Category Archives: Outing

Over the weekend

@ 22 months 2 weeks 4 days

We went to the zoo on Sunday. Weather was good and again it was splendid time well spent at the zoo.


On the way to the zoo

 


One of the rare occassions I could be in front of camera nowadays. Terra.. still as fair as ever.. no sign of turning yellow yet. Hehe..

 


Noticed the familar faces?

 


Tarzan and Jane?

That same afternoon we also decided to bring Ryan for another hair cut. I find Ryan’s hair still acceptable la. The front was a little long but still okay. Hubs on the other hand insisted we should bring him for a trim. Too messy apparently.

At the salon, as usual, daddy would have his hair cut first while my responsibility is to calm little fella and making sure he’s comfortable while in the salon. Brought along some toys just in case. This time he picked Thomas and Percy. In between, he twisted 4 balls from the vending machine at a nearby 7 eleven. Here they are…(with one missing sibling. Cant locate the 4th one)

 
…the forgotten cats (Ryan doesn’t even notice their existence eventho I’ve left it on top of the TV for days)

Just like the last time, I carried Ryan throughout the process. He still wailed out loud but the degree of it was not as bad as the last time. Infact this time round he was far more managable. He’s done a very good job! His hair fell all over our faces, our clothes, but it’s all worth it. When we got home, we headed straight to the shower and pom pom together. Hahahaha… choy! Daddy jealous or not??? Blehhhhh…..


Hair cut: Back view

 


The best front view shot I could get. Btw.. if you like the shirt he’s wearing, you will find them at BABYnWEAR. I’ll be uploading the new collection soon. Stay tuned ya. :D

 

Expensive Dinner

I hope I am not turning this blog into a ranting blog but really can’t helped it. It’s the weekend so hubs suggested we to dine out yesterday evening. We went to Ngee Ann City as I wanted to get more Brainy Baby CDs for Ryan. As usual, the place was packed with people. Restaurant Q was as long as ever. So we walked a bit further down and saw this Teochew restaurant that has no Q in front. We knew either the restaurant food sucks or it’s one hefty bill one has to pay. But after deliberated for awhile we decided to give it a shot la. Hungry already ma. So in the restaurant we dined. The captain recommended a few dishes. All sounded exotic of course. So we picked a few dishes (1 fish, 1 BBQ pork and 1 vege, 1 soup, 3 glasses of leongsui to be precise) and the bill came up to a shocking:

Yes. It’s SGD169.49!!!!. That’s RM390!!! The small little tasteless Garoupa alone costed SGD72. Veryyyyyy…. ‘sum toong’. Sob sob… I can buy 10 Brainy Baby CDs with that amount. Today I asked Linda to cook at home. Hubs deserved some good home cooked food and lo foh tong (soup). Frankly her cooking definitely taste much better than Imperial’s and cheaper for sure.

Isetan Private Sale

Isetan Private Sale – Members and Guests ONLY

I confessed. When I received the above I knew I was going for it. I admit, I’m a kiasu greedy cat but it’s only natural that when a woman sees this one will be tempted to go right. I was no exceptional. So I texted MalaikaMommy and we agreed to meet on Thursday which was yesterday to sapu the goodies together gether.

