He reminded me of the "Macdonald Baby" advertisement :p
Untitled from Carol Toh on Vimeo.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
My Little Helper
vacuum my room
then the living room
caught him idling & resting!
zq: hee.. mama, im not 偷懒. see, im at work again :pOther than books, this is his favourite toy now (thank you aunty Liz!).
He likes to copycat Ayi by vacuuming every corner of the house, even under the table and bed. Another thing that fascinated him so much is the MOP! he will snatch over Ayi's mop everyday and want to mop the floor himself. I hope this "virtue" of him can continue till he grows up, then i can delegate some of the housechores to him :p
Monday, March 23, 2009
His recent Sweeeet Acts..
He is being very sweet recently...
1) Keep calling Ma Ma with high clarity and in his ultra sweet tone... it melts me all the time... and he sure knows how to make use of this. A few occasions that he did something naughty and i gonna scold him, he will keep calling Ma Ma with an innocent face...
2) Every morning he will fetch my slippers for me, so when Dear asked him "where's my slippers?" this morning, he puzzled abit and get 1 of my slipper to his daddy.. what a fair kid, so Dear and me get 1 side of slipper at the end..
3) Whenever one of us hold his hand while walking, he will immediately reach for the other hand of papa/ mama.. And when both of us hold his hand, he will smile and hold our hands tight.. I feel so blessed, what more can i ask for...
He is learning things at a faster pace now, whenever i teach him some new stuff he will be able to pick up fast and show it to me... I hope i can catch up his pace and not deprieve him of anything esp at my current heavily pregnant state... He's such a sweetie now, and i love him sosososososos much! :)
1) Keep calling Ma Ma with high clarity and in his ultra sweet tone... it melts me all the time... and he sure knows how to make use of this. A few occasions that he did something naughty and i gonna scold him, he will keep calling Ma Ma with an innocent face...
2) Every morning he will fetch my slippers for me, so when Dear asked him "where's my slippers?" this morning, he puzzled abit and get 1 of my slipper to his daddy.. what a fair kid, so Dear and me get 1 side of slipper at the end..
3) Whenever one of us hold his hand while walking, he will immediately reach for the other hand of papa/ mama.. And when both of us hold his hand, he will smile and hold our hands tight.. I feel so blessed, what more can i ask for...
He is learning things at a faster pace now, whenever i teach him some new stuff he will be able to pick up fast and show it to me... I hope i can catch up his pace and not deprieve him of anything esp at my current heavily pregnant state... He's such a sweetie now, and i love him sosososososos much! :)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
天安门与紫禁城
我们今天参观了闻名已久的天安门与紫禁城.北京著名的地标, 果然是大开眼界.
一些文物历史:
天安门始建于明永乐十五年（1417年），原名“承天门”，取“承天启运”、“受命于天”之意.此同时. 当时天安门是一座黄瓦飞檐、三层楼的五洞牌坊，朱漆金钉，光彩夺目。一条笔直的中心御道，穿过端门，直通皇宫正门的午门。
清顺治八年（1651年），改建为“天安门”，取“受命于天”、“安邦治民”之意。它有汉白玉石的须弥座，高大而色彩浓郁的墙台，上有两层重檐大楼，东西九间，南北五间，象征皇权的“九五之尊”。通高33．7米，36扇朱红菱花门扉，60根通天圆柱，贴金的“双龙合玺”彩锦，团龙图案的天花藻井，由一个450公斤八角宫灯和16个各重350公斤的六角宫灯组成的众星捧月图案，使整个大殿庄严雄伟，金碧辉煌。门前开通的金水河，一枕碧流，飞架起七座精美的汉白玉桥，桥面略拱，桥身如虹，构成绮丽的曲线美。桥南东西两侧，各有白玉石华表矗立，云绕龙盘，极富气势。面前是封闭状态的宫廷广场，文武百官到此下马，庶民百姓不得入内，探头一看，即犯“私窥宫门”的重罪，格杀无赦。
明清五百年间,天安门是新帝登基、皇后册封而颁诏天下的地方，是皇帝金殿传胪、招贤取士的场所，也是皇帝出征赴太庙祭祖的必经之路，对老百姓来说，它是拒人千里之外的禁区。直到1911年辛亥革命以后，宫廷广场两侧紧闭的大门自然而倒，东西长安街变成交通畅行的要道。自此以后，炳彪中国革命史册的“五四运动”、“一二九运动”、开国大典、“四五运动”等等重大历史事件，都以此为舞台，威武雄壮地在这里演出。特别是新中国成立后，天安门成了伟大祖国的象征，新扩建的天安门广场成了世界上最大最壮丽的人民广场。
天安门是人间的琼楼玉宇，集古代建筑艺术之大成。它又是封建等级制的形象体现：中间最突出的一座雕着蟠龙柱头的桥面，只许皇帝一人通过，叫“御路桥”；左右两座雕有荷花柱头的桥面，只许亲王通过，叫“王公桥”；再两边的，只许三品以上的文武大臣通过，叫“品级桥”；最靠边的普通浮雕石桥，才是四品以下官吏和兵了走的，叫“公生桥”。
自1987年11月开始，天安门正式对中外游客开放。在此之前，极少有普普通通的老百姓像今天这样可以接近天安门，尽情瞻仰她的丰美雄姿.
