Week 12

bad start to my week but it got better after school on wednesday. In mood of no work, not so much that its thanksgiving. we are closed for 2 days. 2 days are precious and i started using my time wisely since 3.15pm on Wed! yes finally found my wire to transfer pics from hp. Cute right! the mum has all the patience to make this turkey cookie for her daughter's class and ex-tchers! met up with Eton house ex-collegues. these bunch are my close, still in contact friends. lots of changes in Eton some left and most not in contact. Aishah still looks the same but her daughter sure is so much taller, ready for primary 1 next year. Alice is still the same. Only Alice didnt know the good news yet and was very happy for me! We sat at a organic restaurant and i ordered lots of food! Fried tempura prawns, drumlets, sweet potato vitnamese spring roll and lots more. we yak till sun went down! then i shop around by myself till gx came to fetch me. glad i did my grocery shopping! best buy was Florida orange juice with strawberry and it was nice! met his XiFu. She is very nice and we chatted very well over dinner at Whampoa. head home and slept!

Thursday 27th. woke up close the doors for gx. he went to work but i didnt go back to sleep. i went on packing alittle in the room and prepared to go meet dap. she took 2 days off! we went back to the nasi padang shop opp great world city and ate up a storm at 11+am. filled we head to great world to look for my maternity evening wear... disappointed! then we head to tanglin. another big blow! nothing! we then walked to adelphi? tried on something and nope! we then rest at Marmalade Pantry at Palai Renaissance. my 3rd time at Marmalade Pantry. we ordered a quiche to share and i love the tapioca, yam and potato chips that is prob fried in-house. We shared a huge slice of "very rich chocolate" truffle cake to share... its so rich that we took many breaks, eating at our own sweet time. somehow time flew and we left and continued shopping from 4pm. (pics to be updated if, whenever i get them from dap). we walked on till 8pm+ and head home and was glad i managed to find the evening wear for sis' wedding. its simple but i love it! its not from maternity houses!!! i was so tired when i got home to rest my feet!

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Friday 28th - went to thomson medical to do my Oscar Scan. left the hospital smiling! amazed with what we saw! our little one is so active! then gx went back to work. i met up with dap and we ate lunch. then we did the panna cotta. she loves the berries sauce alot! then we end up watching tv and we both fell asleep! then she left to meet her frens and i went to meet mum for dinner at tpy lor 5. my mum loves the char kway teow there! called the gynae for the report and got alittle scare from him! he paused and said there is a little percentage that ... i froze! then he confirmed my name again and realise his nurse gave the wrong report! he said baby's fine and we are in very good condition! after dinner i head home. while gx snack for his dinner and we chatted. still very excited with what he saw our baby did in the morning!

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Saturday 29th -Gx was on his alternate sat off. we went to lucky plaza to find food. wanted to eat yong taufu but we came across many other little food stalls and we took a peek at everyone of them. instead we settle for this Indonesian cafe. i ordered the avocado drink and no regrets! i love this combi or avocado with chocolate sauce! nice! gx' happy drink is like gassy bandung. nice! first time after preg that i slip soda!

gx ordered the grilled chicken. very fragrant! small portion thou... cos after this stop we continued eating alot more! i ordered the sotong ayam. it was not bad, tasted almost like our favourite in bali! but it was quite salty towards the end! still i find this not bad! i enjoyed my lunch alot! i want more of the avocado!!!

went on with our shopping at tangs. he managed to get stuff and we head to grab our 2nd bite at orange julius. shared my favourite chilli melt and OJ. then we head to massimo and zara to check out his cufflink shirt. went to meet sis in taka but she was at wisma so we ended up we went tcc for coffee break and we ordered carbonara spag! nope not me... its was gx who wanted to eat it! then met up with sis settled her accessories for wedding and we parted. we head home and while i rest, gx went to wash the car. then we head home for dinner. told little one's uncles about the scan and they were all amazed. cos many even we tot baby's prob in a sleeping couching position most of the time! head home i fell asleep! sil bot special durian dessert but i was in lala land! gog to eat it later and bet its good cos my sil loves durian like me!

Oscar

OSCAR ... not an award but an important test.

