(Little Leia) Happy 18 months Leia!

Leia just turned 18 months! Our lil munchkin is babbling a lot now and she understands us a whole lot better. She has learnt how to express herself and tell us what she wants.

1. When she wants to eat something, she points at it then points at her mouth lol. She basically wants to eat all that we're eating! Including spicy food. Leia recently tried spicy fried char kuay teow and mee reebus. She loves both! 

2. She takes your hand leads you to wherever she wants you to go. I think this is an awesome milestone! 

3. Leia knows how to say 'where?' when she's looking for something or someone!

4. She's very good at identifying objects now! Her ABC book of all objects has been helpful to teach her a variety of things.

5. She can hum and sing a lot to songs like 'clean up clean up', ABC, twinkle twinkle, the Mickey mouse song and a lot more!

6. Our little one can say quite a few more words now. And she's been learning how to imitate us when we speak! Just that day, she said 'but-ton'. She knows how to say 'Apple', 'bus' and 'cat' in her own cute way. 

7. Leia has learnt how to self feed though it's a very messy process lol. She can use the spoon, scoop up her food and feed herself now =D just needs more practice!

8. She does the most amazing happy dance with that cheeky look on her face. I honestly feel like dancing with her when she does it. 

9. Leia loves to play catching! And she giggles so much whilst doing so! 

10. Her favorite soft toys now are dog, Minnie Mouse and Mickey. She wakes up a happy tot when they are the first things she sees in the morning hehe. 

Happy 30th birthday love!

It's G's 30th birthday! I took leave to celebrate it with him =)

I brought him to watch Jurassic World at Shaw's premiere in the morning and it was soooo awesome. The movie was so exciting and we had yummy food (eg truffle fries) to go along! I love the premiere experience. Seats were so comfy and cosy. 

The main highlight of his birthday was our omakase dinner at Tburu, orchard gateway. The place was niceeee. Quite exclusive with tall big windows overlooking orchard road. It's almost like a fine dining restaurant. Unfortunately, we couldn't sit by the windows since we were gonna have the omakase dinner.

We were served a total of 8 dishes that were nice but not that divine. G didn't think the quality of the dishes were worth the price (even after discount!) We still enjoyed dinner though!

Happy 30th Birthday to me!

I just turned 30! All I can say is, I'm thankful for my family, friends and loved ones. They are all that matter, really. I thank God for them. 

My birthday celebrations started last Friday with my family! I went shopping with my sister at PS and then we had awesome Korean food at China town central.

Saturday morning was great with my 2 favorite girls! They celebrated my birthday at Common Man Roasters. Food was good!

We had a family outing to Changi city point with my mum. We tried this interesting juice concept and Leia looooved it.

On my actual birthday, we celebrated with Leia at Swensons and had banana crumble for my birthday cake lol.

G brought me for an awesome Crab buffet dinner at Brico at Park hotel. And we had a nice romantic stroll at Clarke quay together! 

(Healthy Project) My prediabetes scare!

On 18th May, I went for a pre-employment medical check up at Shenton medical group. As it was not specified, I went for it without fasting. In fact, prior to my check up, I had lunch with my mum at Hong Lim food centre. Food was soooo good. We had crayfish hor fun, my usual teh (which has condensed milk) and sweet sweet tau sa pia. 

My test involved a urine test and I was told my urine contained sugar. Not knowing what that really means, I just took the same test again half an hour after doing my x ray and drinking lots of water. The result didn't come out well. Again, they detected sugar. This time, I was given a blood prick test to measure my blood sugar level. It was very high, at 9.2. Diabetes level is at 11 and mine was considered pre diabetes.

I really really freaked out. The doctor told me I may have pre diabetes and that I should go for a thorough Glucose Tolerance Test at a GP. After the check up, I was really really upset and scared. It dawned on me that whatever I have been eating and drinking have been damaging my own body. All the teh, bubble tea, desserts, processed foods are really bad for health. I was really torn and afraid because I felt that I was not being a good mother and wife. What if I really get diabetes in the future? How am I going to care for my family? I'm going to be a burden. All these thoughts were running through my head. 

