Another Year!

Another Year!

Time flies!
Another year has just flown past...

Just heard tt 1 of my colleague has tendered his resignation...
sigh... he's a nice person to work with. I'll definitely miss him.
Hopefully the next person who come on board will be as nice!

We'll be having another 2 new senior management staff joining us next year (which is just 2 days away by the way!) and have just heard tt 1 of them doesn't really have a good reputation.
Oh well! He ain't gonna be my boss so whoever is going to work under him - GOOD LUCK!

I'm actually also toying with the idea of looking for greener pastures.
I find that the place is getting alot more corporate and I am really not sure if its for the better or the worse. I've been in this company for over 3 years now... I like the people in the company but with so many staff leaving over the last year... I really dunno.

My trip to Jinan next month (mid-Jan) has been postponed. I spoke to my boss to tell him tt given the current economic situation, I rather stay put and give the chance to my more senior colleagues to go since my area is not tt urgent anyways and volunteered to re-look at the possiblity only after June but boss said to re-look at it after the 1st Q... oh well... we shall see then.


On the home front - Kady is getting difficult. Her patience level is really short and would throw tantrums when things dun go her way. I really hope that we will be able to teach her well and that she would like to respect her elders.

Vera is now 8.5mths! She is already crawling pretty well and is learning to stand. She pulls herself up easily and will let go of support and able to stand for a few seconds on her own.
Vera is pretty smart for a little baby. She is able to understand my simple instructions of asking her to sleep. :)

Early Xmas celebration

We celebrated Christmas with our friends early this year on 23 Dec.


Made Sangria for the 1st time and it was a hot fav!
Everyone said its a great drink and asked for the recipe... :)

For those who are interested:
- 1 btl of red wine
- 2 Thai Green Lemon (seedless)
- 5 Limes
- 1 Orange
- strawberries (quartered)
- ice cream soda or 7-up

I cut the citrus fruits to small wedges and put them in the red wine.
Then let it soak overnight.

Before serving, I throw in some strawberries, ice and mixed in ice cream soda with the wine.
stir and serve!
The next time I make this, I'll throw in some mint leaves. ;)

On the menu we had:
- spaghetti,
- turkey roll
- ribs
- pork knuckle
- salad
- chicken mushroom soup
- grilled chicken drumsticks
- buttered sweet corn

Had so much left over that we made our friends pack some home.

Mom said depending on how tired she is, if she's up to it - she wanted to make Bangers n Mash either today (Xmas eve) or tomorrow (Xmas day).

A few Updates...

Again, I have been laxed in updating my blog...

I've been really busy at work and getting all stressed out.
Now that the Chinacoat event and distributors' meeting is finally over, I can breathe a tad easier.
*big sigh* Just got back from Guangzhou last week and was down with throat infection.
So bad that I totally lost my voice. And guess what? My boss asked me while we were waiting for a cab at the airport - "Are you coming to the office tomorrow?"
This is after me telling him the night before that I won't be going to work on Friday on Wednesday night. And again, on Thursday when we were returning to Singapore.
All the rest of the overseas' senior management staff who were traveling with us told me to take a break and that I should rest but my boss asked if I would be going back to the office???
Needless to say - I was really really disappointed... sigh...

On another note - Kady has changed her CC from Jln. Jurong Kechil branch to the one at Royal Road. So far so good. Today is only her 2nd day. The teacher in charge was able to pick up on the 1st day that Kady needs constant reminders on her water intake which was excellent as this was 1 of the issue we had previously with her old CC!

