Spotted a rainbow when we were on the way home. Ahhh, a rainbow right at the door step and it's a big one stretched across many streets! Nice!
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Monday, July 05, 2010
Rainbow Spotted
Spotted a rainbow when we were on the way home. Ahhh, a rainbow right at the door step and it's a big one stretched across many streets! Nice!
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Sunday, July 04, 2010
A Maddening EXperience
We had A Maddening EXperience with a credit card company yesterday.
I tried to make a booking for a cruise a week ago but was informed by the lifestyle department that it was only valid for another card type and all the slots were full. I disappointingly accepted it.
This week, DC received a newsletter from the card company that stated clearly in the terms and conditions that our card is eligible for the booking. I thought I could try my luck and so, I tried to call the hotline again. This time, another staff answered my call and surprisingly I had a different response - The slot I wanted was available and she did not tell me that the card I'm holding does not qualify for the booking. She helped me make a tentative booking and requested that I confirmed my booking with her the next day (which was yesterday).
I called back to confirm the booking but to be doubly sure, I checked with her on the card that I had to make payment with. I don't want any unwanted surprise during paying. Then, she told me it has to be that card. I brought up the newsletter that DC received but she insisted the card that was stated was not the one we were holding.(Also called Platinum card but this platinum was not that platinum?!!) DC took over the call and was so unhappy that he demanded to talk to the manager.
While waiting for the manager to call us back, we checked the newsletter and the website again. There were a number of discrepancies in both e.g. the prices were different, one with food inclusive and the other without, the size of the boat was different and the number allowable was different, etc. Even the versions given by the staffs were different! This caused us a lot of confusion! Although I would say that the customer service is good but this experience wasn't really pleasant. We ended up almost wanting to terminate the card! Almost! DC was very nice to me and he knew how much I wanted to take the cruise. So, he decided to go to the extent of upgrading his card (despite the unhappiness) so that we can go ahead with our plan. Thanks hubby, love ya! :)
P.S. To whom I've invited to be on board, you must be there wor cos we spent lots of time and effort (almost vomited blood) trying to make this to happen! :P
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I tried to make a booking for a cruise a week ago but was informed by the lifestyle department that it was only valid for another card type and all the slots were full. I disappointingly accepted it.
This week, DC received a newsletter from the card company that stated clearly in the terms and conditions that our card is eligible for the booking. I thought I could try my luck and so, I tried to call the hotline again. This time, another staff answered my call and surprisingly I had a different response - The slot I wanted was available and she did not tell me that the card I'm holding does not qualify for the booking. She helped me make a tentative booking and requested that I confirmed my booking with her the next day (which was yesterday).
I called back to confirm the booking but to be doubly sure, I checked with her on the card that I had to make payment with. I don't want any unwanted surprise during paying. Then, she told me it has to be that card. I brought up the newsletter that DC received but she insisted the card that was stated was not the one we were holding.(Also called Platinum card but this platinum was not that platinum?!!) DC took over the call and was so unhappy that he demanded to talk to the manager.
While waiting for the manager to call us back, we checked the newsletter and the website again. There were a number of discrepancies in both e.g. the prices were different, one with food inclusive and the other without, the size of the boat was different and the number allowable was different, etc. Even the versions given by the staffs were different! This caused us a lot of confusion! Although I would say that the customer service is good but this experience wasn't really pleasant. We ended up almost wanting to terminate the card! Almost! DC was very nice to me and he knew how much I wanted to take the cruise. So, he decided to go to the extent of upgrading his card (despite the unhappiness) so that we can go ahead with our plan. Thanks hubby, love ya! :)
P.S. To whom I've invited to be on board, you must be there wor cos we spent lots of time and effort (almost vomited blood) trying to make this to happen! :P
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Sleepy Baby
Aaron was so tired one day that he fell asleep while taking his porridge. No wonder he was so irritated during the meal.
Here's another one of him sleeping while sitting on the stroller. Cute!
Here's another one of him sleeping while sitting on the stroller. Cute!
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Season to get wedded
Love is in the air besides the rain this wet season...
We have wedding celebrations lined up every weekend starting from last week all the way to our son's birthday celebration! Woo... busy weekend ahead!
It will actually be only DC who will be attending the wedding dinners. I have in fact rejected the dinners for the benefit of our dearest son. I could only make it if it's a lunch event and we do have one lunch next weekend where DC and I will be attending a friend's wedding lunch with Baby. This will be Baby's first time attending a wedding function! :)
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We have wedding celebrations lined up every weekend starting from last week all the way to our son's birthday celebration! Woo... busy weekend ahead!
It will actually be only DC who will be attending the wedding dinners. I have in fact rejected the dinners for the benefit of our dearest son. I could only make it if it's a lunch event and we do have one lunch next weekend where DC and I will be attending a friend's wedding lunch with Baby. This will be Baby's first time attending a wedding function! :)
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Pump up the Pump Please!
My pump is giving me problems again.
Initially, the screen kept showing the words "ERR" but it was still workable.
A few days later, it started to stop abruptly. Luckily, I was still able to start over the process to complete the job done halfway.
Then, the words on the screen stopped appearing (great, now I can't even see anything on the screen, not even the ERR!) and the memory function was not functioning. I was still able to pump but have to manually keep track of the time and refrained myself to use the memory function.
The funny thing was that everything returned to normal for a few days when I didn't do anything to it. 好景不长, the blank screen re-appeared shortly after!
Today, the pump just couldn't be started. The battery was dead despite the fact that I had it charged overnight! I had to rush home during lunch to get the charger! A trip that caused $20!
