Counting Down to Fireworks & 2010!

As per pervious years, we have always been watching the live fireworks to celebrate the begining of a new year. This year is no exception, well except that we will not be watching the fireworks in the car but rather we will be watching from the esplanade. Pervious years' practise has always been a case where XP will drive along ECP when it is approaching 12 midnight. The fireworks will be on and usually all cars will come to a standstill. That's how we watched the fireworks.

This year, since we have not got our new car yet, we would be taking a bus to Marina area and catch it together with the crowd! How exciting....

Read on my next post for the details!

Taking A Risk!

I must admit that I wasn't very dilligent to wean Little Arielle off her diaper. She is perfectly ok without diapers during the day. However, when it comes to her afternoon nap and night time, she will still require diapers. I had wanted to purchase the waterproof mattress protector but opps, was a bit lazy to do so.

When it's time for nap this afternoon, Little Arielle did not want to wear the diaper. She promised XP that she would wake up and pee if there is an urge. Well, XP gave her the benefit of doubt.

I was doubtful....went in to check once and everything was clear. Some time later, I asked XP to check and heng ah....it was clear too!

And after about 2hrs, she was up with no slight drop of pee. Phew!

All right, I will get the protector and start training her soon....

Our Xmas Gifts

Since we were overseas during Xmas, Mummy Me hadn't got a chance to really take a pic of all our Xmas gifts. After we were back, I was a bit lazy and luan hee. It was only until today, that I got the mood to arrange the gifts nicely and take a pic.

Hmm, probably we will open the gifts tonight :)

*Little Arielle's presents, not many but very big!* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

*From right, top from Ah Tan, centre from Mummy, bottom from neighbour. Centre top from Auntie June, bottom from WX's colleague. From left, top is from Auntie Stef and bottom from Auntie Pan Jing* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

*Mummy Me's Xmas gifts* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

*Mummy Me's birthday gifts + Xmas cards and the green one is a Xmas gift from our neighourbour to XP and me* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

To the Library!

Mummy Me 心泻来潮 and decided to pop over to the library. The good thing about my neighbourhood is that I got all the buses that I need i.e. to work, to my mother's house and to town. Best of all, it has a library and a lot of eating places.

The library is just a 10 mins walk from my house. Little Arielle was very excited when we reached. She quickly went to the shelf and grabbed a book for me to read to her. The librarian was very strict and did not allow any photography in the library. I was wondering, what's wrong with taking pic there? There are no secrets wat? Anyway, she must have heard the "click" sound and saw me taking pic. That's why I managed to take one shot. Hmm....I shall try my luck again the next time hee! *The first book grabbed by Little Arielle, subsequent ones are related to dogs too!* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

In all, I read 3 books there and borrowed 7 books home.

*4 Chinese books and 3 English ones* - Uploaded on 30th Dec 09

She was so excited that she made me read out 2 stories to her when we got home!

求求你

I'm not used to people pleading with me, especially when it's kids! I got a shock this evening when Little Arielle suddenly came to me, knelt down and said,"
求求你, 我可以睡在你的房间吗?" With such a sweet voice and pathetic look, no one can simply said no to her!

As such, without second thought, I agreed to her request! Little Arielle will once in a while make such a request but never once did she go down on her knees to do so. I'm really surprised that she will use such tactic to touch our hearts! Or I should say, to melt our hearts instead.

Anyway, most of the time when she wanted to sleep with us, we would say no. Yesterday, she sneaked into our room at about 4am+ and we got no choice but to tuck her in with us. Today, she is cleverer! She just need to make the request outfront and she will be spared of the need to sneak into our room. How come this gal is so clever? I wonder? XP din teach her leh....neither do I!?!?

