15 years, then and now....
havent changed much, yeah?
LOL
time to change nric. ahhhhh...
30yrs old!!!
OMG
Monday, November 30, 2015
Saturday, November 28, 2015
SaVinG For Rainy Days
you know the saying that goes - save for rainy days..
now i kind of truly understand the meaning of this saying.
remember how i was complaining that i had too much milk flow and that it was causing me trouble?
now......... apparently... my milk production had reduced, which was something that i hadnt anticipated!
isint it supposed to be supply and demand??
obviously as he grows, the demand will increase. so how come the supply went low??!!
ok..fine... how not to go low when it's about lacking sleep, stress at work, rubbish diet......
kind of regretted not saving more during the maternity period. my 'reserves' will soon be depleted given the rate that he is consuming, and the rate that im producing.
OMG!
and i got so worried... that i quickly ask MIL to cook me the papaya fish soup!
hopefully can help salvage the situation abit.
and... it's really time to introduce back the essential food into my diet like fruits and vegetables. and maternal milk.. i still got one tin yet to open.
grrrrr.
this really is about saving for rainy days!
dont be complacent when you are doing well, because you just wont know when you will go down!
now i kind of truly understand the meaning of this saying.
remember how i was complaining that i had too much milk flow and that it was causing me trouble?
now......... apparently... my milk production had reduced, which was something that i hadnt anticipated!
isint it supposed to be supply and demand??
obviously as he grows, the demand will increase. so how come the supply went low??!!
ok..fine... how not to go low when it's about lacking sleep, stress at work, rubbish diet......
kind of regretted not saving more during the maternity period. my 'reserves' will soon be depleted given the rate that he is consuming, and the rate that im producing.
OMG!
and i got so worried... that i quickly ask MIL to cook me the papaya fish soup!
hopefully can help salvage the situation abit.
and... it's really time to introduce back the essential food into my diet like fruits and vegetables. and maternal milk.. i still got one tin yet to open.
grrrrr.
this really is about saving for rainy days!
dont be complacent when you are doing well, because you just wont know when you will go down!
Monday, November 23, 2015
it's nich and cheryl's wedding day on last sat!
haha, been looking forward. finally.
the day wedding and tea ceremony was at the true way church near queenstown mrt.
then dinner was at holiday inn at orchard city centre
and so, the 3 good friends are no more bachelors and are married men now! their friendship since sec school days still impresses me and makes me envy. they helped out in each other's proposals, and were brothers to each other on each wedding day.
yep. cheers to the many more years of friendship to come!
Friday, November 20, 2015
My Present =)
my 30th birthday cum 1st yr wedding anniversary cum giving birth cum xmas cum next yr vday's present!
know wad? the same watch at the boutique vs at the authorised retailer, is a difference of $350. and both are located at the same shopping mall. to put it in perspectives, it will be a saving of $350 if u just walk that bit more and compare! hohoho. we bought the watch at paragon's cortina watch after eyeing it at the paragon's gucci boutique. usually authorised retailers will be able to give discounts which boutiques never will. kekekeke. smart consumers, arent we?
and this watch was hand delivered to our house by the salesperson after a small service episode.
braving the rain, take train and change bus just to deliver this watch to me in boon lay, but in the end, i actually suspected if the person did 偷龙转凤 or not.
lucky there's a serial number behind the watch which tallies with that on the warranty.
haii. 我是小人也.
thanks hubb again for the watch! sorry for the hole in your pocket, but i still think i well-deserve it.
=)
Monday, November 16, 2015
Bye Bye Maternity Leave
ok.. it's for real... back to work tomorrow.
woah. 4mths.. a third of a year... just like that??!
a colleague was asking me if im already mentally prepared to go back.
yes. definitely do need some mental preparation.
ok, back to work... i want
1) to be more understanding to my colleagues. in the past im always imbalance cuz i seemed to be covering pple forever. but now, i've gotten my fair share of break and i really shouldnt complain so much liao. pple also covered me like siao when i was away.. so now... if they go on leave or mc, i should be more understanding and be more willing and ready to cover them too.
2) to PR more. time to build some good (need not be real, but good) relationships. it never hurts to be in more pple's good books.
3) to take things easy. work will never be completed. if it ever can be, it means im no longer needed. so, i dont want to stretch and delay just to complete that bit more. if it's time to knock off for the day, means it's time to knock off for the day! my son is waiting for me! had been complaining that hubb has been returning home late cuz of work. so i must make it a point to remember not to work late when im back to work myself.
4) be nicer and more understanding to one colleague who is pregnant. being pregnant is not easy. i shall offer my help to her more and be nicer to her. she has been nice to me and it's only right to reciprocate now.
