I had meant to blog about our activities over the weekend but before I could, the heated exchange (the conversation didn't really heat up coz I tried to keep my boiling point down by rolling my eyes into my head with every comment I heard), got me blogging about something else.
Mr Liow immediately knew how I would feel the moment comments started flying last night, and he immediately called up IRAS to clarify. There were no mistakes made, and payment was indeed necessary for that right amount. He stood up for our point of contact (p.o.c) and erm...things turned a little sour coz of that but all was well moments later.
Thanks dear, for being able to feel how I feel and understand where I was coming from.
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Now now, what have we done over the weekend?
Saturday (13 December 08)
Mr Liow drove us to Anthem Outlet in Phoenix on Saturday. He felt bad that MIL had been cooped up whole day at home since he started work and she'd be leaving in 2 weeks' time. So, he's made plans to bring her around.
I never knew there was an outlet in Phoenix but it wasn't all that impressive after we went so, we very likely won't go that far just to shop there again. It was....more than 6 hours' drive to and from the outlet? Poor one and only driver. haha!
Sunday (14 December 08)
It was one of the pilot's daughter's 2 yrs old birthday and there was a celebration at their place.
It was fun watching AN interact with the other kids (of all ages, the eldest being 12 yrs old).
AN was the favourite of the older kids coz as one of the girls put it to their mum "Adrielle is so small and light! So easy to carry!". (erm...that's also why AN's parents, aka US, are fervently feeding her food high calories/fats. She's too small! hahah!)
And AN seemed to enjoy being the centre of attention anyway, so MR Liow and I had a little freedom to eat.
I noticed something about AN that day: She is not a fighter.
She was playing with a toy and another toddler (2 yrs old) came to her and snatched the toy from her hand.
AN stood there looking at the other toddler (she seemed to be thinking what next to do), looked away and went for something else. She did not fight to have the toy back, nor look to us for comfort (I was standing at the doorway watching her).
It may be that she is still young and does not know what to do yet. She might get defensive when she gets to the age 2 and bully a younger child as well. That I do not know. BUT I was glad she did not give 'an eye for an eye' and snatch the toy back. I do not wish AN to be overly competitive.
In the eyes of some, this might mean she could be an easy target for a bully victim. To me, the Lord sees (not as if the Lord will strike the 2 year old down or something...choy choy) and I hope AN will seek reward from the Lord and not rely only on her own strength to get what she wants.
That being said, she shall have the freedom to become the woman she is to be.
Oh ya, the eldest girl helped watch over AN for the 2 hours we were there and she was a really good 'shepherd' to AN.
The kids could choose to have a balloon each and she immediately brought AN to choose one, and tied the one AN chose, lightly to my baby's waist. When it was time to cut cake, she brought AN right beside the birthday girl and made sure AN looked at the camera during photo taking.
Her and her 2 other younger sisters were all so well behaved (even the youngest, probably6-7 yrs old?)! They not only helped watch over the younger kids, the elder sisters even watched over each other and their youngest sister to make sure none of them hurt the little ones!
The eldest sister even went over to correct her youngest sister who was carrying another struggling toddler who did not want to be carried, advising her to leave the child alone before she dropped him coz he was struggling.
Enjoyed watching the sisters communicate and was really impressed by their upbringing.
I look at AN and sometimes wonder: If I were to pop another human being out, would they be blessings to us, each other and others? Or would they be one of those we see and hope our kids do not turn out to behave like?
hehe. I scared la..AN can really be a handful sometimes.
Not to forget, AN's eating habits is starting to pick up. She's still a light eater but is not refusing food now. KS me had been making sure she gets more calories with the help of olive oil and margarine (since she's such light eater), according to the PD's instructions to bring the calories and fats contents up. She needs them you see (I noe most adults will give arms and legs to eat fattening food like AN is and not worry about growing fat).
hmm..She seems to be a little 'meat-ier' than the past couple of weeks. Will continue to monitor. Her next checkup will be next monday. Praying hard that she's growing enough..
