Motherhood Exhibition 2007

Happened to find those information at motherhood website and I am trying to think of thing to tell my hubby to go with me despite he dislikes going to Expo due to crazy traffic jam. Want to make him to take MRT instead.

I am quite "kiasu" and want to make the fullest use of Great Singapore Sale period to buy baby things early so that I wont have to pay things at GST hike 7% increased. I am really hate GST hike increase suddenly.

MOTHERHOOD EXHIBITION 2007

(Biggest Parenting Exhibition)

at

SINGAPORE EXPO HALL 5A, BOOTH C8

JUNE 7th to 10th

12.00pm to 10.00pm

FREE ADMISSION

Another 3kg Gained

Clinic staff at Dr T.B Lim said I gained 3kg for May 2007. Pre-pregnancy - my weight was at healthy 57kg. Only then from March - April 2007, shot up to 60kg which was checked at clinic during my first visit gynae on April 07. I think that probably my weight may reach 70 - 72kg at full pregnancy period. *sweating*

It is true enough even my wedding ring is already too tight on my finger - my gained weight proved truth.

Trying to take out my wedding ring abit further and saw the red patch on my finger. I didnt put water or soap on it to remove ring. Just take it out slowly by adjustment.

Then I showed it to my hubby and he said too tight already because of my increased weight of pregnancy like this. Even he assured me that I will sure lose weight in no time after I give birth baby in November 2007. I said yeah - sure go for running & swimming to slim down to same weight as before.

2nd Appoint with Gynae

On 29th May 2007, my dear took me to gynae at Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre and before that, I told him to park his car somewhere near Crown Prince Hotel or HMV. I knew it would be very difficult to park car at Mt Elizabeth Hospital there. In end, he insisted it and I said yeah, good luck with smile.

Then when we reached at the entrance and saw full "rich" & "powerful" & "expensive" cars parking at hospital. Even also saw ferrari 2-doors car there. Dont tell me only the super rich people only come to Mt Elizabeth hospital. In fact, I once looked down on rich people but now everybody are the equally same.

Seen Dr.T.B Lim and he did ultra scanning on my baby. On the compter, I saw my baby moving in my womb then I burst into tear to see baby growing well and healthy and fine too. For baby gender cannot confirm fully till 3 weeks time. I do pray for pregnancy smooth and always make sure baby is fine.

Then he said I have to come for next appoint to have blood test. I think it is better to have early blood test to check whether baby is fine based on negative or positive of DS. Guess evey pregnant women will have this too. And then he gave me calcium and other vitamins medicine. Cost $70 for those medicine only.

I took about 8-10 minutes to swallow this nearly 2cm pills by drinking water half of 1000ml to "ship" it down smoothly. Still alot calciums medicine there... waiting for those to finish up.....

everybody loves vintage

Saw the dresses from international website and also I simply love them. Can wear them as my maternity clothes till full 9 months. But I dont dare to purchase clothes from overseas and who knows that it may lost during shipment or seller wont send items out promptly.

And also I am not sure of how to make payment via western union transfer or else. It seems not safe to me. I just give it a miss.

Maternity clothes is completely biggest headache to me and I dont want to wear maternity clothes which are too "aunty" or "too flowery" designs that dont suitable to me. And I dont want to keep buying maternity clothes. Then decided to try out clothes at Topshop and Dorothy Perkins outlet. Bought 2 tops from DP and 2 tops and 1 legging from Topshop and another 2 loose tops from FEP is enough for me to wear throughout 9 months period. It suitables me just nice as I am already considered "young" in late 20s. :))

Vintage 70s GRAPE Floral Wrap Deep V Boho Sun Dress

Vintage 70s Floral Flutter Puff Sleeve Boho Tent Dress

70s Vintage Candy Striped Flutter Slv Sun Tent Dress

Funny Poems - Vitamins

If there are others out there

who also take twenty-three

pills at a time four times

every day, please contact me

through the personals. We can

help each other force them down.

I will say they are tiny sandbags

keeping things on course. Youll reply

they are the flow itself, the tao.

We will look shyly at each other.

We will start to kiss. Together

we will feel them ooze and sidle

in teams through the digestive

tract like synchronized swimmers.

Who else will know your insides

like me? The warm flush of waves

when that orange horse pill hits

the blood like a boulder. The fizz

of cartilage holding itself together

for another six hours. Time release

capsules for dry bones, bleached

desert rats gulping down canteen

after canteen. What couple could

have more in common than a continual

dissolving? I am a young seventy-nine.

Looking for a minumum taker of sixty

pills daily. Call me if you want

to twist some tops off. Lets rattle

the bottles till they´re gone. Smokers okay.

James Doyle

SG Beautiful MotherHood

My dear told me to come to this singapore motherhood website and it is also good beginning for mummies to be to come and see the entire interesting forum and cheap baby clothes selling and else.

*I simply love this cute & cheerful baby boy (above the picture).* Like to play with his babyfat cheek and arms.

This site is actually for open to mothers and mothers-to-be to have chance to share any experiences and joys toegther to chat at forum. Still active forum, not to worry. Forum there has alot of topics to bring up and see so many responds from mothers and mothers to be. Some topics / questions asked for some advises or helps such as about -> any clivic mummies here? Plan to have baby 2008 ? and else many.