One Stop Clinic for Assessment of Risk for Fetal Anomalies. So today Friday 28th Nov, i was pretty nervous as its to screen for risk of fetal annomalies, in particular Down's Syndrome. Bad start as i forget where i put the scanning form... left the house without finding it... then when we got there i was told by the nurse... i need the form... went to the clinic but its not open... gx was mad but really he haven got to the point that its normal to be really forgetful... emmm ... excuse? somehow i really turn very forgetful! we had breakfast at delifrance then head back to wait for clinic to open...

got the form head back to the 4th floor and sat down to wait for my turn... was alittle nervous when we went in for the scan... when the nurse put the scanner on my tummy... she searched for our little one from the right to the centre and found baby on the left.

when we saw our little one... GOSH!!! so active! our baby was bouncing! seriously moving... alot! so cutez! like baby was excited! the nurse just exclaim that wow your baby is very active! then she was so gentle when she ask little one to slow down so that she can get a scan. then after the zoom in, she zoomed out and told us our little one is stretching! yes we both saw it too! then i saw the little hand raised! so cutez!

when the nurse took a few more scans, we were very quiet watching... i feel nervous waiting to see what she might say of the scan... she says everything is good... really? or consoling? then she showed us the scan from the head angle... baby was still moving and bouncing! i saw our baby's leg, little nose and just before the scan ended... the nurse highlighted to us that our cute little one just touched his/her own feet with his/her hands!

gx was thrilled to see our little one! when we left the room, he kept saying bouncing, bouncing, bouncing and that make me really happy. then we went into another lab to take blood test. he was so sweet to block my view of seeing the needle being poked into my hand... the nurse laughed when he did that.

went home to tell mil about the scan and her grand-little one. she got excited too. called mum to tell her how our little one is doing. but most important of all is the phone call after 7pm... from the gynae... the results are in but the clinic is crowded and the nurse say they will call me later... going to meet mum for dinner... hopefully our result is good... that our little one is healthy...

can't forget how we saw our little one bouncing! the feeling is amazing!

sad week

drama for so many days by one of my boy... had enough of people on my nerves. Even my own family member is on my nerve every weekend i go home. i REN liao but i can't seem to take it anymore, if anyone wana feel frustrated i say please learn not to take it out on people. go find yourself somewhere, something else non-living to punch! ... good thing is that i still have a bunch of people i can turn to feel happy. Yesterday Wed 26th, met my old collegues and they are my buddies from Eton house. Alice turned up too! i was very happy and we were chatting and sharing and eating. i ate alot cos i didnt take much for lunch. no camera no pics.... worse of all all i wanted to do now is to post pics from hp... can't find the wire... XIANZ!!! i can't stand my forgetfulness but more of my temper cos i know its not good for the baby... i hope today's trip with dap will make me feel better... hope that i can find my evening dress for my sis wedding... everyone wear so glam... i gota find some shimmer too! i hate being grouchy but really i need help to stay happy... WHERE"S MY WIRE!!! ergh... all i wana post is something that made me smile early in the morning in school... my student from last year came in and gave me a cookie for thanksgiving and its so cute. till i find the wire, think this remains as an unhappy entry...

My Baby

started writing on October 6th. this was timed to be released on the 23/11/2008.

reason for that is : I am be 3months pregnant by 23rd nov! many may know by the time this blog is up but i tot i should keep the news first till i have safely reached 3months. In Sept, with our first try of using an ovulation test kit, we were able to pin point the exact days of ovulation. there will be a smiling face on the kit to indicate its time! Bravo! we had a strike and we successfully have a baby! when i missed my period, i was worried that it could be late... but of cos both of us were hoping that it won't come at all! waited till Oct 5th, we decided to test it out by ourselves.

we were both very nervous! yes... we didn't want to be disappointed but yet we wanted to knwo badly! when only one line appeared after 5mins on the pregnancy test kit, i wanted to throw the kit away... disappointed... but gx urged me to wait a while longer... he said he read that it could take up to 10mins... i was oredi weeping... but when i took a peek at the kit in my hand, i tot i saw a faint line... gx saw it too but it was so faint... very faint compared to the first one... after more than 10mins... we both kept questioning "is it?" i then uncrumbled the instruction manual and read - 2nd line could be fainter than the 1st! we were so happy that i was in tears! tears of joy!

