TB buys again!

It's TB again!

I would think the stuff are cheap on TB but it's the international shipping that's costly. and I am thankful that my sister happened to have a business trip to China, Shanghai this week and she offered to help us bring back our purchases.
And they will be in Singapore later and I can get them tml! :)

Honestly, I already lost count of the number of purchases/shipment I have made in TB. And actually, this time round I only wanted to help Dad to get his hand juicer and my mixer blade for the bread maker because I would think there's nothing more that I want to get from TB. I have pretty much stocked out the necessary baking tools. BUT but but, with Mooncake Festival around the corner, I suddenly got interested in the moulds, with all the postings. Being a last minute arrangement, I can only deal with sellers that advises shipping is 2-3days to Shanghai, from their place/factory/warehouse. So it kind of limits the sellers/moulds designs that I can buy from. Not the nicest mould that I got but I can settle for that after rationalizing to myself (I wanted to get more but I stopped myself), afterall, it's only SGD3-4 per set of moulds. And I won't use it so often, probably once a year. Also, not forgetting my sister's luggage space and weight. That being said, I got 4 sets of mould. If the moonies turns out nice, I might consider buying another set (or two) of moulds, but that will be for next year, I guess.

As for the bread maker mixer blade, I got a new one cos my current one is peeling and I thought why not, since my sister is there and this item is not bulky at all. The seller whom I bought the bread maker from is selling me at RMB70, inclusive shipping. I have enquired with other sellers and they were selling cheaper, at least by 40-50%. Naturally, I went back to my seller to ask if they can match the price but sadly they can't, so I chose to buy from the seller offering the cheaper price. The blade got to my sister but I wasn't happy with the workmanship and requested for exchange but the seller refused. :(
Initially I wanted to return and refund and that would cost me another 10RMB so I agreed with my sister's advise, to keep this one and buy another new one. The new one is still on its way to my sister's hotel in Shanghai and I hope it better be good. Now it's like I spent 73RMB for 2 blades. Maybe I should have just ordered the RMB70 one. :x

So now it's for me to find time to bake again! :)

now-a-days...

These days, I noted some peculiar behavior of korkor. He wouldn't go to bed without me (when he's home) and will cry for me when he notices I have slipped away while he's asleep. I have tried explaining the situation to him and assuring him but it didn't quite work out. While he fully understands and is agreeable to the situation, he is just not accepting that I am not by his side during bedtime.

I have googled about this clinginess and some articles wrote that it is normal for toddlers between 4-6years old to exhibit this behavior. The possible causes, mentioned in those articles, for the change in behavior didn't really quite apply to Ethan so I am still not convinced that this is just a phase (that just happened!) and will pass soon. I want to find out the cause and I do a lot of talking / explanation to Ethan and I get him to speak his mind too but most of the time he only have answers like "Mommy, because I love you a lot!" (which totally melts my heart!) and "because I want you to sleep with me..." for me.

The helper really isn't of much help except for the cooking and basic general cleaning in the household. I won't discount her ability to follow recipes and cook but her understanding of the recipe needs to be established; oh, and the recipe must make sure it's exactly for the number of people dinner is served for. Her cleaning isn't very clean too, often the obvious dirts goes unnoticed until I sees it. I cannot be inspecting all her work so you can imagine...

With all the underlying chaos within the house, I am thankful that we are still able to function for the day-to-day activities... just that we care cutting back on a lot of couple activities and my personal time...

This probably also explains why there is a cut in the blog entries...