Squirrel?

Mummy Me finally got to register for Little Arielle's art class. Her official lesson will start on 6 Aug (hahaha, gotta miss the first lesson as we would be overseas). For 12 lessons, Passion Card members would need to pay $60 and non-members would pay $65.

After registering for it, we proceeded to attend the non-official lesson (since the teacher asked us to come hee, so it's FOC lor!). Today's theme is squirrel. Mummy Me was excited cos Little Arielle is fully equipped today with pencil, eraser, sharpener, apron, drawing paper and of course, her crayons. Ahh, teacher mentioned that I should be getting oil based crayons instead. Shit man....need to re-buy again! Anyway, it took Little Arielle a very long time to draw the squirrels, with pockets of time trying to laze! That pissed me off a little! Not sure why she was a bit listless today. Hmm, is it because the earlier fun at Ikea has drained some of her energy away?

Finally, the draft is out after 1.5hrs! Hmm, doesn't look like squirrel to me leh! Looks more like mouse with fat tail!

*The draft without the colours* - Uploaded on 25 Jul 2010

Then, her colouring took another 1hr! Yes....we already exceeded the time by half an hour!

*Colours by Little Arielle, with Mummy Me's help here and there* - Uploaded on 25 Jul 2010

Lastly, Mummy Me adding the final touch to it by helping her with the outline.

*Finally, the completed piece after 1 hr 30 mins!* - Uploaded on 25 Jul 2010

Ahhh....left the class at 9.40pm and apparently, we are the last to go. Not sure if it is because there were so many things to draw and colour that slowed down the process. Anyway, I have decided to go earlier next week so that we hoped that we would not be the last to go. So pai seh that the teacher gotta 'OT' for 40 mins!

Gong Gong's Lunar Birthday

We celebrated Daddy's lunar birthday today....It's a simple fare since there's only 4 of us + Little Arielle. Furthermore, we have already celebrated it at a restaurant on his actual date.

The simple fare is at a kopitiam in Tampines. While waiting for our food, took the chance to take pic of Little Arielle and gong gong!

*Smiling sweetly with gong gong!* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010

*Farnie look 1* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010
*Farnie look 2* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010
*Farnie look 3* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010

Check out the variety of dishes that we had!

*Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010*

*Birthday cake from the Pattisseur, $37 for 6" Melurie cake* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010

*The birthday song* - Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010

*Uploaded on 22 Jul 2010*

Blessed is My Kid....

Chanced upon someone's blog and this person was talking about the recent YOG ad. I clicked to view the link -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWx47qeCqyk and found the ad to be very familiar (think I seen part of it on tv).

After viewing the whole video, I really felt so fortunate to have a healthy sweet daughter.

Nothing else beats a healthy kid....

Sleeping Early

For the past 2 nights (inclusive today), we were home early as mama did not cook dinner. That means Little Arielle can sleep early too!

I took this chance to make her go to bed at 9pm and great! She was able to fall asleep. Hopefully in time to come, this would make her dark circles less obvious!

Missing Her....

Probably it's because I have spent the whole of yesterday with Little Arielle, it made me miss her so much today....

Arrgghhh, can't wait to go home and see my little daling!

Completed On Time!

Hee....at last, there is one piece of homework that Little Arielle can complete on time and submit on time :P

Just realised this afternoon that she has a piece of work that needs to be submitted tomorrow. Luckily, it's just colouring and not some craft work that requires me to do again.

So after eating the horrible macroni, I got Little Arielle to work on it. Almost couldn't submit on time cos 2 boxes of colour pencils did not WORK! No matter how hard I tried to colour, the colour just din come out! Sigh....no wonder there's a saying that goes,"一分钱, 一分货!" Those cheapo colour pencils that I got for $2 just CMI! Luckily, there's one other box that made it. Else, cannot submit the work on time again....

So I left Little Arielle to work on it on her own and I was surprised by the speed of her work. And yes, the result is satisfying too. I just helped her to touch up a bit :P Hmm, afterall, she did not always make me angry hee....

*Happily colouring the pic and her colour combi is quite good :P* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010
*Proudly showing the completed work!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

Nothing But A Failed Attempt!

Since it was just the two of us, Mummy Me decided to cook Hello Kitty macroni for Little Arielle. Hmm....this is something that XP doesn't really fancy. As such, can only cook when he is not in hee.

