A Brand New look for my Blog

Gosh! I'm really bad at editing the html codes!
I have being looking for new skin since yesterday, found some interesting ones, tried out a few as well, but some how it just won't fit nicely.

Found this skin, but again doesn't fit perfectly, need to do some edits. I'm trying to shift down the right side bars, but it just so hard. Hai...I just have to leave it this way, coz I'm really too sleepy to continue to squeeze my brain juice.
Nights!

Recovering Part 2

Its great to see my girls are in the mid of recovering! Anyway, brought the girls to see the doctor again today coz the medicine finished yet they still have little bit of cough & running nose. Plus I got some medicine to increase their appetite.




So the doctor recommended me this, a chinese medicine which just stick onto the kid's belly button. Each day one piece.

The effect was fast, I stick on to their belly button in the morning. I heard from the teacher & nanny they are eating more than their usual potion. Then in the evening they had a early dinner coz they were quite hungry, the potion also increased & yet they can finish up a bottle of yogurt each. Wow...I was really amaze!

Anyway, I checked with the doctor any side effect on this, she said no, just maybe skin rashes at the belly area for some serious cases. Doctor only let me prescribed 6 pieces for each of them, as she say must observe, coz some times it might not work for some kids.
Lets see how things will go for these few days.

The Name Game

Suppose to do this weeks ago...*LOL* Got this from Agnes!

Rules:1. Copy to your own blog, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 20 (if you have 20 in your list).2. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name? Stacey
2. A four letter word: Star
3. A boy's name: Steven
4. A girl's name: Shirley
5. An occupation: Service Provider
6. A colour: Silver
7. Something you wear: Shirt with Skirt
8. A food: Spaghetti
9. Something found in the bathroom: Shower Cream
10. A place: Shopping Mall
11. A reason for being late: Slow Traffic
12. Something you shout: SHUT UP! (can't think of any)
13. A movie title: Should we Dance
14. Something you drink: Seven-Up
15. A musical group: Saosin (I searched on the googles *LOL*)
16. A street name: Shan Xi Nan Lu (In Shanghai)
17. A type of car: Suzuki
18. A song title: Superwoman (By Alicia Keys)
19. A verb: Satisfy

My 1st Award

I received this award from Maria quite long time ago, but really didn't have the time to blog about it. *Sorry Maria*

Anyway, its really heart warming to receive my 1st award from my reader *GIVE MARIA A HUG*

I do agree with Maria, it is important to remember that you have friends. Especially we females, very emotional 'creatures', in need of friends to share joy & sorrows!

Through out years, I met & made lots of friends, some goes & stays, but I always make a point to remember at least how they look like & the memories we had.

Me too left a lot of friends when I started working in Shanghai, my friends always made "complaint" that I took ages to reply their message in MSN *LOL*

Although we catch up with one another only 2 to 3 times a year, but they will always make themselves available when I'm back, its really sweet of them.

Anyway, through blogger, I made quite a numbers of friends as well. Even though we haven't seen one another, but by reading through their stories, makes me so close to them & bring friends so naturally. So I'll like to pass this award to:

Kristie, Michelle, MommyAngel, Serene, Jess, Nicole, Agnes, Mel, Mery, Rachel

Recovering

After 4 days of battle with the flu virus, my little ones have finally recovering & gaining back their appetite! I'm so happy about it, when the nanny told me that this morning they have finished their milk.

This is really a very good news than winning a lottery *LOL*. I mean recalling those 4 days were terrible, they hardly wanted to drink or eat anything. It was really a hell time, they always wanted to be carried around, making noise occasionally, really didn't know what they want.

Now its time to gain back the weight they have lost!

Our Hong Kong Trip

Last weekend we flew over to HK to attend one of my good friend - Samson's Wedding Dinner.

It was my 1st time attending church wedding, my gosh..its so beautiful & touching.

My 2 little girls followed as well, but we didn't plan for any trip to Disneyland as we thought they are still very young, they might not remember it, plus they might be scared by those carton characters. So we just brought them to stroll along the harbour as our hotel is just beside it.

They were pretty ok through out the flight, when we reach the hotel, it was already 3 plus in the afternoon. Both went "crazy" running around the hotel room *LOL* Jumping on to the bed, playing with the room light switches & TV remote control.

In the evening, we met up with a few friends for dinner & stroll along the harbour.

^ I met up with Henrie, one of my good Uni friend. Its still pretty chill in HK, its about 14 degrees at night, so the girls need to wear something to keep warm.

^ I met up with Zyan as well, he came specially from Malaysia to attend the wedding too, plus he was the best man as well.

^ It has been a long while since we took family photos!

The next day morning, we went to the church for the ceremony, seriously speaking I almost cry, coz it was really very touching to see 2 love birds taking their vows.

