Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Holy Shit!

This morning, as usual, drove Karinna to work before going to my office.

As we got into our car, suddenly there's an outburst of foul fragrance within the car.
"You just farted?" I asked.
"No! I didn't" She protested.
"Really?" I queried, as only 2 persons in the car ...
"It's not me!" She got louder ...

Oh well, time to turn on the ionizer/deordorizer in the car. It comes helpful sometimes.
It's really useful, the smell sort of diminished as I drove further out ...

Throughout the journey, it was still ok.
Maybe we got a little used to the fragrance as we drove ... I don't know.

Karinna reached her office, then byebye, then continue to my office.

Hmmm. Somehow the smell is a little more obvious.
The smell lingers on!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hold my breath!
Wind down the window!
Breath in breath out!
Ooooops. Don't breathe too hard. Don't want to get that smell into my mouth you know?!?! :D
And damn! Drank too much water. Felt like pee-ing too!
What kind of luck do I have today?
Told myself I need to buy Toto today.

Finally reached office. Didn't bother to check if the smell still lingered within the car.
I was still able to smell it as I got out of my car.
Actually, I saw some stains at the based of my left shoes while driving, and further confirmed when I got out of the car.
Quickly did a few tap-dancing on my left foot, hoping to kick off some of the stains ... and smell ...

Not too much. Need to pee.
Walk awkardly, but quickly to the toilet.
Shhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiioooooooooooooookkkkkkkk!

Since in the toilet, took my left shoe out.
Woah ho!!!!!!
I think it's some dog shit!

Buey bey biou poon bo annh ni zhun!

Tried washing under running water, scrub with some toilet paper.
Smell is still there.
DAMN.

In the end, I smell like shit the whole day.
And still had to go to some client's site. hehehe

Thursday, December 9, 2010

House Hunting

Hunting house is never fun
Walk from noon till set of sun
Always stand and cannot sit
Only rest a little bit

Hunting house, is no fun
It will deplete all my funds
cannot sleep, cannot eat
Dreaming of that Toto win!

Hunting house, is so fun!
See house nice nice no horse run!
Want to buy, need think twice
Pocket kosong very cham!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Days Of Being Hacked

On 30 October 2010, my Facebook account was compromised, which simply means, it was hacked. :P
It's quite shameful for me to say so, since I am an IT Professional!
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Albeit a technical IT personnel. :P

How it happened? Guess I was sleepy at that time, and accidently clicked on some dubious link, and click OK upon system warning. Too fast clicking sometimes can be dangerous.
One of my ex-colleagues said it must be some hanky panky links.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
How did he know?

So my Facebook account was hacked. I think it's just some kiddy script, and it continued to capture my Google account, as the password used at that point of time for my Facebook and Google accounts were the same.
That is a mistake.

Alas, I am lazy to have too many passwords, like most people do.
One password fits all may be convenient, but prove to be a nuisance when something happems.
So the result now is that my passwords for various accesses are now quite different, and it definitely burn some brain cells away.
Ahhhhhhh!!!!! My cells!

So what did I do?

The hacker went on to change my email association in Facebook, and as such, I cannot report or reset my password to gain back my Facebook account.
I can only report to Facebook, and give them another email address to notify me of possible resolution of the compromise.

My Google account was hacked. I needed this more than my darn Facebook account.
I went on to report to Google that my account was hacked.
It looked promising with the information they asked, and it's a headache to answer them.
Questions about when you start using Google and its other applications to even the date level.
Goodness? Are they nuts? I think they are.

Took a while for me to investigate my own Google information, and keep trying for a few times.
Finally got back my Google account only about 3 days later.
Damaged done? Some of my emails in the Inbox were deleted. Those that were moved to the "Labe" folders were still there. Lucky lucky.

Lesson learnt for Google account: Setup recovery information, as well as security question. It didn't force users to do that I think, and I was ....hmmmmm.... lazy again at that time. Too long ago anyway.

Now to Facebook.
Send them the report about my hacked account.
Only got an automated reply, which keep telling me to check my email for some other email notification from Facebook so that I can reverse the situation.
Nuts! My email account was hacked! How to expect me to see the notification mail from Facebook?

