Calculative Neo

Now, i am sitting in Subway, chewing my sandwich, at the airport, waiting for my flight out to Bangkok at 12.25pm. I have made this trip extremely short.

3Days.

Usually, i will do the foreign exchange at the airport, without thinking much.
I always thought, if i change S$1 = THB 23 at somewhere else and i get S$1 = THB 22 at the airport. Why bother to change elsewhere? The airport is convenient and i'll be here anyway.
What can you do with THB1 also?

Where as today, i looked into my wallet, i have THB 700. Not enough for 3days.
So i calculated if i change S$200 how much i would get at the airport and how much i would get
outside the airport.

The difference is THB 300. <- Equivalent to a free 1hr foot massage!

Save money, save money is all around my head. But i'm really left with no choice so i still did the exchange.

Even Subway seems expensive. My meal today cost $S9.10.
While i paid for it i thought, "Wah.. $10 leh. So expensive".

Worst still, i miss home already.
I miss my wife, my boys and even wonder if my mum is resting well.

Haha. Omg, it'll be a long 3days for me.

Can't wait to get back. But what to do?
Daddy have to work to earn milk powder money wor.

Next week have to travel again, following week have to travel even longer.

If i were any more rash, i might quit my job so that i can stay home to accompany the boys.

But that would be stupid.
I have post delivery daddy syndrome.

Baby Shower - Location Confirmed

If you are reading my blog.

You should be invited. Unless you bumped into this blog from somewhere.

After a frantic search for location, we finally landed ourselves at one.
Yes. I placed the deposit already. So it's confirm, confirmed.

3th October 2009 - Also the chinese date for Mooncake Festival.

Places were reserved everywhere. From the Aranda Country Club, Safras to Hotel, Hort Park Function Room, even the RC Centre / Community Centre just below my block is FULLY BOOKED.

I am so glad i found this place. Able to hold up to 100pax for buffet lunch.
We are doing the final count of people.

So do RSVP. Please do so in case it slip our mind while we change the diapers and feed the milk.
Not to mention the cuddling and hugging we have to offer our boys.

- - - - -

Location: Qian Xi @ Paya Lebar
Address: Tanjong Katong Complex, 845 Geylang Road, #04-09, Singapore 400845

Date: 3rd October 2009
Time: 11.30am - 2.30pm (Food is served at 12Noon)

Dress Code: None at all, just come, eat and have fun.

The X-Treme Encounter

Over Msn.
Jeremy - my new found best friend/new daddy.
I chat with him almost everyday now.

Mr Neo: "Yo bro, so how's thing going?"
Jeremy: "My girl just crap and puke on me yesterday all at the same time"

Mr Neo: "Oh. That's extreme. You mean you were changing diapers and she decided to crap while you burp her w/o diapers?"
Jeremy: "No. I was trying to burp her. She puke and her diapers gave way."
Jeremy: "There's too much crap and it fell off!"

Mr Neo: "Hahaha."
Jeremy: "It was extreme i tell you."

Mr Neo: "I've seen lotsa crap and milk. But not the same time."
Jeremy: "I tell you, it's extreme man. And it's all over me."

From The Land of Smile

A present from my Thailand Partners to the boys.

So nice of them.
I was telling them i was looking for it for Mrs Neo while she was pregnant to let her lie down and rest herself on this pillow.

Now, after the boys are born, the sales team brought these 2 for me.
Haha. I guess it's more for me to use then for the boys!

Similac

This is not an advertisement for Similac or Abbott.
The following is just my personal views and should not be treated as valuable informaiton.

I just got to know that Abbott have a reward program for buying their products.

http://www.abbott.com.sg/family/rewards/rewards.asp

A good offer i would think if you are on Similac and what's better then a little savings along the way!

Just to confirm

The boys are active and playing everyday.

I wonder why some people tell me that they feed every 4 hours.
The hospital told me every 4hrs, each time 30ml.

Or maybe that's just the first few days. I am not sure.
But even baby doctor says so before i told him how much they are drinking.

- - - - -

The boys are on 80~90ml of breast milk/feed or 60 ~ 70ml of formula milk/feed
and they feed every 2hours or so.

I thought there must be something we did wrong and i decided to confirm with 2 person.

First - My eldest sister. Who confirmed that they are as such for the 1st month and like to play and stay awake. Thus the need for confinement lady (and the amount they are paid) to take care of the new born. Hmmm sounds correct already. No matter what, she have taken care of 2 boys.

Second - Jeremy. Wife just gave birth to a girl. He confirmed his girl is doing 80 ~ 100ml of breast milk ever 1hour. Sometimes 2hour. As for formula, he has no idea as the confinement lady does that for him.

