U2 - With Or Without You

the BEST song ever in my whole life.
though until now, ive yet to 100% grasp the meaning of the lyrics. :P
the MV screams 80s so much!
the side stance with the dangling left arm is to-die-for. LOL.
and BONO! men with cleft chins are so sexy, no?

ive always feel the man is a legend.
all the events in his life leading him to where he is.
all the actions taken by him creating impact on many others' lives.
all his philosphies and takes in life from his autobiographies/interviews.
it must be tough being married to a man like him.
or maybe made easy from being able to hear him sing anytime. haha.
still, salute to ali for holding up to bono.
she is an extraordinary woman too, im sure.

Always Be My Baby By David Cook

i'm madly in love with david cook's rendition of this song now.

typical monday for mama ko

700am: wake up_milk for yr_bath

730am: milk for yz_dress up for work

800am: leave the house once MIL reached

820am: drop wormy @ childcare_leave for hubbi's workplace

840am: drop hubbi @ somerset_leave for my workplace

900am: reach office

1230pm: short lunch_simple gym session
(short 20-30mins on the x-training machine/body balance class - mixture of yoga+pilates)

2pm: back to office

515pm: leave office (later during closing/peak period)

545pm: reach childcare to pick yz

615pm: 1) reach home for yz's dinner (cooked by MIL) or
2) meet up with friends for dinner with yz

830pm: 1) settle yr to sleep if im at home or
2) hubbi settle him while im still outside with yz

930 - 1000 pm: reach home and bedtime for yz

1000 - 1130pm: housework chores_bath_time with hubbi watching tube/chatting

1130pm: dream feed for yr

1200am: zzzzzzzz (and be prepared to wake up 1-2 times during the night to settle yr @_@)

this is a typical monday of mine.
sounds tiring? wait till u hear about the rest of the days. :(

my prince of persia!

im always keen on jake gyllenhaal at many points in time.

i've caught him in october sky, day after tomorrow, the good girl, jarhead, brokeback mountain and zodiac.

personally, i feel he's at his best in brokeback mountain but heath ledger really steal the thunder in the show.

it was his role in the good girl, however, that made me feel he really has the acting chops.

that show makes one think of the choices to be made in life.

though the female lead would have benefited from another person other than jennifer aniston. :P

okok, so i think jake is hot.

so how to miss prince of persia!

took half day leave with hubbi to catch the show and have a simple lunch date yesterday.

hubbi came to bugis to look for me and we tried the food at the new eatery - Nando.

pricing is reasonable but i still prefer good o'kenny rogers. :)

after lunchie, we caught the show @ illuma.

it was our first time watching a movie there.

good leg space though the screen is a bit small.

prince of persia is kinda of a no-brainer, feel good movie. quite different from jake's previous movies.

still, i really enjoy the show.

the female lead (gemma arteton) and him shared excellent on-screen chemistry surprisingly!

was really enjoying the banter between them and drawn by the attraction they have for each other.

oh, and jake's new body doesnt hurt too! hehehe.

AND AND AND check out his full lower eyelashes!!

i think i find my 怪癖 in guys liao. its long full lower eyelashes!!

if you are like me, check out RDJ (Robert Downey Jr) too.

umm.. and ah long's one as well. LOL.

dont attempt to lace up ur arms unless u've shapely ones like him. :)


if you know of anyone with similar or full lower eyelashes like him, pls let me know

alternate weekend days with the kids

hubbi and i took a breather this weekend by entertaining the boys individually.
with the help of my dearest mummy!

so on saturday morning, the ng family left redhill together for ubi.
we deposited yr with my mum and went suntec with yz!
the programme was to catch "shrek 4" and bring yz for some gai gai.


hubbi brought him an elephant marshmallow sweet.
see how happy is the boy!

after lunch, we made yz sit in his pram, tossed him his 臭臭 and hoped for the best.
he has not been napping outside for the longest time so we aint sure if hes gonna nap or end up all cranky for the show by 330pm.
luckily he dozed off a while before 2pm leaving us to be able to window-shop in peace for an hour or so before the show started. :)
nope, i didnt buy anything lest the ears kena nagged off by the husband.
:(

the show.
yz is actually familiar with shrek and his gang for we caught parts of Shrek 2& 3 on tv before this.
so he managed to sit through the whole show this time, much better than when we caught "how to train your dragon" few mths back.
there were still the occasional questions from him when he cant catch up with the plot.
but, can see that he did enjoyed himself all in all. :)

however, both hubbi and me feel that Shrek 4 is the worst lot of the whole series.
not as funny and too politically correct for my liking.
oh well, lets hope toy story 3 will be much better!

