Good but Emotional...

The 3 of us went to the office today but we have to send the A6 to service first.

Later in the afternoon, daddy's got a call from an ex-colleague citing a new business opportunity(I had thought it was a client) and they were to meet up around 5pm. Since we're unable to pick up his vehicle with this arrangement and he's going to exchange the damaged golf bag at Paragon, I told daddy to drop us at Robinsons so we can shop(I need to utilise the redeemed vouchers) whilst waiting for him.

Renee had woken up very early this morning(maybe excited about going to the office) but since her 'Dua Peks' were also in the office to play with her for a while, she managed to stay alert til we hit the road. With this power nap, she transformed! She was such a good girl the whole evening that I bought her these, lolz :

At the cashier, I was told that there's member discount on this already on offer top! Hurray

However, despite the fantastatic behaviour, she got abit emotional too. Once, she sat down quietly and when I asked why she looking so sad, she said "why you pull me out from the childcare?". We of course, have already explained the reason to her. Done at Robinsons and after our delicious dinner(it's very yummy to her, hahaha) at Noodle Palace rest., we proceeded to the new OrchardCentral but it was even quieter there and when Renee sighted the sofas, she requested to take a seat. She was soo happy that she kept snapping pictures with my mobile but after a while, I got sooo bored that I didn't even wanna continue exploring the new mall and took her back to Centrepoint, hahaha.

When daddy told us that he could only pick us up after 9pm, I decided to go browse the shoe department at R to pass time and whilst sitting there, I teased Renee by waving to her(but I wasn't waving 'goodbye' to her nor did I give any indication of leaving her there in pretense) and suddenly she ran to me and almost teared...I was totally puzzled and asked her why but she didn't want to answer me.... :(.

*when daddy came to pick us, he told me what the meeting was about and if I had known earlier, I would have dissuade him from going - is it worth the time spent there? It was a MLM seminar that he was brought to.

Withdrawal

We've decided last night, to withdraw Renee from the CCC.

There are many reasons behind our decision but to cut things short, these are the main ones :

1) Daddy's been busy 'outside' and thus, the need for me to go to the office has also lessened and it'd be silly for me to just bring her all the way to CC which is @ West Coast on those days when I'm not really needed at the office.

2) She's getting naughtier - has since picked up bad manners/temperaments/vocabs(not mentioning the not so nice taiwan tv serial song). Can't imagine if we've placed her with a neighbourhood centre.

3) Weather's getting cooler and soon more 'sickness' cases will arise(H1N1 has been reported to be on the rise when weather gets cooler).

It's a good thing that we've told the centre right from the start that Renee's stay with the cc will only be temporary and that we might pull out after 1 school term. Sooo co-incidental that our decision came in just right on that timing! And we appreciate Mrs Teoh's kind understanding to allow us to withdraw her immediately and did not even charge us for the 1 day she was there yesterday. Though this has been pre-informed in a way, we still have to thank her and we've requested her to thank the teachers on our behalf for the care they've rendered to our Renee.

Many concerned has asked if I'd be placing Renee back with the pre-school(after the current sch holiday week) since that was my initial plan. But now, I feel that these changes in such a short time span will not do her any good. In addition, there still isn't much to be achieved academically at nursery level and for the same reason as #3, I think it's better to let her stay home til next year when she goes to Kindergarten I. I also hope that our new home location(if we are really moving) and etc will be more settled/finalised by then so we could make the necessary arrangements accordingly, big headache for me...

When we informed Renee about this decision, she wasn't happy and tried to behave better. This morning, she woke up and requested to attend 'school' tomorrow and I must admit, we almost relented but as this is not something we've decided just the very last minute and since it's just a matter of time, it is perhaps the earlier the better.

I just hope from now on, I'd have enough energy to keep her occupied, besides her keeping herself busy with her toys...

