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Megan Graduation Concert 2011 @ SVPS

2011-11-09T19:40:00.001+08:00

Megan is graduating to nursery 2! And of cuz, her graduation concert 2011 at South View Primary School!

Girls With Bangs

2011-10-17T21:55:00.001+08:00

Megan New Hairdo

2011-10-16T22:02:00.001+08:00

Perfect

2011-10-15T17:58:00.001+08:00

Their Cozy Corner

2011-10-15T10:32:00.001+08:00

Two sisters hiding in their little cozy corner, sharing a little packet of Bee Bee...

看海, 听海, 吹海风.

2011-10-01T22:30:00.001+08:00

My Memories Giveaway Contest Winner!!

2011-09-26T16:55:00.001+08:00

And we have a winner!

Congrats to KARENMED409, whose winning entry number (5) came in with the random number generator (www.random.org)

We have 9 entries as follow:

1	FELICIA	Fav: Hey Girlfriend
2	EUNICE LEK	Fav: Love Birds
3	STITCH	Fav: Flutter My Eyes At You
4	PENDING MINDING MOM	Fav: Girls Birthday
5	KARENMED409	Fav: Sweet Sunny Summer
6	PENDING MINDING MOM	Followed My Memories Blog
7	PENDING MINDING MOM	Followed My Memories Twitter
8	KARENMED409	Liked My Memories Facebook Page
9	PENDING MINDING MOM	Liked My Memories Facebook Page

And the winning number generated is 5!

I’ll be dropping KARENMED409 an email with a coupon code to download the software from My Memories site.

Once again, many thanks to all who participated in this contest!

A Few Minutes is All it Takes

2011-09-18T15:45:00.001+08:00

It only took a few minutes for me to wash their milk bottles and for them to make a mess in the living room...

Cant Wait!

2011-09-17T13:23:00.001+08:00

She simply can't wait for me to bring her milk to her...

Say Cheeeeeze!

2011-09-16T12:20:00.001+08:00

Right after I put on her hair band and pull out the camera, Melody said 'Cheeeeeze!'

My Memories Giveaway Contest!!

2011-09-15T10:36:00.000+08:00

I love photography, and I love to photo my kids and had tons of their photos (ok, maybe not tons, just ,16,656 photos till date) residing in my harddisk… Another thing I liked to do with the photos, is to organise them into powerpoint format, where I can simply create a photo album and dump all the photos into boring layouts and thereafter, finding the backgrounds too dull to be shared for viewing…

A couple of days ago, I was contacted by Liz from a company called My Memories, to host a My Memories Suite giveaway for my readers!

My Memories Suite, is a digital scrapbooking software, that offers fun and creative way to keep and share your digital images, in just minutes! It is also rated #1 by Amazon and TopTen Reviews.

Watch the intro video from youtube:

Here’s my take, within minutes, I’ve created my first photo album using the numerous templates included in My Memories Suite software.

Thereafter, I tried creating individual pages using the Design Your Own option to build pages with layouts and backgrounds that I want. Also, within minutes…

If you really really want it really really fast with lots of photo, simply select the type of album layout and hit on the AutoFill option and wait… Took me about 20 minutes for my 400 photos to autofill 100 pages, using my crappy old computer (CPU: 2.4GHz / RAM: 2GB).

It don’t end here. Exploring further, you can insert music and video files in your album and later export it as movie files or burn directly to DVD or share via youtube:

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1. Go to www.MyMemories.com

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(B) ADDITIONAL ENTRIES

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Doing all the above, grant you 4 entries to this contest! But remember, YOU MUST comment on this post with a valid email address, stating your mandatory entry choice and/or your additional entries actions… :)

The contest runs for a week starting today and ends on 22nd September, 23:59 (Singapore time). Entries later shall not be accepted.

Each entry will be assigned with a running number based on the sequence of appearance in the comments section.

Winner will be chosen using a random number generator and result will be announced on 23rd September.

Winner will be contacted by email. Good Luck!

中秋节快乐!

2011-09-12T21:42:00.001+08:00

The Kiss!

2011-09-12T14:52:00.001+08:00

Lets Bang and Stamp!

2011-09-11T22:11:00.001+08:00

Colorful Sunday

2011-09-11T10:22:00.001+08:00

Man Man Man, Oh Man!

2011-09-10T10:15:00.001+08:00

This morning, Megan came to my bed, woke me up and complained 'Daddy, u wee wee on the toilet bowl cover. GO CLEAN IT UP!'

There is this little thing daddy wanna tell u and u just got to accept the fact that I'm a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF0-qOH4sf0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Finally... Blogger Apps For iPhone!

2011-09-09T19:44:00.001+08:00

Ever since I've gotten an iPhone, an official Blogger app is something that I've been looking to install on my iPhone.

Sad to say, there isn't any... Tried 3rd party but still, an official one will be great...

And here we have, the official blogger apps for iPhone! Can't wait to get this first post out.

iTunes link for Blogger apps:
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/blogger/id459407288?mt=8

Getting My Driving License (The BBDC Way)

2011-08-31T13:52:00.000+08:00

THE NEED

The need for a family car grew painstakingly with the arrival of Megan and Melody especially for working parents like ourselves. Daily routines of sending and fetching Megan to and back from the childcare became increasingly difficult as work nowadays dun seem to be any easier than before.

Besides that, our ‘worldclass’ public transport isn’t helping at all… Waking up earlier to avoid the massive crowd would meant waking up at 5am and getting to leave the house by 6am… I know a lot of people are doing that, but its getting extremely difficult for us, as working parents whom hands on everything by ourselves.

Owning a car may exceed our expenses, but that can come later. First and foremost, get a car license.

THE SCHOOL

Lotsa debate on whether to be a school learner or a private learner. But to cut the story short, I went for the school option. Not much of a weighing the cons and pros, not even the cost, just lazy to ask around which private instructor is good… Sad to say, I’m the last rare breed of my cohorts who dun have a car license, hence either their instructors retired or hang over IC… So, the most logical choice of school to me, Bukit Batok Driving Center.

THE COST

Never really tabulated the cost, but only know that there is a enrolment fee of $89.88 initially. Thereafter, deposited $200, $1000, $500 and $500 on different dates, to my BBDC account.