1st scan - was so eager to tell my mum, gx too wanted so much to tell his mum too. but we kept it wrapped up. we wanted futher confirmation with my gynae. so on my first day of fall hols, after sleeping the whole morning... i slept, woke up, ate lunch, slept, ate cake, slept, bath and went to thomson medical hospital to wait from 3.30pm till 6.45pm to see my gynae! gx came in time to go hear the good news from the doc lim. he did a scan. he said is confirm and i was asking "where!!!" gx was in the room too... as the doc pointed to the screen i could see gx smiling. he was very happy. i was so glad as doc enlarged to the screen, he told us that its in a safe, in the womb. Our baby is 5weeks old when we first saw the scan!

i was given a pink bag filled with goodies for mum-to-be. inside there's information booklets, diapers sample, but what i like best is the maternity wear vouchers! on sunday oct 5th, i went to the bookshop, saw this recipe book and decided to get it! even before we tested i just wanted to get it to start reading through what's good for pregnant ladies. i put up our anniversary shot as we both achieved what we wished for on our 3rd wedding anniversary!

Our baby's first scan! the couple shot above is the picture taken one week before the good news arrived. going to keep track of how we progress from here! Lucky me, had the whole week to rest. and sure did i rest. i slept, had breakfast, napped, lunch, zzzzz and dinner and most of the time i had soup. Mil was kind to go market every morning. She would buy breakfast and then make soup for me using the slowcooker. She bought a small fish for me to steam for dinner. bought fresh whitebaits to fry with eggs for lunch.


Week 6 - the only 2 days that i was slightly more active was on tuesday and wednesday. Tuesday evening went to caneles for class and on Wednesday, i met up with chef nan for late tea at serangoon gardens on wednesday. Saturday, we met up with mic, soh and helen for steamboat. wonder if helen suspect about me asking so many maternity questions. haha. Sunday, went home cos mum needed help to shift stuff. of cos i didnt move anything. gx took my place and helped my mum. he brought me out to buy maternity pants and skirts. yes after the one week hols my tummy grew with the food and rest! so i opt to get the pants earlier and it was a great relief!

1st day at school. told my teacher once i saw her. had to if not i would have to keep mum and climb onto the table to adjust the mobiles! told my collegues cos they need to look out for me and i will be excused from soccer duty. everyone in school is happy for me! alot of them told me that they waited very long for this day too! on tuesday and wednesday was parents night, so no kidos.

so sorry to my frens that you might only get to know if you met me in the last 3months or got my message only when i am 3months confirmed! we just wanted our baby to be safely developed before sharing our joy! at this moment, i am still praying hard that my little one is growing nicely in me. going to gynae on thursday!

2nd Scan - Thursday scan was neat! on the screen when the DrL put the scanner on me, i saw a blinker. something on the screen was gog on and off... that's the heartbeat. the heartbeat of our baby! but too bad gx was stuck in a meeting that he can't make it on time. was pissed but no choice, he was really needed. baby's fine, growing. but i was told that i put on too much weight in ten days! how not to? almost everyday of my falls hols i was just waking up to eat, then back to napping and waking up to munch more and sleep!

i was stuck in the hospital even thou i oredi got my report cos it was really raining very heavily when i got there and it didnt stopped at all. it got worse that there was a long line for taxis. so i just sat down somewhere waiting for gx to come... but his meeting got delayed and he can't make it... when i was in line for taxi after almost an hour's wait, dap called and i was alittle happier cos she wanted to meet me. i was excited as i have been wanting to tell her the good news!

i was at popular book shop browsing books waiting for dap to come... i was in between cookery and baby books section. when she came, i just naturally didnt say anything and started tapping the baby books repeatedly... she noticed and eyes wide-opened and she was so happy when she hugged me, she was screeching! passerby aunties was saying in mandrin - wah, wat happen eh... we didnt care and she was happy for me! we head to dinner at delifrance and chatted. i was glad she came along today to make my day end alittle better.

On Sunday, as gx has promised me, we went to simalu to pray. it rained heavily and we got stuck in the area for almost 2hrs+. after that gx was sweet to go shopping with me. we head to suntec. after walking in toy'r'us to look for halloween dressed up stuff, i was tired... when we walked past a maternity wear shop, gx stopped me and asked if i wanted to go in... i passed it but he then stopped me and say he saw my fren in there... i took a peek and when i turned around i saw her daughter and husband walking towards us. Eugene was so excited when he saw me that he rushed into the shop to call for Penny! the couple was really excited for us! Penny is about 4-5mths pregnant. while penny was shopping, i found a zebra print dress that i quite like. so gx got it for me. after shopping, we had a bite at Viet. Phohoa. Its just weird that my good frens one at the time meets me unexpectedly and finds out the good news!

