"Stranded" in Mama's House

XP was on leave today to monitor the reno works of our nest. What I know is that they will be doing up the wallpaper for our living room ceiling as well as Little Arielle's bedroom. It wasn't done with the other areas as it was only decided at a later stage that we wanna do up this area. Previously, the other supplier quoted a much higher price if we were to do up Little Arielle's room. This is because they charge a different price as the wall height of Little Arielle's room is very high. As such, we decided to KIV the job. Recently, XP managed to contact the supplier who did up the wallpaper for our Punggol house. He gave a much reasonable price as he based on per square feet to quote. Therefore, he was awarded the job.

As for our living room ceiling, the initial intention is to just have it painted white. However, the job was not done very well and resulted in ugly stripes on the ceiling. XP couldn't take it and by re-painting, there is a possibility of damaging our existing wallpaper as well as our stucco wall. Thus, he decided to do wallpaper for that area as a last resort.

He thought that they would be able to finish the job within half a day but somehow, it did not happen. Was informed that XP that by the time they complete the job, it might be close to 9pm. He gotta clean up after that which might take him another 1 hour. So, I came back to mama's house by myself, ordered pizza and had my dinner here.

*Viva Twin Meal - consists of 1 regular pizza, 1 garlic bread + 4 pcs of honey roasted wings ->$25.67* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

*Striking a pose with the food* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

*Little Arielle with her garlic bread and new hairstyle (can see any diff? only got shorter fringe)* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

XP would pick me up after he's done with the house and I supposed I will not bring Little Arielle home tonight so that he can sleep later tomorrow.

One thing I must compliment XP is that he is really a dedicated man who takes pride in whatever he does. I really cannot match up his level. Must salute to him siaz! Thank you to my man who took up the cleaning up of the house and everything pertaining to reno onto himself. I know that it ain't an easy task and I'm glad that we are almost done!

The Start of Bento-ing

First step to the start of bento-ing is of course to get some tools. Got so excited when I saw Mama Tong's post of doing up food in a form of bento for her kids. She has yet to start (I assume cos I din see any post of her masterpiece) but she got a full set of tools ready liaoz.

Was even more motivated by her friend's posts on bento as well as some of the sites that I have surfed. These people are really amazing! I really take my hats off them! The time and effort spent to do up a bento for their kids can be tedious but satisfying with the results. Best of all, we just love to hear the "Wow" from our kids.

Managed to only get 2 set of tools from Daiso today when we went shopping at Vivo City. Was hoping to get more but the tools there were so limited. Hopefully can get more of it so that I can start. But of course, most probably can only start when we have shifted to our new house. Cos the kitchen will belong to me liaoz hee!

*2 sets of rice moulds* - Uploaded on 31 Mar 2009

Updates to Reno Works 19

The people from Lighting Centre came down to get the hook done up for our chandelier. Basically, that's the only thing done for today. They will proceed to get our chandelier fixed up. We did not rush them so that they can do a good job. :)

*The firmness of the hook is important as it needs to hold the chandelier as long as we are staying there* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

Tissue Destroyer!

Don't know what's with Little Arielle? She just loves to shred tissue and throw the shredded pieces onto the floor. Does this derive joy in her? I wonder? I only know that I would be the busy one to "kio" her mess!
*Shredded pieces of tissue seen all over the floor* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

New Look!

Yeah, well again, thanks to Mama Tong who went to beautify her blog. So this kpo mummy here also wanna follow suit.

At least, I give credits to the founder hor hee.

Done up the side borders with nice beautiful borders. Hmm, at least, now the blog doesn't looked so bored :)

Clumsy Mummy Me

Alamak, I did not know what came over me! Was wearing my shoes with Little Arielle in the arms. Somehow, I just lost my balance and fell down!

Aiyo, can you believe it! Thank god that I was at the doorstep of my PIL's house and it was carpetted. Felt on my bum and my left heel hit my right thigh. I can feel the pain on my right thigh and I expected it to bruise. Luckily, there was no bloodshed.

Most important of all, Little Arielle was all right. Just that she got a shock from her sleep.

Hmm, I must have been dreaming. Gotta exercise caution in future hee!

Poetry Recitation

Hmm, thanks to the teachings of mama, Little Arielle managed to learn another poem. Well apparently, Mummy me dun even know how to recite siaz.

Thanks mama, for such teachings that made us feel proud of her in front of others!

*Little Arielle's 2nd poem* - Uploaded on 30 Mar 2009

Ulcer?

