Disgusted

I dunno why i m feeling lousy again. After a talk with ah fry last week, I was feeling better and as if a heavy load has been taken off my shoulder.

But this week, like the volatile stock market... My mood nose dived to the bottom.

Yesterday morning, our marketing colleague came to inform us about some problems with our files. This problem is a simple one yet he complicates it and in the end, their department head honcho came to bug Smart Superior (SS) and SS became a kan cheong spider. SS insisted that this problem arises due to our fault and they need to use the file for their 10am meeting.

Once the file is up and running, they went for the meeting. After the meeting, SS came back to me and lectured me about not keeping the proper links and I can't do the things in such a manner. I WAS SO PISSED OFF, she was the one who agreed to my changes!

Afterwards, I received a call from PK that Piglet is down with fever. I called Mum to check, Piglet is running a fever of 38.4 to 39 degrees. So i immediately applied for leave to send her to the doctor. As usual, getting leave is like begging for it even though its my entitlement!

Today, another round of session with SS coz of some work issues, she gave another lecture about the files and stuff. Anyway, i double confirmed the figures for her and she has nothing to say.

All these little things made me so mad that I have the urge to throw the letter at her immediately.

Viral Infection Again!

Viral infection strikes Ms Piggy again!

I called Mum when Pirate King told me that Ms Piggy has high fever. Mum told me that her temperature ranges from 38.5 to 39 degrees! So i told Mum that I will take half day leave and bring her to Dr Chan's clinic. I managed to book an appointment at 3.30pm.

I rushed back to Mum's place and to find her asleep. So I packed her stuff and got myself some rest. When she woke up, her cheeks are red and burning to touch. I immediately took a wet towel and wiped her. HK Aunt told me that I need to use iced towel to wipe her but i was reluctant to do that as I dun want Claire to scream unnecessarily.

So HK Aunt did it for me and Claire was crying buckets & screaming at the same time! As much as its very deafening to hear Claire's screams, it was hilarious to see her running away from the towel. We dressed her up and waited for Mum. Mum went with us to Dr Chan's clinic. It was a madhouse at the clinic too... Alot of toddlers & babies sick!

It was ironic to hear Dr Chan say, "Welcome" to us when its our turn. As usual, Claire cried when Dr Chan tried to examine her. Dr Chan was stunned by Claire's strength as Claire was kicking in order to escape from our clutches! Her cries stopped immediately the moment food was given to her.

Dr Chan instructed the nurse to give Claire a suppository to bring her fever down. Wow, Claire was kicking again when the nurse inserted it up her butt.... Now i just want her fever to go away and dun come back... Hopefully like what my colleague said, its a growing up sickness.

Sis is BACK!!!

Hehehe, the surprise planted on Mum is a success!


Last Saturday, we went to check out the buddhist's Child care centre with Mum. The childcare centre is just a few blocks away from Mum's place!


Then went back to Mum's place for lunch, followed by shopping & dinner at MOS Burger in Parkway Parade! When it was 7pm, i sent a sms to Sis to check where she was. She just arrived at Changi Airport due to a flight delay at London (she was scheduled to reach SG by 6.45pm). So Harry went to the airport to pick her up and they will meet us directly at Parkway.


Despites our plot to eat slowly at MOS Burger, they still have not arrived yet (due to limited parking lots at Parkway). So we got out from MOS Burger and went window shopping. Then Sis called and I met her first to bring her to see Mum. Lian Ann pointed to me that Mum is in front, Sis wanted to spring a surprise on Mum by walking up to her but HK Aunt turned her head and exclaimed to Mum, "That's Ah XXX!"

Mum immediately turned her head and she was so stunned to see Sis! She teared and hug Sis! Then later, she "scolded" us, "You all conspired to cheat me!!!!" Hehe, then i told Mum, "Now u know why i asked you to cook lah!! Still complain to them about me asking you to cook but no time to accompany you!"

Anyway, Mum is simply TOO HAPPY to have Sis back! Later on, she was telling us... No wonder I changed the bedsheets for Sis, no wonder Sis' friend called home... No wonder alot of things! Anyway, Mum is just glad to have Sis back home!

