SAHM Discoveries...

How Abbie ask for milk?

2011-11-02T16:59:00.003+08:00

New words of the day: meh meh meh meh, ma ma ma ma....for milk. ;p

These are the words/sounds Abbie makes since last nite when she wants milk. How do I derive? Tested with milk of cos then she just played by herself until the next feed where she starts to meh meh meh and ma ma ma again...:)

Teething Abbie

2011-11-01T00:02:00.003+08:00

At 5mths 2wks old, Abbie mei is teething. I can feel her tooth sprouting out from her lower gum so we have to endure her grouchiness for this period...

First Words

2011-08-18T17:46:00.003+08:00

Abbie 妹 started to "un ger, onion, ai ai ai" since 3weeks ago...is this considered fast? As hubby remembered that jiejie still not able to make these sound when she's the same age as her...

Btw, Abbie 妹 is now in her 3rd mth..!! ;p

THANK YOU!

2011-07-18T17:42:00.003+08:00

Oh ya!! I have yet to express our gratitude to whichever god/goddess who gave us this little angel, Abbie.

A VERY BIG THANK YOU to you, whoever and wherever you are for letting this little angel to be with us!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Avril dropped 1st tooth

2011-07-18T17:38:00.002+08:00

Avril had dropped her first tooth while we are having fun at Walibi Park on 14 July 2011 about 1pm...she bleeds alittle and off she goes to play!!!

Abbie First Smile

2011-07-18T17:35:00.002+08:00

I should have write it here as soon as she smiles at me for the first time when I talked to her...and now, I hardly remember which day did she smiles at me when I talked to her..but it's definitely between 11 July 2011 to 16 July 2011.

And today, she smiles at me again when I'm talking to her..so sweet...muacks meimei.. :)

The Desperate Housewife

2011-07-18T17:14:00.003+08:00

Hiazz..I know that it is not right to keep talking about the housewife but I just wanted to say something here...

Ok, the housewife has already left here happily on the 25th June. Before she left, brought her to shop around since it's the summer sales here...I observed something funny which is whenever I made payment for her, she will walk over to the cashier and sees how much her things are...and when we reached home, she came over with a stack of money and says,"These money is for the things I bought just now." I told her that the things which she has bought are meant for her don't have to return us, told her to keep the money for herself cos there's at least a few hundred SGD...but then...she just leave the money here...i feel that this action seems like:"ok, I owed you nothing, you go your way and I go mine..."

Beforehand, we had arranged her to tag with a friend of mine for the flights from Bordeaux to SG as she don't understand English. I guess from Bordeaux to Paris, she tag closely with my friend but once she reached SG, she walked all by herself at least a few metres away from my friend who is trying to catch up with her...I felt so bad to my friend as I had told her to bring the housewife to safety till the housewife sees her husband or son and in the end, this is the action she did...not automatc at all!!!

okok, these stories about the housewife should ends here...I should be grateful that she insists to go back earlier else she will be still here now...

Av revoir housewife and thank you for whatever help you had rendered on the days you were here...

The Housewife is her son's guest?

2011-06-06T15:06:00.003+08:00

Dear housewife,

Your actions proofs that you are very hostile towards your OWN SON!
You don't utter a word even though you have the right to ask! Is your mouth made of gold? At times, when you speak, Pls! DON'T ACT SMART!!! There are several occasions I happened to hear you saying things which you think you know but the truth is you don't or get the message wrongly or out of the topic! Sometimes I feel that you are like a two headed snake, tho you hardly speak but when you speak, you will just flow to side which is more beneficial to you...

My doubts on you having done confinement for other people before had increased!!! I have used to your bochap attitude of not helping to take care of the little girl misc stuffs, perhaps you might think that I will not like the way you handle these stuffs for the little gal but its ok, I can handle that...I can't be possibly kept telling you to do this and that as you are my senior, I respect you, so I kept my mouth shut...if not of the restrictions, I think you don't have to come at all...cos since I can handle the little girl, I can also prepare myself a sumptous meal...

I know I have raised my voice at you this morning while scolding the elder one, but I'm not going to apologise. You are just sitting there and watching a morning show of a messy woman yelling at the child...why can't you tick the child off instead of just sitting there and watching the child playing with the stack of envelopes? I know that you are shocked to see me raised my voice at you...but it's really boiling, you are an adult, you have the rights to discipline for any mistakes the child had made...instead of asking her not to play with the envelopes, you told me that you asked her,"Why you took the envelopes?" THATS ALL!!!

I really hope I don't have to pour my woes here anymore about you....pls let me off..

Diary to a Housewife

2011-05-26T17:27:00.004+08:00

Dear housewife,

I really appreciate what you had done and contribute from the bottom of my heart.

Perhaps there's problem with my tastebud after pregnancy but do you know that I have been drinking "seawater" pig stomach soup, "seawater" chicken soup and "seawater" etc soup which are just tasteless except for the taste of salt...other than this, EVERY MORNING, I have to eat your tasteless mee suan irregardless whether I woke up early @ 0700h to 0800h just to change gal and get back to catch abit more glimpse of sleep which I can't cos I heard you preparing already or late like today, at 1130h which is my first time waking up late...then isit at 1300h I still need to be fed for lunch?

But luckily, there are still some food which you had prepare are still edible which allows me to chew and eat instead of swallow...

Oh ya, another thing...as the soundproof system in our house is not good, so whenever the tap is turned on there will be a sound which can be heard in our bedroom so would you pls tell me how many times you must turn on the tap early in the morning from 0600h till 0700h? If you don't know, let me tell you, its more than 20 times...and because of this noise, Avril's sleep was disturbed all the time which makes her wakes up at this time too...this makes her tired at the end of day as she still has to go full day school and activities till evening...and when it is dinner time, she's totally exhausted...which also makes her lost her appettite...hiaz...

Thank you diary for letting me "talk" to you on these...

Curiosity on a housewife

2011-05-09T18:44:00.003+08:00

It's been really a long time since my last update...Fate has been really kind to us for granting us another child who will be due in anthr 3 weeks time...THANK YOU so much!

Right now, I really need this space to talk in terms of words...thanks dear blog for lending me your listening ear...

My queries for today:
hmmm...putting salt into teochew porridge during cooking? and will a housewife who always cooks be afraid of hot as she's putting on gloves to carry a pot/wok? and use small knives to cut things? is she really a housewife who does all the cooking and household chores?

Dilemma

2010-09-05T17:41:00.007+08:00

It has really been a long long time since I last updated my blog here...
Well, its the laziness which is growing inside me...