Mall Visited: Tampines 1

We just decided to pop over to Tampines 1 this evening as Mummy Me had some errands to run. 1st thing that XP did was to buy bread for Little Arielle as she was complaining of hunger. S0, she gets to eat her favourite hotdog 面包. Just took a few shots of her, walked round the mall for a while and we hurried back home cos we wanna catch 摆家乐. Oh, one happy thing to mention is that Mummy Me finally found the moo moo coin bank that I wanted! But XP din want me to buy. Hee hee, I shall find a good opportunity to do so :)

*New hairstyle today* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

*Little Miss Sunshine with her favourite bread* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

*Hey, where are you looking at?* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

*Although blur, but I like this shot!* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

*Don't move leh....* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

*Ok, this is good!* - Uploaded on 29th Dec 09

Superb Memory!

When it comes to 正谨事 i.e. learning ABC, it seems to take forever to teach Little Arielle! The information simply cannot get into her head, I wonder why?

But, when it comes to other things, you can be amazed by how good her memory is! Just like today, we were walking past Katong Mall when she suddenly told me, Mummy, remember we were here the last time! And yes, we were really here, with her listening to someone telling stories. And when we passed by Boon Tiong Kee, she would said, remember we ate here the last time. Yup, these events actually happened like, weeks or even months back and she can remember!

What can I say....

A Boring & Rainy Sunday

Little Arielle woke up late again and by the time we were ready to get out of the house, it's already 11am+. So, instead of breakfast, it became brunch! How sad :(

Nevermind, I have made plans to go Orchard to see the Xmas lightings. We havent really caught the lightings yet. Who knows, my PIL came along and ruined all my plans. They stayed around for a while and needless to say, Little Arielle refused to take her afternoon nap. When they went off, it was almost 4pm. Little Arielle then wanted to sleep and thereafter, it started to pour!

Arrgghhh....there goes my Sunday :(

We are flying....

to the Land of Smiles :) Yippee!! The Tan family is currently waiting for boarding at Changi Terminal 1. Our flight will be taking off at about 4pm. Little Arielle is especially excited! This is her 2nd flight after the one to Japan in Apr08.

Wanted to bring her to HongKong Disneyland but we were too late and did not managed to secure good dates and price. As such, to make up for this, we are going to Thailand instead and staying in Baiyoke Hotel! Probably we will go HongKong and Taiwan next year!

Anyway, the hotel is the tallest one in Thailand and we will be staying between level 64th to 74th. The view must be damn great and we are looking forward to it!

This stay will also allow us to celebrate Mummy Me's birthday and Xmas!

Yeah....we will try to report again when we are there!

Meet Disney Characters @ Vivo

Auntie Astin was very kind as she wanted to give us the photo pass to take pic with the Disney Characters in Vivo City. But it was just unfortunate that Mummy Me was unable to take leave on Fri - 11th Dec and the photo pass is only applicable for the 2pm slot on 11th Dec. Auntie Astin helped to call and enquire and the person in charge was very strict and did not allow the time/date to be changed. As such, the deal is off :(

Mummy Me happened to talk to Auntie Irene and found out that she too has the pass but it is for 12th Dec (Sat). Her hubby is comptemplating if he wants to bring her girl for the shoot. If they are not going, Little Arielle will have hope.

But I got a feeling that there is no HOPE....Will see how then....

Xmas Comes Early....

for Little Arielle! She is indeed a blessed little kid. Before Mummy Me gets any presents, she has already got 2! One from Auntie Pan Jing and the other from Ah Tan Jie Jie!

*Gift from HK Disneyland - love from Auntie Pan Jing* - Uploaded on 08 Dec 2009

*Moo moo coin bank from Ah Tan Jie Jie* - Uploaded on 08 Dec 2009

*Happy to take a pic with her prezzies & tree* - Uploaded on 31st Dec 09

But too bad, she will not get to open it cos Mummy Me told her that it will be "parked" under the Xmas tree until Xmas Day!!

Hmm okie lah....Mummy Me got a surprise when XP bought me a new hp when I reached my mama's house! Everyone is saying it's TIME I got a new hp :)

Anyway, first thing that I got Little Arielle to do when she is home is to put her prezzies under the tree. Check it out ->

*My new Samsung Star* - Uploaded on 08 Dec 2009

*Uploaded on 09 Dec 2009*

Barney's World Imagination

Damage Made :(

Mummy Me used one of my magnets to hold the Barney newspaper advertisement on the fridge. It has been hanging there happily for the past few days without any problem until this morning!

