Coolest bag company in Australia

Hey all, how is the Christmas preparation coming along? Busy huh? Well, the story is the same on my side, with so many visitations and get togethers, I am looking awfully tired (really missed my beauty sleep). Oh, by the way my god parents are in town for this festive season and I thought I would dedicate this post to them...;)

Especially for my god mother that has started her own line of bags!!:) Take note of this blog folks, who knows it might just have some historic value when this coolest bag company in Australia becomes the best bag company in Australia, and who knows maybe in the world!




Her concept is really cool, using old materials to make bags. Otherwise, people would usually throw away the old banners, old tires, but for her, it becomes bag materials. Isn't that cool knowing that everytime you purchased a bag, you are doing your part for the environment?

Well, I thought that was pretty cool so I yak abit about her company. Anyway, this should be my last post for the year, I have so many parties to go to that I think the rest of the time I should be catching up on my beauty sleep.

For those that missed my blarring, you just have to make do with my animated video slide shows for the time being. And this is singapore cutest baby reporting off for 2008...

Cheers...

Eugenia pretty in pink

I think my folks are obsessed! we all know how mummy likes to shop and now it is daddy's turn. After making a not too bad slide show on my birthday, suddenly he felt like an oscar winning director.

Like he says "dun let those photos go to waste". So, now he prepares a set of pretty in pink slide shows for me, don't know what else he has in store for me!:) But, anyway, it doesn't cost me any effort, so I am pretty okay with it.

Well, Christmas is coming and am really looking forward to enjoying it as a grown "person", last year I was so small (couple of days old, so could not really enjoy it).

So, how is your Christmas going to be? Here is wishing you and family a Merry Christmas and a great year ahead! Future is uncertain and 2009 might be bad? If you are celebrating Christmas and believes in it then 2009 can only be good because:

God is Jehovah Shammah, he is always there. "I will be with you...for I am the Lord, your God..." Isaiah 43: 2-3

I think this cookies are great! Do support us in this coming fund raiser.

There is a fund raiser coming and we are going to be part of it! Most of you folks might not know about this, but my mummy makes great cookies (she has a secret on how to make it so good, cannot tell though). This was the feedback that we got after we packed our cookies and send them out to friends and relatives last Christmas.

They loved it! In fact, the cookies was so well received that it might be one the items for a fund raiser. This cookies fundraiser would really test the strength of mummy baking.

If we collect a lot of money from this fund raiser, it meant that mummy baking "has arrived". Competing for the same pool of donation would be folks that would be selling cakes, drinks and even games operators.

So, the folks that come to this fund raising activity would be spoilt for choice and as mentioned the only thing that make or break this cookie fund raiser is mummy's baking, keeping fingers crossed now...

Eugenia is one year old!

I thought it was a special day. We went to church early then mummy and daddy zoom off leaving me with granny. Grand daddy came and fetch us later, I was make to dress like a princess (in white). It was so uncomfortable, but I have to admit that I look Goood...:)

We arrived at a place, it was quite far but a very pretty place. There are balloons, streamers, and many happy faces. I saw many familiar faces and also some unfamiliar ones.

They start wishing me "Happy Birthday" -Oh...today is my Birthday Party!:) How come no one involves me in the planning stage -I would have wanted my party MORE pinky!:) Nevertheless, it was beautiful... I love it and I would like to thank everyone that make this party possible.

Grandmother perfect cuppa

December is a beautiful month with so many activities packed to one single month! Just parties alone, and there are more than my ten little fingers can count! But, this page is about coffee maker ratings that is so beautiful that most of you would let out a "sigh" and maybe some of you would have tears in your eyes.

My mummy wrote that rating page many many months ago, and that was long before me -the singapore cutest baby even existed! That page was about the coffee, the beautiful experience that she shared with her grandmother, it is a simple cup of coffee but filled with such love and other positive emotional stuff that it is worthy to be rated the world best coffee!

Very often, in the search for the best coffee, we would looked at the machines, the beans and definitely the NIP (nutrition information pane, especially these days, you want to make sure that there is no melamine!), but have you consider how are you having them?

Mummy and daddy was just discussing the life that was lost in Mumbai recently. The lady was so young and would definitely have a full life but it was all taken away from her, but reading the reports, they know that she live a good life.

Life after all, is not about what you have, but what you are. And what you are, comes from the impressions the rest of the world has about you. The young lady has nothing but positive comments, which means she lives a good life.

Even Mummy's grandmother with her great coffee has live a good life. She has done a thing that nobody can take it away from her! She has brewed coffee that is etched in the memory of my mummy forever. After all, you cannot really beat coffee brewed with love, right?

I am not ready to do my coffee maker ratings (I do not know when I would be able to do that!), but if you have a story to share and inspire the rest of us folks, just click on that link and let your emotion run (there is even some free stuff to download!)

After all, stories are what define humanity, do you really believe that the numbers in the bank meant anything to you if there wasn't a someone to share with? Moments and memories are what we live for, and recently more important with the spate of negative news floating around...

This krupps coffee maker is wrong!

When I grow up, I am going to make sure that I master my spelling well. So that, there would not be any mis-communication or embarrassment. I am thinking of the recent krupps coffee maker saga that involves daddy and one of his good pal.

If you have been following my writing, you would know that daddy loves his cuppa. He reads about them and make some money writing about them. He consider himself to be sort of a coffee machine guru. So, he was not too happy when his friend told him that there is no such coffee brewer known as krupps coffee maker.

So, they banter for a while, with daddy telling him how this machine is supposed to look like and the friend telling him that he cannot find any machine that matches this brand. In the end, daddy's friend is right. There is no such brand krupps, there is however a brand known as krups.

And of course, there is a coffee maker that matches the description that daddy says. Well, it is sort of a happy ending but you can see how confusing life can be when a word got spelled wrongly.

They are just talking about nonsensical stuff, can you imagine what would happen if they are talking serious things. I guess this is how misunderstanding comes about and maybe even how wars are started -wrong spelling...