So difficult to be my Mum's daughter

Yup, i m going to lament about being my Mum's daughter. I m the eldest in the family, my Mum loves me the most & is most strict with me. Everything comes with a price and it also happens that I m the most convenient punching bag for her at times.

As Sis is coming back home tomorrow night and she wants us to keep a secret from Mum aka SURPRISE for Mum. I gotta endure shit from my Mum. My cousin and I plotted to make Mum cook on Saturday so that Sis can drink Mum's soup. (That's what my Sis is craving for everyday when she is in London!) Guess what, Mum complained big time to Sis yesterday about me asking her to cook but not keeping her company on Sunday!!! And i was not the one who asked her to cook leh... My cousin requested it!

GRRR and Mum gave me attitude last night & this morning!!! Best part is Pirate King forgotten to tell me that he used the $50 (left on the dining table for Mum's use to buy food at the wet market).. Mum told me that she din use it and I never accused her of anything. Just now, she called me and gave me a lecture on the possibility of me accusing her to take the $$ or what! *Faints*

Sigh, now i just got to endure another day of her PMS! Once she sees Sis, she will be guilty for treating me in this way! HEHEHEE!

Her Latest Hairstyle Update!

Yup, we trimmed her hair again!


Yesterday, Mum went up to my cousin's place to perm her hair. My cousin is not a hairdresser, the hairdresser went to my cousin's place to perm Mum & HK Aunt hair. At the same time, Mum told the hairdresser to tidy up Ms Piggy's coconut head!


Mum told me that the moment Claire saw the scissor, she was already crying but the moment, the hair razor was flashed. She cried till her whole face turned red (like what she does when she is a baby!) This means serious buey song from Ms Piggy!


I witness her crying when I called them in the afternoon and the moment, Ms Piggy heard my voice (HK Aunt put on speaker phone mah), she wailed even harder! Mum said she was really fierce and they gave up trying to pacify her, in the end, they pressed her head down for the hairdresser to trim her hair!


So now, Ms Piggy's hair looked much more neater and not so coconut head liao! The only thing is she looked like a boy again!

Screaming Piggy, Panda Mum

Ms Piggy has been up to no good again!

For whatever reason, she has been waking up for milk again between 3-4 am in the morning! This has given me super disturbed sleep and not to mention that I m down with flu.

This morning, I tried Mum's method of weaning her off the milk feed by replacing it with honey. Unfortunately, she does not fall for the trick. After 30 minutes from her honey, she wailed & screamed till Pirate King has no choice but to wake up and make her milk.

She is so terrible. She will wail till her throat is hoarse even though we told her that she has to wait for her milk. Once the bottle is stuck in her mouth, she immediately gulped down the milk! Once she finished her milk, she wail a while to protest but I immediately scolded her for doing that... Thank god, she went back to sleep... If not, i will look even more haggard.

The Active One

Pirate King & I are figuring what's the reason for Ms Piggy to be so active. Pirate King absurb reasoning is that perhaps we feed her too much rice. Rice => Carbohydrates => Sugar!

I almost fell off from my chair when he told me that. Dr Chan told me that Claire belongs to the category of Active toddlers and we should not be too worried about it. So, I try to limit the sugar intake Claire takes.... This gal is an Energizer bunny! Besides, she takes after me for being active, in fact my cousin told me that Claire is slower than me. I m faster in MOTION!

Last Sat, Pirate King, Claire & I are all locked up inside the Master bedroom. We tried to make her nap but apparently, the Parents are knocked out for 1-2 hours, Ms Piggy is still not asleep. She was looking at her books, walking up & down the room, switching on the bedlights, talking to herself, occassionally will roll about on her mattress and bite her soft toys! She was so happy to see me wake up and opened the bedroom door that she was chuckling and waving her hands while running out of the room!

She ran to the living room and climbed up & down the sofa several times. Occassionally, she will go to her toy box and play with the toys inside. Once she is sick of that, she will go to the window and looked at the view outside. This is the only time, she will be still and this will last her for at least a good 5 minutes! And its back to the same old cycle of climbing up & down the sofa, toy box and disturb the parents or go to the kitchen and demand for FOOD!

