25 Random Things
I was reading an article that an estimated 5 million of these notes have appeared within the past few weeks. Assuming it takes someone 20 minutes to come up with their list, this recent bout of viral narcissism has sent roughly 1,600,000 hours of worktime productivity down the drain. This probably could explain why our global economy is in such a state today.
Initially I thought I would definitely have better things to do with my time instead of creating this list. But considering the alternative of spending the next few minutes reading a barrage of depressing news on banks nationalization, near collapse of Eastern Europe economies and various reasons put forth by so-called experts for the constant vaporization of my equities, I decided that investing some time on this could yield some better returns, a refreshing 20 minutes escapade.
There is really nothing much to write about myself, I am just a simple man. A more interesting read would be 25 not so random things of my little gal, so here goes…
1. Her name is Janae Woon En, pronounced as ja-NAY. Yea, her parents know that her future teachers would find it difficult to pronounce her name, but they went ahead anyway? Well, Janae is a hebrew name which meant “God has answered”… hmmmm… her mum must have been pestering God quite a bit er??
2. The announcement of her existence was done across 2,555km. Her dad was in Macau for a weekend conference when her panicky mum back in Singapore was wondering if it was a false alarm. It was indeed a longest 3 hours flight back home…
3. The supposedly simple hello to the gynaecologist turned out to be a week long nightmare. Janae was nowhere to be found in her mum’s womb. After a week long of different tests and a $2k bill, she finally decided to appear in the ultrasound scan. Because of this initial scare, her dad even made a pact with God that he would serve him as a church warden or something if everything turned out fine… her dad is still working out the minute details with God at press time….
4. Her Mum’s gynaecologist was a famous one and needless to say, an expensive one. Visits to the clinic would almost guarantee a 1 hour wait, but occasionally you would be treated with scenes from the movie ‘Superman’… have you ever seen an old man rushing to operating theater?
5. Janae started on drugs 6 months before she arrived to this world. Her daily intake of the $2.50 pill (fish oil or something), which was specially imported from the US. It was supposed to make her smarter and to quicken her motor skills development. Her parents being kia su parents, decided to give her an early headstart in life…
6. She decided to be difficult a few days before her projected arrival date. It was recommended that she should arrive via the Cesarean delivery instead of the intended natural delivery.. which also meant that the ‘old superman’ would not need to do his act in the middle of the night or something… anyway, a consolation was that her parents could choose the date… 20.07.2007
7. She was born a leader. She led the orchestra the minute she was wheeled into a otherwise quiet nursery room at Gleneagles.
8. And the torture began..… she needed milk every 2 hours, a change of diapers every 3 hours and she would mix up her nights for days and days for nights… the word ‘sleep’ simply disappeared from her parents’ dictionaries.
9. Her first smile simply melted her dad’s heart…
10. Janae was baptized on the 7th October 2008 at the Church of the Risen Christ. She had to don a little pink ribbon to show that she was a little gal. she had very little hair then..
11. She was a slave driver and well, she still is. Her first maid tendered her resignation after 6 months. She simply could not handle the stress….
12. Janae took on to her 2nd and present ‘social butterfly’ maid pretty well… to the extend of taking up her equally crankily jovial character… sigh..
13. One of her first words was ‘dada’… and simply refused to call ‘mama’ despite much prompting.. there is definitely a stubborn streak in her… her dad thinks it must have come from her mum…
14. She gave the car seat a pass. So much so, that the poor maid and her have to duck down at the sight of a traffic policeman.
15. Her 1st birthday party was held at Go-Go-Bambimi at Dempsy where she was treated like a little princess and not to mention, she had first tattoo there as well.
16. She started to hug little boys (only boys) one fine day. She is pretty selective these days, only handsome ones qualify.
17. Her mum registered her to St James Kindergarten 2 years in advance. And yes, the place is crawling with handsome little Caucasian boys..
18. Her parents watched in horror when she started to dance to her Ah Gong’s hokkien songs. These days, she even selects the hokkien songs she wants to listen to.
19. She would ‘ah bu jair’ her uncle Ed every now and then. And she would just place her hand on her head whenever her dad prompts her to ‘salute’.
20. She would only leave her maid to do her work in peace unless Barney or Dora was being played on TV. Once in a while, she would start dancing to the tune of ‘I am a map, I am a map I am a map’.
21. Recently, she is a proud owner of not 1 but 2 motorized bikes!
22. She would go gaga over dogs and of course, over cute little boys, while strolling along the beach.
23. She started to recite ‘12345678910’ not too long ago.
24. Yesterday nite, she started to ‘ssshhhhhhhhh’ her mum for talking too loud while her dad was happily in slumberland.
25. She is indeed an adorable little lady who could do no wrong in her dad’s eyes.
Initially I thought I would definitely have better things to do with my time instead of creating this list. But considering the alternative of spending the next few minutes reading a barrage of depressing news on banks nationalization, near collapse of Eastern Europe economies and various reasons put forth by so-called experts for the constant vaporization of my equities, I decided that investing some time on this could yield some better returns, a refreshing 20 minutes escapade.
