Our Birthday - Mich & Me

Cheers to Librans!




Strawberry cake... I love cakes *YUMMY*




I dunno wat's Mich doing with Char's milk bottle???




Cupcakes! Its the IN thing now...

Char n me

Island Creamery

The preggy me... these pics were taken a week before I gave birth to Charlotte =)




Finally have the time to download n post it.

Charlotte Latest Pics

Ain't she cute?

Alice's Wedding @ Halia Restaurant

---- 29 September 2007 ----




Halia Restaurant @ Botanic Gardens - i love the cupcakes tat Alice arranged for her guests!
The ambience is great n food too!




Alice & Andy's family



Dad & Mum




Ivan and me




Angel, Vincent and Ben Ben...

Lyn's Birthday Celebration @ Modesto

Its a late late entry...

Bundle of Joy?

20/08/2007 marks the arrival of our new born, Charlotte Poh Lin Ya.

I finally understand the pain that my mother went through to give birth to me...

Let me share what I have been through with you.

(1) Epidural is not painful at all! I cannot imagine last time who women give birth without any help of these jabs. I find that the drip is more painful. Dr Chen is right as she told me that if I had experienced contractions, I will find epidural not painful at all. I have a low threshold for pain. Very low actually. The nurse told me epidural = hapi-durial.

After the jab I felt nothing at all ... stitches, contraction pains etc

After giving birth to baby you have to do a second delivery... of the umbilical cords.

Oh I actually vomitted and shivered but its not due to the epidural. I think its due to the antibiotics that the nurse gave me. I dunno how it feels when the water bag burst in normal circumstances but I ask for epidural immediately after Dr Chen burst my water bag. Cannot tahan the pain le.

(2) Breastfeeding is not easy. Its rather painful. Just imagine someone sucking at ur nipples non-stop n especially when hunger strikes, the more pain u may experience. I really salute the person who invented the electrical breast pump! *thumbs UP for you* I have tried manual breast pump and its really painful. My fingers went numb after using it. I felt like a cow *moo-moo*

(3) Most babies have jaundice. Morning sunlight have little help. You have to strip your baby naked and sun them internally provided if you have morning sunlight in your house. Afternoon sun is no good n evening sun does not help much.

Best is to feed your baby and jaundice will come out together with the poo.

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I am now on my maternity leave and everyone may think that I am enjoying myself at home.

I felt that I am being jailed! My confinement nanny makes it worst! She's like that discipline mistress that I have during my secondary school days. She refuses to allow me to drink plain water saying that I will be swollen. All I drink everyday is red dates tea n lou han guo water. Until I got high fever due to breast engrogement then Dr Chen told my mum to tell her that I need to drink lotsa plain water if not the clogs in my breast will not be dissolved. I hate MILO n those milk formula for breast feeding mothers. Red dates tea provides iron and 1 cup per day is more than sufficient!

Next time if you engage a confinement nanny please make sure that she is not that naggy if not you may anytime suffer from post natal blues man. Luckily that I am those that does not take things to heart. I have flared up so many times at her. My father-in-law called her *guan jia por* something like housekeeper.

Just another 2 weeks and me n baby can rest in peace.

I think I can make a better mother without her pestering me like a pest!

Wish me luck k... Cheers to my bundle of joy!

Jasan's Birthday Celebration @ Sentosa

Fruity birthday cake... *Yummy*



Birthday boy... cutting his birthday cake & he sabo himself by biting the candles off when no one bothers to sabo him... haha



There were Jasan, Lyn, Geoffrey, Shirlene, Aveline, Joanne, Ken, Ivan and me!

Uncle Eddy could not make it for the day...



The monopoly that we played don't need any notes... We use credit cards! Wa seh... so advanced right?

*Psst* that funny guy playing with the yellow hat thingy is Geoffrey! Lyn's bf & hubby-to-be.

Lyn is busy discussing strategy with Shirlene...

