Bria is going to be 4 months old in 2 days time.. Time flies.. My baby girl is growing!!
She has passed several developmental milestones now.. She can hold her head for a few minutes while on her tummy, she makes conversation by cooing and smiling, she locks her knees when we hold her and make her stand up, she tries to hold her own milk bottle with much more strength now (although she did that around 1 month old).
Today, she pulled on the toy on her Fisher Price Aquarium swing. She actually hang on to the toy for quite a long time, while holding her towel in the other hand.. So cute!!
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K and I had dinner with my in laws at Sushi Tei East Coast today..
It was supposed to be my mom in law birthday dinner, but end up she footed the bill instead.. Sigh...
Initially, we wanted to bring Bria along, cause I wasn't too keen on NOT seeing or playing with her the WHOLE day. Plus, dinner was at East Coast, so I thought it'll be nice to bring Bria for a stroll by the beach after dinner.. I already don't get much time to see her because of work, so after work, I didn't want to go anywhere else except home. So when K told me about dinner plans today, I wasn't too happy. K says I am being dramatic cause it's only 1 day, but he doesn't understand how i feel...
ANYWAY, we were all packed and ready to go when Bria started to fuss really badly. So in the end, we didn't bring her for dinner but left her at home with C instead.
Over dinner, we talked about going for a family holiday in USA on my birthday next year. Will be bringing Bria along. By then, Bria will be 2 years old, so hopefully it will not be too difficult! Can't wait already!! = )
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I was trying on some of my office clothes yesterday night and realized that most of my blouses cannot be buttoned and my skirts / pants don't fit anymore.. The ones that do fit requires me to wear them really high up instead of at my waist level, which means i can no longer tuck in my blouses / working shirts.. Bummer..
Sooo.. today, I went shopping during my lunchtime. My boss worked from home today, so I was a free man! Bought 2 tops and 1 black pants from my favourite Southhaven. All the salesgirls there were no longer familiar to me.. I was attended to by a SUPER pushy China girl.. She nearly drove me nuts! When I told her I don't like the design of a certain top or pants, she keep insisting that it's nice la, unique la... I kept saying NO, until i buay tahan. So i look at her in the eye and said: "It may be very nice to you, but I don't like it." Stupid girl..
I also bought a pair of black heels from Charles & Keith. Most of my work shoes also don't fit properly anymore, so i thought i would buy an open toe pair to show off my pedicure! = ) I love the quirky design!
I left the office early at 5pm today since i got nothing much to do, and went to perm my eyelashes.. Not it's super curly.. look a bit fake.. hopefully it will look more natural in a few days time!
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I am so blur these days..
When i went back to work on Monday, I kept using my door access card to tap on the elevator security device. I forgot I had the lift pass instead. So ended up looking like an idiot tapping a card that obviously doesn't work. Then i forgot to get a cable lock from my IT department, and left the office with my laptop unlocked.
Then today, as I was rushing home, I boarded the train that was going in the wrong direction. Took me 3 stops before i realized i was going the wrong way and alighted...
Hai.. what is happening to me?
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My blog is not really a diary. Some secrets are so so dark it's best kept hidden.
Plus, i seem to be running out of time to blog these days. After spending one whole day at the office, all i want to do when i knock off is to fly back home to my baby... Sad thing was, for the past 2 days, Bria doesn't seem to want me.. Everytime I carry her, she starts to fuss and cry. Even though she was fine before i carried her. Then when C carried her, she went quiet. It got to me so bad that i cried yesterday. I know Bria probably doesn't know what is happening, but she hurt me so much but behaving this way. I missed her so much the entire day, left the office on the dot and actually rushed back home so i can kiss and hug her. before she takes her evening nap at 7plus. And she doesn't want me. I guess the situation yesterday got worse cause i had a really bad headache. I was looking for comfort in my baby, but i got rejection instead.
K didn't even know i was crying in my bedroom.. He kept yelling from the living room asking me to have my dinner. And when i didn't respond, he didn't even walk in to check on me.. Just continued to sit in front of his stupid computer, which is basically what he had been doing the entire day. Anyway, everything just accumulated, I broke down, quarreled with K (for paying more attention to his stupid computer than me and Bria) and felt miserable the entire night. This sounds silly, but i was actually angry at Bria for doing this to me. I was so sure that I will stay out after work since nobody wants me or would miss me at home anyway. But I still rush home to see my baby when the clock struck 530pm today.. =)
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I am officially a working mom now.. Went back to work on Monday, and was quite disappointed when i arrived in the office and saw that it was 90% empty. All the sales people were at Shangri-La attending some training course on contract management. I had anticipated a warm welcome by my colleagues and even thought I would have a welcome back lunch treat. I even brought along Bria's photo album, excited to show everyone my new bundle of joy. But i was greeted by a cold and empty office. Even my new boss was not in the office when i arrived. She arrived half an hour later, then went to see a doctor and took MC for the rest of the day. I ended up spending the whole day at the IT department getting my laptop fixed and set up. Didn't do any work at all.. So all in all, my first day was a disappointment.