Week 7 - threw up most nites after dinner. Gx calls my morning sickness "funny-funny time sickness!" but as writted in the books, morning sickness can happen anytime of the day. i am thankful mines in the nite when i am at home! nothing much happen till fri oct25th. after tuition met ann and aunt k and nesa at cityhall. we head to the party shop to get gx's party army plates. ate at asian kitchen. love the XLB here, very soupy! but very out of the way to get here, but as i planned to get my cake from Marina it was perfect place to grab my dinner. nesa is a XLB expert! i trained her! She too loves the soupy XLB here. got gx's cake and dinner from kenny rogers. my baby dun like fastfood... tested. the 2 times i ate bk burgers and one time bk breakfast, i THREW UP! but my baby can take western food... yah... subway was fine. so was kenny rogers. celebrated gx's bdae on sat. http://elsiethng.blogspot.com/2008/10/dears-30th-bdae-bash.html

on sunday 26th, his actual bdae, we lazed at home till late afternoon, went to ikea. i stayed at mums while he went for wedding dinner. got home and we cut his bdae cake with his parents.

Week 8 - still throwing up on some nites... on wed, i woke up with a slight fever and stuffy nose. didnt got to work. gx took half day and came home with lunch for me. after eating we left for gynae for our 3rd checkup and scan.

3rd Scan - gynae say i cannot have too much medicine for my flu... he only gave me a safe flu tablet and 3 days mc. he say only rest can help me recover... i am gog to argue about that. not that the fact i dun have to work for 3 days but i was really drained of my energy!!! i was just waking up to eat, take med and back to sleep! as for my weight, i dropped 2kgs! back to the original weight at Week 5. gynae says thats ok.
Baby is growing fine! at Week 8 -Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways.

on friday, i slept so much thru the day cos i was afraid i look terrible for the party. My family's first ever Halloween party. i decided to wear the zebra dress which i tot was perfect for the party. my little bump is already quite visible actually by week 7.

Week 9 - still throwing up... no spicy food... the other thing that make me throw up! at school, for lunch, it became quite a challenge to find what i want to eat. i didnt want to eat anymore rice and dishes. i started my own buffet lunch! i pick a few different items to make up my lunch. alittle pasta, alittle ham, a small potato with broccoli. i loved the day when the cafe served taco chips with cheese! i had 2 small paperplate of taco!

on thursday 6th nov, felt better and ann was kind to go shopping with me. i needed new shoes! we went borders, m&s, isetan scotts and i managed to get 2 pairs of flat sandals! after that we head to the supermarket and i got a good deal for some jap rice crackers! buy 3 packets and get 3 more free! it was the last day and they were trying to clear stock. loved the lobster crackers! its so good! dap met us after her work. i was starving and i suggested eating at whampoa. we had the whole table filled with food and i was so happily eating! the throwing up spell stopped that nite. prob i was happy to be eating with good company!

friday 7th nov, met joyce after tuition. she could have guessed the good news as i cancelled the last few dates and after seeing me holding my tummy as i walked to her. as usual i was hungry!!! we head to DTF and chatted as we ate XLB. i was so happy to see her and as usual the sweet sweet her got my donuts. after she left, i went on to shop for aunt s' bdae gift. for the 2nd consecutive nite, i didnt throw up! but on Sat, i didnt throw up but felt sick at dinner table. didnt eat much but managed to eat the durian cake and 2 soutou buns! lucky me! i have such a nice aunt! aunt o shopped and got me 3 new pants! they were ex! but so comfortable! Sunday 9th, went shopping with sil and gx for mil's bdae gift. we snacked alot after each stop!

Week 10 - from Monday i started to look forward to the gynae appointment on wednesday. as usual i have alot of questions for the doctor. i always go in with a list to ask him cos i tend to be very forgetful nowadays. for almost the past 4 weekends, i always forget to bring my hp home! so my hp will stay overnite at mum's place. this week questions are alittle different thou. i asked gynae about HFMD... there's 2 cases in my class. so i needed to know what happens if i get it, what should i do... will it affect baby... also met up with Penny who was kind enough to give me some chocolate Anmum milk powder, but her daughter is down with chicken pox... so i wanted to know since i got it before will i get it or baby will be affected...

4th scan- gx got to the clinic in time and we got to see the baby scan together. baby is getting bigger and we could see the little hands and feet! most of all i could see the shape of my baby's heart! still can see the heart pounding! everytime i see our baby, i feel happy and amazed. going for a clearer scan soon on Thanksgiving holidays. looking forward to it and i pray that my baby is growing well and healthy!