Without me noticing, Little Arielle just pulled the newspaper advertisement off my fridge! The magnet that was holding it was flung off the fridge and landed on the floor. I was so upset when I found out that the right leg of the penguine broke! What was more upsetting is that I couldn't find the broken leg!

I was so angry that I tore the newspaper up and Little Arielle got a smacking from XP and me. And why I was so upset is because this is the first gift that XP gave to Mummy during the "courting" stage!

*Handicapped penguine!* - Uploaded on 09 Dec 2009

[Afternote: till date (09 Dec), the leg remains unfound :( Dustin has been searched and the whole kitchen has been combed but still not found. Where has it gone?]

The Carebear Show!

三只老虎

Just taught Little Arielle how to sing 三只老虎 yesterday and she was able to remember most of the lyrics. Was happy that I managed to capture her on video :)

*Uploaded on 04 Dec 2009*

The Fallen....

Mummy Me! Yeah....after 1 year+ of being healthy, I am finally down with flu (of cos not something that I wanted!). It was really terrible. XP's virus must be so strong that even sleeping separately at night and not sharing food did not help :(

Perhaps drenching in the rain yesterday contributed part of it too. In any case, I did not even want to pull myself out of bed this morning. I just felt restless. But I had to eat something so that I can take the medication. As such, we went opposite our house and had something to eat. Hmm I don't have to worry about poor appetite cos I am usually a glutton when it comes to flu.

After brunch (cos was already 11am+), XP wanted to go to my MIL's house. We took a bus to her place, stayed for about 2 hours and returned home. All of us took our afternoon nap to recharge!

Since it had been a boring day, we decided to walk to Parkway for dinner. Little Arielle was most thrilled! We were there for less than an hour and I asked to go home. The end of a boring day!

Hopefully Mummy Me will be better tomorrow for more exciting things?

A Long Way Home!

Usually it will just take about 30 minutes to at most 45 minutes (if traffic is bad) to reach our house from mama's place.

However, today's journey took a long 2 hours 30 minutes!

Must be curious why it took that long right! Cos XP forgot to bring his keys home! Hmph! He left his keys in the office and best of all, he forgot his office pass today. Well, cannot really blame him cos he has yet to fully recover from his flu and cough. As such, we will not be able to pick up our home keys from his office. Well, the spare keys are either with my PIL or with my previous home designer which he has yet to return us.

XP tried to contact our designer but he mentioned that our keys are in his office and he doesn't have the key to open his office's door. Well, we thought that he is able to get it cos he is nearer to us. In the end, we had no choice but to go to my MIL's house. So by the time, the wait and all, we collected the keys from my PIL's house and went back home, it was almost 11pm.

All of us were tired but luckily, Little Arielle was well-behaved throughout the long journey. We quickly prepared for bed after that!

This is the downside of being carless. Travelling from point A to point B can really take up a lot of time!

Brown Milk?

Blur XP forgot to tell me that he has finished the last scoop of milk powder this morning. If he had told me earlier, I would have gotten some from mama's house before coming home.

Oh well, no choice! Little Arielle gotta make do with the instant milo that I have got. Luckily still got this instant milo. Else she gotta either live on fresh air or plain water :)

*Little Arielle with Milo* - Uploaded on 28 Nov 2009

In any case, she din like the idea of having milo as her milk. As such, she did not finish the whole bottle and left about 1/4. Just tahan until tomorrow okie :)

Little Arielle's Nitemare

Hmm I just cannot link Little Arielle with nitemare! Cos she is one whom I think is not scared of anything. So much so that she can sometimes watch scary movies with me.

But, I was told by XP this morning that Little Arielle did not sleep well last night. She woke up almost every hour at 2am+ and 3am+. XP said that Little Arielle told him that she was scared. Oohhh....it must be the 18 levels of hell that we visited yesterday that made her sleepless.

