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New Blog

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-08:00

And since it is a new year plus I just turned 5 years old, Daddy and Mummy decided it is an appropriate time to start a new blog since the capacity on this blog is almost full already. So my new blog site will be at

http://jingtingkuan.blogspot.com/

Welcome to browse through my new blog

Birthday Celebration with Daddy and Mummy - Round 3

2011-12-31T20:20:00.000-08:00

On my actual birthday, we went to celebrate my birthday at the Jurong Bird Park, together with Joel, Camille, Uncle Telang and Auntie Winnie !!! Wanted to go to the zoo, but the new waterplay station at the JBP was opened, so wanted to go and try out. Uncle Telang signed up for the zoo and bird park annual family passes and he included me as well (since he could sign up for up to 3 kids). So only Daddy and Mummy had to buy tickets (and Daddy managed to buy tickets via Deals for 30% discount).

We reached early at 9 am, in case the weather turned rainy in the afternoon. Fortunately, the weather forecast said the day was a partly cloudy day, and it was right .... sun was out, and was a perfect day for waterplay later.

We walked around the bird park enjoying the different exhibit areas for a while, before we went to have some fun at the dry playground. And then it was time to catch the King of the Skies show. We watched it the other time, and thought it was a repeat. But the show actually had new elements to it, and it was really better than the last version that we watched before. Liked the way they introduced the various species.

And the highlight of the trip had to be the newly opened waterplay stations !!! Joel, Camille and I immediately changed into our swimming costume and hit the waterplay stations.

Even Camille who was afraid of water, wanted to try the small slide. And she succeeded, with the help of Uncle Telang

See the 3 of us lazing around in the water

After the show, we went to more exhibits, before we settled for the second show at 11 am. And the highlight for the show was to wait for the parrot to sing "happy birthday" to me .... haha. And ths year, there were quite a number of people who went to the JBP to celebrate their birthday, unlike the previous time when we were there, it was only me !!!

We played for almost 1 hr, before we went to shower, change and drive to Hilltop for lunch. After we parked our cars, we looked up into the sky and saw quite many Kings of the Skies taking flight above the JBP .... amazing sight. Wonder if they were the same species that we have seen during the show.

The kids had Japanese cuisine, while the adults ordered Indonesian cuisine. Yummy !!! We all had quite a lot, before we went back home.

Thank you Joel and family to celebrate my birthday with me .... Happy New Year and may 2012 be a much better year for all.

First Dental Appointment

2011-12-30T21:26:00.000-08:00

Mummy helped to book my first dental appointment at the Schoo Dental Clinic before the year ended. Since Daddy was on leave, he brought me there. But a few days back, Mummy has been trying to psycho me that the dental visit would not be scary at all, so as to prepare me for my first visit.

So once my number was called, I went into the clinic. My dentist was a young lady, who was pretty good with kids. She first commented on my red sweater, and my ponytails (tied by Daddy, haha), saying I looked like a princess. And that was it .... anyone can just call me a princess and I will be on cloud 9 ... who cares about any pain or discomfort. And the best thing is, the young dentist allowed me to choose my sunglasses, to complete my princess look.

And the experience began .... using a little metal "rod" to get rid of some of the black stains that I had on my teeth. The dentist said, this was common on all kids' teeth, and nothing to worry about. Will keep coming back, so must go to the dentist to remove the stains.

Next was the teeth polishing step, using a special toothbrush that can rotate. And the dentist allowed me to touch the toothbrush bistles before she used it on me. Good way to keep my fears away. And all throughout, the dentist kept praising me

All in all, quite a good experience with the dentist. I told Daddy that it was a little painful, but I did not cry or make any noise. And Daddy was so proud of me. And in fact, it was so coincidental that I met Uncle Lawrence, Auntie Peipei, Trisha and Tyra at the clinic. They also brought Trisha for her second dental appointment. Made my second appointment in Mar 2012, and hope to get back the same young dentist

After my dental appointment, since it was still too early for lunch, Daddy brought me to Ikea (again) to enjoy my play at SmaLand. Then we met up with 爷爷, 奶奶 and 叔叔 for lunch at Crystal Jade.

Took my afternoon nap at 爷爷, 奶奶 place.

Fun Day with Daddy

2011-12-29T21:08:00.000-08:00

Bonding time with Daddy since I skipped school to avoid catching the HFMD virus. So in the morning, Daddy brought me to Ikea to have breakfast. They serve pretty cheap and nutritious breakfast. I chose pancakes - 2 pieces with syrup for only $1 !!! Daddy chose the $2.90 set, which came with croissat, a slice of cheddar cheese, 2 mini chicken sausages a harshbrown and free flow of coffee !!! Cheaper than what you can get from hawker centres !!! So I 'stole' a mini sausage and a bit of harshbrown from Daddy, haha.

