Year 2013 first post

Yes! Back! And with an extra member in my tummy. My little baby girl! Life is really so interesting after marriage! First, I got a house and out of joy and pleasure, my husband and I received a gift from heaven, just when I am asking myself what is my next goal.Everything just falls into place by itself. This is life. My next step will be motherhood. Motherhood starts the moment when I am pregnat. Although it is a rough start as I have all the "NoNo" syptoms of first trimester,I am enjoying my pregancy now as I feel my little girl's movements in my tummy. The more I feel her, the more I loved her!At first, I could only feel her at one place of my tummy. Now I could feel my top and bottom of tummy moved together when she moves! Sometimes my whole tummy wobbles! I tried putting a soft toy on my tummy and in 5 seconds time, my little girl moved and the toy dropped. Keke! So cute! I have started to buy my little girl's barang barang and Daddy Nick has to move his butt to clear our study room and built racks for our storeroom. Mummy Carole has to quickly go shopping to use up the vouchers for baby's shopping before third trimester hit. I am walking more slowly now as breathless is catching up. Little baby is growing well in tummy! :)

Phew~

Wow...renovating is really made up of hiccups, sweat and hopefully joy. Had a super big fight with hubby yesterday about false ceiling. Conclusion is that wishy washy Carole is irritating and I should trust the entire project to the ID. OK done. Checked. Ticked. I will zip my mouth.

All we hope for is a nice job by the workers. What more can we ask for? Unluckily, on the first day, the workers scratched and caused a slight dent on our timber skirting behind the main door. Our main door is also "decorated" with tiny scratches. Hubby is very hungry and point this out to my ID. ID promised that he will get it fixed and the timber skirting will be wrapped up. Today when we went, the timber skirting is still naked. Hubby told the ID that he would want him to replace the skirting if it is damaged again and he mean it. The ID actually got down and cover the skirting himself even before the workers come! Guess he must be guilty too as yesterday the electrician was suppose to fix our house but he didn't turned up. Hubby wasted a day of leave for that. Well, so far, the kerb and tiling are well done. Now they are all working hard in Sapphire doing up the kerb, electricty and air con piping.

I do hope the working relationship between the ID and us would be a good one. I prayed hard for lesser hiccups. And I have learnt to entrust this big project to my hubby.

Carole Yeo, don't kepo liao!!!!!

Sapphire Siaoz

Missed lots of updates as I am super busy with my new nest and I actually visited it everyday since my key collection except for one weekend. Reason being we need to do defect check and hope Hdb will verify and fix up our stuffs before cny. Ideally, renovation will start after cny and we can move in before April. Nick and me love our new nest a lot and has not much complaints about it.

Ironically, people has been predicting end of the world at 2012. Even my mummy is talking about it and say that sincere prayers might get us off this crisis. I really dislike listening to these news as who knows what lies ahead of us? I don't like predictions. Who can fix our future? Why think so much when there is already enough to think everyday? Ok, I should say practically the reason for end of world might be cause of Dragon year and Chinese believe it is lucky and baby boom cause over population as the world is flooded with diapers....

Well, just live by the day and treasure every moment! Live everyday like it's your last!!!!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!!! Spent my eve at jessie's place!!! We spent $10 each and manage to do a buffet for all of us! Food included pizza, fishballs, roast chicken, ribs, Longan dessert, squid head and body, fried rice, oyster omelette... Have a full meal before we take pictures and have a fun time exchanging gift. Everyone is satisfied with their gift.

Gonna attend a wedding tomorrow at the hotel that I get married and is Christmas! It is very meaningful to me!! :)

Enjoy the vain pictures!

First Xmas party 2011

Had my first one today at Mummy May's place. Tired her needs to rest and her hubby serves us all the way and do the dishes. That is the biggest advantage of being pregnant, you are the Queen!!! Haha!!!

I arrived super late and by the time I reached, everyone look wear out from a day's work. Exchange gifts (with different numbers) and ate a super yummy and posh chocolate tart.

A simple yet cosy celebration. Hope we didn't tired May and Meyer out!!! Photos below... Not in sequence..... :)

Jolly jolly - I smell my keys!!!!

