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just realised its been more than half a year since i last blogged!think its the over-reliance on facebook...time to get back...slowly but surely... ;)

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The church knew about our wedding anniversary and sprung a surprise celebration for us! :)It was our sixth anniversary....

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Day 1 - Monday : 2 year (and 3 months) old Isaac finally started school! He was still recovering from a runny nose so the energy level wasn't as high as usual. But he was certainly looking forward to school and wore his thomas-the-train school bag and his red uniform proudly....Granny Nai Nai brought him to school and he was relatively ok (smiling at his cousins Joel and Glory who were in the

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The parents scouted around the whole Marine Parade area in the rain and finally settled for him a cool blue Thomas the Train schoolbag!! Look at the joy and delight on his face! He wore the schoolbag that whole afternoon and refused to take it down, eating dinner and even exercising with it (see below)!am sure he wouldn't have problems with his BMT in future! : )

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The principle was telling me how proud she was of the uniform. Apparantly, she loved scottish kilts very much and scounted around for the material for the uniform in her pre-school....so there: Thats what Isaac is going to wear (plus a white t-shirt inside)... notice the little dino head as the school emblem...!I personally thought that the uniform looked a little 'sissy' on boys....oh well....

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We've decided to send 2 yrs 3 mths Isaac to school.... : )

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Isaac found the fire helmet from his uncle Joshua's firebag one day, and helped himself to it.... Ah-hah! Caught by Uncle Joshua !

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Isaac with two of his beloved chies chies at church - Yolanda and Nichole... (click photo to enlarge). We've noticed that recently, he liked to make funny/angry faces when the camera was pointed at him....trying to act 'cool'... ; )

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The Lims shout out in unison, "Merry Christmas"!

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YL was featured recently on his office's internet website.------------------>Making a Mark as a MentorFor Dr Lim Yuan Liang, Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) from the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Emerging Systems Division, mentoring is more than just imparting knowledge. It is about believing in our youth and impacting them in a positive way. He shares some of his experiences

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We were at Marina Square when we caught the performance of "Barney and Friends".... there was a mega long queue of parents with tods and strollers at 12.45pm when the show was to start at 2pm!!! We brought Isaac to catch a glimpse of Barney and his singing mates after lunch. He adores this purple dino....problem is that he keeps referring to it as "Elmo"!!! sigh! Grandpa got him a singing

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wow....we were all awed by this place... ; )

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Great company from cousins!Yummy Swensons icecream cake with Pooh Bear characters that intrigued all the kids!!Plus after-cake entertainment with misty dry ice, courtesy of Swensons!! : ) "Happy Birthday, Isaac!! Its such a privilege and joy seeing you grow up...." Love,Daddy & Mummy

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Top 2 rows : Trying out a "Ferrari" at a friend's bike shop.Bottom row : Back to reality....he's actually pretty happy with his humble car that he already had at granny's place...even though he bawled all the way home from the bike shop after we cruelly 'yanked' him away from the "Ferrari".

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Having fun "helping" grandma with the washing... ; )

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Encounter with kangeroos...the one at the top is a friendlier and younger roo, whereas the one at the bottom is a huge unfriendly roo that scared Isaac to tears!...its about YL's size when it stands up full height! Because of this incident, Isaac now dislikes Kangaroos!! :(

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And it was a fab trip! Kudos to YL who was a great driver and planner, plus being a wonderful father, hubby, son and nephew all rolled into one, as we went on the trip with my mum-in-law and YL's aunt!Kudos to Isaac for being a jolly good travel (he only threw up once at Yarra Valley, due to some zigzag and steep route that YL took.Kudos to my mum-in-law and aunt-in-law for being such cheerful

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And we've brought Isaac's potty with us... hee ... ; )

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小男孩也情不自尽的看过去... Little Heather and Little Isaac ...

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Went to Kath's new place for housewarming and as usual we enjoyed some nice wine. Isaac was curious (i think he was more curious about the big wine cups than the wine itself). Anyway, being the 'liberal mum', i allowed him to have a few sips of it. Look at his look! I think the last photo summarised his conclusion : 'I would prefer my little bottle of H2O anytime!' ;)

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He's pretty good with his chopsticks yah? This was shot last week (before the pox), but he was already able to handle chopsticks pretty well more than a month ago!

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Thanks to my mummy...for labouring for me 34 yrs ago! ;)Took leave today and spend the day with isaac...distracting him from the pox. As you can see...the poxes are drying up...his skin is finally more visible!!

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This was taken in the morning...By the evening...."Mameeeeee.....sob sob!"I could hardly bear to put my hands on the body that was covered with full blown sores/poxes...for fear of bursting them...Our poor darling...

