One that was completed today, under eh influence of Panadol, antibiotics, Zyrtec and cough mixture lol...not too bad actually. The drug-Influenced mandala turned out quite nice I think haha. Nicer than the one above :)
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Sick :(
Down again. Managed to hold out longer than I expected since I started work though.
Fever, tonsillitis, slight cough and slight flu.
Doc saw me earlier tonight and put me on antibiotics straightaway. Coupled with 2 days mc and an instruction to take lots of rest and water.
Yes doc I will try to rest more...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
For posterity
How this mother of two looks like in March 2016.
We'll see if there are more wrinkles or age spots in a year's time? Lol....
Yummy yummy
Little baby had a culinary adventure yesterday evening. My brother gave the family a treat at Tung Lok signatures because of his birthday and recent promotion at work.
When I saw the menu I commented that she wouldn't take the first 3 dishes but I was so wrong. She tried each and wanted more! Maybe it helped that she was hungry too. :)
She had Peking duck skin and the wrap that came along with it. She had lobster for the first time! And wanted more...in fact, she had half of my piece....
She had her first taste of fresh fish maw as well. And soon hock fish in a green chili broth.
I was surprised she managed quite a few mouthfuls of the fish and its accompanying mushrooms and black fungus! They were a little spicy due to the green chili broth but she took them in good stride, coupled with many mouthfuls of water and soup haha. She did better than her 13-yr old cousin who only did a mouthful of fish and refused more.
She had her first taste of tau huay too! And coconut ice-cream!
It was really an interesting night for her and I'm proud that she was so adventurous last night. :D
Way to go Little Baby!
Blankies
This is the 2nd Aden and Anais blanket we've lost.
The first time the school lost it during Nadya's infant care time. I was pissed off because it was probably put into another baby's bag and the parents didn't bother to return it. How else would a big blanket disappear?
The second one was lost last evening through our own carelessness, under the eyes of 3 adults. While we were out in a mall. Either we are all seriously lacking sleep or we are all just too complacent and unaware of our things.
I'm upset mainly because the blankets material is really very good and I'm particularly fond of that piece of blanket. Though it's just a plain white blanket, it's very beauty is in its simplicity and plain-ness.
Sigh...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Alyssa @ 6 months
"Standing" at 66cm and weighing in at 7kg.
Language
She's making many noises which is a good thing. She is a rather "squealy" baby haha. She squeals much more than Nadya ever did. She gurgles quite abit these days as well...and gives little baby sighs that are oh-so-adorable...
Social Interactions
She is slowly recognising people these days I think. She is quicker with her smiles when someone she knows is interacting with her. And I believe she already looks up to her older sister. Whenever Nadya is around, she would be staring at Nadya and watching intently whatever Nadya is doing.
Emotional Control
Erm, little to say here for a 6-month-old. She is a very happy baby compared to when Nadya was her age. She is quick with her smiles and goofy grins. There are times when she raises her brows in a comical way and other times when she breaks into such a happy grin that her entire face scrunches up. Stay happy little sunshine!
Food
It's a trickier affair with Alyssa. She's a breastfed baby, till now. I only managed to breastfeed Nadya for 1.5 months last time. Alyssa has so far gone from 100% breastmilk to a 80-20 arrangement then a 50-50 arrangement and now she's doing 20-30% breastmilk each day with the rest being formula. Why so? Because I was aiming to wean her off at or around 6 months old. Well she's 6 months old now and my supply still hasn't diminished fully so I guess she will still be on the 20% BM and 80% FM arrangement for awhile longer...
I will be starting her on solids either today or tomorrow. :) I look forward to seeing her reaction actually. Because she has been showing interest in our food for several weeks already. :) She stares and licks her lips when I eat in front of her haha...
Language
She's making many noises which is a good thing. She is a rather "squealy" baby haha. She squeals much more than Nadya ever did. She gurgles quite abit these days as well...and gives little baby sighs that are oh-so-adorable...
Social Interactions
She is slowly recognising people these days I think. She is quicker with her smiles when someone she knows is interacting with her. And I believe she already looks up to her older sister. Whenever Nadya is around, she would be staring at Nadya and watching intently whatever Nadya is doing.
