I am colder these days. Not quite back to my cardigan days but certainly not holding my own against the weather as well as I did 2 years ago when I got pregnant. Maybe my metabolism has slowed, but bringing out a cardigan has been a necessity of late.

Jack has started saying "thank you" with a bright smile and kissing us on our cheeks upon request, and sometimes spontaneously. Everyone is just crazy about him. He speaks in English half the time and Mandarin the other half. At home, we're sounding very much like the shiny crew of Serenity.

While dreaming sometimes, he calls out for his "Mini" or "Ferrari" but mostly "Mama" or "Mama's Nan". I cannot help but nuzzle my nose against his sweet cheek for a deep sniff. He smells so sweet that I wonder if it is his baby smell or simply his breath mixed with my breast milk. Nevertheless I wish I could bottle it because I could smell that scent forever.

Tonight my folks kindly offered to babysit so we could have a date night. It has been 3 months since our last one and I was itching to watch the movie Cloverfield which I spied on a poster some weeks ago.

Word of warning: If you couldn't bear The Blair Witch Project's shaky cam, don't be a hero and watch this one. The hub-unit and I were nauseous (albeit laughing about it) till some 4 hours later!

Still, the story was very cool and the monster awesome. The acting was good, although Beth really annoyed me. I seriously could have done without the shaky cam but it was rather critical to the point of the whole story, that it was from Hud's point of view.

Fab monster sequences (tunnel scene, getting to Beth's apartment, and closeup of monster), plus a blink and you'll miss it thang right at the end. I didn't realise it till I read the wiki. A great ending tying everything together. Bittersweet, if you must. Worth a watch only if you don't feel dizzy or ill from the camera shaking half the time.

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