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Ssikkek Korean Grill BBQ Buffet

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Tomorrow MIL and wife's cousin going home so I brought them to try this BBQ, never disappoint me and glad they liked it too. Seems like they have some new dishes, the Gimbap and the french fries with a piece of squid inside deep fried, not bad. I have a video too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58Lisp3xTM
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Worth Opening a Bank Account in Thailand?

I found that the deposit rate for non-resident is 0%, checked major banks like Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Krungthai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank and they are all the same. It's like you deposit 10,000 Baht into your savings account, after 10 years you still have 10,000 Baht lol. I think if visiting occasionally kind of pointless to open an account because it's not really any more convenient than using your ATM card from your home country, plus there is the withdrawal charges from your home bank and the agent bank i.e. the bank who operates the ATM. I did one or two such withdrawals very long ago, I remember the home bank will charge once, and the agent bank will also charge once, I think the charges for one withdrawal is around S$5 to S$10. I think there is a percentage factor, so when you withdraw large amounts the charges will be much more, got to check with your home bank. But if you are living there, I think a bank account is a must-have, working maybe not so much, I
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Baby Still Cannot Talk

Now she is about 18 months and she still can't speak a single word, sometimes she can make sounds like mama but other than that the rest are unintelligible. Wonder if it is speech delay, wife say it is ok, I think maybe in Thailand it is normal, I don't know but ang moh babies can say words at 18 months or earlier. Here I also don't know whether it is normal, to me most important is her health, her character, the rest I guess it just needs time. But at least now she can walk by herself, I remember she suddenly started walking last month, it just happened lol. For me I was a late bloomer, when I was a kid people said I was very blur, they called me blur king, then in my teen years my peers always seemed smarter than me, I was always a follower, then after NS things started to change, can say that my brain started wake up, I guess it's true when people say NS can change a person. Now my life isn't too bad, at least not as bad as I used to thought it would be. No
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Baby Stitches Removed

Today baby went to see her surgeon to remove the stitches, surgeon said everything is well. Baby also seen her cardiologist, they did a scan for her, also said everything is well. Good.
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Check Child's Immunisation Records Online in Singapore

Did you know you can check your child's immunisation records online? Well it is not surprising if you didn't, even people whom I know are IT-savvy didn't know about it. National Immunisation Registry (NIR) You need to log in with your SingPass account, after that you can search for your child's record. It is a very useful service in case you forgotten all about your child's vaccines, or worse you lost her health booklet. There is also a new eService named HealthHub . Here on top of immunisation records, you can also view appointments, hospital stays and more, very useful service. Also log in with SingPass.
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Trip to Sentosa

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Today brought MIL and wife's cousin to Sentosa via the Boardwalk from VivoCity, on a whim we also took the tram to the Beach Station and explored all the way to Siloso Point, great sightseeing and relaxing walk. Too bad we didn't bring along extra shirts, shorts and towels, the beaches were so beautiful, felt like jumping into the water lol. We ate at Fish & Co. for lunch, satisfying as usual, I will always recommend them if anybody asks me for a good place to eat. For restaurant prices they serve very large portions, great value for money and food is good. After that we did a few hours of sightseeing, long time didn't visit Siloso area so it was something fresh for me. Then dinner we ate at Crystal Jade Dining IN, quite disappointing, for restaurant prices their portions were miserable. Fried rice was great though, the rest were alright.    
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Baby Discharged!

So happy that everything went so well, in total stay about 6 days instead of 10 days. Now baby can walk, can baba gaga, she recovering so fast. But she has a long cut on her chest, her neck also bruises due to the pokes from needles, I think it will all heal in time, have to put the cream for her, I think the cocoa butter cream is very good, ask wife to put for her later.
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Baby Maybe can Discharge Tomorrow!

Today I didn't go visit her as I work late, but wife stay with her, so wife said just now they did x-ray for her and everything seems to be great, the water in her lungs seems to be gone or became lesser, didn't hear her clearly, anyway they are going to do one more round of x-ray tomorrow, if everything is ok, they can discharge her. She really is recovering very fast, remember last Friday she did her operation, then tomorrow maybe can discharge, so total only about 4 days stay, much lesser than the estimated 10 days. By the way they took the tube out of her nose, now she looks much better, can't imagine a tube into my nose lol.
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Baby Moved to Normal Ward

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Doctor said there is some water in her lungs, think they prescribed some medication for her, I guess otherwise they won't be moving her to normal ward, her wheezing is gone but she kept making strange noises, I think it's because of the tube into her nose. Other than that, she can sit up now, can also carry her, but she looked tired, maybe a few days time she can start to walk.
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Baby Looks Good Today

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They took out most of the tubes, now left with one into her nose and one on her left hand. Nurse say maybe tomorrow can transfer to normal ward. She also started feeding orally, I think that is a huge improvement, hopefully this week can discharge. One huge stone off my chest.
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Baby Recovering Well

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She still has slight wheezing but better than yesterday when they took out the tube from her nose, other than that everything seems to be ok.
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