Note 4

Another note to myself:

1. Clear Piglet's wardrobe (ya, she has outgrown clothes again!)
2. Take a look at my Bank account + credit card bills!
3. Save $$ for my UK trip
4. Lose weight! (reaching 60kg soon and need to exercise if not i have to get new clothes!)
5. Curb online shopping!
6. Get more sleep (down with flu now.)

Comments on Ms Claire New Hairstyle!

Feel free to comment on her new Hairstyle. It was trimmed by her Popo as it was too stressful for the Parents to trim her hair at the salon. (She WAILED even before the hairdresser started to trim her hair! Anyway, she also WAILED when my Mum trimmed for her!)

I guess Ms Piggy dislikes people to touch her hair or head... Funny that she is so vain from young!

Her fave Yiyi commented that it sucks... Her PD finds it funny...

What do you all think?

Side view of her haircut (Taken at the PD's clinic)

Front view

Her last jabs for now!

Claire had 2 jabs yesterday, MMR & 5 in 1. She does not have any jabs till she goes to Primary school (another 4 years ahead!)

I was at work so I met Pirate King & Claire directly at Dr Chan's clinic. The appointment was scheduled at 11.45am but they reached the clinic at 12pm. Guess what, Ms Piggy was asleep in her Benz. Pirate King told me that she refused to nap at home and she fell asleep when they re at Somerset MRT station.

Dr Chan's clinic is like a madhouse full of patients, so even though we had made an appointment to see her but still we have to wait! As Ms Piggy was asleep, we let other patients to go first. There was this particular boy, about 4-5 years old, super spoilt and hard to manage. While Claire was asleep, I observed that he was literally destroying the toys at the clinic. I called him, "Destroyer".

Ms Piggy woke up ard 12.30pm and we let her roamed about in the clinic. Unfortunately, Ms Piggy was attracted to the toys that the "Destroyer" was playing. She walked to the toys that he was not playing. The "Destroyer" prevented Claire from playing the musical toys. His Mother only mentioned this statement, "Ethan, you re not playing with the toy. Let Mei mei (Claire) play with it." Well, this was wasted on him and he pushed Claire's hands away from the toys. Of course, I do not wish for Claire to be hit by him for no reason. I immediately carried Claire away and shown my disgust outright.

But Ms Claire being a stubborn one, walked back to him again. This time, he pulled the same stunt again and in the process, he tried to destroy the toys again. The Mother only said, "Ethan, are you playing with the toys or destroying them?" Come on, can't you just discipline him by just pulling him away or giving him a smack on the hands?

Anyway, that woman sensed my buey song and she was smart enought to drag her son away from us. If not, I will instigate Claire to whack the Destroyer. He was lucky, Claire just woke her from her nap and in a blur state... If not, he sure die one!

Back to Claire, the nurse took her height, weight & head measurements. Proud to announce that at 17 months, Ms Claire is 10.5 kg (lighter as she din hv her lunch yet) and 84cm tall. If the fact that Toddlers will grow to half of their adult length by 2 years old, I can safely conclude that she will be taller than me! Hehehe!

After the measurements were taken, we waited for our turn to see Dr Chan. The first thing Dr Chan noticed about her was her hair (the coconut head trimmed by my Mum). Ms Claire cried when Dr Chan used her stethscope to listen to her lungs & stuff. (Dr Chan commented that I had an evil laugh when I told Claire that there is more to come!) After that, Dr Chan told me to carry her so that she can give Ms Piggy her 2 jabs. Before, Dr Chan had given her the jab, Ms Piggy was already crying! She cried so loud & hard after the jabs are given to her!

The moment Dr Chan gave her a biscuit after her jabs, she immediately stopped crying! Ms Piggy is really a greedy one and Dr Chan was so amused by her, especially when she waved goodbye & flying kiss to her!

So far, her fever for the 5-in-1 jab had subsided today and now we re just waiting for the side effects of the MMR to come in 1-2 days time!

Another heart attack!

Ms Claire gave me another heart attack on Tuesday.

Dad, Pirate King & I are having dinner at our apartment. I went to the kitchen to get some stuff, Ms Piggy climbed up on to my chair the moment she saw me out from the chair.

When i came out from the kitchen, i saw her falling down from the chair as she missed her footing. It came too fast for me to catch her & break her fall. She landed with her head first. She was crying big time.