Not only this forums, I also got to know few mummies-to-be as we are sharing same topics as most of them plan to have baby this year 2007. Guess I am trying to make friends with them so that I can approach them if I happen to have problem one day.

I am still learning so many things on pregnancy well-being and baby stuffs and how to be good parents to baby and how to look after baby and blah. Admit I am little panicky but too impatient for my dear baby to grow well. And hoping for 6 months to be past quickly. ^_^"

A Meeting Place for all Mothers and Mothers-to-be (links below)

- Year 2007 and later Mums

- (2007/11) November MTBs

- Boy/ Girl Pregnancy Symptoms

- Clothing headaches for first time mums-to-be

- Bad experience in KKH for Down Syndrome Test

- Dealing with haemorroids during and after pregnancy

See entire forum:

http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/578191/578191.html?1179395188


*Anyone who plan to have baby in year of 2008 or onwards are welcome to join and read forums in this Spore Motherhood website.*

First Trimester finally OVER

Relief was that the first trimester 0-12 weeks over finally and now I am on journey of second trimester. I did not like the moments of the first trimester.

During the first trimester, I have to face alot of suffering and bear with this and that. Till I could not take it, I will fret abit somemore. Lucky was that I am not bad-tempered like keep shouting at or throwing things or else. Just endure this as surely there was a hormones changes. And dont have strong craving on foods. Think I am on normal balanced diet but did not suffer any depression. Count myself little lucky.

Only I hate the most : -
gastric pain disturbing me somemore
backpain caused me sleep loss
constipation & heartbun
skin change - more sensitive
nausea disturbance
keep going toilet many times during night time

Used to eat but now I hate to eat: -
broccil
mushroom
fishball
hor fun
egg noddle
mee george
(quite alot)

*not saying I am fussy eater. I didnt know that there is a taste change when come to term of pregnancy as I learnt this from my mother.*

I am looking forward to know my baby gender soon. I will be visitng gynae doctor next week Tuesday at Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre.

Wake up. Day calls you

Wake up. Day calls you

to your life: your duty.

And to live, nothing more.

Root it out of the glum

night and the darkness

that covered your body

for which light waited

on tiptoe in the dawn.

Stand up, affirm the straight

simple will to be

a pure slender virgin.

Test your bodys metal.

cold, heat? Your blood will

tell against the snow,

or behind the window.

The colour

in your cheeks will tell.

And look at people. Rest

doing no more than adding

your perfection to another

day. Your task

is to carry your life high,

and play with it, hurl it

like a voice to the clouds

so it may retrieve the light

already gone from us.

That is your fate: to live

Do nothing.

Your work is you, nothing more.

Pedro Salinas

Unforgiving at UOB

Yesterday my dear and I went to UOB @ Tampines Central together after had McDonald breakfast. I could not carry coins to bank alone as it was damn heavy. Then we were queuing up to wait for our turns to counter.

After 15 - 20 minutes, actually I was hoping to have chinese staff to do coins service for me. Unforunately, we approached to this non-chinese staff (woman) at her counter. It is not indian woman. I was not discriminate the race of people okie. I did not mind that non-chinese woman staff to serve us but I simply did not like her little rude attitude like this.

At her counter, I handed over my 300 pieces of $1.00 dollar coins to deposit into my current saving account. When this woman saw this too many coins, she seemed not happy to do or with this. Okie then I did not complain about her but look at her, why she chose to work in bank. Dont expect me not to go UOB then find coffee shops to change coins to dollars.

Actually UOB is far better to do job for coins service because it has coin count machine faster than the uncles or aunties to do count evey coins. Troublesome enough.

At least this woman should be glad to have this job as bank to do various scope of job to serve customers. But she did not put some effort to smile when come to serve customers. We turned around and looked at left and right sides of counters. Noticed other counter staffs looked presentable with nice smile while talking or serving customers. Execpt this woman whom I mentioned earlier.

It was unforgiving happening there. SIGH !!

Sleep Disorders

Good Sleep Wakes Up Memory

Besides helping you feel well-rested, getting your zzz's may also sharpen your memory, a new study shows.

Researchers found that sleep not only protects memories from outside interferences, it also helps strengthen them.

"There was a very large benefit of sleep for memory consolidation, even larger than we were anticipating," said study author Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen, an associate neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and a postdoctoral fellow in sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School.

In the study, the researchers focused on sleep's impact on "declarative" memories, which are related to specific facts, episodes and events.

to be continued.......... !~!

Read entire about this : -

http://health.msn.com/centers/sleep/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100161482

**maybe it may helps you to understand or read if you have problem with sleeping well or suffer insomina or else.**

I once had suffered insomina but now I am getting abit better now.

No harm of being curious to read this. Think of your health is more important.

Mother's Day

Today is the celebration of Mother's Day but I normally do not hold dinner on that day. As I know that every restaurants will be crazy fully booked or may end up queue up for table. No thanks and I do not want to bring troublesome or hassle to my mother.

So I came up with idea to have double celebration with her as her birthday also falls on 31st May. Never expect this day is the public holiday of Vesak Day, alamak. Then unable to wish her Mother's Day, I bought a new Gucci Envy Me perfume for her. She loves it much.

