Celest Foo

When Carine Was Younger....

2009-03-20T19:10:00.002+08:00

Bullying 'YiYi'

2009-03-12T23:22:00.003+08:00

Singapore Flyer Pictures

2009-02-08T15:06:00.000+08:00

Actress Carine

2009-02-06T23:56:00.002+08:00

Haha. Take a look at her, can turn on her tap as & when she like. *faint*

Sentosa Flower Festival 2009 - Pictures

2009-02-01T23:37:00.000+08:00

CNY 2009- Chu 1 Pictures

2009-01-26T23:51:00.002+08:00

Kinderland Zoo Trip Photo

2008-12-16T15:41:00.000+08:00

Updates on Celest Sleep Training

2008-12-13T01:56:00.007+08:00

Celest been sleeping in her own room on her new bed for over 2 months now. But, it hasn't really been successful as nightly, she will wake up & crawl into my bed in the middle of the night. Usually by then, i will be too sleepy to wake up to bring her back to her own room to sleep. Will just normally pat the bed & move aside to let her climb up & bunk in with us. But one thing i am puzzled is, she will remember to bring her blanket/pillow along with her when she come over. Poor daddy will then go out to sofa to sleep as it's getting squeezy & with her kicks/turns and all.

I thought that if i bought a Poohbear bedsheet set for her to sleep on, it will attract/encourage her to sleep throughout. So i been telling her about the Poohbear bedsheet thingy. During our window shopping, went into Aussino to search for the besheet. Hmm, it was slightly expensive as compared to those normal kids print bedsheet. 1 set of Poohbear prints can get me 2 sets of normal kids print. Guess which did i buy? The 2 kids print! Felt abit bad that i didn't fulfil my promise to her.

Xmas Tree Photos 2008

2008-12-12T08:31:00.014+08:00

Celest likes to take picture with Xmas tree nowadays ever since we started to 'intro' her. So, brought her around a few of the dept stores to snap some shots..

@ Vivocity

@ Takashimaya

@ Takashimaya Big Tree

Resting...

@ Level 1. Celest loves this Bear Xmas Tree especially...

Along Orchard Road

@ Paragon Level 1 Xmas Bazzar

Upstairs along the shops...

@ Central Mall

@ MOM Building before going for her school Xmas party.

Jurong Bird Park Trip

2008-12-01T17:52:00.012+08:00

Waiting for the show to start...

We brought the kids to Jurong Bird Park yesterday, thanks to hubby's corporate pass. For all of us adults, its been a few years since we last went there. Carine was a very good baby as she slept throughout the visit. Hehe. At one point of time, i even thought of SID.

We went to catch the 11am Birds & Buddies show when we reached there. All of us enjoyed the show very much, especially Celest. Her eyes were fixed on the birds flying about. She also gamely raise her hands when the host was asking for volunteers. After the show, we started our tour of the park. The 1st stop was @ the World of Darkness to see the owls. It was pitch dark inside which I couldn't even see my hands in front of me. Celest was a brave girl & wasn't afraid at all.

I didn't brought Celest into the kids playground area as I worried that she wouldn't want to leave. Well, the place was smaller than the Zoo & we were done in about 2hrs time. By then, all of us were very tired, hot & stuffy & yearning for a cold drink & air con.

Crane/ Penguins

Swan/ Flamingos

Talking Parrots

It was a slow walk on the way out. I didn't even got the energy to go to the Sintex sale next door.

@ The waterfall/ Thank You Daddy

Month By Month

2008-12-01T01:31:00.010+08:00

@ Birth /Weight 3.035kg

1 Month /Weight 4.9kg

2 Months /Weight -

3 Months /Weight 7kg

4 Months / Weight 8.25kg

5 Months / Weight 9.1kg

Xmas Show 2008 - Hello Kitty & Winnie The Pooh

2008-11-28T23:09:00.002+08:00

It's the time of the year when malls would usually have cartoon character show to attract those young shoppers. I remembered that last year, I brought Celest to see these shows with the SMH June friends. So fast man, another year has passed. Now with a baby in tow, I can't go out as & when like last time. I have to ask my mother-in-law to help in looking after Carine at home while I bring Celest out.

We first went to Bishan J8 to catch the Hello Kitty Show. It started just when we got there. Phew! Celest actually knows who is "Hello Kitty" but it's not me who introduce her to it. Maybe her school friends/ teachers? The show was abit boring to her as it's in a storyline and she's too young to understand the story. Guess the best part is the 'let it snow let it snow' part where there's 'snow' popping out. Those sitting right below the 'gun' was in a mess though. After the show, we went to Mac for a quick bite as we need to rush to Taka to catch the Poohbear.

There was some miscommunication as there was no show at the Taka. It's only Meet & Greet session. Brought Celest to queue up for a chance to take pictures with Pooh. Surprising she wasn't afraid this time round to get up close with Pooh.

Animal Resort

2008-11-25T22:59:00.003+08:00

Hubby didn't go to work today as he worked late till the wee morning. Just happened that during last night MSN chat, got to know that they are going to the Animal Resort. I then decided to join them. It's been a long time that I brought Celest along to all the outings as I need to look after Carine.

We met Naomi @ Yio Chu Kang station to share a cab there. The taxi driver haiz missed a turn & we had to make a detour. Actually the place is very near to the Roti Prata shop that we went at Jalan Kayu. Think the next time we will go and eat prata, can bring Celest to visit again. But, the inside road really abit confusing - rural area, we had to make a call to ask for directions from the place.

There are many small animals/birds at the resort, even a dog training school. It was the 1st time Celest was in such close proximity with them. We first went to the rabbits corner & bought some carrots to let the tods try feeding. Celest wasn't afraid at all and let them nibble the carrots. I was worried that Celest would be naughty by putting put her fingers inside and got bitten by the rabbits. After watching the rest threw the carrot inside the cage, she also follow suits.

Some geese appear & we bought some food to feed them. Naomi very brave to go first. Haha. All the goose went on to 'attack' her (food of course). I asked Celest if she wanted to try & she gamely agree. But, while trying to feed, she dropped the food onto the ground as soon as 1 of the goose nip at her hand. It was very ticklish feeding them. Later on, two geese were fighting and was really noisy. The keeper had to separated them and placed one away in a corner. We took the chance to explain to the kids that if they are naughty, they will also be put away in their 'thinking corner'.

Fish feeding time! See Celest breaking up the crumbs & threw them into the pond. There were also some other birds (don't ask me for the name, haha) at the resort. We got the kids back to wash their hands & settled for a fried rice lunch there.

We then went to Kelly's house to visit her as we heard that she's sick. It was really a house full of toys/books. Think Celest's toys only 1% of hers so naturally she was busy enjoying herself! It took some time to leave the house later also.

Animal Resort Photos

2008-11-25T22:56:00.003+08:00

Sleeping Solo

2008-10-31T13:02:00.002+08:00

Just started to train Celest to sleep in her own room in her own single bed over the weekend. I promised that i will buy Pooh Bear bed sheet for her so that she can lie on them. Hopefully Aussino will have sale coming up so that I can fulfill my promise.

The new seahorse mattress is better than the no-brand one we had. No wonder last time when she was younger, she doesn't like to sleep on it. So far, these few nights, she slept through the night with 1/2 exceptions. Like yesterday, I found her sleeping beside me on my bed in the middle of the night. Our doors are all opened so she can find us if she needs us & also enable us to hear her cries.

Celest would usually ask either hubby or me to accompany her first. We would then leave the room once she is sleeping soundly. At night, daddy will be sleeping on the floor to watch her. Maybe in a few days time, she can go solo.....

Carine's 2 Month Old Now...

2008-10-30T02:01:00.006+08:00

Carine's going to be 2 month old tomorrow. I wonder how much weight she has gained now. Weeks ago, her eyes are able to follow us & now she is showing expressions. Her eyes will be big & seems to be like talking to you. I still have not been able to capture a picture of her smiling. She did her first poo! on me inside the bathtub a few days ago man. Old memories came flooding back during Celest's time. I had to scramble to take her out of the water, clean her up, change the water etc..wishing that i had another pair of hands to help.

Her 6th week growth spurt seems to be over. Her body clock seems to have adjusted back & able to sleep through now. (Crossing my fingers) It was terrible back then when during the night she kept crying & didn't want to sleep & wanted to be carried. The moment you put her down on the bed, she will wake up & cry. She's currently drinking 140ml of ebm & hopefully i can continue to breastfeed her till at least 1year old.

Class Photo 2008

2008-10-28T23:52:00.002+08:00

1st Time Look So Solemn In Picture...

I went to fetch Celest home from childcare today. It's been around 2 months since I last went there. Their new outdoor playground is up & their indoors going to be renovated soon. Think the principal & Ms Chng couldn't recognise me at once as when they first saw me, I was pregnant & fat & ugly.

When i was packing her bag, saw a pleasant surprise. I had almost forgotten about her class photo. There she was standing obediently carrying a plush toy opening her eyes big for the shoot. Wonder how did the teachers/photographer coax her as usually, she will flash me her trademark 'no eyes' smile. Hmm, or maybe that's the point that they don't want to see any teeth out? I definitely look forward to her next year 2009 class photo & it will be a great comparison to see how much they had grown.

Carine Went Baby Swimming

2008-10-26T23:08:00.005+08:00

"Help" My Neck Stuck!

The Lady Helping To Her To Warm Up

Last time, Patsy was telling me about the baby swimming that she had brought Perle to. It was meant for babies below 1 years old & Celest was 'overage' then. Now that Carine was born, decided to make use of the free trial voucher that was given together with the Similac hamper.

As it was a weekend, there were many people there. The place doesn't give me a good feeling when it's crowded. Abit too untidy & messy & doubt the baby would be able to enjoy in peace. We waited quite sometime for our turn. While waiting, a family came along & they were admitted 1st. Got the hunch that it's because they are a paying customer while we are on free trial. The lady helped to put Carine into the tub. She doesn't seem comfy in the neck float, or maybe it's me who's not comfortable. Hehe. Carine doesn't seem to like the swimming. She just stayed still there without much movement. The lady said that it's normal for their 1st time. On the other hand, the baby in the tub next to mine was splashing about happily so much so that, i am abit wet from her splashes. I took her up after about 15min as she was getting hungry. Probably it expanded alot of her energy. Doubt i will go back again due to the hygiene issue. :)

HFMD Scare...

2008-10-25T01:49:00.005+08:00

Guess we were really very lucky that Celest was not infected else it would be madness at home. Actually got her slight running nose to be thankful for. The events happened quite fast & after one another...Let me recap back...

Sept 29 Mon

Celest was having slight running nose & thus was being sent back from school.

Sept 30 Tue

Today was the Children's Day Party but i didn't let Celest go to school as i wanted her to rest 1 more day. Got 1 case of HFMD reported today.

Oct 2nd Thur

Celest went to school today. Received a call from her teacher asking me to pick her up earlier as she's having slight running nose again. They also said that there were 3 new cases reported & thus advised me to bring her home as her immunity is low. Later in the evening received news that 1 more new case. Decided to let her skip school the next day as quite a number of cases now & hopes that the spreading will stop over the weekend.

Oct 6th Mon

Today didn't let her go to school as wanted to monitor the situation first...Luckily we didn't as there were 5 new cases today.

Oct 7th Tue

Received the official email that the school will be closed with effect from tomorrow. The email was being sent at 9pm+ & i heard that some parents were unhappy about the sudden closure. Earlier in the day, I called back to check on this matter as i knew that it should be quite near their trigger level. Ms Shikin told me that they are awaiting replies from MCYS & MOH and only after hours, I received the email. She said that the trigger level was between 11-15 & depends on case-by case basis. There were 1 more cases reported bringing it to 11 now.

Oct 8th Wed - School close

Oct 10th Fri

Today got 1 more new case but it's from the K1 level as the boy has a siblings from the PN class. To date, total of 12 cases.

Oct 20 Mon - School reopen

4th Wedding Anniversary

2008-10-24T23:57:00.002+08:00

Today was our 4th year wedding anniversary. Now with 2 kids, we didn't have much places that we can go to. Decided to eat at nearby Square 2 mall & selected Zhou's Kitchen. Initially wanted to eat at the Waraku Spaghetti but the queue was too long. The food's not bad, especially the Ee-fu Noodles. The long popiah is nice, minus the wasabi mayonnaise. Carine was being a very good baby & slept mostly. Celest as usual was being friendly with the wait staff & began doing faces at them...

Back @ School...

2008-10-23T23:21:00.003+08:00

Celest finally went back to school yesterday after a long break due to the HFMD closure. The school actually reopened on Mon but being KS, we decided to let her go back Wed just in case.