The first thing that got me really pissed off was the stupid can opener! It's useless being a sophiscated equipment when it is so difficult to use. It took me over 10 minutes to just open a stupid can of mushroom!! Felt like giving up but had to continue because there is already a hole in the can!

Finally, I managed to open the stupid can and was cutting the mushrooms! Little Arielle was so sweet to ask me to be careful not to cut my fingers. Yeah....started to fry the mushrooms.

*Frying mushroom with garlic* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

Next, added in the mushroom sauce ->

*Mushroom with tomato based mushroom sauce* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

Thereafter, I just pour over the sauce on my pre-cooked macroni. Check out the cute Hello Kitty design and flower.
*Looks not bad right?* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

So I scooped into Little Arielle's bowl and she started to take the first taste.

*Nice?* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

Sigh....just when I thought it should taste okie but I was totally wrong :( The sauce was so sour that I couldn't take it down my throat. Little Arielle didn't even want to eat her favourite mushrooms!

It tasted so awful that I decided to throw it away. Sigh....what a waste of effort and time :(

New Love!

Recently, we bought a dvd which featured this new character called Heffalump with Winnie and Friends. Ahhh....this new character is so cute that even Mummy Me loves it!

For those who don't know what is it, it's actually a cute purple elephant! Little Arielle loves it too and even know that Heffalump likes people to call her Lumpy!



Ahhhh....cute right!!

Passion Card Application

If there isn't any discounts for Little Arielle's art class, Mummy Me would not have applied for the Passion Card. Actually it's quite cheap. Just need to pay $12 for a period of 5 years and there will be discounts for the courses taken at the CC. I have also included Little Arielle as the supplementary card holder since it's free for kids below 18. What's more, I was quite pleased to get the following gift ->

*Pink Fila bag! Nice!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

After submitting my application, I was told that I can only register Little Arielle for her art class next week as the schedule is not out yet. Hmm....need to make another trip to the office liaoz....

It's Chicken Today!

Little Arielle was still running a slight fever and I asked if she wants to go for her art class. She firmly told me a Yes! Was very pleased with the kind of enthusiam that I saw in her. Even though I gotta double up as the teacher in class. It is all worth the while!

*I like the high level of concentration displayed in her :)* - Uploaded on 17 Jul 2010
*Tada! The completed masterpiece!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2010

Left Handers R Cleverer?

Collected Little Arielle's studio pic earlier on and saw the photographer's kid using right hand to write and I was so envious.

Guessed what....the photographer was telling me that she was trying very hard to get her son to use his left hand instead of his right hand. She said that left handers are cleverer as they know how to use the other side of the brain.

Hmm....so is my girl really cleverer??

Make Up Artist?

Mama was very angry and I could hear her scolding Little Arielle when I was at the gate. Found out from her that she played with liquid soap and made her whole leg wet. In addition, she went to use a marker and tried to draw her brows!

Wat biangz....she is really a vainpot lor! Hmm....is she practising to be a make up artist?

*Her fake brows drawing on her left brow* - Uploaded on 14 Jul 2010

Gong Gong's Birthday 2010

It's daddy's birthday today and we had a family dinner at Dian Xiao Er! This is the second time this month that we ate at Dian Xiao Er! Their duck is simply yummy! But the aircon there was very strong and mama is down with flu. Guessed she did not really enjoy the dinner. But, nevermind, got a second round this Saturday cos HDD will be joining us :P

Check out the nice food that we had ->

*Uploaded on 14 Jul 2010*

Finally Realised....

I think I am one silly Mummy who doesn't have basic knowledge or common sense! It was until I was coughing myself that I realised that sleeping in air-con room would make things worst! I was so naive to think that the air-con's air is clean and so that air should not cause irritation to the throat.

Ahhh....it was only today that Feli explained to me and I understood that the air would make our throat dry and therefore, it will cause irritation easily.

No wonder, Little Arielle and myself did not cough as badly when I did not turn on the air-con last night.

Bo pian....now must tahan the heat and only on the fan. Else, we won't want to be sick babies when we are on our trip!

Chill Out @ T3

It was really a hot day! So much so that we just felt like enjoying the aircon somewhere! So in the end, XP decided to drive to the airport!

Wow, it was so crowded at the airport! Hmm, everyone is here for free aircon?? Anyway, we had our dinner there and walked round the airport before going home :P

Check out the pic ->

*Uploaded on 14 Jul 2010*

Sneak Preview....

