A couple of months ago i was excited upon hearing that the Singapore govt is going to restructure their baby bonus scheme to encourage more Singaporeans to have babies. So i thought yeah!!i will get more money. Not saying the money is enough to support a kid, but better than nothing right???
My hope was dampen after I read about the National Day rally by our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that the baby bonus will only take effect for baby born on 1st Jan 2009. Yesterday the latest news about baby bonus was that they going to back date it from 17th august 08 onwards, which means all babies born on and after 17th August 08 will be qualify for the new package. Yeah !!!! It means my baby who will be born in October will be entitle to the increase of $1000 from $3000 to $4000.
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This extra 1k will go to my holiday fund which i desperate need one.
The new scheme sounds very attractive but too bad i am no longer staying in Singapore. 4mths paid maternity leave can you imagine that. No need to work for 4 months and yet get pay how nice right. I hope the goverment here should have something similar.
August 26, 2008
August 15, 2008
The Pear Story
There is this teacher from Sean's cc name Rajaa which i quite like. She will constantly feedback to you what she did or how your kid behave/react in the school.
So one day as usual i went to pick Sean up, she told me Sean doesn't eat fruits except for banana. This of course I am aware. So she told me she tries to encourage him by saying if he finishes his pear he will gets his banana. Sean obliged, because it's an outsider talking to him so he dare not defy. This trick wouldn't work at home.
So later at nite when i am trying to engage in a small coversation with him by asking what did he eat in the school for lunch? I always do that because i want to encourage him to feedback to me on what's happening in his daily life and i also really need to know what he is doing.
The conversation goes :
Me : Sean, what did you eat in school for lunch today?
Sean : Hmm...(thinking) I don't know. (That's his favorite reply wonder whether ixit because he can not remember)
Me : Did you eat rice or pasta? (actually i already know the answer and trying to help him recall))
Sean : I eat pasta. I eat pears and bananas.
Me : WOW yummy yummy
Sean : I don't like pears, I like only Bananas. Can you help me to tell the teacher i don't like pears
He went on :
Sean : Mummy can you remember to tell the teacher tomorrow that i don't like pear.
I was like **faint**Is he smart or what? He doesn't dare to defy his teacher's instruction and he knows even if he says no the teacher will still ask him to eat it. So he wants me to go and tell the teacher which he thinks it will definetely works better.
I am amused.
So one day as usual i went to pick Sean up, she told me Sean doesn't eat fruits except for banana. This of course I am aware. So she told me she tries to encourage him by saying if he finishes his pear he will gets his banana. Sean obliged, because it's an outsider talking to him so he dare not defy. This trick wouldn't work at home.
So later at nite when i am trying to engage in a small coversation with him by asking what did he eat in the school for lunch? I always do that because i want to encourage him to feedback to me on what's happening in his daily life and i also really need to know what he is doing.
The conversation goes :
Me : Sean, what did you eat in school for lunch today?
Sean : Hmm...(thinking) I don't know. (That's his favorite reply wonder whether ixit because he can not remember)
Me : Did you eat rice or pasta? (actually i already know the answer and trying to help him recall))
Sean : I eat pasta. I eat pears and bananas.
Me : WOW yummy yummy
Sean : I don't like pears, I like only Bananas. Can you help me to tell the teacher i don't like pears
He went on :
Sean : Mummy can you remember to tell the teacher tomorrow that i don't like pear.
I was like **faint**Is he smart or what? He doesn't dare to defy his teacher's instruction and he knows even if he says no the teacher will still ask him to eat it. So he wants me to go and tell the teacher which he thinks it will definetely works better.
I am amused.
The third trimester...Urgh!!!
At 31weeks preggy, I am fat and clumsy. I am now currently 73kg, my last pregnancy with Sean is 76kg so 3 more kilos, and that's the max I allow myself to be. Hopefully i can stay within the target.
I consider myself very brave this time round, because i still manage to convince myself to take a few preggie photos which i didn't the last round.I am afraid that my photos will scare every soul on earth away. Haha..... Actually is more on myself which i can't accept the reality of seeing myself in that humpty dumpty stage of my life.So this photo you are seeing is very expensive now. "limited edition"
Currently am still contantly tired maybe because i can't sleep well at nite. God knows why?!!I will sleep at around 10pm or 11pm the lastest(interupted sleep) then wake up around 4am, and start counting sheeps,stars,cows whatever you name it.If i am lucky i will doze of in between before i need to wake up at 7am for work again.
I hope i can reach the finishing line soon because I am really feeling very uncomfortable with the big bump there.This will serve as a life time reminder for myself not to become so fat after pregnancy because, trust me the feeling is terrible. You are constantly bloated, the bump is always blocking your way in whatever you are doing or wants to do. Eg i can't cut my toe nail now, because i can't reach them.This never happens to me before when i had Sean. When i sit down especially on the floor i can feel that bump is getting on my way and i need some help to stand up later as my weight is too heavy for my feet to support myself up.No joke about it!!!