*Wah...such a long post..I'm so lor-sor...
Mr Liow immediately knew how I would feel the moment comments started flying last night, and he immediately called up IRAS to clarify. There were no mistakes made, and payment was indeed necessary for that right amount. He stood up for our point of contact (p.o.c) and erm...things turned a little sour coz of that but all was well moments later.
Thanks dear, for being able to feel how I feel and understand where I was coming from.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now now, what have we done over the weekend?
Saturday (13 December 08)
Mr Liow drove us to Anthem Outlet in Phoenix on Saturday. He felt bad that MIL had been cooped up whole day at home since he started work and she'd be leaving in 2 weeks' time. So, he's made plans to bring her around.
I never knew there was an outlet in Phoenix but it wasn't all that impressive after we went so, we very likely won't go that far just to shop there again. It was....more than 6 hours' drive to and from the outlet? Poor one and only driver. haha!
Sunday (14 December 08)
It was one of the pilot's daughter's 2 yrs old birthday and there was a celebration at their place.
It was fun watching AN interact with the other kids (of all ages, the eldest being 12 yrs old).
AN was the favourite of the older kids coz as one of the girls put it to their mum "Adrielle is so small and light! So easy to carry!". (erm...that's also why AN's parents, aka US, are fervently feeding her food high calories/fats. She's too small! hahah!)
And AN seemed to enjoy being the centre of attention anyway, so MR Liow and I had a little freedom to eat.
I noticed something about AN that day: She is not a fighter.
She was playing with a toy and another toddler (2 yrs old) came to her and snatched the toy from her hand.
AN stood there looking at the other toddler (she seemed to be thinking what next to do), looked away and went for something else. She did not fight to have the toy back, nor look to us for comfort (I was standing at the doorway watching her).
It may be that she is still young and does not know what to do yet. She might get defensive when she gets to the age 2 and bully a younger child as well. That I do not know. BUT I was glad she did not give 'an eye for an eye' and snatch the toy back. I do not wish AN to be overly competitive.
In the eyes of some, this might mean she could be an easy target for a bully victim. To me, the Lord sees (not as if the Lord will strike the 2 year old down or something...choy choy) and I hope AN will seek reward from the Lord and not rely only on her own strength to get what she wants.
That being said, she shall have the freedom to become the woman she is to be.
Oh ya, the eldest girl helped watch over AN for the 2 hours we were there and she was a really good 'shepherd' to AN.
The kids could choose to have a balloon each and she immediately brought AN to choose one, and tied the one AN chose, lightly to my baby's waist. When it was time to cut cake, she brought AN right beside the birthday girl and made sure AN looked at the camera during photo taking.
Her and her 2 other younger sisters were all so well behaved (even the youngest, probably6-7 yrs old?)! They not only helped watch over the younger kids, the elder sisters even watched over each other and their youngest sister to make sure none of them hurt the little ones!
The eldest sister even went over to correct her youngest sister who was carrying another struggling toddler who did not want to be carried, advising her to leave the child alone before she dropped him coz he was struggling.
Enjoyed watching the sisters communicate and was really impressed by their upbringing.
I look at AN and sometimes wonder: If I were to pop another human being out, would they be blessings to us, each other and others? Or would they be one of those we see and hope our kids do not turn out to behave like?
hehe. I scared la..AN can really be a handful sometimes.
Not to forget, AN's eating habits is starting to pick up. She's still a light eater but is not refusing food now. KS me had been making sure she gets more calories with the help of olive oil and margarine (since she's such light eater), according to the PD's instructions to bring the calories and fats contents up. She needs them you see (I noe most adults will give arms and legs to eat fattening food like AN is and not worry about growing fat).
hmm..She seems to be a little 'meat-ier' than the past couple of weeks. Will continue to monitor. Her next checkup will be next monday. Praying hard that she's growing enough..
*Wah...such a long post..I'm so lor-sor...
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