Thursday 13th - Got Mil a cake from breadtalk. i am not a fan of breadtalk cakes before cos i find the mousse too lite. but i gota try out a lemon cheesecake with ann i fell for it. so i decided to get that for mil. the decor on the cake was pathetic thou! nothing except a piece of chocolate with breadtalk in gold. for the single slice, it came with red tiny cranberries and a thin chocolate swirl. i went on to get strawberries to decorate the cake. glad that everyone liked the cake. i was bothered with some red dots on my tummy and behind my right knee... i was worried the whole nite if it was HFMD... called penny and joyce for some advice... was online checking info and i couldnt really sleep.

Friday 14th - didnt go to school. the spots were still there... couldnt be sure if it is or not. gx took half day and brought me to see my gynae. gynae wasnt sure too as he hardly seen cases of mums with HFMD but he was sure it wasnt chicken pox. so he got his nurse to send me down to the TMC outpatient clinic. doctor said he's not sure if it is... and gota wait till weekend and see if more of it appears. if it is its a mild case but no gurantee if baby will be affected onot... but he say it could just be some kind of rash... once home, i ate lunch and tried to sleep... didnt sleep much...

Saturday 15th - met mum and aunt s. we head down to chinatown and i was craving to have chinese dessert. after that we went seperate ways. i went to ted to ask them to help alter my dress for sis's wedding. mum went to buy stuff for sis' wedding. then we head down to suntec. mum was there to check out the electronic fair. there were so many fairs. i couldn't take the noise and the smell at the hall as its combined with the food fest. i head down to starbucks and enjoyed with my baby, a not-so-hot and oozy lava cake and drank the apple juice which was quite nice. after the long wait, met up with my mum, went to get 2 big chicken pies and head back to mums. sis got in connection with aunt m in shanghai and we managed to say hi to the twins in shanghai! i miss those 2 little ones! its so quiet without them at mums... look forward to see them in dec. they are coming back to attend my sis' wedding!

Sunday 16th - gx had to work today and i am pretty sad that no one is gog to see the arts exhibition with me... i also decided to go back to suntec to get the camera... but in the end i stayed at home. i didnt wanna go squeeze with people alone. gx worked so hard. He came home at mn.

Week 11 - threw up only on Sunday and this week has been good! I have great appetitate during breakfast! i am alittle picky at lunch thou, i am now eating buffet style for lunch! i choose things i feel like eating order them in small quantity to make up my lunch! Best thing that happen to me this week is not throwing up and i had more energy! less nap in the afternoon. I actually got the mood to cook! i cooked spagetti on Wed! on Thurs i got fresh ingredients and cook another round using the leftover noodles. i was happy that i cooked. gx enjoyed it too. but he drag the washing thou! Our rule - i cook, he wash. also i heard another happy news. so weird! i asked gx to call our friend and see how is she doing. and within the week, she emailed him with good news too! seems like she is 1-2 weeks behind me! so now i know theres 3 others who are pregnant at the same time as me!

this week on Wed, my good fren, alongtime good fren finally sense that i mit be preg. she read the blog on the drama i had on the mrt and she sms me asking if i am pregnant. i was thrilled she msg! i was looking forward to see her but somehow with her busy schedule, we didnt meet up at all. Chatted with her on thurs and i am glad she gota know before the blog is up! On fri, Joyce called up last minute to see if i can meet her and sure i can! i had a super bad day in school. BAD!!! so upsetting that i teared at least 3 times in school! but meeting the calm Joyce was a nice way to end my bad day. she gave me her invite to her 1st Jan 2009 wedding. this gal is forever so sweet! with her busy wedding schedule creeping up, she bot and gave me my very 1st 2008 xmas present!

Fri nite, Gx left for company trip to Genting without me... he will be back on Sun. Will be staying over at mum's on Sat till Sun evening and i look forward to the goodies he is suppose to buy for me!