Some thoughts had been bothering me since months ago...one hand, I feel like giving up and on the other hand, I feel like giving it another few more tries...

What am I pondering about? Hiazz...the answer is second pregnancy...
It had been 2years since I had a second miscarriage and I have yet to hear the good news from "Fate"...hubby and I had been yearning to have a second one but waited in vain...and just a few months ago, we started with contraceptive measures as we agreed to stop...but I know in me, I wish to have a second one so that gal will not be alone if anything happen to us...

Why my hubby decided to stop is because he doesn't wish to see me going through another agony if it's unsuccessful again and our hopes are often dashed each month my menses comes. I understand and appreicate his concern. But occasionally, I will be wondering what is happening in my body? Why my womb is not able to hold the foetus well as I had miscarriage for two times? Is my womb too "cold"? Or isit that my fate is to has just one child to spare the suffering of the new child as I'm a very stern mother? I had tried to control the harshness of discipline...but somehow or rather, it will just erupt unknowningly...

I had make an appt with gynae without my hubby's agreement to see under fertility cases..when I told him about it, I know that he is uncomfortable with that...but I hope that medical science can help us to find out the reason why am I not able to conceive after so long...

Right now, all we have to do is to wait...

Some Thoughts...

2010-02-25T20:42:00.003+08:00

It had been a long time since the last update...been really LAZY...the exact word to be use...

Then why am I opening up this blog again? Perhaps, too much things had happened around me which leads me here again to open up my heart...

Everything went smoothly after I'm back from SIN in October 2009. But not sure how had the world change since December that things began to happen to friends around me. I really feel helpless at times when I am not able to help...and all I can derive from all these helpless situations is Fate.

All I can do to my friends is to share with them my views and hope that they will be able to understand and feel better...taking a step forward to accept the reality and to lead a better life as a person as we learn from life experiences....

Here a quote to share where I got it from a friend via Facebook:
Life is not fair ; get used to it - Bill Gates

Gown Fitting

2009-08-23T20:43:00.003+08:00

Gal is preparing for her big day...she's so beautiful!

Here are some pictures tho it seems to be blurry:

Ear Piercing

2009-08-11T09:12:00.002+08:00

Gal had her ears pierced on 9 Aug 2009 which falls on S'pore National Day and Guan Yin Dan. My mum said that it will be good to do ear piercing on Guan Yin Dan so we went ahead to do it on Sunday.

Gal felt the pain after the 1st earring is inserted on her right ear and she cried so loud that everyone is looking at her...she didn't want to do again on her left, she used her hand and shoulder to cover her left ear for a long time and I have to keep coaxing till she lets down her awareness and the 2nd one is inserted...sad to say, the left one is not aligned properly due to her struggle...so I will bring her to pierce again at another shop when hubby is back.

In our days, we do ear piercing in goldsmith shops so we tried to find goldsmith shop to do the ear piercing for gal in chinatown but nowadays, they do not have the service anymore. In the end, we approached a shop which does tattoo and piercing which is operated by "Chinese"...I'm not biased against Chinese but the professionalism is really not there...I regretted to have gal's ear pierced there because of the following:

1) I do not know if the "gun" they used to pierce is sanitized cos I did not see her using anything to clean it before use...
2) She did not apply the alcohol patch to gal's ears before inserting the earrings...
3) She only brought out the alcohol patch upon MY REQUEST! which was after the right ear is pierced!!!

For the past few days till now and the future, I'm really worried for gal's health...I'm at fault, I let down my caution on these little things, I should have asked and checked properly...

Lasik

2009-08-04T10:30:00.002+08:00

Finally, I did my lasik on 26th July 2009 at The Lasik Surgery Clinic @ Paragon Medical Centre.

Here, I'm going to pen down my experience of the process.

Basically, the visit to the clinic consists of two parts which is the Evaluation and Surgery procedures. You can choose to have both evaluation on the same day or on separate days if you are a suitable candidate. For me, of course to save time, I choose to have both evaluation and surgery to be done on the same day.

From my case, the whole evaluation process took about 3hrs...and luckily, my parents and brother is there to entertain gal(brought her shopping and play) while I spent my time there. After all the evaluation process, I'm directed to see the doctor which I have assigned. I assigned Dr Marc Tay to be my surgeon for the surgery as my cousins and brother had asked for his service before. He told me that my cornea is higher than normal and suggests that I go for the Intralase(Bladeless process). Actually, I've decided to go for Inralase before Dr Tay's advice.

I was told that the surgery will takes about 2hrs so I have about 1.5hrs to spare to have my lunch as my surgery time is at 2pm.
At 2pm, there were three of us who will be doing the surgery and I'm the second to do it. In the resting room, eye drops were given to reduce the size of the pupil prior to the surgery. My pupil is not able to reduce its size when my turn is due..so I have to wait. My pupils finally reduced after the 3rd attempt of the eye drops which is about an hour or more later.

During the surgery, a rubber suction is used to suck the eyeball up(felt like someone digging the eyeballs) and to prevent it from moving and I can actually feel the laser cutting the cornea as it's warm. After it is cut, the vision is blurred and then transferred to the laser machine. I can see the surgeon open the flaps of my cornea and then each eye is being laser for 42s and 45s respectively. During the laser process, burning sensation can be smelt. After the laser process, I saw the surgeon closed the flap and brushing it to make it smooth. I was assisted to rest at the resting area again for 10mins, antibiotic eye drops and eye shields is given to each eye and I'm ready to go home.

During the journey home, I hardly can open my eyes, I even had my diner with my eyes closed. Basically, there's nothing I can do but to close my eyes to rest and luckily gal is well taken cared of by my parents. Two sleeping pills are given and we can take one after diner so that we can rest peacefully without disturbance. After a day rest, I can finally open my eyes and is able to see about 75%.

There will be three post up reviews. The 1st review is the day after the surgery and the second is about 2 weeks later. As for the third, I'm not sure yet but for me, will definitely be before I fly off to France again. As of today, the 10th day, I can say that I can see clearly with my left eye and as for my right eye, it's still blurry, will consult the doctor again when I go for my 2nd review...

My advice to those mummies with kids, pls go for the evaluation and surgery yourself and arrange the staff to bring you to the taxi stand and have someone to pick you from your block. Treat it as a ONE day OFF, don't worry about kids, babies etc...cos really can't do anything after the surgery.

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for hubby who supported me fully to go for the surgery and of course, my family members who took care of gal while I'm waiting at the clinic and resting at home.

Home Trip 2009

2009-07-23T16:02:00.003+08:00

Well, the title says it all.

