As we indulge in gifts and presents for each other, lavish dinners with our friends and families, I can't help but remember that you, Lord Jesus, is the true reason that we celebrate Christmas.
Because of you, Lord Jesus, that our baby Aaron came into this world safely. He is such a wonderful boy, bringing so much joy into our lives.
Thank you Lord Jesus, thank you Abba Father! We love because you first love us!
Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
By: John F. Wade
Oh, come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant!
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him
Born the king of angels:
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Highest, most holy,
Light of light eternal,
Born of a virgin,
A mortal he comes;
Son of the Father
Now in flesh appearing!
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God
In the highest:
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be glory given!
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing!
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A Peep Into the Future
And you'll find that the public holidays next year all lies on Fri, Mon or weekends except for Hari Raya Haji which is on Wed! :) Yippee, lotsa long weekends ahead!
Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - New Year's Day
Sun-Tue, 14-16 Jan 2010 - Chinese New Year
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 - Good Friday
Sat, 1 May 2010 - Labour Day
Fri, 28 May 2010 - Vesak Day
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 - National Day
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 - Hari Raya Puasa
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 - Deepavali
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 - Hari Raya Haji
Sat, 24 Dec 2010 - Christmas
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Fri, 1 Jan 2010 - New Year's Day
Sun-Tue, 14-16 Jan 2010 - Chinese New Year
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 - Good Friday
Sat, 1 May 2010 - Labour Day
Fri, 28 May 2010 - Vesak Day
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 - National Day
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 - Hari Raya Puasa
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 - Deepavali
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 - Hari Raya Haji
Sat, 24 Dec 2010 - Christmas
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
R.I.P.
Just last Friday at 5pm, I saw it scurried for cover.
On Monday, when I saw it again at 5pm, I had the greatest shock in my life! It was stuck at the edge of the door, there's dried blood around it, its skin blackened and it lay there motionless and crushed!
Rest In Peace, Lizard!
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Rest In Peace, Lizard!
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Counting Down to Xmas
Yeah! We're all set for christmas! Tree is up, presents gotten, food ordered... we are just waiting for that day to come!
This year, there is a new decoration! DC bought a train set and fixed it round the xmas tree. It's going to be the present for our precious. :)
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Baby is 5 Months Old
This month whizzed past and before I know, he's already 5 months old! Now that I've started working, I can only get daily updates from my PILs about him... I take over the nursing at night but the night is so short - I've to prepare him for bed straight after my dinner and that's only about 1 to 2 hours! Can't really bond much on weekdays...
We have been bringing him out on weekends to swim and for afternoon teas. His swimming skills really wowed us, it's such a happy sight when we saw how he enjoyed the sessions one better than the previous! :)
Baby's eyes seem to be fully functional. He can see far, knows where to look out for us at a distance and he could see well in the night too. He focuses well now - sometimes you'll spot him crossed eye, staring hard on the milk bottle, ha.
His hands more coordinated, he's always ready to grab whatever that touches the little hands, that includes his face - he had scratches on his face once in a while. Just yesterday, he tried to touch my face with his hands! :)
Like last month, he has no problem sleeping through the night (I carry and rock him to sleep every night) but he still naps very little during the day according to my ILs. *worried* However, he now don't cry that often when put him on his bed. I guess he's been having the fun flipping himself to his side. No, he's not on his stomach yet - still hates lying on his stomach!
Now, there's another thing that worries me - Baby has mastered the skill of sucking the bottle teat without drinking the milk! Sometimes while feeding when you check on him 15 mins later, you'll realised that there's still that much of milk left in the bottle! Luckily this doesn't take place all the time, otherwise he'll not be having enough nutrition (not to mention the fact that he's already drinking lesser than his peers)! I'm very proud that most of the time I can make him drink up his milk... but this is a trick that DC and his parents has yet to pick up.
At month 4, Baby's personality is slowly beginning to show... he'll shout angrily and grumble when you push the bottle to him on times when he does't want to be fed, he'll laugh out loud happily and smile very sweetly when people play with him, he's cranky when he's sleepy and he has the ability to mimic other babies! Yes! We were caught by surprise that day when we thought we heard him crying and it turned out that he was not crying at all, he was just having fun making sounds exactly like the crying baby!
Baby, oh Baby, how fun it is to discover what you can do day by day! :)
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We have been bringing him out on weekends to swim and for afternoon teas. His swimming skills really wowed us, it's such a happy sight when we saw how he enjoyed the sessions one better than the previous! :)
Baby's eyes seem to be fully functional. He can see far, knows where to look out for us at a distance and he could see well in the night too. He focuses well now - sometimes you'll spot him crossed eye, staring hard on the milk bottle, ha.
