Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Not today
Just something I've picked up on the web today.
:)
" I can only please one person a day.
Today is not your day.
Tomorrow isn't looking too good either. "
Today is not your day.
Tomorrow isn't looking too good either. "
:)
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Kids Talk
Latest observation from Kiddie J (who is 5 going to 6, and going P1 next year! oh how time flies)
"Mommy, what's a MayBank ?"
"It is a bank, just like OCBC."
"Oh, but cannot go there already"
"We can, but we dont have accounts with them."
"No, cannot go there ANYMORE!"
"We cant?"
"Noooo, it is already JUNE!"
"Mommy, what's a MayBank ?"
"It is a bank, just like OCBC."
"Oh, but cannot go there already"
"We can, but we dont have accounts with them."
"No, cannot go there ANYMORE!"
"We cant?"
"Noooo, it is already JUNE!"
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Good English
The girls were ranking the most poisonous animals in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD (dont ask me why and how) and this conversation came up:
Kiddie J:"The second goodest is the King Cobra!"
(She currently ends every sentence with an exclamation mark, except for questions which will end with a question mark AND an exclamation mark)
Kiddie E:"NOOOOO.... you cannot say goodest!"
(Unlike Kiddie J, Kiddie E only uses exclamation marks when correcting her younger sister's mistakes.)
"You should say 'The second BETTER!' "
HAHAHAHA.
Kiddie J:"The second goodest is the King Cobra!"
(She currently ends every sentence with an exclamation mark, except for questions which will end with a question mark AND an exclamation mark)
Kiddie E:"NOOOOO.... you cannot say goodest!"
(Unlike Kiddie J, Kiddie E only uses exclamation marks when correcting her younger sister's mistakes.)
"You should say 'The second BETTER!' "
HAHAHAHA.
Friday, July 24, 2009
New Vocab
I am learning new words almost every day.
Giantic - bigger than a giant
Gooder - Better than good
courtesy of my 4 year old Kiddie J.
Whom I just don't have the heart to correct because I'm laughing so much.
Giantic - bigger than a giant
Gooder - Better than good
courtesy of my 4 year old Kiddie J.
Whom I just don't have the heart to correct because I'm laughing so much.
Labels: to Laugh
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Flowers
It was a colleague's birthday and she received a bouquet of flowers from her hubby amidst some oohs-and-aahs from the office.
It is really kinda sweet considering that they have been married for over 10 years, have 2 kids and she's in her early 30s, despite her fierce objections to ribbing that "she didnt know", "hubby didnt want to carry the flowers when meeting her", and "house got nobody to receive the flowers"...
So i went home and nudge-nudge-wink-wink at hubby and told him about my colleague getting flowers from HER HUBBY.
He was a little shell shocked cos I was (and still am) never much into such gestures...
and the last time I received flowers from him was a single carnation on Mother's Day this year.
All he could managed was an open mouthed "Or..." and uneasy side glances at me.
Kekeke.
The carnation was perfect. Birthday Bouquets unnecessary. But it is really alright to let him sweat a little, some times.
;)
Friday, April 03, 2009
Sex and the Baby
We haven't told #1 and #2 about the impending #3.
I'm waiting for the tummy to show enough for the kids to ask about it. I'm absolutely NOT going to tell them now, only to have them ask "where?". Plus it can only be good when the timeframe from the incessant "Is the baby coming yet" till "It is here" is shorter rather than longer.
Plus I'm not relishing the expected piles of questions kids will ask... I mean, seriously, did YOU ever ask where did YOU come from?
I did and while there were plenty of answers, none of them seem straight. Yup, I knew, even at that young age. Did you believe that you were picked up from a rubbish dump? Or some bird brought you??
Not only that, kids of my generation were so lacking in reproductive system and pregnancy information since nobody would talk about it. It was like fight club "You don't talk about it".
What I finally did learn, none came from my parents...
