A simple dumpling dinner with Wong family 饺子餐

鲜少下厨的妈妈在煮饺子哦！款待我们的好友：Wong Family。看看我的饺子队！美酒佳肴算不上，朋友相聚是很开心的，很庆幸周围这六七家的友谊。

I prepared dumpling for a dinner with the Wong family. It was so nice to have friends get together. After the dinner, we went to Qing's birthday party, where both kids and parents had fun. Photos on the party is updated in the entry for Jan babies.

A Beaufort Hotel @ Sentosa 圣淘沙三天两夜

Kenny's company had the bi-annually management summit from 27 to 29 Jan at A Beaufort Hotel. Our family joined him for the hotel stay and enjoyed ourselves at Sentosa. In fact, he had been attending conferences all day long, and only joined us at the end of the day. So, Mummy took the two little monkeys with the help from Auntie Imelda ventured a little and had lots of fun, from the mere bonding time.

爸爸公司一年两度的管理会议又来了，这回是在圣淘沙的Beaufort 酒店。妈妈带着两个小宝贝在圣淘沙玩的乐开怀。

A Beaufort Hotel 百富大酒店

Mummy took leave from Wed onwards, and spent some sweet time with little Han Yue on Wed and Thurs before going to Sentosa in the evening of Thurs. We arrived at the hotel at around 7pm, and waited for daddy till 8pm to go for the musical fountain show 'Song of the Seas' at 8.40pm. Mei was scared by the loud music and smoky blue lights, and two of us went off half way. I have to admit that it is indeed a bit scary to watch smoke coming from a dark sea with blue lights hovering at the background. Han Jin finished watching the whole show but also commented that he didn't like it. So, not recommendable for family with young kids.

第一天：我们在27号傍晚到了酒店，等爸爸开完会，八点多去看海上音乐喷泉。妹妹有些害怕，我带着她先回酒店了。

Hotel & Song of the Sea 酒店和海上音乐喷泉

Day 2: got up at around 8:30am. Had breakfast, and Han Jin did his Kumon. We explored the hotel a little bit, and noted that the swimming pool is 2.5m deep. I intended to write a summary for Beaufort at the end of the entry, but couldn't hold myself any longer. It is NOT a family friendly hotel. There is no kid's playground, no kids pool. It is ideal for couples as the landscape is huge and tranquil, known for its sprawling garden & lily ponds, the tiptop spa, and fine dining at a cliff overseeing the sea. All set for romantic astomphere. Recommended for couples but not family. For family, I'd suggest the Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa hotel, where it is walking distance to beach, and having big kids fun pool and arts room to keep the young ones happy in the hotel.

Nevertheless, we still played a little along the pond side, and Han Jin carried Mei on his back. We then walked down the wooden broadwalk from the hotel to wait for the Beach tram.

第二天：早上吃完早餐，做完作业，我们在酒店玩了一小会儿。瀚今背着妹妹在走廊跑，当然阿姨在扶着了。然后，去酒店下面的海滩等海滩游览车。

The tram took us to Palawan Beach, where Han Jin and Han Yue played water. Han Jin was more adventurous into the seashore this time, while Mei Mei stayed back in the kid's play area, as her fine little feet were still not willing to touch the sands. We then went for the close encounter with reptile (a big lizard to me, and both Han Jin & Han Yue bravely touched the reptile). Mei was imitating how the reptile sticking out its tongue. At the Primate animal show, kids played while waiting for the show to begin, and we also took turns to play with Mummy's sun glasses. There was this lively host who was very good in engaging audience and acting really resembling his primate friend. Mei kept saying 'funny uncle, funny uncle'. Hush, dear, that's rude.

