Prissilia K.

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Magnetic Make-Up Organizer

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jan 8, 2012, 3:30 am
Is this genius or what? I really feel like hitting myself in the head for not thinking of it before her.. hehehe :) http://laurathoughts81.blogspot.com/2011/03/make-up-magnet-board.html It's not difficult to make but I'm pretty sure it will be quite useful, as long as I can find a ...
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Cute Clothes for Kids by Rob Merrett

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jan 4, 2012, 6:08 am
I have so many sewing books but I think this particular one is the most value for money because I actually made so many clothes from this book. I really like the dress in the cover, but it only comes in infant sizes and not toddler ones, but I guess I can alter the pattern a little bit to achieve th...
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Stop complaining and be grateful for what you have!

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 24, 2011, 12:25 pm
Recently I've been complaining a lot about my life.. how tired I am and how I'm always rushing here and there, how Michelle being sick all the time is killing my spirit, etc etc... but today I was reading a few news that makes all my problems seem so small.. First there was t...
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Air conditioned daycare = germ hole!

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 11:00 am
Michelle has been falling sick so often ever since we sent her to daycare. On her first month there, she got infected with HFMD and then now she has bad cough! It's quite bad that even after 2 weeks of medication, she still has a bit of cough and when we went for follow-up check 2 weeks ago, the doc...
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Apple Logo Softies

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 7:57 am
Last night, I was thinking of making whale softies for Michelle but don't have fabrics that I think is good fit, so I was thinking of making fruits softies instead. I ended up making other things, one particular one is a dress that ended up too small for Michelle :( oh well,..... This morning ...
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DIY Hair Clip Organizer

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2011, 12:06 am
Not my idea again, I saw it from Craftiness Is Not Optional blog while I was browsing the blog a while ago... I found the tutorial on how to make it here because I'm lazy to write step-by-step how I did mine. A few differences:Instead of using batting, I used felt because there are quite a lot of ...
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Blogger Dynamic View

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2011, 10:58 pm
Check out new Blogger dynamic views! It's so cool :) And here's my blog using one of the dynamic views :) Very tempted to use it, but decided to wait for now since it removes all my side bar widgets... hmm... :)
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Red Polka Dot Sundress

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2011, 2:05 pm
I finally finished another piece by using tutorial from Craftiness Is Not Optional blog. I got a bit disheartened when doing this project because I actually measured the bodice wrongly and made it waaaaayyy too big so I had to alter it and made it smaller, that's why there's pleats at the top.. It d...
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My first bapron a.k.a baby apron

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2011, 9:38 am
I happened to see someone's printout (at the shared office printer!) - It was a huge stack because that person was printing a blog post and the blog has a lot of contents like sponsors link etc on the blog and also comments on that particular post that she (I'm 99% sure it's a 'she') printed. The po...
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If he was here today....

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2011, 11:27 am
He would turn 23 years old today... I wonder how he would be like... :) A Brother Is Author: Unknown A brother is someone with fun-loving ways with wit and good humor to spare. He does thoughtful things without any fuss and when you're in trouble ...
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Maddie Jane's new cover

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 27, 2011, 5:48 am
After 3 months, she finally released another cover :)
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Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD)

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 23, 2011, 6:50 am
Last Friday, there's a student who was reported with HFMD in Michelle's daycare and that student is from the same class as Michelle. From the note that the teacher put in the communication packet to parents, it sounds like that particular student didn't even come on Friday but I tried to read up mor...
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Michelle's Second & Third Weeks in Playgroup

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2011, 7:31 am
SECOND WEEK We went to Desaru, Johor for the National Day holiday so we skipped Monday & Tuesday for the second week. We also agreed that since I have been taking leaves and working from home for the first week, my husband should take over for the 2nd week so he dropped him there in the mornin...
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Iljimae

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 11, 2011, 1:02 pm
Another nice Korean drama. I just happened to find it online and started watching it and then I realized that I actually have the DVD!! The story is about this young boy who witnessed his dad getting murdered. He ended up living as someone else's son and when he grew up, he became a robber lik...
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Michelle's First Week in Playgroup

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 5, 2011, 3:41 am
Day 1 Mom's tears level: 4/5 Michelle's tears level: 0.5/5 We reached there around 9AM and there were a few other kids "checking-in" there. I think for first-days, they have teachers especially assigned to the kid to make sure the kids can settle in well. So Michelle's teacher help...
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Korean Drama Dong Yi

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 26, 2011, 10:08 am
I'm currently addicted to this Korean drama :) The story is about this commoner girl who entered the palace to clear her dad's name and ended up being liked by the King. That's the main story line I think... plus all those scary politics inside the palace to make the story more interesting :)...
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Angry Birds on Chrome

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 22, 2011, 5:19 am
Now you don't need to have an iOS or Android device to play, you just need a Chrome browser and then you can download the app from here I just tried to play it today.. it's definitely much better to play it in big screen compared to my puny Nexus S monitor!!
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Oh man I'm 2 years outdated!

