Jan 2011's Encouragement Gift

Mummy Me was so busy in Jan that I only managed to squeeze time to deposit Little Arielle's account today!

I practically checked out the bank twice and had no choice but to join the queue at the last time that I checked cos they are about to close. Apparently, on the first 2 occassions, the bank was very packed!

Well, it doesn't mean that by the time, I was in the queue, it was not packed. It was equally bad! Spent about half an hour in the queue when my transaction took less than 10 minutes....Sigh....what to do....should have known better than to do last minute stuff!

Anyway, the gift for Jan looks nice :) With the CNY design + nice cute ang pows :P
*So cute right!* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

Peaceful Dinner

It has been a long time since we can have an enjoyable dinner without Little Arielle's interference! The reason was because she went to the airport with mama and Xiaoyi would bring her back to her house and we will pick her from her house since we are staying near to each other.

Since we are earlier than them, we decided to have our dinner first! Yummy food :)

*Porridge with dishes* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

Undies for Little Arielle

Have been waiting for the pasar malam in Bedok to start to get Little Arielle's panties but apparently, it doesn't seem to happen this year. Luckily I remember that there's a pasar malam in Tampines and we decided to check it out this rainy evening. Hengz ah....there is only this one and only store selling it and we managed to get her Princess series undies!

*This is 6 pieces for $4* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

*This is $2 per piece and the person only gave us 50 cents discount! Faintz....* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

Fun @ Ikea

Yes....we are on the way to Ikea as we have collected a lot more papers to exchange for Smaland points!

After weighing the papers, we were able to redeem the landyard for Little Arielle to put her passport in :) Next aim will be the towel which requires 10 points and we only have 2.5 points now. Sure is a long way to go!

Just when we were about to go for our breakfast, Little Arielle was deeply attracted to the Smaland playground. For the first time, we decided to let her play in it. Luckily we were early, there wasn't many kids around.

So while she is enjoying her fun there, we got the chance to enjoy our yummy breakfast quietly :)

Check out her happy pic ->

*Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011*

Deco for CNY

We have decided to follow Astin's advice this year and got those Bunny decoratives so that we will definitely throw away next year cos we can't be reusing it 12 years later. So tada....

*XP's favourite no.5* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

*Fu Lu Shou with Bunnies!* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

And yes, got this cute Japanese curtain online for $10. It will do a good job by covering up my messy storeroom and it really did!

*My favourite Melody! Little Arielle loves it too :)* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

2011 Clippies!

The clips which I have ordered few days back arrived in the mail today. So happy that it arrived on time as I was afraid that it would be delayed due to CNY period.

So sweet right??

*Cost me almost $20!* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

CNY 2011 Handicraft

Little Arielle made this in school. Looks cute right :) Shall find a place to hang it!

*Little Arielle's Handicraft* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

It Seems To Be....

Over! For the whole of yesterday and today, Little Arielle did not have any more fever! Yipppeee! Her cough is still on but you can hear that it is getting better.

But poor thing, she kena a bruise on her left elbow cos she fell off her bed last night. Luckily, she did not hurt other parts of her body.

*See the bruise?* - Uploaded on 3 Feb 2011

And that happened at 5am this morning! Hopefully, all the bad things go far far away!!

End of Episode?

Hmm, seems like Little Arielle is so much better today :) Her cough has reduced and best of all, her fever seems to be gone.

I hope I am right about this! Crossing my fingers. Hmm should I wake up and check on her later?

Visit to Mummy Me's Office

Mummy Me had to stay back to support some exercise and initially told XP that it should end by 8.30pm. Last minute, it was extended to 9pm and I forgot to inform XP. So just slightly before 8.30pm, he reached. I had no choice but to ask him to wait in my office.

When Little Arielle walked in, she was attracted to the big golden egg in the service area and wanted to take a pic with it!

*My golden egg!!* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

Next, she went kpo-ing around the office and I asked her to take a pic with Ah Tan. She whined for a while before agreeing to do so....

*1st shot with Ah Tan* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

When the first pic was taken, we were surprised when she automatically requested for a second shot. Faintz....girls are so hard to please :P

*The 2 Ah Nei Nei* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

*And finally, with my Lao Ban :)* - Uploaded on 4 Feb 2011

The Fever Continues....

Mummy Me is pretty tired with Little Arielle's continuous ordeal :( She was perfectly fine during the day (since I did not hear from mama) but apparently not the case at night!

