Lil Shauna's Blocked Tear Duct

I have mentioned previously that Lil Shauna's right eye's tear duct has been blocked since she was 3 months' old. Since then, her right eye will be clouded by discharge. Constant cleaning results in raw and swollen skin at the area around the eye. Both the NUH and private PD assured that it is normal and the private eye doctor assured that it is merely blocked eye duct, her eye is perfectly fine.

Lil Shauna was given till 1 year old. Should the duct continue to be blocked, a simple insert-a-wire-to-clear-the-blocked-duct procedure will be conducted. The private PD reminded times and again that we should massage her eye for her. During teh last check-up, the private PD warned that there will be no chance that the eye duct will clear by itself if we do not do the massage. Finally, lazy Daddy Lim and I had started to faithfully massaging the little squirmy Shauna's eye, a minimum of 120x per day. The NUH PD wanted to refer us to the eye specialist in NUH for a second opinion. The whole thing has been bothering us since day 1. Whenever I bring Lil Shauna out, I have to explain to family, friends and even strangers like a broken recorder. "No, she wasnt crying... it is blocked eye duct... yes, can only wait and see... blah... blah... blah".

We are supposed to visit the NUH eye doctor tomorrow. I noe many uncles and aunties are praying for Lil Shauna. Just on Thursday, I was still cleaning her eye for her. There was a lot of discharge. Then on Friday, when we picked her up from my mum's place, my mum said that her right eye had been exceptionally good! Then, there was no more discharge on Sat and Sun!

We are not sure if her duct has cleared by itself. We are still debating if we should still bring her to the eye doc tomorrow. Not sure if it is the result of our massage, but God has definitely answered our prayers! No more broken recorder. Hehehe.

Mummy Lim

Chinese New Year Part III

When I was younger, the SHSS girls will arrange for CNY visitation. However, when work and family set in, we started getting busy and we stopped for a few years. With a few new babies around, I suggested for us to go visitation again. I think the girls' parents will be happie to see us and our little ones. :)

We started off from J's place in Woodlands, in the afternoon. Then we proceed to Mr W's place at Toa Payoh. After that, we headed to Mummy L's place in Tampines. Finally, we ended at D's place for dinner. Her mummy is as generous as usual. We had a lot of good food.


Fortunately, Lil Shauna was cooperative and didnt fuss as much as I tot she would. I think she has grown up already. :) The last time we visited D's place was in last August, when Lil Shauna about 3 months' old. Then, she fusses so much that we had to leave early. However, D wasnt too kind. The moment she sees Lil Shauna, she said that Lil Shauna is pui pui and heavy. -.o" Win lor. Now I cannot say that Lil Shauna is ideal weight bcos she's 75 percentile liao. Never mind, got "fu qi" mah.


Lil Shauna and Baby C both in pink.

The other people. :)
Oh, many people start to say that Lil Shauna looks like girl. Hohoho, must be the pink stuff. :)

Mummy Lim

The Icing Box

There is this new shop at JP2 by the name of "The Icing Box" that sells really pretty cakes. I have seen people crowding around, decorating their own cake too. I have never tot that I would join in the fun, until today.

Daddy Lim and I had our dinner at JP today. We had a little time and decided to window shop when we saw the Icing Box. Realising that it wasnt as expensive as I tot, I asked Daddy Lim to buy me a cake.

Daddy Lim was caught by surprise when he had to pay $11.20 for a tiny cake. Wat's more, we actually have to decorate the cake ourselves. The amount that we paid got us a white cream cake + some flowers decoration + icing.

We both had our hands at decorating the cake. I kept telling Daddy Lim to not spoilt the cake (with his decoration), but was surprised that he is quite good at it. In fact, he is better than I am. Well, not that I belittled him. You will understand my worry if you have seen his art. Hohoho.

Viola! Our finished product.

After we were done, Daddy Lim complained that the cake doesnt look professional enuff, that the decoration was too simple. Halow, if I can decorate the cake properly, I wun be in HR lor. -.o"

I tot that the cake wun taste good but surprisingly it is pretty nice, other than the thick layer of cream, which Daddy Lim absolutely loves.

Wat's left when we were leaving my mum's place. I bet someone will finished it off.

Yummy, yummy.

Mummy Lim

Mark 14:24

Mark 14:24

"This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many".

Covenant - in its most general sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action. In certain religions, a covenant is a formal alliance or agreement made by God with that religious community or with humanity in general. (source: Wikipedia)

Jesus' blood was poured out as a sacrifice for me. Bcos of that, I am included in the covenant with God. PTL.

