Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the father of my children. Glad you're their dad. Any time any day. Really.

You're always there for them. You've never put your work before our kids. You rush home from work whenever possible to take over ferrying the kids for their lessons (that and you want to save gas la admit it).

You are pretty hands on (once the kiddies got past the diaper age .. Hahaha, I can count on BOTH hands how many times he's changed ANY OF THE 5 GIRLS diapers .. And that's just wet diapers. Poopy diapers .. not a chance!) ..

And you want to be there for every part of their lives (which I use to my advantage by foisting off Parent Teacher meetings to you cos, let's face it, those things are boring. Hahaha) ..

You're there to play with them .. Teach them to roller blade, swim and ride a bike ..

And to also help them with their homework. Especially, Chinese. Hahaha .. I'm not much of a help in that area.

You make sure we go to church every Sunday and we spend lots of time together as a family doing family things like lugging home big pieces of furniture from IKEA and cramming it into our poor MPV .. Together with the kids and I .. Lol ! The girls are going to remember these happy times for all of their lives. I'm sure of it.

15 years of marriage .. 13 years of being a Dad .. And you're getting better at it every year. The girls
adore you. I adore you too. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day, my love.

Speaking of being delusional ..

Today, while in town .. I chanced upon a sale .. And decided to get myself one of those body shaper things. It pretty much is like a swimsuit but it ain't for swimming. I only mention this cos Emily was standing next to me while I was looking at the thing, and she asked if I was buying a swimsuit.

Lol.

Anyway, don't get me wrong. This body shaper suit isn't to make me look slimmer - nothing can make me look slimmer besides actually losing weight. Hahaha .. It's to keep the jiggly bits from well, jiggling.

So when I wear one of my dresses, at least everything will be held in place and not be so jello-like. Haha.

I tell you it was hell getting into the thing. And you cannot be sticky with sweat if you wanna put it on. It will make things 10 times worse.

It's really like when you're at the economy rice stall at the food court and you over order. The rice plus all the dishes u ordered .. The styrofoam box just won't close properly and the uncle needs to secure it with a rubber band. Ah, that's how you feel wearing this body shaper suit. Hahaha!

But I'm happy with it. I tried it on with my dress and of course, while I'm not magically transformed into a slim model, AT LEAST, my flab isn't wobbling.

Hahahaha!

This is so cute !!

Hmmmmm

The Canon compact camera I've been eyeing is on offer at $399 (down from $499) but only at the PC show. Not bad. A hundred bucks off.

The Canon Digital Ixus 240HS. Only problem is .. The PC show is on now till Sunday. Don't think I will have the chance to go down cos The Hubby will be around tomorrow.

Dammit. There goes my chance.

Reading

Man, after years of NOT reading .. I've picked it up again. On my iPhone. Man, I love it.

Firstly, it means I can read anytime, anywhere. AND I don't accumulate the clutter of actual physical books. That in itself is wonderful. I have my books with me all the time. And yet, I'm not physically carrying them with me. It's awesome.

Of course, the local iBooks store is USELESS. I purchase books using my US iTunes account off the US store. Love it. I've already read a couple of books. It's great cos I get to read while I'm nursing Charlotte in bed or when I'm waiting in the car.

And I've discovered it's easier to spend that money to buy a book if it's an e-book .. Damn. If you're at a bookstore in town, picking up and holding onto a book and walking around for a bit doesn't guarantee you're actually going to BUY the book. It's different when you're looking at it online .. It's just so easy to click "buy now" Hahahaha!

Actually, I thought it wasn't going to be nice reading a book via my iPhone. I thought it would not give me the same experience as actually holding onto a book and flipping the pages. But you know what? It isn't the same BUT seeing as how I'm so used to doing everything on either my iPad or iPhone, things like reading the papers or articles on a news website .. Reading an e-book is really no different.

If you haven't tried it, go on! I urge you to. You can try Kobo. They have a number of free ebooks .. Just download the app on your iPhone and give it a try. Thereafter, you can always buy books off the Kobo website too. I think they use Paypal. Pretty convenient too.

Have fun reading !!