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We went for the Sat night- qualifier round and hubb went for the finals as well. Thanks to my bil, he has gotten tickets for the family to view F1. Well... why I wasn't there at the finals is a story about a cooked duck that flew away.

Hubb is a big F1 race fan and he has been following the season's races. Now he even wants to go for Sempang Grand Prix next year. He asked me I want to go with him to watch the race. I gave it a 2nd thought and told him to give me the money to shop. Hahaha! We were rooting for Kimi who clearly has a lot of fans at where we were sitting, but lady luck clearly wasn't with him and it looks like this reigning champion will not get to retain his title. :\

I must say I am impressed with the organiser which made the first night race possible and a big success. Singapore CBD in aerial view looks fantastic and one couldn't feel more proud about our tiny island.

More photos at my Facebook.

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Yeah~ Alex's 6th monniversary came and gone. He couldn't take his first semi-solids as planned. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise coz I had intended him to try out Heinz organic rice cereal... which I am not sure whether it is the very same product that has been recalled in HK. As far as his food goes, I will try my best to give him the best. Home made, organic and fresh food when possible. His rashes are gone and I will start him on the semi-solid on Wednesday!

His 2nd tooth have sprouted and his daddy deemed him even cuter! ;D

Milestones

• Turns towards sounds and voices- Yes
• Imitates sounds, blows bubbles- Yes
• Rolls in both directions - Yes
• Reaches for objects and mouths them- Yes
• Sits without support- Yes
• Is ready for solids- Yes
• May lunge forward or start crawling- Yes
• May jabber or combine syllables- Nope
• May drag object towards himself - Yes

He loves

• to meet new people
• keyboard n our mobile phone now! What's with boys/men and gadgets huh?

He is

• 8.1kg
• cranky when he is sleepy -_-
  

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Big sigh here. Alex has developed some rashes/hives since Wed evening. He looks like an alien! We have since brought him to see a GP and a PD. He's on Chlormine and Zyrtec. Hopefully he will get better soon.

Both doctors are not able to pinpoint what triggers off his allergy. It can't be his food intake since he's still on breast milk totally. So it could be something I ate, except that I didn't eat anything out of norm. If it's external factor, it could be 1001 things but the most common culprits are dust, plants/pollen or perfume. Our place is just next to an express way so it does get dusty at times. It can't be plants related coz the only plant I kept is out of bounds to him. As for perfume... hubb's cologne? We can't tell for sure and he's still too young to be sent for allergy test.

The PD also ordered that he can't start any solids yet nor can he take his 6-in-1 jabs... which were exactly what I had planned for him this weekend. Coz tomorrow is his 6 monniversary! My baby is so ready to eat (he drools and mouths whenever he sees us eating) but he'll just have to wait.

Here's a photo of my ah beng sitting in a high chair in a fast food restaurant.

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Gotten these from the recent Threadless Sale. Wanted to get a family set but baby's rompers was out of stock after I made the order.

I have 1 each of guy M size and girl XL size. See the design below. It's so cute! Selling for $21 each. $2 off if you get both the tees. Pls email me if you are interested.

Sizing
Guy M: Width 20 Length 28.5
Girl XL: Width 18.75 Length 28

*hopeful

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Dun tickle my son. It's a mummy's privilege. :P

My house rule is I can tickle anyone :P and I discovered that Alex is ticklish. It's like he turned ticklish overnight. Haha! So I had some fun tickling him. He's so ticklish... that now whenever I went "kooo-cheee-kooo-cheee-kooo" and put my fingers on his legs, he will start giggling. :P

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I find that Alex does more exploring on his jumperoo than jumping in it. Here's what he likes to do... Well, of course mummy is amazed and hence the video. Hee hee...

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So glad that I was able to catch up with some of my ex-colleagues from UNSW Asia. Especially my ex-boss, Maria who has since moved back to Sydney. She's one of the best boss that I have had (and the best looking one too!) Maria was in town for only a day and I met her with the rest at Lao Beijing, Tiong Bahru Plaza. The food was forgettable but the highlight which was of course to be to catch up with her and the rest (Pieter is not in the pic) and talked about a certain common enemy.

Sigh, as much as I (and thte rest) don't like the ending, my times in UNSW Asia is a memorable one and I love that job and the folks there. We have all bonded within our short stint at a place that would have been great but was shortlived.

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The most important man of my life is... Alexander Chia! Hubb will not be happy to read this but deep down in his heart, he knows that Alex is indeed very important to us.

While it can be tiring and challenging to take care of the wee one... at times I looked at him and marvelled at our little creation.

I love...

• that single strand of hair which is twice as long
• his slight hint of dimple (just like me!)
• his fleshy cheeks and limbs
• how he likes to claw(!) at my face (it's the exploration stage)
• when he broke into a big wide smile when I greeted him in the morning
• that sweet face of his especially when he's sleeping (which means I get to rest and blog like now)

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I AM SO GLAD that hubb's 3 weeks of reservist duty is coming to an end. He wastes tax payer's money by being an overqualified watchman. His schedule is pretty odd this time round. His guard duty is on either a 27 hour or 24 hour shift, but it all means he comes home on alternate days. At first I was gungho about taking care of Alex alone. I even brought Alex out to have a nice dinner with the foodie girls. Then things spiralled down all the way.

First Alex started teething, which I was ecstatic about and by now, the excitement pretty much chilled... The teeth has sprouted since last week. During the time when I first saw the slit on his lower gum and till last night, I don't have a good night sleep. He is fussy with a capital 'F'! And his bites... he bit me twice so far. Still 20+ teeth to go!

Then my bro's wedding... helped him to source and decided on a ROM package. The most stressful part was the drama in the household over my brother's choice of a wife and the truth that my mother managed to dig out. It was ugly but I wasn't there to witness. I spared my ears to my mom and bro, so much so that I told my brother to call off the ROM. But still ROM is a done deal. I hope my bro will live happily with his wife.

The lack of sleep and stress made me declare to hubb that I am going kee siao (read: crazy)! And what do I do when I am stress? I eat more. :(

The last thing... I don't think I am pregnant and I shouldn't be but yesterday's pukings made me recall the recent pregnant episode and I don't want a #2 so soon!

That's all. The past few weeks in a few paras. I must focus on the positives! Carpe diem!

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