Blueberry muffin ?!?

darn.. i think i just don't have talent to make muffin.. i seldom successful in muffin making.. i have 1/2 a box of muffin from last week, so tot today i shall clear it up from my fridge.. got this recipe from the blog that i always visit.. hers seem so yummy.. why mine so hard.. like rock.. the inside so compact.. it rises but does not tast good.. sob.. another batch of food gone to waste.. maybe my helper will like it..

she has been sick (sore throat /running nose) after she eat my first batch of muffin last week.. oppss.s. so it's my muffin that caused her to fall sick..

now, im baking the wholemeal beard again, this time using solely the breadmaking machine, shall post the photo when ready.. busy sunday !

Bakery shop Incident

today, after lunch bob and i went for our after lunch shopping.. i went to buy soem bb food from ntuc then we went to 4leave for some bread

while im choosing some bread.. the carrier on my left arm accidentally bump on the plate of pastry and two danish pastry just drop out from the plate and roll on the floor..

i was still busy picking and choosing the bread and saw this.. then i quickly move to the cashier to make payment for the bread i've picked. no one sees the two pastry dropping on the floor.

one of the ldy in front of me happen to buy three danish pastry (exactly the same as the one dropped on floor), then i heard rthe shop lady making noises " who drop these on the floor ? aiyo.." then she picked it up and bring to the counter, wanting to throw it away.. then she saw the lady in front of me..

i really think i saw she shop lady give a stern look at that lady.. i believe she must have thought that lady is the one who drop the pastry.. but she did not accuse her or anything of course, cos she did not see who did it.. and she just throw the danish pastry away...oopsss.. i just pay my bread abd walk off..


oppss.. very bad huh.. but i dun think im that "honest" to go n pick up the pastry and pay for it ? or should i ? anyway.. i just did not la.. just feel bad that the lady in front of me get the blame..

Add-on

I've been adding more things into my blog recently.. like counter..hugs.. the website traffic.. all i picked up from some of the mummy website i frequented daily.. heee..

i really love their blog cos from their activities and sharings i get to learn many things as a first time mum.. like how to let bb enjoy her game.. how to overcome the ups and downs of handling an infant..

and of course. most importantly how to enjoy our bundle of joy with open heart and open mind..

muak muak.. more things to come when i have more free time.. one thing i cant beat with these mummies.. they are all stay at home mum (SAHM) while im working full time.. tt's explain why they can have so many blog entry.. heee

Chat @ work

ever since jia changed job, we've been chatting actively via email during office hour.. well.. nothing specific most of the time.. just some bored la.. sian la.. gossipping.. plans.. activities.. blahh..

today jia send me a url.. that 3 8 vee created for us.. muahah.. not bad rto have friend who can code. i call him 3 8 cos.. aiya long story.. we dun keep in touch anymore anyway..

jia went to watch sex & the city.. she said nice and funny.. tempt me tempt me.. but LGG surely dun think this is nice.. he rather watch indian Jones ? anyway, weekends is always packed with my activities.. baking la.. cooking la..

This weekend i want to bring bb to her swimming pool for the very first time of course with her swim suit.. kekekekek shall post her photo here..

oh.. she already has her third teeth now.. i posted her teething chart in my worn n play blog..

Simple Wholemeal bread -dough method

this is after the i mixed all the ingredients (A) and let it rise in the mixing bowl

after 90minutes, it rises so much.. a big bloated dough, happy dough

after i mixed with ingredient (b) in the bread making machines and knead for 30 minutes, i roll the three dough up and let it rise, this is how it looks likes, the above is already been in finaly pre-bake stage, rolled in swiss roll form.

post-baked, a bit too dark and hard crust.. i follow the instruction 30 minutes, maybe next time reduce it to 25mins

The end product was so satisfactory.. fluffy and aromatic.. real wholemeal. no eggs version le..

Finally i've made it ! the first bread-liked bread and no more kuih lapis..*eye rolling*

this bread is so fluffy.. and it is using the dough method i picked up from a food blog. she is really good in cooking/baking im gonna post the recipes (abstracted from her website) and the pictures(my own baking) here..

Ingredient: (A)

120g wholemeal flour

85g bread flour

4g (1 tsp) instant yeast

130g water

(B)

85g bread flour

15g caster sugar

1 teaspoon salt

10g milk powder

50g water

(C) 15g unsalted butter

Method:

Mix the dry ingredients in (A) in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add in the water. Mix by hand to form a soft dough. Place dough in a mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it rise for 90mins.

Place the ingredients in (B) in the pan of the bread machine (according to the sequence as stated in the instruction manual of your bread machine).

Add in the soft dough in Step 1. Select the Dough function of the bread machine and press start. After about 8mins of kneading, add in the 15g of butter (Ingredient C).

Let the machine continue to knead the dough. After the kneading cycle has stopped (20mins), Stop and Restart the machine. Continue to let the machine knead for another 10mins.

--> my machines actually knead for 10 minutes, rest then knead for another 20 minutes so altogether 30 minutes, i no need to stop/restart.

Stop the machine and place dough in mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it rise till double in volume for about 60mins.

Remove dough and give a few light kneading on a lightly floured work surface. Press out the trapped air as your knead.

Divide into 3 equal portions and shape into balls. Cover with cling wrap, let the doughs rest for 15mins. Flatten and roll out each dough into an oval shape (20cm by 10cm).

Roll up swiss roll style and pinch the seams in place. Place in a pullman tin (size, 7.5"x4"x4", well greased), seams side down. Cover the lid and let dough proof for 60mins or until the dough rise up to 90% of the height of the tin.

Bake at preheated oven at 190 degC for about 30mins. Remove from oven and unmold immediately. Let cool completely before slicing.

Happy.. next week, i shall try to let the machine do the work..

