My Birthday Pressie

My hubby bought me this LV bag and I simply love it!

MONOGRAM MINI LIN SPEEDY

Made in the iconic shape of the House, this Speedy comes in Monogram Mini Lin cotton and linen canvas and is both light and supple. Ideal for everyday essentials, it features a zipper closure.

Size: 11.8" x 8.3" x 6.7"

Monogram Mini Lin cotton and linen canvas, textile lining and grained calf leather trimmings

- Goldren brass pieces
- Zipper closure
- Inside patch pocket
- Hand held

Retail Price : $1180

For this Speedy, it is available only in this size (30).
If you buy the Monogram Canvas series, there are 4 sizes available (25, 30, 35, 40).

This size 30 cannot hold documents but it is quite handy and is roomy enough for essentials like big wallet, sunglasses, keys, diary, mobile phone, cosmetic pouch and a storybook. :-)

Christmas 2009

On Christmas morning, Xin and Teng were playing in the tent that we set up at the patio while Mummy quietly placed the presents at the Christmas Tree.





Here comes the surprise!



The children busy opening up their presents....




Xin with her Doll House....
Teng got a Thomas Train Set, by the way. Mummy forgot to take photo coz she was busy playing with the doll house with Xin....



Evening outing. We decided to take the bus for a change.




My darling Xin Xin forever posing in front of the camera.....


Teng Teng pulling Papa's hair...

Xin Xin at it again..... but she looks good!

13 July 2009

Make a guess, make a guess.

It's an auspicious date.

It's a Monday.

It's Term 3 Week 3. (Sorry ah, occupational hazard)

Some of you got it liao la.

Ya?

Come on.

Yes, that lady at the back, you put up your hand?

Can't hear you. Can you repeat that?

Yes!

You are right!

My baby number 3's arrival date!

:-)

Meet the Monster

After enduring the pain on the right side in my mouth for some time, living on panadol to relieve the pain, I‘ve decided to eradicate the problem once and for all.

So today, I got my wisdom tooth extracted. It is beyond repair because it has decayed so badly and what is left is probably 2/3 only.

长痛不如短痛。是不是？

I've always been very brave anyway.

So here's the monster. Brace yourself!

A Small Facelift at Home

The turf at our patio is not really looking good, in the sense that the grass doesn't seem to be growing well. I looked at it and thought hard, and then decided that it's probably time to do away with it.

So the plan is to remove all the soil and grass and tile the area so that we can place a small furniture set consisting of a table with probably 4 chairs. Cool right? I analysed the concept and grew to like it more and more. In this way, we kindda extend our living room to the outdoor, and we could use that place as a tea area or Alfresco dining. Laptop can be brought outside for a change of environment when we surf the net, since we have wireless connection at home. The children can do their favourite painting there. In addition, we will have an alternative place to host our friends, since our living room is not exactly very big. We'll still be keeping the water feature, but I told my hubby that his plants all ahve to go. I designated another place to grow all the plants and flowers, and we'll work along planting them in troughs and "standardized" looking pretty pots, and then we'll probably stack them on a plant shelf. Better than having this grass patch that is not growing well and really, the area cannot be "used" other than growing some plants which can't grow well due to attacks by creepy crawlies and the limited nutrients in the soil.

We've contacted our friendly ID and after making our choice of the type of tiles we wanted, the work will be done next week.

I can't wait!

When My Children Fall Sick... ...

You hear only 2 things.

M U M M Y ! ! ! ! ! ! !

and

WAAAAAA AAAAAAAA! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (LOUD WAILING)

Had to send both my kiddos and my maid to my MIL'S last week coz I had to report for work from 8 to 5 and my hubby was in China. Last Monday, after only 1 day there, Boy fell sick that very night with running nose. Girl laosai early in the morning of Tue. I decided to take time off on Tue (must take time-off during school hols!) afternoon to fetch my kids back that afternoon. Anyway kids wanted to go home badly.

Gave Boy medicine and he got better. Wed I took leave to keep them home to rest properly. They were fine and well enough to go to the airport that evening to pick up their Papa. Kids were so happy. So was I.

Went back to work on Thu. Hubby and the kids all went to his mum's place again (he wanted). This time I think the virus got passed to Girl and by Friday her nose was dripping like a tap. This time I insisted that they all stay at home (I had to go to school - BOBIAN!) on Friday. I also made it a point to come home quickly. Had to get medicine for Girl and thankfully she recovered rather quickly. But she was really sticky to me for the whole of Friday and every little thing was "MUMMY!". She wouldn't even let me leave her side for a second.

On Saturday everyone was fine. We could even attend a wedding dinner on Sat evening. Just when you think that all is well, Sunday came and Boy developed fever. Gave him Paracetemol and then his fever went roller coaster. By Monday, his fever hit 39 degrees and I decided that we had better consult a doctor and see if he needs antibiotics. Luckily, Doctor assured us that he was fine and his fever was probably caused by a virus in his respiratory system (from his running nose earlier). Hence, no antibiotics was necessary.

Today he finally got better.

Throughout these 1 and a half weeks, I was busy and tired out looking after and caring for them. My maid was a big help with the taking care. For me, I was mentally very exhausted having to juggle all the deadlines at work and having to be torn between the 2 crying toddlers all the time.

