today is supposed to b a day for the department members to have a gathering, but at e same time it's a sad day.. We have 4 colleagues who will b leaving us this year... it's too many at a go..
Had buffet at Buffet Town... We all chatted happily, but when it's time to bid goodbye, e atmosphere somehow changed heavy. Jiahui, Zhu Hui, Jiamin, Fengwan, who r our warriors for the past few years, had their own paths to move on.
Our department has alot of chinese teachers, compared to other schools. It's saddening to see each 1 leaving. Most of us kept e unhappiness inside, n remained cheerful n happy.
No matter what, we just hope the best for each of them. Jiamin will b delivering soon next year. Hope she has a smooth delivery.
We have to part 1 day, n we never koe who will b the next 1 announcing their departure in Pei Hwa. I really hope every1 will b happy no matter which route they choose, stay or leave. I will wish them all e best, and I am sure though we r not working together animore, but we will still keep in contact. We have a strong bond towards one another. I am glad that in this working environment of 7.5years, i got to koe many good n faithful friends. Most of them r not just my colleagues, but my good friends too. How many people can actually get to have many friends in their working place.
I am always lucky to have good people around me. Though we cannot fight the year together, but we r still good friends. I will miss them dearly, really. All e best again my dear friends. Pls do not forget the rest of us here. May u guys find a better path in your careers. Let's all jiayou!
Time flies, tomorrow need to report back to work! Sianzzzz....
So fast, it's e end of my break.... Had lunch with my sis n the 2 precious cousins Arena n Annabel.. We r v close since they were born... After lunch, sis brought them for movie, n i did not join them today for movie as i need to go back n accompany the boys...
Jav wasn't feeling quite ok these few days. When i got back, his whole body has lots of rashes... Yest morn, hubby took leave to go with us to KK... Doc said it's not exactly HFMD, but similar... These 2 nights he did not sleep well, n of course, when he dun sleep well, i dun expect to have a good rest too.. He felt itchy n kept scratching, n tossed...
It seemed better today, i think it might b dirty, or too heaty.. i think tonight he will still have a little prob in sleeping... He has dozed off now... very soon, i need to join him as i need to get up v early tmr..
When year end break ends, it means our wedding anniversary is coming too.. Haha... hubby has applied leave, dunno approve or not.. It's a sunday, but it's his working shift... btw, may not celebrate oso lah, coz may bring the boys out to play instead.. Haha.. shall see how it goes..
It's going to b a long working day tmr, n hope i can stay in the PM session again.. Haha.. Good night..
I am finally back from the Hong Kong trip.. it was a 5D4N cold trip for us...
Thur morning at 0500hr, my 4th uncle came to drive us to e airport... we took Cathay Pacific airlines to HK.. but it was delayed, so by right shld reach HK at ard 1200, we reach ard 1330... By e time we reached e hotel, it was around 1430... made a call back to MIL to find out abt e boys... 1 hiccup then was, hubby took e wrong luggage! Waited for confirmation from the transport company, e driver drove e coach back with our luggage n returned e wrong 1 to the correct guest..
The mist was rather strong, as i planned to go to the max museum on e 1st day of the trip.. ended up we went walk walk shop shop eat eat at Women's Market n the area around tsim sha tsui...
2nd day morn was e complimentary half day tour from the transport company... evening then we went to e max musuem.. it was v tiring.. my bones nearly broke.. haha.. oso went to the peak, had expensive dinner there too! shiok!
3rd day, we went to Macau.. took e turbo jet.. walked around n spent a little time in e casino.. i'm e only 1 who won.. but aniway only won abit lah.. haha... it was a nice place, n next time to go, would stay a night there...
4th day, we went to ocean park. Yes, we made e right choice by going there.. they were celebrating their 35th anniversary this year.. it was really nice! fun too i can say! we had a great time there... hubby n I went to disneyland in Japan in 2008 liao, so no point going to HK disneyland... Ocean park has many new things.. it is worth going, compared to Disney..
5th day, time to come back to spore! Bro was tired so didn't join us for bfast... after bfast, we quickly spent a little bit of the time to do some shopping. I am so disappointed not being able to buy many things! Dunno wat to buy. we went to many areas n shops n etc... but just couldn't find anything that suits me. Sad to e max... so depressing.. I was e 1 who exchanged more money for this trip coz i need to back up hubby, n indeed i was right to exchange more... many stuff i paid, ended up i counted my $$, i didnt buy many things n y my $$$ was little. My siblings lost in e casino, n ended up not having enuff $$ on e 4th-5th day. I was e 1 who still left 3K+ by e 4th day of our trip.. Haha.. i paid for them 1st for watever needed...