Instant Re-delivery

DHL delivered my parcel at 12:15pm but we've left the office at 12:05pm. Upon returning to the office at 1:30pm, I quickly called the no. given on the notice and after some minimal hassling to re-arrange another delivery, they finally agreed(given that they've mistaken our office as a pte housing estate and had delivered during lunch hours) to make another trip down between 3-5pm since the next one at 7-9 would be too late and we won't be in the office tomorrow.

At 3pm, I received a sms update from that that my parcel is now with the courier again and here's what indicated on their web :

Delivered - Signed for by : xxxxx / 15:43

Singapore - Singapore / With delivery courier / 14:51

Singapore - Singapore / Delivery attempted; recipient not home / 12:15

Impressed? I know I am, at least with this shipment(which is also the 1st time I've 'dealt' with them), :)

So, now it's waiting for the postage of my other sprees' items, heee...

A Good Nap :)

We'd skipped 'school' and office again today. No no, not becos of yesterday's incident(actually the more I'd like to hear from the teacher on what/how the other girl's parents had commented/reacted) but daddy had a few errands to run, so we'd have to pick her up earlier again and we wouldn't want a repetition of today's tanthrums she's displayed at the car polishing centre yesterday, :>.

I had planned to bring her out to Compass Point - yes, by train! But the weather forbidded us to do so... :( So, we both went to take a nap, heeeee.

Daddy had just came home to park his A6 and he's left again, by taxi(heee) to pick the S60 up. He won't be coming back immediately though as he had a few other places to go to, shall see if he could be back early to take us to the mall, then perhaps I could give the car a test drive, kekeke.

Janice called me just now 'cos I've told her earlier that we're contemplating if to resume school earlier with Kinderland preschool and she told me that the school's got 2 H1N1 cases currently and though that particular class has been closed for a week, it is however not a good time to return. I told her that we're only thinking about it last night and had actually thought against it in the end, 'cos it might not seem convenient afterall to go by trains - though it'd do mommy good to burn off the extra weight gain, lolz. Anyway, still too early to finalise anything, so things shall still remain for the time being...

New Car?

After we've picked Renee up yesterday, daddy took us to view the car he's set his eyes upon when I told him that he has to also sell his car. However, what I wanted him to replace it with is a smaller car(so that in the meantime, I could still drive it occasionally to do my stuffs since he's too lazy to fetch me) probably a 1.6/1.8 or even a 2.0 but in a medium sedan size but he doesn't quite like it and this, a Volvo(the only brand we know so far, that has in-built childseat) S60 is small to him. Haiz, anyway, it's still managable(to me) as compared to his current A6 I guess...

Renee hasn't been practicing on her violin since her lesson on Sunday and with 2 songs to achieve this time round, we'd made daddy REMEMBER to bring up the violin on Tuesday night. Last night, we got ready for practice but guess what? The violin, having been left in the car for 2 days(bumping here n there) is sooooo out of tune! Haiz... another day without practice. If we're unable to get it tuned by tomorrow evening(Ms Mok just informed me that she won't be back home til 9pm at least for the next 2 days), then I guess we'll have to skip this week's lesson...

Finally, Phew!

Again, another 'lack of sleep' day for me today and Renee too! Why? 'cos despite being tired and sleepy, she didn't fall asleep(or was woken up when about to, due to daddy returning home) early though I've tucked her in before 10pm.

And, after almost 2 weeks of hassle(created by the dishonest dealer - TW) and complaints to the relevant authorities/associations last week, the SVTA, not condoning the acts of the dishonest dearler, had told us that this matter(regarding the sale of my car) will be resolved BY today. Good as their words, we finally got the transaction finalised(with payment) this noon, via another agent. The dishonest dealer even got the cheek to get this agent to request for their letter of indemnity back from us, hahaha, OMG!

We're still not sure if the authorities/associations would be strict enough to penalise them and even get them off whatever seats they're panelled on with the associations, so as to prevent them from continuing to use these good names to trick/swindle others in the future.

Wake Up, Darling...

