Baby Boom Boom

This year, there seems to be a baby boom. Like us, our friends are also having babies as if it’s the most fashionable item amongst the list of things to do for the year!!

Sean and Youzhi were classmates during college. I got to know Youzhi first and then Yenling when they got attached. In 2000, we visited China with Youzhi and Yenling after our graduation from Uni. In one of the places of interest, each couple bought a box set of Terracotta figures. As we had to transit from one province to another and our luggage were extremely heavy, we decided to ship the bronze-made Terracotta figures instead of hand-carrying them. On a particular night, we decided to take a look at the Terracotta figures that we had happily bought. Our first reaction was complete exclamation when we opened the 2 boxes. Our supposedly bronze figures had fallen apart and we realised that they were made of clay instead of bronze! The seller had cheated us! Some of the figures’ heads, legs and arms had broken off during the transit journey! We were laughing away, trying to mix and match the broken limbs while arranging our figures in one horizontal row in front of us. To our surprise, the two incomplete sets actually formed one entire complete set! Well, we were glad that at least one of us has one full set. So Sean & I decided to give them our unbroken pieces so that they could have one complete set of the Terracotta figures. Just got to know that our friends, Youzhi & Yenling, are going to be parents in Apr 2008!! With some lunar calculation from their parents, they are expecting a gal too. Hmm.. we'll see how accurate are the old folks calculations. Regardless of the gender, a healthy & happy baby is the most important.

I got to know Colin in my ex-company. He is very friendly & rather quiet. Sean & I saw his wife once at a carpark. We were about to leave the carpark when a driver reversed his car in front of us and seemed to want our parking slot. Initially, we didn’t realise that its Colin & his wife. As his wife was waving frantically to us, I thought that she was HB’s friend & HB thought that I know her. My first impression was that his wife, who is an ex-airline lady, is v pretty. Last week, Colin’s wife gave birth to 3 gal triplets (Kayla, Kaitlyn & Kiera)! I wonder how the couple is going to differentiate the 3 babies. Colin said that they have placed bracelets on their wrists so that they won’t get mixed up! Well, that is a brilliant idea. Will keep that in mind in case we also have twins or triplets in future!