Mother and son

How time flies! It has been another 3 months since I last updated my blog.

Many things have gone past since, we went to Perth, then in early august we went to Khao Lak.

In Nov, we are expecting #4 in the Lim family and we are so excited about it.

Byron's a big boy now.. he can talks simple sentence and behaviours like a small adult which can both fun and frustrating. Nevertheless, me and Steph really treasure the time that we have with him and some day, assuming the internet is relevant, he might see this post and see how "Daddy and Mummy" has shown their love to him ..

updates! ^^

How time flies! It has been more than 4 months since i updated my blog ..
Byron has already turned 2 (in April) and he is like an energizer bunny now .. running, jumping, messing up the house..^^ endless energy and I can't keep up !

Here's an occassion display of fatigue !!!

London 7-12 Dec - my first EPL pub experience

I was fortunate enough to be sent to London for work. The head office in London was nice and classy with a lot of art pieces around. It was really nice and refreshing.

London in December is amazing, partly due to the Christmas atmosphere which brings out the crowd by the thousands. Oxford Street was literally jammed packed with people.

On the day I was leaving (night flight), I managed to pop into a pub near Liverpool Street station. Bought me-self a pint of Guiness Draught Extra Cold and watched 30 minutes of EPL (Man U vs Villa) with the locals. It was fun, cramped with locals, screaming and shouting, loud gasps .. and I was the only chinese bloke around ! So it was kinda of cool ... I am definitely going to do it again when i am up there !

Byron with Gong Gong in the back ground

Here's a picture of Byron looking intently at the cam, with my dad in the background ..

he has grown so much already.. i still can imagine him when he was a little thing .. (erh, not that little since he was born 3.9kg haha) ... but you know what i mean..

Has been a while since i updated this blog ...

so many things have happened since. ... I changed jobs and recently Steph also just started working ... Byron is very big now ... walking and HYPER ACTIVE ... :D


here's some pictures i took in August 09: - he is quite photogenic isn't he ??

Funny Byron

Byron is a boy full of expressions...

here's some pictures of him grinning away! ^ ^

Expressions ......

I really enjoy taking photos .. and I have been fortunate to be certain places at the right time to take beautiful pictures. ^ ^

Here's a picture of my son Byron .. looking at something in a very tense manner. I am truly blessed by a son who has brought an immense amount of joy and happiness to my family - immediate and extended.

I wonder what he is thinking about in this picture?
What do you think? Hmm...









Here's Byron trying to do yoga!
He is cute now, as he can now stand and is trying to walk .. ha ha ^^

Good old diving days ...

I was going through my folders on my harddrive ..then i came across a diving picture taken in Mandao (in 2004) by a diver who eventually became family friends with myself and Steph.. ^^

So here it is ...

(Courtesy of Kenneth Leong)

What do you think? .. I look quite pro right ?? ha ha

How I miss my diving days ... ^^

Byron's Birthday Bash - He is 1 !!!!

How time flies!
Byron is coming to one soon! We had a birthday bash for our lovable boy over the weekend.


Here's a picture of him playing with his toy truck (courtesy of Xiuying and Adrian). Look at his gleeful face !
















We decided to go with a Sesame Street theme for Byron and to go along with it a wonder and delicious cake that goes with the theme.

Father and son ... ^ ^

A lot of people say Byron is my mini-me !

Well, he is definitely loud and boisterous like me, as for the looks .. i guess some parts of him is from me .. haha ..

What do you think? ... ^ ^ "

My blessings in life

I wake up every morning to see my 2 blessings in life . .. Steph and my amazing loud son Byron ^ ^

Rainbow

It was a rainy saturday .... met up with some friends at Wine Company along Evans Road .. first time there, surprisingly quite with good ambience ...

Anyway, went over to my parent's place ... then on the way back home, saw this beautiful rainbow. It was quite weird though, because it was already 7.10pm and yet the sky was still bright and orangey and out came this rainbow. Took this photo with my iphone ....

somehow rainbows always bring a smile to my face ... the song "Somewhere over the rainbow" was playing in my head when i was taking this picture ...

Life can be colourful even in the gloomiest of times ...

hope you like it ! :D ... maybe we will all find our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Studio shoot

We recently did a studio shoot with Byron .. it was fun but very tiring hahaha ..

