RaYous KeNna WhaCked

haiii. 

whacked my baby rayous one good time yesterday night. 

think it was the 1st time that i really hit him that hard. hit him on the hand. really quite hard, cuz my hand also feels painful.. and his little hand was all red after that. 

haiii.. 

but that was becuz he hit me first. well, he's been hitting people.. and we've been trying to tell him that it's not correct but to no avail... and.... he hit me ytd!!

wth. 

连老妈都敢打!!! 现在不教训他, 那要等几时?????

and so, i hit him real hard on the hand, hoping that will send a strong message across that he shall not hit pple again! 

o well. 

打在他身，痛在我心. 

and, it really breaks my heart when he hit me and pushes me away. 

so much so that i broke down crying! 

alamak, drama mama again. 

and now... looking back... i wonder how many times i had broke mum's heart back then, when i kept throwing my temper at her. 

haiiiii. 

really 当了人家的父母才知道.... 

and im really worried that i will become one abusive parent, given my short temper and impatient and intolerance to nonsense.. 

and i have already been warned, that kids will only get naughtier by the day... and i better learn how to manage..

OMG. 

but rayous is really v naughty now already. throwing tantrum when we left him alone. and when we finally carry him, he wants to climb around and touch everything around him. and he's been throwing items out of the cot and playpen etc etc etc.. 

haii. 

so difficult. should just let him be and wait for him to grow out of it? or should interfere and let him know we mean business alrady?

and i think MIL was sooo shocked and heartpain that i whacked him so hard ytd. haha.

parenting. 

so difficult.  

Happy Fathers' Day!

fathers' day celebration w FIL was at tung lok seafood @ the arena country club. 

we had wanted to take the set menu, but took the ala-carte buffet in the end. 

honestly, the food was quite bad, coming from a tung lok expectation. most of the meat was tough. 

the grandfather, father, and son. haha

*******

and then celebration with pa. we also took the opportunity to visit sis's new house!

gambling..... again! it's really a good way to socialise and pass time. haha

w the kiddos.. look at the lush greenery behind! like a sea of brocolli!! LOL

and then dinner was at manhill restaurant @ pasir panjang

the restaurant is abit old and the air-cons were not working strongly. it was quite hot and mum kept complaining lah. but the food was not bad and value for money. 

and after that was durian time @ chinatown

3 mao shan wangs for $120.  fwahh. 

happy fathers' day to all! 

My latest bag addition!!

Hohohohohohoho

WarCraft the MoVie

haha, juz settled down after catching a 9.30pm movie on a thursday night! 

lucky i've got the foresight to take AM leave tmr!! woohooo! can sleep till 'natural' wake up and slowly make my way to office. hahahaha

watched warcraft with hubb and friends at GV vivocity.. one of the least expected movie that i will watch, if not for the husbands..

ok lah, not too bad a movie lah. though at times im quite lost which creature is which. 

LOL

CatchinG Up With Ex-ColleGues

great catching up with some ex-colleagues over dinner ytd. know what? the last time we met was during my wedding day which is coming to 2yrs liao!! 

had the buffet at furama city centre. there's one-for-one promo for a number of credit cards. ended up nett is about $38/pax. but for $38, i also feel not v worth it. 

the prata is nice, but the curry very saltish. the puesdo sharksfin soup is crap. the porridge got a weird taste. the mutton was tough (at least for that 1 peice i ate). the sushi was hard. the egg pudding was not nice etiher. the salmon sashimi was ok, but they cut until sooo big pieces, that it feels eeeeek to eat raw meat in such big pieces. 

guess the only thing that was good was the prawns and some of the other desserts like the durian puree and chocolate fondue. 

i tried the buffet once before, dont recall it's as bad as now. boo. 

with my QAD. she's totally shrunk!! lose soo much weight lah!

while she lose weight, under my questioning, she commented that i did put on quite abit of weight post-birth. 

ahahahahahahah. coming from her must be quite accurate since she hasnt seen me for so long...... 

ultimate sad.

haiiz. 

how????

