yo ladies!
peck, luckily for me is tha my mum is v.independent, tha y she could still raise us despite having a hb who always borrows $ fr loansharks to gamble, which eventually leads to their divorce. tha time, she earned ringgits as she taught in malaysia, imagine she oni brought hme slightly over $1k aft e conversion to S$ but she's v.hardworking, took on tuitions to supplement her income. now, she's richer than both my bro & i, e $ we gave her is really extras extras. i never hv to worry abt her livings. imagine my FIL earned S$ & dun hv much savings tha he had to keep asking fr his children to pamper him in unnecessary spendings. my mum & my ILs r world apart!
rina, toking abt customary wedding, my heart boils! knowing tha ILs dun hv any $$ to pay for e wedding dinner tables, so we take it up, be it loss or earn is our prob. my mum said since she asked for ping jin aredi, she wld not take e ang baos tha her relatives & friends gave for e wedding dinner. then my MIL kept those ang baos tha her relatives & friends passed to her WITHOUT TELLING US!!! tha nite, we were tallying & realised got ang baos went missing, ask my ILs, then found out. i felt like machiam hb is married into my family lor cos my mum din take a single ang bao whereas my MIL took e ang baos. i mean normally is e bride's parents who wld take e ang baos given by their relatives & friends & not e groom's parents. tis was a bad start for po xi guan xi.
mich, if my ILs know how to save, then i dun mind tha they r given more $ but they dun lor, just spend & spend like nobody biz as tho $ is so easy to earn, then if something happened, just sheng shou yao qian fr their children lor. e $1k+ tha my hb used to give aso doesn't incl medical fees or buying of any hsehold electronic/electrical items, when e fridge spoilt, hb's 2nd sis just bought w/out consulting hb & then ask him to pay half for it. then my FIL got 3 video recorders (tha time dvd recorder not out yet)! i told hb if any of those spoilt, dun pay for a new 1 cos y does 1 hsehold need tha many video recorders. most ridiculous thing is they pay for his books - $100+/book, mrt farecards collectible sets, makan treat to his friends of $200+, ea mth they can pay $300-$500 of CC bill! i told hb e CC bill gotta GO!!!
pooh, tink bbs at initial wks like to meet "zhou gong" a lot, i aso had hard time latching jake on during the 1st few wks. i wld try to latch him 15-20mins ea side, then switch to e nxt if bb still wan to latch on. if bb refuses to wake up for milk, can try cold sponging to make him awake.
irene, both my FIL & MIL, esp FIL tinks his children, my hb & his 2nd sis, earn a lot, like never drying up well! tho i hope tha my son wld really earn a lot nxt time, i aso hope tha we hv enugh so tha we dun hv to depend on him, tink living standards wld be even higher nxt time, if he can manage on his own, no need to come borrow $ fr us can liao. hahaha...
ros, we went tioman quite some time back liao, b4 i got preggie.
my dream hse in spore... tanjong rhu or east coast area. hahaha...