Getting Sketchy & the Goreng Pisang

Uhm I’m kinda bored in office.. and with boss not around, I played with my newly installed GIMP.. (since obviously I can’t install photoshop in office..) Well, it’s not bad afterall! I can make…… tadaaaaaa!

Vio's Sketch

It’s a sketch of Vio’s passport photo that was mentioned here. Now tell me what do you think?

Ah.. today I went to Toa Payoh Library with Dena & Iggy after having lunch together. We collected free gifts for new mothers! I got to know about this from Ira. She just had a baby but know about this earlier than us! haha.. Anyway, the gift was not bad. They give a height chart, CD, magazine, and my favorite item is.. Baby Journal! Hmm.. Last time I wanted to buy something like that for a keepsake, but somehow in the end I didn’t buy it. Well, now I got one for Vio! Ohh.. if only I can fill it in office… Wahahaha..

Annnddd.. talking about library… that reminds me.. Few months back, I finally found the small stall near TP Library that sells very nice Goreng Pisang that I used to like during IA time.. Yeah.. IA time!! That was like… hmm.. let me count.. 7 years ago? Wow… how time flies..

Anyway, my colleague during IA, Cindy, was telling me that the Goreng Pisang in that stall was nice, and I remember that I like it a lot that time.. Annnddd.. I was so happy I can find that stall again, as it’s very difficult to find a nice Goreng Pisang in Singapore..

Me & My Goreng Pisang

When I tasted it again that time round, it was sooo crunchy and the banana was sweet.. nice!! But the sad news is… today I just found out that they’re closed liao…   My goreng pisang……. But the good news is… I just found out that Philips canteen also selling goreng pisang with exactly the same taste!! Hmm.. maybe the seller decided to move to Philips canteen instead?

 

Height Update

 

Mr Smiley

It’s been a while since I last measured the height of our little Mr Smiley (and that’s also because he refused to lie down in the measuring “bed” in our PD! So 2 nights ago, while he was fast asleep, I finally measured him! And the result is….

• Height: 78 cm
• Sole length: 13 cm
• Weight (from PD measurement few weeks back): 10.02 kg

Hmm.. I’m quite surprised Vio hasn’t passed the 80cm.. Because he looks so tall.. Even taller than some 1 year old+ baby.. But anyway, as long as he stays healthy and happy ^^

 

Many LOs and a Mini Album

Oh yeah! I finally collected my stack of photos from the shop.. There are 123 photos in total! Wow that’s a lot.. and that means having a lot of photos to scrap! Of course I’m not scrapping all lah.. Most of them will go to Vio’s photo album.

Before we begin with the LOs, why don’t I show you the latest mini album done as a birthday gift for Allie? Hmm.. I have completed it like.. months ago.. but can only be published now, since I must let her be the first one to see it, ain’t I? :)

The mini album is for all the photos I’ve had with her after such a long time together. Actually I wanted to put our high school photos too.. but too bad, I dun have any high school photos here! And we apparently have THOUSANDS of photos together.. ok that might be overexaggerating… yeah we’ve hundreds of photos together. But of course such a tiny album can’t contain so much

And now.. for the LOs..

Meal Time

I just love Vio’s expressions during meal time.

Supplies:

• Paper: My Minds Eye
• Embellishment: MME Die Cut, Hambly Overlay, 7G sticker, Colorbok Epoxy sticker
• Stamps: Prima
• Alpha: Thickers Chit Chat

Candid Moments

This is 1 series of photos that i love. It’s pi & Vio having a father & son fun moment!

Supplies:

• Papers: DCWV Citrus
• Embellishment: Making Memories Notebook, Crate Paper die-cuts, Pink Paislee chipboards, Hambly clear stickers, Maya Road sheers, Heidi Grace borders rub-on, Pink Paislee Fetching rub-ons, 7G stickers
• Alphas: Doodlebug loopy love, Toga Scrapbooking

9 Months - Crawl

Hmm.. Feel like it’s been a while since I last used my Basic Grey collections.. So I decided to use it in Vio’s 9 months LO.

Supplies:

• Papers: Basic Grey Offbeat collection
• Embellishment: Basic Grey Offbeat cardstock, Basic Grey Offbeat Cardstocks, 7G stickers, Maya Road sheers
• Alphas: Basic Grey Offbeat Cardstock Mini Monogram

 

Favorite Word of The Week: Ba!

