All About Your Child

I saw this meme at a usual blog I visit called A Place I Call Home. She didn’t tag anyone, but I thought it would be a great for the last post of 2008.

This meme is supposed to be called ‘first sentence meme’, but I prefer to call it 2008 Flashback. Oh dear! I’m such a rule-breaker! You are supposed to take the first sentence of the first post you wrote for each month in the year 2008.

Since I’m such a rule breaker, I added the link to each of those sentences, which is NOT part of the requirement to do this meme. If any of those sentences caught your eye and you would like to read more, you can click on the title of the post. *smile*

January: 2007 has not been really good, be it from the fengshui point of view or personal experiences…
Post Title: Happy New Year

February: Six more days and its going to be the biggest event for all Chinese as we celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year.
I am my Parent’s Child

March: This is sooooooooo exciting. My boys’ long awaited ‘ferris wheel’ is finally in operation today!!!
The Singapore Flyer

April: My previous post “Happy Birthday Binbin”ended with a low note….Binbin ended his birthday celebration way too high….38.1 Degrees Celsius.
Fun is gone…Tireness continues

May: Ok, so there’s going to be The “Child Seats Save Little Lives” campaign in Singapore for the very first time.
Importance of Child Seats

June: Surrounded by babies lately.
Baby Full Month Celebration

July: This is a ‘normal pair of shoes’.
Creative or Defiant?

August: Suhanya, Sandra , Tina and Juliana awarded me this BBF GOLD CARD! Thank you girls! Love you *Muack*!
Blogging Friends Forever Award

September: I wanted to reply every single comment for the previous post.
Everyone was Curious, So here’s the Answer

October: I was uploading all my photos taken yesterday (Childrens’ Day), while waiting, I stumbled across THIS headline!!!
Where is Your Conscience?

November: Though I can’t force, I do urge you to read my previous 2 posts ~ The Beginning and The Progress , before you get to this one, or else you may not fully FEEL the joy in my heart as I write this final post about the 7-long-months of struggle with Keatkeat and with myself.
It took 7 Months - The Finale

December: Everyday, I’m in for a surprise treat from Keatkeat.
What is This?

Happy New Year Everyone!

For those of you who wants to know how I truly feel about 2008, you can read it at my personal blog.

Ling passed on this tag to me….Thank you, Thank you! *Muack*

Ling passed me this tag. Thank you girl! I think I’m more like the DOG! *laugh*

Four places I go over and over:
- my house, my in-laws’ house, the coffeeshop behind my block and my boy’s school (though I’m taking a long break for the next 5weeks *wink*)

Four people who email me regularly:
- I don’t have a particular person whom I consider a ‘regular’ (i.e. daily) But I do receive emails from groups like (I’m such a rule-breaker): -

the infamous Spammers, the auto notification from mommies’ Forums, the auto notification from Facebook and then there are these groups of ‘unknown companies’ who kept asking me to consider their penis-enlargement pills, no matter how many times I tell them I don’t have one! *laugh*

Four of my favorite places to eat:
- my MIL’s home-cooked food, Jacks Place, Sakae Sushi and the McDonalds at Tea Garden.

Four places you’d rather be:
- Japan, Africa, London and Egypt

Four TV shows I could watch over and over:
- Oh dear! I know I broke a rule already, can I break another? I guess I can… cos’ the TV shows I could think of, I can’t remember the English name for them. So can I strike off ‘TV shows’ and replace it with ‘MOVIES’ : -

The Never Ending Story, Face-Off, Speed and Little Mermaid (Disney)

Four people I think will respond:
- Suhanya, KiNiGu, Sandra and 3lilangels

little prince’s mummy passed this tag to me. Thank you girl! *muack*

* i am afraid of grass-cutters or mowers, I practically RUN away from them.

* i love to play mind games.

* i CAN swallow tablets without water

* i prefer to pluck my leg & armpit hair to shaving them

* i pick my face every morning

* I am still wearing the same pairs of jeans before I got pregnant

* I do not enjoy window shopping. If there is nothing to buy, I would rather go to the beach than to shop.

* I have very long pinky fingernails.

Oh dear! this is such an ‘old’ tag, I don’t even know who has not done it. I’ll just try my luck…. here goes the lucky eight: Hazel, Emelda, 3lilangels, Beth, Baby’N'Me, Ann, Physiomon and ContendedMom

I’ve been tagged by Sting and Janice ! Thank you for this meaningful tag. Janice provided these important info on her blog: ~

* One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.
* Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
* Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.
* Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.
* Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women 55 to 74.
* Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.
* Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.
Facts taken from Women’s Health
And now here is the tag and the rules:1. Put the logo in your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who shared it with you.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Add your link to the list of participants below
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.
PINK Sisterhood
1- Fara 2- Massy 3- N.O.Y 4- Mariuca 5- A Great Pleasure 6- LadyJava 7- Kim 8- Pink Thoughts 9- Turn-u-Off 10- Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 11- STAY AT HOME MOM 12- Fida Abbott 13- Also Mommy 14- Janice Ng 15- Juliana’s Site 16- The Painted Veil 17- All About Your Child 18- YOU next

So many of you have got this tag already, I don’t even know who to tag….so if YOU happened to be un-tagged yet, do this for all women in the world!