Hmm....so Little Arielle, must be good girl okie! Else will have karma leh....like what Ah Tan jie jie always says!

PE Attire

Rise and shine early! Today will be the last half day for us to use our car :( This is so upsetting but it's already a fact which I have to accept. So let's just move forward!

The first task for our car is to bring us to Little Arielle's school as we need to purchase her PE attire. Luckily we were early as there was already a short queue forming outside the school.

*Cheery gal :)* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

*Little Arielle's Sunflower class* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

The area was very cramp because the staff there did not shift their table in and it was very near the doorstep. So we also wanted to quickly get the purchase done and get out of the place. We just did a rough estimate of the size with Little Arielle and hoped that the size will be right for her as there was no chance to try-on.

*Shy gal* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

*2 sets for $17 - easy $$ man!* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

We were done in about 5-10 minutes. Next stop will be our breakfast....

*Close up of her PE attire* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

Took the above 2 pic when we were back home. Made Little Arielle try out the size and luckily, it fits her well. If we were to get a bigger size, the length of the T-Shirt will be too long for her. In any case, if she really outgrows her clothes, we can always get a new set for her cos I don't think 2 sets can last her for a year :)

*How does she look?* - Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009

Ballerina to Be?

Little Arielle started just want to demonstrate how to 跳芭蕾舞! Check it out ->

*Uploaded on 22 Nov 2009*

Hmm should I let her learn? Well, answer is NO....

琴棋书画

样样经通? While this is what I hoped Little Arielle can achieve, I will not be upset if she is unable to :)

Anyway, as her mummy, I have tried to give her whatever I can. This includes expressing interest in putting her in Yamaha school for music lessons (琴). This thought just strike my mind again while working today and I decided to email to the school to request for more details. Some time ago, I did enquire over their counter on the lessons that are suitable for Little Arielle. The staff was helpful and I managed to get quite a bit of brochures. However, I just cannot seemed to locate them now. As such, I had no choice but to send in an enquiry.

I thought that they would give me a written reply and was surprised to receive a call from them instead. The staff was patient and tried to assist me with my mountain of enquiries. Here's the details that I have gathered:

Little Notes:
Weekday class -> $208.65 (for 1 term i.e. 3 months)
Weekend class -> $240.75

Whole course spreads over a period of 6 months with 2 terms i.e. 3 months each. There will be 11 lessons in total and each lesson will be about 45 minutes.

Music Wonderland:
Weekday class -> $240.75 (for 1 term i.e. 3 months)
Weekend class -> $272.85

Junior Course:
Applicable for kids aged between 4 years old to xx (I forgot how old liaoz hee)

In any case, I will sign her up for the little notes to let her have a feel of music. Thereafter, I will skip music wonderland and put her straight in junior course. The staff mentioned that we can do that. I would have her in junior course for 2 years and switch her over to the piano class when she is 6. Well, unless at that time, she shows no interest in piano, then we will decide how things go. The staff was nice to reserve the last vacancy for me. I will need to register before this Sun. If it is confirmed, she will have her lesson from Jan 2010, every Thur at 6.45pm.

Next, I am interested to let her attend drawing lessons (书画). Seeing that Alicia can draw so well, I was hoping that Little Arielle has this talent. And she does express interest in drawing. Heard from Ching that her girl is attending lessons at CC and it costs $60 for 10 lessons. Thought that this is a relatively cheap option to let Little Arielle try it out. However, it seems like the child needs to be at least 4 to 5 years old before they can sign up. Oh well, will wait till she is older then :)

So exciting!

Tu Tu 嘴

For some reasons, I was sulking away and Little Arielle came up to me, showed me this look ->

*Tu tu 嘴 by Little Arielle* - Uploaded on 28 Nov 2009

and asked me not to be angry! She said, only boy boy can have such look. Hahaha, her words and expression just made me laugh :)

It's Too Late....

to regret :(

Mummy Me was just informed by Auntie Ah Hoon that our company's recreation club has accepted all their requests for the upcoming Kukup trip on 13 Dec. Previously, they are only accepting 40 passengers but due to overwhelming requests, they managed to cater for another bus.

