B & A Wedding

At 5pm, knocked off from work early, wanted to visit the salon for wash & blow my hair, salon was closed for 1 day. They open 7 days a week but had choosen to close shop on the day i need them most. No choice, headed back home and wash my own hair. Spent a good one hour to think what i to wear, goodness me, didnt realised that i have put on so much weight that i cant fit in a couple of dress.. sob sob. I WANT NEED TO SLIM DOWN. This is my most hated when going to a wedding, need to look good but yet cannot shows the fats.

At 6pm, when i just started on my make up.. hus went to pick up the car and waited for me in the car, stressing me to hurry up... Yes, 6pm... getting ready for a wedding dinner. Cannot believe it and by 6.10pm, he is calling non-stop asking if i'm ready. Don't know if he is mad, or i'm mad... but indeed is i mad rush for me.. Guess, he is the only husband that doesnt want his wife to good for a dinner... I still need to make up, prepare Janelle and pack my bag before i can leave my house. By the time i get into the car is 630pm, and my face was black. I remained silent all the way, till we dropped Janelle at my mom's place. Then he says he want to go mac for a quick bite before the wedding... of cos, he cant escpae a scolding from me. Before wedding dinner eat mac.. siao... but no choice as his wish, instead of mac, we went to amk hub's PinSi to have a bowl of noodle and soup which was strongly recommended by my brother.









The double boiled soup and the soup was good... very good. Met CC and Bob there for a quick bite too before heading down to a wedding dinner together.

B & A, wedding is just a day, and marriage is a lifetime..

I wish you have a happy marriage and again, congratulation.

It was a great gathering too... together with long lost friends... PJ even flew back from AU to attend this wedding. they are the gang whom i used to hang out during uni time and also Groom's long time buddies who i used to hang out with before marriage. It's seems that we had returned to those days... Talk rubbish, laugh, Drink, Drank... not yet to Drunk as hus and i have to left early to fetch Janelle home and rest.

After so many years, they were still talking about our wedding day... the lost ring event, the 10 courses supreme dinner which started with birdnest followed by all the good stuff.

ps: J & A, cc says she miss you guys too.. remembered the hen's night.. 不能说的秘密。:)

Appreciation

Last Sunday, dropped Janelle at my mom place and we went off maid agency to select new helper as my helper contract is due in dec. After decided on the maid, we went over to north point to buy a piece of gold ear-ring for my mom's maid whose contract due in oct as a appreciations from me.. after all, she had took care of me for 5 yrs, and janelle for 3 yrs. oh yes, she had been with us for 8 yrs..

We decided to have our lunch before returning home... and craving for mee po, so requested to eat at foodmall. While waiting for hus to get food for me, a clearing auntie approached our table for cleaning.. When auntie heard me saying "Auntie, 谢谢你", immediately she smiled and replied "谢谢". I was wondering, wah, just a simple thank you, it seems had brighten up auntie's day. When i continue to obvious her moving one table to another... none of them had says "Thank You", most of them saw auntie approaching, they will move themselves backwards cos they scared auntie will dirty their clothes. Singaporean, where is your appreciation??? Do you know that only Singapore has the culture of having a cleaner to clean your plate in foodmall.. we need to learn to appreciate their contribution.

Dont be stingy with you "Thank You", "Please".. they dont cost you any money yet it can help to brighten their days. Of cos, not only to stranger, looked around.. as a mother of 1 now, i started to appreciated my mom and pop even more, dont know how many sleepless nights they have on me.. to take care of me when i'm sick.. worried about me when i have failed my exams. Appreciating friends of mine, who knows that i'm in trouble and need help and she was the first one who rush over my mom place to make sure things are good... they accompanied me for dinner and helped me sorted out my thoughts.. and of cos, when days without car, she volunteered to help me fetch Janelle to school.. they did so much for me, yet i have did so little for them. When they were very sick, only a sms from me and not fetching them to see doctor :( she told me "Yvonne' it's ok.. it better than nothing... understandable and appreciated" *Touched*, And of cos appreciating you, my readers, your every clicks into my site had helped me generated a little into Janelle's fund from nuffnang :)

The deepest principles in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

THANK YOU... THANK YOU... THANK YOU... THANK YOU... THANK YOU!!!!!

Waterway to go

My Waterway@Punggol, the Singapore longest man-made waterway which was constructed by damming two rivers at the east and west of punggol to form two reservoirs to meet Singapore increasing water needs. Thus is part of the $225 million feature in punggol.

This will be our new park for running and also a new play area (water play area and sandpit) for janelle...