But anyway, do you know that in the end the friend ended up buying that coffee maker online (as they are arguing and they are trashing it out on Google). This is one of the reason why daddy remembers this coffee machine vividly.

It is a real value for money. Retailing at only $40, this krups coffee maker comes with all the trappings of a full feature coffee machine that is retailing at more than $100. Seeing a good deal, daddy's friend bought it immediately.

Daddy was sharing with him that in Singapore retail stores, you probably would not be able to get such a deal because, the prices of coffee brewers are sort of fixed in the retail scene here. So,it is cheaper to buy machines online even after factoring the logistics cost.

Would he replied?

This is a story that touches mummy and daddy heart, it was told by Pastor Chia on a beautiful Sunday of 2nd November 2008. It touches their hearts, because deep within all of us, christians and even non-christians, at a certian point in time, we would asked if our god answer our prayers.

Of course, being Christians, we know there is no other gods and so, the prayers of non-christians would likely be unanswered. But for us, christians, how many of us has actually heard the voice of God? How many of us has actually hear God talking?

Now, this story is interesting in two ways, God works in mysterious ways and Yes, he answered prayers.

The story goes like this, with a young man like all of us wondering if God still speaks to his people. I mean as you read bible story, you read about Moses, Abraham and David, all having so close contact with God, and think aloud that of course it is easy to follow God -they have all spoken to him.

But, what about us? I have been going to church for a while, but have yet to hear God speaks? But, are we sure about that?

I guess this is what goes through the young man's mind as he was thinking about how God used to speak to his people and now maybe not so often. Anyway, after the service as he was driving back, he prayed that God would speak to him.

Then, he sort of hear a voice asking him to buy a gallon of milk. he ignore it. Then, the voice came again -this time more persistent. Well, he think aloud, if this is God speaking and an action that God requires him to do, it is not too diffcult.

So, he purchased that gallon of milk and then as he was driving back, a voice told him to turn to the 7th Avenue. It does not make any sense, but then he think back to the many bible story where god asked people to do things, usually they just obey, and so did he.

This 7th avenue is a middle class neighbourhood. Not well to do, but definitely those in dire needs. And he was driving through, he noticed that all the shops and houses are dark, probably have retired for the night.

Again, the voice speaks, telling him to stop the car and send the milk to the house across the street. The house is dark like the rest, the occupants supposedly should be sleeping.

He questioned the voice, thinking it would make him a fool if he would to do that. But, he choose to obey. He walk to the front door, knock on the door.

A man with jeans and t-shirt bellow "who is that". It gave the young man a startle, he only manages "this milk is for you". Immediately, tears streamed from the man inside the house.

The man speaks in Spanish to the wife, rush to the wife and the young man could see that with there was a baby together with them. When the man came back, he asked the young man if he is an angel send by God.

He told the young man that they have spend all their money paying for their bills, and do not have any money left to purchase milk for the baby and is praying to God for milk. And straight after, the young man came with the milk.

With that, tears flow from the young man eyes, he took out his wallet and gave all his money to the man and walk away from the house. It left him a changed man, but with a strengthen faith -God STILL answered prayers...

The young man probably never expect God to answer his prayer in this manner and neither did the man inside the house. But when God works in mysterious ways and you can be sure that not only are they blessed by this situation, their story continues to bless and encourages many more, and yes, he would always reply...

Do you know poop can be very expensive

Everyone knows that babies poop alot. And my mummy is delighted everytime I pooped, I am so happy to be able to make her so. I tried to poop as much as I can, but sometimes during the weekend, the activities are so packed that I do not even have time to breathe, let alone poop.

And that is the reason when I go to my care-giver house on Monday, usually I pooped like 3 times or more. Sometimes I think, I might a pobia about pooping. This is because it takes so much effort and the poop is so hard that it is pretty painful.

Sorry, if you are feeling sick over this article about poop, my parents love it, so thought I share my thoughts on it. And by the way, do you know some poop are very sought after.

There is this civet cat poop that they used to make kopi luwak that is the most expensive coffee in the world...anyway that is what i read from some coffee maker reviews.

Can you imagine people drinking poop and actually paying alot of money for it? Well, this is how "crazy" the world is getting into, hmm, maybe I should saved some of my poop and try ebaying..

Oh, by the way, if you find this interesting, you would definitely like this trivia site, trust me, it is fun and interesting.

Singapore cutest baby joins first competition!

Gosh, I started late. By the time I enter the competition, many of them already have a head start of more than a month. So, to ensure that I have some "chance" of winning, daddy and mummy decided to do a little friendly "spam" to all their friends and contact. Hopefully, it can push me upwards.

This is because you would win this competition by votes, so the more votes you have, the better your chance at winning. Enough said, if you want to vote for eugenia, click on this link:

I wonder how many votes would it take to win such a competition, hundreds or thousands? Cannot be tens of thousands right? Anyway, it was a fun experience for daddy and mummy, and even if I did not win, guess they have fun anyway...

But seriously, their prize, the Baby Gift Baskets of diapers and toys is pretty attractive, keeping finger crossed, so we win...:)

Pursuing your dream...

Long time ago, daddy read that success is not about what you have but what you are willing to give up, and this statement stick to daddy's mind like no other statement. So, whenever he wants to do something, he questioned on the things that he can trade in, the things he can give up.

He figured out he probably would not find great success in his present post and worse, in the long run he might have to give up his sanity. Sometimes, stress comes in the form of lethargy.

Of course, it usually starts with a catalyst. The fire starter was the departure of his boss. I mean, this is a man that stood for his subordinates. The integrity and loyalty is beyond words, but because he and the "bigger" boss dun click, he was asked to leave...That is sick.

What happens to loyalty, integrity and trust? Oh, by the way, that happens to be the credo of this "bird nest" logo company! Anyway, the way the company function is crazy (or maybe it is because daddy is crazy).

