high fever

This is the first time that Justin has a high fever ever since he was born. Count it a blessing a what.

But i must say, i was really a bit at a loss at what to do last night.

He was still looking fine on monday night, except that for the past few days, he has not been drinking much of his milk, and appetite has dropped. So i already suspected something amiss. Add to the fact that my mother in law suddenly caught a severe flu on monday (and she was taking care of Justin the whole of monday), i think somehow, he caught the flu virus in a way.

By tuesday afternoon, i think the fever won the battle. And by the time i came back from work, his forehead was hot, but both hands and feet were freezing cold. And when i changed him, we noticed that his body was starting to have red patches. So we knew it was not just the low grade fever anymore.

We rushed over to the PD, and actually when we reached there, PD was already closed cos he was rushing to the hospital. I told the nurse that Justin was having fever and he even vomitted on the car on the way, and he has not taken milk for the whole day. Thank God, the PD heard and decided to just see Justin before he take off. Heng man..

He took his temperature and it was 39.3 degrees celsius!!! When we took his temperature at home, it was only 37.8. Think the thermometer can throw away liaoz.

So he gave the repository pill that is supposed to be stuck into the anus, to bring down the fever quickly and prescribed him some medication. Due for review on thursday night.

I was really expecting a tough night ahead. But i really thank God for a good kid. Other than the initial part when we tried to put the cooling plaster on his forehead, which only stayed there for ehm.. 30seconds before he tore it off, and another 1 hour to put him to bed, he only woke up once during the night and the next feed at 6am, when his fever went up again. After giving him medication and a bottle of milk, pat him for another hour before he went off to lala land for another 2 hours.

Just as i expected, the whole morning, he was super whiny and sticky. Even his favourite ball ball never interest him. Haiz.

Next few days going to be a tough period for me. year end closing and all the datelines coming up. God, i pray for strength and speedy recovery for Justin!!!

blessed xmas!

the long awaited xmas that we all wait for 364 days since 2009 is over just like that. Time passes so fast on that few days and before we knew it, it is over and its now time to start to prepare for the arrival of a new year.

actually, xmas seems to start much earlier than 25th December itself. because our church usually have the candlelight services one week before xmas and usually by then, everyone is already in a xmassy mood. Not forgetting all the gift exchanges, gathering, feasting and shopping for presents and wrapping them up nicely. Xmas is my fave time of the year!!!

This year is Justin's second xmas, cos last year, he was just slightly over a month old during xmas, and frankly, i dont think he remembers anything even though he already receive quite a lot of presents last year (neither does mummy!!) hahaha

This year, he is definitely more aware, and he is soo happy opening / tearing / pulling open all the wrappers, and it was really quite amusing to see his reaction when he saw his presents.

We tried to capture some pictures of him opening the presents, and could not capture any decent shots.. all were blurred!!!

So i shall ask from other photographers and try to lay my hands on those photos.

Meanwhile, that night, after he opened all his presents, we managed to get him to sit with all his new friends to take a picture....

these are all justin's new friends!!

And for the record!!!

Edward carried justin for the very first time after he is born!!! haha.a..

such an historic moment that i must capture this!!! Kekekekekekekee

So once again, thank you all the uncles and aunties for all your lovely presents for justin. :-)

A day of the atas and famous

Thanks to Tristan for his kind invitation, last saturday,

I had the chance to experience an evening of the

rich and famous! =))

Never imagine myself having the chance to go out to the sea on a private yatch.

Been watching the Gems of Life show recently and always

envied them who can just go onto their yatch as and when.

Life of the rich. Only can dream for now.

And of cos, that day was a special day for Tristan too.

Because he was going to execute his Proposal.

And we were part of the advance party. So cool!

We reached earlier than the rest, as we need to make sure

we hide all the props properly, while waiting for the captain,

we start cam-whoring.

The entrance that was guarded by a security guard.

The fleet of yatches!

Which is the one we will board?

while waiting. cant resist but to take pics with the

colourful balloons.

Trust me. it was really stressful to carry the bunch of

balloons, cos so scared that it will fly into the air if i just let go my hand.

