gynae visit

This morning I went mount E for my gynae visit. Baby is now 600g at week 24.
Have signed up for the gynae package. 3 times more expensive than my previous gynae, but i decide to go for a try. For this pregnancy, likely to spent a few more thousand in cash as compared to my 1st girl. next appoinment will be on 22nd Jan.

school going to start soon, I have alot of lesson preparation to do, but din really have mood to do. Wanted to wait for tomolo staff meeting, see the classes i will be teaching and my time table and my duties for next year. Hopefully i will be offload.

change of one photo

another result after changing one photo...haha...

something interesting

found this on a friend's blog.
got varying results using different photos.

recovering

currently recovering from flu. Getting very much better except still got some nose block. Spent the 3 days 2 nights in bintan to rest. complete rest. been sleeping like almost the whole 2 days.

Have been putting on weight quite fast for these few weeks. Felt my stomach getting bigger and also feeling more tired easily. Seems like very heavy until I dun felt like walking much.

Now my girl like to point to my belly button and say "meimei". Dun know if she thought that the belly button is meimei or she just anyhow point. I did an experiment. Yesterday i point at my hubby belly button and ask what's that. Then my girl say "yee yee"(dirty)...haha.......lucky she din say "meimei",cannot imagine how she can think that a belly button is her sister.

I've been thinking of bring my girl to the zoo. She never went to zoo before. Now she can recognize some animals, should be a good time to visit the zoo.

This coming friday, my girl will be going for her MMR jab. (measles, mumps, rubella)
hopefully she wun kena any fever. This will most probably be her last injection for the next 1 yr unless i decided to let her go for the chicken pox jab.

flu

I'm sick again.
Since Saturday nite. felt my throat quite sore and it started from the sore throat. Think the weather too hot and maybe also I worry too much these few days.

Just went to see a GP. Got some flu medicine. Tomolo going Bintan, better get medicine 1st, in case become worse over there.

Yesterday went Mount E to see my "new" gynae. I have decided to switch my current gynae to this new gynae in Mount E. I found him very detailed.( come at a high price of coz) Did another very detail scan and his machine is very updated, have 4D scan. Look into bb's brain and all other major parts of body and organs. Found them normal. The cysts in brain still there. But what the new gynae said tally with what my previous gynae said. He felt that the bb is normal, just that happened to have the cysts, probably nothing to do with trisonmy 18. Most trisomy 18 babies are stillborn or not living past a few days/months.rarely have living case of trisomy 18.But there is no yes or no answer unless I do amino. test, which can result in a certain percentage of miscarriage. I dun wan to take the risk, i might lose a perfectly healthy bb, so i just keep my fingers crossed and wait for another 5 months for the answer.

Spent 550 bucks yesterday just for consultation and scan, but felt better after a 2nd opinion. Have decided to change gynae but have yet inform my previous clinic. This time round, i will be giving birth in Mount Alvernia instead of TMC.

Have not been able to sign up for the package yesterday, as mine case still belongs to "high risk", so have to wait another 1 or 2 consultation before i can take the package. Think will have to spent quite alot of money on my 2nd girl. But doesn't matter how much i spent, as long as she is normal and healthy. This is what money cannot buy.

what i want

I think my in laws wanted to have a grandson badly. Yesterday nite my hubby reveal that my xiao mo tou is going to have a sister. My MIL remark was "you4 shi4 yi1 ge4 nu3 de4" (another girl again). She has 3 granddaughters now, but no grandson yet. Next year she will have 4 granddaughters.Then she mentioned that "its time to change flowers" (huan4 hua1), dun know what she meant.

To me, gender is no longer important. What I want is just a healthy baby. My ideal number of children is 3. I have already told my hubby that he have to be prepare to have 3 daughters. My hubby likes daughters, so he doesn't mind. But i guess my in laws will be very disappointed.

My own parent side is ok as my girl is the 1st grandchild in the entire extended family. Only one cousin is married but no kids yet. So my girl got all the attention she want from my family side. She is like a little "xiao3 ba4 wang1", no one fight with her for anything.

As long as my baby is healthy and normal, doesn't matter girl or boy, and i dun mind having a 3rd girl, as long as she is healthy and normal.

going bintan

i will be going bintan with my hubby next weds-fri for a short holiday. And his birthday is on the 29th nov.

i have shift the appointment with mount E gynae to next monday.......need to settle this...if not i got no mood for holiday. Its another day of mental torture.......can't sleep well yesterday nite.

my girl is here with me in Yishun. Fetch her back yesterday nite. This morning she woke up at about 8am and start to create havoc in the house.

I cook porriage for her to eat and bathe her, take her out for walk. Now she is taking her nap in the room, with aircon...nowadays kids have good life...take nap also have aircon. My girl will sweat even in aircon room. The temp have to be low enough for her to feel cool.

I hope next monday will come faster.........

my gloomy days

since yesterday, i cannot sleep well..keep thinking about the cysts........

This morning, I made an appointment with a gynae in Mount E. The appointment is 4dec. Have also schedule for a 2nd detail scan on the same day.

