V is in good health now. We’re just waiting for the effects of the last chemo to wear off before we head to the docs again this Friday. Her parents are also back in town so its nice to have their whole family together again.
Je-in seems to know what he wants these days and whatever he can’t get will send him into a screaming fit. We basically have to keep distracting him with something else to get his mind off whatever it is he wants but can’t have, like the TV remote!
Have also sucked up the courage to let V drive the new car. She’s done two short trips already and its nerve-wrecking for me as much as it is for her! But the idea is to empower her so she can zip in and out of daily mass early in the morning before i leave for work. So God pls be with her when she drives…
And at work it seems to be the parting of the red sea again. O well, mergers and splits come and go. That’s life.
Je-in’s 1st birthday is coming up this Sat! We’ve managed to plan a little BBQ get-together at Alchemy. So if you’re not doing anything happening on Sat evening, do drop by and have some wings and a beer!
The effects of chemo #3 took awhile longer for V to get over, but she’s ok now, so its all good. Hope she enjoys this event as much as Je-in 
Cheers!
I’ve been thinking, you know how you always felt you had to drag yourself to mass when you were much younger and never really understood why you went anyway.
Well, today its just the direct opposite. With God’s grace, V’s mum decided to stay for the weekend. Normally she’d hop off to V’s sister’s place so that she can spend some time with their family, and we could never attend mass together because initially she was too ill and we’d take turns with the baby cos we really can’t concentrate with him around. But today, she was up and about and we could go together!
Her 3rd chemo session was also due today but because the doc wasn’t in town, she postponed it til Monday. This itself is another blessing as we couldn’t spend time on the weekends together as she’ll just be sleeping off the effects. With this cycle change, we’ll now have more weekends to do simple stuff like having lunch out.
Je-in has started taking his first few steps, and can stand un-assisted for a minute, most times he still comes back down to all fours but is quite keen to get up and try again
He can also mumble “o-ma” and “dada” and i heard “daddy” once
Nowadays its really the simple things in life that are meaningful.
Well since there are some cancer cells on the spine, the doc also confirmed that technically its at Stage 4. I guess the number sounds pretty intimidating, but it really makes not much of a diff to us right now.
I’ve been crazily busy the last two weeks or so at work and hardly even had time to play with Je-in though i still managed to put him to sleep a couple o times. He seems to be sleeping earlier at about 9ish these days. Probably because he’s so hyper and he takes less naps in the day-time.
O yes, he’s been trying to walk and can go a few steps on his own before coming back down to all fours. Its really quite cute to watch.
Anyway, V is doing alright as can be. There were a few days of gastric symptoms and the doc confirmed its a common side-effect of one of the drugs used to prevent another side-effect from chemo. So you need another drug to fight the first drug that fought the chemo!
She’s still strong and sticking to her routine of a morning walk and 2 intense prayer sessions a day. I guess that’s what’s giving her strength. Her parents are also staying strong and they are taking it all in as a blessing because they are finally reunited together for longer periods and get to bond to make up for the lost time since they left the daughters here to go and do their mission.
You sometimes hear how God uses illness to call people back to him, i can see this clearly at work and am humbled.
One more week til the next chemo session.
Je-in is about 9 months now. I’d like to say time flies but i don’t feel it flying. Though he seems to grow pretty quickly, both of us are pretty drained of energy. Thank god for our parents who are always willing to sub us whenever something crops up.In 9 months we’ve gone out on our own just twice, once to do some christmas and yesterday to watch Avatar. The movie was already only showing in the mornings but we managed to catch it cos V really wanted to see the whole 3D animation thing up close.
So its the first lunar new year for Je-in and he’s got his taste of an ang bao
Have always joked with friends that i’m gonna tell him he’s from a poor family so he won’t be able to get all the fancy toys etc. That’s gonna really be a challenge i guess, most kids these days would probably be spoilt rotten if they came from middle class families. I can understand the parents too cos sometimes i get so caught up in work and when i have that 5 min in a mall, i just feel like buying stuff for him so that i can see his face light up when i get home.