The breakdown of the cost would be:

(A) Administration Cost

Description	Cost
Enrolment Fee + 1 Year Membership Fee	$89.88
Membership Renewal for additional 8 months ($7.49 x 6mths + $8.03 x 2 mths)	$61.00

(B) Theory Lesson Cost

Description	Cost
Basic Theory Lessons x 2	$34.24
Basic Theory Practice x 2	$6.42
Basic Theory Evaluation x 1	$3.21
Final Theory Lessons x 2	$34.24
Final Theory Practice x 2	$4.28
Final Theory Evaluation x 1	$5.35
Driving Simulator x 1	$11.77

Description	Cost
19 x Practical Lessons to Complete Course - Practical Training: $59.92 - Fixed Instructor Group: $10.70	$1341.78
3 x Revision Lessons - Practical Training: $59.92	$179.76

(D) Test Cost

Description	Cost
Basic Theory Test x 1	$6.00
Final Theory Test x 1	$6.00
Practical Test x 1	$183.71

(E) Other Cost

Description	Cost
Photo (For Course Enrolment)	$7.00
Photo (For Driving License Application)	$7.00
Provisional Driving License - 6 months renewal: $25.00	$50.00
Driving License Application	$50.00

And the total cost is… $2,081.64/-

THE TIME

The whole course took me 591 days from the date I enrolled on 9th Jan 2010 and finally passing the practical test and applying for my driving license on 24th Aug 2011.

Sounds like a long time, but not quite so, as there are some gaps. After passing my Basic Theory Test on 24th Feb 2010, my practical training only started on 16th May 2011, 15 months later as I couldn’t find time to continue.

Hence in actual fact, minus the 15 months gap…

9th Jan 2010	Enrolment
24th Feb 2010	Passed Basic Theory Test
16th May 2011	Start Practical Lesson Stage 1
27th Jun 2011	Completed Practical Lesson Stage 5
19th Jul 2011	Passed Final Theory Test
25th Aug 2011	Passed Practical Test

Besides the 15 months gap, most of the delays came from waiting for test dates for Basic/Final/Practical Tests.

THE EXPERIENCE

In a nutshell, I had a good learning experience with BBDC. Afterall, I’m really glad to be able to pass the tests with only 1 try… Especially the Practical Test that has to fall on a heavy rainy day… Enuff said, am really glad its all over…

The girls who light up my life

2011-08-22T14:58:00.000+08:00

Megan, 3 years, 1 month and 19 days old, is getting smarter as the days go by. She is learning things with extraordinary memory, whereby we only need to mention once and she remembers… Once, I told Megan not to disturb her mum as Joelle was on the phone, Megan asked who it was and I replied ‘Joey’. Few days later, Joelle was on the phone with Joey again, and this time Megan asked ‘Mummy you talking to Joey?’… You can imagine Joelle’s surprised look…

Melody, 1 year, 3 months and 26 days old, is getting cheekier as the days go by. She is walking a few steps now, but is not confident to taking more steps by herself and tend to crawl more. She is starting to sing lately, to ‘twinkle litter star’ and ‘Elmo song’, not the entire song thou… And its absolutely entertaining despite having to hold up the iphone, playing the Elmo Song for hours for Melody, and just hearing her goes ‘ya ya ya, yayayaya’ makes you wanan play the song one more time…

Here again, the girls…

Both girls, of different characters exhibits the similar effect on me… Light up my life…

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2011-08-18T12:19:00.002+08:00

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2011-07-31T13:44:00.000+08:00

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2011-07-31T13:40:00.000+08:00

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2011-07-31T13:36:00.000+08:00

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2011-07-31T13:24:00.000+08:00

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Mambo Megan did it again!

2011-06-28T20:21:00.001+08:00

Mambo-ing when its not even friday!

Mambo-ing when she is still underage!

is this a sign to rejoice or to worry??

A little TWEE from CLEEBO

2011-06-23T10:17:00.001+08:00

How do you clean your nose? I guess there is only a simple answer to it, but its only where and when you do it… But how do you clean your baby and/or toddler’s nose?

I believe that is the same challenge parents today faces when it comes to cleaning their children’s nose… We have 2 children, Megan of age 3 and Melody of age 1… For Megan, its more of ‘self service’ as we can see, her gross motor skills are very well developed… And I really do meant gross when she stick her finger into her mouth after she did the ‘you know what’… Occasionally, there are those very sticky and stubborn ones that refused to be ‘purged’ by herself, we’ll assist Megan to ‘excavate’ the infamous ‘black gold’…

How we did it? For me, I’ll go for my very last finger with nails to ‘excavate’ but my wife would prefer the cotton bud method that I never seem to master the technique… Imagine, using a chopstick to pick up a dumpling!

What of Melody then? Cotton bud is the only solution as our fingers are too big for her little nostrils…

If only we can use a pair of tweezers… No, not this pair of tweezers, of course!!

But this great creation by real parents themselves, THE CLEEBO!

I was approached by Sophie & Friends to review Cleebo and I never expect this tiny device to come in such attractive colours, great function, little price tag…

At first look, it looks like ordinary tweezers only that its made of plastic and not metal…

Once opened up, the Cleebo tweezers is in fact very soft to the touch, and command a firmer grip than traditional tweezers! And most importantly, it can be sterilized!

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Cleebo, in action! No baby or tweezers is hurt in this video… Not so true for the boogies…

Happy Fathers Day!

2011-06-19T20:40:00.002+08:00

Once, Megan asked me 'Daddy, why u so fierce?'

I replied 'I where got fierce lah?'

Megan 'Just now u scold Melody.'

Me 'No lah, daddy didn't scold Melody... She slept for 10 minutes and woke up, I only said 'like that call sleeping ah?'... I didn't scold her mah.'

Megan 'But Melody cannot talk mah.'

Me 'Then?'

Megan 'Then she cannot tell u she not tired mah!'

Hmmm... A very simple answer indeed... Being a father for the past 3 years made me realized, besides teaching our kids, there's also much to learn from our kids...

Happy Fathers Day to all daddies!

买东西吃东西.v

2011-06-17T14:36:00.001+08:00

our 5th and last day in hongkong… and we’re going shopping again… as what others would say, last minute shopping… also to spend off the remaining cash, which is not very much to spend thou… :P

DISNEYLAND to CITYGATE

i really need to take my cap off for my BIL… i wonder where he got all those information about where to go… anyway, our last minute shopping venue is at Tung Chung, where there is this mall called the City Gate, and thats where we can find lotsa branded store outlets…

but first, the infamous disney train!

too bad, its only a station ride on the disney train…

i think daryl is kinda disappointed the next train isn’t disney… haha

nevertheless, so great view on the train ride…

oh ya, one more thing about the train system, the gap between the train and the platform is really wide…

as we only have half a day, we’re up for some fanatic shopping… thereafter, back to the disney train…

and we made a fanatic dash back to the hotel room, and a fanatic final packing, and a fanatic getting the kids dressed and ready for the flight back home, and a fanatic check out, and a fanatic bus ride to the airport…

so… moral of the story is… dun do last minute shopping at the last minute unless its not really the last minute… what am i talking?