So in conclusion, feeding time of 2hours is very regular for the first one month as the baby starts to grow and feel hungry from staying awake.

The amount of milk to give really depands on the baby's appetite and should be given as per demand to encourage growth.

Oh no.. Daddy going to start travelling tomorrow again. Going miss my boys!
But have to work hard for milk powder and diapers money wor!

Wow. So Amazing

This morning Mrs Neo went on MSN and connected the webcam to show me Enzo in her arms.
Mum trying to put Everett in the baby cot.

Wah so amazing man.

We brought the webcam initially for us to see each other when i travel. However, we only did that once. Haha.

But now, it looks like we found a whole new reason to use this technology!

I had a headache trying to find a location for my boys baby shower!
3rd October 2009 = Mooncake Festival!

Everywhere also full house. 哇靠,靠,靠!
But seeing the boys made me so happy and everything felt worth it.

Now only left with 2 choices. I will not even want to post it here in case someone read and book the place! That's how difficult it is now to book a place for a simple celebration.

Why not do it at home, you ask?
Because we did not think a 3 room flat can fit in 80people, or maybe even more!

Heehee.

Level 10

My block at 10 storey high.

Ahh.. who cares, still got 2 years more.
Let's see if the boys are sleeping.

Record

I thought this may help me keep good track of where to buy things.
You may find it useful too!

Similac 1 - $39.50 @ Giant and Shop & Save
Fitti NB 52pieces - $15.80 @ Econ Minimart
Comfy Tissue x 5 box (200 pull) - $4.20 @ Convenient Shop Beside Wet Market

Till date, i have already brought 3 tins of Similac, 1 pack of Huggies, 2 pack of Tissues

You would have expected

A lot more post from Mr Neo.

But Mr & Mrs Neo, together with Mdm Tan (My Mum) + the domestic helper is so freaking busy.

Life goes on but with the boys, things speed up.
I can eat dinner in 3minutes.

I go home during lunch time and while taking the lift up, i start to unbutton my cuffs and some buttons of my shirt (i wear a tee inside so don't think i'm crazy).

Why do i do that? So that i can be faster lor. Must wash hands then can carry babies mah.

The same for in the evening. I pack up at 5.55pm.
Slaps down my laptop at 6pm.

Walks quickly to the carpark, power it up and off i go to help out.
I take a 5min shower, eat dinner straight after that, no matter how early that is and like switch to "entertain the babies" mode.

I used to have morning cough too. Now i don't.
Why? Cas i don't really sleep throughout the night mah. Hahah how to wake up and have morning cough.

I now am telling myself to take a break from work and life.
So i have 20mins to relax.

Yes, just 20mins. After this, it's back to typing my report and forecast.

New Position

Today i did a wonderful thing.

I help Marcus fill in a job reference form in the morning.
And at 4pm+ the same day, he got the job!

Yeah. The job search is over. The position looks promising too.

He says he will buy me a drink.
That's nice. But i wonder if i ever will have the time for him in the near future.

1hr 15mins more and i'm back to change diapers, feed milk and carry them to sleep!
Hooray! Parenthood!

I'm glad i'm a Father now.

I wonder if i am any older.... will i be able to take it anot.
Yippiee!

Hotmail

Today i set up the email accounts for my boys.

Have you ever tried to get a free mail and never get the ID that you want?

Well. Lucky me. Today i did it for them and have the 2 that i wanted.
Heehee.

everett.neo@hotmail.com
enzo.neo@hotmail.com

Relatives & Friends of Daddy & Mummy.
You all can email me ok. But i will only read when i grow up and understand how to use the computer.

Mediacorp TV

The car on the right hand bottom corner is mine.

It's going to be on TV wor. Mediacorp is shooting a drama at my block. From the lightings, seems like they will shoot something in the carpark tonight!

Mr Neo: "Lisa, they going to shoot my car, it will be on TV. You faster go down wash clean clean."
Lisa: "I don't want la."
Mr Neo: "Who give you your pay one huh?"
Lisa: "Heehee"

Hai... This domestic helper ah...
Well as long as she take care of Mum, Mrs Neo & the boys ok liao la.

Say Heeee!

Everett's grin

Back At Home

Last Night was life changing.

I always wonder why people can wake up at 6am and go for exercise, watch Channel News Asia, read the papers, slowly eat their breakfast.

I, for one, am a bad bad morning person.
I hate waking up early. No, i mean have problem waking up early.

Until yesterday.

Do you think babies are always crying? And having a baby means that you will not have enough sleep? Well. From my first time experience, i can tell you no.

Babies are not a chore.
Yes, they cry. But always for a reason.
Either they shit in their nappy, pee, or simply hungry or thirsty.

