Christmas Prezzie

I was so surprised to find Christmas round the corner. One year has almost passed. Time is flying by. I am still not done with my Christmas shopping. No time lah. Last year, my family got together for dinner + gift exchange. This year, the timing is not good. Daddy Lim is on night shift and my sis is going overseas during Christmas. I do hope that we can get together to exchange gifts again. It was quite fun.

Daddy Lim has got his bday and Christmas prezzie already. His HP went hay wired and I got him a Sony Ericcson Aino for his bday.

He got the black one bcos he said that white is too gay. -.o" Semi touch screen with 8.1 mega pixel camera wor. Daddy Lim is quite please with the prezzie.

It was meant to be both his bday & Christmas prezzie, but my colleagues were talking about the OSIM Upapa the other day and were discussing about how good it is. Daddy Lim is always aching everywhere. Old man already and I tot that the Upapa might be good for his aching bones.

Eventually, we got this instead. Powertap from OTO. It is almost identical to the Upapa. We tried both and found this one better. Somehow, the tapping/ pounding is more rhythmic and comfortable.Daddy Lim had been asking me for the longest time about what I wanted for Christmas. I couldnt think of anything that I really want. If I needed something, I would have bought it already and not wait until Christmas to have somebody buy it for me mah. I had initially not wanted to ask for anything. But after seeing all the "loots" that Daddy Lim got, I have decided that I want a Coach bag. Hohoho.

I have never owned a branded bag before wor. I just dun see the need. My most expensive bag is my Toscano handbag that cost $200+ niah. Coach bags are not too expensive, way cheaper than LV. And I noe that Daddy Lim will buy for me if I wanted something from LV. I just bu she de lah. With the $$ spent on LV, I can buy many more things. I am keen to get one of the bags that look like this. Hohoho. I am happie. Must whack Daddy Lim back. ;p

Mummy Lim

1st Week of Night Shift

Daddy Lim's 1st week of night shift had been easy. Why? Bcos he was sick and was given MC for 2 days. Flu niah and the doctor gave him 2 days MC wor. When I brought that Aussie flu virus back to Singapore, I didnt even see doctor. It took me an entire bottle of the Woods cough syrup to get rid of that persistent cough.

On top of that, Daddy Lim will be taking leave on coming Sun. My bro & SIL are throwing a bday party for Felicia cum housewarming on coming Sunday. My mum kept hinting that she will not be able to help with Lil Shauna especially in the night. Being a clean freak, she foresee a whole mountain of chores and cleaning to do after the guests left. So poor Daddy Lim had to take leave to stand in.

While Daddy Lim is working, like today, I have the computer after Lil Shauna sleeps. In fact, I can do anything that I want. Hohoho. I am glad to have my sister to watch TV together. So cool.

As for Lil Shauan, she's glad to share the bed with Mummy and enjoys having the whole bed to herself before Mummy joins her.

Mummy Lim

Racist

Every morning, I will hand Lil Shauna to my mum at Centris' lobby. Recently, Lil Shauna had been sticky and will refuse and cry when she's handed over to popo. These few days had been a little better. There is no tears but she didnt fail to put up a struggle.

Today is no better. While waiting for Popo in the car, Lil Shauna was having a good time playing with Daddy Lim. When Popo came, she refused to get down from the car and of course refused to go over to popo.

Just than, a large group of foreign workers were heading to Centris to carry out some renovation work. In an attempt to coax Lil Shauna to behave, Popo exclaimed "a-bu-neh-neh come already!", right when the foreign workers are walking past. -___________-" Win liao.

In the car, I was relating the incident to Daddy Lim. He asked me to tell my mum not to teach Lil Shauna to be racist. How to? I also grow up under the impression that Policeman and a-bu-neh-neh will catch me when I misbehave. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Mambo

Last post and a short one. Hoho. Too long never blog lah. Too many things to talk about. ;p

That day, while Daddy Lim drove me and my sis to Tanglin Mall to set up a stall at the flea market, we were suddenly talking about Mambo. Hohoho. Daddy Lim used to siao Mambo in his teens and 20s while I was never really a Mambo kid. It happened that my sis frequents Mambo now.

