Myopia ... R1 is at Risk

Our family members have discovered that R1 tends to squirt her eyes while watching TV at home. According to her class teacher (about a week ago), she also does that in school (while reading Big Books with her class or when looking at words on the board). Hence, she suggested me to bring R1 to prescribe a pair of glasses for short-sightedness. ** worried **

Btw, I remembered she went for a thorough eye-check with R2 on 25 July 2007 and was being advised that her eyesight was satisfactory (although not perfect). So, little did I expect the progression of Myopia to be so fast !!!

{ Pics taken on 25 July 2007 @ Jurong Medical Centre }

Today, I brought her to an optometrist but due to her young age, I'm being told to bring her to an Eye Specialist Clinic to get her eyes examined. However, an initial test done today confirmed that she's suffering from Myopia. ** sigh, sigh, sigh **

For now, I'm very upset & guilty for not putting enough effort in taking good care of her well-being ... and also wondering was "it" partly inherited (in the genes) from me? ** sigh, sigh, sigh **

Mood Faces

Just wanna share ...

While I'm playing around with my camera earlier, this cheeky little one kept bugging me to take pics of his own version of mood faces ... any comments ??? ... LOL

*** 喜怒哀乐 ***

A Surprise Gift

R1 was pleasantly surprised when she came back from school this evening ... hee hee.

I've bought a Portable Keyboard Yamaha Portatone PSR-E313 for her today !!

After sitting-in one of her piano lessons last Sunday, I discovered that her current hand-me-down Casio Keyboard is slightly out-of-tune/faulty when she practiced at home.

On top of that, I thought it might further motivate her to practice more regularly when she has a Keyboard to call her own ... do you agree with me ??

However, I shall monitor her learning progress &/or interest (for 1 year) before making another investment of purchasing a Yamaha Upright Piano which will easily cost between a range of S$4K ~ S$8K. **faint**

{ R1 is happily opening & trying out her
"present" while eating a lollipop. }

R1's First Loose Tooth

When R1 reached home from school today, she came straight to me and smiled and IT WAS GONE -- the wriggly tooth she had for merely a week ! ... and this is not supposed to be an April Fool's joke ... ha ha ha.

This brave little girl of mine, went to her school's dentist (on her own) during recess time to get it extracted ... Whoo Hoo !

R1 is well aware that losing baby teeth is a part and parcel of one's life - a milestone in her growing up years ... and she is so proud of herself !!!

Wanna take a look at her new smile ???

Other than a dimple in a cute little chin,
What's more adorable than a toothless grin?

~Azu "Betty" Espezia

The Perfect Recipe

I chanced upon this short & sweet message today & thought of sharing ...

The Perfect Recipe

Ingredients:
(1) Find time to spend with your family
(2) Learn to love one another
(3) Compliment rather than complain

Baking Instructions:
Step 1 :
Add (1) into your daily schedule.

Step 2 :
Stir (2) and (3) together.

Step 3 :
Icing the cake with hugs & kisses is highly recommended.

Step 4 :
Serve to your whole family !

Goodbye ... (once again)

{ I'm blogging at the break of dawn ... while waiting for NC to call me from Singapore Changi Airport. }

Just came back from supper with NC & *JS*, can't get to sleep as I'm waiting for him to call me before he board the plane back to China ... Yes! he's going back there AGAIN for work.

Guess what ???

While NC is packing his luggage earlier, he walked over (out of nowhere), stood in front of me, held my hands & said "I can't bear to leave you." .... Ohhh ... I'm on cloud nine !!! Really didn't expect him to say this to me.

We've spent a total of 56 days together (from 4 Feb 08 till today; including 29 Feb - Leap Year) ... ha ha ha ... it's the longest period of time ever since Year 2003 !!! ... I'm starting to miss him too, but I'll be flying over to China in a couple of weeks' time ... till then, take care NC !!!

Some shots taken earlier with the kids before their bedtime ...
can you tell that they were tired & grouchy ??

On Sleep Mode

My dad came to the airport to pick us up @ 12.30am & we reached home around 1am this morning.

R2 didn't go to school today, where both of us slept through most of the day. I simply don't feel like doing anything at all, with no appetite too ... just wanna laze around the house.

But look at our messy luggages *faint*, I just wish for "someone" who can help to sort them out for me !

Going Home

It's time to go home !!

It's time for R2 to go back to school (Term II) !!

After 2 weeks of much KLKK-ing, shopping, eating, drinking with NC's friends ... I'm totally burnt out ... however, it was fun !!

Yesterday, we rushed like crazy to get all errands done before heading back to Singapore. We were at Guangzhou till 2pm, caught a train & reached Shenzhen around 4.30pm, then lugged our "barangs" back to HK around 11pm ... reached PIL's place & concussed till this morning.

Guess what? R2 woke up this morning & told me that he wishes to stay in HK & not coming back to Singapore ... hmmm ... that's strange & I wondered what happened to him ... ha ha ha.

Lastly, sincere thanks to Father & Mother for taking great care of R2 during the past 2 weeks. I'm sure he enjoyed his stay very much; which makes him don't feel like coming back to Singapore with us.

Also, a great thank you to *Uncle Jeffrey* for taking your time to send us to the airport.

KLKK-ing ... @ Nan Hai

For the past few days, NC visited several factories and I tagged along. But while he's having discussions with the suppliers, I went around snapping pictures ... simply just for fun as well as to share with my blog readers ... Cheers !!!

KLKK-ing ... @ GZ

Lately, the exchange rate is around S$1 = RMB5.10, so everything seems cheaper than usual ... hence, good buy & MUST BUY ... ha ha ha ...

NC brought me to Beijing Road for shopping as it's known to be "Guangzhou's Orchard Road". And indeed, it was very crowded even on weekdays !!

** Sorry, these pictures look blurry coz the sky was always hazy - wondering was it due to pollution or cool weather ??

Jellied Legs

It has been a week since I'm here in China ... and I can't access this blog of mine for most of the time ... arrrgghhh !!!

For a quick update, we left R2 under my PIL's care in HK & came over immediately on 4 Mar 2008 to attend a few exhibitions in Guangzhou. I've to walk for at least 5 hours daily with NC, plus 3 hours of personal shopping time. Can you imagine how tired am I at the end of each day ???

Here, some snapshots taken during the LED Show, and of coz ... it's me being the photographer !!!

We're Off to HK

Hi hi, I'm blogging from Singapore Changi Airport T1, while waiting to board the plane to Hong Kong ... hee hee ... shhhhh ... this shall be my 1st time to blog from here.

NC & I have decided to bring R2 along with us; although there're still a few more days to go before his March School Holidays start. By such arrangement, my mum can "take a break" for the next 2 weeks.

Anyway, look at my little boy ... he's so excited to go over to HK again. In fact, my parents-in-law are not aware that we'll be bringing him there & this is meant to be a surprise for them. (It has been slightly more than a year since they last saw R2.)

I'll try to update my blog whenever I can access it, as I understand from NC that it's impossible to access Blogger from China ... OH NO !!!