Gynae Visit - July 2017

Good news from the checkup. Dr Loh was pretty happy with what he is seeing. No thickness in the neckline.

Best part was being able to hear baby's heartbeat. Woot, relieved to hear things are ok. Meimei still have to go through the Harmony test just to be sure.

Look Of Love

This is what makes being parent so rewarding - When your child looks at you with their full love and passion.

It takes just one look to brighten up your day. Love~

Trip To Hillview - July 2017

Meimei always tries to bring OO to Hillview so she can spend more time with Grandpa and Grandma. There isn't a special point to these post except to share the wonderful grandparent-grandchild pictures and also the fun look on OO's face as she explores Grandpa's garden.

Lost Frontier

Doing two for two on Mikamobile games, decided to give Lost Frontier a try. It's a turn based strategy game set in the wild wild west.

The game started out ok, with steady progress and addition of unit types spicing up the gameplay. However after awhile, it gets tedious and there isn't really much variance in play. I've been at this for a little more than a week and already got bored and gave up on it.

New Playground at Heartbeat@Bedok

Heartbeat @ Bedok is finally opening. Most of the facilities will only be ready by the end of the year but they have taken down the barriers. I didn't know there was a children's playground till Mama sent pictures.

Wonderful! Another playground we can bring OO to. It's the cheapest form of fun and healthy too. Better than staying home and watching video haha.

Why No Say Thank You?

"Why Mami no say thank you .... just now?" "Mami! Must say thank you!"

Muhahhahhah we were in the bedroom preparing for OO to sleep but ended up curling in laughter. OO's beginning to mimic adults. Especially where adults tell her to do something. And the thing is she doesn't try to deliberately reprise the roles. She is cognizant of the situation a particular saying or instruction was given and uses it aptly when the opportunity arises.

I'm pretty sure she had picked up this 'thank you' phrase from school. And on top of saying it, she will have this serious look and will hold up her pointing finger to make the point. Pretty much as how a teacher would react when lecturing students.

I don't think this phase of her would be gone any time soon. I'm looking forward to see what else she can come up with. Hehehe *grin.

Battleheart Legacy

Having enjoyed Battleheart, I naturally went to the next instalment of the Battleheart series by Mikamobile. Battleheart Legacy is more in the vain of a RPG than a RTS. In terms of gameplay, it's simpler to control since you only have to focus on one character alone.

Although they try to give players a sense of freedom of exploration, you are still pretty much tied to a somewhat linear path since player levels drives whether you can clear a stage or not. Nonetheless I loved the game and managed to complete the game.

The only bugbear I have was that the game plus doesn't work on the ipad. It kinda killed my enthusiasm to try another build. Oh well ... on to the next game.

OO @School - Away For Long Periods

OO has been away from school for the past couple of weeks due to a bad bout of fever and flu. She missed most of the June excursions. Sigh ... she's back in school again the last week since Mama had to make a trip to Indonesia.

She hasn't truly fully recovered but we can't keep her out of school forever. Plus she has been very bored at home. Going to school gives her the social interaction and activity to curb her boredom and give Mama and Meimei a breather too.

Brown Meow

OO has been very attached to Brown Meow. At first I thought it was a passing phase like how it was with Orange Meow and Small Bearbear. But it's different this time, OO is playing make-belief with Brown Meow.

It's reminiscing of how I had played make-belief with Pokpok. I think Brown Meow may be her "Pokpok". I suppose the white paws and long long tail makes her more animated. Plus Brown Meow is better made, with pronounced figures like the ears, eyes, noses etc that OO can relate to as a friend.

I'm happy for her. Maybe some day she might follow in my footsteps and have Brown Meow as her Avatar. Hehe.

Water Apple

Dad has a new harvest of his precious water apples and we were fortunate to be there this week. OO loves the juicy and crunchy fruit and Grandpa is more than happy to indulge his granddaughter.

Dad even lets her pluck his flowers ... haiz they throughly spoil this little brat. Meimei and I hope to bring her to Hillview more often but the trip is pretty long. Thankfully OO is willing to get into the car seat recently so at least we were able to give the trip a try.

Dad gave OO a bag full of water apples, enough to last her for a whole week. We gave her one after dinner ... and if we forget she is sure to remind us "I want water apple!"

Friso Rocking Boat

We were at the Suntec baby fair yesterday to replenish the milk powder. OO has really come around. She used to refuse to drink milk but now she is taking to it. She does waste them sometimes, but much rarer these days.

Friso is giving away a car-ish toy again but we already have one of the powered car. So we opt for 2 sets of the wooden rocking boat. I drove over to Hillview immediately to drop one set off.

OO was all action to help me put the boat together. But shortly she was occupied with bursting the bubble wrap :-) It wasn't too difficult to put it together, though I wish the instructions had been better. There was no step-by-step booklet ... just simple step instructions on the box. I hope I had put it together correctly.

Battleheart

I've had this game on my wishlist for the longest time. It's still a popular game even after a couple of years. And I'm glad I finally got to playing it.

I like the evolution of the class type with a choice of skills and equipment upgrades. A simple game that is easy to pick up and play. The linear path does discount it a little but hey it's good for a 5 minute potty break :-)

A Bad Scare

I was at work when Meimei message that they are rushing OO to Thomson.

OO was hitting her head the whole day and complaining "pain pain". She is also lethargic and sticking to Mama and Meimei. Very unlike her normal bubbly self.

By the time Meimei got into a cab to Thomson OO is already looking very sick and sleepy. I was in shock when I saw the pic Meimei sent. Although I was in a meeting, I quickly excused myself and rushed to Thomson.

Thankfully when I got there OO seems to be better. OO had vomited all over Meimei in the cab. It seems she may have ate something which made her sick .... hmmm was it the cheese I fed her this morning? Whatever it is, I'm glad it wasn't anything major.

Anniversary 2017

It's been a couple of years since we celebrated our Anniversary. I think we went out for a simple meal for the last few ... but yeah I don't remember any of the details anymore. I guess the last two was because our attention and focus were on OO so the anniversary was just another day in the year.

This year our anniversary happens to fall on a public holiday so we had Mama help us babysit OO while we went for a couple's day-out. We didn't do anything exciting but are just as happy having me-time together.

Meimei brought us to Porta @Park Hotel Clark Quay. It's a modern European style cooking with a hint of Spanish influences.

Meimei claims that the pork tasted exactly like those she had in Spain. I'm not sure if they actually imported the pork from Spain but I suspect they have marinated it in the same style. Whatever it is, it tastes wonderful.

After the hearty meal, we set out for what most would class as a 'weird' activity on an Anniversary day. Today's the launch of a new Jujubee print and we were off to Race Course road to try and snag some goodies.

Due to the crowd, the seller adopted a lottery scheme of letting mummies with a certain pre-assigned numbers enter each half hour. Those who were lucky to get in early had first dips on the popular design and models.

As for us, we waited from 3pm to 5pm before we had our turn. It was a slight damper, especially when we had already been waiting for 2 hours just to get in, and another half hour or more to get to the counter to place our orders ... only to find that 80% of what Meimei wanted to buy for herself and friends were already out of stock.

We ended the day with another great meal at Ju Shin Jung at Guillemard road before heading to the airport to meet Mama and OO.

Evoland

Although I finished the game, it felt laborious in the later part of the game. I liked how it brought back fond memories of the Zelda and Final Fantasy series, but at the same token it highlights the flaws or weakness of the game play when compared to modern RPGs.

I suppose this is a one-off type of game. Unlikely would there be a sequel, not that anyone would want to play through 'evolution of gaming' all over again.