At the pool

despite me coughing like nobody's business, I still went on to bring Jaden to the pool, as promised... MIL brought her swimwear too, so both of us went into the pool with Jaden.. while hubby? he sat there n look after our things loh,wat else.......

Jaden is really a playful boy, who is v spoilt! He refused to let us hold onto him, wanted to play by himself.. but PLEASE! wat if he falls down n 'drink' the water? he's too young for such incidents anyway..

Were in the pool for ard 45min.. Jaden still refused to get off the pool... the weather was good i can say.. n he's wearing the thermal swimwear, so i'm not worried abt him feeling cold.. i just feel that being in the water for too long is not good for his skin, somemore little toddlers' skins are so smooth n soft...

Decided to carry him out from the pool, as he refused to get off... MIL went to bath n changed 1st, while i continued to acc him in the pool. I told him we had to get off when ah ma comes back.. but when MIL was ready, he still refused to.

Very stubborn, so i told him if he refused to listen, then we go home.. he still insisted his way, so i had to use the hard way to carry him. on the bench, i made some milk for him. MIL carried him while he was drinking. We packed our stuff n was ready to go. I just changed into my clothes, as I want to bathe at home.

Went off back to our lovenest. Bathed Jaden again, then my turn. After which, i let Jaden sleep in yaolan, n indeed soon after 5min, he dozed off n started his nap.. his nap lasted 3hr+...

Promised him to go again, but my condition is, must listen... though now he is still considered quite young to understand a lot of things, but i think this can be cultivated. but he's really too spoilt! my MIL kept saying, dun make him cry for so long... so always give in v soon.. tat makes me angry, as my effort all go into waste. coz sometimes when i started to be a bit loud, he will look at me n stop watever he's doing. I'm rather sure he understands my meaning.

But of course, if he refused to b obedient, I'm not going to let him play anything for the week. so let's see how things go ya!

Mother's Day dinner with my family

After some discussion with my bro, my bro suggested that we go somewhere else to eat, as my initial plan was to go Marina Square.. Bro went to make a reservation @ Arena Country Club, Tung Lok's restaurant..

we chose to order the buffet rather than the set menu they have for Mother's Day.. brought my maternal grandma along too! she was happy that we asked her along.. Bro went to fetch her n my parents, while i came with hubby after my work.. but i went to see my son a while 1st then had to go..

spent 2hr+ eating PLENTY of food! we were all so full!!! hubby ordered 5 cups of gui ling gao! my grandma was shocked! haha a pity that my sis was unable to join us! but nvm, she is coming back next month!!! we will then fix another day to go eat buffet again!!

Had a full n great dinner there! after which, bro sent my grandma n mum, while i drove my dad back home.. i love to have my family time coz we can talk all we want whenever we gather.. n it's fun really! but it will never be any better if ALL members are around.. Angie, we r all waiting for u to join in the next dinner gathering ok??? i miss u my sis!

Water Time @ Vivo City

This morn, i brought Jaden n mil to Vivo for a meal... n also walk walk..

Brought Jaden outdoor to play with the water.. He sure enjoyed it lah!! haha. play until he couldn't bear to leave..

We didn't bring extra clothing, neither did we bring a towel.. n so kangho, we let him play at the water fountain...

I was in charge of taking care of him, while mil go back indoor to buy him a new set of clothes for him to change after that..n it took her so long.. arrrggg.. but anyway, my son was enjoying himself..

The water kept splashing..he was so happy tat he laughed out loud.. obviously v happy..

after playing for near to 30min, we brought him away.. of course he wasn't v happy.. we quickly changed him, brought him to Toys R Us... soon, he was tired.. we decided to go home..

on the way home, he was so happy that he had played water.. he clapped his hands, made some noise.. n after we got home, mil quickly gave him warm water to bathe him again.. n get changed into casual clothings.. we let him play in his playzone for ard 5min, then i put him in the yaolan, n made him some milk.. after drinking, he was in a daze, n very soon he fell asleep by 1pm..

his nap ended at 4.15pm... v energetic haha! i'm sure he enjoyed himself today.. hope next time we go, i'll bring his thermal swimwear, so that he won't catch a cold tat easily, n we can let him play longer..

A new day of the month again

Today is the new day of the month... time flies isn't it?