Pizza again...Sniff

Today i baked 6 small pizzas for our lunch.. a bit of hiccup cos i tot prepare on the table top so that after the first batch is out from oven i can immediately put in second n third batch..

never knew i forgotten that the base of the pizza stuck on the table top.. and the whole pizza just "out of shape" when i have to force it out from the table top onto the oven non stick plate...

anyway, it's just for our lunch.. so nice to eat can liao.. i've cleared all the pizza ingredients from fridge.. heee..

so no more pizza for the next few weeks.. lGG & i now just gian to eat jap food

Coming 2 Town

today attend a briefing in town.. decided to stay back here instead of going back to office. so long never come down to main office, so much changes and renovation, i almost cant recognise the place..

last time when stay in redhill always come here with boss as he knows i can go gym then go home from here.. but now stya too far le.. so never come down anymore..

lunch with yong and get Jia out to join us..haven been seeing her for some time.. still mei mei la..skinny skinny still haaaa..

now waiting to knock off only.. nothing much to do.. heee.. good working life ya. people like me can be workin mum cos relax.. some mum cant work n have children cos they work very hard by the time they reach home is late night.. how to be close to baby ? so sometimes, work or dun work and have baby or not.. depends on your nature of work and of course if you have good boss la..

tmw D&D happy!! anticipating !

Workout

so..i try to hit gym once a week.. today i go gym during lunch.. cycle/jog for abt 30 minutes.. then grab a sandwich then go back office.. ngam ngam 1 hour.. muahahhahaha.. so precise.

been eating more than exercise, very unhealthy and LGG always have excuses not to go jogging with me !! blekkekekekek.. so i've got to exercise on my own else later lost control.. haaa.. woman must always be fit !

phewww.. last week after gym, jen & i felt so fresh hopefully today the same. feel happy after exercise.. must be the hormones.. endorphine or something .. release more .. more.. then again.. happy mummy makes happy family...

Live to exercise ! or the other way round ! heee. yum.. subway sandwich nice nice..

Lalalalla Thursday

I noticed that i posted the wrong photo for pizza.. haaa.. but nvm la..
saturday will be my company D&D again.. yipeee.. haven decided what to wear.. last week weigh myself.. i've lost 1kg.. sob after so long only 1kg.. i still have 5 more kg to shed to go back to pre-pregnancy weight..long process.. Jen worst she now still 70 +kg.. like never drop.. but she reached 80kg during pregnancy so i guess is an achievemtn liao that she lost 10 over kg ?? she c-sec so takes longer to lose weight..

natural birth is easier to lose weight, i lost 12kg in the first week of giving birth..but i din out on as much as she did.. cos her appetite din reduce from the moment conceive.. but i have morning sickness till 4 month plus.. maybe tt's why..

k k.. what should i wear? black dress ? or colourful dress... decide this sat haaa.. will take photos.. compare last year and this year..

i had muffins for breakie.. yum nice.. i like it

Check-up

Well.. all smiles today...we finally gotten our MCU report and see the nephrology specialist today..there is no reflux meaning no urine flowback in bb's urinary system.. so, it's just the extra partial tissue in her kidney and the extra urethra.. that may be giving problem.. which the doctor said if recurrent UTI, we will remove this extras..

Phew.. she can be off antibiotics.. but we are worried as she is less than 1 year old.. doc suggested 4 more months of low dose antibioctics..which we decided to go for it to protect her from any potental infection to her kidney..there is no side effect as the antibiotics prescribe is dissolved via urine.

so, what we can do now is to be vigilent in cleaning her, she can still go swimming.. yipeee.. bb can wear her swimsuit le.. and watch if persisten fever have to quickly ward her...

we will have another test.. DMSA which will see if there is any scarring in her kidney.. pray buddha to protect this little innocent girl from any scarring..

for now, she is doing fine.. 9kg plus.. im carying a bag of rice each day.. muscle building up ! heeee..

bb cute cute

She now likes to show off .. always standing in her cot.. ahem..'action'.. her nephews been a good company to her.. playing with her .. she has never been so happy i guess.. laugh n laugh.. squeek and squeek..

happy gal.. makes happy mum.. haaaaa

Pizza

today made pizza .. heeee.. nothing special.. just to make more food for little tykes at home.. so our food pile up.. haaa..

nvm, we can during breakfast tmw.. and one more 'tong sampah' at home.. whom we suspect steal food.. mum said she missing one piece of prata..

muffins

so, i baked muffins yesterday for the two monkeys.. but too bad cos chenn is heaty.. so cant eat.. and neighbours gave us a box of doughnuts.. we are overloaded with my steam cake/doughnuts/muffins now.. fridge so big but overloaded.. when open up, cant see much light cos blocked by food.. haaa

again the photo so dark.. btu dun care la.. let jia see.. she said must always tempt her with food.. haaa. all o lulu..

the muffins i use blueberry and topping using mecadamia nuts crumble..i think it is nice and the texture is not as hard as my last year's muffin batch.. improved.

Steam cake

today i made steam cake .. second time i bake this cake.. actually is not bake.. is steam.. haaa i told jia.. flourless cake.. use only marie biscuits.. the recipe in my previous blog last year..

the photo is so dark.. no choice. camera is still loaded with in-laws vacation photo..my camera always seem to take darker photo..


three layer of cake with cocoa flavour in the middle.. very easy to make.. n not so sweet as i reduce sugar

Father & daughter lookalike

heee.. found this photo in my bb's photo folder..cutey..she really look like her father..cutey.. this photo taken when she is five month plus..

weekend #2 - Workin

Pheww.. DR exercise again.. this year i was attached to HA to do swift.. lallala more meaningful than doing atlas..

i went to work in the morning till 3pm.. mama helps to look after bb lor..papa so happy cos bb keeps smiling and talking to him comparing to crying when see him one month back..

They just came back from SF few days back and bought so many things for us.. it's a wonder they can bring all those stuff back.. bb now has a very cutey swim suit and many ang mo baby clothes..heeee..

soon, we shall go swimming, at home la..