On Vera - dh insisted that since his office has moved location that is about 5 mins walk away, it would be a hassle and also stressful on the roads for him to drive to and fro fetching and sending us to the baby sitters' and work. So Vera stayed with the Nanny with effective 1 Dec. We will pick her up on Wed, send her back on Thu, then pick her up on Fri and send her back on Mon again. But already I am missing my baby loads! :_( *cry* I just told dh that with my traveling schedule, already I am seeing less of my baby. with this arrangement, I see even lesser of her which I really do not think its fair. Since its so much of a hassle for him, then I will go and pick Vera on my own after work. This is not exactly easy as from my work place, I need to take a bus to the mrt station, take the mrt for abt 2 stations, then take the bus again to fetch my girl, then take the bus back to the mrt station again, and take the train back home... oh! the price I have to pay to see more of my little darling!

Burned out

-- 5 Nov 08 --

This was written on 5 Nov but hv forgotten to post it...
stress + worries + guilty, etc... haiz...
all in 1!

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So much has happened at work and at home lately.

Had took a week off work to clear the balance of my maternity leave last week to try to take a breather as I felt tt I've lost the energy to work.

Went for short break at Batam but ended up - not tt fun/ enjoyable.
Come bk on Monday feeling even more tired. Dun ask me why. Just felt not refreshed at all...
Maybe cos on Sun - learnt tt grandpa got hospitalized so not really in the heart to enjoy.

Tuesday - took care of Kady since her CC is closed.

Wed - ended up gg bk to work for 1/2 a day.
then went to hospital to see grandpa.
1st sight @ grandpa - in my heart I know his time is near...
had a really emotional talk with him... which left me emotionally drained.
(he's diagnose with acute leukemia)

Thurs - work fr home as need to get my mind off grandpa, prepare slides for our budget mtg. No mood - so whole afternoon also never do much. haiz

Fri - home with Vera, then went to CC for Kady's b'day celebration... (only piece of good news)

Sat - Vera started fussing thru' out the nite... so didn't sleep well.

Sun - Vera had fever, Kady had bouts of vomitting, I had diarrhea.
Evening - rush to hospital to see grandpa as he suddenly developed fever.

Mon - Tuesday, had intensive off-site budget meetings. Vera still had her fever, no sleep again at nite.

Wed - mad rush trying to clear off the work, new assignments, budget mtg wrap up, new staff orientation...

I'm sooooo tired!!!! really burned out...
got break maciam no break like that....

on my plate now - got soooo many outstanding items to complete!
Recruitment to do, projects to handle, new assignments, etc....

ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! I need 2 more heads and 4 more pair of hands!

Grandpa in Hospital

Heard the news of Grandpa being hospitalized over the weekend when we were in Batam for a short break...

Went to see him in NUH today...
Grandpa looked so frail and small in the hospital bed.
He also looked as if he has lost quite a fair bit of weight.

the 1st thought that came into my mind was that Grandpa won't last long anymore. *sob*
The doc's initial findings/ suspicions was acute leukemia.
Y'day - they drew bone marrow from him.
Grandpa said it was really really painful and they couldn't put him on GA due to his age.

He reminisce the old days with me. How he took care of me when I was but a little girl.
How he stood up for me when I got bullied in school... how he queue with me in the school canteen and got me drinks during my 1st week in school... how he scolded me and also admitted that he was really harsh with me when I was a kid.

He told me that he loved me as his daughter and not as a grandchild. Told me how he stood up to his son when he thought the way he treated me was too much. Grandpa asked me not to hate his son..... I in all honesty - couldn't answer him. I don't know if I still hated my soon to be ex-stepfather. Hate is such a strong word.

I don't think I hate him as much as before. I just can't bring myself to forgive or forget the things he has done or the words he has used. I would love to let it all go... but somehow it doesn't happen as quickly as I had hoped... I can only pray hard that time will heal the wounds.

When Grandpa told me that he loves me as his own daughter, whatever unhappiness/ unfairness that I had felt before melted away. He cried and I cried too....

If the day really comes where he has to go, I pray that his departure would be a painless and smooth one. I prayed that the last journey will happen when he is asleep...

tired out...

Just returned from Shanghai abt 2 weeks ago.... and somehow, I felt tt I'm all tired out...
really no mood to work and can't concentrate... I seriously need a break!!!

