Last day of the month. 

Phewwwwwwww 

Happy 3rD BirThDaY RayThoRous!!

it's didi's 3rd bday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have said previously that 3yo is a milestone, becuz once reached 3yo, the child really 'stabilize' alot as compared to earlier yrs. so, when rayous reached 3yo, we threw a mini bash for him.

and i swear swear sweaaaaar that we had wanted to do the same for didi. went to book the company's chalet, in the end, was informed that the chalet booking has been closed. subsequently, the COVID19 situation got worse, until i also dont dare to book any chalet liao... 

then we thought to celebrate it at our function room/bbq.. who knows, subsequently, function room/bbq also closed for booking.

then nvm, we will just hold it at home ok. and then who knows.... no more gathering of more than 10pax. 

ok, nvm, we then tot perhaps just ask MIL and FIL over for a super mini celeb.... but who knows..... NO CROSS-VISITING AND NO GATHERING OF ANY SIZES! 

wah laoooo ehhhhhhh. really 一波多折 lehh!

and worse..... came the extended circuit breaker, where bakeries and cake-manufacturing also became non-essential!! what primadeli la, four leaves la... all no more cakes ok!!!! 

just simply O.M.G.

so i was also quite upset that we are unable to give didi a decent cake... (but in the end, he received 4 cakes ok! read on!)

in the end, went google where still selling cakes.... and saw breadtalk still selling. but limited choices, mainly only the 'toilet roll' cake or some other flavours which i dont like. 

but where got pple bday cut toilet-roll cake one??? abit duh right... 

in the end, settled on this sponge cake. 

but, i was also worried that the sponge cake is really small and 'un-cake' like.... so to play safe, i ordered the toilet roll cake as well, just as a back up... 

and i also bought a packet of decorations to decorate the cakes.... 

tada!

the boys decorating the toilet-roll cake.. lol 

tada!!

and then this morning itself, i received a link that shares where are still selling cakes. though still selling, most need advance order. until i tried this ritz carlton hotel and they can order and deliver the same day! so i happily ordered!!!

and tada! the 3rd cake! ritz carlton de hor. dont play play!!

but but but, the sweetest cake, will be this surprise delivery from my dear ah ji and family! so so so sweeeet! such a pleasant surprise! (btw, the 'happy bday' is i write one using the decor pack from breadtalk, juz in case u all wondering y so unpro.. LOL)

and so, though no big bash, my dear didi has got 4 cakes to celebrate with ok!!

My cheeky boys  

and this little boy... got one present only... LOL.... sorry la, all shops closed... cannot do any shopping la... promise to make it up ok! 

And pizza for dinner! 

happy happy birthday my boy!! 

wishing you good health, grow up fast, be happy and safe ok!!

and and and....

please stop your thumb sucking habit ok!!!!!!!!!!!

Loveeeee you boyyy! 

WFH Thus FaR.....

oh ho..... 

wfh for about 2 weeks liao. 

quite shiok really. 

but pros and cons la. 

the most shiok part will be 

1) Can wake up much later than before! Pre COVID, wake up time means 610am. now, it can be as late as 830am! shiok! and dont have to cruelly wake the children up in the morning.... 

2) being able to wake up later, means no need to sleep as early the night before. so, night time becomes much longer. in the past, rush like mad shit. reached home already abt 7.15pm. then have to rush rush RUSH to make sure everything gets done and everyone sleeps by 10pm, else next day will have nightmare waking up. now? phewwww... sometimes 11pm still chatting on the bed w no fear of having to struggle to wake up tmr.

 LOL.

3) so, long story short, it's time saving! NO MORE MAD RUSH. 

but the cons......

1) now im really starting to appreciate the ergonomic chairs and tables at work. the set-ups at work, is really meant for and suitable for work. sitting at home to work really gives me shoulder ache. somehow somehow 就是不对... maybe the table too high.. or the chair too low... or ... whatever la.. 

2) really appreciate the non-stop aircon at work! yes, these days have been soo soo hot, literally sweating even with the fan on. yes, can on aircon... but wastage leh, for only 1 person working in the room. so most of the time, i try to make do. duh. so, must really appreciate the aircon at work .

3) and the utilities at home, sure shooting up lor. and not to mention the money spent on food..... but i guess, 拉长补短 ba. save on travelling fee, school fee, gym fee, eating out fee, but spend more on utilities and eating-in fee. ha. 