Yesterday got alittle trouble getting our princess to go school. After her milk, she lie down on the floor & pretended to be sleeping, telling me "Celest sleeping". Had to coax her to go with the help of the 'Dinosaur sweet'. Hubby said that she has no problem going into the classroom after seeing all her favourite teachers.

Today, again she resisted to go school. She will try to pretend not to hear what i told her & say i want to read story book, i want to play this, i want to do that etc.. Haiz, as usual got to reward her with her sweet before she left the house willingly.

Jamie's Full Month

2008-10-19T23:30:00.006+08:00

Asleep Most Of The Time....

Just came back from Jamie's Full Month Party @ Sheraton. The party was great, food was nice and a great chat with good friends. I wanted to be there earlier but just minutes before we left the house, we had two crying babies on hand. It was nightmare man as both hubby & me took charge of one each. Celest was probably crying cause I woke her up from her sleep and she got cranky. I had a hard time getting her to stop & comforted her. I told her that we are going to a party & it will have lots of balloons & chocolate cakes. That got her to settle down pretty fast. :)

As for Carine, most probably she got woke up by Celest's loud crying & got hungry. So friends, pardon those friend with kids who are late as it's really the truth & inevitable.

Jamie & Carine

New Additions To Our Group

The ballroom was decorated up very nicely with balloons etc & it looked very cheerful & cosy. Carine was a good girl and was asleep most of the time despite us trying to get her awake. Celest was enjoying herself under the care of Mervyn, Daphne, Maomay & her bf. That enabled me & hubby to enjoy our food in peace. Haha. Was very appreciated that they dote on her very much especially M & D. They managed to kept her entertained & seated in her high-chair till the end of the event.

Our group is getting bigger man, with the addition of a maid & 2 babies. Next time when making reservation for gathering, it will be for 9 adults, 1 kid & 2 babies!

Carine's 1st Outing

2008-10-12T23:38:00.005+08:00

Mummy & Carine & Celest

Our 1st outing ever since Carine's born was to go to the airport as Celest had always wanted to see aeroplanes for a long time. It's been quite a while since we last went out because of my confinement. Hubby decided to stop over at the Terminal 2 as for the past few times, we always went to the Terminal 3. We had a little brunch at the Tong Shui Cafe before bringing Celest to the viewing gallery. She can recognise an SIA plane and will say 'Singapore Plane'. Hubby put her on the stroller when I brought Carine away for breastfeed. She refused to leave till we say that we will bring her to another place to view the aeroplane which is Terminal 1.

Not That Picture Perfect Though...

Looking @ aeroplanes..

Carine's 1st Month Jab

2008-10-03T20:59:00.004+08:00

Today we went to Dr Ong's clinic for Carine's 1st month jab. As usual, there's lots of patient waiting but luckily, newborn got priority. Hehe. Carine was sleeping soundly as she just had a bottle of formula milk before we left the house. Hubby was asking me if i want to bet whether she will cry during the injection.

The assistants weighed her & she gained about 2kg in 1 month @ 4.9kg! Must be all the breastmilk that she had been drinking! During the consultation, Dr Ong said that the red birthmark at the back of her head will go away in about 1-2years time. Phew.. When being jabbed, she did cry alittle but stopped soon after Mummy carried her. What a brave girl.

These few days, her eyes are able to see better now. She's able to turn her head to where we are. Hubby was there making her exercise her neck by walking right & left & she also turned her head/eyes to the direction. She doesn't really like to be swaddled as very soon, she will kick it off & her hands & legs will start exercising already. Her heat rash are getting better, hopefully it won't come back again. She's drinking about 120ml now on a 3hrly basis, sometimes during the day, she will get hungry in 2hrs!

CL Had Left!

2008-10-02T23:11:00.002+08:00

The confinement lady went back today. When she was leaving, a feeling of sadness came over me and i started to miss her. Not that she's a very very good CL but that I had to handle the baby alone from now on. Actually, I thought that her work was quite OK. She told me that she won't be accepting any stay-over assignment now as she prefer daytime only. There goes my chance of getting her to help me IF i had #3.

Actually we felt that she didn't really put her whole heart into helping us as compared to last time. Maybe it's because she knew she won't do for us again? or feel shortchange as we agreed on $2300 1 year ago when i booked her? Hmm....The rates for a local CL is currently at $2800 which is really very expensive compared to a Malaysian $2000. But, due to hubby's work nature, I had no choice.

The whole day, I was there changing the diaper, feeding her milk, burping her, carrying her to make her sleep. I was so busy that I forgot to go to the toilet until late in evening! Initially, I forgot that a newborn would pee & poo very often. As a result, I didn't check and change Carine's diaper. It got red a little. Now I really think auntie is great and had lots of patience.

It was no joke to make Carine sleep. When you carry her, she would doze off but as soon as you put her onto the cot, she will fuss very soon. My backs breaking by the time i slept & I was soo tired & sleepy.

The 1st day of handling her alone was quite 'mang zang' for me. Don't know why i was abit nervous, stressed & pressured to get my housework done altogether. Think I must try to let go alittle else will burn out very soon. It was not until 11pm+ when she had down another bottle of milk then did she finally fall asleep.

Carine's Full Month Party

2008-09-28T14:59:00.007+08:00

Doesn't It Look Familiar?

Yesterday was Carine's Full Month Party. It was a pretty long day and we had lots of guests. Imagine we catered a buffet for 95 people! The night before I told Celest about the party that we will be having and there will be many people. I asked her to be a good girl and be on her best behaviour. I was much excited about it and had slight diffculty in falling asleep. Come morning, I went for my haircut. It certainly feels good to have someone to wash my hair clean when all I did for the past 1 month was to use the herbal water to wash only. Felt refreshed & 'younger' with the new look, even hubby commented that I look good with it at night. Keke.

Celest & Her Many Faces...

Soon, the boxes of cakes from Melrose arrived and the Getel cheesecake as well. Was very glad that they offered to cut the cake into smaller pieces as during Celest's time, we had abit of hardtime cutting it nicely. The people from Le Xin arrived at 12pm to set up the buffet table. It was getting busy and I didn't really have time to eat the lunch that CL cooked. I was also too excited to eat..Hehe. I dressed up Celest and tied up her hair. She behaved well that day and the dress she wore made her look very cute & demure.

Guests soon started to come in and things got underway. It was great catching up with friends and i got ample time to talk to everyone. Celest even got a gift also from father-in-law's colleague. Very nice of her to remember Celest who bought her a Barney bag & stationery/books. She was very happy and kept holding on the bag for her dear life.

Carine didn't have much chance to sleep as many people were looking at her. She's the Star attraction mah and was very good as well. Haiz, I forgot to take pictures of Carine on her big day, not to mention with mummy. Halfway entertaining, I found Celest not around in the house and thought one of the relatives had brought her downstairs to play. It was after sometime that I realised it's been far too long. Only when I asked around, I realised that Celest went to Gillian's house to play. She was so happy there till she did not want to come back. Gillian had to bring her over with some tricks.

The food was pretty good with the exception of the dessert and Lo Han Chye. The dessert supposed to be Cheng Teng but got too much sweet potato that it looked like a sweet potato soup instead. We over catered abit and had the relatives to take back some food home. Cleaning up was tiring man and all of us slept early.

Super Eyes & Ears!

2008-09-25T14:53:00.005+08:00

Hubby was telling me that we can consider training Celest to be a shooter already. She has very good eyesight man. From our house, she can spot an aeroplane or helicopter and told us correctly be it at night or daytime. Sometimes, she would point to the wall, telling tell me that there are ants crawling on the wall man.

These few days whenever Carine cries, she would go and tell the CL that 'baby cries, eh eh' etc. Sometimes, she was the one who heard the cries first before anyone else.

Labour Of Love

2008-09-22T15:23:00.005+08:00

I am now in my 3rd week of confinement and we will be holding Carine's baby shower this coming Saturday. I was too lazy to start up a new blog for Carine and even thought of writing it on Celest's instead. Oh well...

My labour pain started on friday night, 29th August, when I was sleeping. It didn't really hurt much and it seems to me like a dream so I was non-chalant about it. In the morning, the contractions started coming in at a more frequent interval and greater pain. I started recording down the timings of each contraction.

Late in the morning, I called up the clinic to seek some advice and they asked me to go down for a CTG scan, which i didn't go ultimately. In the afternoon, the interval was still quite distant, around 45 mins to one hour. My in-laws came to visit us and we were supposed to have dinner together. Because of my pain, I told my hubby to excuse me. We ended up having "take-away" and my last meal before my delivery, "Hokkien Mee".

When night falls, the intervals started getting shorter but still fall short of gynae's 5-10min interval. It was getting more painful each time my contraction came which resulted me in not sleeping. It was until 3am+ when I decided that I need to go to hospital. We asked our parents to come down to look after Celest. Actually, before this, we were in a dilemna over to go hospital anot, for fear that it will be a 'false alarm'. It will be quite embarrassing for me if that is the case. Another reason is also because of my hubby who kept saying that he don't feel that I am giving birth so soon.I got up to pack finish the hospital bag and did some preparation while waiting for them to come. Hubby was still telling his dad that I don't have the look of giving birth when we were leaving the house.

In the car, I was praying hard that it won't be a false alarm also. At the admission counter, we were brought straight to the delivery ward where the nurse checked on me. The midwife did CTG scan and showed that I had irregular contractions. She then did a VE check and she told me that I was 3cm dilated already. The VE check was quite painful man as my gynae didn't do any before this preferring natural.

I was then given enema to flush out all my poos and changed into their green robe. I was then brought into the labour room. I was like har? 3cm dilated. now in the midst of labour. I asked the midwife if i can go home to wait till there's more dilation etc but she said #2 usually will be faster and she do not wish to see me giving birth inside a taxi.

Contractions! / Hubby's Resting Corner

Wonder of Epidural

I was brought to labour room 3 and strapped to the CTG again so that we can be sure baby's heartbeat is ok. The contraction pain was getting more painful and came with terrible backpain. I had to get grab hold of the metal bar tightly and hubby helped to massage my lower back each time the pain comes. The nurse kept asking me if i wants the epidural but i decided to wait till Dr Paul came before deciding.

Now became a waiting game and hubby even got the time to go out and ate his breakfast Wonton Mee @ the opposite coffeeshop. I didn't really sleep much due to the pain and hubby's massage on my back..Hehe. The nurse mentioned that usual standard is 1cm dilation will take 1 hour, but my dilation goes real slow. Imagine at 9am when the gynae came, it's only 4cm! He said that he would break the waterbag to speed up the dilation but the pain would be more intense. I asked him how long more would I have to wait and when he mentioned at least 5hrs more, I agreed to the epidural instantly. Also, he said the epidural will help to relax my muscle inside so that it will be faster to dilate as he said that my muscle was very tense up inside.

The epidural doctor was actually his brother Philip who came around 10am+. I was afraid of epidural as I heard that they would use long thick needles to poke. Anyway, Dr Philip must have been very frustrated with me as whenever he tried to poke my back, I fidgeted. It's not due to the pain but more of ticklish. Or maybe I was too tensed up.

I had a hard time trying to relax myself and kept trying to think of things to distract me. I thought of my flying days, the Japanese briefing we had in the cabin, the meteor shower that I witnessed in the dark sky while on flight etc... Finally, I asked him if there's any more needles to poke and he said that he's done already. Hehe.

Next came the poking of needle for the IV drip. This is more painful as lots of nurses/docs have said that it's quite hard to find a vein to poke the needle in. The 1st poke wasn't successful and Dr Philip had to poke again the 2nd time. The 2 sites became swollen and bruises man after that & the 2nd epidural doc asked me why did the 1st epidural doc poke at the 1st site. It was blissful after the epidural kicks in. Before that I was still worried that I would move my body when the contraction came but Dr Philip helped me to breathe through it.

Now I understand why during the antenatal class last time, the instructor said that the husband must know the breathing method as the wife usually all gets panicky whenever the contraction sets in. I can't even remember any of the breathing method! The nurses dimmed the lights then to let me have some sleep. 2 hours later at 11am, my dilation was still at 5cm only. Hubby was saying that there's a young couple who came later than us but they have already delivered their baby boy and the father was outside watching the baby being weighed etc. The room wasn't really sound proof as I could hear screamings and nurses talking next door. It makes me afraid of what's going to come later.

Dr Paul came at 1pm+ again to check on me and said that there's no progress on my dilation. He ordered Oxytocin to be administered to speed up the dilation process. Hubby looked at the CTG chart and said that I just had a big record-breaking contraction but I told him that I didn't feel anything. Wonders of epidural!

