Happy Birthday Grandpa

It is grandpa's birthday today. Since he just had his major surgery done, we decided to keep it simple and celebrate it at home. Plan was to have steamboat for dinner since it's more healthy. Baby G and myself went over slightly around noon as Baby G was busy making Grandpa's card and was watching cartoons the whole morning.

We went to White Sands Fairprice to get the groceries and had lunch at the Xin Wang Cafe. Grandpa decided on Chicken Chop (his only indulgence for the day), Mama had Pork Chop, YeeYee had her instant noodles & Baby G had his cheese baked rice. I shared with Baby G and had my Iced Ying Yang.

Our steamboat dinner was a simple affair. No fancy foods like prawns or crabs (after all, Grandpa is still recovering). We had minced pork, beancurd, straw mushrooms, etc.

After dinner, cake-cutting time.... and photo-taking time.

==> My family

I wasn't too sure how it came to be... but I happened to walk out to the kitchen and saw Grandpa & Baby G putting up the card onto the fridge. Then I heard Baby G say "Grandpa, when you are sad, you come to the kitchen and read my card". I think Grandpa was very touched to hear him say that.

San

Note : Daddy wasn't around as he had some migration happening over the weekend.

Baby G's N2 Concert

Baby G had his year-end concert on 20th Nov, Sat. The days leading to the concert, I found out from Baby G that they would be performing 'Top Of The World'. Soon Baby G started commenting about his 'coconuts' keep falling off. I was trying to figure out what is the connection between coconuts & the song, 'Top of the World'.

As the days go by, he started to tell me something about a Philippine folk dance. Then he started to sound like he was rehearsing for some speech. Then it dawned on me that he could be the announcer to start the N2 song & dance routine. But then, I still had doubts and told my family that most likely he's the reserve for Eugene who did it last year with Alexis.

Only on the day itself, I realised that he really IS the announcer, together with Faustine. I started to get nervous and wondered if he'll just freeze on stage upon seeing so many people.




These are the photos that were taken during an earlier full dress rehearsal and this is the photo that finally clued me in that he was the announcer.

His item was the 8th on the list so it was a long wait for me and the tension is building. Just before his item started, I actually spotted him peeking out of the curtains to take a look at the audience. He looked really cheeky and it kinda made me feel less nervous (He asked me later if I saw him peeking out & I said 'yes'.)

Faustine did a slightly better job than Baby G. Her voice was clear and she started well. I suspect Baby G forgot his first line which was supposed to be spoken together. But luckily, he remembered the remainder of the script. Overall, not too bad and thank goodness he did not freeze up. But during the dance, he actually 'lost' his partner and was the only boy wandering around the stage looking for his partner to sit down together. That was hilarious. I asked him after the show and he told me he couldn't find Sherri as it was so messy. Haha.

The finale was 'Top Of The World' which Baby G remembered most of the moves although the starting was a little slow.

Finally the concert was officially over. The children were given a bento-looking set which had 1 muffin, small-cut sandwiches & nuggets and a green tea packet drink. Then the parents went on stage to pick the kids up. This year, there were no refreshments as compared to last year. I guess cause the refreshments last year so pretty measly & lots of parents had to rush to get the food.

We also managed to get Baby G's English teacher to take some photos.

We brought him outside of the concert hall so that he could eat his food as he said he was very hungry. He gobbled up all the nuggets.

What a day... it is finally over. Good job, Baby G.

San

Phew!

Wedding Anniversary Celebrations

Haven't been updating my blog for quite a while as I have been occupied with my Dad's health. Now that he's at home, recovering slowly, I can breathe a little easier and continue to update my blog.

There have been quite a number of events in Nov and I have decided to write on my wedding anniversary celebrations to start it all off.

We celebrated our anniversary on 18th Nov 2010, technically, we ROM-ed on 21st Nov and our traditional was on 18th Nov (a year later).... so to keep things simple, we decided to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary (10 years of ROM) on the traditional date (which is actually only 9 years). Hopefully, next year, I can get another bling bling surprise for our 10th traditional anniversary.... kekeke.

In the morning, we sent Baby G to school and then off to Macs for breakfast. We chose Mac so that we can enjoy our meal, surf net free and basically, relax over a hot cuppa. Alex also took the opportunity to try out his new Canon EOS550 toy around Anchorvale CC's compound.

