Angel(s) & Demon(s)

No, not the Tom Hanks movie that is currently running in the theatres that i'm going to talk about. I just want to use this to share with all the "Angel" & "Demon" in my context.

Angel -> Daddy
Demon -> Mummy

Mummy: Boo hoo hoo.......:-(

I'm 18 Months Old!

I've shrunk due to the recent sickness. But good thing is i've fully recovered and am now back to the chirpy me again.

Hee...just went to the "slimming centre" (hospital) and lost some weight.

A mere 12.2kg now:(

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mummies out there! Unfortunately, daddy and i couldn't bring mummy out to celebrate her day coz it's daddy's turn to feel unwell. So we thought better to stay home and nurse rather than passing the virus to others. But, we did go for a little shopping at Bugis Junction yesterday and i bought mummy a ring as her Mother's Day present. And, another precious present to mummy is... I'm off my opium (pacifier). It's been a week since I last touch my "tu tu", so i'm officially off it! Tell you something funny. I saw a little baby with pacifier in his mouth the other day at Robinsons, I stroke my cheek with my index finger and exclaimed "eee... Shame shame". The daddy turned around and smile, daddy and mummy were so embarressed.

Here's me at Bugis Junction yesterday:

>Daddy was so tempted to buy me this car. But mummy said No.


And @ home today:

Coz mummy said i already have a "BMW" @ home. Sharing my motorbike with Buddy and Barney.

My 10 years old BMW motorbike passed down from Sheryl jie jie.

我进医院了.....

Yes, i was hospitalised last week due to my prolong fever. My fever went up and down like the roller coaster for about 7 days till daddy & mummy decided to bring me to KKH for a detailed check. If you wonder why my folks waited so long to bring me to KKH, it's because my fever actually came down for about 2 days after i took the fever medicine and when i went off the medicine, my temperature went shooting high up again. Doctor from KKH said the antibiotic is good and should have cured me within a few days, but obviously not coz my fever was not totally gone. The doctor did a calculation and said the amount i took was not enough based on my weight, it should have been at least 40% in addition to the amount given!!! And that explains why the prolong fever.


Daddy & 奶奶 rushed me to KKH last Tuesday afternoon where we met up with mummy. We consulted Dr Loh LH from KKH, she was very patient and detailed with the examination. She ordered urine test (to check if i've UTI) and blood test (to check on my white blood cell). After about an hour, the result of the tests came back. My urine test came out to be negative, but the blood test report didn't turn out to be too good, indicating probable infection. After explaining to mummy & daddy, Dr Loh seriously thought it would be wiser to admit me to the hospital for a more thorough check. Daddy & mummy trusted that to be the best option for me, so off we went to do the paper work for the admission. And by the time we finised the consultation, it was already about 7pm, mummy felt so bad that the staff and Doc had to stay back for me.


Left: Sitting on the visitor's sofa cum bed thinking when can i go home.
Right: Daddy feeding me breakfast. Hee...check out my spiderman on the window. Hee...Barney, Pooh bear, spiderman, power ranger, Elmo and friends finger puppet were with me throughout my 3D/2N stay.


Left: Wa, the breakfast looks yummy. Daddy, how do you eat with your mask on? (Daddy is coughing, so he has been keeping his mask till today, even when he is sleeping. Daddy said the last thing he wants is to pass back the cough bug to me. Poor thing...).
Right: Must be the antibiotic that's working. I had great appetite, i finished the slice of bread, half the hot dog, tomatoe and some scrumbled egg. At least my appetite is picking up.


Left: Look at the Mickey Mouse Balloon that mummy's colleague bought for me. It perks me up. I love balloons! Thank you Auntie Christina!
Right: I'm hungry hungry and so hungry.


Left: Mummy & daddy chose the A1 ward for me, they didn't want me to mix with the rest of the kids. If not for my fever, i'm otherwise well. In fact, my fever subsided after just 1 dose of antibiotic. Miracle!
Right: Look at me, so poor thing, gotta be on the IV plug so that the nurses could administer the antibiotic. Mummy asked for other option but the doctor said this is the fastest way to bring down my fever. 奶奶 cried, mummy cried and daddy cried hardest seeing me go through all these. I stopped crying when i saw daddy cried for the first time. I hugged and patted daddy instead. Daddy & mummy did think whether it's a wise choice to put me through all these suffering, but indeed it's necessary coz who knows how long my fever will last and it's certainly no joke for kids my age to have fever this long. So better be KS then sorry, they thought. And thumbs up to the team in KKH ward 86 who took great care of me. Thank you!


Left: Spending time @ the play area.
Right: Daddy brought his lappy to the hospital to rush out out some report.
(To daddy's team mates: Sorry, daddy had to absent himself to stay by my side during the days when i was hospitalised. My apologies on behalf).


