What we did this Christmas

We had a busy schedule this season with loads of food:

23 December

Went to hubby's army friend's place for an early Christmas party. We had curry chicken and the kids exchanged gifts. We headed to my brother's place to celebrate Eugene's 15th birthday-cum-Christmas dinner. We him a Borders gift card as we want him to hit the books like the old days.

24 December

Our tradition in spending Christmas Eve with the Yoongs stays. We celebrated at their place, had dinner, cake and gift exchange there. May had ordered food from Sakae Sushi days ago and went down to collect her order at 6pm but was shocked that people with 5pm orders were still there waiting for their food. It was chaotic as the restaurant could not fulfill many advanced orders and made many disappointed and angry. She gave up and packed some from Ajisen. The food was still good and the kids enjoyed their ramen, tempura prawns and company of each other. The parents watched the WIld Hogs DVD while the kids played. We ate our scrumptious triple-layered chocolate logcake from Pine Garden's Cakes and exchanged gifts.

25 December

Went to an old friend's place to celebrate her daughter's 2nd birthday-cum-Christmas party around Katong area. They had a nice spread of buffet and mini cakes from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. In the evening, we sent Kieran to the Yoongs for a sleepover.

26 December

It was a working day for us but Kieran's childcare centre was closed hence he stayed with the Yoongs, who welcomed him over with open arms. May brought the kids to the zoo and they had such great time. May even got them animal soft toys - Megan got a polar bear, Kieran's a lion and he even asked May to get one for Raeyen. It was so sweet of him to remember his little brother and Aunty May got our little one a cuddly cheetah. They even took some digital shots during pony rides and a group photo. So sweet and a BIG THANK YOU to May!!!

Photos will be posted soon.

Kieran's Concert

No postings from me lately coz I was in Shanghai last week for work. Returned from on Thursday night, just in time to attend Kieran's concert (child care centre's) on Fri 7 Dec at Biopolis.

When we reached the building "Matrix" we could hear kids' voices everywhere. Kieran was decked in all red leotard. We had no idea how he would look like playing a ladybug.

We were pleasantly surprised that he actually looked very cute with all his friends in a ladybug headgear! They whizzed in and out at the stage depicting the pretty insect. The content of the concert was quite disappointing which I didn't want to dwell. Another letdown was the poor sound system, we could hardly hear the kids and it was so unbecoming from a high-tech building that houses the brainiest in the field of biomedical sciences.

At the end of the concert, we took some photos of him in this cute costume and he took one for us in return, and it was well taken I must say. You could tell how proud we were.

My Birthday

Celebrated my actual birthday by not seeing the kids the whole day because it was my company's dinner and dance and as part of the organising committee didn't help much.

My committee members celebrated with a surprise while we were busy organising for the event in the afternoon at the hotel.

Hubby attended the dinner after work and by the time we got home, the kids were asleep.

We managed to celebrate as a family on Sunday 2 December.

Top management having fun

My company is having its annual dinner & dance this Friday and I am part of the committee organising the event and we themed it "DISCOvering (my company name)". We have also organized an company idol contest for that night and my boss (top guy in this MNC) and some colleagues are performing a skit - a spoof on Mr Bean. Why Bean? Coz he looks like one and he can speak like him too.

They had another round of rehearsal outside the office and we had a good laugh at my boss' spontaneity and guts to pull the goof. He didn't try very hard, he was a natural

That reminds me of the rap video by the top brass of MDA, reported in today's Straits Times, check out their funny video in YouTube (they didn't look like they were having fun):

Weekend do

SATURDAY

After Kieran's gym class, went to Vivocity with Choo for shopping. It was a liberated fun to be out shopping without hubby and Raeyen, though Kieran did whine, "Can we go now?", "Huh, another shop!", "Can we go to the carpark now?", "Can we go home now?"

I was looking for a suitable top or dress for my company dinner & dance coming Friday. The theme is DISCO and I ought to find something "glittering".