But the real reason Daddy brought me to Ikea was not for the breakfast, but for the free play at SmaLand !!! He knew I enjoyed that a lot, especially when I can make new friends there. So at 10 am, when it opened, I went in for an hour of play. And wthin a few minutes, I managed to make a few new friends (3 french boys, who can also speak a little English). And we played treasure hunt !!! So while I was having great fun, Daddy was happily sipping his free flow of coffee and meddling with his iPhone !!! Haha

Then we went over to Vivocity since Daddy had to settle some banking issues. And then it was my call to have more fun at Vivocity. We spent some time at the open air playground, before we went to Pets Lover Centre to take a look at the animals. And there was a Dog Spa where there were 3 dogs at the spa station, meaning jacuzzi !!! But no matter how I looked at the 3 dogs, they did not seem to enjoy the water jetting pool. All 3 appeared to be shivering .... so much for dog spa.

We went for lunch at Fig & Olive, since Daddy asked if I wanted to eat pasta. And see what I ordered

Even showed Daddy the correct way to eat pasta ... haha

I was enjoying my pasta until halfway, I told Daddy it was spicy ... haha. Daddy thought I would not have tasted the little black pepper that was sprinkled on my pasta .... so in the end, I ate about 1/3 of the pasta, and then followed by 4 tamago sushi once I stepped out of the restaurant. Yummy.

We went to 爷爷 and 奶奶 place to catch my afternoon nap and had dinner there. Great time with Daddy

Preparing Dinner

2011-12-28T20:15:00.000-08:00

First day with Daddy at home .... spent my morning doing and revising my CMA homework, before we went for lunch at Bukit Panjang Plaza. Told Daddy that I wanted to return my library books, and borrowed new books, especially the Usborne Reading Series.

After my library trip, we went back to catch my afternoon nap. Daddy was tired, so he caught a short nap as well (short because he was disturbed by me, haha).

Then it was dinner preparation time. Daddy had cooked herbal soup and stewed chicken in the morning, so in the evening, I helped Daddy to cut the vegetables (have been looking forward to this since morning). Easy feat for me since I have done it too many times.

And washed the rice ....

And then it was just waiting for Mummy to be back home before Daddy stir fry the vegetables !!

After dinner, I showed Mummy how my CMA revision went, and read some of the newly borrowed books with her, before I went to have my shower and prepare for bedtime.

One day gone, and Daddy was thinking of bringing me to IKEA tomorrow morning, before dropping by 爷爷 and 奶奶 place in the afternoon for my nap. Then Daddy can have his own free time ... haha (still have to check with 爷爷 and 奶奶 whether they are free or not).

Friday shall be my first dental appointment !!! Scary scary ...

Day Trip to JB

2011-12-27T20:52:00.000-08:00

Since Daddy and Mummy decided to keep me at home, and not attend school due to high number of cases of HMFD, we decided to make a day trip to JB to do some grocery shopping. And the most important item to buy is my steroid cream, in case my eczema gets worse again (JB does not need any doctor prescription while over in Singapore, need to see a doctor before we can buy it at the pharmacy ... which means more expensive !!!)

Went to this big shopping centre and saw some christmas decorations ...

Bought a red blouse for myself, and Daddy bought a pair of prescription swimming goggles (cheaper than those found in Singapore). Went to do some grocery shopping, at Tesco, before we headed home. On the way back, we wanted to drop by the newly opened KSL shopping mall, but somehow or rather, Daddy tried to follow the roadsign, but after a few rounds, did not manage to find it, so we gave up

Had dinner at Causeway Point, before we headed home .... since I skipped my afternoon nap again, I slept really early at 8 pm again.

Annual NJCSB Xmas Gathering 2011

2011-12-27T10:42:00.000-08:00

This year, the annual NJCSB christmas gathering was at our place. So instead of the usual christmas eve gathering, we pushed it back to boxing day instead, since it was a public holiday. Did lunch, instead of dinner.