anyway, soon we are on SQ back home…

and another unpleasant flight back home having to handle the kids on plane… but we managed to keep megan busy…

and sleeping…

and …

home sweet home…

not to mention the heavy nite rain that ‘welcome’ us home… and orchard road got flooded once again…

ya, home sweet home…

买东西吃东西.iv

2011-06-16T15:44:00.001+08:00

the 4th day… i guess we really had enough of the city and this day. we’re checking out of park hotel… one last few look… while waiting for our bus…

i got to admit, not only beer are cheap over there…

finally, the bus is here, and off we go…

PARK HOTEL to DISNEYLAND

nah, not yet… we’re checking in our hotel first… which is a 5-10 minutes free bus shuttle away… and here we are, disney hollywood hotel…

and the hotel is full of disney thingy… everything is mickey mouse… chairs, tables, lightings… and a tv showing disney channels at the lobby and best of all, disney giftshop, thats is always crowded!! i think the kids already thought they’re at disneyland!!!

megan torn out 2 black papers and exclaimed “daddy! i’m mickey mouse!”

finally managed to get our rooms… the hotel really need to buck up on their checking in services… anyways, here we go, the free shuttle bus to DISNEYLAND!

nah, this is only the signboard at the bus terminal… i would be utterly disappointed if this is the main gate!

don’t jump with joy yet, dear… we still haven’t reach the main gate yet…

still haven’t enter disneyland yet… but was about to… here we have, the disneyland tickets!

and we have entered the disneyland! but too much excitement spent outside the gate, and the moment we got in, we’re off to get our ‘protection’… the caps and the brolly… its a really really really hot day… most of my photos are overexposed! nevertheless, still tons of photos coming up…

ok ok, dear, now u can jump with joy…

the moment we got thru the main gate, there’s mickey and minnie photo session! but then, the queue was like super duper long… luckily we never queue up as it was also time for mickey and minnie to ‘retire’, leaving long queue of poor soul who didn’t got their chance for a photo shoot… nevertheless, we’re at a ‘strategic’ location when mickey and minnie are leaving…

at least megan got a photo shoot with mickey and minnie… she’s there, if u look closely… :S

even joelle got a shot with minnie…’s butt…

phew… thats a lot of photos eh? hang on, just a few more to go…

finally… its coming to the end of the day… thou the day still look bright, we’re all drained… and the weather is really scorchingly skin burning hot!

finally back to the hotel, all washed up and really for dinner… international buffet dinner… also, a very mickeyly themed restaurant… even the pastries are mickey shaped… oh ya, the pizza is also mickey shaped… really no time for photo, can’t stop eating…

lastly… here we are, back at our hotel room… all burnt out by the day time adventure, all well fed by the buffet… oh, they got a baby cot for melody! finally we’re going to have a good nite sleep…

good nite sleep? not quite so… melody woke up at the wee hours and kept crying… guess she’s having too much excitement… and megan, can’t seem to be affected by melody’s loud cries… i think the girls really enjoyed themselves today…

and me? i got myself a prized gift… woohooo!

买东西吃东西.iii

2011-06-13T14:41:00.001+08:00

day…3…

my whole body aches from the ‘punishment’ i got from the shopping adventure on day 2… thou we managed to find a good seat (where practically we can see all the poor husbands looking after their kids while their wives shops), but handling melody is quite energy draining especially when she couldn’t settle down…

anyway, that was day 2… day 3 shouldn’t have any problem, the girls should shop enuff…

we were right on time for a hearty bfast at deli france… which is much cheaper and much tastier than those we get back home… while waiting for the foodie…

all full charged up after the bfast and off we go…

EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR to MONG KOK MTR

to my horror… shopping again!!! this time, high end products… jewelries shopping… i can hear myself swallowing saliva when joelle ‘venture’ to the diamond section after decided on a gold pendant for melody (a way overdue 1st b’day pressie that we owe her…)

enuff saliva swallowing, we decided to down our sorrows with something smooth … and cheap! BEER!

not melody of course!

next up, we went to this pasa malam place which i dun recall which station we alighted from… maybe the mind is cloudy with the beer… but this place is really crowded and hot!

and i realised all these fuss for this shop… thats making great tasty handmade 老婆饼 thingy…

this uncle is working hard at the stall… i wonder if there is any link between his sweaty body and the salty pie that he is handling there…

and thats pretty much to call for the day… too much walking, too much sweat… in the end, we took a cab ride back to the hotel… and went for dinner nearby the hotel and retired early for the nite, cuz tomolo… its DISNEYLAND!

买东西吃东西.ii

2011-06-10T13:08:00.001+08:00

day 2, woke up and found ourselves still at hongkong… its quite a tough day 1 as we settled in pretty late… apparently, hongkongers dun sleep… we can see long queues outside restaurants at midnight! dun these ppl need to work tomorrow? and queuing for sushi at midnight?? hmmm…

anyways, there is no chance we can actually sleep late as our ‘alarm clocks’ are always up right on time… around 7am… hence joelle would settle melody while i settle megan, getting them ready for hongkong day 2…

PARK HOTEL

giving park hotel thumbs up for its cleanliness and location… lotsa shops and restaurants around it and most importantly, within walking distance to the metro…

and of course, the girls’ fav, the bathtub!

and all so ready to go…

PARK HOTEL to EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR

as i mentioned, within walking distance… and taking another look at hongkong streets… a contrast of old and new buildings…

here we are, the ticks for adult and child…

a very strikingly resemblance to our very own mrt back at home… and here we go… gosh, i dun even know where we are heading, cuz i dun have the energy or time to plan for it… oh ya, shopping at kowloon…

EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR to KOWLOON MTR

and the trick is, dun take the transit solution, just alight at Austin Station and walk to Kowloon…

walking on a very very long overhead bridge from Austin MTR to a shopping mall ELEMENT, that is just above Kowloon MTR…

and i dun believe we actually spent 4 hours in the ELEMENT shopping mall… and just one shop… the H&M… i dun remember how my BIL and me survived the wait while taking care of megan and melody…

you can’t imagine our relieve when the girls walked out with their shopping bags… and here’s the spoilt…

and thats about the whole day gone… and we went for a hotpot dinner… and to my delight, they got this!

long lost delicacy in singapore… 猪血!

a very hearty dinner and a very tiring day (especially when its shopping, i find it extremely tiring…) and i can’t wait to get back to the bed at the hotel room… no wait, we still have to settle megan and melody once we were back at the hotel room… Aaarrggghh!!!!

买东西吃东西.i

2011-06-09T16:37:00.001+08:00

finally, we re bringing the girls out for a holiday abroad… frankly speaking, bringing the girls out is tough, even if its just within singapore. but this would not be possible if we’re not travelling with joelle’s siblings… all in all, 7 adults, 2 teenagers, 1 child, 2 toddlers…

oh ya, we’re going hong kong, if the title doesn’t ring a bell to ya…

having said that, its also megan and melody’s first travelling… and we have absolute zero idea of what to expect… especially their first flight!

more photos, less typings… watch out!