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what joy!!!

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陈洁仪 - 天冷就回来 从前对着收音机 学唱旧的歌 我问妈妈为什么 伤心像快乐 妈妈笑着 说她也不懂得 我想出去走一走 妈妈点点头 天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊 妈妈眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈 天冷我想回家 童年已经不再 昨天的雨点洒下来 那滋味叫做爱 呜~别在风中徘徊呜~天冷就回来渐渐对着收音机 学唱新的歌 我问朋友为什么 做梦也快乐 朋友笑说 他从不相信梦 我想出去走一走 朋友点点头 天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊 朋友的眼里有明白 还有一份期待 天冷我想回家 年少已经不再 今天的雨点洒下来 那滋味就是爱 现在对着收音机 听自己唱的歌 我的他问为什么 幸福不快乐 我微笑着 说我也不懂得 他想出去走一走 我对他点点头 天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊 我猜我眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈 天冷他没回家 我仍然在等待明天的雨点撒下来 那滋味就是爱 呜~别在风中徘徊呜~天冷就回来

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Watched the show 天冷就回来 'If There're Seasons' by The Theatre Practice this evening. Loved it...was a fab musical with a storyline that showcases loads of Liang Wern Fook's songs! Apart from the whole musical experience, Liang Wern Fook and his production team were sitting right behind us. Being opportunistic, we got him to autograph on our programme booklets. I also purchased a set of his 5+1 cds

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... is Isaac's fav cartoon character at the moment! This little curious cheeky and innocent monkey has captured Isaac's attention and imagination! Isaac can sit BY HIMSELF in front of the tv and watch the 90 min dvd (that sze bought from Shanghai last year) non-stop...chuckling to himself throughout the show... : )And we discover this wonderful Curious George Website where there are loads of

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Isaac is down with chicken pox! Looks like our trip to Bintan has to be called off/postponed. Thankfully, we had not booked our tix for fear of such things happening....The little kid is still as engergetic as ever, playing around and jumping up and down... He's beginning to feel a little itchy though..his fingers tending to scratch himself....most of the pox are concentrated on his chest and the

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(a) Weekend trip to Nirwana Beach Resorts at Bintan - hopefully in the last week of Aug...if Isaac doesn't get infected with chicken pox (his aunt has got it and Isaac might have contracted it too...)(b) Week long trip Melbourne - 24th Sep to 2 Oct...just booked the air tix!Dear God, pleaze watch over us and ensure that these trips do come true!; )

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Went to the Botanic Gardens with our church friends this morning. The ladies in church catered a sumptuous breakfast of nasi lemak from Adam Road Hawker Centre... it was indeed yumelicious!!Thereafter, we had a good time of fun and games, and we also took some time to enjoy the flora and fauna in the gardens....As u can see, we turned up in the national day reds...beeming with patriotism at the

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It was national day observance ceremony in office today! Apart from the general celebratory singing of national day songs, our ministry also had a big birthday cake for all the august babies! Minister Teo was here with us and sang birthday song along with all of us.... hee hee hee, look at how giggly and 'silly' kath and myself looked standing next to Minister...; )

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'Now this is how you brush those cute little teeth!' 'Daddy, I can brush my teeth and do gymnastics at the same time!!''Daddy, u look as if you are taking your temperature with the toothbrush! hahaha'

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.... one of my fav hymns.My Life Flows onMy life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation, I hear the real though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that rock I'm clinging It sounds an echo in my soul, How can I keep from singing? What though the tempest round me roars, I know the truth, it liveth, What though the darkness round me close,

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We got Isaac his first REAL guitar today!! It was a "Yamaha Guitarlele"... its approx two-third the size of an actual guitar... We were amazed when we saw the name imprinted within the guitar, as Isaac's last chinese name reads "Le" and we've been calling him "Lele" for short...so, we took it as a sign that we've got to get that guitar for him! : ) Let us first do an intro on the Guitarlele...