Anyways, while growing up, the scraps of information I received/ found out/ guessed were:
1. My parents were married a year after they met, and my granny started to watch over my mom's tummy from day 1. She was just so sure that they were getting married because my mom got pregnant.
2. I was born just about a year into their marriage. You've thought that that meant I knew I couldn't have been conceived before their marriage... NO! What did kids my age at my time know about pregnancy?
- Was it 9 months of pregnancy? or
- 10 months according to the Chinese saying of 十月怀胎
- 哪扎 was born after his mom had him for 3 years
- The only thing I was sure of was that it was impossible to have been 十年怀胎
3. Then I found out about sex... and it hit me. My parents had to have done it twice to have me and my sister.
WAITAMINUTE, maybe MORE cos maybe it doesnt work EVERYTIME, right? Say they have to try 10 times, that means 20 for me and sis.
Or was it 20 times each? It was mind boggling and I was trully disturbed for awhile.
Thank goodness I didnt catch on that they were still doing it AFTER they had us.
So I've been trying to spare my kids the agony of such uncertainty and sense of rejection.
- Who threw me away in the rubbish dump first before you came to pick me up?
- Somebody else could have picked me up!
- What kind of incompetent bird dropped me?
- And did it drop me to the correct people?
- Did I land on my head?
We started by teaching them the proper names of the human body, including reproductive organs and simple age-appropriate explanation when the need arise.
The first of which was "How do baby get inside their mommies stomach?"
Daddy put a seed into mummy and the seed will slowly grow into a baby.
Passed with FLYING COLORS there!
Thaaat's the easy one, and they haven't started again but I'm dreading the day when...
"How did Daddy put the seed into your tummy?"
...
...
...
Go ask your dad.
I'm waiting for the tummy to show enough for the kids to ask about it. I'm absolutely NOT going to tell them now, only to have them ask "where?". Plus it can only be good when the timeframe from the incessant "Is the baby coming yet" till "It is here" is shorter rather than longer.
Plus I'm not relishing the expected piles of questions kids will ask... I mean, seriously, did YOU ever ask where did YOU come from?
I did and while there were plenty of answers, none of them seem straight. Yup, I knew, even at that young age. Did you believe that you were picked up from a rubbish dump? Or some bird brought you??
Not only that, kids of my generation were so lacking in reproductive system and pregnancy information since nobody would talk about it. It was like fight club "You don't talk about it".
What I finally did learn, none came from my parents...
Anyways, while growing up, the scraps of information I received/ found out/ guessed were:
1. My parents were married a year after they met, and my granny started to watch over my mom's tummy from day 1. She was just so sure that they were getting married because my mom got pregnant.
2. I was born just about a year into their marriage. You've thought that that meant I knew I couldn't have been conceived before their marriage... NO! What did kids my age at my time know about pregnancy?
- Was it 9 months of pregnancy? or
- 10 months according to the Chinese saying of 十月怀胎
- 哪扎 was born after his mom had him for 3 years
- The only thing I was sure of was that it was impossible to have been 十年怀胎
3. Then I found out about sex... and it hit me. My parents had to have done it twice to have me and my sister.
WAITAMINUTE, maybe MORE cos maybe it doesnt work EVERYTIME, right? Say they have to try 10 times, that means 20 for me and sis.
Or was it 20 times each? It was mind boggling and I was trully disturbed for awhile.
Thank goodness I didnt catch on that they were still doing it AFTER they had us.
So I've been trying to spare my kids the agony of such uncertainty and sense of rejection.
- Who threw me away in the rubbish dump first before you came to pick me up?
- Somebody else could have picked me up!
- What kind of incompetent bird dropped me?
- And did it drop me to the correct people?
- Did I land on my head?
We started by teaching them the proper names of the human body, including reproductive organs and simple age-appropriate explanation when the need arise.
The first of which was "How do baby get inside their mommies stomach?"
Daddy put a seed into mummy and the seed will slowly grow into a baby.
Passed with FLYING COLORS there!
Thaaat's the easy one, and they haven't started again but I'm dreading the day when...