Brought Jaden home yest evening... I had a very tiring working week, as i was quite tight down by work.. Felt really tired.. but still, I wana bring Jaden home..

he woke up at 1am+ for his midnite feed.. after which, he went over to sleep with hubby.. but not long after, he came to me, slept on my arms, sleeping beside me, wanting me to hug him to sleep.. n of course i slept with him on my pillow, all the way til 7.15am, when he felt hungry, n started to flip here n there..

I woke up n found out that the sky was bright, n i knew it's morning.. i quickly got up n ask hubby to wake up, as he was sleeping at the other side, soundly asleep.. i asked him to look after Jaden, afraid he might roll down the bed while i make the milk for him..

after feeding him, Jaden went back to sleep again, til 8.30am.. he couldn't sleep animore, but can see tat he's still tired.. so i put him in the yaolan.. he stayed in there til 9am+ but still didn't sleep.. just taking a rest in there.. hubby took over n look after him while i went to take my bath, prepare his stuff n bathe him..

noon time, he took his nap at 2.30pm.. n guess wat? he slept til near to 7pm.. where fil n hubby think that it's time for him to get up.. Jaden was rather unhappy at 1st, that he wanted to continue his nap, but after coaxing for a while, he's ok n was smiling..

everytime when days pass by, i would think to myself.. wow so fast Jaden is *** month old liao.. it's seem like just yesterday... he has improved slightly,as in when he's about to do something bad, i called out to him, he will look at me n stop the act.. i hope he can become an obedient boy.. though activeness in him cannot b changed..

It's a brand new month.. n will be a v busy month for us.. as it's exam time, marking time, keying results time etc.. n selling of rice dumpling fund raising event is my baby project again this year.. v busy..i hope my energy level can hang me on..no matter how tired i am, i will make it a point to visit n play with my precious prince.. but nonetheless, i hope this month, can pass smoothly loh.

Trip to United Square

Yesterday, brought Jaden, my mil n my mum to United Square to eat breakfast...

Wow, there r so many shops tat got to do with babies, toddlers n children.. we seldom go such far places.. bcoz normally hubby didn't like to go so far, esp if to tag Jaden along.. As he think Jaden is hard to handle...

Saw a shop tat sells nice things, but v exp.. but there is a small play area where there r lots of balls.. Brought Jaden in, n of course, he play until he refused to leave.. we let him play for ard 30min, n had to go as we didn't buy anything from that shop, felt a bit paiseh.. the moment i carried him up, he was so angry n started crying n shouting..

Distracted him by showing him other things n playing with him.. let him play with car rides n etc.. after which, we went to Toys R Us.. saw a Esprit stroller which i liked, let Jaden sit in when he was drinking his water.. he quite enjoyed the stroller n will even kiao ka... hahaha

decided to buy that stroller.. my mum insisted to pay as a gift for her grandson.. but who knows when we were home, found out tat 1 of the wheels in front not working v well.. actually tried the stroller b4 buying, n already found out that the wheel is like not working well, but i thought is bcoz the floor was too slippery, but who koes on hard ground oso the same case.. so no choice, i told my mum tat i need to make the trip down again, as the receipt was with her..

just coincidentally, my bro looking for me.. so after some discussion, decided that he will drive both my mum n I to United Square n oso eat something there.. went to fetch his gf too b4 going..

The stroller was the last 1, as it was oso the display set.. so they refunded us the money.. i told mum i'll go Vivo next week to take a look as there also have Esprit stroller... wat a day.. haha.. but did not dampen my mood lah...

It's ok, next week then we'll go n take a look.. hope can buy that Esprit stroller loh!

Jaden's hospitalisation bill is here

I've been waiting for the hospitalisation bill from KK, til now finally i received the bill..

I still kept the hospitalisation bills that Jaden had when he was 1.5mth old.. tat time, we need to fork out near to 2K of cash to pay for his hospitalisation fees.. we had not bought his policy at that time, and somemore just paid a few thousands for my delivery stay in NUH..

After that incident, we quickly helped Jaden to buy a good hospitalisation insurance pkg from my Prudential agent.. Kelly did give me some advice as I really had little knowledge abt buying insurance policies.. besides tat, i also bought an educational policy for Jaden.. n also his CDA a/c needs $$ to be credited into every month... all need $$$...

This time round, unfortunately, Jaden was hospitalised into KK again. but of course not as bad as the other time which needed operation.. Kelly reminded me about calling our agent Daniel abt the claiming as Jaden was hospitalised.. only then it came into my mind tat, ya hoh, i did buy a policy from Daniel leh.. but forgot if the plan that i bought was a normal plan, or a premium plan.. Daniel checked for me, n heng ah, his policy was a premium package.