4) and why do i feel guilty about not working during sat & sun huh. yes, should try to take weekends to catch up on the backlogs.. but... haii. suan le... weekends are meant to rest ok. wfh doesnt mean i have to work every single day right. that's not healthy ok. 

5) oh and wfh really will eat more leh. In the past more conscious, don't want to let colleagues see u keep eating eating eating. Now, no one cares liao! Just eat! Stay home and get fat! 

6) i guess the most sad thing this whole period is how the children are being affected. literally sitting there to watch tv whole day, when they should be in school learning and exploring new things. sighhhh. this really is not good for them. and when they always come find us, we always shoo them off cuz we are working.... lucky still have the helper around to entertain them abit and every now and then. else really couch potatoes liao.. 

and this rayous... asked him about the 听写 and spelling... almost clean forgotten everything liao!! asked him about his friends in school, he told me he forgot their names liao... like wtf??!

sure there are learning kits etc that the school sent to us. but pls la, we r working at home leh, not holidaying leh. how to do learning kits xia??? and during weekends, we also want to rest and have some of our own time right... in the past still can go swimming or go out walk walk... now, really... everyone just sit at home watch tv, watch ipad, watch handphone....haiiii... this is really bad... 

but i guess, this whole period, the most affected person, will be my dear helper. cuz now, 24/7 we r all at home and scrutinising her liao. and heavier workload also, more things to do, since we r always at home now. and she got no more off days liao... she must be soooo miserable. LOLLLLL 

yep. in conclusion, i still prefer to wfh la. at least can see the children, can hug hug them (though can be quite disruptive at times). 

and, really dont complain le la. i think we r better off than many pple le. imagine those lost jobs or no income, stuck at home with the children, children kbkb, no  help, no money, weather hot like mad shit, cannot go out...... really can go crazy xia... 

and... im only glad that this whole thing happened when we have shifted and settled down in our new house. 

imagine this took place when we were staying at MIL's place..... 

OMG. 

I got participate again hor! 

Jiayou Singapore!!! 

My last bbt....... 

Lucky had the foresight to order 1 extra cup ytd afternoon. 

Bye bye bbt. 

Till we next meet again.

Urrrrghhhhhh

Yeah.

And we participated once again. 

Lol

Just when we wanted to order mac for breakfast...... 

有这么巧吗？？？？

 No wonder cannot place advance order ytd night.... 

And this morning also cannot liao... 

Sighhhhh. 

sighh.

going to fairprice used to be such a therapy..

yes yes yes, i know v auntish. but as age advances, its really quite an enjoyment to shop in grocery shops and pharmacies. 

LOL

but now, it's really like a battle ground in fairprice. 

gotta q to get in, then so crowded inside, then gotta q to pay and when u wanna shop and take something, it's always blocked by someone in the q. 

fuk. 

so, it's quite a nightmare to go fairprice now and with the current situation, u definitely do not want to go ever so often. 

but yet, they go set the limit on the purchases. 

i mean i totally understand that they do not want pple to stockpile. but the limit should also be reasonable ba. i just got rejected for meat >$30. like.. wtf?

just to put things in perspective. now in this CB period, we r all 'trapped' at home right. so, 3 meals all settle at home right. so usually, we will cook 2 meals - bf and/or lunch, and dinner. 

each meal, will consist of 1 meat. so each day, we will need 2 pcs of meat. 1 pc of pork meat is approx $5, so, if i can only buy $30 worth of meat, i can only buy 6pcs. and that means, the meat can only last me 3days. 

so now.... they r expecting us to go fairprice every 3days?? abit counter-intuitive right, when they are encouraging us to go out as less often as possible. 

and, how can the limit for veg and the limit for meat be the same???

1 packet of veg only $1.50 maybe? so, who in the right mind will buy 20 packets of veg in one go??? and not to mention meat can freeze and keep, but veg cannot. 

see.. really leh. doesnt make sense de.

and must be even more sian for pple with big family.... mayb really still have to go every day. 

sianxxxxx. so troublesome to go out now..... but yet cannot go 1x and buy all required for 1 week.... 

grrr.

OK. 

Still can go to the park connector for a quick breather. 

But tmr onwards, all have to wear masks liao. 

Except when I'm jogging perhaps. 

Sigh 

Everyday also something new to follow. 

Omg max. 

Day 1 of officially wfh! 