While in Shanghai, 1 of the early evening, we went to their Qi Pu Street (Supplier Market) to shop.
Its at the lower end in Shanghai and alot of shops are selling fake goods!
Simon, my colleague got hounded from the 1st floor up till the 4th floor and then down again till the 2nd floor... guessed he's overdressed in his Long sleeve shirt, pants and work shoes! *lol*
We also went to a seafood place on the outskirts with our china colleagues and its a refreshing experience. We get to choose our seafood outside the restaurants (there's a whole stretch of street on both sides selling diff varieties of seafood), we even spotted a stall selling snakes!!! (in chinese, its called 5 step snake... as if bitten by those wild ones, take 5 steps & you'll be dead!).
Food is quite good but the restaurant isn't too honest.... :S

We'll be gg to Batam next week for 4 days with Kady, Sim and his wife.
After much deliberation, decided to leave Vera with the nanny... as I'm afraid she may get food poisoning or tt she may not be able to adapt well... haiz... its not an easy decision. Till now, I'll still rethinking whether I made the right one to leave her behind. :_(


Here are some pics of the girls taken a while ago....

Kady at her trial Ballet class... she's now taking bebe ballet @ Dance Castle.
Teacher Nicole said she's ready to move up to the next class...






Pics taken @ the Henderson Waves.






Pics of the girls after the walk... all tired, sweaty & grumpy! LOL

Hv not been updating....

Hv not been updating for a while....

Brought the girls to Henderson Wave 1 of the weekends...
Kady enjoyed the little walk but was soon complaining abt the heat and sweat!
dh commented that she's an exact replica of me in this sense - cant stand the heat n the sweat! :P

Last week on children's day - we brought the girls and our nephew to the Bird Park.
Kady enjoyed herself loads! :)

Kady has officially started her Ballet class 2 weeks ago.
After 1 trial and 2 official lessons, she still like the classes load and looked forward to each class on every sat... Hopefully her enthusiasm will continue. :P

Vera is sprouting her 1st baby teeth!!!! 2 at row (lower) just like Kady when she was younger.
Only thing is Vera is sprouting hers abt 1-2mths earlier than Kady.
As I remembered Kady had her 1st teeth at around 7mths.
Vera is now abt 5.5mths coming to 6mths.


Heard some really sad news... someone I know had cancer... stage 2 and is undergoing immediate treatment now.
She's only 22. I really pray hard that she'll be able to pull through this difficult and painful time.
May the Good Lord give her strength!!!

One North Park

We went to One North Park yesterday....
They had a little playground which is supposedly to be interactive but we found the playground to be too small ...

Here's a pic of it:


Some pics that we took at the playground:






After that, we took a short drive to Wessex Village and had breakfast at Laurent's Cafe & Chocolate Bar...
Took their healthy breakfast (S$18), waffle ($5) and another choc croissant set (S$11).
Not because we want to but 'cos the lady said they don't serve hot food altho' on the menu there are alot more varieties!

Overall, the food isn't too bad But at those prices, I doubt we will be going back anytime soon.
The ambience is good. Very relaxing.

On a scale of 5 being the highest, I would rate it as follows:
Food - 4
Service - 2 (we had to get our own menu and place order at the cashier & yet still charge us for service!)
Price - 3 (we spend abt $40 all in for 3 adults n 1 kid based on above list)
Ambience - 4 (relaxing environment)

TMSK - Shanghai

I went to a place called Xin Tian Di in Shanghai with my colleague - Simon the last trip when I was there.
They even have their own webiste: http://www.xintiandi.com/chinese/landing.asp

In Xin Tian Di, there are alot of restaurants... the place actually reminds me of Singapore Clarke Quay. :)

After walking around, we decided to try this restaurant based on my mom's recommendation:
http://www.xintiandi.com/english/shop_detail.asp?SID=80

A restaurant call TMSK is the abbreviation of Tou Ming Si Kao, which literally means "Transparent Thinking".