Week 12- Baby's development: The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long about the size of a lime and weighs half an ounce.

i am pretty excited to be stepping into my 12th week. thou i will haven really clear 3months but i decided that its time that my blog records the very important 12th week on its own. i am gog to a test. Oscar test - One Stop Clinic for Assessment of Risk for Fetal Anomalies... pretty scary but i hope everything goes well...

as gx says... from the moment we were confirmed as parents... the worrying starts... but we look forward to everytime we get to see our baby's development and i am learning not to worry too much... difficult but i am trying! with the baby there will be many changes to our lazy lifestyle but we look forward to things we have to learn. exciting!!! but i am pretty sure it will be very tiring! gota be strong!

monday mrt blues

recently i have been having a terrible experience with the trains. i can't help feeling so trap in the train with terrible people. seen enough of weirdos on the train for the past 3months. have u ever sat next to someone who reads a book on healthy living and sneeze openly without covering up? loud and wet. ew.... yah. then people who have flu but can't stop sniff without their hands covering up? instead their hands are busy holding their precious game toy?

today i sat next to the "sniffing game boy". then came a man who stood very near me... he's the second one i met in these 3mths, i dun understand why these men need to stand so near me... i am sitting and dam the height and they are standing so near me. if u get the picture. SICK! today the guy even had papers open up in my face... wanna know how near? less than a palm away was how near his papers where to my nose. ERRRRR....

today after school, another episode of PRIORITY SEAT DRAMA. a nice young gal stood up and tap an old lady to give her seat to her... in split second somehow i saw a dash and this young sorry to say ... C lady... slam herself to the seat... the people on the same bench turn to look at her... saw a few disbelief face... esp the lady who had a bandage on her leg... i was in shock... cos i happened very fast, dun know where she dashed from... she then pretend not to look and FALL Asleep... can she sleep? so sleepy??? OMG! then she made so many faces as she tried to sleep... can guilty-conscious people sleep in peace? lots of eyes still on her... the little gal was shock but the sleeping lady looked fierce... so she just stood there... when the train arrived at the next station, the young M boy who sat next to that woman... stood up... not a heroic act, just getting down... couldn't he get up earlier to give up his seat to the old lady? after all said... so why didnt i give up my seat??? wanna know... i really feel like revealing but as i promised i have to wait for one more week... i have my reasons... valid reasons...

i pray that i dun have to experience so many unhappinesss in the train... i just wana peacefully take the train without looking rude when i cover up when people cough or sneeze openly... if no one does that then i dun have to start feeling vex... no blasting music, loud kids is unavoidable cos its hols just dun blast hp.... use earphones... if not there will be war in the train... unbearable. no more unkind acts please...

karma

have you ever see a pregnant lady giving up her seat to another pregnant lady???

OMG!!! a smaller tummy but still with a baby, gave up seats to a much bigger prob 5-6mths tummy while the rest without a baby in the tummy stayed sitting!

conscious? sleeping conscious? yah man all pretend to sleep...

dun understand why since u mit get down like in next 2 stops why can't u give up your seat!!!

gx say this will go on ... nothing will change... only when the needy are lucky, they meet good people, they get seats...

lucky me

when the storm is over will there always be a rainbow? i guess so... if u think the clouds are still coming then the storm follows. i always look forward in catching a rainbow. i see that more often when i was in primary school. the best on i saw was the one in NZ with mum and sis. we even caught it on the photo.

after being unwell for some time, i am starting to be back... back to almost what i was before. GREEDY! and able to eat almost everything. so i am glad that the storm has left and ever since i started eating out with dap and ann at whampoa, i didnt stop! dinner with joyce at DTF on friday and saturday was not so good thou. gx came home really late almost 4pm from his half-day work. the late lunch didnt work work! in the end i had tummy ache just before dinner at mums and i lost appetitate.


to celebrate aunt s' bdae, every family got her a bdae gift. she loved the surprise we gave her. but she was not the only one who received gift! i was surprised when aunt o gave me a bag and told me to go try all the pants on! she got me some new pants and i was thrilled! so sweet! i loved the pants and gosh they were comfortable but costly! i am so lucky! i loved the durian cake and ate 2 chinese longevity buns ann got for aunt s. it wasn't that bad after all! i got to eat yummy stuff thou i skipped dinner!i love durian cakes! Jane's cake station is famous for their durian cakes cos u can taste and pull durian bits from their cake mousse! ann ordered these buns from imperial restaurant.
sunday together with sil and gx, we went in search for mil's bdae present. before we started our search, we went for my 2nd favourite wantan mee. didnt eat the noodles but just the fried wantan and a bowl of barley beancurd skin dessert. love it! bot the gift and we had tea at M&S cafe. it was crowded... but i enjoyed my 6 pcs of cookies! i quite like the cookies selection cos sometimes i dun finish the whole jar of cookies and this way i can jus pick what i want and finish everything! went to look for gx's cufflink shirt and end up with no luck. then we ate again at NYNY. this is my 1st time eating in here and i regret ordering the hotdog... not worth the money! gx's mushroom sandwich was ok and sil ordered a caesar salad. while they sat and rest, i shopped at the supermarket. head home i went straight to bed! i slept for 2 solid hours and woke up to watch tv and slept again at 11pm.

