Amazed...

I can't help but be amazed at what Cayden says sometimes... he makes me laugh...

Yesterday, he had a bit of runny nose, so I wanted to wipe his nose for him. He was on the floor playing with his truck and cars. For the first time, he obliged me and attempted to blow his nose. Then I wanted him to do it again, just to be sure that its clean. He got irritated because I was interupting his game so he told me "Mama! Sit on the chair and watch TV!". After that he returned to his game.

Today, he wanted to pee pee, so my mom's maid, Dewi, wanted to help him. He refused and wanted me to help him instead. Maybe its because i do it differently. I went, pulled down his pants, positioned him to aim properly. While he peed, he told Dewi "Its like this, Dewi!".

My boy is so funny...

Love the Look

Love the look of Katie Holmes recently - hair and makeup. Every time I see a look that I like, I feel the impulse to go out and buy makeup or have a hair cut! Since recently I chopped off most of my hair, all I can do is to buy makeup. haha!


Love the look and dress...






Because of this look, I went to town and bought a new nude / coral colour lip gloss from Christian Dior today! Lipstick has always been one of my weakness...

Afternoon in Town

Sent Cayden to school today and thankfully, he has stopped to fuss. Keeping my fingers crossed that he will continue this good behaviour from now on. I was told by Teacher Kelly that Cayden was happy and well behaved even during the transition from Playgroup to Music workshop. Playgroup starts at 9am and end at 11am from Monday to Thursday. Every Wednesday, Cayden will attend music workshop which starts st 11.15am for 1 hour. During the 15 min break, the teacher will keep an eye out for Cayden and bring him into the class when it starts. When I picked him up at 12.15pm, he was happy and looked like he enjoyed his class.

After class, I brought Cayden & my mom to town, because I wanted to take some pictures of the Xmas decorations on Orchard Road. We went to Mandarin Hotel's Chatterbox to have chicken rice for lunch!!! It was yummy-delicious, but VERY pricey. It was $21.50 before tax! I was taken aback by the price, and decided to splurge since we don't have it often.



Picture of Chatterbox Chicken Rice Set




Cayden happily tucking in...





Actually, this trip back, I realised that prices in general have risen, quite substantially. I had a conversation with one of my girlfriend earlier and both of us made the same observation. When we shop for clothes, I realised that most items costs around $59 or $69, even for a simple top! This morning, I stopped by This Fashion (a shop which supposedly offers cheap clothes) and saw that 1 simple cotton short sleeved shirt costs $30! In my mind, I thought it should be about $15? Am I getting more stingy? haha?

Did not get a chance to take pictures of the Xmas decorations because it started pouring!!!! Only managed to get a shot of the huge Xmas tree at Ngee Ann City. No pics of Cayden too because he was sleeping! Have to make another attempt next week.


Xmas Tree at Ngee Ann City

Fun At MacDonalds

After Cayden woke up from his nap today, my mom & I decided to bring him to the MacDonald's near my parent's house. We could have our lattes and he could play at the playground. PERFECT! It turned out to be a great decision, because Cayden had a good time.

Initally, he was quite resistant in entering the playground. He just hovered around, taking his time to observe the place. I could see that he wanted to go, but he was apprehensive at the same time. I decided to step back and let him take his time. After a while, we could see him inching forward by the minute. After a good 20 minutes, I thought he just needed a tiny push. I stepped into the playground area, turned around and asked him to join me. He needed no more persuasion. Immediately he jumped to me and entered the tunnels. haha! Took many pictures.

Great place for a quite afternoon hang out.










Cayden trying to copy Ronald's pose





Hugging Ronald



Me & Cayden

Friends?

Feeling quite disappointed with some friends this trip home. Ok, I have to admit that it is not easy for me to make friends. I think its because I can be quite anti social in nature. But I do treasure all the few friends I have.

However, this trip back, I feel like I have been let down by one specific girlfriend, whom I thought I was close to. Despite many of my invites and suggestions to meet up since I returned 9 weeks ago, we have not met up. Yes, I do understand that she has recently started a new job and have been travelling, but I feel that she is not making the effort. What really pissed me off is on one night, she called me. I was happy to see her name flashing on my mobile phone. But after a while of talking to her, I realised that she is only calling me because she just had an argument with her hubby and needed to rant at someone. After she has finished her rantings, it was obvious that she wasn't paying any attention to what I am saying anymore coz all she said was "huh,huh" at appropriate pauses and she sounded distracted.

She told me its too bad that we can't meet up as she was going on a 2 week holiday in 2 days time and she would be very busy at work until she left for her hols. I mentioned that I may extend my stay in Singapore til Xmas. I don't even think she heard me because she had no reaction. Or maybe she did hear me but pretended not to. I don't know. All I know is I am done reaching out to her. Its her turn. If she does not contact me, I won't.

Still trying to settle in...

Cayden is trying to settle in class. In the mornings, he is still putting up a struggle when we send him to school.

On his third day at school, I did not walk into the classroom with him but stood outside by the door. When the class started, the teachers closed the doors and he started wailing! It was so loud that I could hear him at the waiting area for parents.

Ethan (the boy with the show off grandma) came with his mother and maternal grandma that day. Ethan was also quite upset that his mother could not stay with him in the classroom and started crying. When his maternal grandma saw from the outside that Ethan started crying, she blamed Cayden for crying and thus affected Ethan. She kept saying "That boy is crying, that's why Ethan cry" without knowing that I am Cayden's mother. After she repeated this comment twice, I looked at her and said "That is my son". I wanted her to know that so that she would not say more things that might upset me even more and cause me to argue with her. After that, she stopped making that comment. Yes, i am very protective of my child.

On his fourth day at school, Cayden also fussed when I left him in the classroom and he wailed when the teachers closed the doors. But this time, he cried for a much shorter time.

I hope things will get better next week.

Where are my pictures????

I am getting so frustrated with Blogger. I have not been able to upload any pictures for 1 week now, and I finally managed to upload some via Picasa this morning. Now they are all GONE!!!!

Does anyone else have this problem????