Tuesday, January 6, 2009

6 days' break from work 30 Dec 08 - 4 Jan 09

It felt so so good to be away from work.

Day 1
Had a hair treatment and cut. Went shopping for CNY clothes. Bought for myself and Eunice but none for Zhiming. ZM took the car. So in the evening, I braved the evening crowd and took Eunice all by myself in the MRT from AMK-Jurong East to meet him. I carried her and walked from home to MRT station and then stood in the train from AMK-Sembawang when we finally got a seat. It was back-breaking.

Day 2
Eunice's centre was closed today. We spent the morning watching Channel 34 and lazing around at home while the cleaning lady vacuumed, mopped the house and washed the loos. Evening time, we headed out to Thomas and Nicole's place for a New Year's Eve gathering.

Eunice was all ready to go out.


So was me.

The spread of oily food.


Day 3

Slept in and headed out to town to do more CNY shopping. We went back home in the early evening, planning to settle down before 9pm and watch The Little Nyonya. Barely an hour home, my mum called and said she's in TTSH A&E with my dad. He had suffered a fall in the morning. He'd seen the doc and was waiting for a review appointment. We rushed down to TTSH. My dad's ok. Got a 2-inch cut. He has diabetes and blood disorder and the wound was still bleeding hours after cut.

Day 4

Today being the 1st day back to school, I thought the December crowd that had thronged the malls and parks would have vanished. I was wrong....we were surprised to see people jostling on Orchard Road.

In the morning, we headed to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden to soak in a little nature.


The suspension bridge


"Help! I can't open the bottle." Actually this is her 'biggest and brightest smile'.

Drying up after water play

After the garden walk, we popped by the hair salon that I go to to catch Jeff and Lan. Lan wanted to get her hair done before flying back Melbourne the next day. She liked my curls and I made an appointment for her.

Flora did a really nice job, I must say. We spent the rest of the afternoon with the couple. Lan adores Eunice, and Eunice took to her easily too. Who wouldn't?

Tada! Do we have similar hairdos?


The couple

Day 5

Moped around at home in the morning and then headed to Vivocity for shopping.....ya, again. Decided at the last minute to send off Lan at the airport.

Day 6
Getting ready to go back to work.....*yawn* Planning for next break already......

Channel 34

If you subscribe to cable channel 34, watch out for Eunice 20 January 2007 in the Happy Birthday Book for January babies.

She was dressed in this pink outfit.