What Do You Like to Have?

Came back home after work and Little Arielle was playing with a lot of tupperware. I was sitting next to her, reading something when she suddenly asked me....

Uploaded on 07 Sep 2009

Hmm....looks like I really need to buy an interactive kitchen set for her to play with. Happened to see someone selling it online today, wow just nice. Have been waiting for it for a while :) Still comtemplating between the 2:

The first one cost $229 and the second one cost $439. Hmm....I wonder if XP would allow me to buy cos it would take up some space in my small house. I am extremely interested in the second one. Mama just asked me one question,"Is it worth $400+ to get this?" Come to think of it, doesn't really seems to worth hor? But then the second one is really so much fun. Oh well, will continue to consider ba....

What a Reply!

While on our way home, Little Arielle wanted XP to give her some sweets. Here's the conversation:

LA: Daddy I want tictac
XP: Later
LA: Daddy, I want 现在
M: What is 现在 in English?
LA: I want 现在
XP: What is 现在 in English?
LA: I don't want later!

Faintz, don't want later means want it now! She doesn't know what is 现在 in English but knows how to rephrase :)

Then when we got home, she dozed off while drinking milk. I woke up her to get her changed and next moment, she was as lively as a fresh kid. We asked her to go to bed and few moments later, she came up to her daddy. XP asked her what is she doing there and she said....

Uploaded on 03 Sep 2009

Hmm, I din know kids nowadays can use such words. At least, not for me when I'm young!

Arrival of Twilight Turtle

The twilight turtle that I have been waiting for has finally swam to me :) Initially wanted to settle just with one with lights but saw this other person selling it with music. Never regretted getting it. The effect was really good! The projection was so good that the whole ceiling was full of stars.

And of cos, Little Arielle was most pleased with it. She really loves this new toy of hers. Mummy Me loves it too. So romantic leh....

*What a cute turtle!* - Uploaded on 03 Sep 2009

*Little Arielle with her new toy, smiling happily :)* - Uploaded on 03 Sep 2009

Arrgghhh....

Another boring day! Don't feel like going out but yet don't feel like staying at home. In the end, the verdict is still to stay at home! Well, the urge to stay at home is stronger cos again, it's back to my packing days. XP has already expressed interest that he wanted to shift in after the 7th month hungry ghost festival. That means not much time left!

Hmm was quite pleased when I realised that actually most of the items are cleared. I sure hope that this is really the case. Crossing my fingers that we can shift in by then :)

Clear Pronounciation

Hmm one thing that I am very proud of Little Arielle is that she can really pronounce well. This is especially so in her Mandarin. A lot of people tell me that oh she is so good in Mandarin, next time don't have to worry. But my concern is that her English sucks! But these other people will tell me that don't worry, she can pick up easily in school. Afterall, English is easy to pick up. Huh? Since when? At least, her mummy is a bad example! Yeah....my English sucks! Nevermind, hope that she will not follow my footsteps! Let's check out the video clip:

Uploaded on 01 Sep 2009

Fated to Be Left Handed?

Despite numerous reminders, Little Arielle never fails to use her left hand as the primary source to do things. Again, she was reminded at the dining table to use her right hand to hold her spoon.

Daddy saw and for the first time, he commented that just let her be. For the past few years, he did try to amend her habit. I was surprised that he is okie for Little Arielle to be left handed. Mama says that whichever hand that they used depends on which side of the brain that they are using. So the conclusion is, she is using her left brain. And Daddy even said that well, our PM is also a left handed.

Well, I don't know lah....whole family is right handed, if Little Arielle is really gonna be a left handed, she seems to be out of the family leh. But I don't mind if she is trained in both right and left hand hee. Greedy mummy hor!

All Thanks to....

Little Arielle! Not for something good! But for causing the following wound to Mummy ME!!!

Yeah, that's what she did! This morning, I wanted to go out of the room and make milk for Little Arielle. While I was going to open the door, she pushed me and my left leg brushed against a box on the floor and the above is the end result :(

Hmm, I must thank myself for having thick skin! Cos because of my thick skin, my leg did not bleed. But apparently, that did not look nice too!

A Major Milestone

It may be a minor one to others but definitely a major one for me ~ a diaper free day :)

Probably for some other parents, their kids have already achieved this milestone as early as 2 but it's okie for me to let Little Arielle take her time. Nevertheless, she has finally made it. We were out the whole day without her on diapers :)

But I must confess that she is still on it when she is sleeping. Havent got time to train her on this yet. Will find time to do so....

Hide & Seek

As usual, I had to work late today :( Din expect XP to come this early to pick me up (8pm). As Little Arielle is with him, I did not want them to wait too long. So had to quickly tie up the loose ends and leave office.

I took out my camera and started to flim her as I saw her hiding behind the pillar (cos she can see me coming).

Here's the excited little gal:

Uploaded on 20 Aug 2009

Read Aloud!

Asked Little Arielle to get off our bed and sleep on her own but she just refused and said that she wanted to study.

Cannot stand her!



Uploaded on 20 Aug 2009

Playtime with Daddy

Little Arielle always enjoy playing with her daddy. She belongs to the "rough rough" type and always plays like a boy!

Check out the video where Little Arielle tried to "beat" XP and was going round in circle with him. At some point, she would used some toys as trap to block her daddy....

Uploaded on 11 Aug 2009

A Load Off My Mind....

Finally, the load of Little Arielle's nursery application is off my mind when I received news from XP that her application is successful :)

I feel so excited that she is going to attend school! Can't wait to see her in uniform! She would definitely look cute in it! A pity that XP did not managed to buy her uniform today cos he did not bring her along. Nevermind, I will bring her either in Sep or Oct to buy since there is no hurry and I have taken leave during those months.

So the total amount paid today was $110 (1 month's school fees) + $16 (registration fee).

