Roy And Ai

Gastro-esophageal Reflux

2010-04-15T00:12:00.000-07:00

Here's something which I would like to share with other newbie parents.

To cut story short, lil' Pinto was diagnosed to have reflux after admitted to hospital when he's 18-day old. We were clueless what happen to him as he keep throwing out after feeds. It started with just flows of milk from side of his mouth. But on one night, when he started to throw out like a merlion, we knew that we need some medical help.

However, even after discharged from hospital, we did have little knowledge of what 'reflux' is except 'throwing out after feeds'. Until I read this article online. Afterall, it seem like it's quite a common problem among new borns. So if your baby has the same problem, do not panic. Just read the article and you'll have a better understanding. We know it's tough to go through this period with your baby.

Nevertheless, he's into his 8-week now and slowly recovery from Gastro-esophageal Reflux.

Baby Dre One Month Old

2010-04-14T23:49:00.001-07:00

Okay, I know it's been long over due.

I've to admit that it has been very tiring since the arrival of little Pinto. The past one month plus was really a learning process for us as newbie parent. Mistakes made, things learnt and a good training lesson on how to shower your loved one with Tender, Love and Care.

Here're some photos to sum up first month of Dre (pronounce as 'dray' NOT 'o-re', 'der' NOR 'dee-ree') Ong.

Still in the labour room.

It's a Pinto Boy!!! Not as tiny as a pinto bean though.

Our new family portrait.

Happy little Pinto. Fit perfectly to his Chinese name 'Le'.

Pinto accompany his mummy on confinement month.

But not for long...poor little him was admitted to hospital at 18-day old.

Strong and tough...he battled out of hospital stay to be home to celebrate his Baby Shower party.

Getting Ready For A Little Party

2010-03-18T07:51:00.001-07:00

The Arrival Of Pinto Boy

2010-02-23T02:23:00.001-08:00

Dear Relatives and Friends,
Ai and I are proud to announce the arrival of our son, Dre Ong, on 21 Feb 2010.

The Final Countdown!!!

2010-02-18T09:31:00.000-08:00

After 38 weeks of waiting, Chuan Ai and I are ready to welcome Pinto Boy anytime. Weighing 3.9kg now, he's such a huge baby. Eager to see him soon. We're nervous!!!

New Member In The Family

2009-08-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

After keeping lips sealed for three months in respect to tradition, we're ready to announce this piece of news... ...welcome a new member to our family!!! Yes, Ai and I are going to be parent soon. We shall nickname this new member "Pinto Bean" for the time being. Happy.....

Can you spot Pinto Bean?

The Bean is growing.

Pinto Bean is 12 weeks old.

Wedding Day Shots

2009-03-11T02:07:00.000-07:00

Some day shots taken by Ryan Wong. Thanks Ryan for waking so early to capture our special moment.

Arriving Ai's house before 7am. But where's my Brothers???

The Sisters just refused to open the door despite receiving a $8,888 ang pow. haha...

Okay, here come my Brothers to the rescue.

Play games? No prob, we're game enough to take up the challenge. First, the drinks.

Next, the biscuits.

And finished it up with tooth picks and rubber band. hmm...kids play, isn't it?

No mosquitoes in the room. Lemme remove the net for you.

Hey little girl, what are you looking at?

Taking a shot with Yoji.

We met some paparazzi outside the lift.

Here we set off to our new chapter of life.

My nephew Jerell receiving his first pay cheque.

puffy...

very puffy...

Praying session.

Hey Jerell, look straight!

Arriving our TPY house.

Chuan Ai, please walk properly. No roach on the ground.

We met paparazzi inside the lift again.

Have some "tang yuan".

We really "pick up" these two bears from those game arcade machines during our Japan trip.

Tea ceremony session.

Will post more photos when we've got them. Relatives and friends, if you've taken any of our wedding day or dinner photos, we would like to have them. Please email to us at roychuanai(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!

Dinner Photos

2009-03-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

Here are more photos of the dinner taken by Kee Kang Yang, a very talented musician/instructor of Replugged Music and long time friend of Roy.

Nice shot!

"Yum Seng!"

Chuan Ai and her batch girl Jovi.

Roy's buddies - Mart (videographer), Harry and Davy.

Roy's former Radio Heart buddies - Renee and Amy.

Here comes the lethal toast.

On Ai's mind, "Should be taste good."

Roy said,"This taste worse than the drinks given by your sisters this morning."

On Roy's mind, "It simply sucks!"

It's the duty of a good wife to share some of her husband's burden. hee...

Ai's family.

Like what Kang Yang put it...Reality sink in.

Our Big Day

2009-03-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

We would like to thank everyone who attended our wedding dinner. It has been a great pleasure to have you around to witness our "BIG" day.

