Counting down plus Traits of an Ugly singaporean .

31st jul 09

I have been out daily for this entire week .
Schedules as follows :

Mon @ Orchard & PS
Tues @ UE Square & LiangCourt - Brought Scotty to JWT Gym , paid sgd15 for free play .
Wed @ Sentosa Siloso Beach & Fort Siloso
Thursday @ Toa Payoh doing IPL and Aqua peel @ ClearSK & PS .

This week was the last for me , it marks the end of my long 16wks holiday . Come monday , i will officially return to work . Mixed feelings clouded my mind , excited coz i be able to meet up wz colleagues and friends , dread as the mangement is in a real mess !
Since is the last , i made it a point to have my time well spent with my 2 sons . Brought Scotty to the beach and playcenter , restaurants , church and just having him beside me and allowing shower him with endless love and reading the bible to him . For Josh , i brought him to PS for the swim , he kinda enjoy it and he communicate and responded us with his charming smiles very oftern . at 3 months old , he is growing real well , strangers compliment of his beautiful features and his chubby size . He looks real big weighing at 7.9kg ! For Josh , i often feel guilty as i did not carry him as compared to Scotty @ 3mths old . Reason being i have DH to assist so i make use of the time to do other stuff or rather rest and if not swim . Neverthless , i love Josh as much as his brother . Both of them are so very precious to me .

I have also geared up for monday . Swimming is indeed effective and am advancing towards my ideal weight . Has been taking care of my skin real by doing IPL and facial . It only hit upon me that i have unclogged pores and pigmentation . But now with frequent care , facial complexion has been excellent shape . I hope with this return . Things will be smooth sailing for me .

Side track-
Incident - Plaza Singapore @ 1810hrs . 3th floor lift lobby .
Sonia was entering the lift while carrying Josh and i was on the cell with my boss with one hand pushing the prem . Guess what ? The auto detector of the lift door does not work and the door almost hit both of them , i got a scare at first . But thank God , Sonia reacted fast to prevent it ! What turned me off completely was a SHE IDIOT that stood inside the lift , infront of the lift buttons , staring hard motionless at them . She should have at least press for the 'lift open button' . Come on , this is basic courteasty , doesn't she know it ? Her angmo bf at least expressed concern over by baby . Oh come on , singaporean why do u have to react this way . When you spot us entering the lift , don't u think that is just the norm to press lift open ? Too bad , i was on the phone otherwise i will definately tell her off .

Scotty beat beat !

19th Jul 09

Scotty was beaten by his dad earlier . Roy was reprimanding me of spoiling him as such he has become such a naughty boy especially in our presence . Yes or No ..i beg to differ , Scotty is less than 2 years old , my little sweetheart . I can't bear to scold him let alone to cane him . I believe in using the soft approach in educating my children . Perhaps Roy thinks otherwise , anyway it just seems natural that he has to play the 'bad guy role'. So just let it be . I need to redefine the 'soft approach'. Being soft will give leeway for the kids to take advantage of my goodness , so i must practise to be firm to blend with this softness in order to make this whole educating system works .

I can't believe that Josh is wearing a size 18mths old top @ 3months old . The top was bought from United Square last friday during Scotty's class . Eh.. cost about 24bucks , i was captivated by the design . infact thought of buying another top for Scotty , i dropped the idea as it cost 41 bucks .Yucks ! I checked with the salesgirl if they are made in SG because products fm SG usually cost more . She replied :'' The design are fm Europe , made in Philippines .'' The markup must have been more than 60% ! The pict above show cast the new top that darling Josh is wearing today . It seems like i have a penchant for pink , purple colour . It is to an extent that i even bought pink top for their dad fm Armani . The fabric is indeed fantanstic so is worth paying for it .

I am feeling really great this week . Why ! Coz i have picked up swimming again after 3 years . Since the birth of Scotty , i have stopped my exercising regimne . Managed to complete 10 - 15laps daily , i felt refreshed and really good thats why i plan to continue . At first thought my intention was to lose some weight as i am going back to work soon . But the renewed energy i experienced was indeed fantanstic and that explains everything .

Hmmm as i am blogging down , i am running short of stuffs to pen . Infact ,i have plenty of issues , plenty of interesting encounters daily . But it seems like my writting skills have deterioted badly ...why why .How do i pick up ....must solve this ...........................

My soft Addiction - Picts of my new girly stuffs

Facial products , body lotion , parfume fm SK2 , Clarins , Crabtree&Evelyn.
New add ons - Kose & L'Occitane
2nd pict consist of Evelyn Rose parfume body lody and L'Occitane - Cherry Blossom milk lotion and EDP .
Last pict - This is my favourite tube dress fm 'Future State'. The soft material and prints of the floral design on a green fabric make reflects sophisciated look that comes with an allure of quite feminine feel.
The plain blue cotton tube dress fm MNG - gives a casual feel .




Few years back while staying in Rangoon , i hve friends and colleagues borrowing dresses fm me for occassions such as wedding dinners or D&D . That was the time whereby i had an enormous walkin wardrobe that allow me to store such a huge collectiion . After shifting to a smaller place , most of my clothings hve been given away to friends , maids , on sale . And right now , my wardrobe has been reduced to like 5 times smaller which measure less 100cm by breadth . Infact i like the way is it now so that it will be less messy and i shouldn't be spending too much on clothings as i am lacking of space for them .