CHANGI AIRPORT

just in case, the pink luggage is ours… huge big and easily recognized…

FLIGHT FROM SG TO HK

megan’s first bird eye view of the clouds… this time, instead of looking up at the clouds, she get to look down at the clouds!

HONGKONG AIRPORT TO PARK HOTEL

this reminded me of our PSA

OUR FIRST HONGKONG CUISINE

lunch at 稻香 restaurant… which i dun remember exactly where, but its within walking distance from our hotel…

OUR FIRST WALKABOUT

beers are just that cheap that my BIL cant help buying…

my SIL is so excited about the dessert shop behind…

and that wrap up our first day at hongkong… i would say, a very tiring day indeed… the girls are pretty ok on their first flight but we’re totally freaked out as its not really a pleasant flight for the 2 of us, having to entertain the 2 girls, having to change diaper for melody and bringing megan to the toilet, having to feed the girls… all these, done in a confined space… i’m so ready for the return flight… haha!

HONGKONG BY THE DAY

HONGKONG BY THE NITE

the girls’ hypo arrived

2011-05-19T19:58:00.001+08:00

this is actually a way overdued post… as usual, i set out to submit the girls’ photo to HYPO as a some kind of year book. this year, we are doing 2 hypo prints for Megan and Melody…

Melody is so engrossed with her first hypo…

and Megan, proudly holds her 3 hypos up high!

thank you hypo, once again! :)

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2011-05-19T00:01:00.000+08:00

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Camera + Playground + Garden = Lotsa Photos

2011-05-15T09:13:00.000+08:00

finally, feeling relaxed and relieved this weekend… after a working for a whole 8 years, i finally quit my job! yup, that means i’m jobless but will be running a few errands before hitting the workforce again…

and errr… oh ya, finally feeling relaxed and relieved, and brought the kids down for a little fun under the sun… brought along melody’s walker so she wouldn’t be left out while the older kids run and jump…

gosh, their pose reminded me of someone really irritating… :P

one fine day, when melody runs and jumps, she will run faster and jump higher than megan and valerie… at least i think thats what she is thinking now when she sees megan and valerie…

after a hectic run and jump session, we slow down the pace and took a little walk at the little garden… where plots of land is rented out for residents to farm… i think the farmville craze has hit bukit panjang!

its great taking the pace down a little…

Melody’s First B’day Celebration

2011-04-28T22:03:00.000+08:00

and, its melody’s first birthday… we’ve booked a chalet at the chevron to celebrate her first birthday with our family members… it isn’t an easy 365 days for both melody and us… but we’re happy being able to manage so far… after all, the effort are well paid off with a cutie like melody…

the chevron chalet is really a great catch with a really huge double storey chalet, BBQ pit, swimming pool and many other facilities… all at an affordable price and whats best, its at the west side… no longer the need to travel to the east for chalets… :P

megan had fun ‘exploring’ the chalet…

next up, we hit the pool… that will also be melody’s first ever dip…

megan absolutely has not problem on the pool, in fact, she almost ventured onto the deep pool when we’re not watching… ( – . – |||)

melody is a little reserve at first when she hit the waters… she’s a little cautious splashing the water and moving around…

but in only a short while… all rule break loose for melody… no fear…

in fact, i think the fear is instill mainly on us… we’re so afraid of her toppling on her little float…

and megan… no problem at all! after all, as she always says “i’m not a baby, I’m 3 years old already!”

another almost topple stunt by melody when we’re trying to snap a shot of her…

but whats most important… the kids are having lotsa fun… this is the family moments that i’ve been missing for so long…

after a long tiring swim, we slowed down the pace by placing the kids at the kid’s play room where they can roam freely on the carpeted floor and the toys around… and also, while waiting for the burning event… BBQ!

and finally, melody’s first birthday cake… and melody’s ‘best friend’ hello kitty came to celebrate!

and its a really huge and thick 2kg cake for 14 of us…

the birthday girl with her first birthday cake… when we showed megan this photo, megan exclaimed ‘melody didn’t fall from the table!’… oh ya, where’s megan? she’s fast asleep upstairs, totally knocked out from the tiring day… she missed melody’s first birthday celebration!

here’s some photos to share!

as you can see, melody is getting cranky as the photo shoot goes on… time to light up her first candle!

happy first birthday my dear melody…

Megan’s B’day Celebration @ School

2011-04-09T22:33:00.000+08:00

letting the photos telling the story…

a great decor done up by Megan’s teachers for her b’day celebration. thanks teacher for the effort!

4/4

2011-04-04T00:42:00.002+08:00

不知不觉, 又一年了.

Somehow, another 365 days flew by. My 33th year had so far brought me further and higher with the new life challenges for having lesser energy and more to do...

The more birthdays I had, the less I felt it's about me... Or rather, at times, prefer to ignore the fact that I'm older on this day... :P

4/4, and 4 ladies I'll like to compliment on this day...

4/4/77. The lady whom carried me for 9 months and giving birth to me on this day. Yes, that's my mum. Thanks mum...

4/4/97. The lady whom started marking 4/4 as a most important date on her calendar since 1997... Thanks dear, for making 4/4 so much special for the past 15 years, and many more to come... Love ya muchie!

4/4/08. The lady whom gave me the best b'day gift I can ever get, by giving birth to our first daughter, Megan! And yes, also making 4/4 even more special, Megan shares the same birth day and month with me! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my love. You made daddy's day super special on this day, this month, this year onwards... You dun know how much daddy love you too, as adequately as how u replied me, '5'... I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

4/4/11. Today, it's getting specialer cuz there's another lady, or rather girl, whom celebrates my birthday for the first time. That will be my second daughter, Melody... Daddy's saying the same '5' to you too, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

And of course, all the friends and relatives' well wishes too... Thanks for taking part in making the first day of my 34th age, a special one...

how right i was,

2011-03-21T21:16:00.000+08:00

that the lack of blog updates had seen us thru the various events that i last mentioned in my previous post… march had been another not so easy month for us, especially when melody was admitted to the hospital due to UTI…

poor melody was having high fever for a few days before we decided that its not those ordinary teething kind of fever, and sent her to the KKH and once again, she was admitted…

and this stay, landed us 4 days, with melody being ‘poked’ all over her limbs for the blood test and administer of antibiotics… that poking part, took more than 45 minutes in the treatment room, with us outside, hearing her screams and cries… helplessly…

nevertheless, she recovered, and no more fever… but was given tubes of antibiotic to last her till may before her follow up… and i really meant tubes of antibiotics…

that event, totally brought me downright depressed for being a parent… and i had to share to all of the fact that, behind every smiling happy child, there’re the tired and exhausted parents… so, love and treasure your parents, it not easy being one…

anyway, i think all who visited my facebook, should already seen the photos that i took of megan’s first homework… but hey, i rarely got a chance to take out my dslr to ‘fire’ away, and so got to bear with my trigger happy fingers eh? and here it goes again…

as for melody, she is growing well, and had more teeth and starting to stand with support…

this photo here is a little outdated, cuz now she got 4 teeth!

