Hong Kong Day 3

Day 3 - Disneyland!
I couldn't explain why but I was really excited. DL was even more enjoyable than OP bcos I could take the rides with the kids. OP's kiddy rides are only for kids.

We had Tim Sum bfast at the hotel before setting off to DL. Lil Isaac napped while the girls entertained each other. It was a peaceful ride. The hotel rooms were available when we arrived and we checked into the rooms before heading to the park. Woohoo!


I heart the Disney shops.


We took loads of pictures even before we stepped into the park.



I realized that we didn't explore the entire park during our last trip bcos I saw so many more and took rides that I never did. I even took the indoor roller coaster with Lil Shauna. That was when I found that she's taller than 102cm, the minimum height for the ride.

The trip could be better if not for the rain. It drizzled and we had to look for shelter and indoor rides. Otherwise we had to brave the rain. The cold was manageable even with the rain, so long as there was no wind.

It was simply food, rides and shopping! We left the park at sevenish without staying for the fireworks. We couldn't tell if they will have one given the weather and the kids started fussing. Moreover, it was getting cold.

Then we realized that we could see the fireworks from our hotel room! Although less magnificent than seeing it at the Park, it was still good. The kids were excited and happily bouncing on the bed.


I was hoping for an early night, which did not happen. The kids were suddenly energized when we came back to the hotel room. Even jiejie who did not took an afternoon nap was bouncing around. We ended up doing more shopping at the Gift Shop.

Mummy Lim

Again??!!

We had to skip music class last Tuesday bcos we were in Hkg. Yday, we missed it again bcos Lil Shauna refused to go. It looks like her excitement has died down, just like ballet, and we might have to drop music soon.

I am upset, more than when she decided to drop ballet. Yes, I heartache over the $$ spent but I guessed I am more upset that she gave up so easily, even when I go to the class with her.

She already said that she didn't want to go for her class at Centris. Regardless, we made our way to Yamaha. That triggered the tears and I felt embarrassed standing outside the class with a crying pre-schooler, who refused to go for class. She refused to be coaxed and refused to compromise. I was so angry and made nasty comments to her like she's lazy and I am ashamed of her. Oops. Nevertheless, it didn't work and we went home.

Lil Shauna claimed that she was tired. She reluctantly agreed that she would go for class next week. I threatened that I will get Daddy Lim to go with her next week with Mr Cane.

She came alive when we reached home! Arrrggghhhh... So much so that she's bouncing around with didi before bedtime. We had a hard time trying to tuck them to bed last night. Did somebody say that she was tired?

Actually, I don't really mind if she decided to give up music. I just didn't like that she gave up so easily. I am now worried that she will one day decide that she no longer wants to do phonics or one of those academic enrichment that I will put her on in the future. Then how? So stressful...

Mummy Lim

Maid Search

How bad are things? On Saturday, whilst in the car ride home from Suntec, I had to cuddle both kids in my arms while they had their milk. Nobody wanted auntie. They started crying bloody murder when auntie made any attempt to pry them away from mummy. So I was left juggling 2 kids while auntie sat right beside us, watching us. After milk, we played and sang all the way home, 2 kids bouncing on mummy's lap while auntie watched. I felt like a circus clown or a zoo monkey.

I hate it when auntie pretend to "handle" Lil Isaac. We will have a fussing Lil Isaac attempting to get to mummy and auntie will try weakly to hold him back, making him fuss even more. Since we came back from HKG, I had on at least 3 occasions asked auntie to either go away or bring Lil Isaac away. I don't appreciate having her look at me taking care of Lil Isaac bcos she's not capable to. And it is no surprise that she chose to go away bcos she cannot handle and probably also did not want to handle. Looking after kids is hard work. Non fussing and non demanding housework is definitely an easier choice.

Popo also told me on Saturday that auntie sobbed loudly when Popo told her to hurry up. Popo was rushing her to finish the chores as she was in a hurry to go to Centris to pay respect to my dad. It was his death anniversary. Popo said that this wasn't the first time. In the first few times, auntie's eyes turned red when Popo reprimanded her. Popo let off at those times. Then, subsequent times, tears were involved and Saturday morning, she sobbed loudly.

