Admittedly, most of my Me-time (if there was any) is taken up being ‘online’ with me soaking my brain in the bottomless pit of the cyberspace – whether it is personal emails, news, blogs and the popular Facebook. And having a blackberry to supplement my addiction towards IT has without fail made me wonder if it was the right remedy to get a more balance lifestyle. Using IT has become a big part in my work and social life today, with it being the core of my profession plays a big part but I rely on it very heavily in my social and personal life too. I stay connected with my high school friends, my family and relatives who are all around the different parts of the globe. Writing up little posting like this one is another little hobby of mine. With my crazy routine I try to post at least once a month to capture the highlights that went on. Something for me to ponder upon when I am old and crusty or something that my grandkids can read up :p
Jayden playing in the backyard.
As all parents will tell you…kids appear to grow up so fast even in their own parents eyes. Jayden certainly grew up real fast…i suspect it may have something to do with the fact that he eats more than me. If you tried to constantly eat cereal through the day, coupled with his 3 large square meals, throw in about 2 to 3 bottles of formula and some ribena drinks…you would grow too……side ways.
June 2009 marks the 10th year I’ve been in New Zealand after I came with the intention of taking a break from working in Singapore and to give my blossoming relationship with by now darling hubby a go. I must say 10 years later, I’ve no regrets in choosing the path and happy with what I have achieved today. The things I want to do and accomplish is still ever growing and long but I am optimistic that I will get there and tick them all and be happy each day that I have with my beautiful family….
Flight of Dragons first released in 1982
A little awhile ago during a close family gathering, an aunt of mine mentioned how she had searched all over the web for a particular animated program that was released when i was still a wee toddler. For some odd reason, the mere mentioned of the movie title triggered a dormant part of my memory and so i began the search as well.
It was through the magic of the internet that i eventually found it. Ah the memories! The introduction, the music and just the 80’s style animation just made me feel like a real kid again. The best part is, the last time i watched this program was about Jared’s age, who happen to be sitting right next to me at the time. Who would have thought that the next time i would watch this movie from the last time would be when im in my 30’s, sitting next to my elder son, enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday?
This program still doesn’t seem to me like a kids program as the storyline is based around the co-existence of magic and modern day science. Dragons form the main storyline of course. Despite having seen so many modern day animated movies, i still say this one ranks very high in my books. The storyline is amazing and quite thought provoking since it borders between fantasy and science. If you think about it, religion and modern day science have a similar separation.
If you have never heard of it, i urge you to check it out and watch it. It runs for about 90minutes and has a great dialogue. For those of you who have, watching it again may just bring back a flood of memories that you might have kept dormant since you were a kid or young adult.
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Having used both a PDA phone and a Blackberry, I’ve come to realize that there isnt really a “better” one…not in my books anyway. I love technology in general so i figured i would just placed my thoughts down on the site and let you, the reader decide if it’s the type of mobile phones you would go for. Here are my thoughts.
I was recently privileged enough to get my dirty hands on the Blackberry Bold and have played with ALOT over the last week so here’s my thoughts on it so far…….
Took the day off work on Monday, needed to get quite a few things done with Jared. He came home last week with spots all over his limbs and we first thought it was probably bites from sand fly from the sandpit at his creche. Following on the next few days he came home with even more ‘bite’ spots. So after being away from the daycare for 2 days we spotted a few new ones. Eeks! Hubby and I started debating if its the worrying C-pox! Double Eeks! Now poor old mummy has yet to get the C-Pox (everytime she says or hears the word she gets the itch) so she got herself vaccinated (I like writing about myself as a 3rd person :p) . And when she followed on got both of her boys vaccinated as well at their earliest possible age.
So we were wondering if he could have had a mild case of C-pox and not wanting to bet on the chances we thought a visit to the doctors was inevitable. The doc gave us a few possible diagnosis….seeing that he wasn’t feeling unwell, she basically said…”it is either C-pox, hand, foot and mouth disease, bug bites or scabies” SCABIES!!?? We have no pets didn’t go near any but was assured by the doc that it doesn’t need to be near the vicinity of pets/animals to get scabies. And out of the possibilities the one that definitely required treatment is the latter. And its a simple treatment of applying a lotion all over from neck down and leave it on for 24hours before washing it off and there is no harm in scabies treatment even if its is not.
Anyway….the point of this post wasn’t just about spots….but more the little episode at the clinic around the waiting area. Jared and I were early so we sat around waiting for our turns. I grabbed the nearest National Geographic mag as opposed to the normal celebrity gossip while waiting. Thats when I had this bright idea of ‘educating’ my 4+ son!
Came across an article on amphibians and a nice little illustration on the life cycle of frogs.
Me: Hey Jared, this is a baby frog….it looks like a fish doesn’t it?
Jared (not interested with what I have shown him): Yeah I know, its called a tadpole Mum.
Me: Oh? You know this?
Jared: And see this tail (pointing at the pix), it will grow shorter as it grows and finally gone and into an adult frog.
[I feel rather dumb I must say but not giving up and turning into a page of variety of these slimy creatures]
Me: Now look at this frog, Jared…its much bigger and all bumpy!
Jared: Thats not a frog, its a toad.
[Oh dear me...I so underestimated my kid. Felt kind of dumb]
Turning over the pages there was this article on underwater creatures and this particular picture got my attention.
Me: Hey Jared, look at this picture here…its so colourful and pretty. Looks like flowers under the oceans right?
Jared: Its anemones Mum. They live in the sea bed of the ocean.
[I was completely blown away and speechless...and eventually just smiled and proud of my little boy]
We did heaps for the rest of the day, we went to the dentist for his annual check and gotten a good thumbs up and he was rewarded with Ben 10 stickers. And the other biggie was we went and got him enrolled into the school that we are zoned to for he is starting school 4 months time. Scary thought but time really flies…my little boy is going to start school soon! Eeks!
The site had been neglected greatly over the last few months partly due to the fact that our family had gone back to Singapore over the Christmas period coupled with a busy schedule. Since things were starting to settle down a little, i figured it was the best time to do a little clean up of our little home page. As you can tell by reading this, the revamp is finally complete!
August 2008
Yes it is now October but this is when I finally managed to post this entry up. August 2008 has a few significant events to me and I’ve been nagging myself to put this up but the excuses I gave myself were just too good…until now.
I haven’t been posting about Jayden since he was 5mo and we just celebrated his 1st birthday! (Bad mummy!) I have been using facebook (FB) more these days and posting photos in multiple websites (ofoto, Live space, multiply, Snapfish etc) for his updates (that’s my excuses this time). So I thought I better write up a post on his development for those who only check this site of mine. I have been harassed by my non FB friends for not updating much on my second boy.
