7th Feb Amore's magical DnD 2009

We had our Dnd at M hotel this year and i really thank God for this chance to meet up with our frens and colleagues. Many companies cancelled their Dnd due to the current crisis and i am glad we are blessed.

I was appointed committee member for the 3rd year (I think or 4th, cant rem). It means many meetings and work to do while all others are enjoying. But I guess it was all worth it. The show ended with many thanks and positive comments. It leaves us feeling happy and appreciated. This year our committee members were just so amazing.





Coming 8 years with Amore was really a magical Journey. From a young gal who was rebellious and have a mind of her own transformed to who i am now. I never see myself staying with this company for so long but i am really glad i stayed on. Amore see my growth, my changes and groom me to who i am now. There were lots of unhappy, stressed and frustrating moments too but which company doesnt?





Together with our re branding campaign, we are moving Amore to the next level of success in Singapore.


Out new company vision - 'More than I am'


Mission - To Discover, Inspire and Fulfillment


Through the years in Amore, I discover a side of me i didnt know existed and i inspired many of my friends to start exercising and of course i find fulfillment in what i do and i know i have made a difference in someone else life. I never regretted joining Amore fitness


Other then winning the Lucky draw (I won a Cash card with $50 value), I was also awarded Outstanding Branch award for Bugis Junction. Thank God for the blessings. I will work hard for this year again.






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5th Feb Tiger

Haven got time to blog recently as i was busy preparing for the court hearing yesterday at Labour court against hubby's previous employer. We won the case. Thank God.

Just a quick update about Ryann.
Recently Ryann have been really mischievous, climbing up and down, running and screaming everywhere. Even after numerous times of 'Nos' together with beating of his hands and what ever other methods i could think of, It doesn't worked at all.
Sometimes, it is really frustrating till i lose my cool. I dun really know how to teach him the right way and he doesn't seems to respond to me either. I wonder if i could really be a wonderful mother. =(

Ryann took his 2nd prevnar jab on Tuesday and did a review with Doctor Tan. Doctor Tan said Ryann is a bit slow as he doesn't know how to point to various parts of the body or recognise certain items yet. She said that one of the possible reason could be confusion. We uses different languages and different names on him thus he might be confused already. Thus we have to standardize one name. Language is pretty hard as mum is the main caregiver. hopefully every thing is gonna be fine.

Ryann loves the 'Tiger Beer' advertisement and one evening while watching the advertisement, Ryann said:"Ger" (As in Tiger) *Faint
1st word - Mum Mum (Food)
2nd Word - Ger (Tiger Beer)

Ryann sure love to eat and Drink. (Of all drinks, he choose Tiger Beer *faint)

I must start to read up some books on parenting. Argh... =(

p/s: Ryann weighs 11.3kg standing at 83cm tall.

1st Feb Ryann's 4th class at GUG

Today's class seems to be very different from usual. We have new people in the class and we also have a new teacher in the class as well. Teacher Aze is going back to United Square thus Teacher Wei will be taking over her.

Ryann didn't cry during the class but however he is very inattentive. Kept running away during the zoo bag segment. He was not keen to listen to the teachers.

While keeping the toys, Ryann show his cheeky actions again. He proudly go to the tray and action put the ball back to the tray but he didn't let go of the ball at all. At the same time, he tried to grab another ball instead. **Faint

Today we learn 2 new rhyme but i cant memorise them, first it is quite long, second, Ryann have been so wriggly and i spent most of the time trying to catch him back. Phew.... Using the rhymes, we manage to teach the kids up, down, left and right. Which was quite fun because there were activities and movement.

Today's letter is E. E for Ellie Elephant. We also introduce 3 other words that starts with the letter E. Elbow, Eggs and Earthworm. At the sight of the eggs, Ryann immediately walk to the teacher and said mum mum. I was pretty amazed as i don't remember ever taught him before. Smart little boy and also a 'tam jiak' one.

However, Ryann paid full attention during the full Zoophonics song. I realized that he like flashcards alot. Maybe i will consider buying the Zoophonics Flash cards. I hope it will be useful.

Today's art work is using glue and yarn. The yarn resembles earth worm and we can do some activities with them such as counting the earth worms and hand and eye coordination. Ryann only enjoys painting the glue on the art paper. But he refuse to touch the yarn. Thus he did the painting of the glue and i did the sticking of the earth worms.