Halfway through, the nurses came and asked me to breathe in some oxygen. They didn't explain much but i feel frightened and scared as I knew there's something wrong with the baby. Later they told me that, the baby's heartbeat had dropped alot and that's why I need to breathe in the oxygen so to give the baby more air. I started to worry and I breathe in the oxygen as deeply as possible until they told me that the baby's heartbeat is back to normal. Phew!

At 3 pm+, Dr Paul came and told me a bad news. I was 6/7cm dilated then but everytime there's contraction, the baby's heartbeat seems to drop and get distressed. He believed that something seems to be preventing the head from dropping into the canal. He said it could be the cord etc, & he suggested c-section then. He was also afraid that my previous c-section wound can't take the pressure & rupture. I was very upset upon hearing this as I wanted to do a natural badly, be it for the faster recovery, lesser cost, chances to give more birth later etc...Not to mention, I know hubby will definitely whined on the excess $ needed for the emergency c-sect now etc..bla bla bla. 12hours of labour came to nothing. Haiz.

The nurses started to prepare me for the surgery, shaving etc. They topped up my epidural and it was another doc who came as Dr Philip couldn't make it. I was wheeled into the OT and things proceeded very fast from there. Hubby came in very soon after that and Dr Paul began his work immediately. I was already in a daze from the effect of the morphine? epidural? As soon as i felt nauseous, the epi doc injected the 'antidote' into my IV drip which made me more sleepy. Soon, I felt the familiar tugging, pulling and pushing. Wa-la, little Carine is out @ 5.05pm. We managed to take some family pics before the baby was whisked away. It was damn fast as compared to the previous experience, probably because I already had the epidural.

At the Labour ward, I was still thinking if I want GA as I am afraid to go through those panicky feeling again. My stupid hubby even said that he doesn't want to come in. Reason being he was lazy to change into those 'OT suit'. Wa Kao, I needed his support the most and yet he said this. So disappointed man.

Just Born / Tears Of Joy

Getting Tagged

Dr Paul stitched me up and I was wheeled back to my room soon after that. Our room was 511 and it was a pity that we didn't manage to stay in their newly renovated room. My father-in-law and Kian came to visit but I was too dazed and sleepy to greet them, except for the vomiting. This time round, my side effect was vomiting and itchiness. I vomited throughout the night and my back felt terrible coz of the itchiness. It felt hot and i couldn't sleep. I got hubby to use a towel to scrub my back for me. I kept complaining to the nurse that the room's very hot, believing that the aircon is spoilt. Even got them to put an extra fan for me. I guess it must be due to the itchiness that i felt that as the next days when the itch gone, the room didn't feel so hot.

Taking Height & Weight

@ Home With Baby

2008-09-18T14:11:00.006+08:00

Discharged from hospital. Day 6

Celest was very excited with the baby at home and she liked to be with her "meimei". Whenever the confinement nanny opened her bedroom door, Celest would rush into the room to see the baby. We had the door closed as we worried that Celest would wake Carine upfrom her sleep.

So now, whenever Celest sees the confinement nanny walking back to the room, she would run ahead of her and wait at the door. In the beginning, as soon as she woke up, she will mention about baby already. Sometimes I dread about Celest being at home as she has a very loud voice. Carine always got woken up with Celest's talking/ singing/ playing with toys etc. In the end, all of us ended up not having sufficient rest. When we tell her to be more gentle when playing toys, lower her volumes etc, she would somehow do do the opposite! Arggh.

Very bad peeling.... Day 9

Day 7

Celest had running nose and persistent cought for the past few days. We had a hard time separating both sisters apart and we had a few incidents of Celest sneezing/ coughing right in front of Carine's face! I was praying hard that Carine's immunity is strong enough to withstand the germs.

Out of the blue, Celest begun to fuss about becoming a 'baby' too. She would ask us to carry her like a baby & 'sayang' her etc. Whenever she got the chance to get into the baby's room, she will climb into the baby cot and sat there. The 1st time when I saw this, I thought it was amusing but subsequently it became irritating.

Meet The Parent/Teacher Session

2008-09-16T23:08:00.002+08:00

Today was the scheduled session for Celest and hubby met up with Celest's teachers at the childcare centre. The purpose was to update us on the progress of the kids for the past few months etc. The teacher told us that Celest was generally very well-behaved in school, with not much crying spells, tantrum etc. She's even sort of a discipline mistress. Eg: When Alden was sent to the 'thinking chair' and he left the chair without permission, Celest would tell the teachers about it. She would also tell Alden to remain seated on the chair. Celest is quite well-liked by the teachers in the school. Haha. I was thinking that they seldom see her 'bad' side man. But the teachers do noticed that she wasn't as bubbly and happy since the birth of Carine. Think I must pay more attention to her liao and hopefully Celest will be back to her usual self sooooon.

Mid Autumn Festival 2008

2008-09-14T14:44:00.003+08:00

We did not really celebrate much this year due to my confinement. We didn't even get a lantern for Celest although my mother-in-law got her a "Barney" lantern. I felt guilty about it as this year would be a very fun year since she is more sensible now. I was glad that she managed to go for the school's West Coast Park outing in celebration of Mid Autumn. Hope she had a good time eating and tasting the mooncakes etc. I initially volunteered to bring the teochew yam mooncake but due to my confinement, I missed the deadline to bring it to school. Luckily, they called me and asked me to bring a pomelo instead.

Meeting Carine For The 1st Time

2008-09-09T14:55:00.011+08:00

My Cheeky Little Girl!

Celest came to hospital on Monday to visit me. That was the 1st time that we met since I was admitted to TMC on Sat midnight. She was delighted to see me and kept calling Mummy. Hubby was saying how much he missed her the night before. He went to bring the baby over from the nursery and that was the first time the sisters met each other. Suddenly, there was a buzz as everybody want to have a look at the newborn.

Believed that Celest staring to feel the 'threat' as she had a worried look, according to hubby. He said that he went to carry Celest to assure her that we still care about her. Soon, Celest began to warm up and wanted to touch the baby. When baby was pushed back to nursery, Celest wanted to follow her "meimei". Departure was a difficult moment as Celest refused to leave. We asked her if she wanted to see baby and she replied "yes". Only then she willingly followed my in-laws out of the door. According to hubby, they had a hard time getting Celest to leave the nursery area and she ultimately left, crying badly.

My Details...

Animals Book

2008-08-26T16:49:00.001+08:00

Words/Animals Book

2008-08-26T15:55:00.005+08:00

She got these 2 books way in the beginning. I had shown & read to her daily then. After awhile, realise that she can remember all the words in these 2 books subject to 1 or 2 usual 'mental block' like the 'monkey', where she will like to say it in Chinese 'hou zi'.

Finally get to recording them last night after procrastinating for a long long time. Haha. See the videos!

Singapore Fireworks Festival/ Fairmont Hotel Stay

2008-08-23T23:01:00.007+08:00

Daddy & Mummy!

Hubby's cousin (Magdalene) booked a hotel room at The Fairmont Singapore for the 2N1D night for us to view the Fireworks Festival. As she is working in the hotel itself, she managed to reserve the room at a staff rate.

On the previous night, we were at home and Celest could only hear the loud 'booming noise' from our windows. She was scared as she thought it was thunder. I told hubby that it would be different when she saw the fireworks together.

The Day & Night View From Our Room. Pardon My Poor Photography..

In the morning, we went to Bukit Timah Food Centre for our breakfast with Simon's family. Celest woke up quite late at around 9am+. After breakfast, we went to Turf City to walk around. The 2 guys decided to do some car viewing, leaving two 2 heavily pregnant women + 2 tots some time to spare. We sat inside a cafe while waiting for them.

As we had too much time to spare & scared nowhere to go, we slowly ordered our items to prolong the time. Had drinks followed by waffle and then onion rings... Phew,the two guys came back less than our estimated time and Celest had started to show restlessness.

Celest then saw a children's corner and wanted to come down from her high-chair. We went over to the balloonist who gave Celest a flower balloon and drew pretty flowers on her right arm.

Looking Out....

We checked into the hotel around late afternoon. The room was pretty and cosy, of course with a nice view overlooking the bay area. Definitely a good place to catch the fireworks but the sky looks set to disrupt the firework.

Managed to get Celest to catch a wink so that she won't be cranky and tired later in the night. Had our dinner at the foodcourt downstairs and by then, Celest was busy running around in-between the two rooms, enjoying herself and looking at the view.

She called the Singapore Flyer 'balloon' and she doesn't seems to be afraid of heights. We were at 21st floor, Room 2135 and 2136. While waiting for the fireworks, our relatives were chatting with each other.

Some of hubby's nephews brought along their handheld games & one was gracious enough to lend it to Celest to play. It kept her occupied for a long time. Not that she know how to play the game, she was just satisfied with pressing the buttons and watching the animated screen. Don't think we will get one for her in future as it's quite addictive. We asked her 'Whose one?' She replied 'Celest's one'. Can really faint as she thinks that whatever item is in her hands, it's hers!

Later, when she finally returned back to the owner, we asked her the same question again. She replied ' Gorgor's one'. Haha

The fireworks started soon at 9pm and all eyes were on the sky. Celest wasn't afraid as what I have expected as she covered her ears only. After the event ended, most relatives began to take their leave.

As the weather has been wet these few days, I did not bring any swimming attire for Celest during the hotel stay. Decided to soak with her in the bathtub and let her enjoy the water for awhile. It was her 1st time soaking in a hotel bathtub. I was abit worried whether pregnant women can soak in 'warm' water. Will the heat make the blood circulation faster? affect the baby? Paranoid?

Anyway, thankfully nothing happen. It was so comfy soaking in it, reliving my back aches etc that I had experienced for the past few weeks. Celest too had so much fun in it that she refused to get out. Hubby got to forcibly carried her out and try to distract her.

It's been a long time since I last stayed in a hotel when hotel was my 2nd home in the past. It was almost 12midnight by the time Celest slept and after a hot soak, all felt very relaxed and slept quite well.

Morning came and surprised to see Celest waking up at nearly 10am! She must be very tired last night and most probably also due to the hot water soak. Actually, I was roused quite early by the noise that was coming from the marathon. It was sooooo loud! We had BK for breakfast and lazed around in the room till checkout in the late afternoon.

Singapore Fireworks Festival 2008

2008-08-23T19:01:00.001+08:00

Daddy, Scratch!

2008-08-23T02:22:00.003+08:00

These few days, Celest has one mosquito bite on her thigh which has not gone away yet. Think it must be a very 'poisonous' mossie as the swelling and red marks are still there for so long.

She would go to her daddy when he's sitting on the armchair, climb up and get daddy to scratch the area for her. Next, she will arch her neck backwards, pointing to her neck and say 'scratch' also. Hehe. But hor hubby was slightly irritated after repeated 'requests' which I don't know why.

For me, I see it as they are getting closer together. It all boils down to hubby's impatience. I tried to scratch for Celest sometimes but she preferred to be in daddy's cradle, lying in his arms while having her itchiness scratched.

National Day Celebration @ CC 2008

2008-08-23T01:57:00.003+08:00

It was only 2/3 days before 8th Aug when I received an email from the CC for the children to come dress in red/white. Haha, that got me scrambling to search through her wardrobe to find something suitable.

Phew! Luckily, I have an attire for Celest. The night before, I was telling her about the party that they will be having the next day and cakes etc. Celest was very excited and come the next day, she let me got her prepared without much fuss. Her mind must be thinking about the 'cake' that I have told her. She has a soft spot for cake man, especially chocolate cake.

That day was my turn to fetch her back from CC. After i signed in, I noticed the photo display board had changed from the Science Centre trip to National Day Celebration. I saw Celest's photos on the board and was very happy.

It was the 1st time that I ever had a picture of her taken in school. Got one picture of her smiling very happily, waving the pom pom. There is another picture of her putting her hand around Zoe's shoulder. So cute! The picture costs 50c each and I ordered all whichever her face appeared. That comes up to 4 piece only. Hehe. Will try to scan them and post up soon once I lay my hands on it.

'Mei mei Buy Elmo'

2008-08-14T01:30:00.004+08:00

That day, she saw one Elmo toy inside the store room. I didn't let her play because she has quite a number of toys already. Her toy box is bursting you see.... So, I took the chance to tell her that the Elmo toy was bought by 'Meimei' for her as a gift. I have heard and read before that when #2 is coming, can buy a little toy for the elder one, using the baby's name so that they won't feel left out/ jealous.

Well, no harm trying when I have spare toys at home. These few days, I have been reinforcing the idea that 'Meimei' buy an Elmo toy for her till now she remembers it very well.