Coin Deposit

if u remember, i have this habit of saving the one-dollar coins that i have. 

the last time round i went to deposit the coins was in feb 2011 (all thanks to my blog again!). and now... it's time to harvest again!! 

tada! 2 bags of coins... ok, no more cutie saving banks.. now just dump into plastic bags. haha.

which summed up to be $800+. actually i expected more. 5yrs and only $800 is abit too little. 

and so, off to the machine we went! 

this machine at boon lay mrt is quite old already. we had a hard time depositing the coins cuz it kept getting stuck. and then it was so hot and stuffy at the auto-lobby. so we literally sweated it out while waiting for the machine to take in all the 800 coins. 

yeah! $800 richer. LOL 

and know what? there are specific days and timings if you want to deposit coins at the branch over-the-counter. i think it's every tues and thurs and at some odd timings like 2-4pm like that.. how duh. and there will be a fee if you deposit coins to an adult acc. see the coin deposit fee of $9.60? however, if the coins were deposited to a kid's a/c, the fee will be refunded. oh, and the refund is only applicable to posb kids acc. so, we opened a posb a/c in rayous's name and the coins were deposited to his a/c. thereafter, we will transfer the money to his CDA a/c to earn the 1-to-1 dollar match by government. 

hiak hiak. 

smart, arent we? 

ok, so next round of coin saving is on the way. hopefully dont have to wait for another 5yrs before a $800 is accumulated. 

shall c! 

oh, and also notice that 5yrs ago, the deposit fee for 840 coins was $6.30. now the fee for 800 coins is $9.60. 

ha. best. 

ConTacT Lenses

ahha, so my left-eye contact lense chipped off on friday morning. it was uncomfortable and i took it off a few times to rinse it, but apparently, still uncomfortable. it was only when i took a closer look that i realised a part of it had chipped off. 

lucky hubb is wearing disposables, so i took one lense from him. degree abit different, but can tong for awhile lah.

and yes, it's really time to change my lenses. due to a flat eyeball, i cannot wear those off-the-shelves disposables. if i wear those, it will become very uncomfortable after a short while. so, i have to go for customised permanent lenses. 

and i really really cannot remember when was the last time i made the pair of lenses le. really vvvvvvv long time ago liao. i already had the intention to change to a new pair when the left-side chipped off. ha, how timely! 

so went back to the same optical shop and know what??? they retrieved my record and guess when was the time that i made the lenses? 

Jan 2007!!! (this blog hasnt even started! no wonder i dont recall blogging it. haha!)

wooowowwww! a good 9yrs!! can u believe it?!

a pair of contact lenses that lasted for 9yrs. woot! 

and i remembered the pair before this pair had also lasted me for a long long period of time. 

that's y i kept going back to this optical shop. and i was so damn afraid they stop doing permanent lenses, cuz apparently, many optical shops no longer do perm lenses.

haha!

9yrs ago i did it for $120. now is $180 liao.

ok lah. increase of $60 over 9yrs. still reasonable lah. and $120 lasted me for 9yrs! 

incredible!! 

honestly, it's not correct to use a pair of lenses for such a long period of time lah. rightfully, should change a pair every 2yrs. im really lucky nothing happened. phew. 

but i really must say, the perm lenses by this shop is really really very good. i can wear for long hours and still feel ok. 

again, wearing lenses for long hours is also not recommended. i really should wear specs more often. but then, i have tried wearing specs to work and it's really uncomfortable after a while. it gives me ache around the ears, neck, head.. dont know how to describe, but just uncomfortable. so i dont dare to wear specs to work liao. 

of cuz, i also contemplated the idea of lasik. being able to see clearly once eyes are opened, was something i long lost. it will be amazing to have that ability back. and dont have to endure the dryness and stickiness after long hours of lense wearing and the trouble of washing lenses, will be great! but then... think about it... is it really worth the risks? sure, lasik is more and more advanced and common and what can go wrong when everyone did theirs fine?

but remember i always got a problem with the medical practitioners? yah. so at this moment, i still dont think the advantages of a lasik outweigh the risks involved. i shall stay contented with my specs and lenses. =)

ok, anyway, my new lenses will be ready in 7-10days. haha. shall c how long this new pair will last me ok. 

LOL. 

WinDow Grilles

ha, life before having a kid vs life after.. 

window grilles - for one - were specially installed because of rayous. for obvious reasons lah huh. 

before....... 超级无敌海景 (in my illusion) 

and now.. grilles fixed!

before.... 边跑步边看山望海  

now.. machine kept and grilles fixed

and of cuz, master room was not spared either. 

tada!!!

 total cost $810, including the grilles for the service yard.

ok lah, not as ugly as i expected it to be lah. in fact, i thought the living room somehow looks better now, with the grilles on. like more 'classy' feel. LOL!!! 

and not only that... almost every corner of the house has become rayous's territory. 

play yard here.... 

'training' ground on the whole corridor there

and pics of him all over... from full month... maybe can change the pics to first yr pics liao. hoho

see? 

孩前孩后还真是不一样

but it's ok. most important is his safety. no way this can be compromised. 

well, at least the gym room is still quite empty... for now.... 

LOL