2012 Resolutions

I know. I disappeared for almost 10months because that is the age of my daughter now.

I'm back to set some NY resolutions~ Here goes~

1) To spend more time with Mabel playing, bonding or 'flash-carding'(which I think really works to stimulate her brains!)

2) To bring Mabel to my mum's place more often so that she can bond with my parents who only gets to see her once a week.

3) To pick up Yoga again and exercise at least once a week.

4) Bring Mabel for a swim once a month.

5) To have chill out sessions with friends once a week.

6) To go for movie/dinner dates with my hubby once a month.

7) To watch the 2012 Euro Cup as I have totally lost touch with BPL.

8) To have some savings in my bank account.

Ok, I hope I will be able to keep at least half of them~

Arrival of Princess Mabel

Princess Mabel arrived on 13th March 2011, yup, our wedding anniversary! She really knows when to pop! haha~

I was watching soccer till 3am in the morning and was trying to sleep. At around 4plus am, i started to has menstrual-like cramps. I tried to ignore them but couldn't get back to sleep. So i decided to go sit on the sofa and see if the cramps will go away but nope.

So I started to time the frequency of the cramps. They were coming every 5 mins and lasting for 30 seconds. I remember reading online about going to the hospital when the contractions are 5 mins apart.. So I started thinking... is it time already?

I decided to lay down and see if the cramps will die down because I was suspecting that they were just braxton hicks contractions. But by 7am, the cramps were still coming every 5 mins. Ok.. i think its time already...

So i went to shower, pack my stuff and then woke my hubby up at about 7.30am. Was hungry and so I ate a slice of bread and then proceeded to the hospital.

Checked into the hospital, was strapped to the monitor and the nurse confirmed that I was having contractions. But I was still in very early labour. So the nurse called the anesthetist and my gynea down. The anesthetist arrived first and hooked me onto epidural.

Then the gynae arrived and decided to break my water bag to try speeding up the process. She broke the water bag and immediately said... c-sect... faintz~ My princess couldn't wait and decided to poop in my tummy! The water was green! so in the end, I had to go through an emergency c-section.

Was worried when I found out that I was to go through a c-section because I was totally unprepared. I cried because I felt so helpless. The nurses were very nice and they kept comforting me by telling me that its very common.

So by 9.45am, I was in the operating theatre, still awake with my lower body numbed. Hubby was not allowed to accompany me because it was an emergency. So I was along, lying on the operating table. Many many thoughts were going through my mind! I was super nervous because I did not know what to expect!

Gynae came in... started her stuff and I was listening to their whole conversation. They were talking about the japan earthquake and that my gynae was planning to tour Tokyo and she has to change her plans..blah blah blah... and 10mins in... she told the anesthetist that she's ready and then the anesthetist started to press super hard on my tummy! I got the biggest shock of my life! I had no idea that was coming!

Next moment, I heard my princess crying... I did not feel anything as I was still very shocked from the 'pushing tummy' ordeal! Then she was brought to another room where hubby said a tube was inserted into her mouth and nose to suck out the green poopy water... poor girl~

After they cleaned her up, the nurse brought her to my face and I remember smiling at her~

Then came the funny part! While the gynae was clearing and stitching me up, I could feel pain and I started jerking my legs. The anesthetist then asked if I would want to sleep for awhile. I replied yes. He then put some kind mask over my mouth and nose and asked me to take deep breaths.. And within secs, I knocked out! I fell into really really deep sleep and when I woke up, I felt like I slept for hours but it was only 5 mins! The gynae was still going her job and then I started jerking again! Then the anesthetist asked me if I wanted to sleep for awhile more! hahaha! I guess he took away the mask too early. So once again, I fell into deep sleep. And the next moment, I woke up in the recovering room. And for the next 10-15mins, I was drifting in and out of consciousness.

I was then pushed to my ward and hubby was waiting there already. I remember the first question I asked him was... "baby got alot of hair??' haha~ then he said.. alright only. And the next question was... " baby got double eye-lids?" and he said yes! haha... was super happy!

And that marks the start of my motherhood!~

This was taken on Day 2 after feeding... super chubby!


Day 3- when she was sleeping soundly


Day 5 - airing her armpits haha~

When was the last time you received flowers?

No inspiration to blog recently. Therefore, I have resorted to Formspring where they would ask random questions.

QN: When was the last time you received flowers?

Hmm.. that is a hard one. My wedding day? If that even counts haha~

Throughout my almost 30 years of living, I hardly received flowers. Off hand, I can only recall like... 4 occasions.

First was a shocker~ I was in secondary three. There was this boy in my class who liked me. I think we were having some kinda supplementary classes and therefore had to stay back later in school. So he passed me a note to meet him behind our school block at a certain time. I went eventhough I knew something fishy was going on.

He was already there when I arrived. Holding a bouquet of... I think white lilies. And he actually went down on one of his knees and asked me to be his gf. Sadly, I had to reject him because I felt nothing for him. And after tat, I just turned around and walked away. That was my first bouquet of flowers.