Left: A gift from my neighbour Joelle jie jie. Guess what's inside the box?
Right: It a bear named Buddy. Joelle bought this bear for me after knowing i got admitted to hospital. So sweet of her, i feel so blessed:-)

Special thanks to:
~ Mummy who stayed over in the hospital for 2 nights with me.
~ Daddy who took care of me while mummy went back to work on Day 1.
~ 奶奶 who got so worried for me.
~ My 公公, 姨姨 & 舅舅, Sheryl and Sherry jie jie who so wanted to come and visit me but was asked not to due to the visitor restriction in the hospital coz of Swine Flu. Daddy updated them via Facebook instead:-)

我病了

我病了... And this is the 3rd day i'm running high fever, hovering between 37.8 - 39.8 degree celcius. No, i haven't been to USA nor Mexico, so this naughty bug that is attacking me is definitely not Swine Flu. Initially we thought it was the MMR jab that i took about a week ago that is causing me the fever, but Dr Hiew said its throat infection and he said i probably caught it from daddy:(. I've not been eating and drinking well for the past few days and the folks at home are very sad seeing me in this state. Daddy took 1.5 day leave to take care of me, he cooked Tofu and fishball soup and patiently sponged me. Mummy on the other hand was super busy with work coz of the Swine Flu pandemic. All leaves for the management are freezed for the next 3-6 months depending how far the swine flu episode will stretch. But mummy obviously heck care with it and took child care leave to help take care of me today. Luckily her boss was really understanding ... As for 奶奶, needless to say, she is always the best. I'm guilty that she had not been sleeping well for the past 2 nights, she practically woke up every hour to check on me and take my temperature. She made me barley drink, 羚羊 and apple juice. 对不起 & 谢谢您, 奶奶.


I've been taking cough syrup, phlegm medicine, fever medicine and antibiotics, but the terrible sore throat is still stubbornly fighting with me. And it certainly doesn't help that i've not been pooing for the past 2 days, so my very worried daddy and mummy went back to Dr Hiew again this evening seeking his advise and at the same time ask Dr Hiew for the suppository to stimulate my poo. Gosh, i certainly hope they don't have to do this to me and i hope Dr Hiew's words are right. He said my fever should subside after my 4th dose of the antibiotics and i should be well tomorrow.

Daddy prepared a yummy dish for me:

Left: Daddy in the midst of preparing the dish for me.
Right: My favourite Tofu with char siew, fish glue and scallop. I finished everything!


And mummy made this. Equally nice! Thank you folks!


My Medication:

Please pray hard for my speedy recovery.

I'm 17 Months Old!

Hello hello!!!!! I've been missing in action for 1 month, i know! I can explain that. As some of you may know, i just got back from my 5 days, 4 nights Hongkong/Macau trip last Saturday. Because the trip was a last minute plan, mummy had no choice but to put her butt down to plan for the trip everyday after she came back from work.

Ok ok, now that i'm back, i shall try my best to pen down my updates more often. So many things took place during the time i MIA. There's Marina Barrage outing, Caleb's birthday, Twins Lucas & Leroy's birthday party, Little Green Frog Play, HK/Macau trip and many more. I'll see if i've the chance to update everything.

Anyways, as you can see from the subject header, i turn 17 months today. Mummy & daddy said it's getting more interesting and fun to communicate with me now coz i can understand many things they said and likewise, the folks can better appreciate what i wanna express most of the time.

Weight: 12.5kg
Height: 80cm

My sexy 17 months body. (To protect myself, all important parts are bubbled up).

Hongkong/Macau 5 Days 4 Nights Trip (Day 1)

Hooray!!! I just got back from our Hongkong/Macau 5 Days 4 Nights Trip on Saturday (7th Apr - 11 Apr 2009). It was a very good trip consider it being planned about 2-3 weeks prior to our departure. Mummy & daddy's definition of "Good" for the trip are: 1) Eagan enjoyed the trip, 2) 奶奶 enjoyed the trip, 3) Eagan didn't get cranky throughout the trip, 4) Eagan ate, slept, pooed well, 5) Nobody falls sick during the trip. Checked, checked, checked, checked, checked. Of course my folks are happy too.

About the Flight
My folks thought it'll be a problem to board the 640am flight (Jetstar) coz they were worried that i would be cranky. But luckily not coz it's a blessing in disguise that i still reuire my night feed at abt 330-4am every night, so it was just at the right time coz mummy woke me up at abt 345am, gave me milk, entertained me a bit and i was drained when we boarded the plan at abt 640am. Mummy gave me milk during the take off and i zzzzz.....immediately after. I woke up when the plan touched down HK and was 100% engergized!

And the coming back, we took the 3pm+ flight (Tiger Airways), i also slept throughout the journey.
And, when we touched down in Spore, take our luggages and head for dinner and reached home at abt 10pm, i was tired enough to sleep. Daddy & mummy initially wanted the 1130pm flight but it was fully booked, they thought it'll be good to let me sleep in the plane at that kinda hour, but luckily we didn't manage to get that flight coz if i were to sleep during that time and when the plane reached spore at abt 1am, i would be wide awake when we got home at abt 2am.

About the Hotel
Luckily mummy booked a hotel that is located very near the Prince Edward MTR (3mins walk). With all shopping bags, stroller, diaper bag, daddy's camera bag and a 12kg toddler, the last thing the folks want is to walk a 20-30mins back to the hotel after the whole day out.

