Nikita's First Piano Exam

After two years of learning piano, Nikita finally was ready to take the formal ABRSM exam and advance to Grade 2.

It was a sunny Friday as we drove her to the venue which was the Hilton PJ, and the girl was excited, we told her in brief what to expect and to perform for the examiner.

As we were early, we waited about 40 minutes before it was Niki's turn, the usher came in to call her name and off my daughter went for her exam, Mummy was feeling more nervous than she was and was pacing up and down the corridor, the exam will take only 10 minutes, from down the hall I could hear her going through the motions ie. scales, broken chords, aural exam, before playing the designated 3 pieces. And then, it was over.

Niki ran down the corridor with a triumphant smile, and I knew she had aced it. I couldn't be more proud of her. For now we will await for the formal results to be out in late August.

Another milestone for my Nikita.

Week 23

I'm currently in week 23, and due to my age (ahem!) I have had my triple screen blood test done plus another one other test, and hence because of that my doctor has advised me to take it easy and hubby told me to sit in one place before he left home just now.


And because I'm such a lazy arse I shall do as told!


My all day sickness abated when I was about 3.5 months in, and was down to 49kgs and I have now gained back my pre-pregnancy weight and then some, I haven't had any cravings which means I can't throw a hissy fit when I don't get what I want.


Baby is now kicking up a storm inside and I am so excited everytime baby does that.

I Have News!

Just noticed the last time I posted was in October 2011, goodness gracious!

Anyways, I have news ---- our family will be welcoming another new addition, yes, I am expecting and am now in my 11th week. And the early weeks has been far from fun as I had the worst ever all day sickness, I have successfully lost 5kgs during this time and apparently am at my preferred BMI weight!

But anyhow to not overshadow the good news with my new Marie France bodyline -- here it is again -- We are expecting!! Woohoo!

Life can be unexpected that way but it's a wonderful surprise and we get to be new baby parents once more -- so exciting!

Nikita is going on 8 this year and my God, how time has flown by, she's grown into the most beautiful young lady both inside and out and we are just so proud of her :)

Well -- I'm gonna start up my blog again and there may be belly shots coming at you soon -- so wait for it :)

And we're now in October!

Peek-a-boo, guess who.

After months and months away, I told myself that I owe it to Nikita big time to continue this.

I can't stop just like that, we.... well we have been fine. Lots of stuffs happened in between and I now regret it wholeheartedly that I did not blog about any of our trips and the new makans we got.

Nikita has just finished, yes, finished her finals and I'm glad to report that the girl scored well in all her school subjects (Mummy & Daddy are very proud) and Daddy thank God that the iPad he got his little darling is now well deserved, supposedly Daddy was to get the Pad for her only if she got really good scores in her finals but Daddy bought it two months back.

And now Niki and the rest of the lower primary are busy practicing for her drama, and school is officially slowly winding down and I know before you know it missy will be in Primary 2.

October being Deepavali month, we're all prepping up with gusto, new clothes, baking, cleaning and etc is now in full gear, and to top it off we're having a dinner party on the 29th, so tons of things to do and what not.

November 1st is also on the horizon, Nikita's finally turning seven after exhaustively telling people she's 6+, guess women of all ages, doesn't like to age period! More on this later.

I don't want to get ahead of myself and over blog since I'm slowly easing myself back into blogging.

See you soon!

All's Well

Dear Blog,

I'm back ... thanks to Unify, out with the darn Celcom broadband snailspeed I was previously on.

Niki's well into her Primary 1 and has completed her mid terms recently, her grades are pretty ok, and school's life is pretty ok as well. I realized that my writing's are quite shot, when the word pretty is used twice in one paragraph

We're leaving for Manila on Wednesday for a short break in the middle of the week! Oooo, can't wait neither can Niki, will blog from Manila?

See you soon!

Yippeee, we're back!

All

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OMG Last Published Mar 20th

Cannot fake it to make it.

I am so sorry dear blog I have abandoned thee for so long, guilt-ridden, but in my defense I am busier than the PM right now I think, somedays I don't even have time to eat my lunch and people asks me about my frame. Yesterday my lawyer J, said OMG Claudine, have you been dieting while chomping on her lunch in PP as I looked longingly at the Ju-Hoo Char she was having (I on the other hand has been running on empty!) to which I replied no J, stress is a better diet plan it works wonders and there is no binging coz there's basically no time for that.

The only consolation was that very evening us and another couple are meeting up at Zeta for drinks, and had a blast of a good time! Danced like we were back in '93 so to speak!

Assessment #1

Niki's assessment will be in a week's time, and I feel like I'm the one sitting for the assessment!

It's Niki's first real test so to speak since she started Primary 1, and I am extremely nervous. Daughter taking the test, mummy getting all jittery, go figure!