finally comes to the end of the month liao.....3110 ! Joel went for his medical checkup today. Ooops Joel lost 3kg since the last checkup 3 months ago. Think he must have transferred his 3kg to me instead.....sob sob! Luckily today wasn't as crowded as before..it's getting the medicine that took up most time. We went to the kopitiam at KKH for lunch...Joel had Japanese food and you know what? He finished the whole plate of food.....am so so happy! He had a nap in the afternoon, think he must be really tired out!

Princess Y knew she's going to get bashed up 2nite and quietly wore a few underwear to protect her bum....and it really happened! Dunno why i felt heartpain 4 her...hope she can get over it soon!

nitez!

it's monday's blue again!. It's a quiet day today..think most kids are having their final exams... 2mr is the last day of the month liao...time flies man! 2 more months to go and 2006 will be over. This month was very exciting as there were many anniversaries, birthday etc. We have SB anni on 4, YS on the 16, SL on 17, Edna on 20, my anni on 25 and dad on 28.

2mr joel has to go 4 his medical appt at KKH, so will have to skip school. Jim has to attend a course, so me & 2gu will bring him there. Hope he can gradually reduce his medicine, poor boy, he is taking so much since young. All these yrs he has been a very guai boy, no fuss giving him the medicine.

Yun and i had a game of reversi (othello) today. we played 2 rounds and she lost both...haha.....of cos lah, i played that before she was born.....

7gu came back from taipei wif so much snacks, cookies etc. The table is full of food....all from taipei. she was already back to work this morning, must be tired out.

oki, gtg. gotta to help yun input somthing in her blog...

good nite!

It's a beautiful Sundae todae! I woke up b4 7am and my little Joel was still in bed....was still thinking he sure wake up earlier than me since he slept early last nite...guess he muz be real tired! Morning sun was wonderful.....but todae i can't sun the clothes...weep weep cos we are going out, i can't risk the lives of my clothes in case it poured today. True enough, it really poured cats & dogs!! Heng ah!!

Jim was off today and brought Joel out shopping! Knowing that Joel din like to shop, we tot bring him to a new mall might change his mood....who knows...he still din like it! We decided to go ViVo and it was really huge! too big until dunno how and where to shop! Very crowded...make it very cheap like pasar....Pple are so damn kapo....some kept staring at Joel....i mean really stared until we walked past them they still stare, like as if by looking, they know why is this boy on wheels???? I stared real hard back, the most fight lor... be considerate lah, take a quick glimpse will do lah, dun look until as if we are aliens....children stare nvr mind, cos they dunno how to think. but this adult man stared until like what...really feel like punching him!!! Poor Joel, how i know how you feel (though u din & can't say) and why u dun like to shop...

Anyway, this dint affect joel's appetite. He had a good meal at the kopitiam. We let him tried something new..rice in bamboo container...like the one that Da Chang Jin cooked the rice in the bamboo..he finished 3/4 of it and 1/4 left for daddy. Me got nothing to eat, can't find vege food...maybe too crowded, din really make an effort to find.

so by 1pm+ we were back at ah ma's house..8gu make very nice banana cakes.. joel had some and he really enjoyed it. Jim's bro& fam came in the afternoon. brought snacks again...joel took abit. think he had too much in the afternoon, at night he din take much 4 dinner. By 8pm + his eyes started rolling...gettting tired. Now he is already in bed snoring! Sweet dream, sweetie!

Oh yes, 7gu is coming home tonite from her taipei trip.....think by the time she reach home is around 12mn liao...still got to work 2mr. Wow, she muz be very tired!

Me finally successfully helped Yun re-created a blog 4 her since she cant go online. Very happy....actually not tat difficult lah....anyway, it's considerate a big achievement for me liao!

GTG, ciao!

It's a weekend today...very sunny weather! I mean real real sunny and scotching hot! My clothes, my bedsheets etc are enjoying themselves out in the sun! Almost everything are out in the sun! I love the sun...I love the smell of the clothes after the sun...STOP stop being paranoid again.