I have 5 sisters, each of them have their own children and my mum, takes care of some of them.
I would expect myself to be very good at doing all the "babies stuffs - change nappy, wash backside, blah blah...".

But, hai.... no lor.
But life have it's way, Mrs Neo & Myself learn extremely fast. We pick up many things we never knew how to do so quickly, i am amazed by myself. Simple things like picking up a new born may seem simple, but they are so soft and ewww... haha.

I can do it now. No problem. I learn it overnight.

My boys now wake up every 2hours in the day, 3 hours in the night. So effectively.
I wake up once at 3am and the next time is around 6am.

6am is morning already! I looked out and it was breaking dawn this morning. Thus, i only wake up once per night. But that's really easier said then done for a person who sleeps at 11pm and wakes up at 8.16am for work.

Everett & Enzo.
When you grow up and read Daddy's blog, remember to give me a ^5!

Day 2, Shoulder of responsibilities

Do you remember when you were in primary school, you hate going to classes.
Your parents would tell you that school time is the best time of your life.

And you don't believe.

Do you remember when you wish to buy this computer game and your Dad tells you not to
and try to explain that money is hard earned.

And you don't believe.

Do you remember when you were younger and Aunite and Uncle will tell you, "You'll understand when you grow up".

And you don't believe.

Do you remember when you are enlisted into Army and your Mum tell you to be good and brave and says that it's not going to be easy.

And you don't believe.

Do you remember before your marriage, your parents telling you that starting a family requires a lot of tolerance and love for each other. Along with a lot of money.

And you don't believe.

As i grow older, experience what life have in stall for me, i believe most of us, do truly then understand that what we were told are the truth. It's just that we don't believe.

Today, i learn to carry a new born from his bed and putting his down gently, taking care of his soft body and neck. A skill i quickly master and quickly need to master.
I learn to latch the baby on to my wife for feeding, i picked up the skill of wrapping their hands and legs with nappy to secure them.

As i type this entry, my blackberry gives a "ting". Another email.

Mrs Neo: "Now deardear's priority have changed."
Mr Neo: "Why?"
Mrs Neo: "Last time, once there is an email, you will walk over to see. Now you continue without even thinking"
Mr Neo: "Yes, my life have changed. There are more important things other then work now"

I hope my boss don't read this.

Everett & Enzo - Both pass motion today, and of course pee-ed.
Great Job Boys!

Daddy & Mommy Loves You Both!

Pictures!

Everett

Enzo

Everett (Right), Enzo (Left)

WAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. SO CUTE ONE

Everett & Enzo

4th September 2009.

9.13am - Everett Neo
Weight: 2.65kg
Length: 47cm
Head Circumference: 33cm


9.15am - Enzo Neo

Weight: 2.38kg
Length: 46cm
Head Circumference: 32cm

Mummy, Everett & Enzo

Aiyooohhhh

Can't sleep.

Mrs Neo is on the phone with her GodMa.

Mr Neo is still having globus sensation.

We talk about today being the last day of our lovely dovely couple life. Tomorrow on, we will be parents of two cute boys.

By the time my boys are 21year old, i would be 50year old. If they both get married at 29, i would be 58years old.

Today is the end of what i thought was a stressful work life. Tomorrow is the start of a life of responsibility (and a more stressful work life, to earn more money).

Tomorrow, we will start a family. Me, my wife and my boys.

Sweeeettt...

The Details

3rd September 2009, 11.03pm.

Mrs Neo is thinking what else to eat before she starts to fast at 12midnight in preperation of the 9am C-Section.

Mr Neo is sitting on the bed. Nothing in his blank mind.

Counting Down

8hours to getting ready for deliver. 11hours to actual delivery time.

Cord Blood

The lady came over to my place to deliver the kits liao.

I also went to pump petrol. Can't imagine a situation drive halfway to hospital and i run out of gas.

Counting Down : 3 more days to seeing my cute twin boys.

Jeremy Lee - Recee Signaller

I always thought it funny. But my platoon mate's wife is also due to deliver on the 4th September 2009.

Although there's a bit of a show for her already, but everything is pretty much fine and under control. So if there is no hiccups, we will see each other at Thomson Medical on Friday.

My boys will arrive earlier straight at 9am, which his wife will start induction at around 3pm.
+8hrs (Approx) for the process, his girl may arrive around midnight.

I've been speaking to him a lot over MSN because of our wife's pregnancy. He's not changed a bit, so am I. However, i can't help but feel the commitment of a father to be from both of us seems to peek through once in a while.

The excitement, anxiety and everything one should have are on both of us, keeping us on our toes. We really do not know what will happen the next minute!

Always Ready!

Counting Down : 3 more days to seeing my cute twin boys.