First Night without Hubbs

I feel weird alone with Alaric tonight.
Stressed about work and miss Hubbs. I wish he is here to hear me rant.
Meanwhile I will just hope Alaric zzz well so I can sleep well tonight.

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Alaric's Preschool

Alaric's class is getting bigger. Used to be 8 now it had became 18.
They actually split the class into 2. Differentiating the younger and older toddlers. But I still feel that the quality and the attentiveness to the toddlers are greatly reduced.
The reason that I am saying that is because there are many incidents of carelessness of the teachers. Such as, missing information in the record book, missing items in bag, misplacing dirty clothes with clean clothes, sippy cup not closed tight thus causing leakage and wetted the bag. Such nitty gritty basic negligence made me wonder whether Alaric is receiving the right education and adequate care and attention in school. Is the teachers capable to handle the larger class?
And last week, they actually downsized the area for PN classes and expanded the infant area. That really made me feel very uncomfortable as the reason why I decided on this school is due to the spacious area and the number of toddler in a class.
Maybe it's about time to keep a lookout of other schools.

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Perspective of life

How one lead their life really depends on their perspective of life.
A happy life? A remorseful life? A fulfilling life? A "bitter" life?
I think first one must learn how to look at the cup of milk as half filled instead of half emptied.
Then one can look forward to filling up the cup with milk and not sulk over the other emptied half.
That is one thing I have to learn. Tough for a pessimistic person like me. Must be in the genes.

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Somethings wrong

Something seems so wrong with my blog. All photos posted are either not visible or so blur while I already took them in high resolution.
Will try to resolve the problem if not all my efforts to blog seems so wasted.
Anyway Alaric went school today and he was happily joining his classmates after bid me goodbye!
I felt so relieved to see that. Hope he will adjust well to full day which will start next week.

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Transportation

It's so tough to book a bloody cab during rainy days. I am already considered fortunate, able to travel in ease of a cab. What about those that take bus? Rainy days how to send child Yo school? Walk in rain carrying your more than 10kg toddler and a bag, maybe a pram too, to take a bus?!?
I nearly break my arm just now waiting for a cab in the rain!! More than 15 mins of waiting and not able to call a cab!!
Is it a must be to driving in Singapore if you have a child? How about many others that are less fortunate?
Damn it!

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Causal Eateries join BAN on kids!

No place for parents with children!

Better learn how to cook and only dine at home! Fine dining and causal eateries also kenna BAN!

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Giddy Spells

I had been having giddy spells for many occasion in the month of December. Felt like vomiting and felt that the world is spinning. A ball pressing on my chest from inside my body.
And sometimes even puke if I were to have oily food. The feeling sucks. I think I gotta eat healthy and drink DOM daily. Hope that will improve my health situation.
A healthier 2011, a better me!

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Lost

Never felt so weird. Like lost all connection and feels like a stranger.
Come what may.

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Feed me dumbcane

Talk Cannot hear, if hear dun understand, if understand different point of view and argue.

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Lousy Day

Why must it be on a Friday?!
I just feel lousy, tired, moody and all the negative energy in me going to explode.
Maybe becoz it had been a stressful Wed to Fri and finally weekend will be off school but Mon gotta start all over again. It's very tensed up feeling I had been having and it's accumulating.
I dun even wanna cook for Alaric today. Well at least we have porridge at home for him. Once in a while we give him outside food for dinner should be ok?!? Bit honestly I do feel bad for not cooking for him.

I think I must learn not to feel bad. I had a tough week. More to come. Sigh.
I am tired.
Mentally
Emotionally
Physically
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He is the King!

I used to be the "queen" in the house. I will get things I wanted (I work for it) and live life in reasonably luxury.

Upon arrival of Alaric, our dearest son, things changed. He is now the "King" in the house.

He wears premium diapers - Pampers, Mamy Poko and Huggies Ultra. Thank goodness we don't need any of those.
He drinks nutritious milk - Enfa Grow. We drink plain water.
He eats organic products - Vegs, Purees and Snacks. We eat house brand snacks.
He uses creams that we don't bear to use - California Baby. We use Johnson Baby.
He is dressed better than us - GAP, Old Navy, Carters and Osh Kosh. We buy from lelong lelong.
His room is full of Fisher Price toys. We had not been buying gadgets for the longest time.
He goes to the best school we think we can afford. We stop dreaming about furthering our studies.
He visits the best PD we have visited. We take panadol and eat Po-Chi Pills.

We have became "servants" to the "King"...... .... ...

But we are happy parents as we have a happy little rascal in the house. I think being parents, sacrificing is also a joy!

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Juices I love!

Healthy devices for healthy drinks.

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Why Worry?!

In this life there are only two things to worry about.
Either you will be rich or poor.

If you are rich, there is nothing to worry about.
But if you are poor, there are only two things to worry about.

Either you will be healthy or sick.
If you are healthy, there is nothing to worry about.

But if you are sick, there are two things to worry about.
Either you will live or you will die.

If you live, there is nothing to worry about.
If you die there are only two things to worry about.

You will either go to heaven or to hell.
If you go to heaven, there will be nothing to worry about.

If you go to hell, you'll be so darn busy shaking hands with all your friends, you won't have time to worry!

Why Worry??

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Priorities in LIFE!

TRIVIA - mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee

When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favourite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else---the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.

The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.

Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
(took the above from someone whom posted in fb)

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That's Life!

When you are a baby, you are being taken care by parents. Simply eat and sleep.
When you are a toddler, you play and learn as parents guide you along.
When you are teenager, you party and have your fun. Study are your main responsibility and duty as a child.
When you go out society to work, you widen your society experiences and enlarge your circle of friends.
When you are more matured as an adult, you find your better half and set up a family of your own.
When you are so busy with your own family, your parents aged and need your care like how you needed them when you were a baby.
When our parents leave us, we grow old like our parents and our children takes care of us.
The cycle goes on and on and on. And I repeat I said it's a cycle means what comes around goes around.
That's stages of life that all will go through.
Let's all cherish life and family people around us when they're still here!

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端午節 Rice Dumpling Festival/Dragon Boat Festival

Qu Yuan was a Chinese patriotic poet who serve the emperor in Chu Kingdom in ancient China. He was a good minister and was well loved by the people. However, bad evil court officials were jealous of Qu Yuan's abilities and they successfully influenced the weak-minded emperor to dismiss and exile him.

Feeling disheartened and angry, Qu Yuan tied himself to a rock and jumped into the Mi Luo river in Hunan province in order to protest against injustice and corruption. When the people get to know of his death, they rowed their boats to the river to look for his body. When they failed to find his body, they started beating their drums and making loud noises in the river hoping to scare the fishes and sea creatures away so that they will not eat his body. Others started making rice dumplings to throw into the river believing that the sea creatures and fishes will eat their dumplings instead of Qu Yuan's body.

Since then, the 5th day of the 5th month was set as Duan Wu Jie, to remember the incident.

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Special Priviledge!

See this car so special priviledge, get to park outside Bukit Panjang Shopping Mall. I mean literally outside, not on the road!!

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Where is she?

Saw this when taking a stroll with Alaric.

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A thought to ponder

What would happen if we can turn back time?
Would we be where we are now?
Would decisions and path be the same?
What you you like to change?
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Zzzz

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