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| "Dainty" En Xi, "What's up" Julian & "I'm so Irritating" En Jun |
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| Mad cow trying to sniff the flower that En Xi is holding |
It was the September School
Holiday Week. Although both of you
are still in preschool, we had to time our holiday trips during school
holidays as your cousins are all in primary school. We planned for 2
back-to-back budget short trips. A
local 3D2N stay at the SAF Treehouse Villas @ Changi and an overseas 3D2N stay at
the Bintan Lagoon Resorts, Bunganvil Villa (SAF).
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| En Jun is starting to pick up all the wrong things from Shou Cong |
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| This SO looks like Mummy |
The local getaway was mainly for
the Ong family and we were glad that both Charlene and Julian get to sleep
over. It was a lot of fun for the
4 of you, but not so for us. Usually,
we have it easy when both of you are playing with other kids, not this
time. En Jun, bring the youngest one,
tends to be a little more impatient, sometimes unreasonable and most of the
time, reckless. First, there was
the spiral stairway in the chalet, your continual running up and down the stairs meant that
we have to be watchful over your shoulders ALL the time. It was like, “Watch Out! Hold the
Rails! STOP running up and down the stairs!” multiply that by 100x. Then, came the emotional outrage during
board games, Monopoly and Pictionary.
You were like, “Noooo, its like that…. not like this…. Arghhhhh!” and
throws the dice on the floor. But,
alas, it was still all good fun.
We went to the playground by Changi beach and took strolls along the
Changi boardwalk. It melts my
heart and makes me feel the trip is so worth it when all 4 of you kept telling
me to bring you guys back here again.
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| And they wonder where is the dog? |
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| I like the funny look on your faces. Or is it just me? |
The Bintan getaway was for the
Wang family. We decided to do this
because Uncle See Chernn (Shou Rei and Shou Cong’s Dad) just started on a new
job and Uncle Sam is having night classes. So instead of a long trip like the last Taiwan holiday, a short weekend at Bintan island. Everyone was looking forward to the trip as a great BBQ
feast was planned for. Just
thinking of Gong Gong’s Sambal Kuning Fish with lime is enough to make me
salivate. In addition, Auntie
Sophia will be bringing her sister’s kids, Estia and Damien along as well. Great fun awaits!
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| All Set and Ready to Go! |
Unfortunately, disaster
struck. It was a day before the
trip, En Jun started to have tummy runs and we knew what was coming. We were prepared and cool about it, but
what was about to happen was unprecedented. One thing led to another and you started to develop
fever. After 1 day of oral medication,
you began to vomit any oral medication that you took in. Nonetheless, we pressed on and bought
the family to Bintan. You continue
to vomit, had diarrhea and the fever was not coming down. I was convinced that
you did this on purpose and literally went berserk with you. I was relentless in forcing oral
medication and you kept throwing up everywhere until we got sick of cleaning
up. You look at us with those sad
and watery eyes, “I dun want to vomit.”
Looking back, I must now apologise for making you go through such an
atrocious ordeal. I was being
plain silly. Eventually, we bought
you to the clinic and you were prescribed with suppository medication. Things still did not improve after 1
night in Bintan and we took the next earliest ferry back to Singapore and
immediately send you to KK hospital.
After about 3 hours of observation, you were warded. All tests were inconclusive and your
fever persisted for another 2 days. Fortunately, on the 3rd day, your fever subsided. All was well again and your appetite began to pick up. Mummy took the biggest hit and was
totally burnt out from the sleepless nights. She was comforting and nursing you
since the start. You took sleeplessness to a whole new level. She did not have
a good sleep for close to a week and her belly button was severely hurt from
your maniac digging. (Please don’t ask me why you do that, we are wondering as
well.) We are glad the entire episode
finally comes to an end.
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| Still able to salute. Hmm.. Potential Guards Opicer |
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| Uncle Sam and Auntie Sophia bought you a Lego F1 Ferrari |
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| Better times, you are eating and not puking! |
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| A lovely card from En Xi. That's you with the cold patch on your forehead. |
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| You protect Mummy and Mummy rewards you with a medal and ice-cream treat. |
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| I think you hate needles. A mega syringe on the bad guy. |
Morale of the story: Never plan for
back-to-back trips.