Yes, we are going back for our deserved home trip sponsored by hubby's company and we are taking off tomorrow 24th July 2009.

If you asked me whether I'm looking forward for this trip, I can tell you frankly my feelings are so so only. But when I tell Avril about this trip, she's so excited... she's excited over the plane ride, seeing all close kins and all the fun which will be expecting her when she's back...

We are all packed and ready to go.
To our families and friends in Singapore, here we come!
To our friends in France, we'll be back!

Tournesols et Cognac

2009-07-23T15:18:00.005+08:00

We made a trip to Cognac on 18 July 2009 as our main purpose is to have some pictures taken with tournesols aka sunflowers.

We decided to go into the town of Cognac to join the Remy Martin guided tour, it had been abt 7-8years since we last visited Remy Martin located in Cognac. We had a different experience this time round as we get to enjoy their in house macrons and tomato with goat cheese to go with the different types of cognac specially prepared by Remy Martin. It was a wonderful experience.

From Drop Box

Sunflower fields can be seen everywhere near this region at this time of the year. Of course, we stopped to take some breath-taking pictures though the models are not fantastic but here they are...

From Drop Box

PS: Thanks Beny for these wonderful pictures!

Summer 2009

2009-07-23T14:20:00.003+08:00

Some activities done during this summer...

Steph invite us to her place for swim and the kids really enjoyed themselves..

Kids Parc again with and without Papa...Papa do not dare to try out the new ride tho its meant for kiddies...kekeke...As it's the 1st time for me to take this type of ride, it's really thrilling! Luckily its meant for kiddie, I don't think I'm brave enough to take this ride for adults in carnivals...heheheee...

Conclusion from the pictures, Avril really enjoys all the water activities ;p

Gala de Gym 2009

2009-07-23T14:08:00.004+08:00

Here are some photos taken during the Annual Gym event on 27 June 2009.

Avril was to do some workout which was setup by the instructer and she had to do a dance too after the workout. But I was disappointed(sad and angry!!!) that gal did not managed to do the dance as she was crying non-stop when she was hit by a French friend accidentally during the rest time(meaning running and chasing each other). Hence, no photos were taken for the dance...

Getting ready...

Gala de Chambrelent 2009

2009-06-30T16:24:00.004+08:00

Avril's school had a Gala on 26th June 2009 which also marks the end of the school year and the start of summer holidays. Although the last day of school is on 2nd July 2009 but all schools will hold this event annually. The gala includes dance, games and food for the kids...

This year is a special year for Avril's form teacher, Agnes who is also the principal as she's retiring. The three of us(Singaporeans) shared a gift(a Swarosvki necklace) for her on behalf of the kids which she put on during the gala(can u see it?)...;p

From Drop Box

Attached here are some of the dance videos taken by Jasmine:

Bonne Fete Papa!

2009-06-30T15:58:00.005+08:00

Happy Fathers' Day!

We had a Fathers' Day celebration on 21st June 2009 at Serene's place. This celebration was not made known to the fathers except for the host. All children(or I should say mummies) are to prepare a surprise gift for the fathers.

We planned a potluck lunch on that day but before the lunch, we asked the fathers to bring the kids to the indoor pool in the morning before heading to Serene's place. As usual, the kids had fun and thanks to Serene who always has lots of fun ideas for the fathers and kids to play together...

Our gift to Papa...a box of Tools chocolates...

From Drop Box

Hubby at Work

2009-06-23T16:55:00.003+08:00

Finally, saw a video of hubby at work scenario...
Here it is showing how they work with the aircrafts during the Cazaux Airshow 2009 here earlier this month...can u spot him?

Gala de Danse 2009

2009-06-22T19:56:00.005+08:00

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Ta Ta Ta Ta....presenting Avril's 1st Dance Performace on the 20th June 2009 at L'Olympia Arcachon with friends, Shannon, Jolie and Lixuan...
(Thanks Jasmine & Jason, parents of Shannon for the great video! ;p)

Pictures before the performance...

From Drop Box

Busy Weeks Ahead...

2009-06-21T15:59:00.002+08:00

Well, why am I so busy? or maybe I should say us(Avril and me)....
Here's the list of the activities going on...

1) Gala de Danse (Dance performace by Avril)
2) Fathers' Day Celebration (Potluck)
3) School Year End Carnival (Dance performace by Avril)
4) Farm Visits (by Clapotis aka childcare)
5) Gym Year End Gala (Gym performance by Avril)
6) Summer Sales (Starting from 24th Jul)
7) Packing for holidays... ;p

Will update again soon...keep alookout!

Kids Parc

2009-06-21T15:38:00.002+08:00

Here are some pictures during one of our days in Kids Parc...

Bonne Fete Maman!

2009-06-12T15:51:00.005+08:00

Happy Mothers' Day!

Over in France, Mothers' Day is celebrated on the 1st Sunday in June. This year, it was on the 7th June 2009.

Although this year is the 2nd year Avril had given me this special gift but the feeling is different whenever I received the gifts each time.
This year, Avril had made two Mothers' Day gift. From the childcare, she made a card and from the school, a basket of flowers with a gift box and a plant thermometer(I guess this is the only thing which the kids had painted themselves...;p)

From Drop Box

Chef Avril

2009-06-08T18:19:00.003+08:00

Avril made some Huat Kueh with Papa on a fine Sunday when mummy was not feeling well. It was easy as we used the Huat Kueh instant mix(given by Aunty Ivy) to make it. It was yummy!

From Drop Box

Carnival

2009-06-08T17:36:00.002+08:00

Backlogs again...pls pardon me...;p

Carnivals like "Chinggay" can be seen whenever Easter Day is approaching.
I took a quote from Jasmine's blog, "It was some kind of celebration to wards off evils before Easter Day?? I am not too sure even though I have searched the internet.@_@"

Well, the school organised a Carnival on 20 March 2009. All children are to be dressed to attend the function. For us, the S'porean kids, we have 2 Princesses and 2 Darth Vaders...they were so excited about it...and indeed they enjoyed themselves on that day...see for yourself...

Semaine des Arts a l'ecole

2009-06-08T16:29:00.002+08:00

It's the School Arts Week on 14 May 2009 to 19 May 2009. We, the parents were being invited to the Open House for the opening ceremony on the 14th May 2009.

