Last day of 2010

Hurrary... it's the last day of Twenty Ten..

We are welcoming Twenty Eleven tmr.. I am looking forward to a better year next year, hopefully! I'm sure everyone hopes next year will be better!

Time to review past year resolutions & make better & achieveable resolutions for next year.

2010 Resolutions:
1) May my kids & family be more healthier in the years ahead!
- ACHIEVED
2) Slim down to 50+ kg! -3/4
- ACHIEVED coz current weight is 60+/-. Already shaved 5-6kg liao.
3) More hardworking me @ work, home & everything i do!
- NEH, still need improvement. lol~
4) Have a better husband who loves n dores my family more than any other thing.
- NEH for 1st part: He's still flirting ard outside. 2nd part improvement achieved: he helped look after JE more now. Perhaps she's bigger, so easier to look after now.
5) Maintain a healthier body by eating more healthier food & exercising more.
- Ate a lot of cereals early part of year. Exercise is still on ave pace, once a wk. :(
6) Cook more for my family, esp. the weekends.
- Yeah, cooking whenever Hb's working on wkends. Easy simple meals.
7) Play less Facebook games. (wahaha)
- Haha~ less addicted at home bah.
8) More Salary increment or change of a better-paid & good environment job!
- Failed. Still same pay, same place. :(
9) Save more money (for rainy day) & less over-spending.
- Failed too due to part 8 above.
10) Win more lottery (lol~)
- Failed also.
11) Travel to more countries that i nvr visited before.
- Not a lot of countries but i manged to cover Hong Kong, Macau & Shenzhen. Woohhooo...

2011 Resolutions
1) Healthier & happy family of coz! Love my family to the max!
2) Slim down.. 55kg bah. Shd be achieveable goal.
3) Salary increment + gd bonus or switch jobs wif better learning exposure!!!
4) Target to run half-marathon in 2011... which means more exercise!
5) Cook more @ home + healthy eating.
6) Save more money, esp my rainy funds..
7) Travel to more places: aiming Japan, Beijing, Shanghai, Bintan, Phuket. *hope dreams come true*

May all of us achieve our resolutions in Twenty Eleven.

Stay happy always!

Love you all, and of coz, i love myself too!

*Smuacks*

Xmas Pics

Mother & Daughter. I have lost all my pictures in my HP after i did a 1-to-1 exchange wif Starhub last wk. So took some to store as my wall paper in Hp.

JE is WALKING! Yeah.. a bit unstable.. & she prefer to Crawl coz she crawls faster than she walk. haha~ So she still nid lots of walking practice..

Photos of my 2 lovely kids @ AMK Hub on Xmas Eve.

Both kids trying to open Xmas presents from their Uncle & Auntie-in-law.

End of 2010???

Yess.. it's coming to an END soon! Gng to say bye-bye to TWENTY-TEN & to welcome TWENTY-ELEVEN!!

Before that, i managed to do some final stuffs in these last 2 wks of 2010.

-Managed to spring clean my dirty home PARTIALLY. Yes! I'm a bit lazy, so only clear part of the hse. Tink only wen nearer to CNY, den i will speed up my cleaning. Lol~

- Gng for a big feast wif my ex-colleagues on thu. Eve of the Eve of Xmas. Hohoho~ It's japanese buffet. So hope v have lots of fun & laughter... hohoho~

- Organise a gathering next tue for my poly fren. 1 of them is gng to pop ard CNY & jan is busy for accountants like us. So I hope to c my 'distorted figure'-mummy-to-be b4 she pop! lol~

- No plan on Xmas day itself as Hb working. But i do crave for xmas log cake. *hint hint*

- Xmas part at office on eve of xmas day. Tis yr is lucky to get half day off!

- New year 2011 is gng to be a BANG as i got chalet BBQ to celebrate & welcome the year. Gonna be fun as my kids can walk, so i can party & get drunk. wahaha~

- Praying hard for a fatty bonus & gd pay rise to fulfilled my travelling wishes in 2011!