一些文物历史:
天安门始建于明永乐十五年（1417年），原名“承天门”，取“承天启运”、“受命于天”之意.此同时. 当时天安门是一座黄瓦飞檐、三层楼的五洞牌坊，朱漆金钉，光彩夺目。一条笔直的中心御道，穿过端门，直通皇宫正门的午门。
清顺治八年（1651年），改建为“天安门”，取“受命于天”、“安邦治民”之意。它有汉白玉石的须弥座，高大而色彩浓郁的墙台，上有两层重檐大楼，东西九间，南北五间，象征皇权的“九五之尊”。通高33．7米，36扇朱红菱花门扉，60根通天圆柱，贴金的“双龙合玺”彩锦，团龙图案的天花藻井，由一个450公斤八角宫灯和16个各重350公斤的六角宫灯组成的众星捧月图案，使整个大殿庄严雄伟，金碧辉煌。门前开通的金水河，一枕碧流，飞架起七座精美的汉白玉桥，桥面略拱，桥身如虹，构成绮丽的曲线美。桥南东西两侧，各有白玉石华表矗立，云绕龙盘，极富气势。面前是封闭状态的宫廷广场，文武百官到此下马，庶民百姓不得入内，探头一看，即犯“私窥宫门”的重罪，格杀无赦。
明清五百年间,天安门是新帝登基、皇后册封而颁诏天下的地方，是皇帝金殿传胪、招贤取士的场所，也是皇帝出征赴太庙祭祖的必经之路，对老百姓来说，它是拒人千里之外的禁区。直到1911年辛亥革命以后，宫廷广场两侧紧闭的大门自然而倒，东西长安街变成交通畅行的要道。自此以后，炳彪中国革命史册的“五四运动”、“一二九运动”、开国大典、“四五运动”等等重大历史事件，都以此为舞台，威武雄壮地在这里演出。特别是新中国成立后，天安门成了伟大祖国的象征，新扩建的天安门广场成了世界上最大最壮丽的人民广场。
天安门是人间的琼楼玉宇，集古代建筑艺术之大成。它又是封建等级制的形象体现：中间最突出的一座雕着蟠龙柱头的桥面，只许皇帝一人通过，叫“御路桥”；左右两座雕有荷花柱头的桥面，只许亲王通过，叫“王公桥”；再两边的，只许三品以上的文武大臣通过，叫“品级桥”；最靠边的普通浮雕石桥，才是四品以下官吏和兵了走的，叫“公生桥”。
自1987年11月开始，天安门正式对中外游客开放。在此之前，极少有普普通通的老百姓像今天这样可以接近天安门，尽情瞻仰她的丰美雄姿.
故宫又叫紫禁城，是明、清两朝代的皇宫。故宫始建于明朝永乐年间（公元1406年），先后经历了24代帝王的朝政和居住，至今已有560多年的历史了,是世界上最大的皇帝宫殿。过去这座宫殿属于封建帝王的宫殿，而今已成为中国最大的博物院，称为故宫博物院.