This is definitely not what I expect from a pump that costs nearly a thousand! *Thumbs Down*
[Updated 2 Jul: It miraculously revived again today. Hope that's the end of it. No more faults!]
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Initially, the screen kept showing the words "ERR" but it was still workable.
A few days later, it started to stop abruptly. Luckily, I was still able to start over the process to complete the job done halfway.
Then, the words on the screen stopped appearing (great, now I can't even see anything on the screen, not even the ERR!) and the memory function was not functioning. I was still able to pump but have to manually keep track of the time and refrained myself to use the memory function.
The funny thing was that everything returned to normal for a few days when I didn't do anything to it. 好景不长, the blank screen re-appeared shortly after!
Today, the pump just couldn't be started. The battery was dead despite the fact that I had it charged overnight! I had to rush home during lunch to get the charger! A trip that caused $20!
This is definitely not what I expect from a pump that costs nearly a thousand! *Thumbs Down*
[Updated 2 Jul: It miraculously revived again today. Hope that's the end of it. No more faults!]
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Slow melting in progress
Get your 1-for-1 Haagen Dazs double-scooped ice-cream voucher from Suntec City customer service counter this GSS! No min spending amount is required. Offer ends 30 June 2010.
DC and I had our ice-cream cravings satisfied totally. We got ourselves a lot of the vouchers (greedy us! :P) and have been passing the message around.
We've just finished a tub of Haagen Dazs Green Tea ice-cream given by my mum and used up 3 vouchers which we sampled about 12 of their flavours. I think by the end of this month, we would be sick of and steer ourselves away from all ice-cream or at least the Haagen Dazs brand! Hehe...
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Baby is 11 months old
Baby is 11 months old today! :)He now has a mind of his own and often he would want to dictate the direction he wants to go by pointing his fingers and body towards that direction. Most of the time he did that, he was looking for Daddy in his study room. :)
He would peep through the door gap and could push open the door that is ajar.
He could tuck his hand in his top drawer to pick up his bib. Red, blue, orange, yellow... I let him pick his own bib for his meals.
He could pick up small biscuits with much more ease now. We encourage him to feed himself as and when we can. There was this once that we handed him a long biscuit, he pushed the biscuit into his mouth, let go of his hands, continued playing with his toys with his freed hands and then tried to gobble up the whole piece up with the work of his mouth and tongue! Haha, so cute!
He could sit very stable now either on his high chair or mat and we tried to let him play more on his mat now. His anxiety seems to be gone and he is more able to accept being alone or seeing Mummy and Daddy walking off for a while. good news.
He understands and follows instructions to wave "bye bye" to us every morning when we leave for work, sometimes auto! :)
He claps his hands along with melodies whenever he hears them or whenever we sing songs to him. He seems to enjoy himself more and more as each day passes, we simply adore his laughter and wide smile.
However, he is ever more determined to reject his milk, so skillful at squirming away from milk now that I think his grandparents sort of give up feeding him after exhausting all of their solutions! Hmmm...any valuable solution to this?
We had our 2nd staycation this year. This time it was at Pan Pacific Hotel. It was rather a disappointing stay, not as good as expected. Nevertheless, Baby seems to enjoy himself there. However, he had an eye infection right after the stay that lasted for a few days and we had a hard time restricting him from rubbing his red puffy eyes. Fortunately, it was not due to food allergy.
We introduced him to oatmeal, blueberries, fresh bananas and papayas and so far, his bowels movements are regular although the stools are hard.
Next month he will be turning one year's old. DC and I have fixed the date of his birthday celebration and have been making preparations. *counting down* I'm keen and thinking if I should have another celebration on his actual birthday... Hmm...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Updates to Baby's first birthday preparation
Little progress since last month but we managed to proceed quite a fair bit in the past 2 days...
We took some time backtracking and went back to our original point to source for new potential venues, get the quotes and discuss on the packages. Not that the venue that we've decided on was no good but we wanted to explore new probable sites. We were convinced that our earlier choice remained the most sensible option and confirmed our final venue & date 2 days ago.
We also re-visited the birthday theme. DC wanted to think more carefully about the theme and wanted us to brainstorm and to check out other themes. The result of the brainstorming was no change to the theme. :P
After rounds of discussions, the venue and theme remained. Yesterday, we resumed from where we left off - Baby's photos were picked, the buffet was booked, his clothes to wear on the party was bought and today, DC has sent out the invitations to his relatives. :)
Next we will be buying the decorations, sending the rest of the invitations, confirming the attendees, getting the goodies for the party packs, confirming the cake details, getting his present and getting my ideas implemented (DC has stroked off much of them, we'll see if we have the time and nod to implement the rest) :P
One month to his birthday, I'm counting down...
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We took some time backtracking and went back to our original point to source for new potential venues, get the quotes and discuss on the packages. Not that the venue that we've decided on was no good but we wanted to explore new probable sites. We were convinced that our earlier choice remained the most sensible option and confirmed our final venue & date 2 days ago.
We also re-visited the birthday theme. DC wanted to think more carefully about the theme and wanted us to brainstorm and to check out other themes. The result of the brainstorming was no change to the theme. :P
After rounds of discussions, the venue and theme remained. Yesterday, we resumed from where we left off - Baby's photos were picked, the buffet was booked, his clothes to wear on the party was bought and today, DC has sent out the invitations to his relatives. :)
Next we will be buying the decorations, sending the rest of the invitations, confirming the attendees, getting the goodies for the party packs, confirming the cake details, getting his present and getting my ideas implemented (DC has stroked off much of them, we'll see if we have the time and nod to implement the rest) :P
One month to his birthday, I'm counting down...
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