I was lying on my bed and enjoying the tv program, Little Arielle started wailing. She pointed to her lips and kept saying that it's painful. I proceeded to check her entire mouth and realised that she got an ulcer on her upper right lip.

I was quite surprised cos it din occur to me that kids as young as 2 can have ulcer. Told mama to brew barley for her and she gotta abstain from heaty food (which I doubt so).

If not, then it will take a longer time to recover!

My Little Helper

I just brought in the laundry and Little Arielle insisted to help. Since she is so forthcoming, I let her do the job!

*Happily taking off the laundry from the peg* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

*Hmm, would she continue to help me when she grows up?* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

Updates to Reno Work 18

My designer got a group of cleaners to come and clean up our house yesterday. This meant that 99% of the reno works is completed. Only left with some touch up here and there. We dropped by today to take a look and was pleased with their work. The place was indeed clean and he helped us hang up our curtains for our living room and Little Arielle's room.

Wow, it really has the feel of a cosy home. Our furniture and electrical products will be arriving next Saturaday. Can't wait to see the whole house being dolled up!

*Curtains for our living room, it's actually gold with stripes which can't be seen well in pic* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

*Little Arielle's curtain. Chosen by my designer but I dun quite like it. Nevermind, can do another set hee* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

Sharp Sharp Nose!

I was sitting in the front passenger seat and I discreetly took out a Ricola pearl and quietly popped it into my mouth. I was very certain that Little Arielle, who is sitting diagonally behind me cannot see what I am doing as I have used my cushion to cover my actions up.

Moments later, she suddenly said,"Mummy, I want to eat sweet!" I got a shock and she said the sweet smell so nice!

Wat biangz, XP was still in a blur state until I told him that I was eating sweet. Wat sharp nose she has! Really fits her zodiac - dog!

Little Arielle's Style!

Went to our new house today and Little Arielle took off her own shoes. She insisted on arranging it and this is what she did:

*Must be between her daddy's shoes lor!* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

For Once!

Oh, for once, Little Arielle is seen studying quietly on her own. That lasted quite a while until I shine my camera on her and decided to take a pic. She was distracted by the infra red light and turned and looked at me.

*Opps, noticed the infra light and looked at me!* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

Thereafter, she started becoming nosiy again! Arrgghhh, this is called backside itchy! If I din take her pic, she wouldn't have started walking around liaoz.

Took a while for me to persuade her to go back to her reading! Hee!

*Reading her flashcards* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

*Last but not least, her little ABC book* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

Updates to Reno Works 16

Hmm, as usual, we popped by after work! Haven't been here for the past 2 days cos we had dinner with Astin and gang on Tue and we attended a wedding dinner last night. What they have done is the tracks for our curtains. Done it for our living room, Little Arielle's room and our room.
*Track done for my living room* - Uploaded on 22 Mar 2009

*This is for Little Arielle's room* - Uploaded on 22 Mar 2009

*Okie, this is for our room* - Uploaded on 22 Mar 2009

Got a shock when we saw the cracked laminate on our wall. Luckily, our designer was still around and he explained that they tried to smoothen our the laminate but accidentally cracked it. So he would doing the replacement the following day.

*So sad to see this crack* - Uploaded on 22 Mar 2009

Last but not least, I realised that my stucco wall is so much sparkling as compared to the last round that I saw. Found out from my designer that he went to enhance the spark i.e. re-do. Wow wow, the effect was really good!

*Hmm, a really satisfied wall* - Uploaded on 22 Mar 2009

All right, that's all for today!

The Tree is Gone!

We have a jackfruit tree planted in the next apartment. I kinda of like the tree cos it's huge and thus provided a lot of shade as it's branches grew over to our unit. Although it is shady, it did bring about a lot of problems i.e. dead leaves dropping into our balcony, known bomb attacks (bird shits), noisy birds and of course not forgetting ants and fruit flies eating into the jackfruit.

We only complained once to our developer about this matter and thereafter rested the case cos the shady tree did block out the sun and we had more important things to handle.

As such, I was shocked when XP informed me that the tree is gone!! I was so upset when I learnt about this. He told me that our designer saw some workers chopping it off. Initially, he thought that they were just trimming the branches and was also surprised when he realised that they were chopping it away.

They must have received complaints from other units which they were left with no choice but to chop it off.

While this is what it's like when the tree is gone. Everything looks so bright!

*Pic of the apartment next to us, without the jackfruit tree :(* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

A Busy & Frustrating Night

XP and I had dinner with Astin and gang at Ang Mo Kio. We enjoyed our food and went to pick Little Arielle up after this mini gathering is over.