故宫从天安门和端门开始，一直沿笔直大道向里去，不远就是午门，这是紫禁城的正门，午门也叫五凤楼。紫禁城的城池东、南、西、北四面各有一座城门，南面就是午门，东面是东华门，西面是西华门，北面是神武门。在紫禁城的城池四角，各有一座造型奇巧的角楼。整个皇城为一长方形城池，周围宫墙长约3公里，墙外有宽达52米的护城河环绕，形成了一个蔚为壮观、森严壁垒的城堡。紫禁城内宫殿重重迭迭，布局严谨，造型各异，各式宫殿约有890座，房屋187万间，建筑面积约15万平方米。
过了午门，经过太和门就是紫禁城的中心，这里就是著名的故宫三大殿：太和殿、中和殿、保和殿。三座大殿矗立在两米多高的汉白玉台基上，台基分为三层，每层边缘都有汉白玉栏杆围着，栏杆上面刻着龙凤流云，台基四角下面伸出许多白玉石龙头，是台基的排水处，每当下雨时，积水便从龙头口中流出，就好像千百条龙头在喷水一样，景观奇美，是我国古代建筑科学与艺术完美的结合。全部宫殿可分为两大建筑群，前面为“外朝”，后面为“内廷”。外朝则以太和、中和、保和三大殿为主体，两边有文华、英武两殿，是皇帝主持朝政、召见大臣的主要场所。内廷是以乾清宫、交泰宫和坤宁宫为主体，以东西六宫为两翼，是皇帝处理日常政务和后妃、皇子居住与游玩的地方。
外朝的太和殿处于故宫的中心部位，建筑在紫禁城的中轴线上。殿堂宽达28米，长63米，面积约2370平方米，是故宫中最大的宫殿，也是全国最大的木结构的大殿。在蔚蓝色天空下，阳光普照金黄色的琉璃瓦顶，显得格外辉煌。
内廷的前面为乾清宫，是皇帝的寝宫和处理日常政务活动的地方。殿内也设金銮宝座，皇帝可在此举行内廷典礼、批阅奏章和引见官员。宝座上方高悬“正大光明”金字牌匾。清代从雍正开始，为了缓和皇子之间对皇位之争，将传位的诏书事先写好，放在“正大光明”匾额的后面，等皇帝死后再把它取出打开，宣布传位给谁。乾清宫后面为交泰宫，是皇帝过生日、接受群臣贺礼的地方；乾隆十三年（1748年），将代表封建皇权的25颗宝玺也收藏于此处。交泰宫后为坤宁宫，是皇后的寝室；到了清代时改为皇帝结婚的洞房或祭神的地方。内廷的乾清、交泰、坤宁三宫为“后三宫”，其布局与前三殿基本一样，只是严肃气氛减少了些，建筑上的彩画图案也有些变化；前三殿以龙为主，后三宫凤凰图案增加，如双凤朝阳，龙凤呈祥，凤凰牡丹等。东西六宫则是皇帝嫔妃居住的地方，那就是人们常说的“三宫六院”之处。现在这里已成为古代艺术品的陈列馆，集中展出了宫内收藏的珍贵绘画、陶瓷、青铜、工艺品等等。
故宫除了是宏伟壮丽的古代宫殿建筑以外，还是一个古代文物的宝库。现在故宫即为故宫博物院，院内收藏各类文物就90多万件，主要有绘画、书法、雕塑、铜器、陶瓷、刺绣、织锦等；还有明清两代的原物900多万件，这些都是研究中国历史的宝贵财富、无价之宝。
端门和午门(紫禁城的正门)
紫禁城里
太和殿
子骞玩得不亦乐乎, 尤其是走上走下梯级... 爸爸可是累坏了... 哈哈! (我是小皇帝!)