despite the tiredness and exhaustion, i really love these kids of mine cuz they type of joy they had given me is something that i never had before…

but then again, it will be better if parenting can be easier… haiz… :P

(P/S: wonder when’s my next post…)

time & space

2011-02-02T00:46:00.000+08:00

time and space, essential elements that’s affecting me greatly in recent…

time is something that i don’t seem to get enuff… and seemingly reducing recently, almost like i’m getting less than 24 hours a day… my life starts at 7 every morning, and after rushing Megan to school and off to work, my next 9 hours got spent in my pathetic work… and when all others (mainly singles or childless) get to have a breather after 5:30, i’m making an ‘amazing race’ kind of rush back home, in our sardine packed style train, only to arrive at Megan’s school to saw her being the last few or sometimes, the last one to be fetched…

there after, its another trip on our sardine packed bus ride home while Joelle packs the dinner home. and when others usually get to kick off their shoes and laid back to relax when they got home, we get to continue ‘working’ the moment we got home… meaning, me to shower Megan while Joelle prepares the packed dinner for Megan. then its me eat first while Joelle feeds Megan… and most of the time, i think i’m swallowing my dinner, to take over feeding Megan relieving Joelle to have her dinner…

end of the story after Megan is settled? not quite, next up, doing the laundry else Megan don’t get to have uniform the day after… and when Megan finally sleeps at 10-11pm, we get to shower and then its dragging our wasted body to bed and rest, cuz within 7 hours, its time to wake up…

oh, weekends? things just get ‘better’ cuz Melody returns home from my parents’ place… woohoo!

so, i really don’t understand why some singles and childless couples complaint about having no time and no energy… not to mention, no money…

the above story about time, is only to make my lack of blog updates seem reasonable enuff… anyway, this is only our 3rd year of parenthood, it will be quite some time before things get easier for us… :P

space is the next big thing we’ll be changing in 2011. yes, we’re moving out of yew tee this year. besides making cash from the sales, the primary decision to move out, is to move in to somewhere nearer to our parents. its not doing us any good by having packed the meals, and living in a remote island where the nearest call for help is a whopping 20 minutes away…

we made a superb choice when we first got our flat, nowhere near either of our parents, to start a live of our own, and to break away from the ‘watchful’ eyes of our parents. its was heaven back then, partying after work, returning late and waking up sinfully late for work… without worrying about disturbing our sleeping parents…

now, things changed when we had Megan and changed drastically when Melody arrived 2 years after Megan. everything gets increasingly difficult, we need help! hence moving nearer to parents seems to be the best decision for us now… and in a few years time, we’ll be in trouble when Megan starts her elementary school. how are we to settle her half day before/after her school?

hence, this will be the right time for us to move…

our time and space is greatly affected by Megan and Melody, and we’re making changes to balance the equation, with a lot of effort… but sometimes, it just seem so difficult to rationale the effort with the results yielded… especially when the results are these:

suddenly i’m full of energy… everything’s so effortlessly now…

to every reader, merry christmas, happy new year, happy chinese new year, and just in case my next post come late, happy valentine’s day too! :P

in a desperate move to save my cobwebbed blog…

2010-12-16T23:42:00.000+08:00

i dug up the photos in my iphone…

nuffnang moola #6

2010-12-06T20:44:00.001+08:00

my 6th cheque from nuffnang!

and yes, it had been quite some time since i last ‘heard’ from nuffnang… and of course, due to the fact that i didn’t blog regularly… :P

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Had a jumpy good time at Bambini

2010-11-30T21:29:00.000+08:00

it was megan’s school closure last friday and we took a day off to bring her out to chill out… but the problem is, where? zoo? joelle almost fainted at that suggestion…

nevertheless, we did our research and decided on, Go-Go Bambini A Dempsey Hill (check them out)

before the bambini thingy, we settled our bfast at the Ranch Home, also the home to Ben & Jerry…

oh ya, this does show clearly its home to Ben & Jerry…

while waiting…

and this alone is like 3 mcd bfast meal… :P

and its huge…

and of course, the highlight of the day, the indoor playground at Bambini…

i just love the smiles she had that day…

i did mentioned JUMPY good time right?

now this is one slam dunk move…

finally, after 3 hours… we get to rest… phew…

and she returned right after lunch… i wonder where she got these unlimited energy from?

at the end of the day, while on cab home, i asked megan if she is happy today, and she replied…

“Yes, I’m happy today, its my birthday…”

i guess she enjoyed herself so much that she thot its her b’day… :)

YIFON’s Brilliant Quick Fix

2010-11-21T23:36:00.000+08:00

Friends, who know me well, should have already known I’m a mushroom lover… especially when it comes to steamboat buffet; I would go for all the mushrooms available on the menu.

From 金針菇, 鲍菇, 草菇, 香菇, 蘑菇 all the way to shiitake, there’s simply too many ways to cook the mushrooms, but as working adults and parent of two, cooking is always a hassle and what’s worst, I can’t cook! Haha…

Anyways, thank god my wife cooks… but it would mean having to soak the dried mushrooms for a good 5-10 minutes or having to open up the can of mushrooms in order to have a meal of mushrooms, and sometimes, the can opener is nowhere to be found…

Imagine having bottled mushrooms where you get mushrooms straight from the bottle, without the hassle to cook!

And YIFON came up with the brilliant quick fix with its range of bottled mushrooms.

I was lucky to be given the chance to taste YIFON’s range of bottled mushrooms, 6 bottles of them to be exact… and the first on the menu, the Assorted Mushrooms; instead of 1, now I get 3 types of mushrooms straight from the bottle (香菇, 蘑菇, 金針菇)!

No preservatives, no artificial colourings, and consumable once opened from the bottle, or to be cooked with instant noodles and cup noodles! It’s really that convenient and unexpectedly fresh and tasty…

My stomach is complaining while I’m working thru this… got to end this and munch…

The YIFON bottled mushrooms is available at all major supermarkets. Check ‘em out!