5) to complain less and suck it up more. what's the point of complaining anyway? as if it will ever change anything.
6) to go easy on myself. chill chill apple. 笑看风云. relax. mai gun chong! things will definitely be tough. just 看着办 ok.
ok... sad that the 4mths maternity leave is ending liao. how often do you get breaks from work that are counted in terms of months?! good break and it's just time to go back to reality. will be tough, but no choice. anyway, yr end liao and lotsa festive seasons coming up. so.... shouldnt be so bad afterall bah.
anyway, towards the end of maternity, i also getting super lazy liao. cooking less often.. frequency of washing clothes also lesser. and rayous is getting difficult, needs alot of attention. i practically have to sit and entertain him and cannot do anything else. one person alone very hard to handle liao. so, going back to work and start afresh may not be a bad thing while he can have my MIL and FIL to entertain him. hohohoho.
and the last dinner i prepared, before going back to work. keke.
facial - checked.
hair treatment - checked.
painted nails - checked.
new clothes - checked.
new shoes - checked.
new watch - checked.
new bag - too bad, boh.
ok, 亮丽回归. 加油! 我行的!!!
6) to go easy on myself. chill chill apple. 笑看风云. relax. mai gun chong! things will definitely be tough. just 看着办 ok.
ok... sad that the 4mths maternity leave is ending liao. how often do you get breaks from work that are counted in terms of months?! good break and it's just time to go back to reality. will be tough, but no choice. anyway, yr end liao and lotsa festive seasons coming up. so.... shouldnt be so bad afterall bah.
anyway, towards the end of maternity, i also getting super lazy liao. cooking less often.. frequency of washing clothes also lesser. and rayous is getting difficult, needs alot of attention. i practically have to sit and entertain him and cannot do anything else. one person alone very hard to handle liao. so, going back to work and start afresh may not be a bad thing while he can have my MIL and FIL to entertain him. hohohoho.
and the last dinner i prepared, before going back to work. keke.
facial - checked.
hair treatment - checked.
painted nails - checked.
new clothes - checked.
new shoes - checked.
new watch - checked.
new bag - too bad, boh.
ok, 亮丽回归. 加油! 我行的!!!
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Maternity In Summary
ok.. so my maternity leave will end in another 3days time. back to work on 17nov. so omg. it was like just ytd when i was still in thomson medical.... now... 4months liao. ahhh! sooo sad...
summary of my maternity leave
1) the 1st 2 days when rayous first came home were really the toughest period. he woke up almost every hour wanting to be fed! by the time u feed him and burp him, half hour is gone. which means in another half hour time, he will wake up again! it really was nightmare! i practically did not sleep at all! that's so wrong for confinement period when i should get the maximum rest!!
initially did not want to leave him to sleep w the confinement nanny, but then, it just makes no sense that i cannot sleep at night while the nanny slept like a log! so in the end, decided to let rayous sleep w her and that's when i finally get to have some rest. haha.
now that i think back, im really appreciative of the nanny's help. lucky she was around.
2) after the nanny is gone, the original plan was to spend the maternity period at mum's place. however, due to the many circumstances, in the end, most of the time, i was at home myself w rayous.
right after the nanny left, hubb had to go back to reservist. so, cant go to mum's place when there's no one driving me there. so for the 1st week after the nanny left, i was at home with rayous. and on some nights when hubb cannot book out or had to book back in at night, i was alone w rayous throughout the night!
honestly, i also din know i could manage that. being alone w a baby throughout the day and night. haha. it's true that u will uncover the many hidden strengths u have when u become a mother!!
and then by the time hubb completed his reservist, i realised i actually can cope on my own! and that time was lunar seventh period, so not advisable to bring rayous out and bring him back at night. so again, din go to mum's place.
and when lunar seventh is finally over, came the terrible and sickening haze! so again, cant go out to mum's place again.
so as a result..... i was at home handling rayous all by myself most of the time.
3) the most difficult period was when the nanny 1st left. having to wake up in the middle of the night to prepare the milk for a crying baby is NO fun stuff at all!! warm the milk, wait for him to feed, burp, change diaper, pump milk ... all in all will take 1hr plus especially if he's taking a lonnnng time to drink the milk. by the time i can go back to sleep, he's almost time for the next feed again!!! OMG!
4) things only got better when i realised that i can actually let him latched on me if he wakes up in the middle of the night. i think it just happened on one night when i was sooo tired that i din bother to wake up and warm the milk but just let him latch on while i lie down and half asleep. then i realised eh, actually can work leh. haha. and since then, ive been doing so! no need to let him cry like mad while waiting for the milk to warm up, no need to pump milk! hahahah. and i also dont bother to change his diaper in the middle of the night liao. so all in all, only need about 20mins and i can go back to sleep liao! and maybe cuz now he's older, he doesnt wake up as often in the middle of the night liao. heng ah!