Anyway, got a small hiccup this morning when XP went down to do the registration. I was in a meeting and forgot to bring in my hp. XP tried to call me twice but did not managed to get me. Luckily I suddenly remembered about the application and quickly came out of the meeting to check on my hp. He told me that the centre that I directed him to was old and dirty. I quickly checked the address and realised that I have given him a wrong one! Opps. Quickly call the school to verify and was informed that the centre that he went to had already closed. Luckily the correct centre was not far from the old one :)

I will be taking leave in Jan2010 to accompany Little Arielle as she moves on to the next chapter of her life :)

Oh yah, I registered with PAP instead of Cherie Hearts. Was hesitating to consider taking Cherie Hearts after I received their email informing me of the discounts that they are going to give. After their discount, it will still cost me around $300 per month. Sms the person in charge to find out more details and the person only told me the charges. After asking her how long is the session, she ignored me :( Did not give me any email reply as well. Forget it man! If they are not interested in my business, I am not interested in them too! Shall stay put with my PAP first....

More Modelling Practice!

It's indeed anytime, anywhere! XP can just impromptu test Little Arielle how to walk like a model! Hahaha, as if he knows leh....

But well, Little Arielle is learning happily....

*Modelling on the way to Maxwell hawker centre* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

*Hee, I prefer to wave my hands* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

Parrot Feeding Time!

We popped over to Ah Gong's house before going over to visit my mother's brother. He was admitted around a week ago and was recently discharged. Little Arielle was very entertained when she was at Ah Gong's house. This is because there was a parrot there for her to play with. She wanted to feed the parrot and was afraid that the parrot will bite her. So, this brillant little girl requested her 公公 to put the seeds on the red plate!

*Attempting to stroke the parrot* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

*Happily stroking the parrot* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

*Managed to capture the feeding process!* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

Stressed & Worried

Finally, I managed to get someone to speak with me on the line with regards to Little Arielle's nursery application. This matter has been dragging me for the longest time and I am sad to say that it is still not over yet :(

Early this week, I emailed to Cherie Hearts asking them about their nursery classes. Apparently, the person in charge is out of office and my enquiry was passed from person to person with the end result of no one getting back to me :(

Anyway, I had no time to give them a call to check. In addition, I happened to know from my colleauge that their so called nursery class will cost you about $500+. Oh my god, such an exhoribant amount for a 3 hour class.

I was not prepared to spend such an amount and decided to look for alternative. Another colleauge of mine told me that her child was in PAP nursery and she's doing fine there. I thought that it is a good option since there were many PAP nursery outlets in Tampines which is near my mother's house. I want to make it as convenient for my mother as possible since she will be the one to help me bring her to school.

Tried to call the centre yesterday but no one picked up the call. Called another centre and realised that the previous one was only operating half a day and was advised to call back today as the other centre do not offer nursery class. Finally got someone on the line this morning and realised that they are left with 1-2 vacancies. It got me so worried! The person asked me why I did not register earlier as they started the registration since Apr this year. Oh no....I din know that I was so backdated. They are not able to take in phone registration so I can only do so next Tue.

Gave me a whole list of items to bring down and wish me luck that Little Arielle can get in.

Opps! I almost forgot :(

Work must have buried me so much so that I forgot Little Arielle is 34 months old today. Felt so guilty that I was still shouting at her earlier on and did not spend time to play with her :(

Luckily I was still in time to take out my camera and take a pic of her. Hee, this is the first monthly photo that was taken when she was sleeping.

Mummy will remember the next month :)

*One and only on 5th Aug* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2009

Only Satisfied Task....

done today was the arrangement of photoshoot with KidsCoverLooks. This was possible because I was able to steal time to make a call when our office system was done. And yes, mi gonna bring Little Arielle for a shoot again at the price of $18. This offer is only possible if you are a NTUC member. Hmm, finally I feel worthwhile being a NTUC member after so many years.

In fact, the price is not the pulling factor. What drew me to this shoot was that this company is a modelling company for kids and there is a possibility that Little Arielle will be chosen if she fits the bill.

Well, not saying that she will definitely be chosen but at least there is still the chance and experience gained. Waiting for 16 Sep to arrive :)

Magical Disney Playhouse Channel....

This channel is really magical as it can capture Little Arielle's attention and allow her to sit still for about half an hour. Well, for an adult, half an hour is nothing but to the parents of a little child, half an hour is very precious!

Hmm....I will treasure this "free" time and maximise its usage :)

10 Good Reasons

Bought a chicken pie from Polar and Little Arielle immediately suggested sharing the pie with me.

LA: "You take half, I take half lah!"
Me: Give me 10 good reasons why I must share with you?
LA: 因为我是好人!

FAINTZ!!!

Supermodel Wannabe

Little Arielle is crazy over being a super model. So much so that when you ask her to strike a pose and tell her that it can be used for her super model pic, she would galdly do so for you. Not bad! At least, I get to snap nice pics!

Check out the great shots that I have taken this evening in Ikea Tampines. She kept bugging XP to bring her to Ikea and of course, our dear friend here who dotes on her will accede to her request!

Uploaded on 03 Aug 2009

Oh yah, forgot to mention that she was extremely naughty today! Knocked herself on the right side of her head and got her palm caught between the table and chair. Luckily it wasn't too serious and she is up on her feet, jumping around in a few moments' time.

Stayed there for 2 hours plus before we head back for home :)

Interesting Find!

As usual, I will continue with my packing during the weekend until we are ready to shift. Hmm....when will be the day I wonder? Really praying hard and hoping that it can be before Little Arielle's birthday. Although it seems like there are still many months to go, but time slips by fast.

I sure hope that my actions of packing can be sped up but the thought of packing and packing during weekend just sucks! Weekends are meant to relax, not to pack and pack endlessly....Oh well, enough of my grumbles!

At least this interesting find made the packing worthwhile!