Besides being utterly sad over not having e opportunity to buy many things, e next disappoinment was e hotel tat we stay in. It was v isolated from the city area, n there r too many C**** people staying there too. sianzz to e max. Next time i am going to choose hotel stay near e city area like mongkok, or tsim sha tzui...
The weather there was v cold.. i regretted not bringing thicker clothing. It was only e 2nd day of our trip which was not tat cool, the rest of the 4 days, i was trembling n shivering. it was cold!!!! goodness! We stayed more than 12hours outdoors everyday, n it was v tiring. My legs n back are breaking soon! Going to rest now, n tmr i shall revert back to being a mother.
Well, it has always been my wish to go to HK again... N finally now i have e chance to go, MIL agreed to help us out with the boys n we go on our own.
Heard quite alot of negative comments abt HK, esp in disneyland.. MIL was afraid, so she told us, if we wana go HK, dun bring any of the boys, just go on our own...
Will be leaving on thur early morn... tmr night onwards, both Js will have to stay at PILs' house... Jaden of course no prob, coz he has gotten used to staying there. Go home oso alright... Javier is abit troublesome.. he is fussy to e max... n he has almost 1yr didnt spend the night at in laws' house..
I thought i would feel excited abt going back to HK, as it has always been my wish.. been talking about going for a few years. Now, i really think that i need a break tats y made that move... As days draw near to departure, i dun feel that excited leh. Dunno y...
My whole mind will be Jaden n Javier... we will not see them for 5 days... I thought of going on e trip to relax myself n have a break, so that when i am back, i will be energised to be a better mum, but now i feel a kind of lost... Did i make the wrong choice?
Will be going on this trip with hubby, my sis n brother... My colleague encouraged me to go as she commented that, couple should have such private time being together... she said i made the right choice. She herself is a good mummy, even she agreed with my trip.. i should feel better.
Sometimes to b frank, when hubby is e 1 sleeping with Javier, n i sleep alone in e other room, i cannot sleep so fast, tend to feel abit scared, dunno y. but when i sleep with Javier, i slept soon. Jaden no need to say, coz he would never want to sleep with hubby. at home, he would only want to sleep with me, n dun let hubby in. with Jaden, i like looking at e way he sleep.. He drink milk, said gd night n slept real fast. Super sticky, shared same pillow as me, n hug my hand like a bolster n stick whole night... made me no place to stretch n turn.. haha... i presume i wont b able to sleep in early tmr nite, coz it'll b e 1st time after many many donkey months that we'll b sleeping without any of the boys with us.
Well, 2012 is coming to an end, n i had always wished to cut my hair now... yesterday evening went to hair salon, actually wanted to cut hair til shoulder length n colour, but in e end went to perm instead, faint...
I dyed brown colour this time, a more brighter colour... in e past i liked red, darker red kind.. now wanted to try out brown colour. besides colouring, perming, i oso trimmed my fringe...
Mayb too long not having permed hair, i c here c there, like abit strange.. though it's not my 1st time perming... mayb i need more time to adjust to the new hairstyle. I did something like this b4 actually... or mayb i find it not suitable on me... dun really find it nice on me..
But well, since i had done it, no choice liao.. gotta wait til a longer time to change another hairstyle again....
New hair colour, new hairstyle, new start.
Hubby took the wrong leave last week, resulting he couldn't b on leave yesterday to help out at home. MIL was at Msia, n my mum went for her China trip on Sat, so i had to act alone with e boys at home.
Hubby went to buy bfast for us b4 he left for work. I got up at 0640 to standby as the boys slept in diff room. Jav got up at 0750, while Jaden at 0815...
Bathed 1 by 1 b4 9am... n we started to eat bfast together in e living room... Played with them until it's time to let Jav nap. Normally he would nap 2 times. Once he started his nap, i quickly took a bath, threw dirty laundry into washing machine, folded e dried ones. While waiting for the laundry, i quickly mopped the floor n clean the playmat. Jaden is a good boy by not making alot of noise...
Luckily i managed to hang e wet clothes up b4 Jav got up. When he got up, i quickly went to steam e patang fish n egg, n cooked rice for lunch. Jaden is a fussy eater, so the lunch was only for myself n Javier.