I've gotten back my Google account. Facebook? Social account only, and it's fine to do without it.
It took many many many days before you receive a proper reply from Facebook.
They have too many compromised accounts to handle I guess. heheheh
After corresponding for a short while, I managed to get back my Facebook account about 20 odd days later.
Damage done: All my photos and videos were gone. My information were changed quite totally, forcing me to re-marry my wife, for example. :P

Other than that, not much was done. I only know Mafia Wars activities were done during those 20 odd days. Kinda stupid and lame to hack account to play game huh?
I was more afraid that he would send stupid links to my friends in Facebook and cause them to be hacked too.
Alas, I can't do much.

Anyway, the saga is over.
I will know what to do if it happens again.
HAHAHAHAHA.
if it happens to you, you can consult me. :P

Saturday, October 30, 2010

我的小宝贝

觉得五字句很好玩,所以,又玩了。 :P

我的小宝贝

我的小宝贝
还不到一岁
什么都不会
最会流眼泪

我的小宝贝
皱起他的眉
嘟着他的嘴
飚下男儿泪

我的小宝贝
哭到没泪水
妈妈心儿碎
直往心肝锤

我的小宝贝
最爱泡小妹
抛起他眼眉
看了都心醉

我的小宝贝
笑颜展姿媚
他的真善美
别一番滋味

我的小宝贝
半夜不爱睡
管他吵了谁
爸爸最屈委

我的小宝贝
虽然减了税
填饱他的胃
爸妈有得赔

我的小宝贝
喜欢有人喂
吃饱可以睡
这才不吃亏

我的小宝贝
玩具一小堆
什么都乱推
让人一直追

我的小宝贝
真的不会累
爸妈很想睡
他却不肯给

我的小宝贝
眼睛很敏锐
无论多细微
他都要穷追

我的小宝贝
脑袋装满慧
接触的置位
他都记得对

我的小宝贝
天真的趣味
爸妈伴你随
顿倍感欣慰

Thursday, October 28, 2010

我在练真气

我在练真气

我在练真气
练到发脾气
觉得有问题
可会吓到你

我在练真气
以上的字句
全都在放屁
请你别相信

我在练真气
真气学运行
飞到华中去
十天业就毕

我在练真气
呼到肚剂去
感觉温温地
黄带送给你

我在练真气
注意着呼吸
吸气丹田里
升为蓝带领

我在练真气
升华脑部区
享受新生气
红带属于你

我在练真气
练到睡着去
醒在半梦里
仿佛游仙地

我在练真气
真的会放屁
放了舒适侵
适合解毒气

我在练真气
练了不生气
别人发脾气
当他放狗屁

我在练真气
排便一身轻
毒素撒出去
轻松变美丽

我在练真气
阴阳调身躯
练功有恒心
健康属于你

李少波真气运行学

Monday, October 25, 2010

你来了 II

这是继上一次的“你来了”,而写了对智元的一些感想。

你来了 II

你来了
八个月的相处 是天伦的
妈妈笑了
喜上眉梢 是开怀的
爸爸乐了
开怀大笑 是正常的

你来了
嚎啕大哭 是常有的
妈妈听了
放手一搏 是应该的
爸爸闻了
不加理会 是刻意的

你来了
笑容可掬 是可爱的
妈妈看了
得意忘形 是理解的
爸爸描了
逗儿开心 是会心的

你来了
你的存在 是雀跃的
爸妈累了
喜怒哀乐 是皆有的
爸妈笑了
天伦之乐 是幸福的

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Office Visitor

Last Wednesday, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the morning, was planning to drive to the chinese physician who helped us to slowly 'derive' Zyan, and to pass him some home-made moon cakes.
Just so happened that his shop was not opened.

So drove to office with Karinna and Zyan.
Karinna was tired the previous night, after staying up till quite late to finish up the moon cakes. She made quite a few boxes then.
So we added another box of moon cakes for my office. :P

It's the first time little Zyan goes to my office.

Not many people were in office then.
Iris, Robin, Naval, Derrick, and Lai were there.

Babies will definitely become the centre of attraction.
So Zyan enjoyed his 5 minutes of fame at that time.

The few pictures taken in office with the colleagues.



The visitor wasn't there for long. Just a while, and he needed to be back home for his morning nap.
So it's bye bye till his next visit.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Shaolin Zyan

It's a tradition that babies have their hair cut during their first month.
Our Zyan didn't really have a full hair cut at that time.
We just did sort of customary cut just to symbolise the hair cut thingy.
He didn't have much hair anyway. :D

So today, we brought Zyan to have his hair cut.
The Manduca comes in handy again.

