Picture Updates

I told Daddy Lim that I wanted to blog. To make sure that he can play game immediately after Lil Shauna sleeps, he has offered to watch over Lil Shauna while she has her bottle. He thinks that he can handle the baby himself. :) I bet he has hoped that she will sleep immediately after the bottle but no such luck, cos I just heard the baby talking. Hohoho.

Had wanted to post these pictures for the longest time. :)

We brought Lil Shauna for a swim on last Sun at Yishun. I think Lil Shauna has grown taller (but we have no idea how much). The water seems more shallow this time.

She can even climb out of the pool by herself and started walking on the edge.
I had no photo of Lil Shauna looking at the camera bcos she was so distracted. She loves "swimming" or rather walking in the water. Oh, she can say "water" now. She will say "ter-ter".

Just that day, Daddy Lim couldnt find his cap (this has happened so many times) and decided to buy one from Adidas. To keep the princess entertained, I was playing ball with her. Luckily, there were so many balls in the shop and the little girl just loves ball.

She was enjoying herself with this particular hand ball and Daddy Lim insisted to buy for her. -_____-" $15 leh, for one ball. Well, he won and Lil Shauna has got herself an expensive ball.

It was actually quite a nice one that bounces really high. Lil Shauna likes her new ball. Daddy Lim also admitted that he actually wanted to buy the ball but uses Lil Shauna as an excuse. Hoho.

Last night, we met up with the Chan family for supper. Baby G is all grown up with 4 big teeth. She is such a smiley baby. :) Too bad I have no son, otherwise I will target her for my future SIL. Hahaha. Anyway, we ended up at MacDonald bcos the new MacDonald Monopoly game is too enticing. My whole office is going crazy over the game and everybody is talking about eating MacDonald to get the stickers.

So, despite taking dinner less than an hour ago, Daddy Lim ordered a double cheese burger meal, upsized somemore so that we can get extra stickers. Hohoho. The game is too addictive. I think MacDonald used the right technique this time. I bet their sales rocketed.

Lil Shauna was happily munching on french fries while her parents go crazy over the stickers. After awhile, Daddy Lim decided that she had too much and took her for a little walk to stop her from reaching out for the fries. Yes, she took the fries herself now. They ended up taking picture with Mr MacDonald.

Lastly, our Supergirl. :)

Mummy Lim

Colossians 1:11,12 (NLT)

Col 1:11,12
We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.

For all those who think that they can no longer go on. Jia you, jia you. :)

Mummy Lim

Updates

Hohoho... our blog must be getting boring with the lack of updates. Aiyah, I had been lazy lah. We took many pix, but I am lazy to download them and blogged. Hohoho. Tonight, tonight, ya.

Life has been pretty "exciting". My mum & SIL seem to be handling all 3 kids well. Since work hasnt been uber busy lately, I have tried and managed to leave at 6.30pm. I guessed it helped that we go to my mum's house early and take away one baby. :)

Other exciting things include me going to sign Lil Shauna up for classes at Little Neuro Tree, which aims to develop the right brain wor. Expensive courses, $50 per lesson. But I dun mind if it is gg to make Lil Shauna into a genius. Hohoho. I am intending to stop Tumbletots and will start looking for other play gym for Lil Shauna to go run and jump around. I am getting sick of Tumbletots lah, doing teh same thing, singing the same songs :p

Then, we are going to visit some childcare centers that I have shortlisted next week. Amazingly, there are quite a few interesting ones in the Jurong West area. If there are good ones, I will start queuing Lil Shauna for enrollment when she turns two.

Finally, our Melbourne trip. I am so, so, so looking forward. :) Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

I appreciate you BB

Last night I went to bed early once Shauna was asleep. Mummy Lim went out to hang the clothes to dry. When she came back, I asked her to switch on the aircon for awhile as i was feeling very warm (Shauna had a fan all to herself -.-"). And before she went to bed, to bring in my HP as it was somewhere outside. Mummy Lim did all of these at the cost of a hug and a kiss from me, and all these while i was lying on the bed :p

Love u lots BB! Only you would do all these things for me without complain :D

Gone

Day 1 without the maid. Apparently, they didnt tell her that they are going to send her off today. She only got to know this morning. Right before she left for the airport, i told Lil Shauna to go hug and kiss auntie. The maid hugged and kissed Fione and Lil Shauna and cried (Felicia was taking her nap). I guessed it must have hurt her too to leave the kids. Afterall, she had spent so much time with them. When she came, Lil Shauna was barely 2 months' old.

I heard that she told my SIL that she is happy yet sad to leave. Happy that she is going home to her family but sad that she is leaving us, probably forever. I told my mum to take the maid's story as the truth, that she is really needed at home. In that way, we will all feel happier despite her leaving. Somehow, I feel quite sad too, even though I do not spend a lot of time with her. After she had left Singapore, I realised that we should have taken her home address or something. Maybe we could send her some photos and update her of the children's growth or even visit her one day. Too late.