WeekEnds #1- National Museum

mum with her three grandchildren..complete..
bb is go excited to just see her cousins drawing.. happy gal
see how my nephews engaged in the activities

Nephews are here in town ! last time i used to be pretty excited each time they visited us in Singapore.. this time round, mum & i feel "busy" cos u see =, now there are 2 boys, age 11 & 5 each.. and one more girl 8 months.. our hands are definitely full with them all..

so, saturday sis needs to revise for her upcoming exam, so i decided to bring them to have a tour at our Singapore National Museum.. heee.. lots of kids' activities to choose from.. you dun even need to pay a cent to enjoy the activities..

We started with the Mummur Playround in the basement:

the two boys seem to have so much fun, while we adults and bb just stay aside watching them and taking photos..

then we moved up to level 2, (level 1 young cinema second show is 4pm, we missed the 2 pm show), we went to the drawing sessions, where the two boys are given paper+colour pencil to draw whatever they want.. bb seems to enjoy seeing her cousins drawing.. she laugh and squeek..cutey cutey

then after they are bored with the drawing, we moved on to the giant snake on the same floor, they get to play the game with snake+ladder.. they managed to complete the whole game obediently with other kids.. amazing.. haaa.. cos they never seem to be able to stay put in one thing for long.. boyssss..

After the giant snake, we wanted to catch the story telling at level 3, but the long waiting (they altered the time from 3pm-330pm).. and Yann found out the min age group is until 8.. so we tot forget it.. we just moved on to young cinema at level 1. while waiting we stay at level1 and play the guant puzzle.. matching game & the worker's tool magnet..

Our last stop--> the young cinema started at 4pm.. well.. the setup is nice, cushioning and all..but the show is really.. bored.. bb even sleep while watching her very first so-called cinema.. hoo.. LGG too almost doze off.. after the 2 show, we went right home..

shall post photos when have time as these few days need to be nanny.. muahahha

Reading/playing corner

I've decided to take the area in the living room near our altar for bb's playing corner as there is where we can see her while doing our chores.. heee convenient la..


so i've pasted the poster for her.. bought a small book shelf, yet to assemble..

Bb can stand le..

heee..must quickly record down.. else i forget again.. she has been showing sign of climbing up.. but not successful each time as she will fall backwards.. so to prevent any faling out from hr cot, we have raised the bars on her cot..

today, she finally stand up on her own without any help from us.. she just hod the bars and push hrself up.. it's so natural.. no one teaches her how to do that.. so amazing..

anothe milestone completed.. so we shall wait for her to start walking..

Speed typing

I find this quite fun..my speed. fail to be secretary i guess


59 words

Speedtest

238 points, so you achieved position 200302 of 738817 on the ranking list


You type 329 characters per minute
You have 59 correct words and
you have 2 wrong words

Sewing project

Mum n i busy with our sewings this weekends.. we manged to complete the baby pram cushioning.. we bought thge material from spotlights few weeks back..



will post photos after it is washed and dried. the pinky one...the safety belt are taken out from the button holes


we still left with cushion covers.. and my quilt.. boo.. my singer sewing machine can make button holes.. not bad huh..cushion cover completed.. lalallaa..

Bread Making - Failed

Gesss.. my wholemeal bread just refuse to bloat up.. after product is so "kemek" like not enough energy to puff up.. so compact ... bored !

but i shall not give up.. will try the dough method this weekend !

Lazy to even take picture cos of the stupid outcome.. LG said tasted like kuih lapis.. this is not the first time he commented this way le.. why all my bread turned out to be like this ? my bread machine is not helpig much @_@

Toys.. More toys

yesterday went to Kiddy palace to get some more toys for bb.. since we thought she already bored with her existing toys..

get some to develop her motor skill ..and also with some music.. i bought big puzzle play mat for her too to form her playground.. heee..

taken using my phone, the lighting not so good.. wasted.

Looking Forward !!

Cutey

taken series of her photos in this cutey clothing mum bought for her.. i find this angle makes her look mature.. haaa.. she always very babyish.. some infant has adult face.. cute...

She Sits..

she likes to sit now.. whenever she has chance to roll about in her cot, she will just sit and grab her toys.. her sugarcane arms is stretching..not so sugarcane now.. heee.. she is now 71cm and 9.1kg.. hoooo...

Thinking of getting more toys with sounds for her.. she aleady fed up with most of her old toys.. but she seems to still like flash cards and her animal bathing book..

Fun growing up.. against all odds..

WeekEnds..

mm..what have i done during weekends ? heee.. spend most time playing wirth my girl of course.. sat we went to do some marketing.. bring loads of food back..

Sunday, i bake one cngel choco cake which turned out so hard.. shake head.. i really don't have much talent in baking.. then bake bun with pandan filling.. wanna finish it.. so i've finally cleared the filling..

bb is doing fine.. really happy to see her progress as now she can sit up effortlessly.. so clever.. muak muak.. my little hebi..

Ikea Trip

Before we went for the ultra sound.. last weekend we drop by at Ikea.. and they have this treat for anybody with can present receipt.. so we got this goodies.. dunno what it's called though.. which of course attract little Hebi la.. food is always fastinating to her.. heee

Insurance ! YOU & I need it!

I always believe we should buy insurance.. but im not sure how will it help.. cos i just buy when the insurance advisor said "good to buy"..either cover for sickness or savings.. i buy quite a lot for my self and i bought 4 for my baby.. THIS IS THE SMARTEST MOVE EVER !

Lucky thing i bought and already plan to buy even before she was born.. so now, with the coverage, at least we wont have to worry about hospital bill.. enough worries already.

With her condition, even after the surgery, insurance company may not let her get subsequent insurance without any exception i guess.. lucky thing i bought lifetime insurance for her.. so she need not worry so much la..

May Buddha bless my little Joelle with health and happiness..

Non bake cheese cake

My First cheese cake.. non-bake version.. i follow the recipe from a blog.. seems simple. But, i have to chill it for 3 days to be hard enough to cut one one piece like in the photo.. the very first day, overnight, still too soft to cut out one piece..maybe gelatine not enough ?

I kinda like the taste of the cream cheese cake.. but LGG said prefer harder version of cheese cake.. mum said ok.. maid said.. anything also can..