Auntie Ah Hoon has asked me to go along but XP wasn't keen on the trip. He still prefers to drive! So in the end, we did not sign up.

Arrgghhh now Ah Hoon told me they got discounts for the trip and it's already confirmed! I feel so much like joining them for it too :( Then Little Arielle will get to visit the fish farm and the red mangrove!

Too bad....next round ba!

Beautiful Clips!

Mummy Me simply cannot keep my hands off these beautiful clips. As such, my itchy hands start to make a purchase for it. Made payment last week and received no updates from the seller.

Just sent her an email today and she replied with a pic of my orders!

*Sweet looking clips* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2009

Wow wow....can't wait to get my hands on it and clipped on Little Arielle. She will definitely look great in it! Oh yeah! Total damage is $45.

Got Hope Again?

This overseas trip thingy is really driving me crazy! One moment, XP told me that there is no hope and today, he said that there is some chance.

Arrgghh....I think I better not be too hopeful, else I will be disappointed again! The agency had better confirm it asap. So that I will not keep thinking about the trip.

Of course, I wish that we can still make it! Mama and Little Arielle will definitely love it!

Crossing our fingers....

My Swee Charbo

Just like this shot that I took! Little Arielle's natural look :)

Some Positive Replies....

Yes....finally, at long last....I am getting some sensible answers from KidsCoverLooks. One of the staff called me this afternoon and informed me that I am able to collect Little Arielle's photos this weekend or during weekdays next week.

When asked what caused the delay? They are only able to tell me that there was a delay at their photo lab but was unable to give me a detailed explanation. Oh well....shan't spend time with the person on this since she doesn't have an answer anyway.

Hopefully the effects of the photos are good and it doesn't disappoint me. Else it is definitely not worth the wait and $$.

iPhone Guru

Hee hee, presenting Little Arielle, the iPhone Guru!

*Uploaded on 03 Nov 2009*

Hmm....even Mummy Me doesn't know how to use the iPhone and requires assistance from Little Arielle!

Notification Letter from PAP

Just received the notification letter from PAP in the mail today confirming her seat for 2010's intake. Hmm....just felt excited that my little darling is going to school. I wonder how would she react during the first day of class?

I had wanted to send her for some enrichment class when she was 18 months. XP strongly objected as he was afraid that Little Arielle would be bullied in class, given the fact that she wasn't very fluent with speech at that time. As such, I subsequently dropped the idea of sending her for class since she has a protective daddy.

This dragged for years until when we registered her for nursery just a few months back.

Anyway, back to the notification letter, it mentioned that Little Arielle will be in the Sunflower class. Hmm....I thought the name of the class is very suitable for her since she is like a little sun giving out rays of light and laughter whenever she goes [hee hee, same as her mummy :)]

A few things to note:
a. Sale of T-Shirts for her outdoor activities will be carried out on 21st Nov.
b. There will be an orientation cum mini exhibition on 4 Jan
-> We are required to make payment for the following items:
i. School fees for Jan 2010 @ $110
ii. Student group insurance policy @ $3
iii. Young Families magazine @ $2
iv. Material fees & stationeries @ $48
*Activity sheets - $8
*Zipper bag - $5
*Name tag - $3
*Progress report book - $4
*Stationeries, Art/Craft materials - $23.50
*3 x A4 PVC folder - $4.50

Wow wow, just first few days of 2010, we already need to spend $163 liaoz! Hmm that's excluding her T-Shirts as well as her school uniform and socks which cost another $43. That total up to $200+.

Hmm....I din know that we have to pay for things like name tag lah....progress report book and blah blah blah.

Well, the conclusion is that having children is not cheap these days. No wonder, people are not encouraged to have more. Imagine we are attending PAP and these are the costs that we need to incur. What about those going for private schools? The sums must be hefy! Having said that, hmm....actually I'm still keen to have a second one hahahaha!

