Eniale - LOL... glad it was an encouragement to you. Now you all know how lor sor I can get. Haha.
FairyP - yeah... the bb bonus money is definitely very useful lor... it's like 100% interest you know... pay one month of school fees, get one month free... haha. So use lor... afterall, it's there. Don't use it will go to their edusave, then later become CPF.
JasTan - this is very interesting. May I know why you are trying for a year end baby? I personally like beginning of year baby... because I feel like year end baby go to school so poorthing, everything also behind everyone... people almost one whole year ahead of them... but I know of others who feel like year end baby better, even though younger, get to go to school earlier... guess it's how you look at it. Anyway, jiayou... maybe now that you aren't so actively trying, it will happen. Sometimes, the more stressed you are about it, the less likely it happens... but I know someone else said that already.
mrs piggy - you could always try for those freelance jobs that allow you to work for home, provided you can find some in your area of expertise. You can search online... nowadays, there are quite a few job search online things, where people post their job openings online. All the best in your job search, but remember, try not to stress, for the sake of baby... and rest!
terrier - I have a lot of help from my mom, who comes in the evenings with dinner for my kids about 3-4 times a week, and also to babysit while I bring whoever has lessons out for lessons. I cook the children's lunches in the morning, and one thing I have found very useful are the AMC pots and the thermal pots... you know, the kind where you bring the stuff to a boil, and then keep covered, and because the heat is retained, the food continues to cook so you don't have to watch it? It's great for soups and stews and for food for the little ones where the food is more boiled, stewed, steamed in nature and also more wet. So like today, my youngest is sick, so I just threw in some rice, water, fish (deboned) and pumpkin, everything bring to a boil, then switch off fire and leave it alone. After a while, everything is cooked already... no need to worry about burning or whatever. Very useful leh. Then when want to eat, just season a little to taste can liao.
As for cleaning... I don't sweat the small stuff, so my house is not 100% clean all the time. My mom is more finicky, so once a week, she buay tahan will come into my place and clean for me... but I myself will take care of laundry (with hubby's help) and also clean from time to time, and make sure children pick up after themselves... and keep the place neat looking at least. All this I do in between helping kids with work and before bedtime. Then I usually do ironing either late at night while watching tv, or I do when children not around, cos steam iron, scared they accidentally get scalded. Like that lor... I work it in lah... does that help??? I have plenty of help from my mom... she very clean type one, so cannot stand to see my house not as perfect as hers, so she insist on coming to do once a week, so OK lor... then hubby give her more pocket money.. she say don't want so much, but I tell her, you don't need, then you just give it back through the kids lor... haha.
When she's not around, then I will clean more often... like maybe mop the floor twice a week, take duster and dust twice a week like that... then cook in the morning, one shot cook for dinner also... keep warm in thermal pot (esp soup)... and because the soup still very hot, will warm up the rest of the food which I mix into the rice for them (I do that, otherwise they only pick all the good liao, and leave the rice untouched).
OK lah... actually, when I became SAHM, I was a little upset that my mom still insist on coming to help and complain my house not clean enough (felt like I not doing a good enough job)... but then I just tell myself, she want to come, I just choose to see it as a blessing, what she want to complain, let her say lor... lao ren jia, don't want to upset them too much also... just rang rang and ren the nagging... then be happy I don't have to do so much and appreciate her efforts lor. Actually, she also not that lao... she's only 58 this year... still strong and healthy. I think she is fitter than me, heh. Because she still exercises. But she's the kind very stressed over everything one... so she cannot tahan take care of all three for long time... only time is saturday when they all go over to her house while hubby and I paktor a but in the afternoon... but even then, she will usually have "reinforcement" to come down and help her... like my relatives all that lah, who have no other children in that generation to fawn over.
Oh, and I only fetch my #2 to and fro. My #1 takes school bus, and #3 is at childcare nearby. But next year, the two eldest take sch bus, and #3 starts kindy nearby.
Trixie - thank you... and hey, there seems to be many ex-teachers in this forum!!! Goes to show that the MOE really needs to work a lot harder to retain teachers.
JasTea - you also want year end baby? Can share why?
Jastan - 3yr4mths liao... well, if you look on the bright side, when they so far age gap, the elder girl usually turns out to be a very good helper, can help you look after baby one. When the #1 is a boy... aiyoh, forget it ah... my boy only know how to complain. He actually say that he is like a maid at home just because I insist he picks up his toys and keep them properly. Wah, gave him an earful when he said that. After that bu gan le... I think he learns these bad attitudes from school.. last time not like that one. But oh well... just combat them as they surface lor.
I totally agree with Eniale... if system nothing wrong.. then just try try and try again.. anyhow shoot hor, sooner or later also surely will zhong one right??? heh. Everybody jiayou!!!!!
