Brought Ryan along to Liang wei's shop last saturday when both me and dear were going to have new glasses made.
Ryan was pleasantly amused by the swiveling bar stools and promptly started to play around with them, and started to unknowingly take more and more unassisted steps (he could only manage 2 or 3 steps previously).
By the time he realised what he was doing, he started to get more adventurous and tried to walk around without going after the bar stools. Ryan was learning fast!
And he achieved a greater achievement last night. 23 unassisted steps in the playground!
So he was learning quickly now, and tries to walk unassisted at any opportunity that he could get.
Today was a bit of a painful learning day for him.
Saw red twice.
The first case happened at mum's place, when he slipped together with the bath tub during bath time with mum, and cut his lips. Feels so painful to see my precious baby in pain and bleeding.
2nd case was during his unassisted walk at the playground. Probably he has walked a bit too much for the day and got tired so he did not manage to put out his hands on time to break a forward fall, and ended up with a face plant onto the concrete floor as we were walking home. Some cuts on his nose and a small cut to his finger.
Daddy so 心疼可怜的宝宝。。。
But this is part and parcel of growing up, so BabyRyan gotta be strong and grow stronger!
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Busy busy period
Just saw that my last update was just over a month ago, during which I had did lots of stuff, and didn't have the time to properly sit down to consolidate my thoughts.
SingTel TriFactor Triathlon on 18 August
Poor performance in this OD race, clocked in at around 3:31 if I remember correctly.
Swim: So so performance.
Even though I had identified my key weakness in the pool, somehow the improvement in technique did not fully translate into better performance in the open water. Realise that I'm more affected by the current compared to other swimmers. Still lots of room to improve in reducing drag to improve my swim time.
Bike: Poor performance
Only managed to clock around 28kmh for most of the bike leg. Was holding back a bit to conserve my legs for the run. Need to work on increasing my speed to above 30kmh during training.
Run: Bad performance
Walk stop run. Very poor by my standards. Got into cramps early in the run and didn't manage to shake it off. Did not push through on mental strength.
Conclusion:
Lots of excuses for coming in much slower than last year. Poor training frequency, too much travel before race, poor equipment due to drowned watch. The only good point to draw from this race was that it is a timely reminder to me that TwHIM is not too far away, and if I don't buck up now, I'll really suffer in TwHIM.
US Trip 25 Aug - 3 Sep
Went for the annual sales training at DC again, this time extending my trip by 3.5 days for a short stayover at NYC, skipping the usual outlet shopping since I just did that slightly over a month ago.
NYC was pretty fun. Finally visited so many landmarks that I had seen countless times on the silver screen, and the finally seeing them in person.
It was a pure sightseeing trip, very different compared to the usual shopping trips that I used to do when visiting US. Pretty much enjoyed myself.
Statue of Liberty, Wall Street with the charging bull, Times Square, Central Park, Madison Avenue, Avenue 5, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Building, Flatiron Building, Broadway, Wax Museum.
Caught 2 plays on Broadway, one was the anticipated The Lion King, which absolutely took my breath away with their spectacular setup and impressive rendition. Then caught Chicago on the next day with a discounted ticket. Not too shabby with the singing and dancing, but I will probably have enjoyed a lighter storyline.
One thing about this trip was that I did a lot of thinking and reflection, and wrote lots of stuff and questions for myself to answer myself truthfully. This exercise helped me to review and reflect on my goals and priorities in life, and what I should be doing. Helped me to get more focused on my work and life in general.
Sometimes it's pretty neat to travel alone on a short vacation trip so that I can have the time and space to clear my mind to do some critical thinking about my life. *though I miss my family lots then.
ICT
Just did a 5 days low key ICT.
This was my 3rd ICT, having clocked 1 high key and 1 low key previously.
I have to say that this was probably the most fun ICT so far.
OC spent a lot of time with me, teaching me a lot of useful stuff which are actually applicable in my daily work. Also opened my eyes on how to look at things differently.
