our precious lil boy - RYAN CHUA

DYLAN's still not out!!

2009-06-08T14:53:00.003+08:00

it's been awhile since the last update of events in our lil rascal's life! today is the 8th of june and ryan's lil brother, DYLAN (we have decided on this, or rather mommy has decided) is still kinda comfy in mommy's tummy! edd's on the 14th but since ryan was a week earlier, we were kinda on standby the whole of last week and every passing day is weary! hahaha...at least mommy gets to eat and drink watever she wants prior to delivery and of course the dreadful confinement period, hehehhe. we have been trying to orientate ryan to dylan's arrival and he has since gotten used to the idea! whenever we go out, we will say "shall we get this for dylan?" and ryan would say "ok, i buy for dylan"...so heartwarming at the very mention...sigh!

i have to bring this up. we thoroughly enjoy our conversations with ryan these days. i m totally blown away by his vocab and choice of words for different occasions. he is able to relate and ask questions that will make us go, wow! eg. "daddy, thought we going into the tunnel?" when we passed by the cte tunnel after cairnhill and did not go into it as we made a left turn into newton instead. this boy's 3? hahahah...ok enuf of self praise but i m truly proud of him and all that we have tried to inculcate in him, esp the good manners stuff. when i usher and help him to get up our suv, he will say "thank you" and that always brings a smile to my face... whenever he wants something, he will initiate "mommy/daddy, can i some of that pls?" or "can i have water pls?" how else to refuse?

at times, he will also fault us for things we did not do or asked him to do. eg. he will say "told you to let me wear my crocs!..aiyah!" hahahahha and whenever mommy sits infront instead of at the back with him, he will say "told you not to sit in front". he can be pretty naggy at times and we always enjoy those moments upon seeing his annoyed expressions.

i brought ryan for his first golf lesson last sat and he enjoyed it even before we left the house! he was busy swinging his driver at home at our every attempt to tell him not to. when we got to the range at jurong country club, he was all excited and couldnt wait to get out of the car. i was amazed that he was able to address himself well, hit the ball and even ending off with a nice stance even without me showing him prior. took a few video and shots of this remarkable milestone! hahahhaha he's a natural just like his daddy! hahahahah...alrite alrite...

to date, ryan's has acclimatised himself to his pre-nursery school at pandan calvary. all i need to do is drop him off at the gate and he will say "bye daddy! see you later!" and he will walk towards his class looking for his fave teacher mdm christian. it's such an accomplishment for us! now we dread having to intro him to his new school next year at maris stella kindergarten. fingers crossed!

oh oh, very impt milestone!! ryan's 80% potty trained!!!!! woohoo!!!! it seems everytime i'm away for more than 2 weeks, mommy is able to wean him off his pacificer last year while i was in geneva/france and this time he's potty trained (except during naps, dodo and at night, he still wears his diaper)!he will always say "wee wee!!" and the closest person will whisk him off to the toilet! hehehehe but sometimes it can get pretty annoying when he needs to go every now and then and esp at restaurants. when we got back to the table, he will say "wee wee!" with a cheeky smile and it's always not urgent but he had to go anyway and will try to "squeeze" his wee wee out! pardon the impatience at times but if you experience it first hand, you can easily relate! i m truly proud of his achievements to date and i tell him everyday how much i lurve him! we will always hug tightly, kisses after kisses and say "i luf u, i luf u, i luf u!"

ok, to the next update which will be Dylan's birth story...signing out for now!

2009 update thus far...

2009-02-25T17:00:00.004+08:00

it was off to a good start thus far and mummy recently went for the detailed scan at TMC and confirmed that ryan's gona have a baby BROTHER!! this time round, mummy was kinda disappointed since she has been hoping for a daughter. we kinda knew the gender when we saw lc cheng last month for the 4th month visit and baby's gender identification was in full view as he was in a frontal view on his side but mommy was still in hope till the detailed scan! hahaha... so choice of name was Dylan (to date) though daddy likes Brandan.

ryan has started pre-school at calvary pandan kindergarte which is just 1 min drive from our place. class starts from 830am to 1130am and we always barely make it in time cos of the constant dragging of feet and diversion antics of our lil rascal. first thing he says when we wakes will be "i dun wana go school daddy!" or "today go school?" and if the reply is "yes" he will scream "no dun wana go school daddy!" and off he goes to roll on the bed a lil longer saying "i'm so tired! let me sleep plss!" while at school, he's adapting well and following the daily programme. we bought 3 sets of uniforms for him and mama margaret bought a pair of white shoes from bata. i was at a loss at wat to do on the first day of school and mommy took leave to witness the milestone. tehteh dominic and mama margaret had to pick mommy as mommy was supposed to stay at home and daddy to send ryan to school and head for the office thereafter. while at school, daddy videoed the entire scene of ryan getting out of the car and walking up the steps carrying his turtle backpack. he was alrite till i told him i had to leave for the office and thats when he started to be clingy and i was at a total loss! to make matters worse, teh teh dominic came in and told ryan it's ok and mama margaret is waiting outside!! OMG!! ryan's not supposed to know that!! mama and mommy had to hide when we ryan turned round to look. hahaha... tehteh dominic as usual took some pics and then went out. i stayed with ryan for a lil while longer and then i told him i will be back to get him. his fav teacher mdm christian sure knew how to distract first-day goers like ryan and soon ryan waved goodbye to me while i hurried off. i joined mommy who was waiting outside and we went to peeped into his class and ryan was seen mingling with his classmates and appeared fine. mommy went off with tehteh and mama while i headed off to the office. when i returned with mommy to pick ryan at 1115, we went to peek at ryan once again and saw that he was playing by himself with one of those fishing toys while the rest of the class was listening to the teacher's story telling. hahaha.... when he got out of class and walking to the gate, we waved and smiled at him and he waved back as he approached us. i picked him up and gave him a big hug of assurance and we walked to the car. he said" i wana say bye to my frens!" hahaha...he did just that while we drove off to mama's.

ryan wore his white shoes for the next few days and seeing that other kids do not adhere to the "regulation", ryan wore his blue and green puma shoes alternating daily between the two. he wore his crocs twice to school and was scolded by mama. hahaha... each day, i will put on his socks for him and by dismissal, his socks will be in a ziploc in his bag! hahaha... he prob couldnt stand the stuffiness! each day i would ask him wat he had for bfast in school and sometimes he would try to trick me with "noodles again" (one of his fave). we are actually amazed with his level of adaptability as he was able to adapt well in school after i leave and even his teachers were shocked that i was not intending to stay with him throughout for the first few days at least. hahaha... i wanted to try leaving him to adapt and he was up to it! hahaha... i was sooo proud of my lil rascal. at dismissal, he will always say"i cannot find daddy!" hahaha....but i always tell him that daddy wiill go to the office and always be the first person he sees whenver he got out of class and that has been true to date! to see him looking out for me and waving back is such a heart-warming experience!

ryan's fave color has been red for the longest time and all his coloring assignments have red as the majority color and the occasional blue and green (prob inputs from his teachers). his fave teacher is mdm christian (a plump chinese teacher who is ever so passionate with kids) and mrs tay comes a close second and each morning i m rest asssured with leaving ryan with either of them as they are always capable of distracting him with something (milo, help with bringing paint bottles for paint class, see the lion dance drawings on the notice board and such) one of ryan's fave is watching the lion dance performances whenevr one comes by to the temple downstairs and he will always make someone carry him to the window to witness the sight and he will go "cheng cheng cheng" with his hands on his head simulating. tehteh dominc bought him one of those scaled down version from chinatown and he went "i scared!" hahahaha...wat a waste of money! and to think he would enjoy it so much going "cheng cheng" around the house! hahaha... only recently he overcame the fear and goes around now "cheng cheng" much to out amusement! mommy recorded the episodes on her mobile and he would always pick up her mobile and say " i wana watch cheng!" and the video would loop endlessly till he was distracted by something else! hahaha....

something to add, unc eugene and daddy bought a RC (remote controlled) car each for $399 for a ready-to-run set and it comes with nitro fuel! one of our childhood aspirations, we were exhilarated at the purchase and the cars were zooming around the carpark at cashew heights! wat an experience with the loud engine and exhaust sounds!

wat a traumatic fortnite...

2008-12-02T00:54:00.003+08:00

it has truly been an extremely angst-ridden fortnite for mummy and daddy. for starters, we brought ryan to the pd on the 19th of nov for his eczema and let him stayover at tehteh dominic & mama margaret's on the 20th. the very next morning, we were blasted with the news that there was a swell below his chin. we went over to take a look and decided to bring him over to see David for consultation. he gave us Augmentin (antibiotics) and told us to continue to monitor him since his temp is on the rise. just about evening, ryan's fever hit a high and his whole body was filled with rashes. mommy brought him down to see unc rod with tehteh and mama. he wrote a referral for us in the event we wanted to admit him. come about 10 plus, ryan's entire body was red with rashes and daddy decided to send him down to thomson medical for a thorough examination. we saw the in-house GP and the nurses contacted dr stephen ng since dr tan was away on hols. ryan was admitted and dr ng concluded that ryan could be allergic to augmentin as well and introduced klacid with ryan responded well to and with the addition of prednisolone, ryan's rashes subsided. they had to do a blood test to determine the nature of the fever and all and that was the first time daddy had to carry my lil rascal while seated and blood was extracted with a syringe. at the very instant when the needle pierced through, ryan screamed "oow" and immediately daddy's heart sank when he saw the tears rolling down his precious lil one's cheeks. ryan cried for a while more till he was given 2 stickers to divert his attention from the pain. the ryan stayed 2 more days and was discharged on the 21st. the swell was still there and we were slammed with a 1k professional fee from the stand-in doc!

ryan was once again active and up to his usual antics throughout the week that followed despite the random irritation of the swell under his chin whenever mommy or daddy touched it. daddy decided to bring ryan down to see dr wong at olive tree to seek some closure for the swell and was told to continue with klacid and hopefully the swell will settle or else a biopsy needs to be done thereafter. everything was normal till sunday morning when daddy noticed the swell reddening and spreading to the right side of ryan's chin. daddy grew concerned and was on the lookout for an increase in temp. true enough, ryan was down with fever the following morning and we called the pd for advice. we were asked to proceed to dr cheah's clinic at gleneagles for immediate attention. dr cheah was very experienced as he answered daddy's various queries and that the swell was due to bacterial infection of the lymph nodes and most times could be soothed with the introduction of antibiotics. in ryan's case, we had to proceed with the next stage which is incision to remove all pus thereby leading to the recovery process. ryan refused to remove his tee and once again, daddy had to carry ryan while the surgeon applied local anaesthesia to the swell. on being pinned down, ryan started struggling franctically and screaming. daddy was angst-ridden as the doc proceeded with the incision and lots of pus was removed. all this while, ryan was crying and struggling to break free but with the help of the nurse holding on to his legs and daddy holding on to his hands, the procedure ended shortly thereafter. we were taught how to clean and replace the gauze and told to return in 2 days for a follow-up cleaning and assessment. daddy hugged ryan tightly and promised to buy him anything he wanted at toys 'r' us. we went over to forum's outlet and there ryan picked out a 1:7 scale size ferrari f430 remote controlled car and a junior golf club set which he has been pinning for. on seeing ryan's joy and satisfaction, daddy felt better following the eventful morning.

3 hours followed and once again, ryan's fever escalated and mommy was at a loss what to do since we inserted the suppository at 11.30am and it was too early to give nurofen to bring down the temp. mommy called gek hong and was told to give paracetamol and continue sponging him. come 4pm and ryan's temp was 39.3 and mommie became flustered. called olive tree once again and was told to give nurofen which effectively brought down the temp. 3 hours later again, ryan's temp shot up once again and daddy called dr tan for advice if we should bring ryan to thomson for medical attention since his temp escalates every 3 hours. daddy know that mommie is feeling really drained and exhausted from all the worry and looking after of our lil rascal. daddy told mommie to bring ryan down to thomson so that the nurses can help in managing the fever and continue monitoring. dr tan went over and decided to do a few blood cultures to investigate the cause of the fever which relapsed after a week. by the time daddy got there, i was told that the nurses would be doing the "drip" procedure on ryan and we knew wat would follow. daddy carried ryan to the next room and ryan immediately suspected wat was to follow and wanted to go out. we were asked to leave the room and the next few minutes was terribly traumatic and heart wrenching!!! ryan screamed and cried "nono, oow, i want mommie, nono" as the nurses held him down and inserted the needle for easy access of blood samples. once again his hands were taped with a foam board under each to prevent him from tampering with the needle on his right hand. daddy hugged ryan tightly as ryan sobbed away. ryan had some corn muffins from kenny rogers and tehteh and mama left a while later. daddy found it difficult to leave as he prayed over his precious lil one who fell asleep after a terribly traumatic and eventful day. hope his temp will stabilise and a closure be attained for his spate of fever from the infection.

our latest acquisition: the QUINNY BUZZZZZ!!!

2008-10-25T17:39:00.003+08:00

a new addition to the family of strollers!!! this brings the total to FOUR!!

no. 1: the MAXI-COSI TAXI (damage: S$ 645, predecessor of the quinny)
no.2: the made-in-japan COMBI (damage: S$ 700, weighs a mere 4.2kg)
no.3: the MCLAREN stroller (damage: not so bad at $245)
no.4: the new acquisition, the QUINNY BUZZ!! (DAMAGE: $ONE THOUSAND FIFTY!!)

all that for 1 kid (with another on the way). and it just seems that the price keeps on escalating with each buy! this is def the last stroller for us! mommie just cant stop herself whenever she set her eyes on a gorgeous ride for our lil one(s) and i cant really do anything to stop her for fear of constant persuasion tactics (nagging to put it simply).

the latest addition takes up so much boot space we are so thankful our ride's a SUV. seriously, although you can strip it down part by part, you dun wana do the hassle each time you load and unload it from the car. the color's nice, APPLE they call it and ryan loves it the moment we brought it home! he had the virgin ride (though it's really meant for Valerie/Branden) and enjoyed every sec of it! though it can take a max weight of 18kg, we do not wana risk ryan jumping on it and spoiling it in the process. so it's nicely wrapped and taped up in a corner awaiting the arrival of junior the 2nd!

but i have to admit, its really comfy and i am so tempted to sit on it! hahaha...it feels so soft and cool and a nice color to top that. love the hydraulic open-up function with just a single press of the catch at the handle and it COMES TO LIFE! hahaha impressive to the max and there's a catch for everything. it's hard not to fall in love with it, seriously. love the suspension which means junior gets a comfy ride on watever terrain! off-pavement? no problemo! hahaha... its truly a heavyweight when it comes to pricing and the actual weight!! a hefty 12.8kg!!!! thats 3 times the weight of our COMBI!! the MAXI-COSI TAXI was quite heavy but without the car seat attached, it was pretty ok at prob 6kg but even without the seat, the BUZZ is still about 9kg!! guess i really have to train up those muscles to be able to load and upload it from the car! mommie will just be carrying junior of course! she will prob fall over with it! hahaha

2008-10-10T15:18:00.000+08:00

ryan's 30 months update!!

2008-09-21T10:53:00.006+08:00

ryan's already 30 months old! how he has graduated into a full blown rascal! hahaha.... he's such a joy to be around with these days! he never fails to put a smile on your face with his multitude of funny antics despite some very frustrating moments! mama (mommie's mum) always say though he's such a rascal, he's soooo geram (some malay word for something). mommie is still as busy with her marking and complaining! one great news: mommie has been aceepted to nan hua high! that's like a triple upgrade!! and whenever she's stressed out, she can always walk across to our church for some quiet time with God. daddy's waiting for the lil rascal and mommie outside the zoophonics school at beauty world. he has been attending classes since 3 months ago with 30mins of chinese and an hour of english. there's art and craft, phonics of course and the usual songs they sing week after week! no wonder ryan's pretty bored of it all and pretty lethargic in class! poor mommie!! but i must say that ryan's pretty fast in picking up the entire zoophonics of alphabets! tell him an animal and he will say the corresponding sound! amazing the first time i heard him say! money well spent! hahaha...

daddy's been travelling and just returned from Hanoi. First ever trip to the land of communism. was there for a week and everything seem so affordable, cheap would be too degrading a term to use. food was out of the norm and they do not have deep fried spring rolls in hanoi!!! asked for them wherever i went, from classy to the roadside cafes and no fried spring rolls!! the nerve of them all!! my first scooter-taxi ride and it was truly exhilarating! hated the pollution though, there were thousands of scooters everywhere and it was truly a case of order in chaos!! had seafood for every meal and even went to Ha-long bay, rumoured to be one of the 8 wonders of the world, but seriously, it was just a test-your-stamina trekking up and down the caves kinda trip and not forgetting the sun bathing onboard a Chinese junk experience. it was an enjoyable experience no doubt with extremely cheap massage (imagine this: you pay S$6 and you get a foot and full body massage within an hour. pay S$12 and you get the same massages with a few other tricks thrown in for 2 hours! not surprising that uncle ian and i went there daily after dinner. called mommie everyday and my lil rascal refused to speak anything more than a "daddy!" before running off! hmph!

teh-teh fat (daddy's dad) is to be admitted today for his bypass op tomorrow morning. will bring them to our place for our lil rascal to entertain and spend time with him before i drop them off at the hospital. as usual, daddy's worried about the op and everything! after all, teh-teh fat has slogged hard for the family and it's about time for him to retire and indulge in his fav. hobbies like offshore fishing, gardening and travelling.

mommie's been hoping for a meimei and she has since convinced me to change from PROJECT RACHEL to PROJECT VALERIE. its about time for a didi or meimei for ryan since he's already 30 months. at least there's someone else to share his wealth of toys!!! we are almost drowning in his sea of toys which he would flaunt around by scattering them all over the house! and when you ask him to pick them up, he would divert your attention to something else or make up another funny antic to distract you. this boy's the ultimate! of course we have to be firm on several occasions and he is one who is not receptive of any harsh talk or punishment! that will only make him more rebellious and stubborn. oh did i mention he's one awfully stubborn kid and the only way is to talk to him nicely and hopes that he will comply! hahaha... what are we to do with him except to love him for who he is! afterall, he's our pride and joy! hahaha... that said, we always try to discipline him whenever he crosses the line by putting him in a "naughty corner" which he never fails to kick up a big fuss by crying and say "NO!" and "i want go there!" (meaning anywhere out of the corner). another peculiar trait of his is that whenever you ask him to apologise, he will only put his right palm to his head (symbolising an act of apology, dun ask us where he learnt it from, we have no clue watsoever!) and if you insist on him verbally apologising, you have to try to convince him to do so! hahaha.... and if you succeed, they will shout it out "SORREE!" of course we will deem it as an act of defiance and often he has to say it again in a milder tone before he is let off! SIGH!

of course the above are just his negative traits and to start talking about his funny antics would be too tedious a task! at the end of the day, his positive traits truly outweigh his negatives so thats why he's still our lovable lil rascal!! just remember, be nice and talk to him in a mild tone whenever you want him to do something and he may just do it! hahaha (thats if he has not distracted your attention to something else, unless that's something he favours!)

