papertrail @ 2008-12-02T04:38:00When you get so worked up having a discussion about the in-laws and can't sleep even though it's 430 in the morning.. Gossipgalore is the cure for laughs.
But only if you're interested in Dawnkey and friends + ah lians who think they are mollers. New gardenerMy new gardener is 13 months old.. how old is yours?
 
I think I ought to fire her cos she doesn't know how to use the watering can the right way.
Babe got her hair trimmed today- bangs & wispy strands @ the nape of her neck. Stylist's name is Mommy. Highly recommended.. past clients include Daddy.
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More updates about her developments that I forgot to include previously. Mostly what she accomplished before her 1st birthday.
→ She will shake her head when I ask questions like, "Good?", "Nice?", "Want to eat porridge?", "Want to go walk walk?" even though she loves the food. But she will point in the direction & not shake her head when I ask questions like, "Where are you going?" or "Where's your toy/ball?".
→ Does the no more hand action when she flings or drops her food, toys, bottle, or when I say "no more".
→ Hates drinking from milk bottle. Very much prefers the cup.
→ Depending on mood, she will offer you whatever's in her hands, then retract her arms when you stretch yours out.
→ Since learning how to climb down the bed, she has been playing by herself in the mornings instead of stepping and crawling all over us when we're asleep.
→ Able to point out body parts. So far it's nose & ears.
Understands & responds to most instructions like..
.. dance
.. lie down- in the context of diaper changing, she'd fall backwards
.. lie down- in the context of sleeping, she'd crawl to my pillow & lie face down, or crawl to her pillow & lie face up.
.. sit down- in the high chair, bathing tub, on my lap, on the steps
.. walk, sometimes she'd stretch her hand for me to hold
.. stand
.. let go (very mood dependent!)
.. come
.. take
.. put it back (mood dependent too)
.. up & down
.. wear shoe- lifts up her feet excitedly
Lately she likes to walk around wet & stark naked after bathing, so when I say "wear clothes" she'd walk back towards me.
Or when I sing her my Drink Milk song, she'll stop whatever she's doing or crying to climb the bed, lie down & wait for milk. Work for your milk babe! lulz.
Can help with dressing & undressing too. More undressing than dressing, cos it's easier. Though she tried wearing her own clothes, but her head got stuck then she cried cos she couldn't see anything lol. Stressedabout good education, healthy toddler recipes and how competitive mothers are these days.
No ham, no sausages, no grapes, no chicken, no honey, no margarine, no jams, no peanut butter, no mayo, no ice cream. Preferrably no fried, no butter, no oil, no GM eggs.
Berries are really good, but it's so fricking expensive. It's only $2 a box in jakarta, but it costs 2-3x more in SG.
Sometimes her hair smells fishy when she sweats, or when she cries into my face in the middle of her night, her breath smells like fish. Is she eating too much fish? Can anyone eat too much fish? Fish is good, no?
I also think I need to start utilising the First Foods book I bought earlier this year. I think I need to stop being tired all the time and teach her more stuff. I think I need to be more hardworking in my research about child upbringing. I think I need to cut back on purchasing white elephants in case william needs financial help with her school fees. I think I need to make more money so I don't have to compromise on spending. papertrail @ 2008-11-26T00:40:00
Oh yay, after lots of biting and bruises on my part (shoulders, tits, tummy, thighs, hands), she sprouted her last incisors! Finally, she has even numbered teeth :D
Aww, my baby is such a big girl already. Lately, she's been able to put herself to sleep. Meaning I can leave the room when she's still awake, and she'll just doze off by herself! Don't have to rock/pat/breastfeed her to sleep :D if I'm lucky, she'll sleep through the night without milk until 6am, then fall back asleep until 8am. In the past 6-10 night wakings were the norm.. gawd I thought I had to wait till after her 2nd birthday before I could sleep/do work without interruptions. SO HAPPY!
Babe picked up other adult mannerisms too. Like intertwining fingers (think she saw william praying & followed), dig her nose, dig my belly button. LULZ disgusting.
我的美人Babe struggling with her watermelon.