What he saw make him sick (as in the way the company function), you gave out your whole life to a company and the moment you are old, there are in a hurry to rush you out. If you spend 25 years in a company, you probably spend more time there than with your love ones and the moment you outlive your usefulness, you are out of there!

He saw it happening to few of the colleagues. At the time of the writing, many people are worried about the toxic nature of food (tainted milk from china and stuff), it is sure bad, but the damage is limited. At least, for the older kids, there is cure.

What is worse are toxic emotions. Once you get it, it is very difficult to get rid of it! So, ironically, people are worried about the world largest food company producing toxic food when what is actually does is just generating huge amount of toxic emotions that are killing its employees.

Daddy left the job not because he has better offers or great ideas that would reap him millions. He left, so that the emotions can be contained, there was a book written on this topic a couple of years back. Not really a bestseller but one he thought should be look upon, given the high stress level of executives in Singapore...

His professor told him years ago, that some folks are entrepreneurs by choice, some are forced to be one. I guess daddy belongs to the latter. Although, daddy does fulfill the first criteria of being an entrepreneurs -he is always dreaming.

Walt Disney says this "if you don't dare to dream, what do you dare to do!" and so, at least daddy has an element of moving forward to pursue his dreams. What he need now are probably some brain power, a lot of motivation and huge amount of tenacity.

At this moment, everything seems shaky, very uncertain and he is really glad that there are somebody always beside him -his wife, my mummy!:) Sometimes, if you think about it, if you think daddy is leaving his job to pursue his dream of fulfilling other people dreams brave -mummy is braver! she never doubt this man and she never once discourage him. In fact, at times when daddy worries about his decision, she was there to encourage, this would be classic lesson 101 on how a supporting spouse is.

Hey, today daddy is being very "emotional", nothing trigger it. It was just the random thoughts and the idea about how blessed he is to have mummy and Jesus. Oh, and of course eugenia too!

Guess should stop here before daddy shed any tears...:) He was supposed to use this page to do some marketing of his single serve coffee maker, guess with such emotions, it is just difficult to do huh...

Please do not bring "him" shopping!

It is in the papers! Please do not bring your boyfriend or hubby to shopping if you do not want to be embarrassed! Check out this report! It was in the paper! A major shopping mall wrote in to complain and ban a lady and her family from visiting the mall after her hubby's destructive behavior!

Gosh, no wonder they says guys would always be boys. One could not imagine that an adult man is capable of such behavior right? OH, just to set the record straight, this man is not my daddy!:) If mummy goes shopping, he would probably be snoozing at some bench...

Amazing to know that me -singapore cutest baby is learning to read huh!

Who is cuter? Wall-e or me?

Being Singapore cutest baby, from time to time, I have to defend my pride. So, recently when an ultra cute robot came to town (bearing an also very cute name wall-e), I know that if there is anytime to fight, it is now!

Therefore, I braced myself and went to Suntec Eng Wah for a confrontation with this rusty robot! I was preparing to give him a piece of me, i.e. maybe smearing him with some of my saliva or blarring at him with my shrill.

It turned out that this rusty robot wall-e is pretty cute, and docile, so much so that it did not make a sound all the while.

Since he took a step back, I take that as an affirmation that in Singapore, Eugenia is still the cutest! With that thought, I begin to smile and even took a few shots with him...

Having come all the way to suntec, with daddy complaining the ERP spending of S$4.50, I was thinking why not catch wall-e in action. Then, the size discrimination comes in.

They being the big folks decided that i was too "small" for movies and so we did not see any moving robots at all! "sigh" , they have champions and NGOs for all sorts of things, now that we "small" people are being discriminated, would there be a channel, a voice for us?

Maybe, just maybe, I might scramble some other "small people" and lobby for this cause -"anti-size discrimination"!

Singapore flyer...really seems like flying

Couple of days ago, I was "walking" to the end of the world, then suddenly daddy and mummy bring me to the top of the world!

There was some promotion going on and mummy and daddy feels that it is a good deal to go on the Singapore flyer, and so on a Friday morning, we went to have a go at this huge Ferris wheel.

We wanted to catch the morning sun, but alas, no matter how hard I sing "rain rain go away", the rain stays and we only board the Singapore flyer about 10 am.

The sight was great and I enjoyed being on top of the world. And according to daddy and mummy conversation, it was a great deal too -something like 50% off or something like that.

Talking about good deal, recently, daddy chance upon this upon this free coffee course, which is pretty cool. It tells you everything that you need to know about how to brew better coffee, and it doesn't cost a single cents.

Back to the Singapore flyer, there was a point at the flyer where they would announce that you are on top of the world -thought that was pretty cool...

So, now I have been to the end of the world, top of the world, wonder where daddy and mummy would bring me to next...

Singapore cutest baby goes to the end of the earth!

Look at this photo...take a close look at it, don't you think it seems like I am going to fall down into the sea. My daddy and mummy call this place East Coast beach, but to me, it is the end of the world. This is the place where my might Graco stroller can no longer move forward anymore:(

But, although, it is the first time that I am seeing some a "strange" sight, I enjoyed it tremendously. The wind was roaring, but I allow it to frizzle through my hair. I star at the setting sun and even talk abit to the moving cloud (they did not reply, what a snob!).

Anyway, it was my first outing to the end of the world and the experience was good, maybe when my mummy and daddy is good, I would suggest to them to go this place again.

Oh, speaking of good stuff, do you all know that it is going to be moon cake festival soon...It is my first, from the shopping that I have been doing with mummy, it seems that this festival is all about eating some round cake (I tried to taste it, but greedy daddy would not let me have any, I would try the next time mummy have it).

Another aspect about this festival is the latern, it does look kind of cool to be cruising around with an object that can give light, I would try to grab one the next time, mummy bring me shopping again...

Daddy going to meet a pearl designer in singapore?