Q : What did 'Meimei' buy?

C : 'Meimei' buy Elmo.

Q : For who?

C : For Celest.

Q : Did you thank your 'Meimei'?

C : Thank You 'Meimei'

But, hmmm, the Elmo toys are still in the storeroom as I don't have the chance/time to take it out and let her play. Maybe the day when I bring baby home? Just hope that the two sisters can live in harmony and love with each other.

Fidgets

2008-07-27T23:28:00.005+08:00

Bonding time with daddy/ Her favourties : Balls!

So tiring to push her around/ Obstacle course

Sliding down...

Having read much about Fidgets in MTDT's blog, we decided to bring her to the place today. The day before, I was prepping Celest, getting her all hyped up for the visit. I even showed her the pictures of the place from the web page.

Imagine my disappointment when hubby suggested that we went to the beach instead because of his knee pain. The first words that Celest spoke when she woke up today is 'big ball' and smiled at us, nodding her head at the same time. She do remember what I have told and promise her. That's why I say, "Never break a promise to a kid". Imagine hubby broke two promises to bring her go swimming.

Anyway, the sky looked overcast and was very windy. We worried that Celest would catch a cold if we go to the beach. So we sticked to our plans @ Turf City. We had our breakfast at a coffeshop there before going to the Fidgets. For those who want to go there, please park your car at the open space outside the Giant supermarket. It's not in the same building as the main one. Look out for a heading that says 'MagicBoo' - a shop that sells bathroom wares etc. For adults, entry is free. A charge of $8 is imposed on each child less than two years old otherwise it will be $15.

Celest let out a big scream when she saw the place and was raring to go. The concept is similar to the playground at Big Splash except that it is unlimited play and bigger space for children to play. There was a cafe inside for people to relax themselves over a piece of cake or drinks while their kids enjoy themselves. Too bad i don't have the luxury of doing that as i need to follow daddy and Celest around to take photos.

Celest first went to the ball pool and hubby took her along on the slide which she wanted more. But, she likes to take shortcut and tried to climb up the slide which is too slippery because of the socks she was wearing. It's quite a good place to improve her hands/arms/eyes coordination as she needs to manoeuvre here & climb there.

I was surprised when she managed to climb up a flight of 'blocks' (like wall- climbing). There wasn't any big balls around when we were there. Maybe it was 'cleaning in progress'. We took her to try out the rest of the playground. Some of which she didn't try as she's too small for that and hubby's leg pain prevented us too. So, shall see if her 'Shu Shu' can bring her in the next time and it will be more fun for her.

Actually, I wanted hubby to bring her in as I wanted them to improve their bonding. So that Celest will be able to have fun with hubby and that will help him to carry/deal with her more easily. Haiz....

The playground visit lasted 1hr+ and as expected, Celest refused to leave the place. Had to carry her away by force. The staff told me that it's very normal.....Haha.. We went to Giant to do some grocery shopping before heading for home. Guess all the climbing & excitement had made Celest very tired as she napped longer than usual.

Visit From Sally Ann & Nat...

2008-07-24T13:21:00.005+08:00

Hubby's distant cousin from Australia came to Singapore for their honeymoon. All of us were meeting each other for the first time.

We had our dinner at Holiday Inn Park View, trying out their new promotional buffet which showcase local delicacies. The spread is not bad but unfortunately, I could only eat a small portion of durian cream as I'm scared that baby will grow too big.

Surprisingly, Celest wasn't afraid or shy of them when she saw Sally-Ann and Nat. Maybe it's because they look young? less fearful? Anyway, after dinner, they came to our place for a visit.

The couple left Singapore the next day and we wish them a blissful and eternal marriage.

Aranda Country Club

2008-07-20T23:57:00.004+08:00

Rise & Shine! We went to Geylang's dim sum house to have our brunch. My in-laws also joined us despite the last-minute notification.

I ordered a bowl of porridge for Celest to eat. When the rest of the dishes came, she was eyeing the mango/banana fritters that was placed in front of her. Haha. It was the 'heat' that kept her from pinching the food.

After our brunch, we went back to my in-laws' home where Celest "wolfed" down one bowl of bird nest. Hubby always grumbled that kids are so lucky nowadays, can eat bird nest at such young age. Celest also knew it was good stuff and she will be going back to ah-ma for more.

Since last week, we promised to bring Celest go swimming again which resulted in her saying and nodding her head 'swimming' throughout the whole day.

Today is hubby's cousin, Jasmine's 21st birthday and we are going to her birthday celebration, held at Aranda Country Club. I brought Celest's swimwear and diaper along, hoping she would have a chance to use it.

The unit was just right in front of the Wild Wild Wet. She was eyeing the place enthusiastically and kept saying swimming again. Oh well, her lazy daddy disappointed her again. Brought backwards the promise for 2 weeks in a row. I still think that it's wrong to break a promise to the kids as they WILL remember and be disappointed. If not for the fact that I am in my last trimester, I would have brought her on my own. Guys hiaz!

The place at Aranda looks pretty good and the unit is spacious but I still prefer the Aloha Loyang pool terrace unit (minus the inconvenience). Hopefully, i can still get a unit somewhere for baby's full month celebration.

After settling down, Celest, as usual, started her auto-roaming. At some point, she was fascinated with the pumping of balloons and wanted to pump one on her own manually. Few balloons burst but this did not deter her at all.

Downtown East certainly look more lively now after the revamp. Will find a chance to bring Celest come again during a weekday to explore the place.

Ah Gong's 59th Chinese Birthday

2008-07-08T23:43:00.003+08:00

Don't Be Mistaken! It's Not Celest Birthday...

It's Ah Gong Birthday!

Trying to get Celest to sing the birthday song..

Today is Ah Gongfather's 59th birthday and we celebrated by having a little cake cutting at our home. We ordered the cake (a black-forest cake) from Four Leaves. Haha. I have a liking for their cakes these few days.

During Celest's birthday, I ordered a Strawberry Shortcake flavour from Four Leaves as well. Well, it's funny. When I was eating the one slice cake, it taste so wonderful but can't say the same thing when eating from the whole cake-so. Now, need to source for another cake for Celest's mei mei's full month celebration.

We had dinner at New Park Hotel's Hai Xiang Restaurant which was ala-carte buffet. Celest was enjoying her food but towards the end, she started to get restless and ran around the restaurant. How time flies, I can still remember we were celebrating Ah Gong's birthday at Sheraton Towers one year ago.

Splashing Time!

2008-07-06T23:10:00.006+08:00

So envy...seldom got mummy in picture. :(

Today didn't really have any plans to go to. Happened that Patsy suggested of bringing the tots go swimming and off we went to the Civil Service.

The baby pool was sheltered and there weren't many kids around. Celest was screaming happily when she saw the pool. It was her favourite activity and the last time she went to a pool was at the Changi Beach Club.

This time round, daddy was with her in the pool as mummy does not have any maternity swimwear. It was a good chance for the father and daughter to bond together. I didn't bring her float along as she resented sitting in it during the last few times. This time round, she wanted to sit in Perle's float. Haiz! Other people's toys are always better.

We arrange to go to the Jurong East's pool whereby there is a slide for the children to play. I think the kids will enjoy themselves very much, hopefully before I give birth. I don't think I will be bringing the baby outdoors for the first few months.

Playing with Perle/ Daddy's tired look...shame..

Some Updates On Celest....

2008-06-29T00:53:00.010+08:00

Nice pics..Hehe

Her look really very different now...

I am getting lazy to update on Celest's progress. Can't imagine when baby #2 is out! Double info to input! In the morning, we visited the famous "Jacob Ballas Garden". Maybe I was sol hyped up over the visit that it turned out to be a disappointment for me due to the way it was. There's nothing much to do over there except blazing sun.. Haiz...

Childcare

Celest is doing quite well and has settled nicely in the centre except for the 'often' bout of running nose and cough. Guess it's beyond me except to pray hard and boost her immune system. Now she will leave home after bidding 'goodbye' to me at the door before leaving obediently with daddy (somtimes will still need a sweet to keep her happy).

In the beginning, I was the one who fetched her back during evening time. When daddy took over the evening shift, she wasn't quite used to it and threw a few tantrums. There was one day when I had to go there as undercover and followed hubby throughout the whole process. This is to allow me to help if Celest threw her tamper again. Now, its better hopefully(Keeping my fingers cross).

Since she started attending cc, you can see a difference in her social skills. She became more sociable and would hum tunes in chinese/english etc, although her pronounciation ain't that clear yet. These few days, she would insist on wearing her shorts/pants/ shoes on her own although she wasn't that good in wearing her bottoms yet.

I can see that her teachers were quite good to her and Celest get along very well with them. Hopefully, they won't be leaving so soon.

Carseat

Most of the time, she would complied and sat inside the carseat. If she doesn't sit in, we won't start the car and remained at the carpark till she complied. But during the journey, sometimes she would wriggle her hands out of the strap and I had to 'remind' her again.

In the beginning, she would pulled and tugged at the straps till her neck were red with abrasion. Hopefully by the time we move her to the front passenger seat, she will be able to take instructions & rules better.

Actually, the material for the cover is very thin with almost no cushioning. Abit regret in buying as hubby just wanted to get the cheapest available to abide the law. Can't imagine sitting in a hard seat for a very long journey. Haiz. Think her back/buttock are numbed after a long ride.

Singing

I placed some CDs, containing Celest's favourite songs, in the car to keep her occupied. So, whenever she get onboard, she will request for music persistently till daddy accede to her request. She would then sing along with the music loudly. Oh my, she really really has a loud thunderous voice. not to mention high pitch.

I have to remind her to lower her volume each time as I am scared that she will frighten her meimei. Some songs, she will like to sing and drag at the end of the words. Some of her favourite are "the incy winsy spider", "old macdonald", "home on the range", "twinkle twinkle little star", "head shoulder knees & toes", "row row your boat" etc & many more. Think I will change to her chinese cd soon. Hehe.

Potty Training

The cc just started to put her on toilet training last week. Her teacher feedbacked that she is quite ok with it. Mostly if she said 'yes', she will have urine. I tried a few days at home but haha not the same result. Think it could be due to the peer pressure as the whole class will usually go toilet together. I was pretty tired then each time rushing her to the toilet and yet she did not pee or pee later in her shorts.

Today, I tried to give her incentives- stickers. For every successful pee, i will give her one sticker. She managed to collect two before it was time for her nap and i put on her diapers again. The 2nd time was actually very little, hmm maybe she just wanted to get one sticker from me. The 1st time she pee into the toilet bowl, I was very happy. After the 2x, the rest were abit of false alarm. :( Really, i think we need to stay home for a few days in a row so as to successfully train her. I asked her if she wanted to use the potty but she said no and say toilet. Now hubby complained that we have wasted money on the potty. Hmph!

Self- feeding

Nowadays, she will feed herself. So far so good. There will still be some rice dropping on the floor, clothes etc but still acceptable to me. I have yet to let her try eating noodles on her own though. :) Can see her satisfied face whenever she managed to put each spoonful of rice correctly inside her mouth.

Breakfast @ Swenson...

Sat Night....

2008-06-21T23:57:00.008+08:00

Haiz.. Most of the time I will be missing as I am the photographer!

See her impish look!

Hubby suggested to go to Anchorpoint to dine at the new Disney restaurant. We reached around 6pm and it was already full house. Well, the place isn't that big to begin with anyway. We left our name on the waiting list while we took some pictures and looked at the menu which doesn't suit to my liking. That wasn't much variety and the food portion doesn't justify the price quoted.

We decided to jump ship to the HK 'Xin Wang' cafe. I ordered fried rice for Celest and spaghetti for myself. Celest was greedily wolfing down the carrot cake when it arrived. It's one of her favourite food man.

After dinner, we went to Kent Ridge Park for a walk which is highly recommended by hubby's superior. The view at night was nice but not really suitable to bring kids along. To me, it is more suitable for couples. The place is not really well-lit. We continued with our car cruise till we reached home. So funny, there isn't any place for us to go at night. Haiz.

While getting ready to bathe Celest in the bathroom, she had slipped and fell. I was trying to get hubby to pass some thing to me when I took my eyes off her and it happened. She was trying to walk over to the shower head area. She fell and hit her head against the floor. It must be very painful for her but luckily she calmed down quite fast.

I was worried that she might injure her spine/back/head in the fall. Can only pray now and monitor her behaviour tomorrow. I was reminded of the incident when hubby fell and injured his tailbone the last time. I asked her where pain pain, she will touch her head and said "pain pain". :(

Pelin's Birthday Dinner

2008-06-14T23:30:00.006+08:00

We decided to set the dinner at Indulge At Park, Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel, again for the dinner. Actually, me & hubby dined at the same place recently on Monday. Anyway, I was glad to return back as the buffet spread was different and better than Mon's menu because of Father's Day celebration.