There is really nothing much to write about myself, I am just a simple man. A more interesting read would be 25 not so random things of my little gal, so here goes…
1. Her name is Janae Woon En, pronounced as ja-NAY. Yea, her parents know that her future teachers would find it difficult to pronounce her name, but they went ahead anyway? Well, Janae is a hebrew name which meant “God has answered”… hmmmm… her mum must have been pestering God quite a bit er??
2. The announcement of her existence was done across 2,555km. Her dad was in Macau for a weekend conference when her panicky mum back in Singapore was wondering if it was a false alarm. It was indeed a longest 3 hours flight back home…
3. The supposedly simple hello to the gynaecologist turned out to be a week long nightmare. Janae was nowhere to be found in her mum’s womb. After a week long of different tests and a $2k bill, she finally decided to appear in the ultrasound scan. Because of this initial scare, her dad even made a pact with God that he would serve him as a church warden or something if everything turned out fine… her dad is still working out the minute details with God at press time….
4. Her Mum’s gynaecologist was a famous one and needless to say, an expensive one. Visits to the clinic would almost guarantee a 1 hour wait, but occasionally you would be treated with scenes from the movie ‘Superman’… have you ever seen an old man rushing to operating theater?
5. Janae started on drugs 6 months before she arrived to this world. Her daily intake of the $2.50 pill (fish oil or something), which was specially imported from the US. It was supposed to make her smarter and to quicken her motor skills development. Her parents being kia su parents, decided to give her an early headstart in life…
6. She decided to be difficult a few days before her projected arrival date. It was recommended that she should arrive via the Cesarean delivery instead of the intended natural delivery.. which also meant that the ‘old superman’ would not need to do his act in the middle of the night or something… anyway, a consolation was that her parents could choose the date… 20.07.2007
7. She was born a leader. She led the orchestra the minute she was wheeled into a otherwise quiet nursery room at Gleneagles.
8. And the torture began..… she needed milk every 2 hours, a change of diapers every 3 hours and she would mix up her nights for days and days for nights… the word ‘sleep’ simply disappeared from her parents’ dictionaries.
9. Her first smile simply melted her dad’s heart…
10. Janae was baptized on the 7th October 2008 at the Church of the Risen Christ. She had to don a little pink ribbon to show that she was a little gal. she had very little hair then..
11. She was a slave driver and well, she still is. Her first maid tendered her resignation after 6 months. She simply could not handle the stress….
12. Janae took on to her 2nd and present ‘social butterfly’ maid pretty well… to the extend of taking up her equally crankily jovial character… sigh..
13. One of her first words was ‘dada’… and simply refused to call ‘mama’ despite much prompting.. there is definitely a stubborn streak in her… her dad thinks it must have come from her mum…
14. She gave the car seat a pass. So much so, that the poor maid and her have to duck down at the sight of a traffic policeman.
15. Her 1st birthday party was held at Go-Go-Bambimi at Dempsy where she was treated like a little princess and not to mention, she had first tattoo there as well.
16. She started to hug little boys (only boys) one fine day. She is pretty selective these days, only handsome ones qualify.
17. Her mum registered her to St James Kindergarten 2 years in advance. And yes, the place is crawling with handsome little Caucasian boys..
18. Her parents watched in horror when she started to dance to her Ah Gong’s hokkien songs. These days, she even selects the hokkien songs she wants to listen to.
19. She would ‘ah bu jair’ her uncle Ed every now and then. And she would just place her hand on her head whenever her dad prompts her to ‘salute’.
20. She would only leave her maid to do her work in peace unless Barney or Dora was being played on TV. Once in a while, she would start dancing to the tune of ‘I am a map, I am a map I am a map’.
21. Recently, she is a proud owner of not 1 but 2 motorized bikes!
22. She would go gaga over dogs and of course, over cute little boys, while strolling along the beach.
23. She started to recite ‘12345678910’ not too long ago.
24. Yesterday nite, she started to ‘ssshhhhhhhhh’ her mum for talking too loud while her dad was happily in slumberland.
25. She is indeed an adorable little lady who could do no wrong in her dad’s eyes.
posted by Jeremiah Woon at 4:39 AM
2 Comments:
hey! ur lil' girl is adorable! :) is daddy brave enuff to bring her out for a cup of coffee with an old, old (yes, i stress the old!) friend? - if u can acty figured out who i am & dont disappoint me by not being able to guess hor..
~ paddyfields
Wah... its a real difficult guess manz... how old? ha
sure... coffee anytime.. my little girl loves coffee too... let me know ya? ;-)
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