Not only this, my dear nephew also whole birthday on 31st May same as my mother. Surprised?? Actually, my mother was very happy to know when newphew born on same day as her.

Then when I opened message and saw one surprise sms from Dr. Victor (he is my long time friend). Guess what he said to me ?

"Mother's Day to me" sms sent by him.

Then I do not dare to reply him back and jut wait to think.

I wondered if he sent wrong sms to me or not. How can I am being wished for mother's day and could not bring myself to laugh till like this. Actually, I admit to say that I am too young to be mother at my own heart lah.

What is a funny sms he sent to me?

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Then again, I am happy that Manchester United is the champion of EPL 2006 / 2007 but hopefully MU do well for FA Cup which will play on 19th May 2007.

Useful Pregnancy Books

I am not nerd or bookworm who loves to read so much. Just that reading is part of my hobby to kill my boredom either at home or in mrt or bus when travelling to far away from my home.

The first book of City Woman (Author Patricia) is for to read in bus or mrt....I do not want to sit or stand and do nothing. And just to stare at people standing or looking around everywhere in mrt or bus. Weirdo lah, haha....

Those pregnancy books I read mostly at home and I cannot bring them with me along to everywhere. Expensive books lor and I do not want to damage the books. Actually preganacy books meant alot to me and I need to know everything how to look after baby well and watch baby growing well and many interesting comprehensive topics to read.

See those pregnancy books are in good & neat condition and compared to book (City Woman) from library, it got dog ear bite and folded pages too.

This book is highly recommended to every newly pregnant women to read this. Very comprehensive and easy to read. Alot of understanding things to learn. Alot of pictures shown on book. It is pretty expensive but worth buy.

It costs $60.90. Now selling 20% discount off.

Dont miss it out or else you regret, haha....

Somemore it is top selling book now at Times and Border Bookshop outlets.

Picture shown very clear and very detailed comprehensive.

I chose this page because I am soon reaching the second trimester in 2 weeks time.

Those heels I 'm waiting for.....

Those heels I am really crazy about and love to wear them because they are very trendy and more feminine style and easy to wear to match what I am wearing to go out. I still keep them in shoes cupboard in great care condition.

Now is the past 2 months already, I have not wear them yet and got to wait patiently till November 2007. Think pregnant women cannot wear those heels due to height sole may bring any risks like falling or else. Most of times, I have to wear flat shoes or birkenstock slipper.

Found the Taiwan (Black Market) those model wearing the same shoes and same colors of heels which I owned them too....

White color is always my non stop loving because this color is considered cleaniness and good impression when come to wear this with jean and other outfits. excuse me, I am not fashion police catcher.

I wore this red heels for Chinese New year and visited one of my hubby's friend. Then his friend's wife told my hubby that she saw the red heels outside the door and wondered who dared to wear red shoes. So when my hubby and I were about to leave, his wife came to see us off at door and realised I wore them. I said yeah that is my shoes, haha..... She said that she dont dare to wear those daring colors like red or green or yellow. But I still wearing red black and white till now.

Black is the most common color every women wear for many purposes like go working in office or working as salegirls or go schooling or else.... Very easy to match and more versatile.

Those heels are still in my shoes cupboard.... I cannot wait to wear them back again....

See... it is still shiny.... still in great condition taken care by me... haha...

Badly Hair Cut Done

Cannot stand too hot and sweating during my 1st trimester pregnancy. I decided to shorten my hair. Must say goodbye to my previous hair. This picture of my long hair is for me to remember...actually I missed my dear long hair I took care for almost a year.

This hairstyle was done prefectly at MirrorTalk Hair Salon at Holiday Plaza, JB. And even I approached the same hairstylist, Stella for the past 2 years till now. That is why I love her professtional hair done. I cannot go JB to get my hair done there and was advised against of going here in my current pregnancy. Sob sob...

I never had my hair cut at salon anywhere in Singapore and was extremely skeptical of local hairstylists. I had 2 bad experiences which I had my hair done at Jean Yip and Jantnex (forget its salon name). Unfortunately, I did not took pictures of 2 hairdone as no digit camera that time.

First one at Jean Yip Salon - I once wanted to have light wavy medium hair (which I pointed model hair clearly explaination to him). This man hairstylist kept nodding say okie, no problem. But he done was very badly on my hair and guess what happened... My hair became very short above my shoulder, looked like a bomb round hair, evey layers cut was badly damaged, especially was the curly wavy badly done. I paid SGD 100 plus for this rubbish hair done and even cried painfully. After 5 days later, I rushed to another salon at Bishan to get hair curly straight down. Worse that I paid another $80 plus for this.

Second one at Jantnex (forget its name) - After a year, my hair straight has grown long which reached my upper waist so I went to this salon to cut my hair to medium and layers and highlights too. This damn aunt hairstylish simply do not understand what she was doing to my hair. Till my hair was cut till at my shoulder and layers not properly cut at details. Highlight was very little applied on my hair. Worse the total price for this ugly hairdone was over $150.