"How did Daddy put the seed into your tummy?"
...
...
...
Go ask your dad.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Running with the kids
so we finally went to buy new shoes suitable for running for the kids, not real running shoes cos hello~? you think we print $ ah? Just something with rubber soles, abit flexible and not too heavy.
and we test ran them (the shoes, not the kids, with the kids in them) over the weekend.
We started with a stroll, then a jog and then it became a free for all to reach the starting point at the park near our place.
E went off for his run, and I led the kids to a warm-up.
The kids trying to look serious but I couldnt hide my grin while we went:
- how high can your hands reach? straight up! higher!
- how wide can they go? like you are getting ready for a BIIIGGG hug!
- make small circles, and bigger and BIGGER! then smaller and smaller
- put your hands on your waist, and turn! Turn again, and again!
- ok, touch your toes! nooooo... dont bend your knees. can you touch? errr... ok, just bend down , no need to touch your toes.
- now rotate your ankles like this. (they started dancing to the twist and i almost fell over laughing)
then we went running up and down the route again. Total about 750m. SCSM kids dash, here we come!
after that, the huge reward of playground! a solid 45min worth. LOL.
i sent them home for their shower, and E gave them dinner.
and then i went for MY run.
my first since my last half marathon, ahh... more than a year ago. :blush:
felt good to limber up and feel the breeze in the evening.
Gotta do it again, soon.
with the kids too.
and we test ran them (the shoes, not the kids, with the kids in them) over the weekend.
We started with a stroll, then a jog and then it became a free for all to reach the starting point at the park near our place.
E went off for his run, and I led the kids to a warm-up.
The kids trying to look serious but I couldnt hide my grin while we went:
- how high can your hands reach? straight up! higher!
- how wide can they go? like you are getting ready for a BIIIGGG hug!
- make small circles, and bigger and BIGGER! then smaller and smaller
- put your hands on your waist, and turn! Turn again, and again!
- ok, touch your toes! nooooo... dont bend your knees. can you touch? errr... ok, just bend down , no need to touch your toes.
- now rotate your ankles like this. (they started dancing to the twist and i almost fell over laughing)
then we went running up and down the route again. Total about 750m. SCSM kids dash, here we come!
after that, the huge reward of playground! a solid 45min worth. LOL.
i sent them home for their shower, and E gave them dinner.
and then i went for MY run.
my first since my last half marathon, ahh... more than a year ago. :blush:
felt good to limber up and feel the breeze in the evening.
Gotta do it again, soon.
with the kids too.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Wuzz
Was a little upset with E since returning from Korea and over the long weekend (i had Christmas Eve off) for having to do so much in unpacking, cleaning up, washing, drying, folding, sorting, wrap presents, write cards all myself.
While he begged tiredness and was glued to the TV most times, unless I asked him to perform some chores, which I had used more and more exasperated tones since he just couldn'tread my mind see that there a million things to be done.
Some of which I ended doing myself since he had to catch that last fewmoments minutes half hour of TV action before actually doing them.
But in that 10 minutes it took him to hunt down and beat to death with a rolled up newspaper that speedy big fat ugly darkly-colored lizard that had sent me fleeing with a suppressed scream (so that I dont frighten the kids into being afraid of lizards too) several times this month, I fell in love with the man again.
i'm such a wuzz.
While he begged tiredness and was glued to the TV most times, unless I asked him to perform some chores, which I had used more and more exasperated tones since he just couldn't
Some of which I ended doing myself since he had to catch that last few
But in that 10 minutes it took him to hunt down and beat to death with a rolled up newspaper that speedy big fat ugly darkly-colored lizard that had sent me fleeing with a suppressed scream (so that I dont frighten the kids into being afraid of lizards too) several times this month, I fell in love with the man again.
i'm such a wuzz.
Korea 13 ~ 20 Dec 2007
It was THE MOST TIRING trip I have ever taking in my life.
Hubby, me, 2 girls + parents.
In WINTER...