RYAN CHUA: our pride and joy!!

2008-05-02T19:10:00.003+08:00

wow! it's been awhile since we posted anything cos we have been thoroughly busy. mummy's so tied up with marking scripts and i have been travelling for the past 1 month! yeap, was away from the 1st to the 26th of april. missed my clownish boy and wife terribly to the point of tearing at times during our multiple Skype sessions. 1st stop to vienna and then to czech republic to check on production and then back to vienna and then to geneva for the setup. stayed in france and commuted to geneva daily cos france is simply breathtaking amidst the snow-capped mountains. after 2 weeks in europe, it was back to bangkok and enroute to shanghai for another show. long haul trips needs some time to get used to. anyway, 6 cities in a month is crazy and caused the 'foreign' feel when i got back home. the sight of my beloved wife and my mischevious son behind the glass panel at the arrival hall was a sight to behold! truly emotional! a hug and kiss was never enough to make up for a month's absence. the next 2 days was filled with ryan goin "i want daddy!" for everything (bath times, changing diapers, the works). one amazing realization was that ryan has been WEANED OFF his pacifier!!!!! woohoo!!! kudos to mummy and ah-ma for not relenting on the chilli juice method! one other thing i cant stop asking ryan to say is whenever i ask him if he needs to change his diaper, he will reply "No Neeed!" the intonation is simply to die for! hahaha.... my lil boy has grown tremendously both mentally and verbally over the 1 month and i m truly proud to be his daddy. we bought him a rock guitar at ELC after shopping ard at taka and toys'r'us, cos he was simply obsessed with strumming a guitar. he would strum his body and its truly hilarious! gong gong must be behind it all! back home, he was so excited and was strumming away after we put on the shades and attached microphone that came with it. to sum off, ryan's a precious gift from GOD and we will always treasure and luf him amidst all the clowning around and cheekiness!

ryan's 2nd birthday cake design

2008-03-13T16:31:00.010+08:00

family photoshoot no. 2!

2008-03-03T18:42:00.005+08:00

my groovy boy!

it's a 1st march 2008 saturday morning as we head down to bugis for our 2nd family portrait. pretty apt as ryan's gona turn 2 in 2 weeks! mummy decided that we should dress in jeans and a white top. brought mickey and pluto along (frm HK disneyland, bought by grandparents from both sides) since they were part of the pic taken a year ago. how our boy has grown since! the make-up artist wanted to do up ryan's hair but i firmly rejected!! OMG! the entire shoot took 2 hours and we were trying soo hard to get ryan to be in position or rather to smile at the camera amidst running ard and ransacking the toys they provided. we moved between 2 studios but we prefered the white background over the green! nice pic of my groovy boy who NEVER fails to dance to any music being played anywhere! just 2 days ago, he went on his own up a stage near the coffeeshop near mama's place (palm gardens) and started line dancing which gong gong has been teaching him! wat a sight! he went forward, backward, did a turn with hands moving to an invisible beat! he dozed off in the car and had a long nap before we went over to daddy's parents place for dinner.

Barney put me to sleep...

2008-01-17T16:34:00.001+08:00

16th January 2008

It was 8.15pm and Ryan climbed onto the massage chair after gesturing to mummy that he wanted to watch Barney...

Yup, the little one knows and is pretty good at demanding for whatever he wants!

Mummy plays the vcd for him and within 10 minutes, the rascal had dozed off!!! Haha!

Just look at the rascal with his ah-bu (bolster) slumped in the massage chair comfortably...

Conrad, anyone?

2008-01-17T16:07:00.000+08:00

23rd December 2007

We stayed over at Conrad hotel today and it was SUPERB!!! The room, pool, service, people, etc...

Mummy gives them 5 stars!!! Or should it have been 6?? Anyway, just know that it was a really memorable stay overnight at the executive suite which we were upgraded to! Hehe..

Ryan had a good time, of course! Just look at him amusing himself with the complimentary apples and teddy bear...

A fantastic stay overall!

You can't run now!

2007-11-29T23:16:00.000+08:00

29th November 2007

Mummy went to town today and managed to find the backpack leash at Taka...was delighted when I realised that it wasn't as expensive as I had expected it to be.

Of course, I immediately bought Ryan's favourite animal, the cow and let him try it on the minute I got home...

Amazingly, he LOVES it! He even wanted me to put it on him even when I wanted to remove it and insisted that I bring him 'Gai Gai'! Hahaha...

Well, at least mummy can set her mind at ease knowing that it's a good buy and it's going to be fully utilised during our trip to HK! Hahaha!

Is it really cold?

2007-11-29T23:06:00.000+08:00

26th November 2007

Mummy decided to let Ryan try out a hat meant for winter...just look at the mischievous look on the rascal's face!

And of course, you would have noticed that he still has his all-time indispensable choo-choot in his mouth! Hai! What's mummy to do????

Feeding time

2007-11-29T22:47:00.000+08:00

25th November 2007

Sunday again and here's Ryan feeding himself at Taka's nursery rm...

It's time to buy a waterproof bib for the little fella as mealtime can actually be very messy! Haha!

Getting ready for our trip!

2007-11-24T23:48:00.000+08:00

13th November 2007

Yup! Ryan's trying out the winter wear in preparation for his first trip overseas!

The cap's really such a cutie even though it looks rather girlish for him (passed down from auntie Nicki, datz y)

Okay...I can do this on my own...

Tada! See mum, what did I tell you??

Oopss...and then again...who turned off the lights??

I just look so suave in my sweater, don't you think?

Masa Masa

2007-11-08T23:43:00.001+08:00

7th November 2007

Ryan's found a new source of entertainment which daddy isn't exactly veryproud of actually...

Yup! The little fella's into 'masa masa'!

Haha! He would just open one of the kitchen drawers and remove all the paper plates and plastic cups n forks and spoons.. what next? He would pretend to be scooping stuff into his cup and make it seem as if there's something to be eaten from the empty plates and cups!

It's pretty funny watching the little one up to his nonsense...

If you noticed, Ryan's still very reliant on his choo-choot!!! Sigh..what's mummy to do?

Mama's birthday

2007-11-08T23:24:00.000+08:00

4th November 2007

It's ah-ma's bd celebration today (actual day is 6th Nov) n the whole family went to Hotel rendezvous for its famous nasi padang...

Mummy loved the food (it's not often that mummy eats nasi padang fyi)

Some pics to share...

That's ah-ma, gong gong and the entire entourage of grandchildren =)

SPICY!!!

2007-10-24T22:57:00.000+08:00

22nd October 2007

It was a futile attempt once more to wean the rascal off his choo-choot! Ah-ma soaked Ryan's pacifier in chilli padi once more and the result was burning, red lips and lots of crying in addition to screaming!!!

The poor little fellow was tearing like crazy and mummy had to quickly try to soothe him by giving him ice cubes! It was also a form of distraction actually...he had so much fun playing with the cool ice! Of course, he also got easily irritated by the fact that the ice cubes melted pretty quickly and he wasn't able to pick them up so easily when they fell to the ground.

Just look at how red his lips are....my poor little rascal!

"Mmmm...this is cool!!!"

"Hey! Why can't I pick up the ice cube???"

Sigh, I guess I'll have to find another way to wean him off then....

Suggestions, anyone???

Sunday again...

2007-10-24T22:35:00.000+08:00

21st October 2007

Sunday morning and we're off to church with ah-ma and gong gong.

Jiu Jiu and even Yi Yi attended the same mass after which the whole family headed to Ave 5 for breakfast.

Well, we were unaware that there was some Community Day going on there and there was a hype with reporters all over!

Why? Our PM Lee was there to grace the occasion! Yup! It was a pretty GRAND celebration with a sort of carnival going on at the cc as well.

Ian and Chrissy got to shake hands with the VIP and Ian seemed pretty pleased about it actually! Hahaha! Such a funny little fellow...went on his own to approach the PM and then he came back to our table and asked if he shook the right person's hand?? Hilarious I tell you!

Anyway, the kids had a fun time (though pretty short) at the carnival and there was even free popcorn! Ah-ma's all time favourite snack so she decided to queue up for it, insisting that she was getting it for Ian...hahaha!

Yup, our rascal got a taste of popcorn as well...just look at the glutton!

Oh, the poor little fellow was terrified of this inflated walking mascot thingy which was like HUGE...there were four of it going around and Ryan was simply frightened of those things! He would run towards me and expect me to carry him while he started to somewhat sob...

Morning over...I brought Ryan to watch his grandparents dance in the evening at Holland...some flea market thingy was being held and mummy's parents were going to line dance as part of entertainment I suppose...

Yup! That's Ryan looking at his grandparents from afar while they dance.

Gong Gong showing off his dance moves...

Ryan with his all time favourite... BALLOON!!!

Daddy's parents are busy again...

2007-10-20T22:43:00.000+08:00

20th October 2007

Mummy and ah-ma brought Ryan to Novena church this morning and had breakfast with jiu jiu and family...

Gong Gong wasn't with us because he went to attend the opening ceremony of uncle Albert's new branch of 'Trumpet Praise' at Parkway Parade...

Anyway, mummy decided to bring ah-ma shopping in town since we were so near...

Our buys:

Ah-ma got herself a pair of shoes and mummy got quite a roomy bag from LeSportsac to dump Ryan's stuff when we go out... hhhmmm... I'm sure it'll come in very handy when we travel to HK at the end of the year!

Anyway, I decided to bring Ryan to his other grandparents' house in the evening for them to play with him again and I finally remembered to snap a few pics of the rascal in action with the numerous tennis balls in daddy's room!

I'm guessing his grandparents are tired out by the little one by now! Hahaha!

Dinner with mummy's friends

2007-10-20T22:14:00.000+08:00

19th October 2007

Mummy met up with her girl friends this evening for dinner and the little one got to join in as well...

Auntie Gerardine, Huimin and pretty jie jie Nat decided to dine at Din Tai Fung Paragon and Ryan got to have a variety of our food for his supper...well, he already had his dinner at home at around 4plus so yup, this should be considered supper! Haha!

It was really good that jie jie Nat was around as Ryan seemed to be entertained by her and even auntie Gerardine felt that it was good that both of them had each other for company!

Dinner was a little disruptive, all thanks to Ryan, but we coped fine... I think I have auntie Huimin (aka my maid) to thank for helping me out during dinner! Hehehe! She's going to be a fantastic mum, I tell you!

Anyway, it was pretty cute seeing Ryan so attached to his jie jie so quickly at the dinner table...

Why I say attached??

Well, jie jie Nat wanted to go to the toilet during dinner and so on her way out, the little one couldn't bear for her to leave and stretched out his hand and started calling 'Jie Jie!' pretty loudly! Auntie Huimin and I were obviously amused by his actions!

Well, I'm glad that he enjoyed jie jie's company last night!

Auntie Meiling only joined us later and we headed to the NYDC outside the Heeren for some dessert..mmmm...mummy had some brownie freeze thingy was *slurp* super sinful!!!

Yup! Mummy needs to exercise! Sigh...but I wonder if I'll ever be disciplined to even start!

My only form of exercise currently?

SHOPPING!!! Haha! The most enjoyable but most expensive of course!!

I'm pretty sure daddy dreads hearing this word since mummy's really GOOD at her only form of exercise! Hahahahahaha!

Anyway, take a look at the pics I took of the 2 children at the dinner table...

Yup! I'm pretty sure the both of them had a good time last night!

Mummy's mistake!

2007-10-18T22:30:00.000+08:00

18th October 2007

Ryan's 19 mths today and mummy just got to tell you something funny which happened last night while he was sleeping...

Mummy woke up in the middle of the night to find Ryan missing from the mattress!!! Hhmmm...where did the rascal go? Hahaha! Apparently, Ryan had rolled off the mattress onto a thinner mattress and seemed pretty comfortable lying on his tummy! Mummy wasn't about to lift him off the bed to move him back onto the mattress in case he awoke and started wailing! So I simply left him as he was and went back to sleep...

Mummy's sleep was obviously pretty shortlived as the little one awoke next to me and wanted his milk feed...sigh! When will he EVER stop needing his 'middle of night' feed??

Ok, what mistake did mummy commit?? Well, in my 8 years of good driving record, I have never EVER had any accident, etc... but today, mummy stupidly scratched the side of the car whilst reversing into a carpark lot at IMM!!! It was a darn SCARY experience as I was seriously at a loss of what to do as the door came into contact with the stupid pillar!!! My heart almost skipped a beat and I thought that was the end!!! Daddy's bound to skin me alive!! Oh dear!

Anyway, I dropped the bombshell on daddy in the evening via skype and he was a little upset but he eventually said 'never mind' and told me to be more careful in future... Whew! I thought he was going to scream and blame me! Thank you hoo-b for not nagging and blaming me! You're the best!!!

Let's check out the damage... not very clear though...

Such a whiny rascal but then...

2007-10-18T12:40:00.000+08:00

17th October 2007

It's a Wednesday and mummy's on mc today because of the throbbing headache I've been experiencing on and off for the past few days! Somehow I believe that it might have been migraine because I only feel much better after taking Synflex (med for migraine) as compared to the normal paracetamol!

Anyway, I think Ryan woke up pretty early this morning (maybe ard 6 plus or so?) and walked out of the room on his own to look for his beloved grandparents...mummy, of course, continued to sleep since she was on mc...

According to ah-ma, she told me that gong gong couldn't sleep properly as he kept getting up to check on the rascal in the middle of the night to ensure that he wasn't out of the room and wandering around the house, especially the kitchen! Well, mummy didn't keep the door closed as I didn't switch on the air-con! Poor gong gong! Mummy will resolve to close the door from today onwards then!

Anyway, after breakfast, the rascal fell asleep almost immediately! Who asked him to wake up so early in the morning right? Hehehe!

See the little piggy in his strange sleeping positions...

When he awoke, I played his 'Wheels on the bus' VCD for him and jie jie to watch whilst eating their lunch.

Just look at the boss on his chair...

Oh yeah, why the title 'whiny'? This little monster can seriously whine! And he now does it so automatically by squatting down and then throwing his tantrums if he doesn't get his way or the things he wanted! TERRIBLE I tell you!

He whined over every single thing and ah-ma sometimes would just scold him or brush him off because he can be pretty irritating and loud actually! Sigh...mummy's hoping and praying that Ryan grows out of this whiny mood SOON because she doesn't want to be embarrassed by him whenever they go out!

Anyway, mummy brought Ryan to daddy's parents place for a while at night.

By the time we got there, it was already 8.40pm and it was meant to be a surprise for the grandparents. The both of them were, of course, delighted to see the rascal and decided to entertain them and not have their dinner first. Dinner was actually about to be consumed but I guess the rascal was more precious than dinner then! It had been more than a week since they saw Ryan so hhhmmm.... that should explain their actions?

Ryan had a good time playing with the balls and toys that daddy had in his room (before he moved out) whilst mummy was sitting on the sofa enjoying some 'me' time watching tv! Hahaha! Well, it was obviously time for the grandparents to entertain the rascal right? It would be defeating the purpose if I was the one who kept playing with him, wouldn't it??? Hhhhmmmm??

About 9plus, I told Ryan that I was going home and that he should leave as well but to no avail...he continued playing until I got my in-laws to come out of the room and switch off the light as well in order to indicate that it's time to leave.

Ryan was holding on to a toy as we were about to leave so I told him to return to his grandma. She, of course, said he could bring it home but I declined. Ryan heard me telling him to put it down and he AMAZINGLY, did as was told!! He left it on the tv console and I was EXTREMELY PLEASED with his action!!! I mean, I was expecting his usual whines but NO!!! I hurriedly carried him up and praised him for his good behaviour and as we left the gate, he could bid them farewell as well as blow them kisses!

Hhmm...I'm really proud of my son tonight! He can be such a terror but when he's so sensible, he's REALLY such a DARLING!!!

Animal Kiddy Ride

2007-10-16T09:59:00.000+08:00

15th October 2007

It's a Monday and mummy doesn't have to go to school today! Yahoo! It's off in lieu for us so I decided to bring ah-ma to IMM for lunch...

Had a craving for BK so brought her there for her Mushroom Swiss burger which she seldom gets a chance to enjoy! Yummy!

Brought Ryan on this animal kiddy ride which he was looking longingly at while some other children were on it... Daddy always insisted that it's a waste of money so since he isn't around, mummy decided to let Ryan have a go... Hehehe!

Quite a fun ride considering that he actually managed to steer it himself...hehehe! Oh, we sat on a tiger (the only one which was available then) Would have liked to sit on the giraffe but it was taken...sigh

Seems like mummy is the only one looking at the cam!

I seriously believe that Ryan was concentrating on his steering! Ahahaha!

Oh take a look at the two cousins... di di was simply stoning whilst the gor gor was trying to get his attention! Hehe!!

Daddy's away...

2007-10-16T09:51:00.000+08:00

13th October 2007

Yup...daddy left for Shanghai this morning and will only be back on the 27th! That's exactly TWO weeks! Sigh...mummy's Ryan's slave alone now...

But then again...there always his ever so doting ah-ma and gong gong!

Mummy 'dumped' Ryan with them and went for her facial in the morning and then in the evening, gong gong wanted to head to Suntec for some shopping so I drove us all there.

Slurp...we had Gelare's waffles for supper and it was uuuhhhhhmmmmm....SUPERB! Would have been much better if it was a Tue since it would have been half price! Hahahaha....Cheapskate yeah?

Headed home around 9pm and the little one fell asleep in the car...mummy dropped ah-ma and gong gong at their home was going back home alone with Ryan.

Mummy was pretty glad that the boy had already fallen asleep (so that mummy could work on some exam scripts while he was sleeping)

Whew!

Barney in school???

2007-10-11T10:26:00.001+08:00

11th October 2007

It's a Thursday and it seems like a pretty good day because mummy doesn't have ANY classes today and tomorrow's marking day! Woohoo!

Anyway, mummy was clad in a purple top (similar to Barney) and when she got to school, it seemed like a few of her colleagues were also in the shade of purple! Hahaha....