Popo also complained that several times, auntie says that she cannot understand Popo when she was given instructions. However, she can chip in when Popo was having conversations with my brother's maid. So can she or can't she not understand?

I wanted to give auntie the benefit of doubt but it seems that she's slacking in her job. Cannot handle Lil Isaac, so we will take over, cry so that we won't push her, tell us that she doesn't understand then don't have to do. Haiz. Why like that? And we are unable to find a replacement.

I went down to the agency yday. The stack of Indonesian bio data of ex-sin maids are made up of either fat or old maids. Think 35 years old and above or 150cm but 60kg. Yes, it is that bad. Most of the Filipino maids are without passports and it will take at least 2 months before we can get them. Can we survive until then? If we can, we probably dont need a new maid and there is no guarantee that the new maid will be good after months of waiting, just like the last one who demanded to go back to the agency after ONE bloody day! I am not keen with experienced Filipinos, who would demand for off days and hps. Fresh Indonesian maids are gong gong and cannot speak English.

I manage to find 2 more decent looking CVs of new Indonesian maids. This would mean that they will not have experience looking after kids, on housework and have poor English. Haiz... We are so screwed.

The agency just called me back after helping to interview the maids. One of them is not coming bcos of family problem. The other one has totally no experience working as a maid. It is too risky even when she claims that she likes children and will try to please Popo. Boohoo.

Mummy Lim

Hong Kong Day 2

Day 2 was much better. Breakfast was at one of the local Cafes and was uneventful. The kids were entertained by the fishes at one of the shops while the adults finished their bfast.



We headed to Ocean Park (OP) with the Ong Family via cab and we had great fun, so much more than when we were there 1+ year back. Then, I was burning with fever.



We visited the Marine Aquarium and it was very magnificent. It is something like our underwater world but probably bigger. Lil Shauna loves fishes.


This is them looking at the fishes swimming over head.



Then we had lunch at one of their eating places. The food was alright. We continued to explore the rest of the park after lunch. The place is huge. We took some train ride to the mountain top to find that the rides are all meant for adults. We then took the cable car down to the kiddy rides area. Train ride and cable cars all within the park, so you can imagine how big the park is!


Lil Shauna and Cailyn went on the merry-go-round countless times. Until Dady Lim had to declare that he didnt want to go on any more rides that go around in circles. Lol.


So did Lil Isaac. He definitely enjoyed the rides more than when we were in USS.

I brought my pump and wanted to express. However, the nursing room was few and far. I found one after a long walk but was occupied. I ended up expressing in the public under my nursing shawl, first time ever. Luckily, the place was noisy and my pump became relatively quiet.

It turned chilly in the evening and we left the park. The thing about winter is that the sun sets early, giving a false impression that it is late when it is not. After a whole day of fun, the kids were cooperative. No tears about leaving. We took a cab back too. We were too tired and cold.


We met up with the other 2 families for dinner. The kids, especially the girls enjoyed playing together. Then it was back to the hotel room for cleaning up before the kids finally hit the pillow at 10.30pm. Bedtime was delayed as Lil Shauna took a nap and Lil Isaac took 2 naps. The cool weather is just perfect for naps, especially when they were all bundled up.

I was tired but had great fun. Actually, thinking back, I didn't think we do much. I suppose the company made the trip so enjoyable. Most importantly, the kids had great fun. Bcos they were happy, so were we. :)

Mummy Lim

Hong Kong Day 1

We woke the kids up at 4.30am. It is part of the plan in attempt to knock them out during the flight. Lil Shauna was very cooperative at the idea of going to Hong Kong and bounced out of bed. Bcos jiejie didn't fuss, didi didn't as well. Hehe, a good start.

We arrived at the airport at about 5.45am. There was a Q for checking in. We had bfast, I expressed and Daddy Lim answered to nature's call. Then, we ended up at the wrong gate. I think we were the last to board the plane, about a few mins before the gate closes. I was half thinking if they will start calling for us over the PA system. Lil Shauna anxiously helped to call out to the plane to wait for us while we rushed to the plane. Too cute. Hohoho.

