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His constipated look tells us he's making BIG BUSINESS!
He's grown up a fair bit compared to the first time we brought him back. He really grows at a phenomenal speed! See the last post for the difference!
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| Milestone for David! |
[19 Nov 2008|12:02am] |
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Our dearest baby David is now officially 37 weeks old. By medical standards, David is considered a full term baby! He is entirely ready for life outside the womb!
This was a major concern for us earlier on as we realised his amniotic fluid level was rather low. This could mean that he may need to be borned premature. And that means that he would need to be warded in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit. Something that would break the hearts of all parents and seriously deplete our finances.
But David is FULL TERM! Milestone!!
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| All Ready For DAVID! |
[15 Nov 2008|09:05pm] |
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Baby David's room is finally coming together. First of all was painting the room. Then came buying all the furniture and stuff. Finally is the task of organising them such that the room is finally ready for arrival of the little one!
 David's cot, cupboard and changing station, strategically placed near each other. Proud Daddy!!  Little animals running around David's room!!  Mummy's rest area! Good for peeking out of window when it rains! |
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| Lousy Night |
[25 Oct 2008|06:17am] |
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Last nite was crap. Really crap. I hate Orchard.
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| Yummy! |
[05 Oct 2008|03:49pm] |
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Morenito Featuring Clementine (Bossa Mix) - Stéphane Pompougnac Featuring Clémentine |
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Went to Thai Express yesterday after some major cleaning up of the house. Fantastic food! I love it. The legendary green curry is fabulous. Will definitely go back again! But it comes at a restaurant price, wonder where can we get cheap and authetic Thai food ... hmmm ... Any suggestions?
  Here's us beaming before the meal!  And after! |
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| Dinner @ Punggol Steamboat! |
[01 Oct 2008|10:41pm] |
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Just had dinner at this place called the Boatel Beer Garden and Steamboat. It's a quaint little place with chinese/hokkien music from the 70's. It's a buffet steamboat spread and each person pays $12.90. Kinda like the one at Marina South but with a little less variety.
Daisy and I were pretty much pleased with the place as the old folks (Yes, they look like they are from the 70's too!) running the place were friendly and accomodating. Although they are absent minded at times but you get the idea they are really out to let everyone have a good experience.
Ambience is okay, you can't expect much if you are not into hokkien music. But the view at the marina and Coney ISland across the waterway is calm and nice, especially if you had just been to a busy shopping center on a holiday afternoon.
 Photo not too well taken, I was rushed by someone ... =P  The initial start of the dinner.  The happy couple!  Hokkien music, steamboat and ice chilled beer, nothing can be better!  The resident chef showing off her skills!  Now, isn't that one happy mummy-to-be? |
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| Crazy Housing Prices |
[26 Sep 2008|01:49pm] |
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My logistics officer just told me yesterday he reently booked a 4 room flat in Punggol, expected to be completed in 2011.
He paid 270K for a low storey 4 room flat. I almost felt guilty when I told him I paid 192K for my low storey 5 room flat in punggol. He was kind enough to continue sending me home from Tekong although it was 1+ am. I almost half expected him to drop me off the TPE.
Housing prices are INSANE! How do people survive?
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| Headache |
[26 Sep 2008|01:42pm] |
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Came back from Tekong yesterday. Went there to have a look at the new commanders. Ended up walking with an infantry section for their battle course, keeping an eye on 2 potential ATGM comds. In the afternoon, I walked with the new pioneer comds in a short battle course that ended up with some MCM exercises.
Must be getting weak, ended up with a splitting headache that hammered me consistently, even as I typed. I'm not sure if it's the weather, the insufficient amount of water I drank, the fact that I am unclimatised with hot weather. Or maybe it's a combination of all these factors. One of my colleagues said I can sleep it off. Can't work today. Panadols doesn't help. Sleep doesn't help. Feel like sticking my head into a pail of ice water!
For the first time in my life, I can feel the pain of those who complain of migraines. Literally.