Joel woke up very early..around 6am but stay in bed until 7.15am. Luckily i was already up by then! He was in such happy mood in the morning....the smile and giggle makes my day. Finished his breakfast without fuss...by then he was ready for ah ma's hse. Jim brought him down on the way to work. Me leh....did laundry and jaga my clothes lah!

Because he woke up early in the morning and did not catch a nap in the afternoon, he was in bed before 9pm. Must be very tired....oh, he slept early sure wake up early 2mr... i can't stay too late man! But let me finish this post first. I told myself muz make it a habit to post something everynite b4 i zzZZ.. talk anything under the sun (hehe my sun again!! STOP IT!!) I am beginning to love blogging...its like writing a diary. But diary is private, it's always until one day the person is no longer around, then someone else reads it....a blog is different. Its entirely opposite. Blogging allows people to share all the nitty gritty things only when you are still alive..haha! Even if you dun talk to one another, they will still know what's going on with you...you know lah, I am always very busy, where got time to chit chat....

You know what, I was trying to change my blog skin but this dino really stupid.....can't get it done till now. Yun said will do for me when she gets a chance to access to her combie....anyway, tks Yun! I had a dream last nite....when I logged into my blog, it was changed to MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB skin...very interesting. I quite like it...but it's a dream. At nite, Yun tagged me and said that she felt tat i shudn't change my skin as she found my postings suit my music very much....I think so too! The LAMB skin will be too AKINA for me, isn't it. Overall I still like Kenneth's skin and music....they blend very well. KPXY, when you dun want this skin, copy to me ok, but you must help me to change lah.

Meanwhile, hope you and Nard do well in your A levels exams these few days! Really hope 2 of you can pass wif flying colours and match straight to ARMY without any worries...oh yes...and vonvonster too! Dun get too stressed with ur exams. Dun let other matters affect your life...stay happy and cheerful like before. Like those days when you were very young, I was wif you most of the time.Be it in AMK, westcoast or your yishun home. So, to all the youngsters/teenagers, dun let youth and time slip by, enjoy everyday as it comes. Dun let emotional issue changes your life, you are all too young to be sad, k. Me having done through SO SO MUCH....up and down the hills (huh.. mostly downhill 4 me).... I kan kai le....as long as one is healthy, happy..that's good enough. dun waste time fighting, cursing, crying, bla bla bla with all the negative thoughts and acts, it's a waste of energy and time....there are many more things and happenings out there which worth crying more....

Erh... better stop preaching....dunno why i penned all these? It's just came to my mind...Oh Oh today is our dad's birthday. I din 4get, just that we are not used to wishing him (u get what i mean?). It's all in the heart. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dad! Hope there are many more years to come. Though we dun talk much (not as much as mum), i know you care. ok got to go. SwEeT DrEaMs!.... ;-)

This morning the weather was good...very sunny and extremely nourish for my clothes..of cos lah, how wud i let off this good opportunity, rite? As usual, my bamboos are all fully occupied, my windows too! Even my corridor wasn't let off....I should work in a laundry shop isn't it? By 2pm, the sky started to change...and it rained cats n dogs! Hehe...I got all my clothes dried already.....so let it rain lor.

Oh yes..about the SRA nomination for Best Retail Manager last nite at Ritz Carlton...Jim was not successful. It went to a lady from Giodano. Anyway, as i said, no regrets, to be nominated is already very fulfilling. the boss said the same thing too! Jim's ex-BM won a $100 tangs voucher and she asked Jim to give it to me instead. Really very nice of her. Sadly, she is leaving the company soon...all the best to her.