About the Food
Ohhhhh.....mummy certainly doesn't remember the Hongkongers have such saltish taste bud. Or rather, she didn't bother about the food during her past trips to Hongkong. The porridge that mummy ordered for me was really tasty, but definitely too saltish, even for the adults! I tried their porridge twice from different restaurants, both were terribly saltish. I had rice for the rest of my trip and luckily, they were really yummy and not as saltish.

Bread - Hongkong has lotsa confectionary shops, basically all MTR has it, so mummy bought some for me as snacks in the afternoon.

About the $
Daddy said the exchange rate in Hongkong is no good, so have to change sufficient currency, else use credit card coz the rate is better.

Ok too much of those details, i guess it's always more interesting to see pictures rather than words. Here goes:

Day 1

Super happy and energized at about 5am.


Look at the clock behind to check on the time. But for the seek of a good holiday, it's ok to sacrifice my beauty sleep once in awhile.


Daddy needs his daily cuppa as always to kick off his (holi)day:-)


Left: Daddy pretending to fall asleep while waiting for the flight.
Right: Adults always say it's never gonna be the same going on holiday again ever since i come into their lives. But comm'on, besides all the worrying of the climate, food, lodging, space for my diapers and milk powder, etc etc. There's always this teeny weeny advantage of travelling with me. That is, we got to be the 1st to board on the flight. That's the importance of we kiddos! Hee...


This was the initial sitting arrangment. 1 by 1, side by side.


And as the flight took off, we reshuffled and had the 1 take 3 kinda sitting arrangement as offered by the nice and kind stewardess. Oh btw, mummy said i need to emphasize here that she was play pretend to sleep here. She didn't have the chance to really sleep, but she did doze off a little when the scenario changed after a not as nice and kind stewardess came and ask us to shift to another row coz that was the emergency escape passage way. That's when mummy had to carry me in her arm to sleep for the rest of the journey. But still, the journey was good coz i slept THROUGHOUT the trip.


Left: Hongkong, here we come!
Right: Anyone here knows lip reading? Can you see mummy mumbling her infamous phrase "Holiday is never gonna be the same again". Poor mummy, but you've to learn to accept the fact! Hiak hiak!



Seeing my happy expressions, mummy repeated her "Holiday is never gonna be the same again". But this time round, it's for the good cause:-)


Arriving in Hongkong, with my super duper heavy diaper.


Left: We had our lunch at 大家乐 in the airport. This might be a common dish amongst the Hongkongers, but my folks thought it's really yummy. Or maybe they were truly very hungry. Look closely and you can see me eyeing on the food in the background.
Right: Mummy says: "Yum yum..."


Left: Where? Where? Tell me where is the spiderman?
Right: Ha ha...now i call this "Elder Man" (Elmo + Spider Man).


Snap snap while mummy settle our hotel arrangement. And oh, another advantage of travelling with me. The nice and handsome hotel manager arranged for the biggest deluxe room for us when he saw me in tow. How nice huh.


Woo hoo...i love bath tubs. It's always nice to soak into a pool of bubbles, get a massage from my private masseur and have a warm milk feed. That's life and i love it!
(Btw, this trip was also meant specially for 奶奶 coz she's been working very hard to take so good care of me for the past 17 months. So mummy & daddy made sure as far as they could 奶奶 shall rest and enjoy the trip while daddy & mummy take charge of all my needs).


Left: Monkey see, monkey do.
Right: Oh mummy, stop acting cute. "无眼看!"


Buying ticket to go to Lantau Island (Da Yu Shan).


Reached Tung Chung station. Obviously these photos were not taken by mummy. Mummy extracted most of the nicer photos from daddy's album:p


Left: Our rare and few family photo. In the cable car, on our way to Lantau Island.
Right: And obviously, this not too bad photo was taken with mummy's dummy digital camera.


Some photos with 奶奶.


My folks, trying to act cute and serious at the same time. *Duh*


Some solo shots before we reached our destination.


Left: Why are you staring at me?
Right: Urrr.....hee...i'm sure mummy & daddy will not scold me for sticking out my tongue coz i've proof of them doing the same.


Left: Hmm...wondering who will be the hero to carry me up to meet the huge Buddha.
Right: Shop around before we conquer the flight of stairs.




Left: Do i look like a cute little monk?
Right: Mummy took the chance to take more photos with me coz she is usually the one to hold the camera and hence seldom the chance for the "Us" photos.


Left: Eeeeee...what's that smell? It's so much more stinko than my "Ah Hemmm"!
Right: Ahhhhh....it's the cow dung! 奶奶 is saying "Don't breathe. Hold your breath like me."


Ok, one serious shot here with daddy and 奶奶.


Resting, praying and donating before we conquer the stairs.


奶奶 insisted to carry me up the first flight of stairs.


Left: Hero no.2 - Daddy.
Right: A very exhausted daddy. Kee kee.....


Big Budhha.


Taking a rest and taking more photos.


I'm so so happy!