The mind of a child is the purest, the most innocent in this world. They will never scheme against you, nor make use of you to their advantages, at least not now. If he does something to upset the adults, it's really not his fault, since he don't even understand or realise that it's not allowed or condone.

And making noise and screaming in the house.. well, isn't that normal for a bubbly kid to do, let alone a 19 month old baby?? Or haven't you heard of the terrible twos? He hasn't learn how to talk or express himself yet, of course he will find another channel to make his needs known. I know he is terribly pampered but he has been the only son, the only grandson, the only nephew for 18 months, of course we focus all our love and attention on him. Is that wrong?

I'm not saying all kids are noisy & spoilt by nature, there are quiet & well-behaved ones too. But my point is why J don't scream or shout at home or any other homes except yours? So many restrictions and don'ts. Cannot shout, cannot laugh, cannot wear bells, cannot touch this, cannot go there, cannot watch tv etc etc etc!! Then what you want him to do? He's screaming out loud in despair too, you know.

You think I want him to be there, for you guys to scold him for something he has no control or no idea on? And when he walks up to you, and place his tiny hand on your lap, you just brush him off and simply say go away lah. Is that something an adult would do? To deny a child is simply heart-wrenching. What's worst, is that I can't even be there, to protect & defend my boy.

Why can't you just be a little more understanding & show more tolerance to a child? Why take it out on him when he's so helpless against you & can't even defend himself yet? What does that reflect on you as a new parent?

So many tears shed just thinking that J is actually suffering in the comforts of your home.
My heart is just pained... Pain for my J and pain for you as well.

One more week to go and we see how.

Chinese New Year 2010

What a long weekend. And CNY just came & passed by so fast. But still, it's a 15 day celebration and Piddles has a few more makans & gatherings coming up. :D

Went to her brother's place in sembawang last week. When she stepped out from the lift, she was taken aback. The whole of the corridor was decorated with cny banners and ornaments, full of red. Piddles just couldn't believe her brother & neighbours hang those up so she walked closer up to the gate. Yup, wrong block. =_=

Even the lifts are not spared on that floor. She's surprised nobody tried to take them away.. Hmm..~

So anyway, Piddles took leave last friday to take care of Jared. Roy needs to work though.. So she's home alone with the cheeky boy. Went to the convenient store nearby to get some groceries and rice to cook porridge for him. Still manageable she guess..

Just so funny seeing little J sitting down in one corner of the sofa watching his favourite babyfirst dvd. You can hardly see him there, watching quietly.

And laughing to himself in glee at the show. Funny boy.

Really feeling at ease at home. But Piddles just don't know why he misbehave at her brother's place, screaming & shouting about. Izzit cos he's jealous that Grandma is taking care of the new baby or the lack of space for him to walk about.

Anyway, sis was worried Piddles might get stressed up & cry at home cos cannot cope with J so she quickly hurried Dennis to get lunch and dropby her place to relief her. Yup, Piddles was pretty tired that morning cos she has to do groceries, feed J cereal, showered him, cook porridge & do some housework. She's so grateful they came. :)

First day of chinese new year. First thing in the morning when Jared's awake, he received 2 angpows from Piddles & Daddy. Wishing him good health, good luck & listen to Daddy & Mummy always. Hee..~

The just woke up look. Jared boy's face looking so glum, haha!

All dressed up and rearing to go. Walking along the line of sunlight and waiting patiently for Piddles & Daddy.

Piddle's hair looking atrocious. She should have get it permed before cny.. Just lazy, and not forgetting it's more expensive too.

Who is cuter? Haha!

When Yong came back sin last sep, she bought some babygap outfits for Jared. Piddles kept one set for him to wear during cny. Doesn't he look smart in white & blue? Thanks Yong! :)

They went to visit Shimei on monday too. Trying to gather the boys to take a shot with mummies. The boys as usual are not being cooperative.. :P

Jared boy making funny faces..

Before making his escape, heh~

Piddles loves J&J to bits. :)

Anybody misses Jared boy?

At least Piddles think so.. Hubby's col was asking she never update for so long liao.. :P

So sorry! Almost every other day they need to travel up and down sembawang to see Jared boy, just not much mood to do anything else. So lame & so lazy.. She knows.. :)


And she also appreciates that you peeps have been supporting her throughout the year & has seen Jared growing up from a little 5 mth old baby to a cheeky screaming 18 mth old toddler. She should be thankful mann! :D


Anyway, here's the aftermath of his bruise last wed. Piddles is worried it might leave a scar on his perfect silicon chin. :P


Sis & bro-in-law decided to drop by mygym on saturday to see him at play. He's so happy to see them that he keeps running over to peep at them. Daddy decided to catch hold of him & do the jumping act until his arms gave way. Piddles cannot stop laughing though when she saw Jared's mouth wide open. :)

Maid is so clever to bring over her sarong from her hometown for the cheeky boy as she knows it can be quite tiring to carry a 11kg boy around. And to prevent him from going super excited running everywhere without braking. Just amazing to see her wrap the sarong around her & boy and no knots are needed. Piddles is still trying to learn the skill though.. :P

At the dining table, the area infront of him must be cleared at least 30cm radius if not, all the cutlery will just land on the floor. Heh..