This evening when we drove pass the area, there were some lights attracted our attention and we decided to check it out. It was the rehearsal for tomorrow 23 Oct grand opening. Exciting activities and performance from 2 to 10pm with fireworks at 730pm. There will be a "hand in hand wave" on 5pm at the Punggol waterway circular deck. The first 1000 participants will receive a goodie bag at the end of the activity. For more details, visit www.HDB.gov.sg/punggolecotown

Getting there:
By foot, it's about 5min walk from Punggol MRT.
Or you can hop on the free shutter buses plying from Punggol MRT, Sengkang MRT and Punggol Plaza.

Peak review:














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She is my sunshine

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Urticaria aka “Feng Mo”

Janelle started developing big red blotches of rashes around her neck areas in the middle of last night. The unbearable itchiness woke her up from her sleep. Initially i thought could be the clothes that she was wearing that make her so itchy, hence i changed her pj and applied some powder but it's does stop her from scratching. Recalled that when the skin are too dry, it will make the itchiness worse. Hence, i took a wet towel to clear off powder and applied moisturiser. It seems to work as she managed to fall back to her dreamland. But that's doesnt least long, she woke up again at 3am with the unbearable itchiness again... Angry daddy applied tiger balm on Janelle, it does stop the itchiness and she managed to return to her dreamland after awhile.

Doctor confirmed that Janelle is suffering from a type of skin rashes known as “URTICARIA”. This is similar to what Chinese termed as “Feng Mo”. Hus make her wear long pants to prevent direct contact with the wind which believed to aggravate the condition. Doctor prescribed ADEZIO (For running nose/allergy) for Janelle and also calamine lotion to be applied on the body to ease the itchiness. I was told that the rashes are likely to subside in two to three days or more, and in some cases could subside and re-develop again.

Blotches of rashes on her legs, body and back:











Some common causes of urticaria are
i) allergy to food, drugs, environment- Exposure to pollen, house-dust, buffalo dander, fungi, change in temperature, etc. are known exciting factors. Extreme cold, heat, pressure may also induce urticaria.
ii) Infections and infestations
iii) use of unsuitable synthetic products - like changing diet, soap, detergent, and makeup
iv) stress
v) systemic and general disease.
etc... 80% of the cases are due to unknown cause.

And our Nurse J, suggested to avoid the below
i) bathing with warm/hot water as it will make the itchness worse. (Room temp is good enough)
ii) no nuts and strawberries for the time being
iii) no tiger balm please..

While Janelle suffers the day and night with high level of itch, what I can do is to give her the care and support by being with her and not forgetting deadlines at work too.

Update 19Oct:
After one dose of ADEZIO, her rash and itchiness started to subsided. There are some area, where she tried to scatch, i will applied thick layer of calamine lotion and prevent her from scatching. By bedtime, no more rashes or itchiness, but to be safe, i gave her another does of ADEZIO to make sure the rashes doesnt come back in the night. THANKS GOD, the night was good :)

That's the age....

Last friday, my mom went Genting Highlight with pop for some association gathering leaving 3Js to my bro and sil. But before she left, she requested me to sent BJ and MJ to tution center after school. Helper saw that sil was on leave that friday, hence she asked her to fetch them instead. But she returned with "Huh, noone tell me that i need to fetch them... i'm not free, dont want to fetch.. ask them take bus themselves."

BJ came to me and said she needs to stay back for extra classes and not able to go tution. I have been thru that stage, immediately i smelled something not right and with MJ there, "gu gu, i think jiejie bluf you". So i requested BJ bring me to see her teacher to get the confirmation. When BJ starts to tell me things, i more i want to see her teacher.

BJ: "ok... but gugu you want to come into the school will be very mafan, you need to go thru the front gate to get the pass"..
ME:"nevermind, then we just go thru the front gate."
BJ:"i lazy to walk"
ME: "nevermind, gugu drive over, dont need to walk"
BJ:"But teacher only comes in at 130pm"
ME:"nevermind, then we will wait for the teacher"
In the car, the story started to change again,
ME:"So, where will the teacher be?"
BJ:"In the library"
ME:" What? giving extra classes in the library?"
BJ:"no, actually is teacher in charge of the library asked me to stay over to learn how to use the new machine"

When meet up the teacher... as expected.. no such thing.. and BJ was trying her best to explain to me while i remains silent, I didnt scold her, i didnt lecture her.. I brought them for lunch and sent them to tution.