Mummy Me switched my hp to silent mode as we were in a movie. After shutting down and preparing to go to sleep, I remembered about my hp and decided to check if anyone was looking for me.

I saw Astin's sms which mentioned that she saw Little Arielle's pic in DreamGarden thread. Without hesitation, I immediately went to on my pc as it is not possible for me to wait until daybreak to check. Hee....I was too excited!

I went into DreamGarden Studio's website and I was unable to load the gallery page using my office notebook. Tried to load it using my own notebook and it din work too. Arrgghhh....got so frustrated leh!

In the end, when I looked at the message again....I realised that it was in SMH thread and not in their website! Arrgghhh stupid me! Waste my time for nothing leh!

Anyway, here's the 2 chio pic that I saw on the thread -> http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/450761/3541489.html?1278732502

*Sweet smile that goes a long way to melt everyone's hearts!* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

*She loves to nui lai nui qu* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

Toy Story 3

This is by far the 2nd movie that we brought Little Arielle to watch, with Alice in Wonderland being the first.

Hmm....she was pretty excited about the movie and I thought that everything would be fine i.e. she will watch patiently throughout....

The cinema at AMK hub was extremely cold. Even though Little Arielle had her sweater on, I kinda feel that she was still cold cos Mummy Me is feeling the freeze! So from her own seat, it did not take long before she started squeezing herself on my lap.

I guessed the cold wind made her cough badly in the theater and perhaps that's the reason why she became fidgety around mid of the show and wanted to go home. Luckily, we managed to convince her to continue watching. And she managed to laugh heartily at those farnie scenes.

What 'inspired' me at the end of the show is that, Little Arielle should continue to have her bear bear, even though it might not be as white and nice when she first had it in Nov 2007. Ahhhh....the bear bear is gonna turn 3 this year :P

It should be something that she can have it as memory and should continue to have it! What a sweet relationship that is!

P.S.: I found the movie to be nice and farnie! You should catch it if you have yet to do so!

Informal Audition

The long awaited audition is finally here! After so many rounds of reschedule, we are finally gonna meet up with Andrea from Impact Models!

It was an informal session where she explained to us how her company operates. She interacted with Little Arielle and Little Arielle tried to do a round of catwalk for her to see. When she tried to teach her the right way, Little Arielle was able to follow instructions. And so Andrea felt that she could give it a try :)

So, there goes my $180! I signed her up for photoshoot lesson (3 lessons niaz) and if she is able to take in instructions, I will top up for her to attend the catwalk class. Although it seemed to be a lot of $$ but at least it gives Little Arielle a chance to gain exposure. Just want to leave some memories in her childhood. At least, Mummy Me wasn't given such an opportunity!

Andrea mentioned that Little Arielle is suitable cos she is quite fair and has long hair. She told us that if there is any visible cuts to her exterior outlook, her company needs to be informed. So from now onwards, Little Arielle gotta take good care of her looks!

So, we will wait for class to be completed, take her professional photos and see if there is any jobs for her. Well, with so many other potential models, I think her chance is slim but nothing venture, nothing gains! So just give it a try :P

Art Class @ Joo Chiat CC

Yes....today is the day that Little Arielle would be assessed by the trainer and that would decide if she is able to proceed with her art class!

After the rush to redeem the Sesame Stress Live Show tickets, Mummy Me gotta rush down to Joo Chiat CC to meet the art class trainer. We were told by the receptionist that we could just pop into the class to take a look.

The class had about 10 - 15 students and all of them were quietly seated and concentrating on their drawings. I approached the teacher and told him our situation. The first question that came to me was that, is she able to sit still? Ermmm, that's a good question. Frankly speaking, I do not know if Little Arielle is able to sit still.

Before I could answer his question, he asked Little Arielle to sit down and he brought out a piece of paper and a pencil. He asked Little Arielle if she does drawing at home and if she knows how to draw. Little Arielle gave me a feeling that she was very scared and doesn't seem to want to continue. The teacher then started to draw rabbits on the paper and asked Little Arielle to do the same. Huh, in my heart, I was thinking,"Are you sure she can just draw like that?" She did not have any basic skills at all leh!

I was surprised that Little Arielle could really draw something out leh! The teacher said,"Everyone can draw, just a matter whether it's nice or not. We should practise drawing everyday and not only once a week!"