Grip tight!

Love this pic, taken by Kless' kick-ass camera!! Every thing looks so vibrant.


see the comparison in color. Taken by my non kick-ass cam.



Ok. time to work. Only have about 15 mins before the star of the night arrives.
and we have to leave the scene.
So all hard at work.


and this is the final prop.

time to leave the yatch, to go back to the lobby to meet the rest.

Finally all arrive, and we made our way back to the yatch.

All listening intently to the captain giving some basic instructions and

ettiques on the yatch.

and off we go!!!

Out to the sea!!!

Continue cam-whoring.

we trying to squeeze into the pic. Just nice! :-)

and as the yatch moves, enjoying the scenery and sea breeze.

Oh my!! The sun set is fab!!

Our fave pose!

Take a shot. See how hard i was gripping the handle bar.

Actually quite scary. cos i have phobia of dropping into the sea.

After a lot more phototaking to distract JY,

finally the real thing.

Time to pop the question.

And of cos, we are all so happy that JY say "orh"!

See the happy couple!

And we got them to do the titantic pose... ~~

And not forgetting a group picture!

Congrats Tris and Jie yim!!

Really happy for the 2 of you.

Saw you both from the time u get together

to now getting engaged!

Looking forward to your big day, which i am sure going to be 10times more glam!!

Blessings

As the year 2010 soon draws to a close in another 28 days time, i feel that its time to sit back and reflect the year, and to start to plan for 2011.


The year 2010 can be said to be a very roller coaster year for me.

Started off the year still in my maternity leave and the next 7 months was one of the most horrendous period of my life. Heartaches and disappointments and blows after blows were the things that i had to deal with in my career. Thank God in the midst of this, i have a super cute son, a super supportive husband and a very supportive family that i can look forward to every day. Now, as I look bad, I seriously thank God for givin me the strength to go through that tough period of time, and thank God that I survived and come out of it, stronger, at least in my sense.


God opened the door for me to a brand new environment, an area that I would never have imagine that I would step in. Though i am still in the finance sector, but I am exploring a total different aspect that I have not touched it in this perspective, in the last 8 years of my career.
Thankfully, I have a great team of colleagues, friendly managers, supportive management and an environment that greatly promotes effective learning.


How the job opportunity was a total miracle story by itself and i think many of my friends have already heard of it. In the past 2 months that I have joined the company, i have been given the opportunity to attend a regional meeting, went to taipei for a pricing training, had lots of fun with the finance team @ Sentosa (and i realise that my finance director is a very fun loving gal!! Quite surprising cos her outward appearance really don't tell it!) and the most recent family day event @ Universal Studio at Resort World Sentosa ( i still remember that I just made a very casual remark to God that how nice if i can get to go USS this year, and God really made it come to pass!! SO happy! )


Just this week, the asia finance director came over to SG, and he had a 1 to 1 session with every one of us on the team. A very pleasant guy. He asked me a question, which really set me thinking a lot for the direction of my career in this company. And the next 4 months is going to be tough, because there are so much expectations of me and also, i have a mega presentation coming up in Feb 11. if i don't make it, then it means exit for me already.


So, i can already foresee how tough its going to be for me. But i believe, God will not put me through something that I cannot handle or go through. So i believe, the next few months are indeed going to be very exciting months for me. I have learnt, never take every opportunity that comes your way for granted. Everythin in life indeed, is there and happens for a purpose.


Time to march on in 2011~~


I believe it is going to be a blast year!!~~~ =))))

Coffee !!

The yearly do a good deed and get rewarded affair is here once again. =)))

I feel that it is an awsome corporate social responsibility of Starbucks, to take part in such an activity. More than just promotion and marketing tactics, its really in line with the season of giving.

Indeed, i love x'mas, cos its really a season of love.

More than just all the feasting and gift exchanges,

its a time of gathering, and i love going about to prepare the xmas gifts for my family and friends.

I always believe, when we give with love, its not just the other party who will be delighted.

The giver will be blessed and happy as well, esp when you see the receiver having a big smile on the face, loving the gift that they received.