Emotional Control
Erm, little to say here for a 6-month-old. She is a very happy baby compared to when Nadya was her age. She is quick with her smiles and goofy grins. There are times when she raises her brows in a comical way and other times when she breaks into such a happy grin that her entire face scrunches up. Stay happy little sunshine!
Food
It's a trickier affair with Alyssa. She's a breastfed baby, till now. I only managed to breastfeed Nadya for 1.5 months last time. Alyssa has so far gone from 100% breastmilk to a 80-20 arrangement then a 50-50 arrangement and now she's doing 20-30% breastmilk each day with the rest being formula. Why so? Because I was aiming to wean her off at or around 6 months old. Well she's 6 months old now and my supply still hasn't diminished fully so I guess she will still be on the 20% BM and 80% FM arrangement for awhile longer...
I will be starting her on solids either today or tomorrow. :) I look forward to seeing her reaction actually. Because she has been showing interest in our food for several weeks already. :) She stares and licks her lips when I eat in front of her haha...
Nadya @ 2.5 years
Standing tall at 86 or 87cm. Weighing in at 12.5kg thereabouts.
LANGUAGE
She's pretty alright with English I think. Her speech is good although not grammatically correct. And she's picked up on Singlish too so we will need to correct that (and ourselves too.....). These days she rambles on and on about various things.
Her Mandarin's rather weak though. And whatever words she knows either comes out mispronounced, phonetically inaccurate or just sounds like as if it's a Caucasian speaking it lol. More work to be done in this aspect. She gets stunned sometimes when I speak a full sentence to her in Mandarin. When she recovers and has deciphered what I was saying, she would then respond to me in English. Bah, not good.
MEMORY
Excellent. What can I say. She remembers things from eons ago. And after several times of reading a storybook to her, she is now finishing up the last 1-2 words of each sentence in the book.
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
I detect abit of myself in her. Shy and withdrawn at times, preferring to stand by the side to watch and observe rather than being in the thick of things. There are times when she just stares wide-eyed at someone who is trying to be nice to her...and then either scampers off or hides behind me. Yet at other times with people she is familiar with, she would be loud and boisterous and downright bossy. Think "MAMA! STAND HERE!" "DADA, SIT THERE!" type of bossiness.
I'm glad to see her having friends in school and being comfortable with them. Where some teachers lack in warmth and fun, I think having good friends in school bridge that gap...:)
And oh yes, she is slowly accepting Alyssa into her life...she will make time to give Alyssa some pats or try to play with her. Although half the time she gets frustrated because Alyssa either can't comply with her instructions or will just give her a goofy smile or a blank stare hahhha.
EMOTIONAL CONTROL
Working on this. Getting her to calm down and regroup her senses when she is in a tantrum. She is getting it slowly. I think. She understands when I tell her to "settle down first and then we'll talk" or "take a deep breath and settle down"...I can see her trying to calm herself down and even taking a deep breath when I do it with her.
But oh well, she's still a 2 and a half year old. Tantrums are probably her forte at this stage in life lol...
FOOD
She loves her Ribena, barley water and other cool drinks. She loves her mushrooms, of any sort. She loves her tofu, be it white or egg, tau kwa or tau puay. She loves her fishballs and fishcake. For a long period of time she refused to eat chicken or fish or pork at home. I'm happy to note she has starting eating chicken and minced meat at home now...I think the trick to chicken is that I don't tell her I am feeding it to her....haha.
She has tasted curries but still doesn't have a much of an affinity to them. She will get all red and teary-eyed before asking for water haha. :)
TOILET TRAINING
She knows how to tell us that she needs to poo and will do so on the toilet bowl. Peeing is a different creature to tackle altogether. She doesn't tell us that she wants to pee and will still do it in her diaper. or in the shower when she is about to bathe....Not quite sure how to "train" her up in this also haha. Guess we will just wing it....at the most...wash more shorts and bedsheets and blankets, wipe more floors, etc.....
LANGUAGE
She's pretty alright with English I think. Her speech is good although not grammatically correct. And she's picked up on Singlish too so we will need to correct that (and ourselves too.....). These days she rambles on and on about various things.
Her Mandarin's rather weak though. And whatever words she knows either comes out mispronounced, phonetically inaccurate or just sounds like as if it's a Caucasian speaking it lol. More work to be done in this aspect. She gets stunned sometimes when I speak a full sentence to her in Mandarin. When she recovers and has deciphered what I was saying, she would then respond to me in English. Bah, not good.
