visit to the gynae at 24weeks..

oops.. i m sorie peeps! i actuali can't remember my own EDD.. hurhurhur..
at 1st it was 18th apr, then 16th apr.. then cos bb Ayden (yes yes! bb's name is Ayden.. not Adrian or Aaron or Andy or watever A's you might have imagined so far.. hahaha!) is pretty big, it became 13th apr during the Oscar scan.. haha!

well, whatever! the visit was during the 24th week period. and itz been 1 mth since the last visit. and i have PUT ON ANOTHER 4.2kg (as compared to the 400g Ayden put on?? he's 750g now..)!!!!!!! wah.. mummy's power weekends packed with food reali plumps me up and itz not a good thing!! cos the aches and pains are getting worse. very much worse. with adri, it was that sharp pain right in the middle of the right bum which rendered me immobile during the last few days before i pop. this time round, the pain is on the back. and it has made me a panda, no thanks to the sleepless nites, lying on the bed immobile. even if i want to move, it is often a painful process for the 1st 15mins after lying down.

sigh.. sometimes i dun feel like sleeping. cos it hurts. and i m counting down. really counting down cos i can't take the pain much longer. dr. wong has commented that the aches and pains will get worse from now on since itz a 2nd pregnancy and the ligaments and everything else are more lax. hurhurhur.. *faintz*

dear is as usual the sweetest darling cos he takes care of adri and let me rest. and mum & grandma have been reali accomodating too.. dear mentioned dat he'd rather i have lotsa cravings in the middle of the nite than to see me in pain. cos he can settle my cravings but can't share my pain and he feels worse.. awww.. so sweet. i dunno wat to say.. *so touched*. BUT! i dun have cravings.. hahahaaha.. and regardless of whatever has been said, factory is confirmed CLOSED after #2.. hahahaha.. not that we both mind la.. =)

brought sweetie for this visit cos it was on Boxing Day (Saturday) and we tot it will be fun to show her didi! and she was staring intently at the monitor while dr. wong was scanning. but she didn't say didi.. she shouted "FISH!" instead.. hahahhahaa.. and then went "BIRD!!" omg..

i like this pic!!! i dun look like i have put on a total of 11kgs hor?? LOL.. *i hope!*


the cutie 3.5... 0.5 in the tum tum now..

mama sita.. donde este santa claus... itz X'mAS!!!!

itz the season i have been waiting for! hohoho.. i love x'mas though i m not a christian.. cos i love wrapping pressies! maybe i shd hv taken up part-time jobs at toys'r'us as their wrapper.. LOL!

grandma just went for an eye op on her right eye.. *hugs hugs granny* she's doing great though she shdnt be travelling much now so party is on at mummy's place!

anyway, the family got together for a potluck as usual with loads of yummy goodies.. *slurp*.. adri was slightly lost cos she can't eat most of the food and she was still confused when we were opening the pressies.. but this lucky girl! she definitely didn't have the $$$ to participate in our gift exchange.. however, she managed to get the most pressies and most expensive ones too!!

she received: a dress from 舅母, outfit from 美姨 and Baby Alive Doll & accessories from 珮姨!!! and not forgetting the other little pressies she has been receiving on & off from me & dear.. omg! i just realised i can open a toy shop!! woah! big $$$... LOL!

well well, b4 the pics of the party... here are some pics of her thru the eyes of the kaleidoscope (yet another pressie).. thanks to qiuu for the great idea! hohoho..

the kaleidoscope pics..

updates...

just some updates on the little one and our lives b4 the photos blast of the past 2 weekends... :)

this little girl as i mentioned in my last post is indeed my "angelic" monster... she hasn't reali been sleeping well due to the phlegmy cough.. sigh. and dat means mummy is a panda but!!! dear & i aren't spared either when we slept over with her over the weekends.. doesn't help dat she shouts for "tai-po" and "po-po" the moment she opens her eyes at either 3am+ or 6am+!!! yes.. 3am+.. not cos she wants milk but cos she simply wakes up then.. she'll then cry like she's beaten and needs help.. and she wants the potty to pee too.. tsk tsk.. and she insists on seeing either one of them! argh.. so another 1/2 - 1hr is spent coaxing her back to dreamland.. by then, we are more or less awake already.. boo hoo.. what will happen when both "po"s go to taiwan during CNY?? i can't imagine.. plus my back & body are already falling apart, something dat dr. wong has warned me abt when i visited her over the weekend.. hurhurhur.. i can imagine the biggest strain on dear.. as he cares for his "2" daughters...

one funny incident happened.. and it makes me wonder what adri is made of.. or rather what the kiddos nowadays are thinking or learning! haha..