Joel was not well this morning...dunno why he vomitted early in the morning. Maybe due to the over shaking of his head left to right...right to left continously. Luckily he was better after shower and managed to eat well too. So relief he is okay now, really hate to see him ill each time. it's so heartaching to see him suffer when he is not well. Its so painful..so so painful. No words can describe the pain. It makes me understand fully how our parents ache too each time we break their heart...or each time we fall ill. When i was young, I was a sick child. Mum said that I am made of PAPER, a big piece of paper man. TTS hospital was a frequent spot for me as i can remember vividly. The only motivation to go for checkup was each time after the checkup, mum would bring me to the hawker centre right below the flyover (think is Whitley hawker centre at thomson road). Each time without fail, i ate the same old dish (dried wanton noodle & ice kachang). I really dun remember eating other food. During those days, eating out was like striking lottery. 3 meals all home cooked. Once a blue moon when someone packet home satay, hor fun for supper, it was like heaven! Usually those were bought for my ah ma when she was around. It's been 18yrs that she left us...sigh :-(

ok, got to go. Ciao!

Today Joel woke up early in time for school! Yippee, he got swimming class today...must be very happy. He is really improving and enjoying each time he dipped into the water with only arm float and ankle weight to help him balance. No need to hold him at all! Initially i was quite hesitant and worried to let go of him, afraid he might dip his head into the water...slowly, with the guidance of the coach from the school, we slowly let go of him and allow him to flow freely with the water.

Oh yes, i accompanied mum to see Dr. Tan KL at AMK ave 10 wif rgds to her swollen wrist. Luckily there wasn't a big crowd. After viewing the x-ray film, the doc told us that it due to osteoporois (similar problem as her knee...GU(3) CI(4)).. think this the loss of bone. She was given a jab to relieve the pain, the the result was 99.9% immediate. I mean she was able to move her hands freely without pain. Remarkable isn't it? Sametime, she had jabs on both knees and a BU(3) ZHEN(1) as well, altogether 4 jabs at one time. Oh my god! I am so afraid of needle since young and have to face the wall when the prickling takes place. I cud vividly hear mum ouching ouching.....my hands turn cold.

Mum tot since I was already there, might as well ask the doc to take a look at my back ache etc. Yeah, my tail bone has been killing me all these while. Sometime it's so painful that brushing teeth becomes a tough job...so i decided to see the doc too (but i told mum by hook by crook, no NEEDLES for me)....and I kept mum out of the room to stop her from getting the doc to jab me...hehehe... she guai guai stayed outside.

Having talked to the doc about my situation ( wif a brief story of our situation about joel), doc felt that I need a jab to relieve the nerves of my back, and after few rounds of taichi....i surrendered! I plucked up courage to agree. Tot the jab was at the meaty buttock like my mum but mine was close to the spinal. OUCH!! I clenched my fist tight...and was over the next minute. Hmm...not that bad leh..still tolerable! BELIEVE it or not, it was 99.9999% immediate. before that, just sitting down was enough to kill me and my bone. Wah, after the jab, the pain was like taken away immediately. I was given some medicine to relieve the pain when necessary. What an achievement man! When I told Jim and family about the jab, they were ASTONISHED! Since when I dare to jab.....they knew me! Since mum got 4 at one time, how can i be so lousy rite?

It rained heavily this afternoon....the weather is very cool! Good to sleep but not good for my clothes...no sunshine. Oh, stop being paranoid about your clothes not getting enough sunshine again...

This morning, 7gu left for taipei for a company trip. She called us from the airport b4 she checked in. She just wanted to talk to Joel...i know she really sayang Joel very much. though its only a 4 days trip, think she will still miss Joel.

Oh yes, mum told me that everyone is going for the vietnam trip (think almost the entire BUN family)....really sad that i cannot join them. I really wish to go but i can't. I really wish to join the fun each time the family gathers. I love to play with the children. Though I have 1000 and one reasons to be sad, each time with the chidren, I am happy. And yet, my boy can't be like the rest, played freely with me. It's so tormenting isn't it? On the other hand, really happy that my family can travel in a group, this is a rare opportunity! Think its going to be fun, guys! Dun 4get my share of presents, k?

Jim has gone to attend a BALL at Ritz Carlton tonight. He was nominated by the company to compete for the BEST RETAIL MANAGER organised by SRA (Spore Retail Association). We are very proud of him cos there were only 2 nominees out of the entire company. It's already a recognition of his hardwork and performance by the company. Whether or not he gets the title, it doesn't matter. Cos in the hearts of his customers, he is already the best retail manager. I could see the anxiety on his face when leaving the house for the ball. Take it easy, man!

