more photos of friends & family who came..

Shermeen laughing at Jayden's & Jazzele's expression upon seeing Barney..


Grandpa n Grandma with Barney & a KPO Jadelle, peering at Barney waving his hands..


Hmm, who is inside this suit?



The next Usain Bolt mania wave??



7 month old Jade & Daddy Andy


Jade - looking more & more pretty..love that bib!!



11 month old maderick - trying to get out of the crowds and hiding in auntie's room..



weiliang & GF.. hmmm.. what's her name?..no, not barney..


lilian, hing, maderick & barney.. maderick don't look so happy yah.. he wailed at the crowds..


Lynn auntie bought a real sexy halter top for jadelle.. low in front & back.. oops.. jasmine's tummy showing really obviously!!


Auntie Lynn, Marcus & Paul uncle with us..



4 month old Yuzhe and Daddy Weida, talking to Lynn & Dylan.


Auntie Joyclene and shun long trying to strangle my barney hubby..



The 3 skinny bums bums - yiling ah yi, joanne yi-yi, and priscillia xiao-yi.



Grandpa, jadelle & barney daddy


Family photo 1



family photo 2



friends photos 1



friends photo 2




Daddy pumping up Barney balloons



tired already



Yi-jie ah yi popping by..



Aaron funny face & Serene




Lilian and her blur maderick

post party details

CAKE:
1) YUM YUM!! pine garden - 3kg consisting of lychee martini+orange zest chocolate @ 143 sgd
2) Agar agar barney cake from mrs chan @ 45 sgd


HI-TEA BUFFET @ 505 sgd:
http://www.akkitchen.com.sg/

6 sgd/ head, 70 pax + additional order of 200 satay sticks.
- tim sum
- curry chicken
- fruit salad
- fried fish (got bones leh!!!)+ fried sweet potato + fried squid = mixed tempura
- sotong balls
- fried bee hoon
- fruit punch
- additional 200 satay sticks + ketupat


Results: very full, very crowded, lots of balloons, happy Jadelle with lots of barney around her!!

Happy birthday, my dear...

jadelle's 2nd birthday party bash - 31st august 2008

Happy birthday, jadelle... i wanna cut that cake and blow that candles and grab my barney!!!




Buried in Barney.. awwww..


So soft leh..


Cheese, Barney & JAdelle!



Barney poster - written by Joanne Ah-yi..



Jadelle posing with mummy & barney Daddy before cutting cake..



Barney agar agar cake.. i still can't get enough of it!



Barney 2 tier cake from pine gardens - with barney figurines and barney cars.. took me 3 months to source, design etc.. phew.. was nice though..


I caught my barney figurine from the cake!!


Aww... i can't get enough of this Purple dinosaur..




Barney poster at entrance.. name not filled yet..


Jayden, the next big name basketball player!!



Where Barney balloon?



1, 2, 3, blow!! and CUT!!





Happy birthday Barney Banner

week 16, and BB is a BOY!

Oh gosh.. this is a real surprise.. we both expected it to be a girl, as all my symptoms similar to my pregnancy with jadelle..

At week 16, baby is well on target, showed us "hi-Five" twice and opened his legs up to show us his didi from various angles!!

I am so happy, cos AK gets his son! and i get the pressure off us to produce no. 3.. and Jadelle's still my only baby princess!!

Father's Day..

Yesterday was Father's day.. I don't like these family gatherings, as it makes me prioritize between my own family and my hubby's family. Both sides feel neglected when on the ACTUAL Day, we cannot be with them..

There was again a dispute with my SIL... Hubby & her agreed to buy a mobile for their dad.. plus dinner, it cost ~146sgd per sibling. She baulked at the figure and decided to back out of her previous agreement to take over hubby's pda phone.. when made hubby really angry cos, he was doing her a favour, otherwise, he would have traded in for his new HTC diamond phone at the PC show. He had asked her several times over the last 4 days if she is very sure about taking over the pda phone (especially knowing her financial situation).. and she affirmed that she still want it. Now, hubby's stuck.. He feels trapped as to force her to continue with the agreement meant that she will have more financial problems, yet, he thought that she has considered it seriously..