*Mummy & Child look-alike!* - Uploaded on 03 Aug 2009

Hee....now, do you think Little Arielle looks like me? At least the case when I was young. No wonder there is just the familiar look when I looked at her. Seems like looking into the mirror hee.

Even Little Arielle thought that the pic is her when I first showed it to her :)

Waiting for Opportunity

I have observed on many occassions that Little Arielle will not disturb you early in the morning when she wakes up. Some of the kids will either cry or shout for attention the moment their eyes open. For Little Arielle, she will lay there, with her eyes wide open and seems to be deep in thoughts.

When she sensed that we are waking up, she would suddenly become very excited and come close to you as if she has been waiting for this moment for ages :)

Interesting gal!

Arrgghh, Fell Off the Bed?

It's been a while since I last heard that Little Arielle falls off the bed. Hmm, this is because she has been a good girl and had been sleeping alone on her mattress next to XP.

But at times, I will still wake up with her next to me. *Scratch head* Oh, that's because she would still climb up towards the break of dawn and XP would exchange his position with her i.e. she sleeps on the bed and he would sleep on her mattress. Wow, what a sacrifice!

Well, his sacrifice got him a shock this mornng as Little Arielle fell off the bed and landed on him. Not bad! She got a human cushion.

No wonder I heard some cries this morning hee!

Very Concerned Gal

XP and I were discussing about our expensive property tax. He spoke louder than usual and Little Arielle quickly came over and asked him:

LA: Daddy, 你们在吵架啊?
XP: 我们在讨论东西
LA: Ooooo....

Buay tahan leh....such a kpo little girl hee :) Well, but very observant though!

Another 顶嘴 Session!

Here's what mama told me:

The story goes....

Daddy was on MC today and Little Arielle wanted to listen to the Hokkien song which is played from his hp. Just when he was about to play, a call came in and he was on the phone. Impatient gal was making hell lot of noise cos she insisted her 公公 to play the song immediately. When 公公 did not manage to do accordingly to her wish, she was angry and cried in a corner. 公公 decided to ignore her as he felt that she was being ridiculous.

Thereafter, mama gotta do her routine visit to NTUC and asked Little Arielle to stay at home to take care of her 公公.

Guessed what's her reply?

LA: 不要!
Mama: 公公没有人照顾, 很可怜
LA: 你自己照顾他 lah, 他是你老公!

Faintz!

Pretend Play

Little Arielle just came up to me and insisted that I must "eat" the pizza that she has cooked!

Check out what other exotic items she can prepare!

Uploaded on 29 Jul 2009

[Afternote: Daddy wants Little Arielle to eat fried snails with ants hahaha]

Hear No Evil!

Look at her reaction when mama repeatedly asked her to take a shower!

*Nothing but mischievous act from her!* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

Later in the night, when we got home, XP was surfing net on his pc, he suddenly had the mood to sing. Once words came out from his mouth, Little Arielle did the same above action but this time round, it's on my ears :)

Hee, so I did the same and covered her ears from XP's singing.

Next, XP went to the washroom and both of our hands were away from each other's ears. Suddenly, out of the blue, Little Arielle covered my ears again for no apparent reason.

Here's what she said:

LA: 有人要唱了!
Me: *Scratch head* 是谁?
LA: Daddy lor!

Hmm, for a moment, I was wondering why she passed such a remark. I immediately broke into laughter when I heard XP singing on his way out of the washroom.

Great job, Little Arielle! You can really anticipate your daddy's actions! I was stunned hee! All 3 of us laughed heartedly!

Like That Also Can?

I was busy packing my things and needed more help than anything. Little Arielle was making my progress slower by disturbing me with her itchy hands.

However, I still acceded to her request when she wants me to take a picture of her "doing".

Though it's just simply placing her bear bear in front of 2 books, I still find it special and interesting cos it's done by my girl :)



*Little Arielle specially requested me to take a pic of the above* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

Giselle's Baby Shower

It felt like yesterday when I was just talking over the phone with Doris on the birth of Giselle and today, I am attending her baby shower!

I really envy her as she is blessed with 2 lovely kids :)

*Little Arielle stroking little Giselle* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

*Holding her little hand* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

*Presenting the gal of the day ~ Little Giselle* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

iPhone Kid

iPhone is the current dream phone that has been on my mind for a long time. However, I just couldn't bear to give up my existing phone. Since the existing phone is still functioning, I decided to KIV the purchase. Hmm, so coincidental that WX has bought the Gen2 iPhone and whenever he is home early, I will help myself to the games in the phone.

Apparently, someone else in the family has the same target as me:

*Beaming away....* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

And best of all, she enjoys snatching it from me and enjoying it by herself. However, today, she was kind to me. She laid down beside me and taught me how to play the games. And can you believe it, she was so much better than me! One of the games was to toss the waste paper into the basket and I could not believe my eyes when she managed to get a few pieces in. Faintz....

*My amazing gal....* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

2 Pretty Dresses

WX's China friend came over and stayed over at mama's house. Whenever he has friends coming over to stay, they never fail to buy things for Little Arielle.

This time round, she got 2 pretty dresses from WX's friend!

*Dresses from ZARA* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

Pretty?

TV is More Important!

So upset when I came to mama's house today. Little Arielle happily greeted her daddy. I purposely hid behind the door, hoping that she would come looking for me.

Arrgghhh, apparently, she did not! After she saw her daddy, she went back to watch her Tarzan vcd. LL, I had to walk inside myself and when I called her, she just acknowledged me and continued with her show.

With the lure of bread (bought from Holland V), she then came over to me. Cheh, I don't wanna let her eat!

But, I know later I will still let her eat....

New Set of Pyjamas

Mummy Me has been very conversative about spending recently. Probably there's nothing that really interests me!

Anyway, the main thing about this post is that I wanted to mention about the Gap pyjamas which I have bought from Mama Tong. Really fell in love with their pyjamas! Material is good and designs are nice.

