Mr Liow will be going back to work tomorrow, after the long break. hehe. It's been a productive weekend with most of the stuff unpacked and sorted out. Here are some updates on:
Home appliances we brought over from Fernvale
Mr Liow has connected up the LCD TV we brought over, to our mini home theater system, DVD and Comcast (SCV equivalent here).
The LCD TV, home theater system and DVD were shipped over from home (Singapore) and we didn't expect them to work here without a transformer. Mr Liow decided to try his luck anyway and another thing to thank the Lord for was, all 3 were function-able without the need for a transformer!! So we've been watching TV with familiar equipments for the past weekend. Such a pleasant surprise!
The Iecologi and vaccum cleaner didn't work tho. We'll be getting a transformer from Poh Teck (Mr Liow's encik) soon coz they'd be leaving for Singapore early June. Then, we'll be able to vaccumm-clean the carpets and floorings, rent a carpet shampoo machine to shampoo our carpets, and the house will be good as new again. We were aiming for a carpet shampoo every month, if we see a need to. You know, it looks easier to maintain carpeted floorings than tiles back in Fernvale. Coz, you can't see fur on the carpets at all. haha! And no fur on ur feet as you walk. Cool manz!
Gardening
We've also found some motivation to do something with the garden area of our patio. Mr Liow has ordered online, some flower thingy and we'll be looking at digging up bushes that'd been chopped up before we moved in and putting seedlings into the...mud/sand/what? I'm hoping to have a pretty garden with a little more efforts put in. Beats looking out of the patio and see nothing but a couple of chopped up bushes, and mud, and what looks like weeds. Will take a picture before we start work and more pictures of the results. This is our 1st attempt at gardening. Hope to get some encouraging results. hehe.
Social Security No.
We went out to get our Social Security Number (CPF equivalent here) done yesterday but it was unusually peaceful when we reached. Then we realised the Social Security was closed coz it was Memorial Day. Apparently we forgot that the whole nation was celebrating Memorial Day, not just Mr Liow alone. Chey... Wasted trip.
My skincare regime
We then went to Park Place to shop around. I bought my Dior cleansing milk. Wanted to get my usual cleansing oil but they do not have that here. In fact, Dior's skin care range here is only a fraction of that back in Singapore.
Considering the strength of Singapore's currency vs USD now, it's worth investing in whichever brands of skincare products one use. The Dior cleansing milk I bought costs only USD$29 (before 8.1% tax)! Dior wor...hehe. Smells exactly like my good ole cleansing oil. I feel like I'm washing my face back in Fernvale again. What familiar scent! Makes me happy. hehe.
Was recommended a rich creme to moisturise mypoor dry and peeling face but that was USD$53. Still cheap for a Dior product (that could easily been more than S$100 in Singapore) but I couldn't bear to spend too much. Yet I went ahead to get a tinted moisturiser for USD$40 -______-". I have no need for a tinted moisturiser (wonder why I bought it yesterday..silly. hmm). I won't be using that and will do a return. Will consider getting Clinique from DM.
I bought a Clinique facial scrub for my mum at S$38. I saw the exact same one at DM selling at USD$15 without taxes (DM is tax-free)! I think I'd probably get something from Clinique from DM when we go over again. It's more than an hour's drive and doesn't make sense that we drive over again, just to get my moisturiser. hee. By the way, my face is starting peeling and it's now raw and red. I badly need moisturising *__________*
Goods return policy
The return policy here is really lax, so lax that they have a department for returns and there are constantly people returning stuff. There will always be trolleys after trolleys of returned good. Used or not, as long as it's in good condition, one can bring the goods back for full refund. Not applicable to certain items tho.
Mr Liow's on afternoon shift tomorrow so he'll be leaving home only at 2pm. Shld reach home after midnight tho. Let's see how it's like to not have him around at night for the 1st time in Tucson.
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Baileys & Maen
A doggie training program on Comcast (channel 47-Animal Planet) points out that an anxious dog can't eat. That's sooooo sooooo true on Baileys -________-" He'll chew happily on pig skins/ears/treats when we are home, but not when he senses that we'll be leaving home.
We've been going out almost everyday during the long wkends (except on Sun when we committed full time into unpacking and sorting out the stuff we brought over). I've resorted to stuffing treats into a chewed up, headless toy chicken, hoping Baileys will be interested in it. He simply ignores smoked pig skin, even one coated with peanut butter out of desperation (I'm desperate to give him something that he'd like to have when we are not around).
For the past 2 days, it's been successful! We left greenies (1 each), a stuffed chicken, and a couple of smoked pig skin for them as we leave the house. A few barks here and there, and then silence.
