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Say cheese!

Stuff daddy got for us

I would say hubby's taste and skill on shopping for the kids has improved significantly over the years. The first time he bought clothes for Eu was a disaster. Eu could squeeze into none of them, no matter how hard we tried pulling at the clothes. Daddy was real disappointed.

This round, he had brought back some very nice clothings for Eu and Tien. Some of them were from Genuine Kids, a cheaper sub-brand from OshKosh for Target stores. When comes to clothing brand names, hubby knows nuts about them, so this really shows his taste has upgraded. Good sign!


This pretty Ralph Lauren looking blouse is actually from Genuine Kids. Costed a small fraction of what you need to fork out if you buy from the Polo outlets in Singapore. Colour just right for Chinese New Year!


Other than clothes, hubby also bought a mickey mouse DVD for the kids. They are just so into watching mickey mouse cartoons. Can view the same disc over and over again, and still laugh!

Hooray! Daddy is back.

Seems like quite a couple of mommy bloggers' hubbies had been away, and mine was too. That explained for my missing in action for my blog. No, I did not go with him, but was assigned with the task of taking care of the kids. He even sent me a message through his mobile to remind me of this great duty, before he board the plane. Where's my kisses, huh?!

It wasn't easy looking after two monkeys active toddlers who are always at log-head when they are together, but I managed to return them to daddy in good shape. So proud of myself!

My 3 star baby

This is for crazymommy, here's some things my sum seng eighteen months old (in two days time, yeah!) will do:

1) Climb up my bed and do the springboard jump

2) Trying to climb up the dinning table chair, though her legs could hardly reach the seat yet.

3) Pull you by the shirt or collar (mind you, she does have the strength) to the place she wants you to, if you do not oblige.

4) Stick out her leg and trip her kor-kor
5) Elbow her kor-kor
6) Act as the victim in a fight, though she was the bully

She has the making of a gangster, doesn't she? Yeks!

**Sum seng: three star in hokkien. Used to describe children that are mischievous or love doing daring acts. The origin of this descriptive word came from a secret society that was known as the three star gang.

A little blogging madness - to know you better

Got this from Hsin. A fun way to know the people who read your blog. Here's a bunch of questions and the way you play along is to copy this post and paste it as a new entry for your blog. Change the answers and publish. Do leave a comment if you choose to do this.

What time did you get up this morning?
7.15am

Diamonds or pearls?
I love both, but if I am to pick one, it will be diamonds. It goes with any type of dressing.

What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. If you are wondering how come I got time to see movie, well, didn't watch it during my free time. It was during one of my department monthly activity day, happened to be movie time that month.

What is your favourite TV show?
Don't have lah, where got time?

What do you usually have for breakfast?
Cha bee hoon on weekdays, noodle soup on weekends.

Favourite cuisine?
Chinese. Simply cannot live without rice for more than three days.

What food do you dislike?
Soggy food.

What is your favourite CD at the moment?
Have not buy one in ages. Like I said in my earlier post, I would rather nap than do anything else if I have the time to relax by myself.

Morning or night person?
Morning. Unless necessary, which usually is due to work, I can hardly stay alert pass ten.

Favourite sandwich?
Chicken and egg mayo.

What characteristic do you despise?
Cheats.

Favourite item of clothing?
Capri pants.

If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?
Tough one here, there's so many places I would love to visit. Okay, will choose Austria.

What colour is your bathroom?
Dark greenish black and brown.

Favourite brand of clothing?
None. As long as it looks good on me and I can afford it.

Where would you retire to?
My own home.

What was your most memorable birthday?
Don't have one. As far as I can remember, I'm happy at each birthday.

Favourite sport to watch?
Synchronised swimming.

Who did you least expect to complete this?
Don't know leh, don't want to crack my brain on this one.

Person you expect to complete it first?
Also don't know, and don't want to crack my brain on this one too.

Person who is least busy?
Wah, sensitive question! Better don't answer.

When is your birthday?
October 3rd.

What is your shoe size?
6.5 to 7. Luckily only increased half a size after 1st child-birth, and the expansion did not happen during the second one.

Pets?
Two goldfishes. Something my son brought back home after one field trip.

Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
All shared liao, no new news.

What did you want to be when you were little?
Teacher, dancer, cook. Funny comes to think about it, as I'm no good in any of that.

What is your favourite flower?
Roses, especially white or champagne ones.

What date on the calendar are you looking forward to?
Everyday, cos that would mean my kids are growing up.

One word to describe the person who you snaffled this from?
Witty!

Another Tag

Another round of tagging. Here's the instruction:

Remove the blog in the no.1 spot from the following list and push everyone up one place. Then add your own blog to the bottom spot.
1. My All
2. Simply Hantam
2. Princess Diary
4. Baby Talk
5. Little Foot Steps

And then, victimize another 5 people with the following questions:

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Resigned from a job that I had with for 5 years, taking a long break from work, laying around doing nothing, waiting to start work in one month time.

2. What were you doing 1 year ago?
Nothing special or unusual, no new house, same old husband with two kids. Oh yes, nearly forgotten, planning to tag along to hubby's convention in Disney World at Florida with a toddler and a baby in tow.

3. 5 snacks you enjoy
(1) Mcdonald's fries
(2) Chocolate ice-cream
(3) Calbee's potato chips
(4) Sugared cashew nuts
(5) Tim sum style pan-fried carrot cake

4. 5 songs to which you know all the lyrics off your head right now
(1) Singapore national anthem
(2) ABC
(3) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
(4) Rock a-bye baby
(5) Ten little indian boys
Pardon me, but as a working mom, I rather spend my spare time napping than to know the lyrics of the top 10.

5. 5 things you would do if you were a millionaire
(1) Pay off the house loan
(2) Invest to earn more money
(3) Put in more money to my kids education and insurance plans
(4) Hire a professional babysitter, throw the kids to her, and spend a month holidaying with hubby.
(5) Get a top notch plastic surgeon for a make-over

6. 5 bad habits
(1) Nose digging
(2) Web surfing during working hours
(3) Nagging at hubby
(4) Finish the food that is left-over at the table
(5) Do parking with the window unwind, and the head sticking out.

7. 5 things you like doing
(1) Eating
(2) Sleeping
(3) Watching my children playing happily by themselves, without me getting involve.
(4) Shopping alone
(5) Doing nothing

8. 5 things you would never wear, buy or get new again
(1) My wedding dress. Don't think I will get to wear that again, even if I do marry a second time.
(2) Bikini bathing suit. Did not put that on, even when I had my best figure then, not to talk about now.
(3) G-string undies. They are just so uncomfortable.
(4) Hot pants. Personally, I just feel they are more suitable on hot babes, and I have long pass that stage.
(5) Mini skirts. Same reason as above.

9. 5 favourite toys
(1) Lego kitchen set
(2) A Chinese cutlery playset
(3) My first dryer, no more headache on raining days!
(4) My induction hob, boils water real fast!
(5) The DVD player, keeps the kids entertain while I take five :)
The first two items are my childhood toys which I managed to keep till now.

10. 5 bloggers to pass on
(1) Earth Ember
(2) Crazy Mommy
(3) HunnyBunz
(4) Hsin
(5) Mumspotting

**While I was writing this, (I had the habit of surfing to else where while posting), found out blur-blur had tagged me too. Well Eileen, Ivy was quicker this round :p

A new year begins with....

1. A new home

Managed to get the critical reno work completed before the planned move day, and did the move. Had everything unpacked in three days, and realized storage space was much lesser than before, though on paper wise, floor area did go up and there are more cabinets and wardrobe now. Strange!

Views from my bedroom, 2006 New Year's fire-works.

2. Eu turned four

3. Maidless
Something I have been looking forward to. Dismissed my domestic helper. She was engaged to look after Tien. I wouldn't say she did a wonderful job, in fact, I get so frustrated with her that I am slimmer now than I was before getting pregnant with Tien. The only good value she had, which was the sole reason for not replacing her, was her patience with Tien. Even when Tien was having big time tantrum, she was neither irritated nor angry at every temper Tien threw. That's one credit I always reminded myself, to bear with the mistakes and errors she made, so long the basic needs of Tien is taken care of.