^ This was taken while waiting for the the ceremony to start.

^ Samson & his wife!

So after the ceremony, we quickly went for lunch at the restaurant in our hotel. It so hard to find a restaurant in HK that doesn't taste good, I think all the Cantonese food in HK all tasted so good, every dish are my favourite!

After Lunch, we quickly get change to casual outfit & here we go shopping! *LOL* Actually I find it real hard to shop when the twin are around. For instance, I went Sasa to buy some cosmetic products, they were busy making a mess, playing with what they can grab. So its a pity that I didn't shop for anything in HK even they are having massive sales! *SAD*

^ The girls were so happy looking at the ships sailing, & aeroplane flying in the sky. They will be very exciting & keep pointing at ships or aeroplane & tell me what they are.

^ Both are hyper active, some times I wonder where their energy comes from. *LOL*

^ They just love drinking water from the same bottle! *LOL*

In the evening, we brought the girls back for a short nap, as my friend told me usually the dinner in HK starts at 9pm!! My gosh... I thought thats worse than Singapore! As my girls usually goes off to bed before 9pm if they didn't take any evening naps.

^ This was taken in the hotel lobby while waiting for the dinner to start.

Luckily we were staying that the hotel which they are holding the dinner, so I can bring the girls back to the room any time.

By 10pm, they were pretty tired, making lots of noisy, so we have to leave the dinner early.

My husband was really very sweet, he told me to catch up with my friends, while he will take care of the kids. So after the wedding dinner, I went to a nearby pub to have a drink. It was so great to catch up with them & talk about the good old times. Henrie always tells me that she still can't believe that I'm married & now a mother of 2, time really fly real fast!

We were thinking of organising another gathering, maybe in gippsland, Bali, or any where. But it really take forever to finalise it! *LOL*

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Update of the girls

Due to the weather changes too fast, the girls finally can't "tahan" it, caught cold, having running nose, coughing real bad & fever occasionally. I always hated when the girls get sick, making me so worried & tired! Last time was usually one of them, now both get sick, double the trouble & mess! So I applied leave today & brought them to see a local doctor, luckily don't need to go for any dripping (its a common practise in China, if someone is sick).

I can still remember when Angela 1st time gotten fever, the nurse poke the needle through her forehead & I'm suppose to hold on to her head. Can you imagine how heart broken I am, she was screaming like hell, I couldn't take it, cried with her. So I told myself I won't let my kids to go through that again!

Anyway, they have been drinking medicine the whole day, didn't have any appetite to eat anything, ever though they are still actively playing in the house. I just hope they will get well soon. Coz it really stress me out when they are sick especially now my workload is so heavy.

Recently I have been sleeping around 12 mid-night, even I work from 8am to 3.30pm (need to fetch the girls from School at 4pm). I think my stress level has really reach my limit, to that extend I have no patience with my customer's request at all.

My social skills has dropped, don't feel like talking much, look grumpy all the time. Gosh...I think I really need a calm myself down! I have tried to finish up all the things, but it just keep piling up, FYI, I'm in charge of 8 customer account plus I'm also assisting the finance department & also preparing ISO documents for Sales department. I really have no time for my study (ACCA) as well!

I think all I need now is a break!

Can I wish for 36 hours per day??

My Gosh! Haven't being updating for blog for a long....long...time.
Coz being very busy lately, just got back from Hong Kong, went to attend one of good friend's wedding dinner.
Anyway, will try to update some post today. So sorry for those who has sent me tags...haven't have the time to finish it. I'll complete it asap!

How I wish there are 36 hours everyday!

It has being a week - How are the twin adapting?

Sneaking a 15 minutes breakfast break to update about my 2 little girls.

Luckily for me, they are adapting quite well at the moment. I have started sending them to nursery since last Thursday, which is about 5 minutes drive from my house.

So every morning I'll drop them off at school, kiss good-bye & off I go for work.

At 1st I'm so worried that sending them to school at such an early stage will create stress to them. But when I see them feeling bored, as they have limited space to play around in the house, I thought sending them to school might be a wise choice.

I usually wake them up at about 7am in the morning, coz need to drink milk, wash butt butt, brush teeth, etc. By the time they reach school will be about 8am, teachers will let them play at the hall until 9am then bring them to the classroom for exercise & breakfast. I think the school teaches very good habit, such as washing hands after each activities, before & after meals.

If the weather is good, teachers will bring them out for activities. Otherwise, they will bring them to the hall for some ball games.

^ This is one of the activities which both loves...drawing...above is Angela

^ Above is Belinda....now both can tell me what they are drawing. For example, Belinda was telling me she is drawing Fish (the picture she drew was 1 big oval & small circle) *LOL*

^ Kids playing ball games in the hall.