One wacky friend decided that we ought to capture the Kodak moment and so we were idiotically posing for her hp cam after the national anthem was sung by the pathetic school population of 4 classes which were having their last paper today!

I could see one of the student councillors secretly laughing at our idiotic behaviour but.... seriously, we didn't care! We're human you know? Ahahahaha....

Take a look at the pic...

Ryan was behaving a little strangely this evening...

He insisted on getting gong gong out of his room by pulling his hand and bringing him into the kitchen! Gong-Gong kept asking him what he wanted because he wanted to concentrate on watching the movie on tv, Mars Attack...hahaha...

Anyway, being the pampering gong-gong he is, he obviously entertained the little bum!

Sigh...Rascal Ryan has gotten his way ONCE AGAIN...

Oh! Just trying to see if I can post the mickey cartoon which I have in my hp as a screensaver...Ryan loves it and never fails to eagerly point and go "Eeee...." as if saying "Look, mummy! It's Mickey!"

Peek-a-boo!

2007-10-11T10:22:00.000+08:00

7th October 2007

It's a Sunday again...usual routine...

In the evening, we were home and mummy decided to wash the new 'Kingsize' bedsheet which she blew $150 on a set for and as I was hanging it on the clothes dryer, our dear little rascal had a really good time playing pee-a-boo around it! Hahahaha...

It was such a funny sight I must say...

Just take a look at the following pics...

Oohh... is that a tunnel???

Hhhmmm.... here goes!

Ta da! I did it mummy!

Return of the JEDI...

The Mickey cap!

2007-10-09T07:26:00.000+08:00

4th October 2007

Just a couple of pics of the rascal with his Mickey cap which his grandparents bought...

Was looking through the past pics of my little one and just can't resist posting them... just take a look at the transition...

4th November 2006

19th November 2006

10th December 2006

23rd December 2006

13th January 2007

11th February 2007

21st April 2007

23rd June 2007

19th August 2007

Yup! Mummy's handphone is loaded with pics of the 'samseng' boy...

Children's Day!!!

2007-10-03T08:43:00.000+08:00

1st October 2007

It's Children's Day today but mummy's still gotta go to school...darn! If only mummy taught in a Primary school!

Anyway, mummy and colleagues headed to Holland V for lunch at Swensens and mummy decided to get Ryan his all time favourite 'toy' as a prezzie...

Yup! A balloon...but not just a plain balloon.... how can we leave his favourite cartoon character, Mickey out?

Party City was just the place mummy needed and so she went there to hunt for a nice Mickey balloon for her precious one.

Range was pretty limited but mummy decided to make do with a white one featuring Mickey and friends...

Here it is...

Mummy kind of regretted because as she walked back to Swensens, she realised that a toy shop along the way had an even wider range of Mickey balloons! Hai! I could have gotten Ryan a red one where Mickey was featured larger...sigh!

Anyway, Ryan simply loved his balloon nonetheless! I mean, it IS Mickey you know? He loves it anyhow!

Yup, the $6.50 was well worth it!

Mmmm....chocolate!!! Slurp

2007-10-03T08:28:00.000+08:00

30th September 2007

The best day of the week...Sunday and as usual, it's 'head to town' day!

Went shopping after church and mummy managed to buy a top from Topshop and daddy, a pair of golf shoes from FootJoy...

Hhhmmm...nothing for the little one except a chocolate bun from Breadtalk in the shape of a teddy bear!

Went home and daddy decided that we should have his roast chicken and fries for dinner...mummy wasn't complaining since she didn't have to lift a finger in the preparation except for peeling th potatoes...east task done in less than 5 mins!

Anyway, as we were having our dinner, Ryan was given his chocolate bun to munch on and boy was that a mistake!

Yup, he was a MESS as he happily dug out the chocolate filling from the bun! Haha! Effectively, all Ryan had was chocolate without his bun as he placed the remaining bread in the bowl and enjoyed his chocolate! Hahaha...it was such a sight! Amazing that he's capable of such an act at such a tender age!

Take a look at the rascal...

The final result....a HUGE mess! Just look at the chocolate left on his chest and tee...oh MY!!!

More Mickey...

2007-09-29T15:23:00.000+08:00

29th September 2007

Mummy bought Ryan the Mickey bedsheet set and decided to change his bedsheet today to amuse the little fella...

Yup, 'amuse' is definitely the appropriate word to use because Ryan just can't get enough of his favourite character!

Once the bedsheet was laid nicely, Ryan climbed onto his bed and kept pointing at Mickey with his "wooo" sounds! Haha! Yup, if you haven't realised, this little fella's best friend is Mickey Mouse!

The smiling rascal on the bed with his all-time favourite character, Mickey...

As I was trying to get Ryan ready for his nap, I then realised that perhaps it wasn't a good move to buy the bedsheet set after all...

Why? Ryan was so distracted by the character on his bed and pillow that he took FOREVER to turn in! Oh my goodness!

Mummy's learnt her lesson and is getting ready for the extended sessions of putting ryan to bed now...sigh!

The little one finally asleep...whew!!

Oh...since mummy's so proud of Ryan's little room, here's a few pics to show off what it looks like now after all her hard work!

Here's Ryan at his reading corner where the book shelf was specially bought to place his million and one books passed down from daddy's auntie!

And the bully strikes...

2007-09-29T15:16:00.000+08:00

27th September 2007

It's the best day of the week where mummy's going to head down to the Isetan Private Sale after school today with her colleagues...

Just as mummy was on the way to the sale, ah-ma called...

"Your son ah! So naughty! I'm so angry with him! He took the alarm clock and threw it at baby Ethan while I was wiping and changing the little helpless one!"

Mummy's heart stopped for a moment as I thought of what jiu jiu and jiu ma would do or say when they heard what had happened to their little prince! Oh my! The trouble my little rascal would be in this time!

Ah-ma told me she was so furious that she scolded ryan harshly and then caned him as well...poor little fella! But seriously, he needs to be taught a lesson for all those countless times he's thrown things as and when he felt like it!

The only consolation mummy got was that di di didn't have a bruise on his forehead! Phew!

Jiu Jiu and Jiu Ma too didn't seem angry about it so ... thank goodness!

I'm just praying that Ryan learns his lesson and stops his wilful moods!

What in the world?

2007-09-29T15:08:00.000+08:00

26th September 2007

Mummy is due for the NUH appointment to remove her stitches (for the cyst which she had removed during a day surgery) therefore she decided to take medical leave today...

Whilst getting ready to leave for ah-ma's house, Ryan decided to help mummy carry her handbag...

Oh dear! It was a funny yet disturbing sight actually...hhhmmm??? A boy carrying a lady's handbag? That just doesn't sound right, does it?

Let's bring back the birthday decor...

2007-09-29T14:57:00.000+08:00

23rd September 2007

Daddy decided to entertain Ryan with his Mickey balloons which had already been deflated after his 1st yr birthday party in March...all his birthday decorations were safely stored in a storage box and so it wasn't at all difficult to find the 2 balloons.

Ryan had LOADS of fun just swinging and bouncing them together and the evidence? Just look at the following pics of the rascal with his yellow and red balloon...

Hhhmmm...wat should I do with the rubber band?

They're just too big for my small palms!

Finally! That was actually pretty easy!

Ooh...my new bed!

2007-09-29T13:27:00.000+08:00

22nd September 2007

Ryan's new bed arrived this late morning and mummy had been laboriously clearing the room whilst daddy was busy at the office...

There were lots of things to remove and destroy in the process of clearing and mummy's glad that Ryan's room now looks fit for a person to stay in, rather than it being a store room!

Hhmmm...Mummy even discovered a dead cockroach (thank goodness it was DEAD!) behind Ryan's small cupboard and it was a pretty disgusting sight with all that lumps of dust next to it as well! Eeew!

Anyway, the bed was in perfect condition when it arrived and Ryan made himself comfortable once mummy had put on the new 'pirates theme' sheets she had bought.

There he is with mummy on his new, clean bed!

Ryan was also determined to ensure that the room belonged to him and only him so...

Today is also the mid-autumn fest and there was a celebration going on next to the temple downstairs which seemed like a large scale one with some minister being invited as the GOH...as usual, along with such occasions was the usual and seemingly boring rendition of the chinese song, 'lao su ai da mi'...I'm guessing that song will forever remain etched in my mind for the countless times I heard it just being sung downstairs whenever there is some sort of event going on!

Anyway, I brought Ryan down with his grandparents to join in the fun along the canal where there seemed to be a light up of numerous lanterns by the residents...actually a pretty romantic sight if not for the boisterous chatter and laughter contributed by the children.

Yup, there's the little one with his traditional red lantern which mummy managed to find while clearing Ryan's room.

Ryan with his grandparents

and then with his mummy dearest in a rather unglam shot though!

Only thing missing was that elusive mooncake which... daddy and I don't really fancy anyway! Haha!

Note that there is a massive difference in the quality of the pictures taken in the day at home and outdoors? Well, mummy had no choice but to use her lousy handphone camera (2.0 mega pixels) because she wasn't expecting to take pics downstairs...

Compare those taken with my Sony 7.2 mega pixels cam? Yup, worlds apart!

Ryan's first passport!

2007-09-25T21:00:00.000+08:00

Daddy's in charge of applying for Ryan's passport in preparation for our HK trip in December! Yahoo! It's about time mummy went for a holiday actually...

Both sets of grandparents would be coming along as well... so yup, Ryan's the little prince on his first trip overseas! Haha...

Wanna see which cartoon pic daddy chose for Ryan's passport?

Such a sight right? Well, daddy insisted that we use this pic despite mummy's protests that he looks so 'blur'!

Learning to feed himself...

2007-09-19T10:30:00.000+08:00

16th September 2007

Sunday morning and as usual, first to church then to go about our plans for the day.

Schedule was as follows:

1. 10am mass

2. Followed by breakfast

3. Headed to Rivervale Condo for mummy's godparents' grand-daughter's 1st mth celebration

4. Left at around 2plus-3pm for Sungei Kadut where we went bed-hunting for the little one (mummy's figured that it's time Ryan has his own bed and we bought the kind where there was another pull-out mattress which mummy was going to sleep on to train him)

Anyway, at the 1st month celebration, Ryan was trying to imitate Gor Gor Gabriel when he saw him attempting to eat on his own.

Yup! My boy wants to feed himself! Haha!

Here's the evidence...

Easy does it...just look at my boy!

There! All into my mouth! Easy!

Ah-ma wasn't too pleased with what Ryan wanted to do though...she didn't want Ryan to make a mess and dirty himself in the process!

Well, it IS about time Ryan actually learns to self-feed...he is close to 18mths you know!

BED-HUNTING was successful but I'm guessing that all that zipping in and out of the car and into the showroom proved too much for the little one after all...

Yup! The poor little fella fell ill that night and was running a fever! That dreaded fever was back and mummy and daddy weren't going to take any chances now...nope...all that sponging (no matter how much he was yelling) HAD TO BE DONE!

We're praying that Ryan recovers FAST!

Pampering grandma = angry mummy!

2007-09-19T10:17:00.000+08:00

15th September 2007

It's a Saturday and as usual, daddy's parents came over to entertain the little prince while mummy slogs away at the computer, trying to finish setting her exam papers for year end exam.

Well, we got home after breakfast and Ryan seemed a little sleepy so mummy decided to bring him to the room to put him to bed...
He insisted on drinking his milk before sleeping but after he finished the bottle, he decided that it was going to be play time again and simply became active!

Mummy wasn't going to allow him to play since it was supposed to be a routine that he slept at around that time (11plus)
So she restrained him and didn't allow him to get off the bed. Of course, the obvious reaction...

Ryan started throwing tantrums, crying and even throwing his pacifier to the ground!

Mummy was fuming mad and placed him in the corner of the room where he continued crying of course!
Was speaking to him sternly at eye level when ah-ma decided to 'rescue' the little one!

My insistence on leaving him alone and even asking her to go out of the room fell on deaf ears as she kept saying 'He knows there's people around lah! Don't make him cry...'

I was really furious with her at that time I tell you!

I was trying to discipline the rascal and there she was, spoiling him and making me look like the evil witch! My goodness! And I haven't even gotten the stick out to threaten Ryan with yet!
I can't imagine her reaction actually...

Anyway, upon her insistence, I had no choice but to let her carry Ryan out of the room where she entertained him for about another hour or so before he finally decided to take his nap...

I, of course, had to let daddy know my displeasure and he could only say, 'Aiyah, let her be lah...my parents only see him once a week! Let her play with him lor...'

Haiz! I'm guessing Ryan knows that he can have his way when his other set of grandparents are around...but trust me...the discipline will still be enforced! Daddy's mum just has to get used to it!

Praise God for the useful tool of communication!

2007-09-12T09:07:00.000+08:00

It's a Wednesday morning and mummy just received a phone call from daddy and baby Ryan...

Daddy called to put Ryan on speaker phone to 'talk' to mummy...a very sweet gesture considering that mummy doesn't get to wake up in the mornings with baby Ryan and hearing him first thing in the morning!

Hearing him call me 'mama' just melts my heart and him saying 'yeah' to everything I ask him is just so typical! Hehehe!

Anyway, the conversation wasn't very long since his vocabulary is still very much limited...

Only the usual 'mama', 'yeah', 'teh teh' for gong gong, 'bah-bye', etc.

And yes, I officially confirm that Ryan LOVES Mickey Mouse! Not the stuff toy but the character in the form of toys and pictures...
He's got TWO stuffed Mickeys at home but well, they're just sitting there on the shelf! Haha!
Bought him a Mickey Mouse toothbrush yesterday and he was simply ecstatic and grinning away upon seeing it!

Okay, mummy's got to go for hall duty now...post soon!

Poor little di di!

2007-09-11T14:13:00.000+08:00

10th September 2007

It's a Monday and Ryan's little cousin, Ethan has been hospitalised at just 4mths plus! Poor little fella was running a fever and the PD instructed Ethan's parents to send him to the hospital immediately. Off they went to Gleneagles and the diagnosis was UTI (urinary tract infection).

Poor little boy was crying and screaming at the ward and according to dasao, he was sweating profusely as well!

Ah-ma, uncle Chris, myself and Ryan of course went to visit the little one in the hospital at night.

Such a heartbreaking sight to see his right hand bandaged and dasao said that he had to be on drip twice a day.

Just look at the cute little one with his bandaged hand...it must have been so painful!

And that's Ah-ma with Ethan and Gor Gor Ryan...

Let's hope that Ethan recovers soon!!!

Exercise or play time?

2007-09-08T23:19:00.000+08:00

8th September 2007

Sat morning and mummy insisted that we bring the little one to the new playground at IMM. Off we went for some Ciabatta toast for breakfast before heading to the playground.

Simply couldn't resist posting this pic of Ryan at the playground. I seriously wonder if it was more a torture or fun for him in this pose? Hhmmm...??

No rod but a balloon stick will do!

2007-09-08T22:37:00.000+08:00

7th September 2007

It's a Friday and it's the last day of mummy's one week break! Sigh...the week seriously passed me by in the blink of an eye! Disgusting!

Anyway, I stayed at ah ma's house the entire day with ethan, ryan, auntie Susan and ah ma of course!

Morning went well... Ryan and I had a long nap of about 2.5 hours before he woke up to be fed his porridge aka ah por!

By the time it reached 3pm, Ryan had made mummy fuming mad! How so? He actually threw his NEW pacifier downstairs when auntie Susan had just placed him on a high stool to look out the kitchen window! Silly boy! I ignored his cries for his 'teh teh' which he had himself thrown away! Punished him by placing him in the corner of the living room but his cries got even louder and more deafening!

Mummy's patience with the boy was running out and hence she locked the rascal up in the room and ignored him for a couple of minutes. Of course, the determined one wailed even louder and even banged on the door to be released but to no avail.

Mummy only relented after a while and decided to use the balloon stick as an alternative to the cane, to threaten the mischievous fella! Ryan seemed undeterred by the warning given and so mummy had to smack his palm with the stick to show that she meant business!

Well, Ryan seemed a little afraid after that and that's good actually.

Later in the evening, the stick came in hand again...

What did the little fella do this time?

Well, he didn't want to pick up his toys despite mummy instructing him as sternly as possible! In the end, I had to constantly wave the stick in front of him in order to get him to pick up all his toys and place them in the toy box.

This is one STUBBORN and according to ah ma and gong gong, REBELLIOUS boy! Mummy and daddy are seriously dreading the day he starts school and attending the Parent-Teacher meetings (which we guess will be pretty often for our little rascal! Sigh...)

The filthy dustbin

2007-09-04T09:25:00.000+08:00

1st September 2007

Ryan did something grotesque this afternoon...all thanks to out negligence!

Daddy was going through his mail in the living room and I had just finished my bath.

As I walked into the kitchen, I saw Ryan munching on the side of the Gardenia Milk Bread! I shouted at daddy to ask if he had given him bread to eat because I remember having thrown the sides of the bread into the dustbin which was completely accessible to Ryan!

Daddy's reaction of "What bread?" incurred my wrath as I knew then that my poor little son had rummaged through the bin and found the bread!

Yup! That's the bin we're talking about!

The peeved mummy obviously screamed at daddy and then quickly removed the bread from Ryan's hands and gave him a harsh scolding! (I'm pretty sure that Ryan is well able to understand what we adults are yakking away everyday!)

Sigh...we've been really negligent parents! At least for today!

Sorry darling for not paying our utmost attention to you!

Forward you go!

2007-09-04T09:22:00.000+08:00

29th August 2007

Ryan did his very first forward roll this evening as he was preparing for bed. He usually needs to roll around a substantial amount before he finally falls asleep in his awkward position!

Well, mummy's expecting more forward rolls to come...sigh!

To the zoo...

2007-08-30T13:38:00.000+08:00

26th August 2007

It's a Sunday morning and keeping to our promise, we brought the little rascal to the zoo (not that he understood what we meant anyway).

We joined jie jie and gor gor at the zoo around 11am.

Our first stop was to head to the 'Elephants of Asia' performance as the timing was perfect. Ryan was amused at first but his excitement slowly dipped after about 10 minutes and he gestured that he wanted to join daddy who was standing behind due to the lack of seats.

Off we went, even before the show ended because our little one was bored with the elephants.

Went around exploring the zoo and saw the white tigers, kangaroos, pygmy hippo, gibbons, otters, wolf, emu aka Big Bird, etc.

Look at the kangaroo, up close and personal! It seems as if Ryan's actually touching it!

Ryan's favourite animal was actually the emu. Strange but yup! He wanted to go nearer the bird even though we were already quite near it!