I think the kids had done many craftworks as they are not able to remember what they had done in the class when being question by us during the expo.
Thanks to the class teacher who has given us a note beforehand on what are the craftworks which will be displayed...(which we discovered much later..hehehee)

Here is the list of craftworks on displayed by Avril's class:
1) 2009 Table Mat
2) Photo Frame
3) Tissue Box
4) Coasters
5) Multicolour Bracelet
6) Flower pot
7) Flower Swing Disc

I found 6 items during the expo except the flower pot..I've no idea where it is displayed. Anyway, their works are allowed to be brought back so I managed to take a picture of all Avril's work.

Some pictures to share...

Weekend GetAway to Amsterdam

2009-04-28T17:20:00.007+08:00

After sending my dad off at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam on the 4th April, we toured around the city for 2 days.

We managed to go to Keukenhof, the flowers park followed by a city tour by bus and canal cruise for the short 2 days stay.

Ah gong Backlogs...Finale?

2009-04-24T04:13:00.005+08:00

We tried to maximize our time spent with Ah gong during weekends but sometimes, it's just too tiring driving around...so here are some other misc pics to share...

28 March 2009 - Lunch at Entrecote Resturant in Bordeaux
This is the only restaurant with queues before it's opening hours(rarely scene in France). This restaurant serves only Entrecote, just like the name of the resturant. Once you are seated, you will be indulge with the ambience and the 1st question to be asked by the waitress is,"How you want your entrecote to be cooked?" There are no other choices of starter and main dish to choose from except entrecote and it costs 16,95euros(if not wrong)...but it's really YUMMY!!!

29 March 2009 - Playtime at Chambrelent playground
Since it was a nice and sunny Sunday, we went to the playground outside the school with Jasmine and May families...

16, 18 and 22 March 2009 - Arcachon Beach, Park and Sunday Market respectively

Ah Gong Backlogs...cont'd

2009-04-24T02:13:00.004+08:00

More pics...

21 March 2009:
On this day, we had a long day with visit to Cognac, then to Bordeaux to attend LV Cocktail organised by Louis Vuitton meant for Singaporeans...;p

Our 1st stop Cognac, the homes to Martell, Remy Martin, Otard, etc...
Fact: Starting in the 17th Century, they were transformed in eau-de-vie (literally, "water of life") and improved by ageing in oak casks. Cognac is born. And this is how the adventure of a city that was to become the capital of a world class business began. For more info, refer to link:
http://www.cognac.fr/cognac/_en/2_cognac/index.aspx

As it's a 2hrs drive from home, days before we depart to Cognac, I had checked online for visits to Remy Martin, although the visit to the Chateau will not be open till mid April, but I suppose that the boutique will be open...hiaz..to our disappointment, the WHOLE cognac is a sleeping town when we reached...therefore, we took only 2 pictures witnessing Ah gong really went to Cognac...

Ah gong at the front gate of Martell...

With disappointment, we depart Cognac to Bordeaux to attend the cocktail which is organised by Louis Vuitton. Although, this is not my first time attending the cocktail but it's my first time taking pictures in the boutique...kekekeke...
Since this is a cocktail, of cos, there are some finger food(I should say it's authentic French cusine, really nice and presentable) and drinks(Champagne, juice, etc). On top of the food, they have special service catered for children...can you imagine, two beautiful ladies entertaining our kids...see for yourself...
But before reaching the LV boutique, there was a funfair going on, and we spent some time there with Avril...and after the cocktail, we had diner with my neighbours in a Japanese restaurant.

PS: Even if you are not getting anything, you can enjoy these food and services too...kekekee....but if you purchase something on this day, you will be able to receive a special gift by LV...

Ah Gong Backlogs...

2009-04-23T03:10:00.002+08:00

Okie, I know that it's overdued as Ah gong has already went back to Singapore safe and sound but pls bear with me...

Here are some places where we brought Ah gong around when he's here with us...

1. 14 March 2009 - Saint Emilion (Vineyard)
Saint Emilion is about an hour drive from home and we brought Ah gong to see the vineyards, the wine cellars, sceneries etc and not to forget wine tasting. We managed to get in time for a wine tasting session by an underground cellar, Clos des Menuts Grand Cru and it's free with just a little tips if you are not purchasing any wines from them...we were given to taste 6 different types of red wines and 2 white wines...it's really great!

2. 15 March 2009 - Gourette (Ski)
No time to loose...we brought Ah gong to Gourette to ski...you must be guessing if Ah gong really ski...I think you have guessed it right...he didn't as something happened to him before we can reach the snow mountain.
While we were on our way to Gourette, our dear Ah gong is hungry but he NEVER say it out which leads him to having car sick and vomitting at the foot of the mountain. I was hopping mad(actually quite worried) at him as I had prepared in advance bread, biscuits and drinks to munch in the car if anyone of us is hungry during the journey and the bag of FOOD is right under his legs!!! After he "merlioned", he told us that he needs RICE to replenish his energy, ALAMAK! where to find RICE at the area of the ski mountain...so with no other choices, he just have to indulge himself in his bowl of carbonara and our fries...
After the meal, the three of us (Ah gong ask us to excludes him) played with the sled till we have to strip as it's really HOT!

more backlogs...keep alookout...;p

Playtime at Bordeaux Lac IKEA

2009-04-15T01:40:00.002+08:00

Avril makes her 1st entry into IKEA playground with Shannon on last Saturday, 11th April. The rules and regulations stated that the playground is strictly meant for children ages between 4 to 7 years old.

Woohoo, Jasmine and I are so happy that finally the girls can invade into the playground as everytime when we went to IKEA, we had to tell them that they are still young to enter...and finally, we can shop without worries/in peace for a max of 1hr...kekeke...

Avril's 4th Birthday!

2009-04-10T15:24:00.011+08:00

Time flies real fast, in a swift, Avril is already 4yrs old...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!
(Now she don't like us calling her baby, must call her Jingyi/Avril...hehehe)

While I'm browsing through the pics in my lappie, I saw a pic of her celebrating her 2nd Birthday with us when she first reached France as at that time as she has not make any friends...kekeke...we can't stop laughing cos she's too cute at 2yrs old...see for yourself...wahahaaa...

Okie, back to the topic again...
Since Ah gong is still here with us in France, we had a pre-birtday party for Avril on 1st April, Wednesday where the kids has no school and the guests are only the mummies and kids. The kids had an enjoyable day and the adults had great food specially prepared by Ah gong.

Huh? Are you asking what's in the menu?
Well, the cook(Ah gong) insists on having Fried Hokkien Mee(with some drama behind the show as the 1st pot of prawn soup toppled after all the preparations) and it's to be fried upon order...just like in hawker(he still can't get over his hawker life...hehee) and he had prepared Ngoh Hiang and Hei Choi. For me, I also did my part on the prepartion of food too, I did Fried Chicken Wings and Fried Sotong Youtiao.