After a few hours of shopping and sipping coffee, I managed to buy a LBD from Mphosis. It looks like a singlet top full of sequins from shoulder to under bustline, followed by tiny pleats till the hem. It's simple and functional as I can wear it again.

SUNDAY

Met May & family for the movie - Enchanted at GV Bishan. It's a girl's movie even for me and May - 2 very big girls who still dream about being a princess. It's hilarious - fairy tale entwined with present day - a simple love story.

Then we went to May's place, the kids helped to put up their Christmas tree. May, Megan and I went to buy Teochew porridge as supper before heading home.

In the car, Kieran asked if we could put up our Christmas tree. We promised we would on the following weekend. I think we have not put up our tree for about 3 years already. Hmm, another excuse for shopping - this time, Christmas ornaments!

Toiletries used by my babies

Trying to document what sort of toiletries were used by Kieran and Raeyen when they were babies:

Diapers: Pampers, Huggies Dry Comfort, Mamy Poko

Bath: SebaMed, Johnson & Johnson

Shampoo: SebaMed, L'oreal

Lotion: SebaMed, Avent

Nappy Rash Cream: Desitin, Drapolene, Mustela

Massage: Avent

Cradle Cap: Dentinox

Teething Gel: Dentinox

Aromatherapy: Lavender, Eucalyptus

My Coach

Not really a person as a coach but the leathergoods - Coach.

I have been trying to find a nice purse to replace my 10-year old Louis Vuitton monogram snapped billfold and coin purse.

Until one day on my return from Hong Kong, I stumbled onto the Coach boutique and took fancy on its new Heritage Stripe Collection of pink, blue and green. I couldn't help it but bought the pink purse at about S$400, which is about S$80 cheaper than in Changi Airport.

That purchase made me happy and I am now looking for a tote that is roomy enough to hold my laptop and personal stuff. I am eyeing on the Coach Signature Reversible Tote.

Our weekend

Kieran had a bad bout of diarrhea on Saturday that he had to skip gym class = we didn't get to do much at home other than watching the Transformers DVD.

On Sunday, we met up with May, Yin and Megan at Vivocity for brunch at Pacific Coffee. Yin was on wheelchair this time. Kieran and I will continue to pray for his recovery. Yin told us that he received a call from HDB recently that someone complained about a lady driving his car and parked on a space meant for the handicapped. He explained and the officer said they would investigate.

It happened that May, Megan and I went to buy dinner while May was driving his car, which has the handicap decal on. However it was "Class 1" for handicapped driver. As Yin cannot drive now, the decal (by right) has to be changed to "Class 2" for someone other than the handicapped driver. As we got out from the car after parking on THAT space, a bespectacled man raised his voice at us as he was walking up the car park ram, "Do you know this is meant for the handicapped?" May was dumbfounded at the moment, but I was hotheaded and replied, "Of course we do, we are not some inconsiderate creeps that park at one when there's no handicap label on the car." Little did we expect this guy actually lodged a complaint. All we did was: parked, bought the food and drove back - all in a jiffy. What's his problem? Had he not thought about adding more trouble for Yin and May? I felt terribly bad, if I hadn't responded to that guy, would he complain?

Halloween Fun @ Night Safari

Took the boys to the Night Safari on 27 October. They were thrilled, literally thrilled as eerie creatures were around the park to create the ghostly atmosphere.

We had a great time at the opening show where snakes and other nocturnal animals wowed us with their antics.

After the show, we hopped into the Halloween-themed tram (boy, there were MANY people). The staff warned that it might be scary along the way so we "guarded" the boys as we sandwiched them. True enough, some "Freddie Kruggers", vampires, etc came alive when the tram came to a halt. Raeyen was hugging me tightly like a koala while Kieran was teeny-bit braver. He even screamed at one of them face-to-face.

Before we went home, we saw some more eerie characters wandering the park and took one photo with these 2 girls. Great make-up!

Movie treat

Along with May family, our whole clan went to watch Bee Movie at GV Bishan yesterday - Deepavali holiday.