His hands more coordinated, he's always ready to grab whatever that touches the little hands, that includes his face - he had scratches on his face once in a while. Just yesterday, he tried to touch my face with his hands! :)
Like last month, he has no problem sleeping through the night (I carry and rock him to sleep every night) but he still naps very little during the day according to my ILs. *worried* However, he now don't cry that often when put him on his bed. I guess he's been having the fun flipping himself to his side. No, he's not on his stomach yet - still hates lying on his stomach!
Now, there's another thing that worries me - Baby has mastered the skill of sucking the bottle teat without drinking the milk! Sometimes while feeding when you check on him 15 mins later, you'll realised that there's still that much of milk left in the bottle! Luckily this doesn't take place all the time, otherwise he'll not be having enough nutrition (not to mention the fact that he's already drinking lesser than his peers)! I'm very proud that most of the time I can make him drink up his milk... but this is a trick that DC and his parents has yet to pick up.
At month 4, Baby's personality is slowly beginning to show... he'll shout angrily and grumble when you push the bottle to him on times when he does't want to be fed, he'll laugh out loud happily and smile very sweetly when people play with him, he's cranky when he's sleepy and he has the ability to mimic other babies! Yes! We were caught by surprise that day when we thought we heard him crying and it turned out that he was not crying at all, he was just having fun making sounds exactly like the crying baby!
Baby, oh Baby, how fun it is to discover what you can do day by day! :)
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Baby Swimming 6
Today, this cute creature (what is it called?) swam with Baby...
One of the staffs at PS came to help out at the new outlet and recognized Baby the moment we reached. She commented that he looks bigger and swims better and happier than she remembered! Indeed, we weighed him at home today and found that he has put on about 1 kg since last month! :D
The shop owner (we assumed) kept promoting the big jacuzzi tub but we don't think Baby is ready for that, so we stick to the small tub today.
Like last week, he was in good mood. He happily kicked very vigorously and created great waves as he swished and swashed about in his tub! DC thought it was not a coincidence, we actually timed it such that he swims half hour after his feed. I guess we'll stick to this arrangement since it works. I don't want a cranky baby in water!
The happy baby in choppy water...
After the swim, we went for lunch and after that, it's mummy's shopping time! :P
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One of the staffs at PS came to help out at the new outlet and recognized Baby the moment we reached. She commented that he looks bigger and swims better and happier than she remembered! Indeed, we weighed him at home today and found that he has put on about 1 kg since last month! :D
The shop owner (we assumed) kept promoting the big jacuzzi tub but we don't think Baby is ready for that, so we stick to the small tub today.
Like last week, he was in good mood. He happily kicked very vigorously and created great waves as he swished and swashed about in his tub! DC thought it was not a coincidence, we actually timed it such that he swims half hour after his feed. I guess we'll stick to this arrangement since it works. I don't want a cranky baby in water!
The happy baby in choppy water...After the swim, we went for lunch and after that, it's mummy's shopping time! :P
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Airport Extreme
My boss is letting go of his Airport Extreme. Well, he already has 2 Apple Time Capsules so the Extreme was just lying around. I grab the chance immediately.
Connecting to the Airport Extreme from Windows wasn't so straightforward. You had to install the Airport Utility software. After the installation, it gave an error that the dnssd.dll file was missing. It appeared that you had to install iTunes as well ...
However, using the Airport utility from Windows was quite frustrating. It hanged frequently. I weren't sure if it's just my PC but I didn't bother to find out. I used my Macbook to configure the Extreme and subsequently the Airport Express. Seamless! I uninstalled the Airport Utility in the end as I suspect it kept seizing up Windows. After that, things seem to chug along fine ... I hope.
In any case, Apple products were really made for each other. Love the designs as well!
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Connecting to the Airport Extreme from Windows wasn't so straightforward. You had to install the Airport Utility software. After the installation, it gave an error that the dnssd.dll file was missing. It appeared that you had to install iTunes as well ...
However, using the Airport utility from Windows was quite frustrating. It hanged frequently. I weren't sure if it's just my PC but I didn't bother to find out. I used my Macbook to configure the Extreme and subsequently the Airport Express. Seamless! I uninstalled the Airport Utility in the end as I suspect it kept seizing up Windows. After that, things seem to chug along fine ... I hope.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday Brunch - Cafe Swiss
I don't actually recall ever going for Sunday brunches. When I saw a 1-for-1 offer by Citibank for brunch at Cafe Swiss, I thought that we shouldn't miss it. What's more, December is the month for feasting right? (Not quite right the meaning of Christmas but does give a good excuse for feasting.)