Here are some pics on the party day, with fun in the garden, my neighbour's playground and a dance in the house...

Guests and Makan Time:

PlayTime and cake cutting in the garden...

Dancing Time...

From SAHM Discoveries...

Now, the actual day, 9th April...I brought a cake and some garbage(Chocos and sweets) to school and Avril has a small celebration in the class.
Finally, it's papa turn...where we bought a few pcs of good quality cakes and celebrate with her our usual way, just the Family of three...and of cos, like all kids, Avril enjoys her special day.

Dune de Plya

2009-03-28T16:05:00.002+08:00

Hihii, I'm Avril. I want to share with you what I had been doing with the arrival of Ah gong...

Our 1st Stop: DUNE DE PLYA
Mummy and I brought him to the DUNE DE PLYA, the highest sand dune in Europe. According to mummy, this is the nearest attraction as it's just 15mins drive from home. To tell you frankly, this is the 1st time mummy has brought me to visit and climb the great Dune tho we have been living here for two years already and I had great fun on the sand dune...
But before I can have the fun, I dragged Ah gong with me to climb the Dune of 107m in height with 1 to 2 short rests before we reached the top...kekekee...and to tell you a secret, mummy is so lousy..she's way behind us and panting away...she did not reached the top of the dune...wahhahaaaa...

Facts about the Dune:
At 60Km from Bordeaux, in the South of the Arcachon Bay, it is possible to visit the highest dune in Europe, the Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat). This dune reaches a height of 107m. At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range.

This Great Dune is constituted of fine sand which the siliceous grains have about the same size. Since about ten years, this area is also became a point of start to the lover of delta planes.
The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch” district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape.

Some links about the Dune:
http://www.dune-pyla.com/english/welcome/index.php?accueil=1

Here are a few pictures...

Just in case, you are wondering why only Ah gong, mummy and me...cos papa is at work.

Ah Gong's arrival

2009-03-11T16:19:00.007+08:00

Here are some videos to show the kinship of grandpa n granddaughter after the separation of 2yrs...

This is what I derives from observations for the past few days:
Kinship is always there no matter where you are...

1. Waiting for Ah gong at Bordeaux Airport on 8th Mar 2009

2. Welcoming Ah gong at Gate 1

3. Cooking Time with Ah gong

Myths or Not?

2009-02-20T17:04:00.002+08:00

Eversince I had the chickenpox, there's lots of myths to follow which I rather believe it then ignorant...how about you?

Here is the list:
1) Avoid beans related stuff,
e.g. beansprouts, light/dark soy sauce, beancurd etc

2) Avoid poultry related stuff,
e.g. chicken, duck, eggs, eggs related(cakes, noodles, mayo etc)

3) Avoid dark coloured stuff,
e.g. dark soy sauce, coffee etc but i also categorized coke as one of it...cos its dark..kekkeke

4)Avoid seafood except fish
e.g. oyster sauce and there are some fish which I can't take too...so I just have to stick with salmon and codfish...

5) Avoid slime stuff,
e.g. banana, mango, cucumber, marrow(courgette/葫芦) etc

6) Avoid veg and fruits which are cold(凉).
e.g. Chinese cabbage(白菜）, orange etc

See, the list is unlimited and I have to avoid these for 3mths!!!(tats wat some pple said)...but I just stick to my parents advise to avoid these for 40 days...so in the end, I can only eat bland veg, pork andfish and my hubby has to take the same kind of meals with us, which makes him puke..kekekke.. so sorry, just treat it as diet meals ok? We have another 23 more days to go...加油！！！

ChickenPox (Child to be vaccined or not?)

2009-02-14T17:31:00.010+08:00

First of all, since today is Valentine's Day...here wishing all a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Finally I'm feeling better after getting this chickenpox (known as varicella-zoster virus). Avril did not escape from the virus too when I found red spots on her body first in the morning before she goes to school and I discovered that I had a big red spot on my abdomen the very evening.

I'm not sure how other adults felt when they had the virus, but for me, I had fever for 3-4 days, been feeling tired and sleepy and slept thru for 4-5 days... tho I'm better, but still feeling tired...During consultation, I told the doc that I might have chickenpox, he look at me with eyes wide open...i thot he don't understand what's chickenpox so I'm thinking how to interpret in french and he said,"You? have chickenpox at your AGE?"....what can we say...but laughs it off...

I'm glad that Avril had the chickenpox vaccine when she's a baby, her condition is very mild with less than 10 spots, no fever, feeling energised and we can put our mind at ease but still we keep her away for 2weeks though she recovers within 10days...and I will bring her for a booster jab when she's 5years old(recommended age is 4-6yrs old).
If you are still thinking whether you want to get your child vaccined, here are some links for your reference...personally, I feel that this vaccine which Avril has taken really helps us to tide over the disease physically and mentally...

http://www.babycenter.com/0_the-chicken-pox-vaccine_1725.bc
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html

My friend recommends a drug named Zovirax(Acyclovir) to speedup the healing of chickenpox but this drug is effective only when it's taken during the first sign of the virus and throughout per prescription by docter. She told me that the cost of the drug is about S$200 but not sure why some people are able to get it at about S$60...
If you want to know more about this drug, here is the link:

http://www.drugs.com/zovirax.html

CNY Celebration 2009

2009-01-28T21:06:00.008+08:00

新年快乐，恭喜发财，万事如意



We had our CNY celebration in Cazaux Base on the 23rd January. We have the usuals, the ignition of the firecrackers, lion dance, "loh hei", lucky draw...

Pre CNY Surprise!

2009-01-28T18:47:00.009+08:00

Wow! It's really a lifetime experience for this surprise! We have encountered a hurricane-force winds which started in the wee hours at about 4am on the 24th January right here with us. Our roof is slightly damamged compared to other families in the town. Electricity and communication was cutoff on that day in our ville(Gujan Mestras). Although some families in the ville are able to have the power back within the day but we have to wait till about 40hrs before we regain our electricity. Although the power has regained but communication network is still out of range, we managed to have our internet network stablised last nite 27 Jan. Here are some pictures to share:

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Pre CNY

2009-01-21T23:51:00.004+08:00

CNY is around the corner, I've tried to make some cookies (peanut cookies & pineapple tarts) to welcome the year of the Ox. This time round, I did the cookies all by myself as my CNY baking kakis are either in SIN or busy moving house and settling down over here.