Best of all, buy online saves you the trip of being crushed by aunties in shopping malls, more nice designs available and of course, not forgetting, the cheap price that we can get!

Hmm, even Little Arielle loves her new pyjamas!

*Smile until cannot see her eyes?* - Uploaded on 27 Jul 2009

I Regretted!

Some weeks back, my company had a contest where they wanted us to submit our family photo and they will pick the best 10 as winners. This contest came about as we did not have family day this year due to H1N1 flu virus.

I had wanted to submit the pic for the contest long ago. However, due to my heavy workload, I did not managed to do so until the deadline. Was unable to locate the softcopy of my studio photo. As such, I went to submit another one which I myself, already felt that the chances of winning are low. But I still went on to submit it. Well, results was out yesterday and as expected, I did not win.

Was upset yesterday about this but managed to get over it quickly. Alamak , who knows, early in the morning, Feli came over and told me, aiyah you should have submitted your studio pic! Sure win leh!

Those winners' pic, all cannot make it! Arrgghhh....stop rubbing into it!

Patience for Our Parents!

Chanced upon this touching video clip in my office forum and thought that it is something good to share since most of us are parents ourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNK6h1dfy2o

My thoughts after viewing:

Felt bad as I was guilty of such actions at times! This really serves as a reminder that we should be patient and kind to our parents at all times. Who knows, our kids will do that to us too. It would then be their turn to watch this clip :)

公公 Knows Best!

Was told by mama that Little Arielle was very greedy and insisted to watch her tv programme and vcd at the same time. This was possible as my mama's house has 2 tv, placed side by side. Mama told her off by saying that she would not be able to concentrate if she were to on both programmes at the same time. This naughty girl replied her with an answer that most of us could not guessed.

Only one person read her mind......

That person is none other than her 公公!

So when mama asked daddy, he guessed it right! Hmm say so much and I haven't reveal the answer hor. Here's her reply:

我用一只眼睛看这边, 一只眼睛看那边

Faintz!

Another Late Night!

Yah....it's late night working! Not shopping or playing hor! Apparently the Tue's project implementation wasn't successful. As such, we gotta try again this evening.

Thought that we could probably go back earlier this time round i.e. 10pm+ since we have done ample checks for the past few days after the unsuccessful checkout. Apparently, we were still on it at that time. Mood was slowly fading away as it was such a spoilt sport to be working that late on a Fri evening :(

But oh well, we were happy when the project was finally successfully completed at 11.30pm. Hmm, at least it was well-paid off compared to Tue. And of course, this time round, we were clever enough to have dinner first. Else, it's gonna be 2 hungry souls complaining throughout the nite!

XP was on auto gear this evening, sms me at 11pm+ to tell me that he is already waiting for me. He was lucky that he did not have to wait long. Heard Little Arielle's screams for me immediately when she spotted me. She was so excited to see me and that made me feel so touched!

Well, all the tiredness just vanished and I held her tightly in my arms. Family is afterall most important :)

No Day No Night!

Mummy Me has a project that needs to roll out tonight. As such, I wasn't able to go back on time with XP. He waited for me until 8pm+ and I realised that I am still stuck in office. In the end, decided to get him to go off first. Asked him to pick up Little Arielle and I will make my way home on my own later.


Managed to call her at about 10pm+ and apparently, I am still not able to go.

Guessed what! Only managed to leave at about 11.50pm because the project was unsuccessful and it was called off. We were all hungry, tired and upset :(

Worst of all, had to take cab home alone as XP was already fast asleep. Luckily he managed to wake up and open the door for me. Else I will be sleeping outside the house. Apparently, he said that his eyes were painful from the knock that day and dozed off while waiting for me. As for Little Arielle, she was already in dreamland long ago....Hmm din have a chance to hear her voice in person. So sad....

I'm 32nd Months Old!

Yup, my little girl is already 32 months old. Gone were the days when she was just a few days old. Getting naughtier as the days go by but quite fun I must say....

We din go out today except for breakfast. XP came back and slept for the whole afternoon. Guessed he must have been really tired out from yesterday's drive. So when he finally wokr up, we have already missed lunch. He ordered KFC and we were happily enjoying our food when they delivered. This is one of the greatest service available - Home Delivery :)

Thereafter, it rained heavily. Just a good time to sleep but got blogs to write and got work to do. How to sleep? Can only enjoy the nice cooling weather while working.

Happy 32nd month old! Let's look forward to the next month :)

The Second Try

It was yet another successful attempt when we managed to get Little Arielle to sleep on her own. Hmm, was it because she was so tired that she can't be bothered about it or she is really okie to sleep alone?

We shall wait and see....

BKT + MSW Trip

Hmm....must be wondering what does BKT and MSW stands for? It's Ba Kut Teh & Mao Shan Wang durian!!

Yes...this is the objective of our trip to Malaysia today! Woke up at 4am+, got everything ready and went to pick up my mama in Tampines. This is one of the very first time that we were so early. Reached the meet-up point ~ Woodlands Stadium at 6am when the official meet up time is 6.30am.

Slowly the other 9 cars started to arrive. Lucky for today, there wasn't much jam at the checkpoint.

1st stop ~ Qiang Kee Ba Kut Teh
Had a wonderful breakfast here and the place was really packed. Luckily we were early :)

2nd stop ~ Segamat Durian
This is our 2nd time to this durian plantation. Had some hiccups here when Little Arielle's pee overflowed her diaper. As a result, her car seat was wet and she couldn't sit inside. So I asked mama to let Little Arielle sit next to her so that her car seat can be dried under the sunlight. Next moment, Little Arielle said that she wants her milk. So I made her milk and suddenly, while drinking half-way, she vomitted all her food out! Oh my god! This is the first time she vomitted in the car! Luckily mama was around. And the destruction was still manageable. Quickly gave her wipes to clean up while I changed for Little Arielle. The reason for her puke was because XP was driving along those winding road. This did not happen before cos she was always in her car seat and so the centre of gravity was managed. So to prevent another occurence, we had no choice but to put her in her car seat. Used her blanket as the base and she slept on it. Luckily, the blanket was able to absorb her pee.