清晨的海滩很美，俩个小小子玩的很开心，臭美的妈妈在海风中玩自拍。又接连看了两场表演。瀚今瀚月都很勇敢的摸了大蜥蜴，解说员讲这是因为孩子们眼中的蜥蜴们都是来自动画片中的可爱形象，而我们大人却看多了恐怖的电影。。 看猴子们的表演也甚是有趣，也来看看我的两只小猴子吧，外加妈妈这只大猴子:)

After a sound nap, we drove to Resort World Sentosa and had dinner there. I planned to go into the Universal Studio for a look but we arrived at 5:30pm with it closing at 7pm, and there were no after hours (7pm to 10pm) sightseeing on the day. So, we just walked around to meet some big puppet, the God of Fortune and made cute faces, both Mei and Mummy.. :)

A bit disappointed with the Universal Studio, we headed to the Underwater World to catch a view of the fishes, which turned out to be quite welcomed by the little ones. Mei is very fluent in singing 'Fishes, fishes where you are', while Han Jin enjoyed very much the touch pool. 8pm plus, we drove back to hotel and met daddy at the lobby. Mei went back to hotel room for a better sleep (Han Jin took the big bathtub as a mini swimming pool the night earlier, and splashed water till late that Mei wasn't able to sleep at her usual 9pm). Three of us then took the bus to RWS again to watch the Lake of Dreams show, and Han Jin took a few photos for his beloved parents :)

睡过下午觉，去圣淘沙名胜世界玩，有遇到财神爷，得到金元宝的:)。后来又去了海底世界，小朋友们很开心的，妹妹会唱小鱼的歌，哥哥逐个儿去摸小鱼儿，海星和stingray. 八点多钟，等爸爸回来，妹妹先回去睡觉，我们三人去看梦之湖的表演，瀚今给爸爸妈妈照了美美的照片:)

Day 3: Routine breakfast and Kumon. Then we went to the corner of the swimming pool to use the hotel facility for the first time. Look at Auntie Imelda in the sweet swimming wear, an early birthday gift from me. After an hour, we went back to the hotel to pack, and there was a peacock coming to bid us farewell. Oh, the other thing about the hotel, there were a lot of peacocks in the compound. When we drove the other day, I waited about 3 minutes on the road for a cohort of ten over peacocks crossing the road gracefully.

Au Revoir, A Beaufort Hotel. Home, Sweet Home again!

第三天：例行早餐，作业，在泳池玩了一个多小时，就收拾行李回家了。有孔雀来送行的:), 这里真的很多孔雀，在驾车去名胜世界的途中，我有等一群十多只的孔雀优雅地穿过马路。

再见了，圣淘沙！

At the Pool & Bye 泳池边

爸爸发了几张公司里的照片，看看爸爸白天都在做什么？Some photos from daddy's company photographer, a glimpse into daddy's daytime activity...

英玲家的聚会 + 妹妹的汽车座椅 Gathering at Ying Ling's & Mei's Car Seat

周末去英玲家，小如意满月了！久违的朋友们，依然亲切。突然想起小S对大S的话：爱她的才华横溢，爱她的无酒不欢！适合讲给巧红。:) 感谢英玲一家的盛情款待和住家美食，可惜没有拍到女主人的照片。亮亮和恬恬和瀚今瀚月玩的很开心，在楼下骑车子，每人一架哦！在游乐场牵手的照片看着递增的高度，瀚今还一直说着亮亮哥哥呢！席间，感性的二姐拿出相册给我们看，有人提起看起来我们大家和十年前还一样，我想这是因为我们在一起变老吧. 英玲讲这叫相对静止！heehee :)

妹妹早前买的汽车座椅一直没有用，今天开张了！送上妹妹3连拍，附送妈妈素颜3连拍：）不要吐啊！

We had a gathering at Ying Ling's place over the weekend, friends of over 10 years got together. I always love the home cooked food by Ying Ling's family. :)) the last time We had it was 3 years ago for Tian Tian's full month celebration, and this time for Ru Yi's. Hope that we don't have to wait for the number 4 for the next. heehee:) Thinking back, I haven't invited them over for dinner except for Han Jin's full month. I should do something even if I don't cook. Children played together happily, while old friends chatted away. There is this Theory of Relativity about how we looked still the same as 10 years ago, it was because we are not aging relative to one other, in other words we are aging together.. :)))

Mei Mei's car seat was put aside for quite some time and we started to use it on this weekend. A few photos of Mei and us (a lot of Mum... pls bear with me..:)))