i need sleep... i feel so tired... instead of sleeping now, i watched da vincci code when i got home just now... and it was too late to nap cos we are gog out for mil's bdae dinner.... i am blogging cos i am trying not to sleep... but my eyes are really almost half-close... if i fall on bed... dun think i will wake up till next day.... torture... i should have slept!!! now i am so grouchy... how!!! think i am gog to shower now... but i should feel better later, afterall we are gog to celebrate mil's bdae.

treats!!!

i had quite a bad start for the week... it last for 3 days! then thursday, ann was nice to wait for me and accompanied me to buy shoes! i managed to get 2 new pair of shoes! we head to the super market and i got a good bargain! buy 3 packs of jap crackers and get 3 free... it was the last day of sales for the jap fair at isetan supermarket. i got 4 packets of lobster crackers and 1 cheese and one octopus tako flavour. then lucky me got to meet up with dap who finished work as we were shopping at the supermarket. i was starving and with my suggestion, we took a cab and head down to whampoa market. we had a feast! satay, chicken wings, wanton soup, rojak and only ann & gx ate beef noodles. i was so glad i didnt feel sick! it was prob the great company i had!

friday at work... one of the gals gave me this little package. thrilled cos i saw the Yankee tart in the bag! my first yankee candle! hope i wot be hooked on it! then a nutty choco bar... i love treats!met up with joyce at cityhall. head to DTF for after snack/early dinner. love these timing where there isn't a need to q... i hate to q for my food! we chatted and we are pretty excited with the upcoming events in our life! she's getting married 2 week after my sis and i am so excited to see her ted gowns but i am going to wait till Jan 1st! lucky me??? her wedding dinner is also at marriot, the same hotel as my sis!

as usual my dear sweet fren would have a little something for me... how could she have read my mind... before i met her i was asking gx how many donuts would he want for breakfast tomolo... she got these tiny ones called bonbons. and sadly to say i didnt get to try any! gx is gog to get me a box of 9... just for me! after we parted i was on my own to go hunt for aunt s's bdae gift! i had to help mum buy her share. as i was shopping, i got myself something really adorable!

i fell in love with this little ginger breadman when i saw it! sooooo cutez! had to have it! its really the smallest gingerbread i ever saw....or should i say gingerbreadgal??? this is a gal thou... the buttons are pink! love it! then with the bags of shopping i head back to DTF and OMG its crowded! i tabao prawn and porkchop fried rice for sil and gx. struggled with all my bags, took the ever crowded train home... tink i am too used to taking the train during off-peak hours! at this moment... i am feeling kinda sad... wot get to see the twins tonite... they are now in shanghai... so far... its been a week since they left... i missed them! esp that tonite there's a party...

these are the photos i last took with them before they left 2 days later... i hope they are settling well in shanghai! anyway on the brighter note, they will be heading back in dec for sis's wedding! can't wait to see them again!

love from florence!

lucky sil had the chance to fly to florence again! she had to pack winter wear as its lowest temp is about 10deg. she was there for a week! lucky her! she came back with gx's bdae gift. a tie. the colour matches my dress that i am gog to wear to my sis's wedding. i love the packaging! i wished that when i was in florence i had more time... its a great place to wander but we had so little time to do so cos we were stuck at a very long q to see my favourite scuplture David. the chocolate that sil bot was so pretty. i liked the little painting on these chocolate pieces. these are all the places of interest in different parts of italy. yet to try the chocolate cos i am still sick so yet to be able to eat any of these luxury stuff.

she also bot italian liquors in cute small bottles. i love the blue pisa tower! the other very cute thing that sil bot was the potato peeler! adorable!

i got a present too! my sil knows me so well! when i woke up om saturday morning when she came home, i sat on the sofa and suddenly my eyes set on something very red, shining red, in a very familiar shape... a shape that i love! i let out a scream... it was so pretty that i cannot contain my excitment...

yes, i love absolut! i love the colours on it and i am amazed with what they just keep coming up with! isn't this amazing? sequins! sil said when she arrived the staff told her the bottle was just launched! lucky me! and i am so thankful to my sil, dap and gx, my cousins, uncles who helped me with my collection! looking forward to see what absolut can do next to their bottle!