After her puke, I myself feel like puking too. Luckily, it did not took long for the feeling to go away. And finally, we reached the plantation after almost 3 hours of drive. And for the first time, lunch was filled with just durians and ice-cream. The owner was very generous with his durians and we ate a lot for free. Of course, we bought a lot back as well. Everyone was satisfied and I can see everyone smiling away. Soon, all those that could be eaten were eaten and packed.

We left the place at about 4pm+ and Todak, here we come! Todak is a popular seafood restaurant for the Cravers! Almost every other road trip, we will end up having dinner here. Their food was fresh and delicious! Simply yummy!

That was a great day spent! Having the company of Cravers and good food! Probably they are arranging the next trip again! Yippeee!!

Another Try

It was many months since Little Arielle slept on her own. The very last time, I remembered she would sleep on her own mattress every weekend. However, there was one time that she refused to do so. As such, we stopped forcing her and that continued for some time. It was until recently when XP decided to remove one of the small cupboards in the room that we had more moving space.

This little space was just nice for Little Arielle's mattress. Best of all, it is near the aircon, since she is always afraid of the heat. It took her a while before she was convinced to sleep on her own. Will continue with more tries so that she can get used to sleeping alone :)

Family Time is Important....

My ex-partner came to my partition and we were suddenly chatting on the topic of kids. She suddenly strike me with this sentence which I remembered very clearly: Kids were only young once. Again I felt guilty about not spending enough time with Little Arielle. Sometimes, I was so mean that I asked her to get lost. Arrgghhh what a bad mummy I was....

Trying my best to manage work and my family time.

Supermodel!

XP is up to something again. Decided to teach Little Arielle how to do catwalk! Hahaha, as if he really knows catwalk leh....

Uploaded on 03 Jul 2009

Loves to Pee?

Eversince Little Arielle was free from diapers (well, at least during the day), she is very onz when it comes to pee-ing. She seems to enjoy sitting on the toilet bowl and loves to flush! Sometimes, she would just tell you that she wants to pee but it was a hoax! Gotta waste my time bringing her to and fro. XP now clever liaoz! He would say this is my responsibility to bring her to the loo cos she is a girl! Faintz!

Peeing Into the Drain

Hee....this is the first time that I had to bring Little Arielle and let her pee in the drain. Quite pai seh leh! But bo pian wor....no toilet around and she needs to pee! Luckily it was dark and I was hiding behind XP's car hee.

Mind you, this girl's pee can really shoot far siaz. No wonder she always pee out of the toilet bowl and made me clean up her mess!

Brand New Car?

Finally, we can get back our car after 3 weeks of long wait. Really missed our car badly and was so excited to see it once again :)

From the outlook of it, the technician did a good job to bring back the glow. Not sure what they did but the interior had the smell of a brand new car. For a moment, it just felt like the day when we first got possession of the car. Hmm that was 24th Dec 2007.

Now, the next pending issue is the settlement of the claim. Hopefully we can win the case and move on....

Thoughtful Gal....

The first question that Little Arielle asked when we opened the gate was,"Daddy, are you okie?" Aiyo....this question just melts XP's heart. Although the day before, she was laughing at XP's misfortune, she totally changed today and was so sweet to XP.

Aiyah....no wonder they always say girls know how to "tei"

Where is Little Arielle?

Mama was looking for Little Arielle and couldn't find her in the house. We were guessing that she must be with WX. Shortly after, we received a call from Little Arielle and was asked to go to the balcony.

Hahaha, there she is! Playing with WX in the open field in front of my mama's house.

Uploaded on 28 Jun 2009

人见人爱

Little Arielle's PR skills were really good. So much so that everyone in NTUC Tampines just likes her! She was so sweet with her words and made an effort to remember those aunties/uncles that she saw.

No wonder she is always stuffed with chocolates and candies. This evening, when mama visited NTUC to buy 4D, the auntie there passed her a Pooh bear soft toy for Little Arielle. She was remembered even though she was not physically there with mama :)

*Such a cute soft toy!* - Uploaded on 28 Jun 2009

Good Acting Skills....

Little Arielle really made me feel that it is a waste not to send her for acting classes cos her acting skills were really good. The following is the enactment of her fall yesterday morning. I missed taking the second shot which was just before this. When I told her to re-enact the third time, apparently the quality wasn't as good. She was not so detailed liaoz :( Mama told me that her first scene was really dramatic. Arrgghhh, stop rubbing into it! Anyway, this is better than nothing :)

Uploaded on 28 Jun 2009

Oh yah, if for some reasons, you couldn't make out what is happening. Please see the following description:

Basically, she was getting ready for bath when she fell from the vanity top. Hurt her head and spine and thank god that she is okie. Really thank god for watching over her cos her blur parents always cannot make it. Remember the last round she was almost drowned? Yah, my doing....

Multi-Tasking Skills

I very much believe that this set of skills must have been inherited from Mummy ME!

I was indeed amazed with Little Arielle today. I was chatting with her and half way through the conversation, she actually heard mama saying that she is going out and upon hearing that, she immediately went walking behind her.

Well, the conclusion is, either she is not listening to me or she has multi-tasking skills like ME! Hmm, I chose to believe the latter option :)

Expensive Service Recovery....

or perhaps to them, it's not x at all?

Few months back, we bought our bedframe and sofa set from Lorenzo. Both sets were specially customised to our liking and as a result, we have to pay extra 20% for this customisation. Finally, after waited for about 1month+, the furniture arrived.