Alright, that's for all now. Weep..weep, still got ironing to do before i can zzzZ. Good nite!

It's my 15th anni today! Can't imagine i changed my status 15yrs ago...that's a long long time man!! Of cos...there is still a long way down the road..hopefully Bai Tou Xie lao... Hmm.. no more roses, candle light dinner, etc like b4...no more of such luxuries dunno how many yrs ago! Sigh...anyway, all these are immaterial...as long as we live happily and harmoniously, that's good enough! Jim came home around 8pm+, we had dinner together (i packet vegetarian nasi briyani) and cook instant noodle.

Actually I am quite lucky to have Jim with me all these years...someone who can tolerate my temper and nonsense (hehe...you agree?) Though life is tough but he has been very patience and caring all these while. Despite his stress at work, he still have to take care of Joel and I, and his parents, his siblings.....bla bla bla. As the saying goes, you can't have the best of both worlds...its absolutely true! HAPPY ANNI TO ME & JIM!!

Oh mum's hand is still in pain.....dunno what the stupid docs are doing....she is going to see the doc at AMK tomorrow. Hopefully, this time round she can get it done and recovered.

Princess Yun finally got hold a copy of the GOONG vcd from her fren...she is a Goong's freak! But too bad, she din have the freedom to watch the vcd as much as she would like to.....think her dad had banned her from using the pc. While at granny's place, she can only watch quietly when her bro is having tuition in the room. But that's only for Mon and Wed. The bro is having exam these few days and yun had already finished her PSLE papers... Me is also helping her to update her post in her blog...since she can't access to her pc temporarily. Poor ger!

That's all for today! The weather is cold today...finally we have been seeing RAIN for the past 2 days....and the haze PSI went down to 39pts. COOL weather to zzzZ..nitez nitez!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all.....

Today is a fulfiling day! Had so much fun for the entire day, though tired but joyful! Jim is off today and we headed to YS's place for swimming. Actually when we stepped out of the house, we did not plan to go YS's place, thought as usual YCK pool. So I left my whole lot of clothes out in the sun to dry. Who knows last minute Jim changed his mind and we ended up at YS's place. Nice place indeed! The nice pool, wonderful jacuzzi, steam bath etc etc. Oh, the YS and family played extremely nice host...we were treated with first class service. We have 2 little companions to keep us entertained in the pool (haha i know they must have been FORCED into swimming wif us). Joel had a wonderful time, enjoying himself in the water. Jim too! While Joel & I were up at YS place for lunch (8 bao porridge cooked by our da sao), Jim dipped himself in the jacuzzi, had his bath and a cup of kopi from the vending machine, enjoying the scenary and breeze.....

Din expect Joel to finish a big bowl of the porridge....together with the Jap seaweed..taste wonderful. Simple and Nice. Joel had a short rest at Princess Edna's room and around 2+, YS sent us home. You know what? the weather changed...dark sky and looks like going to pour any moment. I start to worry for the clothes out there, and the unshut windows....really pray hard that AMK shines when I get home.

Sob sob....b4 we reach AMK, it was already pouring cats & dogs......my bamboos of clothes were dampened.....weep weep......gotta rewash them again... anyway, its a small matter. I muz get rid of the habit of being paranoid with whether my clothes for enouf sun etc etc....

Mum and dad in law were alone at home when we got home. Dad in law is much better after the medication, phew! So glad that he din have to go thru the medical investigation again. Our malay neighbors brought over some kueys and cookies, in exchanged dad gave them an angbao (dun hv green envelope). They have been doing so for the past 30yrs...since we become neighbors. Likewise when it comes to Chiness New Year, we will also give them our goodies too (in exchange for an angbao in green envelope).....it's really wonderful to have such neighbours.

By 8pm+, Joel was already exhausted cos he woke up 6am this morning.....now at 8.45pm, he is already in bed. Sweet dream, joel!!