As usual, we will play with her and I managed to do a second recording of her poetry recitation. Thereafter, XP made milk for her and she was quietly drinking her milk. Just when she finished her last drop of milk. She suddenly vomitted whatever she has contained in her stomach. I was really shocked! Everything happened so fast that we weren't in time to carry her off our bed.

In the end, the bedsheet got stained, the mattress protector got stained and best of all, our mattress got stained too :(

Little Arielle's shirt and pants were badly stained. I was just loss for words. Quickly brought her to the bathroom while XP pulled out the bedsheets for washing. Once I settled Little Arielle, I proceeded to wash her clothes manually as the stains were really bad. Oh mine, the smell of the puke was so strong that I almost vomitted too. Tried to wash off most of it and I threw it into the washer to let the machine do the washing.

Little Arielle was so tired that she fell asleep in the other room. Poor me, I had to wash for the laundry to be done before I can get to sleep. Silly washer is too small for all the bedsheets and protector to go in. As such, I gotta spilt into 3 rounds which means I gotta wait for almost 2 hours cos per cycle is 45 mins! Arrgghhh, I actually meant to sleep early tonight! In the end, I gotta be like a fool waiting for laundry to be done! Indeed a waste of time leh! So morale of the story, get a bigger washer! Luckily, that's what I did for my new washer!

Greedy Mummy Me

XP parked his car and we walked past a provision shop. Mummy Me just had craving for potato chips and XP bought a packet for me to munch. I only opened the chips when we reached mama's house. Well, of course, it will immediately attract someone over - Little Arielle.

Fed XP with some and Little Arielle got impatient!

*No, don't give Daddy!* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

*Is that for me?* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

She was happy when she was finally offered some and was eating with a smile :)

*Hmm, smug look* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

*Munching and munching....* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

*Couldn't resist* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

*Yummy, finger licking good!* - Uploaded on 21 Mar 2009

唐诗三百首

的其中一首:

Uploaded on 15 Mar 2009

is recited by Little Arielle!

I was caught by surprise when I heard her mumbling bits and pieces of it. Din know that she can remember bits and pieces. When I try to guide her, again she surprised me by reciting the whole poem out!

Way to go, girl!

IT Show 2009

XP wanted to check out the IT show and thus, we proceeded straight there after breakfast. It's about 10.45am when we reached there and there were still plenty of carpark lots left. When we reached the exhibition hall, we realised the reason - it's only open from 12pm onwards. There were other exhibitors who started earlier i.e. SingTel, M1, Starhub, Sony....so we went to take a look there. XP thought of getting our tv there from Sony but realised that their price is not so attractive after all. *Look at the crowd! All waiting for the doors to open!* - Uploaded on 15 Mar 2009

*Squatting together while waiting* - Uploaded on 15 Mar 2009

Finally, the doors opened and the crowd went in orderly. I remembered that I needed a mouse for my laptop. In the end, I also got the table as shown in the pic. It was really a good buy. The table is foldable and I can put it on my bed while I use my lappie. Best of all, when you do not need to use it, you can fold it right until it's flat. So in the end, I bought both the items - mouse and table. Mouse costs me $8 and the table costs me $45. Sorrie, nothing inside is suitable for Little Arielle. Hee!

*My favourite pink mouse and a great invention - table!* * - Uploaded on 15 Mar 2009

Greedy Dog!

Ahh-haaa! Little Arielle was caught in action! Hmm, was told by mama that she placed a chocolate cake in the living room and went back to the kitchen to pick up something. She specifically told Little Arielle not to touch the cake and to wait for her to be back. Apparently, that has fallen on deaf ears. Next moment, this is what happened!

*Really dirty like a little dog* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

She went to eat the cake without mama's permission. Instead of using proper utensils, she straightaway placed her face into the cake!

*Check out her face leh!* - Uploaded on 23 Mar 2009

Ahh....this is my girl....

Super Tuesday!

XP gets very excited when mama is not cooking on a Tuesday. While the reason is because he gets to order KFC's Super Tuesday! Super Tuesday = 8 pieces of chicken, 1box of popcorn chicken, 1 big whipped potato and 1 big coleslaw. Wow, that's enough to feed 4 persons leh. Last time, we used to eat between us and we can really puke and stomach was too full to take in the food. We became very uncomfortable after eating it. Well, we learnt our lesson and decided to order and share among my mama and WJ.