After our super long breakfast, we did some shopping and off for lunch at Dome @ Dempsey Hill and then more shopping.

We proceeded to pick Baby G earlier than usual as we had to reach our dinner place before 630pm. We quickly got ready & drove to Mount Faber for our very special dinner especially arranged by my dearest hubby.

As we queued up to board the cable car, they provided us with welcome drinks of Champange & Mocktail for Baby G although he didn't liked it, saying it was too sweet. So end up, we shared Baby G's mocktail. Soon it was time to board, the servers worked very quickly after we actually got into the cabins. They placed our starters and Baby G's main course and off we went.

The 1st round was from Mount Faber all the way to Sentosa and back. Inside the cabin, it was really breezy. We slowly ate our meal and enjoyed the spectacular view. Baby G was very excited and kept looking all around him. Upon reaching Mount Faber again, the servers removed our empty plates and served us our main course with a glass of orange juice. The Sea Bream that I had was really salty but Alex's chicken tasted slightly better. I had to remove the skin totally and only ate the fish meat which was not as salty as the skin but still I had to wash it down with lots of water & juice. The steamed potatoes were, however, really smooth and tasty.

After our main course, the desserts were a disappointment. It was simply fruit jelly served in a glass jar. Presentation scored points but not the taste. However, Baby G's Chocolate concoction was simply divine. Luckily he didn't like the banana and didn't want to eat it so I relished it all by myself.

==> Baby G wants us to cheers

San

Feeling blessed

Grandpa's Op

Grandpa was scheduled for a major op on Friday morning, so on Thursday evening, we went down to pay him a visit.

We reached SGH around dinner time, after picking Baby G from school. We had dinner @ Kopitiam with Grandpa. As he already had his Western dinner provided by the hospital, he only joined us for desserts. Baby G opted for soy chicken rice and ate almost the entire plate, leaving only 3 mouthfuls of rice for me.

After dinner, we proceeded to Grandpa's room. It was relatively cosy. Best part was having the room to ourselves. At least, it offered us a lot of privacy and we didn't have to worry about disturbing other patients. Baby G was very impressed with the room. He took off his sandals and walked around barefoot. I think he felt that it was a mini-home. He climbed onto Grandpa's bed and made himself very comfortable.

Good luck Grandpa!

San

Hot Hot Hot

Baby G has been down with high fever since Tuesday night. Really don't know what happened or what could have caused it. The fever raged on and on, hovering at 38deg. Even with paracetemol or ibuprofen also couldn't keep it down.

The last straw was when his temp hit 40.2deg on Sat evening. We decided to go down to KK Children's Emergency Ward. The registration process was pretty efficient. After taking the queue number, we were the next persons to be called. The usual questions were asked and recorded into the system. We were then asked to pay the $85 consultation fees. We were provided with a dish of cold water & paper towel to place on his forehead & neck to keep the temp under control, then off we went to the waiting area.

The waiting area was pretty noisy. Actually it is to be expected since it's meant for the children, but surprisingly, the noise contributors were the parents themselves. As I looked around, at least 60% of the children were there for the same reasons as we were as most had patches on the forehead and also carrying the same dish of water that we had. Our waiting time was about 20mins, pretty fast considering that there were so many people there.

We went to room 17 & served by a female doctor. She told us it's better to get a blood test and at the same time as she felt Baby G's tummy, she said he seems constipated too. So she also asked us if we wanted to give him something so that he could poo. Since the test results will only be out about 45mins later, we decided to let him poo.

We took the blood test first. It was a small prick of the finger and the blood came oozing out. I am sure Baby G felt something but I think he was taken offguard that he didn't know how to react. You could see the stunned & confused look on his face though. But I must say, he didn't cry at all nor make any noise. He could still talk to the nurse and could name her his school friends. Both Daddy & myself were so proud of him. Next, the medication to make him poo.....

To make him poo, the nurse had to squirt some liquid into his 'u-know-where'. Intially, he was told to lie down and here he is, kinda relaxed. Then he was made to turn around and face the wall. He started to get nervous. I hugged him and made him lie on his side. Then it happened. This time he cried. He told me it was painful. The only thing I could do was to comfort him. We went out to the waiting area again. Less than 10mins, he peed in his pants and said he needed to go toilet. Daddy took him to the toilet. Guess the medication was just too effective, he couldn't really control and pooed a little in his pants.