My new year resolutions will be DISCLOSE here wen i got time to type. haha.. meanwhile:

MERRY XMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR! WOHOHOHOHO~~~

JE @ 15mths old

Cheers~!
Time really flies~ or zoom pass w/o we realising it ourselves...

JE juz turn 15 mths old! She weights a healthy 9.1kg on her 15mths & 1 day old. She had her MMR Jab + the 3rd pneunomoccal jab together. Her 1st jab, she was already unhappy abt the pain. Then nxt came 2nd jab & she let loose & scream out loud. She cried for ard 10min.. tears flowing out like tap-water. haha.. So the next few days was terrible for both her mummy (that's me!) & her ah-ma. She couldn't slp well in the day & night. Maybe she got frightened by the jabs. Poor gal.. & poor US!

The nurse asks me 3 standard qns on JE:
1) Can she walk by herself?
Unfortunately, the nurse tried and attract JE to walk to her, the stubbon JE refused. So this answer was "NO".
2) Can she clap & wave hands?
Yes, this has no problem.
3) Can she say simple words like Mama & Papa?
I honestly told the nurse that JE is unable to call Mama & Papa yet. All she can say is Hi-Five & Hello!

Stange gal i got right? She cant pronouce single word, but can speak 2-tone words.. "hi-five" & "har-low". Wonder wen she will finally call mama? & walk firmly to me?

How Fast is Fast? How Slow is Slow?

It's all abt my gal, my notti little lazy gal! Dunno if she is lazy or she is notti. She simply refused to WALK!! She's 14mths+ now! My friend's gal can walk at 1yo! Both gals have a elder brother to motivate them to walk. But why my gal still don feel motivated at all?

Old folk has this belief: "The later one learns to walk, means he/she will have a better life when they grow up." How true is this belief? If it's true, i don't mind that my gal have a better life in future. But can it be used to coax the parents only? A sort of excuse to cool the impatient parents that it's ok for their babies to learn walking slower than their peers?

Last sunday, we went out for our dinner. Hb & I held one hand of JE each, & we walked from our house door to the lift. Can see that JE is excited abt walking! WL wanted to hold JE's hand too, but she refused to hold WL's hand. haha~ The very next day, I saw a big improvement from gal. Wen i went to pick the kids up from my inlaw hse, JE crawled towards me, suddenly stand up & walked few steps to reach me. Ahhh~! At least she dare to challenge that few steps... Mil also claimed JE walked a few steps in the mrng too. Hope that she will walk even more steps as days go by... Will hope that she can walk & maybe run abt during our chalet in Jan!

Last wk, i had breakfast at a coffeeshop nearby WL's school. I bumped into another parent of WL's classmates. I asked if her daughter, Gigi learned how to write alphabets. I was complaining how slow is my boy. I'm comparing him to a friend's daughter who can write her name, although not with neat strokes, but visibly can read the alphabets. The mum was saying that as they are still young, their bones r not yet properly developed. So if they learned to write ABC, it may affects their finger bones formation. So it is advised to wait till they start nursery next year, when teachers teach writing, that we can begin to coach them. No hurry..

Suddenly I felt so kiasu. Feel like looking for enrichment classes for WL... Am i stressing him? or Am i stressing myself? Shd i let nature take its course.. let them learn slowly...

Weddings

Every year, both hb & I have countless weddings to attend. Either his friend or mine or our relatives... To make sure that we wont 'underpaid' the angbao, I always check the market rate of the venue & adjust accordingly, depending on the relationship wif the bride or groom. This coming sat i've got a church weddings only! First time giving a church wedding angbao! So i need the rates! My search brought me to this little article which i hope is worth sharing wif others:

Lastly,

Happy Marriage to Adrian & Jane! See ya this sat!

Time for a Good Laugh

Everyone need a good laugh now & then. So here's one for you!

1. Go to Google Maps.
2. Go to "Get Directions"
3. Select the following:

a) Type 'Taiwan' as the start location, 'China' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 24 of the directions.
b) Type 'Japan' as the start location, 'Taiwan' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 43 of the directions, then STEP 79.

c) Type 'Taiwan' as the start location, 'USA' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 24 of the directions, then STEP 61, then STEP 112 & then STEP 123.

HAHA...