This is the age where they want to see the world, hang around with friends after school. But as a gugu, what can i do.. or what should i do... I went thru her stage, afterschool is either tution or go home.. is very boring.. weekend, parents always not avaliable to bring us out. So i started to hang outside after school refused to go home since i'm primary 4. But this is not i would like my niece or nephew to go thought. I keep telling myself, i need to respect her... the very least no screaming and shouting at her especially infront of her teacher and friends. But i need to meet the teachers as i want to let her know, dont lie to me... i can check with your teacher if i know something is up in your selves.

I think as a gugu, this is the most i can do. Over the weekend, i had tried to talk to her more.. ask her more about her friends.. interesting things she see etc.. what she is interested.. Need to build a closer bond and think of more activates to filled their life up.. Will bring them out more often over the weekend.

Dear reader, what else can i do.. or what else should i do??? any recomendation?

Kao Laundry Products

Following up my previous post of Winner for 1 year supply of kao laundry. I nearly thought it was a spam by KAO as there was no follow up emails and calls from them at all for the past 2 months. I had dropped them a couple of emails but with no reply. I gave them benefit of doubts that they are WIP for the month of aug and sept. By oct, i had gave up the hope and bought my laundry products off the selves. And when was clearing my email last week, the more i think the more i get angry with.. kanna cheaped by such a big company. Hence, I dropped them 3rd email to ask "IS THIS A SPAM EMAIL", and finally i got some reply. So it is not a spam. They had mistook another Yvonne who is staying in punggol as ME, and had sent her the 1 year supply. When they saw my email, the person in charge quicky called me and explained it to me. She promised me that she will get someone to sent the products to me within 2 days.. I reckon that as a good service recovery. :)

And finally, they are here:








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Getting ready for marketing

If you know my girl well, you will know she is a "pusher". She like love pushing things, it can be a chair, a box, basket, toys.. Basically anything. During her birthday, A & J got her a trolley.. And now she is our great help when doing marketing or helping mama to bring juices and milk up from SS.

Here she is, getting ready for marketing at SS.


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2011 Children Day - Zoo Outing

If you noticed, Children’s Day has been moved from 1 Oct which we had grow up looking forward to this date to the first Friday of October (5th Oct 2011). From 2011, Children's Day will be celebrated on the first Friday of October, no longer 1st October in Singapore. Personally, I love the move :) Long weekend! *source" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day#Singapore

Rainbow Center had organized a Children Day Outing to The Singapore Zoo. Hus requested me to bring Janelle there, to have more exposure in a crowd. This is the first time Janelle is joining the school outing, as i always worried about her nap time, meals etc etc... but this time, i think she is ready too.. Brought 2 adult tickets for myself and maid at a discounted price from rainbow, as not sure if hus would be in town anot, so i didn't get his. Should I say lucky Janelle, daddy is in town to bring her for her school outing. He got his ticket there from the zoo @ $19 ($20 with a 5% discount when used OCBC/UOB credit card).

And, Yes, she enjoyed the outing... she refused to take the pram and was running around the zoo. Following the teachers and children, it's very slow and we cant see much. So I told the teacher that we will bring Janelle to walk around in the zoo, we will meet them during snack time and animal shows time. It's really not easy for the teachers and volunteers to take care so many special needs children at one time. Each of them are tasked to 2 children. Usually those young ones will be accompanied with parents/helper.. so still manageable i guess.

Here's are some photo taken in the Zoo:

If you wonder why only Janelle and Daddy, where's mommy and helper... We were there.. cos only mommy and helper wants to capture the moments down. Hus is not the person that will be the cameraman, he just want to be the model. Yes, he is very different from other daddy.. haha.. mommies was just too busy, carring bags, hankies, water and plan the route and time keeper... everytime after an outing, i will scold hus, see again, no pictures of mommy and janelle :(

BBCream for Sales

Hi Readers,

BB creams have been popular in Asia for many years now, as it has the advantages of both skin care and makeup to improves the skin's condition and evens out the skin tone while providing coverage for dark spots and other blemishes. Knowing the advantage, so when i was on holiday especially in korea, how can i dont grab them into my shopping cart. Ended up i guess i have overstock them from my korea trip. Most likely will be retruning to KR next year for E&N wedding + hus travels, dont think i need so much stock. Hence i'm keeping one year storage and letting the rest go.. If you are interested please drop me a comment in this post/email me ahevon@yahoo.com.

1. Lancome UV Expert BB Base


Retail Price 30ml @ $80 in singapore counter. I bought a twin pack in DFS, so now letting go one tube 50ml @ $75

My colleagues were raving about Lancome products in the office and were telling me this bb cream is a must to have.