The plane ride was very much alright. Lil Isaac was knocked out even before the flight took off, just accordingly to the plan. Jiejie self entertained with a colouring kit and then watched some cartoon. She had a good portion of the delicious flight meal - omelette with some ketchup sauce and napped after her meal. Soon after, didi woke up.

Lil Isaac was manageable as well. He was kept entertained with lots of food. Lol. We woke Lil Shauna up 30mins before we landed and the kids were well behaved. At least they didn't scream the plane down.

We landed safely other than Lil Shauna's scare of wanting to poo poo during landing when we couldn't use the toilet. She managed to hold and lost the urge when we finally landed. Lol.

The Ong family took an earlier flight and were waiting for us at the airport when we arrived. We took a bus to the hotel. This is us happily posing bcos we are in Hong Kong!

We managed to check in immediately and took some time to settle down. We then met up with a senior, who is working in Hong Kong and spent the rest of the day walking to hunt for a good dessert stall. We eventually ended up at Habourcity for some lights show.

It was very cold, the kids were all bundled up.



Bcos the group was so big, progress was slow. We even ditched the original plan to go to the Peak. We were constantly waiting but nobody minded. I think it helps that we already had the mindset that there will be lots of waiting.

We caught a cab back to the hotel after the show. It was too cold and the adults were too tired. We tabaoed dinner to hotel and the kids went to bed at 10pm. Yawnz, we followed shortly after washing up. I was the maid this time and spent a good portion of my time in the room washing the milk bottles and all.

End of day 1...

Mummy Lim

Change Maid

It is time to change maid again. NRT has been with us for coming to 4 months and it is almost 1 month since we took her back. Her performance peaked for awhile but slacked shortly.

Popo still scolds her and complains to me. It is freaking irritating to have a tiring day at work and come home to her nagging about the maid. But at least Popo has stopped calling me in the office to complain after I yelled at her to stop.

Things are deteriorating and it is time to look for a new maid. NRT is not the best with housework. She takes a long time and I can never tell when the toilet has been washed bcos there is no drastic difference. Even my brother commented that the dishes are still oily after she washed them in Centris. So after that complaint, she took ages to wash the dishes. On another occasion, she used up 1/3 of a bottle of detergent for a set of dishes. :(

She is not good with the kids too and they both avoided her like plague after the Hkg trip. Popo was totally tired out by the sticky kids today. They wanted auntie to go away and Popo to help them with everything. I know how fuss can be short when one is tired and I can understand why Popo is so frustrated with NRT. Haiz, but what can I do?!!?

So how bad is it with the kids? Take today for example. I was helping Lil Shauna with her homework and Lil Isaac was fussing for me. I saw her take the whinny toddler to the room but was out in less than 5 mins bcos she failed to distract him. She followed him to me and attempted weakly to hold him while he tried to climb on my lap. What use is that? This happens all the time. It is as if she hopes that we will take over when the kid irritates us too much.

After Lil Shauna was done with her homework, we were playing with the cooking toys. I pretended to eat the food that jiejie cooked and fed Lil Isaac. So what did she do? She sat with us and smile at us while watching us play, like a spectator. Faint.

Lil Isaac started fussing and I brought them to the room. Usually, she goes about with the chores when that happen bcos Daddy Lim and I will spend time with the kids. Today, Daddy Lim went for a wedding dinner and she still left me to man the 2 kids. I think she has straw in her head. Haiz.

Both kids started fussing and she took Lil Isaac out while I tucked jiejie to bed. Lil Isaac started crying pitifully, asking for mummy. Popo couldn't help bcos she hasn't showered and was dirty. Yes, Popo's illogical logic but she did try to rush through shower to help. While jiejie took her milk, I could hear the poor boy crying. Double haiz...

Jiejie was really cooperative and agreed to pretend to sleep and be really quiet while I bring Lil Isaac in and gave him his milk. She did try and did a good job. Thank God Lil Isaac felt asleep after his milk. Phew.

