IPPT

Sigh... Another dreadful time for me.
It's time for my IPPT test, one of my nemeses, as I have only passed once ever since I left army!

So when its time, I dragged myself to Maju Camp for my test. After going through the "security" check which basically checked if your mobile phone has a camera (*nevermind the bomb in the boot*), I was able to enter into the camp and in-process for the IPPT test.

Soon, the impending doom looms. We proceed to the multi-purpose hall for the test. It turns out that there is a new system in place. All IPPT stations are replaced by machine (with PTIs supervising, of course) and you are able to choose which station to go first!!

So I started out with Shuttle run as its the nearest to me, that was a piece of cake. :) Next was standing broad jump which sadly, I can only managed a pass (too much fat to lug). Then my first hurdle, the chin-up bar. Surprisingly, I managed to pass the chin-up! That really boosted my morale. So I proceed to my last station which is the sit-up. I was fairly confident that I was able to get high score but I was disappointed. Guess my tummy really grow over time. Nevertheless, I managed to pass but not the desired result.

Now, its judgement time. Its the 2.4Km run. After sitting around, doing some stretching, its finally time for the run. I started the run with this older guy ahead of me, so I decided to run behind him. After 1 lap, I was still behind him and doing good time... took me under 4mins to do one run (3 laps in total). When I enter the second lap, I can feel all the fatigue setting in, my steps are getting smaller and feels alot heavier... and still, I am behind this older guy... Starting the third lap, my eyes are getting blurry and I am grasping for air but I told myself, this the final lap and push and push.... and this is the result....
















I passed!!! Woohoo!! No more IPPT test until next birthday.
Doh! That's just a few days away! Sigh. Guess I will be back in Maju camp soon enough.

Hot Baby!

Poor boy developed a fever last night. Put him in bed but he doesn't seem to sleep well... keeps having suddenly jolts and starts crying. After a couple of sudden cries, we realised that his body was pretty warm... and I took his temperature, it's at a high of 39.5 degree Celsius!! We got a shock and quickly pasted a cooling pad on his head. We also tried giving his water which he rejects... I even drove out to get glucose but he still refuses to drink. But for a kid who was having fever, he sure seemed happy.

Early next morning, we took him to see his regular doctor but it seems like his fever has gone down to under 38. Nonetheless, we think it's better to get it checked out. Turns out that its nothing serious, but we have to monitor him for the next 4 days for any signs of rashes which means it could be dengue... *shudders* *cross fingers*

Rainbows!

Saw some rainbows as I was driving back home.
Think this is the first time I ever see 2 rainbows together (the other rainbow is not that obvious). Click on picture for larger size picture.











A clearer picture of rainbow but just one rainbow.

Inappropriate but so cute!!

Check out this video.
The little girl name is Pearl, she is so cute in this video, co-starring with Will Ferrell. They taught her to swear but fortunately, she is too young to remember those words. Also check out the out-takes on their website.



Also check out a very pregnant Jenna Elfman (Spoof) video where she plays street basketball. Hilarious!

Source: FunnyOrDie

Callum First Solid Food

This is our first real attempt of feeding Callum Solid food. Here is Callum sitting in his high chair for the first time. He seems quite happy with his chair.


Here is mummy making Callum's rice Cereal.














Callum eating his first solids.





Here is a video of him eating his Earth's Best Organic Rice Cereal.

Callum First Attempt at Solid

Callum turns 6 months old today!
Yay! Its time that he can try solid food.

Obviously, I am not very good with this baby toothie thing. We went to Great World City and got him some Bellamy's Organic Toothiepegs from Four Season Market. As he is starting to put things into his mouth to chew, we thought can give him some food to chew on....

I thought that these toothiepegs would be soft or at least slowly dissolve, but how wrong I was. These things are hard!!! It took us some effort to bite it off... so obviously, toothless Callum won't be able to break it at all, but he seems to like it though. Here is a video of him chewing on those pegs.

Vesak Day

Happy Vesak Day !
Hmm... should you be greeting people with "Happy Vesak Day"???
Oh well, its still a holiday for everyone.

Its a holiday and what did we do today?

Clean our very very dirty aircon... I got this brand of DIY aircon cleaner called Concaire from Homefix. I used a whole bottle to clean my car's aircon condenser but I don't think it help much. With the second bottle, I cleaned our room fan coil unit. I didn't realise how dirty it was until I saw the fan blades.


Gosh, there were clunks of dirt clustered on the blade.... See how dirty the water is after the cleaning??? *Gross*

Looks like I will need some professional cleaning services when the next servicing comes. Its really hard to remove all the dirt in the fan coil unit.

Aww... So Pitiful...

A picture of Georgie looking so pitiful. Guess he is just bored and we aren't really playing with him much...