Vio is just so cute.. He can say the word “Ba!” clearly and correctly! When we’re playing peek-a-boo (or the Indonesian word is “Ciluk-Ba!”), he will say “Ba!” while uncovering his face (with blanket or cloth or something else), and then he’ll cover his face by himself again. Also if we pretend to “surprise” him by coming out of our hiding place behind the door, he can say “Ba!” haaha.. isn’t he so cuteeeeee…

And last night, pi showed him a video of him saying the word “Ba!” and he loved it! He asked pi to play it over and over again, and he’ll laugh while watching the video. Arghhhh… How I miss my baby now. I wish I can go home now! =)

 

If Only..

.. 1 day is 30 hours

.. weekends is 3 or 4 days, and working days is only 3 days

.. I can spend more time with Vio everyday

.. I don’t need to work while the $$ still rolling in :p

.. .. .. .. and the list goes on..

Somehow I feel like I’m not spending enough time with Vio. In the morning before going to work, I’ll play with him only for about 10 mins before going to work. And almost everyday, he’ll cry to see me and daddy going out without him. And that will make feel very sad.. every.single.working.day. And after work, I can only reach home around 7:15pm, while Vio is going to sleep at 8:30pm. We only have 1 hour+ together, and in between I need to shower and have my dinner. Sometimes I bathe/have dinner only after Vio is sleeping just so that I can have more time with him.

Mommy & Vio

Sometimes I envy those full-time mom who can spend the whole day with their babies. Well, of course the thought of being a full-time mom has crossed my mind millions of times, but with the current situation we have, it will only be just a dream. And IF I become a full-time mom, I must have a maid too. Hahaha.. At least until Vio is a bit bigger, otherwise I think I will suffer (instead of enjoy) from having to cleaning the house everyday, cooking, and taking care of baby whole day all by myself.  But then… having a maid in Singapore is already $600+/month by itself. Add that to the cost of our daily living and the monthly allowance for pi’s parents, AND our savings for the future.. Ah well.. I can see that it’s impossible for me to be a full-time mom. For now. 

Or how about being a part time working mom? Or a 4-working day a week? Actually that thought have just crossed my mind yesterday. But I’m not sure how my boss would react to that idea, most likely he’ll object to it, and I’m too paiseh to ask.. *Sigh* we can’t get the best from both worlds, can we?

 

Happy Weekend for Vio

Vio was very happy because we brought him out on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, we brought him to IMM. Pi was having group meeting for his masters first, so I brought Vio to look for gift for Celestine’s baptism celebration, and also brought him to ride on those small cars.. This time round, Vio was more expert in playing the steering wheel. He loves to play inside the “cars” for a looooong time.. And it was difficult to bring him out of the car coz his little hands will grip the wheels tight tight and when I put him back to the stroller, he’ll want to return back to the cars.. *sigh*

i LOVE this!

Of all the cars, his fav was Doraemon’s one! (And that was mommy’s fav too, coz mommy can also sit inside to accompany Vio playing) hehehe.. He was so engrossed with Doraemon’s steering wheel, until daddy called us to have lunch together. Yippyy.. So we had our lunch at Bagus foodcourt (and tried Bakmie Ayam there.. quite nice.. Have Indonesian flavor in it   ). During the lunch, Vio was so friendly to pi’s groupmates, he kept smiling at them. And they were praising him coz he’s so cute and friendly! hehehe.. yeah.. coz he’s outside mah… he’s so happy to be outside

And we just noticed that there’s a fairly big playground in IMM full of kids. Hmmm.. I’ve never noticed it before! hehehee.. so we brought Vio there after lunch. But apparently the playground is more for 5-12 years old kids. Vio is still too small for that. So we only played a while there, and after that go back to the “cars”, this time, Vio is riding the train!

Choo choo..

We put on a coin in the train and the moves startled all of us! Woah the train moves was quite “hectic”! Didn’t expect it to be THAT hectic.. Vio was a bit scared at first, but after sometime, he got used to it.

Oh oh I'm riding a truck!