For some reason she prefers to eat herself than being fed. Food tastes better is it? Hello loneliness, my old friendBoo fucking hoo. The parents & brats have abandoned me for their annual holiday abroad. No domestic helper for two weeks! A meal at the nearest establishment costs $25. I'm tired of unhealthy fast food delivery and it's a 25minute walk to the food centre. It takes too long to cook and I'll need to watch her itchy fingers. Just the other day, she opened the cupboard and broke a bowl when I was scooping her porridge.
 So I ordered tingkat. I've never had tingkat before, so exciting huh. It tastes like what a typical singaporean family would have for dinner- lots of veg, not much meat, no seafood, lots of rice. Out of 3 dishes, 2 are veg. But I don't eat greens!
They only deliver for dinner, so I order 2pax & reheat for next day's lunch. Even so the portions are microscopic. Hah, william can't survive a day eating tingkat. To quote unquote him, "it's dog food". He's too pussy to even serve NS. Fortunately for him he doesn't need to, he'll die before BMT is over.
So it's back to the shitty times of eating packet food, being home alone 12hours a day and bathing after he's back at 11pm.
While my peers were mugging, climbing the corporate ladder, or doing nothing in general, I spent the year transitioning, playing house, weighing the pros VS cons of divorce (conclusion: even with Women's Charter divorce is generally to a woman's disadvantage) and getting bogged down by other adult responsibilities.
From never cleaning poop my entire life, even with 6 dogs, 2 rabbits, 2 cats, 8 hamsters, 2 chickens, kois, terrapins, an animal farm, to diaper changing 7x a day.
From the occasional chicken cordon bleu, beer batter fish&chips, instant noodles, to cooking porridge everyday. I'm so lazy to cook I rather starve than eat. Who needs those extra calories anyway?
From being able to sleep 20, 22hours (best record yet) straight without food and drinks to averaging about 5hours of sleep per night. Night wakings + lots of work = sleeping late.
From having domestic helpers for as long as I can remember to doing housekeeping, laundry, dishes myself.
Must not forget the MIL who announced that her son can't help me cos he needs the sleep to find money. And a husband whose idea of help, is to take one fucking diaper from where I was @ the changing station, hand it to me, and continue surfing/playing football manager. Who gives lame ass excuses like "I'm scared she'll choke" when I suggest he try feeding Allegra for once. Who claims he needs lots of sleep because he works. OH PLZZZ EXCUSES. I take care of her, I find my own money, I spend my own money, I do everything else and I've not had a day off since she was born.
Well, things have ONLY gotten better recently. We moved back with my parents, so I'm relieved of dishwashing & laundry. Tho' I still need to do basic housekeeping and cooking her porridge. And after 19months (9months in utero), he has FINALLY fully accepted the fact that he has a daughter and is helping out more. Like.. wtf? Husband for what one?
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A compilation of pictures from the past 13months.
30 minutes old, waiting to be washed and weighed.
6 days old. After her jaundice checkup I think.
8 days old. So tanned! Look at the ratio of my hand to her face.
2 weeks old. Skinny, tanned & extremely chinky looking like her dad.
Full month celebration. It IS possible to be fairer than a baby without whitening jabs/pills.
2½months, blackberry upload.
4½months, blackberry upload, where she peaked at her fattest.
Pottying at 7months old. Had her 1st haircut about 3wks after this was taken.
9months @ Shangrila with granddad. Her head looks extremely inflated here, hopefully it's not full of air.
9months old. I think she looks adorable in a bodysuit, but it's quite inconvenient for nighttime diaper changes.
10½months. Just woke up.
11months, family portrait in Jakarta. Heard too many ketawas and smile donks that day.
1year. In the midst of squeezing her shit. Her spiky hair only lasts 1 hour upon waking up. papertrail @ 2008-11-23T01:17:00I don't have the program to tilt the damn thing 90° clockwise, so it's senget.
Wearing clothes 2 sizes too big.
Devouring her post dinner snack.
These shoes were made for walkin' 
Been taking the babe out for daily evening strolls to walk off those latent energy she gets from eating like a cow pig. Born in the year of the pig, heh. It improves her confidence in walking unassisted and she sleeps better at night.
