B is 17 months old

This little girl said "No" almost all the time. Only to food, she'll say either "OK" or "Yes"! Her language skills were developing nicely and she could say a lot of words now, "A, B, C", "want", "don't want", etc... She called herself "Mei Mei" and knew that she was "B.." She used to call Micky Mouse "Mi Mi Mi", now she said "Mi Mi Mou". :)

She liked soft toys and would kiss them whenever she had one in her hands. Her favorite character was still Hello Kitty but she liked Minnie Mouse, Pooh Bear and Elmo now too.

She had preference over which pair of shoes to wear and she dictates what to wear. And, she's still only willing to wear one hair clip, which was the Hello Kitty one.

This girl loved to climb up and down and throw things about! She was getting cheekier and gave a grin when she did things she knew I didn't like!

She loved to bathe and is not afraid of showering her head now. DC bought a lot of bath toys for her and now, she didn't want to come out of her shower!

She developed flu and was vomiting and coughing. Her brother too, so one of the days we brought both of them to the doctor's together. She was on nebuliser last week.

She slept through the night for most of the days this week and I wasn't sure if that was due to the medication. I still brought her to my bed to sleep with me when she woke up in the middle of the night or in the early morning. She sleeps with my hands holding her and when she wakes up, she'll greet with a loud "Mummy" and kiss me. :) Such a sweetie!

This month, we went to Sentosa every week, we brought her to the underwater world and she liked the fishes! :) She was however a little afraid of the sea lion and she'll say "怕怕" (scared scared). It made me smile to see her patting her chest and say "怕怕"! She's cute! :)


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Iron Man 3

Marvel's Iron Man 3

CAST: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley
DIRECTOR: Shane Black
LANGUAGE: English with Chinese Subtitles
OPENING: 26 Apr 2013
RUNTIME: 131 mins
RATING: PG - Violence


Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black and is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the pages of “Tales of Suspense” (#39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with “The Invincible Iron Man” (#1) in May of 1968.

In Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” Tony Stark/Iron Man finds his world reduced to rubble by a malevolent enemy and must use his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him as he seeks to destroy the enemy and his cohorts.

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It was quite a while since DC and I last caught a movie together. :) This was showing for almost a month and it was one of DC's most watched movies, of course he chose this. It was, to me, another action-packed movie. I rather enjoyed it actually...

And, oh yah, as were my previous posts on Iron Man, do be informed that there was something after the credits! (It was actually quite a long wait, I feel.)


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My LV Noé BB

DC placed a big brown box on the bed yesterday.

Haha, it was obvious enough for me to see it when I came out of the bathroom after shower!

And in it contained a bag that I wanted! In fact, this was new in town. DC told me that this was the only piece that just came in today! :)

Tata, the new re-invented LV IT bag - Noé BB!

I've to admit that I wanted yellow color initially, however this color, like what DC says is really a much better match with clothes. I thought his decision may be a wiser one.

Thanks hubby for the anniversary gift! I LVoe it! :)


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My disappearance says it all... I have been busy and very busy with work these 2 weeks!

Finally, one of the loads (Audit) was taken off today and I can now concentrate more on the other projects that I was working on. It was a relief, you couldn't imagine the stress that built up over the past 2 weeks! I was so 'lucky' to have been picked 2 projects (out of 3) to be audited and I was the one responsible for coordinating with the auditor and getting ready the venue, presentation venue and materials for the day!

It was a happy day for me too, cos I didn't have to bother about work after work! :) It's been such a long while!

I'm having flu and sore throat now. Now that my audit was done, I was thinking if I should take a day off to stay at home to rest...


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Bring Mei Mei Home

Today, we deviated from our usual night routine. Instead of going to the baby sitter's place to fetch B, we went home to drop off our maid first. We told A that B would be staying over at her nanny's place. A got exasperated and anxious and wouldn't let us do that. He insisted on fetching his mei mei home and kept asking for "mei mei"!

That got us quite surprised. At home, A was always "teaching his mei mei lessons", either by hitting her or scolding her. We thought A wouldn't care about her. So, he did care!

We assured him that we will go to the chalet (where B was, with the nanny) and bring mei mei home. He listened, and finally believed when we drove off after the maid alighted. Then, he smiled. :)

I guess that's what family is all about. Annoying when in sight but always wanting when out of sight! :)



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A Belated Post - Our HK Trip

I know this post is rather overdue but it's always better late than never right? :P

Here it goes.... A & B's first overseas mega family trip!

We were a total of 15 people, hehe DC and I thought it was best to gather as much people to go on the trip with us in case we needed help with our two kiddos. It was after all our first overseas trip with them and we didn't know what to expect!

God truly blesses, they were angels on the plane and throughout the holiday! On the other hand, I felt we (DC and I) were the devils as there were a day or two they had to miss their naps or nap on the go so that we could cover more places of interest (to us)! Haha...

On the first day, we checked into our respective hotels. My family preferred to stay in the Tsim Sha Tsui area but we opted for the HK Disneyland hotel with my in-laws. We rested in the hotel for a while before we went to Citygate Outlets for dinner and then shopped around. The place was quite a disappointment. We found nothing there. DC wanted to get a pair of Timberland shoes but there was no stock for his shoe size.

A and B, however, did have a brief moment of fun at a kids shop there:

On the second day, we went for dim sum with the whole gang at the Tim Ho Wan at Olympic City 2. Wow! It was crowded! We came later, but luckily my family got a queue number for us. So, we didn't wait too long for a table. The food there was nice but they did not have high chairs. In our next few days of stay, we realized that HK eating places were not really baby friendly. Although some restaurants did have high chairs, the chairs were for bigger child. There was no seat belt and the chair was open with no safety guards. :(

Pic above: Just look at the crowd!