Do migraines get worse than this? OMG, how do those people take it? I'll climb Biang or run a half marathon anytime, just spare me this agony ... *sob sob*
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| Latest scans!! |
[18 Sep 2008|09:25pm] |
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Just came back from the gynae, baby David is doing fine (although the plant is kicking up a fuss about not taking enough calcium). Doctor claims that David is within the mean weight range, a good hefty 1.129 kgs! Doctor said that babies of 28 weeks are generally from 1.0 kg to 1.2 kg, hence, David is nice and healthy. I guess at such a juncture, just nice is good. Afterall, too heavy and too light can mean serious shit.
Gynae took only 3 minutes to go through the ultrasound scans, after that he actually said that "We're scanning for fun". And "'for fun', he meant scanning the gender of the baby. He's obssessed with showing parents the gender of babies I think. It seems that he fervently believes that parents would like to look at the crown jewels everytime they visit him.Maybe we're a rare breed of parents ... we're still asians afterall and male offsprings are traditionally prized.
Or he could be bored ... Anyway, here are the pictures:
 Here's his foot, viewing from the bottom. This is the thing that has been kicking the plant day in day out ...  And here's his face. We actually saw his eyes blinking and mouth moving. Maybe he's tasting the delicious Bak Chor Mee that mummy had for dinner ... |
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| Awake baby |
[04 Sep 2008|11:51pm] |
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Was listening on Daisy's tummy earlier. Trying to hear baby moving in the amniotic fluid (Can hear clearly if your ears are placed at the correct position)
Now he's awake and hiccuping! Lol ... I hope it isn't too uncomfortable for him.
Now I typing with one hand and the other is on Daisy's tummy, it seems to calm him! Hehe ...
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| Pictures tell a thousand words |
[03 Sep 2008|01:16am] |
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Getting ready for David's arrival. More purchases.
 These were the stuff that needed packing into the cupboards ...  The end result after packing  Some stuff still have to be left outside ... |
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| PR, FT and inflation |
[03 Sep 2008|01:01am] |
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Just went to REACH to browse around.
I am shocked at the outpour of unhappiness. It seems that Foreign Talent and PRs are really competing with Singaporeans for jobs at all levels. And their willingness to take cut-throat pay simply offer employers a competitive edge the latter can't refuse. It's a no brainer who gets the job.
A lot of folks are also unhappy at the high cost of living and sky rocketing housing prices. And as I look back, I realise why it is so that I can live such a cushy life and be sheltered from all this troubles that are stressing our locals.
1. I'm in an industry that FTs and PRs can't compete. Only citizens are recruited. Hence, competition eliminated in one stroke. And I'm well renumerated, at least I feel so. Although a lot of my colleagues bitch about otherwise ...
2. Daisy mooted the idea that led to the purchase of my current 5 room flat. We got it when the economy was down, around 2004. It was the period when the papers reported that there are a lot of excess flats and walk in selections were offered once every 2 months. We got our 5 room flat below 200k. Dirt cheap by current standards. And I'm a first time buyer, so I pay HDB concessionary interest rates by HDB (pegged at 2004, which was 1+% only, not the current 2.6%), not having to take bank loan rates for resale flats.
3. We're both drawing graduate scale salaries and being 2 working partners, the income earned is more than sufficient to substain a fairly comfortable lifestyle. And we have no car, so we're not tied down with 1.5k that almost all my peers fork out monthly. It is just that now with a kid on the way, we're feeling a little bit tight in preparation for his arrival. But then again, a lavish Marriage and Parenthood Package 2008 ensured that we're given significant subsidies, more than we dared hope for.
I'm glad that with honest hard work my family is rewarded. All I can say is that timing has been just right for us on many major financial decisions. And yes, credit should be given when it's due, to Daisy for making shrewd financial decisions.
