It was a really lazy weekend with lots of time spent at home. Guess it was a good time to rest since we were all sick the previous weekend. But I got a bit bored towards the end so brought the little fella to the park and explore playgrounds nearby. It was the first time I was bringing both the little fella and Jeremiah out. I made the little fella promise that he would walk and not make me carry him. So he was really good. In the midst of our walking around, we found this quite nice playground and it was meant for little kids. The equipments were all from Little Tikes so the playground was nice and safe. 

Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Family, Parenting, Pets.
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Call me a sucker for looks but somehow I always find it hard to believe that someone who look is so good looking is capable of doing anything bad.Whether it is reel or real-life, I always find myself finding it hard to believe that all the good/decent looking guys would be capable of doing anything vicious.Call me naive or silly but somehow that is just how my wee little brain functions. I find it so odd sometimes but sometimes, towards certain people, I find it really hard to think badly of them..no matter what they might do.

I have been rather hooked on a Chinese drama serial and even though one of the male leads is so wicked, so vicious and so scheming..I find it hard to not sympathise with him and think that he would do something evil. All because he is so decent/good looking.Though I know this is just make-believe, I believe that I tend to think like that too in real life.I always want to believe in the good side of people and that there is a reason for the way they behave.But perhaps I am being overly-simplistic here.

Posted: March 26th, 2008 under Observations.
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Since my work trip cum holiday was postponed, we decided to take a trip to Adelaide. It was partly a holiday and partly also to recce the place.And because it was such a last minute trip, we had problems getting a direct flight. So had to transit in Perth. The flights itself were an experience but more about that later.

This is the 3rd flight (1st was when he was 6 months and 2nd was when he was 1 year old) for the little fella and we were initially a little apprehensive as he is a lot more active now. So we were wondering how much we had to do to occupy him. So we armed ourselves with plenty of snacks and some of his books as well. I think it helped that he chose the books himself. He was then a little more keen to read it onboard the flight. Overall, he was quite a good kid on the plane, slept some, ate a little and watched quite a bit of the in flight entertainment stuff. It was good that there was Playhouse Disney And of course, it helped that there were 2 of us taking care of him.

All in all, we had a good trip and like always, we tried to balance it with activities that he liked and stuff that we like. So that no one gets shortchanged. It was a great thing that we brought the stroller along so many of his daytime naps were spent in the stroller. We discovered this nice Japanese place that sold udon soup so meals generally weren’t a problem. It was funny but I think the little fella missed eating fishballs as he kept asking for them.

We did lots in Adelaide. Shopped, attended 2 fringe festival events, took a day trip to the hills where the little fella thoroughly enjoyed picking strawberries at the farm,went to the beach, went to the zoo.Was a bit sian that I had to work some of the nights but guess I cannot complain since boss agreed so readily to my 2 weeks leave though it was a busy period here. But then again, when it is really not busy?

The trip gave me a better sense of the place and what to expect should we shift there anytime soon. Definitely want to move but there are tens of trillions of worries in my mind now. Must really learn to keep the faith and not let the worrywart in me take over.

Posted: March 14th, 2008 under Family, Shopping, Weather.
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