she threw and broke the kaleidoscope given by dear's colleague the other day.. of cos the cane had to come out.. and i caned her lightly quite a few times on her bum and her hands.. if it was any1 of us being caned in the past, we wld have ran away and refused to talk to the "cane-r".. but this little girl?? nope! i refused to talk to her or sayang her. but she actuali came up to me while crying with all the snot running down her nose.. wanting to hug me and say sorry.. but i refused and gave her a scolding instead.. after saying my piece, i ignored her and read my newspapers.. but she insisted and came up to me and said "mummy, HUG!!!".. *faintz*.. and erm.. after the hug, the tap stops miraculously and she went back to jumping and playing.. argh! this little monster..

she reali knows how to manipulate the situation and knows that this will buy her the forgiveness.. hurhurhur.. wat can i say?? we didn't know to laugh or cry at her antics..

now, just one thought since she is about to start school in a week's time (sob sob.. boo hoo! so heartpain... ouch!!!).. will she apply such tactics to her teachers?? and will she retaliate when she is bullied? she is one blur soul when it comes to bullying by other kids. have seen it soooooooo many times.. i hope she can learn to stand up for herself. BUT!!! dun be a bully too.. i certainly wldnt wana entertain calls from the teachers.. hurhurhur.. dat will be dear's job... LOL!

my sweetie pie

i hvnt been writing much abt my sweetie pie, have i? sorie but itz the festive season and *ahem* the shopping season as well so have been pretty overwhelmed.. LOL! and doesn't help that i am bogged down with work too.. hmmmpf!

lucky thing is i hv my family, a wonderful dear and the sweetie pie for support.. *phew!*

she has been very cute though super NOTTI and MISCHIEVOUS.. her antics make me laugh more than cry but i have to admit i reali have the urge to smack smack smack & scream at her most of the time.. cos she has learnt to turn a deaf ear to my warnings! tsk tsk. i reali hope she'll be better when school starts and didi arrives.. :)

tis is my darling baby over the weekend.. looks are so deceiving! my "angelic" MONSTER!

aww.. i can't believe itz mine NOW!

dear promised me a bag 1 month back for this year's xmas pressie.. but i have already set my eyes on miu miu bow satchel unexpectedly during a casual "non-shopping" trip to miu miu @ ion.. hohohoho.. though i didnt like any of the colours on display then, i certainly fell in love with the bag itself.. so wat can a girl do when she is in love??? research research & research!

obviously someone of my character would definitely refuse to pay FULL SG retail price for it cos godknows how much the SAs are earning for it in the first place.. i'd rather put that savings to better use.. like getting a wallet or accessory to go with it? hiaks! in other words, i m NGIAO la.. LOL

so so so.. my research extended to approaching bag concierge, happiness storefront's carolina for help.. she is one super sweet lady and very very helpful too! however, as the prices are pretty crazy in Paris with euro's exchange rate and the service charge, savings on the bag turned out to be quite little.. sooooooo a disappointed me went on the prowl again for other alternatives!

and who to my rescue but Emily??? aww.. i heart her lots lots man.. she has just gotten herself a miu miu coffer too and it was from HKG.. hohohoo.. seeing a glimpse of hope in that post of her on her blog, i simply had to email her and check out on the deals and savings!! hahaha.. MUACKS emily!

next question was to find the person in HKG to grab dat bag for me from Landmark's miu miu store which i quickly made enquiries from.. (dun wana get my cousins there to do it cos i can't run the risk of having it lost in transition!!) and luck has it that Kelly's ex-colleague will be coming back to SG soon.. but i didnt expect it to be sooooooo soon cos nothing was confirmed at all and i was starting to get worried if i can get it in the colour i want (fumo) before it goes OOS!! wkakaka!
many thanks to my dearest Kelly.. she hearts a bag lover just like Emily and actually went to pick her ex-colleague up at midnite from the airport cos she wanted to surprise me in the office today.. LOL!

and b4 i forget, thanks to Cheryl & Jacq for offering their HKG "connections" too! =P

oooooh.. i should shut my trap and stop rattling on already.. here is my "anniversary" pressie (instead of xmas cos of the 'time' difference'! hahaha..) from my dearest dear.. love u the most for always indulging in me and my rubbish... keke..

