Milk loaf-Upsize

so i've doubled up all the portion to make 750g milk loaf.. it turned out ok.. with bigger pieces but same amount in slices..*scratch head*

however, i put it in fridge .. it turned out hard, not as fluffy as the smaller loaf.. so i guess by doubling the recipe does not work that well..

gees.. got to retry ..*determination*

BB's room

This photo is cute. cos she is like sayin "Welcome to my little room" .. see my wall sticker ? mummy makes for me

heeee.. muak.. more to come in near future.. busy mummy

Upcoming July

Seems like this month most of the weekends are booked.

The first weekend, we shall have a small gathering among Gis +MJ+Iris. MJ will be bringing her 4 year-old boy..so a playmate for my missy.. who now enjoys company so much.. she is can make so much noises now.. and fun to play with as she shows interest in games with us.. socialising

The second weekend, shall be our F4(Female 4) 10th anniversary..we shall have our BINTAN getaway.. Girls trip.. away from work/family/children.. anyway, only i have children..boo.. so for me.. this is the very first trip away from home without my hubby & missy..i guess it's healthy to have such trip for mummy.. to rejuvenate..come back a fresh new me.. jia said all must bring swimsuit and pose any style for her to take photo.. heee.. good idea..

the weekend after that, we may plan to bring missy back home with mum & maid.. see how she cope .. mum can be at her home.. she misses her home.. i can tell..

so looking forward to July ! and im gonna practise baking.. wanna make my very first birthday cake for my special someone whose birthday fall in August. we always dun get along but we still care for each other. that;s for sure !

Bitter gourd for lunch?!?

yeak..when i ws younger, i cant stand the word bittergourd.. i dun even like dish related to bitter gourd displayed in front of me.. cos i just feel bitter from within.. yeak.. just too bitter for me

but recently. after mum stayed with me, she suggested we cook some dish with bittergourd.. mm.. well, for a change, now i can take many vege, i even eat brinjal ! yeas brinjal.. my mum just too good .. she can cook it till LGG & i give a total thumb UP ! bravo ! yum yum..

Did you know bitter gourd is rich in Vitamins A and C and is an excellent source of carotenoids such as lutene and beta-carotene..

now i wonder, since im such a fussy eater when young.. will my bb takes after me ? OHH Nooo.. better not.. but seems like my mum think she is.. sob..

but, hey, what's so big deal.. now i eat everything .. i consume so much vege & fruits.. so it's ok to be fussy eater when young.. but being parents.. we gotta put in more effort to ensure she gets all the nutrients.. maybe i shall train her to eat bitter gourd from young age.. muahha

today just bough golden Kiwi for her snack.. so x.. about $1 for one golden kiwi. but it is very tasty and sweet so worth the money la..

Work-out

today finally went to gym for 25 minutes of jogging on trekmill.. been delaying since Monday.. the mind is willing but the body is too weak to move.. lazy lazy bugs kep bugging me.. haaa

Today, i didn't get subway sandwiches, as i tot if i keep eating those sandwiches i'll eb fat too due to the dressing and ham which is unhealthy. so decided to bring my won wholemeal sandwiches from home instead with egg+tomatoes.. which is much healthy. i run out of cheese so did not put in cheese for today's sandwich.

Goos.. really need lots of determination to keep fit ! i think swimming during lunch is not so suitable as the weather is biting into my skin.. so sunny andafter swimming i find my body start to feel itchy..

Happy exercising ! later will try ways and means to stay awake ? heeee

Story Book time

Littlw misys loves us to read her story with lots of expressions in our voices and faces expressions..

she will squeek and making sounds as if she is talking back to us..LGG hardly got time to read to her as he always come back later than me and when home, play with her awhile, it's dinner time for us.. and bed time for her..

so, only weekends (sunday) we have, usually, one whole day at home to have our story book reading for her.. and i wanted LGG to get involved in this too.. as i usualy will squueze in some time in weekday evening for some reading for her..

it's fun to see their interaction..i have their video too muhahha.. cutey daddy +little missy

Milk Loaf- Success

Hoo.. This weekend i bake milk loaf. Wann try different type of bread as im a bread eater !! armm.. i can live with bread alone..but when i went europe.. i just could not consume much bread as i find their bread is much harder than our bread, so called sour-dough bread. must have good teeth to bite..