I stayed besides her and tried to guide her as much as possible, of course bearing in mind the trainer's teachings.

*Seriously doing the work properly* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

After the sketches were completed, the trainer let her colour with crayons. Initially, I thought that the assessment is only for a few minutes. Never did I expect it to last until 9pm (end of class). Faintz....I have yet to have dinner :(

*Putting on her favourite colour* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010
*Yet to finish....* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

Here's the completed work! Throughout the class, the trainer did not mention about allowing Little Arielle in class. I had to ask the question so that I know if I can register her for it. Yes, the trainer said Yes and was so kind to ask us to come by for the next lesson too. This means, we have unknowingly 'earned' 2 free lessons cos the new schedule actually starts on 23 Jul!

*She did the drawing by herself. Trainer coloured the butterfly and I helped with the outline of the rabbit :) Not bad hor for a first timer!* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

After the class, Little Arielle kept asking me when is the next lesson and showed enthusiam in attending the next class. Hmm....she did not have such reaction when we attended Little Notes. Does it mean to say that she really has an interest in drawing? Oh well....hopefully it's really an interest of her! We shall see in the next few weeks!

Mad Rush!

Mummy Me continued my Motherhood magazine subscription when I went to their roadshow last month. As I did the renewal during the last day of the roadshow, they gave an extra ticket for the Sesame Street Live Show. We were given the following tickets and were supposed to redeem the actual tickets from 07 Jul onwards.

*The voucher for redemption* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

The redemption time was available from 9am to 6pm (Mon to Fri) and 9am to 1pm (Sat). As I would be busy for the next few weekends, I have decided to do the redemption today.

Just when I thought that I can leave on the dot and reach the destination on time, something cropped up in office and I gotta stay for a while. In the end, I only managed to leave at 5.45pm. XP told me that it is not possible to reach in 15 minutes and suggested that I call and check if the person in charge could wait for me for a while.

I made the call and was happy that the person agreed. At least, I don't have to find another time to run this errand :P

Finally found the building and collected the tickets. I thanked the person and kena suan-ed!

Me: Hey, thanks for waiting for me :P
PIC: Oh, I wasn't waiting for you. I need to stay back to clear some work

Wat biangz....made me so lao kui! I showing my appreciation, she saying feng liang hua!

Suan le....important thing is that I got the tickets! Now waiting to watch on 11 Sep, 7pm :P


*Yeah....counting down to the live show :)* - Uploaded on 11 Jul 2010

2nd Opinion

Hmm....expensive medication doesn't work for Little Arielle. Apparently, the medication that she took from her PD (since young) doesn't seem to cure her chronic cough that has been on since Jan 10.

Mama was worried as her cough worsen these few days. As such, she took her to my family doctor and the total cost was only $33. Hopefully, she can recover this time round and be healthy during our overseas trip this month end....

Art Class for Little Arielle

For the past 1 week, Mummy Me was searching for Children's Art class which I wanted to enrol Little Arielle into. I saw some of the CCs offering classes for 4 years and above and some had it for 5 years and above. What was annoying was that, those near to either mama's house or my house did not offer for Little Arielle's age group. I emailed to PA to express my unhappiness and apparently, they did not mention any solution. Even though there are other private schools teaching kids how to draw, I wanted to start with a cheap one since I do not know if Little Arielle is interested in it!

In the end, I continued my search until I chanced upon one that did not state any age requirement! The timing was good (Fri: 7.30pm to 9pm) and it was near my place! I quickly made a call to the CC and was disappointed when the person on the line told me that the trainer needs the students to be at least 5 years and above. I questioned her on this requirement and she mentioned that kids below 5 might not have the patience to sit quietly and draw.

While I agree with her, I was hoping that there could be some exceptions. She was nice and suggested that I could bring Little Arielle to the class this Friday for the trainer to assess her. Hmm, it's worth a try but I will bring her down next Friday since I had something on this Friday.

Good luck to us!

My Guess is Right!

Woke up early in the morning and the first thing to do was to check the phone number of the photo centre. Arrgghhh they are only open at 9.30am.

Finally, waited until their opening hours and quickly gave them a call. Was so glad to hear that they indeed found a red 4GB memory card. I was quite certain that it's mine.

