19th Month Vaccination

Since he had already started playgroup, we thought it would be good if Baby could have his immunisation taken asap. So, we arranged for the MMR jab that we deliberately delayed to be done today.

Initially, we were very worried that Baby would struggle and opposed to the jab but it turned out to be a surprise to see that Baby not affected by the poking at all (rather, he was slightly annoyed by his restricted movement prior the jab)! Kudos to our skillful GP! :)

When we got back and took out the plaster of Baby's left arm. We played with it briefly, sticking it anywhere we want to. We stuck it on his hand and on the blue black on my knee...


Then at some point, Baby took it out and tried to put it on my forehead... that made me laugh for a while. He was treating it like a fever patch! And, I wonder why he wants to patch it on my forehead when he himself hates it so much? :)

Anyways, till now, he's hasn't got the fever yet... It's said that fever will come either immediately, within first 3 days or within 3 days after 1 week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[20 Mar 2011: He was fine on Wed, the day of jab. On Thu, he started developing fever of 37.9ºC which subsided on Fri. On Sat, fever escalated to 38.1ºC and I was practically carrying him whole day! Fortunately, his temperature came down to 36.8ºC at night. Today, his temperature remains normal but his appetite wasn't good. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better!]

[27 Mar 2011: His temperature actually went normal on 21 Mar and just when we thought the fever was completely gone, it came back at 37.2ºC on Wed, 23 Mar night and the next day it went up to as high as 38.5ºC for the next 2 days! He was cranky and listless. Yesterday, he was still feverish at 37.5ºC but he was back to his normal, cheery self and he greeted me with a wide cheeky smile in the morning after his morning milk! :) After his afternoon nap (on my shoulder), his fever finally subsided and it carried on that way until the whole of today! Yeh, he is now fever-free! :)]


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Windows 7 64-bit - IT Show 2011

I had enough with a 32-bit Windows XP. It's time for a 64-bit OS. Since my MAC OS install failed, I decided to switch to WIndows 7 - 64-bit. With the IT Show just next door, getting it is easy enough.




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Finally purchased a network attached storage (NAS) for data backup - Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo (LS-WV2). 2 x 1TB of storage! All for $299 only!



What I like:
1. Support for Apple Time Machine
2. RAID 1/0 or JBOD support.
3. Easy swap of the internal harddisks.
4. Support for Windows SMB
5. Media Streaming
6. BitTorrent support

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BK $1 Promo

Did you get the BK TenderGrill Chicken Burger that was selling for $1 today?


I did with two of my colleagues and there was a long queue at Ion Orchard. The burger was nice (less salty would be nicer) but crowd control was not that great. We spent almost an hour queuing for it and was only allowed to get one each.



DC sent me this picture when he walked past BK at Suntec.


We tried our luck to see if we could get them for dinner and it was all sold out. So, we hopped over to the rival for their Chicken Grill Burger. :) Tastes nice but slightly soggy.

Now we have a "Make it better", a "Make it even better"... who's will be next to come up with the best deal? :)


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10 Mar 2011, 10:13am, DC: Super duper long queue for $1 burger king.


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Rashes Unleashed

I've been wondering why I've been having bumps (round, raised, skin colour and individual like mosquito bites) all over my body lately and I thought it's due to the few feasts I've been to. Those times, however we did not order sharks fins, my usual allergen... so I assumed that it's one of ingredients or seasoning used in one of the dishes that caused the allergy.

Today, I found my answer. Not in a very expected way but in a rather familiar way. A different type of rashes appeared on my body today. They are small, red and many like little goose pimples that covers quite a big area. It's a deja vu feeling and I knew I had the same set of rashes at the very spot (actually area) previously! It strikes me then that I had the rashes during my pregnancy... but it was DC who later enlightened me that it was caused by my new antibiotics! Yes, makes sense... the dates match... and I had the same antibiotics during my pregnancy!

