Little Random Details About Me

1 more month to go and we are still undecided on the name for the baby. I think I had more feel when I was having Charlotte. This time round, time seemed to pass faster. Maybe it's because I am just preoccupied with Charlotte. No more reading up on baby stuff, reading specifically for the baby in the tummy, listening to classical music etc. who cares what freaking size the baby is every month. Wonder why we were so into it last time. In fact, nothing at all. I will just handle it as it comes along. Handling adults will probably be harder than handling a baby. I think I am more worried about Charlotte then anything else. I hope she'll be ok on the day I go to the hospital, the time I stay in the hospital and thereafter. Actually I think she will be fine as she has shown herself to be quite adaptable. She'll get used to it. Don't know why am I worrying. Just entice her with play and she will forget all about me. But this is something my mum is very bad at. All my mother...

I think I've been generally unhappy since the the start of the year and I'm still complaining. Bad start hah and I think there will be more to come esp. after the baby comes out. It is quite hard to be all HA HA happy happy with a baby in the house in the first place. In Jan, I went for a sugar test and failed it. Thus I had to go for a more detailed test which I passed in the end. So all is well. But it sux when the first test failed. Der had to rub it in by saying how much I've been eating and how I should stop eating blah blah. It was in the midst of us eating at Legoland and I just got pissed and stopped eating. It totally spoiled the trip. I can't help it if I'm hungry. In fact, I remember eating much more when I was pregnant with Charlotte. I just couldn't stop eating at that time and I had lots of junk food. This pregnancy on the other hand, I think I ate lesser but had more sugar. I didn't like anything sweet in the previous pregnancy. This time, I...

Such a deceiving title haha. I'm not celebrating Valentine's Day. I probably won't even remember today if Charlotte's school didn't ask the parents to prepare 21 V day cards for her classmates. My V day memories in the past all revolve around my girl friends. I think that's one plus points about being in a girl school. We get to celebrate on this particular day even if we don't have another half. We don't care about boys last time. We were so happy celebrating it among ourselves hah. We just called it friendship day and gave each other gifts like flowers, chocolates etc. anything that couples give each other. Those were the happiest and best times. In fact, I don't remember much of the celebrations after getting a partner. I'm too lazy to think hard about it anyway. Probably just dinner, flowers and gifts. After having a kid, dinner flowers and gifts became even more of a past. I know many couples still celebrate this day. We on the other hand ...

peace and quiet at last. I've been loving the quiet time in the day when Charlotte's in school and the quiet time at night when she's asleep. Staring into space just seems pretty relaxing to me these days. I don't sleep at the same time with her but I will just lay down beside her and pretend to sleep hah. Der has been working at nights for the past few nights and I enjoy being "alone" in the house. Maybe coz I can just be quiet and do whatever I want to without anyone bothering me. Of course this means after Charlotte goes to bed. I also particularly like working out in the gym. It takes my mind off disturbing thoughts. I cannot run on the treadmill like before but I would brisk walk for at least 45 mins with an incline and do some weights thereafter. Ever since I got back from Singapore, I've been seeking solace in the gym for longer hours. Since we got back, we did try to soak up some of the CNY atmosphere here in LA. We decorated the house a little...

by a lot of things... or maybe not. I think mostly by 1 information. My mil will be coming over after I deliver. Something I've dreadddddd.... I've not gotten over Singapore. Every time we head back, we will definitely quarrel over something to do with my mil. Upon coming back, I got the news at the airport that she will be coming over, My heart totally sank. What?!? Nooooo. I thought she's been telling the world that the long flight deters her and she doesn't want to come. The feeling is mutual so i'm happy to hear. But she always says one thing and means the other. Always complaining about how horrible ALL her trips are, how she's forced to go for ALL trips blah blah blah. Come on!! *roll eyes* I hope someone forced me to Europe right now so I can be able to get some branded bags ha..ha..ha.. I've been disturbed by the news ever since standing in line for my turn to come out of custom upon arriving at the airport. I just can't get over the news even ...

I think we finally chose a good flight timing for this trip back to Singapore. Charlotte does not have any jet lag at all! We arrived in Singapore at around 3.35am and Charlotte has already had at least good 5 hours of sleep on the flight. So upon reaching home, we took a shower and went out in search for breakfast at 5am. We even managed to go to my uncle's soya bean stall to have some beancurd at 8am. Charlotte had fun playing with all the loose change at the stall. We got back by 10am and Charlotte slept all the way till 1pm. In the evening, we went over to my friend's place for dinner and water play. We got home by 10pm and Charlotte's batteries went totally flat hah. She slept all the way till 5.30am! Yippee! No more crazy wee hours and feeling like a zombie this trip. We are still a little tired everyday but I'm not complaining. :) *Cross my fingers* for the return trip!

Back in Singapore and enjoying my time without Charlotte now. My brother has brought her to the newly opened SuperPark, leaving me with time to myself. My patience with Charlotte is getting close to zero these days. I hate it when she throws a tantrum especially in the morning before I can even fully wake up. Just like this morning. She started kicking and screaming non stop even after I told her nicely that I didn't like her to cry the first thing in the morning. I got so angry that I started hitting her the moment I opened my eyes. Despite that, Charlotte never learns. She'll forget about it very soon and the next moment, she will be throwing tantrums again. With my low tolerance, I also hate it when things will ultimately lead to this. Whenever we are in Singapore, Charlotte tends to over tire herself and go crazy when she really can't take it. It doesn't help when we are constantly on the go to meet people. As much as I would like to meet as many people as possibl...

In 2018, we also did a road trip to San Diego with another Singaporean family. We are fortunate to meet good friends that we can get along with and has a daughter that is almost the same age as Charlotte. They get along very well too. I am even more fortunate to be pregnant at the same time as my friend and our due dates are just a few weeks apart! We are both having boys too! How coincidental is that? With so many similarities and of course their easy going nature, it makes traveling together so much more at ease. We stayed in an air bnb for this trip thus the girls got to spent a lot of time together. We visited 3 main attractions. The Zoo, Seaworld and The New Children's Museum.  1. The Zoo We took the tram and cable car around the zoo as it was part of our tickets. Usually we have to pay extra and always walked around instead. The animals were all pretty active. So we caught glimpse of quite a lot of animals. 2. SeaWorld I love the beluga whales ...

And just like that, we bid farewell to 2018. No count downs or late night parties. Just staying in our LA home with a sleeping toddler in the bedroom and watching The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Even the fireworks were seen over the television haha. Sounds sad if you compare to the teen years where partying outside is the norm. But gone were those days. I'm happy staying in, in my PJ as long as I've peace and quiet. I presume 2019 will be a hectic year as the little boy in my tummy will be out in April. With another addition to the family, I believe the year will just go pass without even me noticing. Days with Charlotte as a baby went by as a blur. Looking at her now, I always wonder how did she get so tall and has a mind of her own now? She is becoming quite a handful these days. Everyone is always deceived by this innocent looking face of hers. Anyhow, the first day of 2019 was a good start. We hosted a gathering for our friends. This was the second time we hosted. The firs...