To January Babies 一月的生日快乐

高升 （12月31日）老婆买的蛋糕很甜

稍稍算是一月的生日吧! 想记录是因为万颖买的甜蜜蛋糕。虽然没有照片，可是平实的温情和甜蜜最感人！我一直觉得，他们是最脚踏实地的幸福。万颖的小小浪漫，IT达人心里一定是appreciate的！

Hui Jen  (15 Jan) To the friend I forgot to say Happy Birthday

Hui Jen's birthday happens to be on the same day as mine, the one on my official identification. Hence, I always think we have similar frequency, and the foundation of friendship. This year, it happend to be over the weekend that my girl fell sick, and I didn't even had a chance to say Happy Birthday. Over the next few days, the right chance did not come, and even the ordinary chance slipped away.

Here, I'd like to say Happy Birthday to this nice girl, my colleague in two companies and my friend. The one who packs lunch for me when I am aiming to finish early to be with the family; the one who listens to me when I have something to vent; the one who is gentle, who cares, whom loved.

高晟为 （1 月17日）妈妈请来的魔术师

晟为的生日在15日下午度过，万颖请来了魔术师。还有balloon sculpture，face painting etc。 小朋友们玩的很开心。大病初愈的小月儿也讲了happy birthday。没有太多照片，小寿星的大头照也是后来补照的（负责照相的爸爸呀！）。去玲玲的blog看更多吧！http://haojunandqing.blogspot.com/2011/01/17012011.html

My Birthday (Lunar 15 Dec) Lovely Bouquet 红玫瑰和白玫瑰

It was a little surprise to receive this lovely bouquet, white lily with gypsophila, surrounded by leaves. My favorite colors: green and white. It was online ordered from a firm with a motto "Make someone smile today". Right, the loverly bouquet made my day, brightened my heart, reassured the love. Thanks to my dear hubby, though I am happy even without the flower, but I still love it! :)

很喜欢张爱玲，已记不得准确的原文，大意是这样的：
娶了红玫瑰，久而久之，红的变了墙上的一抹蚊子血，白的还是"床前明月光"；娶了白玫瑰，白的便是衣服上沾的一粒饭黏子，红的却是心口上一颗朱砂痣。
一直以为是经典，总怕自己变成饭黏子亦或是蚊子血，所以会常常问他，常常提醒他，常常要一点点来证明。

It's about a verse by an Chinese female author, Eileen Chang, who was noted for writings of the love story in the oldie Shanghai and occupied Hong Kong in forties of last century. She is considered by some scholars to be among the best Chinese literature of the period. Many of her pieces were translated and filmed, including the recent Lust, Caution starring Tony Leung and Tang Wei. The one I quoted here described how man usually have two women in his life (at least two), and how he will cherish the one he did not choose in his heart. It also reflected the insecurity of this married woman.. :))) That's why I need this bouquent, though I do not regard myself material. :))

想象老公看到这里的反应：唯女子与小人难养也！呵呵：）

Yin Yin (21 Jan) A surprise party by the sweetheart

One night in the hospital when Mei Mei was sleeping soundly on me, I received a text from Arben that he is organising a surprise party for Yin. How sweet and thoughtful! We, women, probably need the reassurance from time to time, in all forms. :)

I brought my camera on the day, but the battery turn flat after 4 shots. Hence, the lovely purple cake isn't here. Lovely Isabella and charming Sebastain aren't here. The pretty gifts from the guests, and the Apple Notebook with a color of shimmering pearl from Arben aren't here. However, I remember the laughter, the wine, and the good company. I must say that Yin, my friend, she is someone who knows how to cultivate relationship and friendship. Life as busy, she always make a point to call once in while, to share her life and thoughts and to listen to yours. That's why she has all these friends from different lines and backgrounds. Lucky girl, there is always a reason to be lucky.