Lyn has no childhood *dunno how to play monoploy*



Tis game is contributed by Ave... Its fun! But Jasan's too clever to be cheated :(



The guys are the guinea pigs and out of the 5 girls present, 2 of us r preggies... so cannot play this game



See how seductive Ken's position is... haha

The rest look like they are "doing their business"



Does he look like PCK? The hat thingy is a game where u place water inside the hat and the red poles are for your to pull out. If you r unlucky .... then your head will be wet!

I dun know that there are so many funny games in the market now.

The food turned cold cos we waited for the tortoise Jasan for sososososo.... long BUT no choice cos he is the birthday boy!

Ugly Singaporeans

This morning I took bus 17 to work. Being a single deck bus and at this type of peak hours there are of course no seats for the preggy me. Once I board the bus, the people just beside where I stand begin to pretend dozing off or not to notice the heavily pregnant me! As I move inwards, many others pretend to treat me as transparent.

Ai... its such a shame as youngsters are also doing the same thing!

PES - Private Enclosed Space

PES - Private Enclosed Space

Aiyo... The first thing I stepped into my office is to hear a complaint from a resident.

"I don't want to complaint BUT I don't like it when I found cigarette buds lying in my PES area early in the morning. Lucky your "

Aiyo... If you really dun want to complaint then dun! If you really dun want to find any litter in your PES area then jolly well stay in 2nd floor lo. I cannot understand these people every now & then come into my office to complaint about these tiny things. Aren't we all being taught in school to live in harmony? If that is the case, why can't she go to her neighbour and tell them nicely about the matter.

The Management is not there for you to complaint about small small matters like tat. We're professionals that handle big matters! Haha :D

Dream

Dream

I had this weird dream last night. I dreamt that I was about to give birth but no matter how hard I push the baby does not seems to come out! *fingers crossed --> when the actual day comes hope that it will be over soon*

Hahaha... I was like struggling for hours. In my dreams it felt like visiting the toilet but just that it was somehow stucked inside me!

Headaches

Headaches

Nobody told me the last trimester of pregnancy is the worst!

This month itself I've been to Dr Chen for almost 4 times. I have rashes, giddy spells, headaches etc. Apart from the expensive medical bills, I am worried about my job! Since I have been in AZP I have taken 3 MCs and a half day off and I've only been in AZP for only 2 months.

I am so stressed as few of the members here come into MA office almost everyday. With my current security & waterproofing issues, they add pressure on me on little tiny issues. One special member loves to meet me and talk to me for almost an hour everyday. Sometimes even twice per day. OMG! Our conversations added loads to my work and I think I am going bonkers if he continues to do so on a daily basis. God PLEASE keep him busy!

I am feeling no good. Other than work stresses, my body is giving way too. I feel tired and nauseous every other hour. I also feel giddy if I don't have sufficient sleep. Bundles of Joy? I am beginning to doubt so! I need more than 8 hours of sleep everyday cos in the middle of the night you will have to wake up somehow. No more sweet dreams till dawn...

I am lucky to have a loving hubby to listen to my grumbles, massaging me 24/7, serving me things while I lay comfortably in bed, tolerating my everchanging mood BUT I still feel insecure. I felt that I am doing everything myself. From looking for confinement nanny (we are agruing whether she should stay in), confinement food (vs confinement lady), getting ready for the baby, baby sitter (one baby sitter is still hanging me in the air) etc... There's no one to share my woes, my worries... The worry bug never go away even in my dreams.

How I wish I am those kind of woman who just say YES to all planning so I can rest and enjoy my pregnancy period.

Right now I am toying with the idea of thinking to induce my baby to be born at National Day. Let's wait till my check up with Dr Chen on next Tuesday. Should I extend my maternity leave and start work in year 2008?

I have no childhood :(

I have no childhood :(



Last Friday evening, we went to Mich's place for swimming but god played a trick on me and let it rain...