Mambo was hot during our time with all the retro songs and the typical action-dance moves. To go to Mambo, one must start queuing at 8pm wor and Mambo is uber crowded. Apparently, it is now Ladies night on Mambo nights and not much of a Q, though Mambo nights are still crowded.

We got more and more excited as we talked about it. It had been a long time since Daddy Lim and/ or I clubbed. With a baby, it is very tough lah. We were glad to hear that Mambo has both a very young and old crowd. We wun feel so bad then if we are to go to Mambo now. Hoho.

So, we have dated my sis to go Mambo after Daddy Lim has done his night shift. But it will need lots of planning cos we have to take leave to rest the next day wor. Haha. Old liao. ;p

Mummy Lim

Daddy Lim is on Night Shift

Daddy Lim is rotated to go on night shift again. Sob. There are lesser people to go on night shift now and he is thus scheduled to go on night night more frequently. Blehhhh....

The last night shift, the maid was still around and my bro's family was still staying at their old place. So my mum will bring the maid and walk all the kids to my place. I will then head back from work and my mum will stay until I settle down, which is also almost Lil Shauna's bedtime. It was much easier on me the last night shift.

This time, the maid is gone. Sob! It will be really tiring if I have to go and fetch Lil Shauna home every night. But I dun want to stay at my bro's place. Not only is their place smaller than before, the 2 nieces do not sleep until close or past midnight. Then Lil Shauna will be tempted to sleep late, which I do not condone. It will be very difficult to get Lil Shauna to sleep when it is her bedtime bcos she will hear the 2 jiejies playing outside and will want to join too. I still think little children should develop and maintain good sleeping habits.

My mum did offer to send Lil Shauna back so that it will be easier on me. But I am worried that it will be too taxing on my mum. Haiz. How leh? Then, there is the transport problem. I will either have to take the SBS bus or taxis, which will cost a bomb. I hate it when Daddy Lim goes on night shift.

The only comfort? Nobody will fight with me over the computer and I can sleep on the big bed with Lil Shauna. Better than nothing lor. And oh, I am glad that my sister is with me now. At least she can help watch over the baby when I need to go to the toilet or something and I wun be so lonely too. Start counting down.

Mummy Lim

Happie Bday Daddy Lim!

Daddy Lim is finally 32 years old. Happie brthday! He is a Dec baby and I always have to wait forever before his bday comes along. Actually, I am quite envy him. Ever since I was in my teens, I had always wanted to be a year-end baby. Then I can grow old slower than the rest of the people. Hohoho.

This year, Daddy Lim, myself and Lil Shauna had a quiet bday celebration. Strangely, it seems more like the princess'than Daddy Lim's bday. All the attention was on her. Daddy Lim even had to help chase after the princess while she act like a spoilt brat (or is she?? Hmmm...).

We got a room at Rasa Sentosa. The last time we were there with Lil Shauna was in Apr 09 to celebrate my bday and our wedding anniversary. She was only 11 months then. This time, she had a lot more fun.

Early morning, Lil Shauna was all prepared to have a fun-filled day. She even practised while in the lift. -.o"

The ride to Sentosa was a breeze bcos Lil Shauna took her nap. Hehe. Checking-in was at 3pm, but our room was ready and we got to go to our room upon arrival at 1+pm. It was a nice big room facing the swimming pool, similar to what we had the last time.

We visited the Underwater World the last time and was wondering what other attractions would be interesting to Lil Shauna. Sentosa has added many new attractions, such as the wave park and the 3D rides, but Lil Shauna is far too young to enjoy them and they are really, really, really expensive. I was joking with Daddy Lim about how Sentosa is really a tourist attraction. Maybe in the near future, bcos Sentosa is too expensive for low and average-income Singaporeans.