We were disappointed cos the customisation wasn't properly done despite specific instructions given. Visuals were also given to ensure that everyone is clear about the design. Apparently, something went wrong somewhere.

We were told that they need another 1 more month to get that resolved. We wasn't really happy that we had to wait further. In the end, in order to pacify us, they decided to give us a set of bedsheet. We will be happier if they are going to give us a price discount instead of a bedsheet set which I have a few new ones sitting at home waiting for me. Nonetheless, it's better than nothing.

We were told to pick up the free bedsheet set some time ago but it kept slipping off XP's mind. At last, he remembered to do so today. The first thing that caught Little Arielle's eyes was the colourful balloons. Immediately, the salesgirl took one for her. Next, we were told which are the sets that we can choose, I was shocked to see the expensive price tag. Most of the sets were at least $200+. It will be sold at this price if you purchase their beds from them. Else, retail price is about $500+. For a moment, I thought to myself, are the sets really worth that price or they jacked it up so as to maintain a certain standard. In any case, who cares since I got myself a free set. Chose a sweet pink set which I quite like it a lot. I supposed we will use this as the first set for my new bed :)

Almost Diaper Free Day!

Finally Little Arielle has the chance to wear the training pants which I have bought for her many months ago. Apparently it has been sitting in the warerobe as she was relunctant to tell us when she wants to pee. Well, I don't have the time and energy to force her into it and I just let nature took its own course.

Hmm, eventually, what will happen will happen :) Today, I managed to let her go without diaper during the time when she was awake. She was able to inform me way in advance when she wants to pee. Next challenge will be to train her during her nap time to wake up and pee.

Blessed Are Our Kids....

Chanced upon this BP which took the initiative to raise funds for this little gal called Charmaine. Hmm, for a moment, felt that I was pretty ignorant about what is going on in the society cos I din know the story of Charmaine. Even XP knew about about Charmaine.

For those who is as ignorant as me, this little girl actually has cancer and is already in the 4th stage. Chances of survival is 50%~50%. Her mother would like to seek treatment in US but they required 350K USD as upfront deposit. As such, they are frantically trying to raise funds so that Charmaine is able to seek treatment overseas.

Most of the major forum pages are helping her to raise funds. I also wants to do my part for her cos as a mother, I understand how it feels when our kids are sick and especially upset when she is struck by such a disease at this tender age.

We are really fortunate that our kids are healthy. Really must thank god for it :)

Let the Pumping Begins....

Hmm....Little Arielle suddenly were on her fours and ready to start her pumping exercise. Hahaha, of course XP is better than her. Check it out:

Uploaded on 22 Jun 2009

Is Sorry A Sacred Word?

I was watching tv when the corner of my eye caught Little Arielle performing a rude act! She just snatched the book from my granny while my granny was reading it. I immediately told her to apologise for what she has done and she simply refused to do so.

XP was alerted and sensing that he was coming towards Little Arielle, she quickly took her steps but was still too slow for him. XP grabbed her and insisted her to apologise. She was given warning that if she is not going to do so, she would be beaten.

Apparently, that did not stopped her from being stubborn. She just refused to give in and started crying as if the whole world has done her wrong! Faintz!

In the end, I tried to talk nicely to her to get her to apologise and I had to repeat myself a few times before she apologised in her tears. When I tried to explain where she has gone wrong, she ignored me and ran to her gong gong! Arrrgghhh....And guessed what? She told her gong gong that XP beat her when that did not happened at all.

Best of all, she said she don't have a book to read. Well, trying to explain that it was right for her to snatch as she doesn't have a book.

Cannot believe how unreasonable kids nowadays can be! Think our parenthood days ahead aint gonna be easy! Sigh....

Peeing into the Toilet Bowl!

Little Arielle's diaper was so full that it overflew. XP told her that he would change for her but apparently, his eyes were still stuck to his pc. As such, Little Arielle was not changed. Din know that she had so much urine until she pee-ed on the floor. So I wiped once and still did not change her. Bad mummy hor hee. Within a few minutes, she pee-ed on the floor again!! Arrgghhh why cannot pee all at the same time??

So I proceed to clean up her pee again. Finally, the 3rd time, she decided to tell me that she wants to pee in advance. So I got her to hold her pee for a few seconds and placed her on the toilet bowl.

Wow wow, this is the first time that I personally experienced this. She successfully pee-ed into the toilet bowl. For the past few times, even though she told me she wanted to pee, nothing came out when she was being placed on the toilet bowl!

Is this the start of her toilet training? Got a bit of chance leh hee!

She & Her Reasons!

Little Arielle made a mess and refused to keep her "toys" (actually it's my mama's tupperware). What she was made to keep again by my mama, she said that her gong gong is not walking in that direction. Which means, it's okie for the items to be lying around cos her gong gong will not walk there and therefore will not kick the items!

Wat biangz, what a lame reason! In any case, she finally decided to keep and while doing so, she kept staring and blinking eyes at me to express her unhappiness!

*The mess created by Little Arielle* - Uploaded on 18 Jun 2009

Reading Time!

WX was home early this evening. He was reading the papers on the mattress when Little Arielle came and laid next to him. WX then decided to read aloud and asked Little Arielle to repeat after him. Hmm, not bad leh! My brother can be a teacher. At least Little Arielle wants to listen to him :)

*Learning time* - Uploaded on 16 Jun 2009

A Little Swell

First thing that mama told me when I entered her house was that Little Arielle fell today while trying to chase after my granny. Aiyo, really got the characteristics of a boy. Likes to play with ball and chase people around.

*Hmm, the swell is not so obvious on photo* - Uploaded on 08 Jun 2009

But then hor, come to think of it, she is also like a girl cos recently, she fell in love with Barbie dolls. Hmm I don't remember playing that at such a young age! Well, at least that is something to keep her still for a while :)

Striptease?