The interior decor is mainly using alot of "liu li" as in man-made crystal.
Beautiful decor, impeccable service!
Gorgeous settings and fantastic display.
Of course all of these come with a price.
The cheapest dinner set on the menu was RMB 599 (abt S$120 based on S$1 = RMB$5 exchange rate).
We ordered 1 set of this to share and also a lobster fried rice.

Here are some pics:










Most of the food served was really yummy.
The ones that I find normal would be the Mushroom soup altho' its supposedly 1 of the favourites. I've tasted better Mushroom soups in Singapore restaurants! :P
Dessert esp the choc cake is very normal... not to go crazy abt.

Finally Home...

Was away for a Biz trip in Shanghai n Suzhou the whole of last week.
The whole trip was a rush... with alot of last minute changes...

my 1st biz trip on my own... arrived in Shanghai airport and the pickup from the hotel had some problem. They couldn't start the car...
ended up had to walk round the airport to get to the taxi stand n took a local cab from Shanghai to Suzhou instead...

By the time I arrived, I was freaking tired, having spend more than 8hrs on the road. (flight + car ride).

Luckily - this was waiting for me when I arrived! :P


Nothing beats a hot bath to ease away the knots n aches other than a good long massage! *lol*


We bought some caterpillar kits for Kady to grow the sunday before I left for my trip.
& tonight it has finally grown to a butterfly! Or at least 1 of them...Pretty, eh?

& here's some pics of my little 开心果. This nickname given by my mother-in-law to Vera... since she's always smiling... :)

Sun with Moon Restaurant.

We went to the Sun with Moon Restaurant @ Wheelock place last evening with Godma...

Good ambience, nice food. Service - ok.
We spent about $200 with 3 adults and 1 kid.
Had quite a few dishes. The roast pork with peanut sauce, chawamushi and grilled Scallop is good.
The rest is quite normal.

I'll wanna go again to try the dessert as from the menu it looks quite good.
But we were too full to try. :P

Today we went to the Old Town Cafe at the old Mazda showroom near Bukit Timah.
Tried the Prawn noodles which was really yummy! *slurps*


On a separate note - Kady is getting better... Fever is gone but still having a slight cough.

Kady is down - with the full works!

My poor Kady! :_(

She has been down since Saturday....
Fever, running nose, cough, sore throat.... the full works!
today is the 3rd day and yet her fever is not subsiding....

Her fever is like a yo-yo, going up n down.
will be bringing her to see her fav PD later on...
Hopefully she'll recover soon.

The good thing is that she is not as whiny as she used to be *touch wood* when she was sick.
we kept praising her for being such a well behaved girl! :)

Guilty...

sigh.... it suddenly dawned onto dh and myself tt we seems to be expecting too much out of Kady.
This is after Vera's born...

I guess sub-consciously we have been comparing Kady and Vera...
what I meant was when we have a new baby at home, we kinda expected Kady to be the big sister and to behave in a more mature manner.
We have "forgotten" that Kady is afterall only a 4 year old little girl. :(

To be honest, when we take a step back to see Kady in a new light, she has been pretty mature for a 4 year old. She readily accept Vera as her baby sister and helped take stuff for us (for Vera like diapers, wet tissue, etc) too...

I think for the past month, both dh and myself are guilty of being too strict and setting our expectations of her alittle too high... We will now constantly remind each other that Kady is still only 4yrs old and we should cut her some slack...

Another Milestone for Vera

Vera managed to flip over to her tummy tonight!!!!
another milestone!!!!

Wow! She's really fast...
Remembered that Kady 1st flip was when she was abt 5mths.

Its another First!

Well, Life is full of first times eh?
Y'day was the first time Kady *left* us...
she went for an overnight camp that the childcare centre organized.
Heard from the teachers this morning when we picked her up that she cried last night saying that she misses mummy... awww.... I missed her tons too!
When Kady was around - the house is full of noise... but when she wasn't around...
Gosh! The house become so quiet!
You definitely can say she bring alot of "life" to our home!