Pretty impressed with him, whom is just 3 years my elder.
It has been a long time since I last captured that kind of camaraderie feeling. The last 2 times that I felt it was during OCS and then with the Year 1 Titans team.
Having a key event where it breaks the ice and gets everyone working towards a common goal, was definitely a good way to get the men to gel together.
And it was also been a long time, since CPT Chew left our platoon in OCS, that someone placed so much faith in my leadership skills.
Overall a pretty good ICT for me to have picked up quite a number of useful stuff.
Strange for me to say it but this actually makes me look forward to the next ICT.
SingTel TriFactor Triathlon on 18 August
Poor performance in this OD race, clocked in at around 3:31 if I remember correctly.
Swim: So so performance.
Even though I had identified my key weakness in the pool, somehow the improvement in technique did not fully translate into better performance in the open water. Realise that I'm more affected by the current compared to other swimmers. Still lots of room to improve in reducing drag to improve my swim time.
Bike: Poor performance
Only managed to clock around 28kmh for most of the bike leg. Was holding back a bit to conserve my legs for the run. Need to work on increasing my speed to above 30kmh during training.
Run: Bad performance
Walk stop run. Very poor by my standards. Got into cramps early in the run and didn't manage to shake it off. Did not push through on mental strength.
Conclusion:
Lots of excuses for coming in much slower than last year. Poor training frequency, too much travel before race, poor equipment due to drowned watch. The only good point to draw from this race was that it is a timely reminder to me that TwHIM is not too far away, and if I don't buck up now, I'll really suffer in TwHIM.
US Trip 25 Aug - 3 Sep
Went for the annual sales training at DC again, this time extending my trip by 3.5 days for a short stayover at NYC, skipping the usual outlet shopping since I just did that slightly over a month ago.
NYC was pretty fun. Finally visited so many landmarks that I had seen countless times on the silver screen, and the finally seeing them in person.
It was a pure sightseeing trip, very different compared to the usual shopping trips that I used to do when visiting US. Pretty much enjoyed myself.
Statue of Liberty, Wall Street with the charging bull, Times Square, Central Park, Madison Avenue, Avenue 5, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Building, Flatiron Building, Broadway, Wax Museum.
Caught 2 plays on Broadway, one was the anticipated The Lion King, which absolutely took my breath away with their spectacular setup and impressive rendition. Then caught Chicago on the next day with a discounted ticket. Not too shabby with the singing and dancing, but I will probably have enjoyed a lighter storyline.
One thing about this trip was that I did a lot of thinking and reflection, and wrote lots of stuff and questions for myself to answer myself truthfully. This exercise helped me to review and reflect on my goals and priorities in life, and what I should be doing. Helped me to get more focused on my work and life in general.
Sometimes it's pretty neat to travel alone on a short vacation trip so that I can have the time and space to clear my mind to do some critical thinking about my life. *though I miss my family lots then.
ICT
Just did a 5 days low key ICT.
This was my 3rd ICT, having clocked 1 high key and 1 low key previously.
I have to say that this was probably the most fun ICT so far.
OC spent a lot of time with me, teaching me a lot of useful stuff which are actually applicable in my daily work. Also opened my eyes on how to look at things differently.
Pretty impressed with him, whom is just 3 years my elder.
It has been a long time since I last captured that kind of camaraderie feeling. The last 2 times that I felt it was during OCS and then with the Year 1 Titans team.
Having a key event where it breaks the ice and gets everyone working towards a common goal, was definitely a good way to get the men to gel together.
And it was also been a long time, since CPT Chew left our platoon in OCS, that someone placed so much faith in my leadership skills.
Overall a pretty good ICT for me to have picked up quite a number of useful stuff.
Strange for me to say it but this actually makes me look forward to the next ICT.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Ryan's first flight
Brought Ryan, Dear and MIL to Bangkok last week for Ryan's first ever flight.
It was a long awaited break for Dear and a new experience for Ryan.