While Karinna carried him in the manduca baby carrier, it took him just a while to fall asleep as we walk to the malay barber nearby.
Here is the photo where Zyan was passed back to me before the hair cut.

Then it's time. The barber is ready for him, and the action starts.

All these were taken with the help of Zyan's ever-energetic mother. :)

Throughout the whole hair-cut, he's fully well-slept.
That is good. If not, I am sure I would have earful of music. hehehe

After that, we went to Tampines One for a walk. Karinna wanted to buy some things, but in the end, didn't.
Good. hahaha
Then we took a rest at Subway. Needed some drinks and rest.
Zyan was still sleeping when I bought the drink, and it's probably about 10-15 minutes at Subway that he woke up.
He even smiled at the guy next to our table. He's just so smiley.

So here's Zyan and mommy at Tampines1-Subway.

Now you can see the botak awaken Zyan. :)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Long Weekend

It's been a long weekend.
Hari Raya Puasa on Friday, then the weekend comes along.
3 days of non-working days.

So how was the long weekend? :P

Of course, ever since 22 February, life has been centered around Zyan.
He's the centre of all attractions. :D

So last Friday, we went to Novena area. Square2 to be exact. Brought Zyan, as well as mother-in-law along too.
We needed to buy a baby sling. Zyan is getting heavy. It's not easy to carry him without a good sling.
The hands-me-down of Bjorn baby carrier is ok, but it's putting all the weight on the shoulders, and that can be very tiring if needed to carry for a LONG while.
Karinna's friend suggested this Manduca baby carrier, which puts the weight to the hip area. Thus, we went there to try, and in the end, bought it.
We bought the brown colour one. :D

We only recently put up the baby seat in the car, although it has been in our possession for more than 6 months.
It's finally put to use as well.

On Saturday, we wanted to buy some stuff to put in the car, so as to keep the little boy entertained sometimes, and perhaps a mirror to keep a watch on him.
We drove all the way to IMM to walk around.
First time we brought the stroller out with Zyan.
Not so bad.
See the little rascal showing me his socks while in Daiso.


Today, went to visit my parents.
Zyan fell asleep while on the way there, and slept for about 45 minutes.
After that, it's time for him to get the attention from the grandparents again.
He must be feeling like some superstar at this phase of life. ehehehe

At the end of the visit, we drove to White Sands. White Sands is also the first place where Zyan so-called went for outing.
Reason why we went there is simply because it is nearer, probably less crowded, and has air-con! :P Damn hot weather these days.

He's usually quite a good boy when we bring him out.
He cries a little more when he wants to sleep.
So far so good.

Then we went to the NTUC there, bought some groceries and blahblahblah, then went back home.
Karinna made Zyan some spinach vegetable as part of his dinner feed.
See how little Zyan eats.

It must have been very very tasty.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Canon 550D

It's been sometime since I last posted an entry for my blog.
Anyway, no one really read it, so it is fine.
It's after all, meant for me to anyhow write things, when I want to.

So Zyan has come into our life for 4months plus.

Of course, he has grown, and it has been quite an interesting experience so far.
Parenthood is a new phase. Cool.

Since his birth, we had been taking pictures for him pretty often.
This can then be shown to the little boy when he gets older. To let him see for himself in future how he looked when he was younger.

Being baby, he has lots of movements somehow.
Our current idiot-compact-camera is apparently not good enough to capture the moments correctly without blurring the effect.
Karinna then wanted to buy a DSLR camera, so that she can take more and clearer pictures for the little boy.

Was contemplating between Nikon D90 and Canon 550D. Recently saw Panasonic G10 as well, which is the newer whatever Four-Third technology camera.

After she did some research, and price check, she more or less know what she wants to buy.
So we went down to Funan Centre today, went to the shop that gave the best pricing.

Learnt some stuff from the sales guy, paid the money, and home we came with the product:
Canon 550D.

So the pictures for Zyan, are now expected to be more smooth, and hopefully a lot clear.

Good for you Zyan!
You're now on candid camera!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

李寿全 - 张三的歌

I was thinking of a particular song recently.
Very beautiful lyrics, and accompanied with its nice tune, it's simple a classic from the 80s.