So she just let him play with the spoon, watching his every move.. before leaning in to pose for daddy.

Really must teach Jared how to pose for the camera, so difficult to take nice shots of him!

Happy Birthday!

Dunno why the alignment of my pictures and words all gone haywired so I gotta delete the entire post and reload again.. This time try to centralise the pixs for a change..

Maybe too long didn't do any updates, heh heh..

So anyway, it's Yoyo's birthday last saturday so we met up for dinner. The 3 of us have not seen each other for quite some time (not talking about group meetings), so when we finally set down for dinner, we did lotsa updates on our families & lives & just yakked away happily.

Here's our gifts to her. The green earrings are from Hoops & the little ring (not so little lah) from Piddles. Yoyo so cute, opened the boxes in excitement like a little girl opening her prezzies on Christmas morning. :D

Piddles with her ghostly pale looking hand, trying to point at the mini bouquet. Really not healthy looking, like no blood huh..

Here's a close up of my prezzie, just in case you peeps are curious how she looks like. Yes, its a she! Hee..
She's called A Bouquet For You, and she's the one & only in this world! :D

And also a cute pair of earrings for Hoops for her belated birthday in Jan. Too bad Piddles don't wear them, what a pity. So don't get earrings for her, ok?!! Heh..~

Feeling full and satisfied. Always happy, always smiling in good company.

Hoops, Yoyo & Piddles's Poddies!

And we all chose white, must be same same same.. :P

When will we meet up again? Just the 3 of us? Hmm~~

Heartpain.. :(

Piddles is frustrated..

Why people (or some only, for the benefits of others) don't listen to what she says?!

When she asked that the freaking piece of SOLID WOOD that acts as coffee table to be moved away from the front of the TV, as she knows Jared is likely to run into it, they said later..

When she went to toilet to crap, she asked please look out for Jared, hubby gave a nod. So in the midst of her business, she heard the sound which she DON"T WANT to hear at all, the cries of Jared. She rushed out in a flash, might have forgotten to wash her hands, what the hell..

Everybody crowded around him, and what do you know, the coffee table disappeared.

Jared's chin was bloody followby drool and they eventually stained onto his collar. Her heart bled that instant too.
She just don't know what to say.. Completely speechless.. Dumb struck..

Should Piddles be mad? At who? Or the piece of wood? Maybe she should blame herself for going toilet in the first place.

Kids fall down all the time, people would say.. But why wait for accidents to happen when things can be prevented in the first place?? Especially when she has highlighted beforehand??

She just hope her words can be taken seriously at times, that's all..


My poor baby..

Afternote: Hubby told Piddles she never mentioned he is feeling very heartpain also.. Let this be a lesson learnt and to listen to Piddles next time. Or all the time please.. :I

My Nephew, finally!

After a grueling 40 weeks of pregnancy, my sister-in-law has finally gave birth to little Cyan on 27th Jan 10. Piddles is excited cos she loves new babies. Just so tiny and helpless, best of all don't scream & shout, nor struggle or roll on the floor.. haha~


It's been more than 18 months since Piddles last stepped into a maternity ward. To think she used to frequent Mt. Elizabeth, still in pain after delivery cos Jared has jaundice and needed to be warded for phototherapy.. Those were the days.. :P
Look at the row of little boys, all swaddled up!


Ta dah! Showing to the rest of you, Cyan Tay at 1 day old. Yup, Cyan is technically a dark greenish-blue colour. You see, my brother is an artist, so maybe colours to him are a huge thing.. And Cyan could be his favourite colour. Heh~


Looking grouchy.. Maybe feeling hungry or cold or sleepy. Babies his age will sleep up to 20 hours a day, waking up just to feed only.. So nice.. and quiet too.. :D

And Piddles just couldn't wait to get her hands on him. But she won't purposely go and produce another one just to carry lah... haha~

So soft and smelling nice, hmm~

Didn't have time to take pix of Jared though, he's busy walking about in the room..

Mom will be taking care of him in future too, the 2 boys are gonna turn the house upside down soon!

And mom says if you have 2 swirls on the head, means very cheeky & notti! Can't really see from the pix full of hair but they're there! :D

Piddles now then regret not starting the blog much earlier, when Jared's borned. But she's not really savvy into those stuff.. And too lazy to do so too.. But better late than never! *Self comforting**

And her blog is already 1 year old! Happy birthday to Piddle's World!