Though it did not go as smoothly as we thought, it was still a good learning experience for both me and dear to make better preparations for the upcoming Taiwan trip.
Ryan's many firsts on this trip:
1) First ever Flight on airplane. SQ 976!
2) First ever taste of ice cream - Freshly Freeze
3) First ever ride on Porsche - Boxster
4) First ever visit to a shrine - Erawan
5) First ever steamboat - MK Gold at Central World
Points to note:
1) Keep excursions short and near to the hotel so that Ryan can take proper naps in the hotel, preferably after every 3 to 4 hours of walking.
2) Water seems to be a problem - Packaged Singha distilled water seems to be hard water. Stick to a tried and tested brand so Ryan will not reject drinking it.
3) Baby seats in restaurants in Bangkok is not like SG, where almost every place uses the standard ikea high chair - probably invest in a good seat pouch that converts an open chair into a baby chair.
4) Fungi infection - Ryan is sooooo cute that everyone wants to kiss/pinch his cheeks, resulting in fungi infection on both cheeks - need to bring along fungi infection cream and reduce cheek contact with strangers.
5) Retire on time every night! No more late return to hotels at 10pm. Ryan wakes up at the same time every morning, so late returns means shorter sleeping time for him, which turns him into a grumpy baby.
6) Mummy's hook is infinitely useful!
7) Always bring along a backup small umbrella.
8) Ryan loves bath tubs. Look for hotels that provides big tubs for his every day fun time/bath.
9) Streamline the baby bag further.
It was a long awaited break for Dear and a new experience for Ryan.
Though it did not go as smoothly as we thought, it was still a good learning experience for both me and dear to make better preparations for the upcoming Taiwan trip.
Ryan's many firsts on this trip:
1) First ever Flight on airplane. SQ 976!
2) First ever taste of ice cream - Freshly Freeze
3) First ever ride on Porsche - Boxster
4) First ever visit to a shrine - Erawan
5) First ever steamboat - MK Gold at Central World
Points to note:
1) Keep excursions short and near to the hotel so that Ryan can take proper naps in the hotel, preferably after every 3 to 4 hours of walking.
2) Water seems to be a problem - Packaged Singha distilled water seems to be hard water. Stick to a tried and tested brand so Ryan will not reject drinking it.
3) Baby seats in restaurants in Bangkok is not like SG, where almost every place uses the standard ikea high chair - probably invest in a good seat pouch that converts an open chair into a baby chair.
4) Fungi infection - Ryan is sooooo cute that everyone wants to kiss/pinch his cheeks, resulting in fungi infection on both cheeks - need to bring along fungi infection cream and reduce cheek contact with strangers.
5) Retire on time every night! No more late return to hotels at 10pm. Ryan wakes up at the same time every morning, so late returns means shorter sleeping time for him, which turns him into a grumpy baby.
6) Mummy's hook is infinitely useful!
7) Always bring along a backup small umbrella.
8) Ryan loves bath tubs. Look for hotels that provides big tubs for his every day fun time/bath.
9) Streamline the baby bag further.
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Happy 16th birthday to Ah Di
Ah Di will have turned 16 years old today if he is still around with me.
Still love him loads
Best dog ever
U must bless n protect your young master from above!
Still love him loads
Best dog ever
U must bless n protect your young master from above!
Ryan has turned 1 year old
Time really passes so quickly when u r having a good time.
Just celebrated Ryan's birthday over the last weekend at Downtown East Chalet, with friends and relatives turning up in droves to celebrate the event.
Next week will be Ryan's first ever flight, to Bangkok for a 4 day vacation.
Kinda like a prelude to the longer 8 days vacation coming up in Oct/Nov in Taiwan.
He is getting cuter and cuter by the day.
Hope that he will always be happy and love daddy & mummy as much as daddy & mummy love him :)
Just celebrated Ryan's birthday over the last weekend at Downtown East Chalet, with friends and relatives turning up in droves to celebrate the event.
Next week will be Ryan's first ever flight, to Bangkok for a 4 day vacation.