The spread was more sumptious, replacing the teppanyaki was 'mini buddha jump over the wall' as etc. I requested to be seated at the open lounge as the ambience is better, not to mention the free liveband music from the lounge. I bumped into my ex-colleague who I knew during my SIP. Celest had alot of food tonight, not to mention me. Haha.

Big Splash

2008-06-07T23:55:00.005+08:00

Weather nowadays is so unpredictable. Each time when I mention about going to ECP, the sky will start pouring. Last week like this and this week also. Anyway, by the time we were about to leave, the rain stopped. The weather was pretty ok and cooling.

We went to KFC to have our brunch first. It was a quiet place when we were there. Maybe it's just after the rain and that could be the reason why there isn't much crowd. There was a Chiltern House there. It's been a long time since I last went to Big Splash and the place has changed so much. The environment was quiet and relaxing.

We went to the Frisk & Romp to enquire about the rates for Patsy. Celest was very much attracted to the playground inside. Hopefully can bring her there again on a weekday. We went to the lagoon to meet my in-laws for dinner. While waiting, we brought Celest to the beach side. Whenever she saw an aeroplane flying by, she will scream and pointed at the plane excitedly. Wonder what will be her reaction if she is inside a the plane itself. One thing for sure, she still can't walk in sand area. Haha.

Barney Show!

2008-06-06T23:49:00.009+08:00

@ Republic Foodcourt

Today is a long day especially for me. In the morning, we went to White Sand BK for breakfast before heading down to the Expo for the Motherhood Fair. There were a couple of things that I wanted to buy there.

Celest was very naughty today by throwing tantrums and cried alot. She kept wandering off, refused to listen to us, etc. I lost my cool and hit her a few times today. Each time she saw the things that she like, she will be glued strongly to it. I needed to spend a long time before I could pull her away. Hopefully Patsy won't be shocked at the 'strength' that I used to hit her. Sometimes, I just can't stand it if i don't beat her as i am very very angry.

We went to Tampines Mall for lunch. Again, Celest threw her temper there. Well, I guess she must be very tired already. She slept on the way home and I got to call Daddy to come down to help me to carry my stuffs while I carried Celest. She managed to sleep through for about 2hrs 30mins till about 6pm when she woke up.

Cosy @ Stage Area....

Dinner was at the Republic Food Court and I ordered chicken rice for Celest. She loved the rice very much like a 'fan tong' and kept asking for more. After dinner, I bumped into MTDT who was waiting for Zavier to arrive.

While going up the escalator to level 6, Celest saw the Barney poster ad and ran towards it excitedly screaming 'Barney' along the way. I wonder what is so nice about a purple coloured dinosaur? There were stalls selling souvenir and I bought a $10 'torchlight' for her.

Our seats were at block 104, row B1/2/3. Celeste was just seated at the next block beside us while MTDT was seated at our row a few seats away. I even bumped into an ex-colleague at Conrad who was just seated next to Gillian. I think we have not met each for at least6/7 years already and she's now like me, a full-time housewife looking after her son.

The show started promptly after we were seated. I carried Celest for some times before letting her to go to the ground and join the other kids who were dancing there. Her eyes were pretty much on the Barney throughout the show. I asked where is Barney and she pointed it to me. Haha.

This is definitely much better than the Disney On Ice that we went earlier. It was more interactive and the kids were engaged. One thing I don't like is the 'set up' as alot of kids/adults etc came to the front and sat down. There were no blockage set up for each category and those in Cat 2/3/4 behind could come down to the front stage here. It's just don't feel good as we were not getting what we were paying for.

All were able to come down to the stage there with the kids and sat down on the floor. Don't feel that 'prestige'. The staff tried their best to get the adults out, letting the kids stay behind at the front but you know lah, some KS people will keep trying their luck. Haha. Maybe i am just being petty. Celest enjoyed herself very much. She was running/walking about and even dancing to the beat.

The show ended with the trademark tune 'I love you, you love me, we are 1 big family........' While we were walking out, the background music was 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and Celest was singing to the tunes.

Finale...

Today is also our ROM anniversary and we went out for a short coffee session since we couldn't have dinner together. We went home to bathe and change Celest into her sleeping outfit before going out again.

It was abit tough to think of a place which is opened till wee hours on impromptu. We went to the Kovan HK cafe but there was a long queue. Daddy suggested going to Serangoon Garden to see if there is any 24-hrs cafe. We went to the Coffee Bean and it was only after we placed our orders then we realised that they would be closing in 3omins at 12midnight. Arrghhh...

My mouth was itching for some supper and we "da-bao" carrot cake from Chomp Chomp Hawker Centre. Last time, I always wanted to go Chomp Chomp for food but now I feel that there isn't much variety there. Most stalls were similar in the food they are selling and the place is rather crampy. I still feel ECP Lagoon is a better choice.

Celest was asleep in the car while on our way back and she was roused a little when we carried her up to her bed. What a long day!

Barney

2008-06-06T23:08:00.000+08:00

Celest 'Chinese' Birthday

2008-06-02T23:48:00.007+08:00

The Cake

She Love To 'Cut' Cake.

Scare Of The Naked Flame

Last year, Celest's grandparent bought a cake to celebrate her 'lunar' birthday. This year is no different. Ah Gong bought a blackforest cake from Angie Choice. I wonder why but Celest seems to be afraid of going near the lighted candle to blow it off. But still, she loves to cut the cake very much and kept holding onto the plastic knife. Hopefully next year will be better.

Daddy remarked that we seems to be eating alot of cake these few days. Hehe. I think it will be more fun when her 'meimei' is of age to celebrate also. It did seems abit lonely for Celest. :)

Self-feeding/ See Her 'Cat' Face

New Sandal Trouble...

2008-06-02T13:20:00.004+08:00

This morning, daddy came back after bring Celest to childcare and told me that Celest was very attached to her new pair of sandals that we bought the day before. Celest refused to remove her shoes and the teacher had no choice but to allow her to walk into the centre with the shoes on, hoping to remove it later.

Celest had outgrown her old sandal and the tight front caused her to trip whenever she walk or run. We then decided to get one pair of new shoes for her during the GSS. We spent a long time at the Bata shoe shop trying. One pair of "Hello Kitty" shoes caught my eye but Celest didn't really like it and kept taking it off.

Celest preferred another pair of shoe that is slip-in type but it doesn't come in smaller size. So, she was there walking around the whole shop in that pair of shoe, refusing to take it off. The sandal that we got for her has those 'beep beep' sound type. The noise was deafening and I removed the 'horn' immediately after reaching home.

A few days later,we went into another Bata shoe shop again. Guess what did Celest do? Hehe.. She went into the shop to search for that same pair of shoes. Luckily the shop did not have that model. Phew!

Kelly's 2 Yr Old Party

2008-06-01T23:07:00.007+08:00

All Eyes Were On The Magician......

Want A Fight?

Little Kelly invited us to her birthday party today which was held at Warren Country Club. In order not to miss the entertainment organised by Pauline, I got Celest to have her nap a little earlier. I hope Kelly will like the watch that I bought for her even though it is not a "Elmo" design. It was a challenge to choose the present as I knew Kelly had lots of toys and her mummy bought lots of clothes for her as well.

Mummy & Daddy!

Hubby Like These 2 'Artistic' Shots.

Trademark Smile

We met MTDT at the entrance and Aunty Celest who was making her way in. The sight of the big bunch of balloon bouquet drew me to the function room. It was very hard not to miss it. Haha.

I quickly fed Celest her lunch from the buffet spread before letting her to wander around the place. Yan Palace's food was yummy especially the Ee fu noodles which I love very much. I certainly had a few helpings to it. :P The entertainment started and most guests gathered to enjoy the show. Celest also obediently went in and sat on the floor without me as I was busy eating! Hahaha

I could see Celest was relating well to the jokes, story telling etc by the magician. She was laughing with the others and enjoying herself very much. Hope she wasn't too loud among all children. Towards the end of the show, the magician took out a live rabbit for the children to feel. All the kids like the rabbit very much and was crowding around to stroke it. Celest heard someone utterd the word "kiss it" which she eventually kissed it. Haha.

Next was the cake cutting ceremony and the cake from Pine Garden was very pretty and nice. I love the chocolate cake especially. Maybe can try theirs next year. The May/June mummies had a little cake cutting ceremony with the barney agar agar that Naomi ordered.

Rabbit! Celest & A Few Other Even Tried To Poke The Eyes!

Cutie and Peng prepared little gifts for all the little tots. Haha. I was paiseh as I came empty-handed. The party ended and most guests started to make their way out. I met Pauline at the foyer and she told me Kelly had high fever. Kelly was going to go home to take her medicine. Speedy recovery to Kelly soon!

Isn't It A Beautiful Cake?

Celest Is 2 Today!

2008-05-26T23:28:00.005+08:00

Cake From Bengawan Solo. Chocolate Sponge With Fresh Cream.

Us!

Celest's Pre-nursery level classmates. The little girl beside her on her right is Zoe. From time to time, Celest will mention her name, Alden & Yin Kai's.

Looking Blur & Sleepy....

2 years ago, a little girl called Celest was born and she is now celebrating her 2nd birthday today. We decided to have a small party for her at her childcare centre. When I first opened my eyes and looked out to the sky, the weather was overcast and gloomy. Is this a bad sign? Well, we prepared Celest for her childcare session as usual and sent her to the centre together.

Miss Chng was standing at the entrance and wished Celest "Happy Birthday"! 'm not sure whether Celest knew the meaning of "Happy Birthday". Guess we got to wait till she see the cake before she knows what is happening later.

Daddy and me went for breakfast before heading home for a rest. I was pretty excited. The plan was to go to Hougang for my lunch. I was also going to pick up the other small cake that is meant for tonight's dinner celebration with family members.

We were both sleeping when my handphone rang. It was Miss Chng on the other line and I was kind of weary. It was not good to receive phone calls from the childcare centre at that time. Miss Chng told me that Celest was running a fever at 38.6 and asked me to bring down her fever medicine as the centre had ran out of medication. I was like hmm in shock?

It was just after lunch and it was going to be their nap time soon. The teacher said that they just discovered her fever as they were preparing her for bed. All my plans went down the drain and I went to the centre right away while daddy had to pick up the cake insetad. I was like 'Of all day, why must it be on her birthday?'

Celest was asleep when I reached the centre. The teacher woke her up and I fed her the medicine. They told me that as part of their fever management, they bathed Celest again. Celest was still hot to the touch. I was in a dilemma over whether to continue the party as the cake had already been sent to the school. One teacher suggested to keep the cake for next day while I ponder over that. I felt it was abit 'stupid' to do it the next day as her birthday would have been over and nobody celebrate a belated birthday. Moreover, Celest may not be going to school for the next few days due to the fever. It was just slightly over one hour before the teatime and I decided to go ahead with the cake cutting.

Once Celest was roused from her nap, she was quite awake and didn't really sleep. Not to mention when she saw me around, she wouldn't let go of me. I told her to go to bed so that she can get better and cut the cake. She heard the word 'cake' & said 'Cake, Eat, Yum yum.' The teachers were laughing when they heard that. Haha.

Just at this moment, Celest poo and the teachers brought her away to change her diaper. I took the chance to leave so that I could take my lunch. I tried out the muslim cafe's hor fun and it was quite nice. Close to the teatime, I returned to the centre and Miss Chng told me that Celest just slept not long ago.

We set up the place and woke Celest up when everything was done. The teachers asked me if I am going to change Celest to her birthday suit. I was like har? I didn't even thought of that. Haha. Will keep it in mind for her 3rd birthday! It was a mistake to wake Celest late. She was still in a daze when we sang the birthday song and she was in no mood to pose for pictures when told. It was only almost after the whole party when she was back to her old chirpy self again and her fever was almost gone. We left for home after the birthday celebration.

We had our dinner at Quality Hotel, along Balestier Road, which is a Taiwanese porridge buffet. Well, things weren't exactly smooth and there was slight uneasiness. The cake wasn't brought to the hotel also. Daddy suggested to have the cake for dessert when we go back for dinner at my in-law's place tomorrow.

After dinner, I brought Celest to see my GP at Bedok. The doctor said that the fever was due to an infection in her lungs, most probably phlegm that was there for a long time. Initially, daddy wanted to bring Celest to see the doctor on Wed as he felt that it was inauspicious to see a doctor on one's birthday but well, think we can't wait now.

Greedy Pig Eating....Yum Yum!

