A Day In Time

Know how i come up titles for my blog? Just whatever that comes to mind, especially if I have nothing in particular to write about.

Lunch with the babies
This is the first time in my entire life bringing them out. They can finally talk and walk properly and dont need a diaper change. Cool. I just came back from lunch with them so memories are still fresh in my mind.

1135am: I picked them up at their grandparents place. The main gate opened and the first one to run out was Ginger.... the dog. She must have been frightened by the three noisy children in the house. Anyway, they were ready, shouting and trying to run away from me. Thats funny i thought, there were coming out for lunch with me. By the way, if you are wondering why they are running away from me is cos they call me the Kissing Monster. I used to run after them and kiss them. Not that traumatic right? I think it was more traumatic for me to run after them, cutting through their ear piercing screams and having to hold them down (they can be pretty strong with their kicks) and plant a kiss on their cheeks. Nah it aint as bad as it sounds.

Right. Since it was my first time, I decided I could only handle 2 out of 3 of them. Before you run, you gotta see if you can walk.... know what I mean? They were ready with their waterbottles, jackets and enthusiasm. So cute and in a second we were about to cross the road to my car. It was then when I knew its gonna be alright cos they didnt immediately run across the road. They stopped. I asked are there any cars? NO! they said and ran into the car. No one wanted to sit in front... which was just as well. The older one, JW sat in and you know what he did? He immediately buckled up!!!! JY the little girl followed suit. A quick wave to Grandma who I suppose was happy to have some peace and a zen moment before she went to work. Their oldest brother, as soon as I arrived said Hi and as soon as his siblings were about the wear their shoes, he ran to the computer room shouting "YAY"! So I suppose I'm doing him a favour too. Ginger went back to her quiet spot to chill out before the screaming returned.

1140am: We were driving along. For like 30s alls well, was talking to them about art class and what they wanted to buy (we were going to shop for their birthday pressies) They were talking to each other and within 5 minutes, JY took JW's toy and he started screaming and whining to get it back. It was more amusing than annoying. By the way, JY is younger then JW. So they had a hide and seek and a name calling thing going on at the back and the last I knew someone was calling the other stupid. Sigh.... the next thing I knew,the object of their affection was thrown to the passenger seat next to me, on the floor. More screaming of "where is it?!!" So i said, you need to be quiet because I'm driving. Immediately, there was a hushed silence, led by JY. She's an angel isnt she? Surprised, I turned around and JY had her finger over her mouth saying, Shhh.... driving... So cute!

Anyway, there was an obvious hush till we arrived at United Square. Phew.

1200pm. One thing about kids and cars, u tend not to speed. Dunno why. Mabbie cos I wasnt on the highway. So we parked on the 4th floor and took the lift down. They wanted to shop first before lunch so we went shopping. I thought JY wanted a pink shirt. But after looking at some shops with really cute pink shirts she kept on saying NO! so i figured she changed her mind. Went to Toys R Us and they went off. Played with toys etc etc. JY initally wanted this pseudo daytona for babies thingy which was really pathetic to some Little Pet Store. JW has been buzzing about this Maple Story thing eversince he got into the car. There werent any in the store so he settled for some action figure with an interchangeable blade. Before we could pay, JY wanted to open her toy. As MJ would say.... ** faint** .....

By the way, they can jump on to escalators by themselves too! We went down and passed this anime store and sharp eyed JW spotted.... " MapleStory"..... and wanted it. So I said, ask they lady at the counter if she had any. He refused to ask. JY spotted this Princess card thing and wanted it. I told her to ask the lady and she did. So I encouraged JW to ask too, only after seeing his little sibling go for it did he ask. Sigh.... Apparently this game, you can buy online credit points to buy stuff online. And this game.... is so lame. Kill sheep and goats? Ok, non violent, I'll give you that and it allows kids to communicate online. Just didnt click with me.... I guess playing Mr PacMan will not click with many people either... It costs $10.70!!! ok.... He wanted one for like $32+ bucks.... I'll leave that to his mother.... So I bought that and walked out of the shop wondering how much this Maple story creators are worth.


1245pm: So we went down to their supposed "Chicken Rice!!! Chicken Rice!! shop" but as any kid would do, changed their mind when they saw Mc Donalds. Not even my ultra super Jedi Mind Tricks could change their minds. I doubt even Yoda could. So Mc D's it is. It was so cute. JY wanted chicken rice but JW wanted McDs so they had a quick conference. They huddled together and whispered and agreed. Should have taken a pic. They went in an somehow, seem to know where the Happy Meals toys were on display and decided that what they wanted. Mc Nuggets Happy Meal with Milo and 2 toys. Pity they only had one kind of toy. Suddenly during the meal, I forgot to ask if they wanted to pee. JW said no but pointed at JY and said she did. JY said no. OK, not good. At times like this i wish they had their diapers on. Ok, so after the first part of lunch, we went to the loo and JW hurriedly went in.... hmmmm.... Then we went back to Macs for dessert of Ice cream. Only JW wanted a sundae so we both watched him eat. JY tried to open the packaging of her toy with her teeth. You know how some toys are packaged, sealed with hard plastic, without a cardboard backing. So she tried to hack her way through with her teeth. She started trying at Mc Ds.

1pm. I went in to Just WholeFoods to check out the organic flours for my bread. Prices have increased!!! I told them to wait outside while I went in. By now, JW had his toy out too, ( his packaging was made of cardboard backing, so he had an easier time) and JY was still hacking her way in. I decided to buy some unprocessed bran and was outta in 3 mins. Decided it was enough for the day, though I had a lot of fun just watching them. Went up to the parking lot. Decided to belt JY in a little tighter so she wouldnt be so squirmy.

130pm: we were headed for home. It started raining. By the time I reached SIF building, JY had hacked a large hole in her toy packaging and JW helped her to tear it up using his Chi Aikido power. She thanked him sweetly(after my prompting) and he said " whateverCome" ....* rolls eyes* I supposed she assembled the toy too cos once in the house, she told me to push a button and the whole toy opened to some mini playground for monkeys.

Got them safely to Grandma's House. And true to his word, JS was happily at the computer killing sheep and buying magic shoes...( for a bargain of 200k too!) online. JW happily announced his newly acquired 10000 credit points to his brother who replied with a "mmmm" without looking up from his game.

It was a good rainy afternoon to snooze... so I.. will after I blog this.


Melt- The World Cafe Oriental Hotel
SS treated me to my bday dinner. Lotsa food. Pretty good quality too. Loved the slipper lobster and the waffle and icecream. Should go back on thu to suns for the bbq as well. Cool.

Chillie Padi
Had dinner with the family for my birthday there. Good food. GOod durian chendol and lovely petai. Had fun. Must go again.

NO Signboard
Fil treated to celebrate Women's Day. Yay!

Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre
Its so huge! But we went a bit later cos it was raining in the morning and early afternoon. I dont think its much cheaper but its hard to compare cos prices of many things are going up. Its scarry. 5 apples for $3. two peppers for like $2. $3 for a large yam. $2 for 1kg of bread flour. I dunno. Tell me.

Well, thats all for now.