壮观的大石雕
乾清宫
御花园
神武门 (中国末代皇帝溥仪被驱逐出宫时是从此门离去的)
在参观紫禁城时, 我有许多感触, 仿佛回到古时候, 感受到皇帝的尊贵与霸气, 真不愧是九五之尊. 也看见了一些熟悉的场景, 都有出现在电影 "中国末代皇帝 - 溥仪" 和电视剧 "金枝欲孽" 里. 子骞还太小, 不懂得体会到这故宫的历史与它如和经历了改朝换代, 至今依然那么雄伟. 以往是普通老百姓却步的地方, 而如今已成了世界各地游客纷纷到访的历史古迹. 希望子骞和彦安也会对中国文化有着浓厚的兴趣, 并从其中领略一些作人的道理...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Char Kuay Teow
My 1st trial on this! :)
Been craving this for so so so so long... And very fascinated to spot the "kuay teow" this morning in the wet market, so i decided to give it a try!
The end product didn't taste that great, some area for improvements:
1) The kuay teow rather sticky and gluey together, not sure the reason causing this. Anyone can enlighten me on this?
2) The taste and fragrance will be better if lard was used.. Though abit sinful, but i think that's the essence of real char kuay teow! heee :p
I think i slowly turning this blog into a FOOD blog rather than mummy & babies blog.. oops!
Gynae checkup @ Beijing
I had my 1st gynae checkup at Beijing - Amcare Women's & Children's Hospital. It has been almost 2 months from my last checkup. Certainly look forward to today!
At here, the ultrasound scan here was done by sonographer and not the gynae. It was a very detailed one as the sonographer checked on baby's head circumference, thigh length, tummy circumference, aminiotic level, position of placenta, heartbeat, blood flow throughout the placenta etc. A 3D scan was done also but part of his face was blocked by placenta and his hand. Baby is head down but she said it's still early to confirm the postition as baby may shift to another position again. She was very patient and explained lots of details to me. She even commented that little baby's features looked like Zq, which i agree too especially the forehead and the nose! :)
Baby weighed at 1.7kg, head circumference is big at 99 percentile! She commented that this is a big head baby.. Haa, same as Zq who was borned with head circumference of 36cm. Urine test was done and glad that my glucose level is normal as i have been indulge in my ice-cream feast recently :p
Then we visited the gynae, she commented that baby at 30 week but of 32 week size, so she asked me to prepare for earlier labour. Luckily i will back to Singapore on 11 April.. And baby was so excited when gynae pressed on my tummy to check by giving her a super hard kick! She said that i have a pair of super active brothers coz Zq was rummaging and ransacking every cabinets in Gynae's room!
Very happy to know that little baby is growing well inside my crampy tummy... Though with his big head circumference, the gynae here mentioned that higher chance of caessarian again as the history of my very slow dilation may happen again, and baby's big head circumference may also cause rupture to my casessarian wound during labour... As much as i wish to have a natural delivery, i also wish to deliver a healthy baby without going through unnecessary stress for baby and mummy.. So i shall heed Dr Ang's advice when i back to Singapore for checkup... As long as baby can be delivered safely, i don't mind the pain of being "cut" again.. I look forward to your arrival, Yan An! :)
After the checkup, we brought Zq for a walk at the park downstair... I was surprised to see that flowers start to blossom, and the garden is much greener, the Spring touch is finally here! This shows that it had been quite sometime i brought Zq down to the park.. And Zq was so excited with this doggie, it's called Tiantian, 4 yr old.. They played with each other for quite a while before they parted.. Tiantian was actually reluctant to part with Zq as it stood on the spot and looked at Zq, not willing to move on though his owner asked him to do so... :p 
At here, the ultrasound scan here was done by sonographer and not the gynae. It was a very detailed one as the sonographer checked on baby's head circumference, thigh length, tummy circumference, aminiotic level, position of placenta, heartbeat, blood flow throughout the placenta etc. A 3D scan was done also but part of his face was blocked by placenta and his hand. Baby is head down but she said it's still early to confirm the postition as baby may shift to another position again. She was very patient and explained lots of details to me. She even commented that little baby's features looked like Zq, which i agree too especially the forehead and the nose! :)
Baby weighed at 1.7kg, head circumference is big at 99 percentile! She commented that this is a big head baby.. Haa, same as Zq who was borned with head circumference of 36cm. Urine test was done and glad that my glucose level is normal as i have been indulge in my ice-cream feast recently :p
Then we visited the gynae, she commented that baby at 30 week but of 32 week size, so she asked me to prepare for earlier labour. Luckily i will back to Singapore on 11 April.. And baby was so excited when gynae pressed on my tummy to check by giving her a super hard kick! She said that i have a pair of super active brothers coz Zq was rummaging and ransacking every cabinets in Gynae's room!