I never forget those encounters and was too frightened to step in every local hair salons. Then before I headed to Pro Trim Hair Studio, I kept asking my hubby is that hair studio hairstylist good or not many times. He been to this few times to cut his hair. I seen this hairstylist few times and done to my hubby's hair before. Then I took deep breathe and asked her whether she could do super job done on my hair after I pointed the picture of hair model at display. She said okie without asking me any details. Dumbfounded enough. Before she cut my hair, I said hold on and told her to have hair done properly.

Look at the photo, I was not happy with this hairdone by her at Pro Trim Hair Studio and quite bad hair cut already and layers are not balance well. :((
Lost confidence in local hair studio 4 times already. :(( : ((

What to do ???

I bought loreal hair wax or moisture to create hair style myself to make it look different. I have no choice to wait another 7 months to go then I go Mirror Talk Salon, JB to save my hair. Heartpain lor...

God Speaks to Each of Us

God Speaks to Each of Us

God speaks to each of us before we are,

Before he's formed us then, in cloudy speech,

But only then, he speaks these words to each

And silently walks with us from the dark:

Driven by your senses, dare

To the edge of longing.

Grow Like a fire's shadowcasting glare

Behind assembled things, so you can spread

Their shapes on me as clothes.

Don't leave me bare.

Let it all happen to you: beauty and dread.

Simply go no feeling is too much

And only this way can we stay in touch.

Near here is the land

That they call Life.

You'll know when you arrive

By how real it is.

Give me your hand.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Miracle Game I watched

Today was the biggest exciting and painful feeling to watch the best 2 teams Man Utd and Chelsea. My dear and I chose to watch Man Utd played with Everton today and before the first half time, Man Utd played very badly and was conceded one goal in. MU played so many games without resting due to major fixtures such as European Championship Semi Final and FA Cup and EPL too.

Seen the result between Chelsea and Bolton came with draw 2 - 2 was the little disguise lucky to let Man Utd remains top in EPL to chase the title soon by 3 remaining fixtures to go. Sir Alex was behaving very funny and act like "grandfather" to every MU players on field when 4 goals winning in. Surprised to see the newest player like Eagle, yet he scored in one.

I admitted to say that Everton played very well and even tried very hard to stop MU from scoring in but to be fair that Everton had got 2 goals in which resulted in MU 4 - Everton 2. Same for Bolton who played against Chelsea but delivered the best news to know that Blue earned only one point.

I am still support to Man Utd since 1994. Unbelieveable isnt it ?? In fact, it is the true. Even I remember the old players of MU, like Eric Cantona, Lee Sharpe, Roy Keane, Peter Sch, Boston, Ruud, Yorke and many more..... who deserved to be remember by the people who suppot MU all the way.

Now I really hope MU to win the EPL championship 2006/07 title, FA cup and European Champion to repeat the memorable history of treble winner 1999. So that I will buy the authentic Man Utd kids jersery for my newborn baby which will be due in November 2007. Exciting ????

What is a CLOSE GAP escape ??

Yesterday was the Grand Final "Live" of Miss Singapore Universe 2007 and big game of EPL - NEWCASTLE VS CHELSEA. I chose to watch EPL instead as I expected chelsea to lose this match or draw because of disappointment game between Man Utd and Boro ended up draw 1 - 1.

No idea what went wrong with MAN UTD? No fighting spirit to score more shown at Old Trafford. Man Utd defence crisis is getting worse and weaker already. 6 players are on injury list and no doubt of any sign of good news of them. I really hope MAN UTD to win the remaining 3 - 4 left matches to chase the title smoothly.

After the first half of newcastle and chelsea, I changed the channel quickly to catch who was in Top 10 and Top 5. After that, I watched EPL again with my dear. Yeah, we were very anxiously and made sure newcastle must blocked chelsea from scoring in.

Then it delivered a relief sign that Chelsea showed the disappointed reaction after 90 + 4 extra mins ended up with goalless draw. grin.....

I finally caught to watch the show and seen all the 18 finalists on stage. I never expected this MSU 07 Jessica Tan was the winner of MSU 2007 despite of her height only 167cm. At first all the way, I only pinned hope on MSU 01 Christabel Campbell to be the one winner as she is young only 19, tallest 178cm and look good enough to respresent Singapore for Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.

Look back to MSU 2004 winner crown, Sandy Chua was only 19 years old. Now she is homemaker and waiting for first child arrive in August 2007. No wonder, have not heard anything about her since then.

Back then from MSU 2003 to 2006, I did not have a chance to watch as I thought it would be a little waste of my time to watch MSU. So only I could read anything about MSU 2003 - 2007 thru 8-days magazines. Guess I m just abit ignorant about MSU thingy.

Go and see this MSU Link:
http://msu2007.com.sg/

Bad Customer Services

Yesterday 18th April 2007, I accompanied my dear to Ang Mo Kio Hub where he supposed to meet his client there. I was told that AMK Hub has alot of shops selling fashion clothes and also alot of food outlets to choose. So I decided to take a look there.

I would say that AMK Hub is far better than one at Toa Payoh Air Con Interchange as AMK Hub has many shops such as almost the same as at Far East Plaza. But the clothes there at AMK is not very latest trend and prices of clothes are quite expensive. Not much people there. At TPY, all shops are not much appealing to me and that is why I hardly go there (like once every 3 months on).