Me too....getting tired by now. But then hor, i still have dozens of chores to do.....got to deal with my undried clothes....(no ironing..heng ah!), oh yes catch the 9pm chinese drama.

gotta to go, ciao! nitez nitez!

It's Monday blues...Joel did not sleep well last nite. woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep...an hour later he got back to sleep and slept until 9am+....

Jim's dad has been coughing for nites with stain of blood and he refused to see doctor as he finds the medical fees very ex. Luckily Jim works afternoon shift today and insisted bringing him to the doc. Given some medicine and if it doesn't improve, he has to go for further investigation. Hope all is well as he has been quite weak since the last time he fell and broke his leg the last year.

Oh yes, about mum's appt to get the wrist casted...it was a total disaster. I lost control of my temper when I learnt what happened, am sure you too will react the same way! The"registrar" at TTS found nothing was wrong as contradicted with the polyclinic finding. Sent mum for another X-ray of the wrist. I dun understand what's the difference of the x-ray taken at polyclinic n the hospital?? Dun tell me there is a difference in the quality of the x-ray machines between the two, or else it's the hospital who is trying to earn our $$ into taking another x-ray. So was sent home without anything done! Oh yes, something was done...the medical fees and the time taken the wrong morning....plus the anxiety of the children who worry for her. What a hag!

Ok, that's about all 2day. Tonite got quite a few good show....the 9pm on channel 8 and follow by 10pm ANTM on channel 5. Oh Oh...by the time i finish, it will be 11pm.....then i will do my washing (wash myself, clothes)....heng ah no ironing 2nite.

Btw, HAPPY HARI RAYA 2mr.......it's a public holiday! And Jim is off....we can have time with Joel. Ok, nitezz....

Its Sunday today! Supposed to be a day to rest like most pple did...tot i can laze a bit longer 2day but my little Prince Joel woke up at 6am!! But he is very guai...he lazed until 7+ then started making noise..means he wants to get up already. I slept close to 2am the nite b4, plus had a few episodes of dreams which makes me very tired, as if like nvr zzzZ leh. Back still aches but luckily Jim works afternoon shift and helped to bring Joel to granny's house.

It's a quiet sunday today...dunno how come all the young bloggers not tagging or posting leh..maybe they are all busy gathering with their families...or celebrating Deepavali??? Yes, must be!

After some time of 'drought", finally it rained today! I mean it really poured, making the weather slightly cooler. Hope the haze will go away soon. Oh Yes, almost forgotten, 3 more days to my 15yrs anniversary. (25Oct). This is the day when I got cheated... (oh oh.. dun think crooked.. i mean cheated into signing the paper which tied me down the road...hehe). Think about it, time flies man! Hmm..really no regrets.

Got to go, still got laundry and ironing to do....wanna help! Ciao! :-)

Hi...am back again. Hmm...today is as usual. Haze is much improved compared to the past few days. Jim is supposed to OFF today. He has been working for the past few days...haven't got a chance to rest yet. His colleague is sick and they are very shorthanded. Dunno how long more he can take it. He comes home very late in the nite, around 12. then he sleep late and wakes up early, sometime wonder where he got the energy from (maybe from ME n JOEL)??? Actually he is considered very strong and healthy, as far as i cud recall, he hasn't been on MC since he started working...(less than 5 days throughout his 10+ yrs with Singtel)...choy choy choy....hope he maintain that.

U know if Jim continues to work w/o rest days, i suffer oso. Cos' i gotta carry Joel. He weighs abt 45kg liao leh...i dunno how long more my back bone can tahan...now i got to rely on painkillers to ease the pain. So now you know how happy i am when jim is at home, really can help me take over the duties...I NEED A BREAK!!! I hate YEAR END...cos it means travelling time for many out there! I dun get a chance to travel. I dunno when this day will come. Sometime wish got this day to bring Joel with Jim for a nice trip. Joel has his passport but nvr being STAMPED before, expiring this yr. Jim worst off, dun even hv his passport since finished his reservist.