Being a mum is not easy.

But then again, it is all worth it.

Bangkok Getaway 17-19 Oct 2008

We sneaked off to Bangkok over a normal weekend.

Normal in the sense that it is not a long weekend. It's just an ordinary, normal weekend.

19 Oct is a special day for us. It was the day we got ourselves attached to each other many many years back. Er, yes, we still celebrate this day even though we now are married and we have a wedding anniversary to celebrate.

Don't laugh lah. We are just romantic.

Anyway, we zipped off on Friday night (after PSLE marking) and zipped back on Sunday evening (to resume PSLE marking on Monday, for me). It's one of the craziest things we have done, but we love the thrill!

This was purely a shopping trip, so we were very focussed. Chatuchak Market and MBK -- we went straight there and whack!

It was a short but very sweet trip. :-)

Life is short -- work hard but PLAY HARD too.

Farmer Soo

My hubby is into gardening nowadays.

On weekends, he finds joy overturning soils and transplanting little buds from the pots to the mini "'plantation" which he has partitioned from our grass patch. We also have 2 tomato plants growing outisde our master bedroom. My helper had thrown the seeds there and they have miraculously grown big and borne fruits! We had eaten some of the tomatoes. How interesting.



Right now, we have chili plants, Chye Sim, tomato plants, Ginger and Spring Onion sprouting from the mini plantation. I am waiting for the "harvest" so that I can get to eat them.

If he is not doing planting, he will be at the fish pond cleaning it or disturbing the fish. Look how father and son are bonding over, er, fish.

As for me, I don't like messing with ants and worms, let alone fish (I'm scared of fish).

I prefer to bake! While Papa and ah Boy were outside doing the boys' stuff, Mummy was baking a chocolate cake. Look! Yummy yummy!

That's what I call a perfect weekend.

I put down ALL MY WORK and spend my time doing these things I like. Living in this new place has really enhanced our lives. I love my family life!

Farm Hopping - 11 Oct 2008

Recently, my kids keep talking about "looking for a farm". I asked my helper and she said it stemmed from the song "Old McDonald had a farm, ee ya ee ya o". So, we 索性 take them to some real farms this weekend. 11 Oct happens to be Teng Teng's 17th month birthday. And you know what? He now can ask "Mummy, may I eat please?" when he wants to eat something from my plate. I know "eat" is a transitive verb and must carry an object, but for a baby that is not even 1 and a half yet, I think I cannot ask for more. The object can come in later. :-)

Here's a Visual Treat ... ... ...

Hay Dairies Goat Farm

Aeroponics Veg Farm

Papaya Tree

Corn

Fu Gui Hua

Sunday Morning Breakfast

After breakfast at Mac (@AMK park), we strolled to the park nearby where there was a sandpit playground. Our typical city kids are not used to sand but on the whole I'm still pleased with their behaviour at the playground.

Thinking of Number 3

Recently I have been thinking whether we should have 1 more baby.

:-)

I know.

I had announced to the whole world that 2 is enough. When I suffered during the night feedings for Eston, I told my husband, we don't need 1 more round of this. At that time, he agreed totally with me.

Parenthood is very strange indeed.

When I look at my 2 cutie pies, I forget all my pain and yearn for more.

I have a feeling the next one will be a girl.

Discussed with hubby and he also felt like having more.

I've even thought of names already. Girl will be Estee, 尹亭。Boy will be Estroy, 尹锐。

So our plan is to wait till Eston turns 2 before we start planning. Ideally, when Number 3 is born, Eston should be 3 years old, toilet trained and independant.

The minute I am pregnant with Number 3, I'm handing in my stepping down request.

A Milestone for Xin Xin

After a couple of weeks of training, my girl is now toilet trained.

We started by taking off her diapers and putting her on the potty every half an hour. In the day it is fine, coz there are so many adults around to monitor her (of course I'm at work so it's really easy for me to say this. Credit goes to my mum and dad and of course my helper). It was the night time that is a nightmare. We tried to wake her every 2 hours to go tot he toilet but it was difficult for her (coz her eyes are still closed and then have to shee-shee) and it was also difficult for us. Eventually we still missed sometimes and then the bed would be in a mess. And getting up to go to work in the morning also became very tough.

Some experienced friends told us that such things cannot be rushed and so we decided to go easy on her (and ourselves). We continued with the day routine but night time - back to her huggies. Which still works pretty well.

I'm proud to announce that now my girl is off diapers in the day and she is able to articulate her toilet needs. She doesn't even use the potty now. She does it in the toilet. :-)

For my boy, he can tell us "poot-poot" when the need arises.

Well done, Xin Xin!

Sat Morning Walk

This is a typical Sat morning walk that we do. Spend some quality time with the kids, just playing. How much fun we have!

They love to 跑 跑 跑 ... ...

Instead of going to his rescue, Mummy takes photo ... ...

Swing you high high !

Taking a rest and dipping our feet in the jacuzzi ... ...

Eston loves the water ... ...

Estelle on the "high element" at the playground ... ...

That's me !

After that Estelle ordered us to take the other 2 seats ... ...

I'm charging to the slide !

Wowee ! I'm sliding!