23rd Aug 2025
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"I don't think you can compete with Batam" 🤣
Yah, why uncle you obsessed with red light district? I only think abt the food first, red light district second
23rd Aug 2023
人不在新加坡可是还是有她的份。
She Athena Ting brought this Ghibli display to my attention and asked to buy her shirts n a bag.
Ah girl ah.... now you finally decide to buy more shirts.
You should have bought when I kept asking you right? Made it so difficult for me to pack your stuffs for you last week.
#我还有被利用的价值＃
Socks is a bonus for her.
I think she also has Ghibli socks at home
They had this stamp rally which... I kindda regretted doing coz I couldn't align the stamp.
As I stamped the fire thingy, I thought of her.
Should have kept it as it is
I like neko basu.
Coz l like the song.
Soot sprites is another of my fav. Haha! Not Totoro; not No Face but the soot sprites.
Just coz I love the song. I love how the simple tune brings out the playfulness peekaboo dust bunnies .
23rd Aug 2022
Haha! I can relate to this with lil' one.
Yak yak yak non-stop. When it's quiet, it's strange.
When we were on organised tour, the tourguides will always say the bird is chirping behind. The moment it's quiet, they'll turn and look and she's asleep. And after a period of quiet, suddenly hear noise and the bird is up 😂
23rd Aug 2022
OMG! I'd freaked out.
Then again, I'm nowhere close to doing this in the first place
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How to stay on keto like that??? 😂
Discharged n back on her bed.
Doc have no idea what's wrong, tho palpitation was coming down, it's still not the normal range. They observed her for 2+hrs hooked to the vital stats machine, n she pouts her lips every time the machine beep coz she knows it says "HR high" and she'll either tell me "I want to go home", "I want to go to school" (after that in the car "there's FCE tmrw, I want to cook." ( So gian to cook, I'll make her cook at home for all of us.)
WAS IT AN ORDEAL?
Not really, coz when we went to A&E it was purely for further tests. But when we were ushered in almost immediately even with the crowd, I sensed their urgency in tending to her first. So throughout our 4hrs there, she was perfectly fine yakking away albeit the slight raised temperature n . It's akin to like we were in a clinic just to see a doctor and not there for the MC. I think the ordeal part would be me going through the ordeal of listening to her grouching about wanting to go school, to play with friends etc...
（来，我跟你玩啦!)
SHOULD U OPT OUT OF THIS VACCINE?
I'm not here to tell you that you should or should not opt out of this vaccine, it's all up to you. I opted for it coz of a few reasons. And also every child is different, their body react differently to it. The giddiness n fever is one of the effects, not all got it.
She got 'lucky' n experienced both (if only she's lucky to strike lottery) + palpitation. Unfortunately, palpitation into the second day wasn't normal and that warrants the HPB doctor to ask her to get it checked out, which we did not knowing that at 4+pm her heart was still 💓 fast.
It's a learning curve for us, they gave us a letter to pass to HPB to inform caution when giving 2nd dose in ...Sec 2? I would know / be more mentally prepared when I decide to let che-che go for hers.
DAD's DEDUCTION (WHICH SOUNDS LOGICAL but NOT MEDICALLY PROVEN)
Ah gong came down upon hearing the news and came down just as we were at the pharmacy. And he said that fixed amount of dosage given to all kids, when shot into kids of bigger size - impact not so bad, she's so small and compact, impact felt stronger. Haha!
MC/PE
Doc immediately gave 2 days MC, said she'll cover her 3-4 days until I told her it's Friday tmrw then she changed to 2 days. (But she went to school in the daytime!) And I'm not concerned over the MC, if she's fit and before she starts nagging at me she wants to go to school I'll send her in coz she's the mummy. But even without the MC if she's not well, I can cover her with my letter. I'm only more concerned about PE coz she may feel left out and joins in unknowing to any/or not hidden condition.
They're playing caution and gave her 2 weeks off PE.
LEARNING CURVE
This girl ah…..since born make me do so many things.
I never had to deal with it with che-che. They're at different end of stick for almost everything. If got 3rd kid, I sure expert 7 (hehe!)
She was hospitalised before, ENT specialist, height/ weight concerns, curve spine, this! So troublesome.
The only good thing is my kids are damn strong, despite any incidents, they're able to lift up their spirits and found humour in it. They weren't frowning eyebrows and pretended to be in great 'labour' pain.
It does pain a parent when they see their kids suffering but I've learnt to make a joke out of them when it happens, not coz I'm not concerned abt them but it's to diffuse the situation.
At least I know when that active girl is feeling sloppy it means she's really down and out. At least I know if che-che really frowns her eyebrows it means she's in great pain. I know for sure che-che has higher pain threshold. Lil' one now had been experiencing cramps (not sure if it's puberty thingy but monitoring it) tell me "you dunno how painful it is." "Wait till you feel labour pain, this is nothing compared to it "🫤
"ANY MEDICAL HISTORY"
No drug allergies, but if doc asks l'll only state the necessary. This time it suddenly dawned upon me she had heart murmurs before and it did clear up, I know that's common but che-che didn't have any. So I brought it up to them but they said it's no concern.
Phew!
And now I have one more to add in for her.
Wah seh! Che-che's medical history is only one, lil' one's medical history is a list - just as cheong hey as this girl.
BP MACHINE / THERMOMETER
Before I left the hospital, talked to the doc on her normal BP and heart rate range. So I can continue monitoring her at home. She always say she don't feel anything, maybe for fear that she won't get to attend school etc.. (even doc also shake head. Weird patient) So I'd keep track at home and if anything goes up, l'd send her in again.
Ohh cool.... I decided to use hubby's machine and thankfully his is able to measure heartbeat too.
Otherwise I'll have to be a sinseh to take pulse.
But she's so skinny that the cuff is loose on her arm, going round and round, I know there's another point to take bp so quickly messaged brother on location.
Aiyoh!
PARENTING
I think I've grown wiser after parenting 2 diff kids, no wonder I have more white hairs than hubby. Parenting kids is a lot of slap head 🤦🏻♀️ moments. I have more of such moments with lil' one and that doesn't mean I love her more or less over the other. She gets all the nicknames from me 'nottie girl, lil' grandma, my mother, smelly hair, chilli padi, ikan bilis, skinny girl, blue sotong' and still love her just as she is. The package sent to me comes like that, I cannot return to sender 😜. First one was DHL box, this one is Smartpac envelope.
Thank goodness I stopped at 2, I wouldn't know how to manage more.
So tired now, need to sleep awhile before checking on her in another hour. Goodnight.
Ps. I slept all the way for 6hrs!! I didn't hear my alarm clock!! 😜
15 mins drive home : lil' girl keep complaining to me
"I'm vy hungry, can u pls drive faster!", recite her
pledge 我们是新加坡公园…Arguing with me when l
correct her the 公园. Sing song, In between complaining hungry.. N when I turn into my carpark I realize no noise. Lil' girl "fainted" from hunger.
I get this kind of unforgettable argumentative rides with her.
Noisy one minute; next minute fell asleep
Footnote written in 2025 :
Who else but nottie 4yr 11mths old lil' one