We decided to visit the Butterfly park and to see the Songs of the Sea in the evening. Yes, I didnt type wrongly. We went to the butterfly park even though I have unexplainable fear (read: phobia) for the butterflies. But it is for the baby. She has learnt how to say "butterfly" and hasnt really seen butterflies at close range. See, how big a sacrifice.

There was an opened park and we have to walk thru' it to continue with the tour. I was so glad that Lil Shauna allowed Daddy Lim to carry her in the park bcos I was going crazy and was busy hiding behind Daddy Lim. If I was carrying the baby, I think I might drop her. Hoho. There were guides in the park and one of the lady guides was so "helpful". She caught one of the butterflies and wanted to show it to me and even to put it on my arm! Faint! She kept reassuring me that the butterflies wun bite. Yes, I know! Keep the stupid butterflies away from me! Arrgghhhhh... I was so glad to make it out alive while Daddy Lim went back to the park with Lil Shauna. I was happie to wait outside for them. Hohoho. Lil Shauna was a bit puzzled at why Mummy went crazy in the park and kept screaming at the beautiful butterflies. She enjoyed herself so much more when she was alone with Pappy. She even attempted to beat the butterfly. Hohoho.

We left the park in 30 mins time. Lil Shauna then get to play and wet herself at the fountain outside of the park and she totally enjoyed herself. This baby just love water. We then went swimming at the hotel's big swimming pool.

We also had a mini celebration for Daddy Lim. We all enjoyed the cake.



Then, it was dinner and we totally forgot about the Songs of the Sea. -.o" When we remembered, we were still in time for the 2nd show but were too lazy to travel and rush for it. So we ended the night early and went back to our hotel to snooze. Bo bian leh, we old already, need lots of sleep.

The next morning, we woke up to a good breakfast. The spread was so much better than what we had in Australia. Look at Daddy Lim's plate. Lil Shauna was happily feeding herself too.

Then, we went to the beach to play sand. Lil Shauna was in her sexy 2-piece swimsuit that we bought in Australia. Dun play, play, halter neck wor.

It was actually her 1st time to the beach. She played sand before and enjoyed digging and filling up pails. She was very captivated by the waves until she fell and drank some sea water. -.o"

We brought her back to the swimming pool, where we tot she will be safer with her float and was at the pool until it almost time to check out.


The trip back home was peaceful too bcos the princess was tired out by all the activities and slept all the way back home. Hohoho.

See, more like the princess' bday hor. Haiz, I guessed this is how life is when the children come into the picture. Hohoho. But Daddy Lim did enjoy himself too. As for me, I need more holidays to look forward too!

Mummy Lim

Princess Treatment

Lil Shauna is treated like a princess whenever she's at nainai's place. Naiani will always bring out her favourite toy. Then Lil Shauna will choose her favourite songs to sing and dance to. At climax, everybody will stop what they are doing to sing along with her. At the end of every "performance", we will ll applause. No wonder Lil Shauna really think that she's a princess.

Mummy Lim

Australia Trip - Part II

Day 3

We woke up at about 7.30am. The other family experienced picking freshly laid eggs while the Lim Family slept thru' that. ;p We had cereal for breakfast. Us, being Singaporeans were super shy. Only Daddy Lim asked for bacon and eggs when Tim offered and I asked for toast. The rest said that they will just have cereal but ate my toast when Susannah served. -.o"

We then spend some time roaming around, took some pix and got ready to take the car back to the meet-up point. Again, Lil Shauna wasnt too cooperative during the car ride, but was better bcos I took lots of biscuits from Tim's cookie jar. Hohoho. Clever mummy. Actually, Lil Shauna prefers the wagon to the car seat 100x. Too bad, babies are meant to be in car seat.

It was another long ride from the meet-up point to some animal park where we get to meet the kangaroos, koala bears, Tasmania devil and wombat. I was so surprised to see kangaroos roaming in the park and was even more surprised to learn that kangaroos are very gentle animals. They are vegetarians and they do not bite. The kangaroos behave like dogs when you give them a good rub and they are exactly like Australians. They basically lie in the sun and relax. Hohoho. But bcos the kangaroos roam freely, there were kangaroos' shit everywhere and there were so much of them everywhere.

