Swimming Record

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Julian and Garwyn started swimming at the age of 4 and 3 respectively. As they were "underage" for the official swimming lesson so mummy has to put them under private training.

So far, their mummy has hired and fired 2 coaches. The current coach has "a list of credentials under his swimming trunk" and very experienced. This means NO NONSENSE. They are now into "NAVY SEAL" sort of training.

Julian and Garwyn's swimming abilities is definitely daddy and mummy's pride and honour!

Their current record at the age of 5+ and 3+ - 8 laps by 60m (our pool is a litte longer)!

Keep it UP! Sons! Mummy and Daddy are so proud of you!

Julian's Misadventure

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Date: 17th July 2011 (Sun)
Venue: homeground, swimming pool
Accident: Daddy 's fault - dare devil act - diving!

When you have 2 boys and a naughty father, you must have a strong heart! That's my advice!

I left the 2 monkeys to a monster to fetch my little princess from her usual grooming around 5pm. Just into my 10 minutes drive and I got a phone call telling me to come home immediately after fetching Nicole. I sense something was wrong.

The kids have gone swimming with Dad and as usual Daddy came out with some dangerous ideas, asking them to dive at the 1.5m end of the pool to overcome their height phobia. Garwyn, being another dare devil enjoys the diving but Julian was real scare and he was reluctant to dive so I guess he turned back during the process and hit his chin on the wall of the pool and bled.

It was Sunday and at 5pm, where do I find a doctor. I tried called my usual nearby family GP but he actually had the heart to tell me go KK and he was ending his shift duty and refused to even check on him. I remember there was a 24 hours nearby so I called a friend who worked around there to help me check on the clinic. It was opened so I went. The doctor was kind to turn back (was his dinner break) to check on him but he was reluctant to stitch or glue his chin up as he considered Julian as too young. So he applied pressure for him and suggested I go to KK hospital.

I was in 2 minds to go or not as I knew it was going to be crowded (too many naughty kids in Singaopore. LOL) and Julian was not that serious so he won't have priority. I called my friend who was on her night shift in that previous clinic to try my last luck. She told me it was a relief doctor but not too bad. I went over and thanks God! I met a good one. He told me the wound was not that serious and since we could apply pressure and had been running everywhere for help for the last one hour plus, we didn't need to do anything. He prescribed some anti-biotic and off we go!

Of course during this process, the guilt-stricken daddy kept calling us....

Beyond Words

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Toilet Talk while waiting for mummy to clean their butt after business!

Shopping spree in JB

Our conversations:

I was telling Garwyn that he is a big brother again cos Uncle Nick has a new baby - Kai En!

Julian overheard it and exclaimed: Huh?! Uncle Nick has another girlfriend?

Me: *&%%$%^

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I was teaching Julian - Sequencing through Rhymes and one of it is the ever famous Humpty Dumpty that goes Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall....

and Garwyn asked: "Mummy, why must Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall? Why can he sit on a bench?"

I have known Humpty Dumpty for so long and I have never thought of asking him such a question ever. Who did?! So my answer is....

that is why he is called dumb-ty!

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Garwyn was doing his big business in the toilet and I was waiting for him to finish it and clean his butt. While waiting, I was fiddling with my iphone responding to my 5 comments in my facebook.

He said: Finished!

but as I was not over yet so I replied, : I know you still have some more, please make sure you finishes everything then call me. I am waiting...

He replied: I am DONE! I know what you are doing now! PUT YOUR IPHONE AWAY AND COME AND WASH MY BACKSIDE NOW!

OMG! Caught in act!


Milestone Year 2011

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Garwyn

Julian

Julian


Garwyn's swimming lesson

This is a "turbulent" year for me! Kids are growing up, my responsibility has increased and the responsibilities that I have given to myself has increased too! I started going back to office since March, I have turned into a Mummy's Driver to ferry them everywhere, I'm my husband's secretary but luckily I have found a good helper beginning this year. She is Jenny! She loves cooking so now we have bidden farewell to "tingkat dinner" and welcome our healthy home cooked meals!

My mother in law was hospitalised twice this year and now quite bed-ridden and on NGT. I have been trying to be a dutiful daughter in law as well, trying to help my sisters-in-law with whatever I can and also ferrying kids to visit my in laws as much as possible.

Finally, I have just completed all my accounts duties and even almost completed my spring-cleaning (thanks to Jenny for being my super assistant) and I can blog again!

Where have I left? Where do I start?

About Julian

Julian is now a 5 years 4 months old boy and weighing over 20kg! He is now in K1. He could draw, write, read and even calculate... when he is in good mood! In Sport, he excels in bicycling (not tri- but 2 wheels), swimming ( in frog style - he can swim 6 laps at once, not baby pool! mind you!), he could roller blades and he said the next thing he wanna learn is to join taewondo! He is also a pianist in the making.

I almost can't believe that my baby has grown up so fast!

About Garwyn

He is still my very babelicious Garwyn who still refuse to grow up. Sometimes he will even crawl around at home and blar blar blar in baby language and make BIG BROTHER very piss off! This baby is tall like his dad but skinny like his uncles weighing at only 15kg. After showering, he really looks like a POW! Nevertheless, this 3 years 10 months old toddler can do frog style too. Definitely not a baby in the pool! He is also a MAZE solving expert! He said his finger is his GPS!

However this is still my most worrisome child. He has just recovered from his 2nd unlucky bout of HFMD. He is also seeing a speech therapist and an occupational therapist for his muscle under-developement problem.

About Nicole

My one and only precious DOGther (daughter). She is 7 years 7 months old now (and in mortal age - she would be 49 years old now, surpassing me!) and weighing at 7.6kg (desperately needing Marie France service like mummy). Another most worrisome dearie. Last year I was constantly worried over her stubborn tick fever and this year her bladder stone problem. So I have been visiting vets regularly to follow up with her stones! Trying to get it out without an op! I have read alot in the internet about this and I know it is unlikely to avoid the OP. Lucky for now the vet said it is estimated to be 14 stones but seasame size and she may be able to purge it out through peeing. There is no urgency for OP so for now we have to force her with more water.

This is so much for now. I need to pack dinner for them. I promised the baby it will be his favourite chicken rice for dinner but it is raining now.... and time to wake them out of their nap.