The Power of Youtube

The advancement in technologies really made things easy for everyone! One does not need to spend much on DVDs/VCDs and they can just watch it for free in Youtube! Although not everything is available but some of the common video clips like Sesame Street, Doraemon, Smurfs, Tome & Jerry....are available.

I played Sesame Street for Little Arielle to watch and she was enjoying it! However, good times never stay long. Her patience lasted less than 15 minutes and she can't wait to get off her high-chair!

*Enjoying Sesame Street, but not for long!* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*Spoon up!* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

Hmm, would there be further technologies that can keep a kid entertained for a few hours hee?

I Hate Mozzies!

I think this insect is the most irritating and detestable one in this whole wide world! It just sucked Little Arielle's blood and left her 5 bites!

3 on her right arm, 1 on her neck and 1 on her right cheek! All courtesy from 1 mosquito! And mama din manage to smack this culprit to death! Argghhh!

Came back and quickly applied the Papaw cream for her. Hopefully it would be better tomorrow!

My Barney Bolster!

Aiyo, this naughty little gal has so many requests leh! Only her gong gong and po po can take it! Her po po has bought her the Barney bolster. They went out yesterday and Little Arielle saw this Barney bolster. *Barney bolster that costs $19.90* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

So popo was asking her the following:

Popo: Wo jin wan hui bu hui na qian?

LA: Hui

Popo: ru guo popo jin wan na qian, wo jiu mai ge ni.

Haha, true enough, mama strike the first prize and she got $2k. She fulfilled her promise and bought her the bolster today!

*The head can be detached and it just looked like a normal bolster* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*The Barney head can be turned into a hand puppet* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*XP demonstrating the use of this hand puppet* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

No More Bangkok Trip?

Heard the news last night that the riot situation in Bangkok was getting worst. We were not that concerned until we read the news today that their airport was forced to close down as it was bombed by those people there!

Really xianz lor! They really have nothing better to do leh! Such action will actually affect their tourism business but I guessed they just can't be bothered. One of my colleauge who is supposed to fly over next week for holiday has already cancelled her trip. Hopefully the situation will be better when it's my turn to go over.

XP has already decided that if it is really not very promising, we will proceed without Little Arielle.

Good luck man!

I Give Up!

I shall hand the post of discplinary master to XP. I really cannot keep Little Arielle under control. Perhaps I am really a failure in this regard. She only likes XP and listens to him. *sob**sob*



*Waving the white flag*

Learning to Keep

After a while of repeating myself, Little Arielle finally decided not to let my words fall on deaf ears. She immediately kept her toys when I asked her to do so. She did it within a span of few minutes and did not dilly dally at all.

Well, hopefully she would be so prompt in the future tasks that are gonna be assigned to her! This would not cause distress to my voice!

Reading Alone

It's a good habit for kids to pick up reading and I sure hope Little Arielle is one of those kids who love to read.

This evening, she was seen flipping story books quietly on her own.

*Ahh, taking pic of me ah!* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*Flipping the book myself* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*Mummy, can you read to me?* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

*Hmm, after second thought, nevermind, I will read on my own* - Uploaded on 30 Nov 2008

Once our new place is ready, must make it a point to always bring her to the library. I sure hope that her writing skills and communication skills is good unlike her mummy here, whose writing skills really suck and still need to learn at this old age how to write a good paper!

Secured the Dress!

Got good news early in the morning! That BP organiser managed to convince the other customer to get the bigger size dress and gave up the other one for me!

Hee hee, can't wait to receive it! Opps, another collection to Little Arielle's clothes. She now got more clothes than me lor!

So Angry!!

There was this BP today and I was interested in one of the dress and wanted to get that for Little Arielle. As I was uncertain about the length of the dress, I asked the organiser and at the same time, I got her to reserve 2 sizes for me as there are only 1 piece per size. Before she replied, I already logged off as I need to travel back to HQ from TMO.

When I reached office, I quickly logged on to check her reply and was very mad when I saw that she has confirmed orders for 2 other customers who were behind me. These 2 customers ordered the same design and size as me! So, in other words, I am left with nothing even though I am the first person to get her to reseve.

What was more maddening was that she subsequently keyed in a post indicating that no reservations is allowed! Well, this was not even indicated in the T&C lor. If she suddenly decided to add this in, she should have the courtesy to let me know first. It's not as if I did not reply then of course, it would be up to her to decide who she should be allocating the dress to.

