I was about to have dinner when I saw a little piece of tissue paper tucked under my plate. Kieran beamed and said to me, "I place the tissue under your plate and papa's plate so that you can clean your mouth after eating."
My best friend, May told me what her girl Megan did to her when she was carrying loads of grocery while Meg held on to her pants as they were crossing the road to their car. May was telling Meg that they had to hurry as her hands hurt so much by carrying the groceries. Guess what Meg did? She immediately massaged May's forearm furiously trying to alleviate her mommy's aches.
When I complained about pain, Raeyen would say, "I sayang." Whenever I walked Raeyen into his school compound, he would happily tell his friends and teacher, "That's my mommy!"
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Nice little touches
Friday, 18 July 2008
Thank You...
Flowers courtesy from Carol, Ivy & Wendy... to those who
cared for me
concerned about me
showered me with love
texted me
called me
visited me ... and more.
Falling sick...
... is a terrible thing, especially when the GP tells you it's life-threatening.
It began when I felt very cold while in a meeting on Monday afternoon, my left hand was numb followed by the right fingertips. Left office at 6pm for home...
Waited an hour to see a GP after I reached my station. My temperatire was 39.8C, neck stiffness, bodyache, headache and he suspected meningitis. He wanted me to go to A&E within Monday as it's life-threatening. I was worried sick. My mind was filled with questions:
1. What will happen to Kieran & Raeyen?
2. How is hubby going to cope?
3. What if it is REALLY meningitis?
4. Will I be warded?
5. How long will I stay in the hospital?
6. What sort of tests I will go through?
7. Will my head be shaven?
It was awful. Hubby came to fetch me and my tears started to stream.
Got home, bathed, had soup, bade the kids a teary farewell and went to the hospital. Kieran was crying; Raeyen was clueless.
At the A&E, a resident doc saw me and blood was drawn for tests. Antibiotic drip was given and then I was warded for further observation till a specialist in internal medicine came to see me past midnight. He said the blood tests were OK and ruled out meningitis, I was relieved (but not for long). However, my throat infection was bad and it could be the one that triggered all the aches, pains and fever. Hubby told me Kieran couldn't sleep, called him at around midnight that he was worried about Mommy, I was so touched by my angel.
I was supposed to go Mumbai on Wednesday evening, but had to be cancelled.
Friends came to see me wishing me well with a nice bouquet of flowers. I was in such an unglam state that I told many not to come. My department sent a nice fruit basket with chirpy sunflowers too.
On Wednesday, I was sent to Radiology department for a MRI scan on my head due to prolonged headache. It was a 30-minute scan with lots of mechanical beeps and sounds. I could only hope my head is fine with no tumor or something found.
On Thursday morning, the specialist said the MRI scan detected nothing abnormal and since my throat has recovered I could be discharged the same day.
And here I am, recuperating at home...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Kieran & Raeyen at 3
Raeyen's 3rd birthday at school
As promised, we brought the Thomas the Engine cake to Raeyen's kindy on his actual birthday, 10 July. When we were there, the kids were washing their hands, ready for their morning tea break. Raeyen was so happy to see us that he introduced his friends to me, such Ethan, Jeremy, Sean, Cheyanne, etc... I was surprised and amused.
I let him place the candles on his cake, and he actally had 2 candles stuck on the trains' faces! Their teacher cajoled them to do a "train" clap before singing the birthday song in English and Chinese. While the kids were eating the cake, Raeyen handed each of them a goodie bag.
He was happy and excited that day, but I fell ill after with headache and backache.
Sunday, 6 July 2008
Raeyen's 3rd Birthday Party
It was a fun-filled day for Raeyen and the kids; while the adults chatted, the kids played with one another in the playroom.
Aunty Dora baked the themed cake to a T as everyone wowed her awesome creation. Mind the missing "N" in Kieran's name.
The kids als enjoyed the tattoo session as they had Thomas the Engine, Sesame Street, Spiderman and other girly designs on their hands, wrists and ankles.