Taiwan Cum Disneyland Plans?

Hmm as year end is drawing near, XP is making some plans on how to use up some of our remaining leave.

He managed to check that there are vacancy for departure on 27th Nov to 4th Dec. Shiok shiok 9 days tour :) 7 days in Taiwan and 2 days in HK. So tempting leh! Cost $4k for 3 adults + 1 kid. Hmm....still considering if we want to commit to this package!

New Routine?

Little Arielle used to wave us goodbye after we dropped her off at my mama's house. From yesterday onwards, she developed a new routine. She insist to give us a peck on our cheeks. I tried to siam her kiss this morning and she became wailing away!

In the end, had to give in to her bad breathe mouth hee! Oh that stinks!

She Amazes Me, Always :)

Remember I was just talking about how Little Arielle was obsessed with fixing up jigsaw puzzles yesterday and today, she gave me a pleasant surprise.

She performed her routine by going straight to the little red table the moment we stepped into the house.

This time round, she did it in 10 minutes without seeking any help from me or XP. I was so pleased with her fast improvement! Next target is to complete the other 2 puzzles which I got for her :)

Keep it up!

Obsessed with Puzzles!

I'm glad that I have managed to cultivate interest in Little Arielle for jigsaw puzzles. To me, I see it as an avenue for her to build up patience as well as to sharpen her thinking skills.

For the past consecutive days, she never fails to walk automatically to her little red table (where her jigsaw puzzles are placed), sat down on her little red chair and start working on the pieces. This is very consoling as I felt that my teachings were not in vain :) In addition, I can have at least 30 minutes of peace while she is working on the puzzles.

What made me feel great was that she managed to piece up 39 pieces and I completed the last one for her.

I hope that she will be able to finish a full 40 piece puzzle by herself soon and of course, please let this interest stay with her and continue to develop further :)

Annoying Service!

It has been more than 1 month! To be exact, it's 1 month and 11 days since Little Arielle had her photo shoot taken at KidsCoverLooks and yes, I have not got her pic yet!

I finally found some time today, took up the phone and tried to contact them. I was immediately pissed off when I hear a dead tone on the line. Thought that the number on their invoice was not valid since they have shifted. As such, I went online, searched for their website and realised that the number reflected there is the same. So the conclusion is that, their phone number did not change!

Since I couldn't get them on the line, I had to send my queries via their online form. They better give me a reply asap!

So annoying....It's not as if it's some free stuff that I got! Paid almost $300 for it de lor!

十万个为什么

It's not the dvd that featured the little tortoise but it's Little Arielle that is driving me crazy with all her questions! Was quietly enjoying my moment with the tv programme when she wants to join me. She is like a machine gun and can keep on rattling on and on!

No problem about that but every action that the characters did in the programme, she never fails to ask me why like this and why like that. Arrgghhh I answer until bek qek!

The only consolation is that she is doing better with her jigsaw puzzle. That made me feel that she is somewhat sweet and cute :)

She's Brillant!

Called Little Arielle when I reached Singapore and was surprised when she said this to me:"你们出国啊?"

I was stunned! We did not tell her that we are going overseas and she knew it! Hmm....I thought that mama could have told her and when I asked her, she said that she did not say anything to her and thought that we were the ones to tell Little Arielle that we are going overseas! And mama told me that Little Arielle told my auntie that "We went to play" in teochew!

Humph....I wonder who is the one? Or she was so brillant that she guessed it?

No Posts from 16th - 17th Oct

Hmm why? Cos Mummy Me and XP will be away in Bintan, enjoying the sun, sand and sea....

And where's Little Arielle? Well, comfortably in the arms of my mama and papa hee....

Probably I will post some complaints/grumbles that mama will have for me during these few days :)

Going back on 18th Oct!

Mama, 陪我玩!

Little Arielle has started to request for someone to play with her. Oh no....that means Mummy Me is gonna be so busy....

Errmmm can play on your own mah?

I'm Mulan!