Brought her home this evening and I can already feel that she is a bit feverish. Took her temperature before my dinner and was shocked to see a high reading of 39.7. Quickly gave her her medication followed by the fever patch.

Her fever went down at 11pm and I hope it will not start again later....

Arrghhh....how long more is this gonna be??

Water Bottle Holder

Saw one of the online seller selling the following and was pretty interested :) I thought it's a good item especially for Little Arielle to bring along for her school outing. So I asked for her preference this evening and she loved the same design as me (hengz ah....)

So I quickly placed an order and what I love most was that we can have Little Arielle's name on the strap! Yeah....I guessed $19.50 should be $$ well-spent for :)

*Mermaid bottle holder* - Uploaded on 25 Jan 2011

Still Having Fever @ 2am

Yeah....Mummy Me woke up at 2am this morning and Little Arielle's fever is still on :( It just sucks! Cos I don't know why she is still having fever when her throat infection has almost recovered.

Anyway, I just gave her her medication and to be on the safe side, I put the fever patch for her too.

At 6.30am, her fever was gone and hopefully, it's gonna be the case for the whole day & night!

Have allowed her to go to school and please don't bring back any virus!

Her Paperless Homework

Remember my earlier post where I mentioned that the school wants the kids to tell the parents what needs to be done and so, they have done away with those memo and circulars for the parents.

I remembered Little Arielle told me that she needs to bring those cut out apples from magazine to hand in as homework since Apples start with A which is also the first alphabet for Little Arielle's name.

Being kiasu, I printed out a lot more extra stuff i.e. axe, ambulance, alligator and aeroplane cos it all starts with A. I was afraid that teacher actually meant they want items starting with A.

So when I brought it home and wanted to cut it out for her submission tomorrow, Little Arielle was confident that teacher only wanted the apple. Hmm.... I shall see if she is really correct about it!

Sleepless Night Again?

To stop Little Arielle's fever from happening, Mummy Me woke up once last night at 2am+ to feed her her medication. And luckily I managed to get the fever patch, she did not have any fever until this afternoon.

Since her condition wasn't stable, XP decided to let her miss school for today. Afterall, it's PE day and we reckon that would probably tired her out too.

After we brought her home this evening, think her fever started again. Mama has already asked me to get her fever medication cos she was going to finish the old one. I have also started her on her antibotics yesterday.

Gave her another dose of medication before she goes to bed and praying hard that there's no fever tonight! I don't wanna be panda!!

Disney on Ice - World of Fantasy 2011

I can tell you, as long as it's anything called Disney, the sales are definitely gonna be very high!

Wanted to book the Cat 1 tickets and realised that all the good seats are either left with 1 for the block or none :( Finally found some better ones but XP asked me to hold it first as he mentioned that usually, nearer to the date, there would be people who are unable to make it and hence, they would have to sell their tickets away. He added to say that I shouldn't be wasting $$ unnecessarily :(

But hey, it's his girl who wanna watch mah! And since, we have the ability, we should let her little wish come true. Anyway, dear baobao, please don't blame me if you can't get to watch. Pray hard and cross your fingers that there are people who really cannot make it nearer the date....

She's Burning!!

The fever patch were all used up. I made the decision to go out and buy and after going to the stores at 2 petrol stations, I couldn't get what I want. Thank god there is a 24 hours NTUC and luckily, they sell the patch.

When I came back, I went to take a look at Little Arielle and was shocked that she was burning!! I got so worried but XP doesn't seem to be!!

He asked me to bring Little Arielle for a cold bath and said that all western doc practise it. This would help to bring down her temperature of 39.8! So I had to drag Little Arielle to the cold bath and she was screaming and crying at the same time. But when asked if she wants to die, she replied No and I told her if she wants to live, she would have to take the cold bath and put the fever patch. Reluctantly, she agreed!

May the strength be with her and hopefully everything will be fine in the morning....

DreamGarden Studio Pic Part 2

Set 1 ->

Set 2 ->

The Fever is BACK!!

For no apparent reason, the fever is BACK! Arrghhh super hate it :( Now measuring at 39.1 degree!!

Should I let her take the antibotic??

After A Nite Of Nursing....

The irritating thing about fever is that we have to really be precise about the timing of the medication. If we were to miss it, the fever will be back again. So to ensure that this doesn't happen, Mummy Me fed Little Arielle her medication @ 4 hours interval at 11pm (last nite) - 39.5 degree, 3am this morning - 39.8 degree, 7am - 37.7 degree and 11am - 36.6 degree.