The white tigers intrigued him as well (well, they ARE the white tigers you know!) One was very actively pacing up and down, probably viewing us as FOOD while we were simply clicking away with our cameras, oblivious to the danger we were actually in! Haha!

The day at the zoo ended with us taking photos with the Ben and Jerry's Cow (as usual!) Don't know why but our little one seemed to love the cow!

Just look at the 2 grown men managing 3 children on a cow...hhhmmmm???

The 'Gai Gai' KING

2007-08-18T22:02:00.000+08:00

18th August 2007

Ryan's 17 months old today! We all stayed home today as it was a Saturday and daddy's parents, as usual, came over to play with their little grandson. Hhhmmm... actually it was more of to babysit so that mummy could try to do some work for my graduating classes. Sigh...the heat is on and mummy's feeling the STRESS! Why in the world did I agree to take on TWO graduating classes! It's suicide! Only consolation now... the race is about the end soon when their examination begins in October! Well, that's about 2 more months before I can officially relax...think positive!

Anyway, the title simply says it all...
That's right! Ryan's all-time favourite activity: Gai Gai (aka walk walk / jalan jalan)

My little rascal has inherited this trait from me!!! Hahahaha! I'm so proud of him! My little 'Gai Gai' king!
Just tell him we're going 'gai gai' and IMMEDIATELY, he'd run off to his shoes and gesture to you to put them on for him! Haha! Yup! This little prince still requires us to wait on him of course!
You'd be able to see his delighted expression even if it's a simple walk outside the house, along the corridor. 'Gai Gai' simply has no limitations or boundaries, at least not for my little precious one!

Bah-bye!

2007-08-18T21:54:00.000+08:00

15th August 2007

A simple wave was all that Ryan was capable of when it comes to bidding someone goodbye...well that was until today!

Ryan actually managed to say, or should I say, shout 'Bah-bye' this afternoon and he had his jie jie Chrissy to thank!
Jie Jie was going home in the afternoon and she was already along the corridor when I asked her to say bye bye to ah-ma and gong gong. At first, it was pretty soft so I shouted to her to say it louder and she did. All this while, Ryan was standing at the door, watching jie jie as they left.
Apparently, jie jie's loud shouts of bye bye triggered Ryan to follow suit and he started waving his hands and shouting 'bah-bye' too! It was such a sight I tell you...the first time he said 'bah-bye'!

Well, it just shows that children learn, or should I say, imitate, exceptionally FAST!

It's a Sunday again!

2007-08-14T17:50:00.000+08:00

12th August 2007

Sunday morning...it's special because we didn't have to attend church this morning.

Don't get the wrong idea but we already attended yesterday with daddy's parents!

Special treat for Ryan too: noodles for brunch! It's the first time mummy was cooking yellow noodles for the rascal and he seemed to enjoy it even though there wasn't any meat or fish in it! Poor little one had to make do simply with tofu, carrots and brocolli in his noodle soup.

Anyway, as usual, daddy and mummy headed to town with Ryan at around 11am. Brought him to Toys'R'us and he of course, enjoyed looking AND meddling with everything he could lay his hands on! Such a handful I must say! *pant pant*

After our trip to Toys'R'us, we visited the Wisma aquarium for Ryan's sake...what were we to do if our rascal enjoys just looking at the fishes and pointing at them right? Mummy's NEVER going to rear fishes at home so this was an alternative!

Tired out from a day of activity, our boy fell asleep in the car! Poor little fellow!

Mummy cooked rice with soup for Ryan's dinner as I figured that he wouldn't want to have the same noodles for dinner. Fortunately, this time round, he had lean meat added into his soup because mummy was smart enough to remember to grocery shop at Cold Storage for Ryan's meal!

Ryan ready to zoom off in the F1 pedal car at Toys'R'us

That's Ryan getting all ready for school...(hmm, what school by the way?)

Sleepy head!

My boy's learning...FAST!

2007-08-14T17:49:00.001+08:00

10th August 2007

It's still a holiday for mummy! Yippee!

Anyway, Ryan decided to surprise mummy in THREE ways today:

Number ONE
Bathe him this morning at home and then realised I had forgotten to take his clothes and place them beside him whilst toweling him dry so I wore his diaper and told him to go take his 'baju'.
Was busy putting away his towel and I hadn't realised that my dear boy actually knew what I was talking about and was headed towards his room where his cupboard was and he managed to open the cupboard and point into it, gesturing for me to take his 'baju'! Mummy was exceptionally pleased with little Ryan's new found independence! But of course, she wasn't going to let him pick his own clothes, at least not for now...

Number TWO
Was in Ah ma's house and watching tv whilst changing Ryan's diaper. Once I was done with putting on his clean diaper, I happily forgot about him and continued watching tv. When I turned around a minute later, Ryan was walking towards me from the kitchen, clapping his hands and smiling! It was only then that I realised...my boy had thrown away his soiled diaper ON HIS OWN! Haha! I didn't even have to instruct him this time! Such a darling! He's becoming mummy's little helper!

Number THREE
Ryan wanted to watch 'Wheels on the bus' in ah-ma's house and how did mummy know that?
Well, very easily actually! Ryan actually removed the VCD from the case and actually gestured to mummy to place it into the player where he was forcefully nudging the disc at! Ryan seriously knows his stuff about the technicalities involved in watching his favourite VCD!

Yup! Mummy simply had to pen these three little surprising acts down! My little precious is no doubt, growing up FAST!

NDP at mummy's school...

2007-08-11T20:35:00.000+08:00

8th August 2007

It's a day before National Day and mummy's having a short day today because of National Day celebrations...

mummy was contemplating 2 options yesterday:

1. If Ryan's asleep when mummy's about to leave for school, good! We'll leave him in dreamland with daddy at home.

2. If Ryan's awake (not surprising!), mummy will lug him to school to join in the celebrations! Haha!

Mummy was praying that ryan would be asleep so she needn't lug him but...

It was going according to plan 1 when...

a STUPID, DISGUSTING cockroach had to appear in mummy's room on the floor as she came out from the toilet! Was contemplating whacking the gross creature with newspaper but figured that I'd better let daddy know that Ryan would definitely wake up!

Daddy awoke and took over the grotesque job and yes, Ryan woke up! Sigh...mummy obviously was left with option no. 2.

Drove Ryan to school and of course, he was decked in red and white as mummy was! Such a cute little sight to behold I must say!

Busy little rascal enjoyed himself in the staffroom, playing with the red and white balloons that Auntie Aida had conveniently left behind! Ryan also explored the staffroom on his own and was busy meddling with things belonging to mummy's colleagues! Oh my!

Look at the rascal having a ball of a time...

Here's Ryan looking with curiosity at the computer...

Sunday = Funday!

2007-08-08T22:36:00.000+08:00

5th August 2007

It's a lovely Sunday and as usual, we headed for church and then our usual shopping trip after that. This time though, it was different because gong gong and ah ma accompanied us!

Mummy had a craving for Thai Express after looking at the catering menu last night and decided that yes, we were all going to have Thai cuisine for lunch!

Just look at rascal Ryan having a good time in the high chair available.

Whilst waiting for every one of us to finish our lunch.. daddy had to bring Ryan out of Thai express and he simply entertained himself with the water feature thingy outside Din Tai Fung (Paragon)

Next stop: Toys'R'us paragon...

Our little one actually impressed us with his ability to actually take a hoola hoop and place it around his waist without even anyone demonstrating the action! Gong gong simply had to snap a pic of my clever son (with a shameless mummy)!

Here it is...ryan in action!

My little firefighter!

At home with the other mama...

2007-08-03T23:02:00.000+08:00

2nd August 2007

Yup! Mummy's got to go back to school and mama's still got to rest in order to recuperate so...

we got the other mama to look after ryan today. Daddy's mummy took leave from her job to look after the boy at home today. It's always a tiring day whenever mama has to look after the rascal as she's the more cautious granny who follows ryan practically EVERYWHERE! This is unlike his usual mama who leaves him to run around the house under the watchful eyes but doesn't chase him all the time. Well, there's always auntie Yas to help out anyway, right?

Anyway, mummy was at school the entire day till late because she had to fulfill her band commitment and by the time we got home after buying dinner, it was already 7.30pm!
Mama still seemed pretty fresh when we got home and I suppose ryan wasn't too difficult to handle.

Mama did mention though that ryan seemed a little bored and kept walking in and out of our room, presumably to check if anyone else was at home. Poor little fellow, stuck at home with only mama and no cousins to play with. Hehe!

Not to worry, I'm sure we'll bring ryan out during the weekend to enjoy himself, maybe to the Wisma aquarium once more to look at the fishes? Hhhmmm...that's one of his favourite places currently.

Well, we'll see what crops up...

Mama's ill...

2007-08-03T22:50:00.000+08:00

1st Aug 2007

Mama's confined to her bed today because of an excruciating migraine which has been with her since yesterday actually.

Mummy took unconditional child care leave today to look after both mama and ryan.
We spent the whole day at mama's house whilst she rested in bed. The noble act that mama did was to actually cook oats for Ryan in the morning before we arrived as she was afraid he wouldn't have anything to eat! Such a selfless mama who took time to prepare his food despite being so ill.

Ryan, you must learn to be a fillial grandson when you're older and able to look after mama!

Mummy spent the whole day with ryan, entertaining him and watching him have fun playing with his toys alone. Gor Gor Ian came only later with his daddy whose job was to check in on mama and monitor her condition. When Ian had to go down to wait for his bus to take him for his CL lessons at Kinderland, our little rascal wanted to follow as well so...

mummy had no choice but to bring the active one downstairs to run around and play with gor gor before he left for school.

The running around obviously tired ryan out because he managed to nap once more when we got back upstairs. Well, that was precisely mummy's aim actually...to tire him out so he could sleep and in turn, mummy could nap too! Hehe!

Overall, an enjoyable day spent with my little rascal who is capable of producing lots of mischievous expressions now already. I'm sure he'll be up to more mischief in time to come...sigh!

URBANA! Cool...

2007-08-01T22:56:00.000+08:00

29th July 2007

It's a Sunday and I'm pretty sure Ryan had an enjoyable afternoon...
He finally met up with his friends again after about 6 weeks? Yup! It was another gathering and this time it was auntie Vanessa who organised it at Urbana, a cool, savvy condo along river valley...

Mummy bought a pandan chiffon and a cheese cake for tea and we left town at around 2 plus to get there...

Auntie Lilacz was there with hb and Tyler...FYI, mummy hasn't since auntie lilacz since we were both preggies and attending Mrs Wong's antenatal class! I feel so old already...sigh!

Anyway, ryan had a good time amusing himself with a tent that belonged to Ariel and he especially liked the doggie toy which Tyler had brought along...

Yup...there he is, enjoying himself in the tent!

Daddy could see that ryan was tempted to go for a dip in the pool and hence decided to change him and bring him for a splash! As always, ryan simply enjoyed the time in the pool...

More mummies turned up and a group photo was taken...

Mummy learnt some tips from auntie happy, sweetpea and ginger regarding flash cards...mummy finally knows what to do with the million and one cards that are stashed away at home...hehehe!

We left at about 4.30pm because ah ma and everyone else were coming over for a steamboat dinner at our place...irony of it: we don't even own a steamboat! Hahaha! Ah ma had to lug hers to our place and she even managed to reach our house before we did and cook rice for the family! Should have seen gong gong's upset look when he realised we weren't at all prepared or at home in the first place!

Dinner was good and everyone had their fill...

Well, it's always a nice feeling to be able to eat with your loved ones, don't you think?

Another hair cut...

2007-07-28T21:48:00.000+08:00

27th July 2007

Mummy brought Ryan for a hair cut again and this time, daddy's instructions were for me to ensure that ryan had a similar hair cut as his gor gor Ian...
In order that I get the cut right, daddy even MMSed me the pic of gor gor's new hairdo for the stylist to follow!

As I was lazy to lug the stroller along, I decided to get Jiu Jiu's maid to tag along and help me with ryan! Haha!

As usual, we went to Jean Yip and got Ken to cut ryan's hair. Showed him the mms and he said he would do his best because he was afraid of the fidgeting that ryan could be up to...

My little one was pretty well-behaved and we managed to get him out of the saloon in say less than 15 minutes?

Mama and gong gong didn't like the new do because it looked rather uneven at the back and his fringe was too short! Ken had chopped off a wee bit too much of the fringe and it resulted in Ryan looking very nerdy! Hahaha!

Anyway, daddy didn't like it either as he said the sides weren't as short as he had wanted so what did we do?

We actually headed back to the saloon once again after dinner!
Ken was no longer around and we simply got another young stylist to do the job. This time round, it was MUCH better!

Mummy doesn't really like the new do because ryan no longer looks cute...his pumpkin hairstyle was no longer there and the cute element was obviously stripped off as well =( Hai! All because his daddy wanted him to have the same do as gor gor!

Seriously, what's wrong with looking cute at this age?

Diaper pls?

2007-07-28T21:35:00.000+08:00

26th July 2007

It's a Thursday and Yi Yi's coming over in the evening with the children.

Reason for this rare visit?
Yi Yi wants to try out the 1 day old Panasonic massage chair that had arrived just the day before...hehe!

Anyway, Yi Yi was already waiting for us at mama's house in the evening and daddy and I were pretty late because I had to fulfil my commitment as a band teacher...just the mention of the word 'commitment' makes my blood boil! Oh whatever! Will not be blogging about my frustrations here in case someone from school happens to read about it...

Mama went:"Ryan, let's go change diaper before you go home!"

Amazingly, my precious little one stood up, headed to the room and tried to pick out his diaper! Sadly, he did not manage to pick out the right one because he took the 's' size diaper which was meant for his di di Ethan! Haha! A hilarious sight no doubt!
However, it also means one thing, Ryan has accomplished yet another feat which is to understand what a diaper is and he even managed to say the word itself! So proud of my little rascal! He's really growing up fast!

According to mama, the little one's taken to running instead of walking whenever she brings him outside or downstairs! Haha! Mama's obviously complaining since he's getting so hyper these days!

Oh, when he runs, it's really an adorable sight because he only seems to swing his left arm as he tries to run! Strange but true! He still seems a tad unsteady but he's oblivious to it and continues running as we chase in fear! My clumsy little bum!

Spending time with him...

2007-07-25T11:08:00.000+08:00

21st July 2007

It's a Saturday and daddy's parents came over to look after and play with Ryan today! Whew! Mummy finally gets some time to do some housework and marking! Hehehe...

We went for breakfast at Holland V and then headed to Jelita Cold Storage for some grocery shopping. We figured ryan was tall enough to push his own trolley so we decided to let him push the kids' trolley which he gave up halfway. The trolley was only able to sustain his interest for the first few minutes of his shopping! After that, he just pushed the trolley away and decided that it was a hindrance! Haha!

Look at me pushing my own shopping trolley! I got mummy to buy bananas for me! See the bunch in my trolley?

In the afternoon, ryan had a fall AGAIN! Apparently he slipped on the flash cards which were lying all over the floor! My poor son hit his head with a loud thud on the ground and had everyone running to him! Silly daddy and gong gong were busy watching a DVD movie whilst mama had gone to the kitchen for a while to clear the container or something...mummy was of course, busy marking in the room when ryan began wailing in pain!

Haiz! Just when he was recovering from his viral fever, he had to have a fall! Thank goodness, he was fine after a couple of minutes of crying.

Good riddance to the dreaded fever!

2007-07-21T17:01:00.000+08:00

20th July 2007

Our little one has recovered! Yahoo! The dreaded fever has left him and he's now back to his usual noisy self! Haha! Walking all over the place, making lots of noise and climbing all over the place as well!

Ah-ma's having a difficult time now as ryan seems completely attached to her! He doesn't even want to allow his beloved grandma to leave him a few mins for her own bath! Poor ah-ma seemed a little annoyed but what could she do right? Hehehe...

Mummy's still on CCL as daddy wants her to monitor baby ryan's temp...no chances to be taken where fever is concerned! So one more day of staying at home with the rascal who can be pretty annoying at times though!
Mummy's poor classes were deprived of her presence once more...haiz! I bet they miss their most beautiful teacher of all time...ahahaha!

Mummy went to visit her 'mam' in hospital as she had just given birth to Melivia at 3.02kg and then headed for her session with the doctor and relevant personnel regarding one of her students...

Gong gong commented that because of his grandson, he had been forced to stay home for the past few nights...hahaha! (Usually, gong gong has plans at night to either go karaoke, line dancing or just sit at a club to listen to a band play!)
Now that's what I call a grandpa's love for his most pampered grandson when he sacrifices all those activities for the little rascal...

Thank you gong gong for being such a doting grandpa to our little precious one!

MC at home!

2007-07-21T16:50:00.000+08:00

19th July 2007

Ryan was on mc today and mummy and daddy were pretty flustered in the morning as his temp was stil quite high...middle of the night was tiring as we had to sponge the little one for about an hour to bring down his 39plus temp...

Fever hadn't subsided in the morning and we were contemplating whether to bring ryan to Thomson Medical or not.

Daddy smsed our pd and asked for advice. She told us to continue sponging and to bring him in later in the afternoon when she was working. So we made an appointment at 3pm at Olive Tree.

There, the pd gave him medication for his throat and diarrhoea and we even had his stool taken for tests (to check if it was rotavirus or if it was bacteria in it) As at 19th July 2007, Ryan was 10.5kg and 82cm tall...

Headed back home after buying baby ryan a luminous yellow ball from TOYS'R'US...

Still cranky but ryan was on the road to recovery in the later part of the evening...thank goodness!!!!

A traumatic experience...

2007-07-20T22:02:00.001+08:00

18th July 2007

Baby ryan had a slight fever when we sent him to mama's this morning...daddy had to go for his reservist briefing that's why we had to send the little one to mama's early!
We asked mama to monitor his temperature and to sms me immediately when his temp rose.

Mama msged me at 10plus to inform me that ryan's temp was now at 38.7...

Immediately, mummy took time off from school to head back to mama's to look after ryan.

Temp was between 38 to 40.4 in the afternoon.

Uncle Rodney came by to check on ryan and concluded that ryan was suffering from a throat infection and told us to drop by the clinic to pick up the medication on our way home.

We decided to ask uncle rodney to insert the suppository at the clinic as ryan's temp was still pretty high...a hesitant ah-tiu did it upon much persistence as he feared that ryan would not want to be friends with him after this episode again...hehe!

Suppository was inserted and we headed home.

Along the way, mummy noticed that ryan was looking in the direction of the window nearest to him...upon closer look, mummy noticed that ryan wasn't blinking! He was practically just staring at the window without blinking!
Mummy immediately freaked out and kept calling out to Ryan!