Little Arielle has been crazy over this cartoon - Mulan recently. She just doesn't seemed to get tired of watching it over and over again. She loved this cartoon so much that she requested mama to tie up her hair like what Mulan did in the cartoon. Aiyo buay tahan her....

*Mulan's hairstyle??* - Uploaded on 13 Oct 2009

*My naughty little Mulan....* - Uploaded on 13 Oct 2009

Poor Motor Skills

Having a place of our own called home is indeed different from staying in someone else's house. Though our new house is small, I still managed to have space to play with Little Arielle. Decided to play jigsaw puzzle with her. Something that I have bought few months back but did not have the change to play with her.

Well, it really trains my patience as it ain't easy teaching her how to fix up the pieces together. To start off with, perhaps she does not have much talent in this aspect? That made me envy Mama Tong for having Kieran who is so good in his motor skills! And best of all, this can keep them busy for a few hours. Well, I supposed this is only in Kieran's case ba....

Little Arielle was already losing patience when I repeatedly asked her to get 1 piece of puzzle right in place. She was turning the piece round and round but just failed to get it fixed up. Apparently, my patience stopped there and XP took over. Thank god that there is a second person who can continue playing with her.

The only comforting conversation was that:

LA: Mummy, 我今天很开心!
Me: 为什么?
LA: 因为你没有骂我!
Me: *Faintz*, thereafter trying to find another reason to support her happy mood....
Me: 因为我陪你玩啊?
LA: 是啊!
Me: Yeah....

*Meddling with the pieces of the puzzle* - Uploaded on 12 Oct 2009

A Deep Cut

Little Arielle was so excited to see XP that she started dancing around. She did not hold her balance well and fell to the floor. She got a deep cut in her lips and bled.

Luckily, mama was fast to stop the bleeding. That must have been painful :(

Dinner @ Our Usual Spot

Had dinner with my parents and Little Arielle after picking them up at People's Park. Went to our usual food hunt in Bedok. Simply love their claypot dishes. It's cheap and the food is great! Decided to take a pic before our food arrives....
*Little Arielle with her 鬼脸* - Uploaded on 12 oct 2009

*Dish 1 - Claypot Toufu, Dish 2 - Stir Fried Fish Fillet* - Uploaded on 12 Oct 2009

*Dish 3 - Sesame Oil Chicken, Dish 4 - Veg with Soup* - Uploaded on 12 oct 2009

*Last but not least - Fu Yong Omelette* - Uploaded on 12 Oct 2009

For so many dishes, it only costs us $29! Yummy!

*Roar*

I was at home with Little Arielle after returning from mama's house. As I was watching tv, I seemed to sense something jumped into my balcony. When I turned to my left, I got a shock of my life as a pair of big, round green eyes were staring at me.

It's a BLACK CAT! I was scared stiff and quickly called for XP. Before he came out, Little Arielle started roaring at the cat and scared it off immediately.

Hahah, what a brave little "lion"!

Another Artistic Pic

By XP....Little Arielle, your artwork got hope liaoz hee

*Know what's in the pic? It's Donald Duck :)* - Uploaded on 12 oct 2009

Happy Birthday, My Darling!

This is the last activity to celebrate Little Arielle's birthday -> The birthday dinner!

Decided to have the dinner at Swensen Tampines cos Mummy Me did not have time to get a birthday for her. Have been busy with the shifting of our house over the past few days. In addition, getting a small cake is boring cos usually only big cakes have cartoon designs. Hopefully there is chance to hold a bigger celebration for her next year. Let's cross our fingers :)

Anyway here's the food that we have ordered ->

And of course, a FOC Firehouse Happy Birthday Ice-Cream (Compliments from Swensens)

Artistic XP

Hmm I always envy those people who has an artistic mind and can really do craftwork or artwork very well. One example is XP. Just felt that he can draw pretty well. At least in my context :) Or probably I'm not good in this area, so my expectation is lower? Whichever the case may be!