I made the below dinner on Wed....
Top: Garlic Mashed Potato, Mushroom Soup, Strawberries.
Bottom: Pork Chop with Red Wine Sauce and Salad in Orange Balsamic Vinegar sauce.

Another 1st time for me - Orange Balsamic Vinegar sauce.
A very simple recipe but oh so yummy!
Just Olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar and Freshly squeezed OJ!
The next time, I will add some mustard to complete the taste!
I didn't add it this time cos we ran out of it..... :)
I also added some sunflower seeds to the salad to complete it. YUMMMMMMY!!!

Missing Vera

Today is the 1st day that Vera has *left* me...
She's at the Baby sitter's today.
I'm missing her baby smell, smile and looks soooo very much!!!

How time flies!
Soon I'll have to go back to work...
something that I am not exactly looking forward to!

I wonder how Vera is doing at the Baby sitter's.
Hopefully, she'll behave and the Baby sitter will catch on to her habits soon...
sigh.....

Mini Break

We went for a mini break to Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia...
I was born in KL actually... but came to SG when I was still a little kid.

KL has changed so much! Its so much like Singapore and more...
This trip is too short for my liking, I would have stayed at least 1 more day but dh has to get back to work so no choice...

We stayed in the Impiana KLCC hotel, its abt 2yrs old and quite ok other than the noise from upstairs on our 2nd night. The next time I choose a hotel in Malaysia, I will choose 1 that comes with carpeted floor!

Went to Aquaria where Kady enjoyed herself & KLCC on the 1st day.
Had dinner in the Hotel itself... think the restaurant is called Tonka Beans.
I definitely won't recommend anyone to eat there. The food is not tasty and what's worse? Its cold! Good thing we didn't have to pay for it since its part of the hotel promotional rate... so its free. Breakfast choice/ spread was good tho'.

2nd day we went to 1 Utama, shopped a little, had lunch in the shopping ctr itself which was quite good. Went back to the hotel to rest then meet my relatives for Dinner... which was fantastic! *slurp*

After dinner, we went for a short stroll at a newly opened shopping ctr called Pavilion... its full of branded stuff so naturally we didn't manage to get anything.

3rd day - we went to Sungei Wang... again nothing much here as the place has already changed to a shopping ctr that caters/ sells stuff for teens/ youngsters. Thereafter, we drove to dh's hometown to celebrate Father's Day with his dad and drove back to Singapore.

By the time we reached home, we were both dead beat!

A little Toot on Kady

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Kady's CC is organizing or rather producing a Music Album for their centre and had an audition.

If the children passed the audition, they will be required to attend a 10 week Music/ Singing lessons (2rs each time) on Sunday. Initially - we were thinking so troublesome, every Sunday gotta bring her back to school for 10 weeks... so didn't sign the consent form for her to go for the Audition...

But her class teacher called and ask us if she could attend... so dh said ok.
& guess what? She passed the Audition!!!

So now, effective next Sunday onwards, she gotta go for the singing lessons... She wont get paid... but at least the lessons are FOC!

Bust my budget!

I've done so much shopping lately!
Gosh... I'll be so afraid to look at my credit card bill when it arrives! :P

Bought a nursing bra from Jshoppers.com which I love and would probably order more...
Panties for Kady which she is more willing to wear these days. :)
some jewellery which I'll keep for B'day presents for Godma & Mum.
some tops for Vera...
also did more shopping at kohls.com on some bodysuits for Vera & dresses for Kady.
some lingerie from maidenform.com
more clothing from Pumpkin Patch & Mothercare when I was at Vivo City
& a few more pieces when I was at the Motherhood Fair today at Expo.
I better exercise some self control! :p

Oh, we went to this new HK cafe at Anchorpoint abt 1.5 weeks ago...
food was good. Service excellent!
hubby bought the membership for $35 & with this you get $15 voucher which can be used on your b'day month which we utilized immediately since May was my b'day Mth.
They also gave us a bottle of Chardonnay for B'day person.
$10 voucher which can be used (we used this voucher the following week! :) )
Another voucher for 1 for 1 main course.
& also, everytime you dine there, you get 10% dollar value store into the membership card which you can utilize when you want to.
Quite a good deal, I say!