Birthday Gal; Sweet Arben; some of the friends

妈妈的生日（农历12月21日）遥远的祝福


07 年妈妈与瀚今


子曰：父母在，不远游，游必有方。这句话的整个意思是：当父母双亲还健在的时候，不要外出。实在非要外出不可的话，你将要去的地点也要让父母知道。不要到处瞎逛，让老人家操心。也有解说，'方’是指有方向，有目标，要走的值得。我定然是没有做到不远游，只希望还游的有方。

妈妈和我的生日只差七天，按我的‘频率’论，我们应该很能接的上的？曾经有友人说我是拇指姑娘，要找到适合的土壤，才会快乐幸福。时至今日，我已不再后悔任何事。只是远离双亲，不能在膝下孝顺，总是找不到合适的词来形容。。。换个角度想，在家的时候，我也从不是个省心的女儿。妈妈对我，应该是放手的爱！

亲爱的妈妈，生日快乐！

Quotes by Confucius: When the parents are still around, you should not travel afar. Even if you have to, you have to let parents know your whereabouts, you have to make proper arrangements for them before you go, you should assess whether it is worthwhile to be away from them.

皓清 （1月30日）提前的祝福

小小子，生日快乐！两岁了，比妹妹大半年，老练多了。清清很sociable，看到哪个阿姨，都是要抱的。搞的阿姨们都沾沾自喜，都以为自己特有小孩缘。是不是妈妈在家没抱够呀！

给所有的老二：你们都是妈妈独一无二的宝贝！
To all the number two and subsequents: each one of you is special!

Update some photos from Qing's birthday party, 美丽妈妈和爸爸的情侣衫:

Motherhood made me strong 雨过天晴

Since I broadcasted my newly created blog to all friends in my phone contact list, there were quite a few comments from some mummy friends that I am a good mum. I just want to say that I might have overdone the whole thing including the entry itself, as this is part and parcel of motherhood and every mum must have experienced something similar.

I was once a small girl, looking over Mum's shoulder;
Never thought I could be as strong;
Never thought I could be puked upon;
Motherhood made me strong.

I was once a young girl, hiding behind Mum's skirt;
Never thought I could be as fearless;
Never thought I could kill a cockroach with one step;
Motherhood made me fearless;

I was once a vain girl, trying out Mum's blush;
Never thought I could be so confident;
Never thought I could walk out with no makeup yet still confident;
Motherhood made me complete.

雨过天晴了，谢谢各位的关心。是母爱让我们更坚强！送上妹妹专辑！

苦难记再续

周五 （1月14号）
又是一番挣扎来扎静脉针。抗生素进去后，妹妹明显好转，下午精神好多了。也能吃一点饭了。前几天基本上都是靠喝奶过日子的。晚上瀚今来和妹妹玩，瀚月很开心。很爱哥哥的！晚上睡到也好一些，我抱着妹妹也能睡一下。

痛苦的早上，还好的下午，开心的晚上

周六 （1月15号）
周六又有好转，体温基本低于38度。我们还去外面走了走，妹妹很喜欢鱼缸里的鱼。我们一起唱着小鱼的歌。做雾化治疗也成了扮大象的游戏。阿姨和我轮番给妹妹讲故事。整个过程中，爸爸和阿姨的贡献也很大。爸爸每天清晨和晚上都会来。阿姨白天基本上都在。瀚今表现也很好，很会鼓励妹妹吃药的！瀚今和爸爸睡了三个晚上，也没有问题的！

医院大堂，鱼缸，扮大象，会讲故事的阿姨

周日（1月16号）
清晨的点滴快要完了，针却堵住了，只好拔了出来。护士打给龚医生。医生来看了，决定让我们出院。拜三再复查。在家继续雾化，口服抗生素，吃其他药。天空总算放晴了，心里的石头也放下来了。办理出院手续，账单为数不少，还好公司全报。
回到家里，觉得一切都阳光明媚，云开雾散！

周日早上，妹妹的房间，门牌号和妹妹，感谢信，护士台，病房走廊

后记
妹妹现在好了。一个礼拜，可怜的妹妹，心疼的妈妈，永远不要再来的苦难。

Ordeal 瀚月的一周苦难记

It has been a terrible week for Mei Mei. The week started with a light-hearted Sun morning at the Wong family. Mei was a bit feverish in the afternoon, so that I brought her to one GP. As it was merely starting, there was nothing conclusive and a few fever & cough medicine was given. The symptoms were not obvious except for the temperature. We still played a fair bit on Monday and Tuesday. Fever was not subsidised, so I brought her to another GP, who declared that the lung was clear, and same medicine continued with Flumicile added to loosen the phlegm.