'Ryan! Ryan! Look at mummy! Ryan, what's wrong with you!!'

Mummy was already hysterical by then as ryan wasn't responding at all!!!
Next thing mummy did was to quickly remove him from the car seat and shake him as she continued to talk to him! Still no reaction! Daddy had already stopped the car along the expressway, on a divider and turned his attention to us behind!
Mummy of course had started crying and was practically shouting at ryan to respond!

'Ryan! Ryan! U ok?! Don't scare mummy, Ryan! Please?!!'

Daddy was smart enough to ask mummy to sprinkle some water on the little one and as soon as mummy did that, ryan had a bit of reaction and began to blink...
Mummy continued talking to him and fumbled around for her handphone to call ah-ma to talk to him...
As soon as ah-ma picked up and was told of what was happening, she started to become hysterical as well and mummy could hear her screaming in the phone as she placed the hp against ryan's ears for him to hear his ah-ma!

It took ryan at least a couple of minutes to finally react! It must have been the most traumatic and heart-wrenching minutes of mummy's entire life!

Daddy sped like a mad man back to uncle rodney's clinic after calling him to inform him of ryan's condition in the car...

Ah-ma and gong gong too made their way to the clinic as they were very frightened by the episode!

Once there, we started sponging ryan in order to reduce his high temp...I believe we stayed there for at least 45 mins to ensure that his temp was within manageable limits before we made our way back to ah-ma's to stay the night...

Honestly speaking, mummy had never been this worried and flustered before...her very first thought though morbid, was that her precious little one was going to die!! I know it sounds far-fetched but at that moment, I wasn't even thinking that it could be a fit that ryan was having...it was very certainly a scary moment whereby memories of the past 16months simply flashed by!

My poor little rascal with the kodomo fever cooling pad:

Things I have learnt from this episode:

.Never to take life for granted

..Be much more patient with baby ryan

...Spend as much time with my precious darling as possible (sleep is not as important as my flesh and blood)

....Not to take fever lightly (always sponge the little one when he's warm)

.....And lastly, be very happy and thankful when he is up and about, talking and making as much noise as possible!

Praise the lord that my sweetheart is okay and that nothing untoward has happened!
Love you dear God!!!

Hot Hot!!!

2007-07-13T11:10:00.000+08:00

11th July 2007

Mummy was on mc today and went to see the doctor about her wrist. Apparently it was a common condition for mothers who carry their babies too much!

Ryan, see what carrying you has done to mummy's wrist? Think it was because mummy pampered the little rascal too much when he was younger and kept carrying and rocking him to sleep. I wonder why daddy doesn't have such a condition? Hhhhmmmm???

Anyway, mummy decided that it was a good day to try to wean Ryan off his most indispensible pacifier aka "choo-choot"

Here's what mummy did:

Soak ONE chilli padi in water

Wait for a while before dumping the pacifier in the water

Pick it out within a couple of minutes

Let ryan have it when he asked for it

You could see ryan's face change when he stuffed the 'spicy hot' pacifier into his mouth! My poor little rascal! Asked if he wanted to throw it away because it was hot and he willingly let me have it! Haha! A first since this is his most indispensible choo-choot we're talking about!

Mummy thought the chilli would henceforth put ryan off his pacifier...alas it was not meant to be! My brave little one still insisted on having his choo-choot despite numerous times of soaking it in the 'spicy' water!

Yup...now you understand why mummy says it is the INDISPENSIBLE choo-choot!

Another fall...

2007-07-09T21:41:00.000+08:00

Ryan has done it again! Remember mummy mentioned that ryan tends to be maboh when he lacks his precious zzzzz??? Yup! Ryan fell again and landed on his head when he became a little sleepy and drowsy at around 8 plus 9pm...

Where were we when this happened?

Godpa Derek's new abode at Bukit Panjang...it's a really cosy place with a condo layout which daddy fell in love with and even suggested moving into!
Mummy instant reaction? Daddy probably wasn't in the right frame of mind! Hahaha! Why would mummy want to move from a HDB flat into another? The point is to upgrade remember? Haiz! Daddy's losing it! Whatever was he thinking about when those words came out of his mouth?

Anyway, ryan happened to be standing behind the footstool when he tripped (probably over one of the legs) and landed on his head! OUCH! The silence and intense concentration of daddy's friends on the tennis match that was going on was instantly disrupted by the piercing screams of our poor little rascal...

Lesson learnt: someone MUST follow ryan around whenever the little one is lacking in sleep...haiz!

ryan's teeth update! (as of 05 july 2007)

2007-07-05T21:33:00.000+08:00

ryan's 2 other teeth has emerged!! which prob explains his intolerable whining and grouchiness! of course he has started biting people when they least expect it! first victim: mommy! ryan went over and bit her on her hand (near the knuckles) and left a deep mark! hehehehe... daddy has yet to experience it! *fingers crossed*

Crash!

2007-07-04T22:19:00.000+08:00

Ryan has done it! He actually broke a dolphin ornament this evening at mama's house!!! Thank God he wasn't hurt!

How did ryan manage to carry out such an amazing stunt?

Apparently, he managed to somehow get the glass door of the showcase opened and then I guess all that swiping his hands around and grabbing whatever was in sight probably caused the ornament to fall out and CRASH onto the ground! Gong gong ran out of his room and so did mummy! Mama could be heard shouting before the incident occurred but... I guess everyone was too slow to react!

1 point to be confirmed YET AGAIN...

Gong gong REALLY dotes on the little rascal! He didn't even scold or blame the little fella for the breakage of his dolphin ornament which has been around for some time now...

Hhhmmm... mama and I were thinking that if it had been his cousins who had broken the ornament, they would definitely have had to endure a earful from gong gong but for ryan...the matter simply blew over! Almost INSTANTLY I must add...

Oh, ryan had a fall this afternoon as well...according to mama, it happened when gong gong asked ryan to throw something into the bin for him.
The result of the fall: a red, slightly swollen lower lip

Well, I guess injuries are part and parcel of growing up...don't you think so?

A piece of gd news to share: we discovered ryan's 6th tooth sprouting! Itz the top lateral incisor tooth on his left...such a joy to see less of his gums and more white coming up! Hehehe...

Cranky and maboh

2007-07-03T20:37:00.000+08:00

Yup...the title says it all...

when ryan doesn't get enough sleep in the day...that's how he behaves!
We confirmed it this evening when ryan fell, YET AGAIN, precisely because he wasn't getting enough zzzz....
This time round, the culprit wasn't mummy! Whew! It happened to be ryan's 'best' friend, gong gong....hahaha! You could see the worried look on gong gong's face....he kept rubbing ryan's head!

okay...ryan's list of 'can dos':

- say 'apple', 'banana', 'mum mum'(food), 'neh neh'(milk), 'ah ma', 'please' with his lips pressed against each other and saliva spurting, 'thanks', 'pa pa', 'ma ma', 'teh teh' (gong gong / pacifier), 'ball', 'more'(with his hands outstretched), 'no more', 'done', 'kay'(okay)

- go 'moo' when he sees a picture of a cow and 'wou wou' when he sees a dog

- absolutely LOVES brushing his teeth with his apple/banana flavoured toothpaste!

- how can we forget his all time favourite character, MICKEY? Never fails to bring on that cheeky smile with only 4 teeth (plus one sprouting) at this point in time!

- knows how to salute when asked to with the phrase 'Yes Sir!'

- been placed in naughty corners already and of course, his wails never fail to accompany his stranded and 'poor little thing' expression

- apologises after being placed in the naughty corner (he will use either hand to to tap the side of his head and that's "sorry!")

- when asked "which part of your head hurts?" following a fall/knock, he will always touch the front of his forehead and the "pls sayang me" look

- kiss! he will open his mouth widely and as he kisses your cheek, he will immediately "blow" and often a "farting" sound will emerge!

- hi-5 and shaking hands with anyone who asks him to

- clap his hands together when asked to smack a mosquito

- play peek-a-boo at the edge of mummy and daddy's bed

- blow kiss with his hand repeatedly doing the "red indian's warcry!" as he go "wah wah wah"

- a very natural reaction when he hears music...DANCE! Ryan loves bobbing up and down to the music even in his car seat! He also loves swaying his head forwards and backwards to the music

- ryan is capable of throwing away his used diapers and any other unwanted items into the bin but sometimes he throws the wrong things into the bin! E.g he once threw daddy's clean socks into the bin but managed to pick it up and return to daddy when asked to. Sometimes, he tends to pick up nonsense from the bin as well! Haiz!

- whenever daddy puts his head near ryan's, ryan will always lean forward and use his head to "knock" daddy's and he will do it repeatedly! hehehehe

- he likes to "boo!" his pacifier out of his mouth and occasionally he will invert his pacifier and show it to us with his cheeky smile! OMG!

- scratch daddy!! he scratches like a cat! the scar on daddy's face proves it all! together with the numerous scratch marks on the legs, back, arms!

- obediently sits down for us to put on his shoes whenever we tell him to

- whenever we ask him if he likes something, he will "wave" his hand front and back lightly

- he likes to lift up daddy's, gong gong's and mummy's tshirt and "blow" on their stomachs!

- he's able to climb down gong gong's bed (which is pretty high) and of course daddy and mummy's bed, crawling to the edge of the bed and then turning himself around such that his legs will "reach" the floor first.

- pick a ball and throw it whenever we tell him to or simply on his own accord

- his "hercules" moves, lifting his own bathtub, pushing the dining chairs, etc

- open & close the bathroom bi-fold door repeatedly, with the occasional tilting of his head sideways, as if peeking out from the side

- loves to read books!!! he will always walk towards his "library" section of the house where his stacks of books are kept, pick one up, plop himself down and start flipping the pages and upon completion, he will clap his hands, as if a sign of achievement! hehehe

- loves to play with the "speakerphone" button and keeps pressing it repeatedly. picks the the handset and bring it to his ear momentarily before slamming it down again.

- loves to throw himself backwards each time he sits/bounce on our bed each night as we coax him to sleep. and of course standing ip on the bed, walk a few steps with his hands in the air, before he plops down.

Shop, shop, shop...

2007-06-26T19:40:00.000+08:00

Sunday 24th June 2007

Daddy decided that we go check out mummy's favourite LV bag today...FYI, mummy only has her eyes set on the monogram mini lin speedy...she was pleasantly surprised when she found out that it costs an affordable $1090...daddy had initially wanted to buy mummy the bag but then he decided that mummy pay for it herself if she wanted it...mummy didn't mind paying for it but she was still indecisive then...haiz! Anyway, she was close to telling the staff to get her a new bag when her little rascal decided that she wasn't going to get her bag by starting to fuss in his pram! Such 'perfect' timing I must say!

Obviously mummy didn't get to buy her bag because she wanted to get out of the embarrassing situation as soon as she could! Imagine a wailing boy in LV!!!

Mummy was pretty sore about not getting her bag and actually smsed her 'bestest' friend, auntie hikmah to inform her of the disappointment mummy was facing...

auntie hikmah managed to cheer mummy up by agreeing to ask her brother (who was in Europe) to check out the LV there and help mummy buy it if it's cheaper over there...hehehe...

now, mummy's just waiting for the good news...

ryan had the time of his life when we brought him to view the fishes at the aquarium in wisma! he loved standing on the ledge and staring at the fishes swimming past him...such a sight to see him so amused!

I believe the ice-cream that mummy shared with ryan made his day too! He simply enjoyed the cool feel even though we could see him cringe every time he licked the ice-cream from the cone!

Look at the mess...the little 'da hua mao'

A wedding!

2007-06-26T19:25:00.000+08:00

Saturday 23rd June 2007

Today is uncle aloy's wedding...daddy's one of the brothers as he's known uncle aloy (endearingly known as 'ah xiong') for as long as he can remember!

Being one of the brothers, daddy had to leave home early in the morning and go through the normal sabotage which auntie cheryl's 'jie meis' had planned.

Mummy was of course left in charge of dressing ryan up and getting him ready for the morning mass at 9.30am...what happened was pretty predictable actually...

little rascal fell and landed on his head when he was playing with his super big, red ball whilst mummy happened to turn her attention to something else for a second! Apparently, ryan was hugging the ball when he lost balance and the ball rolled, throwing him onto the floor! OMG!
Ryan obviously wailed in pain...culprit again: who else but careless mummy? Haiz!

Anyway...the rest of the afternoon went well and in the evening it was time to head to Goodwood Park Hotel for the dinner.

A pretty well-behaved rascal attended the dinner with us...though there was a time when he actually walked over to a lady who was seated and tried to sayang her! Hahaha...such a little flirt at such a tender age! What's mummy to do when he grows older??

What a jab!!

2007-06-25T15:27:00.000+08:00

Thursday 21st June 2007

Mummy had an EL symposium to attend and present at in the morning...she's obviously very stressed about it but thank goodness she only has a small segment to share! Auntie Hikmah aka the GURU had a much bigger role to play! Hehe...
Anyway, the symposium sharing was a huge SUCCESS as according to our GURU, we have many 'fans' who requested that we share our resources on oral communication with them! Hahaha...amazing but true! I believe that our sharing was actually one of the best... *shameless*

Went back home and poor ryan was due for his chickenpox vaccination!

Mama carried ryan whilst I tried frantically to distract him as Ah Tiu Rodney got ready to jab the unsuspecting boy with the needle...OMG! When it pricked him, he screamed INSTANTLY and let out such a heart-wrenching cry that I could see that mama was on the verge of tears! Mama will always be mama! The most noble and doting grandma one can ever find...
About 2 minutes later, ryan was all smiles again...thank goodness! Ah Tiu hates being the boogey man but hey, somebody's gotta do it! Hahahaha....

We noted that little ryan didn't want to run towards Ah Tiu into his arms after the jab....poor Ah Tiu!

Another feat!

2007-06-19T11:37:00.000+08:00

Sunday 17th June 2007

This morning, ryan amazingly managed to climb up the combi slide ON HIS OWN! mummy wasn't actually paying attention to him and when she turned to ryan, she was SHOCKED to find him sitting at the top of the slide! mummy didn't even know that ryan was near the slide in the first place! OMG! Thank goodness he didn't slip and fall! Whew! Otherwise mummy will surely get a earful from daddy again! Hahaha..

Went to jiu jiu's house for a steamboat dinner to celebrate his birthday and thereafter, daddy decided that we bring ryan over to his other mama and gong gong's house so they could play with him.
Talk about being protective of ryan, daddy's parents are at the top of the 'protectors of ryan' list! Both grandparents were OVERLY protective of ryan especially when daddy wanted to discipline him when the rascal started to hit his gong gong. BOTH of them told daddy off and even whisked the naughty boy into the kitchen, preventing daddy from going near the little fella! Hahaha! What a scene, I tell you! Even daddy remarked that gong gong's stern facial expression was one which he hasn't seen ever since HE was a little boy!! It just goes to show how pampered this rascal is!

What are we to do now? Haiz!

Publisher my foot!

2007-06-15T14:41:00.000+08:00

Friday 15th June 2007

Mummy's pissed today...

Went to school in the morning to meet up with the newsletter publisher to inform him of amendments that have to be made to the draft.

Lots of changes had to be made because the design was simply too...passe! It looked as if no effort was put into the design of the newsletter in the first place! OMG! I'm extremely displeased with the attitude of the publisher and his persistence in carrying out his own concept! Tai Tai Yeo seemed to give up arguing with him and concluded that we try out his new concept this time round. If we don't like the outcome, we'll change the look for the next issue. Amazing how we, the CLIENTS, have to accommodate the SUPPLIER!!! Whatever!

Went home still fuming...

Something worse happened in the afternoon...

mummy had to go back to the 'sinseh' for her wrist injury and was persuaded to undergo ACUPUNCTURE!!! It's really amazing that mummy, being the scarediest person you can find, was willing to experience having two needles stuck into her wrist and then undergo electrolysis (or is there another name for it?) It wasn't as painful as I thought it would be though..thank goodness! So there we have it! A round of applause for mummy please! *clap clap*

Happy and painless thoughts now...mummy brought ryan shopping at night for a pair of shoes/sandals (whatever we could find) It was supposed to be just mummy and darling but gong gong came to know of our plans and he insisted that mama accompany us as he was worried about me bringing boy out on my own...haiz! So poor mama had to be our escort and off we went shopping at Isetan whilst gong gong went for his karaoke at Ulu Pandan to which mama was SUPPOSED go to as well (if not for baby ryan)! Haha! Such a big boss, Ryan!

That's ryan playing a fool as mummy was trying to get him changed!

Anyway, I believe that mama enjoyed the shopping trip because SHE was the one who ended up buying clothes while mummy went home empty-handed! Even baby ryan managed to get a pair of 'Riders' sandals! Home sweet home around 10 plus....the shopping queens have done it again!

Daddy will be home tomorrow! Yahoo!

my oh my...

2007-06-15T14:15:00.000+08:00

Thursday 14th June 2007

Mummy decided to take up the challenge of a new hairdo this afternoon. She had made an appointment for herself and auntie vivian with the newly opened 'Barracuda' salon downstairs. It was a long and exasperating wait for the final outcome as we suffered at the mercy of the stylists for at least 3 hours! Auntie vivian's experience was much longer as her hair was much longer than mummy's.

Anyway, the final product of freshly ironed and smooth hair, the result of rebonding wasn't exactly something mummy got used to so easily. Why? Mummy had decided that not only was she going to rebond her hair, she was going to change the side of her parting! Now, that posed a problem as mummy wasn't used to using her left hand to flip her hair back, especially since it was now getting in her face! Haha! Well, I suppose that's what women (vain ones at least!) have to endure as part of their regime to looking BEAUTIFUL!

After mummy's many hours at the salon, she decided that something had to be done about her left wrist which was hurting very badly! So she decided to check out the TCM shop just a few doors down. The 'sinseh' was a very gentle and demure lady in her 40s I believe. She accessed my wrist and recommended that acupuncture would be the best and fastest remedy but mummy, being the timid one as usual, declined the offer and instead requested for an easier and painless way out! So the only thing that could be done for mummy was a little massage, placing the wrist under heat and then application of some medicine.

I suppose that should do for the time being...

At night, mummy had to remove the medicine as her wrist was starting to itch a little.

Oh, a picture of one of ryan's favourite sleeping positions.

Daddy's still in the dark about mummy's new hairdo...sshhh...

The dreaded EPMS is DONE!!!

2007-06-12T22:14:00.000+08:00

Mummy is one extremely happy woman at 12.15pm this afternoon! You might be wondering why?