family's first ever halloween party!

i have been on 3 days mc... flu. very blocked nose, on off fever... sick. for 3 days, wake up to close the doors for gx, then sleepless, then i just read up some info after a cup of milk till i sleep, wake up for breakfast, laze around and back to nap. wake up in the afternoon, lunch. watch some tv to make myself sleep, usually ended up sleeping for 3hrs on the sofa... wake up to eat the dinner gx bot... then again i am back to the room to have my sleep... hardly have any concentration power to blog... slept alot on friday cos i had to go to aunt's place for our family's first halloween party...

upon arrival... the decor leads from the car porch into the house... greeted by the huge pumpkin on the table when you stepped into the house. also i was amazed with my aunt's effort to decorate the house into a Halloween party place!

L didnt like his count dracula's costume but i tot he looked really good... my favourite piece of decor has to the huge spider on the big web! think that added alot of mood to the place!

as you can see, L changed into his 2nd costume. the variety of food was all arranged by aunt o. some ordered in and some she cooked! the spread was amazing! the table was filled!

some dishes was very halloween themed. aunt o cooked black spag with mushroom. this was tasty. but i loved the rice even more! simply stir-frying different olives with rice. i skipped the salmon thou... not that its not nice... jus not in the mood to eat fish, could be bcos i was still sick and the smell of salmon SCARES me... tomatoes with mozzerella cheese...somehow i forgot to try this... prob cos its at the other end of the table from where i was sitting.

aunt o boiled a whole big pot of pumpkin soup! leafy salad is never on my plate but necessary for the veggie lovers in the house. only when the salad is potato based then u see me eating it. aunt o arranged gerald to pick up the punggol nasi lemak chicken wings and uncle k helped to pick up the aspargus wrapped in smoked salmon from da paolo.

very sad... i couldn't eat this beautifully marinated lambchops! when the fruit is forbidden... its always seems to irresistable... hate it! it smelt so good... told its not good for me... very heaty... i managed to nibble little pieces of meat off the bones... it tasted so good. aunt o is very good at marinating lamb!

aunt o bought pretty halloween plates but my favourite is THE EYE! i love the shot i took with ann! i had my very own seat cos the cushions on that bench matched me, thus i had my very own throne! Queen Zebra! and yes gx tried to pretend to King zebra...

gx was just in his FRAGILE tee but his prop is the clawed hand! it had to be "buttoned" on so he find it very troublesome to take it out when he had to eat ice-cream... so ever wonder how wolverine eat ice-cream...???

aunt o is very detailed in planning this party! she got pretty halloween plastic cups to serve moverpick ice-creams! the kiddos got cute pumpkin watertubbler...ever wonder how wolverine do baby5s with kidos...??? L changed into his 3rd costume and went straight to look for gx for a battle.

group fotos after the dinner! the spider was a favourite spot and most family fotos were taken here! too bad theres many fotos that i cannot post up here... my aunt o was actually very halloween dressed up! she was a beautiful medusa! of cos uncle m dressed up too. he was pharoah! best dressed up couple! 2nd best dressed couple has to go to aunt a and uncle j! they were pirates!


best dressed boy cousin is of cos L but followed by B cos he was most dressed among the big boys cos he had prob from head to toe. then after the phototaking, the kidos went around to have their "trick or treats" sessions.

for those who didnt give the kidos their treats, they would scream boo! the best booed reaction would be W! the best reaction when receiving treats would have to go to N1! she was so tickled when gx gave her the little ghost chocolate! the most unusual treat would be this da paolo ghost! the best packaged treats would be A's! she was so detailed in stuffing her treats into little pumpkins for the kidos!

my treat was a little witchy witch chocolate... i was given treats too! aunt a gave gx and i a pair of ghost chocolates from marks and spenser. i like aunt k's treats of pirate and parrot. very colourful!

i was so tired... very tired after the party ended... i was drained! sat slept very late... but had to roll out of bed to go for sis's wedding food tasting... i was a little zoombie when i was at the lunch... went on to ted with mum to tailor make her gown. skipped dinner cos i was really too full from lunch... still feel sick... sick... SICK! so tired i fell asleep on mum's couch... i was asked to go home early since the whole family with the help of the boys are busy moving furnitures around the hous. will update on new look for mum's house, sil's presents from florence and sunday's bidding goodbye to twins soon. right now i am feeling sick cos i just threw up my dinner... gog to bed soon... i hope the flu bug will leave me alone... please...