tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293516802011-11-09T17:10:35.431+08:00jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.comBlogger5681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-6707505440475198702010-03-16T23:00:00.009+08:002011-02-07T16:46:28.446+08:00

YE's office had a "bring your kids to work day" and boy were the kids excited. especially jeremy! jem had been wanting to go to YE's office for the longest time. but cos of security restrictions, there was pretty much no way he could go. so instead he went and interrogated YE on several occasions about which office tower his office is located at, which floor he's on, what his office looks like,

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randomly, carissa came up to me and said this:carissa: mummy, i bu4 shi4 cry!me: huh? can you say that again?carissa: mummy, i bu shi cry!!me: (confused) what are you saying?carissa: that means don't cry!!me: ......

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we were on our way to pick my good friend, jas, up when we heard this coming from the backseat:jem: what do you have to say when you see auntie jasmine?carissa: must say "hello".jem: yes, very good! you must say "hello auntie jasmine!" ok??

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... thanks to auntie yp :)

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i was off work one day and decided to take the kids out for a quick trip. i remembered jia took the kids to the animal resort which is super near our place and them really liking it so i thought i'd take the kids again... it was pretty fun, we saw and fed loads of animals! :)

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issit weird that i can't help but grin when i see my daughter "dressed" like this?

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we were on our way to pick YE up from work when jeremy piped in from the backseat.jem: (excitedly) mummy, this is the way to godma's house!!me: yup! godma's house is just in front.jem: where?? me: in front. near the junction.jem: it's near the junction?me: yup!jem: junction?? 掌声鼓励鼓励!!i dunno how he makes these connections between the english and chinese language but they sure are funny, at least

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we visited jem's godma, aka my hpy, today.and i found out that she did this really sweet thing that i still feel very touched about.when she was picking out her furniture, she had the option of getting oblong or round tables. she decided that round was the way to go so that the kids wouldn't bump their heads or whatever on the corners!and fact is, the kids really don't visit her all that often,

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me: hurry! popo's waiting to have dinner with us!jem: which popo? taipo, si shen po or popo Mrs Teh??*grin* the boy always manages to come up with such stuff!

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i was hanging out with the kids, sandwiched between them and chatting with them both when this happened:carissa: mummy, face me! don't face korkor!me: hey, don't say that. i'm korkor's mummy too so i should face him too.carissa: no... daddy is korkor's daddy, mummy is my mummy. daddy will hold korkor's hand and mummy will hold my hand.i told carissa things don't work this way and that i'm mom to

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he doesn't go to a private school but i think he manages to pull off the prep schoolboy look...

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my sis was talking about dancing freestyle. jeremy announced he could dance freestyle. so we excitedly asked him to show us.guess what he did!he danced freestyle all right! complete with the freestyle swimming armstroke! i wish i had a vid of him doing that....

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we went over to my parents' today. my dad started chatting with jeremy. you know how jem is totally into planes now right? so pretty much all he can talk about is planes and pilots. so my dad went: jeremy, if you want to be a pilot, you must study very hard ok?jem: why? is it because it's very difficult to be a pilot?grandpa: yes.jem: so daddy didn't study very hard, that's why he's a fireman!all

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-83770550198658096362010-02-15T23:02:00.003+08:002011-02-02T11:10:45.265+08:00

moo went and got a whole bunch of sparklers. we had great fun smoking up the neighbourhood fooling around with them!! waving a bunch of sparklers just wasn't fun enough for YE so this is what he did: then merely joining 2 sparklers weren't enough, so he rigged up something like that: then his dad joined in too... didn't manage to get a pic of the end result. think we were all laughing too hard.