Not too bad for first trial... i bake bun too turned out too hard.. anyway.. maid said "anything also can" so she wallup most of it la..

will make more this weekend as i wanna clear the green tea filling we bought last year.. pheww..

Cooking/baking may cheer me up a bit huh.. i eat chocolate lately.. cos it seems to lift up my mood. heee.. i swim this week.. exercise can help me keep my head clear.. Life is such a challenge !

BB Feeding time..

each time i feed her when she is in her walker.. this is how she will end up to be.. shaking head..food stick all over.. cutey cutey...

Worried Mum

Been telling myself not to cry for this matter.. cos crying will not help in any way.. LGG is telling me this too..

so, i guess.. it's how testing and challenging life is.. cos i keep asking in my mind.. why is this happening.. everything is so perfect before this comes to us..

why ? why ? why? many whys? but no answer.. mum said.. we just have to accept the reality and find out the resolution instead of feeling sad over it...

Correct.. i will be tough.. for sure.. for Joelle.. i will

Duplex Kidney

I really sad.. cos my bb ultra scan detected that she has duplex collecting system in her left kidney.. when the doctor told us this.. we are really lost.. cos what is this ? what duplex ?

really never heard before. but after searching the web.. we are getting worried as it could be more serious than we could expect..

this condition is called duplex kidney.. meaning, there are two tract coming out from the kidney to the bladder instead of the normal one tract...if the urine did not flow properly.. if it flow back up.. it will cause infection to the kidney and damage the kidney.

so we will do another checkup which is called MCU to test if her urine flowing mechanism is normal. if it flow back, this will cause subsequent UTI that will infect the kidney..

So, pray hard for her.. i told my fren, being a mother is not easy.. wat's more being a mother of an unhealthy child.. the only consolation now is she is still active/normal and cutey...sob..

BB First Home accident -first duku

Really dunno how to say..thursday early morning..when feeding bb.. i use pillow to block her..while i go and make her milk.. she is sleeping with us in the middle.. there are still lots of space between her and the pillow.. while LGG sleep on her left...

usually LGG will awake and pat pat her while i make milk.. but this time round, LGG slept through.. din even hear bb's leg's bell ringing.. i dun feel good.. and quickly make milk.. the moment i walked into my room.. i heard "bok duk".. bb fall down from bed onto the floor.. my heart basically jumped out from my body... rushed to carry her up as she cry so hard.. trying to pacify her...feel so so heartache...

she rolled so much till she has enough strength to push the pillow onto the floor and herself onto the floor together with the pillow.. i guess the pillow somehow save her from serious injury.. she just has a "duku" on her left forehead.. small one..

geeess.. really scary lor... i've always worried she will fall down and always use pillows to block her.. still she drop down.. so we decided .. NEVER leave her unattended in places that can cause any accident such like this anymore.. when i make milk.. i will wake LGG.. we dun dare to take such risk anymore..

feel so sorry for bb.. lucky thing she is ok.. maybe a bit "gong gong" after the duku.. haaa...

Mother's day

we have long weekends this week so we brought mum to eat the dim sum at cross street..as
mother's day lunch.. we also bought her supplemets for her joints and all..really thank my mum for all her sacrifices to look after bb.. without her.. we really lost and cant concentrate on our work..


me+bb taken in the restaurant..she is wearing the minnie mouse pin,,, that suppose to come in pairs and when wind blow the mickey & minnie mouse will lift up.. but we wear only one.. her hair is too little to clip two now.. heee

before we go.. grndma +cucu.. feeding her rice cereal+ all the goodies..(vege)

Happy Mother's day to all mothers !!
It's never easy to be mother.. what's more to be a good mother.. we just try out best

Our 10th Year

This is the 10th year mark since we first arrive in Singapore... so we thought.. we shall celebrate 10th year of friendships...by doing some gethering or celebrations !

Suh has been here for 12 years.. 2 years earlier as she completed her A levels here... Jia+Me came here after our STPM.. While ML came here after her "Du Zhong" she retained 1 year cos she didn't make through the entry exam in NTU.. Thus she is 1 year younger than us instead of 2 years..

maybe i shall dig out thoese old photos we have taken and compare before and after.. muah.. shall do it next week after my long weekends leave..

Bravo gals ! for our friendships !

BB favourite move...

This is one of her favourite stretching.. she will pull both of her legs to the front then suck her toes...mm.. i wonder if it tastes good.. Jen's bb also like to suck toes.. he even hold bottle with two feet.. OMG

luckily bb is more lady-like.. she only suck big toes.. not the whole 5 toes.. haaaa..

cutey cutey...

Emotion control

I've been feeling bad recently for being an angry employer..yeas.. employer.. cos one or two days.. i will be "lecturing" my maid.. i will control her food.. i will keep pointing out her mistakes.. things she never do or things she cant do well to my liking...

i feel tired and irritated with my new role.. why do i have to make myself so emotionally taxing with maid.. home suppose to be a place for me to rest my mind/body and feel serene and peaceful.. but i will come back home and feel agitated with things she failed to perform up to my satisfaction.. even many times i corrected her.. still she cant do it right or simply never carry it out..

i have to control her food as she eats like bull. one big loaf of bread , hubby+I eat for 3-4 days.. she alone 3 days all gone.. the bread spread 4 days 1/2 bottle.. we take nearly a month to finish one bottle.. she eats two big bowl of rice for lunch.. we gave her so many tins of cookies during cny.. she finished over a weekends...but we never even see when she eats it.. so we guess when we go out, she is busy eating...

so now, i control her food.. by portion it by days.. i have to tell her one bottle of bread spread for few weeks.. 3 pieces of bread for breakfast + 3in1 drink. she eats whatever we eat for dinner, so lunch she will either cook her own noddles or fry the left over rice.. i bought fish for her, but she prefers sausages.. she can finish 3 packs of sausages in 2 weeks or lesser.. but the selar fish few weeks still in freezer.. shake head..give her ice cream.. one head turn.. you see only the stick in the dustbin..