after the show, its back to mum's place to fetch yr.
BUT leaving yz behind to stay over. muhahahha.
luckily the elder son didnt kick up a fuss when we said good bye.
recently, he has make his preference known that he wishes to be back home with us than with gramps.

on sunday, we went for our weekly mac brekkie with yr.
at times, its much more easier to bring yr out than yz for the little baby is happy to lie in his pram and too busy taking in his surroundings to bother us much. :P

after back home for yr's nap, we were good to go shopping in town in the afternoon! *wee*
hitted by shopping bug once we reached taka.
everyone was buying things like no tomorrow!!

hubbi got himself a new pair of sandals while i got a new top from banana republic. *sweet*
not forgetting poor yz who was at gramps missing all the fun, we brought him an extension lego set for his zoo set.
the new set has his fav. animals - penguins & polar bears!
and the kiddo has been playing with this new set diligently for the past few days! :)

though it seems to be less tiring handling 1 kid at a time, its really not so.
hubbi and me still feel like shit came sunday night. totally tired out. :(
but its good to spend quality time with the 2 boys individually. :)

Peanut FINALLY

flips at 4.5 mths old!!

surprisingly much slower than his gor gor.

given his neck muscles are so much stronger.

perhaps his heavier and taller frame makes it harder to do so.

in any case, he seems to be quite zen with this newfound skill.

no non-stop flipping like wormy when he first started to flip.

yr will just do so a few times a day.

and he can flip back by himself at times. plus his neck muscles allow him to stay on his tummy for quite sometime.

so no frustrated baby like his gor gor.

looking forward to his next milestone - sleeping through the night and no more cradling to sleep!

i think he is starting to resemble me now, no?

GSS part 2

more and more brands are launching their sale!
purchases for these few .... days:
1) 1 top, 1 dress + 1 pants from GG5
2) 1 top from Dressy
3) accessories from River Island
4) 1 pair of shoes from Pedder Red
5) 2 bras from Triumph

still waiting for AX, DKNY Jeans, Nine West and zara sales!
or have they started already?!

hoping to check out Banana Republic @ Paragon.
but no time. pui.

on a sidenote, decided what i want and candice is gonna get it for me when she hops over to Europe next month!
*wee*
praying hard that there is stock!

ok, got to go liao.
have to print more money.

Done Deal! abs, here i come! or maybe not.

its confirmed and done deal liao.
i've signed up with california fitness for 1 year!
*gulp*
ive become exactly those people whom i jest at few years back.
what?! pay to exercise?! nothing better to do ah?!
sigh, sadly with age and 2 kids in tow, my body is in bad shape (pun-intended) and no time in my busy schedule for exercising.
and bugis branch happens to be the perfect solution for me to pop by during lunch/after work for a short work-out.

after trial period of almost 2 weeks, i THINK i can commit to exercising at least twice a week.
so if i can keep up with this frequency, the money will be well-spent.
the best is i will have washboard abs (WAHAHAHAH!) and no more jiggly bits after 1 year (more difficult than striking toto when i dun even bet one).
the worst is jelly belly & saggy triceps stay but my stamina improves and better health for me overall (no more asthma attacks pls!).

so its not such a bad deal after all.
and oh yes, i get to continue eating my junk.
i like.

orchard central finally

the ng family (minus yr) had the afternoon free yesterday before fetching the younger son from my mum's place.
hubbi actually planned an outing for us (just that it failed miserably.......LOL).
its actually a simple one.
to a japanese restaurant @ orchard central for lunch & then ben&jerry desserts afterwards.
orchard central because i've never been there.
jap restaurant because im a fan.
B&J because im in love with their cookie affair recently.
he can be kinda sweet when he wants.


father & son duo


yah lah, in matching tees again. wahaha.