The worse? We can't find a replacement now. I have asked the agency for suitable CVs but couldn't find any. Haiz. I even tried other agencies but no luck. I am worried too that the next maid is no better but I guess we just have to keep trying. We are paying $$ to drive ourselves crazy with fustrations.

Mummy Lim

Back

We are back. It is so warm. Somebody turn on the aircon and set it at 15 degree pls.

I don't want to be back. Period. Boo!

Mummy Lim

Hong Kong, Here We Come

Greetings from the airport. I am in the nursing room doing my last express before we board the plane. Haiz, the down side to exclusive pumping but Lil Isaac loves my BM. Nainai and Daddy Lim are busy chasing the running kids.

This is our every first far overseas trip with Lil Isaac and I can't help worrying that I missed or forgot something. There are altogether 4 families, comprising of 10 adults and 7 kids. I think a large part of the time will be spent chasing kids and feeding them.

It is ok.. Breathe! Enjoy! I already asked Daddy Lim to constantly remind me to relax.

Mummy Lim

Hair Cut

We brought Lil Isaac for a haircut yday. This is his 3rd haircut. That is the thing about boys, they need a haircut so very often. Jiejie only cut her hair 4x in her entire life lor.

Lil Isaac breezed through his first haircut. Maybe it was bcos he was still really young then. But he cried bloody murder for his 2nd. I was struggling to hold him then and the haircut wasn't very well done but we lived with it. He hate the electrical razor.

This 3rd one was no better. He struggled and yelled and cried like he was being tortured. So many people were staring at us, especially the next couple with their young kid in queue. We were both perspiring after the badly done hair cut. The hairdresser didn't even charge us full price. He stopped crying almost instantly after the hairdresser declared that she was done.

We found an extra long fringe, his sideburns were uneven and so were the slopes behind his head. Nevertheless, he looks better, more refreshing. I can live with the unevenness. In fact, I tot he looks quite stylo now. Muahahaha.

Mummy Lim

Maths Question

I saw these in the Straits Time a few days ago. These are Primary Two Maths questions.

Sam has 30 chickens and ducks.
He has 6 baskets. He distributed the chickens evenly into the 6 baskets and the ducks evenly into 4 of the baskets. In the baskets with chickens and ducks, the number of chickens equal to the number of ducks. So how many chickens and how many ducks does he have?

Mr Snail is at the bottom of the well that is 7/8 m deep. He wanted to watch the fireworks on 9 Aug and started climbing up the wall of the well on 5 Aug. He climbs 1/2 m every day but slipped down 1/4 m every night. Will he be in time for the fireworks?

By the way, I rephrased the questions. Taking into consideration time stress during exams. These are killers lor. Did I do these when I was in Primary Two???!!! Somebody, hit the panic button!

No wonder people say that kids can't deal with maths if their English is not good. The problem sums are too tricky lah.

Mummy Lim

Sick

I went to work this morning and rushed to pick Lil Isaac from Centris to bring him to his gym class. Daddy Lim was supposed to pick jiejie up after he knocked off.

I received a Lil Isaac who just woke up from his very short nap. He was really well behaved during the mrt ride and I thought it was bcos he was half awake and was secretly glad at my good luck.

We were early and shared an ice cream cone while waiting for his class to start. However, we didn't make it for class. He measured 37.8 degrees when his teacher took his temperature!

Yes, I is lousy mummy. I didn't realize that he was running a temperature. I was slinging him in the mrt and didn't feel his warmness. We ended up going home in a cab.

He was very much active in the cab and showed no signs of having a fever at home. We gave him paracetamol and his temperature seems to come down. We couldn't tell for sure bcos Lil Isaac has no problem taking medicine but HATES the thermometer!

We are not sure what exactly happened. He has no flu, in fact nothing at all. Is this the must-fall-sick-before-the-trip syndrome? Pls recover and pls dont let anybody else falls sick.

Mummy Lim

Evidence of Growing Up

Last night, at bedtime.