Was afraid that I missed the time and have set alarm to my iPhone and yes, I did not miss it. The 3am feed was scary cos the fever really went to the peak. So I quickly put on the fever patch for her even though she really hates it. Glad that I insisted cos when I took her temperature at 7am, her fever is gone :)

Thanks to the nite of nursing, she is okie now but I am quite tired actually....

Planned vs Actual

It has been planned few weeks back that we will be following the cc today for a series of CNY shopping activity. I was awake at about 7 am and I stretched out my hand to feel Little Arielle. Got a shock when she felt so hot! I quickly gave her her medication and thought that her fever will subside shortly. Sigh... I was wrong :(. Her fever was still on but she wanted to go. At last, we decided to forgo the trip and bring her to the doc... At times, planning is indeed a waste of time!

Different Style of Teaching

Got to know from mama that K1's style of teaching was different from nursery. Today, Little Arielle got a blank folder from the school and according to mama, that will be the case in future. They will not attach any memo as they want the kids to convey the message to the parents i.e. what is the homework for the weekend.

So, mama said that when Little Arielle came out of class, she immediately told her what needs to be done. Some of the kids did not response when their parents ask them and Little Arielle (being kpo again) told the parents what needs to be done. However, she was immediately stopped by her teacher, Ms Tan cos what each kid has to do is different.

So I found out from Little Arielle that they need to cut out something from the magazine starting with the first alphabet for their name i.e. A for Arielle, we can cut pic of Apples from the magazine. This is why, the items that each kid has to prepare will be different.

Hee....hopefully Little Arielle has conveyed the right message to us, else, she's gonna submit wrong things on Mon!

Ill-Fated Me :(

After a day of nonsense at work, I just want to have some time for myself to quietly surf the net and probably do something that I like....Apparently, I don't have such fortune :(

The journey back home was filled with Little Arielle's questions. The non-stop questioning suddenly turned her voice into noise pollution and it just irks me so much!

Back home, it took 1001 push and nags to get her to brush her teeth and go to bed. Just when I thought that this is the moment that I can settle down a while, she came out telling me that she doesn't feel well and her throat is irritating her. So I made some warm drink for her and she seemed to have fallen asleep.

And just when I feel like shutting down my lappie and retire for the night, I heard her thunderous coughs and the next moment, she merlioned! I really had no idea why she needs to come and look for me and not go straight to the toilet where it is just in front of her bedroom.

So I went to the toilet and she followed in and continued her puke in the bowl. On the way, she just dirtied my whole floor! I am super irritated and the quiet night was disturbed by my high pitched scoldings! I just couldn't understand why this sickening cough virus was stuck with her for the past 1 year?

I was intensely annoyed and really had the urge to leave her at mama's house for tomorrow's night!

Sweet Lacy Dress

Thanks to my fast fingers....Mummy Me managed to get this sweet looking dress! But wonders if I have chosen the right size for Little Arielle. Got a feeling it's gonna be too big for her but nevermind, wait for her to grow up hahaha!

*Sweet lacy dress* - Uploaded on 17 Jan 2011

Handicraft Man!

Little Arielle and I were both very fortunate to have XP! Cos he is practically an all-rounder! This is especially so in the area of craftwork! Within an hour, he was able to make the lantern for Little Arielle's homework!

*Little Arielle's happy look with her lantern!* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011
*Close-up look* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011

Ahhh....how can we do without you :)

Continuation of Spring Cleaning

As promised, Mummy Me will 'attack' Little Arielle's room today! It was really tough! Check out the pic and you know what I mean ->

*Mess at 2pm* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011

After many hours of packing and cleaning, tada ->


*A clean room at 9.30pm (Dun worry, I went out for a few hours before coming back to pack the leftovers!)* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011

Though I really hate spring cleaning but sometimes, there is a sense of achievement after the hard work!

Like Father, Like Daughter!

XP decided to send his car for car wash and all of us had to wait in the service area for it to be ready.

So, XP started to read and Little Arielle is following too! Hahaha, luckily there is internet to keep me entertained!

*XP is reading* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011

*So is Little Arielle* - Uploaded on 16 Jan 2011

I Hate Spring Cleaning!!

While CNY is a happy ocassion, Mummy Me super hates the pre-CNY preparation i.e. spring cleaning! Little Arielle on the other hand, is super happy cos Mummy Me and XP won't have time to bother about her and she can do whatever she likes i.e. going over to her Granny's house!