Guess they have designer for everything huh, so what does a pearl designer in singapore do? Yeah, we all know that she designs pearl, but how does she do it? Does she draw on the pearl or craft on the pearl. And pearl being a very very small thing, doing any of the above seems to quite difficult.

That is why daddy is looking forward to meeting Ms kate tiu, the only pearl designer in singapore that daddy knows and I guess that would be the same sentiments shared by many people...

This might be what I want to do when I grow up as well -designing pearl -adding a touch of glamor to the beauty that is given by nature. Interestingly, pearl is borne from a grain of sand, only he can make something so simple into something so stunning.

Well, as the day goes by, most of you would noticed that I have not been updating my blog -life is tough!:) Most of you probably know that I have this teeth thingy going around. With those calcium filled stuff sticking out of my gum, it is really not a comfortable feeling.

Hopefully, my teething episode would end soon and I can enjoy the moon cakes, the hari, depavali and definitely the christmas...:)

Look forward to daddy telling me more about the meeting with this pearl designer in singapore, kate tiu...:)

Singapore cutest baby might be going to Simei University!

This is how kiasu parents can get nowsadays! With the word out that Changi Simei area is going to have a new university, daddy has already decided that this is the university that ME, missy eugenia is going for!

Of course, he figures out that he would probably be fetching and sending me around and with everything close to mummy -she is always the focal point (because her school should still be simei mah, if it is known as a simei school, it can't be located in Woodlands right?)

Anyway, daddy thought that with everything in the east, it is so much easier for him as the ah mah, fetching the heng ladies around...anyway, I think he doesn't "like" me very much, gave me a lot of spanking recently, in the middle of the night when mummy is sleeping.

Why? Because of my teething issue, I kept crying, and I guess it is driving him CRAZY:) No worries, daddy O, a few more months only and I would probably out grow this phrase into Something MOre pesky...wahahaa...

L'Omino Eugenia...

What is all these L'Omino Eugenia about? Well, this is really daddy imagination. We all know that daddy currently suffers from coffeelicism, that is totally addicted to everything about coffee.

Just a word of fairness, do I eugenia even remotely look like the fat little man with mustache? Well, daddy thought so...'sight'.

Just because I have a little tummy now and I always like to raise my hand does not warrant me to become this bialetti symbol right? Anyway, who wants to be associated to a man! Why can't daddy says I looked like "hello kitty" or something like that?

What do you readers think? Give comments, rescue me from this unfair comparison. But, secretly, I suspect I am being marginalized in this case because daddy is writing it and he bears some "grudges"...you know the usual:

1. Eugenia wailing and cannot be pacify by him and only by mummy -he is angry about that, I think
2. This is the "killer", I wailing in the middle of the night, jocking up daddy heng from his sleep...

There are the others, but I guess the 2 elements why be compared me to the L'omino...something he calls cute, which many would call lao ah peh..."sobs" "sobs", feels like wailing once again, excuse me for now...

Taking care of baby until she falls!

Ouch! This is the second time, me had a fall! It was like 600 meter high and by God's grace there is this huge bloster that break my fall. What happened? Is all daddy's fault!

I was like so "young" and flipping around the bed, and daddy should be monitoring me, but NO, he fell asleep (it was early in the morning) and moments later, I fell off the bed.

Time stopped. Everything happens slowly, and I landed back on the floor. The pain was bad, it was like millions of bugs bitting me and I cried, in fact I wailed!!

Then, everyone rushed into the room, grandfather, auntie Eunice, Mummy and of course, daddy was wide awake! But, too late, eugenia is already in pain...

Do not think I have any long term injury but maybe some bums and stuff...anyway, they say this is part of growing up, no wonder there is this term "growing pains"...so painful to grow up...

World finest chocolate fund raiser

It is national day in Singapore, and other than being patriotic to the national, there are many campaigns going around, most of which is to do fund raising for the needy folks in Singapore. I thought that is great to think about the less fortunate folks during this time of celebration.

Hmm...daddy thought the fund raising lack abit of fun though! I mean selling flags is great, but there is nothing much you can do with the flags right? Daddy thought the world finest chocolate fundraiser that originate from the US is a great idea! Click on the link to know more about this fundraiser.

With a history that goes back more than 50 years, and are selling very unique chocolate s to get your funding, isn't that more fun than sticker flags?

Oh, I must mentioned that it is very simple to implement too. You simply purchase the chocolates at wholesale price then sell it with a margin and earn that as your fund! Fun and easy, what more can you asked for in a fundraiser.

Daddy was thinking if he can do that for Eugenia education fund! If it is being done every year, the amount should be quite amazing too...

Ah Gong high blood pressure issue

Last week, "gong gong", my grandfather complains of some discomfort around his chest area. This comes after his operation in April for this stomach ulcers, daddy tell mummy that this is probably due to his living lifestyle, all of us is praying that it would be another health scare.

One thing true is that "gong gong" does not exercise much, he eat and sleep most of the time, even when daddy and mummy ask him to go park with us, he decline, preferring to watch TV.

Eunice auntie also says that while medicine is great to control his high blood pressure, it is always better to lower blood pressure naturally and one of the best ways is to exercise regularly.

Although, this is yet to be a serious problem,I really pray that "gong gong" would be more active and start to exercise more for his health sake...Maybe, I should cry more and let him carry him more often, that is also exercise right?:)

This might have helped them build their beautiful house...

Recently, mummy and daddy was talking about the nice house that God ma and pa has in Brisbane. They went into the details on how the renovations was being done. We do not know who does the renovations and buildings, but while surfing the web, daddy saw this really comprehensive Builders website, that features builders in Brisbane. Why I am using such a comparison is because, builders in Brisbane is not easy to find, and they actually featured quite a comprehensive list of them. So, if you are looking for builders in Australia, check out the link, I think you would be happy at the research that the site had done for you! Really look forward to seeing my god ma house end of this year...