I get the recipe from homemaking blog. she is just so nice to share all her recipe but she prefers to let the machine knead and do the shaping and all using hand. I dun have so much time especially with missy being so demanding these days... she just needs to be entertained at all time.. so i just throw everything into the machine and woala.. a nice aromatic loaf of milk loaf..

But, it's a small loaf, i can cut out only 12 pieces max. so i wanna tryt baking a bigger loaf like 1kg. got to try out this weekend !

Ingredient:
143g fresh milk (I used low-fat fresh milk)
35g egg
25g caster sugar
5g salt
250g bread flour
4g Instant yeast
38g butter (unsalted)

No steps for me, as i just throw a;; in according to breadmaker instruction and choose the white bread 500g option. 3:14 minutes i think.

Happy baking !

ohh.. as you can see in the photo.. little missy is just so interested with my milk loaf.. she will examine the bread left right up down..she is inspector gadget at home.. she will check on her walker.. check on the key hole.. check on any small little hole/scratch... eg her daddy shirt's hole.. our ear rings..hair band.. watch.. she will take very long to turn come turn go and feel with her tiny fingers and at the end she will need to taste it to ensure it's nice looking and tasty.. *shaking head*

HappY Father's day

LGG been promoted to daddy this year.. but bb too young to understand what is father's day.. so this year we celebrated father-in-law's day.. muahhaha..

we went down to tampines for lunch, initial plan was to have tepanyaki for lunch but MIL thinks not so convenient as bb ia tagging along.. so we decided to lunch at comfortable restaurant..

MIL feeding her dory fish.. this girl really can eat..

Anyway, Happy father's day to all father out there.. eventhough this day always go unnoticed, but we want to ensure special like this should not be forgotten. Father is the pillar of the family. However strong the mummy is, she still need daddy for support and a shoulder to lie on..

Muak.. Congratulations to LGG for being a good daddy to my little missy..Love ya

Childcare headache..

Now, sis is hinting to me that mum is tired. she has backache since looking after bb.. geess.. so i must find out alternative of bb's child-care..

of course, i just could not let my helper take over the task. she is blur sotong, what ifs.. u know.. some more now bb has UTI before, we have to be very careful when clean her.. make sure she is not dirty especially after she poo.. how can i trust her to do the work ??

But, in the first place i hire helper is to look after my bb , my very initial plan before i deliver. but after deliver, seeing the way they do work, i really lost trust in them. and mum agree to help to look after so, i never sort other means to look after bb lor.. my helper just do housework, i never even let her carry bb..

Discussed with jenny.. she said shoudl try to train the maid up to at least lighten mum's load bt letting her carry bb.. play with her..i think i shall try to let go a bit by letting the helper to do the childcare tasks more now.. anyway, nothing particular that she MUST do for housework, nothing more important than my bb..

so, shall reschedule her work-roster.. look after bb as priority la..

shall see how it progress.. finger crosss, mum will be able to help me till bb is 2 years old. cos that's when she can tell more if helper bully her or etc

nowadays.. most people my age will have problem with who will look after their newborn.. we just cant let go.. by just putting our small little bb in those centre or nanny.. best if parents can help.. but how many parents can sacrifice ? some willing but body is weak.. some rather work or have too many grandchild to look after.. sigh.. problematic..

it's just too hard to ask mummy to quit work and stay home.. cos mummy will end up becoming VERY housewife.. and lost confidence in themselves and after their child grows up.. they just find it too hard to fit into the working life..

geesss.. this is how the society is changing now.. between our working life and child bearing..booo.....

Headcahes anyone ?!?

Argggg.. maybe i really need the panadol in the advertisement.. bang bang bang.. my head of exploding..

i always get migrain.. one sided. especially days before mensus.. but it is better now, but stil i get it on monthly basis.. yesterday (not even near mensus date), i have terribel headache again... feel like vomiting.. and eye ball also pain..

the onely 10 months of my life that i dun get migrain is during my pregnancy.. wonder why..

my mum, mum-in-law, gal friends esp who already have baby share the same problem as i am.. why why why ? is it the hormones ?