hubbi heard good reviews about the jap restaurant in particular, hence the deicision to try the food there.
but alas, it was full when we reached and the advised waiting time is 30-40mins. @_@
on a sunday!??!?
since its almost 1pm, i didnt have the heart to let yz go on being hungry.
so we settled our lunch elsewhere. :(

after that, its desserts time at heaven loft.
it has its own main dishes selection and also B&J ice cream as part of their menu.
hubbi later found out to have that single scoop in-house will cost us almost double as opposed to buying it as a takeaway!!
!?!?!!?
stingy me decided to buy as takeaway since its also yz's nap time by then.
quick quick go back mum's place for him to sleep.
sigh. what a failed outing.

hope we can go back and try the food soon!

carnival + dan bday dinner

yesterday was super duper long for me.
as usual, activities packed to the brim.
woke up early to pack baby stuff and bathed both the boys for we were heading east!
why? Learning Vision was having its carnival day at Pasir Ris Park!

parked at white sands shopping centre for mac brekkie before going to the carnival.
its been ages since hubbi and me last went white sands! think the last time was when we went to fisherman village for an anniversary dinner.
was that in 2004/5?

a very happy yr in mac despite nothing for him to eat. LOL.

after breakfast, we drove to park our car at the park.

a very happy yz

a very happy yz x2

it was all fun except for the slightly soft ground and humid weather. :)
yz had fun playing some of the games there and tasting his first ever candy floss!

by 1+pm, he was visibly tired

me in my new fitflops! yesh, they have arrived!
now, exercising even when im merely walking. heh.

yr also tired out by all the activities

we drove back to my mum's place to let the 2 kiddos have their afternoon naps.

hubbi and i caught some winks too. too blardy tired out after the morning.

came late afternoon, i've to get ready for my outing at night with the gang!

its dan bday dinner and we were meeting at katong village for korean BBQ!

a shot with yz

its so easy to make yr smile nowadays!

but never smile when taking with me lah. @_@

hubbi drove me out before meeting his own parents for dinner with yz.

poor yr stayed overnight at my mum's place. :P

the korean BBQ aint too bad just that the place got all of us stinking bad!

tanny, gb (hiam-ing the smell) & me

as usual, chit-chat till siao and disturb other people with our noise level. tsk tsk.

we had a super good laugh over the 许冠杰 photo behind us. dont ask me about it.

after dinner, we adjourned to east coast coast park for 2nd round of eating!

then its drinking time for some of us!!

wah, by the time i reached home its almost 4+am.

alcohol and late night out are so NOT helping my dark eye circles.

bah.

Start of GSS!!!!!!!

some of my fav. brands have started their sale!
and i've gone crazy over these few days hitting the store and swiping cards like no tomorrow.
there will really be no tomorrow when the bills come. *gulp*

damages:
1) 2 dresses + 1 undie from Topshop
2) 1 romper from Selfridge
3) 1 dress, 1 tunic + 1 shorts from Dorothy Perkins
4) 1 top + 1 polo tee (for ah long) from CK Jeans
5) 1 dress from BCBG

and its not even June yet.
and brands like GG5, zara, pedder red, nine west have not even start their sale yet.
and i've not stumble on other random brands yet.
this is bad.

(a)typical day of ecookie's life

was on leave for today and did i have a good rest at home?
no! was out and about for almost the whole day!
after sending off the husband and the elder son, it was time to give lil' smelly peanut a good bath.
after bathing, i packed up some baby stuff and we were good to go!


yay, can go gai gai!


har!? we are going to the PD for jab!!

yes, yr turns 4m old tomorrow! :)
time for his 6-in-1 jab and rotavirus oral vaccine today!
the boy wailed out loud when the needle poked him! lucky he was comforted when i carried him.
seems like the milk is doing its job in fattening him up.
peanut weighs 8kg now and is 69cm tall!
as compared to wormy's 7.9kg & 67cm at the same age.

reached home about 11+am and quickly settled a tired baby to sleep.
mother-in-law reached my house and its time for me to go out again!
since i have the trial pass for cali, decided to hit the gym!
did a simple class and 20mins cardio.
had a quiet late lunch alone while reading my fav. mag - i-mag!
such good me-time.

after that, its shopping time!
but im trying really hard not to get anything since the GSS is just round the corner!
still, cant resist getting something else other than clothings.
food for the soul - a CD and 2 books.

before i know it, its already 6+pm.
time to meet hubbi and go fetch yz from childcare together.
then back home and start the crazy routine of settling the 2 kids for the evening and night. @_@
now its almost 11pm.
both kids have been asleep since 9+pm and after some light housework chores, we finally have time for a breather.
ok, im going to chill in front of the tube.
its just the start of a working week anyway! sian!