Oh man, a 5 minute walk can take 30 minutes. She'll stop to look whenever a vehicle/jogger passes. Peer into people's houses. Pick up fallen leaves. Squat down & brush her fingers along the asphalt. Play with excess rainwater on people's cars. Walk strangers to their gates. - -
And and and, she loves dogs! Especially the big ones. All the love & camaraderie must've came from socialising with william's two rabid golden retrievers in Indo. Sometimes we would bump into helpers walking dogs and she would detour off course and chase after them. There's this lane, one street away from ours, with at least 5 dogs. We'd stop at every house for awhile. If they barked she would wave, flail her arms & raise her voice to "bark" back LAWL.
Videos tomorrow. Need to QC first.
papertrail @ 2008-11-21T02:33:00Things to be happy about today:
(1) Getting my laptop back. There's still hope for the old hard disk. What's standing between me and Allegra's photos is a "nominal fee" of $1k+. Was expecting to fork out half a grand or more for the replacement, but hayyyyy, it only costs $150 so I took the opportunity to add more RAM. The tech guy also said that fujitsu doesn't make laptops as durable anymore. Mine was probably the last batch.
(2) Being able to fit into pre-pregnancy UK size 6 clothes without looking pot bellied.
(3) Polishing my hermes birkin necklace FOC.
(4) Buying new irritating squeaky shoes for Allegra. She likes it!
Things not to be happy about:
(1) Money drying up/fresh funds not coming in fast enough.
(2) They way william showered allegra this afternoon. I'm always the one bathing her, but we were rushing to go out & I wasn't ready yet, so we split up. First, the heater wasn't on. Second, instead of rinsing from toe -> head first so she would get accustomed to the temperature, he directed the stream of cold water at her on full blast. Third, she was standing up without support and he didn't bother holding her. What if she fell? I was yelling at him to stop cos she was crying badly and yknow what, the fucker ignored me and told me to SHHHH. WTF. I told the fat fuck if he didn't want to do it he could've told me instead of taking it out on her. There were many other instances where he was rough with her, or made her cry even harder. Sometimes I feel sad for her cos she doesn't deserve to have such a father. Sad to say his stinking attitude only surfaced after the marriage. Should've stuck to my guns and not take him back after dumping that fat ass years ago. Well, no point crying over spilt milk now. papertrail @ 2008-11-18T23:38:00Geez well can you believe it, I've never backed up any data before. I lost everything when my first fujitsu laptop died on me. Despite downloading morpheus, kazaa, being raped by viruses, it served me for a good 7 years.
Now, the past 3.5years of my life was erased overnight. Disappointing though, paid almost $3.5k for the current laptop. It should outlast its predecessor. Brought it down for repairs today. The harddisk is beyond salvage! Just needed the technician to reconfirm that fact.
Damages are:
(1) modelling portfolio
(2) travel pictures (bali, yogjakarta, france, japan, taiwan, cruise, colmar, etc)
(3) ALLEGRA'S PHOTOS!!!!!!!!! I might be able to recover her first 6, 7months from the inlaws, but most of her 7-13months photos are gone.
(4) lesser important pictures/files, but still holds some value
I'm gonna go wallow in self pity for a few days.. then build a bridge, get over it and come back with a video and Allegra pic spam. !!!!!My laptop crashed!!!!!!!
EVERYTHING IS GONE!!!!!!!! ALLEGRA'S PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AddendumI got carried away bitching about the inlaws in the previous entry I forgot to update about wedding post mortem - -
So..
It was 4x bigger than the Raffles wedding. 10% were singaporeans who flew in for the occasion :D People from all walks of life came. From socialites (one of them an arms dealer's wife) to some mafia minion to p__s_nts. Is that bizarre or what?
We had a live band belting out love songs as the guests ate. There was a short Q&A session too.. whoever had the correct answer got a red packet.
In a sense, it was grander than last year's. But I still prefer last year's anyway- the venue, the food, and a small cozy wedding with people who matter than a big wedding where 85% of the guests have never met you before. Sounds more like the inlaws' wedding than my own.