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fashion stylist: the kids' amahhair stylist: our helperactually carissa's hair was tied into 2 little buns on the side of her head. pity i don't have pics of that. this was the aftermath. it reminded me a little of the shanghai tang look. :o)

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before writing this post, i took a quick look at my CNY eve post last year. my gosh! how the kids have grown!!!and then i saw the pic of jeremy doing his CNY craft. were his cheeks that much chubbier last year??in any case, the CNY eve theme this year seems to be gong fu!the kids were garbed in suits my mom got them from china. the garments must have some gong fu feel to them cos the moment the

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we've gotten lots of comments about jeremy's face, the result of the sunburn: in contrast, naturally tanned carissa hardly peeled! (:

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jeremy is really into aeroplanes so when we decided to get tickets when we heard about the airshow.alas, i fell sick. though i was much better by the weekend of the airshow, we decided that i should stay home, out of the blazing sun's reach. bleah!but the kids had great fun with YE at the airshow! they jostled with the crowd. they queued (and baked) for HOURS under the hot, HOT sun to view the

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carissa informed me that she cried in school today.i was surprised. when i asked her why, she replied matter-of-factly, "daddy never come to school so of course i cry!"i still don't get it.

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i've been sick.really really sick.i've been seriously puking up my guts. i don't rem puking this badly ever, except perhaps during the first trimester when i was preggers with jem & carissa.it was so bad on one occasion that jeremy panicked and burst into tears. carissa freaked too and started to cry. but just before she started wailing, she had an epiphany. she started to pray instead and asked

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it was an impromptu extended family dinner. we didn't take our camera with us but jia did. :)jem in kj's lime green hafeipetty cool shot huh?happy kids!happy dadstrolling galsspeeding boy!say cheeeeese!mei's first go at the scooterjia wrote on FB: "SocialInterview.com asked me "If this photo was used in a warning label. what would it be warning against?"I answered "JEREMY IS GOING TO SPIT FRIED

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i almost forgot to put up a post on this.on the 2nd day of school, carissa came home bearing scratches on her forearms and slight cuts from fingernail imprints on the back of her hands.she got them because one of her male classmates likes to hold her hand. and when she pulls away from him, he'd try to grab her hand again. and in his haste, he invariably would end up scratching her arm. and if

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on the first 3 days of school, carissa and i would hang out at the school's mini indoor quadrangle to wait for jeremy to be dismissed. because of her amazing ability to entertain herself without requiring much attention from others, something i truly and firmly believe is a blessing from God (else we'd never have survived our US days!), carissa frequently gets the short end of the stick in terms

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carissa did not learn to ride a tricycle. jeremy killed off his trike when he attempted to ride half-standing (hope you get what i mean!) a while back. we were too cheap to get another trike and figured carissa could just learn to pedal on a bicycle when the time came.and well, the time came a couple of days ago. we got jem a new bike and carissa got to 'inherit' the old bike. before the meimei

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we took jeremy for his post-surgery review. the doc said he was healing well and that everything was just great! :o)on the way home, jeremy suddenly asked, "do doctors make a lot of money?"we told him most do pretty well.then he said he wanted to be a doctor too so that he could earn a lot of money.we asked him why.he said he wanted the money to buy hair clips for carissa and trains. he

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carissa started school on monday! :o)the kindy has an interesting practice - the kids will just do half a session of school for the first 3 days under a parent's accompaniment. subsequently, they'll do full sessions on their own. at first, i thought parent accompaniment would make the subsequent separation more difficult but i was wrong, thank God! :o)anyway, to help carissa get into the swing of

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carissa needed a trim on her bangs. i was gonna do it myself but since our in-house hairstylist happened to available, i happily relinquished the task to him. :o) here he is at work:

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YE was on leave and he decided to take the kids out to hort park again. i had to work so it was just the 3 of them. :o)unfortunately, the SD card he used died! argh!! here are the precious few pics we managed to retrieve:'scuse the warping on some of the pics... that was how they looked when we retrieved them... lemme know if you've got some tips to share on how we can restore the look without