It was a great animated movie, though the storyline is somewhat simple. It's brilliant of the creators to think of the high-tech way in which bees work in the hives. The kids enjoyed the movie, the company, pop corns and it was Raeyen's 2nd time to a cinema. He liked the movie too but snoozed half-way through.

After the movie, Kieran went to Megan's place while we stayed a little longer at Junction 8. Bought a pirate-themed bedsheet for Kieran at Aussino before heading home.

We brought Raeyen to May's place and had dinner there. The kids enjoyed the time together and Megan even agreed to have a sleepover next time, so sweet.

Busy & Kieran's Concert

I have been busy at work.... after our 2-week Perth holiday, headed to Sydney from 21-26 October, then Hong Kong from 30 Oct to 2 Nov - all for work.

No time to update my blog of what went on, etc.

Hubby, Raeyen and I attended Kieran's concert for the Kindergarten last Sunday 4 November. He danced a Mexican number very well with a girl partner. He was shaking his macaras, decked in all white (hmm... PAP-like) and wearing a straw hat. Very handsome and commanding on stage. I was beaming, not sure about hubby.

Here's a videoclip of Kieran dancing with the girl in pink dress:



By the way, Raeyen will be attending Kieran's kindy next year for pre-nursery. This little tot is already very excited, dorning on Kieran's old uniform and sashayed around the house!

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it'" Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Mother & Child

Photo taken on 29 September 2007

My Boys

Photos taken in Western Australia

Holiday Journal: 11 Oct Mindarie Keys

This was the day before we return to Singapore. It was sunny as we set off to Mindarie Keys, a relatively new place near Joondalup. Also a harbour with nice breeze and some eateries. DOME is there and we had lunch at The Boat - that was our last installment of a string of sinful binges in this trip. We had our last taste of fish and chips in no better fashion than alfresco!





Kieran took a photo of me and hubby...



The boys played catch and I caught them on videoclip:



We had a great time in WA, the company of Joo, Connie & Joo, their hospitality and warmth brought fond memories. Kieran misses playing with Jamus, Raeyen picked up new vocabs and spoke a few sentences, and we forged stronger ties with Joo & family.

To Joo, Connie and Jamus, thanks very much for having us for 2 wonderful weeks. So long and till we meet again in Singapore next February!

Holiday Journal: 10 Oct Perth

Did some shopping at day in the city.

Joo and family brought us to Red Cray for dinner. Among crayfish (or lobster) being its specialty, Red Cray also offers A$12 per plate of pasta every Monday till Wednesday. It was an evening full of delicious, cholesterol-laden dishes!

Below are some of the mouth-watering dishes we ordered.

Holiday Journal: 9 Oct Swan Valley, etc

It was a little wet in the morning, so we headed to Swan Valley for some nougats at Charlies Estate Wines, ice-cream and Oggies Ice Cream Cafe and decadent chocolates at Margaret River Chocolate Factory.

When the rain stopped, we took the kids to Caversham Wildlife Park; kids just love zoos! The highlight for the kids was feeding the kangaroos. We were surprised that Raeyen was at ease at the sight of the roos. He made himself comfortable sitting next to a kangaroo and her joey and began feeding them. To my horror, he even picked up their poo thinking it was food!



We carried on with a visit to a wombat and Molly's Farm where the kids got close to the usual farm animals.



Before we ended our tour, we were lucky (except for Raeyen who fell asleep) to get to the koalas enclosure and managed to stroke one! They were so adorable, especially the one cuddling her joey - so loving and motherly! And there was another perching on a treetop, so cute!

Holiday Journal: 7 Oct Fremantle

Ah... the good 'ol Freo. It was nice to revisit this old town and its vibrant markets. The sky was clear and blue. The kids have had plenty of space to roam and ran freely. The air was fresh, the people were friendly, even the motorists were gracious!



While Raeyen might be clueless, Kieran was thrilled to see rail track and anchors!