Here is the presentation of the cookies I've made, looks delicious???

kekekeke (好看不好吃啦!)

Clapotis Year End Party

2009-01-20T18:09:00.007+08:00

It's time again for Clapotis(childcare) year end party which actually should have held it last year. But, Cristelle, the directrice did not managed to book for the hall for last year, so it was brought forward to 18 January 2009. This year, the celebration is on a smaller scale compared to 2007 as there are lesser people and activities for the kids. Although, the atmosphere is not over whelming, the kids still enjoyed themselves tho. Well, it's playtime for the kids again...

Here is another video clip taken in Clapotis a couple of weeks ago...hope you can make out what they are singing..kekkeke...

Spain - Bilbao

2009-01-06T20:53:00.003+08:00

Although it's already the 6th day of the new year 2009, but this is my 1st blog for the year. Here's wishing all, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!

Today, I will still post pictures which are taken last year or I should say our last trip out of France to Spain, Bilbao which is about 3hrs drive away. We didn't shop around tho Bilbao is known for its shopping alleys as we have spent most of our time taking pictures. Moreover, the winter sales will be starting in Jan'09 soon, so save our pockets! We had a good and cheap lunch at the Orient along the main street which serves buffet in teppanyaki style. Point to note, if you want to have water in the restaurant, it is chargeable, it's not like France where water is free in most of the restaurants...

Christmas 2008 (Finale)

2008-12-26T18:49:00.002+08:00

We have a foggy X'mas eve this year, weather for the whole day was foggy...can barely see beyond 100m...we hope that it will snow...but no chance at all...

This year christmas party was held on the eve at Beny et Kym's little smurf house. We have gifts presentations by Santa to all kids. The food spread was good too, we have roast chicken, prawns, bulots, oysters, makis, sashimi, cannapes, cold soba, chicken/ fish nuggets, ice-cream log cakes...yum yum...

Btw, Avril has make X'mas craftworks in school, do lookout for her masterpieces...

Christmas 2008 cont'd...

2008-12-26T18:47:00.001+08:00

Over in Singapore, the main X'mas lightings is at Orchard Road but over here in France, our main X'mas lightings where we can enjoy is decorated residence houses along one of the alleys.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-26T16:36:00.002+08:00

Merry Christmas folks!

We have a few celebrations here over in France and I'm going to update you guys here one at a time...

The 1st X'mas celebration is held at hubby's workplace, Cazaux Airbase on the 17 Dec 2008. On this day, Avril's mood is lousy as she was still feeling sick. She has been having fever for the past few days and the fever just come and go away...but on that day seeing her feeling better, so I brought her to the celebration to feel the festive mood. The highlights for this year was Santa arriving via HELICOPTER, a stage show for the kids and of course presents for the kids! Here are some snapshots:

Joyeux Noel aka Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-24T23:05:00.004+08:00

HO! HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Here's a video clip by Avril wishing all families and friends a Merry Christmas!

Work in Progress

2008-12-08T19:13:00.003+08:00

I will not write much today.
Just to show some pictures of Avril when she's at work...enjoy.
Pictures says a thousand words...

Fate

2008-11-24T16:40:00.002+08:00

"Am I putting up a strong front?"
This is one of the queries which I always ask myself.
Maybe in the eyes of the others, when they see me still acts as per normal, they might think that I am putting up a strong front. But to us, after experiencing so much obstacles in life, we have learnt to be strong and face reality to move forward because it's fated. Right now, I'm not alone or just between hubby and me, we still have Avril to love.

I want to strike TOTO but no luck but I have never expect that I have this unusual luck to strike this unusual prize twice...so "heng".

Well, life has to go on, when it comes it will come, if it does not belongs to you no matter how hard you try to keep it going, it will fail, like what I have quoted, it's fated.

PS: Specially for our three darlings, our love will always be with you.

BOO!

2008-11-01T21:48:00.004+08:00

BOO! It's Halloween!

Halloween falls on the 31st October and to me, this day is just like us, the chinese celebrating 清明节。During this time of the year, you will notice that pots of flowers especially chrysanthemums are selling everywhere and more cars are seen near to cemetries. So this derives to, Westerners are just like Easterners, we do practice the same kind of festivals.

On this special day, its the happy time for the kids, Trick or Treats! They get the chance to dress into different types of characters and goes house to house to ask for Bonbons aka sweets. This year round, I have arranged a small Halloween Party for most of the kids who has caught the HMFD before and this is the 1st gathering after the incident to BOO away the disease...

The theme of the party: DIY Halloween Just for Kids!
All mummies has to start cracking their brains on how to dress the kids up without buying costumes and preparing the potluck dishes. The best dressed kid will walk away with a prize and the judges are all the Daddys.

You must be wondering what kind of characters do we have?
Well, there are Superman, Miss Shrek, Baby Rabbit, Fairy, Dracula, Black Cat, Darth Vader and Baby Bumble Bee.

Eager to see them in person? Here it is, presenting Halloween 2008 snapshots:

And the winner is..........
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AVRIL, the Black Cat with 72 points!(Kelong! Kelong! Kelong! kekeke)

As we are the host of the event, we have decided to present the prize to the next winner Zavier, the Superman with 68 points! Well done mummy Serene and Zavier!

The Long Wait...

2008-10-13T15:49:00.003+08:00

It's back to school time for Avril after the long quarantine which lasted for 3 weeks. This means that she can attend gym and dance officially too...YEAH! She's so happy and looking forward to go to school and joining all the activities.

Last night, she has already given instructions on how she wants to be dressed, Dora socks is a MUST et Dora Tee. This morning when she woke up I was expecting her to greet me Good Morning Mummy...but sad to say..the 1st thing she says is,"Must wear Dora socks!"..sob...

Gosh! I think it's really been a long time since we last went to school as we were rushing like mad today...the gate is open from 0850hrs to 0900hrs...and we left the house at 0850hrs...maybe you are wondering why we are so late...kekeke... My intention is for gal to sleep awhile longer but I didin expect that today, she's taking her own sweet time to drink milk, brush teeth, etc...
luckily when we reached the school at 0900hrs, the gate is still open...phew...and poor Serene is still waiting for us with Damian in the car outside the school... so sorry Serene...kekkeke....

Since it has been quite some time we didin go to school, we have to check the notices for any updates. The latest one is, there will be a class photo taking session tomorrow, 14 October, so tomorrow must wake up earlier to dress up gal for the photo taking session...kekekek...

Ok, now its R&R time, I shall stop here and enjoy my long awaited 1st 3hrs of freetime...