I did however got a baby gift and a card from my Kim my "indirect" boss. She is always so sweet and thoughtful. The gift was a Carter's headband and blouse that was too big for Bria now. That was probably the only thing that made me happy on my first day back to work.
Yesterday, I had a lunch treat from Emily at Earle's Swensen's. Was accompanied by 2 Japanese colleagues who kinda only had each other as lunch khakis usually.. I had the baked salmon with herb crust and free flow servings at the salad bar. It was a good and healthy meal. My new boss was still on MC.
It's been 3 days now.. and i still hate taking the MRT to work everyday. This morning, I had to stand beside this inconsiderate man who can still read his newspapers when the train was already jam packed with people. if he didn't HAVE to read his stupid papers, he could have moved in more and give others more space. I was so pissed I kept using my handbag to poke him, hoping that he will get irritated and put away his papers and move the hell away. But he was so damn oblivious to his surroundings. Later on, he managed to find a seat, sat down and continued reading his papers. The front page of his paper fell halfway off and kept caressing this guy who was standing in front of him. The guy stared at him for a while but gave up halfway. It took such a long time before this stupid man realized his front page had fallen off. Sickening man!
Today is my 3rd day at work, and still no welcome lunch treat from my colleagues. Not even from my new boss. She is back from MC today, but no mention of giving me a treat. Not only that, I haven't seen my personnel announcement for my new role. AND, not all the people in my new team knows I am in their team. Apparently, my new boss didn't say anything to them yet. What lousy leadership management! Also, a colleague from sales invited me for free Ben & Jerry's yesterday, then he got busy so he said postpone to today. But no news again today cause everyone's busy as usual. So I just pretend he never said it lah.. And to top everything off, I still don't know exactly what i have to do in my new role. Hai... so far, work life has been quite bad for me.. And I miss Bria so much.. I am so envious that K gets to work from home and see her as and when he likes!! Me? I can only look at her photograph on my desk and smile at the picture..
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I spent my Good Friday long weekend in Penang with K and 11 other folks from the Miata Club.
We met up at 430am Friday morning, and drove for 14 hours before we reached Penang. It was crazy shit.
By the time we arrived at Traders Hotel, everyone was shagged out. Especially those who only had one driver, like K... Actually, i think K won't let me drive his precious Miata even if i have a driver's license. = )
For the next 2 days, we ate many plates of Char Kuay Teow and other local favorites like prawn mee and Penang laksa. I had my favorite banana Apom as well, although it was cold by the time i had it cause I had to wait an hour for my order. So i went back to the hotel, and collected it about an hour late cause i was just too dead beat. Almost didn't want to go and collect if not for the fact that i had already paid!
We also met up with the Penang Miata club people, who took us for supper, lunch, buy some local produce and an exciting drive along the winding mountain B roads. We also celebrated our club President's birthday with a surprise mini party.
These were all good.. Except for the following major bummers:
- Both K and I were so tired and didn't really have enough rest. Had a late night on Friday after the 14 hour drive. Saturday was the only day we had to do stuff. Wanted to do massage and go shopping, but ended up buying lots of food back to the hotel to eat, then sleep. Left Penang on Sunday morning for a 12 hour drive back to Singapore.
- Weather wasn't too kind. It rained on both Saturday and Sunday when we were there.
- I missed Bria terribly for the whole weekend. By the time i reached Singapore on Sunday at 830pm, she was already asleep so I was SUPER disappointed that i didn't get to play with her or hold her... What made it worse was that I would be returning to work the next day so Sunday night was kinda like the "last chance" to really play with her before i go back to work for good.. = (
I don't think i will want to do such a long drive anymore. At least not without Bria..
One of the many shots taken during our 14 hour drive to Penang
A Miata Kodak moment along the mountain B roads with the Penang Miata Club folks!
Purple color chilli padies!
Lunch break
Penang fried hokkien prawn mee
One of the MANY plates of Penang Char Kueh Teow we had
K's Penang Asam Laksa
My absolute favorite, only-found-in-Penang Banana Apom!!
Birthday celebration for our president!
Huge ass turtle float selling for RM90 at the night market. I wanted it so badly!!
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