Ryan woke up from his nap at 3.30pm (an hour earlier than his usual.. as if knowing we have a place to go) and happily we packed and together with Linda and headed straight to our destination – Isetan Scotts. MM was on the way. So I went in and I got a shock when I saw the crowd. Soooooooooo many people. Anyways, I headed straight to the children’s department as I have prioritise to get Ryan some new Brainy Baby DVDs. I was really disappointed. First there was whole bunch of OLs (how come they don’t have to work???) crowding the CD section, picking this, flipping that, one hand holding a few, the other searching for more..I actually walked around for a bit and infact picked a toy for Ryan. Then I peeped at the cashier, the Q was like ‘mo lui kong kum cheong’ (super long Q). I gave up. Definitely not a place I want to be especially with a baby. Alone, I don’t mind. I can.. Heehee…
So we dashed down and I called MM again. Poor her.. She was stucked at Marriott (opposite the road). Taxi stopped her there. How could the driver be so irresponsible to just drop a mother with a baby and stroller opposite the road of their intended destination? MM, complain! Blehh… The weather was not kind to us either. It started to drizzle. My plans to go Taka went down drain too. I decided to go home instead and poor MM did not get to Isetan either. But trust me MM, you did not miss a thing. You’ll get drowned inside.
Aaaghhh.. moral of the story. Don’t attempt any pre sale esp with a baby. You may end up like me, spent $20 for cab to merry go round the city, came back tired and empty handed. Sigh….. but hor.. I noticed people here can really shop at office hours!!!! Geng!

How the Babies Have Blossomed

@ 17 months 1 week

I have known MalaikaMommy for 10 years. We were uni mates, flat mates, we went diving together and coincidentally we even shared the same pregnancy due date which was 24th April 2006. We actually joked that we would likely be giving birth next to each other and could hear the screaming across the labour room :P . Anyways, “mo kum kiu keh….”(no such coincidence), I gave birth to Ryan 8 days earlier and Malaika came to the world on 22nd April.

Time has not been always on our side since the arrival of our babies. So we probably only met up 4 times (exclude the time we bumped into each other at Mid Valley) since the last 17 months. The most recent being last Tuesday when I visited her and she came over my place following Thursday so the two Ariens could rekindle their little friendship. Time really flies.. The last time the met was back in Feb07 during the CNY and check out the pics. They have blossomed from chubby babies to slimmy healthy toddlers now…. (as much as i enjoy being with a more interactive Ryan now, I do miss his innocent baby days)

Taken June2006 when the parents bumped into each other at Mid Valley

Taken in Aug2006

Taken in Feb2007

Taken 18 Sept 2007

Taken 20 Sept 2007. Both their eyes glued to the TV (think it was Barney show)

Speaking of Barney, we bought lil Ryan a Barney toy. He has not always been a fan of soft toys but this little purple dinasour is indeed special. This is how much he adores the lil dinasour…

Little kiss from Ryan to the purple dinasour

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Other sembang sembang….

I am one happy SAHM since last Friday? Why? Because in laws were here and they brought along Linda. Yes yes.. my maid from KL and she will stay with us until Raya which by then my new maid will be here. Yoohoo~~~

I hurt my back last Friday and it got so bad that I was limping and could barely move around. I’m much better today and I hope nothing serious happened to my back. Whatever it is… now I could sit in front of my laptop, TV and seriously enjoy some meme time.

Little Drummer in the Making

@ 1 year 2 months 1 week 5 days

Ryan develops this special interest in balloons, basket balls, footballs, guli, anything round in fact. He just loves playing with them. Imagine the very first word he would say the moment he wake up will be – “ball”; the second word also “ball” and he’ll go ball ball ball….. until we give him the balloons/balls in his cot.

When it comes to malling, the word that never leaves his mouth is – “ball.. ball.. ball..ball.. balllllllll” and he’ll point to us the balloons, balls, and whatever whatever round shape figures he spotted in the mall. Thank goodness nowadays he longer gets cranky when his wishes/desires for one were not met. Pretty manageable now. Probably knowing he has tons of them at home.

Frankly I must salute my son. His eyes can be really sharp that he could spot the most hidden ball or balloon which we adult would have easily missed. I must say eversince I became a mom, I’ve changed so much just for the sake of keeping Ryan happy. Example, I never thought this would happen to me before but nowadays if I see another baby holding on to a balloon, I’ll actually peer my eyes attempting to spot logo printed on the balloon in hope to figure out who actually gives them out (for free) so I’ll know where to source in case my son fuss for it. *slap head*

When I say Ryan really loves his balloon.. I meant it. Check out what stunt he’ll perform with his two balloons. A clip of a little drummer in the making.