Having slept late the past 2 nights and only got home after 9pm from Li's last night, I woke up a zombie today. Since Renee's more or less adjusted to the new 'school', it's gotten harder and harder for me to wake her up in the morning. Each morning, I'd have to 'play' with her in order to get her fully awoke and get up. Now it's struggling but I'm feeling the frustrations setting in...

As a client has invited daddy to a group lunch today, I had to pack something back to the office(for my lunch) after breakfast, which I did, with another bag of fruit - 'Luk Gu Bang Sak'? heee. Enjoying!

However, when daddy came back to the office around 3pm, he told me that we'd be picking Renee up early as his overseas client(let's name him Mr T for easy reference in the future, heee) is here again and he has to send us home first so he could take a nap as well. He must be happy lah, don't have to shower princess. :D.

Since her violin lesson on Sunday, we've not began any proper practice and I thought, since we're early today, perfect! We could do with some practice tonight but Renee, when she heard me telling her about practice, went to the room, came out and told me this : "but mommy, we've forgotten to bring the violin home again". Oh man, what a waste!

The Walk

The taoist temple at Jurong is celebrating one of the Deity's birthday/big day(if I'm not wrong abt the title) and as it's the biggest event of the year for this temple, daddy had gone for the pre-prayers last night and came home around 3am(according to him this morning). Today, the ceremony started at 4pm.

Renee was unhappy that we're to pick her up early so daddy told her we'll just pick her up after he came back from the temple. However, he didn't count that things might be delayed and I guess, it had been quite impossible for him to phone me since he's helping out at that moment, I only got to know that he'd be later than the latest pick up time at the CC - 7pm. He never seem to register anything that I've told him before! Men! I've told him before, about the pennalty that some CCs would impose on parents for picking their children up late - I supposed this is to prevent parents whom happily leave the children there whilst they have their dinner/get their stuffs done. It's not so much about the penalty but the fact that the both our girl and the attending teacher have to wait, just isn't to my liking(if I can help it). He just told me to tell them we'd late or I could walk/take a cab there. It was already past 6:45pm by the time I knew that he'd be late and thus I decided to rush and lock up the office and WALK to the CC(I reckon it's gonna be hard to hail a cab from there and Also, going by the correct route, via car of cos, it takes only about 5 mins, so it seems kinda silly to take a cab?). Anyway, being the route direction blind me, and partly due to the rush, all that I had in my mind then was "oh no, already so late, my Renee how", it didn't occur to me that I should have gone the same route as I would have if I'm still driving. Instead, I chose the wrong route, thinking that it would also lead to the destination. Aiyoh, sooo silly of me! . In my heels and the lack of 'walking exercise', I began to feel the ache in my legs and I was lost! I phoned Mrs Teoh to confirm the road's name since she's unable to help re-direct me to the CC from where I was - if they're not able to, then how could I, a West area alien find my way out? Luckily the main(small) road wasn't far and I managed to hail a cab. Renee was the only child left in the CC and I thanked & apologised to Lao Shi whom had stayed to look after her. I guess it's because this was a genuine delayed case and that we've always been one of the earliest to pick Renee up, so they didn't penalise us like what we've heard other CCs would normally do.

I've requested for the cabbie to wait for me whilst I went into the CC to pick Renee, so we don't have to walk back nor stand near the main road to hail for another cab. And when we were near the office vicinity, daddy phoned... He's already on his way back, aiyoh, why did he tell me that he might take a while more! *Fed-up*

Anyway, we were all hungry, well, more like the both of them, I was more tired than hungry... and Renee, being 'hooked' with Dian Xiao Er's food, requested to go there again. So, we ended up at one of their branches @ West Coast Plaza, :).

Dishonest Car Dealer

Today, the unscrupulous car dealer gave us more problem. Why? According to them, we did not pay them service charge, thus they're not liable to do anything for us and in this case, if we don't do our own adminstrations or whatsoever, the indemnity they've provided us is void. What nonsense?! In the market, the proper/correct rule is that the buyer(the one whom has engaged their service) has appointed them is the one whom has to pay for their services - which they would have attained from the commission they would obtain from the buyer's loan, insurance premium. And for that, whatever that is required for them to fulfil the deal, be it documentations or any services rendered, they have to ensure the job's done. And how can an indemnity given be voided? Ridiculous! Good thing we've got the relevant documentations from them(I've to insist from them).