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Our friends from UK Rab and Mel gave YL a pair of gloves before we left the country... at that time, we were still expecting Isaac and Rab had already given Isaac a nick name called "Gym Genghis"... : ) SO now that Isaac is a little bigger, we tried the gloves on him.... ...what do you think? Warrior? : )Isaac gets knocked out! ...actually Daddy's stolen his gloves and using them to tickle him!: )

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One thing we realised after we became parents is that we are so much more aware of God's love to us...afterall, we are fashioned after God and if we feel a way towards our child, wouldn't God feel the same to us?-----------------------------------------------------------------'Isaac, do you love Daddy?' Sze asked looking into Isaac's eyes.'YEH!', Isaac responded enthusiastically aloud! (Isaac

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Thought this is quite a funny picture...it was shot during the church camp and YL was supposed to guess "who he was" based on the clues that his team mates gave him...He's always had the nurturing heart so it was interesting that he's actually supposed to guess that he was a 'teacher'. Currently, apart from his work as a research scientist, he has also volunteered to impart some of his physics

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We had a wonderful time in Malacca for our church camp. It was Isaac's first trip overseas and we drove there, ferrying amongst many things his little 'potty'.... u can imagine the details we went to in planning the trip at our family level for him! Isaac obviously enjoyed himself, having many of the church kids to entertain and play with him...in fact, he had so much fun that he was overly

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Late post - Some photos to remember of our visit to the Tunnels at the Labrador Park on Labour Day (1 May 07)....

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My Gong Gong (Grandpa) passed away on Sunday afternoon. He had been struggling with Parkinsons' Disease, kidney problems and heart conditions over the past 4 years, so i think it is a relief for him that he has gone home with the Lord so that he no longer needs to suffer. I recalled that when I first saw him upon my return from UK in 2005, it pained me to see my previously burley jolly granpa who

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We participated in the Global Day of Prayer this evening with some of our church friends...Had a glorious time of worship and prayer. We brought Isaac along to the National Stadium for the very first time, and I guess, it would also probably be his last, since the Stadium is due to be pulled down to make way for a much newer one real soon!Despite him being very tired once we entered into the

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We attended a friend's daughter's first month party at Tiffin Room, Raffles Hotel sometime in Apr...Had took a few photos but had forgotten to post it.... Thought Isaac looked pretty cool in his blue outfit... : ) We liked the food but Isaac preferred the Harpist! He kept staring at her playing and was the only one who faithfully clapped after every song that she played! : )

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Decided to return to office after a week's rest. Found difficulties kickstarting my momentum at work though. Having been away from office for a week (though I still logged from home to clear some work), being in office just seems so overwhelming suddenly! This is especially so in my current operational HR post where there are daily cases and "fires" to deal with and personnel issues to be

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Brought Isaac to collect his passport from SIR today. Our queue no. was 2985 and the counters were only calling 2845.Whilst waiting, Isaac was munching away on pre-packed grapes (its always useful to arm yourself with lots of [healthy] snacks when you bring your kid out to public places and you expect to spend sometime there!) making a lot of friendly but loud noise, chattering away to himself.I

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Just received this poem from our friends Emily and Sen:"Hope is a Thing With Feathers" by Emily Dickinson Hope is a thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings a tune without wordsAnd never stops at all.And sweetest, in the gale, is heardAnd sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat keeps so many warm.I've heard it in the chilliest landAnd on the strangest seaYet, never

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Its been a week since we were confronted with the bad news and just a couple of days since the surgery. Am actually feeling quite healthy physically (except for a little fatique now and then), and I thought that emotionally, I've also overcomed it all.But I guess its harder than just 'not thinking about it', which is what I've been doing most of the time subconsciously - occupying myself with

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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,It is well, it is well, with my soul.RefrainIt is well, with my soul,It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well, with my soul.Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,Let this blest assurance control,That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed

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The diagnosis was confirmed and the procedure done. Were surprisingly non-heavy hearted as we went through the day, with the confirmation scan and then sze going through day surgery etc. When it was all over, we felt surprisingly liberated. The baby will always be part of our memory, but we will and we feel that we are able to move on! And we know its all thanks to God as we rest in His peace.

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A fellow colleague shared this Psalm with me which I found to be a great comfort in times like this...A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.1 O God, you are my God,earnestly I seek you;my soul thirsts for you,my body longs for you,in a dry and weary landwhere there is no water.2 I have seen you in the sanctuaryand beheld your power and your glory.3 Because your love is better than

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We've got some personal bad news to share.Some of our friends might have known that sze was expecting. Had went for normal check up at the gynea over the weekend and the doc could not locate the fetal heartbeat. Apparantly, the fetus has probably stopped growing a couple of days ago (it should have been a 10th week size but the scan showed that its only at the 9th week size). As such, Dr Ben has

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Went for check up at gynea today with yl, isaac and stroller...We were looking at all the little kids that filled the waiting area together with their daddies and mostly pregnant mummies, and then we looked at our little isaac again. Personally, i can't help thinking that isaac seems to be the cutest kid amongst them all, and the one whose smile seems to exude the greatest charm!! When i

