Bye bye virus!

Our little princess had a great night's sleep on Saturday and woke up the next day feeling refreshed and more cheerful.

She was in the mood to wave hi and bye to the nurses and doctors. She even gave Dr Jacqueline a kiss, after Doctor announced that she is well enough to go home.

While waiting for the nurses to prepare for her discharge, Daddy brought Tessa to the playground.

At around 3.30pm, we were all ready to go home!

Bye bye for good, we won't be back again!

Boohoohoo!!!

I have never seen my precious one cried so much since birth. This nasty viral fever must have caused so much discomfort to her. She is cranky and almost non-consolable.

As a result, Mommy & Grandma became panda bears.

On Saturday early morning around 2am, the doctor on duty decided to put the little one on drip because she was truly dehydrated.

Her poor little right hand was all bandaged up so that she won't hurt herself when she moved around.

The drip actually did do her good. Her fever subsided and she was able to sleep better.

Our little princess woke up feeling more refreshed, energized and cheerful.

Down with Viral Fever

Our little girl was hit by the nasty virus!!!!

The nasty virus caused high fever that hoovered around 37 and 39.6 degrees. Her fever started last Thursday morning. In the afternoon, Gongong and Mah-mah brought her to the doctor who prescribed fever medicine. But the medicine didn't help.

Late night, we received a call that she was burning hot and we rushed down to send her to NUH Children Emergency. Her temperature was 39.3. The doctor wanted to rule out urine infection but we failed to make her pee enough to do the urine dipstick test. Therefore, the doctor decided to send us back home, and for her to return in the afternoon to the specialist clinic to be followed up.

Tessa with her KoolAid at Children's Emergency

We returned to NUH Clinic A on Friday afternoon. Her fever was 39.4 and she was obviously dehydrated as a result of the fever. She has not drunk any milk the whole day. The doctor advised us to get her admitted so that they can put her on a drip if necessary.

So, we checked into NUH Ward 46 Room 5 at around 4pm.

Long time no hear

It's been quite a while since I last post updates on the little one.

She is really growing up fast. Now she can stand on her own really well. Not sure when she'll take her first step.

She has also learnt to wave bye-bye and will give you a smooch (or smooches when she's in a good mood) when you ask. It's been a delight to wake up in the morning to her smooching away at me.

She has also learnt to dance in her own amusing style. Very entertaining. I will find a chance to video it down.

I promise I will try to find time to upload new photos soon.

娃娃看电视

我们可爱的娃娃和公公、婆婆一起看Ninja Warriors，看到参赛者一个个失手掉入水中，就会开心地哈哈大笑。

三个人的情人节

有了孩子的2月14日，是二人世界浪漫的结束还是另一个新的开始？

老公是实际派，对这种节日的期望和向往度不高。但是我是个喜欢浪漫的人，因此还是很向往能够和老公一起度过个浪漫的情人节。鲜花、烛光、美食……想着都会让我陶醉。唉！可是三个人的生活早就已经没有了浪漫，心里唯一牵挂的也只有我们的小宝贝。所以今年我对情人节的期待淡如水。

可是结果，原来，三个人的情人节也可以过得很快乐。

今年，没有鲜花和浪漫的烛光晚餐，但是仍然度过了一个幸福的情人节。老公还意外地给了我一个惊喜。嘻，还真的叫我好感动、喜出望外。

一家人在一起，天天都可以很幸福、很浪漫。

My Baby Float

I had soooooo much fun in the pool yesterday with Daddy, Mommy, Peter-gonggong and Adrian gorgor.

I love lying back in my bright yellow float and just drifting about in the pool. So relaxing!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today is Valentine's Day! It's a day for people to say 'I love you' and give one another many hugs and kisses.

Oh! Also a day to go out play and have a nice dinner.

Mommy dressed me in my new white dress so that we can all go and have a nice Valentine's Day celebration!

This is my first Valentine's Day with Daddy. Daddy said it's a hyper Valentine's Day for him!

Hyper happy one, I guess.

Picnic @Peirce Reservoir

Yesterday, Daddy and Mommy brought me to Peirce Reservoir for a mini picnic. The weather was very nice and we had fun just sitting by the reservoir enjoying take-out chicken nuggets, french fries and Coke from McDonalds.

The photos we took at the reservoir turned out very very nice!

Mommy said we shall do this more often - we can cycle, fly kite, or simply take a stroll and have a picnic like we did. I totally agree.

Cute China Baby Doll

Gong xi gong xi!

Tessa wants to thank all who have given her angbaos, making her one of the richest babies on earth (rich with $$$ as well as love).

