We've woken up early today but due to traffic jam and a little delay in leaving home, we were late to pick our guest up. As all of us have already had our breakfast and daddy's choice of office being nearby, so we decided to drop by for a look first.
We headed home for a chat after lunch and reading that I'm a little into the stress mode now, our guest advised me to try and de-stress myself(from everything), etc etc(before it worsens) and I'm now hoping/trying to do my best. Perhaps, I should really try and change my lifestyle/routine, hmmmm, that might mean even lesser blog posts(I don't really have the mood these days anyway)?, :).
After sending our guest over to Eileen's for some discussion, we headed home for a little rest but the repairer told daddy that the workshop is very dusty and it's better for us to collect my car today, so we went. Thereafter, we met up with Eileen and the rest for dinner and a last minute detour to Li's place for a mini mahjong session.
Sunday
Woke up early again today as Renee's got a free trial lesson to attend at the Thinking Loft. The premise's very small/cramp and so I didn't stay to watch the activity(ies) that's engaged during the lesson. Although the brief assessment on Renee was pretty good but during the last few minutes, daddy, whom had been watching outside, wasn't impressed and told me not to waste time/$ on it. Personally, I don't have any comment I've not much clue as to what's being conducted during the lesson as we've left her there and gone to get our stuffs done but I do agree that the fees are being set on the 'too high' side - given that the premise's location, space constraint and the experience of the 'course' providers. We should have gone for the playdate at Go Go Bambini with Wae Shuen and friends, :).
After our lunch at Compass Point, we headed home to rest before heading out again. We had decided last minute to go to Vivo City for Mothercare's supervisor to check on the 'princess carseat'. I've got the info mixed up and we had to walk over to HabourFront's branch and the supervisor was very nice to accompany us back to the carpark to check on the carseat. He suggested an exchange upon a check on the seat but when we went back to the store for the exchange(told him to go back first so we can walk slowly with Renee), he told us that he's double-checked the set in the store and that the cushioning part was omitted from ours. The option was then to proceed with an exchange or to just stick to our current one with the cushion portion of cos, which is better than nothing. We looked around and unable to find any suitable(only 3 highback booster seats are with the 5 point harness and 2, including the one we have, are convertible to booster seats) or nice, we decided on the latter.
After the incident, daddy is now more careful in his selection of the car seat. He had earlier wanted just a booster seat for its convenience but now, even a high back booster seat(without the harness) is no longer in his list, :D.
Earlier, I've not related an accident that we've witnessed on Thursday when the workshop driver was sending us home. The collision was between a motorcycle and a Taxi and the rider was thrown off his bike. It was another shock to see such an accident so soon and that had depleted my brief idea that to give up driving and take taxis instead - which might not be a good choice since there're no car seat in the taxis and taxis are usually of asian made vehicles. Oh man, I think this is also a reason I'm stressing out, hahaha.
Anyway, conclusion : since my vehicle is smaller, in comparision to daddy's and I ferry Renee in and out everyday, plus she tends to sleep in the car, we've shifted the 'old' one from daddy's car to mine and the 'princess car seat' to daddy's... It's a choice of either me getting backache from the constant process of carrying Renee up and down from the carseat which is raised higher by its base or Renee's safety. Of cos the 2nd choice is of priority. To help ease me from straining my back(which will be almost immediate), we've told Renee to go up and down(with me holding on to her of cos) on her own and she's agreed after a trial run, :D. However, I must be prepared for the non-co operation I'll get from her from time to time, especially when I've to wake her up from her nap upon reaching our destination(s).....
Oh ya, at Vivo, I remembered about the cleaning agent Eileen's recommended and I bought 2 boxes. However, both Eileen and Li had forgotten on its actual usage direction, so I'll have to try and email the instruction to my Japanese SIL for translation, :D.
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