In any case, we'll be bringing this matter up with the various related authorities. We wonder how many customers(who aren't aware of the usual pratice) they have swindled into paying hundreds of UN-necessary administration costs(their own policy, not market practice's).

The Hand Over(mommy's car) II

The buyer had phoned daddy around 3pm yesterday and requested for the hand over at 5pm but later on, more delay cropped up with his car dealer(he's got a car dealer to handle his documentations) and yesterday's hand over was postponed.

This morning, his car dealer phoned daddy and informed him that we'd need to pay him 1.5% for their service. WHAT? This company is obviously trying to pull tricks with us and daddy told them off. There's no such practice in the market(we've even double-checked on this with a couple other dealers to ensure that the market practice has not changed over the last yr) and we didn't even engage their service. Daddy then informed the buyer about this nonsense and told him that this company is not an honest one and suggest to him to talk to them. If need be, we could even recommend him a reliable dealer. The buyer said he'll speak to them but we waited a while without his reply and thus, daddy gave him an ultimatum - deal off after 5pm today. Minutes later, he phoned back to say that everything's settled and will meet us for the handover at 1pm.

We got to the dealer's office at 1pm and as the buyer's late, we went for our lunch. By the time he arrived, we've already wasted an hour. The 2nd half of today was totally wasted, no thanks to this dealer, whose ignorance of the standard paperwork requirement further delayed all proceedings til 4:30pm! During such time, we were made to turn back(having asked them to get the matter sorted out before we would hand over the car, we were already on our way back to the office) and there were quite abit of haggling on documentations for they did not want to give us the letter of release when the bank loan has been approved, on Wednesday and WILL BE SETTLED to them, including our balance payment by next Tuesday! In this case, how can we release our car over?! Geez. To think that they're 'CaseTrust' stamped, OMG! I mean, if they can't trust the bank to deliver payment, who are they to expect us, who don't know them at all, to trust them on the payment?

By the time we've finally handed over our car to the buyer(crossing our fingers that this dealer will really release the balance amount to us within 2 weeks - which is already a ridiculous arrangement since the bank loan is already approved and will be settled by next Tues the most), the 3 of us were totally exhausted, all from the frustrations we've got from the dealer - if only the buyer would just take our suggestion and go to the one we've recommended and save us all the trouble.

*The details of what had taken place during those irritating hours would make one's blood boils, so I'll spare the info. Can u imagine, up til the time we've handed over the car, each time daddy's mobile rang, he'll go "oh no, what is it again this time". Yes, it is that bad...

Daddy's client had phoned him about his arrival earlier today and that meant no family dinner outing for us this evening. And now that I don't have a car, daddy has to send us home for our dinner... This shall be the way-daddy sending and fetching us, for the time being and I'm ok with it except that after hving driven for ~1 yr 4 mths, I'm beginning to be dependable on its convenience, hahaha. Well, as long as it's just going to the office and home, then it's still fine and in fact, suits me more than fine(reason as cited in earlier post, heee) but going to my personal 'treats' on my own like facial and whatsoever, would deem errrm, un-'appealing', kekeke.

The Hand Over(mommy's car) I

Last evening, we were informed by the buyer that his loan application has been approved and that we could hand over my car over to him after the documentations, so whilst Renee's in the shower, I quickly went down to unload my stuffs from the car(so as to avoid lugging the stuffs to & fro today).

This morning I drove Renee to the CC again(this time, not needed only for the purpose of handing over the veh.) but when daddy met me at the office carpark, he told me the buyer mentioned there's been some hiccups and he'll inform us again when to hand over, aiyoh, I've unloaded literally everything from the car already! Waste my time lah. I really don't enjoy driving home from the office as the traffic is always super heavy with big trucks and the cars are usually either moving very fast or slow that makes lane changing tough(though still manageable la 'cos I'm not completely new, heee). Worser when it's after 6pm, JAM! However, it had been a challenge to me and although it's brought on a little 'stress' for not so experience driver, it's given me an opportunity to drive in 'mad traffic'(comparable to driving along Little India during peak hours) more often, hahaha.