It is juts unbearable with the stupid migrain attack.. u just cannot concentrate. sleep sometimes help abnd coffee too..

i just hate my migrain day.. that's when i feel how important to stay healthy. Today gym cancelled. cos i still dun feel well.. migrain is better but still feel like it's coming kinda feeling..

Green Wednesday

Gees.. now NTUC will launch their green day on every wednesday, no more just first wednesday of the month..

Sian, so each time want to go ntuc must remember to bring carrier if it is wednesday, i always forgot.

Today, the cashier auntie told me she still can give carrier but must donate .. cheh.. so i donated 50 cents.. heee.. super kiam ku.. but i tot what for i pay for the plastic, i have carrier , it's just that i din know they are lauching this already wat..

neeway, go green go green.. european countried all no plastic for free, they bring their basket to shopping centre.. i guess soon, we will be like them..in a way good for the environemnt and for our next generation.. but inconvient la..

Boooo.

D&D photos

heee.. this is the 4th year i attended my company's D&D..now, more spouses in the group..

Monday @ home

mum in hometown will be back tonight, so i on leave today to look after my missy.. our playgroup at home..it's just fun to spend time with her..but i guess if i were to stay home daily .. i may go coo.coo..haaa..

we play for quite long today, our own playgorup @home
I read her cinderella story book, Mr sneeze and she play her stacking game.. alphabets..and throwing toys..i.. picking toys.. we listen to nursery rhymes.. see the hi-five vcd, a gift from huggies.. not bad actually but too soon for bb..i just watch it to see the contents..

cary her around when doing household chores.. explaining things i doto her, as many websites said it's godo to talk more to baby and tell her what we are doing.. it helps in her languages development..

Today's breakfast

so proud of my bread, today it still feel soft. i made sandwhiches one for lGG and one for myself..

Looks good ya.. heee

Photos again

These are taken in museum last last week.. muahhaa.. she really has many expressions

Little Missy & me

Our Sunday time together on bed.. LGG went temple with in-laws today, we decided to stay home so that i can do my baking ..

some bed wresling with my little missy.. she just so curious and like to grab everything new she sees.. like in the photo.. im trying to capture both of us in bed.. she just cant help but to grab my phone la.. grab my bra strap la.. grab my spectacle la.. so ended up the last photo, my spec fall off.. "eyes rolling*

one of the mummy recommended me with this phot editing software, which is free for download and so user-friendly.. cool huh.. shall create more such photos..

My Wholemeal bread

Today i tried using the bread making machine to do the kneading and baking.. Yipeee.. the bread turned out sososoos perfect !! im over the moon now.. *beaming* The crust is just perfect not hard as last time..

Word cannot explain how it feels when u've tried many times and finally it just turned out good.

So, never give up easily even your many attempts seem to fail each time.. if u keep on trying, of course with some improvement here and there, experiment here and there.. one day, you'll get the good result !! Same principle applies in life.. never give up easily.. stay tough and potitive !

Last time my bread become harder the next day as i leave it ouside, i asked the blogger who provide the recipe, she advise me to kepe in air-tight container, so, i did that this time round, hopefully, tomorrow it remains as soft as it is now..

it's so healthy without preservative and no egg, suitable for vegetarian day even..

So, the next baking, i shall add in pumkin seed and nuts.. muahhaha..smiling all the way...

Jia, i shall bake one on our trip to bintan in July ya.. maybe i prepare some sandwiches for our breakfast heee..

my method:

i use the same ingredients as before, after the first dough bloated (90minutes), i add in all the ingredients into the breadmaker, then i choose "white bread 500g" option, as there is no need pre-heating time, i already let the dough "pre-heat", the white bread timing is 3:14 minutes. if wholemeal bread option, needs 30 minutes more for pre-heating, my breadmaker is Kenwood brand, not sure if other brand has the similar timer.

so, next round, maybe i will try baking bigger loaf..

bb first class seat

now, we let her sit on the baby seat so that we can get our chores done and she can get used to sitting on high chair playing/eating..

but. she does not seem please each time we put her in her first class chair.. she rather on walker or being carried.. sigh..

will let her sit more to get used to it..

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 ?