ML: Baobao, time to sleep.
LS: I am not baobao, I am Shauna.
ML: You are baobao, mummy used to call you baobao.
LS: Are you xx and xx (friends that she plays with since young)? Only they call me baobao. Call my English name, I am Shauna.
ML: Ok, then your Chinese name is baobao.
LS: Nooooo... I am Zu-En.
ML: Ok, Shauna Lim Baobao.
LS: No!
ML: Ok, Baobao Lim Zu-En.
LS: No!
ML: Hahahahahaha. Ok, I am going to go to bed. Who wants to sleep with me.
LS: Me!
ML: But only my baobao can sleep with me leh.
LS: I am baobao.

Muahahahahaha.

Mummy Lim

Toothbrush

Lil Isaac loves to have his teeth brush. Actually, I think it is bcos the apple and banana toothpaste tastes good. Jiejie used to love sucking on her toothbrush too.

Today, Lil Isaac was in a foul mood. Popo says that he had an early nap. As a result, he cried when I refused to give him a dirty toy spade. He cried again when his finger got caught in the drawer.

He was noisy and disturbed jiejie who was trying to draw and I brought him to the room. He then pointed to the toilet, asking me to get his toothbrush to brush his teeth.

I was barely done when he insisted to do his own brushing and refused to give me back the toothbrush despite my coaxing. I tried to distract him with toys but he started crying inconsolably the moment we took his toothbrush away. We only managed to take the toothbrush from him when it was time for bed. -.o"

Mummy Lim

Comparisons

I keep having this feeling that Lil Isaac is much slower in his development as compared to jiejie. I just thought that I pen them down for comparisons.

Walking
Lil Shauna started walking in her 11th month and was walking independently by the time she turned one. Lil Isaac was stuck in the crawler stage for a good 6-month. He however was a master crawler and could crawl really fast and all terrain. He was also cruising for the longest time and finally decided to walk on Christmas eve, when he was 14 months old. Now at 16th month, he is walking but still very unstable.

Talking
I can’t remember when Lil Shauna started talking but definitely much earlier than Lil Isaac. I remembered her singing the entire ABC song during our Melbourne trip in her 18th month. She must have started talking way earlier then. Lil Isaac at 16th month, barely utters few words. All he makes are sounds. Even the few words that he says are like sounds in different pitches. He doesn’t really speak but is starting to parrot what we say, like “papa”, “mama”, “boh” (ball), “hel-O” (hello), “orh” (hot). The only thing that he really says is “mum mum”, the all important word for survival, which is sometimes replaced by “armh” and “ah-tah” (peekaboo). At the rate that he is articulating his thoughts, I think terrible two will really be very terrible.

Eating
It was much easier to feed Lil Shauna. She’s a milk baby and used to ask for milk every 2 hourly even after she started solids. She’s generally Ok with most food. Maybe it was bcos she’s a preemie and starved too much while in my tummy? I remembered her self-feeding in Melbourne too. With Lil Isaac, it was a constant fight to feed him milk. He will be struggling and wriggling. He doesn’t like most food and spits them out. Self-feeding? I be glad that he even eats!

Sleeping Through
Despite being a preemie, Lil Shauna cut down to one night feed in her 4th month. She dropped her night feed in the 7th month. Lil Isaac is still waking up for his bottle every night!

Looking at the above, it does look as if Lil Isaac is slower but he is healthy.
I supposed the only thing that he excels in is his dental development. At 16th month, he has his full set of teeth. I saw the last 2 breaking through.

I actually have plans to send him to playgroup in September this year and to pre-nursery at jiejie’s school in January 2013. Jiejie started playgroup when she was about 22 months old. However, Lil Isaac still looks like a baby to me and I wonder how he is able to start school by then.

Mummy Lim

Starved

We will be heading to HKG in 2 weeks’ trip. I am excited and yet worried.

Lil Shauna was already 18-month old when we brought her for her first faraway trip to Melbourne. By then, she took most solids. Even if she doesn’t eat, she can always have her bottle. She was a milk baby.