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jia & kj invited us to join them in feeding fish at the sengkang riverside park. wasn't that sweet of them? :o)the kids got a big kick out of it. the few slices of bread we brought were woefully inadequate. good thing jia had the foresight to bring an ENTIRE loaf of bread!it was great fun, even when jem slipped and got his butt all muddy... *ewww*the tall and the small (that's kj btw, in case u

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well since this is so backdated, i shan't try to be funny and send out Christmas greetings! ;o)i did want to put up this post, however, to remind myself of how girly my daughter can be. carissa's not exactly the "gu niang" sort. she plays with cars and trains but i guess that's cos of jeremy's influence. she prefers wearing tees and shorts to pretty dresses, though she does have a penchant for

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-53285389358874350962009-12-24T14:58:00.001+08:002010-09-19T15:19:13.446+08:00

i came across this archeological set for kids at a store the other day. it has plastic dinosaur bones buried in a block of clay(?) and we're supposed to be able to build the dino skeleton with our findings. i thought the kids would have a good time playing archeologists & since it wasn't pricey, i got us a set...here they are fooling around with it, well, mostly it was jem:how many people does it

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here are some pics of the kids that i managed to grab off facebook:enjoying her snack to the max!practising their dance movesgame time?making her personalised shirt with some help from our helper, loidaand here is a video that i also grabbed off facebook:hilarious isn't it? YE, who i insists he's not being over-protective, didn't find it quite as funny as i did... ;o)it seems the boy (who shall

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-48801395823953981042009-12-23T23:59:00.002+08:002010-09-15T23:09:06.852+08:00

this was jem's 2nd VBS and carissa's first. and boy did the kids have a whale of a time! i wasn't one of the helpers so i didn't manage to catch many pics of the kids over the 3-day camp... the cupcake fans (see their shirts!) personalised VBS teesreceiving her gift pack from our pastorcarissa looks really serious here eh? it actually reminds me of YE!jeremy's turni must try to find some way to

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jem seems to have this knack of landing up in the hospital. he has consistently gotten stitches once a year for the last 3 years. in 2007, it was his eye. in 2008, his finger. this year, it's his tongue. i guess i should be thankful that this was, at least, elective, but i do hope this hospital-visiting trend ends here.i've been concerned about the lack of clarity in jeremy's speech. i had

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i was just chatting idly with carissa this morning when i asked her what she liked to eat best.this was her answer: "erm.... koko krunch, honey stars... and my fingers!"at least she's honest about it i guess... i wonder if i'll ever successfully get her to quit her finger-sucking habit!

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we were listening to a chinese Christian CD in the car today and the song that was being played was "一件礼物". suddenly, jeremy asked "mummy, what's the emergency??" perplexed, i replied, "huh? there's no emergency." jeremy said, "no.... the song said there's an emergency! what's the emergency??" i replayed the song and when he heard the phrase that triggered his question, he said "THERE THERE!!

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i was getting the kids to try on new shirts i'd gotten them. and this is what carissa came up with:do you see how tickled she was?jeremy decided it was a pretty cool look so he joined in too.so many photos to blackmail the kids with when they're grown! i'd better make a few extra back-ups, in case they try to get rid of them when they're more tech-savvy! ;o)

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jeremy back then:carissa now:

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this is what jeremy told me today:"mummy, it was you who borned [sic] me and carissa so you are in charge of me and carissa. not daddy, because daddy didn't born [sic] us."if you're reading this when you're older, nice try jeremy, but you're (still) not getting out of your daddy's control! ;o)

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we attended the sso babies proms again this year.i hadn't realised that the program would be exactly the same but i guess it was good cos everything was familiar to the kids this time round and they seemed to enjoy it more. jeremy was also less reserved when it came to the part where the kids could explore the stage and all the instruments. carissa, on the other hand, experienced some anxiety

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-56643591836408970632009-11-28T22:15:00.000+08:002010-07-19T16:23:08.726+08:00

hua & her bf, cc, came to hang out and we made eggs ben together. here're the results:ok so only hua's poached egg was decent. the rest of ours were, well, not great. ;o) see the diff?

