Empty Space - 44D Left

I had Ah Ong helped to remove the tank. It was heavy, not the tank, but letting it go ...

With the tank cleared out, my small HDB were bigger. Dr@co had more space to roll now.

"You loose, you gained, daddy ... " - Dr@co

Empty Tank - 45D Left

In the morning, I looked at the emptied tank ... it was not longer with us ... for five years, the tank was fill with water with my beloved aro... it was not longer there ...

In the afternoon, I met up with StemCord sales girl to sign up for the cord blood storing. The process was fast as documents are properly signed. I left with a cord blood collection kit.

33rd Week - 46D left

2.2kg and head down. That were what we were told by our gynae today. So far, Dr@co and mommy had done well, and we continued counting down for the arrival of Dr@co.

While I was happied to know that Dr@co and mommy were in good shape, it was painful when daddy had to start clearing up daddy's pet fish. For all the ideas I had, I just simply don't know where should I ...

Mommy had a training in the office. So, she has to went back to office in the afternoon. But daddy had whole day for himself... after sending mommy back to off, I travelled to JB for Dr@co new baby cot. Will post the picture, when I assembled it.

The Last Day of My Arowana

Today was the last day of my arowana. It was infected badly by fungus and most likely the sudden changed of water conditions caused the death. When it died, the eyes was covered by foggy fungus, and tiny blood vein were shown all around the body ...

I confirm its death through touching it after seeing no movement at all at the gill cover in few hours. That was probably the first time I actually touch it ...

It was with us since 2002 when it was only 1.5 inches long. It was 1.5 feet when it died ...

Another Arrival - 49D left

I got another good news, SPY (my ex-colleague) had just delivered her baby girl yesterday. Congratulation. Wow, Dr@co got more play mate now.

Mommy had a BBQ party at her GM's condo.

"Yummy Yummy BQQ..." - Dr@co

32nd Week - Durian Again - 54D left

Early in the morning, my elder brother drop two durian fruits. Those are from Draco's grand-daddy plantation. D24, erm... very nice. But later in the day, I felt the heatty effect was affecting my brain ... no more durian for the rest of the week...

One Month CelebrationS - 55D Left

We had a busy day today.

I attended baby avatar's first month celebration, at Jason's place. It was a sweet cozy and well renovated place. Teng Yee (Baby Avatar's mom) looked good and recovered well. Shortly after I arrived, I saw Teng Yee was cleaning Baby Avatar backside ... When they did that, Baby Avatar farted and followed by a wet poo ... Oh that's the big one ...

Keng Lian's family arrived shortly after. XinKye had grown big already ... Keng Lian and Yoke Lan shared with us thier patental experience. It was really helpful listening to them. I withnessed a live demostration of XinKye toilet training with only one handdy plastic container ...

Mommy too went for her colleague's new born son's first month celebration.

"Soon will be mine... " - Dr@co

First Durian - 56D left

Dr@co had his first durian that was brought to us by one of his uncle. The variety is "Jin Feng" （金凤）. Very nice durian, dry, sticky, sweet, thick flesh yet small seed ...

I think he likes it ...

"Yum Yum Yum ..." - Dr@co

The Count Down - 58 Days Left

Was invited to celebrate baby Avatar's first month on coming Saturday, wow, mommy was also invited for another 1st month celebration by her male colleague ...

Speaking of which, I think it was time for counting down ... okay, it was 57 days (only) to the estimated due date ... Hang on Draco, make sure you are punctual, okay...

"Wah Lau, it is not up to me hor ... " - Dr@co

Baby Einstein

Just heard from a colleague about this product by Disney. She claimed that it is now a MUST HAVE for most young parents in Malaysia. Well, I was kiasu enough to check out what it was. Initially, it looked good to me ...

Apparently, there are some controversy over the effect that claimed by Disney. One of the articles by NewScientist.com claimed that these educational DVDs may "slow infant leaning"!?!?! Complaints was lodged against Disney and now Disney does not market it as an educational materials.