Sorry ah, so long again... LOL.
FairyP - yeah... the bb bonus money is definitely very useful lor... it's like 100% interest you know... pay one month of school fees, get one month free... haha. So use lor... afterall, it's there. Don't use it will go to their edusave, then later become CPF.
JasTan - this is very interesting. May I know why you are trying for a year end baby? I personally like beginning of year baby... because I feel like year end baby go to school so poorthing, everything also behind everyone... people almost one whole year ahead of them... but I know of others who feel like year end baby better, even though younger, get to go to school earlier... guess it's how you look at it. Anyway, jiayou... maybe now that you aren't so actively trying, it will happen. Sometimes, the more stressed you are about it, the less likely it happens... but I know someone else said that already.
mrs piggy - you could always try for those freelance jobs that allow you to work for home, provided you can find some in your area of expertise. You can search online... nowadays, there are quite a few job search online things, where people post their job openings online. All the best in your job search, but remember, try not to stress, for the sake of baby... and rest!
terrier - I have a lot of help from my mom, who comes in the evenings with dinner for my kids about 3-4 times a week, and also to babysit while I bring whoever has lessons out for lessons. I cook the children's lunches in the morning, and one thing I have found very useful are the AMC pots and the thermal pots... you know, the kind where you bring the stuff to a boil, and then keep covered, and because the heat is retained, the food continues to cook so you don't have to watch it? It's great for soups and stews and for food for the little ones where the food is more boiled, stewed, steamed in nature and also more wet. So like today, my youngest is sick, so I just threw in some rice, water, fish (deboned) and pumpkin, everything bring to a boil, then switch off fire and leave it alone. After a while, everything is cooked already... no need to worry about burning or whatever. Very useful leh. Then when want to eat, just season a little to taste can liao.
As for cleaning... I don't sweat the small stuff, so my house is not 100% clean all the time. My mom is more finicky, so once a week, she buay tahan will come into my place and clean for me... but I myself will take care of laundry (with hubby's help) and also clean from time to time, and make sure children pick up after themselves... and keep the place neat looking at least. All this I do in between helping kids with work and before bedtime. Then I usually do ironing either late at night while watching tv, or I do when children not around, cos steam iron, scared they accidentally get scalded. Like that lor... I work it in lah... does that help??? I have plenty of help from my mom... she very clean type one, so cannot stand to see my house not as perfect as hers, so she insist on coming to do once a week, so OK lor... then hubby give her more pocket money.. she say don't want so much, but I tell her, you don't need, then you just give it back through the kids lor... haha.
When she's not around, then I will clean more often... like maybe mop the floor twice a week, take duster and dust twice a week like that... then cook in the morning, one shot cook for dinner also... keep warm in thermal pot (esp soup)... and because the soup still very hot, will warm up the rest of the food which I mix into the rice for them (I do that, otherwise they only pick all the good liao, and leave the rice untouched).
OK lah... actually, when I became SAHM, I was a little upset that my mom still insist on coming to help and complain my house not clean enough (felt like I not doing a good enough job)... but then I just tell myself, she want to come, I just choose to see it as a blessing, what she want to complain, let her say lor... lao ren jia, don't want to upset them too much also... just rang rang and ren the nagging... then be happy I don't have to do so much and appreciate her efforts lor. Actually, she also not that lao... she's only 58 this year... still strong and healthy. I think she is fitter than me, heh. Because she still exercises. But she's the kind very stressed over everything one... so she cannot tahan take care of all three for long time... only time is saturday when they all go over to her house while hubby and I paktor a but in the afternoon... but even then, she will usually have "reinforcement" to come down and help her... like my relatives all that lah, who have no other children in that generation to fawn over.
Oh, and I only fetch my #2 to and fro. My #1 takes school bus, and #3 is at childcare nearby. But next year, the two eldest take sch bus, and #3 starts kindy nearby.
Trixie - thank you... and hey, there seems to be many ex-teachers in this forum!!! Goes to show that the MOE really needs to work a lot harder to retain teachers.
JasTea - you also want year end baby? Can share why?
Jastan - 3yr4mths liao... well, if you look on the bright side, when they so far age gap, the elder girl usually turns out to be a very good helper, can help you look after baby one. When the #1 is a boy... aiyoh, forget it ah... my boy only know how to complain. He actually say that he is like a maid at home just because I insist he picks up his toys and keep them properly. Wah, gave him an earful when he said that. After that bu gan le... I think he learns these bad attitudes from school.. last time not like that one. But oh well... just combat them as they surface lor.
I totally agree with Eniale... if system nothing wrong.. then just try try and try again.. anyhow shoot hor, sooner or later also surely will zhong one right??? heh. Everybody jiayou!!!!!
Sorry ah, so long again... LOL.