My current gynae is ok, just that I need more reassurance from another doctor's point of view. And i know this gynae in Mount E is very detail, i need a more definite confirmation.

still feeling very uncomfortable about the scanning....I guess I will only feel more secure after the consultation with the 2nd gynae.

my scary detail scan

I went for my detail scannig at TMC today and scare the hell out of me.

My baby ger got these "bilateral choroid plexuses cysts" in her brain.
right side 5.4mm x 3.3mm and left side 10.3mm x 5.6mm.

After the scan, I went to my gynae clinic to wait for my appointment with him at 4.30pm. His operating hours start 4.30pm today. Before that i went library and check up on the cysts and discover something to do with down syndrome.

After seeing my gynae, felt more assured. Before that while i was waiting, I almost want to start crying already.

My gynae say 10 years ago, the cysts are said to be related to down syndrome, but now it is proven to be more related to trisomy 18. But if the baby has trisomy 18, there will be other very obvious signs on other organs and body struture. other than the cysts thing, my baby scan on other parts of body are alright. So he say he can be 99.99percent sure that the cysts will go away by themselves by 28weeks.

with the 99.99percent assurance from him, i felt much better, but still a part of me is very worried. should i go for a second opinion? or should i go for a 2nd scan? I am thinking of going for a 2nd scan at week 24, just to make sure the cysts disappear. There are just too many questions in my mind. Does the disappearing of the cysts means that my baby is normal, will there be any side effects that cannot be detect now becoz of the cysts?

Family times

happy time spent in East Coast.

lastest photo east coast

last saturday, my father has a gathering with colleuges at East Coast. We bring girl girl along.This time her legs are well protected. I bought knee protector for her. But she din really walk much as alot of pple there to carry her.

favourite pose

My girl has a favourite way of posing infront of camera. This is the look...very cute!

injury at west coast park

My Girl injured herself last Tuesday at west coast park. Now her leg already recovered.She fell down after walking too much...very bad mummy and daddy forced her to walk so much.Her 1st leg injury. She didn't cry but refused to carry on walking.
A few days after that, she still didn't know her leg pain pain, she thought the red marks,bruises were dirty marking on her legs and keep saying "yee yee" (dirty), trying to wipe it off.

recent photos

My girl on the Ikea trolley.

upcoming events

currently i still need to report for school everyday from 8.30am to 12.30pm. Until 13 of Nov 2007, after that no need report to school as i will be going for marking.
14Nov to 23 Nov, i will be marking O level Chinese Lit paper.
24 Nov is Daxiong's Church Wedding.
5,6,11 December, will be having chinese lit lesson with my students in the morning.
9 Dec is my hubby's cousin's wedding dinner.
17 Dec tentatively is N level results release. My form class 4T1 will be getting results. Need to go sch to give out results and also promised the chinese students that I will treatthem for lunch.
27 Dec is staff meeting, 28 dec dept meeting and comittee meeting.

also planning to bring my family to sentosa for one day in december. tentatively 15 Dec.

Then most of the time left will be used for lesson planning for my next year chinese lit class.

baby girl

yesterday i went for my gynae check up. Now ard week 15.
gynae do scanning, say most probably is a baby girl.
So my little xiao mo tou will have a baby sister next year.:)
My hubby likes girls, i actually prefer a boy for 2nd one, coz i like variety.
But doesn't matter, as long as baby healthy, other things are not important.

I will be doing my detail 20 weeks scanning in mid November, another 5 weeks from now.By then can confirm alot of things, and make sure the baby is healthy.:)

I have not seen my girl for 2 days. Today going back jurong to see her.
My hubby in China for work this week, so have to crawl back yishun tonite myself.

naked baby

my ger is very mischievous. Just before her daddy bathe her, she saw her daddy's laptop and quickly put her itchy fingers on it, imitating her daddy doing work.
She loves to play with laptops.

more photos

So many froggies at the Jurong Frog Farm. I dun think my ger know what are frogs. When you ask her if she want to play with the frog/goat/other animals, she will always say "yao", she wants to play with anything.

photos

recently, brought my ger to some farm visits. 2 weeks ago went to Hay Dairies goat farm.....last time brought my red cross there also.....
Last week, went the Jurong Frog farm.
next time maybe can go vege farm.
see we got the same family t shirt. Snoopy cute cute....

my sec 3 chinese literature class

my class has done quite badly for chinese literature. Even my best student score only 29/50. She has done well in the part that she can study, but the second part on unknown text, she cannot do well, and did not have time to do all the questions.She miss out a 10 marks question. what a pity.

My 7 students results as follows:
Student A 29/50
Student B 33/50
Student C 37/50
Student D 27/50
Student E 26/50
Student F 18/50
Student G 33/50

Convert the marks to 100%, I have only 1 student with A2 distinction. Quite disappointing. I muz think of ways to help them score better. For the unseen text portion, all do the novel question, nobody attempt to do the poem, which i find quite disappointed also. As I like poems more than other literature forms.
Attach my literature paper here. Some of you may want to try the poem?haha......