End up we watch Charlotte's Web. All along my colleague told me that Charlotte is the pig but I am really being mislead. Charlotte is the spider! I am going to name my baby girl Charlotte cos the pig is so cute but.... I didn't know its a spider! N Michelle actually laughed at me saying that I have no childhood.

Anyway, the spider in the show is great! Cos she sacrifice herself to help Wilbur (the pig) by spinning web even though she's pregnant. Heehee....

Fyi,

Charlotte = Little and womanly... Pronounced as Shar-let

HAPPY, Egoist Woman

HAPPY, Egoist Woman

Yesterday was my first Council Meeting.

As usual I made some small mistakes here and there... but I am rather glad that the Council here generally likes me. They appreciate my work and effort. Truthfully, it feels good to be appreciated *feels shiok deep down*

Last Thursday, Ed was saying that if the council here does not want to wait for me (after my maternity leave), they might post me to another condo after directly under his care *PaNiC aTTaCk* If I am not wrong it should be CG. That place sucks big time! But luckily after yesterday's meeting, the council is willing to wait for me to come back.

*A BIG Thank you* to all out there who appreciates my effort and work.

I will work harder and harder and harder...

2 months more...

2 months more...

Within the next two months, I will be a mummy.

**Yeah!**

I am looking forward to my maternity leave. How i wish that I can not work till the little one has settled down. How I wish I can strike toto or 4D... I am getting obsessed... Haha.

I am easily exhausted recently. I think its becos of the little life inside me. I am busy preparing for her arrival, blending myself into work place, trying to understand changes in people, trying to learn to become stronger, trying to face and solve many different challenges.... So friends, if I neglect you please try to be understanding k.

Yirong:

How I wish to go KTV with you but after being pregnant and all those calcium n iron pills, my voice go coarse easily... too coarse till I also cannot bear to hear myself sing.

I guess I will need sometime to recover from all these...

So tired ... so tired ... till I have no time to care

Official In-Charge

Official In-Charge

Yesterday was my official in-charge day.

So worried that many things will crop up. Mayb it becos I wanna tell everyone out there pregnant woman can also work and may also work better! It an ego thing =)

My colleague is very concerned about me walking around too much, squatting down incorrectly, not eating enough, going up the flat roof etc... its nice to have people who are concerned about me but overly react is a bit irritating at time ;)

No worries... my flat roof is those that you climb from stairs to reach, no fireman ladder etc to climb higher. Just that I gotta raise my legs to walk over some pipings.

I am getting fatter day by day and feel like gravity is pulling me down...

----> I am learning to love my job and wake up early <------

New Working Place

New Working Place

I miss my old working place... *Mark sms me to tell me that he misses me so badly* I gotta sleep in till 8.00 am and then take my time to go to work. Now I gotta wake up at 7.00 am to go to work =( I knock off at 5.30 pm sharp and I can reach home by 6.00 pm.

But *like what Vina always say* .... God is good! I left my old working place and now I am at a new environment and its a new start. God is good as I am blessed with: -

1. Breakfast - less sleep but managed to have breakfast
2. Ivan's company to work and home as we now work side by side - but dunno when we will both get bored of each other's company ;)
3. Lunch in - not allowed to close office for lunch hours BUT can save money $$$
4. My own office - i had one in my previous working place but the air quality is not good and its too eerie so i moved out as for the new office, its bright and cool!
5. No more basement - i m breathing more fresh air and can have full HP coverage *HP bill might go up* I can oso listen to radio now!
6. Straight bus - i have a straight bus to work

I should be glad that I am not posted to those kuching kurak places and end up travelling for 2 hours. Anyway... Its a only for a matter of 3 more months before I give birth to little dawn and the council will consider to have me back here anot.

Well... If everything's not bad why not....

Mother's Day Celebration / Ivan's Birthday / Alice's Birthday

Mother's Day Celebration / Ivan's Birthday / Alice's Birthday




Our little precious was throwing temper just now becos of fever BUT

when he saw lolipop, he' a HAPPY boy again!