Did mummy strike lottery like gong gong did?
Did she win a car in some lucky draw?
Or was it that she managed to persuade daddy to buy the long awaited and elusive LV handbag?

Well, actually it's none of the above lah!

Mummy was finally done after a 3 solid hour EPMS meeting with boss and bigger boss! OMG! I'm actually surprised we managed to clock no more than 3 hrs! Super ecstatic that it's finally over! The only thing left to do is to amend certain things and add in more reflection...easy peasy! Should be done in less than half an hour but...being the queen of procrastination, mummy will probably look through it again maybe on Thurs? Hehe...we'll see!

Popping champagne to celebrate this 'milestone' was out of the question but instead, the group of crazy teachers went out together for hi-tea (mrs pada's birthday treat)

Again...watz good to rave about at Carousel cafe? This time it's the waffles!!! Simple yet made to perfection! Top it off with the whipping cream and honey and...tada! The best waffles you can find in town! *slurp*

Mummy got a shock when she went home because mama showed her the mosquito bites on ryan's body! I believe there were more than 10 in total! Atrocious! My precious boy even had bites on his eyebrow and feet! The blood-sucking pests!!! Apparently, mama and gong gong blamed me for the bites because I did not shut the windows at night and switch on the air-con for their GRAND son! Sigh...there it is! The plain truth: mummy's the culprit!

See the big bite on ryan's right eyebrow?

Managed to take revenge when I killed one in the room before ryan went to zzz...praise the lord for that! Otherwise my poor son would end up with even more bites in the morning! Daddy, we miss you!

Daddy's away...

2007-06-12T22:02:00.000+08:00

Monday 11th June 2007

Daddy left for his business trip to Shenzhen and Hong Kong this afternoon...ryan obviously doesn't know that daddy is going away for abt 5 days even though daddy has kissed him millions of times and told him that he's going to miss him...

Before this, daddy even mentioned that it was fortunate that mummy wasn't the one travelling because daddy would probably have a HARD time looking after ryan on his own! Daddy even remarked that he'd probably book tickets for himself and ryan on the same flight as me! Hahahaha...it just shows how daddy cannot live with mummy huh?

Daddy called mummy the moment he landed at night and guess where ryan and mummy were? Haha...shopping around at IMM with mama and gong gong of course! I'm not known as the jalan queen for nothing you know?

Gong gong's treat

2007-06-12T00:12:00.000+08:00

Sunday 10th June 2007

Attended 10am mass at Holy Cross this morning and then headed to Chevrons for a father's day lunch. Gong gong booked a table for everyone at Brilliant Garden Restaurant and ordered a set meal for catered for 10 persons!

Something to rave about: their PEKING DUCK!!! so succulent, crispy and mmmmm....just so 'shiok'!

Ok, ok, stop it already!

After lunch, mummy had to request for mama to take Ryan along to wherever they were going because I had to seriously complete my EPMS and email to my 2 bosses that night!

I wonder why in the world MOE even came up with such a thing...the dreaded EPMS!! Ask any teacher and I'm sure this EPMS thingy will come up on their list of 'most dreaded'..... sigh

With a super heavy heart, I followed hubby to his office so that we could clear our work together...I cannot imagine if hubby really becomes a teacher himself one day! *FYI, he has mentioned before a couple of times that he's thinking of switching jobs....NO!!! my instant reply, of course! As if he doesn't know the things I have to go through...

Precious Ryan went along with mama and gong gong to lao-ma's house in bendemeer. Mama told me many of my aunts were there so I'm guessing Ryan had the time of his life AGAIN! The joy of being a child....

Yup, there it is...Ryan playing with I dunno whose dog actually.... hahaha...

Mummy and daddy only managed to reach back close to 7pm! It's really a torturous experience I tell you....the most dreaded EPMS

A day ALONE with mummy...or was it?

2007-06-09T09:02:00.000+08:00

Friday 8th June 2007

Today, mummy decided to take up the challenge and look after Ryan ON HER OWN! It was supposed to be a whole day affair just staying home and entertaining Ryan but…jiu jiu smsed mummy and asked if she wanted to go to the motherhood exhibition in the afternoon. Of course, without hesitation, I agreed! Haha…the whole day affair went up into smoke!

Ryan had a short nap of about 40mins and when he awoke, mummy fed him his very special lunch.
Why special? Because mummy had cooked rice and soup (made up of dried scallops, egg taohu, carrots and mince meat) for baby Ryan today (her first!) and she was really over the moon when Ryan seemed to be enjoying his lunch…he even gave mummy the 'good' sign (which is simply continuous movement of his hands up and down) without mummy even asking for it! OMG!! Mummy's head was swelling just being so proud of her accomplishment of cooking a meal that Ryan enjoyed!

We headed to the motherhood exhibition at the expo at around 2 plus when jiu jiu came to pick us. Seriously speaking, it wasn't worth the trip there even though jiu jiu, at my recommendation, bought 4 packs of nepia diapers @ 14 each. Since we were there, we decided to take the chance to grab some good deals at the JL mega sale next door. Not fantastic as well but I ended up with a really cheap pair of flats for school.

Ryan was EXTREMELY cranky (due to his lack of zzzz, of course!) and he kept screaming! Yup, you heard me right! SCREAMING!!! I seriously wonder how he's supposed to hear me scold him when he's just so super LOUD!!! Hai! Perhaps I should contemplate getting a cane at home?? Hhhmmm… what do you think?

*Note: I only said get a cane, not USE one! =P

Such a lucky day!

2007-06-09T08:56:00.000+08:00

Thursday 7th June 2007

Mummy had to go to sch today for band and prelim oral exams…baby ryan got to go out jalan with the rest of the gang again because 'teh teh' was on leave again! The jalan queen mummy missed her chance of going out with them and was instead stuck in school with her 4A boys who were ever sooo irritating!!

Anyway, the gang went to novena square and then to united square for the Pokemon performance that was going on! I'm guessing it's more for Ian coz he's a fanatic lah! Gong gong took pics of them with the Pokemon characters on stage and I believe that ryan was pretty amused though I'm sure he must be wondering what those funny looking creatures were!

After that, it was time to head to the toy store 'TOYS'R'US' for some toys! Gong gong had STRUCK LOTTERY (2nd prize) the day before as he had bet on the bicycles' numbers and it was time for the children to enjoy their treat! Amazing huh? Trust gong gong to be able to sequence the numbers so accurately! As usual, spoilt rascal Ryan got the most toys from his 'best friend, teh teh' which included a small minnie mouse helium balloon on a stick, a spiderman which was close to Ryan's height and a keyboard which had a microphone attached to it as well! Gor gor only had a DIY praying antis to assemble and if I remember correctly, jie jie didn't want (or was it, get) anything!

When the gang got home, everyone seemed satisfied except Yas who had to lug the keyboard which looked pretty cumbersome in a big box!

I believe it was another enjoyable day out for the children with their doting, most pampering mama and gong gong! Again, daddy missed out on the fun as he had to slog for the family! Till mummy blogs again!

*mummy's been blogging coz she's on hols, remember?*

Time out at the park!

2007-06-07T12:29:00.000+08:00

Gong gong (aka 'teh teh' in ryan's language) was on leave yesterday so the whole troop of mama, ian, chrissy, auntie yas, baby ryan and mummy went to east coast park for a day of fun in the sand!

Gor gor n jie jie were well prepared with their caps and sand-castle building tools (which were NOT used at ALL!) The moment we reached there at ard 10 plus, baby ryan decided it was time for his nap...sigh! Mummy pushed him along in his pram till he fell asleep whilst gong gong entertained the other 2 children by bringing them to the beach for some fun. Mama, being mama, had to watch over the things that we had lugged... 1 camera bag, Yas's diaper bag with the things the children needed, 1 big yellow recycling bag containing the sandwiches, hot water, clothes, towel n what have u and... mama's own big black bag with I dunno wat else! OMG! Just bringing the 3 children out, we've got sooo many things to lug!! Imagine if di di Ethan comes along!! I dread to think about it...

Anyway, ryan fell asleep so mummy decided it was time to exercise and went to rent a bike...
Paid $6 for a mountain bike n the guy there gave me a half hr extra...I was thinking to myself 'Would i actually want to ride for 1 and a half hr? Hhhhmmm?? Me? Exercising?'
Anyway, went ahead for a ride and realised my butt was aching and my legs as well, especially having to go up so many slopes! Watz wrong with straight, smooth roads anyway? Headed back after 10 - 15mins n saw the gang resting at the food centre...hahaha...baby ryan was awake and the prince was fed his porridge by his most doting, noble mama!

Gong gong had rented a tandem bike for himself and ian but ian hated the bike coz he was too short and couldn't reach the pedal...insisted on getting a bike for himself so yi yi here had to ride the tandem bike to the bicycle station and replace it with a bicycle suitable for him...in the end, to make it worth the $8 that gong gong had paid, i got another mountain bike but i didn't have to top up any $! Off we went back to where the gang were...

When we got back to the food centre, jie jie decided that she wanted to ride as well so auntie yas had to tompang her pretty precariously with one hand holding on the handle whilst the other one was acting like a harness around jie jie's body, preventing her from falling! It seemed a tad too dangerous so the yi yi here had to, once again, head to the station to get the bike exchanged to one with a child seat in front. Hai! The woes of being the yi yi!

Once the bike had been changed (at no cost again!) off we went for a short ride towards the super cool ski thingy where avid skiers gathered... fatigue, added on to an aching butt, prompted me to take short rests at where mama was while the kids n maid continued riding...

Gong gong took the liberty to bring ryan for a ride in the child seat even though we had disallowed yas from bringing ryan along coz mama n i figured it was too dangerous...however, gong gong was more confident so... i was surprised when i saw baby ryan in the child seat, enjoying the breeze and amusing himself with the bell that was atached to the handle..hehe..

A few more rounds on the bike and the time was up...we didn't venture far though...yi yi here was exhausted so couldn't lead ian any further...

We returned the bikes and headed to parkway parade for lunch at the food court...the children were all tired and ryan and his jie jie fell asleep in gong gong's car on the way back...

Overall, an enjoyable outing which daddy had missed! Another time perhaps...

Cut my hair, pleez!!

2007-05-25T21:43:00.000+08:00

Mummy brought the cheeky boy for a haircut today. Mama, auntie yas and jie jie chrissy went along as well. Initially, it was juz supposed to be mummy bringing ryan alone but jie jie wanted to go 'gai gai' as well so poor mama had to get changed and off we went to Jean Yip with ryan in his new ride, the MacLaren Volo!

Once we got to Jean Yip, ryan's stylist, Ken took over and as usual, mummy had to carry ryan on her lap and distract him so that Ken could work his magic! Mama too, played a part in distracting ryan with his biscuits. It took Ken about 15 minutes to simply cut the little rascal's hair but I must say that ryan was pretty well-behaved actually! No fussing and unnecessary screaming! Simply carrying out amusing antics and irritating the stylist with his constant looking at the mirror to see what's being done to his hair!

Daddy wasn't very pleased with the end product coz it wasn't short enough at the sides...mummy thinks it looks just fine actually! Hehehe, difference in opinions I guess! But whatever it is, our boy still looks as good as ever! Handsome little one! The daddy will definitely agree coz everyone ALWAYS says ryan looks just like his daddy! Sigh...I'm pretty sure he'll look so much better if he had mummy's genes! Hehe...

RYAN'S FINALLY WALKING ON HIS OWN!!!! woohoo

2007-05-22T21:57:00.000+08:00

*WOOHOO!!!* my lil boy is finally walking on his own unaided!!! wat a milestone it is today! for weeks now we have been trying to entice him to walk on his own by standing at least about 1m away and each time after a few steps, he will plomp on his butt and start crawling towards us! so we kinda concluded he's just plain lazy and would rather crawl faster to get to his destination! hehehe... we were at guild house having dinner with the entire family to celebrate baby ethan's 1st month. halfway through dinner, uncle rodney revealed that with his "method", ryan could walk more than 10 steps on his own and i was flabbergasted! OMG! i stopped munching and demanded a re-enactment rightaway! he stood and said "watch this!" he went over to ryan who was busily chasing his cousins ian and chrissy around, of course strolling from chair to chair. rod brought ryan to a fairly open space and with mama in the distance as 'target', he said "let's walk to mama". ryan with his outstretched hands, seemingly to balance himself as if on a tight rope, began walking steadily towards mama! and as we counted the number of steps! it soon reached 10 and counting!! i was like *speechless*. uncle steven immediately took out his videocam and said "Again!" and that was precisely wat ryan did! hehehehehe.... another fantastic reward of parenthood!!!! alas, it may be the start of our nitemare of chasing him around now! it was truly a sight to behold and soon after even the maids were trying to entice ryan to walk towards different 'targets'! ehehehhe... it seems that each time that baby ethan has a milestone, ryan would celebrate it with one of his own! just like when baby ethan was born and ryan took his first steps! and today, another milestone together! gong gong brought ryan out towards the lounge for a "walk" with ryan in tow and he was happily laughing/screaming away! he must be overwhelmed with his new found skill minus the lack of confidence! I AM ONE PROUD DADDY!! hahahahaha.... he must be really exhausted after all that walking cos he's fast alseep next to me now. my lil rascal aka pride & joy! till the next milestone!

RYAN'S 1ST SWIM CLASS! it's only a trial though

2007-05-03T23:35:00.000+08:00

i brought ryan for his 1st ever swim class ALONE!! mummy was supposed to be ard as well but due to some unforseen ridiculous reason (request to apply for childcare leave was turned down cos of contact time), i had the honours to bring my lil boy alone with maximum bonding time!! hehehhe... and of course mummy is still fuming to date and has demanded to bring him swimming this sat! the swim session was organised by aunt ivy aka perper for the 06 babies (trinity, jayden, javier, cayden, dexter & ryan) and it was held at the NTU alumni house over at one-north. it was a breezy afternoon and expectedly the water was *brrrr* cool! had to single-handedly change ryan out of his clothes and into his swimwear and it was no easy feat! aunt ivy offered to help but i insist i was fine (must appear competent!) ryan was rather co-operative and soon after he was ready for his swim! while waiting for aunt lina aka keikei and aunt 'caymom' to arrive, we were told to bring our lil ones to the edge of the pool for some 'warm-up' preps. i was amazed that jayden and trinity were walking on their own already and very fast at that and realised its just that ryan's rather lazy to start doing that now! hmph! the occasional splashing of the 'cool' water was rather enjoying and ryan appeared 'warmed-up' and was ready! when everyone was ready, i realised i was still in my tee & berms! OMG! thank goodness aunt lina's maid was there to help hang on to ryan while i zoomed to the chair and stripped! the entire session was thoroughly enjoyable except for the part where the coach came over to ryan for his turn to get orientated! as usual, due to his high level of stranger anxiety (which was never apparent til a few months back), he wailed and screamed much to my embarrassment! he had to stand out among his peers! hahahahahha.... aunt sally aka sweetpea was busily snapping away while we were 'swimming' and i must say, the pics were great! absolutely priceless!! then came the moment i dread! it's shower time!! i carried ryan to the bathroom, stripped him and tried to rinse off the clorinated water without any soap (since grandma's gona bathe him soon enough when we reach home anyway). as usual, dressing him up was an extremely mind boggling and tedious affair! had to distract him with my car key, his mickey rattler, etc just to put on his romper and shoes! wat a struggle! but i kinda enjoyed it and felt good about it all! alas! i could bring ryan out single-handedly wifout crying for help! hehehhe.... we gave aunt jerene aka missy and javier a lift to holland v before heading for grandma's place! it was truly a great experience and a memorable one too! cant wait for the upcoming MyGym trial at great world this sat!

ryan's teeth update!

2007-05-03T23:27:00.000+08:00

woohoo! ryan's 4th tooth is finally sprouting out too!! *jumping for joy* when will his first molar appear?!! my lil monster has been bugging us to feed him whenever we are munching or having our meals!! but at least he's growing very well! hehehe....

RYAN'S FIRST STEPS!!!!

2007-04-25T11:20:00.000+08:00

YAHOO!! ryan has finally taken his first few steps on 23rd April 2007!! and that's baby ethan's birth day too!!! he's rather cautious though and would immediately sit on his butt after standing on his own for about 5 secs, sometimes longer. it's such a milestone to witness him walking all by himself!! one of the great rewards & achievements of parenthood! my lil baby boy has finally walked when almost all his peers are already cruising around! hahahha... ryan takes it slow and easy i guess.

his appetite seems to be growing as well. he can't seem to stop munching on bread and the like whenever he sees one lying around. just yesterday when we were visiting baby ethan at thomson medical, he chanced upon a bun lying on the coffee table in the suite which jiujiu had left for him. he immediately went "mum-mum" and walked towards it!! he grabbed it and went chomp chomp all by himself! it was a sight to behold! hahahha gong gong was snapping away while he chomped the bun bit by bit. hahahaha...i couldnt stop laughing!

RYAN'S TEETH GROWTH CHART

2007-03-30T12:13:00.000+08:00

ryan's first visit to the ZOO!

2007-03-27T15:14:00.000+08:00

we brought ryan to the zoo for the very first time on the 3rd of feb 2007!

as usual, he was very "curious aka kapo" as he saw the myriad range of animals. not forgetting the usual pong and greenery. so much has evolved since our last visit half a decade ago! he sat quietly throughout the animal show and took a short nap thereafter. bought an elephant toy for him which he adores to this very day! hahahaha.... it was a great day with superb weather and shall return when he's able to walk well!

Ryan's birthday party!

2007-03-19T15:19:00.000+08:00

halo! welcome to my party!
goodie bags for each of ryan's frens ryan zooming around in his walker

check out ryan's crown which reads PRINCE!

It's Ryan's 1st birthday celebrations! Mummy and Daddy organised a massive celebration for more than 100pax at Cashew Heights function hall on Sat 17th March from 12noon to 3pm for baby Ryan! preparations started like 2 months ago and daddy has been planning, designing and buying stuff! Theme of party: MICKEY MOUSE (since ryan loves him!)

Mummy, daddy and Ryan's godpa left home early to start decorating the hall for the party which started at 12pm! there was so much to put up and ensure that all decor was in place! signages, welcome posters, banners, balloons, goodie bags, setup of tables for cake cutting & presents, etc

100 balloons (red and black, mickey's colors) were ordered from concourse and delivered (thankfully before the guests arrived) Bibik caterers arrived before 12.30pm and the buffet was quickly set up! As the guests slowly streamed in, more and more presents for our precious son were piling up! about 110 guests arrived & everyone commented on the decor and great food! hahahaha....

