我们的小baby

Week 1-4
小baby is one of our 3 wishes this year. God has been faithful and blessed us with our first child in 2014. It was not easy as we tried for almost a year. But in God, everything is possible. I took Clomin for 5 days and did a scan on 12th day. When the folicle grow to the optimum size, doctor advised us to try for baby every other day in the coming week. Relax n be blessed.
Week 5
CNY week in KK n KL. Waited for home test in anticipation.
Week 6
Home test kid showed positive. We're very excited about it. Celebrated valentine's day with brand new feeling n meaning.
Week 7 (23 Feb)
Visited doctor in NUH. My pregnancy is confirmed. I traveled to Sibu for Amy's wedding. I was ok. Thank God. After I returned, EDD was estimated to be 16 Oct 2014.
Week 8-10
Some pregnancy symptoms shown up. I feel tired and hungry all the time. I need to eat constantly. Bf at 7am, tea break 9am, lunch 11am, afternoon tea at 3pm and dinner at7pm. 5 meals! I carry nuts and biscuits in my bag for snacks. There was not much nausea feeling. No vomiting, no dizziness. Thank God! That's truly a blessing.
Week 11
Skipped my Perth trip. Family having great time and sent some nice photos. Hm is already planning to bring 小baby there in the future. Langkawi, Danang n Brunei are also in his list.
Week 12
First trimester is almost over. Did a health check for Down Syndrome. Can see 小baby drumming and dancing all the time. Very active. Weight gain 1kg at 61kg.
Week 14-15
Had some pain in my gum. Stopped feeling hungry constantly. Now I can manage with 3 normal meals. Not much craving. Less snack in between meals.
Week 16
Visited gynae and scan for heart beat only. Everything is normal. Weight gain 1 kg at 62kg. Craving is something unexplainable. Over times I craved for 叉烧烧鸭饭, 干捞面, pineapple, curry fish head, 叉烧包, 炒饭 etc.
Week 17
Baby bump is showing after meal. Started to buy maternity pants and dress online. 1 from taobao 1 from qoo10. exploring new things everyday.
Week 18
No afternoon nap for the 1st time even after window shopping at mothercare. We bought our first baby clothes from uniqlo. Sometime I got feeling of baby poking me from inside my tummy. Heartburn sometimes.
Week 19
Bought a mothercare baby cot but not setting up till nearer to EDD. Taobao need a forwarder to deliver so I cancelled my purchase. Refund is immediate.
Week 20
Full scan. Baby is healthy and normal size. It's a girl! Bought some Philips Avent bundle from expo. All my online purchase arrived. Weight gain 2kg at 64kg. Hm went back to KL. Bought napkin n bumper set. Cheap cheap.
Week 21
We're halfway through.
Week 22
Felt the baby for the first time. It's like she knocking from inside.
Week 23
Redeemed bubble wrap from Philips but missed the free parking. Received the first gift from ah perng aunty. As i grow bigger i bought 2 more dress from qoo10.
Week 24
I can sense 小baby's sleeping patent. Her movement is more frequent. So exciting. Weight gain 3kg to 67kg. Need to control weight gain. I'm big. My movement slowed down and experienced shortness of breath. Hm started to think hard about names. Washed n cleaned most of baby's new belongings.
Week 25
Cooked 泡参炖鸡汤 for nourishment. It helps to improve energy level. Received my medela pump but still need to get a suitable power adapter. Bought 2 mothercare long pants, 1 clothes and maxi cosi infant car seat for 小baby.
Week 26
Tried home cook bird nest for the 1st time. Low cost, tasty & nutritious. Roughly $45 for 2 bowls. We also decided on baby's Chinese name. Still need to think about English name. Baby cot set up inside our room.
Week 27
Bought a manduca baby carrier from yio chu kang. Baby kick and punch can be seen outside tummy.
Week 28
Did another growth scan and we saw 小baby's face. It's so cute. Very excited. Weight gain 1kg to 68kg. During this festive weekend we visited Upper Pierce Reservoir. I taught 小baby what photosynthesis is haha... baby weigh 1.1kg
Week 29
Starting to feel water retention on the feet. Gotta watch my diet and exercise a bit more.
Week 30
So much baby clothes washing to do before 小baby's arrival. Bought some nappy fasteners to replace traditional safety pins.
Week 31
Wardrobe in the common room has been reorganized for baby stuff. No new furniture. Save space.
Week 32
Tracking baby movement on the count-to-ten chart. Baby is getting stronger each day. Gained 4kg at 72kg now. Baby weigh 1.6kg.
Week 33
Heartburn happened more often. 多餐少量 is the way to alleviate but it doesn't go away. Coconut water here I come! Have not been taking coconut since pregnant.
Week 34
Amniotic fluid index maintained. Weight gain 2kg to 74kg. Water retention getting more serious. Shoes cannot fit but that's the biggest size I can get from IMM.
Week 35
Sick for 3 days. Lost some water but AFI remains normal. People said coconut water helps. Baby kick is stronger each day. Can feel it every hour. Hospital bag is almost ready. Baby weigh 2.2kg
Week 36
Gained 1.5kg to 75.5kg. AFI remains normal. Doctor advised to induce labor in 2 weeks time. Bought quinny stroller to pair with the maxi cosi car seat. Bought a kuka sofa, too. Will be delivered in Dec. Feels like Xmas is coming.
Week 37
Finally bought the bath support net from Kiddy Palace. $18.90 after discount. Bought some dates and herbs from TCM shop to make confinement drinks.
Week 38
Waited for baby the whole week but no show yet. We are getting a bit 迷茫. Bought some girl clothes from mothercare. On 7 Oct proceed with induction labor. Lost 2kg to 73.6kg.