5) the benefits of letting him latched on are that i dont have to pump out the milk and also dont need to wash and sterilised the equipment. but cons is that we wont know how much he'd drank. and it seems that he gets hungry faster when he was fed via latching on. so now, day time i will let him latch on, but night time will feed him via bottles, so that he can sleep longer.
but recently, he seemed to prefer latching on to feeding via bottles (thats but of cuz, nothing beats sucking at mummy's busts, always right temperature, always right volume!) he will kick up a big fuss halfway through the bottle feeding but when the bust is offered, he'll happily take it. so... now will have to let him drink more from bottle and less on latching liao, else my mother in law will have a hard time feeding him when im back to work.
6) at the beginning, i will cook lunch for myself using the multi-cooker. but now most of the days, i will just survive on bread and biscuits, milk and coffee for lunch. ok.. no breakfast, cuz usually, by the time i really wake up for the day, will be around 11am liao. LOL.
7) it's always said that when the baby sleeps, the caregiver should also sleep. but for rayous, he doesnt really sleep for long. at most he will only sleep for an hour and wake up. so... instead of sleeping and kenna waken up by him, i'd rather not sleep at all. haii. if only he's that kind of babies who can sleep for 3, 4 hours straight in the day... then perhaps i can have more rest during the day. also, when he sleeps, it's the best time for me to do my own stuff. so tell me, how to sleep when he sleeps??
8) though no need to work, staying home whole day with no one else but a baby is also quite a sad thing. i look like a wretch, w oily face and messy hair and auntish clothes, babbling to a baby. OMG! to put it simply, it's a total lost of myself!
i do look forward to weekends when hubb is around and we can go out and i can have a breather and interact with the outside world.
i contemplated the idea of bringing rayous out myself to malls and shop or to dine. i even bought a haversack so that i can carry his baby stuff at the back, while i carry him in a sling in front. but sadly, i never did accomplish that. i just cant imagine what will happen if im only halfway through my meal and he started crying. should i just continue to eat while he cries?? or should i breastfeed him in public with no one helping me? or should i stand and walk around in the restaurant to pacify him? or should i just pay for the unfinished meal and leave the restaurant? or what if he started crying on the public transport???? and he's getting heavy. i think it will kill me if i carry a bag at my back and then carry him in a sling in front.
wait till he can sit in that baby carrier (which i think should be easier to handle than a sling) that we have for him and wait till he's more stable bah. hopefully then, i will have the courage to bring him out alone.
so.. on one hand, i dread going back to work. but on the other, i do look forward to putting on make-up, putting on perfume, wear back those killer heels, carry the designer bags, looking good and suave. LOL
so now, if you ask me if im ok to be a stay-home mum, i will say no.
stay-home tai tai, yes. but definitely not a stay-home mum.
9) and of cuz, with our new roles as mum and dad, there are bound to be conflicts as we assume the new roles. most of the time it will be me complaining that he doesnt help me enough, doesnt take care of us enough, always coming home late.... i have so much unhappiness and complains that he said im suffering from post-natal depression! WTH.
anyway, still alot for us to explore and learn together. jiayou bah!
10) good milk flow which is a very lucky thing (though there are problems associated with too good milk flow too!). i dont know, but somehow, i would like to credit that to the papaya fish soup that thomson medical offers. we bought a few tubs back also. i just have a feeling that it was those soups that helped established my milk flow.
so i tot all will be doom after the nanny left... but.. im still alive and kicking!! actually not so difficult and scary afterall lahh! i really am impressed with myself. being able to take care of another human being all by myself (most of the time). a big pat on my shoulder. im one strong woman!!! yeahhh!!!
summary of my maternity leave
1) the 1st 2 days when rayous first came home were really the toughest period. he woke up almost every hour wanting to be fed! by the time u feed him and burp him, half hour is gone. which means in another half hour time, he will wake up again! it really was nightmare! i practically did not sleep at all! that's so wrong for confinement period when i should get the maximum rest!!
initially did not want to leave him to sleep w the confinement nanny, but then, it just makes no sense that i cannot sleep at night while the nanny slept like a log! so in the end, decided to let rayous sleep w her and that's when i finally get to have some rest. haha.
now that i think back, im really appreciative of the nanny's help. lucky she was around.