Kinda like a prelude to the longer 8 days vacation coming up in Oct/Nov in Taiwan.
He is getting cuter and cuter by the day.
Hope that he will always be happy and love daddy & mummy as much as daddy & mummy love him :)
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Ryan is almost 1 year old!
Ryan will turn 1 year old in 5 days time!
Time really flies quickly when one is in bliss.
Dear has been working on a 365 days photo montage for Ryan's party on Sunday for the last few days. Dug up some of the old photos which really shows how much Ryan has grown from birth.
Looking back at the photos and videos really brings back sweet memories of blissful times we have had with Ryan.
Sunday will his 1st birthday celebration!
Hope that we will always have happy moments with Ryan!
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Had a short technical swim this morning.
Finally made the breakthrough that I had been searching for a long long time.
Always knew that my kicks were the weakest link in my swim technique, and never found a good way to mitigate the drag it was causing unless i peddled harder, which wasn't a good solution.
Came across a technical video last night and finally realized that I had only been half twisting my body instead of a full twist as I had read in books. Tried it in the morning swim for about 10 laps, and consistently completed each lap between 20~23 strokes, instead of my old 26~29 strokes.
This gonna be a huge time saver for my races!
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
So miss boy boy
Just went through some older photos of ryan when he was much smaller.
It is amazing to see how he has grown and changed just over 10 months.
He used to be so chubby with a perfectly round face. Now his face has slimmed down to show more refined features.
Sucks to be awake at this hour during a business trip trying to finish up presentation slides for use in meeting later in the day, and to be struck by another wave of IMBRSBTIWC.
I Miss Baby Ryan So Badly Till I Wanna Cry.
Think I'll make a montage video for his 1 year old birthday.
It will be nice to run through boy's pictures from birth till 1 year old with 石头 《咿呀呀》as the backdrop.
That song pretty much sums up the stuff that I want to tell Ryan now.
Super love him
It is amazing to see how he has grown and changed just over 10 months.
He used to be so chubby with a perfectly round face. Now his face has slimmed down to show more refined features.
Sucks to be awake at this hour during a business trip trying to finish up presentation slides for use in meeting later in the day, and to be struck by another wave of IMBRSBTIWC.
I Miss Baby Ryan So Badly Till I Wanna Cry.
Think I'll make a montage video for his 1 year old birthday.
It will be nice to run through boy's pictures from birth till 1 year old with 石头 《咿呀呀》as the backdrop.
That song pretty much sums up the stuff that I want to tell Ryan now.
Super love him
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Loving Ryan more and more each day
Finally managed to get the entire family off to Batam for a short getaway 2 weeks ago at a very short notice. Impromptu but still means a lot to me.
It has always been a wish of mine to get the whole family out together on a holiday. When was the last time it happened? Taiwan 2003/04? Malacca 2007?
The last few trips has always been incomplete.
Either missing Bro (Desaru) or Sis's family (Malacca) couldn't travel with us.
The feeling of the whole family staying together is priceless and filled with warmth.
天伦之乐 is something that cannot be quantified by any measure.
Seeing the kids and babies playing happily together, Dad and Mum having a well deserved break, us siblings getting more treasured bonding time, it is just outta of the world.
I hope that we will be able to make more family trips together before Bro moves back to the US.
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Been traveling a lot for work recently.
Always feel very guilty without fail whenever I have to leave for the airport. Maybe it is still easy for me now since he is still unable to differentiate if I'm just going to office or going to be away for a few days. I can imagine the pain if he cries next time when he knows I'll be away for days.
Perhaps he has not grown that attached to Daddy yet.
I would sometimes tear whenever I think of him when I'm overseas. Especially when going through his pictures on my phone while I'm dining alone.
Sometimes Ryan is not as warm to me after I return. Perhaps babies' memories are really short. He probably forgets a little part of me whenever I travel.
Really feels awful that I'm not doing a good job as his dad.
I really want to spend more time with him.
