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Cat,
ya lor LB lucky but i tink it quite stupid la..... i tink those MTB go sign peition...

Cat/Delin,
i received ur payment liao thanks:P
 
Aug 22, 2008
Just when she was getting grumpy
By Aaron Low
WE HUSBANDS know better than to cross our wives, especially when they are carrying our offspring.
Woe betide the man who thinks he can get away by ignoring his wife's hints at wanting to eat chilli crab at 2am. Nope, you just do it.

It was with the same dread I felt when my wife found out that the Enhanced Marriage and Parenthood Package announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would not apply to our baby but mostly only to children born from Jan 1 next year.

'Many pregnant women will be upset,' she said simply, eyes flashing.

For a brief moment, I felt a pang of sympathy for the Government, for what was about to come.

Indeed, just hours after the bad news broke, she told me that many of the women who participate in the online forums she reads had been threatening to march to their MPs, bellies and all, to demand answers.

Some even wanted to go to the media with their grouses. Many did, however, sign an online petition to ask PM Lee to reconsider the Government's position.

Think hundreds of pregnant women marching to Parliament holding milk bottles and nappies while pushing strollers with husbands in tow, my wife said.

Some netizens online had chided these mothers for asking for so much. It was not as if they were the target of the Government's policies, they had reasoned.

So why should mothers who are already pregnant feel hard done by?

As a young and first-time parent, I can perhaps understand why so many were upset with the decision.

Being young parents is not easy. We have to deal with financial uncertainties, give up our current lifestyles and even face raised eyebrows from our peers, some of whom think we are too young to be parents.

But while the extra financial help will be handy, the additional month of maternity leave is a godsend.

To watch our baby's small toes and fine hair grow, observe how her personality develops and see her gradually respond to us as parents is invaluable.

Having been told that we will get all this had lifted our spirits. Then to be told the following day that we were not eligible for the package because someone had decided it was only for babies born from a certain date onwards - that was crushing.

So, last night, when I heard that the Government had reconsidered its position and would bring forward the eligibility date for the enhanced package from Jan 1 next year to Aug 17 this year, I was both overjoyed and relieved.

Overjoyed because my baby would have her mother around for longer. Relieved because at least for tonight, I would not have to face a grumpy wife.
 
Cat,
seriously although i am happi for those MTB but hor i tink it quite unreasonable leh.. the new package is suppose to encourage more couple to conceive and those already preggie mTB at the time they start trying they are looking at the old package mah and now with someting better they make so much noise becos they lugi.... is'nt the bb the biggest bonus? i really find those mummies who make so much noise too much lor... sigh~ Singaporean only know complaint n complaint.... dunno wat to say... so wat if the mp agree end of the day they will impose more taxes or ERP to gain back the $$ mah.. end of the day it still our $$..
 
working in gahmen, i can kinda understand and appreciate why there is a reversal.

There is a huge huge outcry regarding the so-called implementation date. Plus people have a comparison with wat is done in 2004 when the benefits were BACKDATED. In this climate where there is already alot of unhappiness abt economy, inflation etc, there will be an added political cost if they do not do something abt this outcry. So in a way to pacify these mummies, they had to reverse the decision. They have no strong reason not too. In any case, the additional costs of this bringing fwd the date is not really going to cost gahmen alot more in the whole scheme of things.
 
i think the people involved in this decision making also did not anticipate that there will be such a huge reaction.

Everyone's mentality has always been that gahmen is already not helping me with much. When there are benefits to be gained, many would want to fight for it as much as possible. It is simply human nature.
 
Cat,
ya i understand wat u mean but this kind of thing is nv ending y lor now pp will ask y not back date to 1.08.08? aiyo wat is fair gov can nv please every1 1 ...

Tyra,
y y stress huh u got long wkend leh we dun have leh..hng~~~~
i see yesterday u gave lots of yellow quiz wor make me luff la...
 
y luff urself last nite while reading our yesday quiz until dat delin fk me up? dats the funny part rite? huh huh...

dunno w/o u yestday thot boring scarlly all FUN and ENJOIN my stupid bo liao question!!! HAHAHA
 
Tyra,
hahahahh with me or not no diff 1 la u gals will know how to entertain urself la.. n yes the last question is v stupid it ur style la gave stupid question lol~~~~

PEACE~
 
not stupid lah..its in the mindset to disturb ppl when he/she in bad mood dats the best!!!! cheers~

BUT u like rite??? SEEE i see u
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hahaha..it was fun thou..heheheee

hey gals, u knw yesteday i saw who in the mrt cabin???? *winkwink*

i gtg first later come bk...:P
 
ya lor..dat clue very straight fwd enuff cos dun wan to crack ur brain early morn liao..keke

i was in and she call me..hahaha..dinno we take the same cabin..she with hb..and YES..she on pink top..no white..keke
 
Delin,
u seen mr pig photos liao mah look like pig lor.. lol~~~~

ya la onlu seen Cat in Pic.. n this TYra only know she looks like buffalo~~~
 
Delin,
y must meet both of us leh? with mr pig ard no fun liao.. lol~~~~~

Tyra,
y only ask Cat nv ask me Janie n LB???? huh huh!
 
aiyah..u all having so much fun liao.. and met too many times.. sure can connect mah...

Cat only meet delin in mrt stations and pass things and ciao.. so i wan to kpo mah...hiak hiak
 
im here!! late for work leh...kekekeke

*pay tyra....leaves* for saying my hub andy lau...HAHHAAHAHA but sorrie hoR..he is no andy lau...

im in pink yday...but im in black top today...AGAIN! kekeke
 
Tyra,
chey.... we only met twice only mah but i guess we r all sociable bunch of animal so dun feel shy lol~ or shd i say we thick skin???

Janie,
black again? nvm i wearing black also with yellow print keke.....
 
tats rite beezy, come along & join us if u can
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oei delin! we didnt 4get abt her lah!!! if we forgot abt her we wouldnt bring her up yday liao... kekekekeke
 
delin, ya lor....did i scare u off with my cough?? hehehe ppl always siam me if they see me coughing in the train...
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but i got cover my mouth mah...as if i wan to cough lydat...feels terrible 1 ok.....
 
janie.. hahahaha..i edit my post..on beezy...

its true janie, i rem i got cough too in train.. ppl scare liao.. i no choice my throat were damn itchy, i just alight at any stations and cough out until ok then aboard again...
 

thanks, i will confirm again if i can come... but hor you have to let me know what you wear and how to recognize all of you... otherwise i am very blurred

janie, you didn't see the doctor for your cough? I find the black cough syrup quite good but very drowsy...

otherwise, maybe you want to try the robitussin cough syrup? Available at pharmacy and watson
 
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