In addition, we ordered a packet of fried bee hoon to share. It was just nice for us. We had best of both worlds - get to eat bee hoon and chicken and not too full for us :)

*Chicken + bee hoon* - Uploaded on 11 Mar 2009

Well, Little Arielle also wants to have a share of it. So she is attacking the popcorn chicken. Small in size and easy to hold for her! Of course we gotta stop her attack else it will be too heaty for her!

*Little Arielle showing off her popcorn chicken* - Uploaded on 11 Mar 2009

Updates to Reno Works 13

Hmm, the contractor is supposed to complete the stucco wall job today. Well, he did complete but we weren't satisfied with the results. The wall is supposed to sparkle after it's done but apparently, it did not. It just looked like a normal black wall. If that is the effect that we want, we would not have spent $2k+ just on the wall. FYI, I din know that it cost that much until XP highlighted it to me.

So he made a call to our designer and was told that the wall is still wet and therefore, the sparkle is not seen clearly. All right, we shall check it out either tomorrow or the day after to see if that is really the case. Else, XP is sure gonna get him to re-do it.

*A normal black wall* - Uploaded on 11 Mar 2009

Updates to Reno Works 12

Our stucco wall is in the midst of building up. This is the wall opposite my tv console. Once it's fully done up, there would be sparkles to it. Very nice one leh. Now, you can only see a black wall. The smell of it is very strong. It still lingered in the air even though the wall was done up during the day. Perhaps it's because all the windowns are shut and there is no ventilation.

*Stucco wall in progress* - Uploaded on 09 Mar 2009

We are left with a few final touches to our dream nest. Stay tuned for more updates!

Terrible Two's Act!

Little Arielle is really uncontrollablely naughty! She threw tantrum in the car by throwing her water bottle against the windown. Luckily it was not forceful enough to smash it. But it did make a loud thump!

Was so mad with her that I slapped her on her hands. She was crying bitterly in the car and I chose to ignore her. Just got fed up with her actions! XP came along and carried her out. We were actually outside our new house and XP brought her in cos she requested to go in. She became very happy when she was inside.

This is especially so when she went into her room. There is a small flight of stairs to her bed. Of course the bed is not there yet cos the reno is not completed. But this is enough for her to enjoy. She was practically enjoying herself until I started taking out my camera and video-ing her. Check out her screams and cries and only calmed down when her daddy comes along....

Uploaded on 09 Mar 2009

Indecent Dance Steps!

We were waiting at Harvey Norman for the salesman to compute the total amount payable for our purchases. Little Arielle was seen doing the following:

Uploaded on 09 Mar 2009

Did you notice her indecent dance steps?? Aiyo, don't know where she learn it from leh....

Sudden Delivery!

XP received a call yesterday to inform us that our mattress is already delivered to our new house. He quickly informed me and we were both shocked of such arrangement. We remembered that the delivery will only be arranged when our reno is completed. Neither of us has called for delivery. We informed the company and they will send someone to bring the item back on Monday.

If it is left lying around, it will be an obstruction.

Managed to take a pic of my mattress!

*Mattress from Sealy + 6 FOC pillows + 1 mattress protector* - Uploaded on 09 Mar 2009

Unbeliveable

Little Arielle is a night owl and she can keep me company till wee hours of the night. This happens almost daily and it's not because I din wanna sleep but because Mummy Me is still working hard, clearing emails and replying emails!

While it's good that there is someone to keep you company, I would prefer it to be a slient one. Apparently, she cannot keep quiet and what I hated most is that she enjoys jumping on the bed! That's super irritating!

Tonight is an exception and to me, I just find it unbelievable! XP is already fast asleep. I made milk for Little Arielle and left her alone drinking while I took my shower. When I stepped out of the bathroom, I was surprised to see her fast asleep. That was only 9.30pm!

We din really go out today and she had her usual nap in the afternoon. I was really curious what made her wanna sleep cos the tv was still on. In any case, whatever the reason may be, I hope that she can sleep that early every night. I can have some peace and do my work. It's also good for her cos kids need a lot of sleep for development!

Unexpected Reaction!

Little Arielle has not been close to me eversince she weaned off breast milk. Not sure if that is the cause but she is currently sticking to her daddy like glue. I guessed from my past posts, it is clearly explained. Since she is not close to me, I therefore will not foresee that she wants to follow me out today.

What happened was XP had to attend a course from 9.30am to 3pm. I thought that his course was timely as I just wanted to get more clothes for myself. It's just difficult to shop with my man and my girl. So I kinda of enjoy the feeling of shopping alone. So I decided to leave Little Arielle with my mama for about 2 hours, while I pop by TM/CS to do some shopping.

