Me playing shares !?

I have always bugged Wifey that we should invest in shares. You know, to make our money grow rather than let it sit in the bank.

So after numerous discussions with Wifey, i decided to go into the market and buy AIG shares. With the help of Alvin, we managed to get AIG’s shares  Due to the sub-prime crisis, AIG’s shares have dropped tremendously over the past few months from $70 to the current price of $3.3. I feel that it is a good time bcos there won’t be another chance to have a share in a blue-chip USA firm.

This is our first foray into shares and i hope it would be a good investment otherwise Wifey is going to kill me

Lfc Roundup : 13 Sep 08 – 23 Sep 08

Finally !!

Yes yes yes !

Marseille 1 – 2 Liverpool

Liverpool 0 – 0 Stoke

Arghghghghghgh..

Liverpool 2 -1 Crewe

Woo hoo.. I am a Daddy !

Too busy to update. Hahahhaha..

Wifey has been a good gal, sticking to MOST of her confinement routine.

And so far, Reyes has been a good kid. MOST of the time, he only crys when he is hungry. But sometimes, he goes into crying overdrive and i cannot figure out the reason. No matter how i carry him, it will not soothe him and he will cry even louder. Wifey says that i look uncomfortable and it makes him uncomfortable then he becomes unhappy. But once Wifey or CL carry him, he will fall back into sleep .. But nevermind, i keep trying till i get it right !

I resolve to be a hands-on daddy so that i can bond with Reyes and help Wifey out with taking care of him. I know that it is not easy to take care of a newborn and Wifey is already tired out from all the breast-feeding, pumping in the middle of the night so her boobs will not be engored. So i should put in my effort to relieve her burden too..

But so far, i have been enjoying my time with Wifey and Reyes. He has really been a bundle of joy.

I just love taking pictures of him and i have taken a lot. Wifey says that i am a paparazzi. Hahahah..

These are some of my fav pics of him

And more pics can be found on my facebook account

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=56841&l=8b085&id=748250798

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57219&l=8b0bc&id=748250798

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57641&l=4a4bc&id=748250798

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58979&l=b2498&id=748250798

And here we go !

7:30am to 6:15pm (3/9/09)

• Woke up and took a shower to chiong finish my work.
• Feeling kan chiong the entire day.
• Cannot wait for the day to end
• Told Reyes before i left for work that he either come out naturally or the doc will force him out

6:30pm to 7:30pm (3/9/09)

• Went for dinner with Wifey at Whitesands
• Went to NTUC to buy pail, batteries, magazines, cup noodles
• Went home and brought up our emergency bags to repack

7:30pm to 11:00pm (3/9/09)

• Repack our emergency bag with PSP,
• Clean up the house
• Played FM and watched TV
• Took a shower
• Wifey gave the hamster 3 days worth of food

11:00pm (3/9/09) to 1:30am (4/9/09)

• Drove to Thomson Medical
• Registered and got our room
• Wifey got the pill thingy while i set up internet, changed into sleepwear

1:30am (4/9/09) to 7:30am (4/9/09)

• i SLLLLEEEEEEEPPPPP while Wifey was being “entertained” by the nurses
• Eat cup noodles for breakie

7:30am (4/9/09) to 2:00pm (4/9/09)

• Dr Sim came and see see look look and pop another pill into Wifey. 1cm dilation onli *rolleyes*
• Read newspaper, surf internet
• Log onto MSN so nobody will suspect that Wifey is being induced. Wifey pang tang that if ppl know, then labour will be long
• Bored
• Watch HBO
• Eat mooncake
• Tell Reyes to come out. If he doesn’t, he will pay from his school funds for the extra days in Thomson
• Bored
• Eat cup noodles for breakie
• Doc Sim came in, checked on Wifey and burst the waterbag

2:00pm (4/9/09) to 7:00pm (4/9/09)

• Wifey goes to observation ward and i was “chased” out. So i went up to get my PSP and played my game at the bench near the lift bcos the family waiting room was being used for classes. So pathetic
• My name was called and i went to observation ward to accompany Wifey.
• Played my game while Wifey was lying there
• Wifey started to feel more intense pain and then we took abt 30 mins to decide whether to take epidural
• Finally, we decided that Wifey should have epidural
• Went upstairs to relieve myself and took Wifey’s sandwiches(since she is not there to eat) and when i came back, Wifey was gone to the labour ward.
• Was “chased” out again so i went out to buy my dinner but in the end, i didn’t have appetite so i bought a puff thingy from Delifrance to eat
• Went to Labour Room 8 to accompany Wifey
• Saw Wifey hooked up to all the machines and epidural was been fed into her
• Continued to play my psp while Wifey lay on the bed
• Wifey still felt pain after a while so we called the nurse to turn up the dosage
• Wifey felt better so i went back to my game and we waited
• Many nurses came in and take a look and commented that Wifey should be giving birth by 10pm
• One of them hooked Wifey up to the urine bag thingy