Looking for food in Auss

Know what? We are going to Brisbane end of the year to visit my God-ma and as usual, daddy is doing the research on what to do for our week long holiday there. Well, the first thing that he does is to see the dining over there.

There are numerous sites that he chance upon but nothing beats the Restaurant Guide for Australia. To say that it is comprehensive is an understatement!

I mean, they not only break down to the different states, this guide goes right down to the different cities! For example, we are going to Brisbane, and they have information on the restaurants, the food they served and even remarks on the views that you would be getting! Oh, of course the all important prices are also reflected!

While, I do not think that this is done by the aussie government, I think this is the most comprehensive when it comes to dining in Australia! Check the link out if you are going to Australia!

Come to think of it, I hope I do not have those peanut allergy that seems to plague young children nowadays, daddy was reading something like that in this nut free foods site and was really praying that eugenia has nothing like that so that she can enjoy any food!:)

Daddy tells us about home information packs

Housing is so expensive nowadays! This is what I heard my daddy and so many people complaining these days. My daddy says that because it is no really regulated, so people are selling so much higher than the original price.

People are quoting their flats (some less than 800 sq ft) for close to S$500K, primarily because of expectations. Daddy was saying that Singapore should learn what the in UK, where they have the home information packs or HIP.

This is primarily a set of documents that provide the necessary information about property in UK (England and Wales) that are put up in the open market. With this home information packs, sometimes known as seller's you would get the energy performance certificate, sales statements, local authority searches, title documents and some other important documents.

With these set of documents, one would get a clear over view on what they are buying over. Everything is stated in black and white and do not need to contest after the sales. Like in some cases in Singapore, where the buyer complaining that there are leakages in the flats that they took over.

So, hopefully, Singapore would have their own version of home information packs to smoothen the process of home buying.

Oh...it is Singapore cutest baby's mummy birthday!

3rd Feb 2008 (Sunday)

Happy Birthday, Mummy! We went to church and I attended the 1st communion service at Bethel. I like to rub my eyes before I fall asleep. Daddy and Mummy left me in the care of Granny as they went out for a mini birthday celebration at Marina Square. They went to Suntec City and bought lots of toys there for me! Some of the toys have to wait till I am much older before I can play with them… for example, the hello kitty balloon ball.

Daddy also have fun shopping and looking at some coffee pods and possibly as materials to write for his hobby site. Anyway, I think mummy and daddy have great fun!

Long time ago (but some sharing on mummy heng birthday)

2nd Feb 2008 (Saturday)

Uncle Kelvin and Auntie Diana gave Mummy a birthday surprise as they showed up at our doorsteps! Ohhhh… Daddy invited them over to have makan together…They had KFC with porridge. Ummm… yummy! Gu Gu Eunice bought a cake for Mummy! The cake was simply delicious! They sang a birthday song to Mummy… It was a joyous occasion BUT I slept through the whole celebration.

It was late and there wasn't much to eat and drink, in fact, there was some serious consideration that we might have to buy drinks from the downstairs vending machines, the good thing is everyone have a good time and mummy heng is happy!:)

Now the time reads July and we are talking about things in February -goshhy, daddy and mummy really "type" so slow hor...Hehe, daddy call this reminiscing!:)

Eugenia first shopping trip...

29th Jan 2008 (Tuesday)

Mummy and I went shopping with Auntie Christina, Auntie June and Jie Jie Hannah at Vivo City! Auntie Christina brought her pram along for me! Mummy bought a beautiful red floral dress and a pair of matching shoes for me to wear on Chinese New Year from Gap.

Mummy saw some real nice glass tables, but in the end she decided to learn "how to choose one" first before deciding. Check out the link to learn how...

Taking care of baby tip: Make sure any clothing you purchase allows easy access to the diaper, so there is minimum undressing involved. One piece stretchies with snaps down the front and legs are the easiest to put on. Babies hate having their faces covered.

PS: daddy decided to "chap" in and feedback on a cool technology that he read recently! They says it can saves fuel by 50%, wow that is a lot of money saves, this is the HHO technology -check it out yourself!

My daddy sharing some fishing tips

Hey, this is my daddy blogging coz mummy has been pretty occupied with her school and stuff. And my daddy was blogging because of this incredible deal that he chance upon recently. He is no seasoned fisherman, but he likes to fish and has been fishing since 9 years old -that is more that 2 decades folks! He has most of the fishing rods and fishing reels, the only thing is the fishing tackles. Guess what, he found some of the cheapest discount fishing tackle around, click on the link and see if you can anything cheaper that that! My daddy was remarking that in high inflation days that we are facing now, a penny saved is a penny earned!

Baby Eugenia dedication service

25th Jan 2008 (Friday)

The baby dedication service was held in the evening during the Region 1 gathering by Ps Jean at Bethel church. Granny, Uncle Luke, Uncle Wilson, Gu Gu Eunice, Jie Jie Helga were there to witness the dedication as well. As Daddy, Mummy and me stood at the altar, Ps Jean requested the RR leaders to come and pray alongside with us. Uncle Chong, Auntie Theresa, Uncle Daniel, Uncle Chong Poh, Uncle Kwang Liang prayed for us as Ps Jean led us in prayer. Daddy and Mummy signed a covenant as followed-

{ We, Ebenezer and Elaine in presenting Eugenia for dedication not only signify our faith in Christ and the Christian way of life, but also indicate our desire that she should grow to know the Lord and live a Christian life.
We realize that presenting a child in dedication to God is a serious matter involving responsibilities. We recognize that the first responsibility is ours and so we pledge that:
We will live an exemplary life before Eugenia that she may by example know what it is to be a Christian;
We shall make our home a place where Eugenia shall receive Christian instructions;
We shall ensure that Eugenia is further nurtured in Christian values and teaching through the Church Education Programme i.e. Toddlers for Christ, Children Ministry, Youth Ministry of Bethel Assembly of God;
We shall pray for Eugenia salvation when she reaches the age of accountability, and that we shall endeavor to lead her to Christ.}

“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7”; “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6”

Baby care products-digging nose?