Baileys liked the stuffed chicken, and greenies! Maen had no problems with smoke pig skin from the start although she'll bark for the sake of barking when we leave the house. She stops after less than 5mins. It's Baileys we're more worried about.
Been good the past 2 days. Thank God for the improvement! To be fair, I've also been using Comfort Zone throughout the whole period of leaving them behind. It could have been effective for all we know.
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Adrielle Nicole
What has she been doing lately?
She's been holding our hands and walking. Been doing that since we reached Tucson. She's not started walking unaided yet but has progressed from walking with support from both hands to just one.
She's suddenly learnt to kiss kiss today. We were waiting for our turn at Social Security (yes, we went again today) and the cheeky girl tried to "muack" an uncle sitting beside me. Then she "muacked" the picture of a doggie on her story book, turned the page and "muacked" a frog, then a cat and every other animal in the book. Then she hugged Mr Liow and "muacked" him.
She's such a social butterfly lately, waving at strangers, smiling sweetly at the elderly in restaurants, and now, attempting to kiss strangers. It's good to see her brightening up others' day tho, so I'm not stopping her (why shld I? hee). I like it esp when I see lonesome elderly smile and play with her. Been praying that the Lord will use her to touch lives and it's probably starting to happen ;)
She's also learnt to stroke BM gently. She loves to be around them but could get a little too rough with them coz she hadn't been able to control her strength. Now she knows they like to be stroked gently and she does it real gently.
She's been lightly running her palm along Maen's back instead of digging her fingers into Maen's fat bum bum. And then she'll lightly pat pat Maen on her head. Maen used to run away when AN approaches but she felt less threatened by the baby the past few days and continued chewing on her smoked pig skin while AN stroked her.
AN will do likewise for Baileys but coz Baileys loves to lick her as well, she will put her fingers where Baileys' mouth is and wait for him to lick her.
Given a choice, BM will prefer to be left alone by the baby but baby so enjoys their presence. She does cute things like stroke them and then bending over to watch them, face to face. They'll run away and then she will giggle and clap in glee.
She'll attempt to hug them when they are in 'down' position and do the clap-giggle when they jump away from her. Maen has granted AN a couple of hugs while she chewed away on her goodie and AN looked so satisfied with having a real fluffy toy to hug. Baileys will never be able to resist giving AN kisses before AN manages to give him her hug.
We're enjoying ourselves watching the 3 kiddos explore and get to know each other. Under our watchful eyes, we hope they do not hurt each other as they grow in love together. hehe.
Home appliances we brought over from Fernvale
Mr Liow has connected up the LCD TV we brought over, to our mini home theater system, DVD and Comcast (SCV equivalent here).
The LCD TV, home theater system and DVD were shipped over from home (Singapore) and we didn't expect them to work here without a transformer. Mr Liow decided to try his luck anyway and another thing to thank the Lord for was, all 3 were function-able without the need for a transformer!! So we've been watching TV with familiar equipments for the past weekend. Such a pleasant surprise!
The Iecologi and vaccum cleaner didn't work tho. We'll be getting a transformer from Poh Teck (Mr Liow's encik) soon coz they'd be leaving for Singapore early June. Then, we'll be able to vaccumm-clean the carpets and floorings, rent a carpet shampoo machine to shampoo our carpets, and the house will be good as new again. We were aiming for a carpet shampoo every month, if we see a need to. You know, it looks easier to maintain carpeted floorings than tiles back in Fernvale. Coz, you can't see fur on the carpets at all. haha! And no fur on ur feet as you walk. Cool manz!
Gardening
We've also found some motivation to do something with the garden area of our patio. Mr Liow has ordered online, some flower thingy and we'll be looking at digging up bushes that'd been chopped up before we moved in and putting seedlings into the...mud/sand/what? I'm hoping to have a pretty garden with a little more efforts put in. Beats looking out of the patio and see nothing but a couple of chopped up bushes, and mud, and what looks like weeds. Will take a picture before we start work and more pictures of the results. This is our 1st attempt at gardening. Hope to get some encouraging results. hehe.
Social Security No.
We went out to get our Social Security Number (CPF equivalent here) done yesterday but it was unusually peaceful when we reached. Then we realised the Social Security was closed coz it was Memorial Day. Apparently we forgot that the whole nation was celebrating Memorial Day, not just Mr Liow alone. Chey... Wasted trip.
My skincare regime
We then went to Park Place to shop around. I bought my Dior cleansing milk. Wanted to get my usual cleansing oil but they do not have that here. In fact, Dior's skin care range here is only a fraction of that back in Singapore.
Considering the strength of Singapore's currency vs USD now, it's worth investing in whichever brands of skincare products one use. The Dior cleansing milk I bought costs only USD$29 (before 8.1% tax)! Dior wor...hehe. Smells exactly like my good ole cleansing oil. I feel like I'm washing my face back in Fernvale again. What familiar scent! Makes me happy. hehe.
