Back again...

Hi everyone.. just came back to Singapore after a rather long, cold and frustrating trip to Qingdao China...

Yup.. i left on Sunday and returned on Sat.. It was like really cold.. Winter-time over there and weather was like mostly around 0 or below 0... But i got really treated like a king.. since the hotel (Shangri-La) was mostly empty.. Like 3 people came to greet me when i checked in,... So for 1 week I was treated like a king.. hahaha.. but work was terribly slow.. probably have to go back again..

Life @ home is becoming more and more fun.. Ansel's now 8kg+ and really fun to play with.. althought i think after 1-week away from him, my dear little son forgot who is daddy is already...didn't really take to me when i came back.. :( .. Sobz.. but i guess now he's finally remembered his daddy... hahaha..

It's going to b a very eventful week... I came back sick.. Doc said i had some bacterial infection in my nose.. On meds and 1-day MC,... Today just took out my last wisdom tooth.. on 1-day MC.. feeling rather less wise now.. duh..... Tomorrow bringing dear son for his injection, pray that he doesn't get any reaction to his jab.. so that he can enjoy his CNY and collect lots of Ang Pows.. hahahaha..

So anyways.. to everyone have a great and Blessed Chinese New Year.. may this new year be a good, healthy and cheerful one.. Spend time with loved ones and family...

Home Alone ..

Hi,, Yes,. i know .. it's been a long time.. well wad to do? busy with a son now and it's quite difficult to blog...

Welcome to The World...

Yes... He's finally out.. Our son, Lee Jia Hong was born into the world on the 23rd Aug 2008 @ 2.3kg... I must say it has been a rather different and trying time for us ..... It all started on Saturday morning.. and this is how it began...

After breakfast, when i was doing the housework @ home, I thought to myself that baby's room still looked a little messy and I needed to arrange it.. and made mental plans to do so in the afternoon.. after I picked up my wife and after her routine medical check-up.. So that being done, I proceed to take her preggie bag and the Cordlife kit into the car to standby.. just in case... and drove down to her dad's office to pick her up for medical check-up... Along the way, I was trying to persuade baby to not cover his face and show us his face during the ultra-sound scan.. 'cos he has a tendency to do so..

At the Gynae, Wendy was supposed to take her her BP... But it was super high.. so the nurse thought that the machine was wrong.. So she was like took it a few times.. after which she gave up and told her to use the old traditional method.. Even then the BP was very high and the gynae was concerned.. and recommended that we should go for emergency C-Section..

So.. We kinda rushed over to Thomson Medical Centre. And @ about 1500+hrs, Lee Jia Hong was born into this world @ 2.3kg.. Thank God that everything's fine with baby and mummy.. Anywyas.. no cable now.. so mabbie post pictures of him later.. hahaha...

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A Long and Draining Weekend

What a weekend... This must be the most difficult weekends I have ever been through.. How did it all start? Tell let me tell u..

Well.. I happen to be travelling on business.. yes.. again.. And interestingly enough, thursday, after breakfast @ my hotel in China, the lock on the door for some reason or other couldn't open.. As a result, I was stuck outside my room until they could open the lock.. Den in the afternoon, I found out that my Grandmother passed away.. On top of that, due to the inexperience (or other reasons) of the people i was working with, I could not complete my work and had to push them to work so that @ least some of my work could be done..

On Friday, my wife had to go for a minor eye operation.. This was the most difficult thing for me.. Can u imagine the most important person in my life going for an operation when I was not around? I mean altho it was only a minor Operation.. but i mean it's like i am supposed to be there for her.. Anyways, managed to change my flight to come back on Friday.. however, my flight was delayed!! and the 'wonderful' thing was that my flight was not even listed on the Internet!! So for like 3hrs, every1 was wondering where was I..

My grandma was cremated on sunday evening.. Thankfully she is saved and that she has gone on to be with the Lord.. But I guess my baby would be missing her wonderfully knitted booties.. and of course his great grandmother.. But she has lived a full life and her passing was quick and painless.. Thanks every1 for their concern and prayers..

I am so drained.. didn't even wan to get out of bed this morning.. I guess everything's slowly started to affect me.. But I know and I have to count the blessings of the Lord.. and know that I am truly blessed by Him... Anyways.. since it's back to more baby prep stuff.. hahahaha... :D

3 Months and counting.. Down..

3 more months to go.. It's a countdown to the birth of my son.. Since the last time.. A whole lot of stuff have been added to the house. We went down to the Motherhood Exhibition @ Expo and bought a lot of stuff for the baby.. since it was on sale.. and we would need the items eventually.. so why not?

After two days of exhibition, we ended up with 2 cartons of Pampers, 1 car seat, 1 Cordlife Cord blood bank membership, 3 bottles of detergent for baby's clothes, 3 bottles for washing liquid for baby's bottle, 3 bottles of shower gel.... yes.. and the list goes on.. it'll take like the rest of the blog to list out the items, so i shall not bore u people... hahahaha...

The trip to Bangkok was good.. a short break from work and stuff.. the hotel was excellent, and the food was quite okay.. and of coz the ladies bought a whole bunch of stuff.. Bangkok being the shoppers paradise..

The baby's growing up well.. It's fun to talk to the baby @ night.. and sometimes u can feel the baby responding to your words.. It's like it looks forward to hearing your voice that kind of thing...

Anyways.. the process of room conversion must continue.. probably start looking for a cot and stroller soon.. The study now looks like a store room for baby with all the baby's stuff..

Everything's Fine and Growing Well...

What a weekend!!! Went around running errends for the baby as well as celebrating Mother's day..

Well.. Starting the day was sending Wife down to work.. den after that zoom down to Thomson Medical Centre to pay for classes.. yeah.. Parentcraft Classes.. Gotta learn how to look after baby and all that stuff.. den found out that there's this interesting membership @ Thomson Medical Centre (TMC) called First Born Incentive giving a whole host of stuff.. so left that super crowded place with a bag full of stuff... and more books to read about baby stuff.... :D

After that was the medical check-up.. We did a full scan for the baby.. and yes.. thank God that everything's growing fine and well.. the Baby also did a show for the scan.. the Gynae commented that the baby was very active.. Everything's growing well and healthy...

Finally @ night.. Mother's day Celebration.. Went down to Bottle Tree Village @ Sembawang.. It's like going to another part of Singapore.. hahaha.. It's @ the far end of Sembawang.. and have to drive through a 'forest' before getting there.. it's like going to kampung.. hahaha.. Food was okay and we had time celebrating Mother's day ...

Three days more and we are off to Bangkok for a short holiday with frens.. Really looking forward to it.. mabbie will upload photos about it.. hahaha..