& a picture from September's pre wedding shoot ...
 papertrailI finally took the plunge and bought that livejournal rename token I've always wanted but was too cheap to pay before the USD rises any higher. papertrail @ 2008-11-13T02:24:00So. Today I decided that I was gonna act like a MILF and leave home without a stroller. Ok, mostly because I was gonna attend an hermes event alone in the evening, and the venue had steps. How how how? No one to help with the stroller!
Had a 3pm lunch at paragon with babester & husband. Her outfit of the day.. colour co-ordinated with my bag.
What's wrong with your eyes babe! Why is it one big one small?!
Then I had a hair appointment. This is me sporting shoulder length hair back in September 2007. Now it's (or rather, was) waist length. I blame the quick growth on aging :(
Ahem, even at 8 months preggy and weighing +/-60kgs, I had a smaller tummy than him. Marry someone who is larger than you then you'll never feel fat for the rest of your life!
The stylish chopped a good 5 inches off cos the cut I had last year was really bad, gave me a fringe too. So now I have a mop of hay for a fringe. He was running late for work, so I was left alone.
Bought shoes for her :D Kids sizing are really confusing. It's not consistent and varies from design/brand. My knees were gonna give from pottering around town carrying an 11kg baby in 4" heels so I just took whatever that fits.
Then it RAINED! I had no umbrella (duh, must maintain MILF image) and had to shield my two babies, bag & toddler, from the rain. My loubies were soaked. A nice lady saw my plight and shared her brolly with me. After awhile we took turns carrying allegra cos I was out of breath. By the time I got to my destination my cups were threatening to runneth over, makeup was streaked with sweat & rain & nicely blow dried hair was plastered on my face in a matted mess First thing I did after signing in was to make a beeline for the couch. Rest first, drinks later. To cut the long story short, allegra mingled (lawl, social climbing toddler), we went home sans dinner, I made her sleep, ordered Mcdelivery and had my dinner at 11pm.
Attempt at looking like a MILF today: BlahI am kinda bothered the USD:SGD exchange rate has been steadily rising ever since Obama was elected president. It was 1.46+ or 1.47+ before the results, now it's 1.49885 on XE. Will he restore the greenback to its heydays of 1.7SGD? But, but, but, I don't want my shopping to become expensive!
nOoOoOoOoOooOoOo!Wedding + miscellaneousYawn, getting lazy to write. It's a wrap after this entry.
Rise & shine! She's the happiest in the morning.
View from the 26th floor. The red tiled roofs juxtaposed with high rise buildings look like Boat Quay.
 
How I was badly raped by mosquitoes.. poor babe got bitten on the face and ears this time.
Our buffet breakfast @ Satoo restaurant. Love the open concept.
  
Post breakfast it was back to gram's room for some customary stuff as insisted by the inlaws. After that was done we took off in our wedding car for hair & makeup together with the best man & bridesmaid. Saw a family loading their belongings into a Hummer, or at least that's what I think it looked like, at the hotel lobby. lulz give me a Hummer SUV over a Mercs for wedding car anytime! I'm secretly a nigga at heart.
Anyways. After hair & makeup it was back to gram's room for more pictures & videos, followed by tea ceremony (groom's side). By this point Allegra was starting to cry from fatigue/withdrawl symptoms.
Prior to the wedding FIL kept insisting I should let a trusted maid with over 30years experience from his side look after her. I told him it wouldn't be necessary because Allegra would not want a stranger carrying her, and my brothers' maid can look after her. He didn't listen of course. Why should he listen to me when he has eaten more salt than I eat rice? Some people are so thick in the head.
That useless "trusted maid" wore her diaper the wrong way round and she didn't even know it. She did nothing but carry Allegra. Let her walk, you fool. She's crying so much because she doesn't want you to touch her.
Gawd I was frowning the whole time cos I was so worried. Could hear her crying on and off but I couldn't see her. When we were on stage & william was reading out his speech, the monster-in-law kept urging me to ask the brats' maid to look after her instead. SEE, I TOLD YOU BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN. Mothers know best! Just because you see her once every few months and play with her for awhile, you think you know her inside out. Act smart only.
