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Family Potrait 2012

Back in March, since BIL and family were back for holidays, we went to a studio for our family potrait. Here’s one behind the scene pic of the kids’. It was definitely no easy feat. The pics are ready at the studio but lazy me has yet to collect them. @_______@

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Drawing Analysis

Ryan @ 5 years 11 months

About a month ago, I got to know about this centre that offers complimentary kid’s drawing analysis. This complimentary service is part of an awareness programe to encourage the development and discovery of Arts therapy.

This totally slipped my mind until Chin Nee asked me about it. Glad she mentioned. I sent in both Ryan and Darren’s drawing just before the deadline 30 Mac.

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Ryan’s drawing

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Darren’s drawing

About a week later, I received the analysis from them. The analysis was done by a lady name Emay Teow.

Due to age restriction, Darren did not meet their min age requirement. He is too young to draw anything constructive thus his drawing was rejected.

With Ryan, his analysis came back pretty accurately. Below are the key points from the analysis of his drawing ie the child’s inner feelings at that point of time.

… extract from the analysis

Soul status: In his mindset, life is always busy and systematics, lots of materialistic and pressure. Parents’ lifestyle shows him a good example

I find the analysis partially accurate. Part of me wanted to explore more but then again drawing is a very subjective piece of art. Analyzing a kid’s inner feeling based on a single drawing is a little abstract so I’ll take it with a pinch of salt. If you’re interested, you can find out more info by emailing knkidspirit@gmail.com. Free analysis has ended but no harm exploring what else they have to offer.

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Christmas Celebration

Backdated

The boys were really looking forward to Christmas day as they know there are many presents waiting to be unwrapped.

About a week or so prior to Christmas, Lil B spotted a fever. Bummer! We brought him to the Paed. The latter noticed some redness on his throat, nevertheless was prescribed medication for viral flu and a bottle of Augmentin as back up should lil B’s fever does not come down by the third day.

It was horrid to care for a sick child, especially one whom is allergic to suppository. Lil B’s fever spiked to 41.3c. I lost count the number of times I had sponged him. His patience too ran thin and was becoming increasingly agitated. Poor boy.

We alternated between Nurofen and Progeseric every 4-5 hours. Despite that, Lil B’s fever was still pretty high >39c. So on Day 2 midnight I fed him Augmentin. That night, he slept better. Viral or Bacteria? I couldn’t care less.

I think by Day 4, lil B showed tremendous improvement. My hope is kor kor will be spared.

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Darren’s face was so flushed he could camouflage into the bed sheet.

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Unfortunately luck was not on our side.

A couple of days later, Ryan complained of stomachache during dinner. I brushed it off as yet another antic of his to skip food. Little did I expect, after finishing his food, he ran straight to the washroom and vomitted everything out.

At first i thought he’ll just sleep through it but he continued to vomit a few more times until hubs got back from work around 9pm. He just couldn’t hold anything in his stomach. He was showing symptoms of AIAO (all in all out). We decided to bring him to the doc. He was diagnosed with mild food poisoning (since there was no fever and no purging). Sigh…

The next 3 days my boy continue to lose more weight due to poor appetite. He even refused to drink his milk something which he never said no to. He’s now all skin and bone.

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Good thing, both recovered prior Christmas day but we decided not to invite any other kids for fear they may still carry the germs and spread to the innocent. So it was just a simple gift unwrapping session for the kids, which they enjoyed to the max.

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On the other hand, hubs and I went to Morganfield’s at Pavilion for a simple lunch date. Morganfield’s is famous for their pork ribs so how can we not order their signature Stick Bones Spare Ribs.

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Rating: 7.5/10.

Hubs ordered their Spiked Tequila Chicken.

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Rating: 6/10

That pretty much sum up our Christmas celebration.

Bed Time Woes (part 2)

Lil B @ 1 year 9 months 2 weeks 1 day

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Darren is one energetic moo moo. 1 hour of bedtime stories and nursery rhymes failed to satisfy his bedtime crave. He kept asking me to SIT next to him and sing him ‘Wheel on the bus’ again and again and again, with full hand gestures.

He’s definitely not easily pleased. I reprimanded him for being unreasonable and he showed me this…

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He was upset and shed tears pitifully. He simply refused to budge despite my apologetic efforts. So stubborn and he’s only 1 year old. Early signs of Terrible 2? Maybe and I foresee more headaches to come for sure. Anyway he fell asleep after staying in that position for 10 mins.

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The Best Prawn Dish

This is the best of the best fresh water prawn dish I had ever tasted. They are buttery and crispy and simply top notch yummy! It’s been years since we visited this restaurant yet the quality is still execelente. Simply delish.

The restaurant has many other signature dishes but personally this ‘nai yau’ (butter) prawn is definitely the creme de la creme.

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Look at those mouth watering meaty fresh water prawns. I was told tong gwai was added to cook this dish thus explains the special taste. They can be pricey but worth every penny.

We also ordered their signature salad tofu and fried kangkong with belacan. The tofu is nice. So so on the vege though.

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The address

I heard one of the brothers came out on his own and started a new restaurant offering similar dishes but I haven’t got a clue the whereabouts. Let me know if you do. 😊😊

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