Hope you like the picture!

Group hug!!!























My active and photogenic son Byron (@ 10 months now ... phew, time really flies!!)

Pictures taken 2 months ago

The son trying to become a Gymnast perhaps?

















Cheeky Face..

Lasik ... I finally took the plunge !

After many months of deliberation, I finally decided to take the plunge and do lasik on my eyes (on the 3rd December 2008). The fact that it is also covered by the company's medical benefits contributed to it.



So here i am, the morning I was supposed to do my lasik at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. I am kinda of nervous since the eyes are something that we can't do without ... ^ ^"

The procedure went pretty smoothly.. the only thing I didn't expect from the procedure is the SUPER blinding white light that you had to stare into, my surgeon Prof Heng, told me I just have to open my eyes and I will get used to it. It was really quite painful.

After that, it was:
.. '"it will last about 1 min"
.. "look into the red light"
.. "perfect, good, perfect".... *chao da smell in the air* EEKS

Before I knew, the 2 eyes were done and my surgeon said "Congratulations Yew Beng! You have a new set of eyes! "

That afternoon, I could barely open my eyes.. stinging feeling, sensitive to light ..etc.. but it is all worth it !!! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VAIN !!! ^^




Here I am ... without spectacles after > 20 years ..

Hello Aunties and Uncles! Did you miss me?

Hello Aunties and Uncles, it has been a long time since my Mum and Dad updated the blog.

I am fine and I am growing very well ... I am now coming to 8months old already ^ ^


Mummy and Daddy told me that they will be updating the blog soon with more pictures. So stay tune okay! ...

Bye !!!!

Introduction to food other than milk

After 6 months of breast milk, we decided that it is time for Byron to try something else ...

We started with baby cereal, at small doses .. Lo and Behold, Byron took to the spoon almost immediately!! ^ ^ Steph and myself were so amazed at how easy it was to get him to eat from the spoon..

Here's some pictures taken during his first solid food experience 2 sundays ago when he just turned 6 months !

Byron looking amused at the food in his mouth ..


He gulps the spoon ha ha ^ ^"



Byron looking cute for the camerman - Me !

We went to the F1 !!!

Well at least it was for the practice rounds! And it was already an adrenalin rush ... VROOOM !!!!

Signs leading us to Gate 1 !!

Signboard showing how to navigate around the pit stand area .. it was a bit confusing


we were sitting at the Pit Grandstands, which costs quite a fair bit. Fortunately we were lucky enough to get free tickets ^ ^


Opposite us were the pit stops .. all the respective pits have names on them... Nico Rosberg came in 2nd in the finals! !!!

This is either Fernando Alonso or his team mate Pique (who crashed out and led to a change of events that made Alonso the winner on the final day !)

Byron is now 5 months old !

How time flies! Byron is now already 5 months. .. it wasn't too long ago when Steph's tummy was still big and we were always talking and talking to a sleeping infant hidden from the outside world.

Here's some pictures that we took recently while playing with him. He is so adorable and funny .. and he likes to LAUGH and SMILE !!!!!

Last day with my 1.6A Black Getz

Today is the last day that I am going to drive my black getz. It has served us very well for the past 3 years. Both Steph and myself had many memories of our little black getz, from the first time I excitedly got the keys from the sales agent to using it as our bridal car.

Here's a couple of pictures of 小黑, as we fondly call it.



some of the most memorable things that happened with the car:

1. I courted Stephine with the car
2. I waited on many occasions for Stephine to knock off from work during her Marriot days
3. We both did some damage to the car which led to some arguments
4. We had to squeeze some long speakers in the car resulting in Steph being squashed
5. Steph used it as her car for one of her earlier sales jobs , running around Singapore
   
6. It was our bridal car
7. We fetched Byron for his first trip back home in this car
8. I spent hours during the earlier days trying to polish the car and see it get rained on minutes after leaving the carpark
9. ... and so many more

Thank you 小黑 for all the good memories. You have been a good companion to both me and Stephine for the past 3 years. You have provided protection and shelter for us during our trips around Singapore and you have never given us any problems.

It is with a heavy heart that I say good bye to it and I hope it can find a good family overseas who will take good care of him.

Adios! My trusted friend! We will miss you very much.