Welcome Alyssa Koh!

June was really a mth for babies! Christine and TY welcomed their 2nd daughter Alyssa on 30 June.

This time around, I took a cab from work. I did not want to have to deal with the bus and/mrt and risk getting there late.

I think she is the heaviest bb of the 3 :)

The proud daddy.

So cute ....

The happy Godma.

Unfortunately throughout the whole time I was there, I was busy working :( Managed to find a little free time to take a few pics b4 I was banished to the couch .. busy on my phone.

SIGH

We left pretty late and by the time I got home, it was 11+pm.

Congrats to the happy parents and Godma :D

Dim Sum Buffet!

Haha, we have been talking about Dim Sum Buffet since Shanice was in the US. Now that she is back, we finally get to go!

This was the same place that they took my sis for her bday when I was not around. Its called Zhou's Kitchen and it by the Tung Luk group, so the food was pretty good.

We got there pretty late and the buffet was going to end in 15mins! Luckily, we talked to the person in charged and she told us that we would stay till 3pm (it was supposed to end at 2pm)

Check out the amt of food that we ordered! But it only occurred to me when I got home that we did not have any siew mai!

The gang ... Christine was going to pop anytime.

We headed down to Orchard to check out some baby stuff @ Toys R Us but did not end up buying anything. My sis had to leave first as she had promised my mom that she would go to some dialogue session that my mom was helping to organize. I told her I would go back later so that we could drive my dad to work. My mom is still worried about having my sis drive alone, esp at nite.

Shanice, Huiyi, Evon and I headed to Starbucks @ Wisma where it was more talk and gossip :) But it wasn't too long b4 it was time for me to go.

I text my sis so that they could pick me up from the MRT station and we would go to the airport straight. However, my dad was driving and instead of heading to work, he drove home. At first I thought maybe it was too early and he wanted to go home for a short while, cool down a little b4 going. However, when we got home, my dad started to look really flustered.

He said that he wasn't feeling well and was trying to find a thermometer. He said that he has most of the symtoms that is stated on the after care sheet so he needed to check his temperature.

Even though he did not have a fever, he was feeling real bad and so called in to work and we drove him to the A&E.

Because of the H1N1, everyone had to put on a mask when we entered the hospital.

We were given a number.

It was a long wait .. we got there at about 2100hrs and there didn't seemed to be alot of ppl but still it was a long waiting session.

I entertained myself by login onto the hospital's WIFI and then msning my friends. They were discussing about the Europe trip.

My dad finally came out close to midnight and told us he would be admited. They told him he could go home with the tube inserted but he did not want to have to deal with it on his own.

They were able to clear the old clot and thus there was no more blood present.

There was no more A1 ward so he had to stay in a 4 sharing ward.

By the time we left the hospital, it was 0045hrs. I was dead tired and had to find my way home. Luckily it wasn't that hard to figure out and once I got to the CTE, it was the home stretch from there.

P.S. My dad got discharged from the hospital and is on 8 days medical leave. He is doing fine. Thanks for all the well wishes :)

Welcome Zuo Yibing 左怡冰

Tingjia and Zuo Wei welcomed their healthy 3105gm baby girl on 16 Jun. It was a pretty long labor for TJ but both mother and daughter are now doing fine.

Huiyi and I went down to visit them @ Mount Elizabeth. Shanice was supposed to go too but had a headache so did not. We got there about 7.45pm and stayed till past 9pm. No one came by to chase us away :P

Anyone want to buy 4D? Hahaha.

She was sound asleep for a few moments.

Opening her eyes to peep .... who are u? what do u want? why are u taking pics of me? WWWAAAAHHHHH! Ok, I'm done ... nite :)

Well, actually she wasn't. She started crying as she was hungry and so TJ had to feed her. TJ is doing complete breastfeeding which can be real frustrating the first few days when the milk hasn't fully started.

2 babies, one more to go ... my prediction is 22nd June. Hahaha, lets see how accurate I am, if it is really that day, EVERYONE needs to go buy TOTO, ok?

Welcome Rachel Tan!

Mommy Elsie and Daddy GX welcome their daughter Rachel on 10 June 2009.

Huiyi and I decided to go visit them on Fri. I managed to get out of work early but stupidly chose to take a bus down to Thompson Medical Center. The ride took more than 1 hrs and halfway through it, I told myself never EVER to take the bus for long distances!

By the time I reached the hospital, it was slightly past 8pm. I went through the quick questionnaire and temperature check (H1N1 precaution) and then rushed up to see the newborn.

Us with the proud parents.

Sleeping Rachel.

Daddy bundling up Rachel.

Little goodie bags that Elsie asked me to take more of as she was checking out tmr.

We stayed till pretty late and was finally chased out twice by a nurse at about 9.30pm.

Really happy for them ... CONGRATS!

Dad's minor surgery.

Umm, I guess I should have a warning - If u are squeamish about blood (there is a pic) and talk about surgery/operation/medical issues then skip this post :P

Well, my dad has been having some problem with his bladder .... something to do with his prostate. He had trouble peeing and sometimes could not control his bladder. He was put on medication for a while and it did help a little but it did not cure it.

Therefore, my dad decided to go ahead with the operation. Now that my Dad is still working, he covered under his company's medical insurance. He actually said that if he wasn't, he would not do it!

Anyway, my dad checked in on Mon and had the surgery on that day itself. Click here if u want to know more about the surgery. We didn't go to visit him until the day after as he was out for the most of the nite after his surgery.

Because of the H1N1 epidemic, the security at the hospital was pretty tight. Only 2 ppl could visit a patient at a time. There was also a queue where u have to register and where they checked to make sure u were not having a fever.

My mom, sis and I went but because only 2 were allowed, I went up first with my mom. However, soon after we got into my dad's room, my mom gave me her sticker (everyone needs a sticker and we had to pass one onto my sis) and I used that to sneak my sis up. Hahaha .. I'm sure we were not the only ones that did that.

My Dad's single room ... very sparse.

He still had a tube inserted and his urine was still bloody the day after the surgery.

Visitation was quite strict and at 8.30pm, we were told to leave.

Because the only wound was internal, my dad was able to be discharged the next day and will be on MC for a week or two. He is recovering well.