Woke up in the morning and was shocked to see Little Arielle only the buff with only her diaper on. Was scratching my head and was wondering what has happened?

Went to check with XP if he had contributed anything to it and he said that he was innocent. He said that he saw Little Arielle taking off her pyjamas which we gathered that it was due to the hot weather.

Usually, we would off the air-con after a few hours and switch on the fan instead. I guessed the fan was not powerful enough for her and she felt more shiok sleeping without her clothes.

Buay tahan her! Since young, she has been afraid of the heat. Jiat lard liaoz. Next time, when shift over to our new house, sure gonna spend a lot on electricity!

Housewarming Session....

Was at home the whole day just waiting for a housewarming session to commence at 5pm. The long awaited housewarming session is finally here. Well, it's not our house but rather it's Ah Hoon's house :) How ironic! She was one of the few who got the keys and renovated much later than me but in the end, she has already moved in and I am still stuck somewhere....

Anyway, back to her house. Really love her place! Big, airy and cosy! Wow, what more can you ask in life? Well, don't think I will have the chance in this life to stay in a landed. Can only live to envy others.

Little Arielle and the kids were enjoying themselves in this big compound. Really seems to be a mini childcare centre.

*Playing happily with balls* - Uploaded on 08 Jun 2009

*Wow, so many options* - Uploaded on 08 Jun 2009

*Next, a manual car* - Uploaded on 08 Jun 2009

*She simply loves this manual car! Hmm, can consider buying for our new house!* - Uploaded on 08 Jun 2009

We stayed for about 1 hour + before we make our way home to watch Night at the Museum!

A Failure Indeed!

I always felt bad and guilty after scolding or smacking Little Arielle. However, I just found it hard to stop this action of mine. She is simply too nerve-breaking for us! Either she cannot stop touching everything in the house, or she is just too hyper active.

Often, I found myself screaming my head off during the weekend. It is indeed tiring. I seems to be working 24/7.

Come to think of it, I do find myself a failure. Not being able to juggle well between family and work. Is it because I am not disciplined enough or something is just not right.

Just felt upset with myself! Little Arielle doesn't deserve all these. She should have two lovely parents showering all the attention on her during weekends, compensating for the loss of companionship during weekdays.

Kept thinking to myself what can be done? I need time to sleep, time to rest, time to play and time to relax!

The $5 Mark

Well, Little Arielle kena again! All bashed up by XP yesterday. He was so mad with her when she was rude and hit him. Really cannot understand why she cannot be obedient leh.

His strokes must be so firm that the "$5" mark is still visible today!

One of Her Vain Acts!

Decided it was too boring to stay at home (din wanna repeat the same doing) and the weather made it frustrating to be home.

So after breakfast, we went over to Vivo City. Hmm....been a while since we last visited Vivo City.

Went past Espirit and Little Arielle insisted that she wanted to go into the boutique. So this is the reason why she wanted to go in:

*First piece of clothes* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

*Second piece of clothes* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

*Third piece of clothes* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

*Same piece of clothes as the third one* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

After she is finally done with showing off in front of the mirror, we wanted to visit the Pet Safari in Vivo City. Went through the other route and chanced upon this status. Think it was known as the Kindness Lion? Anyway, nevermind, just take a pic first :)

*Taken out in the hot sun!* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

Yummy Dried Scallops!

Just walked out of my room and was "hi-jacked" by my MIL. Hmm....in my mind, I was thinking if she has found something to scold me again?

Well, it turned out to be something good! She wanted to give me some dried scallops so that it can be used to cook Little Arielle's porridge. Had wanted to do this eversince Little Arielle took solid food. Hee, that means it was 2 years back. Apparently, this lousy mummy did not do so. But, it's late than never!

Check this out:



*Dried scallops for Little Arielle's porridge* - Uploaded on 25 May 2009

EQ Answers

Was on our way home after a satisifed dinner - Hoe Nam Big Prawn Noodle. While in the car, a question suddenly struck me and I asked Little Arielle the following:

Me: You like Daddy or Mummy?
LA: I like Daddy & Mummy!

Me: Daddy nicer or Mummy nicer?
LA: Daddy nicer, Mummy nicer, Gong gong nicer, Da Jiu nicer....
[She just meant everyone is nice]

Not bad siaz, so young already know how to package her answer. Perhaps Mummy Me should learn more from her!

So Many Requests!

Little Arielle was made to sleep on her own bed. Apparently, she was very reluctant to do so. As such, she tried to be farnie by making so many requests!

Me: Go and sleep
LA: I want to drink milk milk
[Made milk & gave it to her]
[After she finished her milk....]
Me: You can go and sleep
LA: I want tissue to wipe my mouth
[Request granted]
LA: Mummy, read books
[Read 2 stories for her]
Me: Go and sleep
LA: Mummy, I want to drink water
[Request granted]
[After drinkng....]
LA: Mummy, got gar gar in my nose
[Helped her with her nose shit....]
LA: Mummy, my bed bed got hair
[Removed all the hair for her....very fed up at this point liaoz!]
LA: Mummy, I havent kiss you
Me: Okie....
LA: Mummy, you havent kiss me
[Done as requested]
LA: Mummy, you did not say good night, Arielle, Xiao Gong Zhu
[Okie, I do]

Finally, she decided to sleep after torturing me for almost 45 mins to 1 hr! Faintz!

A Ray of Hope

At long last, we finally saw a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. Hee hee, talk so much but actually I was just informed by mama that Little Arielle finally decided to open her mouth to tell her that she wants to poo poo at the toilet bowl.

And yes, it's not empty promises but she really did her business at the toilet bowl. Hmm...please continue to do so so that I can save on diapers.

Other kids, some of her same age and some who are even younger were already toilet trained. She is really slow in this aspect. But well, as a mother, I did not really force her but rather I let her decide for herself when she wants to be diaper free :)

Oh, She Remembered!