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Feb 10, 2011, 1:11 pm
When I was a teenagers, my friends were into boy bands like Boyzone and Backstreet Boys but I didn't really like them. I like their songs but not them. I don't find them cute or whatever, maybe I was too mature for my age at that time? haha :p Anyway, I like Celine Dion at that time because I ...
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Singapore Paternity Leave

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Feb 10, 2011, 10:42 am
Recently, there's this talk about the government revising the baby bonus scheme, etc to encourage citizens to make more babies since the current scheme that they have doesn't seem to be working as there's no increase in the birth rate. I came across this article today in Yahoo News. They are p...
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Trip to KL January 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jan 26, 2011, 7:05 pm
My mom went back to Jakarta from 11-25 Jan so we thought instead of taking leave and just staying at home to take care of Michelle, we should go for another holiday. Since we are on a tight budget, we didn't want to take airplane and of course the most obvious destination is either Johor or KL. I do...
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New Year Cruise

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jan 26, 2011, 10:06 am
Happy Belated New Year! Ok lah, so I'm very slow in blogging nowadays. This is because not only I have a baby, the baby is now a toddler which requires more of my time "supervising" her to make sure she doesn't injure herself. My in-laws were in town during the new year period and my hubby got this ...
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I ♥ Shutterfly

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jan 25, 2011, 10:39 am
We ordered Michelle's first year Shutterfly book like a month ago and one of the books were meant to be for my in-laws, who were supposed to go back to Taiwan on Jan 24th. The books were supposed to reach us by 14 Jan but we haven't received it until very late and we were wondering if they will reac...
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Michelle's First Year Photo Book

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Dec 24, 2010, 12:08 pm
I've been working on this photo book for quite some time, adding new photos almost every month and finally I placed an order for 3 copies today, for me, my mom, and my parents-in-law. I wanted to make this photo book so that we can always remember the time when Michelle was a baby. If you are a clos...
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Jakarta Trip 4 - 12 December 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Dec 22, 2010, 9:42 pm
We went back to Jakarta in early Dec to attend my cousin's wedding... again, still lazy to blog - so many pictures will tell what happened there :)
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Trip to KL & Port Dickson

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2010, 9:34 pm
Not much story to tell... a picture tells a thousand words.. so an album probably has much more than that :)
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Trip to the zoo

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2010, 10:26 am
Ever since my ex boss told me that his daughter drew a KFC chicken thigh when her teacher asked her to draw a chicken, I told myself that I would not let that happen to my child, so my hubby and I had wanted to bring Michelle to the zoo for quite some time now. On Saturday, we woke up quite early (f...
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Growing Pains

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2010, 10:12 am
I never thought that the process of growing teeth is so hard for babies. Of course I've heard about some babies getting fever when they are teething but I never think much of it, and I never expect it to happen to Michelle because these kind of things usually only happen to other people haha :D But ...
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Shopping for clothes online

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2010, 7:29 am
I ordered 6 items from a website a week ago and I thought I ordered a lot of "good" stuff but last night the orders arrived and most of the items look different than the photos on the website. The colors are not as bright and the materials are quite lousy! Maybe I should never buy clothes online any...
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Michelle's Bambino Photobook is here!

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2010, 11:39 am
My cousin helped to bring over Michelle's photo album *last month, ahem..* and it's so pretty and professionally done!! It come with a sturdy album box and the frame is quite thick! The bear picture is actually the CD of all the photos, I haven't checked them out until now... :p And check out the w...
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Baby Swimming Time

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2010, 11:50 am
We brought Michelle to try swimming with a neck ring at Plaza Singapura. Actually we (or I) wanted to bring her there long time ago but since we always go out at night, the place is always close by the time we get there. So today we were *slightly* earlier and reached there about 8PM. The whole thin...
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Rachel's Wedding 18 Sept 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2010, 6:42 am
We just attended my dear friends Rachel & J-Sen's wedding recently. The wedding was at Noble House at Esplanade Mall and the deco was really different from your usual wedding-at-hotel-or-restaurant setup. It was really intimate and cosy and the ambience was really good. The food was the best though,...
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Thing I Would Like To Do Before I'm 30

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2010, 8:11 pm
Here's the list not in order of priority: Go to Korea.. hehe as always..Go to a concert (by a real singer, like Jay Zhou), SingFest or circus such as Cirque de Soleil is not counted! I can't believe in my 29 years of existence, I haven't been to any concert before!Build up the courage to have a 2nd ...
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Me Time

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2010, 12:40 am
Recent thoughts have been amplified by recent conversation (via blog comments) by Siyong about "me time" after baby. I always thought that my me time is in the bathroom, the daily half an hour I get in the morning while preparing to go to work because that's like truly the only luxurious half an hou...
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Upper Peirce Reservoir

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2010, 7:30 am
We wanted to go to the zoo on Sunday but as usual we are always late. We only reach the zoo at about 4 and it closes at 6 or 6.30PM so we decided to go there another day. So we went to Upper Peirce Reservoir instead. It's kinda hard to imagine that somewhere within this city, there's a huge green ar...
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Cousin's Trip to Singapore 7 - 15 Sept 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2010, 11:47 am
My cousin came to Singapore for Hari Raya holiday and we also went to Malaysia (KL, Genting and Malacca) during their short one week stint here. It was a whole week full of shopping!! Some of the photos mostly from Malaysia trip.. At Hotel Picolo's lobby, waiting for check-in after super long drive ...
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Last Exam!!