This bill, b4 govt grant, the bill went up to 3k.. a little lower than the previous bill.. now u know having a child is so exp liao hoh... oh my god... after grant, still need to pay ard 1.5k cash..

Prudential sent us a statement abt our claim for Jaden's policy.. i'm still quite blur abt the payment, as we had not signed the form for KK to deduct some amt from CPF, so tmr i gonna call KK's billing department to ask them.. n i couldn't get thru my agent as i need to clarify some details from him too.. this case n the previous was diff.. previous no claim to be done, just need to fill up the CPF form, to acknowledge the deduction from Medisave, the max amt stated by KK, the rest shld b all paid by cash.. this time has the policy claim, so i'm quite confused..

But no matter what, I still hope this is the last time that i need to deal with KK hospitalisation bills... I cannot prevent accidents to happen I know, but 2 times in 16 months is not funny at all.. it's not the $$ tat I'm heart pain about.. it's the mentally n physically stress that scare me.. i can only say it's torturing mentally more than physically, really... i really cannot stand if there's a next time like tat.. i have family, relatives, friends who saw me crying, sad, haggard during the bad time.. this is the time when u will get to see me this way, otherwise i'm always v confident, proud n happy.. that was the only time tat u will ever see me collapse..

my family felt heart ache for me as they saw me this way.. my pals too.. i cannot help it, n i'm sure all of u will understand tat it's not tat i dun wana b strong.. but in such situation, how to? $$ paid can b earned back.. i'm not worried abt the $$, i just dun wish my son to b involved in such situation again!

Just imagine the $$ i spent in hospitalisation bills, n the change of car ( tat time after Jaden was discharged 1 month later, i paid ard 7K+ for the change of Picanto to Rio ), now i should be another 12K richer.. but now i'm 12K poorer, haha!

but no matter what, I just hope my son can become a stronger person.. pls dun give me another heart attack ok?? I love my son.. I love my family, I love all who loves me too!

Tomb Sweeping

It's been 2 years ever since i went tomb sweeping with my maternal side relatives.. this year i'm back into action..


in the past, i'll never b absent for tomb sweeping.. n every year when we went tomb sweeping, i would have a lot of emotions, all squeezing into my heart, which made me sad.. all bcoz this is my maternal grandpa, who loved me so much..



He passed away when i was around P4.. I was so sad.. I could still roughly remembered, when he was lying in the hosp, so sick.. i went to visit him after school, mum n dad brought us there.. Though i was still young tat time, but i could understand the language they were talking about.. (cantonese)..



After visiting ah gong, tats wat we called him when he was still around.. my parents brought us home 1st.. i remembered them saying to each other that, the doc told them to b mentally prepared that ah gong will not be able to make it after tonight.. i heard it, but i didn't say anything.. just kept quiet n was so sad.. n indeed the next day when we woke up, my ah gong left us..



my po po was so sad.. she cried so badly.. we did not go to school, was at the funeral.. i was asked to stay at the funeral, to burn the incense paper, all bcoz my ah gong loved me the most, out of all grandchildren tat he had.. though i didn't say out my emotions tat time, but no 1 knew i was so sad.. even til now, when i need to talk abt my ah gong, my tears will roll...



i've not seen my ah gong for the past 2 years.. n this year i got to see him again.. i told him abt my marriage, my husband who came with me this time, which was also his 1st time paying respect to my ah gong, told him abt my son Jaden.. asked ah gong for his blessings, n asked him to bless my family happiness..



Still, the one who was the most emotional was my po po.. the moment she started talking to my ah gong, she cried again, n i was SO sad.. my 5th uncle was sad too, so he quickly changed the topic, n then we all brought my popo away.. to prevent her from getting so sad as she is already so old..



After leaving, we all went to have breakfast b4 going on our separate ways.. When Jaden is older n more sensible, i will bring him over n pay respects to ah gong.. want ah gong to see my life now.. it's always so sentimental everytime i think of my ah gong.. coz he really loved me so much..



There's a lot of feelings to say... but dunno where to start n how to start.. can u imagine that now i'm blogging, n i'm crying too?? ah gong has left us for 18 years, n i still missed him so much, n remembered his time with us, with me when i was young.. can imagine that how close we were b4 he passed on... 18 years, so long already.. but no matter how many years he had left us, my po po is the 1 who missed him the most.. I hope my ah gong can be reincarnated to a good family who loves him n will nurture him.. n he can be v happy n healthy..



i will miss u ah gong!