so scary .. but when she work.. really cannot compare with the speed she finish her food. 3 clothes or 6 cloths.. she will takes more than 1 hour to iron.. wash my room , scrub or no scrub will take minimum 45 mins.. slow motion.. one day fold dunno how many times of clothes.. walk up n donw dunno wat she is doing.. act busy..

phew... okok.. i got to control.. no point getting irritated by this.. there are many more important things to care abt. Jen was telling me.. dun expect them to deal things with the same level of IQ as we are.. they just dun get it or pretend not to get it.. cos if they understand moe means more work.. so act blur or 'bodoh' the best.. then no need do more..

i shall see how long will i bear with this maid this time..i dun send her back cos she seems scared whenever i tell her, "if u continue to work like this, i wanna send you back" she will said mum, don't.. i pity her cos i think maybe she needs money.. tat's why she came here in the first place.. but why cant she be serious .. do a better job for me ? then i happy she also happy ? i feel like keeping her becoem a burden to me..

maybe im still haven learn enough to deal with maid or to live with them ?i wonder how come some people can be so friendly with their maid.. geess..

bb's progress

How time flies..bb is now 7th month old le.. she can pull down handkerchief from our covered face.. even on her own face.. she walk so expertly on walker.. she can crawl forward.. still improving.. she can sit without support but still not stable .. she made lots more voices now.. she recognise our calling her names... she likes to play tickling game..

but she still dun want to learn waving.. like bye bye.. she refuse to move her hand each time.. shake head..

she will look at u hungrily each time u put something into ur mouth.. she will ask for food by approaching u... looking so pitifull.. gesss


Here's my hebi (shrimp)..cos smal small and always twist here n there when carry her..

Mum's works

Today, Jia and i email again.. both bored lady.. haa.. so we were talking abt what to do during free time, i wanted to do quilting +cross sticth.. she wanted to do something that can produce faster result..

i told her during bb's stay in hospital, all nurses in the ward envy bb cos she has this quilt made by my mum aka bb's grandma which is si colourful and nice.. the nurses keep saying bb very lucky and this is "wen nuan pai" heee..

so i post the quilt mum made for bb way before she was born...
(1) this is made from left over fabric from mum's frens who r tailor.. so this is all hand sticthed.. one by one cut ut the template then trace on fabric, cut out, show into the "pa gua" shap.. then hand stiched together.. the background was last sew on. thsi piece after completed, you feel like got cushioning between all the pentagons.. nice..
(2) this is another piece , squarish which is easier to make.flatter. but simple and nice.
(3) mum completed this purple sweater for bb. she made when baby sit her at home.. the scarf she just completed last week. all cross-sticthed.
my mum is good at doing craft work.. she made for all hergrand child.. my nephews all have a piece of the quilt + sweater.. lucky us..

Jesse Bear

Jesse Bear.. here i come.. so of the whole series of jesse bear books ( BFIAR concepts) i;ve gotten 4 from library with he help of my col..

today, i've scanned all 4 le.. so when free i shall print all in colour and paste in notebook for bb.. all free of charge.. im such a cost-conscious mummy don't i.. in a way.. so clever.. heee.. muahahahha..

now, i try to read the MR. series of book for bb daily.. but her attention span is never exceeding 5 minutes.. she will struggle to get out from my arms.. or look left look right.. really shaking head..

so shall work hard and log on her progress.. now we everyday have our evening walk around my housing area.. for her to see cars.. buses.. flowers.. plants.. heee..

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?

Gotten this froma fren long time ago.. today very free clear mails in class.. so tot this is interesting..

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.....

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner &
the Last (Little) finger represents your children


Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold
them together - back to back

Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
(As shown in the figure below):

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will
open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and
have to leave you sooner or later. Please join your thumbs as before and
separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)...., they will also
open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and
will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing
your children)...., they will open too, because the children also will get
married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers
(representing your spouse).

You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband &
Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!
Please try this out............. ISN'T THIS A LOVELY THEORY?

U think u know everything ...

Here's more :

1.The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.

2.No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

3.Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes
4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

5. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

6.The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

7.The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE

8.American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.

9.Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
(Since Venus is normally associated with women,
what does this tell you!)

10.Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

11.Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!

12.The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first "Marlboro Man."

13.Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!

14.PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!

15.The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

16.It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but, not downstairs.

17.A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

18.Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

19.And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

Health - Important Tips

Received this from fren.. so take note ar..

1) Answer the phone by LEFT ear.
2) Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.
3) Do not take pills with COOL water.
4) Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.
5) Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.
6) Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.
7) Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
8) Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.
9) Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.
10) Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.
11) When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

COurse

on course today and tomorrow..wahh.. we found out this class is conducted just for my company people.. 6 of us.. all ladies.. and one of the lady is from KL. really can't believe it that their manager has so much budget to send her here for 2 days course.. EXCEL BASIC and INTERMEDIATE ??? and cover all accomodation, allowances and all..

So stupid hor. waste this type of moeny, she said KL no such class.. i was like.. arrr.. mouth open very big.. but.. hey, maybe it's the fact that their branch over there over laoded with budget lor..

phew.. bored to death.. but ok lah.. resting.. heee... can online,email.. blog.. not so bad though..

My boss sms informing that JL's son fell down and injured his head now in KKH. my boss' son was hospitalised last week due to high fever during his NS. mine was hospotalised last last week cos UTI... mmm.. maybe someone cursed us.. why all our children hospitalised in the same month...

Chase aways all bad luck.. go go away ..

Cross stitch..

Today i borowed a cross sticth book from lib. really tempted to start another cross stitch project.. this time round i tot of doing a huge one.. geisha to hang in my living room..

still considering.. as once started i cannot stop.. but do i have so much time in hand ?? last time i used 3 months to complete the floral cross sticth which now hung in my dining room area....


maybe .. should i ... mmm.. my quilt making still haven started as i dun have time to go down to get my fabric.. ARgggg.. why i always want to do so much things ???