Very happy to know that little baby is growing well inside my crampy tummy... Though with his big head circumference, the gynae here mentioned that higher chance of caessarian again as the history of my very slow dilation may happen again, and baby's big head circumference may also cause rupture to my casessarian wound during labour... As much as i wish to have a natural delivery, i also wish to deliver a healthy baby without going through unnecessary stress for baby and mummy.. So i shall heed Dr Ang's advice when i back to Singapore for checkup... As long as baby can be delivered safely, i don't mind the pain of being "cut" again.. I look forward to your arrival, Yan An! :)
After the checkup, we brought Zq for a walk at the park downstair... I was surprised to see that flowers start to blossom, and the garden is much greener, the Spring touch is finally here! This shows that it had been quite sometime i brought Zq down to the park.. And Zq was so excited with this doggie, it's called Tiantian, 4 yr old.. They played with each other for quite a while before they parted.. Tiantian was actually reluctant to part with Zq as it stood on the spot and looked at Zq, not willing to move on though his owner asked him to do so... :p
Beautiful flowers blossom at park downstair
Friday, March 20, 2009
Cheeky Boy!
When i gave him some markers to scribble around...
thinking hard what to draw...
simply draw something la.. mama very annoying, keep asking me to draw!
hmm.. i duno what im drawing also..
mama, can i stop drawing?
come, let me flash a big smile to u :)
and my favourite "fake" smile :p
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Mama...
He is melting me now... Keep calling Mama.. mama in his sweeeeeetest tone and with his sweeeeeeetest expression... stroking my legs at the same time... Awwww.... Im teary now...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
傅彦安
这是小宝宝的名字... :
彦: 指品德, 才学出众的人
安: 这是宝宝给我的感觉… 他和我一起经厉了许多, 自从怀了他, 我就一直在搬家, 整理一家的行礼, 飞到北京找屋子并在那里安居下来…子骞也在学走的时期, 所以我身心特别劳累… 可是小宝宝一直让我很安心, 既使很多时候我很忙, 有时在照顾子骞时还难免有些危险的举动, 他都一直坚强安全的在我肚子里一天天的长大… 我愿这宝宝一生都过得安然, 安全,安稳和安逸…
我和老公都很喜欢这个名字, 我们愿宝贝长大成为一个有高尚品得和情操的人, 也愿他一生安稳...
彦安, 爸爸妈妈都很期待你的到来, 这几个月你的坚强让妈妈领悟了许多... 谢谢你宝贝.. 我们都很爱你...
彦: 指品德, 才学出众的人
安: 这是宝宝给我的感觉… 他和我一起经厉了许多, 自从怀了他, 我就一直在搬家, 整理一家的行礼, 飞到北京找屋子并在那里安居下来…子骞也在学走的时期, 所以我身心特别劳累… 可是小宝宝一直让我很安心, 既使很多时候我很忙, 有时在照顾子骞时还难免有些危险的举动, 他都一直坚强安全的在我肚子里一天天的长大… 我愿这宝宝一生都过得安然, 安全,安稳和安逸…
我和老公都很喜欢这个名字, 我们愿宝贝长大成为一个有高尚品得和情操的人, 也愿他一生安稳...
彦安, 爸爸妈妈都很期待你的到来, 这几个月你的坚强让妈妈领悟了许多... 谢谢你宝贝.. 我们都很爱你...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Zq is 17th month
Some of his daily roster:
- take papa’s spectacles to him, and my hairclip & and slippers for me every morning
- can recognise the alphabet ABC and say the alphabet “A”
- can recognise real animal pictures from his pcture books - lion, dog, cat, snake, giraffe,
chimpanzee, polar bear, panda bear
- can say words like papa, bread, eat, car, 'kai' (open), kiss
- more babbling... more shouting & screaming also (which i really dislike!)