I had been sooo happy that I could finally just relax in daddy's car from this evening onwards but with this piece of news, haiz. Daddy, on the other hand, cited 'regret' again last evening that the car's to be handed over, hahaha. He had liked this car as well and he said that perhaps we could find another of the same model but one with the new facade, hahaha. Ya, I don't mind 'cos I like its features and outlook too, but I hope we'll only get it(if this is really sold) when Renee's resumed schooling with the Preschool! I don't want him to get me another, after going through the trouble of selling this off, just for the sake of HIS convenience! It would be a waste of $ as I see it to have it parked at the carpark most of the time OR in order not to have it parked there, made me drive 'un-necessarily' when we usually come/go and to/fom the same place, right?

How's Renee's reaction to this sale? She said "Haiyah, I don't want other people to buy mommy's car! Oh mommy, you must remember to take out the CD ok!". Then "papa, you must buy another car for mommy ok, buy one with the arrow arrow(she's referring to the Citroen's logo)", hahaha.

Aqua Doodle

Both Renee and I woke up abit later today at almost 10am, as we're not going to the office, hurray! Daddy did not confirm if we'd be going out today, so I made a last minute appointment with my hairstylist to do something to my hair and I quickly rushed out after getting Renee's lunch ready.

I've thought to maintain the current length and thus, the option to soft straighten my hair to tame the natural wave so as to tidy the look. I had forgotten that it's the weekend and was surprised at the fee I was charged, geez! I better watch my spendings from now on, heee.

Anyway, as I was almost done at the salon, Daddy sms-ed me to check on the time I'd be back - why? 'Cos we've placed an advertisement on my car and there's an intended buyer who wanted to view it. Due to hurrying back home, I've not enough time to check out on the item which Elsie wanted. But good news - the car's sold and now it's just waiting for the buyer to revert if his loan with the bank would be approved.

Now that my car's finally 'sold', I'm actually having mixed feelings. First of all, kinda 'un'-bear to let it go 'cos I like its features and it being my first vehicle(in fact, I learnt later that it's not just me, even daddy felt abit 'wasted' to let it go, hahaha) but on the other hand, besides cutting the wastage of having an extra vehicle when we usually travel in daddy's these days(else he'll arrange to go golfing and make me bring Renee to the CC and to the office myself 'cos he can't stand the idea that my car's idle at the carpark - he seemed to have forgotten the times when 1 of HIS was also parked idle and I took cab with Renee!), it is also a form of relief to me as I can be relieved from the route stress for now, hahaha. In any case, with its sale, we'd have to monitor on how things are going to be and unless if there's a need to, we shall stick to 1 vehicle for the time being.

Daddy had to drive my car to the buyer's for his view and whilst he's out, Renee requested for me to play with her again but feeling abit tired, I asked if she'd like to exchange her 20 stars for a new 'toy' instead of waiting indefinitely for the princess crown set(well, it's a rule breaking act 'cos I've told her earlier that her toy exchange cannot exceed the amount of S$10, heee). Initially she had said no but when I told her that it'd be something fun, she agreed. She even went "oh thank you thank you, mommy" when she saw the item(something which I've bought for her long ago, but havn't got the chance to let her use it):

The Rainbow AquaDoodle

In the evening, we thought to go check out the new ION shopping mall since we'd have to go to the Tonkichi restaurant to collect our card and vouchers, but it was so jam pack in town and by the time we got out of the traffic jam, we only managed to get a table @ the restuarant at almost 8:30pm, so we have to go straight home(oops, forgot to get the item for Elsie again...well, we did stop by Orchard Hotel-where we parked the car, 'cos Renee wanted to 'go to hotel', hahaha).