Lil Isaac will be 16 months old when we are in HKG. He is a picky eater. His favourites are porridge (home-cook), macaroni, pasta and ban main or similar texture noodles. He used to like bread but now only eats them if he is in the mood. He still loves biscuits (selected) but we restrict him.

On top of his limited choice of food, he is allergic to nuts and unknowns. These make feeding worse. We are careful to read labels and usually do not try new food. I am always gripped by fear when I feed him outside food, especially when he started scratching shortly after the food. Afterall, the ingredients are not made known and we can only guess whether they are safe.

I don’t know if he will be starved in HKG. To being with, I am not a hands-on mummy with Lil Isaac. Feeding and bathing had been outsourced to Popo and Auntie and they are both not coming with us to HKG. I don’t know when I should feed him and also how much. At times, when we are taking care of Lil Isaac ourselves, the amount of solids and milk that he takes seems so miserable. But I always comfort myself that he will be nursed back to shape when I hand him back into Popo’s capable hands.

This time, it will be 4 days without Popo and I am worried. What if we cannot find the food that he likes? What if he refuses to eat even if we find what he likes? What if he developed an allergic reaction in HKG?

I have made a mental note to find out about the nearest clinic at the few places that we will be in HKG. I will of course be bringing Lil Isaac’s medicine in case he really eats something that he shouldn’t. Arrghhhh.. this is so stressful.

Mummy Lim

USS Round 3

We went to USS again last weekend. This time with ah yee and uncle ichi. This is Lil Shauna's 3rd trip and Lil Isaac's 2nd.

We had to work in the morning so Lil Shauna went with ah yee and uncle ichi first. Lil Shauna always enjoys their company and sticks very much to uncle ichi.

I brought Lil Isaac to join them after knocking off from work. I heard Lil Shauna had taken the magic potion (mini ferris wheel), the Madagasga ride, flying dino and the mini roller coaster by then. I took care of Lil Isaac while jiejie went for the Shek 3D show with ah yee and uncle ichi. While waiting, I went for the merry-go-round with Lil Isaac. He didnt seem to enjoy the ride very much but at least he didnt cry like he did in Genting.


I think Lil Isaac didnt enjoy the theme park very much bcos he seems to be sulking most of the time. Lol.


Mummy pretended not to see and happily went around taking pictures with the characters.


Lil Shauna was really brave in this. She hugged me really tightly.


Daddy Lim joined us later in the afternoon. Both of us lugi and didnt manage to catch many rides with a pre-schooler who was complaining of being tired and wanting to go back to the hotel room to rest and a not too happy toddler. We didnt even have time to take the new Transformer ride. Ah yee had to boast to me about how great it was. Boohoo. But at least we had this picture taken.


I am looking forward to Disneyland in HKG. I hope Lil Isaac will be able to enjoy the theme park more by then. Actually, it is only 2 weeks from now! Woohoo!

Mummy Lim

Pictures

Jiejie wanted to take a picture with Singa. Daddy Lim and Lil Isaac rushed to join her too. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Supplement

The mummies were chatting about supplement for the kids recently. I am much thankful that the 2 kiddos are relatively healthy. I accrued that to the fact that they do not attend child care. Children at child care usually have working parents and they sometimes get send to the center despite being mildly sick.

Still, it doesn't hurt to give them supplement to make them stronger. Lil Shauna has her fair share of making me buy supplement and then refused to take them. There are also not many supplements for toddlers below 2 yo.

I recently found this, suitable from 1yo onwards and the kids really love it. They fight for it! I tried it myself. It tastes really yummy, sweet with a tint of sourness. Hehehe.

Mummy Lim

Homework

Lil Shauna enjoys drawing and colouring. Her "people" are starting to look like one. However she doesn't enjoy writing and it is super hard to get her to write.

Lil Shauna doesn't get much homework from school. Her school is not very academic driven and her principal seems to believe very much in maintaining the kids' interest, which basically means having fun. However, Lil Shauna gets homework from her weekly phonics class. It is mainly colouring of pictures with the same sound but parents are expected to go through pronunciation with their kids.