After the poo, we waited a while longer and soon were called back into room 17 for the results. Good news, apparently the results is negative and the doctor could only say it is a viral infection and to continue to monitor another 4 days. We left KK slightly past midnight.

Both Daddy & me were also feeling hungry so we stopped by Balastier to buy some supper home. By then, Baby G was fast asleep in the car and his fever was down a few notches. We thought we could rest, but at 2am, his fever started to climb so had to wake him up and give him the meds again.

The whole of Sunday, his fever still stayed in the 38deg region. While updating the blog, I could hear him suddenly say 'oh oh'. And that can only mean one thing, he must have wet the bed. True enough, not only was the bed wet, he also pooed in his pants. We cleaned him up & our bed. He also managed to poo a 2nd time, this time in the proper place.

He's now asleep again, hopefully he can get a good sleep.

San

Praying hard the fever will go away.

Happy Birthday Auntie Pat

Today, we celebrated Auntie Pat's birthday, although Baby G was more interested to know if gor-gor Zac would be going. As gor-gor Zac had lessons today, I explained to Baby G that he would not be there but there would lots of other friends to play with.

High-tea was at 10 @ Claymore (Pan Pac Orchard). It felt more like a lunch buffet than high tea cause of the early timing of 1pm-3pm. Food was usual but company was wonderful. Baby G wanted some pasta which they didn't serve, so he settled for pizza and cheese & crackers. I also gave him some gummy bears as a treat.

After hi-tea, we walked over to Forum for some shopping. In the end, we decided to pop over to Ben & Pat's place for MJ (something which we haven't played for the longest time).

I didn't bring any extra clothes for Baby G and had to borrow from one of the girls. Hmmm, perhaps I should buy more sleeveless t-shirts? What do you think? Kekekeke. In the end, when we wanted to go home, he actually didn't want to change back to his own clothing and said he liked wearing the shirt. Goodness me!

First thing when he went to the playroom, he saw the kitchen set and promptly wanted to play with it. We played make-believe where both Baby G & che-che Chloe opened a restaurant & I was their one and only customer. It was a pretty decent restaurant with cash registers, kitchen, sink and a wide selection of foods for me to choose from. They even pretended to close the restuarant 'at night' to get some rest.

==> 'Resting' after a hard day's work

After playing for a while, the rest of the little ones started to stream in. Here's Kate making a phone call out to 'order' pizza from the 'restaurant'. After a while, Kate found a toy golf club & started hitting the balls. A Michelle Wie in the making?

End of the day, we took a group photo but it's not with my camera. If I get it, will post it here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!

San

Children's Day 2010

We've been promising Baby G that we'll bring him for cycling, however due to the unpredictable weather (and the fact that we've been a bit lazy), we've never gotten round to it. Finally, on Children's Day when both of us took leave to keep our promise to Baby G.

It was a relatively hot day. Slight breeze with warm sun. Baby G decided to goof around while I tried to get some shots of him & Daddy.

After the long ride from the bicycle kiosk to the jetty and back, we stopped for some delicious & super cool ice cream.

Lunch was @ Popeyes at the Singapore Flyer. Baby G enjoyed his single drumstick & a bunch of fries. Not only that, the place had Tom & Jerry cartoons showing which kept him sufficiently occupied while we had our lunch peacefully.

After lunch, we met up with ES & YP to attend the Children's Day activies at the Esplanade. We watched a couple of shows and did some of the activies like colouring. Although, Baby G wasn't really into it. It was a pretty half hearted attempt to do the drawing.

In case you are not sure, Baby G was trying to draw fishes in the sea. The green lines were the waves & the purple coloured shapes were the fishes. Go figure.

Dinner was at a place near Textile Centre, on recommendation from ES. They served delicious 鱼头炉. The cereal prawns were delicious, fresh & easy to de-shell. The 四大天王 dish was in a class of its own. 4 simple vegetables cooked with so much flavour. Thanks ES & YP for the wonderful dinner, made even more enjoyable by the lovely company.

After the very jam-packed day, Baby G is all tired out (Daddy too). The 2 boys slept before 9pm. *Yawn* It's my turn to rest.

San

Zzzzzzzz