Painful Backache

I have been suffering backache for 1-2 weeks. It got pretty painful and affected my sleep. I thought and hope it will recover by itself but it didn't. Guess I am just getting old. The hubby asked me to go for a massage but I hesitated cos I know I can't go for spa kinda massage (which meant for relaxing).

I want to see a reputable TMC. Only know Ma Guang the popular local TMC and ended at Ma Guang @ Bedok. Luckily the masseur I met today is quite good. A lot people made appointment with him. According to the yi shi and tui na shi, the root cause of backache is due to long term sitting (resulted qi didn't flow smoothly) and also carried heavy stuffs (that is the trigger point).

At the end of a session of acupuncture (with heater) and tui na, my back feels much better. Now only feel aching instead of pain.

Advice to follow next few days:
(1) Dun carry heavy stuffs.
(2) Slow down movement.
(3) Avoid cold drink and coconut.
(4) Avoid tea. Coffee ok.
(5) Take Ma Guang's pre-made "lemon juice" for four days to tong qi.
(6) Stick Ma Guang's medicated patch over affected area for five days.

Hopefully backache goes away and never come back again.

After note: The hubby also went for tui na for his shoulder after seeing me feeling much relief. We see signs of aging. Amusing part is we helped each other on sticking medicated patch.

Lunch : Roasted chicken rice

Delicious and cheap ($2.50). Located at a corner coffeeshop at Blk 211 Bedok North Street 1.

Durians.. durians..

A durian surprise from the hubby who got it after his dinner gathering with his friends. The last time we had it is more than a year ago. Not cheap ($18/kg and the chosen durian is 2kg) but really yummy (thick and sweet) and finger licking.

Merry Christmas!

I love love love this time of the year. Love choosing pressies for the kiddos and close ones. Love seeing everyone busy in preparing to celebrate this festive. Love seeing Christmas decoration everywhere and simply making everyone happy.

This year is our first year having fresh Christmas tree at home. (We have been talking a few years of getting a real X'mas tree so that Faith could have great fun in decorating the tree and most important is to enjoy more family time doing the same thing together during this festive period.) This year we also hold our first X'mas party. Although it is just a small gathering with close family, we had good time together and it means a lot to us. I guess the kids have the fantastic time in running around the house although there is some small hiccups.

Hope we could do it again next year. Maybe two sessions with family and friends.

Faith's pressies.. She can't wait to open her cash register toy and is waiting eagerly behind the curtain.

Will my hair get super shine?

Currently I am at Jean Yip @ VivoCity to give my hair a new look. Hope my whole afternoon time is well-spent.

I have wasted 20-30 mins to wait for another hair stylist as mine is on off today. As usual, the hair stylist tried to "smoke" me to do something else that is not part of my packages (yes.. I have a few - scalp treatment & hair treatments & highlights/perm/rebond)

I got pissed off and told him don't suggest me anything else other than my packages. Seem like it is inevitable to stay firm and sound irritated whenever I visit Jean Yip. If not, they just keep pushing more services to meet their monthly sales target.

No doubt they have good hair stylists and good products but.. They doesn't give me an ease of mind whenever I come here.

If I did not sign packages, I will choose not to visit. Overly commercialize and lack of sincere personal touch.

Misses the old services they provided a decade ago with no sales target and not too pushy on their packages and products.

Feel comfort by hearing my loves' snores

With the hubby and my darling sleeping beside me now and playing a nice orchestra of loud and soft snores, making me feel blessed to have my love ones so closed to me.

Mood : Lonely and feeling dizzy

Currently I'm unpacking last box of master bedroom stuffs. I still have 10 more boxes of Faith's stuffs to clear. And clean up Faith's room.

I have cleared so many boxes (at least 70 large boxes so far) till I lost count.

Mom called this morning and ask me to clear my stuffs in her place. Wonder when I could finish clearing. Not easy especially I am doing alone. Can get very bored after a while.

Hope and really hope to finish up by end of year. I have more important stuffs to work by then.

I got to be chauffeur and do house chores at same time.

Attraction : mint museum

Yesterday Faith went to mint museum with her school. She was very happy and told us what she has seen.

