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Author Archives: Shooi

Started blogging to capture thoughts and memories for my baby boy. Fell in love with blogging and now would like to blog more than just on my baby but also on my experiences as a full time working mother and wife.

To start or not

Yesterday, I thought I was really gonna start Dylan on solid, for the very first time.

I bought a box of baby rice cereal.
Got ready 1 ounce of EBM
Sterilized a bowl & spoon

All I was waiting for is for Dylan to wake up from his afternoon nap.
But he napped much longer than I anticipated. And when [...]

Umbrellas for sale?

I did an inventory check on my umbrellas yesterday and realized that I have just too many umbrellas. I have 7 hanging at the corner of my porch, 3 in my car and 2 at my office. And how often do I use them? Very seldom! The ones that are used most often are the [...]

Tamchiak mommy saved the day

We had a small gathering at my grandma’s place yesterday as my grandma cooked a lot of food for the 7th month prayers.
One of my aunt brought 2 slices of leftover birthday cake. It was chocolate..yum! Whose birthday? I donno, it was one of her son’s fren. Anyway, we shared one slice between my sis, [...]

Beijing Olympics TONITE

Everyone i know is going off early today…To catch the grand Beijing Olympics opening night.
2 of my colleagues purposely subscribed to the Astro Sports Channel - one yesterday, and the other this morning - just so that they can watch the Olympics.
I don’t subscribe to Astro Sports, so I won’t get to watch it on [...]

Working for myself

When I am young, my mother used to tell me to study hard so that when I grow up I can be a “manager” and no need to work so hard. I just need to sign some papers from work. (Psst..this is what managers do in TVB dramas mah)
Now that I am all grown up [...]

Holiday in Vegas

I went to Las Vegas 6 years ago, with my friends. What was my impression of it? One word – GRAND. Simply grand.
So since then, I have been telling my hubb that we should go for Vegas vacations together. I don’t mind going there again. The last time I went there, it was the middle [...]

Holiday wanted

I am so bored! I have not been to anywhere for a holiday this year. I still have about 15 days (3 weeks) of annual leaves that will be forfeitable by end of this year so I definitely need to start planning my leaves.
Usually we will make at least a few local holiday trips each [...]

Night with the boys

Now that Dylan is bigger, the rough playtime has begun. Normally I will get both boys to bed around 9-ish.
Hubb and I, we take one boy each to get ready for bed.
I am usually responsible for Bryan as he only allows me to brush his teeth thoroughly. So I will help to get his teeth [...]

Too much TV

We actually have a built in TV shelf in our bedroom, but no tv there. Initially we thought of getting a new TV for our living room and then move the old TV to our bedroom.
Then we decided against it. Bryan is already watching a lot of tv when he is downstairs at the living [...]

Getting back to shape

I have just made an appointment for my bi-annual executive health screening. The last time I was there, the physician advised me to start exercising regularly to keep up my health. Did I follow his advice?
Err…just a little. Too little to have any significant effect I guess. Now that my next screening will be due [...]