Class Photo

Joshuaboy-----second row, 4th from the left.

A solo pic.

Does he resemble mahmmyboy more or takes after pappy?

kids' date...

joshuaboy's classmate, Lucas, invited us ( yes, family of 3) to his 3 yr old b birthday party last sat 25july at his place. I do not know if joshuaboy understands this invitation. But i told him about going to Lucas' place, told him about celebrating Lucas' b birthday, told him about singing of b birthday song (he sang me a b birthday song after telling him that), etc....just want to prepare him...

Well, once we entered the gate, joshuaboy dashed to the bouncing castle, with Lucas' present on hand. I got to hurriedly grab him back, took the present, and passed to Lucas. Kids being kids. I guess when come to play, that's their top priority. Joshuaboy was busy jumping & bouncing in the castle, busy chasing after other kids, busy......cleaning his sweat beads on his forehead......hehehe.....pappy then took out a hanky, brought him to the bathroom, washed his hand, cleaned his 'perspiration-sweaty' face......

Too bad, the camera was not with me that day, so did not take any pics of the party.

Racial Harmony Day

Joshuaboy's kindergarten celebrated Racial Harmony Day today. The pupils are enouraged to wear clothes that depict the four ethnic groups in S'pore. There were traditional games for pupils to take part in. There were different types of food for pupils to taste.



I was helping out at a game stall. Yes, a parent volunteer, i should say. I had fun demonstrating to the pupils how to skip, & how to play yo yo. It was an eye opener for some pupils who apparently had not seen or touched a skipping rope before. Some pupils knew for the first time how a yo yo works.

Joshuaboy was with me before his class started at noon. He was enjoying himself, trying out games at various stall, mingling with other pupils, self-entertaining, so to speak.


Each pupil brought home a cone of kachang puteh.

A Mystery Call???

The house phone rang two evenings ago and joshuaboy picked up the receiver.
He said," Hello...............(followed by a long pause after that).
The next phase he said was "bu zai jia...,"
Then he put down the phone.
When i took over from him, the call had already been disconnected.
So I asked joshuaboy who that was. He replied that was yee yee. I thought that my sis would try calling my hp next since she did not manage to talk to me. I waited and waited...No call leh!
When I checked with my sis last night, she said she did not call me.
So, who was the caller?

Youth Day - sch hols

Today we were supposed to go the the zoo with annie & jessy. But due to joshuaboy's health condition, i decided not to join them.

So, what was joshuaboy doing this morning?

1. watched his favourite dvd - Thomas and Friends. His godpa bought a new dvd for him while visiting him at the hosp. I bought the 'Great Discovery' movie series for him. He was enjoying himself in front of the goggle box for a good one hour. A TV king...

2. Breakfast with joshuaboy this morning was really relaxing. He kept asking for more bread and drank half a cup of milo. A rotiboy...

3. Dismantled the track, connected the track...dismantling, connecting... playing with his Thomas train collection. A 'Thomas' fan...

4. Thread the laces through some picture cards. I bought this 'sewing & lacing' cards some time ago from ELC. This is supposed to train his hand-eye corrdination and motor skills. A very focused child...

5. Doodling at the easel board... An artist...? kekeke...

Rotavirus (6)

5th July, Sun.

Praise the Lord! Joshuaboy has recovered. He responded well & fast to Dr Wong's med.
No diarrhoea.
No vomiting.
Had his favourite formula milk milk.
Had half a slice of bread with butter & milo that morning.
Had kway teow soup for lunch.
Had rice & ABC soup & steam minced meat with water chestnut for dinner.
Drank 200ml of milk milk before going to bed.
NO diarrhoea. Pants clean. No stain. No foul smell.

Thanks be to God!

Rotavirus (5)

4 July, Sat.

Dr Wong prescribed 4 hourly med for joshuaboy. Joshuaboy took 2 doses that day. He was still having diarrhoea, but only 2 times. Dr Wong advised us to let joshuaboy eat more solid food, such as rice with soup, and to stop feeding him porridge. We took her advice. Joshuaboy was enjoying a quarter bowl of rice with fish soup ( soup was cooked by my mum) that evening for dinner. That afternoon, he had minced meat porridge, prepared by my MIL. She even brought some fried bee hoon for pappy & I. My in laws were very concerned about joshuaboy's health. My MIL applied leave and took a cab down to the hosp the following morning after receiving our sms.