But well, my research did not end here. I found something else - sign language. Seems to be a better option for early childhood education. Here is some free resources for sign language. Will revisit these material when I have time...

"Daddy, spare me, please. Just give me your PSP will do.... " - Dr@co

31st Week: First Visit to Tebrau City, JB

We brought Draco to JB again. This time, we visited Tebrau City. That was also our first time to Tebrau City.

We bought quite a bit of things, mostly for Draco. The pricing for most of the goods there was not that cheap over the pricing in Singapore. We only had little advantage over the currency, other than that, doing the shopping in Singapore may make more sense. In fact, Avent product are far more expensive in Malaysia ...

6th Antenatal Class

It was another visit to Dr. Ong. Mommy gained 2kgs in 2 weeks!?!?! Its a bit too much .... gut to cut down her diet liao. Today, Draco was head up. But Dr. Ong said nothing to worry about as long as he will head down after 36 weeks. Phew.... Other than that, everything went alright.

Today was also our last antenatal class. The last class was about care of a new born ... very interesting ... just not sure if I will be able to do that when time comes ...

First Movie

I decided to bring Draco for his first movie experience. 5pm, I skyped mommy. Mommy said wanna watch KungFu Panda (but daddy want Hell Boy II). Then I googled EngWah Cinema for the availability and time .... after a quick search, NONE! Actually, none on the evening. Then I googled GV, also only scheduled on day time, not evening ...

Finally, I tried Cathay, thank god they have an 8pm show ... but at AMK hub. I don't really like the place, long parking and ticketing queue ... But no choice.

So, Draco had his firs movie experience with Po. The movie was nice, we like it, Draco seems to like it too ... he was kicking during and after the show ...

"Kacha Kachaaaa........... " - Dr@co

30th Week

ZhiRuo went back to JB. Left with us home.... another tired and lazy weekend.

29th Week - 5th Antenatal Class

Some visitors from JB. The incredible high pitch young cousin of Draco, ZhiRuo came to visit us again. Day before, we planned a few places for them, but because of the rain, we went no where.

4PM, second last antenatal class. Today's class was exclusively about breast-feeding. We gained lots from the class. The speaker is skillful, but the speech was machine gun fast ... phew...

It was interesting when we saw the video about how a new born baby would search for mommy's milk with his instinct when he was left alone without help ... amazing. I still strongly believed that there was no such thing as no milk from mommy. Its all depend on the mommy's desire to give ... Hope Draco's mommy could understand that.

"Breast Milk! Breast Milk! Breast Milk! ... " - Dr@co

I picked up my camera and camcorder from Canon.  Mommy shopped at VivoCity and we bought quite a bit of things at Giant for the little one.  But still think that we had not bought enough for him ...

was looking at the options for storing cord blood, or stem cell to be more precise ... there are two companies i had in mind.  StemCord and CellSafe.  One in Singapore, the other is mainly in KL.  Both offering good packages... of course, the one from Malaysia is cheaper overall.

Other than the charges, the main difference is StemCord uses cryovial to contain the stem cell where CellSafe uses cryobag.  So far, can't be certain that one is better than the other, but it would seem like trend is in favor of the cryobag.  Heard that StemCord is also looking into this option too. 

Well, another concern is it has to be stored in Malaysia, rather than here in Singapore....

Baby tell me which one??

"any one daddy, I know you will choose the right one for me ... " - Dr@co

another half way through the week already ..... the time that we are supposed to meet Draco is getting nearer.

Daddy brought the newly bought camcorder and the bulky camera for servicing to make sure that they are working when Draco is out.

Nothing alse happened, except that Draco was getting more and more active and responsive .... today, daddy learned how to complete the Rubik cube. I think Draco like it too. He keep kicking it through mommy tummy when I placed it on top ... Okay, okay, daddy will teach you....