Mommy has alot of fun dressing me up during the CNY. This one is one of my favourite - a cheongsum given to me by my grandaunties.

Once again, I wish everyone a very very happy and prosperous year of the Ox.

Post Bali

We are very happy that we survived our first long haul overseas trip with Tessa! Yeah! We did it!

Not sure if the little one realized that we've been to a place far away from home and back. But the trip has been very enjoyable and rewarding for us, definitely worth all the trouble we've been through.

We've been quite busy since we got back from Bali, partly because our poor Tessa baby was down with red eye. Her right eye was watery and a tad bit swollen. We brought her to the doctor who diagnosed a slight infection and prescribed eye drop.

Bali Day 05 - Bye bye Bali...

This morning, all of us woke up really early to prepare ourselves for the flight home.

Before we leave our little haven - the beautiful villa, we pose for a family photo.



At the Bali airport, we did some last minute shopping.



While waiting for Mommy to finish shopping, I was having alot of fun playing with Peter Gonggong.

I enjoyed this trip very much even though I had mosquito bites on my face, arms and ears! Naughty mosquitoes!

Bali Day 04: Rice terrace, coffee plantation and more!

Today is the last day of our road trip around Bali.

After breakfast, we headed towards northern Bali.

First, we come across some gorgeous rice terraces.

Passing the rice terraces, we come to an eco-farm where coffee and other spices are planted. Adrian gorgor tried his hands to pound coffee beans into powder.

Leaving the plantation, we headed towards Tabanan to the hot springs. But in the end, all of us decided that we do not want to go to the hot springs after all.

Our next stop is a market where we can buy local souvenirs. Daddy had a great time shopping here.

Moving towards Bedugul, we came to a temple by a lake. Most of us are tired of temples. So only Daddy and Mommy went into the temple for their romantic stroll.

As we headed back to Seminyak in the evening, it started raining again. So it was decided that we will dine in the villa again tonight. Mommy and Daddy went out to Warung Italiano and Bale Bali to buy take-out, and we all gather in our villa for a good dinner.

After dinner, Daddy and Mommy headed out to Chill for massage while all of us retire for an early rest because we need to wake up very early the next day for our return flight back to Singapore.

Bali Day 03: Gunung Batur and Ubud

Today, after breakfast in our villa, we set off for a day out to the volcanoes and Ubud, the cultural centre of Bali.



Our first stop is a batik factory where they hand-painted all their batik. Gonggong bought a nice batik shirt here.




On our way to the volcanoes, we past by many artefacts shops and rice paddy fields.

Bali has 2 active volcanoes - Gunung Agung and Gunung Batur. The highest point is Mount Agung at 3,142m high, an active volcano that last erupted in March 1963. Mountains cover centre to the eastern side, with Mount Agung as the easternmost peak. Mount Batur (1,717 m) is also still active; an eruption 30,000 years ago was one of the largest known volcanic events on Earth.



We stopped by for a simple buffet lunch overlooking the volcanoes as well as Lake Batur. The weather is very cool and cloudy, as rain was deemed to pour down soon. The cloudy, misty weather added a romantic feel to our lunch.


Saying bye bye to the volcanoes, we travelled to the famous culture centre of Bali - Ubud. There, the group visited the Ubud Palace where the Sultan used to live.

Leaving Ubud, on our way back to Seminyak where we stayed, we visited a temple.


Opps, no... 2 temples... this one is very gorgeous as it is situated by the sea.



When we reached back to our villa in Seminyak, it was raining. Initially, we had wanted to go to Made's Warung for our reunion dinner since it's Chinese New Year's Eve. But because of the weather, we decided to dine in our own villa.

Mommy and Daddy went out to order take-out from Made's Warung - supposedly a famous and must-try restaurant in Bali and highly recommended by our driver uncle.

Bali Day 02 - Part 2: Kuta and Jimbaran Bay

Bali is an Indonesian island that lies between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island.

With a population of more than 3 million, the island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. Abour 93% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music.

To see the best of Bali in 3 days, Daddy chartered a van with a driver to take us around Bali.


The first stop for today is Kuta Square where we can jalan jalan, eat lunch and head for Kuta Beach.

We had some very delicious traditional Balinese and Indonesian food. Yummy!

After lunch, we headed to Kuta Beach to enjoy the sun, the sand and the sea.

The next stop is a temple by the cliff with the notorious monkeys who are famous for snatching hats, glasses and other stuff from tourists.

However, I fell asleep on our way there and missed the picturesque view.

After that, we headed to Jimbaran Bay which is famous for their BBQ seafood. We had a sumptuous seafood dinner of lobster, prawns, fish, squids and mussels.