Just bringing the girls to toilet required the patience of a saint:
1. Squeeze all 3 of us into a tiny toilet stall. (i kid you not, there is NO CLEARANCE SPACE between the toilet bowl and the door, you have to side-step somewhere else when inside the toilet stall before attempting to close the door, or risk the door sweeping someone into the toilet bowl.)
2. Remove my gloves.
2. Wipe clean toilet bowl.
3. Remove mittens, stuff them into parka shell pockets, unzip parka shell, unzip fleece jacket, hold up long-sleeve sweater, hold up long john top, unzip and pull down pants, pull down long john bottom, pull down undie
4. Hoist kid up toilet bowl and wait for her to complete business (what? you thought i was talking about myself? LOL)
5. Clean kid's bottom
6. Hoist kid off toilet bowl
7. Pull up undie, pull up long john bottom, pull down long long top, stuff long john top into long john bottom, pull down long-sleeve sweater, pull up pants and zip, zip fleece jacket, zip parka shell.
8. Repeat 3-7 for Kid number 2
9. Repeat 4,5 & 7 for myself since i'm tall enough for the toilet bowl. TQ very much.
9. flush toilet
10. Hoist Kid #1 to washing basin to wash hands with soap in freezing cold water
11. Repeat 10 for Kid # 2
12. Wash my own hands with soap.
13. Dry all hands with paper towel or hand dryer
14. Wear mittens for Kid # 1
15. Repeat 14 for Kid # 2
16. Wear my own gloves.
And that only for sitting toilet bowls in the more modern facilities... Imaging the acrobatic requirements for a squatting toilet required to maneouvre a kid over... and i did, several times, and once for the biggie.
There are AT LEAST 5 rest stops per day.
over officially 6 days of full itinery.
I'm seriously tired.
Trip report later.
if i sufficiently recover.
Hubby, me, 2 girls + parents.
In WINTER...
Just bringing the girls to toilet required the patience of a saint:
1. Squeeze all 3 of us into a tiny toilet stall. (i kid you not, there is NO CLEARANCE SPACE between the toilet bowl and the door, you have to side-step somewhere else when inside the toilet stall before attempting to close the door, or risk the door sweeping someone into the toilet bowl.)
2. Remove my gloves.
2. Wipe clean toilet bowl.
3. Remove mittens, stuff them into parka shell pockets, unzip parka shell, unzip fleece jacket, hold up long-sleeve sweater, hold up long john top, unzip and pull down pants, pull down long john bottom, pull down undie
4. Hoist kid up toilet bowl and wait for her to complete business (what? you thought i was talking about myself? LOL)
5. Clean kid's bottom
6. Hoist kid off toilet bowl
7. Pull up undie, pull up long john bottom, pull down long long top, stuff long john top into long john bottom, pull down long-sleeve sweater, pull up pants and zip, zip fleece jacket, zip parka shell.
8. Repeat 3-7 for Kid number 2
9. Repeat 4,5 & 7 for myself since i'm tall enough for the toilet bowl. TQ very much.
9. flush toilet
10. Hoist Kid #1 to washing basin to wash hands with soap in freezing cold water
11. Repeat 10 for Kid # 2
12. Wash my own hands with soap.
13. Dry all hands with paper towel or hand dryer
14. Wear mittens for Kid # 1
15. Repeat 14 for Kid # 2
16. Wear my own gloves.
And that only for sitting toilet bowls in the more modern facilities... Imaging the acrobatic requirements for a squatting toilet required to maneouvre a kid over... and i did, several times, and once for the biggie.
There are AT LEAST 5 rest stops per day.
over officially 6 days of full itinery.
I'm seriously tired.
Trip report later.
if i sufficiently recover.
Friday, October 26, 2007
All clear!
after the scares 5 and 2 years ago.
Received the ALL CLEAR yesterday.
Thank goodness.
so relieved.
not having to worry till next test 5-10 years from now
which i'll go earlier than later.
Received the ALL CLEAR yesterday.