The Photographer

2008-10-06T17:55:00.003+08:00

Eversince I showed Avril on the usage of the camera last year, she is so excited about it. Every now and then she will take the camera and shoot whatever pictures she think is interesting. After shooting, she will show us the pictures and explain what was it or the story behind the picture...her creativity level is high..kekeke...

Here are some of her latest works:

Avril LIVE Concert in France!

2008-10-05T02:03:00.004+08:00

Hey guys, do you know that Avril had hold a LIVE concert in France? WooHoo....YEAH YEAH YEAH!

Avril has make her 1st album debut and MTV in France and here are the songs in her album:
1) ABC
2) 两只老虎
3) 十二生肖 aka 12 Zodiac（in Teochew)

Pls enjoy the MTVs below:

ABC & 两只老虎

十二生肖 aka 12 Zodiac（in Teochew)

Don't talk so much

2008-10-02T19:02:00.005+08:00

I must says that Avril is growing up well as she has becomes bossy no.2..all thanks to me the mummy who is bossy no.1...kekeke....

There were several occasions where she's such a bossy that Bok and I really can't stand it till we either tell her off or laughs our heads out. Here are some of the many scenarios.

Scene 1:
Remembering a few nights ago, I was supposed to tell her a story where we always do that during bedtime. She covered herself with the blanket and getting ready to listen to the story but was interrupted by daddy everytime I wanted to start the story then suddenly she says,"Papa, don't talk so much." At that time, Bok and I was caught off guard by what she said...Bok says he felt like somebody had slapped him and ask him to stop talking..so LL he shut himself..and we laughs our heads off..hahhaaaa...

Scene 2:
Over here in France, we Singaporeans are really baby boomers...one after the other, friends are getting pregnant. Avril gets to see and feel the process of pregnancy and then the delivery of the baby. So now she always touch her belly and says that:
- "I have bb in my 肚子(stomach), you have bb in your 肚子 also mummy.."(pengz man cos I'm not pregnant at all...)
- "My bb is hungry, quick cook mummy, quick"
- "My 肚子 is pain, bb coming out alrdy.."(pengzz..)
Sometimes, I must says that I really takes my hat off her...she remembers that when stomach is pain means bb coming out...kekekke

Scene 3:
Whenever Bok or me is doing something or preparing dinner, she will walk/run to us asking:

Gal: What you doing huh mummy?
Me: Doing something.
Gal: Something what?
Me: aiyah, I'm going to cut the vegetables.
Gal: I can do it
So this time round she helps to prepare the vegs.

Gal: Papa what you doing huh?
Papa: Cutting nails.
Gal: I can do it, I help you to cut.
Papa: NO NO NO, go 躺躺(lie down) on the sofa.
And this time round, she kenna shoo away...sobbing away on the sofa...

See. these are really the live examples of growing up kids...sometimes we really don't know how to react to them and sometimes I really wonder has gal grow too fast? kekeke...

Here are some pictures to share on her dressing for school and dance.

Summarised of Past Events Part 3 (Finale)

2008-09-28T20:02:00.004+08:00

Finally, this marks the finale for my backlogs...kekeke...here it goes...

14 Sept 2008: Mid Autumn Festival Celebration
We had a celebration at Jasmine's place and I must say that they really did the effort in decorating and putting up the lanterns in the house and garden to create the heart warming atmosphere. We have gorgeous food as it's a potluck session and we get to eat other delicacies made by other families and of course the main dish, The Mooncakes..YUMMY!

Well, the kids as usual has lots of fun with the lanterns, fire sparks and mini fireworks. Well, from this celebration, I have learnt something new but maybe to others its nothing new anymore...kekeke...the lesson is we can use tealight instead of candles in the lanterns which is safer!! Maybe this method had been used for quite some time already but I'm still a "mountain tortoise" till now then I knew about it..kekkee...

Here are some pictures:

17 Sept 2008: Yoga for Kids
We have wanted to let our kids try out yoga here so while attending a yoga session for the wives conducted by a S'porean wife who is a yoga instructor, its Jasmine again who pop out this question to Dawn and she agreed to conduct a trial class for the kids..YIPPEE...

So we gathered 7 kids ages from 2.5yrs to 6 yrs old to attend the trial class. Sad to say, this session did not last long as this is the first and last session for the kids..kekkee...the reason behind for this is distractions which is inevitable for them..so hiazz..there goes away the kids' yoga...

Luckily, Jasmine still managed to take some pictures, here it goes:

And this is our yoga instructor, Dawn. Cool pose!

PS: All pictures are with courtesy from Jasmine again..(she sure takes lots of pictures!)

Summarised of Past Events Part 2

2008-09-28T19:58:00.011+08:00

10 Sept 2008: Trial Class for kids' dancing in La Teste

Over here in France, there are limited activities for kids below 4 years of age to participate except for baby gym which caters for children of these age group. I tried to call and ask around in our "kampong" but sad to say, they only accept kids with a minimum age of 4 years old...

Without giving up the chances for our kids to learn, I approached one of the dancing school in La Teste which I have aimed for a long time, and now is the period to enrol (in France, annual enrollment for activities is during September). When I ask the directrice, she looked at Avril and ask her if she likes dancing in french, Avril nodded her head...so the directrice suggests to let Avril try for it and I "shun bian" tell her that another kid is interested too...and its GRANTED!! I am so happy on that day, as finally, there's another activity for Avril to attend besides gym. So I "jio" Jasmine to bring Shannon along on that day for the trial class(which is free).

While waiting for the kids, I was feeling abit worried if the dance school will accept them as they are only 3 years old although the kids can follow the instructions and dance together with the instructress so after the class, we approached the instructress to ask for their progress...and it turns out BON! Phew, we are really relieved to hear that and we moved them to another branch in our area(Gujan Mestras) which is nearer...

Here are some pics and videos to share:

PS: Pictures and videos with courtesy from Jasmine :)

Summarised of Past Events Part 1

2008-09-25T16:21:00.011+08:00

Here are some picutures for the following events:

2 Sept 2008: 1st day of Nursery Class at L'Ecole Chambrelent in France
Avril is so excited on this day. Although the school gate opens at 0850hrs, but Avril has woken up as early as 0600hrs by herself and pester me to go school. For myself, I think I'm also getting excited about it too as I couldn't get to sleep for the past 2 nights...heheee..here are some pics to share...