I looked at the elements in the medication.. Amoxycillin and Clavulanate Potassium... which one was I allergic to? I'm guessing the latter cos I've taken the former before I took this course of medicine. But, I'm not sure if the dosage matters... I think I better check with the doc...


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Thank God for Telecommuting

Another account of my absent-mindedness. I actually forgot to bring along my laptop to work and discovered it only when I got off the bus! And, to think that I thought I forgot to bring my token and I forgot my locker keys just weeks ago!

Of course, I went back to get my laptop but felt it was a waste of time to travel back to office. So, I applied for telecommuting today and it was instantly approved. :) Love this work arrangement that was only recently (Nov or Dec last year) implemented!

Anyway, I felt like a nomad worker since we shifted to the temporary office. I was trained to be so mobile that I could work just anywhere as long as I have a seat and Internet access. So, working anywhere is no difference to me.

I worked from home till lunch and fortunately that day, when I went back, Baby was still sleeping. By the time he woke up at 10:30am, I was already in my study room working. He didn't know I was in the house. When I came out from my room for lunch, his expression was like "Why are you at home at this time?" and his gaze followed me where I went. So cute! However, he started to get clingy to me afterwards... that's when I knew I should escape (if not I can't do work)...

My parents picked me up for lunch and Dad drove us to our favorite duck stall. As usual, there was a long queue but, we needn't queue cos my parents are regular customers. :)

After a full stomach, Dad ran some errands before he sent me to his house. That's where I worked after lunch. Full stop. That's my account on my day spent telecommuting. Love the flexibility to choose to work and I needn't wait till weekend to see my parents! :)


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Our Lazy Sunday Afternoons

After Baby A's music play lesson, we would head down to the basement level for latte and cakes. It's the way it is every Sunday. Life's simple pleasures!





Baby A would have his fill too.


We would end it off with a trip to the Marketplace for avocados and baby yoghurt. Baby A gets to sit on the trolley :)



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How Wedding in China Differs from Ours

I was at my parent's place when they showed the video of my nephew from china's wedding ceremony. If you're still expecting to see people carrying the bride in sedan and the traditional bridal rituals, then be disappointed! (Not sure if this is still practice in other parts of China though)

It seems that the people there gave out the DVD to guests (they even make videos for funerals!). Over here, we only showed the highlights of the day to guests only but even then, I didn't even engage a videographer for my own wedding... so, no day highlights was projected on my wedding. :P


Anyways, here are some snapshots of the video that I've taken. It's not difficult to spot the difference in customs between us and them...

Her entourage consists of Audis, Lexus and BM. They also had flowers tied to their cars but much more!


OMG, look at the bride's hands! They were rounded by thick gold bangles and rings and I heard that there were no space on her hands for the golds that they ended up wrapping the golds on her waist! She had to wear them for the whole day! From what I see from the video, there is also return gift e.g. gold chains, ring, etc that the bride had to wear it on the guests and after that, bride and guest were supposed to turn back-to-back then turn back to shake hands. Don't know what these means but this process took very long (lotsa relatives around). Seems like only the bride is involved, the groom just stood behind. Actually I don't mind doing this once in a life time just to bag all the gold! :P


All guests wore RED (well, almost all). Those who were not in red I observed were in grey or some other neutral colours... The groom was in grey suit while the bride was in the traditional "gua". Hmm, I wonder how many of us would have used the red with grey combination here?

Dad and Mum were in the video. Yup, they went China for the wedding celebration!


I wonder why she wore a black veil over her head? Thought black color is inauspicious? Hmm...


Lastly, a picture of my nephew from China with her wife in their new bedroom. The eating of sweet stuffs to symbolise happy marriage is about same as what we practice here...


Cheers to him for getting a pretty wife! :)


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Dining Offer 4 - 1-for-1 Starbucks

Again from Stanchart. I had one voucher, my colleagues gave me another 2. Used it all this week!




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