Breakouts!

Facial to the rescue!

It was only 2 wks ago that I've had my long postponed facial treatment but last week, since I've started helping out at daddy's office, I began to experience breakouts! It could be due to the stress from the rush and not having enough rest/sleep(actually I should say, even lesser hrs of sleep, heee). So, although I've already fixed the next appointment on the week of my birthday and the home prepared masques are just not strong enough for such 'outbreaks', thus, I'm going for another today(of cos after checking with daddy if he'd be needing me at the office) since my skin badly needed remedy. Well, the best remedy would of cos be to have enough rest, sleep, but this is quite impossible, so...Daddy's seen the 'effects' of the 'stress' on me and thus, he said to go ahead.

I'm glad I went and today's therapist was someone whom had attended to me during my earlier visits. Not sure if it was because she was pretty new then but I was surprised to enjoy a very detailed service from her today! Very happy, :).

Our 'home coming' timing seem to fit perfectly today as Daddy and Renee had just arrived when I was just about to leave the carpark and so, it's early family dinner time :) which is good as we need to have our dinner early(or rather, Renee had to, so she could have more time for practice, rest/play before bedtime).

Half Day

Daddy would be going to the office late today so, it's me again, to bring Renee to the CC myself. It was raining cats and dogs this morning and that slow-ed down the traffic. As such, we got to the CCC only at 9:45am(daddy could have got there earlier, heee).

As we have a seminar this evening, we decided to bring Renee back home earlier, instead of the original plan of bringing her to Eileen's direct from the CCC. With this arrangement, we need not let the teacher shower her so there goes the washing of hair every Wednesday, :). This, however, was protested by Renee, I guess she had enjoyed the play time with her friends whilst waiting for her shower at the centre, lolz. However, knowing how much time the teacher would have on each child on such activity, we would rather do it ourselves, thus the new arrangement(as long as our schedule permits) - esp. after Renee told me how fast each of their shower(including those who opt for full shower which incl. hair washing) was, at the centre.

On our way home after my lunch with daddy, I, with the imfamous route direction blur-ness, took the wrong turn again, hahahahaha and the GPS is certainly not really helping! Daddy gave up and directed me over the mobile phone, heeeee.

Renee had fallen asleep in the car but when we came to the end of KPE and I asked if she'd like to check on the new stock of the princess crown set(just to wake her up, heee) and she said yes, obviously, :). With that, I got to get some groceries and by the time we got home, it was already close to 3pm. Told her to go nap first whilst I hurried over the chores and getting the ingredients of her dinner ready. Then, at 3:40pm, I tried to take a quick nap but was woken up at 4pm by loud knocks on our door. It was the 'mosquito inspector', hahaha. Anyhow, I needed to cook her dinner, so I gave up trying to resume my nap and not long later, daddy came back, waking Renee up.

After our seminar, I even managed to tuck Renee in by 10:15pm today, :).

Mac Delivery!

I'm here at the office alone again today. Daddy has happily gone for his golf game and I took Renee to the CC myself today, which made her very happy of cos as she said that she prefers to take my car - why? 'cos I've got a CD filled with many nice pop songs which she's learnt to like, hahaha.

I tried to rush 'cos she would be having her Speech & Drama enrichment today and Teacher Diana has told me yesterday that the children would be getting ready for it at around 9:30am. We arrived at 9:30am, :). Upon reaching the classroom which is upstairs, Renee's new found 'good' friend, Li Ling came to hold her hand, aiyoh sooo sweeeet...

I've noticed yesterday that the bottle holder has been removed and I heard from Renee earlier that the girl named Rachel(one whom had been giving sweets to friends in the CC) had pulled it off, haiz.

I had wanted to stay and look at how the S&D would be conducted but it's not an out-sourced class(by 1 of the centre's teachers), so I didn't. I personally would prefer enrichments to be conducted by external sources. Nevermind, it's only temporary, so just let her try out and see if she's enjoyed it, :).