Mummy Lim

Chinese New Year Part II

The 1st 2 days of CNY is over! We survived 4 days of looking after Lil Shauna. But in fact, I went over to my mum's place to seek help on the morning of all 4 days. Hehe, I am a lazy mummy.

Lil Shauna is a little richer while Daddy Lim and I are a lot more poorer. Then again, we never tot that we will "earn" from this CNY. If we can, we will give a little to family and friends. I remember how please I was with the extra income that I used to receive before I was upgraded to give ang baos. All of Lil Shauna's ang baos will go into her OCBC savings account. Dun play, play ok, she got bank account liao.

I was happily parading Lil Shauna in her new clothes. She has 3 sets of new clothes, especially for this occasion. Daddy Lim & I only get 1 set each. -.o" On eve of CNY, we had an early reunion dinner at my mum's place before going down to Daddy Lim's Gugu's place. Lil Shauna was in her sexy sleeveless top and cutsy bottom. Of course she stole the limelight. Who would wear until so sexy to eat steamboat??

She totally charmed Auntie Eunice. She even let down her spaghetti straps to show off her beautiful shoulders. Hehe.

On Chu Yi, Lil Shauna don a blue halter neck top to woo the crowd. Bare back, ok!

The bottoms were a little too bog, but she still looked uber cute.

On Chu Er, Lil Shauna appear as Miss Lil Ballerina.

Now, who can look cuter than her? Hohoho. I am one proud mummy. Suddenly, CNY appears pretty fun when you can dress up your pretty little girl.

Mummy Lim

Daddy Lim is Finally Sick

After tahaning for 2+ weeks, when I and Lil Shauna have almost recovered, Daddy Lim is complaining of a sore throat and persistent sneezing. He woke up to a sore throat this morning. Looks like this flu bug is not dead yet after infecting more than half the population in the family. Poor Daddy Lim. He has to forgo all the bak gua and chocolates. Lil Shauna is too young to eat such stuff. Looks like I am the only one left to represent the family. I shall so sacrifice myself. How noble I am. Hohoho.

On a different note, Daddy Lim said that he will pass back the virus back to my SIL to complete the cycle. It started with her and so it shall end with her. Haha. Maybe we can play this passing-virus game again? Choy!

Mummy Lim

Chinese New Year

I know CNY is 3 days away, but I dun feel that CNY is coming. When I was very younger, CNY is full of fun. All the meeting up with relatives, new clothes, good food, chocolates and bak gua and most of all ang baos. As I grew older, the "feeling" of CNY loses its intensity. Some years, CNY is even boring bcos all the shops are closed, the TV program is lousy and there is simply no place to go and not much to do. Last year, I totally skipped visitation, bcos it would merely be an ang bao giving exercise and I dun think I want to go against my pocket.

This year, nobody will be visiting our house. So other than bak gua, there are no CNY goodies. We didnt even buy mandarin oranges. I had to ask Daddy Lim to bring back some from the office. I tried to do spring cleaning but only managed to put the stray things back to their original places. At least I try hor. Hmm.. I will at least try to make my bed for CNY eve, chu yi and chu er lah.

However, we will be doing CNY visitation. Well, there will be some returns bcos of Lil Shauna, but the main aim is to parade Lil Shauna. During her full month's bash, no relatives (from my side) were invited bcos my mum didnt want the hassle. Thus, none of my relatives had seen Lil Shauna. Lil Shauna is sooooo cute, of course I must parade her. Moreover, I have bought her some super cute clothes and I think she will look uber cute! Mummy dun lie to their kids ok. When my mum told me that I am fat, I noe she meant it. -.o" So when I say that Ll Shauna will look super cute, you know it is true. Hohoho.

Actually, at the tot of that, I do look forward to CNY. I can picture myself giving ang baos. I feel like Santa Clause.

Mummy Lim

Money Minded

My mum knew that I would get my bonus sometime now. She had been asking me how much I will be getting since a few months back and I told her I have no idea then. Some 2 weeks back, the Company declared and she happened to ask me again. I didnt want to hide from her and I told her truthfully. However, Daddy Lim and I had plans to keep a large part of it as buffer in view of the recession.

In my family, I am always known as one who can really save. When I was younger, I felt that my parents will always and only come to me when they need to loan/ take $$ from me. Even after I am married, I continued to give my mum her allowance. Whenever big festival, I will also give her additional ang bao. That is bcos I know that she no longer has any source of income (other than the allowances that we give her) and $$ has somehow become her security. What I ask in return is simple - keep the $$ for herself, spent it on herself. I dun even mind if she uses the $$ to go on a Genting trip and loses a few hundred bucks, so long as she enjoys herself.