Sigh....still got so much more to go....I think we gonna be busy for the next few weekends! Hee....luckily XP is fast so he managed to clean up the mirrors in the living room, the windows of all the rooms and our patio. Me ah....I only done the cleaning and packing for the 2 toilets vanity top. Hee means toilet bowl is left for someone to do hahahaha!

Unknowingly....

Just a few clicks and I realised that I have spent $103 in less than 10 minutes!!! And it's all for Little Arielle's clothings!

Though I am feeling painful about the amount but then again, I feel that the items that I have bought for her are pretty and I'm sure my darling will look great in them :)

Check it out ->

*Sweet pom pom qipao - $30* - Uploaded on 14 Jan 2011

*Yellow Dress - $7* - Uploaded on 14 Jan 2011

*Coat - $18 (for our upcoming Jap trip)* - Uploaded on 14 Jan 2011

*Traditional CNY clothes - $28* - Uploaded on 14 Jan 2011

*Cute Korean Top and Shorts - $20* - Uploaded on 14 Jan 2011

管家婆

Mama told me during dinner time that Little Arielle is really a 管家婆! She will tell her classmate's parents what they have done in school! Isn't she a kpo!

Parkway - Give it Your Best Shot

Hee....pai seh....submitted another one for the Parkway Photo contest. Think they are not on FB and so, the submission is still the traditional way of going through email. But it definitely beats sending hardcopies :)


Pic must be taken at Parkway and so, I took pic of Little Arielle when we went there yesterday.

*Good luck to us!* - Uploaded on 9 Jan 2011

Friso Photo Contest

Mummy Me just love participating in photo contest cos right now, they do not need us to submit hardcopy entries but rather softcopy! That really made things easy cos I don't have to spend time and money developing it :)

So here goes....just submitted the one for Friso. Here's the submission ->

*Nothing beats spending Xmas together as a family! Love and happiness exisit as long as we are together as one, celebrating endless festivals* - Uploaded on 9 Jan 2011

Gap Casting Call Votes - Thanks :)

Yesterday was the last day to vote for Little Arielle. Mummy Me did not really solicit for votes actively after a while cos I realised that there are kids with votes like in the thousands within first few days of voting. I know that it is impossible for me to get that many votes. So I just like it be.

Having said that, I would still want to express my heartfelt thanks to friends and family who have done their bit by voting for Little Arielle.

The last count stands at 81 votes for Little Arielle. Thanks to everyone :P

Despicable Me!

Mummy Me has heard from her colleagues that the movie, Despicable Me is very nice. Well, I did not have the chance to watch it. Was very happy when XP told me a few days ago that Despicable Me is showing on mio tv! So we took the chance this afternoon to watch it together....

*Waiting for the show to start!* - Uploaded on 9 Jan 2011

It was such a cute and heart warming movie! So nice :)

The Smales T-Shirt

Mummy Me took the opportunity to clear the newspapers in office and home by recycling it at Ikea. They have a program for kids to earn points if we bring newspaper to recycle.

And, I am happy to say that the points earned today + those earned previously was enough to redeem the cute Smales T-Shirt! Next aim would be the landyard!

I just love Ikea!!

Confirmation for Little School of Big Dreamers

Wow....they were quite fast suddenly! To give me a confirmation for my Jul's intake. Initially, I forgot to indicate that I wanted the Jul intake and happily faxed my application over yesterday. They immediately confirm Little Arielle's seating for the Jan's intake. Luckily I read carefully and quickly replied them saying that I wanted the Jul's intake.

They replied me today with the confirmation :) Looking forward to a whole series of classes for Little Arielle. That means I'm gonna be really busy every Sun from Jul onwards!!

Shiok or Sexy Pose?

Aha! Caught this pic while Little Arielle is drinking her water! Hmm multi-task in a shiok or sexy pose? Wat say you?



*Drink + Play in a shiok or sexy pose?* - Uploaded on 9 Jan 2011

Feeling Free....

While Mummy Me is waiting for Little Arielle to be off school at 12pm, I took the chance to call up Julia Gabriel to check on my application. One of the staff mentioned that they would call me to acknowledge my application but apparently, I did not receive any call after 2 days.

So I called them up and after flipping through their records for a while, they found my application. At the same time, I requested to change it to a Sun class instead cos as and when, we might go for some 1 day trip on a Sat.

