8 of 12 months of 2017

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. Again, I got down to this right when it is the last leg of August.

The birthdays of 2 countries falls in this month. Singapore's 52nd and Malaysia's 60th. I am not so patriotic but Singapore is always home for me. Speaking of which the song "Home" always always makes me tear. It is the only patriotic song that touches my heart, hitting all the right chords. Then the usual patriotic songs like "Stand Up for Singapore" and all the good ol' songs that truly speaks Singapore. Am really old skool like that, I am not is big favour of all the new ones, it just didnt speak to me.

So ya.. I started my August with an appointment with the Gynae for my bad cramps and all. She suspects Endometriosis first after a series of interview questions, did my PAP smear (again) and a few other tests including HPV. I was then scheduled for an ultrasound scan on 29th August, and a full review on 11th September.

My eldest came over with her kids again the first weekend of August, and Marryssa had a good time bullying my niece.. She made her sit, cook at her kitchen station and just that. My niece even got a long lecture when she stood up to talk to me.. Pfft.. Baby M, Baby M, my niece came before you,  you know. she too deserve my time, you know!

A virtual abuse on my niece. Haha.. Poor Kakya, had to wash off some food by Baby M! :p

 On the 9th August, we met up with my friend, his wife and son for a good slow hike at Chestnut, Bt Timah. Let the pictures speak for a bit.

The kids getting tired and seeking refuge with Daddies to carry them. Heh!

Enjoying the greeneries and nature hand in hand.

My friend brought along StingRay Sambal from the BBQ he had the night before. Yummy, I tell ya!

Afterwhich we head for breakfast, home for a good nap and met again to watch some fireworks.

We went for some water fun first. 

And then we changed to someone a little more patriotic clad in red to watch some fireworks.

No pictures of fireworks, because I was too busy watching the crowd and keeping an eye on baby M. :p

11th August is Baby M's sports day which i promptly attended and participated. I tore my jeans from a small fall during the game. LOL! Competitive parents we have! Hahaha. Watching the kids made my day. They all look so cute and lovable! Enjoy as the pictures speaks. :)

I ordered Takoyaki from a neighbour. It is so yummy!! And opted to self collect on a Sunday.
A dedicated review and details of this to follow later on!

After I collected these yummies my sister called to say my mom's knee pain is getting intense and need us to be there to get her to go to the hospital, and if she agree have my husband to help push her on the wheelchair. So to the A&E we went.
High uric acid and low potassium, yup. Gout, again! With her low potassium, potassium drip was required and she struggled with pain.

With that, it ends our 2nd week of August.

I took Monday off to sort my mom out at the hospital. Tuesday came and she is ready to be discharged with a back to back schedule to get her on her feet again. Some medicine she has been taking seem to have caused her potassium to deplete faster than it can be absorbed, so that needs to be looked at.

Soon after, life gets back into routine. I had my mom over to my place and cooked and have some family time. I had quite a lot of Teachers' Day orders streaming in and whilst my mom is around, I took time to complete my eldest niece's order for her mini bolster cover and baby weight pillow for a friend.

3rd week of August, and I wish it can go past fast to meet Saturday for MND's family day at USS. Life is getting really routined, with Baby M scheduled to be with me from Thurs after school right thru Tuesday morning, it will be a little hectic, but I guess it will all be worth it. I hope she enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed her company. Her presence makes our house messy and noisy, but that is exactly what made our house a home filled with memories and laughter. I love you Baby M, so so much!

And so the day came and went! We booked Amara Sanctuary Resort, Sentosa, the only downside to this otherwise wonderful place is the time they took to let us get into our rooms. We reached ard 1pm, I paid and asked for early check-in. Although there were no promised made, I would expect to at least get checked in at 3pm on the dot, but we didnt.. They made us wait and made me approach almost all the front desk staffs for our rooms eveyr 15minutes or so. We only got our rooms at 3.30pm! I find it ridiculous considering it is one of the top notch hotels. I dont know why it took forever to get our rooms ready... Perhaps a later check-out person, but all three rooms? I should have asked for a complimentary late check out or free breakfast, man!

Anyways, I got an offer for you use via this link . Simply make your booking thru that and you will get 10% refund after you check out. Extra cash for shopping after checking out of your stay, why the hell not, right?

And so, we all checked in sans my husband as he was working..

We are at Level 4, so we were greeted by the Skypool before heading in to our rooms.

I had wanted to dip in the pool at night post USS, but as always... pools always don't happen for me.

As I had to rush around, Baby M get some bathtub time with my niece and sister... And she gave me these pictures, pre-USS...

Someone enjoying youtube fun there...

And with Uncle Daddy...

When I got back there with my husband....The Q was crazy!! Glad Baby M got in way ahead of us with my sister, so it is just me and husband enduring this twirling queue which lasted for about an hour (if not more!).

It twirls and twirls, I tell ya! Crazy much!


I met my sister and the rest at the Transformer ride. Obviously, Baby M didnt take that ride.

Oh Baby M is wearing a top that I just tested for Sew Like My Mom (A special dedicated post will be up soon!)

 She asked my niece to take her picture while I was away (I think I went to the ladies, or something)

She is getting excited for the Madagascar ride. "I so excited, but I scared", she said. 

Post-USS

Yep, she knocked out as soon as we left... Poor baby!

And she slept through all night!

She was all ready and happy for another round of bathtub time the moment she woke up!

We then got ready to get our brunch.

And before we knew it, it was already time to check out.

My baby was well asleep even before we stepped out of Sentosa. I guess she was exhausted.

I made this tissue case cum pouch the other day to bring and test this out. It was just as I had envisioned it to be. Convenient and helpful!

I got back to work on these and deliver it the next day.

So yes, we took order for these for Teachers' Day, and Alhamdulillah, we received positive sales. So glad everyone benefit from the orders!

And I also had fun working on this give away that I conducted few weeks ago! Finally got round doing this. I shall do a separate post about the software I used to create this.

Beautifully stitched!

I am proud, and it looks so nice!

I also went for my gynae scan, all came back normal, Alhamdulillah!

I received her portfolio. So proud of her achievements!

On 30th, Baby M did a Tawaf Stimulation and it is just oh so cute to watch her and her friends do it with the ihram and telekungs.. May we all be granted the opportunity to do our Hajj together, Baby M! 

31st, Baby M has no school. So she will be in my trusted niece and nephew's care. Hopefully she will be kind to them before I come back to be with her! 

And with that, we came to the end of August. Fast eh... September will another month filled with my hospital appointments. Hopefully it will all be good with no concern to worry about.

I will be working on three post which I promise above. Hope out soon!

Until then,
Jun

Wassalam