4 Sept 2008: The Making of Mooncake
Before we begin to make the Mooncake, Jasmine had prepared almost all the ingredients except for those impt items like alkaline water, gao fen for snow skin mooncakes, hong kong flour for oven baked mooncakes...hehee.so funny rite..so we helped to source for the items and replacement of certain items if possible...and luckily we did manage to solve these...On this day, a few wives and me gathered at Jasmine's place and getting ready to make mooncakes ourselves and you know wat...all of us know nuts about making mooncakes...kekekee...

Actually, the process of mooncake making process seems to be easy when you have all the ingredients ready...the difficult part is the outcome of the product. For the baked mooncakes, once it is cracked, its considered as failed..but to us..who cares..as long as its edible we'll eat it anyway kekeke..cos it's our hard work and mooncakes are hard to get it here..tho there are S'poreans selling the mooncakes at 5/6 euros per piece depending on snow skin or baked mooncakes and flavour...

Here are some pics on our final products:

PS: Mooncake pictures are with courtesy from Jasmine's Blog...

HFMD Continue...

2008-09-23T17:44:00.003+08:00

Phew..taking a rest after cleaning and disinfecting the house, more chores to come...cleaning on the mountainess of toys...

No one will know how HFMD is like if you have never encountered one yourself. As parents, it really pains to see the child being struck with any disease and having poor appetite. Other mums whose child has caught this disease says that their child are not able to consume any food except fluids, this is really saddening although my gal can still eat alittle which is a blessing in disguise.

For today HFMD Continue issue, I will be adding more information and precautions for AWARENESS as sometimes IGNORANCE really HURTS which I have derived from this learnt lesson.

Some Informations to share to create AWARENESS:

1) Usually we can find all the information we want through doctors, web, etc but I personally feel that experience with the disease is also a credit. This is one info which I have known from a mum whose kids has encountered with HFMD and I guess not many people are aware of this.
Do you know that besides the first week after symptoms appear or while there is fluid in the affected child’s blisters is the most contagious period, there is actually another period to be aware of? When she told me, I was really caught off guard, let me disclose this, another period which is the most contagious is during the recovery stage. I don't think many people are aware of this..so pls bear this point in mind.

2) Another point to be aware of which I've extracted through one of the article:
"The virus remains in the feces (stools) and can spread to others for up to 2 months after the blisters and sores have healed"
Extracted from:
http://health.yahoo.com/other-other/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-home-treatment/healthwise--ty6235.html

3) Here are some general information to share:
Transmission and Incubation Period
HFMD is transmitted from person to person by direct contact with the fluid in the child’s blisters or from direct contact with secretions from their nose and throat. The virus is also present in the child’s faeces, so inadequate hand washing after toileting or changing a nappy can also cause the virus to be spread. Once infection with the HFMD virus has occurred, the time until symptoms appear (incubation period) is usually between three and six days. HFMD is most contagious in the first week after symptoms appear or while there is fluid in the affected child’s blisters. However, the virus can remain present in the faeces for several weeks.
Extracted from:
http://www.southerncross.co.nz/index.cfm?0743A3A8-9C04-4A0B-A412-CFA4E366320C

From MOH:
Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) is a common childhood disease caused by a group of viruses known as Enteroviruses which includes Coxsackie A16 (CA16) and Enterovirus 71 (EV71). The infection is spread through direct contact with the nasal discharge, saliva, faeces or blister fluid of an infected person and indirectly by contaminated articles. Young children, particularly those aged less than five years, are most susceptible. The infected person can present with the following symptoms:
• fever
• sore throat and runny nose
• rash with blisters on the palms, soles or buttocks
• mouth ulcers
While this disease is typically mild and self-limiting, on rare occasions, complications involving the heart and brain could occur and result in death.

Precautions:
The following is a set of advice to help you and your family to manage HFMD at home.
1. Parents should consult a doctor early if their child has fever, mouth ulcers and rashes on the palms, soles or buttocks.
2. Maintain high standards of personal and environmental hygiene to minimise the spread of HFMD. Parents should ensure that their children adopt the following good practices:
• Wash hands with soap before eating and after going to the toilet;
• Cover mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing;
• Do not share eating utensils.
• Do not share any food or drinks.

Extracted from:
http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/uploadedFiles/Web_Parts/Home/HFMD%20Advisory%20to%20Parents.pdf

HFMD

2008-09-22T19:32:00.003+08:00

Today, instead of publishing the activities photos here, here I am attaching photos of the HMFD (Hand Mouth Foot Disease).

Yes, you are right. Avril has caught the disease with symptoms of redness on the tongue since Saturday and developing to ulcers till date. The PD had confirmed and was immediately diagnosed as HFMD. The surprising thing is before I depart to the PD, I did a check on Avril but found nothing on the hand and foot. But at the PD, there were red spots on the hand and the PD says that more are coming out...and just now, reached back home, I found some red spots on her foot...so all we have to do is check and check and check...

Well, all we have to do now is to disinfect the whole house and the toys!! Maintain cleanliness and practicing good hygiene for the next 2 months or so...

Although the PD said that she can go back to school next week, but the management here had enforce all kids to be quarantine at home for 2 weeks with no school and activities.

Here are some pictures for awareness:

An Eventful Month of Activities

2008-09-20T19:52:00.005+08:00

Yes! I'm back.

How do you like my blog layout?I think I have taken too much time trying to figure out how and where to get all the additional gadgets to be added or modified for my blog eversince I've created it. As much as you have guessed I am definitely a blogger dummy...heheee...
But with the help of some advisors like Jasmine, Peishan and informations in BB's Blog it's definitely a great step forward for me. Thanks Gals!

Phew, this September 2008 is defintely an eventful and exciting month for me and my gal, Avril. Ok, here's a list of events which had taken place and hopefully I will post the pics up soon...

Busy September 2008:
2 Sept 2008: 1st day of Nursery Class at a Public School in France
4 Sept 2008: The Making of Mooncake
6 Sept 2008: Registration day for Kids' Gym
9 Sept 2008: 1st day of Yoga
10 Sept 2008: Trial Class for kids' dancing in La Teste
12 Sept 2008: Registration cum Trial Class for kids' dancing in Gujan Mestras
14 Sept 2008: Mid Autumn Festival Celebration
17 Sept 2008: Yoga for Kids
19 Sept 2008: Wedding Anniversary

Okok, seems that there's too much activities listed here, I will stop till this date as for now.
Hopefully I will get all the pics ready for each event to be posted here soon...

So stay tuned..

Getting Started

2008-09-14T20:01:00.000+08:00

Here I am, re-joining the blogging community after a failed attempt. Sad to say I'm still new to blogging. Hope that there's always something for me to write in my little corner.

Lookout for my upcoming posts.

Construction in progress.....