It seems that she want the best of all worlds:

1) Stay at home mom
2) Tai tai style with spending money available to splurge on life's little luxuries on herself (mobile phones, LV bags, shopping online)
3) Have a maid to order around (compliments of me!)
4) Chauffeurred around (by her dad and brother)
5) Get luxury baby items to use (strollers, car seats, potty seats, high chairs, branded clothes - compliments of me again, no permission required!)
6) Have a hen pecked and submissive hubby to order about and scold all the time
7) No need to do housework (her mum does it for her)

How can 2 siblings, brought up together, have such different character? Hubby very independent and refuse to rely on parents for anything. She is simply put, a LEECH.

With No. 2 on the way, it is time to get her out. I will refuse to support her luxuries and add on to it with a maid.

week 7 and 5 days

we have already went for 2nd scan.. 1st scan showed only a pregnancy scan and did nothing to reassure AK & I, except to confirm that the pregnancy is in the right location and no worries of ectopic pregnancy.

2nd scan, gynae used ultrasound and did not detect a heartbeat.. Immediately, it seems that AK & the gynae was extremely concerned as i was already 7 weeks. AK later asked me why i wasn't panicking when the gynae said to do a v-scan.. I supposed it is cos, the symptoms continued and i also only detected heartbeat with Jadelle via v-scan during 6 weeks plus..

V-scan showed the flickering picture on the screen. a relief for us, but the next day, the panic started, cos the symptoms disappear for 2 days!

Meanwhile, Jade is extremely sticky, naughty and adorable. sigh.. we are now wondering about job stability, childcare options, maid.. and also stupid issues wrt my SIL's stupid behaviour and whether she will continue to take advantage of us...

Confirmed on test!

Ok, the photos all showed positive results of the test. Now, all i got to do is to wait.

Alot of questions now going through my head..

Preggie

What you think?

new job, new life, new challenges

It been a while since i have posted. My baby has become a really pretty 20 month old princess.. adorable, cute, with lovely big melting eyes that makes me ponder by her side every night at our ability to produce her from my womb.

With a new job and no more travelling in the region, i now have more time for Jade every night. I am glad about that.

Work-wise, new product, new start-up company and local firm. It is lucky for me that I work under the distributor's side which is a listed company, but still local, but better organised. The new product is giving my team alot of headache with the supplier unsure about how to organise themselves. Quite a mess. Site visits are hot, lots of climbing on pipes (I enjoyed these actually) and i get to drive my beemer more now.

Probation, still 3 months to go.

And, i just took 2 hpt test.. i got weird results meaning, faint positive on 2 different brands.. not sure about how to interpret it. Anyway, will take another test 3 days later.. trying not to think about it. How to cope? no idea. How to work? even more questions! Can this be kept under wraps for 3 months?

finally, everything's up!

The mirrored storage cabinet is up! Love it! and Jadelle loves dancing in front of in and preening like a peacock, the vainpot!

Can also see the feature wall. We opted to be plain about it this round, in order not to crowd and make the living area even smaller.

Can see my organza day curtains (NEW!)..no intention to put up night curtains!



Looks like blk 21 eh.. but then, i moved all my furniture over leh!



Dining room.. already my mess have started!


Wardrobe in Master bedroom. Colours to blend in with existing furniture.. hides a TV inside too! Brought all my lights over!

Ok, now it is time to get ready for CNY!

Goodbye, Goodbye..

It was finally time to close the door to one of our life's firsts, to our 1st apartment that signify the start of our married life.

It was more heart wrenching then i realised. I knew every corner of this place, having re-done it from scratch with alot of frustration and pride, at a time when we were just starting out in our careers.. we made so much FIRSTS here in that apartment. It was always my pride.. now it belongs to another..

There was where we had Jadelle, our sanctuary from the world, our parties and gatherings, the numerous fireworks view during events, the quiet moments we enjoyed at our wondows. So much memories, so short a time here.

