Jaslyn Gives The Finger

Jaslyn’s finger got caught in the door the other day. The nail is now hanging loose from her finger. It has not fallen off, and Jaslyn refused to let us cut it, so we are keeping her little finger wrapped in a plaster instead.


Jaslyn showing us her finger

She is also suffering from a sore throat, slight cough and ulcer in her mouth. She must have felt really unwell yesterday morning as she missed playgroup, something she normally looks forward to going. Think I am partially to blame for her sore throat because I let her help herself to a generous portion of french fries and ketchup when I brought her to Tiong Bahru Plaza for dinner last Friday.

We will be keeping a closer eye on her... Can't be careful enough especially with this Hand Foot and Mouth Disease going around.

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We are quite hooked on the Korean drama series Da Chang Jin, which is on Channel U Monday to Friday from 10 to 11pm. The story is very engaging, and the fact that it is not fluffy/slow/weepy (like the typical korean drama) is a huge plus. Of course, Jaslyn would sit down and watch with us, and I worry that she is turning into a TV addict.

The (Almost) New York Trip

Was originally scheduled to go to New York for a course in May, but have just received a call from my boss informing that, whoops, sorry, the course is only accepting one participant so I will not be able to go.

This is rather ironical, actually. When my boss first brought up the subject of going on an overseas course, I had told her of my reluctance to be away in view of Liyun's pregnancy. She advised me that due to budget constraints, there might not be any more courses next year, so I should go for this one. The fact that it would be held in NY and for only a week was of course a huge plus. Everyone started telling me how wonderful NY was, how cheap the children's clothings and toys were, etc., and pretty soon, I went from a state of reluctance to Well, okay, this sounds pretty good to Man, I'm so looking forward to this and then to It's going to be the Best Week of My Life! and now to This sucks the big one.

I had also told a few people about it, mentally made plans on what stuff to buy (clothes for Jaslyn and baby Name-Not-Confirmed-Yet, Disney figurines, USD9.99 dvds, books, a Canon digital camera, etc.), and wrote a very self-important letter to my camp on why I should be excused from this years's In-Camp Training (ICT):

"Dear Sir, I have been specially selected to attend a Very prestigious course in New York (NY!) in May. Unfortunately, it clashes with my annual ICT. As such, I find myself in the unenviable position of having to decide between serving my country, and flying off to the US of A (NY!) to attend a course which I will probably not benefit very much from. After much deliberation, I have decided: Screw the country. As such, I would be extrememly grateful if you would approve my leave."

Not blaming anyone for this, but it's just a truly terrible thing to raise someone's hopes and then dash them. Now, I will have to go around announcing that I won't be going to NY after all and endure the inevitable Oh-you-must-be-so-disappointed string of conversation. I will also have to write to my camp and tell them that I have decided I love my country more than NY so can they please ignore my earlier letter?

My boss told me that she will look out for some other course to make up for this. With my luck, it will probably be either an in-house course (Cheerful trainer: "It ends at 5pm so you'll still have time to go back to work!") or a 1-month course held in Afghanistan.