2015 kl rail based public transport will be revolutionise

upcoming ktmb extension to subang skypark in 2016
completion of edtp gemas to padang besar by 2015
extension of lrt to putra height by 2016
kvmrt completion by 2017
upcoming hsr station at Bandar Malaysia hopefully by 2025
upgrade of monorail to 4 car system by 2015


lets wait for it. Recently klia2 and second penang bridge was completed in 2014. Nu sentral is opened and subang skypark is undergoing an expansion at the old t2. Quill city mall is going to finish by end of 2014. East coast highway phase 2 shd be finished by year end also. Malaysia has been investing quite a lot of money since 2009.

Orchard road and suntec area revamp

So many mall are being refurbished in 2014. Orchard gateway, shaw centre, heeren, marina square, suntec city and centrepoint in anticipation of upcoming new mall south beach and capitol in 2015. 

By end 2014 shaw, heeren, orchard gateway and centrepoint was revamped.
Not to mentioned that plaza sing atrium was also opened.

In 2015 focus will be on capitol, suntec, marina square and south beach

Windows 8.1 to Windows 11

I been using windows 95, 98, xp, vista, 7 and finally windows 8. By the way windows 8 is the cheapest only cost me SGD 50. A very good deal for an original software since dec 2012.  I have updated it to Windows 8.1. Now i am using Windows Phone 8.1 and microsoft gave me a free voucher of SGD 45 for free.
Seems like microsoft is pulling up its socks to compete with apple and google.  It used to be wintel and armdroid. Now the system is being disturb with chipmaker wooing all the mobile os. In july 2015 I upgraded the pc to win10. In Feb 2024, I upgraded from windows 10 to 11 bypassing the cpu compatibility requirement because windows 10 is going eol by October 2025. Windows 11 can at least last me until 2027.

HSR and Singapore Johor MRT

Most of the people are looking forward to see this materialise. I personally feel with the abundant LCC available nowadays, rail infrastructure is a good alternative for the people staying in the north and west of Singapore. However, I think both HSR and MRT will only be completed between 2021 to 2025 at the earliest. By then hopefully the causeway will be less congested, maybe an extension of the ciq at the current woodland centre will increase the capacity of the first link and also perhaps the third bridge to pasir gudang will be built. This will coincide with the shifting of keppel and pasir panjang port to tuas that will open up a big area for redevelopment together with the old ktmb station at tanjung pagar after 2025.

After 2027, brani + keppel + tanjong pagar port area will be relocated. Pasir panjang port could at least operate until 2035.

Miri 2006

Dorby MiaoMiao went to Miri in June 2006. This is the second budget trip for cendawan in year 2006. The first one was in April, a trip to Hong Kong that started and ended in Macau.

On the first day of this interesting trip, we travelled all the way from Singapore to Senai Airport by MRT (30min), bus (10min), and then bus (45min at least 1 1/2 hour) . Why can't Malaysia provide better transport, for example, a train from custom to airport? Airasia supporters can actually take the 45min ride bus from Koya Raya to airport. The 'Causeway Link' bus is RM8 one way and the 'MAS' bus is only RM4. Their ticketing counter is next to each other. Sooner or later, they will put up price cutting competition 

Anyway the trip started with excitement and expectation. Once reached in Senai International Airport, we were so surprise to see the total tranformation of the airport. There are well maintained (maybe is new la...) toilets, marrybrown and guess what... COFFEE BEAN IS COMING SOON!! Ung went to this toilet and get so excited about the waterfall-look-alike flushing system. The water continuously falling from above is both functional and decorative. Good idea!