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Isaac has become hooked onto Beethovan's Symphony No. 5, and specially the first movement because of its loud and upbeat and dramatic tempo ! He'll shake his head as well as point his finger up and down to the music, as if he is a conductor!Now, I've heard of some fathers complaining that their children do not support the same football team as they do...e.g. "I can't understand why my children

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Relationspa4 pa4 = his dad (YL)ma1 ma1 = his mum (Sze)ye2 ye2 = his paternal grandpa (evolved from 'pa4 pa4 ye2'!)nai1 nai1 = his paternal grandmama4 ma4 = his maternal grandmajie3 jie1 = he affectionately calls his cousin Glory "sister"mei4 mei4 = he affectionately calls his little cousin Josie "sister"p/s: Sze's dad is obviously gutted that his beloved grandson has yet to learn to call him "

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Can u believe it ? We went to Chek Jawa with a 16 month old tod waddling through the mangrove swamps! Its his first overseas trip (across the straits of malacca??) to Pulau Ubin.We took a guided tour of this beautiful natural habitat of thousands of sea creatures...it was an eye opening. We were dressed for the tour, which required us to trod too lots of mud... dressed isaac in wellington boots,

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he can now say:"papa" = dad"mama" = mum"mum mum" = food"bye bye" = bye"wou wou" = dog (i.e. mimicking the dogs barking)

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View was superb but the food was only average.Thankfully, the company was lovely... : ) ......Full Photo Set of the afternoon on Flickr.

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Brief SMS conversation with my lovely Auntie MH:AMH: "Thanks for a wonderful afternoon. U have a very lovable boy and D (her daughter) loves him to bits."Sze: "Thanks 4 coming by! Its a lovely way 2 spend new year catching up with family! D's grown so much fr the little girl she once was...seems more mature now! =) "AMH: "Yes she is now more sensible and understands me better."Sze: "Yes. It is

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What better way to spend the last day of 2006 than starting out at church for service in the morning? It was a wonderful service. Some of the friends who had accepted Christ the previous week came to church, and we also had a couple of visitors, including tourists! The worship was fab and there was a time where Pastor Adrian gave an open invitation to come up to the podium to give thanks to God

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First time on sand...

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Thanks, dear friend, for blessing Aik Kor's Nathalie and my Isaac with such beautiful dungarees! We purposely coordinated the kids' dressings over this Christmas eve at church, so that we can snap these photos specially for you, as a sign of our appreciation! :)

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We had a wonderful Christmas Eve celebration at church. Apart from a beautiful worship session filled with Christmas carols, and the kids putting up a skit on the true meaning of Christmas, we also screened a children animation called "The Gift". Thereafter, Pastor Adrian gave a sermon message whilst the kids were brought to a room where they had a fun and exciting time of games!We were so tired

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Don't know why... when i look at Isaac in his denim dungarees today, he reminded me of the fiction character Hucklerberry Finn! : )

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... spending time with your loved one watching God's beautiful paintings upon the skies... .............................[Picture taken with sze's nokia handphone during the September trip to Tokyo, Japan]

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Isaac is in this 'I-want-to-stick-to-Daddy' phase. Everytime he sees his Daddy, he will follow him around... His daddy would gladly oblige by playing with him. Sze is really happy for that as it means that she gets some time-off, and they get to do the "Father-and-son" bonding thingamy... : )However, whenever Isaac is sleepy or cranky, he still comes to mummy for his hug and his cuddle. : )

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Hallelujah! Thank God for legs! Yes, it was just a couple of days ago that we commented that the little one needs more confidence in walking on his own. Can walk already! So "yaya-papaya"!Today, we spent a whole afternoon at Isaac's paternal grandparents' place, as his grandaunt was celebrating her birthday. The large number of familiar guests/extended family members and cousins got Isaac so

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Isaac can now take a few baby steps!But he's still not confident with walking by himself.He'll hang on to our hand and walk gleefully, but once we let go of his hand, he'll just sit his butt on the floor!Gotta' build up his confidence a little more...but its a good start! : )

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Remember when we said that we were looking for a xylo-piano for Isaac, and couldn't find one that we wanted?In the end, Isaac's uncle YH and aunt LS bought him the tiger xylo-piano from little tikes!! And not only that, since then, he has received two more xylos!One beautiful one that was made in italy that produced the most brilliant sounds that we've ever heard, and another four-note xylo that

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"Don't want..."Remember us writing that Isaac had acquired the knack of 'shaking his head' and then smiling in glee, not really understanding what that meant? Now, it seems that he has understood the implication of 'shaking his head', i.e. it means "No" or "Don't want"!When we want to feed him more food and he already had his fill, he would 'shake his head'.Ask him to return to us our handphone(s

