Thank u daddy and mummy! Oh and the 24 aunties! Mummy finally use the Toy'r'us voucher to buy a float and duckling for me! :)
Love bonding with Daddy..
Mum received a call from dad early tis morning.
Dad: Hullo bad news, Straits Cafe do not have oysters for lunch. I made reservations at aquamarine instead.
Mummy: Okie we'll get ready.
And so, we head off at abt 10.15am. First stop was to hougang mall paediatric clinic to see Dr Zainal for my running nose and cough. Then we zroom down to Marina Mandarin for buffet lunch at Aquamarine. Spent 2hours there cos dad and mummy took their own sweet time to consume their food, while i can only admire..luckily dad did give me try a bit of hagen daaz jackfruit ice cream....yummy.
Posing at Marina Square *pissed off loook
Dad...why do we have to pose in front of an artificial tree
With piglet...do we look alike?
Battleground for today...food was decent, nothing spectacular though
Part of the loot
Mine! All Mine!! slurp...
Mine, no?
with mummy at sushu counter
going up escalator
looking at the xmas house
hey leaf, dont tickle me cos i want take pic
Should i have apple or mango?
Good morning :)
Woke up very early this morning with dad and mummy to listen to radio 100.3, cos there's live transmission from Hong Kong. Then Ayden came over. Didnt see him for quite some time so inevitably the excitement is there...i couldnt stop jumping lol
Just-woke-up pose
Taken last night before sleep
Umm....is this outfit nicer or the other one?
Taking pics before going out 
1st meeting with the legendary Uncle Macdonald 
At Mac cafe 
Bored with their Men's talk 
*Yawn i am falling asleep...where's my iced latte 
Out at field ready for kung fu workout 
This is uncle Anthony 
Dad...wake me when we reach home okie. 
Using dad's mouse to surf net
My 1st Liverpool FC replica baby kit
Cant wait to wear this and be a Steven Gerrard wannabe
I often hear dad mentioning about this mandarin verse - 家家有本难念的经. Sounds pretty impressive though i dont really understand what it means.
I dont see our house having scriptures so what's with every household having its own scriptures (literal translation)? Umm...dad have you gone bonkers?
Well, what dad meant was this. When i came to this world, it was under the most testing of circumstances. Instead of pure joy associated with my birth, my family went into a period of despair. For the next couple of months, while other babies at the same stage were spending joyous moments with their parents, i was going in and out of KKH for 3 major ops. Dad and mummy were going thru an emorous amount of physical as well as mental stress.
Research have shown that my type of condition affects one baby out of every five births. In the beginning Dad kept thinking why it has to be me who go thru all these pains. It was a fact hard to accept initially as dad and mummy cant bear to see me suffering. As times goes by, dad thought things thru and his mind got to be at peace and calm.
During the times spent in KKH, we got acquainted with some other babies; putri who stayed in the high dependency ward for over a year since birth, another jovial in ward 55 plus one more baby boy having similar condition, plus many more who were admitted in kkh due to different medical conditions.
Each of them are brave babies considering the sufferings they went thru. Nobody wanted to be in similar situations as them but its all fated. Dad's thoughts goes out to all of them that's why he bought balloons for them, and me as well, except that my balloon got squashed by the ceiling fan.
The sight of many other babies suffering in kkh's wards for different medical conditons make dad realises that we are not alone and there's others out there who are experiencing anguish due to each's problems - 家家有本难念的经.
But beyond every problem lies a glimmer of hope. Like what dad always tells the other parents in the wards - 康复就好.
That's why nowdays dad always says - 明天会更好.
Life is a beautiful cycle of continuous re-generation for the purpose of survival. It is mysterial and yet beautiful for all living things and especially more so for the human race - what can be more heart warming and touching then seeing the birth of your own baby to this world.
But beyond the joy of watching the little one growing up day by day, there lies a lingering thought of worry, this thought of worry of the little one leaving to live a life of his own one day, just like grown-up chicks leaving the safety of their nest to explore this worthy world one day. What's left will be the lau kok kok (pardon me for the crude dialect description) parents. Doesnt this sounds so very real? Do you now share this worrying thought that my dad has? Yes?
You see my dad's rationale is this. For the 1st decade of my life, dad and mummy are everything to me. I get to spend all my time with them. We go thru the very most intriguing stages of my life from infancy to being a toddler right up to school life. Dad and mummy are there for me during the good times as well as those testing times.
From the 2nd decade, i began a very important stage of my life where i began establishing my own circle of friends, striving to become more independant, and have my own ideas of managing my life, from PSLE and O levels and beyond, National service and my preferred type of career.
The 3rd decade will have me establishing my own career, have my own steady love life and working to settle down and forming a family of my own. From then on, i will be spending less time with dad and mummy though my thoughts of them shall always be in my mind.
So, in truth, i probably have about 10 good years of my life devoted solely to dad and mummy, and that's from my 1st 10 years. And these 10 years are what my dad hopes to make good use of, spending each and every moment of my time with him and mummy.
I trust that dad has everything planned out cos time really flies. I know cos dad has this regret, a regret of neglect of his parents (my grandparents) during all those early years of his adulthood that placed much emphasis of his time and money spent on friends.
And i shall not repeat what my dad has gone thru, thru a time when he sat down and looking at the backview of his parents watching tv, and suddenly realising how frail they have become and how the strain of ageing have bleached their hair white.
Just as you are reading this, give it a thought. And if you should realise that you have not done enough for your parents, now is the time. We can never repay them for all that they have done for us. Nonetheless, a show of care and concern is never too much for us to give, for everything that they did for us so selflessly all these years.
This early morning i was ordered out of mummy's bedroom by dad and was sent to my playroom to sleep in the cot, reason being that i was cranky the whole night due to running nose. Ya(*haiz) i was down with running nose again...must be the after effects of the injections i had at kkh 2 days back.
The time then was 5.47am when i overheard dad calling his office applying for childcare leave today...yeah at least i got one more company...shortly after dad put down his handphone, the sky began to turn red and strong winds started to blow. And it rained. Perfect timing dad! :)
Nothing much to do today as it was a rainy day. Dad was back at home to accompany me (good that u didnt play traunt on me).
There are some pics to share and a video also. Nothing special, just showing some bored moments, but hey the character featured arent okie...i'll bring sunshine to you all even though the weather's bad outside ("o")
candid shot
Am i gonna look like that next time?