Lunch Buddy

Today Jia and i feel so bored. she just started her new job and i'm so bored preparing for monthly meeting.. bored to death. churn out the statistics and do the indicator.. repeating the procedures monthly.. really grow mushroom..

then, we were discusssing abt lunch kaki.. nowadays, she dont have lunch kaki.. same with mL who also started her new job not very long ago... then they said so dry during lunch time.. all by themselves.. pathetic in a way..

as for me, i sometimes eat on my own too.. as last time i used to lunch with yong.. but since he changed to after shift he no longer eat early.. and i only lunch with jen & tom & bob.. the rest of them nothing much in common to talk during lunch, thus, if the three not in morning shift, i will just eat on my own.. i rather not lunch with boss cos always end up i got to foot the bill.. unless he ask or with vendor then i will join else i rather lunch alone..

Last time, i really cannot lunch on my own.. as i feel so bored so lonely.. i've never lunch alone before.. until the time i was pregnant.. cos it's the time when yong shift changed and i prefer to do my own stuff like marketing.. library and etc..

after this period.. i'm kinda used to lunch alone and spending my lunch time with my own stuff.. heee.. cool huh.. maybe last time i feel shy cos when i lunch alone.. people will think i'm so lonely.. but now as i grow older.. this does not matter anymore..


so just try to enjoy the lonely time during lunch la..

From Experience

Now i know that teething will not give fever more than 37.x, if exceed 38 means not teething fever.

many mums advise me to clean bb's butt after she poo poo and pee pee.. under the shower or tap water. avoid using too much of baby wipes due to chemical. try to use lesser diapers. use more cloth napkin..

many mums advise try to feed bb more fluid, not just milk. since bb just started her solid (rice cereal), more water is good. constipation will cause UTI too.

So, we shall practise all the above :)

Urinary Tract Infection ?!?

Well.. i've been really "busy" for the last weekend.

First of all, i extracted my last wisdom tooth on thursday. my second anniversary of our ROM day.

Then, my little pumpkin fever persisted. on and off. and we noticed discharge when she pass urine. so quickly see doctor. and doctor refer us to KKH immediately. A&E.

so, saturday, we spent most of our time in kkh. almost one whole afternoon trying to collect bb's urine for testing. and the result is not that optimistic. the white blood cells count is very high, possibility of getting UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). OMG. what is that, i've never encounter this before !

we have always been careful in cleaning bb. always wiping from in to out.. and use baby wipes, water.. but how come still get infection ???

so, since she is only 6 months plus, doctor advise bb being warded immediately.

so, we stayed in hospital for the virus culture to be out in 72 hours. everyday, bb has to be on antibiotic drips once a day. i was crying like mad on the day when they try to get her blood and urine for tecting and poke the needle for the drips... she is crying so loud. First time since she is born, she cried so loud ! really breaks my heart into pieces..

the lab result was a relief though.. her blood was not infected. but she still need to take 9 weeks of antibiotics and follow up check ups.

so sad that bb so young and have to go through this. but from beginning till now, she still active, feeding well, playing..lucky thing.

Phew... got to take good care of her.. finger cross she will stay healthy forverer ! i just wish for this !

Teething

My girl is teething now.. very pitiful. fever and all. so my mc was spent with her at home...

Finger cross, her fever will go down soon. on and off.. 38.x deg celcius. scary !

Ohh,, i started a new blog, http://muminwork.blogspot.com

where i can blog things related to parenting and emotion of a mum who works.. heee

Wisdom no more

So finally, i extracted my final wisdom-tooth. no more wisdom left now. 2 days mc la..

right jaw like swollen.. gees.. why we need to have wisdom teeth, not say will add more wisdom to us..or it does ?

My Girl Making "Ta ta ta " sound

my Baby starts cooing and making baby talk as young as 3 months.. nowadays i noticed her cooing has become "ta ta ta ".. so i guess she may be into the stage to make some verbal sound that is preparing her into proper vowes like "pa pa " "ma ma" ??

heee.. so looking forward to it..

i just love to hear her making baby talk.. really music to my ears.. ta ta ta ..

Anger !

I simply cannot respect boss that do not know how to appreciate his employee's hard work and during appraisal, when ask if there is any weakness that need to be improved, he will say, no no im very happy with your work, i think your strong points are.. blahhh.. but when come to promotion time, he promote cols that joined later and he approached cols that joined later for better position as in head position.


so, you are totally "forgotten", your job now is do all the "dirty" work, he just ensure someone do all the work, which is you.

so, if you are not happy with my performance, just say so, so that once i get the hint, i will look else where for better opportunity. why give me hopes and yet pour me cold water like this..

so demoralising.. no motivation..

gees... This is not happening to me, but i just feel angry to know there is such boss around. Jerk !

Believe it or not ?!?

never really check this out before i conceive.. as i don't really believe in this.
But my friend told me mine is accurate.

Conceive in Jan07 - before my 30th b'day in Feb07. baby Girl.

a friend asked me. i told her, she can try according to this chart as mine is considered accurate.



so shall see my next baby is accurate or not.. muahahhaa...

She is 6th Month Old now..

My little Pumpkin is 6th month old liao.. so now, i have 6 photos in the album.. which has 12 slots for each month til, she is 1.

So so cute..

Complaint about MEN

my mum said husband always take for granted that the wife will take care of everything for them.. look after children..take care of all the titsy bitsy things at home.. cookings.. household chores. blahahhaa.. men will just come back from home expect dinner to be ready.. expect children is taken care of..expect clothes are iron..readily hung in wardrobe for him to wear, ecpect bed sheet has been changed.. expect everything is done..

they never think of how things are being so organised at home ? maid does not help to coordinate or use barin to think that when salt/vege/food is finishing we need to replenihs.. when baby grows they need more clothes.. when offer... must buy more to stock up for diapers blahahhaa...


tired being woman.. or rather being wife.. my mum said it is all the same. men will never spare much thoughts of how we woman get things done.

so when we complain they said we hurt them.. when we don't complain we feel so unfair cos they work , we work too.. but why we have to do so so so much work than them.. it's NEVER been fair !!!!


that really explain why woman always sleep early.. cos they not only physically tired ( carry so much things home daily from work place to home) and mentally exhausted ( from thinking this n that, coordinate/organise this n that..for home/husband/children.. everything..)