On Wed night, things made an ugly turn, and I was waken up by Mei Mei's cry. When I held her in my arm, she was literally a hot pot. I had to convince my medicine-aversive hubby that things was not rosy at all and we had to bring her to hospital. We settled for a specialist, as I did see his point that there would be trauma in hospital. We landed at Kinder Clinic at Gleneagles on Thursday morning. Dr Gong is new to us, but he seems a fine doctor to me. Temperature taken at 39.9 degree; Paracetomal given immediately even before Dr Gong has arrived; tests ran and a relief to know influenza is excluded; Nebulizer given to clear the airway. Then we sat down, and Dr Gong gave the option of hospitalisation vs monitoring at home. Panic, I opted for hospitalisation. To date, I still couldn't tell whether it was a right decision. My pool little girl has gone through such an ordeal in the hospital until she has stress induced motion every time a nurse enters the room. My heart aches...

Contacted insurer, obtained Letter of Guarantee, admitted. Another choice between single bed vs 2 bedder room. Luckily my company covers up to single room and guaranteed bills.

Ward West 9, Gleneagles, bed 935.

Thursdays afternoon: Mei Mei had difficulty to breathe as the phlegm was simply too much and too thick. Trauma No. 1: Nurses came to inform that they had to perform suction, in order to clear her airway and get phlegm for culture. My girl was forced to lie down, wrapped by bed sheet to restrain arms/legs swinging, catheter inserted, thick phlegm out, tears out, hers and mine...

Thursdays night: Mei Mei could barely sleep for more than 5 minutes in a row, as she would cough herself up. With Nubelizer, phlegm was loosened and there were large amount in the whole airway. She was either not able to cough out and triggered vomiting, or phlegm coughed out from nose and mouth and sad mum was covered by both vomits and mucus. I held my girl the whole night. The first night that we were all together by ourselves since Jun, where Han Jin had taken over Mei's place after the China trip. I always thought of having a big bed, so that I can have both my kids to me at night. Paracetomal, Neurophine, Volaren suppository, all given, fever was still out of control. At 5am, temperature turned 40.4 degree.

Friday morning: Trauma No. 2: Nurse called Dr Gong at 5am. It was then decided that antibiotics was required not only by oral, but also through IV. 7am, Mei Mei was brought to a procedure room, again, bed sheet wrapped her with just one arm out, for the IV. Ever being a nurse myself, I had days that giving IV to more than 20 kids in one morning. It was a job to the doctor and nurse involved. It is a heartbreaking moment for the parents involved. Mei Mei cried, mumbled, 'Mum, hold me, get up, auntie go, Mummy, help..'. I couldn't help her out, instead conspired with the medical staff to hold her down. I strolled my fingers through her hair, and tried to calm her down. She gave in struggling, just staring at me with tear-welled eyes. My poor girl, how sorry mummy is.

Dr Gong came at 8am and explained that Bronchitis had gone deeper, pneumonia might be looming. After the IV drip, we were wheelchaired to X-ray to check on the severity of lung infection. I had to go back to work for half day for some urgent project UAT testing. Daddy took the slot in the afternoon and testified Mei Mei was a bit better in the afternoon. Auntie Imelda was there during the day, helping out quite a fair bit, to relieve me from holding Mei as she now only sleeps on me or Imelda. In the evening, Han Jin came to visit and Mei was very happy to see Gege came and played in the corridor. Her mood was much lighter whenever Han Jin came to visit.