I decided to take the detailed test on friday and before that, I was going to eat clean. No more sweet tea and drinks. Brown rice only. I even bought rolled oats, brown rice bee hoon, blueberries, wholemeal bread, which supposedly are good for diabetics!

I took the two hour test on 23rd and I was made to take a blood test before I drank this bottle of REALLY sweet glucose water. I took a blood test again after 2 hours.

I had to wait for half to one day. Thank goodness my result came back late that evening and the doctor told me my test result came back normal. My reading was far from the diabetes level.

I was so so so relieved. Despite my results coming back fine, I felt like this was a wake up call to me. To really take care of my health for myself and my family. It's really not a joke. Sometimes, it's too late if we don't take of our bodies early. 

I've stopped taking my usual teh. I think twice about having sweet desserts. I avoid sweet drinks. All these indulgences don't seem that worth it you know? You still can have yummy and healthy good food. I hope my family and friends will be mindful of what they eat. Now I tell my family about the real concerns about our food. I hope to continue on this healthy eating and always remember about this incident. Thank God for your guidance.

Hong Kong Travelogue: Day 3 at TST and Kowloon

Our last day in HK! Can't believe our holiday is ending! It has been such a great trip.

We had our 1st morning breakfast at the cha chaan teng opposite our hotel. Mum had craving for pork porridge! It was so so only though. 

Then we went to Australian diary company for their awesome breakfast set! We actually braved the rain to get there! Food was so worth it. Their scrambled eggs are the best! 

It was raining heavily so we went to TST's harbour city to walk around. We dropped by Kate spade to check out their awesome bag and wallet collection. Was so so so tempted to buy one of their bags @ s$480. Thank goodness we decided to walk around first to think about it. 

We moved to the Ocean terminal side to look for this famous Vietnamese restaurant recommended by my aunt. It's on the same level as all the branded children's clothing stores. Food was good! We had yummy pho with beef and prawn paste cakes with sugar cane. The place was crowded with many OLs. 

We decided to go back to our hotel to extend our checkout till 5pm. It was nice just relaxing in our room and chilling out. 

Will be heading to Kowloon Elements mall after checking out! Need to hangout till late since our flight is only at 1.45am!

Hong Kong Travelogue: Day 2 at Mongkok

We started our day at Yee Shun for breakfast. My brother recommended us to go there for their milk pudding. The place is at Pilkem street, next to Parkes street. 

The scrambled eggs + macaroni breakfast set was so disappointing! At first sight, we already knew it wasn't going to be as good as that of ADC's. We ordered my bro's favorite chocolate pudding and we didn't like it either -.- not going back there again!

After brekkie, we took the MTR to Mongkok! Woohoo! My favorite place. We first went to look for the famous Dim dim sum at Tung Choi street. It was closed at about 9+am and was only going to open at 11am. We decided to walk to Fa yuen street since it was still so early! 

Thank goodness some stores had started to open. We kinda went crazy there even though it wasn't part of our plan to shop there lol. My mum and I first bought cute, kiddy things for the kids. Bought so many cute hair clips for Leia! 

We bought Leia an adorable pair of shoes from one of the makeshift stores! After that we bought clothes from 2 shops before ending off at an awesome children's clothes shop! I loved loved the dresses there. 

Headed to Dim dim sum (specialty dim sum) for lunch! Food was gooood. Not that cheap though! It was crowded with both locals and tourists. Loved the fried prawn fun cheong and octopus + pork steamed rice. 

We went to Argyle New town mall for more shopping! Mum went crazy at this jewelry store on the 3rd floor. She bought like 5 pairs of earrings, 3 rings and one necklace. I managed to get 2 tops from one of the shops =D

Took a short break at the basement Cafe de coral. Had milk tea and toast! 

We popped over to Sai yeong choi street at exit D3. Just had a good walk down to make our way to Dundas street to find Fei Jie, my favorite street food stall! It was soooooo crowded! We ordered octupus, small intestine and chicken kidney. Yums! Especially with the mustard! 

Next up? Food again! Lol. We walked all the way to Reclamation street for our favorite Chan Kee's roast goose! I had my usual goose leg rice which was amazing as always! Mum had the goose noodle soup! 

Both of us were so tired that we ended our evening at about 7pm hehe. Went back to rest in our hotel room!