2) after the nanny is gone, the original plan was to spend the maternity period at mum's place. however, due to the many circumstances, in the end, most of the time, i was at home myself w rayous.
right after the nanny left, hubb had to go back to reservist. so, cant go to mum's place when there's no one driving me there. so for the 1st week after the nanny left, i was at home with rayous. and on some nights when hubb cannot book out or had to book back in at night, i was alone w rayous throughout the night!
honestly, i also din know i could manage that. being alone w a baby throughout the day and night. haha. it's true that u will uncover the many hidden strengths u have when u become a mother!!
and then by the time hubb completed his reservist, i realised i actually can cope on my own! and that time was lunar seventh period, so not advisable to bring rayous out and bring him back at night. so again, din go to mum's place.
and when lunar seventh is finally over, came the terrible and sickening haze! so again, cant go out to mum's place again.
so as a result..... i was at home handling rayous all by myself most of the time.
3) the most difficult period was when the nanny 1st left. having to wake up in the middle of the night to prepare the milk for a crying baby is NO fun stuff at all!! warm the milk, wait for him to feed, burp, change diaper, pump milk ... all in all will take 1hr plus especially if he's taking a lonnnng time to drink the milk. by the time i can go back to sleep, he's almost time for the next feed again!!! OMG!
4) things only got better when i realised that i can actually let him latched on me if he wakes up in the middle of the night. i think it just happened on one night when i was sooo tired that i din bother to wake up and warm the milk but just let him latch on while i lie down and half asleep. then i realised eh, actually can work leh. haha. and since then, ive been doing so! no need to let him cry like mad while waiting for the milk to warm up, no need to pump milk! hahahah. and i also dont bother to change his diaper in the middle of the night liao. so all in all, only need about 20mins and i can go back to sleep liao! and maybe cuz now he's older, he doesnt wake up as often in the middle of the night liao. heng ah!
5) the benefits of letting him latched on are that i dont have to pump out the milk and also dont need to wash and sterilised the equipment. but cons is that we wont know how much he'd drank. and it seems that he gets hungry faster when he was fed via latching on. so now, day time i will let him latch on, but night time will feed him via bottles, so that he can sleep longer.
but recently, he seemed to prefer latching on to feeding via bottles (thats but of cuz, nothing beats sucking at mummy's busts, always right temperature, always right volume!) he will kick up a big fuss halfway through the bottle feeding but when the bust is offered, he'll happily take it. so... now will have to let him drink more from bottle and less on latching liao, else my mother in law will have a hard time feeding him when im back to work.
6) at the beginning, i will cook lunch for myself using the multi-cooker. but now most of the days, i will just survive on bread and biscuits, milk and coffee for lunch. ok.. no breakfast, cuz usually, by the time i really wake up for the day, will be around 11am liao. LOL.
7) it's always said that when the baby sleeps, the caregiver should also sleep. but for rayous, he doesnt really sleep for long. at most he will only sleep for an hour and wake up. so... instead of sleeping and kenna waken up by him, i'd rather not sleep at all. haii. if only he's that kind of babies who can sleep for 3, 4 hours straight in the day... then perhaps i can have more rest during the day. also, when he sleeps, it's the best time for me to do my own stuff. so tell me, how to sleep when he sleeps??
8) though no need to work, staying home whole day with no one else but a baby is also quite a sad thing. i look like a wretch, w oily face and messy hair and auntish clothes, babbling to a baby. OMG! to put it simply, it's a total lost of myself!
i do look forward to weekends when hubb is around and we can go out and i can have a breather and interact with the outside world.
i contemplated the idea of bringing rayous out myself to malls and shop or to dine. i even bought a haversack so that i can carry his baby stuff at the back, while i carry him in a sling in front. but sadly, i never did accomplish that. i just cant imagine what will happen if im only halfway through my meal and he started crying. should i just continue to eat while he cries?? or should i breastfeed him in public with no one helping me? or should i stand and walk around in the restaurant to pacify him? or should i just pay for the unfinished meal and leave the restaurant? or what if he started crying on the public transport???? and he's getting heavy. i think it will kill me if i carry a bag at my back and then carry him in a sling in front.
wait till he can sit in that baby carrier (which i think should be easier to handle than a sling) that we have for him and wait till he's more stable bah. hopefully then, i will have the courage to bring him out alone.
so.. on one hand, i dread going back to work. but on the other, i do look forward to putting on make-up, putting on perfume, wear back those killer heels, carry the designer bags, looking good and suave. LOL
so now, if you ask me if im ok to be a stay-home mum, i will say no.
stay-home tai tai, yes. but definitely not a stay-home mum.