Friday night, the fever was largely under control, hovering around 38 to 38.5. She sleeps better, so did I, under her. She was terrified with nurses, and we agreed that I would take the temperature and tell the nurses instead of them coming in. At medicine rounds, we either played hide and seek in the corridor or ran a bit after each medicine given. For nubelizer, I played 'who wants to be an elephant' with her. I also picked up my nursing skill to adjust the nubelizer volume and resolve IV drip collusion, all to prevent the sight of a nurse to Mei Mei.

Saturday, things got better. We even went out for a limited tour in the hospital. The fish tank at Medical Center block entertained Mei a lot, and we sang 'Fishes, fishes, where are you' together. Normal medicine rounds, nubelizer, IV drip, and temperature controlled around 37 to 38 degree. Mei slept even better in her lovely green cot (probably the first time since birth that she had a near whole night in a cot) and I caught up some sleep on the sofa bed. I even read a little Straits Times while waiting for an update from the nurse. There was this motherly nurse for night shift who is very caring, and full of smile. A little gesture of always holding the door until it closes won my heart, as minimal noise was welcomed for Mei's sound sleep. A pity that I did not get her name.

Sunday morning, the IV was blocked when the drip was nearly finished. It has to be taken out before the antibiotics and saline goes into the tissue instead of vessel. The soft needle has apparently kinked since Mei became very active again on Sat. Dr Gong was called upon, and he decided to let us be discharged. In conclusion, he mentioned that there were early lung infection evidenced by the Xray and it responded well to the antibiotics. Mei was 80% recovered and we need to go back for follow up on Wed. We loaned a Nubelizer machine from the clinic, bagged our stuff, thanked the staff, signed discharge form, came back home, sweet home.

A summary assessment for Gleneagles West 9 ward: Satisfactory. Nurses are very nice and accommodating. Service staff are nice and puncture. Rooms can be bigger but have nice bathroom. Meals are delicious. The paintings in the corridor is a plus, cute, educational and loved by both my kids.

At home, we used my newly-bought Braun ear thermometer to measure Mei hourly. Temperature was below 37.5 on Sun, no fever medicine required. Temperature was below 37 on Monday, and was around 36.5 today. Oral antibiotics continued. Everything is rosy again. We are due for follow up with the clinic tomorrow, in fact, today.

It was such a relief that this ordeal has come to an end. As a mother, I don't know whether I had made all the right choice for my precious little one. But mummy try to make the best choice at all available means for my loved ones. Han Yue, Mummy love you so much! We work together to fend off any possibility of ordeal in the future, and Mum will always be there, sunny or rainy.



瀚月在Angelina家



周日（1月9日）

早晨，瀚月在Angelina家玩的挺开心的，流一点小小鼻涕。下午，妹妹有一点发烧，去了一家诊所，因为是刚开始，没有诊断，给了发烧和咳嗽药。



3 宝3连拍



周一 周二 周三（1 月10号 11 号 12 号）

拜一拜二妹妹症状不是很明显，我们其实也没有狠心逼她好好吃药。只是体温时高时低。回想起来，妹妹都是在晚上比较严重，可是我晚上没有跟妹妹睡，不知道情况。应该是更小心些的。周二早上，我还带她去另一家常去的诊所，医生也说肺部清晰，应该是病毒感染，体温应该在三四天内降下来。

周四 （1月13号）

拜三晚上我听到妹妹在哭，来到她的房间，抱起她，烫手的妹妹。挨到天明，和老公商量一定要送妹妹去医院了。老公是个对西医蛮反感的人，经常看了医生，却不让吃药。折中，大家同意带妹妹去看儿科专科医生。在鹰阁医院的龚医生诊所，妹妹的体温39.9度，护士很是吃惊，打给龚医生，直接先上了退烧药。医生来了，做了一些检查，决定住院。妹妹的痰很多很稠，做了几次雾化治疗，并不见好，呼吸都有困难。医生决定抽痰。很痛苦的过程，我可怜的女儿。

到了晚上，妹妹基本上不能睡超过5分钟，会咳醒。吐了3次。抱了一夜，放下的话，呼吸会堵住。我基本上是胃内容物和痰盂。早上5点，体温烧到了40.4度。护士打电话给龚医生，决定开始静脉点滴抗生素。

雾化治疗

可能太大了，速度很慢，再续。

Art Wall 瀚今的美术墙

We received the graduation photo for Han Jin's N2 class from Little Skool House by the Vista. Inspired by the art wall in Hong Feng's cluster house, I decided to put up Han Jin's art work for this year. Han Jin started Visual Arts class in LSH 3 months ago, and I do see improvements in his drawings.