MEMORY
Excellent. What can I say. She remembers things from eons ago. And after several times of reading a storybook to her, she is now finishing up the last 1-2 words of each sentence in the book.
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
I detect abit of myself in her. Shy and withdrawn at times, preferring to stand by the side to watch and observe rather than being in the thick of things. There are times when she just stares wide-eyed at someone who is trying to be nice to her...and then either scampers off or hides behind me. Yet at other times with people she is familiar with, she would be loud and boisterous and downright bossy. Think "MAMA! STAND HERE!" "DADA, SIT THERE!" type of bossiness.
I'm glad to see her having friends in school and being comfortable with them. Where some teachers lack in warmth and fun, I think having good friends in school bridge that gap...:)
And oh yes, she is slowly accepting Alyssa into her life...she will make time to give Alyssa some pats or try to play with her. Although half the time she gets frustrated because Alyssa either can't comply with her instructions or will just give her a goofy smile or a blank stare hahhha.
EMOTIONAL CONTROL
Working on this. Getting her to calm down and regroup her senses when she is in a tantrum. She is getting it slowly. I think. She understands when I tell her to "settle down first and then we'll talk" or "take a deep breath and settle down"...I can see her trying to calm herself down and even taking a deep breath when I do it with her.
But oh well, she's still a 2 and a half year old. Tantrums are probably her forte at this stage in life lol...
FOOD
She loves her Ribena, barley water and other cool drinks. She loves her mushrooms, of any sort. She loves her tofu, be it white or egg, tau kwa or tau puay. She loves her fishballs and fishcake. For a long period of time she refused to eat chicken or fish or pork at home. I'm happy to note she has starting eating chicken and minced meat at home now...I think the trick to chicken is that I don't tell her I am feeding it to her....haha.
She has tasted curries but still doesn't have a much of an affinity to them. She will get all red and teary-eyed before asking for water haha. :)
TOILET TRAINING
She knows how to tell us that she needs to poo and will do so on the toilet bowl. Peeing is a different creature to tackle altogether. She doesn't tell us that she wants to pee and will still do it in her diaper. or in the shower when she is about to bathe....Not quite sure how to "train" her up in this also haha. Guess we will just wing it....at the most...wash more shorts and bedsheets and blankets, wipe more floors, etc.....
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Come on, Chin up!
4.5hours of sleep.
With a 20 or 30-minute interruption somewhere in between.
It's 330pm now in office.
I'm gradually nodding off already.
Jialat. :(
With a 20 or 30-minute interruption somewhere in between.
It's 330pm now in office.
I'm gradually nodding off already.
Jialat. :(
conflicted
Many many many things to do in office.
But I can't do them properly. Half of my mind is on Peanut.
Wondering how she is, and if she is drinking her milk well, and if she is getting enough sleep, and whether she poo-ed or not, and whether she is still smiling.
I miss my sunshine baby. Alot.
F this working mother shit. Argh.
But I can't do them properly. Half of my mind is on Peanut.
Wondering how she is, and if she is drinking her milk well, and if she is getting enough sleep, and whether she poo-ed or not, and whether she is still smiling.
I miss my sunshine baby. Alot.
F this working mother shit. Argh.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
The Man Cooked!
On the Wed just past, K was on leave. He whipped up a simple but delicious meal for me for dinner.
I requested for brussel sprouts and soba. He is a sucker for fish and made rice for himself. Hence the eclectic mix of dishes for our meal lol.
P/s: the garlic and lime sauce accompanying the steamed sea bass was very good!
Thursday, March 17, 2016
The Sisters
We've come a long way...
From being curious about her baby sister, to being a little bit protective, Nadya then swung to the other end of the spectrum when she realised that people were paying abit more attention to the "cute little baby" than her. There came a point several months back when Nadya didn't allow me to carry Alyssa at all and would melt into a crying fussing mess at my feet if I did so.
Fast forward to now...things are better. Nadya still has her jealous fits from time to time. But we let her participate in the caring of Alyssa (like helping to throw Alyssa's diapers into the dustbin haha). She does "sayang" Alyssa now by patting her head or body or arms. She holds her tiny hands too. Sometimes she gives Alyssa hugs or she ruffles her hair. Sometimes she uses her face to nuzzle Alyssa.