Ryan was happily zooming around in his walker which we decorated with balloons and a banner. Can tell that Ryan simply enjoyed himself and the attention that was showered on him that afternoon!

Ryan's goodie bag to his friends consisted of a green stuffed snake (from Ikea), some Mickey biscuits (since Mickey was the theme) and a clapper! Attached to each bag was of course, a balloon!

The climax of the party?
The arrival of his 6kg cake, personally delivered by uncle Henry (Bengawan Solo)
It was super HUGE and very beautifully done!!! Cake was designed by Daddy dearest of course! Similar to invite card design.

Cake cutting was carried out at 2.30pm and baby Ryan got a taste of his own birthday cake (vanilla sponge with fresh strawberries) Loads of cake were distributed and we even had to give away some of Ryan's cake coz it was simply TOO MUCH to handle!!! Haha!

Whilst mummy and daddy were impatiently waiting for the caterers to come and collect their stuff, the little prince was sent home by mama and gong gong (mummy's) to be taken care of by mama and gong gong (daddy's)!!! See how important this little boy is!!! Hahaha!

Silly caterers took 2 hours to arrive! Such bad co-ordination! We were really peeved at them for wasting so much of our time!

At home, Ryan had a good sleep and woke up in time to open all his prezzies!!! Received loads of vouchers and angbaos as well! Yahoo!!

::: HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO OUR PRECIOUS DARLING! :::

ryan's new car seat!

2007-02-26T17:34:00.000+08:00

THE MAXI COSI PRIORI ENZO! with side protection system!

upcoming 1st birthday party!

2007-02-26T17:28:00.000+08:00

ryan recently celebrated his first ever CNY! he collected lotsa ang paos too! he's still toothless to date and has been rather cranky for the past few days. hopefully his tooth will be out before his first birthday next month!

we have sent out the invites for his party to relatives and frens over CNY. the theme will be mickey mouse since he simply adores it! i will sit down and watch mickey's clubhouse with him every day from 8.30am to 9am and feed him cereal at the same time. will upload his invite soon!

bathtub shot!

2007-02-26T17:21:00.000+08:00

ryan's first haircut!!!!

2007-01-12T17:38:00.000+08:00

BEFORE AFTER

hey everyone! we just brought ryan for his first haircut since birth!!! i simply refused to trim his hair as i do not want to compromise his good looks! hahahaha.... we checked out the junior league place at paragon but there were too many people so we brought him to jean yip! same stylist as veron's. it was pouring heavily when we walked over to the salon. veron had to hold him while they sat on a chair and Ken (the stylist) started snipping away! my heart pounded heavily as i fear for my son's look! hehehhe.... armed with a videocam in one hand and the camera in the other, i moved around them so that ryan will be distracted and not figet. another female stylist was also playing and talking to ryan as Ken painstakingly tried to trim my lil boy's hair! it was a sight to behold! they commented that ryan was a very good boy as he did not even wail or be terribly agitated in the entire process! instead, he was busily looking around and probably wondered wat ken was doing and was fasinated with ken's huge red comb.

after all was done, as we walked to the car, i was scrutinising ryan's new hairstyle and was grumbling away that his fringe was too short!!! hmph! anyway, veron and mom said he looked very cute and neat. *eyes rolling* after his bath and milk, he drifted off to dreamland!

hows this pose mom?

2006-11-17T14:06:00.000+08:00

ladies & gentlemen: my daddy and i!!

2006-11-17T13:55:00.000+08:00

ryan's 2nd visit to daddy's office

2006-11-17T11:42:00.000+08:00

uncle ken & ian made ryan wear my golf cap! boy does he look cuuuute!!! heheheheh.... will start him on golf lessons soon! eyed a junior golf set for him already!! hahahaha

ryan's first dip!!

2006-11-07T15:17:00.000+08:00

here's some pics of ryan taking his first ever dip! i just lurve his wetsuit! it comes with inbuilt floats in the front and back! after they are pumped up, he looks like a ball! hehehhehe....

he lufs the water alot! screamed in excitement and kicks away frantically!

we're gona sign him up for a swim class taught by aussie trained couple located at holland road. sounds really fun and exciting!

ryan's sty has been pricked at last!!

2006-10-27T15:54:00.001+08:00

sigh, his sty was there for the longese time!!! more than a month now. we brought him to see siewpin 2 sats ago for a review. she said we have 2 choices, either we bring him to a surgeon to surgically remove the sty or we just continue to wait and see. GOSH! that was like, ouch! after much pondering, siewpin decided to just prick it with a needle and squeeze all all the bad blood and pus!

veron had to hold ryan's head down while i held on to his arms and legs. dun ask me how i did it, but i managed to hold him down while she got ready for the prick!!! ryan hates to be restrained and even before she could even put the needle near the sty, he wailed and screamed!!!! prob scared off potential patients outside!

she did a light prick and soon all the bad blood was oozing out with lil amount of pus. he screamed till there was no noise and his whole face was read and mouth wide open! one of those screams and my heart sank!!! i almost teared at the sight of him doin that! my poor lil boy!!! he was still screaming at the top of his voice after that while she was squeezing out the blood and all with several cotton wools. but the swell went down substantially.

oh yah, he weighed 9.3kg and was 72cm tall as at that day which was 28th oct.

we brought him to ELC to buy a toy for being soo brave! *eyes rolling* hehehhe.....veron picked out a cute dinosaur toy which i thought was very cuuuute! 18 bucks its worth and we as usual enquired about the stock for the pirate ship which we set our eyes on, but no stock till date. sigh! brought him to polo ralph to buy a new set of white socks as the current ones are kinda yellowish and soon-to-be outgrown!!

the evolution of ryan's chinese name over the MSN!!!

2006-10-23T19:00:00.000+08:00

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
me and your humble servant have decided that cai tao is the best choice.

Your humble servant, Derek Liew has been added to the conversation.

::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
basket!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
how, ur parents suggested anything yet?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
or cai xiao ping after our charismatic leader deng xiao ping

Wilde has been added to the conversation.

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai xiao ping oso sounds like cai guo ping...
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
can ask ur parents to suggest a few hopefully over the weekend
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
need to register birth by next week
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
you wan one word or two words one?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
one work like china man leh...
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
abit hor?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
anything is fine bro
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
one word abit hard since surname is cai
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
sigh...
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
anything fine then chose between cai tao and cai xiao ping lar!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
hahahaha
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
anything that sounds good is fantastic bro
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ass!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai rui
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
more manly name pls
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai yuan rui?

Wilde says:
y dun u guys just ask the goddad to name
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
bro!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
how bout cai ze
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze or zhe?

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cos godfather say cai tao!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
hahaha

Wilde says: lol
Wilde says: u might as well call tao ze
Wilde says: father apple... son peach
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
i thot bout cai ze too...
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai xiao ping!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
we kinda like cai ze
Wilde says:
I know... call tian tian
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
oei take higher chinese one tink abit can
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
cool rite?
Wilde says:
like Timmy Ang Tim Tim
Wilde says:
hahaha
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ryan chua rye an
Wilde says:
jian yong lor
Wilde says:
jian guo, yong ping
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai cheng?

Wilde says:
jian yong, guo ping
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai qoo
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
think we gona settle with cai ze
Wilde says:
madness cai cheng... finance isit?
Wilde says: as in wat?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
but which ze?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
u ass!

Wilde says:
ze1, 2, 3 or 4??
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze2
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
cool rite?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahahhahha

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
but Ryan Chua Ze?
Wilde says:
not smooth leh
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
sounds wierd...
Wilde says:
Call Zen lor
Wilde says:
as in Cai Zhen
Wilde says:
(ie real)
Wilde says:
hahaha
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
like girl leh
Wilde says:
wat u want? money? health? strength?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
Ryan Chua Z
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
like Jay Z
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai zhi?
Wilde says:
Chua
Wilde says:
wat the hell u want?
Wilde says:
wat kinda meaning? health? money? looks? luck?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
no need meaning he say
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
sound nice, cannot make fun can liao
Wilde says:
Kuo Shi
Wilde says:
lol...
Wilde says:
this kind no meaning cannot narrow down mah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wait bros
::: spiders ::: golf guru says: like me read the previous msgs pls
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
Cai Fa1 Ke4!!!
Wilde says:
Yes!!!
Wilde says:
dat's it!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ok
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
u ass!
Wilde says:
hahaha... settle simple one lah.... Li3(?) An1(safe).... direct from Ryan....
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
sounds girly leh
Wilde says:
Think Li3 can be polite... since the dad swear so much... the son can atone for it
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
and english is Ryan Chua Li Ann
Wilde says:
dat's y need the lousy slacker daddy to narrow down the symbolism he want for the name
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ppl will call him ann
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahaha
Wilde says:
or Lian
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so ryan chua ze
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
or just chua ryan
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
then chinese characters will be cai ze
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
chua ze quite cool

::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
can anot?

Wilde says:
ze ze... u think cool meh
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
how?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
his godfather sleeping issit?
Wilde says:
roll it off ur tongue a few hundred times cause dat's how often ur son will hear this name frm his China teacher nxt time
Wilde says:
unless u get him a Malayu teacher
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai yuan rui, cai fa ke, cai tao.... narrow down to 3 choices
Wilde says:
his godfather surfing porn, dun disturb
Wilde says:
lol
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai zhi2
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai zhi4
Wilde says:
no
Wilde says:
both 4... too strong
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai dang1
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
like ah dang
Wilde says:
ok ok... call jia3... nxt baby call yi4... nxt baby bing3... nxt ding1
Wilde says:
cai jia3
Wilde says:
aka tao
Wilde says:
cai tao
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
pls be seriouos bro!
Wilde says:
how to be serious if the daddy dun wanna seriously think wat kinda meaning to narrow the name down to.... like there's 10 thousand times more China names than Eng lor

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
he oredi said no need meaning wat
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ya lah

Wilde says:
cai wu ming lah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
just sound nice first
Wilde says:
lol
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
then settle the easiest word to write
Wilde says:
wu ming lor
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai wei meng
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
my cai abit siong to write already
Wilde says:
how much easier can wu ming get?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
easiest to write call hi cai yi lar
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
one stroke
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
den second one call cai er
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhahah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
third one cai san
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
u damn good bro!!!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhahahhahahah
::: spiders ::: golf guru winks:
Play "Water Balloon"

Wilde says:
Ryan Chua Teo how?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
wat is teo in chinese?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
zhang
Wilde says:
no lah
Wilde says:
tew isit? throw?
Wilde says:
ke3 jun4?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
think we settle with cai ze lah huh?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
yang, can ask ur parents which ze to use?
Wilde says:
ke3 hong
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze or zhe?
Wilde says:
since daddy like red so much
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
wahlau... he use for life one leh. dun anyhow settle can
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
veron also said cai ze sounds great!
Wilde says:
I kinda like Ke Hong
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
just that dialect not so nice
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai shi4 chang3
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
chua ze
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so dialect will be chua ryan
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
chinese characters then cai ze
Wilde says:
how abt cai4 pak4 chiu3?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat's cai ze?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
sounds gross
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ok wat
Wilde says:
lol
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
veron likes it!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahahah
Wilde says:
mad!
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
cai ze2
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat's the meaning of tat?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
dunoe yet
Wilde says:
wat his zodiac sign?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
just sound nice
Wilde says:
rabbit
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
eh...pisces i think
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat's wiv u and 2 word-names
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
thats wat joyce said
Wilde says:
chinese zodiac lah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai fa1 ke4
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
i think dog
Wilde says:
wat's his element? earth wind water or fire?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai gou?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai tu?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
forget this two-word thing lah...considering ur surname, it's quite hard
Wilde says:
try see if his character nxt time friendly or fierce, shy or charismatic
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
makes it easy for kids to ridicule him
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
call him cai ye2 su1 lar
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
Ryan Chua Jesus
Wilde says:
no lah... Cai shang4 di4
Wilde says:
grander
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
dun play play wiv religion please
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
a name's for life
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai zhu3
Wilde says:
Ke3 Hong2
Wilde says:
Jian4 An1
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
rui4 an1
Wilde says:
Cai4 Hua2
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cannot... too much like cai hua1
Wilde says:
ur chinese fuckking bad isit?
Wilde says:
oops
Wilde says:
dun ask stupid question... sorry
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
frankly, chris, u have to understand the meaning of the word before thinking it's cool

Wilde says:
agreed
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
a name's for life, not like naming ur dog bubbles
Wilde says:
he just dun want any meaning
Wilde says:
ya, not happy with the name can give up the dog
Wilde says:
or rename the dog chow chow
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
ryan chua chow chow

Wilde says:
truely inspiring
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai ker jian
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah!
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
good name

Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua ker chien
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
not bad
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhaha
Wilde says:
so it's settled... 2 against 1 .... cai ke jian it is
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
let me ask the mummy
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cannot lar. wait ppl dunno whos son....
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
mummy said "kiss my ass!"
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahahhahahahahahahhaha
Wilde says:
at least the impression will be better mah
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
tell her tat her arse too big now
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
she needs to lose weight

::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhaha
Wilde says:
wat's Veron's Cina name?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
teo veronica
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
zhang veronica
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
damn gross man
Wilde says:
dat's it????
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wats so gross?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
that was veron!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhahahaha
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
yup
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
zhang veronica
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
chinese teacher call her le rong
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
better to give your own chinese name or wait end up like don teacher anyhow whack
Wilde says:
lin3 pai3
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
wei meng lar... ah dang lar...
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
KER CHIEN
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wat was don's chinese name?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
wei meng
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua ah dang
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wats so wei meng about him
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
chua ker chew
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahahhahahahahahhahaah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai ke3 qiu1
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
thats alex rite?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chan hua chew
Wilde says:
lin3 pai3
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
is he in town? aint seen him online
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua hua chew
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
alex is hua zhou
Wilde says:
cai4 lin3 pai3
Wilde says:
dialect Chua Lim Pek

Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
cai da4 niao3
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua big bird - good name
Wilde says:
cannot lah... his niao3 still small
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua xiao niao - catch small bird
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhahahahhahahahahahahhahah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhahahhahahahahhahahah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
the godfather is full of shit!!!!!

Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah, so is the dad
Wilde says:
too bad the dad is a sai kang... always eat shit
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
chua sai kang
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
how about Rui Yuan?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ryan is awake!!!!!!!!!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cia sai4 gang1
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai sai4 gang1 i mean
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah...he wants to be called chua sai kang
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
he heard his name and woke up...
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
shaddap!
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
HE IS AWAKEN!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
SAI KANG is amongst us!!
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua sai kang is it!
Wilde says:
lol
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
ok lah, better dun suan little SK...or else his mother upset
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
9 mnths of hard labor, only for a group of faggots to tekan a one-week baby
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhaha
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
how bros, cai ze cannot
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai ker chien is nice lar
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
mummy wants cai ze leh
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat's the spelling of ze?
Wilde says:
cannot lah
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat's its meaning?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
thats why need to consult u guys
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
which ze to use
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
like i said, dun take it because it sounds cool
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
she's quite adament about it
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
now we find meaning lor
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
which ze to use
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
count me out, my chinese sucks
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze or zhe
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
yang
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ur chinese the best
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
zhe. more meaning....
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
cool
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
zhe it is then
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wat spelling? wat meaning?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
which one?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
i got no chinese dictionary
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
ay...dun be flippant abt it...go check a dictionary out
Wilde says:
hand sign, partner metal, mouth below
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
i am checking dic
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
how long is it?
Wilde says:
it's for wisdom
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
10
Wilde says:
10 strokes
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
alphabets
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
10 inches
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
dictionary
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
sorry man, my chinese sucks..
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
yah don... dats the one. means ppl with wisdom
Wilde says:
agree... not many other Zhe or ze with good name
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
or the ri3 below... means bright
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ri4 i mean
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
as in day
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
err...saya catch no ball. got online dictionary or not?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
i also bro
Wilde says:
got u go check from hanyu online or something
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
cant understand wat side wat below
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wait wait
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
found one
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
zhe
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
which yin?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
3
Wilde says:
hmm... maybe better to go with the sun character
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
2 i mean
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
the kou at the bottom sounds good
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
or can use zhe2 mo2 the zhe
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wisdom
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
hahaha
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ass
Wilde says:
no no the other one Yang suggest.... de one with the ri below
Wilde says:
not kuo

::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
dun have leh
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
only got the one with the kou
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
it's the zhe mo the zhe with a kou or a ri below
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
as in zhe xue
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
philosophy
Wilde says:
ur dic is useless lah.... pun intended
Wilde says:
nope... nxt one
Wilde says:
1 more stroke
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ass!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
i more stroke in don's ass?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
oh
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wat does that mean?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
ok guys...we should settle on a few combos and then decide on one.
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
it means bright
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ming2 liang4
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
coming with your genes your son needs that
Wilde says:
think dat's better... zhe is made up of break and mouth... breaking mouth not generally a gd thing rite?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
break day not much better right... wah liew
Wilde says:
but think abt it... wat wld it take to break day? quite alot of pwr behind it
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
(-_-).....
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
den might as well break wind oso
Wilde says:
hahaha... just saying both meanings quite gd.... but might as well settle for the safer one
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
go count strokes and see dialect and all how first....
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
err...why is this conversation not involving chris?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
i agree with chungyang
Wilde says:
he's checking his dic see y so useless
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
eh
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wat mean?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
let's get the different names and let chris and veron consult wiv their parents lah
Wilde says:
ya... we've done our best here I guess
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
no point, both sides parents chinese sucks!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahahah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
den give to godfather to decide
Wilde says:
Chua Che
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
his chinese good!
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
thats y my mum got this book of anmes
Wilde says:
is dat the dialect?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
names
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah but at least explain to them the difference lah. coz that's their grandson
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
plus chris'
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
erm...dialect just chua ryan
Wilde says:
or isit Chua Cek?
Wilde says:
where got such thing?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
chua Z lor
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
Ah Chek lah - uncle
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
how bout ze2
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chua tse?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
as in responsibility
Wilde says:
ya, nxt time call son call ah cek
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze ren
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
tse and Z the same
Wilde says:
uncle! uncle! come eat ur breakfast
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
den might as well call chua lao peh
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ooi bros
Wilde says:
I suggest liao mah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
ze ren how?
Wilde says:
call lin3 pai3
Wilde says:
Chua Lim Pek
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chris, there's no meaning to it
Wilde says:
he's mad lah, ignore him
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ze got meaning oso. responsibility lor
Wilde says:
dat's if he uses dat cina character mah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
book also suggested zhe with the kou
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wise
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
then take it lor, since u really hell-bent on the name
Wilde says:
Cai Zhe Cheng
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
but ze alone like no meaning i tink...
Wilde says:
Bright and sincere
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah...i agree wiv chungyang again
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
zhe more meaning than ze
Wilde says:
use Zhe lah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
dun just go for the easier to write one lar!!!
Wilde says:
but true wat Zhe more meaningful than Ze
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
den you must also think hor, nxt time got another son or another daughter
still got one word names for cai anot....
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
thanx bros for staying awake for this
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
i m not....i m surfing other stuff
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
i watching nasdaq
Wilde says:
I'm surfin porn
Wilde says:
lol... no lah... still updating my comp
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
seriously lah, chris...gotta think hard, problem with chinese names is tat if mispronounced, it can be embarassing for the kid.
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
i m half alseep
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
eh...so cai zhe quite easy
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so we settle with zhe
Wilde says:
the simpleton speaks
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
the one with the sun or mouth?
Wilde says:
watever lah
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
he's the father lah - let him decide
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
we gave him the options
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
paiseh, went to get the milk out of the fridge
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
you go and count strokes, compare 8 characters and all that first den decide lor
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
if u pantang lah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
eh....i anything also can
Wilde says:
dun care him lah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
yang, u help me count and decide can?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
yeah, if u not pantang, it's ok then.
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wat 8 characters?
Wilde says:
u gving Yang big Ang Pow isit?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
no need lah
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so either the re or the kou right?
Wilde says:
eh, this kind like not u say one rite?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
both mean the same thing?
Wilde says:
must Yang say one wat.... bueh pai seh
Wilde says:
OK ok.... Chua Pai seh
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
bro... your son leh...
Wilde says:
he dun care mah... he wan daughter remember?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
shaddap!
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
call chua qoo niang lor
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
only got 2 zhe to choose from right?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chris, u should decide.
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
cai gu1 niang2
Wilde says:
hahahaa
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
do u want to check the 8 characters stuff or u will juz choose watever is more appropriate?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
those two zhe got the most meaning lar. unless you wan the torture one
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhaha
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
no need for 8 characters cos i'm catholic
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
but i dunno how to count strokes and compare 8 characters and all that kinda stuff one hor