We fed the kangaroos. Lil Shauna tried too but ended up spilling most of the feeds onto the floor. Their feeds are a mixed of corn nibbles and dunno-what and are pebble hard. Lil Shauna loves the kangaroos. She's not at all afraid of them but the contrary is true. At one point, she tried to sayang a kangaroo who was lazing around and she disturbed the kangaroo so much that the kangaroo had to escape and hop away. Poor kangaroo.

Lil Shauna wasnt at all well-behaved at the animal park. She was very much fascinated by the kangaroos and refused to move on. She kept insisting to feed the kangaroos and struggled so much when we had to drag her off. Then, she was leaking green mucus non-stop and refused to let us wipe away her mucus. On top of that, she attempted to pick up the kangaroo shit. -.o" So, it was throwing tantrums, crying and throwing tantrum. Bad, bad, bad. I only got too see the kangaroos and nothing else. Oh, and the lazy koala bears too. We only took 2 pix with the bear and had to go entertain Lil Shauna and stopped her from whacking the kangaroos. Boohoo.

We headed to the hotel to put our bags but left for Philip Island shortly to see the tiny penguins returning home from sea. It was a 2 hours' bus ride and I was so glad that Lil Shauna fell asleep on the way. We went to see seals before the penguins but we caught sight of none, just many, many sea gulls. The entire slope was filled with them (they are the little white specks in the right pix below). I was surprised again to find that sea gulls are really fierce birds. They were fighting most of the time.

Then, it was to see the penguins. This particular species is the smallest in the world. They will go out to the sea to hunt for food in the day and only return to their barrow on land after sunset to avoid predators. They actually walked across the beach to their barrows on land. We sit at some platform to watch the penguins and it was really cold, maybe about 12 degrees?

Penguins are very timid and they travel in groups. It takes a brave soul to exit the water and the rest will follow. The moment one of them decides to turn back, the whole lot will follow and they will all flip flop back into the sea. The attempt to go home will then start again. Bcos it is the penguins' natural habitat, no photography was allowed for fear of disturbing the penguins. Photography was only allowed at the exhibition center and Daddy Lim got this pic of a baby penguin. Baby penguins are grey and furry. They are the same or bigger size than the adults. They basically sleep and wait for their parents to bring back the food. Good life.

By the time we were done with penguin watching, it was already 9.30pm and we took another 2 hour ride to get back to the hotel. Lil Shauna fell asleep soon after we boarded and bus. Heng ah. After reaching the hotel and putting the sleeping baby to bed, Daddy Lim and I went for supper at MacDonalds. It was our 1st quiet moment since the trip.

Day 4

We went to the Strawberry park to pick strawberries. We were each given a container. Nainai was thrilled and she was so busy picking strawberries. The strawberries picked can also be eaten immediately too. Daddy Lim and I were more busy trying to run after the baby and to stop her from playing with the soil. But we all enjoyed eating the just-picked strawberries. They were very sweet and juicy.

Nainai had wanted to bring the strawberries home but they spoil really easily. Moreover, we have no space in our luggages left and had to leave the strawberries behind. We actually had 2 whole boxes left wor. So wasted.

Then, it was to some flower park to have lunch + look at flowers. The park actually come with a maze. We all tried the maze and it was very interesting. The walkway in the maze was super narrow, definitely not for fat people. Lil Shauna was needing her nap badly and fussed non-stop. She finally buay tahan and fell asleep and was still asleep when we were at the maze. I slinged her and she woke up shortly bcos the twigs kept brushing her legs. The walkway was that narrow... or maybe bcos I am fat. -_____-"

