A month's worth of update!

Gosh, its been more than a month since we've last updated the website. All due to the lack of ease of access to internet connection in our new home. But now that we've got the broadband set up, we're back online again!! :)

A couple of things have happened since:

1) FLIGHT HOME (24 - 25 Sep) : We flew across continents back from London to Singapore. Having called London our 2nd home for the past 3 years, it is with many mixed feelings that we're returning back to Singapore for good. We're gonna' miss the weather, the picturesque countrysides, hill and mountains, as well as our several good friends in UK! Before flying, we had prayed to be upgraded to business class with our Kris miles. Well, that didn't get answered but the important point is that sze travelled without discomfort in the economy class....which would have been better than having the business class upgrade but still with discomfort.

2) FAMILY : Our parents were naturally delighted to receive us back as well as being with us with the impending delivery of Bambino. Sze's exuberant mum was so excited that the first thing she did upon seeing one another back in Singapore was to rush to sze and hug sze's tummy rather than sze herself (shouting in joy "welcome back my grandson")!! Sze was naturally amused and somewhat embarassed in the airport, a very public place! YL's mum's showed her joy in her beautiful wide smile as she was hugged by YL when we arrived at the airport.

Since our arrival, we've been spending loads of quality time with both sides of the family, having dinners at their place, going out together and chatting to one another... :)

3) BAMBINO : We visited the gynae twice, first without ultrasound and the second time with ultrasound. YL asked our gynae to reconfirm the baby's gender. There was a moment of uncomfortable silence until the gynae broke in and asked " What did I tell you the last time, boy or girl?" Sze said, "you've never told us anything before this!". Instantly, the gynae heaved a sigh of relief, "I must have confused you with another patient! I thought I'd told you before that the baby was a girl but he is obviously a boy!" We all broke up in laughter and relief. This is a strong double confirmation. As is in YL's trait, he likes things to be reconfirmed again and again.

The gynae confirmed that the baby is growing "on target" and doubted that Bambino would arrive anytime before the estimated date of delivery - 26 Nov 2005! We're still hoping that he would arrive a couple of days earlier, so that sze need not be "confined" over christmas day! :)

Latest ultrasound image shows the ever maturing facial features of Bambino (shot from the left side of his face)!

Meanwhile, sze has been feeling the even stronger kicks and flips of Bambino. One day, whilst working, she saw that the office tag that she usually wears around her neck which was resting on her tummy (as she sits and types away on her office computer) was moving around, and realised that it was actually caused by the "tremours" that Bambino is creating in the tummy...it was a most amusing sight!

[p/s: Another of Bambino's playmate has arrived! Sze's good friend YN has delivered a pretty baby girl in mid October....!! Congrats to the lovely family!]

4) WORK : We've both started work!! YL had 5 days of disembarkation leave (starting from the day we flew from uk) and started work on 29 Sep. Sze on the other hand, had a longer break in between to adjust to the time-difference as well as the hot weather! She started work on 10 Oct, but fell ill two days later and received a two-day order of rest (MC) from her doctor! You should have seen the look of embarassment when she submitted the MC to her boss and sheepishly joked that she must have been allergic to work!! (well, who isn't??? hahaha!).

5) CHURCH : We've quickly settled down in church and even cellgroup. We're now attending a relatively new church called Riverplace Church which meets in one of the function room in Merchent Court Hotel. The church is pastored by Pastor Adrian (who incidentally married both of us when we were in FCBC!). We could feel the presence of the Lord as we worshipped there and learn the truths of life from the bible through the weekly sermons. YL has also volunteered himself in the church band, sometimes playing the guitar or the keyboard. Steadily, we're getting to know the brothers and sisters in the church. We've settled down in our good friend, Melvin's cell which meets largely in the Tampines/Simei area (where nearly half the cell members stay there!).

One thing that struck us about the church is that it is full of kids and babies! Think it must be the anointing of Pastor Adrian, who himself with his wife Lynette has 4 children! We think that the church is going to have a really strong children ministry! And with so many mothers around, there were much advice generously dispensed to us on how to prepare for labour and bring up little Isaac! :)