Second was from my ex. I decided to dump him and he wanted me back and so the flowers came about. Thats all I can remember.

Third was probably a birthday present from one of my ex. Sunfowers mostly.

And fourth would be the one I had for my wedding day. I don't remember my hubby giving me flowers at all and I am actually quite fine about it because I am not a flower person.

But deep down inside, I am still a girl who would be delighted to receive flowers once in a blue moon~ haha~

I'm involved in a singing competition again. This time held by City Square and Youthbox.

First round was acapella~ me and doug went but I was the only who got to the quarters. I guess age plays a big part now cos the other contestant were like in their teens only! We are almost 15-20 years older then the rest! I really feel old man~!

Anyway, i still went for the quarters. Decided to sing 'Ke xi bu shi ni' which i did well for another competition. But i did badly for the song! haha.. I wasnt surprised cos I didnt really prepare myself for the comp as I was recovering from a bad flu.

A few days after, i received an sms and was told that I'm through to the Semis~ I totally didnt expect it! haha.. well.. not wanting to do badly this time, I have chosen an A-lin song which I should be able to perform well.

Hope I'll do well for the coming semis this sunday~ I hope i'll be able to go through to the finals and win something out of it!

This might be my last competition for a long while~

Singing has been my biggest love since young.

My mom used to teach me children songs and my most vivid one was 天下的妈妈都是一样的. She would get me to 'perform' in front of relatives and friends where I would get claps and praises for. I was her little singing star. And since then, I love performing.

My Grandpa was an active member of the RC and he once took me to a lantern festival outing with other children from the neighbourhood. The microphone was passed to me and I started singing a NDP song and the rest of the children sang along with me. That was my first time 'performing' in public.

My Dad loves singing and he first installed the home-style karaoke when I was in primary school. They used to come in the form of VCR tapes. My dad would record all my favourite songs into 1 single tape and I would sing from the 1st song to the last.

Then came the time where KTVs started running. There were no rooms at that time and we would all take turns to sing in the hall. My dad would only bring me and not my mum and sis because I would sing but they won't. I do remember myself singing to the latest hit songs like 大约在冬季, 一场游戏一场梦.

I was in the Choir during primary school. I also remember performing a chinese duet with a good friend during Children's day celebration. That was my first time where I actually volunteered to perform.

I was also in the choir during secondary school but I was not as active as compared to primary school. My school did hold singing competitions but I didn't have the courage to register myself.

My very first singing competition was at Ngee Ann Poly and I actually made it to the finals. After many years of not performing, I was very nervous at the finals. As expected, I didnt get into the tops.

During poly time, my sis got to know Douglas and that was when I started to go KTV with them. Douglas was the one who signed me up for my first public competition. It was a huge contest held at Chinatown point.

After that, we started to go for MuChuan's annual competition. That was when I started to gain more experience in performing.

Next came one of the biggest highlight which was the Project Superstar. I went through 2 rounds to be one of the Top 50 girls but failed to qualify for the TV stage.

After that came Be A Star competition, it took me 3 years to finally qualify for the finals which were held in Genting. I had the chance to perform at Heeren and Suntec too! Those were the most enjoyable moments of my 'singing' life.

Then Harkcafe came around and I joined the competition there too. I was also given some chances to do 1-hour performances with Douglas. That was my first time being paid for performing.

Through that competition, I got to know people from LWSSOM where I got a chance to perform at some neighbourhood malls. This is the 2nd time where I was paid for performing.

Then came my proudest moment where I joined the RED SUN competition. I came in 3rd and won $1000 cash and a massage chair from it! I remember myself being really really happy as it was the first time where I actually won cash from a competition~!

Nowadays, I still look out for competition to join once in awhile. But its getting rather difficult as I am considered old already. There are kids as young as 15 or 16 who are so much more talented than me.

But still, I will join these competitions for the chance to perform. Don't ask me when will I stop joining because I can never say. Who knows I may be appearing in some senior-citizens competition when I am of that age~!

After typing this post, I really wanna thank all who have helped in nurturing my love of singing.

Arigatou~

Haven't been blogging much recently.

And looking at my previous post, my english is getting from bad to worse.

I should be ashamed at myself. Very ashamed of myself.

Just caught Show Luo's concert and I defintely enjoyed!

Was thrilled when I received Nic's call this afternoon. He called and said that he had an extra ticket! Immediately, I said YES!!! I WAN TO GO~ haha and the whole afternoon I was super happy...

Back to his concert... He really is a superb performer. His dance moves are superb. I was sitting way on the top and people around me were not as excited as me. There were some songs that I wanted to stand up and cheered but I was too afraid that I would be asked to sit down~ haha so I could only clap and sway my body abit haha

He was super humourous too~ which is exactly what I like about him. Only 30mins into his concert and I was falling in love with him already... hehe sorry ah bui...

But the concert was kinda short, only 2 hours. Would have been better if he could just extend it for another 30mins or so.

I will definitely buy my own ticket for his next concert, if there is any lah~ haha

Guess where?

Nope, I still refuse to pay $100 to enter the forbidden grounds.