Zoo Trip With Perle's Family

2008-05-19T23:01:00.001+08:00

The usual cow photo

It was very hot!

Today is Vesak Day and we decided to go to the zoo since daddy managed to secure his corporate passes for us to go in for free. We reached there at around 10am+ which was abit late already. The carpark was crowded and we had to park our cars quite a distance away.

This is Celest's 4th trip to the zoo if I recall correctly. Actually, I was abit 'bored' with the place but oh well, for the purpose of educating Celest with the animals, got to bear with it. There were some changes and other renovations on-going. The animals world was under renovated and new attractions were being built. We can now only wait to see what's new in store and hope it will be nice.

As usual, we had our lunch at KFC which was very crowded. We waited for a while before we managed to find ourselves a seat. Celest was helping herself with the whipped potato which was a slow and messy process. I just can't figure out where and why she develop this bad eating habit.

There was a group of girls waiting for our table and we were under "pressure" to get Celest to finish asap. I was abit angry, at the same time bad, for "rushing" Celest to finish her food. She, understandably, threw a tanthrum and created a scene while leaving KFC without finishing her potato.

We continued our walk towards the 'exit'. By this time, I was perspiring with lots of sweats. In my mind, I could only think of how to get to the car and switch on the aircon asap. We left the park earlier and seek the comfort of the car aircon. Celest fell asleep very soon with the aircon blowing at her.

Ugly me...Sob sob...

Same hairstyle!

Changi Beach Club Pics

2008-05-16T23:59:00.001+08:00

Changi Beach Club

2008-05-16T23:45:00.001+08:00

Today, we went to CBC to have fun and this is also the first time that I brought Celest to a beach environment. I met up with Naomi at Raffles Place to hitch a ride from her and I was pretty excited about the day's outing. Lyn, Dal, Pauline will be meeting us there.

The place is very beautiful and quiet. It is near to the place where we had our chalet outing with Ester. Celest and Shannon held hands when they were walking together. It was a very rare sight as Celest usually don't like to hold hands.

We went straight to the sandy beach side and start our preparations, such as applying sun block lotion etc. Haha. Luckily, Pauline brought the sunblock lotion as I didn't bring any along. Naomi's girl, Shannon, was relaxed and enjoyed herself with the sands. Celest and Kelly were the 'dainty' ones.

Celest couldn't even move in the sand and needed me to carry her. She would remain rooted at one spot and shouted for me. It took a while before the two girls got used to the environment. Lyn and Dal soon came and joined us at the beach. Celest was afraid of sitting down on the wet sands and squatted instead during her play. This mummy can't stand seeing her tiring legs that I found an 'opportunity' to push her to sit on the sand. Since then, she remained seated. Haha. Think I really need to bring her out to these kind of sandy places more often.

Our next stop was the swimming pool. As usual, It took me some time to coax Celest into play and to get her out of the play. I had to 'pluck' her away from the beach and emphasising to her that we are going to the swimming pool before she 'guai guai' followed me. Mummy didn't have any maternity swimwear so I wasn't really able to be by her side always.

I am very grateful to Pauline and Naomi for helping me look after her especially during the slide playtime. It was a very hot afternoon and I was sooooo tempted to go into the water. Arrghh! By lunch time, everybody was tired and hungry. We got the kids out of the pool and started to wash up.

Lunch was at the Chinese restaurant which is spacious, with a nice view, and the food was yummy too. Pauline had prepared the kid's porridge and Celest was happily tucking in. I managed to keep her on her high-chair for a long time. Haha. Of course with the help of food lah to keep her down. She ate so much during lunch that I was worried that her stomach will burst.

After lunch, we retired to the room for rest and also to get the tots to nap. Celest was the 1st to nap as it was way past her usual nap time at childcare centre. Next, I was 'Teacher Angeline' to get Shannon and Kelly to sleep. Now left the two boys Aloysius and Jezoir who remained awake. The mums then sat down for a chitchat while relaxing in the comfort of the aircon room.

We left the place at around 6pm+ after all the kids woke up. It was a very long day for them and not to mention me too. At night while putting Celest to bed, I had never felt so tired and sleepy before for a long time. Think the baby was telling me to rest already....

Celest's 'boy friend'

2008-05-15T23:41:00.001+08:00

I went to fetch Celest back home and met her teacher, Ms Chng, at the gate. Ms Chng told me that Celest liked a boy very much. Haha. As in keep calling his name.. The boy is Aiden and the teachers would call him 'den den' in short. Ms Chng said Celest like to go around calling A-den, screaming his name. Haha. Even now, i could still hear Celest mentioning A-den.

Using Neubiliser

2008-05-15T21:43:00.001+08:00

Celest Pulling Her Bag

2008-05-15T16:07:00.001+08:00

A Car Finally!

2008-05-11T13:55:00.005+08:00

Daddy finally bought his 1st car, an used Kia Rio OPC car, after very long consideration. Since the birth of Celest, there were many times when the idea of buying a car popped up but we often ended up against buying it. We were concerns of the additional costs caused by owning a car. At least without this burden, we need not watch much of our spendings. With car, we need to watch our spending carefully but at the same time, we can start going to inaccessible locations, such as beaches/parks/places, where daddy is reluctant to go without a car.

Now that we got a car, the next thing is to get a car seat and start to train Celest to sit on it. In her past car rides, she would be climbing all over the car which is dangerous. I always envy Patsy as Perle can sit in a car seat with no fuss and even dozed off to sleep when the car is moving.

Perle had been using a car seat since she was born. Hopfully Celest would adapt to being strapped up in a car seat. Nevertheless, it must be successful as I need to move her to the front passenger seat so that her 'Mei Mei''s car seat can be placed behind. I don't think there is much room for me to sit in between the two car seats.

We just came back from Robinson Centerpoint and bought a Nania car seat for $109. Training for Celest will commence shortly. Haha. Meanwhile, will keep a lookout for a better car seat promotion for baby as price is linked to quality. I don't really wish to buy a cheap model that meet the basic criteria but quality is lacking. There were few instances when after buying a 'cheaper' item, we had to repurchase a new better quality ones but more expensive lor.

Her 1st Carseat

Naomi House

2008-05-09T23:28:00.000+08:00

@ Naomi's House Pool

2008-05-09T23:18:00.000+08:00

Naomi's House

2008-05-09T23:00:00.003+08:00

The mummies were eating behind! Haha
In the pool.

Naomi had graciously opened up her house for us to visit and have fun. It was in Telok Kurau area. I allowed Celest skip her childcare session for that day partly due to the recent spate of HFMD at her school.

I waited for Celest to wake up before going down. We were the 2nd family to arrive while Dal came in 1st. I brought along some durian puffs and chocolate eclairs from LE. Shortly, Dor & Lynn came with their troops. The cabbage kueh bought by Naomi was very nice. Yummy! The kids played around while the adults were ermmm indulging in foooood. Haha.

We went down to the pool for some fun. Celest was happily shouting away when she saw the pool. It's been a very long long time since I last brought her to pool. Hmm, maybe since last year 7th month? All the kids had an enjoyable time inside and I had a hard time (as usual) getting Celest out of pool.

Naomi was very nice to offer to bathe the three girls. It was a very nice gathering and hopefully we will have more of such gatherings.

Fighting for the ball

Handicraft For Mother's Day

2008-05-08T23:50:00.004+08:00

As usual, I went to fetch Celest from her childcare. Upon entering the centre, I noticed each child had a photo frame in their hands. I met the teacher and she handed Celest's work to me. Inside the photo frame is a piece of paper of a flower drawing. The teacher told me that the flowers were made up of their thumbprints. :) It was the 1st piece of craft that Celest had brought home.

A Bad Bump!

2008-05-04T23:38:00.004+08:00

We were at Marina Square when Celest ran and accidentally tripped herself. Because of the trip, left side of her head hit the metal railing. I wasn't quite sure what really happened as it happened quite fast. The other possible scenario could be she dropped her balloon and in her bid to "recapture" the balloon, she ran into the railing without seeing it. Tension were rather high and Celest was crying. A red linear mark slowly appeared on her face with a bump. I can only pray hard that she didn't hurt her eye/ear in the process. :( A small bruise subsequently appeared.

It's Friday!

2008-05-02T00:03:00.006+08:00

My Beloved Papa
White Angel & Black Devil
Horse
Waiting For Food
Looking At The Bungy Ride

2nd May 2008, daddy is not working and we brought Celest to Childcare together after a long period of absence due to sickness. I'm worried that she will not be willing to go to childcare especially after being absent from the school for so long.

We arrived at the childcare centre at around 9.30 am and Ms Hong was there to receive Celest. Celest was abit reluctant at first but phew, she followed Ms Hong into the centre quietly. Both daddy and myself then went for breakfast at nearby MacDonald's outlet, located at Chinatown Point.

I was praying hard that I would not receive any call from the school. It was quite 'stressful' for me until 12pm+ which is her lunch time. It should be safe by now and I was very happy. We went back to fetch her at 6pm+. I hid at one corner while daddy went to fetch Celest "alone". Celest cried abit when seeing daddy alone but it wasn't tears of disappointment but joy instead. Haha. Think she was too excited.

We then went to Clarke Quay for a walk along the river. We had dinner @ Manhattan Fish Market located within Central Mall. I ordered a Fish & Chips meal for Celest but it was more of for me. She was busy helping herself to the fries on the table while i was busy feeding her with buttered rice at the same time. To refrain her from eating too much fries, we "helped" to eat the fries as much as possible, at the same time scooping some away to a side plate where she couldn't reach.

Guess what's her response was? She also tried to snatch as much fries and put them in front of her. Haiz! This girl really has bad table manners. She likes to stand on the chair during meal time and climb onto the table to get the food she wants. She has little patience in waiting for the food she wanted.

By the time we finished our dinner, the time was late and scenery has changed. There were lights everywhere and this kept Celest occupied. She was busy looking around and then she spotted the bungy ride. After which, she used her fingers to point up and down and saying 'poin poin'. Haha

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

2008-04-21T08:44:00.005+08:00

My Cheeky Little Monster

A few days ago, I played a little game with Celest. I sang the song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and purposedly leaving out the last word. I looked at Celest, wating for her to complete the lyrics. Amazingly, she could say out all the correct words - Star, Are, High, Sky, Star, Are.

When daddy came home that night, I told him about it. Haha. Will try to record the process down but it's all depend on her mood as she doesn't perform at times. Daddy tried another song on her - "The Old Macdonald Had A Farm... She could say Farm & 'O'.. :)

My Sick Records

2008-04-21T08:18:00.004+08:00

I was busy for the past few weeks since Celest started going to childcare centre. I suddenly have the idea of keeping a record of her 'sick' days since she she started going to childcare centre.

2nd April (Day 2)

She got running nose so she returned home in the late morning. What a bad start!

9 April (Week 2)

Was picking up receipts @ PD's clinic and asking for cough medication as Celest was heard having dry cough since last night. 10/11/12 fed her Rhinathiol. 13/14 fed her Bambec.

15 April (Week 3)

Celest went to see PD as sticky greenish-yellow coloured mucus was seen in her nose as well as her cough. Can hear some phlegm in her cough now. PD said that it is due to allergy and her lungs are clear of phlegm.

16 April (Week 3)

Her body temperature rose to 37 degree but came down on the same night.

17 April (Week 3)

Brought her to school but received a call shortly after, asking me to fetch Celest back. Teacher said Celest had running nose and the mucus was green-coloured.

18 April (Week 3)

In the evening after Celest's nap, her body temperature rose again to 37. 20 degree.

24 April (Week 4)

Celest's body temperature hovered around 39/40 degree and we brought her to see Dr Lim on Sat. Dr Lim opined that it could be a sign of viral infection but unable to establish exactly which ENT. Celest was given Augmentin antibiotic which was to be consumed within the next 48hrs. If the symptoms persist, Celest will need to return back for 21st for a blood test. Thankfully, Celest's condition improved and she was spared the needles. Cannot say the same thing for her cough though. The rhinathiol doesn't seems to be working on her. Our next plan review will be the next Saturday.

Day 2 @ Kinderland

2008-04-02T17:26:00.001+08:00

At the centre, I bumped into my ex-colleague, Agnes and she is pregnant again. I have not seen her for quite a while and her son, Brendan, was a shy lad. I let Celest to roam about in the playground area on her own while I chatted with Agnes and another mommy. Hubby also met his colleague at the centre as well. What a "reunion" day!

Celest seems scared of the principal (Miss Susan) by crying initially when the principal greeted good morning to her. Celest, however, showing her true self slowly and begun playing with her. She even went into the centre without me while I sat there chatting.