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Though it may be a good thing for myself that I'm unable to hear his cries when I'm sleeping, I feel very guilty that I unable to do more to help relieve the burden of taking care of Ryan at night.
Maybe it's because that I'm a bit deaf, or maybe my body just simply demands a lot of sleep.
I'm not sure if it is just plain laziness/sleepy head, or is it because of my T minor.
Perhaps in my subconsciousness, I think that endurance sports is the key to unlocking more energy in myself.
It is still a mystery to me why I can go on and on for hours in endurance sports, but find it extremely difficult to beat the Z monster whenever it beckons. On the few occasions that I summoned the extra energy to test Z monster limit, I end up with a fever or headache half the time.
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Finished watching the 2nd half the "Taxi Taxi" show on the plane yesterday.
It touches me that the 2 fathers in the show did so much for their loved sons.
One fell from the peak of his career and ended up as a taxi-driver, losing his career, confidence, self esteem, and worst of all, the respect of his son. Nonetheless he did not give up and kept striving to make life better for his family.
The other one is a happy-go-lucky guy, never planned for anything in life, and just took each day as they come. Or another term for it as they call it in the show, "kum kum". He didn't realize that his attitude in life becoming a bad influence and example of his son's life. After an accident to his crush, then he realized that can no longer drift along in life and made a determined effort to change for the better and plan for the future
What will I be willing to do for my boy?
It has always been a wish of mine to get the whole family out together on a holiday. When was the last time it happened? Taiwan 2003/04? Malacca 2007?
The last few trips has always been incomplete.
Either missing Bro (Desaru) or Sis's family (Malacca) couldn't travel with us.
The feeling of the whole family staying together is priceless and filled with warmth.
天伦之乐 is something that cannot be quantified by any measure.
Seeing the kids and babies playing happily together, Dad and Mum having a well deserved break, us siblings getting more treasured bonding time, it is just outta of the world.
I hope that we will be able to make more family trips together before Bro moves back to the US.
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Been traveling a lot for work recently.
Always feel very guilty without fail whenever I have to leave for the airport. Maybe it is still easy for me now since he is still unable to differentiate if I'm just going to office or going to be away for a few days. I can imagine the pain if he cries next time when he knows I'll be away for days.
Perhaps he has not grown that attached to Daddy yet.
I would sometimes tear whenever I think of him when I'm overseas. Especially when going through his pictures on my phone while I'm dining alone.
Sometimes Ryan is not as warm to me after I return. Perhaps babies' memories are really short. He probably forgets a little part of me whenever I travel.
Really feels awful that I'm not doing a good job as his dad.
I really want to spend more time with him.
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Though it may be a good thing for myself that I'm unable to hear his cries when I'm sleeping, I feel very guilty that I unable to do more to help relieve the burden of taking care of Ryan at night.
Maybe it's because that I'm a bit deaf, or maybe my body just simply demands a lot of sleep.
I'm not sure if it is just plain laziness/sleepy head, or is it because of my T minor.
Perhaps in my subconsciousness, I think that endurance sports is the key to unlocking more energy in myself.
It is still a mystery to me why I can go on and on for hours in endurance sports, but find it extremely difficult to beat the Z monster whenever it beckons. On the few occasions that I summoned the extra energy to test Z monster limit, I end up with a fever or headache half the time.
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Finished watching the 2nd half the "Taxi Taxi" show on the plane yesterday.
It touches me that the 2 fathers in the show did so much for their loved sons.
One fell from the peak of his career and ended up as a taxi-driver, losing his career, confidence, self esteem, and worst of all, the respect of his son. Nonetheless he did not give up and kept striving to make life better for his family.
The other one is a happy-go-lucky guy, never planned for anything in life, and just took each day as they come. Or another term for it as they call it in the show, "kum kum". He didn't realize that his attitude in life becoming a bad influence and example of his son's life. After an accident to his crush, then he realized that can no longer drift along in life and made a determined effort to change for the better and plan for the future
What will I be willing to do for my boy?
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