Monday, February 14, 2011 by Daisy in Combat, Daisy's Thoughts, Family, General Blog Posts, Love And Marriage

This year my Valentino is in camp, serving his reservist!!! He left the house just after 6am, and due to his ‘project’ and his allocated shift, I won’t see him until 2 full days later or even more days later (not including today!!)

Oh well, nevermind, atleast I have my 2 other darlings with me!!!

Like someone said, everyday should be our valentines day… And rightly so! Hupps needs to just work extra hard to buy me gifts every day!! Hehe.. Can’t wait

This year, made some heart cookies… Chloe loved them, but Hupps found it too sweet! Maybe cos he thought he was too sweet?!?! *Vomit* :p

Had my fave sushi/sashimi and cake last night with Hupps whilst the kids slept & mama out at a dinner… Nice! Will be busy whilst Hupps is not around, so will update more as & when.

Friday, February 11, 2011 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, Family, General Blog Posts, Love And Marriage

My Dearest Sister sent me an email recently and it came at a great time because at times things can just get on top of you… Recently, my Hupps is doing his reservist and I feel as though there is a lot to do whenever he is not around! So yeah, great timing!

It is taken from “Heart Reflections Devotional” by Nanette Kinkade and some from my sister’s email!

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:9,10).

Father, What a wonderful calling you have given women to be able to serve in so many ways. Free me, Lord, from the sin of comparison and complaining, and instead fill me with a grateful heart that sees the best in every circumstance. Help me to remember that in everything I do–even in the smallest things–I do them for Your glory. Help me, too, to hold steady, knowing that the efforts produced by Your Spirit in me are never in vain.”

“You’ve heard about the story of Martha and Mary right? The two sisters, Mary was sat at Jesus’s feet, listening to him. Martha was busy busy preparing food for Jesus and his 12 disciples; Martha got angry because she didnt have any help at all, and Jesus told Martha off because she was in a mood. Many people use that as an example and say that those who are Martha’s miss out on so much, like spending time with Jesus [what Mary was doing]… thus missing out on a lot of great opportunities. But I’ve heard other things: that it’s ok to be a Martha–the doer. Things do get done, if it wasn’t for Martha, Jesus and his 12 disciples would be hungry for the rest of the night.”

I used to be annoyed that I was the one doing, what I felt, everything…. But looking at the bigger picture, we all have our own roles and yeah – I’ve finally realised that it’s ok to be the ‘Doer’! And like my sister had pointed out to me, I have been a Martha all my life… But actually, I don’t mind it anymore… Ofcos, it’s good to be appreciated by others, but not everyone will always appreciate it – but at least I feel happy, so all’s good One thing I do need to learn is to have a break and ask for help – something which my husband always tells me! “Take a break.. take a rest!” I suppose, it wouldn’t be me, if I decided to be Mary!

Thought I’d share the email with you all x

Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Daisy in Baby, Combat, Daisy's Thoughts, Family, General Blog Posts

It’s 6:45am as I write this… Chloe has been a nightmare all night and morning, leaving Hupps & I sleep deprived… At one point, we had to sleep with her and comfort her, but no luck! Not too sure what is wrong, maybe she got traumatized by the 2 lion dances in the shopping centre (cos she screamed her head off when we had to pass them & she kept saying that she was scared whilst crying!) or maybe she felt insecure because she saw Hupps pack his army stuff & thought we were gonna leave without her?! Anyways, only God knows!

Although, she sleeps in a different room, her cries were disturbing Andre, so he too now, is irritable!

Hupps has left for his Commando Reservist just now and for the next 17 days, it will be a battle at home also, if the kids decide to be rebellious and difficult!! Hupps has told me that he may not be able to come home at nights depending on what training missions he has!! Oh help me God!!!

Oh well, just gotta persevere! Just pray that C&A rest well, eat well and cooperate, so that I too can do the same!!! Also pray that Hupps has a smooth, easy time, eats & rests well so that he can help me on the weekends (if he can come back!), should the kids be non-cooperative!!!