And how the fuck am I supposed to communicate my intentions to the maid when I am on stage with a video camera in my face? How smart of her to let me do the dirty work and embarrass myself infront of the audience. I ignored that bitch. In the end the brats' maid took over, she stopped crying and fell asleep. Pfft seriously, if you don't want to help me take care of her, then you should trust me to look after your granddaughter and leave the decision making to ME. Don't want to help but want to make decisions. You can't have your fricking cake and eat it. Wedding weekendOn 26 October, 9 singaporeans and 2 indos checked into Shangrila hotel lol. We had an executive room, which was a different floor from the parents & relatives who arrived earlier that day.
 
Instead of tagging along with the old foggies for dinner, Faith & I went to Plaza Indonesia with baby toddler in tow. It's one of the upmarket malls nearest to the hotel. Poor girl flew in specially for the wedding and that's her only memory of jakarta.
Touristy shots!
Was obliged to go in and poke around. Sighted a few lindys, plumes, bolides and jiges. Lots of H enamel PM clic clacs in every shade conceivable. 3 alligator belts and a collier de chien cuff in cobalt blue ostrich (I think).
We met up with his cousin Evelyn, who happens to be my bridesmaid. Had an early dinner @ Kihana jap restaurant cos we were hungry as balls.
Crystal jade palace interior meets Sushi Tei pricing. Food was better than Sushi Tei though, lol. Jakarta is, to quote unquote my parents, "worse than Malaysia", but they serve surprisingly good grub. Walk into any mid range (at least) establishment and more likely than not, it will taste better than the one back in SG.
Off to purchase Krispy Kremes before heading back to the hotel..
 
I only ate the pumpkin looking donut (halloween edition). In the end the rest had to be thrown away cos no one wanted them and I didn't have time/stomach space before the flight :(
Poor babe was exhausted.
I made her sleep while the other two went off to jakarta convention centre to check out the booth. i <- one candleomgdawg. I've been married for 1yr+!  We had a celebratory lunch, 2½ months late, in Indo. Prior to flying, we had a retarded convo where he kept insisting I should bring as much designer goods as possible. It went something like this-
Him: What will you be wearing to Pacific Place? Dress nicely, not too sexy if not people will think you're an escort. And bring your chanel bag, people there don't really know hermes.
Moi: Which chanel? The big one? Too big la, don't want la, VS can? I will be wearing the purple scarf top. But it's bareback so with a tube inside and white pants. Sad la fucker, what escort, got A how to be escort.
Him: Ya la if you wear sexy and don't have A people might think you're an escort.. aiya just bring the bag la. As if VS bag not big. Pacific Place is a very atas mall, the lousiest bag is an Aigner, if you carry VS you'll look the shabbiest there. And your hermes accessories too, it's leather so nobody wants to steal.
Moi: VS bag not as big la. Who cares if I look shabby, not as if I'm going to see them again. Always ask me bring nice bag but never use. Might as well bring everything and open a shop there. So what are you wearing? A suit? What did you wear last time? A suit?
Him: Ya <- LOL!
Damn smart eh, want your wife to dress bling bling but you don't pay for her goodies. Well he didn't wear a suit in the end, and I didn't wear the bareback scarf top. Reserved that outfit for the Marriot buffet instead, so I can hide my bursting tummy :D
We did lunch @ Brasas, this steakhouse that served argentinian beef. It's the only place in asia (or southeast asia?) that serves argentinian beef. The chef, who's also the owner is from Argentina.
I had ribs and he had NY strip, approx 2 x 400g of beef between us. It was surprisingly good, melt in your mouth kind of good, juicy kind of good, lingering taste on your tongue for the whole day kind of good. Better than Black Angus, Fosters, Outback and whatever midrange restaurants in SG.
The bill totaled 770,000rupiah (~$103sgd). For comparison sake, the starting pay of a degree holder (not professional degree) is around 1.5million rupiah (~$203sgd). I think I can earn more opening a roadside stall LOL. He was telling me about this family whom his parents know that operate a really rundown chinese medicine hall but owns 3 houses in Beverly Hills.
Well, guess wot I saw?
The obligatory tourist shots. Seen here in a hermes collier de chien belt. Loves it! One of my favourite pieces.