I was so mad that I immediately emailed to "confront" her. Here's what I wrote:

"Hi,I was very upset when I realised that my order is nottaken in.I was the first one to ask about the dresses and justbecause during that time I din manage to reply (as Iwas travelling from my 1st office to my 2nd office),you decided to confirm someone else's order.The fact that I got you to reserve the item for memeans that I am really very interested. If I were touse the word confirm instead of reserve and later ondrop the order, it is also not fair to the organiser.As such, I think it is not right for you to take onsomeone else's order before you check further with me. The reason why I got you to reserve is also because Iknow that there is only limited pieces per size. If Ireserve and subsequently did not confirm or makepayment, it is then right for the item to be releasedto the next party.I just felt very mad about this being handled. So ifthe person who confirmed and ended up din makepayment, so it's also no use saying that they haveconfirmed right!"

This is her reply:

"Hi Cynthia, I'm really sorry about this. You're right about the confirmation part. Maybe I should have said something about the reservation part at the beginning. But because I'm not sure when you can confirm which size are u taking and I'm not sure when can you get back to me, so when the other party say she will take the dress, I just confirm her order. So sorry about that and making you so upset. Can I call my supplier again to check with her whether does she have this dress size again then I get back to you? So sorry about the whole thing.. My first time doing a BP.. My so-called 1st BP oso didn succeed. Haiz.. So this clearance sale.. Will get back to you again can?"

So I said:

"Hi,Appreciate you doing so. Probably in future what youcan do is to state a deadline. Most BP organiserswould indicate that they would hold the reserve itemfor either 1 or 2 days and thereafter, if there is nopayment made, they would then release to the nextcustomer. I guess this would be fair to all parties.Anyway, what is the next available size for thisdesign? And meanwhile please help me to check withyour supplier if they have the sizes. Thanks"

And her reply:

"Hi Cynthia, Yah..gonna learn from my this mistake ar! I have checked with my supplier and she does not have size 7 anymore. *Sigh* But I have checked with the other mummy if she's willing to change 1 size bigger for her purchase (she took size 7 and 9). Hopefully if the measurements for the bigger sizes are ok for her..I still can keep size 7 for you. Reli sorry for this matter.. And making you so upset.. I will keep you informed once the other mummy replied me? "
Anyway, my last reply to her was to apologize for being so harsh and also to thank her for the effort in searching for the dress. I do hope that she can bring me some good news!

Know the Difference!

Little Arielle was asking for her bear bear and I gave her the new bear bear. She can turn round and say that this is not the one and she wants the other one.

Not bad leh, she can tell the difference. Probably because her old one is black and the new one is too white hee!

Cranky Gal

Little Arielle was still sleeping when we reached mama's house. I din know that she was still sleeping and so was calling her out from the gate. Moments later, I heard her cries. Mama popped out from the kitchen and told us that she was taking her nap.

When I entered into the house, she continued with her cries. She refused to be carried by me. Neither does she wants to be carried by XP. Aiyo, dun noe what she wants leh. Kept clinging on to her po po but yet din want to take a porridge.

It was only when her gong gong came back that made things better. Gong gong, you are still the man!

A Moment of Peace

XP and Jerome went to watch Barclays Singapore at Sentosa. I gave up the chance to go cos I know nothing about golf. The initial arrangement is for both of us to attend together and Little Arielle would be at mama's house. Last minute, I decided not to go. However, the plan for Little Arielle to go to mama's house remain as I just feel like having a few hours of peace.

In the end, these few hours was still spent on her blog!

Stepping into a Shopping Mall

It's been a while since we last did shopping. Had it not been my Isetan voucher expiring today, I dun think I would be going to Parkway.

*Candid shot!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Going down the escalator* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Looking left and right. Father and girl having the same pattern!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Cool cool gal!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Cool look into a sweet gal!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Enjoying her Barney ride again* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

Hmm, as usual nothing much to buy and nothing interesting to see. In the end, bought her Pigeon wipes from Isetan, had dinner at the hawker centre and we went back home.

Little Arielle was very cute this evening. Got her milk prepared and kept asking her to go up the bed to drink. She kept saying "臭臭" and refused to go up. When I asked her if she has urrgg, she said yes! No wonder she dun wanna go up. Not bad hor, she is a clean one!

Darkened Skin

Although Little Arielle's itch and blister are all gone, can see that her "wound" is in the recovery stage. However, what is upsetting is that the area where she was bitten now becomes dark. See pic for understanding:

*The ugly darkened skin* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

Well, I do hope that as time goes by, her darkened skin will be back to normal. Probably gotta be "hardworking" enough to apply moisturiser for her daily.

The Noble Move Again!