Psst, let me share with you something, I know that some of my loyal followers have been wondering if the blog are done by daddy or mummy. Well, here is how it goes, daddy usually don't affixed a date (so this portion is by him), while mummy writes about events that happens sometime back.

And hey, daddy also like to share about his coffee and how to get free coffee stuff. Some people are into Stamp collecting, my daddy collects coffee stories...:) Wanna read mummy stuff -here goes...

24th Jan 2008 (Thursday)

I don’t like to have a pillow placed on me. It would make me fidget a lot at times. Mummy cried today. Why? She tried to be a “gold-digger” BUT to her horror, when she picked my nose using a cotton bud, there were blood stains on it when she pulled it out from my nose!!! She was so worried that she called Daddy… Daddy comforted Mummy by telling her that his friend also had the same experience. Mummy told herself not to pick my nose again… What a shock was that for her! Sometimes, I feel like a koala bear as a koala bear sleeps about 80% of the day… I sleep a lot too… the only time I wake up is to have stomach filled. My mouth will shift vigorously from the right to the left and seemingly like a young bird opening its mouth for food! Daddy and Mummy always find that amusing as I move my head in a L-R-L direction continuously (wondering if I can be a record holder in the Guinness Book of Records for the most number of head turns from L-R-L) … If I do not have my milk at that instant, I will couple the session with my loud wails…
Mummy transformed me into a model for caps! I tried on more than 5 caps today and Mummy took photo of every pose when I put on the caps… Hee, I looked great in them! I was sleeping on my hand and that hurt! I cried as a result of that- Granny said that I am very clever as I know how to respond…
I discover that I always sleep better after a feed and I sleep very well with the air con switched on…Cool…

Taking care of baby tip:
The nose is a self-cleaning organ, so you should not try to push anything up or in it or interfere with it. It is much better to let whatever is in the nose to come down naturally. Never put drops in the nose unless your doctor advises it. ~ New Babycare

Baby care products-before she is born!

Many people commented what are nice name I have, Eugenia, sounds so dainty. In fact, there are so many praises about my name, that my daddy went to search and share some site that are good for naming babies. He find this unique baby boy names site quite interesting -check it out!

To him, this is one of the baby care products that is used before the baby is born (hey, that is to answer the many questions on pre-baby care products that many aunties and uncles has been asking him).

My daddy would post more baby care products with each new post...

Baby care productcs are Oh so expensive...

Hmm...guess stuff for me are really expensive huh...Saw daddy "shocked" face every time we went shopping for my "daily necessity"...:) Mummy loves the shopping though, so does Eugenia!:)

One Frugal Spending Tips for buying baby care products I learned from mummy and daddy shopping is to go for house brands.

That means the brands that are produced by the supermarket or hypermarket. For example, if you are going to buy diapers, then you would not be buying "pampers" but house brand, in Singapore context that would be "NTUC" or "Giant" diapers...

As I mentioned, I love shopping but I don’t like hot places! Daddy said that my cheeks were so red the last time round when I was very hot! Now, no more redness on my cheeks as the baby cot was shifted to an area whereby the fan could blow at…

Mummy went for her pap smear test and checking of her wound at Dr Esther’s clinic. Dr Esther said that the wound was healing well. The pap smear test result would be delivered to Mummy in 2 weeks time.

When Daddy carried me, I would fidget here and there. Umm.. maybe it was the way Daddy carried me…

I slept very well on the pink bouncer again! Do all babies sleep as well as me on it too? I perspire a lot so Mummy and Daddy always make sure the room is cool enough and has lots of ventilation. They will make sure I am not wrapped up. However, my granny would be very worried that I will catch a chill. She would prefer me all wrapped up as to keep me warm and snug. Mummy is in a dilemma. What say the Mummies out there?

Powerful baby care products -Ru Yi Oil

My daddy was so amazed with this product that he is dedicating this post to the product. I am also not sure why it is so powerful but the Ru Yi oil really works wonder!

And he feels that if you are looking for Unique Baby Gifts, then you can consider this as well...

I guess it must have been that horrible condition known as colic, I feel this bad stomach ache and so I cried and I cried. I cried every 2 hours. So, my daddy and mummy fuss over me with diaper change, with hot warm milk, with singing and dancing -nothing works. In fact, he was brainstorming on the Best Bedroom Ideas to adjust the baby cot, then maybe I would sleep better.

Then, out of the blue, mummy rub some Ru Yi oil on her hand, and rub it on my tummy -then the ache stops and I sleep like a baby. To me, it feels like a warm layer of heat has surrounded me, something like a body wrap.

So, you can see why my daddy, has chosen this to be the best among so many baby care products...and of course, it is the prayer and lord's providence that lead them to find this that solves the problem -Praise the lord!

Taking care of baby tips: Rub Ru Yi oil on your hand then spread it on baby's tummy to reduce colic...

Taking care of baby feeding pattern?

18th Jan 2008 (Friday)

Outing again! Mummy brought me to Auntie Christina’s place. Over there, I poo and Jie Jie Esther helped to pass Mummy the wet tissues and toilet paper. That was so helpful of her! When I grow up, I want to be like Jie Jie Esther. I slept a lot at Auntie Christina’s house. Jie Jie Esther’s bed was so comfy… There is a saying that the more I sleep, the better I grow.

I looked different as the days went by. My feeding patterns changed too… Initially for every 3 hours, I will drink 120ml. Now, I will cry for milk after two hours! Mummy was worried that I was drinking too much! Oh, I have another first today! First time taking cab!

Taking care of baby tip: Let your baby determine when she’s ready to be fed. Never feed your baby according to the clock. Feed her when she tells you with her cries that she is hungry, not at a time when you think she should be hungry.

Did Skininc teaches about beauty sleep?