After the flower park, it was to some grape vine for wine tasting. We didnt spend much time there and the kids were all super bored. Hohoho. Daddy Lim was one happy man bcos he tasted quite a few cups of wine.
Finally, it was back to the hotel. It was only 6pm and we headed to the Chinatown for dinner. Chinatown was about 15 mins walk from our hotel and there was many, many shops on the way and in Chinatown itself. We picked and finally chose some Chinese restuarat to have our dinner. We expected the servings to be small but ended up getting shock at the portion. We wasted so much food. -.o"

Then, it was more shopping before heading back for bed. Again, after the baby slept, we went to take a little walk. Stupid me tot too highly of myself and ventured out in my jacket and shorts. It was freezing cold when the wind blows that I had to hide. It was so bad that we didnt venture far and had to turn back.

Day 5It was a free & easy day. We didnt really do our homework on where to go. I heard S saying that there are some factory outlets and I had wanted to go. But it was pretty far away and Daddy lim wasnt keen. He tried to persuade me by telling me that the tour guide said that it is a small outlet, so dun bother. Since it wun be easy to shop with a baby, I agreed lor.

We ended up at the Queen Victoria market in the morning. It is like our wet market in Singapore but a very big one. The meat and fish and seafood looked so fresh. Other than that, the market sells all sort of cheese, vegetables & fruits and Australian food stuff. We took a tram to the market.
Right behind the market are stalls similar to our pasar malam. Nainai had a good time shopping at the stalls. The stalls sell souvenirs to clothes to toys and even chickens. Interesting.
Then, we returned to our hotel and it was shopping and more shopping at the vicinity. We didnt ventured far after that but kept walking the same places and not spending much time at each shop bcos of the baby. Whenever one person shops, the other 2 had to look after the baby. The arrangement worked out quite alright.

At night, after tucking the baby to bed, I had wanted to visit the casino nearby with Daddy Lim but we were too lazy and dropped the idea. Again, we went for a walk but headed back shortly. Bcos it was Friday night, the streets were busy even late at night. I actually felt that it was dangerous walking on the streets. Daddy Lim felt the same way too. Singapore is still the best. Hehe.

Day 6It was finally time to go home. We had a good breakfast. Lil Shauna had been feeding herself most of the meals during the trip and she grew quite good at it. Of course, food will still fly everywhere. When she's too gan cheong and couldnt get the food, her hand will go into her bowl or the entire bowl will end up on her face while she attempted to pour the food into her mouth.

We did some last minute packing and had to check out at 10am, unlike Singapore's hotels. Then, it was again aimless walking, last minute shopping before we head off to the airport at 2pm.

As usual, we arrived at the airport 2 hours before the departure time and spent the hours chasing the baby inside the airport. Fortunately, the airport was very spacous and Lil Shauna had alot of space to run, which made her happy. We had decided to delay boarding so as to minimise the time that we had to "contain" Lil Shauna to the seat. So we continued to run around the airport while a long human snake formed at the gate for boarding.

We are well-trained Singaporeans and Singaporeans must queue. Both Daddy Lim and I agreed that it was terrible to see everybody queuing but just not us. We felt so insecure, as if the plane will fly off without us bcos we didnt queue with the rest of the people. Nainai was anxious too. Several times, we see her carrying the bags and walking about. We had to ask her to wait repeatedly.

We joined the queue when we could no longer contain the butterfly in our tummy and boarded the plane. Daddy Lim sat with me but nainai had to sit alone agaian. We had prepared lots of toys for Lil Shauna but she was still not very happie and was fussing badly. Maybe she was tired but I was trying to delay her from sleeping bcos Singapore is 3 hours behind Melbourne. The last thing that we want is to have a baby waking up at 2am Singapore time and demand play. But she was fussing too much and I finally gave in. The princess slept and there was peace. :)

She woke up 2+hrs later and was an angel, probably bcos she was half awake. She spent the remaining flight behaving like an angel too. Thank God. We touched down Singapore at 9.30pm (Singapore time) and Lil Shauna fell asleep again in the cab, on the way home. She totally didnt suffer from jet lag but I did. I was so tired on Sunday when the baby was full of energy. Hohoho.

