Ying and Niq's Niche

We have finally decided to name our baby girl Rosalie after Saint Rosalia of Palermo whose Feast Day is on Sep 4. Gabriel was fond of ‘Tagalong Allie’ the mouse from ‘The 7 Habits of Happy Kids’. As for me T-Square’s album ‘Welcome to the Rose Garden’ was my favorite in my car. So I thought, “Why not ‘Rosalie’?”. Anyway Ying thought it was sort of a tongue twister for some. Ying did some search and found that Saint Rosalia’s feast day is on Sep 4, very close to YiQing’s birthday. So that’s how it was decided.

I am proud to announce the birth of our second child, YiQing. Our baby girl was born on 9-Sep-2010, 8:47am by Lower Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS). She weighed 3.25kg and measured 50cm at birth. About 4 hours after birth, I received a call from the paediatrician. YiQing was diagnosed with Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN). Her breath rate was abnormally high (> 60 breaths per minute) due to presence of fluid in her lungs. She needs to take extra effort in order to get enough oxygen. Fortunately, her oxygenation was adequate, so there was no need to supply additional oxygen. Her X-ray showed some streaks indicating possible infection. She was given antibiotics. Her condition improved the next day and was taking feeds. She was given a clean bill of health on 15-Sep after her bilirubin level was down to 160µmol/l.

I am writing this post as I sit on a see-saw outside Gabriel’s kindy. Watching him play happily with his friends, a feeling of sadness came upon me. I grew a certain fondness after two years. Will he miss his friends and teachers? He will probably not. But then again I am underestimating his emotional quotient. He tends to be quite emotional at times. Will he feel sad and confused? I hope and pray that he adapts well in his new kindy. The more confused one would probably be me. It was a difficult decision to make but we thought it was better for Gabriel.

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Sun, 19-Apr-09. Went to Ocean Green Seafood (GPS Coordinates: N5 25.576 E100 19.568) for lunch. This place was quite difficult to find. It is situated by the sea side, at the end of an alley along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, just before Despark Auto College. It is easy to miss the turn so go slow. We had oyster noodle, salted egg crabs and stir fried broccoli. The food was nice. Their salted egg crab is one of their signature dishes

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There is a nice view of the sea.

The beach is a popular spot among anglers and offer good landscape photography opportunities. Sad to say the beach is not suitable for picnic as there were lots of ants.

Here is a photo of a picture frame. The photo in the frame is of Mom and Dad in New Zealand near Milford Sound. But if you look at the picture frame, you could see a family of musical bears. There is one blowing a horn, one with a violin, another playing a cello, a drummer and one singing. Yes, the one singing is at the bottom left corner. Mom was describing to Gabriel what each bear was doing. But coming to the bear who was singing, Gabriel exclaimed in disagreement, “No! She’s not singing! She’s yawning!”. Yah, I tend to agree with Gabriel, she looks more like she’s yawning!