He was very excited on his works on display and explained each drawings with details. I understood that the fish swims in dark blue sea; glittering Christmas trees has dangling jojo for hanging of presents?; the yellow house in the zoo belongs to our family, while the rest are the houses of our 6 neighboring families; Han Jin and Mum went on kite flying, though actually it was Dad who ran with him in the grassfield for the kite........

We also took out the dinosaur wall sticker, Han Jin's 4th birthday presents from Angelina, and pasted it on the wall. It was cute that there are exactly 5 dinosaurs, and Han Jin  has named each of them: the little one in front is the Brother Dinosuar, talking with the green giant Papa D, followed by Mama D with little red Mei Mei D in between, and lastly Aunt D.

瀚今从小班毕业了，受了洪凤家美术墙和胡平家美术馆的启发，我把瀚今的美术作品都贴在了墙上。瀚今很开心的和我分享了每一张画作的故事，难得我腼腆的儿子很骄傲呢！瀚今四岁生日时收到Angelina的礼物：恐龙贴纸，我们也把它们贴上了墙。可爱的儿子可以描述出恐龙一家的活动：哥哥恐龙走在最前面，在和爸爸恐龙讲故事；妈妈恐龙和小小红色妹妹龙跟在后面；最后的是阿姨恐龙。

Last week, I stayed at home quite a bit as both kids were not doing well. I worked from home on Monday, and took day off on Wed though it was our FX hedging day (thank my immediate manager for being understanding and appreciate the flexibility). Things went ulgly on Wed night, and Mei Mei was admitted to Gleneagles Hospital on Thurs and was discharged today. I will update more on this string in next entry. Right now, let me finish Han Jin's art works.  Han Jin was kept at home from Mon to Wed as he was coughing, and we spent a little good time together before Mei Mei fell seriouly ill on Wed night. On Wed, Han Jin and Mum made stars together with the following steps:
1. Mum draws a star;                   2. Han Jin colors the star;                         3. Han Jin cuts the star;
4. Mum fine cuts the star;             5. Han Jin puts doule sided tape;              6. Han Jin puts up the star.

瀚今和瀚月上个礼拜都不舒服，在瀚月的情况还没有严重之前，妈妈和瀚今一起做了星星。妈妈负责画和精剪，瀚今负责填画，粗剪，放胶布，贴星星在墙上。值得一提的是：所有妈妈的照片都是瀚今照的，很不错呀！之前一直没有给过瀚今机会，看到贞霓的博客Angelina已经会照相了，所以瞒着爸爸给瀚今用爸爸心爱的照相机 ：）

Star Making 一起做星星 Han Jin: You Are Mummy's Star in the Making!

Backlog cleared 全新开始

总算把上次的几个blog entries import 进这里了。以前的照片还在windows live, 去这里看，好吗？
http://cid-d8fe7871f3abc450.photos.live.com/summary.aspx?sa=959947845

这几个礼拜都做了什么呢？倒叙是比较容易想起来的。今天去Angelina 家，美味的食品，猪脚醋让我老公想起来我坐月子的时候 ：）瀚今&Angelina 一起吃饭，做瑜伽，umm，Angelina是我们的啦，有照片为证，童鞋们不要吃醋哦！
昨天瀚今的Yamaha音乐课第一次开课，爸爸带去的。妈妈在外面看着自己长长的手指懊恼，就和妹妹玩自拍了！下午去拿妹妹的carseat，去朋友家的cluster house 吃饭，有大房子还是很好的哦：）

上个礼拜去了动物园，妹妹很有成绩的喂了长颈鹿，这几天一直不停得说呢！另一天，和朋友们去了Henderson Waves，瀚今和瀚月在桥上滑滑梯，不亦乐乎!