Marie, the staff who spoke to me told me that she would make the change and currently, they need another kid to start the Sun class and will inform me when they gather enough students. Also, the receipt for the registration fee has been mailed out to me. Hmm....at least one item is settled.

Tried to call the Little School of Big Dreamers cos they did not reply my email even though they said that they would. Xianz lor....the stupid answering machine says that they are unable to take my call and ask me to leave my details which they will call me by the next working day. I shall see if they live up to their promise or not!!

*After writing this post, I decided to try and call them again and yes! I managed to get through. Spoke to the person and she said that I can apply for the Jul intake by faxing in the application form. Wahh....that means I will be paying about $1500 for her Julia Gabriel and Little School of Big Dreamers class!! What a BIG hole in my pocket! Hopefully she enjoys and learns well in these enrichment class :)

M1 Walking With Dinosaurs Augmented Reality Experience

Mummy Me almost forgot about this video clip that we took last month during the 'Walking with Dino' show.

I remembered about it only when I saw the email in my inbox giving me the link to watch the actions that we done with the fake dino.

Ahhh....it kinda looked stupid hee but it's an experience :)

Here goes -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isekJmaszbA&feature=player_embedded

Last Minute is Wrong!

Although sometimes things dun go according to plan, it is still good to plan! We only remembered about buying Little Arielle's school shoes today and Jiat lard lah, dun have her size liaoz! Called the other outlets of Kiddy Palace and they told me that they dun have her size :( Siao liaoz....

1st Photoshoot of 2011

It wad supposed to be the last shoot of 2010 but turned out to be first shoot of 2011 due to the bad weather on 31 Dec10. So instead of taking any more risks, I decided to change it to a studio shoot instead!

It was not easy to locate the venue. Took us a while to find it and when we found the building, we realised that we had to walk very far before we reached the unit.

But what was behind the door really made our mood feel so relaxed! The ceiling was high and the area was spacious. They designed it with soft white and organza purple curtains. Wahh....immediately the happy mood sets in!

The whole place just felt great and I was so immersed in it that I forgot to take a pic! Ahhh....nevermind, shall take it when I go and collect my photos!

Found this on their website ->
Anyway, the shoot lasted for about 3 hours (inclusive of selection of pic). This time round, I have prepared 12 sets of clothings for Little Arielle and not forgetting to apply the concealer for her. It really works wonders and managed to cover up her bruise! Hmm....she's indeed like a little star. It took a while before she warmed up and I think she did not take as well as the last time. Probably because I was too tired to be a clown. So most of the time, I was preparing for her next set of clothes and left the photographer to make her laugh.

Although not all are nice, but at least some are! She became grouchy towards the end, which I guessed is quite good stamina for a 4 years old. Was told by the photographer that we took a total of 381 pic! I think she was shocked too hee....

Anyway, looking forward to the pic so that I can post in FB hahaha!

Dreamy Gal?

That's the description I gave to this pic of Little Arielle! Doesn't she look like one? Saw this on Dreamsgarden's BP thread. Sigh....they always put up an uglier pic of Little Arielle leh! Got so many other nicer ones and they chose this instead? Hmm, is artistic people's view really different from normal person? I wonder....In any case, waiting to receive the rest of her pic!!

*Dreamy gal with fakey dog hee* - Uploaded on 9 Jan 2011

Ah Nei Nei

Took this after Little Arielle came out of her shower. Hee, she sure looks like a Ah Nei Nei! Got the 'Ms Towel' towel which is said to be super absorbant. After use, indeed it's not too bad! The size is just nice for Little Arielle. Actually, it's meant for adult i.e. myself but nevermind lah! Seems like it fits well on her too :P



*In nice pink headgear!* - 01 Jan 2011

Bruise is Bad!!

Din know Little Arielle's last gift of 2010 was so bad! No wonder they call it blue black! In fact, I can see more colours leh! How to recover for tomorrow's photoshoot? Don't think the photographer will allow me to change :(

So I guessed I gotta put on concealer for her liaoz! Sigh....Mummy Me is not even using it! Now gotta spend $$ to buy! Hmph!
*Bad purplish bruise :(* - Uploaded on 1 Jan 2011

Last Gift of 2010

Was only told by Little Arielle today, after midnight that she knocked herself and tada....her last gift from 2010! Din hear her cry and hence, I did not even know that she fell until she told me.

Luckily it doesn't look so bad. Else, how to go for photoshoot on Sunday leh....

She is forever so rough like a boy!

*See the bruise near her chin!* - Uploaded on 1 Jan 2011