Below are some photographs taken by Rick Lim of Music Garden that we found on Facebook.

Enjoy...

Roy, Ai and a mousey in between.

Ai and her Sisters.

The rapper wannabe Harry Ng and the real musician Davy Chan.

"Smile"

Roy's Brothers doing the "yum seng"!

Champagne pouring.

"Thank you."

Cake cutting. But "how come no cake to eat?", someone asked.

The lethal round of "yum seng".

Roy's friends from the Chinese Rock era.

Ai's Family.

Invitation

2009-02-02T21:21:00.001-08:00

Dear Relatives and Friends,
Most of you should have received our wedding invitation card by now. We hope you're free to attend our dinner.

Kindly RSVP via calling us or email to roychuanai (at) gmail (dot) com.

Cheers!

Home Sweet Home

2009-01-16T01:55:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year to all. May 2009 bring you joy, more luck and good health.

How time flies? Since my last post on our Japan trip, so many things happened to our life. We finally got our house after 3 attempts to ballot for a HDB flat. It was a very nervous experience for me on selection day in Nov '08. Ai was away and I was left alone for the selection. Our first choice (Tanglin Halt) was taken on Day 2. Our selection was on Day 3. Luckily, we managed to get our second choice which is at Toa Payoh Central.

On Dec 29, we got our keys to the house. While you're reading this, the renovation work is on-going. Hopefully, it'll be completed before our BIG day.

Here are some photos of our bare naked house :)

Kitchen

Kitchen Toilet

Living / Dining Room

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom Toilet

Our half-a-million dollars view from Master Bedroom

View from Living Room. Can you see Singapore Flyer?

Japan Trip - Tokyo, Daikanyama - Last Day

2008-07-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

There's no such thing as never ending vocation. Hence, it comes to our last day in Japan.

Well, in one hand, we're kindda sad that our honeymoon is coming to an end. But on the other hand, we can't wait to have nasi lemak for supper when we back home.

But before we bid farewell to Japan, we still can't get over the beauty of Daikanyama. Therefore, we decided to visit there once more before going to the airport.

Having lunch at this cosy Pancake Cafe.

This railway track separated Roo bags store and Mr. Friendly store.

We adopted this Mr. Friendly. He's with Chuan Ai in Moscow/Houston now.

On the train to Narita Airport. I just had a big work out and sweating like a pig.

We were so hungry and needed to packet some sushi on board.

Our plane is waiting for us to board. Goodbye Japan. It's been a great experience. We'll be back!

Japan Trip - Tokyo, Shibuya, Daikanyama - Day Eight

2008-07-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

Our last second day in Japan. Weather is extremely hot!!! Excuse me, Yahoo! Weather, where's the thunderstorm?!
In the day, we headed down to Shibuya. So much about 109 and stuff. Frankly, I'm not impress. Luckily, Daikanyama saved our day when we discovered this area. This is the kind of place that I wish to live in with Chuan Ai. Peaceful yet with a small number of really interesting shops. We're in love with Daikanyama.

Is this the infamous cross junction that we see on most Japan drama?

Pink Dragon. Great rockabilly store. We got our first couple tees here.

Beside Pink Dragon, it's our favourite American Apparel store. Too bad for me, as the men selection are limited.

Yet another amazing Bape store.

Last shot at Shibuya 109 before we headed over to Daikanyama.

This is the kindda place that we wanna grow old at!

Beautiful old building that filled with shops on the ground floor.

Chilling out at Sign cafe which is located beside the train station.

Japan Trip - Tokyo, Harajuku - Day Seven

2008-07-29T12:20:00.000-07:00

On the second day in Tokyo, we visited the shopping paradise of streetwear - Harajuku. In the night, we went 333m on the Tokyo Tower to enjoy the view of Tokyo.

At Harajuku station.

This is the starting point of my streetwear shopping spree.

My favourite brand Stussy - Harajuku Chapt. Above is Undefeated store.

Head Porter...bag, bag and more bag.

Bathing Ape store.

Lunch at Wendy's.

Night fall, we explored our way to the Tokyo Tower.

At the foot of Tokyo Tower.

On 333m of the tower.

Great performance by duo Switch on the Tower.

My first neo-print with Chuan Ai on the Tower. It's really my first time taking neo-print.

I contributed my artwork for an art project a ampm store. When will our local 7-Eleven contribute their public service for local art scene?

Dinner time near our hotel.

Japan Trip - Tokyo, Shinjuku - Day Six

2008-07-29T12:01:00.000-07:00

After Hakone, we're heading to Tokyo today. That's when my camera run out of batteries. Therefore, not many pics were taken.