Thank goodness.
so relieved.
not having to worry till next test 5-10 years from now
which i'll go earlier than later.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Tomorrow in Thai
Arrived on the first night to a letter slipped under the hotel room door which read:
Dear Guest:
In our constant efforts to improve guest services we are currently
upgrading our in-house entertainment to 34 TV channels for your better viewing
pleasure.
Due to some unexpected technical challenges we regret to inform you that
only a few Thai channels will be available from now until tomorrow
afternoon.
We regret any inconveniences this may cause and sincerely apologise for
that.
Sincerely,
Hotel Management
Note that:
1. There is no date on the letter
2. It mentions only a few Thai Channels until TOMORROW AFTERNOON
- i am still undecided if they imply things will change after tomorrow afternoon with more channels available, or it is meant to be vague and therefore hopeful?
3. The letter is signed off by the Hotel Management, NO NAME, NO POSITION
- Nobody will be taking responsibility for the accuracy of the letter or have a loss of face due to it.
So what actually happened in the 5 days we were there:
- The TV set in my room had a few Thai Channels, including 1 with movies dubbed in Thai, and also 2 English channels in my room, 1 was ESPN and the other happily a cabled Movie channel!
- One colleague had the Thai Channels and only the ESPN
- Another colleague had only snowy Thai Channels
.
.
.
.
We found out belatedly that the letter was made into a huge laminated signboard of A0 size and displayed in a corner of the hotel lobby
傻眼
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Happy 10th ROM Anniversary - Celebrating
The Bad
- He's out playing golf now
The Ugly
- My dad asked him to
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Good
- We're having dinner
Better
- AtMy Humber House @ Esplanade Jade @ Fullerton (change of plans cos Leng didnt approve of MHH)
Best
- With TL$179 tung lok first points to offset the bill
- He's out playing golf now
The Ugly
- My dad asked him to
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Good
- We're having dinner
Better
- At
Best
- With TL$179 tung lok first points to offset the bill
Labels: to Laugh
Happy 10th ROM Anniversary
Thursday, June 21, 2007
三八妇女
Went for lunch in a kopitiam in Jurong and while looking for a table, was held up by 2 groups of women who bumped into each other coincidentally.
"哇! 好久没见, 你胖很多hor?"
"Wah! long time no see, you put on so much weight ah?"
"是咯, 你也不瘦leh"
"Yeah, you also not so slim yourself leh"
damn. some kind of friends.
"哇! 好久没见, 你胖很多hor?"
"Wah! long time no see, you put on so much weight ah?"
"是咯, 你也不瘦leh"
"Yeah, you also not so slim yourself leh"
damn. some kind of friends.
Labels: to Laugh
Thursday, June 14, 2007
"Dio Tao Biao" loh!
Amazing.
Received a call on Mon just after lunch on my handphone.
Ring-Ring
Check Caller ID
"Withheld"
*wah lao, must be another Credit Card/ Cash Transfer/ boh-liao call*
Hello
Good Afternoon M'am. I am calling from the National Day Parade Organisers.
YOU ARE KIDDING?!I GOT THE TICKETS?
Yes M'am. Congratulations!
I got the tickets to the actual day? (I had entered my family of 4 for 4 chances at 4 tickets on actual day)
Yes M'am. 4 tickets to the actual day. May I check the IC number with you please?
Sure
T04******, I believe this is a very young lady?
Yes! My younger daughter
Please have a pen and paper ready for the collection details. 23-6-07 ~ 2-7-07 10am ~ 8pm at Marina Square Atrium @ Level 2. Please bring along BirthCert for your daughter and your NRIC.
Sure! Thanks! Er... Thanks for the Call! You are going to be making many more calls? Please drink lots of water... *maternal blabbering flowing out from happiness there*
Thanks M'am. (so nice these army boys :D )
......................................
First parade at the bay!
Tattoo transfer on the face!
Red T-shirts!
Songs!
Lights!
FIREWORKS!