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snaps of the first time carissa tried on her school uniform...at the risk of being a ditzy broken record, i can't believe my baby's going to school!!! *giggle*

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we were having dinner at my mom's and carissa, as usual, devoured every morsel on her plate.when the dessert of chilled longans was served, carissa clamoured for her share.my sis, hua, said "let me see your tummy first."carissa happily obliged and displayed her big, round tummy for her eryi's examination.hua said "oh dear! your tummy's too big! no longans for you!"sensing she wasn't gonna get

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the kids have been getting on each other's nerves. and we quickly got tired of playing referee so among other things, we taught the kids to tell the other to "stop it please!" if they didn't like what the other was doing.i was driving with the kids in the backseat when i received a phone call from a client. letting out a huge sigh after the call, jeremy asked if i was upset.i told him yes. and he

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with the christmas decorations coming up at malls and what not, jeremy asked, "it's chrismas?? we can wrap presents and put them our tree now?when told yes, he went "then our friends can come and take their presents?"and i told him yes to that too.he thought for a couple of seconds and said, "but if they come to our house and take their presents, then we won't have any left. can we go to their

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-21456525663291962122009-11-24T21:09:00.005+08:002010-07-19T15:33:29.153+08:00

i gotta hand it to jia. i dunno how she does it but she's very willing to involve the kids in her day. me? i much prefer running errands without the kids. no "mummy, mummy, i want this!" or "korkor/meimei just did (insert annoying action) to me". peace, quiet, that's what i like.jia, on the other hand, has the patience, generosity and the GUTS to take the kids out, alone, without additional help

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-88591267705586931192009-11-22T21:59:00.004+08:002010-07-19T15:32:52.635+08:00

reading the bible:chatting about some corny stuff: praying together:thank God for a good husband-daddy who takes an active interest in the kids! :)

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carissa is starting school! i thought i'd be jaded about all these "firsts" but thankfully, i'm not! :o) i'm still really excited to see how she'll take to school, making / having friends and all that. and i know this sounds super silly but the thought of carissa going to school makes me wanna giggle - giggle cos it seems so adorable that my baby will be wearing a uniform, taking a school bus,

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-39960725370071960782009-11-17T22:46:00.001+08:002010-07-19T13:53:09.635+08:00

"mummy, mummy! see my building!!" i like the non-wall look... :o)

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-65633584629374642472009-11-16T22:55:00.007+08:002010-05-14T23:49:51.072+08:00

no, not the kids' daddy! mine!for my dad's 60th birthday (calculated using the lunar calendar), all of us made a trip back to his hometown in malaysia. it's his siblings' practice to have dinner with the extended family to celebrate their respective 60ths. so off we went!the kids were really excited, especially jeremy, because he's been dying for an airplane ride!hanging out at the airportwaiting

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-45677289427333303902009-11-09T22:00:00.000+08:002010-05-14T22:04:05.773+08:00

jeremy was looking for his precious monkey. (btw, for those in the know, the monkey of choice is no longer the orange one i got him but a nico one that my HK friends, julia & amanda, got for jem when he was a newborn!)anyway, carissa decided to mix things up a bit by announcing "i throw away your monkey all-lady!"on hearing it, jeremy rushed out from wherever he was looking to ask me if it's

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-46355880442684722222009-11-08T23:46:00.000+08:002010-05-14T22:55:06.141+08:00

YE got a new oven and for some weird reason, we started on this pizza craze. we even made our own dough which was no funny cos we don't have a mixer and had to hand knead the dough! the next time, we were wiser - we borrowed jia's mixer! ;o)it's fun cos the kids get to pitch in and they love that! and best of all, we get to eat what we make!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-53458123105176745472009-11-06T22:26:00.001+08:002010-05-14T22:45:53.553+08:00

before: after: i think this is carissa's way of saying "don't leave me out!!"