Finally cleared the backlog: imported the previous blog and uploaded the photos taken in past few weeks. However, the earlier photos still stays in windows live in link attached above.

Some photos for Mei Mei at playground and with her friends (Xiao Niu & Angelina have moved away, so recent photos at playground only have Qing Qing & Jia Jia):



Mei Mei at playground & with friends 瀚月在楼下和小朋友们玩



One of the days, we had icecream at Jia Jia's house and played her fancy toys. Look, Han Jin was definitely enjoying himself. Well spent time over the New Year leave, we went to Henderson Waves with friends on one of the days. Han Jin had his adventurous slide on the Henderson bridge and Mei Mei followed. Oops, she fell... Han Jin started cycling with the bike we bought for his 3rd birthday over a year ago. Yesterday, Han Jin started his music class at Yamaha, Mum did not volunteer to be the accompany parent, but felt slightly regreted so. Everybody, Han Jin and Daddy is going to play us a melody in near future! Bored outside Yamaha, Mum took a few photos with Mei Mei.



Henderson Waves 和佳佳家的冰激淋



妹妹和妈妈



Other days over the new year, we went to the zoo with Dou Dou family. Mei Mei and Xiao Niu took a photo together. Mei Mei was very proud of her feeding of the giraffe, and keeps mentioning it these few days. She would say 'wash hand over there' which stands for 'Mei Mei fed the giraffe with carrot, and the uncle asked Mei Mei to wash hand over there as the giraffe licked Mei Mei hand with saliva'. See, Mum is good at interpreting Mei Mei!

Today, we went to Angelina's house for Mummy to learn some blogging tips, and we enjoyed ourselves very much with the lovely food and company. Han Jin played well with Angelina, from dining together, doing Yoga together and ended up in the bed together.. innocently. Thanks, the Wong family.

At the Zoo & At the Wong family 动物园之旅 & Angelina 家的美食和好友

Christmas 2010 又是一年圣诞节

Another Christmas came and gone. I started a blog last Christmas and it became dormant a few weeks later. Hopefully, this one will last.

Well, some photos for this Christmas by HaoJun's Dad, another professional photograher (or 'to-be') in the neighbourhood. We joined the Christmas party by the local community on the eve, and a few mummies are helping out with the event as we are all volunteers in the local RC (or voluteers with a purpose, :)).


Christmas Eve at Community Party 圣诞夜社区晚会

 The next morning, the six families gathered at Sentosa beach. Kids played water in the fun pool and the beach; mummies and daddies took turns to break, either have a sip of beer (thanks for the beer, Dou Dou family), or help ourselves with the fruits and crackers; aunties also had a good time with their friends.

In the late aftenoon, we joined our neighbour for Christmas party. Very nice food, and lots of games to play. Did not take photos as mummy is busy with Mei Mei while auntie has her Xmas celebration with friends.

圣诞夜我们在社区举办的晚会中度过。圣诞清晨在圣淘沙海岸和六家的爸爸妈妈，孩子阿姨度过。圣诞晚餐在邻居家过，他们是基督教徒，有火鸡的晚餐还是蛮有味道的。

清晨的照片，爸爸们在喝啤酒，妈妈们在摆美，孩子们在玩水:)

Sentosa Beach 圣淘沙海岸

A moment with Mei Mei at west coast park

These are some older photos from west coast park trip, with the neighborhood family friends, taken by Ping, a professional photoghaher. :) Just noticed that Han Jin is not in the photos, while, our little buddy is somewhere in the sands, I guess. Daddy & Mummy enjoys a little sweet time with Mei Mei!

去年十月在西海岸公园的照片，妈妈和爸爸在好好享受与瀚月的甜蜜时刻！好动的瀚今应该在玩沙子吧！

Newly Created Blog

One of the new year resolutions I had is to build a family blog, which can post photos. Seems this one is working! Thanks Chen Ni for the tips. I will start with uploading a few photos. Have fun! Happy New Year!