For more information, visit: http://www.yithong.com/

Joelle’s B’Day . Megan’s Graduation Performance

2010-11-15T12:53:00.000+08:00

Its Joelle’s birthday last friday and we taken a day off to celebrate it, by just having time of our own… we broken the tradition of going to Chong Qin Hotpot as Joelle was having migraine attacks on wed and thurs, hence we skipped the hotpot lunch… and of course, also because we couldn’t make it on time… :P

hence we settled for Waruku…

our verdicts… it looks good… thats all… anyway, had some time of our own, walking around and i realised how to reject incoming calls on iphone… damn bugging office users kept calling me, you all can go to hell for all i care… (haa, sounds like i’m quiting soon…)

oh ya, regarding that, u can reject incoming calls on iphone by simply doubling clicking the on/off button… yeah, u hear me, its not i missed your calls, i rejected your calls! i’m on leave!

and the day ended at mil’s place for the b’day celebration as Joelle and Valerie are born on the same day, 23 years apart thou… :P

i think Valerie is very very happy that day…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dearest Joelle and Valerie…

next up, Megan’s Graduation Performance…

here’s some photos, oh ya, the performance was at South View Primary School… guess what? Joelle’s Primary school lor…

and not to miss out… the video of megan performing… sorry about the quality thou… :P

overall, i think megan did a grrrreat job… we’re so very proud of her…

wonder if she will get the snow white role next year?? hmmm… :P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE…

2010-11-12T00:01:00.001+08:00

Its Joelle birthday today, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!

And a little something from Megan too!

some vids of megan and melody…

2010-11-08T23:48:00.000+08:00

and yes, melody is on solid food now… or rather, not-so-solid kind of solid food… she had expressed interest in food, wanting to grab food from us whenever she saw us eating… hence, since one of the answer to ‘when should we start solid food?’, is… when your kid express interest in food… oh well… she munch pretty well…

and… of course, after the munching and short rest, its time to work out… megan and melody sure having tons of fun at the playground… so do we… :)

and this evening, after our dinner, we went mcd to grab some nibbles… out of suddenly, megan started singing… we couldn’t make out what she’s singing thou, but she look and sound really cute… and sweet…

shot and uploaded from my iphone… but then, still haven’t found that one great blogging apps… yet…

recently…

2010-11-07T23:37:00.000+08:00

not another long time no blog post i’m going to write… it had been hell of a week i had due to the company email server down… everything is really not going well, except, the sisters had recovered from all the buggy flu bugs…

still very much into iphone, and just realised that i already had 155 apps on my iphone… and increasing… and megan, had already figured out how to open, close and switch between apps… and even to adjusting the volume… iphone is one really user friendly phone…

and of course, with iphone and constant connection to the internet, photo taking and posting to the facebook is almost a plus for me… speaking of which, the facebook apps for iphone sux real time… lotsa thingy cannot be done, or i haven’t figured how its done? for example, after uploading a photo, i can’t tag or share the photo using the facebook apps… that, already sux big time…

anyway, the camera on iphone is really great, and those photo editing apps are really cool too… enjoy the photos of the sisters…

oh ya, most importantly, my nicks in the gaming apps is ningmengcha. :P

Recently...

2010-10-26T18:17:00.000+08:00

It had been quite some time since I last blogged. Gosh, wonder how many times I've used the first sentence as the starting of my posts...

Anyway, Megan and Joelle had fully recovered from the stomach flu virus and thanks to all whom expressed their concern, we're deeply grateful.

And right after Joelle recovered, we headed straight to get our first ever iPhone! Oh well, the 'sad' story started when joelle's samsung died on her and that sparkled our search for a new handphone. After a long series of battle deciding between M1 or Singtel, iPhone or galaxy. If u want to know the full story of why we go for iPhone and stayed with M1, drop me an email... Haa...

Overall, iPhone is quite satisfactory minus the battery life thou. The apps are great so far, ok, I wouldn't go into the details cuz iPhone already in the market for so long liao and I may look sua ku talking about it now... (suppressing my excitement now)...

Ok, I beta end this quick cuz I'm nearing megan's school. Yup, I typed this while on a bus ride from home to megan's school. And yup, I'm not working today, cuz mc for 2 days. And yup, it's the haze. And yup, think melody got it from me and Megan... Haiz...

Best Regards,
Lok Kin Fook
http://ningmengcha.blogspot.com
Sent from my iPhone

我的宝贝s

2010-10-18T22:14:00.000+08:00

yup, same blog title twice in a row… cuz they really are my 我的宝贝s!

but before that, right after megan recovered from her stomach fu, poor joelle gotten it and got to take a medical leave on friday… and hence, melody couldn’t come home on friday nite… however, joelle recovered on sat and we went visit melody on sunday! :)

so… can’t help to have more photo of melody…

oh ya, melody is on walker already! haha… but she can only go reverse lah…

and once again, re-uploaded the video, but this time round, no music, cuz… kanna copyright…

我的宝贝s

2010-10-11T22:20:00.000+08:00

another heart straining episode happened over the weekend… megan was down with stomach flu and kept vomiting every and anything she ate on sunday…

it was until afternoon, we decided we should send megan to KKH… and there we waited for quite a looong while before seeing the doctor…

megan was given the stomach flu medicine, that was staffed up her… oh well…

thereafter, she was given the pedialyte freezer pops, some drinks to help prevent dehydration from all the vomiting… and was to administer 30ml every 15 minutes, 1 hour after the stomach flu medicine was inserted… which meant, we had to wander at KKH for 2 hours plus…

all was good, as after the stomach flu medicine, megan didn’t throw up when we gave her the freezer pops… and hence, she’s allowed to go home… (if vomiting persist, she may be admitted to hospital!)

however, still no solid food for her yet, hence the whole nite, megan couldn’t sleep well and poor baby, bet she’s darn hungry… and of course, we don’t get to sleep a wink either… and thank god, the next day, she is recovering well and we slowly gave her porridge to more solid food…

can’t imagine, having to go to KKH within 5 months interval for my 2 darlings… first it was melody with flu, then it was megan with stomach flu…

recalling that sunday morning, when megan first puked on her mattress, i was so frustrated that i scolded her, and put her in the toilet and forbidden her to come out while i cleaned the mess… there she was crying badly… and when i realised something is really wrong when she kept vomiting, we sent her to the hospital, and when we’re at the pharmacy collecting megan’s medicine, i said to megan ‘baby, this morning daddy scold you when you vomited, i’m sorry ok… you angry with daddy?’

sweet, forgiving megan shake her head and continued burying her head on my chest…

anyway, done up a small little clips on the sisters…

biweekly snippets

2010-10-10T00:20:00.000+08:00

i used to do weekly snippets post, summarising happenings over the whole week… now its biweekly snippets! had been quite a while since i last blogged… there’s always excuses for everything, right? for this, can only attribute to tiredness…

megan was down with flu 2 weeks ago and her cough is getting really bad. hence, last weekend, melody don’t came back home and joelle took melody to take refuge at her parents’ place. (after our first negligence that landed melody 3 days in hospital, we learnt our lesson, the hard way)

i’ll be alone with megan back at home… and the most life-threatening question raised by joelle was ‘how is megan’s meal going to be settled?’