Hmmmm. 智元, 爸爸会带你到处去飞翔.

I think I watched the movie, thought not sure why I watched the movie though. It's not one of those popular shows you know. :P

Well, it's hard to find the original MTV for the song, and the only one that I found with its original singer is this:


The song excerpt from the movie, if it means anything at all:


But I think an interesting one would be the following, which features the original singer singing with his daughter.
Very cute.


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歌名: 张三的歌
歌手: 李寿全
作词: 张子石
作曲: 李寿全


我要带你到处去飞翔
走遍世界各地去观赏
没有烦恼没有那悲伤
自由自在身心多开朗

忘掉痛苦忘掉那地方
我们一起启程去流浪
虽然没有华厦美衣裳
但是心里充满着希望

我们要飞到那遥远地方看一看
这世界并非那么凄凉
我们要飞到那遥远地方望一望
这世界还是一片的光亮

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Vaccinated Baby

He was born 4.220kg. Today, he is 8.040kg.

It's 3 months for Zyan now. At 3 months, he has to undergo another set of vaccinations.
This time, he needs to take so many of it, that I don't know what are those also.
My capable wife will just know about it.

We made an appointment at 1030am. However, only managed to see the doctor only near 11am.
Sometimes, you wonder what is the point of making appointments.
But half an hour, I am still ok with it. Afterall, clinic for children will tend to be a little more crowded, and patience needs to be practised with the little kiddies.

So what did Zyan have today?
A fluid vaccination, and 2 jabs!

Anything to be eaten, it's not a problem for him. He's on the 97th percentile in terms of weight/height blahblahblah.
Then comes the jabs.

First jab goes to his right thigh. Once the needle pokes through, the sound of music from Zyan Musical Factory starts playing.
Very swiftly, the doctor switch to his left thigh, and insert the needle for his second jab.
More music for our ears ... ...

Good thing is, the music lasted not very long. Not so bad.

I guess he was very tired at that time also, was about his sleeping time.
Good timing perhaps!

After that, sent them home. Doctor says he might have fever today due to the jabs, so need to monitor etc.
Oh well, life goes on.

Then off I went for work.
When I got home, the little rascal is very energetic.
I was tired, and he perked me up, and I felt fresher after playing with him.
hehehe

That's the picture taken of him just before dinner today.
The 8.04kg baby.

Hope his fever won't appear.
Next vaccination is 1 month away.
Music, music, music.

我家有个小小猪

我家有个小小猪

我家有个小小猪
一天到晚打呼呼
把他吵醒气呼呼
接着下来闹着哭

我家有个小小猪
看来有点胖嘟嘟
吃饱喝足嘴嘟嘟
咱看了不异乐呼

我家有个小小猪
睡觉时候打噗噗
吃着东西也噗噗
弄得我们很忙碌

我家有个小小猪
小小头壳光秃秃
带着酒窝笑嘟嘟
就觉得心满意足

25 May 2010

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Photo Taking

I felt very tired today.
Woke up at about 6, because Zyan was making noises, so need to sooth him a bit.
At close to 7am, brought him out and pass him for others to take care of him.
Went back to sleep till almost 10!
I seldom wake up so late. :D

At about 11, I decided to go back and nap. Zzzzz till lunch.
And guess what, at 2+pm, went back to sleep again.

Karinna woke me up at 4pm, as we wanted to bring Zyan out.
She wants to have pictures taken with the baby at least once a month. I mean have pictures taken with Zyan, and not just of Zyan, and by that, at least have more proper dressing for the picture taken.
Whatever, fine with me.

Left home only around 5pm, as Zyan poo-ED at that time.

Anyway, so we went to Changi Beach area. It was pretty crowded.
We just took a walk around the place, and have some pictures taken.
Captured a plane that is going to lang at Changi Airport.

Karinna and Zyan

Click on the picture to see a few more of the pictures taken at Changi Beach.

But Zyan was pretty tired and sleepy, as it was supposed to be his sleeping time. We just dragged him out by force.
He doesn't have much choice does he? hehehe

Well, wondering where to go the next time round?
For his 4th month official photo taking. :D

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Growing Baby

Time flies.
Zyan is already 2months plus now. Next week, he will be 3months old.