Today, we went to Orchard Hotel for their Dinner Buffet & didn't pay a single cent! :P
Why? 'cos hubby bought me the ala carte membership and it came with the voucher for 2 free buffet dinner. Kady get to eat FOC since she's below 5...
Food was quite ok. Had loadsa prawns and crabs! :)
Kady enjoyed the Durian puree the most since Durian is her all time fav food!

Took some pics of Vera & below are 2 of my fav shots of her...
Resolution isn't that fantastic as I took the pics with my mobile.

A lil update on Kady

Ever since Vera has been born, we noted a change in Kady.

Somehow, she has seemed to be more confident and less shy around strangers.
She used to be pretty shy and would hide behind hubby or myself when strangers want to talk to her or even our friends...

But now, she will automatically talk to people. Especially waitresses! LOL
She will ask for stuff from the waitresses or even ask them - "That's my mei-mei... Is she cute?" while pointing to Vera...

Quite cute actually! :)

What a night!

Vera's fussing again....
Cried from 10pm+ to abt 3am!!!
haiz... we tried everything.
nursing, carrying, patting, talking to her, putting her in the sarong...
all don't work.

This is not the 1st time she does this.
Has happened quite a few times...

In this aspect - Kady is a much easier baby to take care of.
She's a pretty good sleeper and usually I put her to bed at abt 8:30pm and as long as I stay in the same room as she is, she will be ok. if not, within 10-15mins of me leaving the room, she will wake up.

However, for Vera - she's a different case altogether. If I tried putting her to bed earlier than 10pm, she'll still fuss till god knows what time!

Hopefully, tonight will be better.

30 already!

just turned 30 a few days ago...
but it had to be 1 of the worst birthday I had.
the reason was tt I happen to fall sick with fever & engorgement the night b4 my birthday.

The day I turned 30 - I woke up with an engorgement worse than the day b4, giddiness & even vomitted.
Hubby had originallly made dinner plans but I was just too sick. so we cancelled.
Ended up we just had a small b'day cake to celebrate of which I had a tiny slice.

Mother's Day & Vera's offically 1 mth!

We celebrated Mother's Day with my Mother-in-law & Mum on 1st May.
Early celebration as we wanted to avoid the crowd.
Brought our mums to Grand Shanghai @ Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.
Below a pic of the restaurant. Food & Ambiance is quite good. But service so-so.
We spend abt $350 for 7 adults & 1 kid.




Vera's officially 1 mth today! :)
dh shaved her hair with a shaver despite me asking him to bring our baby to a barber instead. :S
Now Vera's head is full of patches of unshaved hair! Yikes!!!
My poor baby! *sob sob*

Vera's 1st month celebration

*whew* its finally over!
So very tiring...

we celebrated Vera's 1st month today.
Ordered from www.chillipadi.com.sg took the golden chilli padi package.
Food was good! the Curry chicken & Otah Otah was delish.
Dessert was Bubur Chacha... not too bad but found the sweet potato ingredient a little lacking.
Other than that, no complaints.

Vera has a lot of gifts & red packets.... dh just finished cleaning up the place.
the 2 of us can finally rest abit!

Vera's 1st milestone

Vera 1st milestone - lifting her head!!!

She was able to lift her head when she's only abt 2 weeks old.
Vera at 3 weeks can also turn her head from left to right now albeit abit shaky but she definitely can do it!

When I told my mom abt it - she said Vera's gonna be a stubborn girl! (according to old wives' tales).