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-86640668492818905942009-11-01T22:04:00.000+08:002010-05-14T22:16:06.393+08:00

our new helper has arrived. the kids seem to take pretty well to her. perhaps it's cos she's older (just a couple of years older than YE and myself) and she's no newbie (she has worked in SG before), so the kids know she's no pushover.anyway, perhaps the most obvious sign that we have a new helper is carissa's hair.the new helper has a deft hand with hair. check out what she did with mei today.

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-49879341846870367782009-10-31T23:50:00.000+08:002010-05-14T00:49:21.891+08:00

the training wheels are off! :o)jeremy hasn't gotten the hang of it yet but kudos to him for trying!!

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our second bathroom shelf has given way. i think it's mainly cos we've gotten the more delicate sort with a glass shelf both times. for some weird reason, the catch that holds the glass seems to keep giving way even though no one actually uses the shelf!anyway we decided to go with a cheap and functional shelf - something from ikea. the bar costs less than $10 and each "cup" is just a dollar or

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-86213804759104710752009-10-23T23:59:00.005+08:002010-05-30T19:24:52.523+08:00

our helper, marivic's father passed away unexpectedly. naturally, she had to return to her hometown to be a part of the funeral proceedings. we got her a ticket and she left SG within 24 hours of receiving the news.so i'm stuck home with the kids. with an unbelievable workload.this has been what my life has been like the last few days - cook, clean, care for kids from 8am (thank God for YE who

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-66547249325923400292009-10-19T23:55:00.002+08:002010-05-14T00:13:12.961+08:00

i realised that the kids were much too quiet.so not a good sign.immediately, i knew the kids were up to something. this is what i found. by the way, this is the narrow space between our bed and our wardrobe. i was trying so hard to stifle my giggles! i secretly loved how they came up with this idea... and i still can't believe they carted SO MUCH STUFF into the room!!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-75804656509489370332009-10-19T23:39:00.000+08:002010-05-13T23:40:16.582+08:00

"God can't hear us pray because He's inside our heart."I wonder where he gets such ideas!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-90539762213639182582009-10-19T23:37:00.001+08:002010-05-13T23:54:46.190+08:00

jeremy and carissa found 20 cents somewhere at home today. they came tearing into my room excitedly to give me their prized find, exclaiming, "mummy!! we have moneeeeeey!! now we can go out!!!!"

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we have one of those vegetable picture charts on our wall in the dining area. carissa proudly named all the vegetables she could.the ones she couldn't, she just pointed to and said "vegetable, vegetable, vegetable."can't fault her for that, can i? :o)

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-54579851802830923492009-10-08T22:48:00.000+08:002010-05-13T23:54:18.256+08:00

carissa takes her "violin prac" more seriously than jem does! she has been trying to lay her hands on jem's violin, which is why i got her the pink one pictured above! ;o)despite that, i hope she doesn't really decide to pick up the violin. i know this sounds really unfair but i can't imagine having to practice with both kids! perhaps i should steer her towards the piano and get YE to be

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-35718745667625445532009-10-07T23:32:00.000+08:002010-05-13T23:34:25.899+08:00

"did the ground shake today????"that's what jeremy asked when he got home today. because he missed the tremors exactly a week ago. *faint*

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... MUMMY!that's what carissa said before bedtime.*melt*

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look what jeremy decided he'd do with a sheet of plastic and 2 clips.it's PAYBACK for the less-than-perfect haircuts daddy gave him!*evil laughter*

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jeremy asked today if he could be a baby so that he can do "all the silly funny things". i think he's feeling the strain of being a "big boy"!so we had a discussion about what babies can and cannot do.babies can babble rubbish, drink milk, sleep all they want, be carried .... babies can't eat, can't have candy, can't play with cars and trains, can't walk ....you get the idea.cos i thought it

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-61594420030440583162009-10-01T16:02:00.001+08:002010-05-13T16:06:01.452+08:00

jem asked today, "what are spoilers for? to spoil the car?"