Then we went up to Food Court for our lunch time and at same time, my dear was busy talking to his client. Good thing was that his client was super friendly and I managed to catch 10 - 15 mins sms chat with her face to face. After that, I decided to take a walk around shops downstairs.

I wont name the two shops whose salegirls are super bad at customer service I encountered was the worst more than those one at far east plaza. And it was my first time visit there and yet they gave me very very bad impression. I was extrememly disappointed and decided not to buy dress and skirt from those 2 shops. I will say that salesgirl at shops are worse than those sellers of yahoo auction / ebay.

Cases:

1) one small shop selling alot of women clothes and the young salegirl is quite pretty but behaves very arrogant. She stood very stiff near her cashier counter and did not bother to approach customers who are looking at clothes to browse before decide to buy or not. I saw one girl was trying the chiffon skirt and poor girl asked salegirl for help.

Guess what happened?

This salegirl only took the ugly skirt for her to try even this designed skirt could not suitable her. Bad taste choice of this salegirl chose for her. Only this poor girl's friend came to help her to choose. Till they could not take it with this salegirl's bad attitude and they decided to leave and wont buy anything. So I took my turn to try this chiffon skirt. Then look at this salegirls didnt bother to ask me to try this at dressing room and pretended she did not see me busy choosing one of 2 skirts I wanted to buy. What to do ? Best is dont buy skirt from her who has nasty attitude towards customers.


2) my last visit was the shop which selling both baby and women clothes. I saw the floral colorful dress in the display and I really liked this dress. Actually I know this dress comes from which country as I know this manufacture company somemore. So nevermind about this. I came in this shop and found few nice dresses to try. Then guess what young salegirl doing ?

She was sitting and shaking legs at the counter and didnt bother to stand up when I came in the shop. I was looking at few dresses to try, this salesgirl didnt approach me to ask if I need help or else. Then in end I took my turn to ask her whether can try this dress. She still was sitting there and nodded her head saying can try. What is this attitude of her?

After I tried the dress and came out from dressing room, I saw this salegirl suddenly came out and pretended to be hardworking when the boss came in. So good acting this young salegirl has this kind of bad attitude. So I asked the salegirl that I wanted this flora dress at display, she asked the boss. Werid???? So in end I dont buy this dress from hyprocite salegirl. Poor boss for being blind to hire her as salesgirl.

I am still avid shopper at yahoo auction & ebay and seen much difference from online seller to shop salegirls. None of online seller has nasty or poor attitude as at customer services I encountered before. Somemore I am seller online too and polish up myself to be practical as good customer service.

I will never go AMK HUB ever again to buy clothes from shops there. Even I left AMK Hub with my dear after walking around 2 hours.

Horror Symptoms I Faced

Was bored to very very upset at home and I could not go out alone at this early stage of pregnancy as I sometimes get very bad dizzy or feeling abnormal pain or backpain and nausea. Admit to say that I really hate those horror feeling which I have to deal with it bravely to move on.

I used to think that mothers-to-be or pregnant women will not feel those irrirating feeling or any pregnancy symptoms. I realised that I was wrong especially when I was just one month pregnancy, I got backpain constantly, lose some appetites, often get very "wind" vomite feeling and tired very very fast to make me lose my own interest which I used to be. It is very sad encounter for me to bear this and that.

Then now is past 2nd month pregnancy stage, I tried to pull myself through and my hubby kept saying be patient and 9-10 months will be past very very fast. I keep nodding to say "yes" all the time but to me, I am really frightend of being put on weight so much and even stretch marks on my belly. Also I have to buy new maternity clothes, alamak..... real headache to me when come to think this...

I do not know if will all stretch marks DISAPPEAR after I give birth ......... help me....

After barely 2 months, I am trying very very hard not to think much of this and that unnecessarily. What to do ? Just put on huge smile and be stay happy for a new baby's sake. Also I want those horror pain to disappear from me - I do not want to have this BackPain, "wind" vomite feeling or get tired very fast within every 15 - 30 mins. *tap on my forehead* Just close my eyes will do and let time fly very fast in no time soon is even better for me.

Was told that I should rest more at home but I could not shut my eyes well especially at afternoon. So sometimes at afternoon, I just watch television or reading books / magazines or surf internet to read site such as singapore motherhood or catch a look at korea website to make myself feel less pain suffering, ya.

This picture of the latest Blue Leather Tote Bag Made in Korea that caught my sight very deeply. Yeah I do love this designed bag of Korea which is far better than those branded bags. I do not know why I started to appreciate those fashion eletric blue color. I cannot say because of fashion trend color. It is my own individual thought.

But please bear a tiny mind that exchange rate in Korea is quite expensive compare to those bags selling at Far East Plaza or Bugis Village. This blue leathe tote bag costs in korea dollars : - Won 89,000. But my own opinion that it is worth to have this bag to be carried thoughtout the seasons or can carry for more than 2 years till bag is worn out.

Inside this bag has leopard layer protection and it has a few compartments to be put for hp or keys blah blah..... Tote bag is more roomy and space for my baby stuffs (milk bottles and wet tissue and nappies and else) inside bag in case I bring baby out. Worth thought.... :))

Actually when I see this bag, it makes me alittle happy and I forget about the pain for 2 - 4 days already. Then I can move around and visit mother's home in yishun to play with my darling nephew and niece.