Late noon, it was raining cats n dogs. It did not stop me from going out to buy Mac for Jaden, his fav french fries n lemon tea. I carried Javier, held Jaden, n went to the carpark, drove them to the drive-thru to buy Mac, n then drove back home again to eat. They were obedient during the heavy rain short trip.
After e rain, it was near to 5pm. FIL was home. He went to 817 carpark to wait for us. I drove the boys again alone by myself to in laws' house. FIL helped to hold Jaden as the floor was wet. Made Javier nap at in laws' house in e evening. he napped for ard 1.5hr. FIL went to buy dinner for us, n we waited for hubby to knock off from work. Stayed at in laws' house for 4hr, n it's time to go home.
We left the house b4 2130, n when we reached home, quickly got ready their night feed stuff... hubby coaxed Javier, while i coaxed Jaden. Jaden went to sleep v fast by 2215.. The moment he finished his milk, i made him say good night mummy, n after tat he held my hands like a bolster, closed his eyes n went to sleep. Good boy. Tats how i spent my Sunday with my boys just like that with no much of a stress.
It's not easy to have a difficult toddler n a super sticky little toddler. No 1 will understand until u have such a kid. But, of course no kid is easy. But for my case, mine is abit more difficult. if u have such a kid, u will then not say me animore. All i hope for my sons is good health n happy mind. They must know that we love them, n i am happy i still hold an impt role in their hearts. And how i wish hubby can give in more effort, esp for Jaden.
We brought the boys to Fidgets again.. n of course not going tmr coz it'll b weekend... had a 15% discount on e entrance fees so decided to go today..
Had lunch at home 1st b4 going.. The boys played for ard 1.5hr... obviously the younger J was tired haha.. Jaden is still energetic..
Today is Jaden's lunar birthday, so brought them out to play.. Jaden likes Fidgets.. When i asked him to leave, surprisingly he didnt fuss over leaving, n was obedient enuf to remove socks, wear shoes n follow us...
Of course he can b defiant at times... Javier enjoyed himself too... Seeing them smile n laugh really makes me feel happy too. They will always fight over things n then end up both crying loudly, n without hitting each other, n yet both can cry like being beaten by the other party. Well, this is part of growing up i koe. Jaden has a live model to fight with..
Among the indoor playgrds, i really prefer Fidgets.. Carpark fee free! Haha... there is another indoor playgrd which i would wish to bring Jaden b4 i report back for meeting on the 28th, n thats the 1 at changi city point near Expo.. I saw my pal bringing her Ps there, seemed to b fun.. Hope to bring him there b4 2012 ends.
Though going outdoors is better, but to b frank, i hate being sun tanned, n sweating like nobody's business. But today at Fidgets, the aircon seem to b too mild, we were sweating. Number of guests not tat many leh, strange. Luckily the weather was ok, but now it is dark, sure will rain... Javier is taking his nap since 1hr ago, n Jaden is still active.
I hope we can bring them go playgrd e next time!
My gu zhang celebrated his birthday early this year, n he is 60, yes he is 60...
my cousins aka his children, decided to hold a celebration for him... Went to Guilin restaurant at BB, 4 tables, with their relatives also..
My gu zhang was obviously happy yesterday, with so many ppl celebrating his bday together.. N i suppose he is so contented as he will be welcoming a grandchild into the Kiew family in April. Still cannot see e gender as the bb v active n not cooperating, Haha, as stated by my biao ge.. but he said, gynae commented that most prob will be a bb gal..
Luckily i did not bring any of my boys there. No 1 brought any child.. n no space oso... Haha..
I like gatherings, n esp when every1 can click well n talk. I like my family. I cannot click with all e members in hubby's side, n it sounded sad right? Well, not every1 can click with one another.. there's no need to do extra effort to make ppl like u...
I'm happy that my relatives are all friendly n warm, n most imptly not arrogant n proud.
My gu zhang is v healthy, though he has HBP...cannot eat too much seafood, but overall, he is still fit. He likes to travel, n enjoy company. He is v humorous n joyful too... a cheerful mid-age man. haha...
I pray for good health upon gu zhang.. He always loves all of us dearly, like all r his children. I hope he can always b so happy, n go holidays like he always does. Must make full use of the time when he is fit to go aniwhere he wants.. He is a very good man, n hope he will b healthy always!
Had buffet at Buffet Town... We all chatted happily, but when it's time to bid goodbye, e atmosphere somehow changed heavy. Jiahui, Zhu Hui, Jiamin, Fengwan, who r our warriors for the past few years, had their own paths to move on. 