"kree-mas kwee" lights and ooooooo.. the BAG!

saturday. 5th december 2009

ok ok.. "kree-mas kwee" = christmas tree in wee-wee's language.. oh.. and just in case u dunno, wee-wee is missy's pet name that survived all the other funny, one-off nicknames she was given.. creator of this name? lim wan qi.. hahahaha!

anyway, back to this post.. haha.. we went orchard (yes! orchard.. i know.. itz crazy with the siao traffic!..) for some luxury shopping.. ooo.. no no.. itz not our "luxury-bags-queen" 珮姨 tis time round wor.. (not cos she is guai... she is still looking for something she likes after her last purchase from Dior.. ) but itz 美姨 who decided to splurge abit after a long hiatus from the world of crazily-priced bags..

lucky LV at ngee ann city was closed for some special event cos i dunno how to appreciate this brand much and wouldn't know how to "stir" 美姨 into buying.. phew! .. well, 美姨's eyes and heart were immediately captured by the Bolso Calle - taupe in Loewe.. i must say, i LIKE it too~! simple, nothing too fanciful and definitely can last through quite a few seasons just like their nappa range.. awww... and needless to say, she just purchased it. at a cool sgd 2790. itz reali pretty la.. too bad 美姨's got a daughter. else i dun mind taking over the bag when she is done with it! hahaha.. *p.s. 珮姨, are u reading this? u can always hand ur bags down to me or wee-wee wor! hiaks! TIA!*

oooooo.. after the very happy purchase (yes!!! i m very very happy abt the purchase though itz not mine! hiaks.. i just love bags la. doesn't matter who!), we had a even happier dinner at coca courtesy of 美姨.. *slurp*.. fish glue! my fav!

sunday. 6th december 2009

went prawn-fishing with the family.. something which dear was definitely looking forward too as he has been deprived of it for a long time since adri came along.. (and he was bugging pretty frequently these few weeks.. machiam like he's pregnant.. haiyo!)

qi qi wasnt too lucky in her catch today so u shd've heard her shout in delight when she caught her 1st prawn ever! 美姨 & mummy gotta run away from her at once cos the whole place was staring at us. LOL! wee-wee didn't reali join us much at the "prawning" ponds cos the water's dark and all she can see are the rods.. haha.. but she had fun "catching" the BIG prawns in the aquariums by the side.. hahaha..

awful sales associates

i shall let the following speak for itself.. anyway, have bathed in pomelo & pomegranate leaves.. u wun believe it but i even had nitemares abt evil SAs scolding, screaming and hitting me! argh.. hahaha.. terrible and super imaginative of this pregger's mind.. LOL..

my letter to Tangs:
"I was at Vivo Tangs today (4th December) at 1pm for some shopping after lunch when I passed the Yankee Candles area. As my colleague was introducing and telling me how nice the candles are, I picked up "Be Thankful" and smelled it. However, I didn't like it and commented to my colleague that it was smelly but all the candles do smell nice when put together instead.

At this moment, a sales associate (lady, with short hair which covers the ears and wearing glasses) walked over and LOUDLY told me off "It's NOT smelly. It has pumpkin in it and it is for OUR American customers". To which, I made no reaction. However, seeing that I was ignoring her, she SHOUTED louder and repeated "THIS IS NOT SMELLY. THIS HAS GOT PUMPKIN IN IT".

I looked up from the display and told her "I heard you perfectly the 1st time round so there is no need to repeat". She proceeded to stare at me from top to toe, sniggered and walked to her colleague to complain loudly that I don't know how to appreciate the candles.

I have to admit, I really don't appreciate the smell of the candle which I have picked up and thought it was too smelly or rather pungent for my liking. But in no way should this sales associate react in such a manner as the comment was clearly my personal view and choice.

I think she really loves the products and feel proud of them but to exclaim and pass snide remarks at your customers just because they don't like the items? That was seriously uncalled for and rude. And I wonder if she is trying to belittle me and other Singaporeans who don't share her taste in the candles since she said the candles are for her American customers. May I ask why, then that the candles are available for sale in Tangs for the X'mas season? Does Tangs serve only Americans and belittle Singaporeans like myself too?"

And Tang's very prompt reply.
"I refer to your email sent on 04th December 2009.

I am concerned to learn of your unpleasant experience while you were at TANGS VivoCity. Please accept my sincerest apologies for the distress caused by the poor service of our Yankee promoter.

I agree with you that the promoter should have been more polite towards you. We would like to inform you that after my discussion with Yankee promoter boss it was been agreed that she will be no longer serving TANGS with an immediate effect. I would like to assure you that customer satisfaction is of paramount importance to us at TANGS and we will do our utmost to prevent a similar recurrence.

We appreciate the time taken to feedback to us as we believe that it is through feedback from customers that we are able to monitor and further improve our service standards.

We sincerely hope that this incident will not deter you from shopping at TANGS and we look forward to serving you when you next visit our store.

Again my apology."