After having binged some ice-cream, we walked along the harbour, felt the breeze on our faces and took more photos!

Holiday Journal: 6 Oct Sorrento Quay

It was a fine Saturday afternoon and Connie drove us to Sorrento Quay at Hilarys Boat Harbour. We came here during our trip 4 years ago and like it alot. Its harbour docks many beautiful yachts and boats along with nice shops and eateries.

We had fish and chips at Sharky's before strolling the harbour and its shops. Got Jenard's requested DOLLY mag from a newsagent there.



And of course we couldn't resist the beauty of the habour and snapped some photos.

Holiday Journal: 4 Oct Perth

We rested for the day after returning from the roadtrip.

In the evening, Joo and family took us to Mundaring for the world famous pizzas at Little Caesars.

We had 3 scrumptious pizzas and 2 loaves of garlic breads. Check out our diet...

Holiday Journal: 3 Oct Pinnacles

On our way back to Perth, we stopped by at the Pinnacles while we still had some time. It was a long drive into the desert full of limestone pillars.







Before we left it was sunset and we managed to capture those precious and splendid moments.

Holiday Journal: 2 Oct Monkey Mia, Ocean Park

It's a beautiful day and a short drive to Monkey Mia where dolphins swim ashore for food and to mingle with people.

We folded our hemlines, went into the cold waters to wait for the dolphins' visit. Jamus and Kieran were excited to have found a snail and a hermit crab.



About 6 dolphins swam in after almost an hour's wait. It was a wonderful feeling to getting so close to those friendly mammals. Jamus and Kieran were so lucky to be picked to feed a dolphin. Second time for Jamus and the first for Kieran, who was elated.



After a light meal, we went to Ocean Park to watch shark feeding and other ocean creatures. The kids learned that when a shark emerged from the waters, it will protect its eyes with its membrane. We were surprise that we could touch the stingrays!

Holiday Journal: 1 Oct Hamelin Pool, Shell Beach

In the morning, we headed to Hamelin Pool to see stromatolites - the oldest living organisms on earth. The reddish ones are dead while the blackish are very much alive.



It's massive with blotchy black spots sprawling - a contrast from the stark white Shell Beach which we headed after.

Jamus volunteered to be buried in the shells while Kieran and Raeyen enjoyed "burying" him by showering shells on him with their bare hands or using my Crocs Prima shoes.

Holiday Journal: 26-30 Sep Kalbarri

Kieran was thrilled to encounter road trains as he read from a book that road trains are often used in Australia. During our first rest stop of our roadtrip to the Coral Coast of Australia, we snapped a photo of Kieran with this monster trailer truck.

We visited the amazing leaning trees of Greenough and took a photo with one of the striking ones.

On the natural trail, we visited Castle Cove, Natural Bridge, Grandstand and Eagle Bluff.



We checked in to the Kalbarri Beach Resort and hit the beach the next morning. That's when hubby had tummy upset.

The sight of pelicans before our eyes is a wonderful experience!



Kieran volunteered to feed the pelican by tossing a fish into the air.

We rented a Nissan 4WD for the rough road as we headed to the Kalbarri National Park. Hubby didn't join us as he was unwell. There was still alot of walking as we visited Z Bend and Nature's Window. There were also alot of horse flies which made us busy waving them away from our faces. The sun was scorching and the walk made everything a little tougher as we took turns to carry Raeyen.

However, Nature's Window is worth the long walk as it looks like a photo frame from nature!



Our last stop was the Rainbow Jungle where an array of colourful birds were on display. Connie even bought Kieran and Raeyen each a t-shirt souvenir from there.

Back from Perth and WA's Coral Coast

We returned last night after a 2-week trip.

It was a tremendous trip not only we spent time with Joo, Connie & Jamus but Raeyen had miraculously recovered from his bout of diarrhea and nausea. Then hubby was feverish and had diarrhea for 2 days when we arrived at Kalbarri. Poor Raeyen had fever every night while we were at Coral Coast and back to Perth. Luckily the rest of us were well. Nonetheless, the weather was fantastic - sunny and windy, only little rain near the end of our trip. We have seen, eaten alot and had fun a great deal altogether.