that leave me clueless, cuz u all know hoe ‘well’ i can cook… and even a good cook can get extremely demoralised by megan, the fussy eater… BUT, thanks to joanne, whom inspired me to do lunch box for megan… at least its a snack in between meals (which most likely going to be tabao food)…

so… for sat, i prepared this…

and for sun, i prepared this…

in the end, joelle misses us so much after the first friday nite stay, the next day i brought megan over to reunite the whole family… and of course, megan’s meals were settled, so were mine… keke…

but of course, as megan’s coughing always get worst at nite, both of us went back home to sleep… whom puked at 4am that very nite after coughing in her sleep… arrgghh…

that aside, did i mentioned megan brought a microphone to school for her children day mini performance? oh ya, her school is celebrating children’s day, and every children is asked to perform something in school, and we couldn’t think of what to let megan perform but to do what she is ‘best’ at… no, i’m not referring to her proficiency in puking… her singing lah! these are taken off from her teacher’s facebook… :P

she must be singing something with lotsa feelings…

later i know from her teachers, megan is singing ‘mummy daddy. i love you’… come on everyone, say ‘awww…’!

now, since megan had won the battle with the flu bug, melody is finally returning home! and the sisters waste no time getting together for a shot… ok, its their daddy whom waste no time, getting them together for a shot… (hey, guess what? they were always wearing pink whenever they get together for a shot!)

megan decided she wanna be like her daddy, being the photographer and used a old damaged handphone to take melody’s photo… megan’s access to a working camera is temporary grounded ever since she… ok, refer to this yourself…

a few more pose for daddy…

and now, more of melody…

alrighty… ending this post now… i hope my next post dun have to wait this long… but then, being a parent of 2 makes having free time for anything else seems impossible…thou melody is not home most of the time, but settling megan during the weekends is already a challenge, let alone say, melody’s returning home on weekends… :P

melody’s turn to turn

2010-09-26T14:01:00.000+08:00

and yes, melody has learnt to turn… and she is so enjoying it that, if we stopped or prevented her turning, she gets angry… :P

here’s some shots we took of melody, proudly enjoying the view after turning… much better than always watching the ceiling… haha

here’s a little clip of melody turning… its always so cute to watch the little ones learning new things…

can’t help to look at then, when megan just learnt to turn…

and this was when megan decided to take it a step further…

kids, don’t they just make u smile with the slightest things they do… :)

Wake me up when September is over… part 3

2010-09-22T12:00:00.000+08:00

part 3. happy photos

to end this 3 part miniseries, lets just look at these photos that just does nothing but warms the heart, lighten the mood, and make people say awwww…

here’s my melody…

here’s my megan…

here’s my M&M!

megan getting all dressed up and dolled up for vincent and joey’s wedding dinner… blissful marriage to you guys… :)

and that would be megan’s playmate, lycia…

i guess these girls really like hugging each other…

Wake me up when September is over… part 2

2010-09-21T12:00:00.000+08:00

part 2. my failing health

and yes, i think my health is failing me… couple of days before megan’s PTM, i was down with fever and headache… however, as it started on wednesday nite, and panadol seems to help, i went to work the next day…

then again, the fever and headache strike again on thursday nite… and again panadol does the job… and i started wondering, if these word on the panadol box are trying to hint me something… “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN!”

and this time, the fever and headache don’t seem to go away, cuz on friday, the headache was like for the whole day… thankfully, it was megan’s PTM and i got the day off to attend… and it was until evening time when i got really weaken, and went to see a GP… it was quite a pathetic sight as joelle (THE SUPERWOMEN in this story) had to accompany me to the clinic, together with megan and melody…

the GP is suspecting some kind of 脑摸炎 and suggested me to go NUH for a scan if the prob persist on sat…

and i couldn’t wait till sat as the headache got really bad and i was rushed to NUH A&E with the help of joelle’s brother and m parents coming over to look after the M&M sisters…

at the NUH, i was given the drip and took some blood tests for malaria and dengue… and an injection to ease the headache…

of course, with all the drips and injection, the fever subsided and the headache went away… and the blood tests shown negative result to malaria and dengue… i guess the NUH doctors dun know what’s wrong with me and decided to send me home with some pills and a follow-up checkup at polyclinic 2 days later… and of course, no scanning for 脑摸炎...

over the next 2 days, i’m still a little feverish and a little headachy, but not as bad as those i’m having on friday… hence on monday, i went for my follow-up at bukit batok polyclinic…

and there, i met the most uncaring doctor i ever saw in my whole life… that doc is totally impatient and when we asked if its 脑摸炎 and if scanning is required, he replied in a very frustrated tone that its not 脑摸炎 and symptoms would have been extreme if its really 脑摸炎...

fine, its not 脑摸炎, but shouldn’t doctors have some kind of caring attitude when replying patients? for your information, doctor goh chin hoe of bukit batok polyclinic, i’m talking about you…

anyway, i’m feeling better now, but is definitely taking additional care of myself by drinking more water nowadays… i was rushing work at office everyday, hoping to be able to knock off on time, so as to be able to pick up megan from her school… its not that i worry about the late fine (even thou ado is very relax on this), but i hate to see megan being the last few to be fetched…

and so, i don’t realise i tend to drink less water at work…

hence nowadays, you guys at work gonna see me carrying a water bottle walking around…

Wake me up when September is over… part 1

2010-09-20T16:13:00.000+08:00

woohoo, almost coming to a month since my last blog… and of course, besides no time to blog, what excuses can i find… but really, hope i could sleep thru the month of september, cuz its really not my month…

lotsa happenings in the month of september… lets go thru… part by part…

part 1. megan’s PTM (parent teacher meeting)

was actually looking forward to this meeting as we can get to understand from megan’s teachers about her progress in school… overall, megan is pretty much well liked by her teachers and classmates…

here’s some of the plus, highlighted by her observant teacher:

behavior/attitude/character

enthusiastic
curious
thoughtful

self help skills

wear her own shoes (except when daddy is fetching her from school)
eat by herself
brush her teeth
keep her things
toilet training

gross motor skills

maintains balance
good hand and eye coordination

fine motor skills

completes puzzles
control and hold crayons
manipulate small objects

social development

confident to speak
works well in group
concern with others

everything’s good so far… however, megan do has her flaws… now to the area of improvement…

need to improve

jealousy
control of emotions
impulsive reactions

JEALOUSY – megan started showing signs of jealousy when she’s very young when she shows disapproval when we carry other children or even when joelle and me hold hands. however, thats still concern mild cases only until melody’s arrival where megan started demanding attention when she realised her attention is now being shared…

there are cases when one of us started taking care of melody, megan would join in saying she wants the similar treatment… for example, when we carry a crying melody, megan would ask to be carried as well…

its not that we didn’t give megan attention, but then, its different now as she don’t get 100% of it anymore…

but, we’re very much relieve as megan still shower melody with love and concern as she would rush to melody’s cradle if she hears her crying… pulling tissue if she sees melody puking…

that jealousy part is a tough nut to crack… once, joelle was carrying melody with megan sitting beside her… then joelle realised the fan isn’t blowing at them and decided to shift a little to the direction of the fan, and megan asked “mummy, u dun want to sit with me ah?”… hmmm…