Thankful. 

At least can sleep later, no need to waste time getting ready for work, and to travel to work. 

Good luck!! 

And... Now also cannot jog downstairs liao. Can walk, but cannot jog. Really don't know what's the rationale. 

In the end went to run at the park connector. And, just a matter of time before the park connector will be closed, cuz really still too many pple. 

OK, till then..

Haha, finally had my pc set-up. 

Yes. The pc all the way from office! 

Knocked off at lunchtime on thurs to come home and wait for the man to deliver the pc. 

But alas, after the set up, still cannot login... In the end had to lug the cpu back to office on Good Friday to resolve. 

Lucky still can resolve, else Monday gotta go back office to fix again. 

Heng ah! 

Tada! 

As mentioned, I wasn't the first batch planned for the wfh. Was quite upset abt it really, cuz hubb already wfh and 2boys also at home. Would be good if I can also stay home w them. Not to mention this rayous was crying when he couldn't see me when he woke up on the 1st day that school stopped, despite me already preempting him the previous night. 

So w some twist of event, somehow, when the finalised list of wfh personnels was announced, I was in it!

Good ah!! 

So after everything was working, I logged in to clear some cases. Honestly shouldn't be doing that, cuz it's PH and wkends leh. Should abstain from work right?! 

But again, come Mon to Fri, when it should be full force work, I really don't know if that can happen with the 2boys around. 

Really quite disruptive and difficult to focus. 

Sighhh 

So come the wkdays, I also don't know how. 

Perhaps is to compensate with non working hours le lor, since cannot fully focus during working hours. 

Or perhaps i should just volunteer to go back and work from office.

Ha.

犯贱。

Such a nice gesture.... 

So sweet right.. 

感动。

Now I sure am a goody two shoes. 

G says no need wear masks if u r well, so I also din bother. 

But now that G says should wear mask, I also started wearing liao! 

Lol

OK la. I just feel that since we have gone so far into this, we really should make it a point to make it work. 

Stay safe everyone! Protect yrself, protect others! 

And for those who are still commuting for whatever reasons, believe u guys should be those in the essential services and unable to wfh. Same as me, at least until tmr afternn. 

All of us are also heros! 

Jiayou! 

Ha. 

My last 'seat-in' meal.... 

Before the new measure of no more dining-in...

But, that still will not stop me from having my yummy hawker breakfast.

Haha 

Well, it's really quite sad to see the always buzzling hawker centre become so quiet... 

No more kaypoji aunties and uncles sitting around gossiping.. 

Though this is only temporary and for the better good of everybody, it is still quite sad. 

And, no more school for the boys liao. 

Tried writing in to the school to still allow us to send them to school, but alas, not successful.

O well, if nothing goes wrong, I should be able to wfh effective this thurs.

Meantime, hubb is already wfh. 

So tmr, good luck to him in handling the work and boys at the same time. 

Hahaha. 

OK, bye bye school for now. 

The boys should be the most happy. 

So much so that this rayous shouted hooray and thank you coronavirus. 

Omg max. 

1 whole month at home doing nothing. 

Really Omg max max.

Good luck! 

Sighhh. 

Really 是赶尽杀觉。

Since gym closure, I resorted to jogging at the open space and also swimming at the pool at night. 

Yes, thanks to hubb and the boys who could still spare me some me-time. Lol

All the facs already closed, basically only left the pool. 

But alas, after Friday's announcement, the pool will also now be closed wef 7apr. 

Sighhhhhhh

So one last swim this late morning 

And one last pool play w the boys on sat

Bye bye pool for now. 

Nvm. I can still go for a run downstairs. 

Sighhhh

Life seemed to have come to a stop. 

Quite scary really. 

But alas, still bau at work for me. Yes, I still have to travel to work. Don't ask me why. 

Sighhh

OK. Wonder what's going to happen on Tues onwards. 

And wed, school closure. Also don't know if we can qualify and still send the boys to school.

Hubb is gernerally wfh. But how to wfh and take care of the 2boys at the same time?

Perhaps got to ask mil and fil over also liao. 

Haii 

Real jialek. 

Sighh

Really don't know which is worse.

Being forced to go on leaves. 

Or wanting to go on leaves but cannot due to heavy workload.

Sighhhhh 

1st day of a new month

 顺顺利利OK.

少说，多做。

Social distancing. 

Physically, mentally, spiritually.