After last night dinner, we're afraid of the meal served here. It's massive! Breakfast like this serving at 8am....arrrgghhhh.......we never a morning person. haha...

Taking train to Tokyo. Later, both of us fell asleep and missed the station we supposed to drop off.

"Mr. Ticket Inspector, no we didn't take a joyride. We paid for a 7-day JR pass which costs S$300+!!!"

Japan Trip - Hakone - Day Five

2008-07-29T11:21:00.000-07:00

Today, we packed up and check-out of Sunroute Hotel. Saying goodbye to Umeda, Osaka, the place where we stay for the past four days. Hakone, here we come.

We brought foods on board the train for breakfast. It's going to be a long ride.

At Odawara station.

Our traditional suite at the Yoshiike hotel. Beautiful!!!

The pond at the entrance of the hotel. This is a very beautiful hotel. Trust us.

We grabbed a take-away for lunch as we're so hungry. Sitting and eating away at the train station. Later did we realised that this most shops in this town closed at 5pm. We missed the sight-seeing chance of Fuji Mountain from the ropeway. We ended walking around near our hotel.

Posing by the river.

This is what I called 'real' room service! We were being served a 3-course dinner right in our room.

After dinner, we headed for the in-house hot spring. Romantic!

Snack from Hakone. Nice packaging.

Japan Trip - Kyoto - Day Four

2008-07-29T10:37:00.001-07:00

It's Day No. 4. We took a train to ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto, from Osaka.

Arrived at Kyoto after about 30mins train ride from Osaka.

First stop, we visited Nijo Castle which was built in 1603.

The Honmaru Palace within the Castle.

Ice-creams to the rescue....it's really very hot walking around the castle.

After the Castle, we took a bus to Chionin Temple.

From one temple, we took bus to another. However, when we reached Kinkakuji Temple, it was closed. The atmosphere is so serene.

We walked around the neighbourhood for 15 mins. It was a really nice and peaceful environment. Then we decided to dine in this western restaurant.

After dinner, we took bus to Shijo area to see the Gion Matsuri carriages. It's one of Kyoto major local festival.

Saying goodbye to Kyoto before catching the last train back to Osaka.

Japan Trip - Namba & Shinsaibashi - Day Three

2008-07-12T09:17:00.000-07:00

Day three of our trip. We headed down Namba and Shinsaibashi again. Shopping and more shopping. In the evening, we saw some boats rowing along the Tombori River. Those people on the boat were wearing traditional costumes. It must be some special occassion. No wonder we saw many ladies wearing kimono on the street. Guess what? Both of us bought one for ourselves at Uniqlo too. haha...

We've KFC for lunch.

Mos Burger for high-tea.

At Shinsaibashi.

Back on the Ebisu Bashi Bridge again.

Not sure what's the event. But many boats row by.

Wow...what a huge Takashimaya!!!

Chuan Ai bought some donuts for breakfast tomorrow. I bought some really nice toys from the Mister Donuts store.

We've cup noodles for dinner in the room. But it was very nice.

Japan Trip - Osaka - Day Two

2008-07-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

Today, we explored the rest of Umeda area and went to Namba. Namba is exciting. The shops are interesting. We'll be back tomorrow.

The hotel don't have iron. So they offer us a presser. It work like how pancake is made. But Chuan Ai dress still turn out very crumble. haha...

Taking the train to Namba.

Chuan Ai "digging" her nose on train.

Namba - what a interesting place!

What a huge signboard?! Crab.....

We didn't figure out what shop is this. Pet cafe? Pet shop? Or pet trainning school? But anyway, this dog is cute.

On a bridge.

Beside the iconic billboard of Osaka.

Do you know Daimaru was established in 1717?

Having crepe for snack.

This is the nicest hotel bathrobe I ever worn.

I bought this boombox which plays ipod today. Now, how the hell am I gonna bring this back to Singapore?

Japan Trip - Osaka - Day One

2008-07-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

Chuan Ai and I have planned this trip since she applied for her 2008 annual leave last year. We've decided to take this trip as our honeymoon. Both of us are excited about this trip. For me, it's my first time to Japan. For her, it's the first time going holiday with me and NOT stock-buying trip.

So Japan, here we come!!!!

We boarded the plane at 1.10am.

Landed at Kansai Airport at 8+am.

Taking the airport shuttle train to the arrival hall.

Leaving the airport and heading to Osaka

This is our first meal in Japan. Simple yet nice.

We walk pass this ferry wheel along the way to our hotel ...

... and decided to ride it at night.

Some great view of Umeda up here.

We've crepe for dinner.

I spotted this Obey Giant tag when we're heading back to hotel.