So there we were at Cafe Swiss in Swissotel Stamford hotel. I think it's just me but it's so damn warm. The air-conditioning couldn't cool down the heat from the sun. With the glass windows rising all the way up, it's inevitable. However, the rest of the family find it still bearable. I had to take breaks by going into the much cooler shopping mall just next door, literally. Surprisingly, Baby A had no problems with the heat. He's very much cool as a cucumber.
Love this raclette cheese. Long queue to it as it needs to be slowly melted.
Love the ham too. Baked in bread dough.
Love the roast beef very much as well. Had many slices of the tenderlicious meat.
Only cost $55++ for two people. Drinks like coffe are chargeable but at 1-for-1 too.
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So there we were at Cafe Swiss in Swissotel Stamford hotel. I think it's just me but it's so damn warm. The air-conditioning couldn't cool down the heat from the sun. With the glass windows rising all the way up, it's inevitable. However, the rest of the family find it still bearable. I had to take breaks by going into the much cooler shopping mall just next door, literally. Surprisingly, Baby A had no problems with the heat. He's very much cool as a cucumber.
Love this raclette cheese. Long queue to it as it needs to be slowly melted.
Love the ham too. Baked in bread dough.
Love the roast beef very much as well. Had many slices of the tenderlicious meat.
Only cost $55++ for two people. Drinks like coffe are chargeable but at 1-for-1 too.
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Baby Swimming 5
We went to the new outlet today. Baby was in high spirits and kept smiling! :)
After that, we met sis and Ah Boy at J8. Baby was very happy to see them too... he can't stop laughing at them! :)
I always know he's a smiley but today he seems to be in a super doper good mood! :)
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After that, we met sis and Ah Boy at J8. Baby was very happy to see them too... he can't stop laughing at them! :)
I always know he's a smiley but today he seems to be in a super doper good mood! :)
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Friday, December 11, 2009
The FUN-est x'mas party i ever had
Never been more excited about company d&d than this one and it's not even organised by my company!
I was having fun dressing up myself and baby and taking pictures with the different fairytale creatures! This group of people are just so amazing, they went all out to have fun at this party! Very sporting... almost everyone there was somebody from the storybook! What can I say? I was one and even DC WAS ONE! :O How can we leave out Baby? We dressed him up as our deer (Dear) that night! :P
Haha... don't the bottom 2 photos on the left look as if Baby is at the mercy of King Arthur Charming? It was funny that it turned out this way!
Just imagine 6 Peter Pans, 5 Angels (3 white and 2 black-winged), 5 Pirates, 4 rats, 3 Tinkerbells, 3 little red riding hoods, 3 Snow Whites (I'm one of them), 2 deers (Baby was one of them), 2 Flinstones, 1 Jasmine (Aladdin's wife), 1 Mermaid, 1 Witch, 1 Wendy, 1 Scarecrow, 1 Tin Soldier, 1 Princess Fiona, 1 Granny (from Little Red Riding Hood), 1 wolf turned pumpkin, 1 Santa and 1 King (DC)! :) We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly in this fairytale Christmas party! I was carrying Baby the whole night, you can expect me to be very tired the next day!
The prize winners:
A 6-month baby in a pumpkin costume. The mummy was the little red riding hood's granny.
Princess Fiona - She truly deserves the prize! I think the tin soldier stands a good chance too if he's not one of the committee members!
Wendy, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
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The Pirates
The Flintstones!!!
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I was having fun dressing up myself and baby and taking pictures with the different fairytale creatures! This group of people are just so amazing, they went all out to have fun at this party! Very sporting... almost everyone there was somebody from the storybook! What can I say? I was one and even DC WAS ONE! :O How can we leave out Baby? We dressed him up as our deer (Dear) that night! :P
Haha... don't the bottom 2 photos on the left look as if Baby is at the mercy of King Arthur Charming? It was funny that it turned out this way!
Just imagine 6 Peter Pans, 5 Angels (3 white and 2 black-winged), 5 Pirates, 4 rats, 3 Tinkerbells, 3 little red riding hoods, 3 Snow Whites (I'm one of them), 2 deers (Baby was one of them), 2 Flinstones, 1 Jasmine (Aladdin's wife), 1 Mermaid, 1 Witch, 1 Wendy, 1 Scarecrow, 1 Tin Soldier, 1 Princess Fiona, 1 Granny (from Little Red Riding Hood), 1 wolf turned pumpkin, 1 Santa and 1 King (DC)! :) We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly in this fairytale Christmas party! I was carrying Baby the whole night, you can expect me to be very tired the next day!
The prize winners:
A 6-month baby in a pumpkin costume. The mummy was the little red riding hood's granny.
Princess Fiona - She truly deserves the prize! I think the tin soldier stands a good chance too if he's not one of the committee members!
Wendy, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
These are some others that I like...
The little Red Riding Hood family
The Rats family
The Pirates
The Flintstones!!!
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