小白兔

when i fetched the lil' fellow from childcare yesterday, he ran excitedly to his seat and put on the bunny ears made by himself (+his teachers).
so cute.

tada! this is the gift to myself!

im a person with VERY few watches. ok make it two.
my trusty omega has been with me for the past few years.
and the only other watch that i used to have is a adida causal watch which the husband brought for me when i was preggy with yz previously.
i was too fat then to wear my watch and lazy to lengthen the strap back.
anyway, the adidas face cracked after i dropped it on the floor few months back. @_@

when i saw this latest design by marc by marc jacobs back in jan, i fell in love with it totally.
black and pink. sweet! :)
but its constantly OOS!
everytime i popped into the store or other authorised dealers shops, its always OOS!
*argh*
so when i saw it at isetan last week, i seized it! haha.

weight updates #4

it's been almost 1 mth since my last update.
current weight stands at 55kg. 2 more kgs from "ideal" weight.
but as i was telling some friends, im sure even when i go back to my pre-preggy weight, the body shape aint the same anymore.
for one, the jelly belly will be there.
the saggy triceps will say hi to most people, including strangers.
so what to do?

im seriously thinking of getting myself into an exercise routine.
but my schedule is so tight as im expected to fetch yz from the childcare every weekday.
and weekends will be tied down by the 2 kids!
so my only available slots are just during lunch time and one of the weekday which the husband is kind enough to volunteer to fetch yz home by himself and take care of him for the evening himself. (yr will be away at my mum's place).
its really nice of him as the car will be with me and he has to take public transport to the cc and half-walked, half-carried yz home (a good 15mins walk from our hse).

hence, the only viable option seems to be enrolling to a fitness centre.
cali being the obvious choice as its just a stone throw from my office.
went for a trial yesterday with ad D and you can say im suitably impressed with the equipments and classes there.
but the mthly fee per mth is not something im prepared to give. for im never a fitness buff ever.
pay monthly fee for facials? no prob.
pay monthly bills for shopping? no prob.
pay monthly subscriptions for exercising? errrrrr........

and there is the question of my committment.
its highly possible that i may just turn lazy and stop going.
and the physical fatigue i put myself through!
5 sleepless nights with yr a week is no joke.
cant imagine my body tired out by the exercising. *shivers*
i may become a wreck.

so decisions decisions.
will try the gym again next week and see how.

ahhh.. finally some light at the end of the tunnel

yr is finally getting more and more manageable.
for one, he seems to be comforted enough by my presence that i'm able to make him sleep just by lying beside him.
this has been going on for the past 1 week.
hope it continues. *fingers crossed*
this is such a vast improvement compared to just a few weeks back when hubbi and i have to take turns cradling a screaming, angry baby for 10-30mins before we can settle him to sleep!
now, no more tears but a smiley baby before he sleeps.
now, no more working on that too big of a biceps for me. haha.
imagine huge biceps coupled with saggy triceps.
you want anot. @_@

true, the light sleeper yr is still giving me sleepless nights.
he will still wake up 2-3 times during the night.
but popping back the pacifier will do the trick now. *YAY*
again, this is such a good improvement compared to last time when he will get so agitated that he will roused himself fully from sleep and scream and cry until we do the cradling-walk-around-in-the-room trick once more!!
imagine doing that a few times in the night!
im surprised im still functioning pretty well last month. LOL.

ok yr, keep up the good work.
gor gor and mummy are still waiting patiently for you to grow up. :)

happy mama's day to me!

the ng family set off for an outing once again today.
we drove today. no more public transport!

anyway, i've kept pestering the husband to get a printer for the longest time as i wanted to print out my blog archive.
yes, you heard me right!
cant imagine one day blogspot just sayonara. eeks.
that's what happened to my previous private blog. the host site just kena sold!
pui! all my years of entries just *poof* disappeared. :(
so im determined to print out my current blog entries!