Immediately, my mood changed for the better! I was able to rest my mind :)

STM in Action :(

The unfortunate thing was discovered at Wendy's house and it really spoilt my mood thoroughly :(

I wanted to show Wendy and Donna the pic that Little Arielle took while wearing the Snow White costume. Took out my old camera and realised that the pic was not inside. When I opened it up, I realised that the memory card is GONE!! And the best part is, I have yet to upload the pic into my pc. I really feel like killing myself :( Searched through my whole bag hoping that it would drop out from somewhere but it din :(

I tried to recall and remembered that the last time I took out the card was yesterday, when I need to insert the card into the photo machine at Parkway Parade. I think I forgot to remove it after I selected the pic for developing.

However, I could not be certain because if I really left it there, the staff should have informed me about it when I went back for the collection of my photos. Arrghhh did I drop it somewhere? I really don't know :(

I came back home and tried to search the other possible areas i.e. pockets of my pants but found nothing. XP also mentioned that he did not have it with him. Had wanted to call the photo centre but they were already closed for the day. Hmm, if it is really not there, I was wondering if the pic are still in their machine since I have 'downloaded' it there?

There's no use thinking about it but to contact them tomorrow. Got no mood to do other things and I decide to go and sleep!

Rescheduled....

Aiyah....supposed to have the audition today but one of the staff called and informed me that it has to be rescheduled as the person in charge is down with fever :(

Hmm....luckily the rescheduled date is only a week later!

Looking forward to 3rd Jul....

Swee....

Yeah! That's the most appropriate word to describe!! I finally got the pic developed at Parkway and the first thing that I did when I got home was to have it placed in the photo frame.
*Hmm....the actual product is much better :)* - Uploaded on 26 Jun 2010

Wow....it's really very nice leh! Can't wait to show the others in office on Monday :P

Spanking in the Morning....

It's been a while since Little Arielle kena from XP. Well, that basically means that she has been relatively okie with her behaviour until today, she went to slam the door. XP was mad with her and yup, she got it from him!

Aiyo, havent eat my breakfast and had to attend to this wailing gal! I wonder if I'm the pitiful one or she is?

Interesting Request!

We were on our way home when Little Arielle suddenly requested me to cut my hair and give it to her because she claimed that she does not have enough hair?? I was so amused by this request of hers that I told her that I will put it in her blog.

However, when I came home, I completely forgot about what I want to blog. When I asked XP, he could not remember too. I was just trying my luck and asked Little Arielle and I was amazed that she could remember!

I was so happy and I asked her to re-enact what she said in the car. Here goes ->

*Uploaded on 26 Jun 2010*

Really buay tahan her....

Just Merlion-ed!

Heard Little Arielle coughing badly and I went to her room to take a look at her. She was standing behind the door and there were stains of vomit on her mouth. I quickly brought her to the toilet and she vomitted her lunch and milk out!

Luckily I was fast! Else I would have to spend time cleaning puke again....

Must be her bad cough that caused the puke!

Loves Reading & Stories!

XP wanted to go somewhere for breakfast this morning (but I don't know where he wants to go). Before we could reach the destination, there was a massive jam on PIE. In the end, we detour and went to SingPost @ Paya Lebar. I thought that XP had some errands to run and later got to know that we can have breakfast and get some groceries from NTUC.

After breakfast at Mac, we went down to NTUC. Little Arielle kept pestering us to get her the Barbie and Princess magazine. Hee....these 2 magazines can really 'use' some of her time. She would quietly sit in the trolley and read the books. And of course, when I tried to get her to pose for pic, she gave me a blur look.

*Just turned head up and kena snapped!* - Uploaded on 24 Jun 10

and subsequently, that became an angry look cos she felt annoyed at me snapping her pic hee....

*Super annoyed with me hee....* - Uploaded on 24 Jun 10

After we got our stuff from NTUC, we proceeded to Popular Bookstore cos we need to buy construction paper for Little Arielle's holiday homework....Yah, school opening next week and we have yet to start on it. Better pray that we can finish on time else will get some naggings from her teacher again!

While Mummy Me was selecting the paper, XP was reading Snow White to her and she was enjoying it....Hmm can this interest last long?

*Enjoying the story by XP, even while standing!* - Uploaded on 24 Jun 10

My Little Snow White!