CONTROL OF EMOTIONS – i’m not saying megan is emotional but she sure know how to throw tantrums… she cry easily when she realised she couldn’t get things done her way, for example, refusing her afternoon nap and get scolding from me, and she would burst out crying… sometimes screaming…

however, she is really a smart one… sometimes, she would know her action will kanna from me, but she still continue doing it, occasionally peeking over my direction to confirm if her daddy is showing a disapproving face… or worst, an angry face, which she’s terrified of…

IMPULSIVE REACTIONS – i guess every kid throw things when they’re angry or unhappy bah… of course, if she does that at home, she’s getting big one from me… haha…

that all aside, megan’s teachers put up a fantastically creative portfolio for megan… lets have the photos do the talking…

thank you, teachers of ado playhouse, for making megan’s learning experience be filled with joy and laughers… and i strongly believe, an enjoyable environment foster the best learning experience… :)

Megan Boogie Woogie…

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got these photos from megan teachers’ fb… :P

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Changi Airport Excursion
(just this morning)

National Day Celebration

can see that megan is having a good time at school… thanks to the teachers… :)

more photos of melody…

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still remember the frog tale? oh well, here comes the sequel…

ever since the frogs are trapped in the well, they resigned to their fate… but one day, came 2 old frogs whom offered to jump into the well, let the 2 trapped frogs to jump onto their back and out of the well… but only for a short while and must come back…

happily the 2 frogs jumped out of the well and had fun outside the well… and they kept their promise and jumped back to well… hence, the old frogs came to let the 2 frogs out to have a breather every now and then…

but soon, it became clear that, the 2 frogs were expecting the old frogs to come regularly and when the old frogs couldn’t make it, the 2 frogs became sad and disappointed…

enuff of my crappy kerropi story, lets look at my melody instead…

took a day off ytd to babysit melody as joelle had returned to work… and as melody only start going to her nanny next week, this week, my mum, myself and joelle got to rotate shift to babysit melody…

anyway, took some photos…

and melody is developing a habit of putting her finger into her mouth…

and sometimes, fingers… given her pacifier but she kept splitting it out and got frustrated… oh ya, she look much girl when she put on the hairband thingy…

and i love her smiles…

and last but not least… i keep finding melody very familiar…

as if i’m looking at myself…

u think?

some photos of melody…

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no time to write anything cuz she’s waking up now… :P

weekly snippets

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MEGAN

sad to say, i got to work this sunday as the server room aircon needed to be replaced… and my only consolidation is… megan is coming with me!

she’s just so interested in the workstations laying around my workplace…

and the VOIP phones too…

as i brought megan to tour the server room, she saw all the blinking leds and exclaimed ‘wow, so nice…”

and only when she started to show interest in shutting down one of the server, i have to get her out before she do any damage…

and decided if damages are to be done, she better do it on other’s desk… so, happen to see your desk here? keke…

and since its a sunday, the office turned into a giant maze for megan… it almost seems like she’s alice in wonderland! :P

and since there isn’t many people in office…

since daddy and megan are bored terrorising other’s desks…

since daddy and megan are tired running hide and seek…

we decided to…

MELODY

little one is getting extremely fond of suckling her fingers… and she is getting extremely cranky lately… and that is extremely getting me on my nerves… which is extremely unbearable for me… but as joelle puts it, every child is different, must have patient…

afterall, melody couldn’t really tell us what she really want as she only know:

“wail wail” = hungry

“wail wail” = wet diapers

“wail wail” = i’m hot

“wail wail” = i’m cold

“wail wail” = tired

“wail wail” = enjoy making daddy and mummy tired

oh ya, she is trying to flip on her belly too… thou still not able to do it, but she is already like, halfway there… just a little notch, and she’s there soon…

and i did mentioned, she had bouncy cheeks that when i kiss her, my lips could literally ‘boing’ off her cheeks…

and melody is into grabbing things, especially colourful things that caught her attention…

MEGAN’s PHOTOGRAPHY

oh ya, recently, megan developed an ‘interest’ in photography and would grab my lumix and say “i take a photo for you”… “this is megan camera”… “say cheese”…

and here’s the result… photoshopped…

u think she can be the next ruby ellenby? :P

Into Year Three

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Yes, it’s the 3^rd year ever since ningmengcha was created back in 2007… It’s quite a memory storage for me and my family, watching how my blog grows with the happenings in our life.

Year 1, with the arrival of Megan… Year 2, with the challenges being parenthood… Year 3, with the arrival of Melody and the challenges of parenthood getting tougher than ever…

As you may have noticed, my entries are so full of my M&M sweeties, and the fact is, my life has been revolving the M&M sisters ever since their arrival… And I’m glad that the sisters’ story brings joy to my readers… (if only those woes of parenting can be reduced that way too… haa!)

As you may also noticed, entries are getting lesser nowadays… oh well, whata you expect from a daddy blogger of two? There really isn’t much free time… nor energy… but the urge to blog is still there every now and then, whenever there’s happenings… its like, I’m so addicted to blogging… haha…

As you may even noticed, my blog not only serve as a memory storage for me anymore… it went further to serve me moolah! Keke… oh well, since there is a blog, since there is a advertising channel (nuffnang), say why not… till date, nuffnang ads earnings is also one of my motivation to keep my blogging mojo going strong…

As you may irritated-ly noticed, I’ve gone even further to increase readership to my blog by using many of the social networking sites online… Irritatingly and shamelessly promoting my blog… and here we go again…

As you may finally noticed, I still haven’t wish my bloggie a happy birthday yet… anyways, H@PPY BIRTHD@Y, dear bloggie… it’s a wonderful and amazing 3 years!

To end this, lets share some recaps over the 3 years with our readers:

Apr’07: When we found out we’re going to be parents!

Jan’08: Got my Lumix FX55, that started the interest to photographing…

Apr’08: Megan’s Arrival!

May’08: When I told Joelle, 2nd one wouldn’t be in the Year of Tiger… but then…

Aug’08: The day that I starting thinking of getting a DSLR…

Dec’08: And the day I got a DSLR… Canon 450d…

Apr’09: Megan’s first birthday celebration.

Oct’09: When we found out we’re going to be parents, AGAIN!

Dec’09: Megan’s first day at school… childcare actually…

Apr’10: Melody’s Arrival!

May’10: My shameless sobbing when Melody was hospitalised… :(

May’10: Joelle’s first Mother’s Day card from Megan…

Jun’10: My almost into tears Father Day Card from Megan… My first ever card!

Aug’10: Today! My Blog turned Three!