We are having somewhat of a crisis with Ee at home. Just 2 weeks ago, he had a left sore eye. It came and went off pretty fast after couple of days, then out of the sudden, developed a right sore eye. Both was right at the lower lid, and looks pretty much standard kinda sore eye. However, the right one didn't go off after a week. Just Saturday we brought him to see Dr Low at the clinic and he prescribed some oral antibiotics for him and cream to apply at the area. If it's not going to go away by this Saturday, he'll probably have ot refer Ee to the hospital to get it operated (removed). So scary right? Not really lah, as I've been through it too. Stubbon discharge won't get out of the sore and have to get it out by cutting a little slit at the area. Doctors do it all the time in the clinic but that's for adults. They can't do it for kids who struggle and cry all the time while the doc is holding the knife right? So gotta go for GA and then give it a slit. Pretty simple.

Anyway, thought will just observe things, when sunday morning we realise Ees upper left eye lid got redness and a bit swelling. We hurried him to Dr Low again and confirmed that it's developing another red eye. Sigh. Duno why so sway. Doc also can't give any reasons for his condition, just ask us to feed him the medicine and apply cream and see how it goes. Double Sigh. What a way to start the new year. The only consolation is that he's still his bubbly self and doesn't seem to be irritated with it and didn't try to do anything to it. Still cheeky as ever!

Another one and a half weeks had slipped by quietly. Chinese New Year is drawing nearer and nearer and I haven't get a thing done! Will be getting the house cleaned this Friday and then doing some shopping with sis for the New Year. Plenty of work to be done and so little time!

Last saturday hubby had to work and thus I went out with mum and sis to the nearby malls for a little walk. My cheeky sons was let loose in the stores and not surprisingly, got up to some mischief! Hao was still controllable except for the time when we are in the toy sections and he was begging to get new toys. That's one section that he will get totally out of control. Ee was opened to a new world and started venturing into the racks and stuff. Luckily his cuteness manage to get him out of the hook for being so notti!!

Today is already the 15th of Jan. Time really flies. It has been raining on and off, dampening any mood on weekends for outdoor fun. Most of the time, we are confined to home, watching the TV or simply playing with the kids, or it would be shopping centres, where the kids are unlikely to be drenched or caught in the rain, with plenty of food and walking. It's so bored to stay in Singapore when it's raining.

Shocking news from a friend that she had filed for divorce with her hubby of 5 years. Well, I must say I am not exactly shocked by how the things turned out, but more shocked at what her hubby did to her for the past 5 years. On the surface, they looked like a normal couple with 2 lovely girls, but inside, the hubby had been abusing her for the past years. Physical, Psychological and Verbal abuse. Shocked that such things happened between them. He seemed such a loving hubby who worships the ground that the wife walks on. Their daughters are barely 4 and 1. After hearing her side of the story, I was rather glad she had the courage to walk out. Many will stay on for the kids sake. The kids are so young still and will grow up better in a family with both parents. But the abuse hits so hard on the wife that enough is enough. She finally called it quits and threw in the towel. Its not like she had never tried to change the situation or gave her hubby many chances to change...but things didn't work out, she told me. Sad, but she has to stay strong for herself and her kids. Seems like the hubby is going through counselling and is repentence. However, once bitten twice shy. We can forgive but never forget. We can never be together with someone who hurt us so badly and then ask to be forgiven and all misdeeds written off.

It just sets me thinking. Relationships between people are so vulnerable. We need to really manage it well and make sure we don't take things for granted. Many a times, we forget to show appreciation to those that have done so much for us. We take for granted. In the end, when relationships are lost, you feel repentence, sorry and wants a second chance. Well, if you have taken the little effort to make sure you've done your part well, you wouldn't need the second chance right? It's so pathetic and sad to be in that position. I think I'll take some time to think about how I am treating my family. Putting myself in their shoes, saying 'thank you' and 'please' isn't all that difficult. It's also part of showing a good example to our kids too.

Whatever it is, I am glad for my friend. She has proved to be a strong and courageous woman to stand up for herself and not beaten down when the situation became worse for her. All the best to her!

I can't believe it's already 10 days into year 2007! The past 10 days was so fast that I hardly had time to look back to 2006. After Hao recovered from his fever, we were busy preparing for his new school and then Ee took the MMR jab and developed fever...that threw me into a busy frenzy again trying to look after him and also recovering from flu and bodyache myself! Argh!! It's now finally over and it was a hectic, fun and memorable 10 days of staying home with the kids!

Now it's back to work since Monday. After stopping work for nearly 2 weeks, it was pretty hard for my 'engine' to re-startup again. Finally today I'm pretty much into work again. Things are still the same. It's still pretty quiet and everyone pretty much keep to themselves and try to kick start everything into place again.

Boss spoke to me regarding my intentions to quit this quarter. He wanted me to reconsider again and even offered a work at home position and told me to think about it. It's very attractive but I still have some doubts and quite skeptical about it. Nevetheless its a good opportunity for me to remain in the workforce, get some money and still get to stay at home more for the kids. Sounds like a win win situation to us! Need to think it through.

CNY is around the corner! Time really flies! I'm sure there's plenty to do and prepare for the coming month and plenty of matters to sort out for myself. Here's wishing a good 2007 to myself!