Really running out what to write about sometimes.. every week is always very routine now.. so dun be surprise if I dun update so often.. heh.. but then maybe you won't check my blog so often liao.. sigh..



Have been using my iphone to take pictures lately as I don't carry the cammie so often nowadays. Not too blur right? Piddles has an eye for good angles! Ho ho ho~


Jared really enjoys going out for walks, look at people and cars etc.. Maybe he cooped up at home whole day, needs a breather.. But isn't he a tact too young to know about boredom & stuff? How I wish I can stay at home whole day though.. -_-



Anyway, last saturday we felt comfortable enough to leave maid & boy at home, while we went out for dinner nearby. Went back to bedok south where I stayed during my younger days.. to queue up for my childhood comfort food, fishball mee pok at the hawker centre. Still as crowded as ever.


I had to have the upsize order, more fishballs... And just look at the chilli... ooohhhh, mouthwatering!!! :P


And not forgetting the ice cheng-tng also. And they got sweet potato & even ah tat chee inside! Loves~


Went to city square shopping centre for dinner & window shopping on sunday. There's a performance going on, and we put Jared boy on Roy's shoulders for a better view.

Guess the boy is not used to it sitting there.. and he'd rather played & messed up daddy's hair than watching the performance.. =_=

This is a really old photo, dated back to 1948. They're my maternal grandparents and first 4 uncles. The rest of the 7 siblings were still on the way. I've never seen my grandpa before, he passed away in the early 60s i think. And my beloved granny, whom joined grandpa in heaven in Nov 09. I missed her so much. :(

So anyway, my uncles came over to catch up with my mom today, and she showed me this portrait when I reached home from work.

All along, my mom knows that her father & grandfather were from China, in a dialect group called "Liao Li". Little did she know, that her grandfather was actually a Korean, who went to China and became a magistrate in the palace. And he married her grandmother, a native from Shandong.

So that made Piddles' grandpa had 1/2, her mom 1/4 and her 1/8 of korean blood in them. Did she get her equations right?? Thanks to smarty Yong.. :)

A little known fact on Piddles' ancestors.. :P

Have not been doing any updates due busy taking care of Jared for the past week. He developed some rashes after 3 days of fever, and it's quite serious from the picture of his tummy. Cos he is so fair, that Piddles can see all the angry red dots all over his forehead and body, and she's so worried for him. Luckily it cleared away after another 2 days. It's been a tiring week all and all for Piddles and mom.



And she managed to take a clip of him rolling on the floor and crying for mommy. It's a little dark though..


And he looked just so poor thing, uncomfy and unable to express himself, that you can't help but to craddle him in your arms and gives him lotsa love.


Anyway, he doesn't really drink that much milk due to sore throat last week. But Piddles still stocked up on the supply since there's offer at the supermarket. She's behaving like a kiasu parent now. :P
The tins are really heavy and these can only last for less than 2 months! $_$


Anyway, the cheeky boy is back to his usual self on sunday, and of cos refusing to sleep during naptime. =_=


After gym class, went TM for a while. And daddy brought Jared to yamaha music school to take a look at guitars while Piddles run some errands. The boy as usual, decided to explore the place a bit touching and pressing at anything he can get his hands on.


Maybe can uncover any hidden musical talents in him. He seems more interested in the buttons instead. Or anything with holes in it. -_-

Piddles is tired.. -_-

Piddles just realised that when your kid is sick, its can be one of the worst experiences ever encountered. She always hear her cols with kids say its very "kang khor", and she just listen with a understanding nod, until Jared boy fell sick...

So far, since he's borned in Jul'08, he only had a slight fever due to injection and nothing else.. So when mom noticed he's running a temperature on Sat morn at 3am, all hell broke loose.

During the daytime, his temperature's slightly above normal, but at night can shoot up skyrocket, hovering around 38-39degrees, nearing the danger zone of 40. We have to keep vigil at night cos he keeps waking up crying and constantly sponging him with wet towel. Man, really really tiring..

So far, he is the most manja, most cranky, most whiny baby she ever encounter in her life! (To her at least). A simple feeding of water have to be forced, let alone all the medicines.

When he sleeps, must be absolutely quiet & silence. A simple push of the chair or a slight cough will set him bawling his eyes out..

He wants to go out ALL THE TIME! So when we wanna shut him up, will bring him out for a walk. I guess he's bored cooped up at home.

When he started his whining, and we let him sit, he will slid down to the floor like a deflated balloon.

So Piddles & Roy took leave today to bring him to the doc for a followup check and she is now at home posting this short blog while Jared boy is asleep, quietly. Just praying real hard tonight his temperature don't go up again.. =_=

Looking so glum with a cool patch.

Get Well soon, ok Jared boy? If not Piddles will Get Crazy soon.. :P