Had quite a good turnout : Uncle Shucheng / Auntie Peiling and family, Uncle Shaolin / Auntie Siling, Uncle Mindge / Auntie Cindy and family, Uncle Jason /Auntie Huixing and family, Uncle Inn Chiang / Auntie Yanzhu and family and a special guest .... all in all, we had a total of 13 adults and 8 kids (including us). Unfortunately, Uncle Dunman / Auntie Lingru and family could not make it since their kids were down with flu, and Uncle Solomon had too much of a party to make his way. Uncle Qingrui had a vacation booked earlier on ....

Special guest of honour this year .... Uncle Weixuan (the guy behind Auntie Yanzhu). He is Daddy's junior. But he has really changed quite a bit .... too much good food as the culprit. Haha

Nevertheless, we had good fun, great opportunity to catch up.

See photos of the kids ... playing games of all sorts

We catered main lunch from Lee Wee Brothers .... satay, fishball, otah, vegetarian bee hoon, curry chicken and vegetarian spring rolls. For the kids, Mummy prepared white rice, salmon in dashi stock, and vegetables with mixed mushroom. Auntie Cindy also made grilled chicken wings and mini sausages, while Auntie Peiling brought chocolate macaroons from Bakerzin (yummy) !!! Auntie Yanzhu was in charge of fruits. Of course, different kind of wine contribution from Uncle Weixuan and Uncle Shaolin. Really a good spread of food, with again, too much left over as with previous years !!! So in the end, we had to have folks take some food back

See Uncle Shaolin and Lucian. On the job training for him .... because Uncle Shaolin and Auntie Siling will be having their first child on 23 Jan 2012 (CNY day) !!!!

And while Uncle Mindge was helping Lucian to change his diaper ....

Uncle Shaolin got another free lesson .... stressed !!!

Hooray !!! Job done .... looks easy wah

Next year, we will be looking forward to our 18th annual christmas gathering ... and definitely, the number count for the little ones will increase

Christmas Presents !!!

2011-12-26T20:46:00.000-08:00

On boxing day, I opened the 2 christmas presents that I received.

The first one from Laura as part of my school's gift exchange. A 29 pcs 3D puzzle which I can assemble to make a princess bedroom set. Perfect way to spend my time at home next week since the HFMD in my school has worsened, and the school is encouraging parents to keep their kids at home, if possible (not yet mandated by MCYS). Just nice, when Daddy is clearing leave ... which means whatever plans he has made previously are now GONE !!! Haha

The second from Cho jie-jie, who helped to make our house spick and span every week. Disney princess story collection, which I have been asking Daddy and Mummy to read one chapter every night before I go to bed

And it is so coincidental that both the gifts are Disney Princess Collection !!! My friends really know me well .... just loved everything about Princess a lot

As for the rest of my birthday presents, I shall leave it to my actual birthday before I slowly open them

Alvin and The Chipmunks Movie

2011-12-25T22:14:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Day, we went to catch Alvin and The Chipmunks 3. Olivia (my classmate) went with her Daddy to watch and they said it was a nice movie, really suitable for kids. So after much deliberation, I decided to go watch it. The movie was given a classification of "G", so it must be safe for kids to watch (compared to Smurfs which had a classification of PG13).

So we went to watch at Yishun GV with free movie tickets from Daddy's company. Caught the morning show, so that I can come back to sleep in the afternoon. Was early so we went to Northpoint and saw the advertisement for Mr Moon. Missed that when they were here at Yew Tee Point

Anyway, when the movie started, I truly enjoyed it .... until the Uncle Ian appeared in his chicken mascot suit. I started to fidget a little, closing in on Mummy and Daddy .... still not too bad compared to The Smurfs movie when Gargamel appeared. Somehow or rather, I knew who the unfriendly guy was, even when I did not fully understand what was said.

But the breakpoint had to be the eruption of the active volcano, which sent splatters of molten lava all about ... and compounded with some other kids, which broke down and cried, I did the same ... really wailed !!! So Mummy had to carry me in her seat, and try to comfort me .... I turned to sobbing .... and occasionally wailing. Fortunately, the volcano eruption scene did not last too long, and chipmunks and gang manage to escape unharmed. Then I returned back to my normal state, and agreed to sit in my own seat.

Sigh ... is there a movie that is classified more benign than"G", like "C", meaning "Childish" or "Cartoonish" ???

Birthday Celebration with My Family - Round 2

2011-12-24T21:51:00.000-08:00

My second round of birthday celebration, this time with my close family members. As usual, we always go for a good meal, and for this year, the weekend before my actual birthday falls on Christmas Eve. So Mummy searched through the Internet and enquired a few hotels. In the end, she decided on the Concorde Hotel, at the Spices Cafe, after looking through their christmas menu and the price.