Am looking for a collier de chien bracelet but it's soooo elusive. WTFI just realised there are ugly ads on my livejournal page and it's screwing the layout up. A post a day keeps the backlogged entries awayWhich bride would attack a buffet spread just days before her wedding? Apparently me.. Why bother with crash dieting, exercising, facials and manicures to prep yourself up for the big day when people will notice the food more than you. Anyways! We went to Sailendra restaurant @ JW Marriot with his biz parter/friend/ghey buddy who flew in together with him from SG.
The same restaurant that got bombed in 2003. Second pic was where the crater lay. They've patched it up very nicely since then. William was saying Indo lost two of its brightest lawyers in the blast. 2 friends from different law firms snuck out under the pretense of building cases to pig out. Guess Indo firms need to take a leaf from Rodyk & Davidson and start providing in house buffet spreads.
The highlight was FREE FLOW Haagen dazs icecream! *gasp* I never thought they'd be another restaurant apart from 天外天 in Taipei which had 'em free flow.
They serve international fare, similar to The Line in SG, but their specialties are the beef and lamb carving. Had only 2 types of sashimi, very bad cut too. Their naan is baked on the walls of a tandoor (traditional indian oven). Interesting to watch them bake.. but the end product sucked. We have better naan at roadside prata stalls. Didn't stomach much.. mostly beef carving, sashimi and dessert. Their chocolate fountain was made up of 90% oil and 10% chocolate *barfs*
Just for kicks, we took the free transport from JW Marriot to Ritz Carlton. It used to be a minivan in 2006, got downgraded to a golf buggy. The shock he got when both him & his other friend took it during his previous trip. Two overgrown men in business suits riding in a buggy on the main road. LULZ moment! papertrail @ 2008-11-03T02:23:00Dimsum lunch @ Ah Yat Abalone restaurant before the final gown fitting. It was really good, and much cheaper than in Singapore :D
Psssh, well, the fitting was a waste of time. As expected, I needed no alterations. Initially the SAs demanded we fit 2 weeks before the wedding when they clearly knew we had to fly in from overseas. Yeah.. sure.. people don't need to work eh. We managed to negotiate to 1 week before the actual day. Even though they consented, they gave fuck faces and made it clear they're not gonna shoulder any responsibilities. So yeah, I had to endure an extra week with the in-laws. Bitches! A's first birthdayPart une, SG (17 Oct):
We eventually scaled it down to just the occupants of the house. 'twas a simple affair with tze char takeaway and a Haagen dazs cake. The cake was so bloody expensive I couldn't bear to have it for my 21st. So now even though she has an icecream cake, the birthday girl can't eat it. Whose brilliant idea. And if she's anything like me, I'm sure she would demand for an icecream cake when she's older anyway LULZ.
So the staff only discovered that the cake was melted when william did the collection @ Hilton sidewalk branch. They gave a replacement, but it was only one flavour (we ordered 2), and not in the design we wanted! Like wtf man. I think he really shouldn't collect any confectionery in future. He collected last year's wedding cupcakes and they were smashed.
Strawberry cheesecake icecream.
Then the cab he hired took off with his bag and $160 worth of groceries when he was collecting the cake. It reappeared 30minutes later and the driver started shouting at him and shit. Wtf man #2. When he finally got home, his head looked like it was gonna explode so he shoved his wallet into my palm and told me to negotiate.
So.. driver wanted full payment of the $40 fare. I said no, he said pay me whatever you think is just, I took out $18, he insisted on $25, I said $18 is the max, he said he'd rather not accept, so I said fine & walked back. He immediately rolled down the windows and yelled something about getting the taxi company to claim the money from me and waved the receipt in the air. I said OK, he continued yelling, I asked if he wanted to take the money, he yelled somemore, I locked the gates, he drove off.
Hey you, come back! I haven't even started picking apart your argument! Strange fella. He could've taken the money first and pursued the matter later. That's assuming-
(1) He can find his way out of the estate
(2) The taxi company give a shit about the dispute
(3) He can find his way back
When they pulled out of Hilton's driveway, william saw a silver Rolls Royce pulled in. Who else but OBS? I joked that he should've pounced on "Uncle Ong" when he alighted to complain about how his minion f-up our cake.
