Archives for July 2010

Pho in Chinatown?

July 21, 2010 · By ·

A week of being stuck at home has left me with plenty of cravings, so I made dh and the little one come along with me in search of Vietnamnese Pho.

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K wasn't in his best of moods today so I could hardly get a grin from him for the photos.

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Since we rarely spend time around this part of Singapore, I brought my cam along to snap some pictures of Chinatown.

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There are so many sights and colours that is hard to capture with a moody little boy and a hungry dh in tow. So my next visit with the cam to Chinatown has to be sans the little boy and the man.

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When we finally got our Pho, it turned out to be a great disappointment. So unsatifying until I did not bother to capture any shots of it. So I have learnt that one should never go to Chinatown and try any other cuisine other than Chinese food.

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And the boy was in his best, "I don't want to eat anything" mood. I suppose the Pho was really no good according to his gourmet tastebuds.

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So my search for good Pho continues…

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2 wheels are better than 4

July 19, 2010 · By ·

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This common adage of 'like father, like son'; has proven itself to be so true when I look at K and dh. Maybe it is that glint of admiration in K's eyes, whenever they spend time together. I see him closely observing his dad, imitating his every move.

He knows he has the license to snack when his dad opens a pack of potato chips or caramel corn. And would proudly exclaim to our helper, "I am sharing chips with my daddy." He loves sitting next to dad and wants his own PS3 control when the latter is playing golf, giving customary high fives to one another when they score a 'hole-in-one' and then pumping his fist in the air, together with a resounding 'Yes' (times like these I wonder what he will be doing when he turns 5).

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Many times I find myself nudging dh, reminding him always to be that good role model for K (especially when it comes to his snacking habits).

There's this other thing they have in common; their interest in motorcycles. Dh owned a couple of motorcycles in his youth and I remembered enjoying the experience as a pillion rider :)  Somehow K picked up this interest along the way, and all dh did was to be that indulgent dad who got him a set of motorcycle toys. So far K shows no sign that he is sick of this interest and I find myself having to constantly entertain K's questions of, "Is there one or two exhausts?" or "Is that a road bike or a chopper?", whenever we see motorcycles on the road.

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I am letting him enjoy his obsession for now and hopefully gets it out of his system, and will move on to other things when he finally reaches the age when he can obtain a motorcycle/car license.

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For now, he's content with riding the battery-operated three-wheeler motorcycle whenever we visit T3 for dinner.

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Only start to appreciate it…

July 16, 2010 · By ·

when I don't have it.

I  have been taking my health for granted for the longest time. I start to forget that I am no more in my youthful twenties and my constituition is not as resilent as it was 10 years ago. All it took was about 2 months of staying up beyond 1 – 2 a.m continuously and I am down with an illness.

I have been having HFMD since Wednesday. I still can't really ascertain if I got it from K, since he only had a bout of flu, followed by an outbreak of rash on his arms and legs last week, which was not characteristic of HFMD. However he did have 2-3 strange spots on his palm as well as in his mouth. So maybe, he did have it, possibly a slight variation, which I unfortunately caught it from him and got the full works (all except the ulcers).

So it is not true that adults don't get HFMD. I have been thankfully spared from the ulcers in the mouth, however had plently of raised, itchy spots on my palms and fingers, as well as on my feet and the base on my feet. The most unbearable part has to be the pins and needles in my feet and hands (think perpetual cramp in feet and hands). It was so bad yesterday, that I could not walk without leaning on the walls and I could not get to sleep the whole of last night. 

I am very thankful that dh have been extremely supportive these couple of days and he have set aside all his work responsibilities to send K to school and get all the chinese herbs for me. And have a helper at home to cover all my duties of taking care of K.

I am into the third day of HFMD and I am on the road to recovery. The spots on the hands and feet have stopped spreading and the pins and needles in feet have become more bearable. Another 4 more days and I am over the home-quarantine…

I was so looking forward to this week's home-learning workshop but it has been cancelled due to this :(  I have also learnt the hard way and I will conciously get myself to bed before 1230am (will try really hard) and remind myself that work can wait for another day.

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