It was relatively easy when Lil Shauna was in her Foundations class. She can now hear most of the first sound in words provided that the first sound is obvious. She also enjoys tracing patterns. In the Launchpad class, she's starting to learn the last sound and it is tougher. I supposed once she gets it, she will be able to hear most of the last sound but we are definitely not there yet after 2 lessons. And it is equally hard trying to get her to write her alphabets. It doesn't help that she's already very tired by the time we are home and she couldn't concentrate on her homework. It takes lots of coaxing and we sometimes ended up having to break a simple 2 pages homework into several day. I had to beg, coax, plead, threaten to get the homework done.

Did I read about how much AN and C love to do their homework?

Mummy Lim

Not Fat?

LS: Pappy, why your tummy so big?
DL: Bcos I am fat.
LS: I never say that you are fat. You said that we cannot call other people fat. I say why is your tummy so BIG?
DL: Ok, then I didn't exercise enuff.
LS: Ok (and she started stroking DL's tummy).

Yah, Daddy Lim is not fat, just with a bigger than normal tummy.

Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Music Class

I always thought that we spent very little time with Lil Isaac. In comparison, the witty and chatty jiejie is definitely more entertaining to be with. So yday, I encouraged Daddy Lim to go with jiejie for her music class while I spend time with didi and he did. That was after we checked with jiejie if she was ok with the Pappy going with her and she was. To be doubly sure, I asked her 2x and also asked her why she didn't want mummy to go with her. Our princess replied, "bcos you go with me so many times already." Ok lor.

I ended up struggling with the little tiger while taking mrt home bcos he so wanted to walk but he has no shoes. But I did spend time playing toys with him or more so throwing toys around until jiejie came crashing home.

Jiejie was in a good mood and said that she enjoyed herself in class. Interestingly, Daddy Lim said tgat he did not.

I bath her and while helping her to change into her pj, I asked her what did she learn. Then she secretively told me not to tell Pappy bcos she didn't like Pappy (to go to class with her). But she couldnt tell me a reason why. Muahahahahaha.

Daddy Lim guessed that it was probably bcos he wasn't too enthusiastic during the class. He found the class silly. He thinks that the teacher probably taught that syllabus for too long and didn't appear passionate. In fact, he said that he didn't like the class. Bleeehhhh....

So, it will be back to me the next week... and probably the many more weeks to come. Daddy Lim's ego was bruised by his little girl. When we asked jiejie who will go with her next week, she chose me and after pausing for a while, she told us that we should take turns. It is as if we are fighting to take her to class or that she's trying not to hurt either one of us by rejecting us. Lol. It was really funny to hear such things from her. Help, the kids are growing up too quickly for us.

Oh, did I mention before that I love the 'zi pai' function of my iPhone 4s? Great photos.. The mummy of course, kids always look darn good in pictures.

Mummy Lim

Poor Breasts, Poor Me

I had a meeting at habourfront on Mon and ended up spending the entire day out of yard. I had to lug my pump and fridge-to-go to make sure that I can express during lunch.

I ended up expressing at the nursing room in haborfront during lunch and was glad that the nursing room was empty. However, there was no power socket and I had to rely on batteries. I had to make a dash to the nearest Watson to get batteries.

My 'new' breast pump sometimes fail me. The suction takes awhile to come on. Don't ask me why. Just that day, it took forever. I ended up with the pump attached to me for a long time but with weak suction and no milk. I was über stress, fidgeting with the pump and wondering if it is the pump's fault or that the batteries are not strong enuff.

I was left wondering if I should make a dash to the nursing room in vivo city. There is power socket there. After like 10mins, the suction finally resumed. Phew.

It was probably a combination of time stress, frustration, weak suction and what-have-yous. I got less than 100ml of output after struggling for another 20mins and I gave up. My lunch break was over too. And I was again wondering if i should have gone to vivo city. Then, it struck me - what happens if the pump dies on me or refused to cooperate while we are in Hong Kong?!!?

I have decided that I will bring my spare pump to Hong Kong, including some essential spare parts such as the valves. A little more weight is definitely better than exploded breasts. Haiz, the downs of expressing.

Mummy Lim