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truly famished, i was sitting down to an early dinner with carissa. actually, i was carrying carissa and preparing to sit down when i felt like i was losing my balance.i thought i was going weak with hunger and was about to ask our helper to carry carissa instead when i noticed that the soup on the dining table was "moving" even though no one was stirring it.that's when we realised something was

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-12522862455497910202009-09-26T15:27:00.001+08:002010-05-13T16:19:22.974+08:00

we were in the car when carissa announced "I love Jesus!"we asked her who Jesus is.she replied, "Jesus is my special friend."awww.....i pray that the children will learn for themselves, not just know this intellectually but truly experience it in their lives that Jesus is indeed their special friend.

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-11595332678544253572009-09-26T04:14:00.003+08:002010-05-13T16:19:01.974+08:00

it's driving me nuts that they're not staying in their beds! solutions anyone??

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-66038207367541557232009-09-24T17:08:00.000+08:002010-05-13T15:26:48.233+08:00

jia came across this cat downstairs. and the cat followed her up!carissa asked the cat, "do you want to drink milk? and eat yogurt and eat rice?" :o)

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our neighbour is moving. and jem feels the "pinch" cos it's his playmates who are moving.we were talking about their move when jeremy said "mommy, can you earn more money so that we can move far far away?"i asked where he wanted to move to.he replied, "gaithersburg."then he went on to said that we could go to australia, france and china to work and earn more money. (these countries cos that's

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-30530131607317702002009-09-21T16:48:00.001+08:002010-05-13T15:06:44.400+08:00

yet another lazy saturday morning. we decided to hit the henderson waves since we'd never been there. don't gasp, we're kinda lazy when it comes to hitting the "attractions" cos we hate crowds. plus, i *think* it opened while we were away so... ;o)had a quick breakfast at mac's before we headed over to the waves. i think carissa didn't get the memo about how it's supposed to be eat at mac's not

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-69395638736603681432009-09-15T23:31:00.000+08:002010-05-13T13:39:52.215+08:00

YE took jeremy out in the car to run some errands. and for some reason, YE decided to let jeremy sit in the front passenger seat for a change. (we are, or at least i am, car seat advocates and airbags & carseats are a big no-no, which is why the kids hardly ever get to sit in front.)anyway, YE related their conversation to me.it started off with jeremy firing off questions about the car gauges

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-23921908271777032122009-09-13T23:33:00.002+08:002010-05-13T11:28:09.081+08:00

jia invited us to join her at the nearby park recently to feed fish! she came across the pond a couple of days ago and thought it'd be great fun for all of us to go... and boy was she right! we headed out with a couple of pieces of stale bread for the fish. jia took one look at our meagre offerings and suggested we stop by at the 7-11 on the way to the park to pick up a loaf of bread. YE and i

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they never seem to tire of just hanging out in one...

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but not before we spent a day at the malls.... which was so not up the kids' alley. so this is how they entertained themselves - pretending to be F1 drivers! and we had some yummy peranakan food for dinner! forgot to take pics of the food except for this one of carissa digging into the keropok! the chendol was delish!! sorry, no pics again...and the next day, we headed for home... here's one of

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-52442369692662880372009-09-10T22:52:00.006+08:002010-05-07T00:10:16.725+08:00

never thought i'd be one to have my kids go for breakfast in their pjs... guess i was wrong... (in my defense, the breakfast area was just down the corridor & they were nice pjs, sorta!)celebrity sighting - can u guess who? chicken riceball tasting at chop chung wah - check out the crowd! we actually had to share the table with other patrons! happy chicken riceball fanswannabe soldiersmallest,

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-38828854550422334192009-09-09T22:25:00.007+08:002010-04-30T23:47:13.815+08:00

we haven't been ANYWHERE since we came back from the US over a year ago... scratch that. I haven't been anywhere in over a year!! YE had jetted to a number of destinations for work and even the kids headed over to malacca for a day... boo for me.so we finally found some time to head up to malacca over the september holidays. why malacca? cos the ILs have this membership thing with a nice hotel

