Baby Kayden

After seeing the first photo of my nephew, most people have 2 comments. One is he has a lot of hair and second is... How come cannot see his face?? I was wondering the same thing when I received the photo. You'd think his daddy would have enough sense to take a photo of his face to show the whole world?? HAHA!!

So it is up to his aunt to show his face to everyone. I think he is really cute. REALLY REALLY CUTE!! His face is chubby like a chipmunk. I can't tell who he looks like though. I think his nose and lips looks like my brother. Esp the area between the nose and lips really looks like my brother. It looks to me that he does not have double eyelids though. And his eyelashes is not long. But maybe he might have a dimple. Not sure on that yet.

When I went into the room, he opened his eyes to look. My brother said that when he was born, he opened his eyes to look around immediately. I dunno is that normal with all babies but my brother said it in a way like it is very special... HAHA!! When I carried him, he kept looking at me with his side eye while I was talking. HAHA!! Maybe wondering who the hell is this crazy bitch...

I bought a bunny soft toy for him. Hope he likes it...

Presenting Kayden Lu

Finally after many many hours of waiting... I am presenting to the world... *drumroll* My nephew Kayden Lu!!

Well it all started when I received an sms from my brother at about 8am++ yesterday saying that he is in the hospital with my sister in law and they are waiting. After that of course I called my mom and we did some simple plans on what time my parents will come from Malaysia to see my new nephew etc expecting that he will be born by the time I am off work. From 8am to 6pm is 10 long hours!! So I guess it was a safe assumption.

However, when I got to the hospital at about 7pm... He is yet to be born!! And we received an sms from my brother saying "Only 5-6cm now... Still have to wait..." Hhmn... I don't know where my mom got the info that the doctor says he will be born at 6pm+ but that didn't happen. Then we kinda guessed that we will not be able to see him already coz visiting hours is only until 8pm. So we had dinner at the hospital hoping if by chance he might be born within that hour but the answer was negative. In the end we went home.

I received an mms with his photo at about 1.26am. Baby Kayden. 3.190kg. Born 15 September 2009. Finally... I will see him tonight.

He was supposed to be born on 9 Sept 2009 (090909 what a nice number) but he chose to be born on 15 Sept instead. 15 Sept being the customary wedding dinner anniversary of my brother and sister in law. Naughty Boy...

To cut the cake and slice the throat...

Yesterday – 30th March – is my brother's birthday. It started out as a normal working day. I wanted to sms him HAPPY BIRTHDAY but it was a very busy day so I forgot. In the evening, I met Ms U to shop around Tiong Bahru and we had Qiji and Mcdonalds before going to TS.

Suddenly I remembered I forgot to sms him and he answered in a sulking way that I had forgotten its his birthday and to make up for it I must get him a cake. Haha!! He was kidding of course (I suspect its just his way of officially getting to eat cake since he is a snacks glutton) but I bought a cake anyways. I got him the Bengawan Solo Mango Cake which is fast becoming the birthday cake of choice for everyone in my family. At home we had a little sing song cut cake ceremony and everyone had cake. Then we chatted and kid each other for a bit before retiring for the night.

If you think thats the end of my 'eventful' day then you are wrong. After cake, I went to the kitchen and was greeted by this sight...

My grandma had washed my Baobei doll and hung him by his ears on the window grill!! I rushed to touch it and the hair inside has become slightly clumpy and there is no Baobei smell anymore!! I stood there glued to the floor and I thought "Can I kill my grandma now?? Is this why seemingly normal people fly off the handle and gun down their family members in the middle of the night??" My brother came in to the kitchen and asked me what's wrong and I pointed at the doll and he goes 'Oh.. My condolences...".

I did not wake my grandma up of course. What's the use right?? What's done cannot be undone but I scolded her anyway this morning. She said that since my bunnies have bonded there is not use for the doll anymore and that he was really dirty with hair and hay. I said (without shouting I swear) "Meimei don't need it anymore but I want him for myself". She realised what she had done so she kept quiet. As for me... I really have nothing to say... Good intentions. Yes. Dumb act. Yes. Irreversible. Yes.

Wild Wild Wet

On Saturday, we went to Downtown East as planned. To beat the crowds (and grab the limited parking lots) we went really early at about 10.30am. Immediately after reaching Downtown East, we went to collect the goodie bags for the event. It was a reusable bag (everyone is giving away one of those these days) with a mat inside. A mat that we can use then or for future picnics. There are 3 colours to choose from. Red, Green and Blue. I chose green of course.

After that we hit the free Milo van where they serve the best Milo in town. I dun know why but Milo from the Milo van is always the best. We used to drink it many times during school sports day. Hehe... Then my cousin went to queue for the free popcorn and cotton candy.

Next is Wild Wild Wet where we did not take any photos. Yes I did wear a bikini and no, nobody even took a second glance coz there were many bikini babes there. We all got a mean tan now eventhough we applied a sunblock of 70 SPF!! Sigh...

After that we had lunch with vouchers also provided by NHG. I guess they must have spent a fortune on this Family Day as everything seems to be free. Then we went to the Escape Theme Park which is like a carnival with assorted games like Viking, Bumper Car, Go Kart etc. Unfortunately all these are closed due to the rain so my cousin and I went to the Haunted House which is open. My parents and sis in law stayed outside to wait for us. It was not scary at all coz there were many people inside so it was kinda anti climax.

It was a fun but tiring day...

They have an umbrella dispenser. Cool!! We need this in town. Super double cheese takoyaki. Free cotton candy.

Heritage Tour

Yesterday I went to Malacca for a presscheck with my boss. As it is the school holidays, she decided to bring her daughter Anastasia along. Because the drama Little Nyonya is all the rage now, there are loads of Singaporean in Malacca at the moment taking in the sights.

My dad drove us up and I asked my mom to go as well in case Anastasia feels weird alone with my dad. Little did I expect that she gets along better with my dad and they were walking hand in hand on the streets looking into every nook and corner.

We joined them at Junker Walk at around 4.40pm for nyonya chendol and laksa. Then we walked around a bit before going back to singapore.
Natural sights I saw on my trip to Malacca.
A double rainbow, 500 yrs old broken pottery that was dug up during the construction of the water feature (the small centrepiece actually had a rabbit motif on it), a funny bug and the distant sunset as we left Malacca. The world is wonderful...

Backlog - 7th December 2008 - My Bday

A little backlogging here. Photos from my bday this year. Actually I dun really like to celebrate bdays coz I dun think its anything special. This is also the first celebration after Baobei's passing so actually I dun have the mood to celebrate either. And this year I almost had my wish of not celebrating as I went with my family to the Henderson Wave.

I was gonna go to a friend's place to celebrate her daughter's bday when she called and say "Where are you?? I bought a cake for you and you can cut it with my daughter."

I was like... NO WAY!! I DUN WANT YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS SINGING FOR ME!! NO WAY!!! So she asked me to go and get the cake back home and we had a sing song cut cake thing at home...