This is it!

There's no turning back. This is it! The big day. The day I've been waiting for (kind of)....the day I finally get my foot fixed!

So I woke up at 8am. Kissed mum and Logan goodbye and headed to Changi Hospital with Ed. Got myself checked in and like that, I had to kiss Ed and go in to prepare for surgery. I was cold, and scared (some kind of tough girl I am eh?).

Changed into the surgery gown, took my pressure and temp, and sat there and waited. Finally, 10.30am, it's my turn. I walked down the corridor with the nurse...I get on the bed and lie flat while they push me into the operating theatre. There I lay for a good hour before it was my turn. IV was put in, oxygen mask on my face and as I took deep breaths,...that was the last I remembered being in there....

I finally wake up to the nurse telling me it was over. I start to feel the numbness and throbbing in my foot. They push me back to my ward/room and not too long after I saw Ed and boy was I relieved.

I was still out of it.....and about an hour after, my mum and the kids came by. I was so happy to see them. Felt really sick from the GA so I napped while Ed, mum and the kids went to grab a bite. I wasn't even hungry after almost 24 hours!!



The three pics below shows a tired Ed who waited at the hospital with me for 12 hours straight, even while I was in the operating theatre. See the photo of my foot where they marked an arrow so they sliced open the right foot. And some comfort food Ed bought me after the op that I still couldn't eat.


My mum and the kids left early as the kids were tired. Ed left at about 8.30pm so I could get some sleep.

So what sort of surgery did I have done to my foot?

I got a Chevron osteotomy (Distal) which is indicated for correction of a mild to moderate hallux valgus (Bunion) deformity. This allows for a small reduction of the angle between the first and second metatarsal. It is ideal for bunions that are not particularly pronounced.

The procedure involves a V-shaped cut in the distal aspect of the first metatarsal near the metatarsal head. This allows the distal aspect of the bone to be translated between 45 mm in the lateral direction. The cut bone is then fixed in this position with a small screw or a suture of some sort. The excess bone on the inside of the foot (medial side) is then reseated. The joint capsule is also tightened to allow for correction of the bunion.

Patients undergoing a chevron osteotomy are often allowed to walk as long as they are in a stiff soled shoe and they mostly walk with weight through their heel. They do need to limit their activity in the postoperative period, as excessive activity can lead to a nonunion or a malunion. Patients can usually be advanced to a more normal shoe at 6 weeks. However, it will often be 3-4 months before they have made 80% of their recovery and often 9-12 months before their maximal recovery is achieved. Patients recovering from a chevron osteotomy (or other foot surgeries) can have persistent swelling. This can carry on for number of months following surgery. This is due to increased blood flow as part of the healing process.

The Eve of my surgery

Yes I'm pretty damn nervous about the surgery tomorrow but I'm also trying to stay calm and enjoy the weekend with Ed and the kids.

So I finally wore my Jordan Knight's STINGY shirt out today. I am guilty of not washing it but chances are that Jordan actually touched it so I'm going to wear it and wash it after. Get some of his DNA first. Haha. I sound like a teenager!

Something else I heard today,...while I was on NKOTB.com, I read a blog mentioning that they might tour Asia next year!! OMG I pray this is true!!

Better start saving up.

Children's day

So today is Children's Day or so I thought. Well, it's always been since I was a little girl and all of a sudden, they decide to change the date. I find it ridiculous! Give me a real good reason why the date has to be changed?

Whatever it is, the kids and us celebrated it today anyway.

Our first stop was Dunkin Donuts at ION Orchard. Then off to Daiso and Muji. Can you believe it? They are already selling Christmas stuff!! The kids were thrilled because they got to toss in a lot of items in to the basket at Daiso. And after, we took them to Cocoa Tree and bought them a big bag of Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Cups.


And it was off to Swensen's for ice-cream buffet after!!! Kids had a great time and were high on sugar.

My husband…the next Singaporean..

My friends were talking about their PR applications getting approved and such and I was getting pretty annoyed because I've been checking the status of Ed’s citizenship application the last few weeks and it still says PENDING….it's been a year already!!

So I decided, what the heck! I’ll check the status online again. Logged on and thought I was seeing things. Wish someone had recorded my reaction because I swear… I looked at the screen and was about to log off thinking it was the usual PENDING status…but I looked again and it said APPROVED! I was really excited. I was smiling and practically jumping in my seat! Of course I called Ed to tell him the good news…

I get home and the confirmation letter from the ICA was in the mail….what else can I say? WOW! This is a double confirmation about Eddie’s soon to change status! He is going to become one of us…a Singaporean!

Needless to say, Lani was most thrilled with the news so she quickly wrote out the Singapore pledge for Ed so he could ‘learn’ it.

Jasmine’s Wedding

Today was my friend's big day!! She's spent so much time and effort planning it and worrying about it. Yes, we attended Jasmine’s wedding. The kids did well as flower girl and page boy. They were the center of attraction other than the bride and groom. Hehe. So proud of my two little ones.

I'm more proud of Logan because I was really expecting him to run down the aisle!



Jasmine was beautiful and the whole ceremony was perfect.
Congratulations Jasmine and Vincent.

Rehearsals for my colleague’s wedding

I took the kids to Parkway today so I could spend time with them during the school holidays. At Parkway, they wanted to do a photo shoot. We had to spend $30 on a single receipt for each kid to do a quick makeover and a simple photo shoot. Being that my kids enjoy the limelight, they really wanted to do this so I had to spend the money to get the receipts.

Aren’t they gorgeous?


I know I know....I am such an arrogant mother but I can't help it.

By 6pm, we headed over to Bukit Timah to the Methodist Church my friend Jasmine was getting married at. She had chosen my kids to be her flower girl and page boy. Very honoured. So we had to go for the rehearsals this evening.


Oh hey! Wanted to share this video of my big boy and his home-made tutorial video…GOSH! I am such a proud mother! He asked me for my phone and did this all on his own!

Kids Kampung

Ed took the day off today and so did I! We took the kids to this place in Pasir Ris called Kids Kampong.

A little story and understand what this place is all about...

It all began in the sixties, whereby most families lived in the ‘kampung’ (a malay name for village). Children living in the kampung often played together in the great outdoors. Around the kampung, one could easily find many ‘longkangs’ (a malay word for drains). On rainy days, the longkangs would be flooded and fishes (mainly longkang fish) would be found swimming in them. Seeing the longkangs filled to the brim with water and fishes, children would quickly bring their empty jam bottles and start catching fishes there. As time passed, it developed into every child’s favourite past time.

As Singapore progressed and advanced in every area, kampungs are demolished and children lost the outdoors as people all moved into flats. They are cooped up at home and glued to the one-eyed monster. Many have to study very hard and most of the time, outdoor play is taken away.

That’s when ... Pasir Ris Kid’s Kampong was birthed.

The people at Kids Kampung preserved the authentic novel way of longkang fishing.

So the kids had a blast. Even, my mother, Ed and I had a great time. And honestly, the damn longkang fish are fast buggers. It was not as easy as I thought trying to catch the little buggers. But both Lani and Logan had about 20 small fish each, in their buckets.