17th Jan 2008 (Thursday)

Yawn! Yawn! My eyes were red but I was not able to sleep. My beauty sleep was disturbed due to the loud noise. It is surprising that sometimes loud noise has no effect on me, sometimes it does. Auntie Patricia told Mummy that she should not face the fan when feeding me as I may gulp in air which may lead to wind in the stomach.

I would if the skininc that auntie was working in got any "cure" for better sleep, have to start from young for Singapore cutest baby right?:)


Taking care of baby tips: Do not "over protect" your baby from loud noises, get them used to loud sound would prepare them for sleep while you are outside...

Eugenia first skin supplement lesson...

2 post ago, I shared about Skininc, the Asia first skin supplement bar that my auntie was working in, it is amazing. She was sharing with mummy on how this skin customization product works.

Apparently, she was saying it worked like a cocktail (later I realized that it is a drink mixture), where you mixed this product known as V-10, a skin product from Japan, according to the skin problems that you have.

So, if you have oily skin, you just mix the V-10 for oily skin and you would get targeted skin treatment, so says the Asia first skin supplement bar -skininc...

Oh, thanks for the concerned aunties and uncles on email and remedies, my little red spot is almost gone, I would be sharing on this skin secrets later on in my post...

Taking care of baby by letting her sleep...

16th Jan 2008 (Wednesday)
I slept like a log on the pink bouncer, obviously oblivious of the sounds from the tv.

Taking care of baby tip: A baby will spend most of the time between feedings asleep- on the average 60 percent of the day. Wrap your baby before she’s put down, at least during the first month as she’ll feel much more secure and contented.

Auntie is working in Skininc, asia first skin supplement bar...

Uncle Sam wife, or Auntie Charmine (hope I spell correctly) is starting work in this new place known as skininc, psst, seems like a very big company, auntie was telling us that it is asia first skin supplement bar... She is very excited about it and was sharing with mummy about this V10 skin treatment thingy that can treat many skin ailment...

Arghh, speaking of skin ailment, I have this red dot which is causing mummy, daddy, grandma, keng aunt many worries...They say I cannot use any stuff other than Aloe Vera, which is what I am applying now...

Auntie Lena taking care of baby Eugenia?

15th Jan 2008 (Tuesday)

Auntie Patricia visited us today. She made a very beautiful turquoise angel for me! Mummy has a pink one… Auntie Lena came over to stay overnight. She needed help from Mummy to help her dye her hair. Auntie Lena carried me and patted me to sleep when I cried in the early morn.

Taking care of baby tips: Do take note of your furnishing at home for new born and later "crawling babies", daddy and mummy got rid of a TV table that almost topple off if not for Auntie Patricia's alerting...

Taking care of baby with the pink thingy...

16th Jan 2008 (Wednesday)

I slept like a log on the pink bouncer, obviously oblivious of the sounds from the tv. So, don't you think that I am very easy to take care? Better scoot to the nearest kiddy palace and get that pink bounce to "sleep" your own singapore cutest baby!

Taking care of baby tip: A baby will spend most of the time between feedings asleep- on the average 60 percent of the day. Wrap your baby before she’s put down, at least during the first month as she’ll feel much more secure and contented.

Sinagpore cutest baby goes to church!

13th Jan 2008 (Sunday)

Mummy and Daddy brought me to Pentecostal Church of Singapore. This is my first service of the year. I slept through the service and didn’t wake up even with much cajoling from all the aunties. The singing and preaching were soothing to my ears.

So, here is a taking care of baby tip: get them used to loud environment at a young age and they would not be scared of loud noises later on in life....

In church, Mummy was brimming with joy while daddy was "plotting" with one of his friends on something about how to clean coffee maker stuff, daddy as you know is very much into coffee nowadays

Later in the afternoon, we went to my mummy’s godparents’ place. I address them as “ye ye” and “nai nai” too… I poo and Ye Ye gave me a red packet...hehe, that is so encouraging, wanna me to poo more?:) That would be the way in taking care of baby, encouraging them in everything they do.

Taking care of baby -the merlion syndrome...

12th Jan 2008 (Saturday)

Oh no! I vomited! My mummy was so worried when she saw me spewing milk out of my mouth! Thereafter, Mummy never forced me to finish my milk in case I became like the “merlion” again… sorry mummy, to make you so worried… Auntie Mary came and visited me today… She brought along diapers for me and milo for Mummy… So sweet of her… You know what? She braved the rain to come and see us! I was sleeping when Auntie Mary arrived…

Take care of baby tip: Vomiting can be a symptom of a specific disorder of the stomach such as pyloric stenos is. A baby may spit up small quantities of curdled milk after a feeding, but this should not be confused with vomiting. Check the holes of the nipples if your baby shows signs of spitting. Vomiting in a very small baby can quickly lead to dehydration- seek medical advice asap.

Hehe...taking care of baby eugenia stuck nose...

10th Jan 2008 (Wednesday)

Sniff sniff! Oh no, my nose was stuck again! That prevented me from breathing smoothly… Mummy was looking at me and hearing me sniffing here and there made her worried. She decided to attempt the no no- that was to use a cotton bud to remove the nose dirt. She tried and guess what? Mummy succeeded in removing 2 pieces of it that was stucked in my nose for almost 5 days! Thereafter, Mummy played some music from the CD given by Uncle Aaron and Auntie Sue Fong. The worshipful songs from Integrity Music Just For Kids “Bless My Little Girl” brought tears to Mummy… especially when the lyrics being sang were “ Lord I dedicate Yes I consecrate My daughter to You . For Your purposes For Your perfect plans. For all the things You’ll have her do. Lord I give back to You. This child You’ve given me. For she belongs to You. She’s just a loan of love. A gift from above. And I give her back to You…” .Mummy was very touched by the lyrics as she carried me in her arms…
In the afternoon, I was very “guai” as I played by myself on the playmate, looking at the stimuli blocks hanged above me while Mummy went to wash my clothes and thereafter sun them. My eyes gazed at the red, black and white blocks and I almost grabbed one of them with my hand!

