Splash Park @ Sembawang

I have been hearing raves about Splash Park @ Sembawang and finally Kim and I manage to find a common time to bring our kids there. Needless to say, they were very excited once we arrived. So much so they were stuck to a mini sprouts of water for 5 minutes... just standing in awe of the park. It was not huge but it is a good size for a toddler I must say.

After that we ate at MOF. The kids simply love the kids' meal. Daniel is starting to eat more rice than porridge now and he makes sure he gets his message across "Ng moi chuk chuk. Farn farn prease." (No porridge, rice please) Aaahhh the joy of seeing my son maturing to a big boy now... but why does he still nurse????? I have read some mothers nurse their kids to 3, 4.. 6 years old?!

29 Years...

Birthdays to me is a big deal... My son's bday, my hubby's bday... everyone's bday except my own. I didn't even feel my birthday coming until ZX asked what do I want for my bday. I thought another bag would be nice. I almost bought a Loewe bag... but then again, thanks to recent downfall of SGX, I don't think I would want ZX to skip his meals just for my crazy collection - Dior, Gucci, Chanel, LV...

ZX brought me to this nice place to eat called OSO. Totally loved it. Fantastic service and superb food. Recommended to anyone who wants a romantic outing.




So I was thinking, I have been walking on this earth for 29 years, what have I accomplished? I have always dreamt of becoming a pastor back in Sabah, what has that become of? Has God placed it on a shelf? Or did I do that? To be honest, when the word accomplishment comes, there's only one thing on my mind - Daniel and ZX. I still have many ideas and dreams... I guess it took 29 years to realise some of them or to even create some of them.

One day, I will be back, Sabah. Just wait...

A side note: I have been praying very hard for the Chin family. They are close to my heart and I pray their baby girl will awake from her slumber. Jesus, please walk into the room and breathe Your healing power upon her. Amen!

Swimming Fun

Before I blog about Daniel's love for swimming, Jeremy came over to stay at my place for a few days. Daniel and I really enjoyed his presence. He brought his hard disk and guess what; I managed to pick up some old pics he took of Daniel.

Just look what a chubby angel he was!


Yea.. he was like a lovely meatball! Compare to now...
You can literally see his neck clearly. Here he was, feeling cold from the pool.
Posing with cousin Xing Ning and Aunty Kim.
Standing by himself with cousin



and of course our signature Colgate smile! Guess he got it from me...
Ah yes, this is definitely mine...

JB Zoo Trip

That Saturday was sunny. The night before I called Kim if she wanna visit the zoo. She was reluctant and said the zoo takes a whole day to conquer... I was like "JB zoo lah. Not Sing's." She was like OoooooOOoo..... Yes, despite common comments on the JB zoo, we decided to give it a shot.


It's pretty tough to have 2 kids to look at the same angle at the SAME time. Anyway, the total entrance fees is RM4. That's a far cry from Night Safari and to be honest, I think the kids prefer JB zoo than Night Safari. At least my son didn't demand to be nursed halfway. The first stop was actually the tigers which I got so shocked at the lack of distance between the carnivores and the kids. It was only a miserable fence that seperates them. I was so stunned that I forgot to take a picture of them. Yet, I think this is the closest encounter for a toddler to have with a tiger.



The geese section was as always very enchanting for Daniel. They spent quite some time at this section along with the tapirs.





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Some animals were handicapped, like the donkey. The monkey seemed lonely... It's too sad to be captured. Pelicans were the last. After that, we were already exhausted by the heat and the constant demand to be carried by the kids.








So off we went to Lavender cafe for some nice ice lemon tea and waffle with ice cream.

Here's Daniel wearing my sunnies upside down...

World of Electronics - Reality this time

For the past few weeks, ZX and I have been doing quite a bit of shopping for electronics. I must say, it is a whole new world when it comes to stuff like these. We have to consider so an array of things such as brand, functions, price (of course), physical features etc. We bought what we bought when all these meet at ONE single point. Tough? EXTREMELY. But I must say it was pretty fun. With GSS just over, we managed to get some bargains... or so I thought. I know deep in the hearts of the retailer, they are still earning heaps even when they act as if I have benefited so much from the discounts given.

First stop, we went to Harvey Norman at Millenia. We have been here a few times and only at the 3rd time, we decided to invest in a good sound system. Yea, maybe it will really make a difference after I buy Transformers Blu ray dics.