I had only had half a cup of decafe-d coffee + a slice of plain milk bread at home and since daddy won't be in the office til 3pm+(I don't feel like driving out for lunch alone myself, the places here quite unlike town's) and suddenly remembering Macdonald's delivery, I ordered their breakfast set with a M latte and extra sides! Usually I couldn't even finish the whole set, but today, I ate up all, geez! lolz. Sure to put on weight man, what with going around in a vehicle, eating so much and no physical work at the office? Hmmm, talk about 'vehicle', I think perhaps I should speed daddy up on the sale of mine man, so he'd have no excuse to keep golfing and made me go to the office myself! :D.

Back To CC

Renee woke up ok today though she's woken up once in the 'night'(perhaps, wanting some comfort from me) and so I decided against cooking her meal(anyway, not enough time also, hahaha).

Spoken to Mrs Teoh and cited that there're some sick children in the K1 and K2 levels. Confirming that they do nap in the aircon room(the kids would be sleeping in the aircon room with fan! but they would still be all sweaty again after shower) and unable to have it off, Mrs Teoh suggested that perhaps what they could do was to try and place Renee away from the aircon duct(have they been putting her near it? Haiz).

This could just be a transitional thing but we'll monitor the situation for the time being.

Standby

It could be due to waking up early for the past few days, Renee had woken up early again today. I had made the mistake of sleeping late last night, thinking that I could perhaps sleep til 10am since PX would be coming only at 10:30am. The chatter of Renee and daddy caused me unable to resume my sleep, so I also got up when they've both left for breakfast.

PX was a little late and arrived when we were about to leave for Renee's violin lesson. Ms Mok must have anticipated quite abit of mistakes today(as she's also aware of Renee would be going to the childcare this week and that we both wouldn't have as much time to practice), 'cos she seemed surprised when she complimented her and even asked me how she get to practice, hahaha. Well, the fact is, Renee only started with the CC on Wednesday, thus there was Monday and Tuesday available, hee(but Fri and Sat totally no practice, :<).

She's got another new student today and they came right on time at 12pm, so we had to leave on the dot. Ms Mok's very nice I would say, 'cos she told me to bring Renee over earlier next week(perhaps cos she tends to waste time by displaying unwillingness to co-operate immediately).

Renee's fever had subsided for now but her phelgm's still there which means her body is still heaty. In this case, perhaps I'd better be on the standby to cook her meals for the next few days, in case her fever returns(NO PLEASE !)*double crossing fingers*, then at least she could have her meal when we bring her to the office.

Many Questions?

Being excited that she could finally wear her dresses today(we told her that it's better for her to wear shorts set in the CC) and she woke up earlier than us today, even before my alarm went off! She appeared better and we went to the office.

It was probably due to the medication(bal ones on standby) I've given her, she slept on the way there. She had wanted to resume her sleep on my lap but later decided to get up and boss-ed/played around the office, :).

We didn't stay long at the office today as we wanted to bring her to the doctor. We've not decided earlier as to which clinic to bring her to and seeing that she seemed to be a little better, we went to the GP. Although she appeared to be recovering but from the phlegm she's spat out, it's obvious that her body's still heaty. I must remember to boil barley water for her tomorrow.

When we got home, all 3 of us had a nap(well, obviously I had the shortest as I had to handle some chores - only 1/2 hr nap, heee) and we headed to my mom's after her dinner's cooked/packed. On the way there, I told her not to play too wildly and try not to talk so much since her throat's not well and she said "can you tell aunty lili?", hahaha. I asked why I would have to do that and she said "cos aunty lili will say 'tickle tickle'(that's their little game 'cos she kept asking why and she'd normally 'shout' from fear of being tickled) and I told her I'd do so. Daddy however, told her that she should in this case, stop asking why and before I even told him that he shouldn't input this to her, she replied him "but I have many questions, that's why", hahaha.

She's not practiced much this week and had not done any for the past 2 days, so hopefully she could still get her pass from her teacher tomorrow...