I need more sleep now.. from recalling what is in my brain to write in here.. phewww...

Sewing Machine

heee.. i bought my very first sewing machine allallaal.. mm.. why i buy ? mm. cos it's on offer and it's branded and i think i will use it for my quilt making..and i think i can use it for LGG's pants and so on...

Jen bought one and told me abt the promotion price. so i too get one. hee.. haven start using it.. shall try it out.. soon..

i've been "busy" not with work.. but mostly cos tired.. wonder why i tired easily.. i can sleep as early as 930pm till 6am.. tt's how much i can sleep and i need to sleep.. weekends is never enough sleeps.. with baby around.. im forever lack of sleeps.. zzzz.. why baby always sleep 10 minutes only...

notti girl.. oh... i sent her photo to one of the baby magazine and guess what she is one of the star baby.. muahahhahaa.. so cute.

Motivation

my boss today told me some things that motivate me further in my career.

so finger cross that his promises again realise next year ! yipee !

Im gonna work hard ! harder ! i mean work smart lah.

Quilt Making

Im so interested. i feel like starting this hobby right away. But i don't have the time to search or materials to start this hobby.

I've been so engrossed with my research on how to start and what i need to start this hobby.

So, once i found the place where i can get the fabric, i shall start my very first quilt making project.

Looking forward to it !

LeAp YeAr

special day for people who was born this day.. celebrate birthday once in 4 years.. rather special .. or sad ? heee..

Happy Birthday to those born today !

StretCh-ING

I have returned to gym now. i started piltaes before cny but skipped for week due to cny.

Last week, manage to join body balance class. feel so good to be able to exercise again. this week i went for body balance too, this time, cols followed. guys cols. really laughing my hearts out to see those men trying so hard to stretch themselves in the class.

Body balance really not for men, cos when they stretch, they don't look as graceful as woman. they just look...in pain. haaaa

But, it's fun as we get to exercise together. but i don't think they dare to join me in body balance anymore. muahahaha..

Happy exercising for healthy lifestyle !!

Cutey Girl

simply cannot resist it.. got to get this baby hair band when i saw it in kiddy palace.. sooo cute..



Oh yeah.. Jen will be expecting bb girl this time ! yipee !! we shall compare notes in bringing up girls..

CNy & my B'day

heee.. cant help it.. my girl in her small little cheong sma.. she looks so yummy ! fee like pinching her..



and not forgetting my b'day.. heee.. this is taken in my in law's home.. family photo.. click !



I always love february !

Model to be..

Hoo.. this is one of the pose we find funny.. as she is trying to turn over.. but the sofa is too small so she got stuck.. ended up looking like she is posing for the camera.. kekeke.. model to be maybe..



HH is so so so cute now.. she can grab thing firmly already .. have strength to pull the objects to herself.. and she like to touch things of diferent texture.. and of course inlcuidng punch us..my mum n i have so many scars from her scratches.. like cat's claws..

she is now 5 months old le.. so fast..will soon start her solid.. her first food. she likes to see us eat.. our mouth movements.. sometimes when we bring food near to her mouth, she will even open her mouth .. wanting to eat.. haaaa..

but i will only start her solid after she is 6 months.. cos only 6 months in her life she is fully on milk powder.. after that she will be eating like us..so no hurry to wean her to solid..

we are starting her first solid with organic rice, grind into powder.. i guess this is the most natural. now i understand why parents always want the best for their children.. cos i now feel the same.. i dun mind doing a bit extra or paying a bit more.. so long my baby gets the best.. or at least better ones..


I hope i wont turn out to be the typical kiasu parents.. im learning to be a open-minded parent as possible.. heeee

Happy parenting !

COurse

Finally i went for ITIL.. everyone in my company has to attend. so there r 7 out of 14 students from my company.. muahahhaa..

It is indeed a very interesting course as we play F1 car racing by applying the processes taught in the class.. Very innovative way of conducting classes...

Next course.. i think i wanna go for project management.. they said at Grand Hyatt.. food n venue both 5 stars.. yum yum.. heee.. my cols only remember the food n not the course content..

Happy attending course!

Valentine's day

heee.. tot post some photos taken on V day using my phone.. the resolution really cannot make it..

our starter of the night..


desert.. two hearts together..


This is our 5th valentine..next year we shall bring along HH to the V day dinner.. muak..

Happy Valentine's Day

One more year..this year we have additional member le.. but still Valentine's day will be spent with LGG.. We have date today..

lalal.. happy Valentine's day to all. Hope you enjoy this day of the year with lots of lovesss..

Movie Date

Yesterday removed the wisdom tooth stitches le.. lalalal.. now got to make appointmeny to remove the last wisdom tooth .. then my wisdom is competely removed. Opps..

yesterday, LGG and i managed to catch Stephen Cho'w CJ7 lallala.. cannot miss his movie.. but this time, not so funny la.. but quite touching.. especialy when stephen chow died in the accident. but of course he came alive afterwards lah.. the boy is really really cute..

Happy watching movie !

Rat's Year

Gesss.. i dun feel rat will be a good year for me.. as i walked into the year of rat with flu and rashes !!!

Darn flu just cant wait to attack my immune system on the eve, and i started to get full blown flu on the very first day of CNY !! sob sob sob.. then after eating the stupid pain killer prescribe by the super expensive doc consultation.. i have to pay double for seing doc on cny.. i was allergic to the pain killer and got rashes all over my body.. sollen face and eyes of frog.. can u imagine ?? on cny ?? till now i haven got chance to wear my cny clothes.. so so so sad..

LGG n precious go visiting and all.. i was left at home sleeping to cure my flu.. so sad..lgg said i have an eventful cny.. indeed !!!