1st encounter with Bob the Builder

Sunday…. we brought Vio to Celestine’s baptism celebration in Uncle Hendri & Auntie Ira’s home. Daddy was ready to go, and Vio was already seated nicely in the stroller. When daddy going out of the door and show no sign of bringing Vio along, the smart Vio started to go “uh uh uh uh uh uh uh..” He was afraid that we didn’t bring him along! Lol… smart boy…

At Ira’s house.. At first Vio was shy to be surrounded by so many people, but after some time, he got comfortable with the surroundings and even crawl round and round the house in high speed!

Over the weekend, Vio also showed favouritism towards daddy. In a sight of daddy, Vio will “run” (hmm.. crawl actually) towards daddy to play.. He just simply loves to be with daddy!

Daddy's boy

 

Babies Day Out ^^

Yippy… Yesterday (29 Oct 2009) was Baby and Mommy’s day out! As usual, I took leave since it was the 29th of the month, to spend time with Vio. Yesterday Vio is turning to 10 months old! Gosh, how time flies…

Anyway, I’ve made apptment with Dena and Iggy to meet at Paragon, Orchard. Vio was excited coz I’ve been telling him for few days that we’re going out! It was my first time bringing Vio out by myself, so was quite scared, but there must be the first for everything right?   To make things easier, I use the baby carrier given by Dena to carry Vio in front, so I can still load the bag and the stroller to the taxi.. And… there were no taxi… At least we waited for about 15 – 20 mins before finally I waved to a taxi opposite the street, and he made a U-turn to pick us up! Gosh, that was a long wait! And I almost walk to the taxi stand in the MRT! Anyway, during the waiting taxi period, Vio was so happy, he can look at me and grin…

Reaching Paragon, Dena and Iggy haven’t reached yet, so I decided to go Metro first. While waiting for the lift, Vio was sooo friendly to another baby on the stroller that he goes forward to touch her.. hahaa… And that baby was shy shy.. kekekekke… Despite taking the lift, apparently I went to the wrong floor.. so in the end I still need to use the escalator to go up inside the Metro itself.. It was my first time pushing the stroller in the escalator with Vio inside.. But luckily, it was quite easy apparently…

When Dena and Iggy reached, Iggy was shy shy to see Vio and he cried… oohhh… :’(  while Vio was just staring at him, maybe thinking: why is koko Iggy crying? Hehehe.. Anyway, we finally decided to have our lunch at Fish&Co.. and Vio & Iggy was seated at the baby chair. They were so happy that they also got a menu! They were busy playing with the menu and by playing, it includes throwing it around…

I'm all smile

And they’re also busy taking stuff from the table, including the next table’s stuff! Wow.. I think the ang-moh at the next table choose the wrong table..

Hmm.. I wonder what next table has..

During the lunch, Vio ate banana and small pieces of carrot and my Philadelphia fish with cheese.. he loooooooves it that he opens his mouth big big.. But anyway of course I don’t give him too many… Vio was also getting “friendly” to Koko Iggy and he pinched the top of Koko Iggy’s eyes.. ouch! Koko Iggy cried.. Aiyo why is Vio too “friendly”… hehehe.. Vio was so happy too even though he was only sitting there, he kept smiling to Auntie Dena..

I want the helicopter too..

After lunch, we brought the babies to the Kids floor, where there are few kids rides and a small playground. Vio & Iggy rode the Thomas & friends Carousel, and the mummies following the carousel going around to hold the babies until we feel @_@. I’m sure both of us look so funny going round and round the carousel… But apparently the carousel ride was not long enuff for Iggy as he cried as soon as it stops spinning… while Vio, as usual, just putting up his blur face… -_-  But he looks happy to play it!

Woah hoo..

Having fun with Thomas

Koko Iggy so stylo..

After the Thomas & friends, the babies played the jeep with 2 steers.. so each baby can have 1 steer.. once seated in, wow, Iggy was soooo excited to turn and turn the steer, even wanting to snatch Vio’s steer, while Vio was acting as the boss, turn the steer a bit and that’s all.. Ah well, Vio wants to be a big boss when he grows up! So he doesn’t need to be the one behind the steer right? Lol..

After satisfied playing with the jeep, we proceed to the playground! And I found out that Vio can climb the stairs by himself! Isn’t it amazing… Soo proud of him!

