When To Go For Baby #3

Whenever someone asked us, "When are you going for Baby #3?"
We have been conveniently replied, "Oh no no, 2 is enough!"

So one day when my hubby asked me, "When are we really ready for Baby #3?"
We seriously thought about it, and our conclusion -

When we are ready to hear Gynae say "Congratulations! It's another Boy!" and we start to cry happy tears. And if by then I am still below 33. If that day ever comes, we will let nature takes its course.

My friend in Australia said, one for the Dad, one for the Mom, one for the Nation.

We in Singapore say, one for the fullday school, one for the halfday school, one for the maid.

Obama And I

A customer who initially scheduled an appointment on Saturday, called us to postpone the appointment to Monday instead. She said "Obama will be going to Orchard at 2pm, that's the same time as my appointment! There will be a bad traffic jam!"

I heard that Obama finally only arrived at 8pm. But it's for the first, and I guess the only time that Obama came so close to my life. Not unless he decided to drop by and get some South Sea Pearls for his wife.

Unusual Parent-Teacher Chat

Stacey, Bevan's teacher said Bevan is showing very advance problem-solving skills and expresses himself very well. Shows lots of improvement in concentration span and discipline. He socialises among the boys group and the girls group. Which we were very happy and proud to hear.

And then, she moved on to talk about our helper.

First, there were a few times that when Siamah came to pick him up from school to my office, sometimes together with Berton, from Forum to Shaw Centre, she didn't hold their hands. Their hearts dropped when they saw cars drove into the lanes beside my boys as they ran freely. Stacey and other teachers have seen it happening.

Second, once Bevan accidentally hit a friend while they were playing at the merry-go-round after the class, Siamah hit him quite hard and scolded him loudly. The parents felt so uneasy about it that she requested Stacey to let me know.

Once again, I wish I could take care of my kids myself.

Mr Monopoly Junior

When Leslie and I were in New York, we played lots of board games to kill the boredom of crazy winter nights. So when Bevan showed interest in Monopoly. I was rather excited and grabbed the Junior version from Toys R Us that very day.

Bevan and I were a team, Berton and Daddy formed the other. Except for the occasional throwing of dice into the sky, and shifting of houses together to form a row of houses, we did okay. We noticed Berton has this incredible luck! He was always the one who get lucky chances, the one who gets all the Mr Monopoly loose change. Bevan focused on getting $2 every time he passed GO.

At the end, Berton and team won us by $1!

Behind The Clouds

I was hiding the clouds for a few days.

For new, though not major, challenges in work, health, life came together. And nights were spent laying down on sofas with blanket, until it's time to sleep. I needed to be completely brainless, totally carefree for that 2 hours after work, and kids were asleep.

I had overspent my daytime brain and energy quota. With a few surprises which I will slowly record them online.

Here I am again, ready for face them all.

Moving House 14: What Now, Holiday Home

So, what is happening to our holiday home?

It is still not ready. All our packed items are still in the warehouse. It's quite a bit of anti-climax in the excitement and anticipation among the littlekohs.

Here's the interesting estimated TOP from the developer:

November 08
It was indicated in the property catalogue that its TOP will be in Jun 09

December 08
Right after we signed on the Sales Agreement, the agent estimated a slight delay to Jul 09

July 09
We called the agent, she told us to call again in Aug 09

Aug 09
The agent said maybe September

Sept 09
We called the agent, she said "I don't know I cannot point the gun at the developer."
I didn't explain to her we didn't mean anything that violent. I guess it wouldn't help. So we wrote an email to her manager and the developer "in-charge", no one replied. I called their numbers, they said 30 September 09.

30 Sept 09
The "in-charge" said she didn't promised 30 Sept, it was just an estimate.

7 Oct 09
I called the the manager, for the first time I mumbled something like "I can be very good in making a public complaint." I really didn't want to get angry, because it's a new home, it's our nice, relaxing holiday home. So I controlled myself, minded my manners, maintained a smile when I spoke over the phone. She said maybe 3 more weeks.

That's 28 Oct 09. We shall see. For your information, it's an award winning project. Arrgghhh.

Hi-5 Concert

We watched Hi-5 too!

For non-parents, Hi-5 is an educational program that comprises dancing, singing, story-telling, drama with a theme each episode, it can be solar system, travelling, teamwork, sports, wild life, party. As an anti-video mother, this is the only VCD I give in to.

The greatest part of Hi-5 - it allows me to take a nice bath.

So when the Hi-5 team came to Singapore, the whole team of 4 littlekohs went full force to support the concert of our stars. It was good. When the Hi-5 jumped on stage, my excitement was no lesser than watching Jackie Cheung. When it ended, Bevan asked to watch it all over again, just like how we re-played the VCD at home.

It's our littlekohs' first concert together.

(It's an overdue post)