New Mahjong set for home

Since the return of our usual weekends 2 weeks ago, the MJ routine continues. Bought a set of new Mahjong tiles for home as the current set does not have the 'FEI' tiles!

Choose the blue tiles after some comparsion as beige looks good but seems too 'nude'. Gold was nice but too bright and aunty said that a layer of blur layer will form once it gets contact with water.

TA-DA, new baby in the LIM house

Damages: S$75 (but fully recovered from the game, haha!)

Pregnancy: 1st purchase for baby

Mega John Little Expo Sales: 4th - 14th April 2013

Did my 1st purchase for baby over the weekend!

After 5 months of 'shopping with no buying' policy as I didn't want to buy too early and keep them in the waredrobe, I finally made my 1st purchase for darling girl from FOX baby.

Usual price: S$50plus

Offer price: S$16

For now, this has to be kept in the waredrobe for at least 6 months as it is only good for 3 - 6 months old babies.  

I got the following for S$40 - $50 per set for baby nephew and it's now on promotion for S$16 each only *heartpain*

 



What goes along to the check out counter includes diapers for newborn, S size, pureen fruits and vegetables washer, baby body wash and toy for nephews, and of course, something for ourselves, a set of bedsheet and comforter set.

Usually, such fairs are worth a visit as prices will be generally cheaper but make sure you have an idea of the 'original prices' as not all goods are worth a buy.

Total damages are well controlled as we spent less than SGD$250.

Takashimaya Baby Fair 2013

Taka Baby Fair: 14 - 24 March 2013

Besides the bi-annual expo baby fair, this is a fair that parents will look forward to as most of the well-known baby brands will be participating and offering discounts off the shelf prices. We decided to drop by to check out prices for stroller and some of the baby products too.

Lg fell in love with BabyTrend, Close and Cozy Bassinet and playpen like it was a 'Love at First Sight' and insisted on buying. It was 90% close to what we wanted to have and comes along with an electronic music center with volume control, nightlight, and vibration. Sounds all right and perfect only for the fact that I thought it was too early to buy and we can always return to get it.

But well, payment was made after walking around as Lg was worried that it might not be available as it wasn't displayed at the baby department, and promoter said that they did not participate for the last Baby Expo fair.

 

Close and Cozy Bassinet: up to 4.5kg.

Playard: up to 11kg.





42"W x 27"L x 31.5"H

Invested: S$250
 

Other deals seems recurring and will be available soon again so nothing else was bought.

Come to think of it, this was a fair that I'm very familiar with. Setting up for baby fair and standing at the baby department at Takashimaya during my poly days seems so long ago but memory stands clear.

Saw many familiar faces, those were the Aunties and Uncles whom I've worked with and I'm amazed that they are still working for the same brand. Although we often say that Singaporeans don't stay in a job for long and turnover is high, but out of 5 faces that I know of, they are still hired with the same employee.

Time sure flies, can't imagine that I'm now a mother-to-be (MTH)! I used to watch MTH spending their fortune away at a baby fair, and it's going to be my turn soon!!!

 

Daddy's daddy and daddy are getting all busy late at night to assemble it to ensure that all parts are good. What mummy did was just to sit by the side and read the manual guide... such an easy job!

Happy news

It is with great joy to share that I am confirmed positive, with a baby girl!

Today marks the 20th weeks and 3 days of our precious :D

Numberous visits have been made to the gynae and yesterday detailed scan confirmed that the little one is growing healthily inside my stomach!

I'm sure hubby is a great daddy-to-be and will try his best to become one!

*cheers*

Chinese New Year (Snake 2013)

As I thought we were still struggling towards the end of last year and looking forward to our HK trip, everything was already over and it's time to celebrate Chinese New Year! Whew... how time flies!  

CNY meant it's time for everyone to gather and meet up to celebrate the new year with lots of well wishes. Which means, it's also play-time with all the little ones!!!

   

Such cute clothes will only look cute for children and it's proven!

CUTE!!! 

CUTE CUTE!!!

Happy 'Snake' year everyone with good health and wealth!!! 

With a brand new start, we look forward to our new addition member of the year!

2nd Family Trip: Hong Kong (Day 8 - Farewell HK)

Hong Kong: 23 - 30 January 2013

Time flies and it's the last day in Hong Kong! Had a long night packing our luggage and squeezing everything into the respective bags. We didn't do a lot of shopping and most were either gifts or local snacks that we are bringing home! 

Checked out of our apartment and went over to another apartment to deposit our luggage as it was still early and too troublesome to move around with the number of luggage we have!

Met Nai Nai at Mongkok today for dim sum lunch and as usual, their dim sum standard never fail to meet our expectations. No photos are it wasn't nice to take pictures of food while dining with and elderly.

Look at the number of luggage that we have carried despite minimum shopping plus the hand-holding kids, whew! 

It's time to bid goodbye to Hong Kong, and it was definitely a memorable holiday for all of us! Thinking back and looking through all the places that we have visited, I guess everyone has done a great job! Ha-ha. 

2nd Family Trip: Hong Kong (Day 7 - Macau)

Hong Kong: 23 - 30 January 2013

Took a MTR to the ferry terminal and got a little lost as we headed to the wrong terminal. The one that will bring us to Macau is at least, another 20minutes walk away!

Finally managed to get hold of ferry tickets to Macau, yeah!  

Main motive to visit Macau was of course, to try out our luck at the casino. As we didn't want to be cheated by those touting drivers at the arrival, we walked around and asked for directions at the free-shuttle bus area. It's like a shuttle-bus interchange with a lot of buses to bring you to the respective casinos. 

Showed the map of a few places that we wanted to visit but still can't get our way out to those museum etc. Landed at one of the well-known casino - Pu Jing and ventured out on our own from there.

Looked for awhile before we managed to find an eatery for a meal. Shops there were mainly either pawnshops or jewelry shops. -.-'

Macau was a beautiful place but only good for adults. It has a lot pretty lightnings and structures with unlimited choices of casinos to visit. We almost hopped onto a cab to bring us to the tourist spot but were glad that the uncle can't be bothered to do our business. He pointed straight up and said, you guys will reach within 10minutes. Indeed, we reached the tourist spot shortly and it's filled with Chinese New Year decorations!

This is how they cook 'gao luck', what our uncles did in Singapore was to keep stir frying it on a wok. The uncle there, they put their hand into the following - burning stove!

   

Baked fresh, yummy! We bought quite a bit of the biscuits from the shop, thought of buying it for new year since it's only 1 week later from our trip. However, came to realized that most have very short shelve-life. Some have even expired before we notice it :( 

After shopping, the guys went to try their luck at the casino while we brought kids to continue walking around and waited at one of the park. 

Soon after, we hopped onto the shuttle bus that we randomly spot at any hotel lobby and head back to the ferry terminal. Kids were too tired as they have ran too much at the playground. Fell asleep throughout the ferry journey back to HK and woke up feeling very grumpy. Haha... 

Bye Macau, you are beautiful but only good for gambling!