Everything that i eat seems not to be nice maybe it's because of my own cooking or what am not sure since everyone knows my cooking skill is (pte ltd) But i still eat alot for the sake of eating. This explains why my weight is always increasing in an alarming rate.
I am still comtemplating whether to go for natural or caesarean. Read many scary stories about natural birth which says the pain will goes between 3hrs to 30hours. Mind you, 3 hours is only the minority (the the lucky ones). Of course you have your pain relief to standby but some after effect just makes me sick. "nausea, puking, dizziness and worst part is you still need to hook up to the urine catheter which i hate the most. Sigh....
Have book myself in 1 of those VBAC class on 11th September, what a date right?Hopefully i can remember because i forgotten 1 of the appt the last round. If i miss this again i wouldn't be in time for the next lesson.Hope they will teach me everything from breathing to pushing (if you understand what i mean) because i seriously know nuts about giving birth. Have not attend any classes before.I think my midwife will suffer some kind of mental stress on internal injury when she helps me to deliver later.
Despite all the complaints i have, believe if or not i still luv my No 2 alot. Still looking forward to see her. Hoping and praying that she will be in good health when she is born.She is a super active baby I can feel it. Constantly kicking and moving inside me. Practicing her pilates or yoga movements. I hope when she is born she will takes thing easy as I wouldn't want her to be so active during the nite time when everyone needs to sleep.
Exactly 2 more months from now till my EDD. Counting down to see her soon.I am hoping she will be out by 38weeks, at least it saves me from extra 2 weeks of torturing.But people usually says the more you want it the more it wouldn't happen, who knows she feels too comfortable inside and refuse to come out even by week 40. see how it goes will update soon again.
August 11, 2008
For HER
I did not forget about our lil princess too. We got her 3 pieces of new clothings. Nothing fanciful, but is the thought that counts.At least she has got something to wear when she is out.It's quite difficult to think what to buy, coz am still unsure about size and weather. Maybe it will be easier to buy more things when she is out.
We still have a few more things to buy like rocker, hammock wonder if she needs 1. Pram still unsure yet because maybe will use Sean's, but this will also mean Sean is not able to nap when we go out if the baby is using his pram. And maybe a baby carrier. Wait till my mum is here and let her think for me.
Rule of the Game
He is the last player you would want to play a soldier/robots game with.
Game rules do not exist in his world.
Only his rule do, and he will decide the rules as he plays.
But basically his rules are :
1)You can have your turn only when he is satisfied with his.
2)He can have multiple turns, but not you.
3)His soldier or robots has to win, you have to lose.
Haha and that' s Sean
By the way that's his current favourite toy at the moment. I guess boys are still boys. They like cars, robots soldier etc...
Game rules do not exist in his world.
Only his rule do, and he will decide the rules as he plays.
But basically his rules are :
1)You can have your turn only when he is satisfied with his.
2)He can have multiple turns, but not you.
3)His soldier or robots has to win, you have to lose.
Haha and that' s Sean
By the way that's his current favourite toy at the moment. I guess boys are still boys. They like cars, robots soldier etc...
Happy National Day
We celebrated our Singapore 43rd National Day here in melbourne with a theme party of red and white and local food. We had nasi lemak, curry chix and also ondeh ondeh. We also get to watch the national day parade live from internet. But me and Caleb seems more keen to watch our usual cartoons dvd then the parade.
August 04, 2008
Our Steamboat Horror
Mum and Dad had a yong ta hoo nightmare for consecutive 2 weeks. The first week is when we had Caleb and family over for steamboat dinner. Everything was still fine, food was nice. Me and Caleb enjoys because we got lots of treats.
But the nightmare came when they realise they still have 2 big packets of unfinish Yong ta Hoo after dinner. This will mean the rest of the week we need to survive on Yong Ta Hoo,firstly because we can't buy more food as our fridge is super full already. Plus we didnt want to keep it for too long too as we practice "first in first out"
So last Saturday,mum decided to make simple steamboat again in order to finish up the Yong Ta Hoo. Of course we add alittle of other stuff coz it will be real boring to just eat Fish ball and fish cake all the way. But all mainly leftover from the last round's steamboat. To our horror, we still didn't manage to finish up the food.
Our simple 2 in 1 steamboat
Me also trying to contribute
The last survival
We still have left over
Yes we still have abit of leftover, so we decided to fry it the next day.
But the nightmare came when they realise they still have 2 big packets of unfinish Yong ta Hoo after dinner. This will mean the rest of the week we need to survive on Yong Ta Hoo,firstly because we can't buy more food as our fridge is super full already. Plus we didnt want to keep it for too long too as we practice "first in first out"
So last Saturday,mum decided to make simple steamboat again in order to finish up the Yong Ta Hoo. Of course we add alittle of other stuff coz it will be real boring to just eat Fish ball and fish cake all the way. But all mainly leftover from the last round's steamboat. To our horror, we still didn't manage to finish up the food.
Our simple 2 in 1 steamboat
Me also trying to contribute
The last survival
We still have left over
Yes we still have abit of leftover, so we decided to fry it the next day.
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