Meetup with jieying and melissa for a Xmas plus belated bday cele for jieying. We went to Sady's Diner at Tpy community centre (bought the voucher through groupon) and I could say, the food is yummy!!! Had a sumptuous dinner plus chit chat session.

After that, we walked around tpy central and by the time we reached amk, it is already about 10.30pm. Cafes are closed and we couldn't get a decent place to sit down for a slice of bday cake for jieying. Reluctantly, we went to Mac and settled for drinks and chat. As normal, catchup is great and chitchat is fun. Jieying is quite amused with my drawing of her although it only has a slight resemblance. Jieying came up with an idea to meetup one day to draw a picture of one another. Haha!!! She gave Melissa and me a Xmas socks full of gifts. Lovely of her!!

Lastly, I finally get my notification of keys collection. I can finally see it coming!! Woo hoo!!!!! Another phase of life beginning!!!! :)

Jogging, chatting, cooking

Wake up early in the morning and met Joyce at 7.15am for a jog at Punggol Park. As normal, I am late and only reach at 7.45am. :(

After the jog and walk session, we went Hougang mall Kopitiam to eat breakfast. After that, went ntuc to buy ingredients for lasagna and popiah. Reached Stephanie's home and I found out that preparing ingredients like shredding, cutting and peeling are more tiring than cooking!!! And deep-frying is another frightful struggle with killing oil splattering out to burnt you... Haha!!! I wish I can have many auto machines to help me do this and i could just cook. It is very tiring. Despite all these, the dishes turn out yummy as Stephanie is a good cook while she show us how to cook.

P/s: Have been refreshing my Hdb hub website so often today and my key collection date and time is still not out yet. Super sianzzz

A day with Mag

Met up with mag mag after 2 months. The last meet up is my birthday. When we are in sunny bunny, we hang out together everyday. Is really nice to see her and know that she is on her path to her dream career. And she is very hardworking and strives on everyday. Very happy for her. :)

Went starbucks for cakes and chat. The chat is good and interesting! Mag, remember our next date is McRitchie walk plus prata plus salted caramel!!! :)

Gosh... Me look super ugly with Mag's spectacles!!!

A Saturday

Super irritated with my ID today as he fly us kite again. Has give us quite valid reasons but subsequently, it just makes you feel that he is not sincere. But well, my hubby decided to be gracious about it until I keep nagging. My final decision is just to let him decide. My indecisive nature has irritate him enough today. Let's just hope tomorrow will be a good day. *pray hard*

Today we went furniture mall to seek for my dining table and didn't manage to find it. I still love the one that I saw at fullhouse. After that we went to bugis and had lunch n dessert. Next, we proceed to sunshine plaza to see models. Hubby love models of tanks. Lastly, we hang out at Pomo and bought all my exchange gifts!!!

There is Jessie gang, may gang and ex-sunny-bunny teachers gang. Yeah shopping done!!!! Ended with a pict of me and the gifts!!! Haha :)

A day spent @ mYm

Went to may's place to eat pancakes and guess what, there are little insects found in ready to make pre pancake mix!!! How gross and shocking is that?

We settle for cookies and oat and chat our way through while listening to "teng li jun" oldies. It is nice chatting while enjoying the sound of the crickets and the sight of "bukit-timah-hill" look-alike scenes.

Soon, Phyllis dropped by with noodles and koi to satisfy our tummies. Never tried koi before till today. Thanks babe for the thought although I did not finish it! :)

Went home after crapping session with the girls and before the rain comes. Is indeed a relaxing morning spent. Beautiful Friday!

Blogging from iphone

Did a birthday gift for jieying yesterday. She requested a drawing of her after seeing my painting at arteasetiq. I reluctantly agreed as I am not good at portraits. Watch my drawings and you will know why I am good at drawing cartoons and every picture "suffer" a risk from turning into a cartoon out of my hands. Think I can turn into an app called "Cartooniser".. Haha!!

This app of iPhone is not good at the photos. My pictures below have lost their sequence. Anyway the sequence is easily differentiated. So proceed to take a look below....

Conclusion: head is too big, face has too many wrinkles, eyes too round, my girl looks too young....