Reminds me of the great love that my Abba Father has for me.

He love me, thats why he gave his only son to exchange for all my sins and give me a new life.

Embrace it. Treasure it. Don't waste it.

x'mas is just 23 days away.

Start doing something today.

December

December is always a very busy month, in many sense.

Firstly, it is really a month to consolidate what has been or not been

done in the last 11 months of the year.

It is the time of the year to take stock of my personal life, in all different aspects,

to see how much have i grown, or detoriated. With these personal reflections,

it sets the basis to start to plan and set the goals and visions for the coming year.

I believe, 2011 is going to be a GREAT year.

Many new and exciting things are going to take place. I proclaim it with faith.

Secondly, usually December, there are lots of birthdays and lots of weddings.. dun ask me why.

Flipped my planner today and tried to note down all the events coming up and my oh my!

every weekend in the month of December is fully packed to the brim.

Not a single weekend is wasted.

Good job.

But it also means....... FUN FUN FUN!!!!!

Last but not least, December is really like a festive month.. in the sense.

Because it is XMAS!!!

I love xmas, simply because it is a season of giving and feasting

and catching up with friends that sometimes, have not met for the entire year.

This year, we are going to have xmas in our new house.

Reckon quite a lot of the gatherings are going to be held at our place,

treat it as a gathering and also, some groups of friends still have not been invited to our house.

So might as well.

Since we have plenty of mirrors and a huge glass door in the house, we decided to do something different this year.

Gerald suggested that we do something like what starbucks will do.

And so , last sunday, we went to got our props!

A set of stencils and a bottle of spray that is supposedly easy to clean off with just warm water!! :-) Tada!!

See if this weekend has got some time to experiment it. :D

Oh, i so heart December!!!! 000000......

Curse the fats!

Curse the fats!!!

Exploring ways to lose the fats in my body.....
no longer sure whether are they part of my pregnancy fats, or just stubborn fats that are retaining in my body....

seeing other mummies who regain their slim and beautiful bodies after giving birth, makes me envious.

my friend taught me, to curse the fats every day.... for her it works!
Of cos, got to do some changes to the diet too lah....
sounds funny,, but ya, i am going to try it!!=)))

If you know of any other ways to get rid of those fats, please share with me ok? :-)

random

Whenever i feel very frustrated, i know my best medicine is to look through my picture folder and look at my son's photos.

His smile and cheekiness, never fails to bring a smile to me and makes me forget all the frustrations that i am having.

Bible says, children are a blessing from God. I totally agree with this statement and i cannot understand why any man/woman can dislike children....

See how happy he is when he gets to play...... :)))

Sometimes, i wish Justin will grow up slower, so that i can enjoy him much more.

Guilty that I don't spend much time with him.

Being a working mum myself, thats the dilemna i believe that every working mum will go through in their hearts, trying to balance out career with family. But I believe, my God will give me the grace to balance that out.. not by my own strength but by his strength. =)

Yet, i know that i will not survive long as a stay home mum... i may just go crazy. Haha.

Oh man... how i wish i can go back and hug my son now...........

I know procrastination is bad. Double-mindedness is worst.

Yet many times, i succumb to both of them.

Blame it on laziness or put it in a nice way, I think, i am just trying to juggle everything on my plate, and hoping and praying that I am handle all equally well, that I will be able to allocate a share of my time to every thing i want to do.

But apparently, reality is harsh.

Whether i like it or not, its a fact that there is only 24 hours a day. And thats all i have.

So i have to make a decision what are my priorities and work out something.

Otherwise, if this goes on, everything is going to be messy and messed up, like a plate of Rojak.

O God,

I ask for a clear mind, to be able to sort out my life clearly and properly.
Give me grace, grace, grace, wisdom and wisdom and wisdom.
I don't want to

Reading the book of James this morning, and this verse was apt for me:

4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

But One thing i know for sure, no matter what happens, God is still first in my life.

YOUR LOVE IS HIGHER

HIGHER THAN THE HEAVEN

YOUR MERCY’S DEEPER

DEEPER THAN THE EARTH

YOUR GRACE IS WIDER

WIDER THAN THE OCEAN

I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO

NEVER EVER LET YOU GO

Justin 1st bday party.

