You stare at me, I stare at you. The alarm then went off after few seconds, but it was so loud and was attracting stares from others. Heng not many cars around.

Then the moment hb opens up the door, the alarm went off again. Kaoz, this time I came out and we checked here and there, opened the car front and check, nothing leh. So while hb pump the air, I went to see whats wrong.

Cant solve. So I told him, how? just drive home and see what happen lor. But the moment we start the car to drive, the alarm came on and then stop and then on again. hahaha..I cant imagine us driving the car on the road with the alarm on and off every now and then!

Luckily, the guys at the petrol station FINALLY offered their help. And it was resolved in 1 min! He pulled out the car keys, then click on and off and bingo! Blush x 1000000000 times man...

Ikea Tampines

We went to Ikea yesterday night. (yeah, after that huge arguement). It actually lasted from 1st Jan to 2nd Jan. Dude, spoilt my day only.

Head out at 730pm and got lost somewhere at Bedok again. That stupid GPS, after I discover, kept leading us to this place in AMK! WTH. We exit PIE and it actually led us back to PIE again towards home! Luckily my 6th sense was right, and we stopped somewhere at Katong and managed to find our way back on track. Arrived at 830pm in the end. sigh...

Wah, didnt expect a long Q just to turn into ikea man. So crowded with people. Had so many things to buy in mind, in the end, went out empty handed. But we did get to fill our hungry tummies with the hotdog. Meatball was closed by the time we ended our window shopping at 1030pm.

Our main purpose there was actually to see if we should get a bed for rie from ikea. The beds they have that hb eyed was this adjust as you grow bed. Rie was comfy and so excited about getting her own bed and pretended to sleep in everyone! So difficult to get her out of it...I'm still hesistating, because if we do get Ikea's bedframe, then we can only purchase Ikea's mattress right? I dont know if their mattress quality will last or not, but I sure want her to get a good firm mattress.

LIke the babysafe mattress I insisted to get for rie (she didnt get to sleep only in the bbcot though), it is still in great shape now that reyes has been sleeping since birth. No sinking, despite his weight and all the jumping from rie. So if you are thinking to get a mattress for ur bb, go for babysafe.

Do check the latex quality now, as they seem to have changed it to a softer version.

So anyway, will look see look see. Hb seem quite determine to get the ikea one though. At least is small enough for her height and will not take much space in our master bedroom. But then har, I doubt I can get use to hb sleeping next to me again!! The loud snoring...and the sharing of comforter? No way, I'm gonna get my own comforter, because every time in the middle of the night, I find myself without my comforter and 3/4 of it is with hb's side!
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We had a afternoon nap today and I had a terrible terrible bad nightmare.
First, I dreamt that there was an earthquake and our building actually sank downwards to the ground and heng heng stopped at the groundlevel at our level! So we were all able to get out of the house.

Then I saw a huge crowd and I saw my dad in his police uniform with the other polices checking out the area. I saw my mum too and told her what happened.

We even went into this NTUC, but there was a huge sign that stopped at the entrance that says they are closed and I also spoke to this lady who came out from ntuc, asking her if is it cannot make payment.

Then, this is the nightmare part. It was so horrible, I actually yelled" HELP" damn loudly in my sleep and woke up crying.

I dont know why hb actually let reyes walk along this path that was so near to this high river. It's as high as like 5 storey and the water was muddy and yellow. Reyes was trying to walk towards me and when i saw how dangerous it was, I rushed forward to him.

But instead, he slipped off and fell straight down into the river!!! And he was yelling "mama" and I cried and shouted and ran towards and wanted to climb over the fencing. I can still see the image of him struggling in the river. And hb was just standing there, crying, as if telling me what can we do? we cant save him! WTH right?? I ran to the other side, because reyes was already going with the current and I was thinking I jump in to save him, will we both survive, and I was half way climbing the fence and that's when I shouted HELP! Asking for just anyone to just help save my boy. And That's when I woke up crying.

It was horrible okay!!!!!! You can never imagine it. Why do I always have such dreams. I dreamt of rie falling down from this glass panel in the shopping center before. Thats why whenever she goes near those glass panels along the corridors, I always stand with her and distract her to move on.

Recently been having very negative thoughts. I think. Would any parent think how their own child would have die. LIke the recent cases of the boy being murdered. If the family knew that the boy was going to die that way, would they have cherish the moments with her boy? No parents in this world would want their own child dead. But if they knew their child would only live for few years, would they have cherish more?

I looked at R&R, and if I am given a chance to know something bad is going to happen, I will cherish them. And I tell myself cherish them while I can. Rie's going to be on her own to sch next year, without me by her side. anything can happen and I must pray for her safety and cherish every moment with my kids.

Pls pls...shoo all the negative thoughts from me.

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I dont foresee year 2010 to be a good year for us. Sigh.

I cut up my ROM picture which I put up in the photoframe yesterday. So you can imagine how angry and mad I was to do such a crazy thing. If killing people is a legal thing here, I would have done it so. Let's not just go into what exactly happen, but I was just that mad.

So a blank photo frame remained there. And the other party did the same. Not as violent as me, but removal of the photos that would have brought me back memories why we got together in the first place to start a life together.

And well...the empty space is now replaced with the christmas family photo that we took at 313.
The other party replaced it. I think the other party just want to make back some admendments, but the hurt will remains.

And I miss my ROM photo and will never get it back again, developed in that exact quality.
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Happy new Year

This is my first post of the year..Happy new Year.

Well, it didnt quite end year 2009 in a happy way.
Reyes happily fell off the bed, head down, bump onto the edge of the babycot and a huge bump appeared almost immediately. Hated myself, but I couldnt grab hold of him in time and i also dont know why he lost his balance. I was busy with rie just after their shower. But thats no excuse....sigh.

Poor boy, slept only an hour today for his nap and was nearly KO with all the crying, nearly closed his eyes while crying on my shoulder naked. tsk tsk...

I must enjoy every moment with him. Because one day, he will perhaps listen, and belong to his wife. So I tell myself everyday to cherish him more, hug him, kiss him more and carry him too. Then I'm neglecting rie..sigh...

In another 18 more days, rie's going to sch. I wonder how, I would not be able to defend, to protect her for that few hours without me Anymore!!! I worry for her. She's really still not streetsmart enough. And when there are friends, I think she will almost forget everything about safety and all! Worry worry...Sometimes, I wonder how did my parents, especially my mum got through that period? It was only me and mum for a good 5 yrs before bro popped. So I had almost all the attention I wanted.

But for R&R, it's so different. Seriously not easy. Wanted to get some more sleep this morning (rie woke up at 9am..TMD), but she kept bugging me to head out with her to the living room. I remembered last time, she can easily be in the living room on her own, playing her toys, watching telly, but now she wants me to be around. It didnt help much that reyes was more than willing to be with her outside...sigh.

I dread school days to come. It's going to be a HUGE torture for me. To wake up at 9-930am, prepare the kids bf, shower and get them ready and off to school. Worst is when they head to primary sch where they have to wake up at say 6am??? No more late nights for me. And now I'm starting to see my calender, counting down to my first school holiday break.....