We got a...
1) Onkyo receiver (dunno what model, let me check the box



2) Mirage speakers (also dunno what model but it looks exacly as shown below... It should be Mirage nanosat)
I fell in love with these speakers immediately. They are small and cute and I love the acoustics coming out from it. Have I heard of them? NO. I have heard about Bose etc but I just didn't get the chance to go to Bose.

3) Sony Bravia 46" Z series
Hallelujah! My dream TV! I have dreamt for a Z series for some time... Daniel will definitely love the Z series with real moving Barney. And it comes with a free Sony Blu ray player. Nyek heh...

4) Bosch Built In Oven

My most common way of cooking? With the oven. So I got a Bosch which has Eco cleaning and decent amount of functions and affordable price from Wong Radio. Yes, you can expect to have more grilled chicken and probably turkey and roast lamb for Christmas.

5) Bosch Side by Side Fridge

Things can't go any grander than this black glass side by side fridge from Bosch. Am I Bosch freak? Probably I am going to be... I really bought this because of the black glass. And also the ice maker. Totally love this fridge. And yes, check out the cool ice maker it comes with... the most amazing thing is... it is MADE IN CHINA!


6) Bang & Olufsen Beocom 6000


Need I say more about wanting a stylish item in the house? Slick... but totally overpriced. Yet, ZX fell for it.

Goodbye Baby Damien. See you in paradise

A tribute to Damien... my unborn child but conceived in the mind of God since eternity



Today I bid goodbye to somebody who I have never met but someone so dear to me that he's my flesh. I have lost my second baby, Damien and this afternoon at 1 p.m, I had a D&C and Damien is physically out of my life.

I found out when I pregnant when nursing Daniel seemed painful back in mid July. Immediately I knew I was pregnant and the kit was tested positive. I have no idea why this time of pregnancy, I seem to have more "fears" than the time when I was pregnant back in 2007 with Daniel. With unrest, I needed a gynae's confirmation. So on 23rd July, I went to Dr. Tan. He closes on Tuesday. So off I went to Puteri for Dr. Ding. He had so many patients that the clinic had stopped taking in new ones. Great. Just then I recalled seeing a "maternity specialist" at Sentosa. Off I went to Dr. Loke.


Dr Loke let me hear Damien's heartbeat and said I was 6 week pregnant! He even circled the heartbeat to show Damien was alive and well. Wow... 6 weeks... A life has been in me for 6 weeks and I hardly knew it.


I preferred Dr Tan so that very weekend I went to Dr Tan. He too congratulated me. He told me to come back in a month's time. So I lived a life like a pregnant woman... with nausea and lethargy. Dreading the times to breastfeed as it hurt like crazy.

2 weeks passed, I felt uneasy. I dragged my husband to see Dr Tan on 9th August. Could it be Holy Spirit whispering? Maternal instinct? I think God used both. I just had to see a gynae with ZX.

My baby did grow to a size of a 9-week. Good! But Dr Tan has a puzzled look. He said he can't find the heartbeat. He told me to come again the next week as he was sure the baby did grow. I didn't seem to be very shocked. But still, to wait for a week with uncertainties... Would I be able to rest? Immediately I went to Dr Loke who I think is more straightforward. And on the spot he told me he was sorry that my baby is gone.

The heart wrenching moment was when the heartbeat chart was... empty. Just 2 weeks ago, I saw dynamic up and down lines. That day it was... silence.



My breaking point came when I went back to Dr Ding. Dr Ding the gynae who I had for Daniel explained to me more thoroughly. The moment he said my baby is quite big and and pointed out his head, buttocks and his limbs... that was the time it really hit me that I didn't lose some tissue or fats. I have lost a child. I think he deserves a name after all, cuz I know I will see him in heaven one day in the Lord's arms.

His name is Damien, a tamer, a spirit...

Photos Update! Daniel at 20 months

I know I have abandoned this blog for the longest time! So here are the updates on my li'l cutie. Daniel has a million expressions!

"I love soup AHAHA!"

"Mommy, let me feed myself"

Yes, Daniel insists he feeds himself these days. Thus wherever he goes, there is always 3 spare shirts.

Morning shot! Yes, he is this energetic at the start of the day... You can imagine my off days are more exhausting than my work days.

Daniel doesn't seem impressed with the F1 car

Pics with maternal relatives! Kung kung and 2 Yi yis.

"Cheese!"

Daniel absolutely adores his cousins especially this koko.

"Call me Big Boss"