The actual day, 18 October, was spent flying across the java sea.
Part deux, Indo (19 Oct):
Since william is too cheap to spend in SGD and is prejudiced towards certain members of my family, we conceded that she should have a large scale Indo celebration.
We ordered catering and had a live station @ the garden. The plan was to have three live stations: whole roasted lamb, beef bulgogi and homemade icecream. But it got shelled down to only one live station: the roasted lamb.
Beef bulgogi - Not very popular
Satay - The one near his place sucks
Icecream - Those fuckers cancelled one day before
Sushi (conveyor belt a bonus) - lol my idea obviously. I think he said something about not fresh/not available.
And the cake, a blueberry cheesecake icecream cake. I thought they were gonna get some random chocolate cake so that came as a surprise :D tasted better than the one they got for my 19th.
Ok so that sums up the celebrations. No more big parties till she's much older. I'm gonna refrain from commenting about the behaviour of some of his relatives, but ehem, some of them really act like p_ _s_nts. Not being mean, he actually agreed! 7days down, 3more to goYawn, went to see the ENT specialist today. Just thought it'd be fun to get my ears professionally cleaned. Y'know, remove all the wax and feel lighter up there.
He poked a rod dipped with liquid into my ear, swirled around a little bit, and voila you've got wax! Guess I do not have much accumulation, either that or my pinkie dug everything out. I have more nose shit than ear shit on any given day. What an anti-climax, but "fun" would've cost me 90bucks back home @ SGH.
In other news.. the parents are arriving tomorrow with the brats, helper & some relatives in tow! CAN'T WAIT Annoyedbecause there was a power outage (ok, actually THREE) yesterday. The longest spanned from 4ish in the evening to 930pm. The whole estate, including the salons and restaurants outside blacked out.
Poor babe had to shower in the dark and sleep without airconditioning. Even with the windows opened, the air was so still you might as well have just closed 'em. More ventilation meant you could hear the rabid dogs barking loud & clear. So I was alone in the room, manually fanning her for 1½ hours before the power came back on. When I fanned her left, she'd sweat on her right. When I fanned her right, she'd sweat on her left.
Everytime I came they'd have power trips daily/every other day. Prior to Allegra coming I was told there will be a generator to backup the electricity. O RLY? I should've known better that the fucker-in-law is too cheap to invest in his granddaughter's comfort. Ehem, not that I wanna say ah.. but that miser gave my folks $99 for my wedding dowry/angpao and had the nerve to arrow their son into telling my parents to return $90. Really fuckheads you know. Milestones Awww. Time flies!
Babester is extremely greedy and eats like a cow. She enjoys begging for food when the brats are eating. Never mind that she just had her dinner, cos everyone else's food is more appealing than hers.
Can devour ¾ slice of bread & half a jar of puree for lunch. She can probably polish off a whole slice but I've never tried. Later over eat and become obese like daddy how? The horrors! Has also expanded to eating carbs like rice, spaghetti, soba, bread, vermicelli.
She does not take pacifiers at all (because I am her pacifier) and does not have a special bolster/pillow/toy (because I am her bolster). Not typical baby behavior eh. I finally gave up my bolsters after 2 decades. Yes I've been bolster free for almost one year! lol
» Imitates cartoon characters on TV clapping hands.
» Raises both arms when I say "champion", or if she's lazy, just one arm.
» Opens & closes palms, waves byebye & blows kisses on command.
» Knows how to shake hand and high five.
» Shakes head when I ask, "Good?". lol
» Stand up & stretch out arms when I say "carry".
» Would lay still when I say "change pampers", stop crying & whatever she's doing when I say "drink milk" & other simple words. Sometimes she would tug at my shirt/bra when she wants to feed.
» Sometimes can keep her toys in the box. Flings them when she's pissed.
» Can say "papa" or "da deh", but I don't think she knows what it really means yet.
» Climb the stairs from living to dining room to 3rd storey without pausing
» Climb up and down the bed (chest high) without help.
» Walk few steps unassisted.
» Walk up the stairs with assistance.
Will add on when I think of more.
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