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-25975214604963331482009-09-05T00:14:00.000+08:002010-04-30T12:27:18.603+08:00

i came across these on sale. just a couple of bucks each. checked that they offered UV protection (the label says so anyway) so i picked them up in time for our short getaway and the kids loved them!when i gave him his pair, jeremy thanked me and asked if i got them cos he lost his other pair at the train museum! i'm amazed he still remembers cos that happened about 2.5 years ago!!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-73477052439334613462009-09-05T00:06:00.000+08:002010-04-30T12:13:57.599+08:00

i can't remember why she was crying but i like this pic! i'm weird, i know.

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-15803198953737117552009-09-04T22:40:00.007+08:002010-04-30T11:41:19.273+08:00

we got to the school early for jem's belated bday celebration so we let carissa while some time away at the play area. watching the other children as they leave the play areacarissa headed straight for the tunnel first she started to attempt to "run" through it nextbefore heading for the playhouse rounding the session off at the playcentrecarissa was so comfortable there... maybe it's cos she was

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-87993886836392872892009-09-04T22:33:00.001+08:002010-04-30T11:13:50.771+08:00

jeremy was not pleased that he missed his birthday celebration in school and kept asking when he could have his school "party".after talking it over with YE, we decided to have a belated celebration in school. upon hearing our decision, jeremy was over the moon - he even went ahead and asked jia to make him a bday cake!i'm glad we went ahead with it - the boy couldn't stop smiling the whole time!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-74431416490830835802009-09-01T22:24:00.004+08:002010-04-30T10:30:40.981+08:00

i dunno when exactly this was taken. jia was the one who took it. jia and jeremy had gone to pick my father-in-law up at the mrt station. and while they were waiting for FIL to appear, jeremy rummaged through the glove compartment and came up with some hair gel. he asked jia what it was and after she told him, he said he wanted to use the gel to make his hair stand up too.jia granted his wish and

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-54821773526154978882009-08-31T22:31:00.000+08:002010-04-30T10:32:01.076+08:00

M's our neighbour (no names, to protect their privacy). jem and carissa both adore her. i think it's gotta do with her pretty face (she has the sweetest voice too!), cheerful personality and her trove of never-ending fun ideas! ;o)she popped by to play one evening and i just quietly observed...the evening's theme was: BABY! they played outside in the living room for a bit, took baby shopping,

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-295163886063502622009-08-30T21:27:00.002+08:002010-04-30T10:07:29.427+08:00

i asked jia'en if she'd make cupcakes for jem as gifts for his teachers and she agreed. (i know, it's super lazy of me but hey, if i can sub-con such work out and avoid poisoning the teachers, why not?? *grin*)jia prepared lots of easy-to-use decorative bits for jem - she's a great sil to have eh? ;o) and jem was thrilled to bits that he could "make" cupcakes for his teachers! here's the cupcake

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-57340308859655698112009-08-29T22:50:00.001+08:002010-04-30T09:26:07.203+08:00

we have this toddler's rocking chair (the one jem refused to let carissa sit in as a baby!) in the kids' room. these days, the kids use it much less. but just the other day, carissa was suddenly "inspired". she dragged it out of the room (ouch! my poor parquet floor!), parked it at the corridor leading to their room and plopped herself in it. she looks really pleased with herself, doesn't she?