^ The kids really love outdoor activities!

For lunch, they usually serve rices with minced meat, vegetables & fruits. There are individual small beds for the kids during afternoon nap, which they will sleep for about 1 hour & a half.

After they wake up, its play time again! The school will serve tea breaks at 3pm, & 4 pm is going off time.

In the class, the age range from the youngest 18months to the oldest 30months. At their age, they are still playing with their own toys, & occasionally interact with other kids.

I'm happy that they are coping very well now in school.

A Survey thats all about me

When Agnes tagged me, I was wondering, hmmm what sort of survey will it be this time round. Hahahaa..coz I saw lots of mummies in the network filled up lots of different surveys, makes me knowing them better even if we haven't met before. =)
But I was shock with the length of this survey! *LOL* Anyway, I think its a chance for me introduce more about myself. Thanks Agnes!

Starting Time: 7.03.2009, 1.04pm

Name: Stacey Lim Hui Bian

Sisters: 3 younger sisters (24, 17, 12)

Brothers: None

Shoe Size: 7

Where do you live: Shanghai (Now)

Home sweet Home: Singapore

Favourite Drink: Mix Fruit Juices, Starbucks Coffee, Nescafe 3 in 1 Gold, HK Yuan Yang.

Favourite Breakfast: Toasted Bread spreads with salted butter & jam

Have you ever:
Been on a plane: Yes

Swam in the ocean: Yes, when I was in Greece.

Fallen asleep in School: hahaha..of course, who don't.

Broken someone's heart: oops...yes...sorry!

Fell off your chair: errrmmm...don't remember. Maybe have.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: No...coz I'm a sleepy head, can't be waiting all night, maybe just for a few hours.

Saved mails: Yes, for work purposes. For personal, I'm just too lazy to delete all the files, so left them there since is unlimited storage *LOL*

What is your room like: Zen design

What's right beside you: I'm sitting comfortably on the sofa in the living room, there's my kids chair, coffee table, air-con & a glass of water.

What is the last thing you ate: White rice with Stir fried veges, pan-fry pork cutlet & "ru" eggs (haaha..my maid really spoiled me!)

Ever had
Chicken pox: Nope, haven't yet.

Sore Throat: yes

Stitches: Yes, when delivery Angela & Belinda.

Do you
Believe love at first sight: Yes, but doesn't happen to me.

Like picnics: Yes!

Who was the last person
You dance with: My hubby

Last made you smile: Angela & Belinda

You last yelled at: Angela & Belinda

Best feeling in the world: Soak the whole body in a tub of hot water

Do you sleep with stuffed animals: No

Whats under your bed: Heated cover.

Who do you really hate: Whose who irritates me, liars, rude & no manners people.

Random
Is there a person who is on your mind right now: Nope, concentrating on this survey.

Do you want children: Yes

Do you smile often: Yes..

Do you like your hand writting: Nope...especially chinese characters.

Are your toe nails painted: Nope...coz winter now...

Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: My kid's bed

What color shirt are you wearing: White

What were you doing at 7pm yesterday: Playing with my kids

I can't wait till: 13th March, I'm going to HK to attend my friend's wedding.

When did you cried last: Last night, was angry with my hubby coz in tooo concentrated with his work for the past one week. Now ok already! *LOL*

Are you a friendly person: ermmm...hard to say, quite ba..but have to see my mood.

Do you have any pets: Nope, but last time I had a dog, given to my friend already.

Do you sleep with TV on: Nope, I'll turn it off before I sleep.

What are you doing right now: Answering the questions, later preparing to attend classes.

Have you ever crawled through a window: hahaha..yes..

Can you handle the truth: Depends on what is it.

Are you too forgiving: Depends on what is it as well.

Are you closer to your Mother or Father: Mother

Who was the last person you cried in front of: Can't remember

How many people can you say you really love: mmm...so many...countless...but of course my family!!!

Do you eat healthy: mmm..not sure, but I consider balance meals

Do you still have pictures of you & your ex: Yes...some only.

Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you: Yes...but too many, can't remember.

If you're having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to: Usually by myself, coz my gal frens all in Singapore.

Are you loud or quiet most of the time: hmmm..mixture of both.

Are you confident: Yes Yes..hehehe..

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago
*My gosh..so long ago!
- Taking my 'O' Levels exam
- Shopping
- Sit by the cafe & chit chatting
- Playing flute in the band
- Being a vice-head of prefect in the school

5 things on my to-do-list today
- Collect books from school
- Buy More socks for the kids
- Blog about my kids day-care experience
- Do Mask Mask tonight
- E-mail my hubby's sister about vaccines

5 snacks I enjoyed
- McDonald Fries
- Ice-cream
- Chocolate
- Pop-corn
- Sweets

5 things I will do if I were a billionair
- Buy a house with a in-house heated pool
- Charity
- Some to my mother & Sisters
- Buy a new car
- Bank the rest to earn more interest *LOL*

5 places I have lived in
- Muar
- Australia, Melbourne
- Singapore, Bedok
- Singapore, Upper east coast road
- Shanghai

5 Jobs I've had
* None, coz I'm working for my dad!

Time finished: 07.03.2009, 2.10pm

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My Gosh! Finally finished!