Life has been pretty interesting since his arrival, not to mention the topsy-turvy schedule with him around.

It has been pretty much the same everyday.
The day can start as early as 1am, for his night feed. His appetite varies, sometimes he needs 2 nightfeeds.
Usually he will wake up about 5+am to play, and won't want to sleep until almost 7am.
No prize for guess who is his playmate though.

Then it would be time for work.

Work has been pretty hectic for the past few months. It's slightly better for last 2 weeks, but I guess things would pick up again soon.

When back home after work, it's to entertain him around when he's awake, and feed him when he's hungry.
But the joy of entertaining him is simply wonderful. :)
Especially when he throws that mega-watt smile at you. Awwwww...

And then the cycle continues after his last feed before he sleeps.
So that's what they do; eat, play, sleep, eat, play, sleep, poo, eat, play sleep
He's getting big.

We haven't really brought him out that much yet.
Mostly is to go to the PD for his scheduled jabs, or go see doctor when he's sick. Lately, we bring him for baby massage, to help him clear the winds within his tummy, and that he can sleep better, so that we can sleep better! :P

The only time we really brought him out was early this month. Brought him to Simei Eastpoint Green for a walk.
We also one kind, didn't bring the stroller along, so we had to lug the 7kg boy around the places.
Training up our muscles.

That's the only picture taken during that outing.

Of course, the other place would be to visit my mother during the recent Mothers' Day, so that the little boy can enjoy the companies of all the other uncles/aunties, and lots of other cousins.

See? My mother makes funny faces, so Zyan had to do the same in the other direction!

More recent pictures here:
May 2010
April 2010
Well, when he gets bigger, there'll be more places to visit.

Phone Ring

Early this morning, my mobile phone rings. I answered.
Hmmm. 4.30am.

Not really good to receive phone calls in the middle of the night.

My mom was on the other line. She said she's in hospital, and feeling very uncomfortable on her tummy.
As usual, her tone would be like, hmmm..... how shall I describe that, very uncomfortable. hehehe

She told me to go to hospital to look for her, and before doing that, go to her place and take her medicine, so that the doctor can have a look at her current medicine prescribed.

Oh well, of course kanjiong right? Midnight calls.
So I went to my brother's place. Call his home, no one answered. Call his mobile, never pick up. I mean, who would want to pick up calls in middle of night?
Just me? :P

What to do? I have to 'break into' his home. Details of it shall not be mentioned!
heh heh heh.

So I brought the medicine to hospital, took a while to find her.
At that time, just nice the doctor was around.

It seems like she had some bad stomach for the past 2 days, and decided that it is severe enough to go hospital in the middle of the night.
They gave her some jabs, and needed to do some X-ray just to check.
So she was left under observation for a few hours, while I, don't know what to do, went around looking for food for breakfast.

It was only close to 8am, that my mom called, and said she can go home.

So all is well, and I drove her home, and then back to see my little Zyan.

At least, last night was one night that both my mother and Zyan disturbed me for my sleep. :P

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

八十天

今天, 是你来到我们身边的第八十天.

从你呱呱落地, 到现在的吃个不停,还有三不五十的哭闹喧哗, 确实让我们的生活增添了许多生命.
小小的身躯, 渐渐地扩大了肌体, 现在抱着你, 真的会觉得有一些些吃力.

刚开始有点臭屁, 因为有别人照顾你. 后来我们自己感受你的夜习, 只能感叹, 人在江湖, 身不由己.
你若不想睡, 我们只好陪你一整夜.
哈!哈!哈!

从早到晚, 直盯着时钟, 只为了炮些奶粉让你喝, 要不然, 只会被你的歌声弄得我们快发疯.
喝着喝着, 你又爱耍性子, 乱伸懒腰, 偶尔又爱学鱼尾狮子, 喷得我们是躲避不及.
有时响龙十八掌很想使出去, 最后还是决定放了你一马.

抱着你的时候, 难免都会被拳脚打踢. 你的无影脚和五形拳, 真叫人佩服得五体投地. 实在是
哭笑不已.
抱着你的时候, 有如千斤重扛在肩上, 你的如释重负, 只限于手臂的力气, 真叫人喘不过气.