Mary Brown was operational for only 2 months. We ate lunch here. 2 pieces of chicken is never enough. You don't have worry about being bored because there are a lot more to see. 

The newly renovated Departure Hall looks very spacious. There is a big Duty Free Shop, some stores and some stand-alone counters selling all sorts of things from jewelry to magazine. At the holding area, people can watch tv program on plasma tv, too. From the famous Famous Amos, ung bought a cute little bear for me. Budget airline passengers always rush to the door... By the way, we are also Airasia passengers. If not because of the 2 million free tickets, maybe this Miri trip will not be possible. I booked these FREE tickets in December 2005. Early birds always rewarded and now Everyone can Fly...

HCMC 2006

Vietnam Trip (21/10/06 - 24/10/06)

I am finally back from HCMC, Vietnam. Thanks to Tiger Airways for this horrendous trip. We started our journey as early as 445am in a taxi to catch the 650am flight. After checking in, we saw a long queue at the Han's counter. These people are waiting to buy breakfast because Tiger doesn't serve food on board. We were not sure whether the stores in the departure hall are open so we asked. The nice guard reply, "I not open the shop. How I know? " He left us with no choice but eating at Han's.

The flight was only 1hr 45min. We reached HCM at about 730 local time. We can't even check in into the hotel because it was too early. So we left our bags in the hotel and took a walk on the street. There are hundreds and thousands of motorbikes greeting us on the street with their exhaust gas. Crossing the street is a challenging task here. Luckily we were trained in Malaysia before. The only thing we need to take note is that the traffic actually comes from the left hand side. After having brunch in a local cafe, we walked along the busy street again. Our next stop was Ben Thanh Market, a smaller version of Chatuchak in Thailand. Just imagine how stuffy it is. Ben Thanh Market is packed with many tiny stalls selling all kinds of commodity from souvenir to fabric for making "ao dai", the traditional costume. The food court here is also selling delicious local specialties such as pho (vietnamese beef noodles), fried spring rolls, grilled meat rolls on sugarcane, rice paper rolls etc .

At night, we had our dinner at a famous seafood restaurant, Ngoc Suong Saigon. Although the food is tasty like any other restaurant, the interior setting of the restaurant is just so grand that made our spending value for money. 7 of us spent 1.5mil (rich leh) for prawns, crabs, fish, lamb, greens etc. It's about SGD23/pax. We end our first day quite early because the Mekong Delta day trip is waiting for us on the next day. 

On the second day, Nyugen Chew left Vietnam and 6 of us continue our trip in Vietnam. We joined a day tour in Mekong Delta by taking a bus provided by a local travel agent. The bus journey was so hot and painful because the road was bumpy and the bus driver was constantly using the honk as a preventive meassure. Moreover, the bus was moving at the speed of 50km/hr... It took about 3hrs to reach a jetty where we started the boat trip into the villages. First of all we cross the Mekong River to watch coconut candy production. Then we change to a smaller sampan as the river gets narrower and shallower. We had a chance the row our sampan and experienced the life of fisherman for once. After that, we stop at a few stops to watch small bee farm, python and listen to the vietnamese songs live. There were 4 islands at that area namely, turtle, unicorn, dragon and pheonix. The Mekong Delta trip is quite relaxing until the torturing bus ride back to HCMC again. At night, we had dinner at Vietnamese House. It was very disappointing because we were served with the local food which is available everywhere outside yet paying 3-4 times more.

We joined another local tour on the third day organized by the same tour agent. This time we chose a historical and educational trip to Cu Chi Tunnel. This short also started with a terrible bus ride. We de tour to a handicapped handicraft factory and bought some souvenir. After 2hrs, we reach the place. During the vietnam war, the vietnamese fought the US soldiers in the forrest. They dig tunnels all over the place to hide from the US soldier. By walking (half squatting) through one of the tunnels, we learnt much about their tough living condition underground and their strong fighting spirit. We were shouting for torch light and making a lot of noise in the tunnel. If we were the vietnamese soldiers we would be dead meat. This half day tour was short and we were back to HCMC in the evening. That is the time to worry about the multi million dollar question again "Where to eat dinner?" Strolling along Nguyen Hue Street, we found an international cafe, The Central Cafe that offered nice food at moderate price. After dinner, my symptoms of food poisoning started to manifest . My stomach pain get worse in the middle or the night and i suffered high fever, too. Luckily I am going back to Singapore soon.