ConclusionThe trip was of course not as wonderful as I expected. But it is good enuff on the consideration that we have a 18 months old baby. For some reasons, Lil Shauna was super sticky to me during the trip. She refused to let Daddy Lim or nainai carry her. They cannot even hold her hand when she walks. Daddy Lim tried but wasnt of the most help. Nainai is not used to taking care of Lil Shauna too and is at a loss when Lil Shauna throws tantrums. Nainai finally gets to see Lil Shauna's true color.

At certain point when the baby is not cooperative and my paitence runs thin, I had to control myself from snapping at nainai who adds on to the irritation at times. Hohoho. It is not that she's bad. She's just like any mother who sometimes makes inapproprate remarks or nags a little too much. Just that if she is my mum, I would have snapped long ago but had to contain myself in nainai's presence when I am already almost driven crazy by the baby.

Both Daddy Lim and I agreed that we will probably not go for another trip with nainai unless Daddy Lim's bro and gf come along. No, no. It is not bcos we are angry with her but I tot that it will be better for her too. Our attention is mostly on the baby and we do not have the extra time or enegry to spend on her or explain things to her. If Daddy Lim's bro & gf come along the next trip, then she will have more company while we focus on the baby.

Well, we did enjoy ourselves and we spent a lot of time with the baby. Daddy Lim is put off by the flight though. He said that we will not go overseas again until Lil Shauna is 5 years old. -.o" Where got like that one? Hmm... where should we go next? Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Australia Trip - Part I

Lil Shauna is asleep. Maybe she is still recovering from the trip. Hohoho. I too am recovering from the trip. So freaking tired. After the trip to Melbourne, I decided that it is not too bad being an Australian. They are so laid back and every single patch of grass is good for lying down and relaxing. Hohoho. Back to our trip story.

Day 1It was a 7 hours night flight at 9pm on SQ A380 wor. To ensure that we are not caught in the traffic jam and miss the flight, we had to leave office on the dot, rushed home for a quick shower + grab bag before taking a cab to fetch Lil Shauna from popo's place and to the airport. We were 45 mins early and had wanted to grab Popoye for dinner but realised that it was too far to walk. On the way, Lil Shauna was also enticed by the bouncing castle set up in T3. Daddy Lim and Nainai ended up catching a quick dinner at the eatery nearby while I brought Lil Shauna to the bouncing castle. However, when we got near, the princess got frightened by the blower and refused to come down. -.o" Then she also started getting cranky. Pui!

She spent the next hour or so deciding that she wanted to do front roll on the carpeted floor or to climb up and down the trolley or basically do things that drive me crazy. When I tried to restrict her, she threw tantrums. Win lor.

We tried entertaining the princess until it was time to board. As usual, they allowed passengers with young kids to board 1st and I being the kiasu Singaporean cheong to board the plan when the gate opened. Wrong move. Daddy Lim and nainai were allocated seats opposite the aisles, one row behind me. I was alone with Lil Shauna and she was fussing non-stop, insisting to get down and monkey around. She has her own seat belt which is strapped on to mine. Strapping her totally didnt help with the situation. She was even crankier, demanding me to "open, open, open" her seat belt constantly. I was so glad that nobody is sitting beside me and requested for Daddy Lim to shift over so that he can help to entertain the baby. Poor nainai ended up sitting on her own during her 1st ever plane ride.

Still, we were unable to appease the baby and had to resort to feeding her biscuits non-stop. The plane only flew off at 9.30pm and my heart ache with every passing minute. I was so glad when it was finally time to feed Lil Shauna her flu medicine, which cause drowsiness. She was soon asleep after the plane took off and I even got the opportunity to watch a movie. Hoho, evil mummy.

This is the only pix that we took on the plane bcos Lil Shauna was so uncooperative.

Sadly, A380 wasnt much comfy. Bcos the seat comes with a baby bassinet, it has much, much more leg space, but the bassinet was a little too tiny for Lil Shauna. It ended up carrying our blankets and pillows and toys most of the time. Lil Shauna spent most of the flight time sleeping on me causing my butt to ache like hell. As a result, little sleep was accomplished.