So on the day itself, I dressed myself in the birthday dress that Mummy bought for me from the States on one of her business trips. Simple, but yet elegant ... and it was pink in colour !!! And did you notice the little tiara on my head that 姑姑 bought for me sometime back.

Close-up of the little tiara.

And to complete the princess look, a new pair of Dora shoes ....

And a photo of the princess before we set off to the hotel

We reached the hotel a little earlier than the scheduled time, so I took some photos at the hotel lobby. There was this really BIG christmas tree, and you know what, it was a REAL christmas tree. Not the kind of plastic tree that you get from shopping centres. From far, you can even smell the tree

And I bet the carnation has to be real as well ... haha, of course lar

Then 公公, 舅舅, 舅母 and 表妹 arrived. See the 2 of us .... and at the rate that 表妹 grows, she will soon catch up with me on the height ....

Then 爷爷, 奶奶, 姑姑 and 叔叔 also came. So we happily went for the buffet table !!!

And needless to say, when it comes to food, 表妹 will really concentrate on eating, unlike me, who cares more about playtime than food

See how the both of us were enjoying our food .... especially when it comes to buffet, with lots of variety

And then it was present / gift receiving time .... angbaos !!!!

And 叔叔 bought me a little cute chain with a cute pendant on it

Planting a kiss on 叔叔's cheeks .... dun get jealous hor

Since I was rather full from the buffet, we went out for a little walk in the hote lobby

Photo taken by me .... a little blur, so more practice required

And see how happy 表妹 was, running in such big space

Just to confirm that the carnation was indeed real .... haha

And the 2 little princesses !!!

Pretending to read something .... don't we look like we were deep in thoughts ???

And the time for cake cutting. Daddy and Mummy bought a small cake (since everyone would be full from the buffet spread) from The Icing Room.

And with 5 candles, I am going to turn 5 soon !!!

Singing the birthday song ... and the hotel staff also joined in !!!

A family potrait !!!

And then poses with my family members

The Icing Room cake was indeed different from the cakes bought from other cake shops ... more moist and tasted really great ... and you can see that from the expressions on our faces

We stayed almost 3 hours at the cafe, before we called it quits. Haha. And before we went off, I got a little high, and ran around the christmas tree.

Next stop was to Vivocity so that Daddy and Mummy can buy my birthday present. Shall not disclose what the birthday present is, until my actual birthday. But we met Breanna and her parents at Toys R Us.... so coincidental. The adults chatted, while Breanna and me went to have our own little fun !!!

And we saw a dinosaur mascot walking around

Skipped my afternoon nap as usual, so on the way back, I took a power nap in the car, before I really knocked out in bed, after my shower.

Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes and gifts !!! Cannot wait to turn 5 soon ....

冬至2011

2011-12-23T06:20:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, 爷爷 went to fetch me from school at 430 pm .... and the reason was that day happened to be 冬至, so 奶奶 will be making 汤圆 for all of us. Since now is the school holidays period, and lessons have officially stopped, with only holiday program for us, so Mummy decided to let me get off school earlier.

And once I reached 爷爷 place, I told 奶奶 that I wanted to help her make 汤圆. Since my index finger was hurt and all bandaged up, I had to wear gloves on my right hand ... super funny right ??? Haha

The 汤圆 that people are used to, are those with fillings (eg. peanuts / black sesame / red bean) and cooked in sweet / ginger soup. However, the 汤圆 that the Kuan family makes are small round shaped dough, with no fillings, and cooked in sauvory soup, somewhat like the Shanghai 年糕 ... unique right ???

Anyway, after making the round shaped 汤圆, and 奶奶 went to cook them, I decided to use my little imagination to make figurines out of the dough. Can you try to guess what I have made ?

A penguin !!! Daddy thought it looked more like a slug or something like that

Should be easy .... Butterfly !!!

And this is a rabbit !!!! See the log ears on top, big eyes and a little tail on the right

For those who have not guessed correctly, it shows you lack some bit of imagination !!! Time to go and do some Playdoh fun !!!

Birthday Celebration with My Class - Round 1

2011-12-19T20:48:00.000-08:00

This year, I wanted to celebrate my 5th birthday with my class, so I told my little wish to Daddy and Mummy. They agreed since going into K2, it would be hard for me to get my class together in Dec, when everyone would be busy preparing to go to P1. So Mummy scouted around to find a suitable birthday celebration venue for me. And after a few choices and recce, we decided on the Little O'Zone at the Orchid Country Club. And the date was 18 Dec (about 2 weeks before my actual birthday) so that we can still catch the majority of my class before they go on their vacation

Mummy decided to use her baking skills to made special cupcakes for my friends. Looked through many recipes and designs online, before she finally decided on ...