Music segment is in the music room but just 2 songs cause we were running out of time.

p/s: mum said Ryann is scare of snake. They were playing the wheels on the bus vcd on animals for him and before the snake came out, Ryann will run to find my maid first. So funny.

31st Jan Shin Memorial service and photo book for Ryann

Went to Shin's memorial service to drop my donations. I didn't stay for the whole event as it was pretty crowded and i need to rush back to mum's place to fetch Ryann. I saw Josie and Toby playing with other kids and i am glad they are coping well. Tony was talking to some friends but he seems to be coping pretty well. I didn't want to disturb them thus i left silently after leaving my donations and an encouragement note. I hope this small little effort from me will be able to help some other people in need as well.

In the room, Shin's photo were shown on the projector and there were many other photos of Shin with Tony,Josie and Toby. Those were so nicely taken. Shin is so beautiful in that picture. It was the same picture that she have requested to put in the locket she wanted to give to Josie. She told Josie that even if one day she is not here anymore she will always be in her heart.

(Picture courtesy of Shin's blog)

Pictures can speak a thousand words. And this picture does its wonders to me. On the way back home, I was thinking about Ryann. He is already 16 months but other then the photoshoot pictures, I don't really have nice pictures of him. Maybe i should really start to consider taking my camera out every time instead of relying on my phone. I have always been very tempted to get a better camera too. Maybe a DSLR but wait till i find someone who can teach me photography.

Photo bring back memories. Unlike before, with digital cameras, we hardly develop photos. Maybe i should be more hardworking and start on the photobook for Ryann. The photo book software was installed on my desktop for ages but i have yet to even try to explore. Not really sure how to do it but i heard it is pretty user friendly so i am determined to start soon.

So many things to do yet so little time..... Can I have 48 hours in a day?

28th - 29th Jan Ryann and his mum mum

As i was working late, i only manage to reach home at about 11pm. Ryann was asleep already. I went to peek at him, only to find him tossing and turning around. I thought I heard him mumbled something. Guess what i heard?

Ryann said:"mum mum" In his sleep!!!!

This little boy is really so hungry? Can even dream about asking for food in his dreams.
Make me laugh. Mum said that was not the first time already. He said that in his sleep once at mum's place before too.

I really cant help laughing at him. So cute.

This morning, we had breakfast before leaving for work. Ryann as usual asking for his mum mum again. I asked him to kiss me then i will give him mum mum. And he really kiss me!!!! That was really rare! Although his kisses were not those sweet type (more on those wet with mouth open type) but it was enough to melt my heart.

However certain tricks can only be used for a couple of times, soon it didnt work anymore. =(

** Draft blogs finally updated in previous post.

26th Jan - 28th Jan CNY

We always had new pyjamas every year and on the eve of CNY, we will put our Ang Baos in the pocket. Of cos we brought new pyjamas for Ryann but we could find one with pockets thus all his Ang Baos are kept under his pillow instead.

New Winnie the Pooh matching bed sheet with us and new pyjamas. CNY is always fun for children but not for adults.

This is the first year we cant celebrate CNY. Thus we were mostly at home for the first day until late afternoon when we went over to my grand ma house at AMK. We cant go visiting but most of my relatives will be visiting my grand ma thus we meet up there.

Ryann as usual got pretty upset when he saw so many people in the house but after a while he started walking around the house already. This year is considered the first CNY for him cos last year he was just a baby in our arms. This year he is already a walking toddler. How fast time flies.

He cant wear the yellow top i brought for him for new year thus i dressed him in camo green set. He is wearing 18months - 24months set. Blame it all on his tummy. =p

For 2 days, Ryann only napped once a day. By the time 8plus he was already pretty cranky already.

And one reason why Ryann is called Ah beng in SMH forum, this was how he behaved in a coffee shop.

Overall, CNY was very boring but working was boring too as i have to work till 10pm to cover my foreign colleagues who went back to their hometown.

I hope next year will be a much better year ahead.

28th Jan Goodbye Shin

This is a last minute blog post although i still have a couple of posting which was left as draft post because i didn't have time to finish blogging those.

