It is kinda by accident that I am writing this.
Because Joy has to use the macbook for her work, I am now on the iBook G4.
We don't use this computer anymore since 2009 because we spilled water on the keypad, and now the computer goes beserk by renaming all our files whenever we turn it on.
Now, we have to use a friend's old external keyboard to do any work.
I digressed. Anyway, links of our friends' blogs are conveniently tabbed on the iBook's firefox browser, so I visited a dozen blogs.
Verdict: Nobody really blogs anymore.
Why: Most of the blogs (approx. 80%) have not been updated from 6 months to over a year.
This blog is no exception. It takes time to read blogs, let alone update them.
I digressed again. Here's a little update to the few who would still come to visit.
1) Two and a half years have passed since our return from Japan.
2) We quit our day jobs to concentrate on our bible seminary studies and church ministry, in preparation to serve in Japan again some day.
3) Grace is coming to 10 months old. Her hobbies are blowing bubbles with her mouth, displacing objects within a 1-metre radius, and crawling with one trailing leg.
Baby Grace
Grace Lau Hui En born:
23 Dec 2010,
1928hrs.
At birth, she was:
3.26kg,
51cm long,
34cm head circumference,
blood group A+
Grace is a fairly active baby from day 1. Her eyes open and started darting around right from birth. This was her still draped in her birth towel.
Grace had to be kept under photo therapy for 3 days because of jaundice. She has to don eye protectors during her 'sun-tanning'sessions. This is panda-eyed Gracie after one such session.
Grace is one milk guzzler. From the 3rd day, she drinks 90ml of milk, equivalent to what babies drink at 3-4 weeks old. She was 12 days old when this photo was taken.
Parenthood has been an exciting adventure so far.
23 Dec 2010,
1928hrs.
At birth, she was:
3.26kg,
51cm long,
34cm head circumference,
blood group A+
Grace is a fairly active baby from day 1. Her eyes open and started darting around right from birth. This was her still draped in her birth towel.
Grace had to be kept under photo therapy for 3 days because of jaundice. She has to don eye protectors during her 'sun-tanning'sessions. This is panda-eyed Gracie after one such session.
Grace is one milk guzzler. From the 3rd day, she drinks 90ml of milk, equivalent to what babies drink at 3-4 weeks old. She was 12 days old when this photo was taken.
Parenthood has been an exciting adventure so far.
Punggol Field
For the past month, we've been settling into our new apartment in 173A Punggol Field (See red star above for our location). After being in what I term "HDB purgatory" for five months (definition: selling our apartment too early, buying our new one too late and spending the interim period living out of our suitcases in mother-in-law's home from Nov 2009 to March 2010), we finally moved into our new home.
Moving house is an experience that should not be repeated for health reasons. Buying furniture, electrical and household appliances while trying to balance work, studies and ministry commitments is not an easy feat. Furthermore, we had the most unpleasant experience with Singnet when they left us without access to Internet or phone connection for almost 3 weeks. After a long period of waiting, planning and coordinating, we were more relieved than happy to move in.
We are starting to enjoy our new home. Now we look forward to spending lazy Saturday afternoons each week in our quiet apartment, away from the maddening crowds and sound of heavy traffic. Despite the inconveniences we had to go through, we remind ourselves that the Lord provided the place for us, and are thankful for our home in Punggol.
The residential estate of Punggol, which we call 'Jalan Ulu Northeast' is still very 'Ulu' (remote) despite the great hype it generated when it started 7 years ago. As of now, Punggol still only has one church, one temple, one shopping complex (Punggol Plaza) and one petrol station (SPC. I think every Punggol resident carries a DBS or POSB credit card only to enjoy its discounts).
The government is taking bigger steps to develop the area by proposing a waterway across the estate. According to reports, it should be completed in 1-2 years time. Hopefully, we would have more amenities in Punggol by then.