Yam cake from Angie the Choice! Something different and not too sweet...




Ivan's cutting a cake that had been cut by Mum and Alice...



Angel, me, Mum, little ben, Alice....

See the girls in our house? BUT there is a little torn among the roses =)

Do we all look alike?




@ Family of 3 @



Family photo... Mayb we should go and take something like that formally.

But must wait for Alice & Andy's Wedding this year end. Then little dawn will join in!

Joke of the Day

Joke of the Day

A girl friend of mine sms me this afternoon...

" Gal, can i borrow u zap from you for 2 weeks? I wanna cry... My colleagues from other dept tot im pregnant... =( they say one month ago, my tummy is Ok."

Cannot imagine a girl who never cares about her intake of food will WAKE up!

Time To Say Goodbye

Time to Say Goodbye

Yesterday was my last day at my current workplace doing handover to the new managing agent company H. Its was rather hectic as I am handing over a 7 years project and H got to learn everything within the 2 days (actually only 1 full day as they came in afternoons only).

Well... I don't know can they cope but think that they will be able to manage somehow. No one is indispensible right?

Its rather sad to leave a working place unwillingly (council terminated our services) esp after working there happily for almost 15 months. It was hardest when everyone started to bid goodbye :(

One thing that cheered me up was that one of the residents actually written an email to my manager saying that I am an ASSET to my company and my SP skills is good. I did not know that she appreciates me that much. I am really glad that out of few nasty people who are unhappy with us, I still have someone who appreciates our hard work. Some other residents even wanted to write a petition etc but I told them that its really unnecessary as I feel that,

To part is part & parcel of life....

Just hope for a better Monday at my new working place. Pray that less people will have doubts about whether a pregnant woman can work like a normal human being. Please remember that your mum also need to get pregnant to give birth to you.

I will learn not to be too judgemental on first impression *Jasan understands me best! of course other than Ivan*

Take My Test

Take My Test


Create your own Friend Test here

Nosy Parker

Nosy Parker

Yesterday I had a heartful talk with Ivan. He made me realised that I treat friends better than him. Becos of friend I gave up his birthday celebration. Becos of many many other things I sacrifice him. Mm... I ought to give it serious thought.

I think I have put in too much effort into friendships. Since ploy days until now... I treasure friendship but its takes two hands to clap. Everytime I'll end up being hurt. I shouldn't give in too much to friendship.

Once, I hold onto my friend very tightly and protect her whenever anything happens... anyone who bad mouthed her I will fight till the end... in the end, I suffered. I was hurt thoroughly. Once, I taught a friend how to boost her confidence, dress nicely, carry herself nicely etc *not tat I am tat good* but in the end when something happens, she rather confide in others instead of me.

Sometimes I really wonder do I deserve all these? Being so nice to a person and end up get shit in the end. Is it really true tat 2 woman can never be good friends?

Now I am very hurt. I learnt not to be a nosy parker! I better concentrate on being a good mum and wife.

Lesson Learnt:

NEVER be a nosy parker anymore or else you'll be thoroughly hurt. NEVER tell one e truth cos the party will NEVER accept it and in the end she'll think tat u r being too fierce etc.

One Rochester

One Rochester

Yeah! Trying to tell u I'm at One Rochester BUT Shirlene... cannot get the full wordings.

OMG! again leh...

Birthday boy - Geoffrey and Lynn aka GF!

Look at the tiramisu cake... wa seh damn nice lo.

Shirlene and Jasan kor... she should sit at other side hor =)

Lynn and Geoffrey... This surprise party was great! Good food and most importantly nice ambience. Great for couples!

Lynn and Eddy... Aiyo our Uncle Eddy

Shirlene, Jasan kor and Ivan dear...

Aiyo... Uncle Eddy acting cut again lo... He actually posed for me k!

Tumbling Tower... Nice game!

Well... its obvious right? Birthday boy lost and had to stuff a piece of the yummy cake... It was really nice but we're all too full le...