A Penguin Cupcake .... err, looks more like Owl right ??? Haha. But still special right ??? 独一无二. Had marshmellow (white) , M&M chocolate (red) and honey stars (yellow)

On the actual day, we reached a little earlier at 2 pm to set up the place for tea break.

And once we were done, we took a family photo. Family attire of Toy Story, in case you have not realised that ... just that Daddy Woody photo has been blocked by me. Can you see Mummy Jessie and Baby Jessie ???

Balloons and party packs for all my friends later

And Trisha was the first to arrive. So I had fun with Trisha, with Daddy pretending to be the bad guy to chase after me and Trisha.

Soon, the rest of my friends came. The most popular game station in the Little Ozone has to be this mini version of the megazip flyng fox. Once you get down and get off, the bar automatically retracted back to the starting point !!! So everyone queued up to have a go.

Even Chantell gave it a go, but she was a little too light for the gravity concept to work. Trisha had to give her a "pushing" hand from the back

And my little cousin enjoying herself in the pool of coloured balls

The cute little brother of Laura ... he is half French, hlaf nd Singaporean blood .... handsome right ?

We all played like crazy until the parents called us out to munch some food. Enjoying the tea break after hard work ... or rather fun. See Xavier's hair (the boy in yellow shirt). He looked like he just had a shower !!!

When 宋老师 came, everyone crowded around her and gave her a hug ... see how popular she has been with the K1 class. Unfortunately, Ms Kristy had a conflicting appointment, so she could not come

We played our first organized game of musical chairs alternate version. Instead of using chairs, we used coloured circles as chairs. Safer this way, so that when we got too excited and rushed for the coloured circles, no one will get hurt. See how all of us kept running when the music started

In the end, left Theodore and myself (Chantell was already disqualified, but she insisted on joining in. haha). Actually, I lost to Theodore, but since I was the birthday gal, so the organizers were pretty kind to me ... played the music longer, and made me the winner. Haha ... the power of the birthday gal !!! Anyway, the important thing is everyone had fun

Prize giving ceremony for who did not get to grab a coloured circle ....

The next game that we played was Treasure Hunt in the playground. We were divided into 2 groups of 4, so automatically, I gathered my close kakis : Laura, Breanna and Olivia to form the Power Gals team !!! While the boys form the other team. We were supposed to find a few items : 2 red balls, 2 blue balls, 2 green balls, one string and one flower card. I was the leader for the Power Gals team, while Wei Hong was the leader for his team. So once we got our instructions, we immediately rushed to the playground and started looking for our items. And needless to say, the Power Gals team had help from the organizer on where the items were, especially the little piece of string, which was hidden really well .... and the winner : The Power Gals team !!! Haha

After the 2 games, we carried on inside the playground on our own, running around and chasing one another.

Time to sing the birthday song and cut the cake. See the little penguin (or owl) cupcakes (that Mummy made for all the kids) around my square Angry Bird cake. Can see I was super happy when everyone sang the birthday song.

A whole bunch of pengiuns ... or is it owls, ready to be eaten

Family potrait with the birthday cake

The Santas team who went around, distributing sweets to the kids, and promoting the christmas celebration at the clubhouse lobby at 7 pm in the evening

Taking a photo with the ever popular 宋老师. Unfortunately, 宋老师 will not be teaching me as I move to K2 next year, but will be replaced by 周老师 (a new Chinese teacher). And yes, I still have my favourite Ms Kristy, who will follow me as my K2 English teacher.

Can you guess who is behind the mask ???

My little cousin !!!! Isn't she cute ???

Christmas trees well decorated with all the presents that I received during the party. A big thank you to all my friends who came to celebrate my birthday, and showered me with all the good wishes and blessings. Shall wait for my actual birthday to open the presents.

But I opened one present, which was the one that was given by Little Ozone .... of the choices given, I chose the basketball game

Looking forward to the birthday celebration with my close family on 24 Dec (christmas eve) !!! And that would be buffet - my favourite

Doraemon Show

2011-12-18T17:24:00.000-08:00

This is the 4th show that I managed to catch in the shopping mall so far, during the festive season. And this time is at Lot 1 shopping mall, close to my house

Took photos with the displays prior to the performance

I managed to catch a good seating at the front. So while waiting for the show to start, the organizer had some lightings display, that managed to "WOW" all the kids, with our eyes chasing after the lightings.