After dim sum, we went shopping, this time we found something - shoes for A, B and me. :) Then we walked to and around Mongkok...

Pic above: my A and B with their aunts in their matching clothes...

At night, we met up my aunt and uncle who came specially to meet up from China, at a restaurant that DC and I recommended for dinner. We had a delicious meal there the previous time DC and I were there and so recommended this place. We were pleasantly surprised that the restaurant had earned themselves a Michelin star since then! We had a great feast there...

Pic above: That's the restaurant with my favorite suckling pig!

After that, DC went to meet his HK friend and they went on a camera hunt with A, B and me. I regretted tagging along. Instead, I should have gone back hotel with my in-laws. Should have let DC have the time with his friend, a good chat over a cuppa coffee or tea at least. Knowing that the kids were tired, the good father decided to return to the hotel.

On the third day, we spent the day in Disneyland. A enjoyed the rides a lot, to our surprise! B was still young, she was scared with some of the rides with sudden sound effects and moving props. Disneyland was still as enjoyable to DC and me, even with the kids! And, the fireworks at 8pm was still as amazing! :)

Pic above: Family photo with the castle in the background - Disneyland.

The next day, we gathered for breakfast at the airport. We were disappointed that the restaurant we wanted to go is closed for renovation and we had to go for alternative. The restaurant we ended up going to was not too bad (I mean food, the service actually sucks).

Pic above: Me with my A and B at HK airport.

And then, we were off to take the plane back home! A slept almost throughout the plane ride and B, before the ride... it was a rather hassle-free ride back for us. :)

Seeing how they enjoy this holiday, we are now seriously thinking if we want to go back to Disneyland for our next holiday trip!


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Just a cute little picture of my A & B standing together.

It was difficult to capture my kids in one photo as they were always running around!

We were attending a birthday celebration this day and the kids were exploring the perimeter of the venue, a bungalow.  This photo was taken in a very brief moment by DC, right after I placed them against the wall.

*Snap*, *Snap*, *Snap*! I didn't know how many photos DC snapped but I'm happy to see this amongst all!

Simple background with my two lovely, smiley (and cheeky) kids in the foreground... This photo could bring a smile on me anytime when I look at it! :)


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My brother held a fantastic celebration of her 2nd daughter's 1st birthday yesterday.

We had a great time there. A was busy exploring the place and B happy seeing the gigantic Hello Kitty (her favorite character!) balloons.

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A, my cheeky boy is still as active. He was always busy running round the place, exploring every corner and coming back to you to let you know what he's up to! :)

He loves a Mickey Mouse cartoon recently. It's just that one and no other. Simply because the cartoon revolves around car! Well, that's my boy's greatest interest after all, no wonder he loves that! He would request for it to be shown to him every day before and after his shower time.

This boy picked up a word that I might have always used on my parents during our recent HK trip... and that's "Mai" (means No in hokkien). Now, whenever he remembers he would say that! Haha, it's quite unexpected that he'll pick up a dialect word, this is probably the first dialect he had said!

He now calls his father "Daddy" instead of "Papa". This is esp when he required attention from DC or when DC didn't bother about him. He also learnt to pretend to cry (and sometimes real tears would turn up) when he didn't get the things he wanted. Now, that's not a very good trick to use as his daddy sometimes won't buy that!

While DC was away for his business trip for about a week, A enjoyed very much the company of his aunts, uncle and grandparents and the rides with them to and from home! I was glad that he did behave himself well when DC was away. There was however an occasion that quite shocked me. He threw a big tantrum over 4 plasters at night, after DC left for Shanghai. I never seen him so angry before. I guess he could be feeling sad that he couldn't see DC for a while.

He still decides what both he and his dad should wear during the weekends. Instead of only the top, he also wants the bottom to be the same as his daddy. E.g. berms with zip and similar colour or jeans. He also decides what shoes DC should wear, whether it's a similar colored track shoes they both had or sandals. Haha, that only applies to DC, I'm glad I didn't get that from him.

This month, he went to a school outing to the Botanic Gardens and 3 birthday celebrations (Hector's 1st birthday, Enya's 1st birthday and Mum's birthday treat to Yiyi). He's still loving the birthday song and claps along! :)


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My B is very playful now! She rather be walking, roaming every corner of the house, climbing up and down than be carried...

She giggles quite readily esp if she feels she caught your sight.

Her favorite words, in addition to "No", are "Okay" and "Yes". She's often imitating her brother and us and would surprise me sometimes. Eg last week, she repeated after her brother's "直直走" when we were on the straight road to home!

She's more willing to be hugged by adults other than me and DC. My dad was the first to discover the trick... she's sure to wrap her arms round him whenever he told her that he had "Mum Mum" (food) for her. Yes, she's quite a glutton! :)

When DC was not away for almost a week, I had help from my family and the common comment about B was that she was very active and agile, like a monkey and difficult to be held still! Haha, yes she was quite difficult to handle now... she was a curious little monkey! Everything to her (esp what her brother was doing) was very interesting to her!

She loves to sit on the battery operated cars and refused to get out. That was quite different from her brother!

She wants to choose the shoes she wear (sometimes she'll choose kitty, sometimes minnie, sometimes strawberry). Now she doesn't fuss up when I took out her shoes, instead she expects her shoes to be taken off when she reached home. At night or outside, she only wants one type of hair clip - her Hello Kitty hair clips! That's quite a waste because I bought her lots of hair clips! I heard from the baby sitter that she chooses her dresses too...

This month, she has been to a number of birthday parties, her cousin Hector's 1st birthday party, her cousin Enya's 1st birthday party and Mummy's birthday treat to Yiyi. She loves parties, she loves to blow candles!

Now that she almost recovered from her one month long flu, I hope she don't passed it to her brother!


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