Going put this as one of "to-go" list.

Check out more information at their website.

Camwhoring Princess

Not me.. I am too old to be a princess.

That is our darling. She simply enjoys taking photo of herself using my iPhone and sometimes she took together with the hubby or me.

Wonder where she learns this from. I definitely didn't teach her since I don't do that.

Here is one of my favorite shot.

Been there.. Did that..

The hubby and I were talking of a friend who is willing to indulge on expensive stuffs. Then I added that I notice there are more and more young adults driving luxury cars.

The question is : Do they really able to afford those cars?

The hubby then said sometimes people not just looking at affordability but rather live a "Been there.. Did that.." life. It is a experience to them. Be it owning and driving a luxury car. Or splurging on big items. Or go to exotic places or even did adventurous stuffs. It is a life that we will never re-live again.

This morning I woke up at 5.30am and realized I no longer young and what have I achieved personally and in career. I couldn't sleep after that. I then realize life is really short and time passes without waiting for any of us and it never returns. I should seriously think what I want to do and stop procrastinating and put in 100% focus + commitment and work towards it. I also have to consistently remind myself the importance of family time.

Everyone should has a dream and live life to fullest! You are lucky if you already know what you want and are working on it or even better if you have achieved.

Breakfast : Fish ball noodles

One of the better dry noodle in town. Mee pok is more tasty than yellow noodle (the one in picture). Located at Bedok interchange food market, the stall is facing the carpark.
Stall name : Quan Ji Cooked Food Stall.
Price : $2.50

Medicine.. medicine... Fruit juice.

Faith is down with stomach flu today. Doctor said she got infected during weekend since the virus will take few days to react. Feeding her medicine is easy as she pretends them as fruit juice. She will say "orange" when she takes paracetamol and say "apple juice" when she takes fedac. Hope she gets well very soon. And gotta to boost her immunity with more fruits when she gets well.

Early X'mas Present from Hubby

In the hubby's recent biz trip to Bahamas, he got me a dangling girl charm to symbolize our lil girl. Love this pandora bracelet more now.

Survival tips in over-crowded playground

Well.. Of course it is the best not to bring your kids to over-crowded playground.

But if it is a paid playground and it might not be crowded at the time we entered, we need to prep our kids with survival tips so they will not get stamped or bullied on the ground.

1. Watch out for naughty kids and avoid them.

2. If you can't avoid and he/she disturbed you, tell any adult around. This resulted Faith got over-sensitive and kept complaining over trivial matters. I could only explained slowly to her on case by case basis.

How to tell whether you get bullied?
- the kid attempted to throw or kick balls at you 3 times or more. Recurring attacks (3>) = Bully

3. Don't attempt to bully other kids.

4. Be forgiving and move on.

5. Avoid sick kids.

If all failed, pull him/her out and game over.

I will stop bringing Faith to these playground during weekend. I don't see the values in these playground. So far only seeing the kids run wild and get more aggressive.

Parents' characters and actions has direct influence to the children

Today I brought my girl to Singkids play system at Changi Airport T3. Faith entered an enclosure with many big balloons bouncing around by fans. There was a boy playing alone inside when we entered. His mother was sitting outside. After a short while, I noticed the boy carried the big balloon and pushed Faith. Of course, Faith got irritated and complained to me. I attempted to talk to him when it happened the third time and this time it is very obvious he carried the blue balloon and pushed Faith. When I was about to talk to him, his mother came in. I then spoke to his mother on his actions. His mother then revoked "I was sitting out there and looking at him all the time. He didn't do anything to your child. In fact I saw your child tried to push the ball at him." I was shocked by what she said.

It is not just one occasion that the boy used the ball to push Faith. I saw him doing at least three times before I walked forward and attempted to talk to him. After she said that to me, she then asked his son and he then told his mother that he already said sorry which I didnt hear when I was inside. If he is really sorry, then why he did again and again.

No wonder there is an old saying "what kind of parents will have same kind of kids". A lying mother has a lying child.

I am not to be offensive to anyone. It is disturbing to see what happen and decided to write this post to remind myself our behavior directly influence our child.