Thanks to Ah-Kong, Ah-Mah, Dua-Yi, Jenric, Jenard, Di-Yi, Dua-Gu, Dua-Kim, Eugene, Eric, Rachel, Sar-Gu, Sar-Kim, Jamus, Aunty Jenny, Megan, Aunty Adeline's Mom, Aunty Adeline, Uncle Chong, Paul, Mark, Aunty Angeline, Uncle Sam, Ethan, Jayden, Aunty Ivy, Uncle Kian Hwee, Favian, Dillon, Zayden, Aunty Wendy, Juno, Aunty Janice, Janessa, Zanette for making Raeyen's 3rd birthday so special and happy.
The second celebration will be in his Kindy on the actual birthday - 10 July.
More pictures:
Monday, 30 June 2008
New Phone on the Block
The new Samsung Omnia is making me sway and drool. I know I had previously liked iPhone and then Touch Diamond but this newbie is packed with more stuff that the other two may lose their glory.
Check out its own Facebook.
My hubby is already eyeing on it. He's wondering if he should switch operator from M1 to Singtel for this phone. Samsung is quite aggressive in marketing its consumer goods. First on TV and now mobile phone. My hubby may be a successful convert from a Nokia to Sony Ericsson and finally... the Omnia by Samsung. (While I like its design, features and functionality, I must confess I DISLIKE the name "Omnia", it's like Narnia the movie and doesn't sound sexy enough like the other two contenders.)
Water Baby
OK, Kieran is not exactly a baby but he's still my baby no matter how old he gets. Finally I've got a small clip of his swimming lesson... below was taken yesterday during the "floating" lesson. He can now swim in laps with the help of a float.
PS: Yesterday was also his first Hanyu Pinyin lesson. He said he enjoyed it and his Wang Laoshi was a nice lady. I'm glad he enjoyed and hope by learning it, he will have no problem when entering P1.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Peking Duck in Shanghai
I was in Shanghai late last week. Met up with an old friend who works there and had a sumptuous dinner at a Chinese restauarnt "Quan Ju De" along Huai Hai Zhong Lu for its famous Peking Duck. It was value for money, a whole duck cost us about S$35. We also had some Japanese mushrooms as an appetiser (means it's cold) - it's tasty!
Shanghai weather was bad with rain, the worse was on my way to the airport on Friday as it was POURING with POOR VISIBILITY. I was so worried that my flight might be delayed as a result as I heard a colleague that flighs to Hong Kong were delayed due to typhoon. When I arrived at the airport, I was relieved that my flight was on schedule, which means arrival in Singapore past midnight.
Pretty stuff from Taipei
My sis went to Taipei and bought some pretty Japanese cosmetics for me from the Momo Shop. Apparently the Taiwanese are crazy over Japanese beauty products and many brands are not found in Singapore, such as Majolica Majorca (MM), Love Clover, Gransenbon, Jill Stuart, Visee, etc.
She got my fav MM (a sister line from Shisido) mascara both in its original 2nd generation black mascara and a limited edition copper from its Summer collection, a black liquid eyeliner, a limited edition copper loose powder and a frosty white eyeliner. The MM mascara has fibres that make your lashes naturally long. She also got some blushers from Love Clover which come in small, pretty packages with dainty furry puffs.
Wonder why Singapore doesn't carry these pretty things that go easy on our pockets.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Wo Shi Hong Qi Yang
That's Hanyu Pinyin for "I am Foong Kieran".
The kiasu me managed to convince hubby that it is TIME to put Kieran in Hanyu Pinyin class (after I've heard horror stories from friends about how tough it was for their kids at P1). And so, together with the hyper Raeyen, we went to Beijing Language School to enrol him for the new term starting Sunday 29 June at 4.30pm till 6pm.
Kieran's extra-curriculum classes as follows:
Saturday 1200-1300 Gymnastic
Sunday 1400-1500 Swimming
Sunday 1630-1800 Hanyu Pinyin
I still remember I learned Hanyu Pinyin at P3 (psst, and I loved it, unbelievable right?). However, I don't think I would have the patience to teach my offspring.
