In Singapore, we see a lot of boyfriend-madly-in-love carrying the lucky girlfriend handbag. Size nor weight is not the decisive factor. I've seen macho guy carrying a dainty little bag. The lady graced his other arm. Both looked equally jolly and smug.
Recently, we're also stunned to see pics of helper carrying the big heavy military bag. The said bag belongs to a young chap, walking tall in front of her.
Of course, mommies or helper carrying kiddies bag are also familiar sights. For this, looking at the size of the bags, I think at the very least it'll be good for the children's back development. It's humongous.
But this tickled me.
Yesterday I saw a mommy walking without carrying anything! What a rare sight. Not even a small purse or Handphone. Behind her, coming into view, was her helper, Gucci bag and all...
Hmmm... :)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Tamiflu
My daughter and I walked out from the clinic. With a very puzzled look, the six year old asked me, "Mommy, I never mention of tummy ache, why did the doctor gave me tamiflu?".
Hmmm... I found it funny. Now as I'm typing this I'm not sure whether you do too.
Anyway, in that case I'll share our experience with tamiflu. Within hours, many well meaning friends warned me on the... I can't find an apt word for this. Maybe scary? They mentioned that reported side effect include serious hallucination, depression, deliriousness, etc.
I quickly google it. And true, many posts popped up. One lady even described it as five day of being mad. But a few mentioned too that the medicine is very effective.
Hubby and I decided to proceed. We believe that the do won't prescribe it if it's not safe.
So, none of the above encountered, many thanks to Him. But also no significant improvement observed.
Of course, being the wishy washy me, I still think that there might be bacterial infection, on top of the viral one. So it could've been worse without tamiflu.
Kindly note, this post was written with only an experience sharing objective. From a mommy to other mommies.
Hmmm... I found it funny. Now as I'm typing this I'm not sure whether you do too.
Anyway, in that case I'll share our experience with tamiflu. Within hours, many well meaning friends warned me on the... I can't find an apt word for this. Maybe scary? They mentioned that reported side effect include serious hallucination, depression, deliriousness, etc.
I quickly google it. And true, many posts popped up. One lady even described it as five day of being mad. But a few mentioned too that the medicine is very effective.
Hubby and I decided to proceed. We believe that the do won't prescribe it if it's not safe.
So, none of the above encountered, many thanks to Him. But also no significant improvement observed.
Of course, being the wishy washy me, I still think that there might be bacterial infection, on top of the viral one. So it could've been worse without tamiflu.
Kindly note, this post was written with only an experience sharing objective. From a mommy to other mommies.
Kids Clinic @ Bishan
Darling daughter recently had nasty bout of high fever (for the first time, she exceeded 40degC). It lasted for 5 days. Friends and family were very supportive, lots of prayers for the poor girl.
A few also questioned the medicine. I know they only meant well. When the fever shot up, she looked very limp and weak, I myself wonder whether I'm doing the best for her. But amazingly I had this thought, that her doc surely has given the best possible treatment.
I came to realize how much I trusted her pediatrician, Dr Oh Meng Choo. She is thorough, even with very long queue outside, accurate, and kind.
The staff are great too. Helpful and friendly.
I am still impressed with thoughtful system implemented in the one pediatrician clinic. It works. Well, not perfectly, but they are indeed efficient.
Three nights in a week, they are open at night. Great help for working mothers!
So there... To all mommies who need a good doc:
Kids Clinic @ Bishan
Blk 116 Bishan St 12
#01-28 Singapore 570116
Tel: 63568909
Fax: 63569336
http://www.kidsclinicbishan.com/
PS: For a good doc, I'm willing to wait for an hour or two. So please be prepared. To me, result worth the wait.
PS2: I am also not fond of giving a lot, various, strong medicine. Dr Oh's prescription is normally simple, rarely antibiotic unless necessary.
A few also questioned the medicine. I know they only meant well. When the fever shot up, she looked very limp and weak, I myself wonder whether I'm doing the best for her. But amazingly I had this thought, that her doc surely has given the best possible treatment.
I came to realize how much I trusted her pediatrician, Dr Oh Meng Choo. She is thorough, even with very long queue outside, accurate, and kind.
The staff are great too. Helpful and friendly.
I am still impressed with thoughtful system implemented in the one pediatrician clinic. It works. Well, not perfectly, but they are indeed efficient.
Three nights in a week, they are open at night. Great help for working mothers!
So there... To all mommies who need a good doc:
Kids Clinic @ Bishan
Blk 116 Bishan St 12
#01-28 Singapore 570116
Tel: 63568909
Fax: 63569336
http://www.kidsclinicbishan.com/
PS: For a good doc, I'm willing to wait for an hour or two. So please be prepared. To me, result worth the wait.
