Boring

Realised that my blog is getting very boring with tons of words and hardly a photo in sight.

Please bear with me as lots of adjustments are taking place from changing of laptop to lack of downloading from iphone and cammy. Iphone is so very user friendly that my PNS (point and shoot) is collecting dust in a corner. the laptop just got a replacement power adaptor when the previous one died on me close to 6 months back. The need to transfer and consolidate photos from ex company laptop to personal laptop, yawnz!

Shall make a mental note to upload more photos! oh and of course to update the blog conscientiously which I should have more time on hand to do so for now **crossing fingers and toes, whistling**

Home

Some updates on our new home.

Confirmed / purchased

Samsung RT63WBPN
L shaped leather couch
Dining set with 4 chairs
Slumberland Tempsmart 3600 King
Slumberland Signature Super Single
Customised King size Platform storage bedframe
Ariston Oven FZ62C.1 IX

To be confirmed

Samsung 46" LED smart TV 6400
Fujioh FX 900 (Hood)
Hob (induction)??

Need not be purchasing too many fittings and furnishing since it is pratically move-in and most of the furnishing are built in. What a great relieve! Phews

House shopping appear to be very exiciting and interesting but not for my case. Probably it is our 2nd home thus the excitement and creativity juice ran out and shopping with a 2.5 year old toddler is not very funny after all. Imagine testing 10 beds with a toddler jumping and rolling on the 20 bed with you, not a very funny sight I tell you.

To add on to the headache of the kitchen. Besides the decision of hacking the L box and downlights to make way for top hung cabinets or established a new set of cabinets opposite the existing but would have to make do with a narrower kitchen, my greatest nightmare was to discover that citygas is not available in the new home! Another set of balancing between the use of induction stove or LPG. I am pretty sure could not survive with full induction while on the other hand, the thought of fiddling with LPG freaked me out big time.

Argh.....decisions....decisions.....

Major

Can somebody kick me from behind please? I can't believe it, my last post was in June and it's nearing end august already!

2011 entail a few major changes in our life. As mentioned, we are selling
our nest and found new nest. The next major change in my life; I have officially been pronounced as SAHM (stay at home mum) as of 19 August 2011. Well, it will be a short term thingy as I wish to spend more time with Zethan before enrolling him in a child care centre come Jan 2012 when he turn 3 years old. Seriously speaking, I am guilty of not spending sufficient time with him since birth and I do put the blame on myself for his slow development.

Thus for the next few months, my goals will be to coach him and prepare him for school in the aspects of academic as well as general development. Crossing my fingers but I certainly hope that by then he will be toilet trained and to wean him off co-sleeping with us. Sound like a tall order and major challenge since in the department of toilet training, he is no way near any. He does tell only after he poop quite randomly and he is confused over wet diaper and poo. Perhaps not quite confused but at least associate wet diaper to poo. So you can see that it is going to be a tough fight and please wish me success.

I have been trying to encourage Zethan to speak more freely as he appear to be reserved and 'lazy' in his speech. I am proud and relieved to say that for the last few weeks, he had shown tremendous improvements. Knowing jolly well that it is unfair to compare and he is relatively slower than his peers but if I may say so, I am still quite satisfied with his current progress. I have learnt to ask him questions or providing him with the answers in order to communicate with him. When he try to express himself which could not be comprehend, I will try my very best to ask if he is saying so and so of which he will reply yes or no.

For the next few months or so, intense activities are to be expected. In
order not to get too uptight and overwhelmed with the tons of task to perform, would have to efficiently and effectively prioritise the events especially so for the month of September. The plan shall be:

- shopping for house fittings / furnishing

- Renovation for Bishan

- Packing and preparation for the move

- The Big Move on 11 Sep 2011 (not that it is a good date)

- Settled in Bishan and unpacking (dreading that big time)

- Hong Kong vacation (much anticipated, so very looking forward to!)

Shall blog separately.