3rd Day - Fever

It's my turn to take Renee to the centre this morning as daddy's got an appointment nearer to our home. It took me a little longer to get Renee up from bed today and because of the delay, I have to ask daddy to help me change her and tie up her hair, :).

We managed to reach the CC by 9:30am and they were just getting ready for the playground which is within its own vacinity. Teacher Diana passed me the list depicting the amended time-table before I left and on my way down/out, I glanced up to have a last look. Renee, as usual, had looked 'fragile' amongst the other kids.

Oh ya, just when she was led to the classroom, she was told to put her bag outside and not sure if it was before or after teacher Diana's asked me if she's taken her breakfast, she went to bring her bread box out hahaha. We told her there's no time unless she's hungry but she said she's not...

Daddy got back to the office at 5pm and minutes later, I quickly went to fetch Renee back to the office first. I was surprised with her asking why I took so long to pick her up, as her mother, I sensed this is not going well and later in the evening, whilst having our dinner at Dian Xiao Er(her favourite) @Vivo City, I felt her already warm body getting warmer... Oh man, not so soon! Just 3 days at the CC and she's falling ill?! Arrrgggghhh. However, she had finished up her food including the soup and even requested that we shop awhile first. We did that, but after I've paid for my stuffs, I felt her body even warmer and we decided against her wish and headed home. As I'm also feeling very tired, I told her that we'll skip practice today and before I began showering her, I hugged her warm body and guess what she asked me? : "mommy, is it now your heart pain pain?"(we've told that our hearts hurt if she gets hurt or falls ill).

I just saw daddy brought her out to the toilet, she had vomitted a little - mainly phlegm. Haiz. We have to go to the office to tend to some work tomorrow and I guess we'll have to take her to the doctor as soon as we're done, poor girl, :(

2nd Day

Was informed by Eileen yesterday that she'd be going to the market today and daddy told me last night that I could go office later and handle the foodstuffs first and he'll take Renee to the CC. Reason being, his client will be here today and he's to meet him and I'd have to tackle many things after picking Renee up.

Renee had slept late last night, not sure if it was due to the nap in the CC, so it's a good thing daddy decided to try to go out in a later timing. I woke her up at 8:05am and got her to drink her milk. She managed to poo today which is good since she didn't do so yesterday, hahaha(gross topic? lolz). I went over to Eileen's after they've left but after I've handled the food, I got sooo sleepy - the irritating mosquito was back again! and since daddy didn't need me there so early today, I told him I'd take a nap first. After about 40mins, I got up, put the rest of the ingredients to the slow cooker(Renee had complained about 'pain' and pointed to her throat y/day so I thought it'd be good to boil some soup for her today) and got myself ready.

Earlier, when I was reaching home from Eileen's, Mrs Teoh phoned to say that since they'd missed me this morning, she's requested the teacher to do up the revised time table and pass me a copy tomorrow and re-assured me that Renee will not miss any lessons after the amendments. I clarified with her that actually it's because there might be some occasions when we would be late or even have to pick her up earlier that I needed to see the adjusted time-table to make sure that I could plan ahead on those days, :).

It was a smooth drive at that hour and I got to the office at 12:30pm but daddy's already left to meeet his client(he had sms-ed me on his way out) so I ate my KFC lunch alone...

With the minimal work required of me at the office, it was a good thing time didnt pass too slowly and daddy got back just before I left to pick Renee up.

Back home alone with her(daddy gotta have dinner with his client) meant I have to do everything on my own - rushing to cook our dinner, shower her. Luckily her practice was pretty good tonight so we managed to save some time - she even asked why it was so short, lolz.

She had appeared alittle tired today and indeed, she didn't protest when I asked her to go to bed at 10pm. However, daddy's untimely return just as I was about to read her the story messed the 'routine' up. Not wanting to deprive her from her fatherly affection, she ran to him but that delayed her bedtime quite abit. Guess she's really tired cos she fell asleep almost immediately after the story reading, which was already close to 11pm already(or was it due to the aircon? lolz).