Rotavirus (4)

3rd July, Fri.

Joshuaboy was discharged.

However, his diarrhoea had not stopped. Dr Lim told us that the diarrhoea condition would persist for another few days. The worst scenario would be 10 days. My goodness! I pray deep in my heart jsohuaboy to recover soon.

At 130pm, diarrhoea on our way home. 345pm, diarrhoea again after his nap. 525pm, again diarrhoea. 805pm, once more. 1010pm, his pants was stained, again. 1110pm, changed another set of pyjamas, again. I became very worried and disheartened seeing that. Why was his tummy still rumbling despite abstaining from formula milk? We decided to bring him back to tcm Dr Wong the following morning. Hope that Dr Wong could do something about his condition.

Rotavirus (3)

2nd July, Thurs.

Did not work today. I informed my boss yesterday on joshua's condition & my intention to take leave. She was rather understanding, and made arrangement for teachers to relief my classes.

Joshuaboy looked well. He requested to get down the bed, then made further request wanted me to bring him out of the room. That, i did not obliged. I had only allowed him to walk about in the room.


As for his condition, diarrhoea was getting mild. But he had to abstain from milk. It was tough explaining to him. We decided to let him try Isomil, upon Dr Lim's recommendation. Joshuaboy attempted once, but rejected the following feed. Seeing that, pappy made a diluted formula feed for him. That night, his diarrhoea worsened, 4 times. 1 of them happened at 4am, and luckily was spotted by the nurse who came in to check his drip. She quickly woke us up. (We slept on a sofa bed in the same room, advantage of staying in a single room). So, we decided to keep the formual mlik out of his sight, hopefully out of his mind...

Rotavirus (2)

1 July, Wed.
Joshuaboy's stool was sent for lab testing. His PD, Dr Lim. came back in the afternoon with the lab report. The result showed that Joshuaboy had rotavirus. According to Dr Lim, this virus will attack and thin his intestine lining, thus causing severe diarrhoea. Luckily, joshuaboy was not having any fever, and his vomitiing had stopped. According to Dr Lim, the virus is transmitted via contact with contaminated hands, surfaces and objects. So, how on earth did joshuaboy get the virus? I could think of our last outing to jacob ballas children's garden. There were many kids there that day. My mum said he "hor deu"... whatever, i beginning to feel regretful bringing him out on a hot sunny morning, letting him play with the water (pappy warned me the night before not to let him go near the water play)...

Rotavirus(1)

30th June, Tues, abt 930pm

We quickly left for Mt Alvernia A&E. Joshua had vomitted his dinner & barley drink. That morning & afternoon, he was having diarrhoea for a total of 5 times.

He was already showing signs and in fact was at the onset of falling sick on Monday morning. He was still looking well & active when he went to school at noon, though he threw out his morning milk feed. He looked tired when i picked him up after his class. He had diarrhoea twice after his nap, and after his afternoon milk feed. I brought him to tcm without delay. It was drizzling, and luckily, saw a cab shortly after walking to the minor road. Unfortunately, joshuaboy threw out in the cab on our way back after tcm. The driver made some nasty remarks (couldnt blame him, as the cab was really in mess with all the "throw out") I ignored him, paid him a few more dollars, and dashed home to get changed for both joshuaboy & myself. That night he was alright, and could sleep well.

Somehow on Tue, joshuaboy's condition turned worse, even though with tcm medication. I could tell that he did not respond to dr wong's med this time. I took him to a GP, hoping that western medication might stop his diarrhoea. I was wrong. While waiting for diagnosis at Mt A, I asked myself why didnt i think of sending joshuaboy to hosp instead? The doc at Mt A suggested us to admit joshua for observation and to put him on drip in order to treat his condition fast. We obliged. We agreed. We didnt argue or negotiate. We were mentally prepared on our way to the hosp. We just wanted joshuaboy to receive the fastest & most effective treatment.

Joshuaboy was fortunate to be able to stay in a single-bedded room as his hospitalisation plan from Great Eastern is able to cover all expenses. That night, joshuaboy was given intravenous drip. By the time he fell asleep, it was already 1 am, 1st July. We heaved a sigh of relief seeing our son sleeping soundly. We were proud that he was very cooperative when the PD injected the needle.