I am thankful that we're riding the tough times rather comfortably. I can't say the same for a lot of Singaporeans out there. I hope we all pull through this mess unscathed. =(
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| Baby Cot! |
[28 Jul 2008|04:20pm] |
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Finally the room is starting to look like it is ready to welcome a new member of the family! Yeah!
Here's the full view of the baby room. We repainted the room and ordered a baby cot. There are some stuff we bought but we stashed them away in boxes as we do not have the cupboards yet.
 Here's the luxurious bed!  The side railing can drop down one okay!  Got drawer somemore!  And comes complete with a pocketed spring mattress! Nowadays kids really have it good! 
Next to come is the baby's chest of drawers!!
Till I'll update again! Hehe ... some amendments to the pictures, at the behest of the flower!
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| Life in General ... |
[30 Jun 2008|08:14pm] |
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Has been moving on quietly but surely. Just had the opportunity recently to take stock of what's been happening in my (our) lives and realised that we'd ... moved on.
Daisy is pregnant with our first kid. The baby is due this on 10th December 2008. Suddenly it dawned upon me that we have been together for 10 years this coming December. Coincidentally, that is also the month when we got together as a couple.
Suddenly we are talking more and more about our parents' retirement. That used to be such a faraway concept. Both of us have siblings overseas. It seemed like quite a while ago that I was waiting for my 2IC appointment. Suddenly I am not poised to take over OC in a few months. And it's quite abrupt that the next rank I'm looking at is actually promotion to my first "crab" ... Heck, even the cat is at least 5 years old.
We had come a long way since the initial days of our courtship, when we struggled to make ends meet. Suddenly, we are now well off. But nothing is quite as upheaving as the impending arrival of a new member to the family. Nor as pleasing. =D
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| Hail the Champions of Europe! |
[22 May 2008|06:23am] |
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| Logging in from MCD |
[16 May 2008|05:26pm] |
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Hanging out at macdonalds at plaza singapura. Tired from an entire day of walking. Ran around the entire day doing errands. Currently waiting For The plant To Get off her trip at the botanic gardens ...
I must say that this wireless internet stuff is pretty cool. Although it has been around for quite some time, I never had the chance to surf in public. Mainly because when I am not at work and out, I am hardly with a laptop. Today is because I had to buy a new charger for my laptop, that's why I carried my lappy out.
Bought Clarks shoes today as well, they were on sale and were going for below 100 bucks. Dirt cheap And value for money! Went to Sim Lim square to buy the charger. Also got a copy of norton anti virus for the plant (her laptop's version expiring soon) And bought the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 2000 . Existing desktop set is going bonkers. Got a steal at 39 SGD. Highly recommended! Really dirt cheap, last year computer fair selling at 60 SGD. One shop is clearing stock, shop is cybermind at 4th floor. Other shops selling at 85 SGD. Grab it quick!
The plant just called me, it seems that her walk in the Botanic Gardens is going to take a little longer than expected. Was hoping to go Kushinbo for dinner later. I guess we'll have to see when she'll be done.
Laptop keyboard also going bonkers. Shift key acting like spacebar. up and down arrow keys not working. Sometimes the sentences are doing title case automatically. Sigh ... Hope this laptop holds up, really liked it.
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[15 May 2008|10:45pm] |
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An Der Schönen Blauen Donau: Walzer, Op.314 (Extract) - Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan |
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Didn't realised I had this picture on my flickr. Good picture that showed off his fat tummy ....
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| Time flies ... |
[15 May 2008|10:40pm] |
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It seems so surreal. I have been back from Taiwan for almost 10 days. In another 4 days, I'll be starting work. Sigh ... suddenly there's not enough time left. =( Nevertheless, it had been a good break. Thankful for it. Sure isn't easy for my boss to sueeze out such time for us, kuddos to him!
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| Home made dinner! |
[15 May 2008|10:33pm] |
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Today had home made dinner!
Here's the menu: Old cucumber soup, Pork and potato stew, Stir fried baby kailan and Tomato omelette! Any the plant actually said that it was a good meal! Sigh ... so proud!
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