XP was telling me some weeks ago that there is some Disney Princess show ongoing at Parkway Parade. Went to their website and gathered that if you spend more than $80 at Parkway, your kid will be entitled to a FOC make over session. Finally found the time to drop by this afternoon and Little Arielle was so excited when we walked past the atrium. Little children were having their sticker tattoos and doing up the make up. Without further ado, I immediately went to the info counter and asked if the purchase of $80 needs to be from some specific stores.

Wanted to get milk powder from Giant but it's out of stock. In the end, went to get 3 pants from Giordano and cost XP $99 hee. Cos Mummy Me left my credit card in another bag! Thanks XP!

Quickly cheong to the atrium and Little Arielle was the next in line. First, she did her sticker tattoo, followed by make up and lastly, the dressed up :P

*The process* - Uploaded on 22 Jun 2010

My little princess was ready in a few moments' time!

*Presenting ~ Little Snow White!* - Uploaded on 22 Jun 2010

Another Submission

Being relaxed at home on my leave days, I got a little bit more time to do things for Little Arielle. That includes submitting another entry to BabyChic! Your kid must take a pic with the latest issue of BabyChic magazine. Hmm, for this submission, I think if her pic is included, it might be published in the next issue of BabyChic magazine. Hopefully, it will be included :)

*Little Arielle with the latest issue* - Uploaded on 22 Jun 2010

I Hate to....

PACK!!!

Especially for a trip :( Yes....the Tan Family will be following Shin Min for their annual Fun Drive to Genting in a few hours' time! Mummy Me is only forcing myself to do the packing at this 11th hour.

Arrgghh there seems to be 1001 things to bring for Little Arielle....majiam bringing the whole house there.

I'm so tired from doing so :( And yah....the packing has yet to complete and I'm so afraid of missing important things out. Hopefully not and we can enjoy our trip in Genting :)

Yeah....Got Chance :)

Yeah....the lady replied saying that she can meet us this Saturday!! Hmm, looking forward to it. Wonder if Little Arielle got what is takes to be a model?

Sigh....

Since there was no reply, I decided to be proactive and resent another email to her. Hee....yeah saw her reply and she mentioned that she was not available during the proposed dates that I have given her. She suggested to meet up next week which is not possible as I would be back to work.

I gan gan suggested to meet up during the weekend. Hmm would she consider my request?

Trying My Luck....

Mummy Me had wanted to let Little Arielle participate in the Kids Modelling Contest held on 13 Jun but apparently, she could not as she did not meet the age requirement.

The lady was kind to suggest an informal meet up and I wanted to try my luck to arrange for such a session. Just sent her an email requesting for a slot next week (since I'm on leave) and she replied in 3 hours' time. Hmm....the suggested time slots given by her were all not ideal :( I counter-proposed and for the whole of today, I received no reply from her :(

One of the Recipients....

of the Pixar Exhibition Tickets! Received a reply from BabyChic via FB that we are one of the recipients of the tickets. They are only giving out 10 sets of tickets and I'm so happy to be one of them! Yeah....will wait for the collection and bring Little Arielle and perhaps gong gong too to watch!

Pixar Exhibition Tickets Giveaway!

Mummy Me is a fan of BabyChic magazine and recently, I saw that they have a contest where I just need to submit a pic of Little Arielle with the past 3 issues of BabyChic magazine to win a set of 4 tickets worth $96 to the Pixar Exhibition @ Science Centre. Hmm since I have all 3 issues, I decided to send it in :)



*Little Arielle with 3 issues of BabyChic Magazine* - Uploaded on 22 Jun 2010

Sunshine After the Rain

Finally, after 2 days of fever, I am pleased to inform that Little Arielle is so much better today. Well, at least her fever did not come back since noon and I hope that it will not visit her again.

Nevertheless, I am still dilligently feeding her with medication and constantly taking her temperature. Hope this routine can end soon :)

I Wonder....

why is Little Arielle so active when she is running a temperature of 39 degrees? Ahhh....when is this coming to an end? It's unusual of her to have fever for this long a period. It is definitely not dengue leh....The only guess is what mama has said -> her throat infection has not recovered yet, that's why the fever continues.

Hopefully she can get well before weekend comes....

Little Fashionist!

Cannot stand Little Arielle! Even though she is sick, she still wants to choose my working clothes for me. Best of all, she does know how to mix and match! And of course, she always insist that I must either wear a skirt or dress! Faintz....

A Stressful Day....