But the reality is that he doesn’t need all these stuff. He’s pretty happy playing, crinkling plastic bags or hitting boxes. O well, i digress from a cny posting, so here’s wishing you a prosperous new year and all that. And hopefully the Tiger doesn’t come and bite us in the ass i.e. double-dip recession.
gongxifacai!
Hello 2010!
That’s Je-in with his modified room. We changed it around again today, trying to child-proof as much as possible.
I ended the old year with a fortnight of leave but its the toughest “vacation” i’ve ever had 
Been basically babysitting all the way while V is back at work. Thank god for my mum who pops by for short periods during the day. It breaks the monotony of his 4-hour eat-play-sleep cycles. I’ve never camped out so much on my living room floor before…
He seems to be growing well each day and now he’s able to spritely crawl/drag himself around the house, always going for places he shouldn’t be at even though we keep expanding the play area by having more play-mats around. He’s also started to stand on his own using the couch or whatever else he can hang on to. I just hope he doesn’t get round to bashing the TV with his toys. He’s already done it with his bare hands.
2009 has been great, we had Je-in come into our lives, and we whirled our lives around him, moving house and all. I finally completed the NET program and am now helping them with their web communications. The day-job seems stable enough even though the mother-ship gets rocked time and again. Mum’s health has been holding up and she’s able to look after the baby while we are both at work. Its been tough because she’s not as strong as before but so far it all seems good.
Even though we dropped off the entertainment radar and have not been to a movie or the pub or whatever, i still managed to visit Wala 3 times during the year So there are many blessings to be thankful for.
Goodbye o-nine!
And since you’re reading this, a Happy New Year to you too and may the blessings of the Lord be upon you this year.
V’s 4 months of maternity leave are over and for now, she still has some leave for the year so she’s worked out a 3-day week using her vacation time to offset these 2 months.
So mum comes over every other day and looks after Je-in while we’re both at work. The arrangement seems alright but everyone is getting a little tired i guess.
Dec will be challenging once she goes back to the 5-day work week. We’ll have to see how that pans out.
Had a minor scare a few days ago when V was at home alone. She picked up the baby from the floor and her back went “pop”. Intense pain shot through her mid back and had trouble breathing properly. Luckily my parents were free and Dad sent her to the chinese doc who promptly referred her to the A&E for x-rays.
The scans were alright so they suspected just a muscle pull and gave her pain killers and sent her home.
Even though it was a trying day, we thank God for all the small things like the short wait, the good timing and that one carpark lot in that otherwise perpetually full carpark.
So apart from spending time at home playing with little Je-in, and never-endingly changing his diapers whenever i can over the weekends and holidays, I also indulge in my resurgent hobby of cycling. I’m in and out of the house in an hour or two riding around the area which is well endowed with nice long roads. The scenery around the water catchment areas are good too.
Am really thankful to Him that this little hobby of mine has come back to life after the whole degenerated disc episode and all those chiro sessions i’ve attended. So far i’ve done about six rides and the back is still holding up.
Alleluia
We have been attending 3 sunday sessions of prepatory lessons, apparently organised by the northern district churches. It gave the basic information about what baptism is all about, how important are god-parents etc. Fairly informational with some sharing sessions thrown in to awaken the faith of some of us who may need it.
Today, after the 11 am mass, the ceremony was held. It was a pretty subdued affair with 5 babies present. Je-in turned out to be the most calm and quiet baby. There was this other kid who was wailing away throughout the whole half and hour event. Even the priest joked that he should give her an award for best screamer.
And so, why do Catholics baptise their children without their consent? Its because as parents, we want what we think is best for them. Analogy given by priest is, if you go to a nice fancy restaurant for dinner, you wouldn’t just leave the kid at the door just because he can’t eat solid food right?
He’s been exceptionally “gwai” the whole day only crying in the evening after getting some nightmares.. Indeed a blessed day.
Usually on the weekends, there’ll be some time when V needs to get out of the house for an appointment, church or a massage etc and I’ll have a couple of hours alone with Je-in.
This weekend, i noticed he has stopped crying indiscriminately and is able to play on his own. This usually involves sucking his fingers, but his legs are always in full swing. Guess he’ll be a very active up and about guy in the future. He’s also started to coo and smile occasionally.
Very cute indeed.
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