With the recent house viewings that we did though tiring it was nice to see how the flats and houses are designed. Though most of the houses and flats for rentals are generally plain with the basics (mostly I think because their rentals so the owners don’t spend much on decorating them they mostly spend on the maintenance of the place) there are some with really nice interiors. Aside from good quality finishing some even put in their own touch by using ceramic tiles to do decorative tile work. I wonder what we’ll do when given the chance to own our own home.

We’re now into the first week of February and I feel like January just flew past. So what happened in January?

• We celebrated E’s and my birthday
• We had to do house viewings on weekends with the kids in tow
• My mom went back to Pinas after spending 3 months here. Her luggage exceeded the luggage allowance with all the gifts for her friends and she had to send some back thru a balikbayan box.
• My in-laws flew in for their turn to visit mid-January
• Prepared all the things that E would need for Kindy

And now we’re in the midst of E’s first week in big school and packing all our stuff for the move into the new place.  Hopefully we’ll be settled into the new place and the new routine by next week.

In the year and half than we’ve been here in Sydney we’re already on our third house. The places that we’ve been renting all got sold (blame the additional bonus first home owners grant given by the government) so we had to move, that’s how lucky we’ve been. It is such a chose doing house viewings and the whole application process, good thing we managed to find a unit. Since we’re moving into the part of town that is nearer E’s school, our choices were mostly flats/units so one of the things we looked at was the wireless security systems that each of the complex had. Security is also good on the unit that we finally leased and another plus is the low number of units it has. Good luck to us on the new place.

Michael Jackson’s long time choreographer Travis Payne and MJ dancers went to Cebu to choreograph and perform with the inmates last January 19, 2010. It took 2 days to complete the choreography and it is said that this video will be included in the dvd and blue ray copies of This Is It.

Back in Singapore we bought E a number of toy sets. One was a doctor’s kit and the other was a handyman kit. We managed to bring the two tool set here to Sydney but somehow the pieces in the doctor’s kit are all broken or misplaced while the handyman’s are still there .. well most of it anyway. It’s funny how he uses the clamps and the hammer to pretend to fix all kinds of stuff in the house. Now though he very rarely plays with the set. It’s lego most of the time now.

I’m thinking of getting an eye cream that can help with my dark undereye circles? I know I’m probably not helping it with all the late nights but what is a good brand that is inexpensive, readily available and works? Top rated eye creams would be good to choose among. So if anyone knows of one, please leave a comment below! Thanks.

Speaking of acne, no I still haven’t found or chanced upon a solution that suits me but maybe you can click here to find out. They have some information or articles on common solutions and treatments for acne. Maybe it will be of use to those out there that want more information and understanding so as to prevent or at least minimize it. Short and quick solution would also be to go to the dermatologist for a consult haha!

Another thing that I have come across with acne treatments or solution is tretinoin. It is most commonly used to treat acne. If your sensitive you can experience redness, scaling, itching and burning so they do recommend that you follow the dermatologist’s recommendation when you begin the treatment. In reading on tretinoin I found out that it (along with other drugs) is also used as treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia or APML, it caused the immature blood cells to mature and die. That’s information for you.

During my pregnancy with siobe, I think I read up on a lot of topics. From the process here (like GP referrals to OB, to hospital bookings, to deciding whether to go private or public hospital) to health concerns like probably getting hemorrhoids due to constipation/straining due to bowel movements (I came across a lot of types of treatments from natural hemorrhoid treatments to surgical ones). Good thing I didn’t develop them hehe.

Since my parents-in-law are visiting us we asked them to bring vitamins for us and for the kids. These vitamins would be a good diet supplement to cover those nutrients that we may lack by not eating some foods. Sometimes it is just too convenient to buy fast food, microwaveable ones or instant ones. Especially when you’re just by yourself it’s too easy to just eat instant noodles or go to the nearest fast food joint. This is not to say that we are that health conscious but then maybe it’s about time to be?