Baby Justin turns 1 year old about 3 weeks ago.
Big thank you to Enrique, who volunteered him service and willingly came to help me to take the pictures on that day, as i was so busy and would not have time to take such beautiful pictures for memory sake.

Have so many pictures that are so well taken.... think will upload the rest on FB tonight.

Justin's birthday cake and cupcakes! Mummy is so satisfied with the cakes,

because most guests all have very good feedback about the cake.

Not as sweet as expected even though the chocolate pound cake within is extremely rich. Thumbsup! (http://ovencreations.blogspot.com/)

Trying to take a group picture with all the children.

According to my photographer, its the most chaotic phototaking session he has seen, because on one hand,

every kid was trying to lay their hands on the cake.

On the other hand, it is not easy to get all the kids to look at the camera at the same time...

just look at the star of the day..... after about 5 tries, this is almost one of the better picture taken.

Finally a decent family photo, though baby looks a bit grouchy because he was hot and sleepy.

Justin's grandparents and all of daddy's relatives..

Justin's grandparents and mummy's relatives

Cell group uncles and aunties...

Justin says: are we done?


And so, Justin would like to thank all the uncles and aunties for your generosity and love,
for blessing him with so many ang pows and toys and gifts...

Most imptly, hope everyone who came enjoyed themselves. :-)

The first business trip Part 1

Having been only in this company for 1 month or so, i was blessed to be given a chance to go for a training in Taipei. This is my very first business trip alone, and frankly speaking, after bad experience in the previous company, where 2 business trips were given a miss because of my pregnancy and thereafter, many things happened and all these are bad history and not worth mentioning.

Many people tell me that I am very fortunate that i get to travel even during my probation period. I say, this is truly the grace and favour of God. In fact, this job itself, is a great miracle of the hand of God and i will never be thankful enough for what God has done for me.


So, while i was very excited that I would be going for the business trip, i was feeling a bit worried and afraid. This is the first time that i will be travellin overseas alone, without my husband, and also the first time that I am going to be separated from my baby. I had so many worries and concerns. But thankfully, i have very supportive hubby and parents and parents-in-law, who supported me all the way and ensure that i could go in peace. Mummy taking the day shift and mother in law takin the night shift to look after baby justin, ensurin that he was well taken of (of cos, he still lost weight when i came back, cos he could not sleep well and eat well, especially towards the end of the week).


And so, there i went, emabarked on my first business trip. I love SQ flights!! Make my 4hr30 mins journey so much more bearable, even though it was a super full flight.


When I reached the hotel, it was already 6plus, and this lovely message greeted me on the tv:

So i quickly went to join the rest who were at the restaurant for the dinner, and had a sumptious buffet spread. Pretty hungry and time to get to know the rest, so did not take much photos.

After dinner, i walked around the hotel, as the temperature was really nice... was ard 21 degrees that night..... :-)))

And i found a macdonald just round the corner....... so i walked in and guess what...... the small fries only cost ard S$1!! Cheap!!!

So i could not resist and bought a small pack and brought it back to the hotel.... kekekekekeke....

Feels like home once again! :-)

Next morning, we started our day 1 training. It was a long session and almost everythin that the trainer talked about,was new to me. So I was literally like a sponge, tryin to absorb as much things as I could.

Time passes quickly and soon it was time for dinner again!

The taiwan colleagues arrange for a nice and cosy dinner place @ Taipei main station U-Square. Check out the pictures below:

The team that went for dinner:

I think the ceiling lights add a great touch to the overall ambience:

time to chill out after a long day.

The beer supposed to be nice!! They have about 10 over types of beers

The food items unwrap:

Item 1: Beef, bacon and ham platter

Item 2: Pork knuckle: One of the nicest dish



Item 3: Beer!

Item 4: Pizza

Item 5: Chicken drumlets

Item 6: Cold squid

Taking the metro back to the hotel! I realise we all love to take pics!! :-)

To be continued.....