Susan asked me to hide myself as Celest seems to be more settled at the moment. After a while, there wasn't any noise coming out and i went in to take a look. They were having breakfast while I was walking in. Susan saw me and asked me to hide myself quickly. Haiz. They were having mushroom soup and bread for breakfast today. Celest seems to be enjoying her meal very much.

After the meal, they were going for story telling session. Susan told me to hide myself as Celest was walking towards my direction. I rushed into an opposite room and found a strategic spot to keep surveillance on Celest. Heehee

Celest went into the room but came out shortly. She was looking around and came into the room where I was hiding at. I'm busted. The moment Celest saw me, she started crying out "Mummy Mummy". She became uncomfortable and asked me to carry her. I was resting in the office when she would walk in frequently, seemingly to make sure that I do not leave without her.

There was once when I went to her classroom to retreive some things. Celest cried when she couldn't find me in the office. All the crying seems to worsen her running nose and she cannot continue with the session. During bath time, Celest was crying when I tried to undress her. I gave up and decided to change her diaper but unsuccessful.

She was crying non-stop and it appears that her nose was blocked, causing discomfort to her. I wanted to let Celest to stay at least till after taking her lunch but it seems impossible. Furthermore, the teachers weren't really comfortable to let Celest remain as they worried Celest will spread germs to other children. Oh well, got to go home. It was a tiring task to carry her all the way from the centre to home. Hopefully the baby inside can 'tahan' the extra weight of Celest.

Day 1 @ Kinderland

2008-04-02T00:39:00.003+08:00

Hubby and myself woke up at 6.30am to prepare ourselves and have breakfast before waking Celest up at 7am. Fed Celest with one bottle of milk and she changed into her uniform before leaving home together.

Haha. What a day to start school. The NEL train services were disrupted and we waited for quite some time before we managed to board the train. Celest insisted on pulling her trolley bag when we left home. Her new bag soon became dirty after all those pulling. Haiz. I got to stamp my authority in order to "snatch" the bag away from Celest since we were running late. This, of course, didn't goes well with Celest who became angry and started crying for a while.

While walking to the centre, my tummy felt uncomfortable, possibly due to the Anmum which I took earlier. I asked daddy to carry Celest while I struggled with the bags, diapers etc. Luckily, one lady approached us and introduced her as one of the teachers from Kinderland teacher. She offered to carry some of the items which i was carrying. Saviour indeed. :)

Celest got abit uncomfortable when she stepped into the centre by fussing and crying. We went into the classroom and she was clinging onto me tightly, worrying that I might leave her. When daddy said goodbye to us, Celest even wanted to leave with him.

Starting Childcare Tomorrow

2008-03-31T00:31:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow will be Celest's first day reporting to Kinderland Childcare Centre. Sounds like going for military training. Haha. I am having mixed feelings now to the extent that I'm worried that I can't sleep well later.

I wonder our decision to send Celest to Childcare Centre will be a correct one. Is she able to adapt to the lifestyle there and etc. We will also need to fine tune our lifestyle, such as the whole family will need to sleep earlier, say latest by 11pm. Of course for Celest, she will need to sleep by 10 pm latest. We will need to wake up by 6.30am to prepare for the day, eat our breakfast before leaving home at 7.15am. I have just finished packing her bags for the next day.

Kiefer's 1yr Old Party

2008-03-29T23:22:00.005+08:00

My 'Bike'

Yummy Cake. Taste Like Ice-cream Cake!

After Celest had her nap, we took the train to Queenstown MRT Station to attend Kiefer's birthday party. How time has passed and Kiefer is now one year old. I can still remember Kiefer vividly as the newborn baby when Cassandra brought him to attend Celest's one year old party.

Celest was attired in halters and short as I presumed it will be humid but I was wrong. Haha. The celebration was held at the garden rooftop of a multi-storey carpark. We were the first to arrive while Cassandra was busy setting up the decors as the rain just ended.

Celest saw a tricycle and to play with it and daddy was soon seen pushing her around. There were lots of ants and mosquitoes "loitering" around and it never occurred to me to bring her patch out. I got a few bites on my legs. When Celest fell onto an ant's road path, I was abit shocked to see the number of ants crawling on the ground. I quickly got her up to search for any ants on her body and swept them away. It was until the next day morning when I saw four BIG swollen bites on her body and legs. Haiz.

Through the event, I kept telling Celest not to walk around on her own and to let daddy carry her instead. Well, she was too stubborn to heed my advice. I fed her with rice, garlic bread and etc from the buffet. She was "glued" to Kiefer's helium balloons most of the time.

The birthday cake was tasty especially when the strawberries were frozen. Feel like eating an ice-cream cake instead. Haha. During Celest's birthday celebration, her c ake melted slightly due to all the waitings.

We left the place after the cake-cutting session as Celest was tired and it was bedtime for her.

Daphne's Birthday Dinner

2008-03-28T23:30:00.005+08:00

Today is Daphne's birthday and we are meeting her for dinner at "Hanabi" located at Odeon Tower tonight. This is a Japanese buffet-style meal, which was highly recommended by Pelin. We took the train to City Hall MRT station and Mervin helped me to carry Celest while we walked over.

When Celest first met them, her 'shyness' appeared again. Haha. Have to give her some time before I ordered chawanmushi and other stuff for her to eat. After tasting the chawanmushi, Celest kept asking for more. Guess she loved it very much just like her dad. Because she was eating so fast, daddy and myself had no time to eat our food. I alternated Celest's food between the garlic fried rice and chawanmushi.

The place provided a wide variety of food at a reasonable price and the taste was yummy (not trying to promote them). The dinner cost about $38nett on a friday . I shall find a time to go there again with hubby next time. Throughout the dinner, Celest behaved well and remain seated in the high-chair with little fuss.

Disney On Ice- Mermaid V

2008-03-07T23:57:00.000+08:00

Disney On Ice

2008-03-07T23:50:00.004+08:00

Today, brought Celest to watch the Disney On ice show with my neighbours. It was my first time bringing her to such show & was hoping that she would sit still quietly. We went to KFC @ Kallang for some snacks before going for the show. Celest, as usual, needed me to push her to drink her water & her food. The boys finished eating their food & went to the indoor playground to play. Celest saw the playground & kept wanting to go there. She kept saying 'Bao Bao' & tried to catch hold of Gillian & Jason's attention. In the end, she did manage to go there for a while. Haha.

Tonight was the opening night & there was quite a crowd. Guess who we saw there? Pan Ling Ling at the entrance with her family. The place wasn't as cold as i thought it would be. Haha. Kiasu mummy had brought 2pcs of jacket for us each. Our seats were under the Cat 2 & was quite near the ice rink. Gillian managed to spot more 'stars'. Like Zoe Tay, Hong Hui Fang, Chen Li Ping, Chen Zhi Cai, Lai Yi Ling, Lin Mei Jiao etc...They were all seating together & during the break, some filming was done. I suppose they are asking them hows the show & for advertisement purpose.

During the 1st half of the show, Celest watched very intently & sat very still. Think she enjoyed the show & even clapped. However, she was getting restless during the 2nd half & was climbing around the seats. Most probably because during the 2nd half, most of the show's character she didn't really know them. She only know Mickey Mouse & friends from the Playhouse Disney Channel. But, i think the next time i brought her to shows, she will need to get a ticket by then. Haha.

Disney On Ice- Lilo

2008-03-07T23:12:00.000+08:00

Disney On Ice Pictures

2008-03-07T23:09:00.000+08:00

Kinderland Visit

2008-02-29T21:55:00.001+08:00

We brought Celest down to Kinderland @ MOM for a visit as we should be putting her there for childcare. It is defintely much better than the PCF behind my house. It is more organised & i got good assurance.

Celest started to run around the centre as she was excited with all those new toys etc. The lady said it's normal for their first few days as everything is new to them. Celest will be under pre-nursery group. Currently there are 4 children of her age group there while the rest are slighly bigger & will be moving to the next level soon.

Spotted 1 girl around her age & she was actually a april baby. She seems to adapt quite well & heard that she came in at 18mth. Celest will have a 'girl friend' then. The slots for May was full & so had to decide between April or June. Will have to give it a serious thought at home over the weekend. While we were chatting with the lady, Celest kept running around & disappearing. Sometimes, she kept running to the music room where all the keyboards were kept. When we were leaving, Celest refused to go. Ended up had to drag a crying baby out of the childcare centre.

New Words!

2008-02-27T13:57:00.005+08:00

Some new words Celest can speak now :-

'Hua' - Flower
Taxi - She can do with her hands flagging like an adult. Haha
'Di Di' - Brother - I always asks her if the baby is 'Di Di' or 'Mei Mei'. Her reply always 'Di Di'. :)
'Po Po' - My Mum
'Yi Yi' - My Sis
'Sao Sao' - Hot Hot
Park
Duck
'Shu Shu'/ Ah Kian - Hubby's brother
Ah Qi - My Cousin
Apple
Shoe
'Ah Chew' - Sneeze
Cup
'Oh Oh'

GUG Class

2008-02-27T13:54:00.003+08:00

Celest has been with the Parent & Babe class for 2 terms now. We originally intended to stop her class when hubby finally decided to continue with it at the very last last minute. We upgraded her to the Tots class now. Hopefully that she can mix well with the rest of the kids. Her new class will be on every sat at 11.30am. Hubby said that we can have breakfast at Mac on every sat morning at United Square now before bring Celest for her GUG class. Haha.

"Uncle Simon"

2008-02-27T13:20:00.003+08:00

Nowadays, Celest wasn't really scared of me nor hubby now. Last time, mere mention of my hubby still can curb her but slowly she got over this "obstacle". So now, we have been using hubby's friend, "Simon", as the bad guy. Haha. Probably he has a fierce and stern look . Sometimes it work and sometimes it won't. Depends on situations.

Chinese Number

2008-02-20T15:06:00.004+08:00

These few days, we have been teaching Celest to say out numeric 1-10 in chinese. She will always say 1,2 then skip 3 &4, going on to 5-10...So strange whenever she skip that. Think she couldn't pronounce the 'San' & 'Si' yet. All the 'S'. It was quite a surprise for me when i heard her repeat after hubby. I seldom hear her say chinese words. Her most frequent words is 'Hi' & 'Bye Bye'. Shall try to video it down. Watch out here for her video!

Shadows...

2008-02-20T01:36:00.001+08:00

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T14:37:00.003+08:00

'Hi'

Today is Valentine's Day & hubby is on leave. We met up with his parents to go to temple & pray in the afternoon. Decided to go to the newly-opened restaurant, 'Shokudo' @ Raffles City, to try it out. Was craving for some japanese food actually. Haha. We reached there early & took a seat at Mos Burger so that Celest could have her milk & nap. Hubby was impatient to wait for her to wake up & thus tried to wake her up after she slept for about 20mins. Guess who we met there again! Its Daphne & Mervyn. We seem so fated together. Their table actually had a baby chair already. Well, it was good also as the 2 of them like Celest who, in turn, likes them too. At least, me & hubby can have our food in peace. Haha.

For those who wanted to go there, please do go early as the queue is damn long. I mean as early as 6pm. The variety there was good & food was not bad as well. Hubby ordered the japanese omelette & Celest was slurping it. Yummy! Think have to go again to taste the rest. I fed her the rosti & my curry rice...She loves it.. Later on, Mervyn ordered a burger & got some french fries. She kept asking for it so fast, abit scary. There was a small play area for them to play. See Celest riding on the horse. But, the air condition was very strong! Please bring your cardigan. Hmm, abit sad, no flowers? no present? I asked him & he said feeding me at home without me working is my present! That's what he said when i ask for my birthday present last december. :(

Playing With The 'Reserved' Chip

@ the playarea

Happy Valentine Day

'Ren Ri' / River Ang Pow 2008

2008-02-13T13:52:00.005+08:00

Celest's a Dog.

Today was Chu 7 aka 'ren ri'. We had our yusheng dinner at Lai Wah Restaurant. So funny, we always sat at the same table. Celest was very happy that night. She ate from the table with all of us. Guess her favourite dish will be the noodle. After our dinner, we went to the River Angpow for a walk. Sadly, it was not that crowded & the activities were disappointing. Most things remained the same & there's nothing much to do. We left soon after that.

Forcing a kiss on uncle.

Look What Hubby Did To Celest's Hair!