According to Lancome:
'This incredibly lightweight texture unifies skin tone to ideally cover imperfections, such as brown spots, blemishes and fine lines.
Upon application, your complexion looks naturally flawless and even with enhanced make-up result. Skin is protected, visibly brightened, moisturised, soft and smooth, glowing with healthy translucency.'

My Thoughts:
Pros:
-SPF 50
-sheer to medium coverage,
-has really nice and glowy, making the skin look more radiant.
- even my skin tone and come with decent staying power


2. The Face Shop - Power Perfection BB Cream


Retail Price in singapore @ $52. I bought 3 free 1 in korea. Now letting go @$30

According to to The Face Shop:
A total skin treatment BB cream re-energizing the skin through power lifting, power moisturizing and power correction effects.Containing omega-3 and the Vita-skin Complex, the cream enables the skin tone to appear moisturized and radiant with a smoother skin texture. With an airy touch formula, it adheres in a thin layer as light as air yet flawlessly covers skin blemishes for a lustrous, healthy skin appearance.

My Thoughts:

It had sounded so great and nice.. tried their sample once and love the airy touch formula. So just before returning to singapore, popped over the shops and bought xx bottles. After giving out to friends, i still have a balance of 2 bottles to let go.

Simple Lifestyle Changes

After the skin analysis result.. knowing that my skin condition are in a bad shape now... I need to do something...

Looked around in my house, i found brand's innershine which was a gift from my sis-in-law before she get married. Yes, it had parked there for almost a year, i going to finish it just before it expired... hopes it can repair and replenish my skin inside out.. The taste of the berries is good.. sweet and smoothing.

Took out all the masks that i bought over the years but didn't have time to do it. Will do one mask each day daily.. from deep cleansing mask / collagen mask / moisturizer mask... With my 3 min passion, hope this time can last abit longer and recover my skin condition.


And now planning for Simple Lifestyle Changes

• Avoid caffeine/alcohol
• Sleep 7-8 hours per night
• Intake vitamins B,C,D,E -- will try to vitamins C daily, the rest hmmm will be from food intake i guess.
• Practice breathing exercises
• Exercise regularly -- reminding myself to play more with Janelle :)
• Eat a balanced diet -- had stop snacking on biscults, potato chips and changed to fruits
• Stay hydrated -- drink drink drink... soupy food will be my first choice from yesterday onwards. should put a bottle of water beside me at all time...
Next is to restore collagen, BABY SIS help me buy KING OF BEAUTY SUPPLE collagen back from Japan... PLEASE.. :) it is in tablet form, so not heavy.. I want 3 boxes. THANKS.

New York Skin Solution

Ever since i used NARUKO products, it seems that my skin is getting bad to worst. Now having 2 huge acne that need some solution to it. Come across "New York Skin Solution" website and took up their Internet promotion $18 for the 1st trial. No free lunch in this world, so i'm went there with prepared of hard selling.

They did a skin analysis for me, then i realised that i used the wrong range of products which made my skin condition so badly lately. I was told that my skin type are dry on the surface and oily internally. So oil control products does not suit me and will make my skin condition worst - dry become dryer and oily becomes oilier. From the skin analysis, it found that my body is losing collagen hence my acne's scar takes longer time to recovered by itself, opening pores etc. And those acnes i'm having are due to hormones changes and such acne can take up to months to recover especially on my skin condition now. Hence, they did a moisturising treatment for me. The process are more or less the same with other salon, but they dont use machines. ie: they dont use hot steamer to open up pores before extracting, instead they uses a softener mask to soften the whiteheads/blackheads. Personally, I find it made no different from i did at home... the reason i go over to salon for facial is because of the machines that helps to penetrate the products into my skin and maximum the skin absorbing. The environment is not relaxing at all, i can heard the next bed auntie complaining about her daughter, i smell coffee, i heard staff chit chatting. Another thing is their bed was so uncomfortable, it so firm and absorb heat... that 20 min waiting for the hard mask to be ready, it nearly kills me. I was there tossing non-stop. But one thing i have to say is that the consultant who did the treatment for me was very friendly. She did tells me every steps she's going to do to me. After the treatment, it was the horrible part, the hard selling. I told them that i need a couple days to see if there is any skin rejection on the products. Then there they goes... why don't you sign up a membership with us at $300 today and blur blur blur... When i tell her a very firm NO... she went out and get her supervisor in.. wooo... this is harder seller.. throw in alot of free stuff for me.. but i really dont like the environment so i didnt want to sign up. I was trying to be polite, so just says i need time to think about it and i will be back if i feel the treatment suits me.. but when she goes on and on non-stop... sorry but i have to be nasty in order to get out of the room... my last sentence was "sorry, i need to go.. here's the $18 for the today's treatment.. Thank You" and i stand up. they have no choice and let me off... The Supervisor changed her face immediately and dashed out the room without saying a thank you or byebye to me (the customer).. but the consultant was there beside me still very polite directing me to the counter for invoicing. When i stepped out of the rooms, i was stunned and kind of die die die, i was surrounded by 7 supervisors and while waiting for the invoice, they goes non-stop.. "why you don't sign..." i remains silent while waiting for them working on my invoice and treatment slip for me to sign. My consultant still very polite and passed me the sample as mentioned on the web. I get out the shop immediately once i signed get my invoice without looking bad again.