Monday, February 7, 2011 by Daisy in Baby, Daisy's Thoughts, Dreams, Family, General Blog Posts, Health And Well-Being, Holiday, Really Nice Food

This CNY has been great.. Busy and rushed, but great!! Great food and decor…

Some of my immediate family managed to take time out of their holiday plans and spend time with ADCA in Singapore… It’s been awhile since all of us bunked out in one house and just chilled and ate… They all stayed at our house and although, there weren’t enough beds – it was fun to all squeeze in together and sleep wherever there was space! I rather miss those days when we were younger and we all squeezed into each other’s bedrooms, or had sleeping bags laid all over the floors cos we just liked the whole ‘sleep-over’ thing!

Shame that it rained ALOT during their stay though… cos it would have been nice to take them to more places to eat good food!

My youngest sister Ansy was the last to leave Singa and she so reminded me of myself when I first came to Singapore…. She currently lives in Taiwan, and whilst she was here, she had a list of things that she needed to do.. Like have her hair cut, eat a good western meal, buy certain british stuff to bring back with her…. These things seem so trivial but when you live in a country where you don’t understand the language (and they don’t speak much english), where good old british stuff are hard to come by – I tell you, you have serious cravings… I was like that… I longed for jacket potato, a good bangers and mash dish, certain chocolates like Wispa, Fish and chips from a take-away… I still have the cravings but not so badly anymore! In a nice sort of way, I think I’m getting used to Singapore… the weather, the lifestyle, the accents, the foods… I never thought I would really… Because it was such a big culture shock to me! When we relocate back to UK, I think I will miss Singa and have those ‘cravings’ that I once had when I arrived here…

Chloe turned 2 during CNY… I look back and time has flown… I can’t believe how much she has grown…. She’s a proper madam now! And Andre, he’s also growing up so quickly…

Who knows what will happen in the future, But what I do hope is that all will be happy and stay close and in contact x

Happy Chinese New Year to all my family and friends out there!

Friday, January 28, 2011 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

I’ve been humming recently… to tunes.. to mandarin songs actually… Don’t have a clue what the words mean though!! Just loving the tunes… and the fact that I don’t really understand what they are saying means I can freely interpret the song in the way I want, according to the notes and mood of the songs!!!

Some of my faves include:
Chrysanthemum Flower Bed (Ju Hua Tai) ???” by Jay Chou.
Belong (Shu Yu) ?? by ??? Fish Leong.
From the film ‘Shaolin’ – Enlightement by Andy Lau ????????????? -???MV

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by Daisy in Baby, Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts, Really Nice Food

For those who know our little Chloe, she has suffered from food allergies since solids were introduced to her!

And since that day, it has been a headache testing foods and avoiding them… For the foods that trigger her eczema, poor girl has puffy, red, itchy, dry patches on her face, esp the around the eyes….

So far, her avoid foods include cow’s milk (but recent introduction of this in certain products seem to be ok, fingers crossed), egg, peas, plums, citrus fruits, berries (including strawberries, blueberries), kiwi, shellfish/seafood (except fish) and the list goes on!

Cooking for her is a mission cos I’m not particularly brilliant at cooking and now because there’s Andre, there just isn’t enough time nor energy!! I cook her 2 meals every day & because she’s not that adventurous, it’s getting difficult! Also, now that she’s hitting the terrible twos stage, she’s starting to get picky & bored of foods that she once loved! Problem is, ideas are running low because of 1) the lack of foods she can eat, 2) the fact that she doesn’t want to eat this and that! 3) Singapore doesn’t offer many dairy free and egg free alternatives like dairy free cheeses/spreads/yoghurt/cakes etc and egg free biscuits/cakes freely off the shelf! What is in abundance here is soya milk!!!