After all the plays, our babies were tired.. Originally Dena & me wanted to bring them to ION Orchard to see the lights there, but on the way there, both babies were asleep in the stroller! So I decided to go home by MRT (since Vio is sleeping anyway, and I need to wait til he wakes up if I wanna take cab). Surprisingly, he was sleeping so soundly, such that even 1 hour+ later, after I reached home, he was still sleeping, despite the noisy sound in MRT.. He must be so tired. But anyway, he looked so happy that day that I made a little promise to myself to bring him out more often

 

Gathering

It’s time for our 2nd “gathering” of the year! This time is for celebrating Alisia’s and my bday! As last time, the resto we’re going this time happen to be in Central again.. hmm… for the last few times, we’ve always been to Central.. I guess coz not much people there so we don’t need to queue?

This time we’re going to Watami, a new Japanese restaurant in town. I chose the place! Feel like having a Japanese food.. heheheee… The place was nicely decorated, and each table have own partition, and the chair was comfy. But a minus thing was… the waiters was toooooo “busy”: When we just started talking, he’ll come with his soft girly voice and soft gesture (euhhh.. you know what i mean… a sissy guy with his hands waving girly-ishly..) to offer tissue or drinks or whether we’re ready to order.. aiyoooooo… he’s so busy to disturb us siah! We just wanted to sit there, have our food & drink, and left alone, no need anything other than the food and drink and seat for chit chat! lol..

Our cosy seat & free flow japanese tea

Anyway, the food there was nice.. Aa & me had Okonomiyaki, and it was delicious! Melani had a Seafood Doria, and Allie have Bibimbap.  Wait a minute… Bibimbap is a Korean food isn’t it? Why is it being served in a Jap resto? We had no idea… but anyway the Bibimbap was nice too.. And spicy too! Yummy…

We talked and talked and talked from 6:30pm to 9+ pm.. and I think we’re the last (if not 2nd last) customers to leave the place! hahahaa.. got free flow of drinks and comfy chair mah.. =D

We love our gifts!

Mini Album for Allie

Sayonara! Till we meet again

 

2nd sickness..

Aiks! Why is it so fast he got his 2nd flu bug..

On Fri night, when I got home, Vio was already asleep.. When I touch him I felt his body temperature was a bit higher than normal.. And true enough, that night he was soooo cranky and he got a bit of fever! Or actually, almost a fever, as the temperature was just nice: 37.5 C. So we gave him the fever medicine, and the fever went down.

For the whole of Saturday, he was soo not-energetic.. Not as lively.. He looks so tired and keep wanting to go to sleep. Even when he’s crawling, it’s like so slow.. Luckily, on Sunday he was almost back to his normal self, even though his body temperature is a bit warm.. But on Sunday in the middle of the night, his body temperature was back to 37.3C.. So pi and I decided to take leave the next day to accompany him and to bring him to doc..

And guess what? After returning from the doc, he was as healthy as normal! No more “warm”, no more tired.. lol.. maybe the cure was to go out of the house? lol.. He was so happy that we brought him out.. Well, I’m glad that he’s back to normal now! The doc said that it’s a normal flu virus… oh-oh.. I hope he’s not getting it from me :”>

Ah… on Monday afternoon, pi & I were going to Jurong Point to buy some stuff. Vio knew that we’re going to go, and he was holding on to pi tight tight, not wanting to let go, coz he wants to go with us too. When nai2 tries to take him from pi, he cried out “da-dy da-dy” and hold on to him even tighter.. Oh yeah.. daddy was veeeeery happy!

 

Who’s the Smart boy?

.. Of course it’s Savio! Kekekeke… He’s getting smarter each day… His fav activity now is to throw things (balls, etc) around and crawl for it, throw again and crawl towards it again… Now if the balls happen to “stuck” under his highchair, for example, he can’t reach the ball coz he’s too big to go under the highchair.. now.. what will he do?

The smart boy will see whether he can reach the ball (using his hands) from other sides of the high chair or not. If can, he’ll crawl towards that other side and get the ball from there. Otherwise, he’ll push the highchair away so that he can take his ball and throw it again!

*Clap clap clap..* now that’s my boy! So proud of him!