Was recommended a rich creme to moisturise mypoor dry and peeling face but that was USD$53. Still cheap for a Dior product (that could easily been more than S$100 in Singapore) but I couldn't bear to spend too much. Yet I went ahead to get a tinted moisturiser for USD$40 -______-". I have no need for a tinted moisturiser (wonder why I bought it yesterday..silly. hmm). I won't be using that and will do a return. Will consider getting Clinique from DM.
I bought a Clinique facial scrub for my mum at S$38. I saw the exact same one at DM selling at USD$15 without taxes (DM is tax-free)! I think I'd probably get something from Clinique from DM when we go over again. It's more than an hour's drive and doesn't make sense that we drive over again, just to get my moisturiser. hee. By the way, my face is starting peeling and it's now raw and red. I badly need moisturising *__________*
Goods return policy
The return policy here is really lax, so lax that they have a department for returns and there are constantly people returning stuff. There will always be trolleys after trolleys of returned good. Used or not, as long as it's in good condition, one can bring the goods back for full refund. Not applicable to certain items tho.
Mr Liow's on afternoon shift tomorrow so he'll be leaving home only at 2pm. Shld reach home after midnight tho. Let's see how it's like to not have him around at night for the 1st time in Tucson.
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Baileys & Maen
A doggie training program on Comcast (channel 47-Animal Planet) points out that an anxious dog can't eat. That's sooooo sooooo true on Baileys -________-" He'll chew happily on pig skins/ears/treats when we are home, but not when he senses that we'll be leaving home.
We've been going out almost everyday during the long wkends (except on Sun when we committed full time into unpacking and sorting out the stuff we brought over). I've resorted to stuffing treats into a chewed up, headless toy chicken, hoping Baileys will be interested in it. He simply ignores smoked pig skin, even one coated with peanut butter out of desperation (I'm desperate to give him something that he'd like to have when we are not around).
For the past 2 days, it's been successful! We left greenies (1 each), a stuffed chicken, and a couple of smoked pig skin for them as we leave the house. A few barks here and there, and then silence.
Baileys liked the stuffed chicken, and greenies! Maen had no problems with smoke pig skin from the start although she'll bark for the sake of barking when we leave the house. She stops after less than 5mins. It's Baileys we're more worried about.
Been good the past 2 days. Thank God for the improvement! To be fair, I've also been using Comfort Zone throughout the whole period of leaving them behind. It could have been effective for all we know.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Adrielle Nicole
What has she been doing lately?
She's been holding our hands and walking. Been doing that since we reached Tucson. She's not started walking unaided yet but has progressed from walking with support from both hands to just one.
She's suddenly learnt to kiss kiss today. We were waiting for our turn at Social Security (yes, we went again today) and the cheeky girl tried to "muack" an uncle sitting beside me. Then she "muacked" the picture of a doggie on her story book, turned the page and "muacked" a frog, then a cat and every other animal in the book. Then she hugged Mr Liow and "muacked" him.
She's such a social butterfly lately, waving at strangers, smiling sweetly at the elderly in restaurants, and now, attempting to kiss strangers. It's good to see her brightening up others' day tho, so I'm not stopping her (why shld I? hee). I like it esp when I see lonesome elderly smile and play with her. Been praying that the Lord will use her to touch lives and it's probably starting to happen ;)
She's also learnt to stroke BM gently. She loves to be around them but could get a little too rough with them coz she hadn't been able to control her strength. Now she knows they like to be stroked gently and she does it real gently.
She's been lightly running her palm along Maen's back instead of digging her fingers into Maen's fat bum bum. And then she'll lightly pat pat Maen on her head. Maen used to run away when AN approaches but she felt less threatened by the baby the past few days and continued chewing on her smoked pig skin while AN stroked her.
AN will do likewise for Baileys but coz Baileys loves to lick her as well, she will put her fingers where Baileys' mouth is and wait for him to lick her.
Given a choice, BM will prefer to be left alone by the baby but baby so enjoys their presence. She does cute things like stroke them and then bending over to watch them, face to face. They'll run away and then she will giggle and clap in glee.
She'll attempt to hug them when they are in 'down' position and do the clap-giggle when they jump away from her. Maen has granted AN a couple of hugs while she chewed away on her goodie and AN looked so satisfied with having a real fluffy toy to hug. Baileys will never be able to resist giving AN kisses before AN manages to give him her hug.
We're enjoying ourselves watching the 3 kiddos explore and get to know each other. Under our watchful eyes, we hope they do not hurt each other as they grow in love together. hehe.
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