Sob.. now feeling better, but my rashes still on n off.. im not sure is it really im allergic to the pain killer like the doc told me or other things.,. after give birth, i seem to get rashes easily.. wonder why ..

anyway, Gong Xi Fa Cai to all ! hope everyone is blessed with good healthy, smooth sailing all through the rat's year !

SG Childhood immunization - Review

There are many injections for children since birth. Thus, to keep a record of these vaccinations, i decided to blog about it.


I obtained the following table from mum centre website.
Singapore Childhood Immunization Schedule




Optional Vaccinations Schedule



There is now 5in1(DPTa/HIB/Polio) & 6in1(DPTa/HIB/Polio/HepB) vacciniation that combines the jabs. HH is taking 5in1 as the polyclinic nearby does not have 6in1.

So far, she has taken the following:

(1) at birth : BCG + Hep B
(2) 1st month : Hep B
(3) 3rd month : 5in1 1st Dose
(4) 4th month : 5in1 2nd dose & Rotavirus oral

We plan to have pneumococoal after her 3rd dose of 5in1, thus not to conflict with the compulsary vaccincation schedule.

Polyclinic nurses always discourage parents to take any optional jabs before the compulsary jabs. very confusing sometimes we are trying to follow the schedule from recommended schedule.

4th Month-Old

HH is 4 month old today. To remember this day, mum+me+HH went Ikea by BUS.
Yes, by bus. This is the very first time HH takes SBS Bus since she was born. I guess the experience is more adventurous tha taking mrt as she seems so interested with all the scenary on the whole journey and keep looking around. hardly blink.

I think maybe bcos in bus can see more things compare to in mrt.

I bought her a cutey toy basket. and some soft toys. See.. again buy things for her.. cannot resist those cute cute things..

WisDOm Tooth

FInally, i've extracted my wisdom tooth yesterday. I've taken the left side first. The right side will extract some time later.

The whole process is not painful but not comfortable as you get to hear the dentist use the drill or whatever ot is inside your mouth. so "geli"

now healing.. no MC since im still on maternity leave.

Milestones - Crawl

Today we found out HH (aka Hann Hann) can move forward on her own. Not much though, but she starts to make the fwd moving action with her legs..


Mum said she may be able to start crawling next 2 weeks time. woah !! what a development ! so i quickly write down here so that i will be able to remember her first crawl.

now, she likes to sleep with pillow covering her face like this.. Jen said her baby does that since 2 months.. haa.. i guess they feel comfy with softy coevring them. they can sleep easily in spring cot too.



HH likes to suck her thumb and fingers now. even with mitten. always soak the mitten ith saliva . Shake head

CNY

Getting excited ? CNY is just round the corner.. today LGG & i went down to bugis to get some mushrooms/nuts/abalone for our parents, for CNY.. heee.. this is the first year we actually go down to buy ourselves,,. last year my mum in law help us buy.. quite fun as i get to learn how to buy and choose what to buy for our parents..

Im thinking of preparing some cny dishes this year.. so that it feels like cny..got to dig out the recipes and get the ingredients ready !! so looking twds.. lalallalaaalllalal

Tomorrow will attend SS's wedding dinner... she is one of the last few left.. so we dun have many left that is still singles back home.. haaa.. can see all of us buddies are quite "laku".. almost sold out le.. ghahahhaha..

Sadly, i cant attend Ren Ren's wedding back home.. cos SS's invitation came first and i'm not able to go home by now. Hope she has a unforgettable wedding dinner ever ! be the prettiest nyonya bride ever !! Muak. sending all my loves to my buddy !

May all of us have a long lasting and joyful journey in marriage :)

First Trip home..

We made our first trip this year to my mum's place with our little precious along, of course.

In the beginning, she is not so happy about being in new place, surrounded by new people.. but she gets used to it rather fast :) her cousins are sooo fond of her..

we got many many things for her back home. two big luggage bags all her stuff.. phew.. we got her the baby gym too .. which is so much cheaper compare to getting one in s'pore.. and the most amazing things is, we managed to bring back a new spring cot for her all the way.. through customs and all .. kekekke.. we got the spring cot for RM 89.90(offer) with stable stands and all whihc in s'pore easily 120++.. kekekkee.. laugh my hearts out !!!! so very worth it !!

see how happy my cutey pie in her gym .. heee



within the 10 days at her maternal grandma's place, she has changed quite a bit.. she now talks a lot.. always make baby sounds..as if she has lots to talk about.. she likes to turn come turn go.. very dangerous to leave her alone.. must attend to her or watch out for her at all time.. as she will turn and if not careful all down from her mattress.. today i found her leg stuck from the gap of her cot.. cold sweat !

This trip, i get to visit my aunt's new home.. cool ! so huge and westernize ! and get to meet up with my high school friends.. all mummy now.. so we have concluded, all mummy will have spare tyres .. sob sob sob.. get to see thier children.. so cute and of course noisy !!

mum made pineapple tarts for cny. this year will be our first year celebrating cny as parents.. ahem ! upgraded. so i must get some cny stuff for my home.. so that it feels like cny.. haaa.. cool

Milestones - Turn

My girl can now turn over on her own.. only 3 months she can turn to one side on her own.. my mum said she is a strong girl ! haaa.. she is huh !

Despite her stomach flu, she is still able to turn here turn there..in away, we don't feel too worried as she appear normal and healthy.


Here's my clever girl ! Muak.

STomach Flu SObbb

My girl is now having stomach flu.. keep purging since 29th.. see doc twice still her conition not getting any better.. so worrying.. make me think of rotavirus.. as im planning to take this vaccination during her second dose for 5in1..

Her stool is soft and watery plus a bit of blood sometimes.. doc seem to think this is rather common in babies.. WHAT ??? so tomorrow shall see the doc one more time and if still not getting better we shall go to hospital.

My mum in law said last time her child also like this, they r heaty.. so we make some barley water for her.. hope it will help. Now she is drinking Soy formula to prevent further purging..

Lucky thing is that she is still drinking as per normal.. still playful and smiling and appears helthy and normal.. except her bottom keep discharging watery stool..

My new year resolution ? My girl stays healthy and happy forverer !