Just when I was about to leave the house, mama was trying to be farnie and told Little Arielle that I am going out without her. I thought that with her 公公 around, she can't be bothered about her, which in most instances is the case. However, today is an exceptional! She ran after me with her shoes in her hands and insisted to follow me. Tried to talk her out but apparently, she din listen. In the end, mama managed to con her into the house and I quickly sneaked off. Hee hee, bad of me hor? But I just wan some personal time leh....

Updates to Reno Works 11

I guessed I am left with only a few more posts to go before the whole project is completed. They have done up the lights for our living room as well as the master bedroom. Really got the cosy feel leh.
*The ceiling lights for our living room* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*The glass is up for our tv console* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*The light that welcomes us at our master bedroom entrance* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*Cove lights in our master bedroom; operated by remote leh!* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*Track light for the wardrobe area; only installed the track first, lights not purchased yet!* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

The glass for our tv console is already up. Most of the major works are done up. It's just that the design of our master bedroom is not finalised yet. Hmm, you must be thinking how come design is not finalised and yet the reno has started. Well, we din want to hold up the progress of the other areas just because we haven't confirm the design for our master bedroom. The ironic part is that, even though we are given so much time to think, we are still stuck i.e. design not out yet. Probably because the room is small and we very much wanted to have a small study corner and tv in, it makes it a bit challenging. Moreover, the bed cannot anyhow put in any position. So in simple context, it just means that we gotta continue cracking our heads! Hopefully either the designer or ourselves can think of something that we really like and complete the project soon. Else, I think we can only shift in months later! Wish us luck!

I'm 29 Months Old!

Yes, my little girl is growing bigger as the days go by. Unknowingly, she's already 28 months old! Hmm, with a blink of the eye, she would be 28 years old, hahahaha, by then, I would be an old lady liaoz....

Anyway, din manage to come back earlier to spend time with her. Worked till 8pm and by the time I reached mama's house, it's almost 9pm cos we had dinner before going over. But I still made it a point to capture some pics of her. Check it out!

*Cannot stand her vain look* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*This is an example of a cheeky look* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*Hmm, a smug look?* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*Scheming look?* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

*Anticipating look; cos she is waiting for her next scoop of kiwi!* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

Got A Shock!

Before the arrival of WJ and WX, we stopped by MacDonald, cos Mummy Me just got a craving for their chocolate sundae. Hmm, XP decided to get a happy meal cos he wanted to eat something but not too much. We were already walking away from their counter when XP suddenly walked back to get a balloon for Little Arielle. The love for his girl! Already told him that she has a few at home and since she is not around, there is no need to specially get another one for her. He would start telling me that later when she saw us with the food, she would ask for it. That's assumption lor!

Anyway, because of this balloon, she hurt herself. What happened was, after picking WJ and WX, we went back home after dinner and she was happily running along the corridor where she accidentally fell down and the balloon burst.

Think she was shocked by this sudden episode. What made it worst was that the snapped balloon must have hit her arm causing it to be red and painful.

*Red and painful bruise on her right arm* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

Luckily, after applying some medication, the pain went away! Hengz ah....

Updates to Reno Works 10

Finally, XP has some concepts as to the design for our master bedroom but I must quantify that it is only for the ceiling. Decided to have cove lights which is the same concept as our living room, just that instead of having it "sticking" out, it's sunken in. Think better see my pic for better illustration:
*Completed ceiling works for our room - done in a day!* - Uploaded on 07 Mar 2009

Hmm, just doing the above can cost us $400. Really easy money for the contractor. Or perhaps it's really a difficult job. Awaiting for XP to have more inspiration so that the design of our room can be conceptualised!

Food Craving!

Nowadays, Little Arielle will request for her favourite food. She did it once yesterday when she repeatedly requested for MacDonald. Her daddy really bought it for her even though she has already fallen asleep in the car and din ask for it anymore.

Well, tonight, she again requested for something. This time round, it's agar agar. I love the agar agar sold by this corner stall near my PIL's house. Every night, we will drive pass it before reaching my PIL's house. She would everytime, without fail tells us that she wants to eat. And of course, we will, without fail promise her that she will get to eat it during the weekend. Of course, she was always conned by us.

Well, since she mentioned about it again. We decided to fulfill her wish. So was already thinking of getting 2 pieces and a drink and was disappointed when we realised that it was not open for business today. Arrgghhh....just when you wanna get it, it's closed.

Nevermind, we promise you that we will buy it tomorrow!