Seagate FreeAgent Go Pink 320GB External Hard Drive

My new toy. I finally have backup for all my pictures and this is so ultra slim and cool. Best thing is this is so light and portable and all 320GB worth of memory at only $115. It is no wonder all memory companies are losing money.

At the pool

The boys had so much fun at the pool that we decided to do this again this weekend. Seeing them so happy and enjoying themselves, it takes away all the stress that I have been feeling during the week.

Year 2009

It has only been 3 months into year 2009 and a string of unpleasant things are already happening all around me. My grandma got a minor stroke and was hospitalised for about 2 weeks. She has been discharged and is undergoing therapy treatment now. I hope she will be able to start walking soon. She is a strong woman even at 85 and I am sure she will be well soon.

One of my uncles (my mum's brother) passed away. He had kidney failure for many years and 1 day just fainted and never get up. There was a bump on his head and it was believed that is the cause of the death.

Another of my uncle (my dad's bil) had a heart bypass done last week. It is going to take him quite a while to recover as he is also suffering from kidney failure.

My boss had a heart bypass done early this month. He is young and with no other complications, so he is doing well. He is even replying emails now , when he really should be resting haha.....

I just heard yesterday that one of my customers has breast cancer and had already resigned under the advise of the doctor.

2 of my fellow colleagues got retrenched.

The takeaway for me from all these episodes is to treasure all close families and friends and try to spend as much time as possible with them, especially our parents. We really cannot anticipate what is going to happen tomorrow. And why are there so many people having heart problems right now, I believe the food that we intake and the amount of stress that we are experiencing contribute a big part to it. How to not be stress in this society ? Hai....

Wedding Pics

Family Pic

Studio Pics

December has been a fairly busy month. There is my brother's wedding, the Christmas gatherings with friends and relatives and a short trip to Genting, lots of shopping after the Christmas as the sales are just too irresistable. Done a photoshoot too at the studio. My conclusion is that both of my boys are not too keen on being photographed. Not a very pleasant experience for me as had a hard time trying to coax them to stand/sit where they should be in order to have good pics. Does not help that the photographer is not a very patient person, I guess she has been very lucky so far until she met my not so co-operative kids. I think we probably just couldn't click with her. Good thing that we still managed to get some nice pics. Ask Jay at the end of the session why he is not enjoying and his reply "I want to take myself". I know what he meant, he wants to take photographs of others but does not like to be photographed.

Visit to the zoo

I was so shocked to hear the news of the man being killed by the white tigers. We were at the zoo just last month and I was blown away by them. They were beautiful. I refused to watch the video of the man being killed by the white tigers.

Jay loves to go to the zoo, so much so it takes me just 2 times to tell him the spelling of the word 'zoo' and he remembers it even today. This is the first word he can spell other than his name. Jonas does not look too excited though and look sleepy because it is his naptime. We must try to go in the morning the next time. I am still considering if I should sign up for Friends of the Zoo with the unlimited visits.