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-36122945221352652972009-08-20T13:30:00.002+08:002010-04-14T13:47:41.466+08:00

the boy finally got to take a proper picture with his birthday cake. specially customised by his darling xiao-gu to even include a "get well soon" banner!the cake's pretty cool right? all those cars and construction "models" and i love love love the maltesers jia used to do up the sides of the cake! :o)

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-67862032407402713552009-08-19T21:23:00.001+08:002010-03-30T09:59:04.421+08:00

so i mentioned it was a good thing we had the early celebration. that's cos the birthday boy was sick.jeremy came down with a high fever and cough on thursday or friday. he did *not* sound good, i.e. it sounded like a wheeze was imminent. the next day, when things didn't show any sign of improving plus the fact that we were in h1n1 season, we whisked him off to the pediatrician's on saturday

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-80234155969207449272009-08-16T23:13:00.003+08:002010-03-30T08:21:38.561+08:00

we had an early birthday celebration for jeremy with my family. here's the bday boy with the racing car cake he got his xiao gu to bake him.jeremy's taking the candle placement very seriously as you can see...it's a good thing we had this early celebration. stay tuned to find out why i said that... :o)

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-46812454892678060522009-08-12T21:49:00.006+08:002010-03-30T08:17:43.363+08:00

in a burst of patriotism triggered by the national day theme jem's doing in school, he has been singing national day songs and waving the national flags that came from the ndp pack as well as some fancy ones that come with flashing lights his granny gave him. carissa has gotten in the act too after she picked up bits and pieces of the songs from the frequent broadcasts courtesy of her bro.

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-86866828953201164192009-08-11T23:05:00.000+08:002010-03-24T09:37:53.030+08:00

i don't know how she did it, but our helper somehow managed to convince carissa to get her hair tied and let it stay that way!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-36524412735148023832009-08-10T22:21:00.002+08:002010-03-24T09:31:31.798+08:00

* sorry, this isn't a very good pic but it was hard to get a good angle on it!i noticed that carissa had this stiff lump on her wrist a while back. but i checked my own wrist and noticed i had the same lump on both wrists so i figured it must be normal, that it's part of the bone (it's that hard!) and left it at that.until one day, my mom-in-law asked, what happened to carissa's wrist? why is

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-73947214856221541902009-08-09T22:28:00.006+08:002010-02-24T09:45:07.440+08:00

2 weeks ago, one of my best-test & oldest (not by age but by the time i've known her) friends, jas, very VERY generously took jem to his first ever national day parade.jem had some misgivings initially - we don't see jas all that much these days so he's not that familiar with her and he wasn't very sure about going alone without us. but after i asked him repeatedly, he finally gave a pretty

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-54433655951214852152009-08-05T21:10:00.001+08:002010-02-24T08:31:42.853+08:00

the girl still has a fever... now she's on antibiotics. bleah!but i gotta say, she's a real trooper. the antibiotics are seriously nasty but she takes it without complaint. the fever rages on but she's still generally as cheerful as ever. and surprise, surprise, she likes the kool fever patch! jem used to absolutely abhor the thing - we never could get it to stay on for more than a minute!

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-65795275837812299592009-08-02T20:01:00.000+08:002010-02-24T08:10:25.960+08:00

our friend cindy gave jem this shirt (among a whole bunch of other clothes, mei got her share too!) shortly before we left the US. it's taken this long for jem to fit fairly nicely in it! looks like jem really loves the shirt! perhaps it has something to do with him thinking that YE the fireman has to report to him from now on? ;o)

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carissa has been down with the weirdest bug for the last 5 days or so. she'd be ok all day, until about 5 or 6pm. then she'd start to run a mild temperature before it peaks at about 38+ deg cel between midnight and 3am. and then by early morning, her temperature would go back to normal again.needless to say, the past week has been tough on YE and i. we'd take turns to check on her at night,

jemmylinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409642137006996501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29351680.post-75180125102491855792009-07-29T22:53:00.003+08:002010-01-21T23:11:26.997+08:00

that's what it says on carissa's pj top. it's her only set of pjs and she hasn't had the chance to wear it much cos it's long-sleeved and the kids don't sleep in an air-conditioned room. but tonight, she decided that she wanted to wear it so here she is!and here's a bizarre pose they came up with:as usual, jem's cam-hogging - dun wanna use the other phrase ;o)

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