::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so wat does the one with the re mean again?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
ok, the final word from the dad is - ignore the 8 character thing. Just have to choose between the two
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
it means bright as in ming2 liang4
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
chua yoon loi
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
bright as in smart?
Wilde says:
not elaborated
Wilde says:
but with a ri below, think it means light
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
don your dic is the red and yellow one izzit? hehehe
Wilde says:
no lah... the Times Cina Dictionary hehe
Wilde says:
also got the Pacific Cina-Eng Dictionary
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
so bright as in light
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hmmmm....how?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
wise or light?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
wise is better
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
ming liang can be clear oso
Wilde says:
light lah
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
as in clarity
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
you choose lar. wan your son to have some wisdom unlike the father, or wan
your son to be bright and clear

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
also unlike the father
:: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hmmm....
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
winny's chinese good?

BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
suelynn's?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
i go ask my parents lar... wahlau
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
they still awake?
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
dun need to decide by today anyway right?
:: spiders ::: golf guru says:
true
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
u muz be joking
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
joke about wat?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
oh u mean suelynn's chinese?
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
hahahhah
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
her chinese is worse than mine
::: spiders ::: golf guru says:
paiseh, went to make milk
BaaBaaBlackSheep have u any wool? says:
you went to milk veron?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew says:
chris, u still on half day leave?
Your humble servant, Derek Liew has left the conversation.

ryan's first visit to daddy's office!

2006-10-23T18:54:00.000+08:00

these are some snapshots taken by uncle ken when ryan went to daddy's office for the very first time! he was carried by uncle ian and they even made him do the global sign language! simply loves these pics esp the one that looks like he's gona wail!! he was the centre of attraction at the office that day!

ryan's new ride from JAPAN!

2006-10-23T18:48:00.000+08:00

Check out ryan's new ride direct from JAPAN! this extremely light weight covertible weighs only 4.3kg, broad base of 36cm and costs 50,000 yen! its worth every single penny since its such a head-turner! hehehe....

ryan's birth story!!

2006-10-09T16:33:00.000+08:00

now...the much awaited birth story!! RYAN’s OUT!!!! Hahahahha….he cleared customs on the 18th March 2006 (Saturday) @ 1018hrs at TMC, birth room 2!

Some key facts first:
1. weight – 3.34kg
2. length – 51cm
3. head circumference – 33cm
4. gynae: Dr LC Cheng
5. PD: Dr Tan Siew Pin
6. hospital: TMC

here’s an account of wat happened on the fateful day!!We were supposed to see LC Cheng for the weekly consultation since it was 38 weeks! (By the way, marcus is out too!! On 13 march! 5 days earlier than ryan! Hahahha…) in the morning of 17th mar (Friday), veron spotted a show and we were terribly excited about it. LC Cheng said at the previous visit that a show could mean delivery could happen with the day itself or easily the next 2 or 3 days! So we could just wait and see if contractions started or the bursting of the waterbag!!

As it was the March hols, I dropped veron at her mum’s place and proceeded to work. At about 4pm, I left office to pick her up. Over the phone she told me she suspects that contractions have started, some tightening and I told her to monitor over the next few mins and chart the frequency and duration! I decided to drive home to pick up the hospital bag as well as the videocam and digicam (just in case!). I picked her at about 5pm and we stopped to have a short recording on the videocam.

On the way there, I kept on asking her if she felt anything and how long each “tightening” lasted! When we got there, it was about 5.30pm thereabouts and I alighted her while I proceeded to the carpark where it was full and the valet parked my car for me while I rushed to join veron at LC Cheng’s clinic!! We were supposed to see him at 4.30pm but was informed earlier to come about 5pm cos he was involved in a delivery before. We found out that there were about 12 people in front of us!!! We kept monitoring her contractions and each one became pretty intense! I got worried and decided to inform the nurse that we suspect that she is having contractions!

Of course while waiting, I called my mum, melvin, yang, Derek and informed them that it could be anytime soon! Hahahhaha…I was terribly excited!! The nurse brought a wheelchair and wheeled veron upstairs to the labour ward to latch her onto the CTG machine to chart her contractions. In the process, I was told to wait in the waiting lounge and the wait was purely agonizing! Looked at the multitude of baby photos pasted on both sides of the corridor. Soon I got impatient and requested if it was ok to see my wife and after checking, they said ok. My poor wife was feeling the intense contractions as she lay on the bed. I could see the “peaks” on the CTG machine and she would cringe as each contraction started! After 30mins of monitoring, the nurse checked her cervix but it was only 1cm dilated!!!! Kinda early for labour to start!!!! We were given options to wait for the cervix to dilate or go home and rest. We decided to stay and then they said to wait for LC Cheng to check on her and advice thereafter. I was told to do the admissions and I was overwhelmed!

I called Melvin and told him the great news!! Hahahahha… I was beaming with joy while I patiently waited to sign the admission papers and paid the 1000 bucks deposit! We waited for LC Cheng to come up and he came at about 845pm and told us to go up to the room to have a rest, a warm shower and eat dinner. He said to relax as much as possible and it will aid in dilating the cervix! We went upstairs and dinner was served. We booked the 1-bedder room and it was a great experience! I chose to have the western menu and I had steak with soup, salad, fruits, bread! Well balanced diet! Veron had sandwiches only as she was pretty uncomfortable with the contractions happening like every 2 to 3 mins!! Told her to have a warm bath and then she laid on the bed and watched TV.

At about 1030pm, she could take it no more and she was tearing as the contractions peaked! We decided to go back to the labour ward and the nurses were like “huh, so fast, but u just came up, u sure u want to go down again?” hahahha…..they wheeled her to the labour ward again and she requested for epidural to be administered asap!!!! I was told to wait outside again. They inserted something to help her clear her bowels and then they monitored her in birth room 2! I was like “this is it!” she cringed every other minute when the contractions happened and I felt her pain. They contacted dr phua, the anesthetist and he came down about 11plus. I was told to wait outside again!! It took a grueling 45mins for the administering of the epidural and when I was finally allowed to go in, I saw my wife with the drip and I instantly felt her pain! Dr phua was still ard to monitor if the epidural was working well and apparently it wasn’t!!!!! She could still feel the pain and he said he took such a long time cos veron’s spine was calcified due to lack of exercise and the “couch potato syndrome”. Soon after, Dr phua decided to redo the epidural and veron freaked out!!! Some more injections!!! I was told to wait outside again, but this time it wasn’t that long, about 30mins thereabouts!

Smses were coming in from Melvin, veron’s mum, her frens hikmah and Vivian. When I went in again, veron was smiling and I knew the epidural had taken effect!!! PRAISE THE LORD! Dr phua waited awhile more before leaving the room. He’s truly pleasant and shared his experiences with us and being a close fren to LC Cheng, having attended classes together and all that. I stayed with veron throughout the night and as the epidural took effect, she felt numbness in both legs and terribly drowsy. She rested while I tried to get some rest and had to constantly check her.

The nurses came in every 30mins to check on her and that kinda disrupted my rest as well. Hahahha…..i went upstairs to the room to grab my charger as well as hers and charged both phones in the birth room, for fear of batteries emptying in the morning with the multitude of smses!! Hahahha…..i had several hot beverages at the “fathers’ corner”. I had milo, 3in1 coffee (which was disgusting!), lipton tea throughout the night which kept me awake!!! At about 3am, I decided to go home to feed bubblez and tubby. I tried to grab whatever necc stuff as well and went back to TMC. Veron did not even know I was gone for an hr. I tried to take a short nap as I was terribly exhausted by then! As usual, the nurses came in every 30mins to check on her.

Throughout the night, there were other mothers already there before us waiting to deliver and almost all delivered in the wee hours of the morning, and I was there to witness the happy faces of the new dads talking to their newborns! By 4am, I was the only one still waiting to see my lil precious one! Hahahahha….at about 7.30am, the nurse checked her again and reported that she was already 8cm dilated!!!! All the rest paid off!! I was excited until the nurse said it will be another hour or two before she is completely dilated at 10cm!! Sigh…the end is in sight!!! Outside, there were other dads waiting already.

My mum called at about 5 plus and again at 7 plus, she could not sleep at all! Hahahha….Yang msged me at about 7 plus enquiring about the status. Vivian msged at about 8 plus. LC Cheng came about 8 plus and checked her cervix again and said it was about 9cm already, just by inserting his fist into her, amazing!! He was puzzled why the waterbag had not broke by then and proceeded to burst her waterbag and lots of amniotic fluid flowed out! He estimated to be another hour or so for the actual delivery! I was on my toes and all ready for the moment!!!

At about 9 plus, the nurse told her to start practicing to “push” on her side!! By monitoring the CTG machine on her left, each time the number starts to increase beyond the 20 mark, start by taking a deep breath and push with all your might as in passing motion! Do 3 times for each cycle! Fortunately, the epidural was in effect as she could not feel the contractions!!

Soon enough, I could see strands of ryan’s hair!!! The nurse came in and continued to encourage her to push even harder and longer!!! Then other nurses came in to start getting ready for delivery! After several repeated pushes, it was time for LC Cheng to come in!! the nurses helped him wear his surgical gown and boots and they rested her legs on supports to lift her legs in preparation for delivery while she continued to push!! By then, I could see some of the top part of ryan’s head!! hahahahhaha LC Cheng said “are u ready? Let’s start!” my heart was pounding away like crazy!!! There were 2 other nurses on each side to cheer her on as well as assist in the delivery. We waited for the contraction to begin again and then it was time!! LC Cheng said to give 3 cycles of hard pushes and ryan will be out!!! So all eyes were on the numbers on the CTG machine and the first push went on! “good good, very good” said LC Cheng. I could see more of ryan’s head now! Veron was pushing with all her might at each push and it really pains me to see her suffer like that! Sigh….then LC cheng said, “alrite, 2 more pushes and he’s out!” true enough, by the 2nd long hard push, ryan’s entire head emerged and then LC Cheng said “wait awhile” while he turned ryan’s head to the right and then “alrite now with a not so hard push!” with wat seemed to be not much effort of a push as compared to the previous pushes, ryan’s shoulders emerged and he was pulled out with his cord!!

He didn’t look very bloody, looked abit bluish and gradually as he cried, he turned pinkish!! and a warm feeling overwhelmed me!! That’s my son!! Ryan continued wailing and next, LC Cheng said “u ready to cut the cord?” I said “anytime! Where do I cut?” he clamped 2 sections of the cord and passed me the scissors and I did the honours! It was truly rubbery to snip off!! Just like the pig’s intestines of kway chap! Hahahahha….then he filled 2 test tubes with the blood from the cord for some tests and then one of the nurses wrapped him up in the standard chrome yellow towel to keep him warm!

The nurse showed ryan to veron and also his ding ding to confirm he’s a boy! Hahahah…veron held him for a while while I took pics and then they brought him to the warmer where he was being cleaned up while kept warm. I took a hard look at home and scrutinized him! This is my SON!!! Hahahhaha….truly amazing! PRAISE THE LORD!!

Next, LC Cheng was clearing all the bad blood and stuff still inside the womb and then he proceeded to pull out the placenta and showed it to us!! “this is the placenta!” he revealed! Kinda gruesome, like some pig’s brain or something to that effect! Hahahah…then he proceeded to stitch veron up since he had to cut her abit as he feared ryan’s exit will tear her skin in the process. He spent about 5mins stitching her up while I went out with one of the nurse and ryan!

She asked me to inspect his fingers, toes, ears and back with her at the same time and subsequently placed him naked on the weighing scale and weighed him and he was 3340g, 51cm long, 33cm head circumference. I was armed with the videocam in my left hand and the digicam in the right hand and recording/snapping away! Thereafter, she wrapped him in the towel again and pushed him back into the birth room for veron to breastfeed him asap! The nurses taught us how to latch him on and he latched on for 20mins on each side. I proceeded to send the announcement sms to everyone!! I had conjured the sms at about 2plus am while trying to get some rest.

baby ryan :: Jul 9 2006, 03:05 PM ::

2006-10-09T16:31:00.000+08:00

wow! time flies!! ryan is almost 4 months now! he has gorwn tremendously since the last update! hahahaha....he was down with cough for the past one half weeks and we brought him to see siew pin who prescribed him with some cough medications and told us to get the Dentinox shampoo for his cradle cap....we have since change his bath wash to Mustela, though pricey, it is good for his sensitive skin, hmmm....wonder who he got it from? prob mummy since ian has sensitive skin too! both gonggongs and mamas love our lil boy to the max! they dote on him and take every opportunity to carry him and amuse him and he sure has a way to make them laugh! he has been sleeping on our bed and I have been relegated to the floor for the past 3 months now! sigh...sacrifices you have to make for your son! selfless is the word!! he's wearing size M diapers now, actually for the past 1month or so he has been on size M!!! can u beleive it!! marcus as well, and he is 1 kg heavier than ryan! guess the march babies are growing faster than their peers!our lil boy loves to look into the camera! very photogenic i must say! he is terribly lazy when it comes to exercising on his tummy! hahaha....he loves his ladybug which is attached to the gym he has at home! we have since bought 02 bouncinets for him, one at home and one at mama's place! he sleeps well in it, so its better to have one in each place. he was baptised on the 7 may and derek is his godfather! his baptism name is gabriel.

ryan's out!!

2006-10-09T16:30:00.001+08:00

baby ryan is out! he's sleeping soundly now at veron's mum's place! just picked him up today as he had slight jaundice yesterday and could not come home with us. veron cried before we left him, such is a mother's love! hahaha.... my mum followed us to the hospital and she couldnt sleep or eat the whole of yesterday after learning that he had to stay. hahahah...grandma is terribly excited bout her first grandson! was supposed to pick her this morning but she came to veron's mum' place herself!! hahaha...we went to bengwan solo to buy boxes of kuehs and cakes for the nurses at the labour ward, LC Cheng's clinic, 3rd floor and nursery as well! it was money well spent to thank them for the great care and service rendered throughout our stay! we went into the nursery where they checked him and explained the various things we have to do and after all that, we were on our way home!! the valet drove the car over and then veron and my mum sat behind with ryan. we came up to her mum's place and settled him in. the 2 maids were so excited to see our lil boy and veron's mum said a short prayer for ryan upon stepping into the house.

our precious lil boy - RYAN CHUA

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ryan's 30 months update!!

RYAN CHUA: our pride and joy!!

ryan's 2nd birthday cake design

family photoshoot no. 2!

Barney put me to sleep...

Conrad, anyone?

You can't run now!

Is it really cold?

Feeding time

Getting ready for our trip!

Masa Masa

Mama's birthday

SPICY!!!

Sunday again...

Daddy's parents are busy again...

Dinner with mummy's friends

Mummy's mistake!

Such a whiny rascal but then...

Animal Kiddy Ride

Daddy's away...

Barney in school???

Peek-a-boo!

The Mickey cap!

Children's Day!!!

Mmmm....chocolate!!! *Slurp*

More Mickey...

And the bully strikes...

What in the world?

Let's bring back the birthday decor...

Ooh...my new bed!

Ryan's first passport!

Learning to feed himself...

Pampering grandma = angry mummy!

Praise God for the useful tool of communication!

Poor little di di!

Exercise or play time?

No rod but a balloon stick will do!

The filthy dustbin

Forward you go!

To the zoo...

The 'Gai Gai' KING

Bah-bye!

It's a Sunday again!

My boy's learning...FAST!

NDP at mummy's school...

Sunday = Funday!

At home with the other mama...

Mama's ill...

URBANA! Cool...

Another hair cut...

Diaper pls?

Spending time with him...

Good riddance to the dreaded fever!

MC at home!

A traumatic experience...

Hot Hot!!!

Another fall...

ryan's teeth update! (as of 05 july 2007)

Crash!

Cranky and *maboh*

Shop, shop, shop...

A wedding!

What a jab!!

Another feat!

Publisher my foot!

my oh my...

The dreaded EPMS is DONE!!!

Daddy's away...

Gong gong's treat

A day ALONE with mummy...or was it?

Such a lucky day!

Time out at the park!

Cut my hair, pleez!!

RYAN'S FINALLY WALKING ON HIS OWN!!!! *woohoo*

RYAN'S 1ST SWIM CLASS! *it's only a trial though*

Mmmm....chocolate!!! Slurp

Cranky and maboh

RYAN'S FINALLY WALKING ON HIS OWN!!!! woohoo

RYAN'S 1ST SWIM CLASS! it's only a trial though