We arrived in Perth in the early morning of Friday 28 Sep and started the roadtrip on the rented Toyata Tarago (Estima) the next day. Here's our itinerary:

Sat 29 Sep (Perth - Geraldton - Kalbarri)
Visited the leaning trees of Greenough, Castle Cove, Natural Bridge, Grandstand, Eagle Bluff

Sun 30 Sep (Kalbarri)
Kieran got to feed a pelican; visited Z Bend, Nature's Window, Rainbow Jungle

Mon 1 Oct (Kalbarri - Shark Bay, Monkey Mia)
Visited the stromatolites at Hamelin Pool, Shell Bricks, Shell Beach

Tue 2 Oct (Shark Bay, Monkey Mia)
Jamus & Kieran got to feed a dolphin; visited Ocean Park where the kids got to stroke stingrays and witness shark feeding

Wed 3 Oct (Shark Bay, Monkey Mia - Pinnacles - Perth)
Visited the spectacular Pinnacles and snapped loads of photos, we even caught the beautiful sunset

Thu 4 Oct (Perth)
Drove to Mundaring for the yummilicious pizzas at Little Caesars

Fri 5 Oct (Perth)
Roamed around town

Sat 6 Oct (Perth)
Had sinful fish & chips at the beautiful Sorrento Quay, Hilarys Boat Harbour. Houses there are just as beautiful that they make us drool.

Sun 7 Oct (Fremantle)
Visited the famous Freo... it's markets (E Shed, etc)

Mon 8 Oct (Perth)
Roamed around town

Tue 9 Oct (Perth)
Visited a winery at Swan Valley and the Caversham Wildlife Park where the kids fed kangaroos and we got up close and personal with some koalas and a wombat

Wed 10 Oct (Perth)
Went to city centre, had pancakes at Pancakes at Carillon for lunch and then crayfish (lobster actually) at Red Cray

Thu 11 Oct (Perth)
Some shopping at suburban area and hopped to Mindarie Keys (newly developed and the houses there are WOW!!!). Had lunch at The Boat before heading home for packing

Fri 12 Oct (Perth - Singapore)

I will post our holiday journal in this blog when time avails.

Lanterns

Kieran and Raeyen carried their lanterns at home on 14 September which I videoed. Raeyen was fascinated by the candle and mumbled "Happy Birthday to You".

They played again at the foot of our block over the weekends with some sparklers.

For the first time this year, we didn't buy mooncakes as we couldn't finish eating them every year. Other reasons: They are highly-priced, overly sweet and FATTENING!

Ain't no Tom Boy!

You Are 68% Girly

You're a pretty girly chick, and you're not ashamed to admit it (or wear pink). But you're also practical. You can hang with the guys, as long as they're not too gross!

How Girly Are You?

Pretty true about me though... yikes, I really can't stand gross men, especially those with BO and bad breath (women too)!

Gonna pack my pink clothes, pink makeup (MAC, Alima, Marjolica Majorca, MUS - hubby gonna faint ^*^), pink Crocs for the trip. I have to remember also our medications (heaps of them!). I'm quite done with packing the kids' stuff. All in all, we are bringing 2 large luggage, a cabin luggage, a haversack as hand luggage and a kiddy haversack for toys and books. The flight departs at 1.20am, hopefully the boys will sleep onboard.

Counting down by the hours now, yipee!!!

Poor Raeyen

Our poor little boy puked 4 times today and little diarrhoea. We had no choice but sent him to the PD this evening. She was puzzled that his condition took a little longer to recover. I wonder if his condition wasn't rosy because Siti forgot to feed him Motilium yesterday. She even fed Kieran paracetamol wrongly ... anyway, she is quite problematic.