siao as the idea may sound to hubbi, he finally aceded to my request.
so off to best denki @ taka to source for a printer.
all the specs of a printer are like foreign language to me so i left it to the man to do the choosing.
in the end, a Brother (brand of printer lah!) was brought.
he has yet to set up as im still hogging the pc now. hiaks.

today's outing was much breezier. yz was his good self once more and yr made minimal fuss today.
good!


with my fav. little man!

we left town ard 7pm for home when hubbi suddenly suggested ben& jerry @ dempsey!
*wee* of cos im game.
kinda like a mini celebration for mummy's day. :)
nothing fantastic but im contented that hubbi at least do something lah.
and nothing beats yz saying," happy mummy's day!"! :)


yz looking terrible here. but he was soooooo happy with tasting ice-cream once more!
yr abt to fall asleep liao.. hehe.

me & my lil' darling!

oh, and i bought something for myself!

a treat to meself hehe.

its something that i wanted for the longest time (ok, the past 3 mths) and it's always OOS!

finally saw it in store and decided to buy it just now.

its nothing too pricey but i really like it.

more on it in the next post perhaps. it still need some tweaking before it can be worn. :P

mummy's day + circle line!

was on half day leave on friday to do something "special" with the elder son.
--flower arrangement with yz!


yz with the flowers and some "props". looking eager to start!


the finished product! pretty anot? haha its mainly yz's doing, hence the messy arrangment.

the flower pot is meant to be his mother's day gift to me!
but hor, the flowers were bought by me and i helped with decorating the plastic container as well.
chey.
hehe.
but we did have fun applying white glue on the container and sticking all kinda stuff on it like green beans, macaronis, glitters etc. :)


yz showing the end product to his fellow classmates.

was undecided where to go today when suddenly the husband came up with a crazy idea:
take the circle line train to promenade!
i was apprehensive about not driving to places especially with fussy yr in tow but still i went ahead with his idea.
only to pay the price in the later part of the day. @_@
ok, more on that later.

but i was glad we did it somehow. yz really LOVE taking trains.

today must be the day when he took the longest train ride ever. haha.

we had late lunch @ old town white coffee at suntec after a colleague of mine told me the nasi lemak is quite tasty there.

and i've the cravings for it despite the fact that im supposed to cut down on carbs & calories alike. tsk tsk.

yz mad happy with my nasi lemak. he helped me to finish part of it. :)

the nasi lemak is really tasty and so is hubbi's chicken chop w chicken rice.

but the food is really on the pricey side. dear insisted that i can get similar standard nasi lemak along kiliney road near his workplace for a much lower price.

ok, shall try that next time.

after the meal, we walked around suntec city.

the plan is to slowly make our way back to city hall station and take the train home.

happy me and yz

things start going haywire a short while after.

having too short a nap, yz started being cranky. and didnt want to listen to instuctions most of the time.

argh!

i regretted not bringing the baby carrier along so i can carry yr and get yz to sit in the pram instead!

still, i managed to get what i wanted - a pair of sports shoes.

finally, we settled at souperlicious aloing city link for yz's dinner.

their chicken broth soup is really tasty and seems healthy.

carrying yr who was starting to get cranky by now too!

after the meal, we had to go home fast as yr started his fussy acts.

he didnt want to sit in the pram no more! gosh.

had to resort to coo-ing/singing like siao char bor in the train just to entertain him for the ride home.

totally tired out by the time we reached home!

think we better skip the public transport for the time being if we are bringing both boys out!

both equally tired-out boys have been zzzing since 9pm.

now its finally hubbi and my turns to rest.....

in need of an exercise regime

its confirmed.
old age = slower metabolism rate
hence, to slim down, heck! just to stay the same weight/shape, i've to eat much lesser.
or kiss goodbye to sinful food.
so hard for both as i tend to eat alot of sinful food. *gulp*

imagine a world without char kway teow, HL milk, half-boiled eggs, jack n jill potato chips (!), magnum ice cream and OMG mac fries!
i cant do it!

so i decided i will EXERCISE.
even simple stretching is better than nothing.
just so i can continue to enjoy my "good" food.

first thing first, i need to get myself a decent pair of sports shoes (for my previous pair has disintegrated liao.).
next, will be to decide what sort of exercise regime to keep up with.
wish me luck, commitment, perserverance and most of all strength. *roar*
so jia you, jelly belly!

taken by jingting's trusty iphone

blurry but cute like hell