The 2 guys then realised what happened! (MEN, can't trust them to keep an eye on children!) And she ended up with a big BRUISE on her forehead. Dad & Pirate King immediately asked Claire to call us. She called us in a very soft tone, Pirate King lectured her for being mischievous!

For me, I feel that its like my life is shortened by a few years from her fall!

Disgusting Idiots

Last night, we were waiting for a cab at the Taxi stand just outside the MRT station. (Piglet & I were going to Bedok to stay overnight at Mum's place)

Then, there is this idiotic MPV blocking all the taxis from coming into the Taxi Stand. The owners have the cheek not to move away despite blocking the taxis. The best part is, the bloody car owner is a couple with kids and how inconsiderate can they be? Especially they saw me carrying Piglet and Pirate King holding on to all the bags...

Due to that idiotic MPV, i need to walk further up the taxi stand (almost to the centre of the road) to flag a cab as the taxis can't stopped at the taxi stand. I kept on looking at this idiotic couple and told Pirate King to take down their car plate no. I guess my angry gestures + loud words reached them, i saw the couple scrambling to drive the car away... But the moment, they saw us getting into the cab, they still made themselves a blockage to the Taxi Stand.

Inside the cab, i was fuming mad about this idiotic couple. The cab driver also told me that its an offence for them to park there. Unfortunately, Pirate King din manage to take down their car plate no as it was too dark for him to see. I accidentally curse them for getting into a car accident but i retracted it back! Bad Karma for me!

Anyway, my point is wait till they re in the same situation like me then they know!

Horrible Headache!

Was on MC yesterday, due to this horrible headache.

I was fine but after breakfast, i started to have this throbbing headache on my left, followed by seeing stars on the monitor.

I went to see the company doctor and he gave me a day's MC. Diagnosis => FATIGUE!

Went back home, the headache is still there and i had a hard time falling asleep. Sigh, i really need to exercise!

Boy or girl, does it matter?

I was having this conversation with Pirate King 2 nights ago on having a 2nd child. I told him that it is very stressful for me as his Mother, my MIL kept on telling Piglet to bring a brother along EVERYTIME she sees Piglet.

And what happens if the 2nd child is not a boy? Does it mean that my MIL will disregard us? Or does it mean that if my 2nd child is a boy, i will be able to demand alot of things from my parents in laws? Meaning, I get to borrow the family car regardless of what, I can get my child to bully the other cousins? The more I spoke about it, the more carried away I got! Pirate King responded by giving me a smack on my butt!

Frankly speaking, its ridiculous to expect that the 2nd child will definitely be a boy based on the fact that Piglet looks like a boy! I also looked like a boy when i was a toddler but Mum's 2nd child is a GIRL! To me, regardless of the gender, as long as they are my children, they will be loved by me. Even if their grandparents disregard them, its' their problem.

U calling me?

Claire is quite expressive these days! She will utter alot of words to herself and most of the time, it is gibberish to us adults.

Just now (in my battle to get her to sleep), she was standing on the mattress and pointing to the blocks of flats outside the window, talking as if describing to me what's happening. Also, in my threats to her to sleep, she kept on uttering the word, "Sleep" in Cantonese!

On a lighter note, she actually called me, "Mama" while i was in the kitchen washing the crockery. I guess she knows who I am and that she can call me, "Mama" to get my attention. As mentioned in the earlier post, she will call anyone "Bipo" if you tell her to "Call me" in Cantonese. Well, she will call anyone, "Papa" if you tell her to "Call me" in Mandarin. This was taught by Pirate King and it is very funny when she does it to all of us!

Sleeping time => Nightmares for Me!

Its really a hassle getting Claire to sleep these days!

Previously, she will roll about for at least 15 minutes before she is willing to sleep. Now, I have to threaten her, whack her butt for at least 30 minutes before she falls asleep!

And everytime after the session, i will be so drained that I knocked out together with her! I just hope this phrase will be over soon!

Memories - First Punishment in School!

My First Punishment in school was meted for failure to understand the teacher's instructions. I had to thank this teacher, her punishment made my command of English good. I can read and write well but pronounciation of words is still a long way to go!

My dad is a super leftist! Meaning his idol is Chairman Mao and he is a SUPER TRADITIONAL CHINESE MAN! We spoke Cantonese & Mandarin at home, he DOES NOT even speak to us in English.