写着写着, 似乎都在埋怨? 哦…

抱着你的感觉, 会让我们有无比的力气, 再大的智元, 我们都扛得起.
抱着你的感觉, 纵使会遍体磷伤, 一切都是万般的十分愿意.

看着你笑的神情, 感觉你听得懂我们的言语, 而那天真的笑容, 是种很难解释的心理.
最好在你脸颊捏一捏, 让手指印跟随着你.
哈!哈!哈!

重新把着篇文看了一遍, 笑着自己写得没点次序, 零乱的文法是不值一提.
反正你也看不懂, 何必在乎那所谓的优美字句.

我们盼着你的第八百天, 应该学会走路, 吃喝拉撒, 还有叫人.
后来就等待那第八千天, 到时希望能喘一口气, 顺便放个响屁, 再好好的休息.
那时候你要开始努力, 学习照顾老人的乐趣.

只是, 现在;
今天, 是你在我们生命中的第八十天...

Monday, March 22, 2010

Zyan's Baby Shower

Time flies.
It's been a month since Zyan is born.

We had a small full month celebration for the little boy.
Small, because our house is pretty small. :P

Actually, Karinna came up with a long list of guests initially. Hmmmmmm. Like 120 over or so!
Felt like doing up our wedding guests list. hahaha

Too many, so she had to trim down a little on the list. Rather, quite a fair bit.
As for me, I only invited a few girlfriends along. No boyfriend! I am normal! :P

So the day started busy.
We need to send our dogs away, else they would be too barky with the stream of guests coming to our place. We put at a friend's place. So kind of her.

Then by 1145hrs, the food was setup, and the first guest appeared around 12noon.
Not bad.

Once that starts, the people keep coming in, and our house was soon packed.
Not enough sitting place for sure, and sorry to those guests that have to make-do with standing around.

As with most baby shower occasions, the little main cast was well-slept throughout, only wake up occasionally for food and attention.
Maybe he just wanted to show the guests how angelic he is.
When the guests were gone, he was back to his colicky behaviour. :D

After the last guests left, we were all pretty tired as well. I think that is normal.
So we rested a while, and after dinner, went to pick the 2 little rascal dogs back.

Well, the challenge is coming. After tonight, the confinement nanny won't be around anymore.
It is then up to the 2 blur blur parents to work. :P
More Pictures here

Sunday, March 21, 2010

你来了

你来了
十个月的等待 是值得的
妈妈累了
挤你出来 是辛苦的
爸爸笑了
看你出现 是温馨的

你来了
你的哭声 是巨响的
妈妈慌了
不知所措 是正常的
爸爸乱了
手忙脚乱 是合理的

你来了
你的笑脸 是可爱的
妈妈看了
春风满面 是得意的
爸爸描了
喜笑颜开 是自豪的

你来了
你的出现 是愉悦的
爸妈累了
再接再厉 是肯定的
爸妈笑了
唇边笑意 是幸福的

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Cup Feeds

It's been a few days since Zyan came back home.

Life has been blissful when we were still at hospital.
Life has been interesting since we came back home. Need to wake up in the middle of the night to feed crying baby.
Need to check baby if he had done his pee or poo.

Well, it is good that we got the confinement lady to come on the day of discharge from hospital.
Otherwise, I think it will be quite a mess at home.

Being a big baby boy, he needs to eat a lot.
Initially, the lactation nurses told us to feed 30ml, then 40ml the next day, and the 50ml the day after.
So we were quite obedient. I think first 2 days still alright, but yesterday and today, I think the amount of milk given to Zyan is not enough.
He keeps wailing for more. :P
Why milk? Because for this big boy, the breast milk currently available is not enough. He needs to be supplemented. haha

So when doing milk-feeds, the nurses say do cup-feeding. This is to simulate the baby to suckle for breastfeeding.
And, more importantly. this task is to be assigned to the Daddy.

So here I am, feeding Zyan whenever I can when he needs milk.
See me in action, and Zyan chups for the milk. :)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Back Home

Karinna was discharged from Thomson Medical Centre yesterday.
So was Zyan.
Both were doing well, so doctor said can go home.

Although we were expecting to be home only today, it's still ok, and probably better to be at home too. More comfortable yeah?

So I had to call the confinement lady, and told her to come down to our home yesterday, instead of today.
Kinda rush for her, but she still made it at our home at around 6pm.
Alright!