A good headstart

After spending 2.5 hrs @ Jeanyip doing my hair . I brought my 2 boys to TMC for injection . We picked Scotty up fm Whampoa then made our way to Thomson . I always felt a sense of sadness when i have to leave Scotty @ his grandma's place as i can't bear not to have him beside me . Perhaps i am too overprotective . I look forward to having Scotty to come home every night wz us once my maternity leave is over . After which Josh wz be taken care by his grandma and i will also bring him home daily once he reaches 2 . How i look forward to this day very soon . After the jabs for them , we went to grandma's place . Scotty was looking attentively by the door and laughing aloud and remarking me 'play , play '. Hmm he wanted to join in the fun out at the playground . He was escastic when i brought him out there . We played the slide together ..moments i treasure . The moment i brought him home . He was reluntance and threw tantrams . Crying aloud for more than 30mins ! I realise then that Scotty at 21months old is having a mind on his own now so it is crucial that i have to bring him up well and giving him the right values and this means that i have to be firm and stern to him if is necessary otherwise he will grow up as a rebel . I want to make sure that i am a good mother to both children and i am capable of it .

A word of Advice

I lost it . Finally lost my cool wz Sonia ! It started when she defenced and gave excuses when Scotty vommited due to indigestion when she feb him . The excuse was the egg that caused him to throw up . Wat the crap ! It was obvious that she feb him too fast . Scotty wailed after that and he threw up on the new Poor bear phone that i have just bought an hour earlier for him . As a result of this , Scotty's new toy has stopped working coz those stuff had gotten into the interactive electronic phone and hate to mention my son must been feeling aweful ! I was totally pissed off for her behaviour and told her off while in a nice way about her ' defensive attitude ' and her unwillingly to admit when she was in the wrong . I was meticulous , careful in explaining to her my anger surfaced not because of the toy but for the fact of her attitude of finding all sorts of excuses and refusing to admit it was a mistake .
Roy cautioned me not to slap her with hurting remarks . Well , of course i am not so foolish as to do this as she helps to babysit my children . I suppose she will not feel resentful afterall my tone wasn't harsh .
Hopefully she will be more careful after that . Has been treating her well by showering her with gifts when we went for trips and giving her good food in places like Pizza , Swensons , Sakae Sushi , Crystal Jade etc . Infact some part of is unable to come to terms that Scotty's poor bearphone is not working . Shit ..that cost me 50 bucks...............................

Yesterday i brought the boys to Bugis , thinking of allowing Scotty to have some fun at the water fountain . Hrgh...but was closed for maintainance . Wat kind of coincidence is this ?
Brought them to the kids playground at level 3 instead . Had lunch @ Swensons ...surprised by the crowd coz it was already 2pm when we were there . The 1 for 1 promo works !
Times are bad , we spot sales of most of the retaliers and restauraners .
I have bought 6 pieces of clothings from 'Future State ' . 4 dresses and 2 blouses ...i luv them for the prints . This season are about colors and flowers prints so those i bought might be outdated aftr a month or so . But it doesn't matter as i am always a fan of colouful prints . There is defect on one of the blouse i am heading down for an exchange again .
These 2 months , i have bought a total of 8 dresses fm Future State , 2 pcs of dresses fm Animal , 2 pcs from Fox , 1 top from Takashimaya , 2pcs fm MNG , 2 pcs fm Far East . 3 pcs of shoes fm Hush Puppies . A little black handbag fm Ferragamo . And additional LV bag , perfume scented products from L'Occitaitne , IPL sessions etc .All were paid by me except for the LV bag which was from Roy .I have spent so much these 2 mths despite the recession . I might have repeated previously on my determination to stop spending lavishly and it seems like i have not curb this bad habit . OMG ........................Oh God ...pls help me .
i have to put a '' stop stop stop'' to all these . Yes tell myself i am going to do it . No shopping or buying things in the next 6months . My new goal . DON'T SPEND .
i like to stress that i am not showing off by blogging abt my new purchases but i knew myself too well . By penning down on the details , it served as a reminder to myself to watch out , to stop it . i already have whole lots of stuffs and yet i still keep buying non stop . What a pest !

For a start

6th July 09

It has been ages since i last blogged . The last was written in year 2006 . Wow it was 3 long years . It struck upon me that i missed it so much . Blogging or just writting about my thoughts and views , it is a platform for me to express , a space for me to fulfill my 'journalism hobby' not a qualified one though . Hmmmm...i missed writing so very much . So much has taken place these years and today i am a proud mum of 2 beautiful sons - Scott and Josh . This is the most significant phase in my life . Motherhood has brought about new perspectives and changes . Mostly they are good ones , i treasure my relationship wz my family very much especially my sisters . My marriage has advanced towards the next phase .

1 st part : Romance ..honeymoon period - 2 years

2 nd part : slow & kinda dull - 1.5 years

3 rd part : Embrace Love , tolerance , building up a closely knit family

To enter a marriage is easy in the name of passion , securing marriage for a lifetime is a challenge for everyone including myself . It is not an easy road ..but i am glad that we have reach this phase together and face challenges together as husband and wife . Today , we see the fruits of our marriage . Scott and Josh . Happy , delighted , touch ...no words can be described .

Throughout these years ,i have learnt that marriage & relationships can't be taken for granted .

Being complacent can pose as a danger and it can be lost anytime if not handled or communicated properly . New friendships have blossomed and relationship wz one of my good friends has deterioted .

My career in CWT has been stable or should i say monotaneous . Despite the recession and the retrenchment , i have not been affected so far . I can't say about the future though . What have kept me going these years...it is probably my client . They have taught me a great deal of stuff .

By starting this blog , i am targetting to make a point to blog often . Allow me to warm up for this 1st blog and i will be back for more .