The children seem fine. They didnt look for "auntie", as they fondly address her. Day 1 seems manageable. But that could be bcos she was still around in the morning and PT & I were around in the afternoon. Tomorrow will be the start of the test. My SIL seems to put in more effort to help take care of her kids. I do hope that she can sustain the effort. Looking after those monkeying babies is no joke. Monday will be the real thing. It worries me. Regardless of wheather Felicia and Lil Shauna will go to the childcare or not, they will all come together in the evening and the war will start then. Haiz.. why cant they all suddenly grow up? Another emo post... PMS, I bet.

Mummy Lim

Going, Going, Gone

The maid is going. She will be gone tomorrow. She claimed that her mother has fainted due to high blood pressure and she is needed at home to help to take care of her toddler son. Then she said that she's really tired (physically) and dun wish to continue working. My mum insisted that the maid purposely persisted to quit now, when my brother is out of town.

I am actually pissed, not at the maid but at my mum. Bcos I already foresee her taking over all the maid's duties when the maid is gone. When the maid was here, she used to complained that her burden was not relieved and she's worse than the maid. Things got better when she "ran away" from home and learnt to take things easy. Now, things will be back to square 1. I dun think my bro will get another maid. He was complaining of the financial burden then. It is a matter of time that I see my mum being bullied (willingly), start complaining to us (me & sis) and yet refused to take our advice or allow us to help. Pui!

I think I am jealous too. I dun understand why she allows my bro to treat her so badly when she has done so much for him and his family and why she treats me so badly when I have done so much for her. It is the same story, repeating itself over the years in different format.

Haiz, the love equation is never balance. Just like how God loves us so much but we reciprocate in so little terms. Human nature. I guessed the only way to make myself feel better is to close one eye. -_________-" I think I better work harder on finding a good chilcare and explore sending Lil Shauna to a childcare soon. I think I am suffering from PMS. Lousy mood. Pui, pui, pui!

Mummy Lim

Lil Shauna can Sing!

Hohoho.
So cute.


Dun you just love her.
Muakz.
Mummy Lim

Insurance

Daddy Lim and I got bluffed last night. Daddy Lim got a cold call from some lady from Prudential introducing some investment plans that yields 50% returns. 50% leh! So, he got excited and fixed an appointment.

A guy from Prudential came last night and he mentioned insurance policy. Chey! He tot that we have yet to buy any insurance for Lil Shauna and came armed with loads of life insurance, education saving plans to share with us, hoping that we will buy from him.

At one point, he claimed that bcos of the inflation rate, tertiary education in Singapore will cost about S$200k when Lil Shauna turns 18 years old. It will cost us about S$400k if we want to send her overseas. Then he go on to say that the education saving plan that we already bought for her is grossly insufficient and asked us to consider a top-up.

Out of curiosity, I asked him how much is the monthly premium to get that kind of yield in 20 years' time and he said $11k per year. Siao ah! Where got people spend so much on insurance one? Particularly on child education saving niah. He insisted that he has loads of clients that service that kind of premium. -.o" I bet all his clients drive Mercedes and have BMWs as their marketing car then. Hoho.

In the end, we didnt buy anything from him and I do not think we will see him again. 1stly, I am not prepared to spend so much on insurance premium. Somehow, I wanted Lil Shauna to pay for her tertiary education, just like what I did. She can always take a loan from the bank or from our CPF. 2ndly, if she's really capable, I do not think that God will deny her education. Even if I do want to buy more insurance for Lil Shauna, it will be through our existing reliable agents and not somebody that we met via cold call mah. So, end of story. Poor guy, came all teh way to ulu ulu Jurong West.

We were talking about the cold call this morning. Actually, the lady who call Daddy Lim didnt bluff him. Yes, insurance is a form of investment plan. According to the plan that the agent share, we will get 40% returns BUT in 20 years time. -___________-" The lady just totally missed or probably hide the time frame. Good job. I bet that is how insurance agent get to talk to people.

Mummy Lim

Things that Come Across My Mind

Jogging, like swimming are pretty boring activity. You do it alone and bcos there's little or no interaction, you dun break out in laughter. Imagine you jogging/ swimming alone and you suddenly break out in laughter... scary. Hohoho. So, a whole lot of tots and questions crossed my mind while I am jogging/ swimming.

While I was doing my 5km last Sunday, a whole lot of nonsensical things crossed my mind, such as:

1. I am so tired, why did I agree to this s***?
2. Should I start walking?
3. Is LL really gg to wait for me?
4. When is this LL gg to get tired and start walking like me?
5. I cant breath properly, maybe I should give up.
6. Isnt the water-point at the 2km mark? Why is it not here yet? It is not even 2km yet?
7. Why I cant see the turnaround point when it is only 500m away from the water point?
8. What was the last sound on the iPod? Cant remember.
9. Why is the sun so hot?
10. Do I really have to start running when I reach the ________ (whichever landmark).
11. Heng ah, I think I am not the last one. I can still afford to walk a little.
12. Is that person in blue/ white my competitors?
13. Why people jogging for leisure is faster than me?
14. I must so get preggy soon to skip next year's SBU.
15. I feel so old. I am really old...

Hohoho. Luckily the inter-SBU games only take place once a year.

Mummy Lim

Bedroom Slippers

I was almost tricked into buying her a pair of bedroom slippers.


Then again, I knew that she's interested in the slippers bcos she seldom sees them. If we do buy a pair for her, they will end up like the care bear and the mickey mouse. Throw!
Mummy Lim