Blank Beauty

BLANK BEAUTY

Beautiful blank pages

kiss our

imaginations

with backgrounds

that demand precision.

Our black letters cross

on tightrope lines,

curving

without wavering

across deep, invisible currents.

These beautiful blank pages

are promises of our

reflections.

Our gentlest strokes

of darkness upon light.

A quota written by her

I happened to read a blog which is written by one of my friends who are neither my buddy nor close friend. Just like a normal friend even we were from same secondary school.

A quota written by her:

i admit i'm not good in friendship with them esp all gals. they like getting mistakes, backstabbing me, challenging with me, making my love hate me and miscommunicating. in fact, i lost alot of gals that they re used to be my best buddies and closefriends when i was in primary and sec sch. they believe others more than me. i feel no point to get them back coz i've no power~ so now i must make sure tat i protect my clear name. please don't change my attitudes if u don't like me. sorry i don't want to change myself to better person coz most in my attitudes re good enough except poor friendship. friendship is not worthy to me as if i've big debt problem, u think they can help me? no right? i've thought many times when i lost friends. realize and be strong. i don't feel sad of losing friends but i really don't want losing my BEST GOD sisters and brothers, my love and even my ex. but other good thing, friends can keep me accompany and have fun.

She can be abit straightforward when come to write in her blog but it is a big way out of line which meant she wrote this is nonsense. Only take out this part to be point out. Briefly, I actually know her and seen her before in tuition centre but did not introduced as a friends. But I am aware something about her life and herself as I have seen her few times before. Also communicated with her many times till then I realised she cannot be my trusted friend. That is why I said only a normal friend.

See the green color format of quota which she wrote in her blog. See all the time she mentioned friendship, girls, guys and other irrelvant which is non of her business. yet she likes to bitch around without people's consent or dont know how to respect people's feeling. I did not see any faults lie with her own friends. In fact, it is her thinking or attitude problem which she is being mislead of misunderstood others without finding what is happening. She sometimes can be little careless about herself and also deny herself which it is her fault too. Admit to say that, it is a big yes that she is the weakest person among my friends as she did not know how to think properly and only know how to break people's personal issues to the others.

She said that friendship is not worthy to her as if she is in big debt. Why should she mentioned friendship again and again? What about her own parents? I simply do not understand why she is so good at using friendship as a threat when if she is in big debt. It is not her friends fault anyway and it is none wrong with her friends who involved big debt with her.

Of course I should say that she is at fault for being landed herself in big debt as she borrows money from others even though she is a full time stable working already. Somemore she is overly spend-thrift and failed to save some saving for her future. I know her this part as her weakness.

What is a big joke of what she was writing like this with nonsense?

I just want to speak out of this after I read this in her blog and I really do not need to tell her. it is her own thinking like this. No way for me to tell her myself. I do not like to waste my time to tell her this and that. She is not going to listen this and that is why she is losing her own friends one by one. Hopefully she will learn this lesson herself and remain the same as herself.

LOVE LOVE Shi Adessoi (Spring)

Happening to browse thru taiwan yahoo auction and saw the liking spring collection of Shi Adessoi which I fell in love with those various trendy free - spirited tops I love very much. But unfortunately my computer does not have translant language to interprete every complicated chinese words into english language. I am computer idiot lor.

It is Spring Collection now over the world, sure you have seen those words shown on every banners such as mango or zara or topshop and other branded items.

Spring collection trendy clothes are always the best and nicer & better than the collection of Winter. Very upset to say that I cannot wear them or order those right now due to my commitment - which is meant that I am newly now expectant. So only looking for fashion maternity clothes now. *headache*

Those 5 pictures I uploaded here -

to show how much I love their spring clothes very much and even I drooling over them non - stop.

Of course I am very desperate to own them to add in my wardrobe happily. Because in Singapore, not many shops will sell those clothes. Very hard to walk around at FEP or Bugis or Heeren or else to find them, very very troublesome. Rather go through speed browse at yahoo auction then order them without sweating headache. :))

The Big Heart

Big heart, wide as a watermelon,

but wise as birth,

there is so much abundance

in the people I have:

Max, Lois, Joe, Louise,

Joan, Marie, Dawn,

Arlene, Father Dunne,

and all in their short lives

give to me repeatedly,

in the way the sea

places its many fingers on the shore,

again and again

and they know me,

they help me unravel,

they listen with ears made of conch shells,

they speak back with the wine of the best region.

They are my staff.

They comfort me

They hear how

the artery of my soul has been severed

and soul is spurting out upon them,

bleeding on them,

messing up their clothes,

dirtying their shoes.

And God is filling me,

though there are times of doubt

as hollow as the Grand Canyon,

still God is filling me.

He is giving me the thoughts of dogs,

the spider in its intricate web,

the sun

in all its amazement,

and a slain ram

that is the glory,

the mystery of great cost,

and my heart,

which is very big,

I promise it is very large,

a monster of sorts,

takes it all in--

all in comes the fury of love.

Anne Sexton

U N E X P E C T E D... ...