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In the mornings, we usually lay Isaac on his bassinet before giving him his milk bottle. When he finishes drinking it, he would usually just leave the empty bottle on the bed, and stand up and shout for attention (i.e. his way of telling us that "I'm done!"). I was so tired that i was lying on bed next to his bassinet this morning and taking a wink before he popped his head up from the bassinet,

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Have not had time to read the bible recently. This morning, whilst in the car to work, I flipped open the Bible and told YL that perhaps we should memorise a Psalm together. Randomly, I flipped to Psalm 112, and having eyed it through, decided that this is a nice Psalm to memorise, as it encourages us in our daily walk with him and is also a reminder of God's promises.Psalm 112 1 Praise the LORD.

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Since I've been posted to a new portfolio recently, work has been really busy. And due the the nature of the particular piece of work that i've been intensively involved over the past few weeks, its also been pretty emotionally draining for me. I feel the muscles around my shoulders tightening and aching, i think that is a sign of stress too.But thank God for this reminder today from Colossians 3

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Issac learnt how to shake his head left and right today spontaneously.We don't think he realised what it means...he just found it fun to shake his head...Try asking him a question and nod your head at him, and chances are that he would shake his head gleefully back at you!BTW, its an easier skill to learn how to shake your head left and right than to nod up and down! He hasn't quite acquired the

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Hi Yuan Liang and Puay-Sze, and (of course) LeLe!The weather here is unusually splendid today, sun shining, air crispy, and finally all the leaves are coloured. It is as if the Almighty knows it is a special day, and has arranged all these to allow everyone to share the joy.Happy Birthday LeLe!!! Maybe you are yet to wonder once again who Uncle Sen and Auntie Emily are, but never mind, we are

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... Maybe cos I am finally going to be a toddler!! Funny faces!

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Happy Birthday our little darling!

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Taking time to enjoy the plants in the garden of grandparents' home...

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I have a problem trying to find some toys in Singapore. I see loads of FisherPrice items, but hardly any Little Tikes' ones in the departmental stores. I wonder why?We have been trying to hunt around for this two-in-one piano-xyleophone for Isaac for some time now. The one by FisherPrice is made of plastic, has only seven notes (less than 1 full octave!!) and the sound that it yields doesn't have

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Its been a long time since I updated the blog. Have been swarmed with work and spending more time playing with Isaac, that its difficult to find time to updated the blog.Since the last time the blog was updated, some developments in Isaac:a) He has developed FOUR full teeth (two upper ones and two lower ones)....and he enjoys utilising them to munch on his food, bite his apples and pears and

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Brought Isaac to Chinese Swimming Club this morning for his virgin swim. Wanted to bring him there for sometime now, but we have to keep postponing it due to the earlier bad patch of haze. Now that the air has cleared substantially, we were finally able to bring him over.This is the tentative set of photos from my handphone, shot at the beginning of the swim. As u can see, he had a slight

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Drawn by YL ... for our nephew Joel...who misses his mummy 'cos she had just delivered his sister #2, Josie! : )

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"I hate having my hair cut!"

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Went to Scruffy Murphy's Irish Pub tonight with Sze's bro and sister-in-law. The pub's located facing the East Coast beach seafront at Marina Cove. We've passed by it a couple of times on our previous trips to the Mac Cafe or during our strolls along the beach path. When we passed it this morning and saw its advert for its Octoberfest promotion(portknuckles, Erdinger beer, German sausages, etc.),

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daddy didn't let me eat the big breakfast... but i got a lick of the balloon!

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yay! 3rd tooth coming up! :)p/s: two at the top and one at the bottom

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A good alternative to spending money$$ to buy a playpen... ; )

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Happy Mid-autumn Festival!

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His first tooth!Lots of his peers began to have their first tooth beginning from their 7th month. However, whilst Isaac's gum became rather hard early on, perhaps due to his constant exploration of objects with his mouth, it didn't show any sign of popping out any teeth. So, I used to have 'nightmares' of him growing up without any tooth...but i no longer need to worry now! ;)cute hah?? ;) 

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YL and myself had a getaway to Tokyo between 13 Sep night - 19 Sep evening:Here are some of our impressions of Japan: Japan is not as expensive as London...! Japanese are super polite...! Parts of Japan are even cleaner than Singapore...! Japan has many quirky high-tech architectureFood is yum - Sushi, Yakitori, Ramen, etc! Chicken sashimi is nice and affordable...Horse sashimi taste quite good,

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