C组：现当代文学作品选读（选答一题，占25分）

1 试写出《行人道上的镜子》在写作方面的特色。（25分）


2 《苹果核》的主题是什么？这篇小说在人物塑造方面有什么特点？
（25分）



D组：课外文学篇章赏析（选答一题，占25分）

1 阅读下面这首诗，然后回答问题。

花环 何其芳
放在一个小坟上

开落在幽谷里的花最香，
无人记忆的朝露最有光，
我说你是幸福的，小玲玲，
没有照过影子的小溪最清亮。

你梦过绿藤缘进你的窗里，
金色的小花坠落到你的发上。
你为檐雨说出的故事感动，
你爱寂寞，寂寞的星光。

你有珍珠似的少女的泪，
常流着没有名字的伤悲。
你有美丽得使你忧愁的日子，
你有更美丽的夭亡。


(a)为什么诗人会说少女的夭亡是美丽的？(6分)
(b)试分析诗中少女的性格。（8分）
(c)这首诗运用的意象有什么特别之处？（6分）这首诗还有什么其它的艺术特色？（5分）





2 阅读以下这篇小说，然后回答问题。
　　　　
乌节一角 黄孟文

　　 珍妮从先得坊购物出来，满怀高兴，牵着小女儿的手，走向隔邻的露天茶座，找了一张空桌子，坐下歇息。
　　她叫了一杯冰冻的柠檬茶，另外叫了一杯巧克力冰淇淋给女儿，还叫了鸡肉三文治。
　　女儿的眼睛忽然望着隔邻桌下，拍起手来。“小狗，妈咪，你看，小狗。”
　　珍妮顺眼望去。果然，那儿躺着一只狐狸狗。
　　“哇，真漂亮！”珍妮赞声不绝。
　　她和女儿都站起来，走过去摸它，一边生硬地吹着口哨，一边口里发出“啧啧啧”的声音，去逗弄它。
　　这只小狗全身白绒绒，发出艳丽的亮光。眼睛圆圆的，黑中带一些红色，有点儿像小白兔哩！
　　“咦，怎么它是绑着的？谁将它用铁链绑在椅脚上？还给阳光晒到？”
　　珍妮怒冲冲地张目四望，想要寻出谁是小狗的主人。
　　刚好茶座老板娘在场，她向珍妮解释说是一位熟顾客的。她到附近购物去了，托她们照顾一下。
　　“她还答应给我们十块钱哩！”一个年轻侍者得意洋洋地说，好像很为这笔额外的收入而踌躇满志。“乌节地带的人最慷慨！”她加一句，露出一排参差不齐的牙齿。
　　“哎呀，真是罪孽，怎么可以把它绑起来呢？”
　　“狗也像人一样，是会感到不舒服的呀！——Sayang Sayang……”1言下不胜怜惜，不断抚摸小狗的头，双眼显露母爱的光辉。
　　她还叫侍者把那支立着的大阳伞移过去一点，免得小狗给太阳晒到。
　　小女儿吵着妈咪多叫了一碟鸡肉三文治，拿了一块过去喂小狗。
　　小狗嗅了一下，没精打采地把头伏回地上，好像一点食欲都没有。
　　“哎呀，我忘了，那位顾客说它只吃纽西兰的新鲜牛肉，不爱吃鸡肉的。”老板娘忽然想起。
　　小女儿挖了一小汤匙的冰淇淋给它吃，它连望都不望一眼，闭起眼睛养神。
　　“你应该告诉你的顾客，”珍妮对老板娘说。“把小动物这样绑在椅脚，让它睡在硬硬的地砖上，又晒到阳光，这是不准许的——我是防止虐待动物协会的理事。”
　　“是的，是的，我会转告她。”老板娘有点肃然起敬的样子。
　　这时，一个印度小女孩带着一个小男孩走过来，以右手轻碰额头，作行礼状，她嗫嚅着说：
　　“太太，这碟剩下的面包给我好吗？我的妈妈生病了，我和弟弟肚子好饿。”
　　“你们怎么可以讨食呢？”珍妮满脸不高兴。“你知道新加坡早就禁止乞丐了吗？”
　　“我……我……没办法，妈妈不能工作。”
　　“她的妈妈是这一带的扫地工人，很久没有看到她了。”老板娘代为解释。
　　“不可以，”珍妮坚持。“要讨食也不要跑到乌节地带来呀，给游客看见，不是把新加坡人的脸都丢光？去，去，走开，这么脏！”
　　小女儿忽然走到妈妈身边，惊恐万分：“妈咪，他们有爱滋病吗？”她想起爸妈的话，想起他们常叫她小心，在外头不要乱摸脏物，不要乱碰陌生人，恐怕染上最可怕的爱滋病。
　　“走开，走开，赶快走开，我的女儿害怕了。你再不走，我叫警察来抓你。”珍妮杏眼圆睁，猛拍桌子。
　　印度女孩满眼失望，怯生生地走开了，弟弟跟在后头，双眼闪着泪光。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

注：1马来语，可怜爱惜之意。
　　
(a) 小说中的珍妮是个怎样的人？试分析珍妮的人物形象。（8分）
(b) 试概括这篇小说的主题思想。（7分）
(c) 作者如何运用对比手法表现主题？试详细说明。（10分）