7:00pm (4/9/09) to 8:00pm (4/9/09)

• Wifey was in extreme pain as the epidural didn’t take effect on the right side of her body. Her left side was totally numb
• Different nurses flipped and turned her to make her more comfortable
• Gave up playing my PSP and accompanied Wifey by talking to her and massaging her back and secretly watching tv. Hahahah
• Epidural ran out and we opted for a refill
• It didn’t help even though we turned Wifey to sleep on her right side. Her left leg was totally numb and the backpain got worse and worse. That made her super frustrated

9:00pm (4/9/09) to 9:56pm (4/9/09)

• Finally, the midwife told Wifey to get ready to push
• I was also instructed to help Wifey lift her head and pull back her legs
• So Wifey pushed and pushed and pushed till she was exhausted
• Finally, Dr Sim came and Wifey told her, “I SURRENDER !”
• Dr SIm told Wifey to try a few more times before the forcep is being used. She tried and tried but Reyes still didn’t want to come out fully.
• Dr Sim used the forcep while Wifey used all her strength to push him out
• And so, Reyes was born on 04/09/08, 2156 hrs

Villa 0 – 0 LFC

A draw is probably a fair result based on the performance of both teams.. After the Barry saga, it put the Villa fans in full voice and the atmosphere was quite electrifying. My tv volume was quite soft liao and it still felt that i was in Villa Park. Hopefully, Anfield can regain their voices and be as loud as them against Man U but i disgress.

With the backing of their fans, i am surprised that Villa was quite conservative. I was expecting a full-out assault using their turbo-jet A380 wingers i.e. Young and Agbonlahor but it didn’t turn out that way. It was more of a battle to control midfield. They were contended to play narrow and pass the ball to Petrov and Barry. Arbeloa and Dossena kept Young and Agbonlahor in their pockets rather well. Honestly, i barely heard Young or Agbonlahor’s name till the last 5 mins. The only clear chance that they got was when Arbeloa let Young get the better of him which allowed Reina to earn his wages for the week by making a good save against Carew’s shot.

As for our side, what can i say? A workman-like performance which showed a few things
1) 4-2-3-1 is our best formation.

2) Dossena is playing well. He bombed forward as much as he could and managed to defend well too. Too bad, none of our players managed to read his crosses. There was a cross which managed to elude everyone and if there was player in the back post, it was an easy goal

3) Keane showed his intelligence when he drifted into the centre and i am not sure if anyone noticed, he is becoming one of the leaders of the team. During the first 20-30 mins of the first half, he was directing Dossena where to cover and he was defending from the front. Now, all he needs is a goal !

4) Alonso and Mascherano is our best CM pairing. Mascherano’s engine and tenacity matched with Alonso’s passing and calmness allowed Dossena to bomb forward. All of chances started from the left side. Now, we have to sort out the right side. Arbeloa didn’t bomb forward as much and was contended to pass the ball rather than pushing forward

5) Why Ngog and not Babel? The only reason that i can think of is that Babel has not been playing well and Ngog did well during pre-season. And he did play well when he came on but in the second half, he drifted out of the game. I might be a little bit harsh but other than the chance that he shot narrowly over the bar, he didn’t really do much. He ducked out of challenges esp when there was a 50-50 ball in the air, he didn’t even jump. I expected more from him after his pre-season exploits but i think once he is used to the game, he will be better

6) What happened to the Benayoun of pre-season?

7) Our defence and midfield has been sorted out. Now it is left for our Keane to click with the midfield and strikers. From the way i look at it, Keane is an important fulcrum to our attack. If he still doesn’t click, we will be struggling to create chances.

Who can take over Torres ? Keane / Babel / Ngog ? I would have Babel with Keane supporting him

In summary, it was a tough game and we are still in touch with the leaders. With Man U coming up next, i hope that SG and Torres will be fit for the match..

Lfc Roundup : 13 Aug 08 – 27 Aug 08

Standard Liege 0 – 0 LFC

Sunderland 0 – 1 LFC

LFC 2-1 Boro

LFC 1 – 0 Standard Liege

Summary of the matches ? Play ugly but still win. Signs of a champion?

Final Checkup

Monday was the final checkup before the real thing. Doc said that Reyes was doing fine and he is chubby. Hhahahaha.. Anyway, couldn’t really see much bcos he was covering his face with his hands..

I am very excited that our 9 months wait is finally coming to an end. We have prepared everything including shifting a very heavy baby cot to my Mom’s place.

So now, i can only hope and pray that Wifey’s delivery is painless and smooth and hopefully, it will be over in just a few hours.