Here we come!
p/s. I read that it is 1 in 8 chance of getting tickets this year. woo-hoo!
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Bangkok 22 ~ 23 May 07
Just another work trip so not going to blog much about it.
Whats interesting is one of the guys who was on the same work trip.
A millionaire. He drives a SLK 350, but took an MRT to make the flight out of Changi Airport. He says it was no hassle since he was travelling light, and no point driving only to park at Changi and pay parking fees.
wow. I'm going to rethink my spending habits.
I know he comes from old money and made his from his various ventures, but STILL~!
Music & Lyrics
Finally caught the movie flying SQ to BKK. What a great little movie! It was not earth-shatteringly brilliant with science, or serious thought-provoking drama, just a warm comedy for us oldies who grew up in the 80s.
The throw back to wham, the hip trusting POP! moves,
THAT video (and the very funny VH1 spoof of what happened to them at the end when the credits rolled),
the witty dialogue, the chemistry between Drew Barrymoore and Hugh Grant (great casting includes Kristen Johnson from Third Rock from the Sun as comic relief)
that song that just grew on me, i could go on...
I've just found the new feel good movie for me. is the DVD out yet?
Whats interesting is one of the guys who was on the same work trip.
A millionaire. He drives a SLK 350, but took an MRT to make the flight out of Changi Airport. He says it was no hassle since he was travelling light, and no point driving only to park at Changi and pay parking fees.
wow. I'm going to rethink my spending habits.
I know he comes from old money and made his from his various ventures, but STILL~!
Music & Lyrics
Finally caught the movie flying SQ to BKK. What a great little movie! It was not earth-shatteringly brilliant with science, or serious thought-provoking drama, just a warm comedy for us oldies who grew up in the 80s.
The throw back to wham, the hip trusting POP! moves,
THAT video (and the very funny VH1 spoof of what happened to them at the end when the credits rolled),
the witty dialogue, the chemistry between Drew Barrymoore and Hugh Grant (great casting includes Kristen Johnson from Third Rock from the Sun as comic relief)
that song that just grew on me, i could go on...
I've just found the new feel good movie for me. is the DVD out yet?
Labels: to Laugh, to Read Think
Monday, April 09, 2007
Perils of multi-syllable words
My almost 5 year kiddie-E's vocab is growing by leaps and bounds.
She gets tripped by some:
- when seating awkwardly in an unsuitable car seat: I am very incomfortable!
But when it works:
- when asked about fixing a huge zigzaw puzzle "is it difficult?". Yes, it is very challenging.
WAAAAHHH...
She gets tripped by some:
- when seating awkwardly in an unsuitable car seat: I am very incomfortable!
But when it works:
- when asked about fixing a huge zigzaw puzzle "is it difficult?". Yes, it is very challenging.
WAAAAHHH...
Labels: to Laugh
pesky bullfrog in my right ear
Have been irritated to nth degree.
A pesky tiny bull frog has been living in my right middle ear, grrrling every 30 sec, and the huge pillow stuffed up to the outer ear doesnt allow its escape.
ARGH!
Thot it was a severe case of ear wax, but eurax (to dissolve ear wax) didnt help. Went to the doc in hope that he will flush out the ear wax and i can regain normal hearing.
Nope, very little ear wax. Not infection. No perforation of ear drums. I dont see why the problem
err...
Maybe caused by blocked nose. Any cold or blocked nose?
Noooo...
Then there's really no reason for it.
oh good grief, does that mean we cant do anything about it?
Want to see a ENT specialist?
Nope.
ok, try this med for blocked nose, in case the tube between the ear and throat is blocked.
ok.
Nurse, when dispensing the med. Here's your med for blocked nose. beat. ALSO for blocked ears.
LOL
i hope it works
(btw, my first try of merging 2 pics + stitch 2 pics + trying out layers + degree of transparency + magic wand to crop on photoshop. All WITHOUT referring to manual or help. :D)
Labels: to Despair, to Laugh
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Updated CNY pic
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
祝猪事大吉
