Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Woohoo.... Look what is this??? Ha. Josh is bleeding!! Click closer to see.... Actually it is cherries' juice.  We didn't think that cherries are that juicy! Gave Josh to eat and didn't expect it to touch his lower lips.... and that added the line. So cute eh? Ha

Well, today did Dhoby Ghaut roadshow and my intention is to teach my junior, Sun Feng, how to do prospecting. But somehow, I just find that teaching is one thing. It must be a two way thing. The questions he ask me is near to zero. And it is actually quite tiring to keep thinking of approaches for him that may not be of his concern. But I'll see how to improve my teaching with him... Ha... we are all learning anyways. Throughout the long day of standing, I just closed a shield. However, managed to open a few potential prospects. Hope that I can close them. Met 2 prospects and they finally got plans from his uncle from Great Eastern. I have been trying to meet them all these while but they are busy, and I just find that these people are better not your clients because they just have no respect for me and other people. I mean, I follow up with them, trying to suit plans for them and yet, they keep postponing and needed me to book with them one or two months in advance. And now, fin...

Picture of him helping to wash vegetables Oh yes.. We are trying to let him know that we cook our meals. So I would wear him and let him see that I'm washing vegetables. And the amazing thing is that he will try and reach for the vegetables!! Ha... See what a great son, to help me wash vegetables... Well, this evening, we both went to Kovan for supper and this is actually quite an impromptu event because tomorrow, I will be doing Dhoby Ghaut roadshow and that I feel we should go out as a family. We have decided to wear him more often, so that he feels more secure outside.  Really he is much more calmer outside... :) We went to Cold storage and Eve managed to find a brand of nuts that are so good. Eventually, she bought the healthy nuts and vegetables for salad. We also munched at a hainanese bread eatery where we had loaves of bread smeared with butter and kaya. Find that the food is normal but apparently, Singaporeans are night birds and whichever food stall is opened, ma...

Well well, on Josh's birthday, we organised kite flying and get together at Marina Barrage and it is such a beautiful place.  It is our first time there and its wow!! We will patronise there more often... Eve, Josh, Charlotte and Fangrui (Eve's cousin) The two babies are just 3 months apart! Aren't they cute??? Group picture, promoting MBS too... Ha. Had dinner celebration at a restaurant and while taking this picture, so many people looked at us. So funny! Because it is apparently a very big group... Woohoo all of us singing birthday song for Josh... See how he looks at his mum... His great grandma is so happy for him too.. Funny pic! Everyone tries to blow the one single candle, except for Josh... Yeah! This picture so funny because Josh tries to get the peanut from the cake! Well, I didn't really know that having a birthday celebration can be such a fun event. Of course, planning has to be done and must really want to thank god for good weather because ...

Well today is Josh's first year birthday. Initially we wanted to wake up at 4am to celebrate with him. But we are too tired to do anything. We got up in the morning and I am supposed to have appointment. In the end, it was Yiwen who has appointment. The amazing thing is that early in the morning, she went to the Kiddy Palace and bought a very nice shirt “Birthday Boy” and it is so cute on Josh. We quickly washed and we dried it under the sun. We bought kites, ropes and cooked lunch for Yiwen and I. It was ok, just that I was feeling quite tired because didn't manage to take nap at all. Time passed so fast. And soon, it was 4pm and we need to pack and leave home. After Josh woke up, we quickly changed him up and Bae-yi came and joined us too. I took public transport to the Marina Barrage and I'm amazed that there are so many PRCs at the Marina bay area, especially the public transport bus. Amazing. In fact, it has been a very long time eversince I have alighted at Ma...

Well, today is National day and I tell you, this is the first time for the year that we are able to see fireworks just right in front of our block! Our Central Singapore GRC has actually decorated and built a holding place for NDP Heartlands and the way they set up the tents are really very beautiful. We woke up at 10am and we are to clean the house by mopping and to clear the house, so as to make it presentable. The reason being my University friends, Jiakai and Huiling and Ruien are coming to our house to see Josh! We also prepared lunch for them and we are very happy to host them! They came and we started to exchange our thoughts about babies and how we managed them. And we are almost similar, as in during the weekends, they would be the ones taking care fully for Ruien and they also brought her down to NTUC for shopping, because it is near their place. And we actually saw Jiakai feeding Ruien. The portion is huge, compared to the portions that we feed Josh. Ruien is eating...

Just find that there is a need for me to pen down my thoughts. Otherwise, I will actually let time pass me by and that there are no good memories left for my generations to come. Yea. My wife and I have decided to have 8 children for ourselves! Today is a Sunday and it keeps raining. I went to Clementi early in the morning because I have an appointment there. And on the way there, I literally slept on the bus because I was feeling very tired. This is again due to the lack of good quality sleep these days, waking up at night to close windows or to take care of Josh. Anyway, on the way there, I saw black birds on the floor, injured. Probably due to the rain because last night, at 5am, the rain poured very heavily and Eve and I wondered if the animals are able to withstand the weather. But it was quite sad to see the birds, having their legs hanging in the air, struggling to survive. From Clementi, I headed to Pasir Ris. Then Bishan and then Sengkang. At Sengkang, I met the f...