To him, we should boycott Japanese goods, speak Mandarin & dialects, no English (for fear of us being Bananas)... All thanks to his NO SPEAK ENGLISH campaign. I dun understand English at all when i was in Primary One!

This English teacher of mine, Mrs Hazra is an Indian lady. While she was teaching, I simply dun understand a single word of hers. So being a kid, i tuned her off by talking to my classmate. She gave me quite a few warnings which I DUN UNDERSTAND at all. In the end, I was being punished by standing outside the classroom for being TALKATIVE.

Somehow, i dunno how long this situation lasts and in the end, Dad is being summoned to the school for my behaviour. That was when the truth dawned on her that I dun understand English well enough to listen to her instructions. On her recommendation, Dad has no choice but to buy those Ladybird books for me to learn English.

Thanks to her, I cultivated the love for reading and I simply love to read! This love of reading made me appreciate Literature well especially poetry. Now, I will pass on my love for reading to Piglet and at the same time, speak to Piglet in dialects, English & Mandarin as I dun want her to endure those unnecessary punishments as I got in the past!

Memories - First day of my Pri Sch!

Was reading on Blur ting's post on being there for her teenage son's school registration.

I will do the same for Piglet if she at 17 wants me to be there!

My first day of Primary school was interesting. It was my first time taking a school bus and Mum was unable to accompany me to school coz she has to take care of my 2 year old younger Sis.

So Mum entrusted a neighbour to look out for me at the school. Mum sent me off at our block carrying Sis. On the school bus, I was quite buey song coz there are no seats for me (those parents sat together with their kids lah) but at the same time can't do anything coz you can't outwit an adult. So, I was standing on the bus for the entire 20 minutes...

Dun asked me how i managed to find my class and stuff... Somehow i did and the best part is during recess, I wanted to buy fishball noodles but the queue was bloody long and the break is only 20minutes? So i went to the Malay stall (shortest queue) and ordered Mee Rebus... Boy, that was really spicy and I finished up all the water in my bottle. Me being a water tank, has to endure thirst for the rest of the day.

Looking back, I guess i m pretty independent and Mum mentioned to me about how guilty she felt for not being able to be there for my 1st day of school especially she heard about me eating the spicy Mee Rebus. Mum is those type who kept their love for the kids inside their heart, i guess she was feeling pain for me when she knew that.

Perhaps due to the spicy Mee Rebus I had on my first day of school, I never really want to eat Mee Rebus now.

London London Here We Come - Part 2

Okie, Smart Superior has approved my leave after a series of ding ding dong dong on the dates... Expected from her and it shows how fanastic the so called "Back up" plans of the department (another story)

Hahaha, I had booked the tickets to London!!! Yup, it will be a few months of bread eating after the trip!

Will need to settle Piglet's tic & her travel insurance later!

London & Paris Disneyland, look out for the invasion of the Ang Family!

Funny things

3 weeks of absence and Ms Claire has picked up alot of funny things!

1. She will clap her hands, extend her arms & say, "Bao bao" in Cantonese to indicate me to carry her!

2. She will pick a pair of shoes & pass it to us. This means she wants to go out and she cried when I put the shoes back into their original place.

3. If we ask her, where is your nose? She will point to her nose and said, "No no" Ya, that's the way she pronounced nose.

4. She will attempt to make friends with other children by going up to them and said her own name to get their attention!

5. She will hug her soft toys first before biting their nose. The soft toys are her teething soothers and soaked with her saliva!

6. She will attempt to get her own bowl, pass it to us to put food inside the bowl.

7. She knows how to cling onto us like a koala bear if we attempt to put her down.

8. She will give me the "No More" gesture when we told her that there is no more food!

9. Best part, she loves to disturb dogs! I m so paranoid about this as I m afraid of dog due to a horrible childhood experience.

10. She will call you, "Bipo" meaning Grandaunt in Cantonese if u ask her to call you.

London London Here We Come?

Sis called me on Monday to persuade/convince me to visit her in Apr/May 09. She told me to come together with the whole family (Pirate King & Piglet). She even email me the list of places that I could go and the budget needed!

