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• I need $ to be a better Parent

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 10:59 in bad parents, bazaar, binbin, carpet tape, child, closer look, debts, explaination, extra money, feelings, God, keep

  That’s just sound awfully wrong! But it seems to explain my case - what I managed to do with the little money I got from my last bazaar. Take a look at Allan and my wardrobe. Binbin sleeps right...

• Everyone was curious, so here’s the answer

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 22:48 in abuse, alot, amp, baby, bil, birth story, births, blog, blogging, blogs, bro, busy in the kitchen

  I wanted to reply every single comment for the previous post. But I realized everyone was so concerned. So Instead of replying every single comment, I thought maybe I should just post the answers as t...

• Oh Pleassssee!

  Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 10:59 in 2 girls, appointment, appointments, beats, believer, bil, boxes, boxing, brother, butt, cards, child

  Today’s Family Gathering was a roller coaster ride, with the kids of course, I’m their Sunday nanny remember? When I reached there, Zeng Yee and her younger sis Mun Yee were in the Study R...

• Thought of the Day

  Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 05:34 in afterall, angel, beats, binbin, bowling buddies, brink, buddies, challenges, channel, cheese, child, comedy variety

  Binbin didn’t sleep till 1am last night. Nope, no tantrums, nothing out of the ordinary. He was just too excited and happy yesterday because everything went smoothly for him the whole day, that ...

• Maybe Baby

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 in 6 million, aging population, attitudes, babies, baby, birth rate singapore, birth rates, births, bonus, child, children, chinese community

  There have been so many news about the crisis Singapore is facing in the near future….the decreasing or rather aging population as less Singaporeans are willing to get married younger and give ...

• Being A Parent

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 10:55 in 5am, bedsheet, binbin, birthdays, bladder, buying toys, challenges, child, children, continuation, cough, coughs

  Being a parent is having to wake up at 5am in the morning with eyes half open and mind still asleep, holding a dustbin infront of your coughing child, ready to catch whatever vomits that is going to c...

• 18 Children!!!

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 10:59 in baby, child, children, gold, kid, lots of love, love, loving children, mountain of gold, parent, parenting, parenting idea

  Yes, I’ve said it over and over again that I love children and would love to have many if I owned a mountain of gold but 18 Children. Wow! I don’t think I can ever handle that!!! Talk abou...

• Answering, Clarifying and Updating

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 22:43 in alot, armour, believer, binbin, blog, blogging, blogs, boxing, bronchitis, Candy, child, children

  Thank you everyone for your consoling and encouraging words. I wanted to answer some of your comments in the comment boxes itself, but I’ve got a feeling, you probably won’t go back to the...

• Its Challenging, I’m still sharpening my skills

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 14:28 in afterall, apology, babies, baby, binbin, blogs, boxing, brother, butt, challenges, child, children

  Yes parenting is probably the most challenging job in the world, ‘cos the person(s) you are dealing with is your own flesh and blood, In order to get out of a situation like working under an awf...

• She STOLE it!

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 08:17 in alot, appearance, background story, binbin, boxing, care giver, chaos, child, children, cough, cousin, cousins

  I thought it was bad enough for me on Sunday with aching back and legs from Thursday’s and Friday’s 12 hours of standing in the heat, just to help my friend - but I was wrong. It was worse...

• Child Abuse?

  Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 08:56 in 3 year old, abuse, beats, big bro, big brother, binbin, bro, brother, bruise, bruises, car transporter, child

  My boy isn’t very happy. Did I scold him? Nope! Did I beat him? Nope! Did I punish him? Nope! Let’s take a closer look…… My easily-prone-to-accident-3-year-old had a fall on ...

• Their Very First Bicycles

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 10:59 in 12pm, afterall, alterations, bells, bicycle shop, bicycles, bikes, binbin, brakes, child, children, cycling

  2+ years ago, we exchanged our petrol points for a mini bicycle for my (then) 2+ year old Keatkeat. That was his first bicycle, but it was NOT BOUGHT by his parents, it felt more like a free gift from...

• Wake-y wake-y

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 in amp, blogger, bloggers, blogs, bronchitis, chalet, child, children, cough, darkness, dear papa, Dustbin

  Last night I was blog-hopping at 1am in my sister’s room after sending my kids to dreamland. After the weekend break over at the Chalet, I’ve got lots of posts to read and lots of catching...

• My Son was Rejected

  Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 10:59 in 4 months, babies, baby, blessings, blisters, Cars, check signs of danger, child, child care centre, children, disease, encouragements

  (I want to thank all of you for your kind words and encouragements to my Heavy Heart yesterday, you guys are really a wonderful bunch! May your life be filled with blessings!) I had been wondering all...

• A Heavy Heart…

  Posted on Thursday July 17th, 2008 at 05:05 in anniversary, apology, ballet dancer, ballet shoes, binbin, blogs, broom, channel u, child, child parent relationship, child parent relationships, children

  I was watching the 10pm show on Channel U, ‘The Perfect Cut’ yesterday, the morale of yesterday’s short stories were about parent-child relationship. Story 1: A young man wanted to c...

• Are you the favoured One?

  Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 07:03 in alot, ba zi, bil, child, children, Emotion, Emotions, experiences, eye to eye, family members, favourite son, fil

  My father-in-law was discharged today. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONCERNS, WELL-WISHES and PRAYERS! *muack* He is back home resting well now, but will be back in the hospital 4-6weeks later to remov...

• Hospital Kids

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 10:00 in adult, alot, child, children, cousin, cousins, ears, fil, golden rule, handling misbehaviour, hospital, hospitalisation

  As you know, I’m a SAHM. So no matter where I am, my children will be. Even when I’m bathing, they will come over every other minute and ask….. “Mommy, are you bathing?…....

• Happy Birthday Meimei

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 10:43 in alot, angie the choice, babies, baby, bum, care centre, child, child care centre, children, coins, diapers, doctors

  Psssst…..did you know Keatkeat is not my first child? She came by way before I was married, way before I worked in the Child Care Centre, way before I started giving tuition and way before my me...

• Unusual Sunday

  Posted on Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 10:59 in 3 years, bone marrow, bones, bro, cells, child, children, dad, dislike, doctors, faces, fil

  We went over to my in-law house this morning for the usual Sunday Family Gathering. But today is different…. My father-in-law, who is hardly ill, has been vomiting, having high fever and feeling...

• Shit encounter

  Posted on Friday July 4th, 2008 at 10:59 in alot, anus, auntie, aunties, carpet, chaos, child, child care centre, children, clowns, diarrhea, drawings

  I love to read comments and yesterday’s comments made me laugh (especially Clement’s) as much as I had made you guys laugh at my misery….hummm…sounds a little ironic… Wan...

• Ka-Ching!$$$

  Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 in bil, bonus, budget, Cars, cash money, celebration, child, children, children development account, children in time, coins, Company

  I felt like a wealthy woman this week. Never had such a feeling before and I hope this will be the beginning of ending my (currently) miserably un-rich life. The money that came in this week: GST Cre...

• Impressive?

  Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 10:35 in alphabet, binbin, Cars, champagne, child, dear friends, diapers, game, great news, hair dryer, kid, mattress

  Many of you were concerned that I may be too harsh on Keatkeat after seeing the kind of worksheets (yesterday’s post) I give him. I can’t help but laugh a little.   That’s the las...

• Are you confused?

  Posted on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 in 15 months, brain, brand logos, bro, car brand, Cars, child, child test, children, correct answer, days of the week, energy level

  Today is the Last Day of the one month long School Holidays, Yippeee!!!! Finally, my life can be back to the more predictable routine, instead of squeezing my brain for new stuff to do with them day ...

• You NEED to see This!

  Posted on Friday June 20th, 2008 at 10:11 in child, children, daddies, daddy, handling misbehaviour, kid, mommies, mommy, parenting, parenting ideas, parenting tips, Parents

  Dear Mommies and Daddies out there, are you ever ready to go on a confrontation like this with your kid? There’s definitely more than one lesson to learn from this video, SERIOUSLY! addthis_...

• Rice Dumplings

  Posted on Monday June 9th, 2008 at 22:51 in auntie, big mouth, cantonese language, celebration, child, chinese friends, chinese lunar calendar, chinese origin, chunk, chunks, desktop calendar, dragon boat festival

  Saturday, Keatkeat did something that could have cost his life. Sunday, he gave me a bloody wake-up call and he did it again yesterday. It’s horrible to wake up in this way, as if you were elect...

• It hurts

  Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 10:58 in 100m, 4 year old, appearance, back seat, binbin, bleeding heart, block nose, brother, bump, Cars, cheek to cheek, child

  My day started off great, I was all pumped up to post all the things which made me smile from cheek to cheek the moment I opened my eyes to greet ‘today’ ,”good morning!” I hop...

• Baby Full Month Celebration

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 21:31 in 1st month celebration, angkueh, babies, baby, baby full month celebration, baby full month, baby shower, baby shower gift ideas, baby shower gifts, baby shower presents, baby stuff, celebration party

  Surrounded by babies lately. Just earlier this week, my Seconday School Friend, Xiuyan, gave birth to a lovely daughter. Today, I will be going to my Primary School Friend, Lianmeng’s son’...

• Have you heard?

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 21:08 in baby, baby boy, bavaria, child, child trafficking, ebay, explaination, funny side, german couple, german police, good hands, internet auction site

  This happened on Sunday, German police have taken a 7 month baby away from a German couple in Bavaria who are under investigation after putting their child for sale on Internet auction site Ebay! The ...

• Kids Think Glasses Make Others Look Smart & Honest

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 00:23 in 8 years, appearance, athletic abilities, child, ethnicity, girls, healthday, intelligence, kid, media portrayals, myopia, old glasses

  When I read the article today from HealthDay News, I was reminded of the biggest regret I ever had. That was exactly what went through my mind when I was 7 years old. Glasses will make me look smarte...

• Singapore Arts Festival 2008

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 02:36 in 5m, boat quay, Cars, child, clowns, father's love, fireworks, fools, grand opening, kid, left hand, minute decision

  This beautiful picture is from Singapore Arts Festival Website. It was a last minute decision to attend the grand opening of the yearly Singapore Arts Festival yesterday. We saw the news at 6.30pm la...