Three Little Boys

Once a upon a time, there were three little boys. Well, the reality of it, they were not born into the most ideal family. They were kinda raised in a broken family but as broken as it was and is, everyone around them tried their hardest to make it as workable as possible for them.

When the three little boys were younger, I was in Singapore and I would try to bring them out, hang out with them and try to be as involved as possible without intruding too much into their lives. The three boys were our page boys. When we got our apartment in Singapore, we would try to bring the three boys over to our place. As time passed, things became a little difficult at home for the three little boys and their aunty offered to bring the oldest little boy to America but, over time, the oldest boy returned to Singapore. At some point, my family offered to take in the youngest little boy but well, a year later, the youngest little boy went home too. By then I was studying in Australia and over time, I left for Hong Kong too.

So as time passed, the oldest little boy got into trouble and then the youngest little boy got into trouble too. Yes, there were heartbreaks and heartaches and extended family tried to help and then help disappeared and it came to a point that well, things got a little out of hand and we're not even sure how to help the two little boys. But to me, the middle little boy was okay, so I thought. He carried on in school without much trouble to his family. He did alright in school, sort of. Manage to get through his N levels and from what I thought, he seemed fine.

Then, the other shoe dropped. It dropped bloody loud. Dropped so loud that it's breaking so so many people's hearts and honestly, I don't know what to do and how to help other than to pray real hard that senses would creep back into middle boy's head. He wants to drop out of school six months before his O levels. He wouldn't listen to anyone. I sent messages to him but he seemed to have made up his mind. My heart bleeds for him and I'm sad. Very sad.

Little middle boy, I love you. That's all I can say. You don't know how much sadness you're bringing to everyone. You don't know the pain that you're inflicting on people that love you so much. But whatever it is, I still love you.

This goes to all three little boys. Yes, there have been many mistakes that you've made. I watched you boys grow up. Sure, life hasn't been fair to you but you know, life is never fair. It wasn't fair to me too but I used those had situations and circumstances to help me grow and I'm still growing. I'm sorry that I've not been very available to you but just remember that I'm just a whatsapp message or Facebook away. Let me know how we can help or share your problems with us. We love you heaps.

Recap on Singapore

Yes, I'm still around. Just a little busy with life and busy with procrastinating too. I've got loads to write but at the same time, far too many thoughts running through my head. So going to try keep my thoughts focus and not be all over the place.

So yes, we had a great Easter break. We as in Ba Ba and me but not so much for Babe. So as usual for Babe, the Easter trip back to Singapore turned out to be another work trip again. He was basically working on Tuesday and on Wednesday, he went to Jakarta for a day trip and on Thursday, working again and on Friday, he had to fly back to Hong Kong and work on Saturday as he had a couple of meetings in Hong Kong.

But little Ba Ba and me had a great time hanging out with the family. Well, there were plans that we had but because of the weather we couldn't do what we want. And plans had to be changed but still, overall, it was good. He had loads of fun having out with JC. And even till today, he would point to my phone and shout Jojo! Well, he wants to Facetime her. We went to Universal Studios too. And it was also kinda good for Joanne and me as when the babies were napping, we managed to sneak off to take a couple of scary screaming rides. For me, it was my first time riding the roller coaster with my eyes wide open. The feeling was exhilarating!

Got to thank Joanne for making the extra effort to rearrange JC's birthday party so that Ba Ba and me could be around. Babe would have been around but work came about last minute and he had to head back to Hong Kong. And all thanks to little JC's birthday, I got to make rainbow cupcakes for her. The delight in her and the beyond happy smile on her face made it all the hard work so worth it!

It was a really good trip for me. I got to meet the people that I really missed. Caught up with an old friend that I've not seen in ages. Managed to catch up with Stanley, who is little Ba Ba's godpa, before he left for New York for Singapore Day. And Shey (not really know what to call her, I normally call her monster but it might sound kinda rude), got to meet her and her boyfriend, Piers. Yes, finally I got to meet Piers. Our time in Spore coincided without us really planning for that and I'm really glad that we had time to meet and catch up. As always, I did wish that I could meet up with more friends but well, there's always the next trip.

Anyway, enjoy the pics! 

Little Ba Ba rolling his own little suitcase. He loved having his own little suitcase

Little Ba Ba resting on his suitcase while Babe's making sure that the flight's on time.

Hanging out with Godpa Stan! And thanks Godpa wonderful present!

Little JC and Ba Ba hanging out in Sunday School.

Having fun at Sunday School!

Time to run around after lunch At Robertson Quay.

Lunch before heading to Universal Studios

Meeting Woody Woodpecker but obviously Ba Ba was scared by Woody Woodpecker!

Madagascar ride with grandma

Little Ba Ba was so tired that he felt asleep watching Shrek 4D show

Madagascar ride again after nap

At JC's 3rd birthday party

First time really eating food from Maccas and guess what, he didn't like it!

Saying bye to little Emma, so cute!

Meeting Uncle Piers for the first time and they got along perfectly!

Clearly Aunty Shey is having fun with little Ba Ba

The rainbow cupcake that I made for JC's birthday party. And all thanks to these little cupcakes, Babe got me a kitchenaid stand mixer! Will blog about it soon!

A pic with grandma, little JC, Ba Ba and me. Yes, I look a little too excited trying to squeeze Ba Ba. 

Ba Ba Thus Far

So Ba Ba didn't make it through the kindy interview. Well, not that I was really expecting that he was going to make it through. He can hardly speak at this stage so I wasn't really expecting him to pass the interview. Was I upset? No, to be honest. In some ways, I'm glad that he didn't make it through the interview as it would give us a chance for him to stay at home for another year. And I can continue to pick and choose the playgroups or classes that I would like him to go to. So it isn't that bad. And we can still go on holidays whenever we want to without having to pull him out of school. So it's still all good.

A few weeks ago, I was at the pediatrician with little Ba Ba and I was checking with him about little Ba Ba's speech development. Little Ba Ba is not speaking as much as we would him to. And I also mentioned about him attending his kindy interview. So the pediatrician told me that Ba Ba is developing fine. Yes, he's not speaking as much but his comprehension skills are pretty good and in his opinion, he's slightly above average. Sure, I beamed. Every parent thinks that their kid is the smartest! And he proceeded to say that if the kindy does not want him, then that kindy is not suitable for him and they are the ones losing out. I smiled and told him that I hope that he's not just flattering or consoling me.

But when I thought more about it, yes, he makes sense. If kindy rejects, that's fine. I'm not going to call and beg. Will just look for another kindy or keep him at home. And that's it. Well, enjoy a couple pics of little Ba Ba.

Little Ba Ba's first ride in Disneyland.
Little Ba Ba's first Christmas parade.
Little Ba Ba looking super tired.
Little Ba Ba and Jojo hanging out at Christmas break.
Trying to keep little Ba Ba still at Sunday School class in Singapore.
At Maccas before church during Chinese New Year break
Hanging out with his fav cousin, Jojo.
Sharing snacks with Jojo at Pan Pacific's hotel room.Da Da reading him a book
Hanging out with Da Da's grandma.
Time for the beach.
Hanging out with Ma Ma at the beach.
Making pucker faces with Ma Ma
Da Da pondering hard about life and little Ba Ba posing for Ma Ma at the Ma Wan Park.