So after thinking about it, I managed to persuade Pirate King to agree to the trip! Now, i just got to settle the leave & air tickets. Hopefully, we will be able to go London & visit Paris Disneyland too!

God, pls answer my prayers on this! :)

PS: Sis is coming back to Sg in another 2 weeks time!

My New Gadget!

Finally my new notebook is here!


Its Dell Latitude E4300! Dun ask me about the specs coz i m not very sure (vetted thru by Pirate King)


This sleek notebook actually is a Lenovo Thinkpad WANNABE in terms of design... If not for the different places of manufacturing, I suspect the Latitude might be coming from the same supplier......


Some pictures of my new BABY! (to be uploaded soon)

Rosy Cheeks of Ms Claire

Some photos of her with the rosy cheeks before it totally disappears in the hot & humid weather of SG! (Some might not manage to capture her rosy cheeks!)

Taken at T3 on 8th March 2009 when we picked her up from the airport!

Taken at home on 9th March 2009

Taken at Prego on 10th March 2009, giving us a cheeky look.

Acting cute again....

With her Papa

Back in SG!!!

Claire is home after 3 weeks in Hong Kong!

Her flight landed in SG around 7.35pm last night. Mum placed her into the basket on the luggage trolley. Pirate King was so worried, "Can she sit there meh?" We saw her trying to get out of the basket, Mum gave her something to distract her.

She was all smiles when we called her and after 3 weeks of absence, she has grown taller n resembled me even more!!! She looked so grown up in her turtleneck sweater & jeans, her cheeks are rosy, her hair longer & her skin is FAIR! There's no way, people will mistake her as a boy! She never looked so pretty than before!!!

Anyway, my fears of her crying at the sight of me has gone. As she wants me to carry her the moment, she saw me.

This morning, she woke up at 5.41am and I gave her some water. After drinking the water, i slept besides her. She was ok for a while but 30 minutes later, she was crying buckets. I went to make milk for her immediately. After her milk, I went to wash the bottles and got Pirate King to accompany her. I can hear her wailing in the room. So, i went to pacify her and bought her to the living room to check out her toys and stuff.

While playing with her toys, she poo and she was not resistant to sitting on the potty to finish the rest of her poo. I told Pirate King to clean her up, again she cried without my presence. I think she dun want to be left alone with her Papa. Dunno whether Pirate King will be heartbroken about this?

I went to the toilet to wash up and prepare to leave for work. Ms Claire kept on passing her shoes to Pirate King and indicates that she wants to go out. So in order to prevent her from crying when she sees me leave for work, Pirate King took her to the playground downstairs while i go to work. It was so funny to see her clapping her hands and opening her arms to indicate me to carry her!

Just now, Pirate King called me and asked me about her usual schedule. He has bathed her and given her milk (This little one can really drink!) and is she going to sleep? Haha!

Anyway, I m worried that he might not be able to cope with her but then the day will pass away quick!

Wear Me Wear Me!

4 pairs of shoes waiting for Ms Claire to wear them! Somehow will she inherit my love for shoes?

Sick in HK

Ms Claire is sick in HK!


Mum bought her to see the PD in HK on Monday. The PD gave Mum 10% discount coz Claire is a regular customer there... The first thing Mum told the PD is, "Everytime she comes to HK, sure will see you at least once!!!!"


The PD diagnosed her as having the common cold. Well last night, Mum called and told me that Claire can't sleep due to the cough waking her up. I was worried about her and wish that i could just drop everything and fly to HK and bring my little rascal back home.

This morning, I spoke to Mum again. Claire is ok and she purposely coughed to let me know how phelgmy she is.

She wants me!!!

Claire is in Hong Kong for 2 weeks already. Usually, she will not want to talk to me after calling me Mama on the phone!

Today, Mum called me and gave me Claire's daily updates. She got Claire on the line once Ms Piggy called me Mama, she went back to play with my aunt. I chatted with Mum for a while before putting down the phone.

After a while, my aunt called and told me that Claire was uttering Mama after they put down the phone. So, my aunt got Claire on the line and this little rascal attempted to chat with me! I passed the phone to Pirate King to chat with her. Guess what, she refused to talk to her Father. She only got back on the line when she heard my voice!

Hehe, i m so happy! My little rascal wants me!!!