So long already and have not write anything here.....those days has been happened to me and got to accpet this fate. Yeah I do admit that it was too suddenly and everything was not prepared for this. I also not planned for this to become as one....

Been faced alot of stress and upset....even I was told to be happy to know that I am p........

Even many things I cannot do this and that.... also cannot eat this and that.... especially japanese food such as sushi or salmon...

Also cannot eat curry fish or curry chicken or carrot or blah.... I am gonna to miss them for 9-10 months lor.. I cannot wait longer...

It has been about 2 weeks already.. I have learnt to accpet it and start to prepare things to get ready before this newly will entre this world. *sweating* Poor my dear cannot do housework well and I cannot do such as moving things at home and cannot do heavy works.

My heart is going to feel very pain and been feel alot of helpless... really did not know what to do with this and that... Gonna to learn abit and abit slowly... sigh...

Having BLACK time at Forever21 ?

Went to Forever21 outlet at orchard to see any latest trend clothes of spring collection....The moment I entered this F21 shop, there is nothing change and almost the same since it was offically opened few years back then.

Used to like some clothes at Forever21 due to nicer design clothes but now...everything clothes in Forever 21 is quite steep...must say abit expensive compared to those clothes at such as Zara and Mango outlets. Till now, I never buy anything clothes from Forever21 as nowsdays designed clothes are getting more duller and duller.

For example....some plain tops with some little designed but yet it costs range $38.00 to $55.00. Some tops with material did not come in good handy and wont last longer to wear. Most shorts or skirts also costs above $45.00 - $68.00. Admit to say...kinda faint when see the prices of items everything there.

I even tired the black top and checkered short at Forever21 changing room.. guess the total price of 2 items.

It is $76.00...just for 2 pieces only.

If I have $76.00, I can eventually spend it to buy 3 - 4 clothes at either Bugis Village or Far East Plaza somemore.

The next hunt will be at ZARA or MANGO outlet someday. Now is Spring Collection 2007 so must catch every clothes trend to see any unqiue designs.

Love Home-Cooked Curry Chicken

Love Home-Cooked Curry Chicken was specially prepared by my dear who could cook this as I did not know to cook curry something like this. Gonna to start learning how to cook curry one day.

Everydays except weekends, I always cook home dinner for my dear after his work and never like to eat outside as it is not my likings and somemore the food price will steep up from $3.00 to $4.00 one day for sure. Everything is controlled by government - sick of this actually. So we may save more to buy cheap & nice food from NTUC back home to cook at home. So simple will do.






Crispy whole chicken for 2-3 persons but my dear ate 2/3 of this while I ate only 1/3 because I ate alot of curry veggy.









Realised my camera was not working that time and photo turns out so blur and not very clearly. This picture taken during 1st day of CNY.

Now my camera is recovered from surgery, hahaha....

Yummy.... my dear gave me this piece and it was easier for me to eat this with fork and spoon, no need use hands lah.

Actually we had dinner at living room near television because he wanted to watch his favourite show every evening times. So what to do... give him in abit lah.

His Relatives Side

Yesterday my dear asked me to go with him to meet his big and small aunties together for lunch. When I heard this, I had a little frightened and did not know what to do. And then I was trying to tell him that I did not want to go but no choice :((

**When I was young, I disliked to go out with relatives & family together for lunch or dinner together and trying to excuse myself to play or sit somewhere.**

So we went to Tampines area to fetch 2 aunties to East Point mall at Simei for lunch together and I tried very very ....hard to smile and communicate with them. I not sure if they barely understand the basic of english. Nevermind about this seriously, I just said HI to them and they also said this to me. Also the big auntie was shocked to see me so tall and asked me how tall I am. I mentioned 1.70cm and she laughed so sweety to say she is 1.75cm. Learnt that she is baby sitter.

Ahead to restaurant at east point mall, sorry i forget the name of this...... we ate together and my dear talked to them while I just sat down silently to watch them. Poor my dear had to be interpreter to me what aunties wanted to ask me or talked to me. They said that my dear was very naughty when he was young. I knew this already long ago yet he claimed he was good boy in the past, hahahahaha.... He was told to be true to me and or else it is hard to find good girl like me like this ah... I laughed at him.

After that we went to my dear's cousin, Elaine at her home, simei which is so so so near to my home, alamak.. surprised indeed. Also visited her cute & fashion baby girl, Chloe barely 2 months old. Guess what I saw - Elaine colored abit to Chloe's hair brown copper and also wore pink baby tee with words said "My rock mummy". So so sooooooo cute... I bought Elaine a big set of baby sheet for Chloe.

We all chatted together and talked and joked laughs together for almost 3 hours then we came to our home to visit. Elaine and small auntie could not believe that I am doing clothes business despite of my current disadvantage condition. They have seen alot of pretty & nice clothes and wanted to try them. Funny.. look at small aunt dared to wear them. It amazed me... Nice... Poor small auntie that she liked this pretty art mod vintage blue dress but it could not fit her and too sexy for her auntie age. Yet she said dont care and wanted to wear this. hahahaha... We all laughed at her so funny to talk like this.