So we were all more or less set, though not quite there yet. ehhehe
After all, both of us also blur like sotong, just go along with it.

Zyan cry, we try to feed him, or check his diapers.
Actually, forgot about the diapers until much later, and shall not describe the scene at the diapers. :P

As for feeding, the intention of breast-feeding is there, but the execution has problem, as the milk factory is not fully functional yet. :D
So while trying to stimulate the factory to operate normal, Zyan has to help his mommy to build the foundation for the milk factory operation.
Meanwhile, his daddy has to use Enfalac A+ and do cup feeding for his baby.
Cup feeding is to be done by daddy, so the lactation consultant says.

It's kinda cool to feed my own baby. He's a greedy boy, and probably due to his size, seems to be always hungry.
He 'chups chups chups' a lot during cup feeding time. Quite funny. hehehe
And mind you, his wailing is mind-boggling as well.

So we have to feed him about every 3-4hours. Had to get up in the middle of the night to cup feed him as well.
Once he's full, he falls asleep almost instantaneously. Wow!

Well, let you guess, is he crying or trying to poo here. :P

Monday, February 22, 2010

Zyan Tay

It's a long day.

Woke up very early today. About 5am.
I always like to make sure I have enough time for appointment. We have our appointment for hospital admission at 0745hrs, so we need to leave our home at about 7am. 2hrs is definitely enough time to take breakfast, do some checks before moving off to parenthood. :P

Of course, we reached on time. Then we went ahead for the observation room, and the doctor came about 8am to give some insertion pill for Karinna to help dilate the cervix. This will help to induce labour.

It helped. The dilation got bigger, and by lunch time, it was about 4cm. Good, so says the doctor.
Then it was waiting game again. But this time, we were move to the delivery room.

As a precaution, epidural is done for Karinna, so that the pain can be reduced significantly. And yes, she proclaimed that it is one of the best inventions ever! :P

By 4.30pm, the dilation was about 8cm. Cool! Doctor said we can be ready by 5.15pm! How exciting!

As 5.15pm came, the nurse came in to check. Not ready she said.
At 5.45pm, she came in, and not ready again.

Karinna tried to push hard, but still, the little boy simply didn't want to come out.
After consulting the doctor, the doctor decided to assist her in getting the baby out. The method used, vacuum.

So all got ready again with the pushing, and vacuum.
As the contractions come, Karinna pushed and pushed.
Took quite a few pushes, and pulls from the vacuum, the baby finally popped his head out to see the world.
The time? 1827hrs.
His weight? A hefty 4.220kg!
His length? Whopping 54cm!
He is a huge baby.


After that, it's spreading the news around.

A new life has begun.
For me, my wife, and my son. :)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Excitable Baby

Yesterday went to visit the gynae again.
It's getting nearer and nearer to the due date, so the appointment is getting shorter between each visit.

It's the usual checkup. Probably the last.

Zyan is now estimated about 3.58kg.
Getting a little big, and the doctor has concerns for him to get even bigger.
Well, valid concerns.

Thus, he suggested admission next Monday for assisted delivery, if it doesn't happen in the next few days.
Woah!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!!!!!!!! :D

And yesterday had problem using the camera again. I remembered shooting the video of the ultrascan, but it came out totally different. Appears to be shooting at the floor.
ha ha ha
Not sure what happen.

Other than big, Zyan is all good!
And yes, he's very excited too. Mommy's complaining of him twisting and rubbing her belly from within, too much. hahaha

It's good that he didn't want to come out on first day of CNY. :)

Counting down ... ... ...

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Tiger

The Tiger has arrived.
What have you done to welcome the Tiger?

Anyway, according to the astrology information given to me, the year of Tiger is not so good for me.
Luck and fortune etc seems to be not on my side.
However, there's a mirror star along my path, which can help me mirror the bad to good and good to bad!
hehehe

At between 6-7pm, went to do a simple ceremony. That is, face towards SE direction, and did simple 6-3-6 breathing. Breathe in for 6 seconds, then hold for 3 seconds, and breathe out for 6 seconds. :)
The numbers supposed to represent Heaven/Human/Earth.

Also, for people like me who are born in year of the dog, need to do some extra things to help to make the year smoother. :P
Need a black or blue calendar. Bought a 5-Dynasty coin previously, and paste this on the front cover hf the calendar. Then just write something and start using the calendar.
OK. So the simple rituals are done now.