I was very busy with work and purposely told Little Arielle to go to bed. Well, I was in fact, trying to test to see if she would insist on me reading her bedtime stories again.

Oh she did remember and as usual, requested me to read to her. Greedy one wanted me to read 4 books to her. Wow wow, that's too much for me!

Told her that I will do so tomorrow night and she agreed to my proposal.

Read 2 stories to her and off she goes to bed! Seems like it is becoming a habit :)

Bedtime Stories!

It started on Monday when Little Arielle suddenly wanted me to read before her bed. I was thinking how come there is the sudden interest in wanting me to tell her bedtime stories.

Well, I thought that it would just be a one-off activity and did not expect it to recur. It took me by surprise when this slowly became a habit.

As such, for the past few nights, I have been reading to her. She seems to enjoy it very much which made me feel good. Well, at least she wants to hear my voice before her bedtime. It also gives me a chance to bond with her. To me, it is just a 15 minutes break from work. However, to her, she really looked forward to her bedtime stories.

Hopefully, it is an ongoing habit for her. I am most willing to be her story-teller :)

Little Arielle's Favourite Fruit!

is the King of Fruits ~ Durian!

Was glad that she has the same taste bud as us as it is a happy moment to enjoy good food together!

XP was just causally asking if she wanted to eat durian and her answer was spontaneous!

As such, XP just bought a box for us to ease the crave! Yummy yum yum! This box of 5 pieces was gone in a few minutes. We will go for more! Believe me!!

*Normal durian but taste as good!* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*Enjoying the great tasting fruit!* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

The Packing Continues....

Sad to say, yesterday's packing wasn't over yet and we gotta continue with it today. We were on it straight after breakfast. It's another 5 hours of hard work but this time round, it was more tedious cos I kena flu from it. Dun worry, it's not swine flu but it was a result of the dusty environment. But then again, it wasn't that dusty. Not sure how it happen but it just felt terrible. I still tried to do a bit and luckily, managed to pack up my 7 boxes of clothes. Hee....so many boxes hor. I want to go on diet so that I can fit in those clothes and be as beautiful as my girl.

Anyway, this is the achievement for the day:

*So many boxes of clothes!* - Uploaded on 04 May 2009

*2 stacks of drawers brought over from my Punggol house* - Uploaded on 04 May 2009

*Another 2 more stacks of drawers. All self-assembled by XP* - Uploaded on 04 May 2009

And the verdict is ~ we are not done yet....have to continue for the next few weekends. Hopefully, the flu bug is not coming after me else I will have difficulties to continue with it!

Money Faced Gal??

Nope, it's credit card faced gal!

XP just got this cute mini credit card sample from DBS bank and Little Arielle is having fun with it!
*I love credit cards!* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

It's Labour Day!

It's indeed labour day for us as we finally got down to packing. Many of my friends and colleagues have been asking me when would I be shifting to my new house. Some even thought that I have already shifted. Well, well, I'm still stuck at my PIL's place. Reason being we were just too tired from work during weekend and just want to relax during the weekend.

Well, XP decided that it was time for us to start doing something. Hmm, someone gotta start the ball rolling. So we put our hands to work right after the registration for the Shin Min Fun Drive.

Finally, after 5 hours of packing, we filled up 3 boxes of soft toys and 2 boxes of bags. It was too tiring and we decided to stop for the day. Of course, it's not just putting the stuff into boxes. We also took this opportunity to see if there were anything that could be disposed.

Sent these 5 boxes of stuff + 2 boxes of toiletries and 1 box of kitchenware to our new house in the evening.

*3 boxes of soft toys (right) + 2 boxes of bags (left)* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*2 boxes of toiletries* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

Shall continue part 2 tomorrow....

May Day Special ~ Shin Min Fun Drive

What should you be doing on a public holiday?? Sleep late right??

But apparently, this is not the case for the Tan Family! Little Arielle was pulled out of her cosy bed at about 7am. Hmm, what are we up to early in the morning??

Check this out!

*The queue before us* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

Wow, that seems to be a lot of people and hmm....they seems to be queueing up! Yes, you are right. We were up and early to queue up for the Shin Min Fun Drive to Genting. It was recommended by one of the CRaVers Club member, Sim who had joined their drive last year. He told us that it was very fun and there were about 300 vehicles which took part in the drive last year. Wow, that's a lot of cars! The only drawback was that you would have to queue up early in the morning to get yourself registered. He mentioned that last year, some of them even queued overnight to make sure that they get themselves a seat. Huh, so exaggerating??

Anyway, we were not planning to do that. Instead, we decided to go earlier in the morning. Registration started at 9am and we were there at about 7.20am. Not sure if it is because of swine flu, the crowd was not that promising. As such, we managed to grab ourselves a seat. One other club member was already there and Sim came by a while later.

Hmm, we got a good 1.5 hour to while our time so all of us just gathered around to chit chat. Luckily, Little Arielle wasn't difficult to manage during this period. Took the chance to snap some shots of her:

*Her ever sweet smile* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*Yeah....I'm going overseas again!* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*Seen with her little fan* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*Thinking of something?* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

*The difference between early and late* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009

It's 8.30am+ and those who came later were not given VIP treatment i.e. gotta sit on the floor. Hmm, being early is still advantagaous after all.

Anyway, registration started exactly at 9am. First, we were asked which package we were taking i.e. how many pax to a room and we were given a choice between First World Hotel and Theme Park Hotel. The initial plan is to choose First World Hotel as it was nearer to the theme park. However, we were told that they were only able to offer single beds and in the end, we chose Theme Park Hotel. It costs $388 for a room for 2 pax and it's a 3D2N event in June. Everything was completed at about 9.30am and off we went for our breakfast! Hungry siaz!

*The counter which we made our payment* - Uploaded on 03 May 2009