My heart almost broke when Jadelle waved sadly to her spiders "Goodbye" for the last time (The winkplay spiders in her playroom).. oh gosh.. now remembering it, my tears start to fall..

The new place still got some carpentry to go. Then it will be cleaning up time, and we can move back in with our essentials and slowly unpack. It is an unsavory location, only saved by the upgrading works done, and the size and GENERAL location - central. The row of terrace houses in front of its entrance.. hmm.. not very safe to walk in if you are female, young and alone. Drivers only!

Am wondering how much $$ we will lose on this unit if the economy ever falters.

Still pending:
- glass backing on stove
- get washing machine working
- fix up roller blinds
- feature light problem (keeps tripping up the electrical circuit.. time to change?)
- TV feature wall lighting
- dressing table lighting
- tighten hinges
- repair parquet floor (was damaged during move)
- repair the bracket that came out during moving in living room
- glass cover for headboard
- buy bamboos

Once dressing table lighting is up, we can clean up toilets, the areas and move in already..

colour scheme for TV feature wall?

I want to install onto the brown TV feature wall this design..

cannot decide on colour scheme.. a good friend did this for me on the com. Thks Alf!

Looks like dark brown on brown seems alright..

More pictures of apartment, at night!

Sink in Master bedroom toilet. Yucky!


1 more picture of kitchen


Dining room wall. Painted yellow. nice, but cannot be seen in the yellow lighting!


Entrance to the apartment. Dark red entrance wall, glossy marble. What will be visible now will be curtains and the feature light. TV wall not so obvious now.




Feature lights up and running, um, but in partial glory! Gotta replace some bulbs!









Hm, dining room's yellow wall not obvious when bathed in warm white lighting!






The shiny marble floor after polishing! You can see the yellow dining wall much better from this angle.






The recessed wall area has been partially boarded up to accomodate easy furniture placement.






Rainshower in master bedroom. Quality sucks! Gonna remove in and put back my Grohe.




estimated Costs so far:
1) 8ft wardrobe - 2.4k
2) 8" storage cabinet - 1.3k
3) electrical wiring - 1.6k
4) false ceiling - 1.6k
5) revarnishing of all wooden stuff (doors, parquet, cabinets) - 1.8k
6) TV wall & plastering of 3 walls & Master bedroom headboard - 2.1k
7) grilles & rubbish chute - 0.9k
8) marble grinding - 0.8k
9) painting - 1.6k
10) plumbing (change mixers and taps and basins) - 0.4k
11) Haulage & debris clearance - 0.5k
12) REpaint the wrought iron gate - 0.4k

TOTAL: 13.8K

Psst!! She's 16 months old!

Jadelle drawing in Julia Gabriel's playnest class. She has been receiving extremely positive feedback from teachers in her classes on how receptive she is to the lessons. I noted it too. Pleased that she enjoys it.. at least money is well spent!

it rained so heavily today @ Forum. MIL went to TAKASHIMAYA to enjoy her hair spa.. unfortunately for me, it rained so heavily! I have no choice but to put Jadelle in the stroller after class, add on the maclaren rain cover and dashed through the rain! The poor baby was not happy at all and wailed her way all through the journey from Forum to Isetan! Poor mummy was drenched despite an umbrella.

I had to get to Takashimaya, and with the rain, a screaming toddler and a maclaren stroller, and what more, 2 bags (mine & Jade's diaper bag!). It was a nightmare, never to be repeated! There were no ramps to use when the tunnels have to be used during heavy rain! and poor me! i had to climb down isetan- CK tang tunnel x 2 flights of stairs.. climb down lucky plaza's 3 flights of stairs and up 3 flights, to reach Takashimaya!

How do you promote Singapore as a family destination if the shopping centres aren't wheelchair/ stroller friendly???!!!!




Daddy managed to put a hairband on the vainpot's head without her pulling it out!



Showing off their dimples.. kaoz! Mummy is Outcasted!



Jadelle managed to solve the puzzle - um at least of tiger and dog!


Jadelle in her broomstick hair!