Night Safari 31 March 2007

Night Safari 31 March 2007

Shirlene, Joanne, Michelle, Ivan, me and Jasan kor at Night Safari... My last visit was when I am still studying in Manjusri Secondary School... I can still remember who I went with... James, Daphne, Xingmei... but now no longer in contact le.

Dear dear and me... So dark behind and cannot see anything at all... So scary!

Ken & Joanne ... Joanne's happy cos she had an icecream la.

Shirlene and Michelle... I am really really happy with my photography skills lo.

Ugly Human Being!

Recently I have many stresses.

I am stressed with the arrival of my new baby GIRL *Yeah! its girl oh!*

• I have no place to put baby cot, baby sarong, clothes, toys etc
• I have no place to cook healthy food, tonic for myself
• I have no one to share my woes cos my dear hubby is only concerned about playing his games

I am very stressed with my job.

I have new "boss" who loves to play politics and I have to be so damn pretentious when I talk to him.

This damn guy is making my life real miserable. He went around bad mouthing me saying that I am useless, cannot get job done, lazy, slow etc... all negative things about me just becos I could not tolerate him anymore and talk back to him during the AGM (i guess) or rather I did not give him FREE 2nd car parking.

Just use your pea brains to think... If there are only 224 units and 224 car parking lots in an estate, how to let 2nd car owners park free? Car parking issues is an ongoing problem in small estates! People who only own/only stay in a condo. will never understand.

Few days ago, he spoke to me for almost 2 hours telling me how good I am but everyone has mistaken about me cos they dunno that my hands are tied by the council etc and he even threatened to do something to one of the members. OMG! He reminded me that he will bring up many awful things in this Friday meeting and said that he is not pinpointing at me. "I am just pinpointing at the system!" @Bullshit!@ Oh ya... if I am damn incapable then I won't work my way up to promotion right? He's a real pain in my ass!

I have been haunted by this matter for sometime. I have been told that I am too emotional. Am I? Does it mean that we cannot vent our fustrations out by crying? Does it mean that I must accept all kinds of criticism? I am a human being after all and I have my own ways of venting out my fustrations.

I can't believe how ugly a human being can be in order to achieve their own agenda... scratch cars, threatened to do something bad to people against him... come on Singapore is a lawful society and you don't take law at your own hands.

No matter wat, the people who are at the losing end is not me. Its the residents esp when the members have their own personal agenda.

Lastly, to anyone who submit to this ugly human being...

"It proves that you are a brainless weakling"

Off to Cafe Del Mar on 24 March 2007

Off to Cafe Del Mar on 24 March 2007

Its really shiok to be lazing around under the sun, in front of the sea with a bottle of beer... Woo ...

BUT I cannot drink beer! Not even coca-cola... omg

Sunset @ Siloso Beach ... Nice right?

See I am a good photographer! Managed to capture the sunset, sea, sand so beautifully...

See... Shirlene's photography skills is LOUSY!!!

We waited for the FHM final to begin... but we waited and waited... supposedly it should start at 8.00 pm but .... it started around 9.30pm...

MOREOVER, the FHM finalist are not so beautiful lo. All of them are young girls who you can easily find them at Orchard Road!

We got so bored waiting till we begin to take photographs.... See Joanne is so "ON" she promised to come and she did! I dislike to organise things then end up everyone came back with excuses of not attending... AIYO! Can't be bothered la!

Shirlene was bored?

This FUNNY couple, esp the guy, keep on requesting people to take photo of him lei! Somemore must BREATHE IN before taking the photo lo.... aiyo...

Say "CHEESE!" Someone is really trying to act cute!

Shirlene & chicken wings in her mouth...

Dear Dear smoking away.....

Dear Dear fell asleep le.... he don't fancy the FHM girls unlike Jasan kor lo... he's drooling away....

Its really fun to gather with friends on weekends to laze around and enjoy the sea!

Looking forward to our Night Safari Trip after my AGM on Saturday!