(With regards to yesterday’s post, I’m ranked no. 2 in ZY’s heart AFTER my MIL, so this is just one of the sweet things she does for me on every Sundays when I’m there, remember : I’m her Sunday Mommy! *wink*)

I’ve got so much to blog about. But my diarrhea is making me weaker than I thought. So I’m just gonna do a quick tag post which has been collecting dust in my Draft box for a long time…

Sandra tagged me with this cute meme about my childhood favorite toys.

Rules: Basically all you need to do is pick one of your favorite toys as a kid, post a picture of it (Google images is great if you don’t have a picture of it), and tell us about it. At the end, tag a couple of people for it.

Paperdolls!

This image was taken from Google.

I didn’t had a photo of ALL my paper dolls.

I remember a cardboard complete with clothes and accessories about an A5 size cost about $0.20 back in my time…

Barbie Dolls were too expensive then, so paper dolls were just fine to entertain my cousins and me. (Remember? I grew up with my cousins and not my parents?)

We were always playing-family, changing clothes, the hair styles, the handbags, the shoes and some of them even allow us to change their expressions.

When I was still little, I needed lots of security, so you can always see me hugging things.

The followings are some of my “hug-gables” which stayed with me for really really long periods of time.

Left to Right: My mom and I; My cousin and I; My TV and I *wink*

I’m not tagging YOU! Whoever that have NOT done this! *laugh* (I Cheated, I know. Blame it on my diarrhea, not thinking well now….)

Sandra passed me this tag! Yeah! *muack* Thank you girl!

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Your significant other? Hubby
3. Your hair? Black
4. Your mother? Left
5. Your father? Gone
6. Your favorite thing? Chocolate
7. Your dream last night? None
8. Your favorite drink? Ice Lemon Tea
9. Your dream/goal? A Happy Family till the day I die
10. The room you’re in? Living Room
11. Your hobby? Sleeping
12. Your fear? ‘Dark side’ of human
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
14. What you’re not? Bimbo
15. Muffins? Chocolate
16. One of your wish list items? Quality Camera-Video-Phone
17. Where you grew up? Singapore
18. The last thing you did? Prepared the painting table for Binbin
19. What are you wearing? T-shirt and Shorts
20. Favorite gadget? Thumb-drive
21. Your pets? None
22. Your computer? Dell
23. Your mood? Calm as the sea
24. Missing someone? Yes
25. Your car? None
26. Something you’re not wearing? Watch
27. Favorite store? Guardian
28. Like someone? Countless
29. Your favorite colour? Yellow
30. When is the last time you laughed? Just
31. Last time you cried? A month ago

I’m Tagging:

Suhanya, June and Ling

Sandra tagged me with this memorable meme…

1. Were you married at the time? Yes!

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Well, we planned for it but I was surprised at the ‘effectiveness’ of once-tried-and-you’ve-got-bull’s-eye! *laugh*

3. How old were you? 26, my ideal age for my 1st child.

4.How did you find out you were pregnant? Pregnancy test kit

5. Who did you tell first? My Dearie of cos!

6. Did you want to find out the sex? Of cos! Though I was pretty sure its a BOY! Well, we did what was instructed by my (expert)friend, in order to get a boy….and we did have a boy! *wink*

7. Due date? 2nd November 2003

8. Did you deliver early or late? Early

9.Did you have morning sickness? Oh boy! Yes! It was horrible!

10. What did you crave? Chili!

11. Who irritated you the most? Hmmm…am I supposed to be irritated? No way, I was treated like a Queen by everyone around me!

12. What was your first child’s sex? Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? Not much, about 10kg.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope!

15. Where did you give birth? KK Hospital

16.How many hours were you in labor? Slightly less than 2hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital? We took a cab

18.Who watched? My Doctor, the nurse, the midwife and My Dearie!

19. Was it vaginal or c-section? Vaginal!….

20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? I had Epidural. Damn! I was so sure I could handle the pain without it. BUT MY DEARIE CAN’T STAND SEEING ME IN THAT hoo-haa…hoo-haa STATE. So he INSTRUCTED THE DOCTOR to give IT to me….*sigh*

21. How much did your child weigh? 3.51Kg

22. What did you name him/her? Loh Cheng Keat

23. How old is your first born today? 4years 10months 28days

Many of you have talked about the birth process of your first child, so this time I’ll be tagging people whom (I think) haven’t mentioned the story yet…

Melissa, Physiomom, ContentedMom, Suhanya, Dominique and Cendrine.