And last night...she lay down next to Alyssa. It was such a sweet sight to see.
From being curious about her baby sister, to being a little bit protective, Nadya then swung to the other end of the spectrum when she realised that people were paying abit more attention to the "cute little baby" than her. There came a point several months back when Nadya didn't allow me to carry Alyssa at all and would melt into a crying fussing mess at my feet if I did so.
Fast forward to now...things are better. Nadya still has her jealous fits from time to time. But we let her participate in the caring of Alyssa (like helping to throw Alyssa's diapers into the dustbin haha). She does "sayang" Alyssa now by patting her head or body or arms. She holds her tiny hands too. Sometimes she gives Alyssa hugs or she ruffles her hair. Sometimes she uses her face to nuzzle Alyssa.
And last night...she lay down next to Alyssa. It was such a sweet sight to see.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Blessed
I am blessed.
With good friends and family.
And of course K and my 2 girls.
Couldn't have asked for more.
My friends might not know it but they do help keep me sane. And they throw me invisible lifelines when I reach out to them. Sometimes, they throw me lifebuoys too even when I don't outrightly ask for it. And they are there to help me out always....even if I may not realise it myself that I need some assistance in life....
My family brings me joy in more ways than one. And well...I feel odd if I don't contact my parents for more than 2 days....
K and the 2 girls? They drive me nuts sometimes...I get angry and frustrated....But at the end of the day, they bring me the greatest joy too...:) And the greatest love....
With good friends and family.
And of course K and my 2 girls.
Couldn't have asked for more.
My friends might not know it but they do help keep me sane. And they throw me invisible lifelines when I reach out to them. Sometimes, they throw me lifebuoys too even when I don't outrightly ask for it. And they are there to help me out always....even if I may not realise it myself that I need some assistance in life....
My family brings me joy in more ways than one. And well...I feel odd if I don't contact my parents for more than 2 days....
K and the 2 girls? They drive me nuts sometimes...I get angry and frustrated....But at the end of the day, they bring me the greatest joy too...:) And the greatest love....
Mandala - the lotus
Did this on Friday 11 March 2016.
Did part of it while having a break during work and eventually completed it after work.
I don't use a compass which explains why certain parts of the mandala look a little lopsided.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Driving
Went for a car orientation cum refresher today. Who was the instructor? K. :)
Nail-biting experience. I was pretty nervous. The last I ever drove was 6 years ago and even at that point I'd only ever driven a manual car and only for a few measly times.
Fast forward to today. Ok I discovered that an auto car makes for much easier driving. Yes I know I am suaku.
More orientation and refresher sessions coming up...
P/s: I still can't park properly for nuts.
Friday, March 11, 2016
The ring!
Somehow, I managed to wear my wedding band. It's a little difficult to take out though. But I'm happy to wear it still.
Been more than 3 years since I last managed to wear it. Omg. Lol. Since I became pregnant with Nadya.
sigh
Feeling a little imbalanced, especially the last few days.
While at work I think about the 2 kiddos. While with them sometimes my mind wanders to work-related things.
I feel inadequate in both areas. Like I'm doing a disservice to both aspects. Not performing up to par in both aspects.
Need to find a balance somehow....
How?
While at work I think about the 2 kiddos. While with them sometimes my mind wanders to work-related things.
I feel inadequate in both areas. Like I'm doing a disservice to both aspects. Not performing up to par in both aspects.
Need to find a balance somehow....
How?
Another mandala!
Another mandala that I did today. I think with my preference for symmetry, mandalas prolly suit me more than doing zentangle designs. Anyway I shall continue to explore.....
Today's mandala turned out a lot more detailed and complex than I expected it to be. Required a lot more effort than yesterday's mandala for sure.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Qoo10
I love qoo10. Have I said it before?? I absolutely love qoo10.
It sells just about anything lol.
I was looking for a Sakura Pigma ink Micron pen and wondered where the hell to buy it. Popular seemed so far away.
Online I went and someone was selling it on qoo10.
I bought a black pen with a 0.35mm nib and another with a 0.45mm nib.
Oh I love qoo10!! :))
P/s: when the pens arrive...I'll do more entangling and drawing of mandalas hehe...quite fun and therapeutic! Plus the notebook I am doing the drawings in is small and extremely portable.
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