9) and of cuz, with our new roles as mum and dad, there are bound to be conflicts as we assume the new roles. most of the time it will be me complaining that he doesnt help me enough, doesnt take care of us enough, always coming home late.... i have so much unhappiness and complains that he said im suffering from post-natal depression! WTH.
anyway, still alot for us to explore and learn together. jiayou bah!
10) good milk flow which is a very lucky thing (though there are problems associated with too good milk flow too!). i dont know, but somehow, i would like to credit that to the papaya fish soup that thomson medical offers. we bought a few tubs back also. i just have a feeling that it was those soups that helped established my milk flow.
so i tot all will be doom after the nanny left... but.. im still alive and kicking!! actually not so difficult and scary afterall lahh! i really am impressed with myself. being able to take care of another human being all by myself (most of the time). a big pat on my shoulder. im one strong woman!!! yeahhh!!!
will definitely definitely miss this period of time =)
oh, and just to update. during this 4months, it was really the only period which i know what shows are showing on tv and get to watch some episodes. during these 4 months, the serials were 我们的家园, 吻我吧住家男, 手牵手 and now 起飞. some of the variety shows were 歌台星力量, 校园美魔王. hohohoho
oh, and just to update. during this 4months, it was really the only period which i know what shows are showing on tv and get to watch some episodes. during these 4 months, the serials were 我们的家园, 吻我吧住家男, 手牵手 and now 起飞. some of the variety shows were 歌台星力量, 校园美魔王. hohohoho
Monday, November 9, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Hair Loss Haii
as if my hair loss problem wasnt already serious enough pre-pregnancy...
it's worse now!!!!
ahh..... child-birth!!!!
super detrimental!!!
though it's said to be temporary and it should recover in 6 to 12months time.... it's still so scary and demoralising to see soo many hair drop off after each bath.
everywhere i walk, it's strands of hair everywhere!
really shouldnt have taken white tiles for the floor.
maybe it's time for a good hair cut.
or... maybe i should just take it positively.
旧的不掉， 新的不长
haiz!
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
无奈
无奈, 无奈, 真无奈. 人生真的是充满了太多的无奈.
tonight, or rather, this early morning, is rayous's 1st morning away from home, ever since we brought him back from the hospital.
yeah, we left him at my in laws' place, to let him (as well as my in laws) try out staying overnight there.
i guess there's a start to everything bah. 有一点不舍得, but...... also no choice bah. will be going back to work soon... and it's only a matter of time before we have to leave him overnight.
likely will leave him there on alternate nights after i resume work. shall see how it goes.
think about it, even if we were to bring him home every night, im sure there will be some nights whereby it's just too late to bring him home and we just have to leave him overnight with my in laws. so.. better let him get use to it now.
used to 'despise' those pple who leave their children overnight with other caregivers.... yet.... im doing such a thing now..
again..... 无奈!!
coming from a very practical view, if we bring him back every night... it will mean mad rush in the morning... and deprived sleeps. not enough sleep during maternity period still ok... but if not enough sleep during working days... i think i will kill pple..
and more importantly, it's to rayous's benefits also lah. too disruptive to wake him up every morning and bring him to in laws' place and then at night bring him back home again... and in few hours time.. bring him to in laws' place again...
so..... it's really 很无奈的...
anyway, i should take it positively!
finally a night whereby i can sleep through, that's something which hasnt happened for months already! finally can talk loudly in the room at night! finally can do things 'normally' and not act like some discreet rat having to do everything gently and softly. woohoo!
and tmr (or rather, later..) is my free day! can go do some shopping, get some new outfits for work, and facial! i think i havent done any facial since my wedding!!! omg!
and who knows? maybe i enjoy it so much.. that i would prefer to let rayous stay overnight with my in laws to staying with us.
hohoho.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Oct Babies Bday CeLeBraTioN @ Carlton Wah Lok ResTauranT
celebrated jasmine's and qiuyan's bday at carlton hotel's wah lok cantonese restaurant. we took their ala-carte dimsum, as suggested by jasmine.
the 鱼翅灌汤饺 @ $9.90++ per serving good for 1pax
the polo cha siew buns. niceee.
but i think their liu sha bao is better! yummy
and i think they serve one of the best 杨枝甘露. most of the ones i ate before got abit of sour sour bitter bitter taste, but this one is totally sweet.
the oct bday gals
and these cakes from lady m. v nice, but super expensive! 1 piece is selling at $9, not inclusive of GST yet! so with GST, 1 piece is about $10! woah! and their whole cakes are selling at $85! super expensive lah, for a cake, albeit being a crepe cake and much effort should be behind baking it. i personally prefer the green tea flavour to the signature flavour. the signature flavour is way too creamy..
that's us! yh couldnt make it due to work commitment
happy birthday gals!
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