Time to buy TOTO. :)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kickery Baby

Today went for the gynae appointment again.

It's the 35th week this week, so my little boy is almost ready to see the world.
Doctor says he's 2.9kg today, still a little oversized than normal.
Other than that, everything is perfect, and baby is growing very well.



And he's moving a lot, so the mommy says.
Kicking around in mommy's womb quite a bit.
Nah, he's not taking my genes on that. I don't play soccer.
Don't even watch soccer actually. hahaha

Of course, when mommy is eating, he feels damn excited. Sometimes probably do somersault when he feels food coming down to him. Yum yum!
Maybe that's why he's a little oversized. :D

And he likes music. Well, may be not all kinds of music, but he dances to Bach's classics, and some of the songs play on radio.
I'll get him to listen to the POP 80s! Then he can dance all night away.
Not so good idea, mommy needs to sleep too.

Few weeks more to go.
We're excited, and yet gan jiong for his arrival.
We'll be right here waiting ... :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Moses

Today, a new member joined our Tay Family.
His name is now Moses.

Didn't intend to go and see him today, since I was supposed to have a dinner date with an old friend.
That dinner was last minute cancelled.
It's hard to get old friends together actually, but still try.
Anyway, decided to postpone a little, to see if can manage to get more people the next time round.

Since no dinner, went to pick Karinna. She was at United Square, which is a short distance away from TMC.
Thus, we decided to drop by today to visit the little boy and his parents.

He's 3.02kg heavy, 49cm long, born at 0937hrs on 22 Jan 2010.
Some pictures of him. Compare with his elder brother Matthew.


Sunday, January 17, 2010

Bus

Morning went to customer's site to continue the last bit of installation for the Production system.
By the time the things were completed, was already about noon time.

Decided not to work too long today. Been spending too much time already on that. Weekends should be kept minimal for work. :D

Today didn't have my car. Karinna needed the car to go for her massage.
Fine.

I rely on my own 'kar' then.
此kar非彼car.

So I took a bus along Xi Lin Road. The frequency for Bus 35 is pretty low, about 25mins during off peak hours. D'uh!

Took to Bedok, had my quick lunch, then took the bus to check out my dad.
DAMN LONG never take Bus 225 already. Taking that bus somehow made me feel like back to school days. hahahaha
Ever since we shifted from Bedok to Tampines, Bus 225 is history to me.
For a period of time, my parents were not staying at the Bedok old house anyway, so no chance to appear back here too.

Still the same route, not much change for that.
Now I'm at the old house. Dad is somewhere watching TV.
While waiting for Karinna and my car, I just sit around loiter for a while.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Sleeping Beauty

Have you heard Sleeping Beauty story?

Well, guess most of us would have, and probably had forgotten too.
At least, I don't quite remember.

Needed to bring my mom to hospital for her medical appointment in the afternoon.
Reached around 2pm, as she needed to do some tests before seeing the doctor.
The tests took a while, maybe about half an hour or so.

After that, went to the clinic, and wait.
Can't see doctor immediately after the tests, as they would need to get the report ready.
Thus, have to wait.

So mom took a seat outside the clinic area, then saw a bench.
Walk walk walk ... ... and tadah!

After a while, the Buddha post appeared.

Cool huh?

That's my mother. :P

Heavier Boy

I realised some of the embedded videos in my blog entry, do not get 'published' when the RSS feed into my facebook.
And I don't intend to find alternative means to enable that.
heh heh heh

Well, it's been quite some time since I posted entry. Rather, very few entries for the last 2 months or so.

Busy, and lazy, and busy. :P
Been working everyday actually, sometimes don't know what I am doing also.
heh heh heh
Enough for the grouse.

Anyway, today went for the gynae checkup again.
Had wanted to take a video of the Ultrascan, but somehow I had problem using my digital camera at that point of time.
So this time, no picture, no video. Only memories. :)

Of course, don't expect me to remember.

Well, little Simon is getting bigger.
This time, his estimated weight is about 2.4kg! A hefty 700gram gain from 3 weeks ago.
Now doctor says he is a little above average in terms of weight.
Other than that, everything is good!

Then the next visit will be 2 weeks later.

It's getting nearer, so exciting! :)