Dr Ho commented that Little Arielle's hair was long and messy when we visited her the last round. Papa took leave today to specially address this issue. Hmm, feel that the cut today is better than the last round!

*Haha* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Cute mah? My small mushroom head!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

The Irritating Whine!

Dun noe where did Little Arielle learn how to whine or it is something that does not require learning. Whatever the case may be, it just simply irritating. This is especially so when we were all tired after work and she likes to kick up a fuss in the car cos she doesn't like to be confined in her car seat.

Back at home she continued with her whine for no apparent reason! Aiyah, I'm going crazy liaoz!

The Hamper

Remember XP won a hamper in his department party? We opened it up today and tada ~ the following is what is inside.

*Loads of goodies but all given to my mama except for the Birds' nest hee!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

After we emptied the basket, decided to use that to keep Little Arielle's toy. Hmm, what a great idea! Just nice cos it is something that I need at the moment!

*All her toys will go inside here!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

Arrival of Lucas Papaw Ointment

The ointment that I have ordered few days ago has arrived today. Have yet to test out it's effectiveness. According to the seller, it's supposed to curb itch and reduce swell.

Hopefully it really works cos I realised that it is actually not very big. The picture on the website looks really big but it's actually quite a small tube, weighing only 25g and cost me $9 per tube. Well, still cheaper than Dr Ho's cream which is $10 for only 5g!

*The Papaw ointment from Australia* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

Speedy Recovery

Wow, the medication given by Dr Ho is really powerful! No wonder she says we can only apply on her thigh 2 times a day. After a day's use, her swell went down significantly. There is no sight of any blister as it has already dried up. Think I will just let her apply one more day before switching it to the milder cream as advised by Dr Ho. Else, if she keep on applying the strong cream, it would be bad on her skin!

Just when her skin is recovering, this careless gal accidentally hit her right side of her face against the table. Luckily the edge is round, else she would suffer another injury! Aiyo, accident prone siaz!

Another Long Wait

Although Little Arielle's leg is slightly better after we have applied medication (got from Dr Ho from the previous bite) for her, XP still wanna pay Dr Ho a visit to make sure that her leg is really okie.

We got there at about 9.15am and there was no one in the queue. XP dropped me off at the clinic first before picking my mama up. Little Arielle and I sat on the step outside the clinic.

Along came a Malay woman and just walked into the clinic. I got mad and I followed behind her. She was given queue number 1. I was really pissed! She din even bother to ask if I am in the queue and just walked in like that! Sickening nurses inside the clinic also din bother to ask if I wanna take a number first!!

Luckily I was also given queue number 1 cos the doctor that I am seeing is different from hers. Best of all, I was happy to see that she was still in the queue when I had finished seeing the doc! Hee hee, her doctor actually came in earlier than Dr Ho.

*Happily posing around!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Yeah, mi gonna get sweets from Dr Ho later!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*A moment of peace* - Uploaded on 18 Nov 2008

Running around the clinic - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008



Anyway, back to the story. Dr Ho was very late today. So much so that XP and I were already hungry! So took the chance to tell XP, so you know how miserable it is when my mama and I were waiting in the queue. Little Arielle took her weight which is 11.2kg and she is 86 cm. Finally, Dr Ho appeared at about 10.30am.

The only conclusion that Dr Ho gave is that she must have been bitten by some insects. It could be ants, mosquitoes or some bugs. She gave a stronger cream for her right thight as the bite was really bad. She also gave a mild cream for other parts of her leg. Her nurse was also shocked to see the swell. Total damage today is $57. Dr Ho also included a pack of mosquito patch that cost $8. Alamak, told XP that I already got mosquito patch liaoz and it's so much cheaper lor. Nevermind then!

After we got the medication, we went to the Tampines round market for our brunch. Dun noe why but the hunger seems to be gone. XP ordered a lot of dishes - laksa, pork porridge, carrot cake, chicken rice and yun tun noodle. Luckily the portion is not big and it's shared among the 3 of us.

Saw a side store selling children's clothes. Got a Barney set - top and 3/4 pants for Little Arielle at $5. Have been waiting for a BP on Barney clothes but no luck till date. So since, this is cheap and good, just got 1 for her! She was so happy!

*Cheap and good Barney set* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

Got home after I got the porridge from mama's house. Bath her after we got home, applied her medication and off to dreamland she goes....

When she woke up, she gotta enjoy the corn nibblets from MacDonalds! Look at her enjoyable sight!

*Yeah!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Her good good sigh* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008

*Hahaha, so happy leh me!* - Uploaded on 16 Nov 2008