PD inserted a suppository on Raeyen and given a box of Pedialyte and powder for diarrhoea.

Thank God I'm not working tomorrow so that I may mind him myself.

Halo, hello, kiddos

I think Kieran is recovering well and we really were "kiasu" by keeping a close tab on his diet = no dairy and oily stuff. But my greedy boy nibbled a piece of mooncake he made at the childcare centre.

Raeyen, however, had diarrhoea 3 times today, vomitted a little and appetite was still poor. Luckily no more fever, hope that means he is on his road to recovery!

I returned to work today with the following agenda:

1030h meeting, 1145h redeem Halo 3 (limited edition) for nephew in Perth, 1300h review with company doctor, 1630h meeting

It was quite packed considering I had backlog to clear due to yesterday's leave, some stuff to manage before our holiday.

This morning as I walked to the office at Suntec City, took a glimpse of the Halo 3 booth at the atrium. Alas, at 9am.... a line was already formed by some young punks, oops mind my manners. I mean, the redemption of the game pack plus a goodie bag for those who bought the pre-order card would only start at noon! They were so super KIASU!

I went down at 11.45am (yeah, a little before my official lunch) and was told the queue went all the way outside the building (behind G2000) along Nicoll Highway! So what did I do??? I joined the crazy queue coz I promised to help my dear nephew in Perth to get it. Microsoft is very smart to come up with this brilliant idea of selling a pre-order card, creating a fanatic buzz about its latest game = making people crazier = more sales = latent buyers become easily influenced. There were even pretty and eloquent promoters "entertaining" the queuers with the goodness of the new Red Bull and offering (especially the guys) the "healthier" drink. I'm sure gullible boys and men will buy this new drink so as to keep them awake while playing Halo 3 non-stop! Wonder why none of the eyedrop companies send pretty girls to give out freebies so that the players will not end up with bloodshot eyes after hours of non-stop gaming. Anyhow, I was unfazed, busy SMSing and toying with my HTC P3600i while killing time.

I'm glad that my mission was completed when I got hold of the much demanded limited edition gamepack and a goodie bag at about 12.30pm.

Raeyen's unwell too

Sigh... while things are getting rosy for Kieran after seeing the PD on Friday evening, Raeyen "merlioned" twice today! By the way, PD said Kieran contracted gastric/stomach flu. Was prescribed Debridat for stomach wind and Reutefene tablets to improve his gut health and immune system.

Raeyen's appetite was poor and puked all his food and fluid intake, so heartache!

Gotta monitor him tomorrow and if still unwell, gonna zoom to the PD.

I was tempted to order Evan's pretty mooncakes for this Tuesday but their health is freaking me out and I'm not sure they are going to have any appetite despite the very appealing creation that made me go "WOW, I wanna eat it!". Go see for yourself, I like the rainbow soda mooncakes.

We're keeping our fingers crossed as our trip to Perth is only 4 days away!

Kieran's sick

Kieran vomitted and had diarrhoea today, hubby and I rushed to fetch him from childcare centre. It's quite difficult to put down one's work for such emergencies. Worse of all, my boss looked for me when I left the office. I couldn't care so much if he understood but I do appreciate the flexibility I had in this aspect.

Since it's Thursday, the PD's clinic only opens in the morning. We searched frantically for nearby PD clinics (even with friends' help) but in vain. We brought him to the nearest GP and doc said its the usual stomach flu and virus attack.

He just fell asleep while I'm typing this. He threw up twice since we got home right after food and medications. I gave him a tube of Pedialyte before bed since he threw up all fluid and food.

Tomorrow his kindy has a photoshoot and he wanted to go. Hubby and I are still taking things one step at a time. I will probably bring him to work since Siti can't possibly mind both of them in this situation, and I have meeting and work to do tomorrow.

My new toy

Can't wait for iPhone to launch in Singapore and my O2 Xda II mini is kind of "senile" after 2 years, so decided to get a new machine.