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2010, 11:50 am
I took my last exam (at least for this year) last Wednesday and now I don't have to take exams anymore!! Phew!! I think studying for exam wasn't that hard when I was a student. I could easily stay up til 3-4 AM just with the help from a cup of coffee mixed with a lot of Milo powder. But nowadays, I ...
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Michelle's First Photo Book

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2010, 8:22 am
I got a free photobook voucher from Shutterfly and I've been meaning to make one for Michelle's photo. I didn't have much time to put the book up since I have been postponing it till the last minute (the voucher deadline is Sept 1) so I used Michelle's unedited Bambino studio photo instead. I wanted...
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Mamama

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 24, 2010, 6:42 am
Guess what Michelle's first word is :)
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Michelle Pulls up to stand & jump

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 23, 2010, 6:15 am
Michelle could pull up to stand since she was about 7 months old, and after that she's hardly ever sitting down. It's now hard to change her diaper because she keeps on rolling over and then crawling away!
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Maternity Photoshoot

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2010, 8:34 pm
I didn't post the photos earlier because I don't like the result. I look fat! Well, I was pregnant but I still didn't like the way I look when I was pregnant... but anyway, here are some of the photos taken in November when I was 8 months pregnant.
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How to deal with picky eater?

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 19, 2010, 10:23 am
I thought things will get simpler when Michelle starts eating solid food. I thought that I could just bring the bowl with grinder set and feed her anywhere and anything, like perhaps she can eat the same food as us but I just need to grind it first. But most of the food outside has salt or even MSG ...
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Sentosa Trip 14 August 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 18, 2010, 7:46 am
Michelle had runny nose almost the whole time she was in Indonesia. The doctor there told us that she might be allergic to dust and if she keeps on having this type of runny nose, she might develop asthma. Yikes! I know how hard it is to have an asthma because I witness first hand how hard it was fo...
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USA Trip July 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 17, 2010, 12:30 am
Our team finally met up as a global team and I finally got to see everyone face-to-face. Well, not everyone because some of them couldn't come but I met most of my teammates during the offsite. I shall not talk to much about work and bore everyone, so here are some photos from when I was in SF and s...
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Jakarta Trip July/August 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Aug 16, 2010, 11:36 am
I had to go on business trip for about 2 weeks in July so my mom took the chance to go home to Jakarta to visit my siblings as well. Since my husband cannot take leave for the whole duration that my mom will be in Jakarta, Michelle went to stay there for a month with her. So I was there to send them...
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Baby Chicken & Carrot Porridge Recipe

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jul 5, 2010, 12:40 am
Michelle's PD told me that she's too skinny and that I should feed her more. But man, the baby drinks a lot of milk and I don't know where all calories went! I suspect because she bounced too much. The PD advised me to start giving her rice and meat, and I think chicken is the good choice to start. ...
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My new Canon toy

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jul 4, 2010, 7:00 am
I always feel frustrated when trying to take photo of Michelle because she moved so much and the photos always turn out blurry! So being the typical new mother (or so my "friend" said), I went on the hunt for a beginner entry DSLR camera. As usual, my research always starts in Google search - "best ...
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Blogger Template Designer

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 23, 2010, 12:23 pm
Blogger recently launched their template designer and I'm so tempted to change my blog design AGAIN! But on the other hand, I still like my current blog design... I know I'm fickle minded :p Anyway, I decided to makeover Michelle's blog instead. Yeah, I know the blog that I setup supposedly for post...
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Michelle meeting ama and agong

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 19, 2010, 12:39 pm
My in-laws are back in town since about 2 weeks ago but I was away on business trip for a week and then busy preparing for a test for another weekend, so yesterday was the only day that I'm finally free to meet them for dinner. Michelle hasn't seen them for about 3-4 months so I'm pretty sure she ha...
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Michelle's Progress Update

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 15, 2010, 5:47 am
Little Michelle now likes to hug her mommy and hug her so tight (pulled by the hair!) and give her wet sloppy kisses. It was kinda gross but so sweet and cute when she does that. I just couldn't get enough of her and sometimes my hubby said that I'm a little bit biased.. hahaha.. I don't care! :D Sh...
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Japan trip 8 - 11 June 2010

Prissilia K. posted an article on - Jun 14, 2010, 11:18 am
My company sent almost the whole Singapore office to Japan for sales conference from 8 - 11 June. Of course, some people went earlier and left later for personal holiday, but I think it's too expensive to extend the trip because it's basically like buying a whole new ticket for the extension. We lan...
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