My New Shop

2008-05-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends and Relatives,

Just wanna let you'al know that my new shop has opened. If you're in town, please drop by to say "Hi".

Artifact, #04-39 Far East Plaza. Open daily 12pm - 9pm.

Our ROM Video

2008-01-03T21:52:00.000-08:00

Here's the long awaited video clip. Thanks to Mart for the video and Jason for uploading to YouTube.

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-01T00:04:00.000-08:00

One more day ...

2007-11-21T03:18:00.000-08:00

Yeah!!!! All of checklist been done and are ready to roll.

Last day of being single is no seat back and chill day.

We went around looking for flowers, ribbons and other last minute stuff. Indeed, an experience (especially at Far East Floral freezer room).

Now that we've got all done, less the polishing of car, we're counting down to 11am tomorrow when we exchange vows.

See you guys then.

Cheers,
Roy

Check List

2007-11-04T08:18:00.000-08:00

It's getting nearer.

Excited? Yes. Busy? Very.

As I'm still serving my reservist and Chuan Ai is in Paris now, there're still many outstanding stuff to be done. In case we missed anything out for the big day, it's better for me to list them out.

Chuan Ai's List
1. Buy a pair of white heels DONE!
2. Get contact of forist for hand-flowers (is that what it's called?) DONE! Going to DIY. kekeke...
3. Confirmed guests list (ppl, rsvp please.) DONE!
4. Get ready all the stuff for the signing table (eg. pens, etc.) DONE!

Roy's List
1. Buy a pair of black slim/skinny cut pants DONE!
2. Buy a long sleeve white shirt with nice print or design DONE!
3. Buy belt (ppl don't laugh!!! I've never been a office worker. Hence, no formal belt.) DONE!
4. Buy a pair of shoes (can I wear a pair of Converse?) DONE!
5. Prepare music for the day DONE!
6. Book a Maxi-Cab for my grandparent (Cindy, I arrow you to in-charge of this.) DONE!
7. Engage a photographer and videographer DONE! Thanks Justin!!!

That's all I can think of now. But I'm sure the list will goes on. Well, as you can see that a lot have yet been done. So if you ppl, got any lobang to the above mentioned, please let us know.

Cheers,
Roy

Be Our Guests

2007-10-07T23:11:00.000-07:00

Dear Relatives & Friends,

We're having our solemnisation on November 22, 2007, 10.30am at Goodwood Park Hotel, Poolside Terrace. After the vows binding, there'll be buffet lunch served. So make sure you've a light breakfast that day :)

For those who are unfamiliar with the venue, Goodwood Park Hotel is located at 22 Scotts Road (beside Far East Plaza and opposite Amercian Club). The ceremony is held at the Poolside Terrace. If you enter the hotel via the main entrance, you'll be able to locate it easily. For more info on the hotel, kindly visit www.goodwoodparkhotel.com .

Some of you may have received our invitation by mail or hand by now. For those who have not, we promise to get in touch with you shortly.

- Roy

7 july 2007

2007-09-29T19:54:00.000-07:00

Roy propose to Ai....asking for her hand!!

Love from 2005-2006..

2007-09-29T19:49:00.002-07:00

- was created in 2006 by Ai using her W900i sony ericsson mobile phone.

so sweet of her *wink*

- all pics taken using Ai's W900i phone.....a Valentines' day '06 gift from Roy

Welcome to the world of Roy and Ai

2007-09-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

hey,
welcome to our blog!!!

you may be keen to know how this blogging thingy came about. well, it all begin like this ... ...

2 months before the special day for Roy and Ai, Ai started nagging at Roy over the design and printing of invitation cards. hence, Roy do not have a choice but to move his tiny lil' butt and work on the cards. the plan for the card design was to keep it small, cute and sweet. A6 is the size of the card that both of them agreed on.

Roy's bro, Jason, was commissioned to illustrate for the card. the inspiration for the illustration was along the line of Love Is ... X Heroic Rendezvous. it was no difficult task for the dude who eat, sleep, poo computer 24/7. Jason completed the illustration in a day. amazing!!! (anyone need artist, contact Roy)

after the illustration, it was Roy's duty to layout the design before sending to print. however, he realised that there's simply too many information to put onto a A6 size card. the biggest problem was "where to place the map on the card?" therefore, here comes the blog. one stone kills many birds.

we shall used this blog to spread news on our special occasion. updates on our life. be it happy memories or nasty fights. we'll drop it here. not forgetting those beautiful photos of Ai. will post them here, apart from her Friendster. and hopefully, photos of our offspring(sss) someday. with thoughts of that simply put smile on Roy's face.

Roy shall signed off this first posting while Ai is on her msn chatting (with don't know which guys) away. do visit this blog often.

cheers.