Pregnancy & Delivery Story Tag

Finally can sit back & update my blog! I was tagged by Nicole, lets see what my answers are.

This was taken when Angela & Belinda were about 3 months old

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? No...caught in surprise!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No...married after I was 3 months Pregnant

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Oh shit!

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No, especially when I know is twin!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23 years old

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Tested a few times with the pregnancy tester, just to make sure.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My Hubby...

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes...Coz I hope will be a boy & girl. I dreamt 1 boy & girl angels, hahha...I thought they will be a boy & girl. Guess i have think too much *LOL*

9. DUE DATE? Can't remember the exact date, but suppose to be due in late May

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes, very serious for the 1st 3 months, vomited everything.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Spicy food & cold fruit juices

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? wow...hmmm...I was going through emotion roller coaster at that time. Coz really alot of things can easily make me irritated, stress & upset!

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD SEX? Princess

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Of course, how I wish the other one was a boy, then I'm done with my "job" *LOL*

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? Gained only 14kg. Coz I hardly eat alot during my 1st 3 months.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? No...just a simple fullmoon celebrate at my hubby's hometown.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? Surprise with pregnancy? of course...but I was so surprise when the doctor show me the BB scan that there are 2 water bags! Coz the other day I was chatting with my colleague who had a twin boys, then I was thinking if I had a twin, how fun it will be. *LOL* So when the doctor told me is twin, soooo....surprise. I kept laughing that day.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Yes, I felt pain in the 7th month, admit to hospital for 1 day for observation & dripping while I was working in Singapore. So after that I applied for early leave & went back to my hometown Muar & rest.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? In one of the private hospital in Muar, mmm..i only remember the doctor call Dr Tay.

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? It was a C-section, so only took less than an hour & I'm done. Once I saw my 2 princess, I just fainted & fell asleep.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My Aunt, I admitted one day earlier even is not due as I felt pain at my back. Coz the weight of the 2 babies press on my nerves, making the pain unable to bare. So I ask the doctor to take them out! *LOL*

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Lots of doctors & nurses

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? C-section

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I was on drip & injection.

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? Angela was 2kg, Belinda was 1.95kg. Pretty small.

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? 21st April 2007. So coincidence, both my hubby & me also falls on the 21st but only different months. *LOL*

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Angela Chey Wan Yu, Belinda Chey Wan En

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? They are 1 year 11 months now.

Updates on my 2 Sweetie

I'm trying to sneak some of my working time to update the blog *Wink*

Coz by the time I put them to sleep, I'll be busy replying e-mails & when I finish is already midnight. Sometimes I find its real hard to have a balance between work & kids, making me like a crazy woman. Anyway, is the process that I have to go through & cope with it.

The weather in Shanghai is still pretty chilled, its about 9~15degrees & it has being raining for the whole week! Gosh!

So before I went back I bought heated plate to put onto the floor. Kids can just sit on top of it playing their toys without feeling cold. Plus it does make the whole living a bit warmer.

These heated plate are really good to use during weather plus they are movable, so if I were to move house, I can bring it along. It cost be me about RMB1,700 for 4 heat plates.

As the weather is cold, I didn't bring them out very often, usually let them stay at home & play with toys or watch some educational videos.

See Little Belinda is posting in front of the camera, she loves it. Luckily enough, they didn't lose any appetite...hahha..good news for me! We try to feed them with lots of fruits & water to make sure they don't dehydrate as the room was pretty dry due to heating system.

She won't forget to pose even busy snacking.

As for little Angela, she doesn't like to pose that much, but she loves to see the photos I took.


Sometimes I will ask them who is jie jie, Angela will be happily pointing at herself & say "jie jie". When I ask who is mei mei, both will point at each other. *LOL*




Whenever I ask them to wear this red little jacket, they just knew I'll be bring them out. They will quickly grab their red shoes & wear, & wait impatiently at the door.

Ok, a little short update, I promise to update more later today.
Need to finish the pile of work 1st.

My twin are back to Shanghai

Last weekend I have finally brought the twin over again! Being busy trying to let them adapt as the weather in Shanghai is still cold.
Anyway I have so much to blog about, I'll try to update it later. Coz I don't have the camera USB with me, so can't input the photos yet.
Plus I got a tag from Nicole, very sweet of her, I'll update soon...

Stay tune.