PS2: I am also not fond of giving a lot, various, strong medicine. Dr Oh's prescription is normally simple, rarely antibiotic unless necessary.
PS3: She also does an excellent ear piercing for kids. First creamy local anesthesia is applied on the earlobes. Then the piercing is done in swift and comforting manner. Nice!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!!! :D
Today, Singapore, and most part of the world (check it out, for fun : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day), is celebrating Mother's Day.
My beloved sweet daughter woke up early before me, eagerly planning an elaborate treasure hunt. She wrote hints, leading to a stash of cards kept in the doll house. Later on she sheepishly admitted that the cards were taken back from a box where I keep all cards from the kids. (Of course, I recognized the cards, still. She made the cards with my guidance after all. In true reflection of my gene, she prepared the card since March)
Son? Handed duly his card on Wednesday, just outside his class. And then totally forgot about it. Boyboy... boyboy...
Brought me back to my first mother's day. At 24 years old, I remembered slightly blushing. Still not used to the idea of referring to the innocent baby as mine.
To all new mothers, welcome! Happy first mother's day... I hope this will be unforgettable for you too.
Dear hubby is away, and my daughter just recovered from 5 days of fever. I got a tiny glimpse of being a single parent. To say that I know how does it feel to be single mom is an utmost understatement.
To all single moms, happy mother's day. I admire your determination and strength.
One thing that still strikes me every now and then is a sense of wonder, of how my own Mom raised me up until now (she's still 'growing' me in some aspects up to this very minute). How old-time-mommies managed without hand-phone, is a mystery for me.
To all grandmothers, especially my Mom, happy mother's day. It's truly a special achievement to nurture a girl, a woman, until finally a mother.
(I'm keeping my fingers crossed on my daughter... God helps me that we're doing it right)
Since up to now I know no mother with a perfect-problem-free life, big or small, trivial or seemingly-impossible, here's to you:
May the problem magically, with Help from Above, solve itself. For today, no matter where you are... or how busy is life... or how difficult is the situation... Wish you a special happy mother's day. :)
My beloved sweet daughter woke up early before me, eagerly planning an elaborate treasure hunt. She wrote hints, leading to a stash of cards kept in the doll house. Later on she sheepishly admitted that the cards were taken back from a box where I keep all cards from the kids. (Of course, I recognized the cards, still. She made the cards with my guidance after all. In true reflection of my gene, she prepared the card since March)
Son? Handed duly his card on Wednesday, just outside his class. And then totally forgot about it. Boyboy... boyboy...
Brought me back to my first mother's day. At 24 years old, I remembered slightly blushing. Still not used to the idea of referring to the innocent baby as mine.
To all new mothers, welcome! Happy first mother's day... I hope this will be unforgettable for you too.
Dear hubby is away, and my daughter just recovered from 5 days of fever. I got a tiny glimpse of being a single parent. To say that I know how does it feel to be single mom is an utmost understatement.
To all single moms, happy mother's day. I admire your determination and strength.
One thing that still strikes me every now and then is a sense of wonder, of how my own Mom raised me up until now (she's still 'growing' me in some aspects up to this very minute). How old-time-mommies managed without hand-phone, is a mystery for me.
To all grandmothers, especially my Mom, happy mother's day. It's truly a special achievement to nurture a girl, a woman, until finally a mother.
(I'm keeping my fingers crossed on my daughter... God helps me that we're doing it right)
Since up to now I know no mother with a perfect-problem-free life, big or small, trivial or seemingly-impossible, here's to you:
May the problem magically, with Help from Above, solve itself. For today, no matter where you are... or how busy is life... or how difficult is the situation... Wish you a special happy mother's day. :)
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Stability... consistency... focus
I kept on reminding myself of these three words. Both in work and at home.
Stability
My dear mother reminded me many times. It is east to go up. The more difficult task is to stay there.
For home, I think kids will be happier to live in a stable environment. Not only physical wise, but also emotional wise (admittedly, am guilty of the latter).
Consistencies
How it differs from stability?
To me, stability is situational. But consistency reflect our values and judgement. Whether it hovers around a certain mark, or to the other extreme: being unpredictable.
For child education, my hubby is a firm believer of this. He set the rule, he expects the kids to follow the rules. No matter what. Thread works well for him because our notty-but-cute offspring knows what comes if they ignore it.
Put it simply, he got little trouble with getting the kids to behave.
Last is...
Focus
In the office, I keep a little to do list. Gleefully crossing item as completed.
This enables me to multitask, and to stay focused on task on hand.
And, managing people wise, it will be easier if everyone shares a same focus at a time.
Then I realized... This should be done at home too. Let me figure it out how...
