Compassion

Late afternoon, I received a call from dad. 4th uncle hurt himself during work. According to dad, “他撞破头”. Sounded like a pretty bad injury. Thus, we decided to visit him at NUH after fetching En from in-law's place.

En was intimated by the big group of visitors at the hospital. However, she still sayang her Great - 4th uncle. Then, she started to weep after seeing the wound on his chin. We thought that it could be due to the crowd and tiredness, so we went for dinner first.

When we went back to the ward, she was still uneasy, so we decided to leave. By now, everyone was leaving (for dinner or home), thus we brought her into the ward to say goodbye to 4th uncle. Initially, she was fine, but started to cry again upon seeing the slash on the chin. That was when we realised she understood it was an injury and it could be painful. That's why she felt scared.

Child with compassion, much more worthy than a genius - My Dear Baby En.

City Babe

What happens when a typical city-breed Singapore Gal goes to Bintan?

We just came back from a 3D2N trip to Bintan over the weekend (to 'celebrate' our 3rd Wedding Anniversary, which was on 20 Apr, Fri) . Our entourage of 6 stayed in the Angsoka Villa at Bintan Lagoon Resort. It's a huge standalone Villa with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, living, dining rooms, kitchen and a PRIVATE POOL!

Of cos, let's not forget our very own buggy. Baby En, the 男人婆 really enjoyed the buggy rides, especially when it crossed over humps and bumps. There she went chuckling with every bumps.

Well, she has a 死穴 though - the sandy beach and salty sea. The moment she stepped onto the beach with her bare feet, she started to cringe. To her, the sand is dirty. The sea was pretty choppy that day. It didn't help with the water splashing and stinging her eyes. Thus, our adventure ended pretty fast. Daddy, Mummy and Baby made our way to the common pool where all 3 of us can enjoy. To top it off, they actually served free snacks by the poolside. Hmmm, this was an improvement compared to my previous 2 stays, during the days when it was still being known as Sedona Resort.

Back in the Villa, the reckless Babe went on her stair-climbing escapades. The 5 adults had to be extra vigilent trying to prevent her from embarking on her solo trip. And yeah, it turned into a game of catching for her....

Although Baby En enjoyed the trip, she was also missing home (perhaps she was missing her VCDs ;-p). By the 3rd morning, she kept saying that she wanted to go home. Luckily it's the last day.

Good-bye Bintan!

Flower Ring

"Mummy, I want the jzing (aka Ring)", there she went again, my Baby En. Recently, she kept asking to play with my wedding ring. Though she'd never lost it before, by then it'd be too late right. How am I going to find another one ("Get a new husband!" Did someone just said that?)?

Anyway, Mummy came up with a solution - Buy her a ring. "Mummy will get you a ring ok. One with a flower on it." Yesterday, I really stumped by one at Square 2 - ring with a flower, and it's pink, something she likes. So, I bought it for her.

"See, Mummy kept my promise. I bought you a flower ring." "Jzing, with flower. En En's jzing. Not Mummy's jzing", there she ranted, with glee. And she went everywhere with it, even when she went to bed.

HOWEVER, on one of her potty trip, she had her ring with her and "Ohh", she ended with a ring and a flower. Needless to say, anyone could guess what happened. "Ok, bring it to Gong Gong's house later. Ask Gong Gong to fix it for you". The ever-resourceful grandfather did repair it.

BUT, on our way for dinner, “她的花又掉了”,Gong Gong said when we reached the foodcourt. This time, it's really GONE.

Sigh..... ($$$$ grew wings. Fly, fly away...)

First Crochet Project

I finally completed my 1st crochet project (almost lah. Haven't weaved in the ends yet :P)! It's called the Market Tote Bag. It's suppose to look like this (Pic on right. Downloaded from www.lionbrand.com)....

Mine turned out...

Urmm.. think it's not even anywhere near 1/3 of the suggested size. Seriously, come to think about it, isn't it suppose to be a Tote Bag?? How can a tote bag look like the one on the right? That's more like a sling bag. Ahhhhhh! I think the picture is an enlarged size of what the crochet pattern is meant for!

Now I have 3 extra balls of yarn and a bag I don't know what to use for...

Not too great a day - Baby En fell down

Baby En fell down today. What a bad fall!

The teacher told me she fell while playing in the playground. However, she didn't cry and managed to break her fall with her hands. I only saw minor redness on her knee with no other obvious signs of any bruises.

We went to Westmall with Daddy after dinner (OT: She wasn't wearing diaper. Everything went well the entire day. BUT, she peed while we were out shopping. Don't worry, Mummy's well-prepared. She got changed into fresh clothing). Things were not going too great by now. Next moment, Daddy came and questioned on fresh bruises that appeared on her cheeks and forehead. I told him what I knew. Then came," 老师说什么你就相信" . Me, being the one who believes that it's part and parcel of a child's growing up life to encounter knocks and bumps here and there, obviously couldn't see eye to eye with Daddy's ever so protective behaviour. However, I kept quiet this time round cos it's not the 1st time such things happened and it definitely would not be the last.

Then, black face black face black face. At home, it just got worse. Daddy saw that there were redness on her body. As usual, though it's by no fault of mine, I simply had to be the one who 背黑锅. More black face and 不耐烦.

What a day (out of a series of not so beautiful days)!

Baby En's Exploit - Potty Training Again

It's the 9th day of Baby En's new round of potty training session. I think she's going to make it this time round (after 3 or 4?? previous rounds of disaster). Phew!!

First 3 days were a mess. She simply couldn't do it in the WC with her potty seat. Right after putting on her training pant again, she'd either pee or poo in it. So it's was like washing, cleaning, mopping, cleaning, washing, mopping...... endless reminders, nagging etc etc.

On the 4th day, the day I finally see some LIGHT, she peed for the 1st time in her small little red standalone potty at dad's place. Hmmm, so that's it, she has some kind of phobia for her potty seat I guessed. So the next few days, we saw more successes, including poo poo in her little red potty (with no exclusion to the occasional accidents).

Monday came, it was time for her to go back to school (childcare) after 1 week away. All of a sudden, she requested to do her 'business' in the Big Potty (WC with her potty seat). Walah!! She did it (after I bought her 2 extra standalone potty for use in school and at home, plus a foldable travel potty :-p)!!

Well, it's the 9th day and there's still the 'accidents'. However, she's getting better. Looking forward to the day she goes diaper-free for her nap and outings.

Wish me luck!

Frustrations! HE and the forever-existing ILs

Recounting what happened on Sunday, I really felt that I owe my parents too much. Time and again, I refused mum's request to bring Baby En out with her, even when it was brought up days before the excursion, just so that HE doesn't feel upset.

However, despite much effort, all that I'd done are not being reciprocated. My DD always got 'kidnapped' without my agreement and many times, they were done at last minute notice. HE does not care about my feelings, nor appreciate my parents for their understandings. All that's important is his parents, family. If I want to visit my parents last minute, it's always 'Why...., Why...'. And I did it only after his thoughtless action. He still had the cheek to retort.

Come on, do not do unto others what u don't want others to do unto u.

In the end, for what I thought would be 'setting an example', my parents kept been put on the disadvantage and others got to gain, gain and gain..