Joel is happy as usual. lurf to knock his head against ours and rub gently with his forehead and ours. Very nice and warm feeling...really. wait till u try it. He didn't seem to have much appetite these few days. Dunno why? Last time i always hv no problem giving him breakfast (wholemeal bread wif margarine and butter + cup of milo kosong). past 2 mornings he refused to take any...maybe it's time to change the menu (prata perhaps??)

This evening, Kenneth brot BAOs made by our dad...it really taste better and better. Looks like he can start his BAO business in no time...(wait long long man!) Since I haven't had my dinner, i gobbled 4 at one go....hehe but still not filling leh.. maybe his BAO is getting smaller.

OK, my eyes are drooping liao...JIM is still not back yet..think another hour to go. CIAO...

Today (20Oct) is Princess Edna's Birthday...13yrs old liao...time flies man! GuGu would like to wish her good health, and always be HAPPY.

This morning PSI was bad, 100+ early in the morning. the haziness makes one very lethargic and sian...though it did drizzled a BIT, but didn't reali help.

Today din go hospital wif mum. Her appt is fixed on coming monday 23Oct. Sweelay is bringing her there. Hope she gets it fixed and heal fast.

Saw 2day wanbao abt the man who commited suicide due to poverty and pple started contributing to the family after his death. Amounting to 150k. Very sad to see that help started only after someone's death. The society shd have taken steps to prevent such tragedies happen. The family did sought help from the MP but nothing was done to help the family. the outstanding school fees are now settled only after the death, why din anyone bother to visit the family to understand the situation? Why help only comes in exchange of someone's life? No amounts of $ can bring back the life of this man, and no amount of $ can exchange the happiness of a complete family. Yes, financially the family are taken care of but deep in the hearts of the family, this is the price of their dad/hubby's life. Very sad, isn't it.

Joel is a bit affected by the haze...not as energetic as before. He missed school yesterday cos he overslept. He woke up in the middle of the nite and couldn't get back to sleep. Actually, I was quite disappointed that he missed his swimming lesson again. You know, it's not easy for Joel to swim else where. The public pool forbids him to go the the big pool with the arm float on. Sucks! the middle pool is too swallow 4 him to learn to swim.

ok, its getting late 5mins to 1am.better ciao. See ya!

OK, here i am with the update again. Must try to make it a habit to post something every nite b4 i zzzZZ....

Yesterday i make it known to my loved ones about my blog....hoping they can visit me frequently. otherwise it would be a very lonely blog. Sometime just wonder why the youngsters these days have so much to talk....maybe age is catching up....words gets lesser we grow up??? :-( sob sob..

Hehe....many are amazed with my blog...they tot is only for youngsters. Who cares man, so what I am an old blogger, haha! Come join me, bros and sis, start your own blog and join in the fun. Think it's becoming a de-stresser for me.

Today is a hectic day for me.. went to KKH to get my boy's medicine replenished...$$$ again. Before I could get home, heard from sis that mum had her wrist bone cracked, need to get it casted. So tomorrow i am accompanying her to the hospital to get it fixed. Think she must feeling painful until she buay tahan...that's why guai guai go to the doc. If not, she would silently swallowed painkillers to ease the pain??

Hope my little niece, vonvonster is doing well. Her exams are around the corner and heard frm mum that she is very moody recently. Not knowing what's bothering her, just hope she could deal with it well. Open up your heart, vonvonster. we are all behind you. Though we may not be talking evyday, though each has their own life to deal with, we are always there for you, k? Likewise to the rest of our nieces and nephews....we luv all of you, k.

It's getting more n more interesting getting this blog done. Miie is like a dino, duuno how 2 get started. Amazed wif the intelligence of the youngsters these days...anyhow how touch here and there also can get things done. I muz try 2 catch up wif em....

But then hor, my blog like very lonely leh, unlike YUN and frens....so much to gossip...no no.. must build up my circle of frens and get them to have their own blog...

Finally managed 2 get a nice blog, bravo to our litthle princess Yun, a girl who njoys changing her skin.....