But this $18 i would says i had well spent it.. as it let me knows my skin condition better and i shall stop Naruko's oil control products immediately. Maybe get another set of Naruko's moisturising product. :)

Travelodge - Korea

Very last minute, i've joined my parents, sis and bro to Korea for a short 7days tour last month. The main purpose was to have meet the parents session in busan for preparation of my brother E & N marriage. Yes, he is marring a Korean lady.. wonder where he got his luck from :)

A week before departure, sis and i was discussing about the itinerary from Fxxxxxx tour agency that pop had engaged. Suddenly, hus asked if i want to join them... Yes, he asked... very sweet of him doing last min arrangement with his travel and work for me to go away for a short break. :) with some datelines on hand from work, bargained with boss and lead and off i go. Condition was i will need to continue to monitor the project even i'm in KR by working 2 hours every nights.

Day 1: Arrival in Seoul and check in Hotel... 1st night, was a nightmare.. got a smoking room and with queen size bed shared with my sis. wasn't able to change due to the rooms had been fully booked. both of us had a fight in our dream.. she gave me an elbow and i gave her kick in our sleep.. goodness me..

Day2: Visited Gyeongbuk Palace / Namsan Folk Village / Drive pass presidential Blue House / Dongdaemun Market 63 Tower / Wax Museum, 5D movie + Sky Observatory. We watched an horror 5D movie but it ended up as a comody, my mommy is very cute, she requested to be seated in the center and all of us surrounded her. And from the start till the end of the show, she was looking down with her eyes closed. In order not to scare her, none of us scream... we laughed through out the show... The tour guide even asked if the show that funny, cos he only heard laughter outside the cinema.





*ops* Pop scared the little girls and she cried and run away from the photo taking session




hus's favorite, icy cold noodle...



Girl's night out to Mengdong. Just 2 of us, the rest had went and deposit their money to the casino.





Day3: Nami Island / Kimchi Making & Phtography in Hanbok / Hot Spring Experience.




was told that your wish will come true when you stacking stones while making a wish on the island* and here's i wish My janelle ...





here's my kimchi with very little chilli sauce on it, cos my baby sis was there stealing my chilli sauce



do i looked like a korea? lol


* No photos on hot spring :)
And our daily drinking session started, every day once we reached hotel, pop will give us 30 min to settled down and he went for his shower. Then our phone will ring... "hey, come over and drink... what are you guys doing.. so slow" At the end of this travel, we finished 4 bottles of Johnny Walker and countless bottles of beer during our lunch and dinner.


Day4: Dongwhasa Temple / Gooam Farm exprience: Apple harvesting, digging & roasting steaming of sweet potatoes








lol, after so much affect, she got a rotten apple...








sweet potato.. my mom's all time fav.










Pop saw the huge scallop and wanted to try.. but tour doesnt allow due to their budget... nevertherless, pop top up to add in additional dish for all of us.






Day 5: Cheongdo Wine Tunnel / APEC House / Nampo-Dong





Very nice BBQ beef.. but with the tour package, each of us have only one pc... we had pay additional to have more beef..







Day 6: Busan - Free & Easy in the morning / Visit fish market / Nampo Dong and had the worst dinner our of life.






The seafood are huge and fresh.. *yummy*







The worst dinner in my life... which made everyone boils.. even my pop..






throughout the trip, he and his lecture "dont be a person who always complaints... no standard..." and after this dinner, he told me "hua, write an email and shoot to the travel agency and goes all the way to the boss" haaa... as long as he is feed well, he is a high class person... once it is not... heeee..





and we ended up here to feed ourselves.








Day 7: Took a dosmetic flight back to seoul and transfer flight back to singapore.





this is the honeydew ice-cream which they must have it everyday









With the amount of money we paid, due to small group + last min notice, we paid x2 of normal package. In return of the iternary, food and hotel stay that provided was sucked.. Lucky with great acommpanies, the trip wasnt that bad after all.