It was easier for Mummy Me to focus on my work today when part of my heart and soul were with Little Arielle. I made constant phonecalls home to check on the status of her fever. I was quite shocked when mama told me during all occasions that her fever has yet to subside. It was so unusual for Little Arielle to be in such a situation. She has never had fever for that long a period. I was indeed worried....

Finally, I waited until the time that I was able to bring her to the doc. The rush was worth it as I managed to reach the clinic before they close for dinner. Measured Little Arielle's weight which was 13.9kg and her temperature read as 38.6 degree. The nurse was asking for the time that the last dosage was taken and I was shocked when mama told me it was 10am+! Aiyah....no wonder her fever did not subside :( Fever medication should be taken every 4 hourly! When we were at the doc, it was already 4.20pm, which was way past the medication time. The nurse quickly got Little Arielle to take the medicine while we waited for our turn. This is gonna be a minimum wait of 1 hour as there were 11 patients in front of us! Faintz....

During the wait, Little Arielle was super sticky to me. Is this how all sick kids behave? They want to be taken care by their mummy? Though I did not like her to be sick, but I like the feeling where I can sense the trust that she has in me. The faith that I would be able to take care of her. And of course, it definitely pains me to see her 'burning inside'.

Finally, it's our turn at about 6pm. Dr Ho examined her and mentioned that she has sore throat which was a result of her flu and which in turn caused the fever. She was given so many kinds of medication and total damage was $109 (which I thought it would be $200).

Made the necessary payment and quickly went back home so that Little Arielle can rest well. While I was preparing her medication, I took her temperature again and she gave me another shock! 40.6 degrees! I was scared stiff! Quickly inserted the bullet in her buttock and pasted the fever patch over her. And the cycle continued where I constantly measured her temperature and I was glad that it went down in about 1 - 2 hours' time.

Now gonna get ready for her medication and I hope that I can catch some sleep....

Up is No Good....

It was an innocent act of waking Little Arielle up at 2.30am for her toilet break when I found her to be exceptionally hot. I did not turn on the aircon tonight as she was sneezing away eversince she was at the expo earlier today. I initally thought that the heat was a result of sleeping in a non aircon room. Anyway, to set my mind at ease, I decided to measure her temperature.

Got a shock when the thermometer read 39.2 degree! Without further ado, I quickly went to the fridge, brought out her fever medication and immediately gave her one dose. For faster effects, I made her put on the fever patch.

The rest of the night was a suffering moment for me. Apparently, I couldn't sleep at all knowing that her fever has yet to subside. I felt like a 'mi-c' where I found myself taking her temperature every other moment. However, all the readings were not positive :( The worst was 39.6 degrees....

What was worst was that Little Arielle kept wetting her bed. Arrgghhh I kinda of regret not putting her on diapers! She wet once at 3am+ and I shifted her to another bed where I found her to be wet again at 6am+.

I got no choice but to quickly change her and send her to my mama's house. Will get mama to monitor her situation first. If the medication did not help, she needs to go to the doc!

Blooming Flowers

Mummy Me saw a lot of flowers blooming this morning! Does it mean good omen? I hope that Little Arielle will do as well as the blooming flowers later....Good luck :)

*Blooming Japanese rose!* - Uploaded on 06 Jun 2010

皇上不急, 太监急!

The contest is tomorrow! Mummy Me is getting so nervous and worried. Part of her voice is back. Hopefully it either stays status quo or it will get better! Wish us luck....

*Sweat*

She Did It :)

Was so happy when Little Arielle was able to wake up in the middle of the night yesterday by herself for her toilet break.

Luckily she did that! Else the mattress would be wet again :)

Nice Colouring Works!

It's Little Arielle's school holidays and in order not to let her feel bored at mama's house, I brought over some colouring books and activity books for her to do at her house.

She showed me this when we got home. I was surprised that this is coloured by her. So when mama happened to call me on the phone, I asked if she has helped to colour. She said No and told me that she just asked Little Arielle not to colour out of range. Way to go, my girl :)

*Little Arielle's good works :)* - Uploaded on 03 Jun 2010

Losing Her Voice :(

Came back to mama's house after work and got a shock when we realised that Little Arielle is losing her voice....

It was so coarse until she almost sounded like a man :( Jiat lard lah....Hope that she would recover before the contest this Friday man! Else how to talk??