Back?

Yes I am!!!!! Wow...it has been long aagin...After I get married, my blog has been covered with questions of "Where the hell is Carole?"

And soon Ms Phyllis start to turn her head around only to realise that she is teh one left blogging...Jasmine still do but in tiny dose...For May, she is reviving her blog..Hee Hee!! Well, life has been interesting for me. I could say that I have learnt a lot through my marriage.

I have gone through the "Adapting" phase, more or less. My dream is my new house plus my new career.

Till then, I will stop now as I am dead tired downloading trial versions of DreamWeaver, PhotoShop and Freehand..And always searching for a nice skin....

Aloha!

Aloha!!!

I am back and am resting now. Life is occupied as when I am at Ang Mo Kio, i will need to attend my MIL needs and when I am at Hougang, I need to attend to my family needs so I am feeling very useful. And when time and money allows, I will practise my baking skills. Occasionally I will visit my friends at their place to build up bonding. This is Life la!!! My health is improving too from the hectic hours of childcare. I am now more patient and cheerful to my hubby too as I need not face the stress of work. Occasionally we still quarrel like nobody business. That is just Nick and Me. hahahah!! I have learnt to accept the fact that I need to accept his bad temper...

Waiting for my dental appointment and if everything is smooth, I may start working part time in September.

Life is good when is stressfree! Today hubby is on leave so we spend the day packing and sweeping the house, mostly done by him. AT evening, we went jogging and went hme for dinner. But perhaps the dinner make me hungry, at 10.35 I urge him to go McDonalds with me to eat nuggets. He reluctantly agree when I say I am fine with going myself. Yipee! I am a happy girl and we made our way to our supper place. We came back home with me, a satisfied wife with yummy food in my tumtum!!

So good to have a hubby around! hahahha!!! Hubby now sleeping and I am watching my taiwan serial....Till then...

Happy Tuesday!!! :)

Sad

I have never been so sad for a long time...The last time is about five years ago? I remembered the feeling of having tears rolling down the face even at the moments that you don't want it to flow. And now, I have these moments again...

Bambi has been detected with irregular heartbeats during one of her medical visits. The vet told my sister that her heartbeat stop a few times when he is hearing. Before the medical visit, Bambi has been to the groomer and has a few "quarrels" with the dogs outside. Maybe thatshe is too excited and traumatised and that resulted in her irregular heartbeat? But my sister (who is a nurse) went home and count her heartbeat and it is irregular too. The vet actually say her condition is very serious. Haiz. And my mum added it will stop anytime. I do hope she is exagerating. She will be doing her ECG next week at the vet to confirm her situation.

Bambi is now at Ang mo kio with me as my sister's house is going through a messy project of painting. When Bambi is with me, i can't help but to cry. I told nick that I am very upset about her situation. Now, i could understand his feeling when he found out his mum need a pacemaker. But what about dogs? Can dogs have pacemaker?
Nick console me and say "She is old already. At least she has all of you who love her so much and it is better that she is gone in her sleep then to suffer any pain."

I have always been crying in those doggy movies cause I know I can't face it when it is my turn. It is really so heartbreaking. Maybe after her, I don't want a dog anymore.

ITOUCH

22 Nov 2010

Hey all! Am blogging from my er Jie itouch. It has been some time since I blog. Am learning day by day any marriage life. Finally tasted bitter moments that cannot be easily solved. Finally tasted the feeling of "depressed and lost". Finally met someone that made me do housework. Finally know why ppl say u are not mature enough. Suddenly realise why I am feeling all these. It is beacuse I am not sheltered by my own family anymore. Because it is time to set up my own! Slap myself for not putting enough attention on COMMON GOALS. Has been asking myself what is my goal in life. Has always been focusing on my own career goals. But now i would like to add Nick in and change into OUR goals.

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23 Nov 2010

My sweet darling sms me "Happy 6 months anniversary" and I am glad he remembered it. For me, I actually remember the wrong date!! HAAHAHAH!!! LOve wise, we are still the same. Conflicts wise, getting worse because of MIL. I have decided to state out the Dos and Donts clearly. And I told my hubby that I wanted us to have common goals together so that we have something to look forward to. Else, is day by day...so meaningless!!! I hope we can work things out soon.