- can climb up to higher places like bed, sofa and highchair
- able to sit on a stool w/o backing steadily
- knows more parts of his body and can point to me correctly – ears, toes, teeth, eyes,
tummy, knees, mouth, head, hair, fingers, nose, cheek.. (he got problem distinguish
"hand" & "head", always got confused with these two)
- his favourite animal at the moment is Lion, he will roar like a lion everyday, i should say
every hour.. He just enjoy to be "fierce".. haa!
He is really a sweetie now, he will fetch me my slippers when i forgot to wear and he will kiss me on lips when he likes... I really enjoy every moment with him though it can be very tiring at times.. He loves to take his book to me, and sit on my lap to get ready for the story time.. It's common that i read him 10-20 books a day and he never get sick of the stories while i feel like im a tap recorder at times :p But i enjoy these moments so much that he sits on my lap and we make fun sounds and actions out of the stories..
Zq gonna be a big brother in another 2.5 months time.. Im not sure whether can i handle and give my quality attention to both of them well, though i really wish i can do so... So at the moment i treasure all these Zq & me time more dearly... I love you Zq, very very much....
- take papa’s spectacles to him, and my hairclip & and slippers for me every morning
- can recognise the alphabet ABC and say the alphabet “A”
- can recognise real animal pictures from his pcture books - lion, dog, cat, snake, giraffe,
chimpanzee, polar bear, panda bear
- can say words like papa, bread, eat, car, 'kai' (open), kiss
- more babbling... more shouting & screaming also (which i really dislike!)
- can climb up to higher places like bed, sofa and highchair
- able to sit on a stool w/o backing steadily
- knows more parts of his body and can point to me correctly – ears, toes, teeth, eyes,
tummy, knees, mouth, head, hair, fingers, nose, cheek.. (he got problem distinguish
"hand" & "head", always got confused with these two)
- his favourite animal at the moment is Lion, he will roar like a lion everyday, i should say
every hour.. He just enjoy to be "fierce".. haa!
He is really a sweetie now, he will fetch me my slippers when i forgot to wear and he will kiss me on lips when he likes... I really enjoy every moment with him though it can be very tiring at times.. He loves to take his book to me, and sit on my lap to get ready for the story time.. It's common that i read him 10-20 books a day and he never get sick of the stories while i feel like im a tap recorder at times :p But i enjoy these moments so much that he sits on my lap and we make fun sounds and actions out of the stories..
Zq gonna be a big brother in another 2.5 months time.. Im not sure whether can i handle and give my quality attention to both of them well, though i really wish i can do so... So at the moment i treasure all these Zq & me time more dearly... I love you Zq, very very much....
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Busy cooking day
Dear invited his Dutch boss over for dinner today. I was given rather short notice and had to squeezed my brain juice to think of what to cook as my cooking is rather limited...
His boss loves spicy food and wanted to taste some authentic Singapore/ Malaysia foods. So i prepared these:
Onde onde
Curry chicken rendang
Pineapple fried rice
Stir fried broccoli
Actually im pretty proud of myself, despite heavily pregnant im still able to prepare and cook so many dished all by myself without any help! :) Though it's very very tiring after a long day of standing in the kitchen...
Most importantly, the guest seemed to enjoy himself as well. I really love to cook, especially for my loved ones.. So im inspire to try out more new & healthy recipes, as Zq will be joining the table for meals very soon!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Strawberry Shock
Look at his funny expressions when eating the SSS (sweet-sour strawberry!) :
He refused to let me feed him and prefer to self feed. So i just gave him some strawberries and went and prepare his dinner..
Then i realised i forgot to remove the stem/ leave for him! So worried he might eat it as well so i quickly dashed out from kitchen and wanted to remove that for him. But i thought it was too late when i saw him walked towards me with both hands held up high and a cheeky face. Nothing on his hands at all! I must be too late..
Guess what i saw then:
This smart boy knew that this was not edible! Clap Clap Zq! :)
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