Back to the bonus story. I know that she expected me to give her additional allowances when I get my bonus and I intended to do so, as per usual years. Moreover, CNY is near and she will definitely have additional spending. However, the bonus will only be given out 2 weeks after declaration and I tot that I will give her a big, big ang bao, together with the CNY share. Who knows, before the ang bao reaches her, she went to complain to my sister.

She complained that I never give her additional $$ and never treat the family to a nice meal. She asked my sister is I gave her anything or treated her to dinner. She thinks that I should give her additional bcos she's helping me to take care of Lil Shauna. -.o" So money minded.

Just in case she vent her anger on Lil Shauna, I gave her the big ang bao the next day. I might be over-sensitive, but I tot that her attitude changes almost immediately. I told her that it is inclusive of the CNY share and she went "huh", but she willingly took it when I told her that I could simply split the amount into 2.

The next day, I asked my sister if my mum was "feeling better". My sister said, "Of course... she proudly told me that you gave her $x."

I was a little upset over the incident. Not bcos my mum demanded $$ from me, just that she should know that I would give her, just like how I usually did. Well, at least it made her happie. Like wat Daddy Lim always say - if the problem can be solved by $$, then it is not a problem. I have fulfilled the monetary aspects of my duties.

Mummy Lim

New Meimei

Daddy & Mummy brought me to KKH yday. Mummy was all excited, saying that Aunty S has been upgraded to Mummy status. I am not sure wat does that mean but I hope that it means yummy food.

We entered this room and there were so many adults in the tiny room. Luckily, I am a small baby and doesnt need much space. Oh, Aunty S has lost weight! Her big tummy is gone. The adults are always so worried about us babies losing our chubbiness, I think Aunty S is in big trouble. She better eat more to gain back her big tummy to gain favours. Tsk, tsk...

I saw the adults going oooooowwww and aaaahhh over something crumpy and wrapped in pink. Mummy says that she is Aunty S new baby. Her name is Genvieve Chan and she weighs 2.77kg. She was born on Saturday early morning at 0043 hours.

She is soooo tiny, not at all like me. But I can see that she's a hungry baby too. See, she eats the cloth like how I used to. I think it is probably yummy. Makes me feel hungry. Mummy, milk!!!!!


We were there for awhile and I started getting bored. Afterall, the baby only lie in her box and cries every now and then. No fun at all. Luckily somebody gave Aunty S a floating balloon and Mummy let me play with it. I think the balloon is more fun that the baby.


Finally, Mummy says that it is going home time. G meimei, not that I dun like you, but I think you better quickly grow up, so that jie jie, me, can play with you. Since you are new here, let me teach you a few tricks.


1. If you want a nice and perky butt, cry as loud as possible the moment you poo poo. I can confirm that your Daddy and Mummy will coming running and wipe you clean.


2. If your mummy makes you angry and you want to take your revenge, do it during milk time, especially in the night. Scream loudly for milk. Once your mummy latches you, suckle a bit and quickly fall asleep. The moment your mummy wants to unlatch you, quickly suckle again, so that she cant. Repeat this for 200 times. Then take eternity to burp. Repeat this cycle in half an hour's time. I can tell you, your Mummy will beg you to cooperate the next night. It works for me every time.


3. Do something new every other day, like raise an eyebrown, stick out your tongue, catch their finger. They will be in awe with you and will worship you like Queen.


Ok, enuff for the day. I will teach you more new tricks when I see you the next time. In the meantime, practice ya.





With lots of love & saliva,
Lil Shauna

10pm

I am supposed to be outside St James now with Mummy Leong, Mummy Pei & Santarina Aunty Valerie, but I am here typing away all bcos of the darn flu. The stuffy nose, sore and itchy throat seems to be applying for PR. Sob!

Dear girls, sorrie for not joining. I would be if not for the persistent virus. This bug had left me sick and tired, disturbing my precious sleep for the past few nights. I have to work tomorrow morning too, then it is a weekend of taking care of Lil Shauna. I foresee myself limping by and zombie-ish if I were to join you girls tonight. Really, really sorrie.

On the other hand, Daddy Lim had been looking forward to this night too. I know he was disappointed when I told him that I dun feel up to it. He tried to cover up but did brighten up when I suggest for him to go out with his friends. Daddy Lim hoped to go cheong with his friends, but all his friends are old men liao and I cant even imagine them in a disco setting. ;p So, I was right to guess that they will be drinking Tiger beer at some kopitiam. Daddy Lim is driving down to meet his friends at some Yishun kopitiam now, after we managed to tuck Lil Shauna to bed. Hohoho.

Bb, dun "cheong" too hard ya. You old man liao. ;p

Mummy Lim