I have just got to know Shin left us yesterday afternoon peacefully in her sleep. She have fought hard and strong. Her strength and determination amazed me each and every time i read her blog. I have been following her blog for quite some time already. Together with Molly's blog and Fleur's blog.

Shin is a proud mother of 2 beautiful kids, Toby and Josie. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in Dec 2005. Through her journey of fighting the cancer, she found more tumors in other organs. Despite all these, she still fought her own way. She never give up on any chance to improve the quality of her life with her husband Tony and her dearest children.

In her blog, she shared many of her heartfelt feelings about facing death and how she live her life with cancer. Most importantly, she shared her amazing love she had for her family. She wrote letters for Josie and Toby so that Tony can passed it to them when they reached a certain age. She already brought their birthday gifts ahead. She had videos recorded so that Tony can show Josie and Toby when they start college. I really wonder how much courage she need to be able to do that.

She is very good at writing and ever since the birth of Josie, she started writing a diary about bits and pieces of her life so that one day when she is gone forever, Josie and Toby will know more about their mother.

Her blog never fail to give the motivation and encouragement every time i had a bad day. As compared to what she have been suffering from physically and mentally, all my little unhappiness seems so small and uncalled for.

Her amazing fighting spirit and determination will stay forever. I am sure Tony, Josie and Toby will be so proud of her. She have fought a long journey and she didn't lose the battle as her fighting spirit is already imprinted in many of our hearts. And i believe this will continue on forever.

25th Jan Ryann's 3rd class at GUG

Today is CNYE but class as usual at GUG. One thing different is hubby came along as he need not work today. That was a rare opportunity for him to have some bonding time with Ryann but i didn't know what he was thinking, he rather not go in. Anti Social fellow.

Today, Ryann did very well in class. He didn't cry at all. maybe it is because i manage to learn some of the songs and practise with him at home. Thus he doesn't really feel insecure.

Today we learned about D. D for Dee Dee Deer. Teacher Russell and Teacher Arze taught the Dee Dee Deer song as well. I realized that basically they share the same tune of music thus it is pretty easy for me to practise in advance with Ryann.

Some other words they introduced was Dot, Dog, dragonfly and Drum.

One observation is that usually they will repeat the same type of songs during the warm up and the last segment. Today i managed to learn few more songs.

First would be the Sit down song. (Tune similar to London bridge is falling down)

When you are ready, sit down, sit down, sit down

When you are ready, sit down on the mat

When you are ready, tap the mat, tap the mat, tap the mat

When you are ready tap the mat, tap the mat.

Second would be the Special Song (Tune similar to Where is thumb kin?)

You are special

You are special

Take a look

You will see

Some one very special

Someone very special

And that's me (You)

And that's me (You)

During the art segment, we were given this dragonfly cut out and Ryann should try to decorate it with sticker dots and special dots markers. We were asked to encourage our kids to peel off the sticker so as to train on their usage of the thumb and index fingers.

Ryann wasn't much interested about painting the dragonfly, he is more interested with playing with the paint.

This is last week's Corn art work.

So far i am keen to continue the class until they complete the full 26 alphabets. I guess i just have to work harder to pay GUG. They are really not cheap.

I am still procrastinating if i should buy the zoophonics card from GUG or from Zoophonics school. Will share more about that soon. Hopefully, Ryann will benefit from this class.

22th Jan Cry baby Ryann

Ryann was crying when i left him at mum's place for work. Seeing him cry makes me feel like taking leave to stay at home for him. However i know i cant.

Ryann have been showing his emotional mood swing recently. Throwing his tantrums when he doesn't get his way.

This active little boy cannot stay still even in the taxi. After telling him to sit properly for so many times, he still ignored me. Then i sort of scolded him in a stern voice, then he quietly sat on my lap and dozed off after a while. I love to use the ''Love Parenting Style" but this little one really super hard to handle recently. Phew....

Some pics of him at plaza singapura today. Cheeky boy loves to 'drive'.

20th Jan Ryann knows how to walk back home

Ryann knows how to walk back home himself. He walked to the lift lobby today and waited for the lift. He loves pressing the lift buttons. There was once he pressed the bell. Luckily i managed to stop him on time. Of course we were the ones who pressed the level 4 for him.

When the doors of the lift open, he will walked towards our unit himself and stop right in front of the door to wait for us to open the front door. So happy to see that. Ryann is really a big boy now.