2008-02-12T18:28:00.004+08:00

Hubby has been asking me to bring Celest for a haircut as he finds the fringe too long. Usually, i will try to clip it up as sometimes Celest doesn't like to clip. I was feeling very tired when i woke up & decided to sleep in abit later. I was still groggy from last night's flu medicine. Vaguely, i remembered that hubby had bathed & fed her milk... When i woke up, hubby asked me to look at our girl. Imagine my shock when i saw her hair. Her fringe was very short & uneven. Very bad & ugly. Lucky that she's still small & didn't knew anything about 'face'. Hubby asked me to bring her for her GUG class as he's 'ashamed'. Haha, i said no of course. All his friend's commented about it & he told them that it was my mum who cut it. Haiz! Wait till i asked my mum to read this. :P Looks like i will need to bring her to Audrey & ask her to help me save her hair.

Baby Virus Video

2008-02-12T13:54:00.002+08:00

Yucky Medicine

2008-02-11T18:37:00.003+08:00

Celest had a bad cough for the past 2 days. Decided to bring her to see Dr Ong together with Patsy. The queue was rather long and we estimated the waiting time will be around 3 hours. We went to see another PD, located at Serangoon area. At one stage, I was hesitating whether to bring her to see Dr Low on my own but decided to go with them in the end. The initial consultation was $75.

Celest, as usual, cried badly when she saw the stethoscope coming. Patsy came in to help as she thought what happened. I was ermm used to it already. No amount of toys could calm or distract her. The PD said that she got abit of ' Qi Guan Fa Yan' and it is at the initial stage. He gave us some medicine which Celest never took before. One was an anti-inflamnation medicine & it was very bitter i guess. Usually, Celest would be able to stomach medicines without any fuss at all. The 1st time i gave her this, she choked, coughed & fussed very badly. Phobia man to feed her everyday & i got to complete the course.

Siaw Kiat's House

2008-02-10T13:37:00.003+08:00

@ GUG

Every year, hubby's friend will take turn to host the CNY gathering. This year, Siaw Kiat offered to be the host by holding the gathering at his home. We went there after Celest's GUG class. Lili was there by the time we reached. Shelly took out Reye's toys & spread it in a room. Celest was soon busy playing those toys. The guys as usual started their cards game while the ladies were talking and watching the kids. Celest was probably too tired from all those playing that she napped for 2hours & was the last to wake up. I even had to wake her up instead of letting her wake up at her own pace.

3 of them sleeping

'Po Tai' House In Malaysia

2008-02-09T13:22:00.004+08:00

Today, need to wake up very early as hubby is driving us into Malaysia to visit my grandma. Celest woke up the moment i carried her from her bed. What a light sleeper! Inside the car, she was enjoying the view outside so much so that she didn't went back to sleep at all. It was a 1hr journey there & she only dozed off when we were reaching our destination. We left home at 6.45 am.

As usual, she was abit apprehensive about her surroundings & was close to me. It took the barking sounds of dogs to make her at ease. Haha. My uncle then took her to see those dogs. She was very happy & was there screaming & laughing & 'oh oh' ing away. She was very tired & dozed off for her nap very fast. We were there till lunch & went back to Singapore to go to Pelin's house after that.

On the way back, the jam at checkpoints was terrible. It took us 2hrs+ to get to Bedok. We went to AMK after sending my mum to work. Pelin's house got new sofa/stools & Celest love the green 'hand' sofa especially. I think it fits her just nice. Haha. She was climbing all over the place especially the stairs. Even Mervyn was perspiring when he looked after her while we played mahjong even though we were in an air conditioned house. I asked her to give the 2 mandarin orange to Pelin's mum to 'pai nien' & she ran away after doing that. I fed her some noodles before sending her off to dreamland. There was a elder girl who came & took Celest's hand. Celest followed her readily & to my horror, they were heading towards the stairs. Phew!

Chu 2

2008-02-08T13:15:00.004+08:00

Her Chu 2 New Year Clothes

Today, decided to let her take her nap before going out. We be going to hubby's grandma's place again. (For gambling lah) I let her wore the red dress that her ah ma bought for her. It was abit short now, think it will be the 1st & last time wearing it. As yesterday, we sat her down with us on the table & had lunch together from the steamboat. There were many relatives who take turn playing with her. Me? I played some card games of course. Haha. The day passes quickly & it was time to go home. Need to get her to sleep early as we going to malaysia to 'pai nien' early morning.

*Faint*

Happy New Year!

2008-02-07T12:48:00.002+08:00

Today is the 1st day of CNY. We went to hubby's parents house to 'Pai Nien' before going on to his grandparent's place. Celest was having running nose. Had to spend a long time before she finally sleep. I guess her nose was stuck & this irritated her. She slept for about 30mins before her toss woke her up.

Her 1st ang pow received was from Gillian, our neighbour. I gave her a blue pouch to collect her ang pows. When she saw the relatives, she will say 'Bag'. Meaning please deposit 1 ang pow inside my bag. Haha. Tried to teach her to say 'Gong Xi' etc buy failed. Well, have to wait till next year then to hear her say those words. This year i didn't buy any traditional CNY costumes for her. Mainly because i am too tired with baby #2 inside my tummy. Was feeling very tired eversince & didn't feel like doing anything. i let her wear those dresses that i bought last time but haven't wore yet.

She was abit shy when we reached his grandparent's place & stick to me. I sat her down with us on the chair & fed her lunch from the steamboat. It was havoc time after that. Haha. Maybe she had eaten her fill & got energy now. She ran round disturbing the phone, pushing 'ah chor's ' wheelchair etc. Ah gong placed 3 container of goodies on the floor. She came over & wanted us to help open them & kept saying 'please'. She even sat on the pineapple tarts's tin much to the laughter of everybody. It was a day of fun for her.

MMR

2008-02-04T01:07:00.002+08:00

Finally brought her to take her MMR last tuesday. We went to AMK polyclinic to try. The waiting time was ok. As usual, Celest was running around the whole place, touching things, people etc driving hubby crazy. During the shot, 2 nurse had to hold her down as she was struggling too much. She cried badly after that. Well, it was always like that during vacinnation time. I expected her to have fever 1 week after. True enough, tuesday she had it. But her reaction this time was quite bad. Her fever was very high & persistent. In the past when we had the jabs at PD, the fever was very mild & it will go down after 1 dose of medicine. Tuesday night was the beginning of the nightmare. She kept whinning? crying throughout the night. Wednesday was worse. Her fever only went down a few degree even after medicine. I called up SBCC & asked. They said that i need to go for a review the next day if she's not well by then as it could be a viral fever etc. Phew! By friday night, her fever finally gone off. But her whining at night took a few more days before it's back to normal now. "Keeping my fingers cross" Hehe

Visit To Chinatown

2008-02-04T00:59:00.002+08:00

Hubby decided to bring Celest to Chinatown today. It was very crowded there. Before leaving the house, i told her that later there will be many people & must let Papa carry. Well, sometimes it work, sometimes don't. At least i think hubby manage to carry her for about 70%? Me about 20% & the 10% she was walking. Haha. As usual, she was fascinated with all the lights, people etc. She will go 'wah' 'meimei' etc. Just now, during a standstill, she said 'hi' to the couple behind me & played with them. *faint* Sometimes she is not scared of strangers, but sometimes she will shy away. We didn't buy anything today, i was tired by the time we finished. Strangely, i don't feel any 'CNY mood'. Most probably because i feel very tired these few days.

Sleeping On Mattress

2008-01-11T00:37:00.002+08:00

Recently, i moved Celest from her baby cot to sleep on mattress on the floor. Till now, it was still a failure though. I found that the baby cot is getting small for her & she kept hitting the bars whenever she flip & toss. Mind you, Celest really turns alot in her sleep. That's why the thought of moving her to mattress on the floor. Whenever we sleep over at relatives/friends house on the mattress on the floor, Celest doesn't have any problem. Maybe it's because we are sleeping beside her.

Initially, we used the thick single spring-mattress but realised that she doesn't quite used to the 'springs' inside. Not to mention the height of the mattress, whenever she turns, after sometime she will land on the floor no matter how many cushion i placed around her, waking her up & caused her to start crying. Thus, i used the very thin peace as suggested by hubby. It was ok though but still got wake up in the middle of night. Guess she was not used to it. Some nights i fall asleep with her while making her sleep again in the middle of the night. My back was sore & stiff the next morning though as it was too thin. Celest didn't grumble though (more of she doesn't know). Haha.

2 nites ago, i stacked the thin piece & another mattress together. The thickness is fine but she still got wake up. Think it all boils down to her being not used to it. Last night, she woke up once & came to my bed side. I was very sleepy so i told her to go back to her bed. She lie down on the floor & slept. I was too tired at that time to take note of it till i heard some noises made by her some time later, to my shock, she was sleeping on the floor! I was worried for her back & bones etc & carried her to her mattress.

Actually, i remembered that i also like to lie on the floor to sleep while i was young. It was very cooling with the tiles below you. I remembered that i liked to kick away my mattress & sleep on the wooden board. Haha. Hopefully, she don't follow me like this. Hubby thought of giving up but i was thinking of pressing on for another week or so. We both quite missed the time when we can sleep through the night. :P

Baby Virus

2008-01-07T00:08:00.003+08:00

She loves rides very much that once she got seated on any one of the rides, that spells trouble for us.

These few days, Celest liked to say 'Baby' & would repeat saying the same word several times. Sometimes, it can really be quite unnerving to hear her say that. Last night, i got hubby to do flash card with her. All her reply was 'Baby Baby Baby......'

Finally She Started Talking....

2008-01-06T23:49:00.002+08:00

That day, i slept in late as i was tired but my ears were still sharp in picking up what's happening outside for hubby & Celest. Could heard him teaching Celest to talk, getting angry & frustrated etc. Later in the day, Celest surprised me by saying a few words. When she wanted me to carry her, hubby asked her " what must you say'? She replied ' Bao Bao'. So happy. After that hubby asked her to say 'Mei Mei'& she did. Normally, we will ask her to say 'Papa Baobao'. We will say 'Papa.. & she will continue with 'Baobao'. Lazy girl!

I taught her the word 'please'. It was so cute to hear her say that. Of course, sometimes her pronunciation will go off abit. I realised that she would be more 'willing' to talk when she has a favour to ask, food to eat etc. Otherwise normally, she will just ignore you & don't bother to say anything or blabbers.

During my spring cleaning of the storeroom, i found a beach ball & i inflated it for her to play. Now she can say Ball nicely. :) Her 'kick' was discovered when i watched her watching her Baby Can Read video from a corner. When the word 'Kick' same on the screen, she will repeat after the word & her leg will go kick once. Haha. Be careful of her powerful legs ok!

Actually, i noticed that she had been blabbering alot these few days. Hoping that she would speak soon. Let's hope it will continue....

She could say :

Bao Bao - Carry
Please
Papa
Mummy/Mama
Sky
Star
Ball
Bag
Kick
Baby
Mei Mei - Sister
'Oh Oh' - Dog
'Mao' - Cat
Nana/ Banana

Perle's 1yr Old Party

2008-01-06T15:00:00.002+08:00

Zoo Trip

2008-01-06T14:00:00.002+08:00

See her 'tao face' /In the coach, roaring to go.

Rise & shine. Our Zoo bus departs at 9.30am & this is one bus that we can't afford to miss. If missed, we will need to take the regular bus service routes which will be troublesome! On the bus, Celest becomes a monkey already. Kept standing up on the seat & disturbing those sitting in front & behind her. I can't even take a short wink unlike hubby who slept throughout the ride. Today's weather very good but I was still worried that it would rain.

The Zoo was quite crowded by the time we arrived. Today i brought them on a different route from what i normally took. We stopped halfway to take a rest & let Celest to drink her milk. I failed at the attempt on putting her in her pram when she had slept & it was hubby who managed to do so after some tricks. Haha. We almost had covered 80% of the Zoo today on foot & but only managed to catch the animal show. Wanted to have lunch at the Children's World KFC but it was too crowded with people & childrens. Celest was up to her crying spells again & hubby decided to enforce some disciplinary actions. Results? Celest cried till vomitted all her milk out onto me & floor. Arrghh. One of the picture shows her patting an animal right? Guess what happened after that. She accidentally touched the 'horn' & that made the animal angry & chase after Celest abit. Luckily, she was safe. I checked her butt & back to see if she was injured by the horn.

This trip wasn't as tired as i thought as there were many people helping to carry her but still she's selective of a few only. Only Ah mei & my small aunt managed to carry her. We thought we could still take the 2.30pm coach back home but..... Haha. We were only concentrating on looking out for the coach we came in & didn't realised that another small van is departing. It was until i called the company then i knew that we had waited in vain. We took a bus to AMK interchange then. My aunt they all last minute wanted to cook dinner & did some marketing. Haha. Apity i don't have the chance to eat as i am meeting Pelin they all for dinner.

Daring Celest....

Tired after a long walk....