Taking Care of Baby Tip: Until about three months, play will mainly consist of observing people and objects and of making random attempts to grab hold of anything that is held in front of her. – So you can hang mobiles above the crib and changing mat.

My second outing...

9th Jan 2008 (Wednesday)

My second outing! We went to Uncle Sam’s place! It was fun! My granny washed 2 pails of my clothes… wasn’t that very sweet of my nai nai?

And while I was at Uncle sam's place, mummy picked up some taking care of baby tips and tricks from auntie xiuling... 'sigh', am I really so difficult to take care!?:)

taking care of baby eugenia "assests"??

8th Jan 2008 (Tuesday)

Daddy bought a cupboard from Ikea to store my first month gifts of blessings. I have more things than my mummy! By the way, I had my first go on a pillow…. Ummm… a bit strange at first as my head was slightly propped up… next, as I perspired a lot, the pillow was pretty damp after a while!

Taking care of baby Eugenia by "poking" her with needles!

7th Jan 2008 (Monday)

I had my 2nd dose for Hepatitis B today. Daddy and Mummy went to the children clinic “Kidslink” in Seng Kang as recommended by my Mummy’s friend. Daddy loves the place as it has a clean, spacious and cheery environment which is filled with colourful posters and lots of toys to entertain kids and most of all, he feels very comfortable. Dr Vanessa is my pediatrician. She is a very friendly person and gave very informative details to my parents. My parents enjoyed the session with her. She enlightened my parents of the different jabs and talked about how sinus can be passed down genetically. She even helped me to remove a piece of nose dirt from my blocked nose! I only let out a short wail when she gave me the injection… bearable, not as painful as I thought… “Children are sometimes an Enigma, oftentimes a source of laughter and joy but always a reason to love and to care”~ taken from the Kidslink website. My parents love these statements and they truly agree “Children are always a reason to love and to care”. Thank you Mummy and Daddy for loving Gigi!

Taking care of baby tip: 3 shots of Hep B vaccine given over the 1st 6 months can protect me ( a baby ) for life (more than 95% effective) against HBV which will reduce the risk of liver cancer and liver damage in the future. The Hep B vaccine is so effective in preventing liver cancer that it is known as the 1st anti-cancer vaccine.

And oh, if your mummy is a Hep B carrier just like my mummy, the 1st dose of Hep B vaccine taken at birth must be accompanied by Hep B immunoglobulin shot!

Singapore cutest baby -1 month old today!!:)

6th Jan 2008 (Sunday)
My 1st month baby shower! More than 200 people came! Thank you aunties and uncles for coming! Oh, also many thanks to the countless gifts of blessings! Can you guess what was my 1st month gift to everyone? Red eggs and cakes? Umm…No… Chocolates and cupcakes? Umm…try again… Give up??? It is the one and only “world” calendar to celebrate my birth! You can see pics of me and every day in the calendar is a holiday! It was carefully woven by my daddy who searched the net for all the cool holidays, my dear auntie Lena who designed the fun and cheery calendar and my mummy for snapping all the candid shots of me!

Auntie Lena has a great website that showcases all of her masterpieces! If you wanna send out love messages like what my daddy did for me, drop her a line and see if she can help you...

What is Singapore cutest baby favorite toy?

Countdown! It is 1 day away from my 1st month baby shower! Daddy and Mummy are busy preparing for tomorrow’s celebration… Oh, Daddy and Mummy played with me. I love their company… Do you know that at the age of one month, a baby’s plaything is his/her parents? Yes! I love to play with my parents!!! I smiled as Daddy showed me the ABC book! BUT Daddy flipped the page and that made me very upset. I love the page with the letter A. Daddy saw the change in my mood and quickly flipped back to the letter A page. Oh, I let out cute giggly sounds and that thrilled my parents!!! Daddy’s friends- Auntie Christine, Auntie Lily, Uncle Mervin, Auntie Joana, Jie Jie Teresa came to see me, how sweet of them! Before that, Mummy’s colleagues- Auntie Chon Min and Auntie Wai Harn visited us too!

Taking care of baby tip: A newborn baby can only see about 20-25 cm. He/She will look into your eyes, enjoys listening to your voice and always seeking for reassurance.

Mummy and Daddy, you are my favourite toy! Hee hee….

Wahaha...Singapore cutest baby growing up...:)

4th Jan 2008 (Friday)

Yippeee! I am 4 weeks old! What can I do at this stage? I can smile, I can baby talk, I can stare, I can cry, I can laugh, I can sleep, I can burp, I can drink, I can snore, I can move my eyebrows, I can lift up my head etc… Wow, that’s quite a handful of things that I can do… for the many things that I can’t, I just have to wait a while more before I can do them all…Be patient I tell myself… ( Do you know that my parents actually wanted to name me “Patience” initially? ) By the way, Mummy bathed me today! Yes, this is one thing I can’t do at the moment… oh, and I slept at Auntie Eunice’s bed… It was so comfortable and the room was full of nice fragrance (must be from the perfume they put on)…

Singapore cutest baby slept for 6 hours

2nd Jan 2008 (Wednesday)

Hey! Know what? I slept a straight 6 hours before I cried for milk! It was a real good rest for me! Good old daddy prayed for me today. He prayed that I will have a kind heart and to be a good steward of the things God has placed in my life. Oh, I am soon into my 4th week! My mummy heard from lots of people that the feeding patterns will change and they said it right! My stomach was rumbling even before 3 hours was up and I stopped my “nonsense” only when someone popped the delicious yummy milk into my mouth… hee, taking care of baby is not easy… you will have to withstand the wails and cries… don’t let them dictate you though, sometimes you can let me wait a while more before feeding me… maybe I will finish the whole bottle instead of leaving remnants, which I usually do… ooopps, to think that Daddy prayed for me in the morning to be a good steward!