Dinner was served at 11pm and breakfast at 1pm. -.o" I passed both and ended up feeling super hungry the next day cos no breakfast was provided. We landed in Melbourne at 4am Singapore time, Melbourne 7am (3 hours ahead) and started our tour.

Day 2It started with an hour bus ride that comprises of city tour and to our farm stay host family centralised pick-up point. City tour basically = drive through Melbourne city while the tour guide rattles and points to the different buildings. The bus captain cum guide then took over and do some commentary while he drives. He was so monotonous. Coupled with the lack of sleep on the flight, almost everybody fell asleep. I was busy trying to entertain the baby on the bus and was overjoyed when she too fell asleep. Then I can nap too. Hohoho, how boring the bus captain must be.

Oh, we did alight the bus and visited Melbourne's oldest church while on the way and took some pix. It was actually quite cold, about 20 degrees?

The farm stay host, Tim, then pick up us from the meeting place and drove us to their farms. Dun play, play hor. My host drives a Mercedes wor. Just that Australia has been firmed with putting babies in child seat and poor Lil Shauna was strapped in. She pleaded constantly to be let out and the journey was horrible. We threw away all the baby biscuits before we stepped foot into Melbourne thinking that no food stuff is allowed, but I think they will allow baby biscuit. So, Lil Shauna was fussing non-stop and started crying now and then. I was worried that she will disturb Tim and tried so much to entertain + distract her.

I was so glad when Tim stopped to buy us lunch and we were let out of the car. We then stormed into the stores, looking for biscuits but found none and ended up buying fries instead. The poster said that piping hot and delicious fries was at A$1.80 per pack. I ordered that and had trouble understanding the guy in his Aussie accent. Then I paid with duno-how much and put the change back into the wallet before hurrying to take care of the baby. I didnt check the change. Daddy Lim collected the fries and it turned out to be a huge packet wrapped in paper! Wah lau eh. I dun even npe how much I was charged for that humongous pack of fries lor.From then on, I decided that Daddy Lim should do the ordering. Hohoho.

Tim bought us meat pies and brought us to a park to eat in the Aussie way. There were some other people in the parks too eating takeaway lunch. Parks are everywhere in Melbourne. Lil Shauna didnt eat much the entire day and refused the pie bcos she was attracted to the playground. We ended up playing at the playground while Tim brought the other family to explore the park.


Daddy Lim was behaving like an auntie bcos the sun was way too strong and Lil Shauna has no sun block or sun hat on.

Lil Shauna enjoyed herself and refused to leave the playground. -.o" Oh, look at what covers the playground's ground.Strange hor. So different from our see-saw.

Our host has a sheep farm and his farm is really big. The farm perimeter is 10km. He lives in the farm with his wife Susannah, their 10 months old baby, Monte and their 2 dogs. I only remember Murphy, who was so friendly. He begs to play 'fetch' and goes crazy when someone obliges.There was nothing much to do. We went to chase some chickens, feed the only horse in the farm before deciding that we all need a nap. The sheep were too far away. They were roaming in the fields and went away whenever we approached. -_____-"


Oh, did I mention that Tim and Susannah stays in a 100 years old brick house? It doesnt come with heater or air con. Bcos we were at the outskirt of Melbourne with no other surrounding buildings, it was sooooo cold when the wind blows. It was like 12 degrees approaching night and early morning. Who said it was summer and it will be hot? Pui! Well, at least we woke up from our nap to a good dinner. We had grills and Tim basically BBQ the meat right behind his house. So convenient. Hoho.
It was basically bed time after dinner. These Aussies are really relaxed people. We spent the next couple of hours entertaining the baby and we are once again so thankful for the flu medicine. Hohoho. But she was really sick lah. Her little nose was leaking green mucus. Yucks!

Ok, that's all for now. I need to SLEEP.

Mummy Lim