At times, I feel sorry for her because of the lack of things she can eat and enjoy…

It’s her birthday soon and I have decided to bake her some cupcakes for her birthday… I wanted to order a sugar free, nut free, dairy free and egg free cake but it was difficult to source one and when I did, it was stupidly expensive! For her 1st bday, I made her cake but she couldn’t eat it. This year, she will be able to blow the candle from her cake and then be able to eat it!! Yay!!

Gotta go through more allergy-free recipes!! Some of her faves that she helped to make include spring rolls and gingerbread men!!!

Saturday, January 1, 2011 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

Wow, 2010 went by far too quickly! So much that I can’t remember specifics!

However, there were a few occasions that do spring to mind, such as the following:
-Our little Chloe is no longer little anymore and she turned one in Feb (not that a one year old is big!!!)
-We celebrate CNY in Phuket with family
-Chloe fractures her leg due to a freak accident on the changing table in March!
-DnAnC return to UK in preparation for Andre
-Anais’ 1st birthday
-DnAnC is officially changed to ADCA with the arrival of Andre in August

Overall, 2010 was a year full of blessings namely my family and friends on both sides of the world, my two beautiful children and last but not least My Fantastic and Amazing Husband… May 2011 bring more blessings

Saturday, September 11, 2010 by Daisy in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

Hupps just commented that each time he enters his car and he turns the radio on (Red Dragon FM) – this song seems to be playing!… (along with this song, I think RED Dragon loves it!)

It’s a fab song! Enjoy!

Travie McCoy: Billionaire ft. Bruno Mars

Lyrics:

[Bruno Mars]
I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

[Chorus]
Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night oh
I swear the world better prepare
For when I’m a billionaire

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of, everyday Christmas
Give Travie a wish list
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh-t
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
Its been a couple months since I’ve single so
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho
Get it, hehe, I’d probably visit where Katrina hit
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah can’t forget about me stupid
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music

[Chorus]
Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night oh
I swear the world better prepare
For when I’m a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I’m a Billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I’m a Billionaire

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]
I’ll be playing basketball with the President
Dunking on his delegates
Then I’ll compliment him on his political etiquette
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
But keep the fives, twentys (?) completely separate
And yeah I’ll be in a whole new tax bracket
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
I’ll probably take whatevers left and just split it up
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
Eating good sleeping soundly
I know we all have a similar dream
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet
And put it in the air and sing

[Bruno Mars]
I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
[Chorus]
I wanna be a billionaire so frickin bad!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Daisy in Baby, Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts

There goes another nappy in the bin!! The amount of poo that comes out of a baby is crazy!!

When you’ve just changed your baby and then within 1 minute you hear the ‘farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttt’ sound – Oh man, I just can’t help but roll my eyes! I’m glad Hupps sees the funny side of it!!

For me, unless he cries, then why change it!?!??! *Evil mother!!* But Hupps is mortified!!! He states: ‘But his 2 balls and penis will be damaged!’ Ummmmm…. Well, if you put it like that – I suppose, his crown jewels should be cleant then!!!

Not much happening on my front, except on strike for all matters except ‘Andre-sitting’…. As for Hupps, he’s busy to the max!! Not much to update about Andre except he feeds, sleeps, poos/wees, cries and occasionally opens his eyes! Born 9lb2 (4.14kg), within 2 days he was 8lb2 (3.72kg)… He was snacking I was told and not feeding off the breast long enough! So, had to do marathon feeds, whilst trying to awaken him!! Missions! @ 13 days old, he was weighed and thank God, he was 8lb8 (3.99kg)… so slowly but surely he’s reaching his birth weight – Yay!

A complete contrast to Chloe, Andre is scrawny/skinnier (although longer and heavier), more aggressive when he wants something but is an extremely slow milk drinker (it usu. takes me 1hr atleast)! Chloe was chubbier (although shorter), milk-guzzler (20mins max) and timid…. What a contrast…