Went down to M1 yesterday and with the help from hubby, I bought the latest HTC phone - P3600I. It's kind of cool and most functions are similar to O2, and its processing is faster.

Have since set Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars as the ringtone for calls from hubby. Gonna check out its new features!

But I'm clueless as to how to set up for wireless surfing at MacDonald's, etc :(

Getting mushy

Lately Kieran has been ultra mushy. He would come running to me and go, "Mommy, I love you." next come the kisses. When I tuck him in, he would go through the same process.

As for Raeyen, he clings to me like a koala. When hubby comes into the room to tuck him in, he would hug me tight and not let go. Till now, I still enjoy smelling Raeyen's fingers and toes for he seems like a baby to me (though now at 26 months old). I wonder when will this "smelling" stop. I mean, I can't remember when had I stopped smelling Kieran's toes.

Anyway, these little gestures the boys shower on me speak VOLUME!

I told Kieran today that I would be going to Shanghai for 2 days and he said, "Can you not go?" and when I explained why I had to and he said, "Then can I go with you?"

Earlier in the evening, Kieran said he didn't want to go to the childcare centre. I said he had to as no one could mind him in the afternoon after kindy. He said Siti could but I explained that she could not possibly mind him and Raeyen at the same time. He said he would behave. Sigh... I don't know what's best.

Kieran's Gym Class

I have not updated how did Kieran's gym class went after about 9 lessons or so.

So far, he enjoys the lesson and is coping well though I think all his classmates are older and more seasoned than him. Anyway, here's a photo of him balancing on the bar and a videoclip.

Art attack!

I got some Crayola finger painting tubes in 4 primary colours and had the kids experiment with it in as messy as they could get.

Boy, they really enjoyed getting their fingers and hands on the paints! I helped them make symmetrical artwork by folding the drawing paper into half. Kieran's creation is like a caterpillar and Raeyen's a bug with fillers! We experimented mixing colours such as red + blue = purple, red + yellow = peachy orange and green + yellow = eh... diarrhoea colour.

Anyway, they had fun getting squishy and making hand prints. We should do more of such activities.

Mycoplasma attack!

I have contracted mycoplasma and unfortunately the boys got this dreaded bacteria from me. Now the whole clan, except hubby is on Klacid antibiotic.

I have been coughing for couple of months and it turned bad on 13 August and doc said it was some viral infection. Well, it got worse and I saw another doc at my workplace. A week later or so, I didn't get better, took a chest x-ray and blood test and received both good and bad news. The x-ray shows good lungs = no signs of pneumonia but the blood test shows mycoplasma positive.

The hardest part is I couldn't kiss the boys as usual (for so long already) and because I am their mother, their contraction was somewhat natural - the paediatrician advised.

Due to this idiotic bacteria, doc has grounded me from my impending business trip to Incredible !ndia for fear that the pollution their might aggravate my condition. Doc has to review my condition on Tuesday to determine if I could still go Shanghai the week after.

Kieran's condition is much worse than Raeyen as he has a congested and sensitive nose. Not only he has the same 3 medicines like Raeyen, the PD also prescribed a nasal spray (Nasonex), Aerius and Singulair. However, I am relief to know from both docs that we will be fine by the time we go Perth for holiday later this month.

Rata-ta-ta good show

On Sunday, we brought Kieran for the movie Ratatouille this afternoon at GV Tampines.

The theatrical effects are fantastic, storyline is touching with the byline "Anyone Can Cook", sounds a little like Martin Yan's "If Yan Can Cook, So Can You". I am not chef quality, but yeah, I tried to cook a little if I could for my family and friends.

Anyone, those who have not watched it, don't lose out in the rat race!

Speaking of cooking, I bought a packet of healthy looking and colourful alphabet pasta from Toa Payoh Lorong 7 (next to Kieran's gym school). What's more? It's ORGANIC. So I tried cooking it in ikan bilis soup for the kids. While Kieran finished it, Raeyen didn't (hey, not that my cooking sucks, but he is a challenge during mealtime.