Vera is also able to gauge where sounds are coming from.
When she's lying down & we call out to her - she will lift her head towards the direction of the sound.

Vera doesn't seemed like a baby who's less than a month old at all... Mother-in-law said she seemed more like a baby who's at least 2-3mths! :)

K & V

Kady is down with cough again!!!
She just recovered fr her last bout in less than 2 weeks.... haiz. :(
Hopefully she will recover from her latest sickness soon.

Vera is getting spoilt by the day!
Refused to be put down... everytime we put her down, she will fuss alot.
have to keep carrying... my arms are gg to break soon!

Now will start looking for full mth's cakes & a caterer for Vera's 1st mth celebration...
think likelihood will order from www.chillipadi.com.sg and cakes from www.amosco.com.sg
lesser headache.... :P

Nursing career starts again...

nursing career starts again....

Vera's been a pretty good nurser so far.
Has engorgement last week for abt 3-4days.
Good thing Siti (the post natal masseur) managed to help to relief the engorgement a lil when she was here for to do the post natal massage for me.

Aft the 4th day, think my milk supply kinda regulate... so far so good.
Kady has also been asking for mummy's milk & I've been pumping for her...
so currently am nursing Baby Vera & jie jie Kady as well.
Wonder how long this 2nd nursing career will last... :)


Anyways - today is the last day of the massage.
So far quite ok for the amt that I've paid. ($250 for 7 massages + 3 baby massages).
Amt include a binder as well. Would say that for this price, it is very value for money compared to the rest of the quotes I received.
However, found out on the 3rd massage that I am allergic to the Jamu that Siti used.
So in the end, told her not to put. cos my tummy had red patches when I removed the cloth binder aft 2 hrs on the 3rd day.
removed aft only 2 hrs cos I really cldn't stand the itch.
When I washed my tummy - I had a burning sensation.... so rather not take the risk to use the jamu anymore.

Vera's Here!!!!

This is a faster birth compared to Kady. Had contractions on 11th Apr from 11pm to 5am with contractions at 5mins apart.

Sat - 12th Apr dh said maybe cos still got 1 more piece of bird's nest hv not eat... so he boiled for me. Said aft eating this last piece - baby will come out.

Sun - 13th Apr Contractions started ard midnight - 30mins apart. By 3am+ contractions was at 10mins apart.

3:45am - Had show... & slight pain at every contractions. Cant sleep. Wake up to reply some ofc emails...

4:15am - wake dh to get him to get ready to go TMC.

5am+ - reached TMC

6am - went into Delivery Ward

7am+ - had epidural, waterbag broke abt 9am - Baby made her entrance!

Overall - a quick birth... albeit a more painful one compared to Kady.

anytime now I hope....

am in my 38th week now...
getting contractions every night.
this is really affecting my sleep. So very very tired come morning!

Baby Vera - oh! Please do come out soon!!! Mummy's really really tired... :(
& I can't wait to carry you in my arms either!

when we do the scan at 36th weeks - Vera weigh in at 3.2kg.
but last week at 37th weeks - Vera weigh in at 2.9kg...hmmm... doc said its all estimates & not to worry too much...
Am wondering whether Vera will be heavier than Kady when she's born?

Last Friday - Brought Kady to Great World City to catch the movie Horton & bought some Mickey/ Minne Mouse pasta... & immed cook them for dinner. Here they are:



then over the weekend, Kady requested that I make some chocolate muffins for her to bring to school to share with her friends, so we made some. Added Bananas in some of them. Actually, these are made out of Betty Croaker's Brownie Pre-mix. Fast, easy & idiot proof! *lol*








& since the weather is so very very hot, I made Japanese Cold Noodles on Sunday night. Bought the ingredients from Liang Court Basement 1 - Meidi-ya Supermarket. & oh! for those who thought of going to Liang Court - dun bother. They are renovating now & only the basement has shops... which is really a pathetic selection. Better to wait for at least another 3-6mths before gg.