Till 7pm, my dear sent them home and I rushed to prepare dinner to cook. before that, I watched channel 8 - central affair part 2 which is the best HK drama. Thanks god that everything went smoothly, ya.... :))

Hope is the thing...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

- Emily Dickinson

We Lost In Big Jungle

Last night, we watched Man United and Liverpool together. And we were all frightened and prayed to have a goal despite of MU's shot only 4 while Liverpool's shot 14 which is more lot already. We almost went to sleep as we would go for running ar MacRitches Reservoir today. In end we stayed on and saw the free kick by Ronaldo and miracle came after O Shea found the right spot to score a goal to lead 12 points gap away from Chelsea in EPL table.

We rushed back to bed to sleep as got to wake up at 6.30am...sunday morning mah... Before head off to MacRitches Reservoir, I asked my dear if he knows the map well there or not.. If not later we lost there how.. sweating... Then he kept assumed me saying "dont worry, dear. I know the route to run." It was such a relief to me at first place.

Then when we reached there and saw car park full and see alot of marathon runners and cyclists there. Never know it is such so many people and it did not affect us anyway either. Lucky we found to park there. Then we walked to the map to see where to run... this area is so....sososososososos big and got few colors routes which state the distances to run.
Example: Pink Route: 2.4km, Black Route: 4.7km, Green Route: 9.0km, Yellow Route: 11.5km and Orange Route: 18km.

When I looked at this map, my mind went blank and blur... not sure of which route directions to lead us to run. I had been there once during my cross-country championship for my Boon Lay Secondary School only then after this, I never go there ever again. Till now today, when I was there and could not remember which route where I ran before with my cross-country team during my ECA days. That was long ago already.

My dear kept asking me which one should we go running then I stared back at him to say that I cannot be too sure and tried our luck to run anyhow after memoried the route on map. Also we followed the path as well. We ran till the most difficult was the path turned out wet, slippery,muddy, alot of stones and alot of trees everywhere. Still got people running this routes. I started to frown to say is it correct route ah.

I nearly fell but lucky I managed to balance & control and we kept running. We ran on wooden paths near reservoir and saw the army marathon runners and asked them for help where is the way out. He told us to run about 4km more to reach there. So we ran till we reached at somewhere which got tall building and map said golf trails, we seemed lost them and did not know which routes to go back. Then we ended up scolding each other in biggest jungle and I was too frightened as I disliked the eerie sound there. I screamed at my dear to find ways out and faster to walk & run. All I want to be safe and sound, yet my dear told me to be relax at quite jungle huh..

Guess what happened next...we ended up at dead end which is at golf country club which is very far away from MacRitches Reservoir. Extremely hot and tired. Started run at 8am and ended almost 10am something. My running shoes was spolit. Then we approached to country club staffs for help to call taxi to bring us back there.

Our legs was very very very painful and really aching everywhere... we had breakfast together then ahead home to rest. Today was our first time happening to experience something like this. I told him that I will never go there ever again.

My running shoes had been with me since late 2004 that I started running. Used to be cross country runner for BLSS 1998-1999 then other track & field 1998 - 2001.

This shoes is actually has some sentimentals to me and I could not bear to throw them away. First: my dear bought this for me to start running again to stay fit, second: it left me a great feeling after I completed run 10km of Army Half Marathon & Sheare Bridge 2006 with my dear and last one: finally finished 10km women run of Standard Chartered Marathon 2006 clocked in 1hr 12mins and 35secs.

Those black parts were come out or dropped somewhere at MacRitches Reservoir. Sad....

Again my dear bought this new pair of Adidas running shoes for me today. Switched branded to adidas from long time Nike.

Trying to get used to this new pair and will going to start running again after my legs recover.

Only about $85.00 after given discount 10%.

I love this color.

Sole based is nice color and light and stronger than my old Nike running shoes.

Hope it will help me better for my next 21km run coming in August 2007.

The Word of God

Catherine Faber - The Word of God

From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design,
Strike-slip fault and overthrust and syn and anticline...
We gaze upon creation where erosion makes it known,
And count the countless aeons in the banding of the stone.
Odd, long-vanished creatures and their tracks & shells are found;
Where truth has left its sketches on the slate below the ground.
The patient stone can speak, if we but listen when it talks.
Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the rocks.

There are those who name the stars,
who watch the sky by night, Seeking out the darkest place, to better see the light.
Long ago, when torture broke the remnant of his will,
Galileo recanted, but the Earth is moving still
High above the mountaintops, where only distance bars,
The truth has left its footprints in the dust between the stars.
We may watch and study or may shudder and deny,
Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the sky.

By stem and root and branch we trace, by feather, fang and fur,
How the living things that are descend from things that were.
The moss, the kelp, the zebrafish, the very mice and flies,
These tiny, humble, wordless things -- how shall they tell us lies?
We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring.
The truth has left its fingerprints on every living thing.
Remember, should you have to choose between them in the strife,
Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote life.

And we who listen to the stars, or walk the dusty grade
Or break the very atoms down to see how they are made,
Or study cells, or living things, seek truth with open hand.
The profoundest act of worship is to try to understand.
Deep in flower and in flesh, in star and soil and seed,
The truth has left its living word for anyone to read.
So turn and look where best you think the story is unfurled.
Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the world.