A trip to the dentist

Have been watching the wisdom tooth on my lower left side of my mouth getting darker and darker. Yes, it is decaying. It all started with food stuck within the teeth. It has been bothering me for quite some time. Since I am going to end my eldery centre job soon, I intend to extract it out. Although my last day is today, I went on three days MC.

On Wednesday, I step into Serangoon Q&M dental clinic. I am glad the people there are friendly and consoling. The dentist did a check up for me and told me that my upper wisdom tooth is also decaying and my two wisdom teeth on my right has signs of decaying. I have my x-ray taken and to find out that the decayed wisdom tooth on my left is crooked so i need a minor surgery. So i have 2 decayed wisdom teeth on my left and 2 going-to-decay wisdom teeth on my right. I sum up all my courage and decided to extract my two DECAYED wisdom teeth on my left. I have several jabs of MA ZUI YAO first. I did not know that I am nervous until the doctor and nurse kept calling me not to tremble! My mouth is shaking and the dentist has a hard time jabbing it!! HHahahah!!! I need 1 nurse to open my mouth and another to console me!!!

To prevent my mouth closing, the dentist put a gadget for me to bite on to keep my mouth open. When my mouth become numb, the extraction start. The upper one is easy. Fast and smooth, it is out. The dentist stopped my bleeding first. He is very nice to go through every step with me and reassuring me from time to time. Now, the lower wisdom tooth. Oh my, is hell of battle to think back now. The dentist first try to pluck it out from my gum. I can sense the huge strength the dentist tried to pull it out. Next, he took a drill and try to drill my tooth into three pieces before taking it out. The nurse who assist him seems to be a newbie. At times, she turned nervous and shoot the salt water at my lips. Although so, their service is good as they kept applying Vaseline on my lips from time to time as my mouth turned dry. The nurse also kept sucking the blood out from my mouth with her machine. At times when i can sense the pain from drilling, the dentist will inject more MA ZUI YAO to my gum before continuing to drill. I could not sense the pain but I can see the great struggle 3 people is having to take my wisdom tooth out. One nurse is busy securing my head, one nurse is busy sucking out my blood with her tool and the dentist is so busy drilling and plucking out my tooth. After a struggle of 1 hour and breaking my wisdom tooth into 4 parts (initially three), my tooth is out. Although I have the gadget to keep my mouth open but my jaws still feel very tired from all these pulling. The dentist stopped my bleeding and show me my decayed tooth. EEWWWkks...bloody and disgusting.

Next,i took another x-ray to make sure my tooth is really out. Then, he sew up my wound. Wow. Is really so tiring for me as I am so nervous and scared throughout. I could say that their service is great as the dentist is patient and the nurses are nice. I would have freak out more if it wasn't them!

Back at my hougang home, I kept biting on to the gauze and it took me a few hours to stop tasting my blood. Eating is misery as it is very painful after the medicine wears off. I obey the dentist's instructions and ate all the antibiotics that he gave me. I decided to stay at my hougang home till I am better and my darling hubby took half day leave to visit me yesterday. He bought me chicken essence and soft bean curd to eat too. My mother-in-law also called up to ask about my condition and told me not to fall asleep a few hours after my extraction.

After this experience, I will go back to mend my two other wisdom teeth on the right (luckily, is not extract!!!) and I will take good care of my teeth!! And I am so damn happy that I have ended my job at the eldery centre. My colleagues are the worst I ever faced. This job is really the worst job I have ever done,mainly dealing with the different monster colleagues I faced. Now I know that being childish can create the worst colleague ever especially when you are in a VWO!

Will be back to my comfort zone. Till then, I will move slowly. Mind my health first before minding others.

New Skin!

Wow...took a long time for me to search for a CHIO skin till I find this. Not sure if it is too colourful for your liking but I do like the liveliness of it. So bubbly colourful.

Today I am on leave as I went on a medical checkup which my new employer wanted. Went for blood, urine test, chest X-ray and general checkup at SATAS. Packaage is about 48 bucks. Actually what physical checkup test should I go to check if I am physically ok to get pregnat?