I know that Little Arielle can depend on him in future hee. Don't ask Mummy to do artwork or needlework for you hor. Please look for your daddy :)



*Drawing done by Mr Tan :) Quite cute hor!* - Uploaded on 06 Oct 2009

Grow Vs Gain Kids

Damien was a month older than Little Arielle. As such, he is already drinking milk powder for kids older than 3. I din know that Abbott has 2 series for kids above 3. It was only told to me by Ah Hoon. She mentioned that there is Grow (vanila taste), represented by giraffe and Gain Kids, represented by bear. She said that Damien don't like to drink and gave me some for Little Arielle to try. The reason why he doesn't like it is because of its taste. So I asked Ah Hoon if the taste was really bad and she herself din like it.

I got the powder from her last Fri and only decided to try it today. Both milk powder was separately kept. Little Arielle was very excited and kept saying that she wanted to try "giraffe". For a moment I was thinking, well if she really likes it then good for me cos Grow only cost $30+ compared to Gain Kids which was priced at $50+. Arrgghhh....who knows, first suck and she already said she doesn't like it! Check out her angry look:

*Angry look part 1* - Uploaded on 29 Sep 09

*Angry look part 2* - Uploaded on 29 Sep 09

I was wondering why is her reaction so strong and so I took over her bottle and attempted to taste it. Felt that it was perfectly okie and the vanila smell wasn't that terrible. Well, she must be a 上等人!

Darn those Mosquitoes

I really hate these living creatures that always made me so stressed! Although they will always be attracted to my blood, I will not have reaction like what Little Arielle's skin will show:

*Works of mozzies* - Uploaded on 29 Sep 2009

It is really a painful experience when I saw her leg of bites and blister. Worst of all, the medication that can cure her needs to be prescribed by a doctor. I cannot buy it off the shelf from the pharmacy. And it's only a 5g tube which will be used up in no time. Sigh....I will have to start looking for gadgets which can help to KILL them!

人见人爱

My little one is really a prominient character in Tampines NTUC. Almost every other cashier, promoter and seller like her. She is either getting free gift or food when she goes NTUC with mama. Today, she got another gift from one of the promoter there.

*Soft-toy Baby Hop!* - Uploaded on 29 Sep 2009

This promoter is promoting fishball and she knows that Little Arielle does not like the fishball skin. She would have it peeled off for her before letting her eat.

Alamak, everyone is treating her like a princess lor. No wonder she is so sweet with her words and so spoilt!

Closed Down Liaoz :(

Since Little Arielle's birthday celebration is off, I decided to bring her to the Disney themed restaurant in Anchorvale and celebrate there amongst the family members.

Was happily telling Astin about it when she "poured a pail of cold water" over me and told me that the restaurant has already closed down long ago! I was so upset over this news. Now, anyone has any great ideas where else can I bring my girl for her celebration?

Mummy Me's Wedding Anniversary

This post will not be here if not for Little Arielle's presence! And you must be wondering why would Little Arielle appear when it is a day dedicated to XP and me! Yeah....I am asking myself the same question too!

Anyway, the reason why she is tagging along with us is because Daddy and mama were not available to take care of her. As such, we gotta bring her along. XP decided to bring us to East Coast Park. A place that Mummy Me likes a lot :)

We had dinner at this HongKong cafe called C. Nai Hong Kong Cafe Express. It is not a case of candlelight dinner since romantic dinners are only meant for two. Anyway, this is my first time here and was happy to know that they have live band.





Food was quite okie as I was more interested in their live band. Was very excited when they mentioned that they accept song dedication. I quickly picked up a piece of paper, requested for the song 明明白白我的心 as this song entails special memories for XP and me. Got Little Arielle to pass it to the band and we purposely enjoy our food slowly while waiting for our dedication. Waited for more than half an hour and still our song is not due. Got so fed up in the end and decided to leave since it was already 8.30pm.

We decided to walk around the vicinity and checked out the interesting eateries and entertainment. It was really very fun!



Thereafter, we took a short walk along the beach and Little Arielle was so excited. Told her that we would have more chance of visiting the beach when we move in since our new house is just across the expressway :)