[Good Brand] Learning Horizon
In a typically kiasu manner, I've dutifully gone around Singapore to search for suitable courses for my kids.
To share, my 'suitability' criteria: interesting for the kids, can be useful in near future, affordable, time slot is squeeze-able into our established routine, and the last one is added after many painful experiences. Last one is the school management.
I've come to appreciate friendly school management office.
1. Simple admission and withdrawal rules (none of those few pages of fine print, which requires you to blah-blah-blah... but only in the even of preceding blah-blah-blah...)
2. Friendly helpful staff (none of those fierce stare with crumpled eyebrows, as if you're emitting some nonsensical utterance). And clean too... (<-- hastily added, remembering a few that manned the reception desk while blowing noses, cleaning up nails, *shudder*)
(Admittedly, sometimes I do make allowances for those that doesn't fit there. But only when the lessons are outstanding, and my kid depends on it)
Here is one with outstanding service. My son actually out-grew one of their program. And after trying to find others, we quited. But we only manage to stay away for a few months. I contacted them back, asking for new classes. So now we're in again.
It is : Learning Horizon
Located at Yio Chu Kang Grassroot Club
http://www.learninghorizon.com.sg/contactus.aspx
And not only that, you can expect quality teachers there too...
Happy learning! :)
To share, my 'suitability' criteria: interesting for the kids, can be useful in near future, affordable, time slot is squeeze-able into our established routine, and the last one is added after many painful experiences. Last one is the school management.
I've come to appreciate friendly school management office.
1. Simple admission and withdrawal rules (none of those few pages of fine print, which requires you to blah-blah-blah... but only in the even of preceding blah-blah-blah...)
2. Friendly helpful staff (none of those fierce stare with crumpled eyebrows, as if you're emitting some nonsensical utterance). And clean too... (<-- hastily added, remembering a few that manned the reception desk while blowing noses, cleaning up nails, *shudder*)
(Admittedly, sometimes I do make allowances for those that doesn't fit there. But only when the lessons are outstanding, and my kid depends on it)
Here is one with outstanding service. My son actually out-grew one of their program. And after trying to find others, we quited. But we only manage to stay away for a few months. I contacted them back, asking for new classes. So now we're in again.
It is : Learning Horizon
Located at Yio Chu Kang Grassroot Club
http://www.learninghorizon.com.sg/contactus.aspx
And not only that, you can expect quality teachers there too...
Happy learning! :)
[Through the eyes of a child] Smile to the world and the world smiles back at you
From times to times, my six year old daughter can be one grumpy girl. Not a proud thing to confess, but she is.
And she's also been blessed by the power of speech. More or less, the gift enables a certain feature which talk back, reversing logic, remembering all past ruling I've made... To put it simply, sometimes I do beg her to stop *shamefaced* Am at her mercy. (I think most humanly mother will, because this situation is normally coupled with the other kid demanding attention, and the phone rings, or the water spills... Mother knows best).
What I observe, and I told her too, is that normally if she's calm and happy, things flow smoothly for her.
Quantitative proof comes in forms of abacus homework. (Abacus is a form of calculation method using series of beads, and the homework is not for the faint hearted. Simply tons of it) Whenever she does the problems in foul mood, there will be tons of mistakes.
I think for a kid, this is a good visual proof. So our little lawyer does agree with me on my above theory.
Then recently she told me that she forced her friend to smile. (Things that they tell you after works are still fascinating at this stage)
Me : Why?
Her : Because when we smile, other people will smile back to us!
After some probing, turns out that she observed a passing lady smiled a lot, bless her, and many people smiled back at the lady.
So there you go... smile... expect the best from life and from the world... and they will smile back right at you. :)
And she's also been blessed by the power of speech. More or less, the gift enables a certain feature which talk back, reversing logic, remembering all past ruling I've made... To put it simply, sometimes I do beg her to stop *shamefaced* Am at her mercy. (I think most humanly mother will, because this situation is normally coupled with the other kid demanding attention, and the phone rings, or the water spills... Mother knows best).
What I observe, and I told her too, is that normally if she's calm and happy, things flow smoothly for her.
Quantitative proof comes in forms of abacus homework. (Abacus is a form of calculation method using series of beads, and the homework is not for the faint hearted. Simply tons of it) Whenever she does the problems in foul mood, there will be tons of mistakes.
I think for a kid, this is a good visual proof. So our little lawyer does agree with me on my above theory.
Then recently she told me that she forced her friend to smile. (Things that they tell you after works are still fascinating at this stage)
Me : Why?
Her : Because when we smile, other people will smile back to us!
After some probing, turns out that she observed a passing lady smiled a lot, bless her, and many people smiled back at the lady.
So there you go... smile... expect the best from life and from the world... and they will smile back right at you. :)
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