Am going to take out my tooth which is decaying. I know it sounds yuckie. I don't even dare to think how painful it will be else I would not dare to go and extract it out. But seeing the black space at the back of my mouth is bothering me.

Am going on my new job soon on 1st Sep. Back to be Teacher Carole. This time with the K1 and K2. Am glad to go back to my comfort zone. How I wish my new house would faster come so that I can have freedom and space of my own...

Oh my Sapphire....I wish you are here soon!!!!!!!!!!!

Ever Changing

Life is really undergoing so much change for me. Sometimes, I wonder if I can handle it. But I know that I cannot doubt myself. A friend suggested that I should retreat back to my comfort zone if I am too stressed. A few moments of peace can create new ideas to the mind.

I have been dealing with new environment, new lifestyle, new people to live with TOGETHER WITH absolute high level of unbearable nonsense at my workplace. A new colleague of mine who is very young has been behaving very badly and causing emotional stress for me as she will get angry with anyone (including me) when don' agree with her. And another colleague of mine absolutely treats me better when I throw the "I QUIT" card to my boss. This lead me thinking that I am posing as a threat to her. Both of them have been my hinder all along to excel in this line. Giving up on human service and going back to early childhood is my way to think if I really want to work with special needs. But I wonder if I should give up so fast in human service. When I am working in this company, is the first time in my whole life i feel like Screaming to these colleagues. Horrible. The most childish people I met in life. But my boss did warned me not to be affected by people around me as I might meet worse people out there. Noticed that I always leave a job because of the people and unpleasant things I meet.

Is this my problem?

Am I too emotionally weak?

But I love being loved by people. When I met people who are not genuie or produce too much negative energy, I will tolerate. After much toleration, I shut them off from my life. I am not a person that will say out my unhappiness. I noticed that by doing this, I am being misunderstood that I don't mind and don't care. Will i feel better if i voiced out my displease? When I have too many displease beared in my heart, I felt horrible. Perhaps it's time I be more assertive and voice out my dislikes to people. But I dislike confrontation as it will makes me angry. And when I am angry, I feel unwell. So I don't like to get angry.

Don't force me to make a decision. DOn't force me to do things I am not ready yet. I am still in the stage of adjusting. I am lost. Lost because suddenly I have changes, expectations and unhappiness all coming in one direction. Give me time. What will come will come.

I need to learn. To meditate, to find calm in chaotic situations, to take a deep breathe and to always tell myself

"It's okay to move slowly as long as you don't stop"

My Weekend

Have a meaningful weekend this sunday!!

Nick and me brought my MIL to shop for swimming costume as my mummy date her for a swim. We went to several shops in Ang Mo Kio before we find a suitable one for her. Halfway through the trip, we crave for ice cream and we went to buy ice cream. MIL like to eat fries so we sat in Mos Burger for its so called "Hokkaido ice cream" and MIL enjoyed a large packet of french fries. She really love to eat it!! After that, my mummy called and ask me to bring Nick and MIL over to hougang home.

We brought some honey mangoes up and Bambi is so happy to see all of us. My mother was so busy in the kitchen cooking dinner for them. AFter dinner, mummy served oolong tea and er jie offered us to eat cakes. After all these, we ate the honey mangoes that we bought. I nudged mummy to stop buzzing around in kitchen and sit down to talk to my MIL. They sit down and talk and watched the drama "LOVE" together. Although my mummy is not a big fan of the show, but she patiently sit down and watched it with my MIL. Meanwhile, Nick and me went tomy platform balcony and watched Mr Bean. It is a relaxing trip at home and i enjoyed the part that I can spent time with both mummies!!

I am real glad that Nick's mummy is so easy going and my mummy is so friendly to communicate with her. I hope our swimming date next will be better!! :)

AFter Marriage

My work has been very lagged recently. Things are getting better for married life. I have been getting used to living in hubby's place, to my MIL's cooking, to their lifestyles. I am also starting to get sticky to my hubby.... Oh my.....I think he is getting indepensible ...Oh my...i love my hubby...