And the show started at 7 pm. When Doraemon and his friends came on stage from the magical door one by one, we all clapped and cheered

Singing and dancing ...

The Doraemon theme song, and I think every kid can relate easily to the song, even when sung in Japanese

And the ever popular christmas song that everyone knows

Shall see if there are more kiddy performances that I can catch over the next few weeks

School Christmas Party Celebration

2011-12-17T22:01:00.000-08:00

This year, we were supposed to have a big christmas party celebration at my school. However, with a recent HFMD case in the Playgroup, the school decided to downscale the party, so individual class will hold their little performance and celebration in our classroom.

So there we were, preparing for the performance for our parents.

And the show began. Theodore was the narrator, while the rest of us played the mallet

And then it was time for Breanna to showcase her voilin .... and we sang along.

Although it was smaller scale than planned, we and the parents enjoyed ourselves. And the parents can catch up with one another durng lunch, despite their busy schedules.

SSO Babies' Proms 2011

2011-12-17T08:41:00.000-08:00

We waited for a long time, before the day finally arrived !!! The annual SSO Babies' Proms 2011 !!! Had to skip school in the morning to attend the 10 am session at The Esplanade. As with last year, we reached a little earlier about 915 am, to take photos outside the concert hall.

And then a jie-jie approached Daddy and Mummy and asked them if they wanted me to go on stage to conduct the orchestra. And of course, this was what I wanted as well, so they agreed. And in fact, this year is the second time I conducted the orchestra (first time was 2010 Babies' Proms).

Took quite a number of photos with the balloons decorations, similar to last year.

Waiting for my balloon sculptures. Had a sword and a flower ring

Then we went into the concert hall to attend the pre-concert activity.

And the concert started. Daddy and Mummy were quite disappointed with the orchestra when they played the first piece (just 1 min or so into the piece). The orchestra seemed like they did not really rehearse that well, since some mistakes were quite obvious .... sigh. Guess, since this concert was really catered for young kids, we should not be too critical.

Some pieces were the same as last year, but Uncle Peter Moore changed the theme a little to the theme of the pirates this year. I enjoyed the concert quite a lot, especially during the interactive portion, waving my hands up in the sky, clapping my hands according to the tempo etc. But what was frustrating was that an older girl was crying practically throughout the concert (sitting at my row, 5 seats away form me), and her grandmother just refused to get out of the concert hall, but kept stuffing her with fruit juices and snacks (and that was the only times that she stopped crying) !!! The girl obviously did not enjoy the concert, but her grandmother kept insisting her to stay inside the concert hall.

And the time came when I was supposed to go up on stage to conduct the orchestra !!! And this time, I fared a lot better than last year. Kept to the correct tempo (almost ... except towards the end, I slowed down a bit, looking lost ... and the orchestra was lost as well. Haha), did not accelerate towards the end like last year. Daddy and Mummy were so proud of me

And the last piece, the kids were allowed to go up on stage to be close to the orchestra.

After the concert, we had to leave immediately, to rush back to my school to join the christmas party / celebration.

Eagerly waiting to attend 2012 Babies' Proms

My School Projects

2011-12-16T20:06:00.000-08:00

At the Parents-Teacher meeting session, Ms Kristy and 宋老师 went through my progress and development with Daddy and Mummy. Overall, I was doing well, meeting all the milestones that are required of me. So no big worries.

And my teachers also went through some of the school projects that I did. So when I reachd home, Daddy and Mummy wanted me to explain to them on some of the school projects. So I searched through the pile of school projects that I have done, and selected those that I liked and explained to them one by one

The 舞狮 that I made .... can even move freely, like the real one

Next was the parachute, made from plastic bag. Demonstrated how it worked ... and somehow, the parachute kept crashing

Explaining to Mummy my ambition when I grow up

Calendar made in the shape of a rocket !!!

Mini umbrella .... unfortunately, only big enough to shelter an insect ??? Haha

And finally, my footprint !!!

This year, I learnt quite a lot of knowledge from the teachers in school, all ready to move on to K2 the next year !!!

Christmas Head Gear

2011-12-15T22:47:00.000-08:00

Mummy saw the head gears in Watson and bought 3 for me at $5.90 .... perfect for the christmas celebration

Garfield Performance

2011-12-14T09:07:00.000-08:00

Just nice ... there was a Garfield and Friends performance at Jurong Point. So after dinner, we went to take a look

Odie !!!! The person behind Odie has the simplest job ... no speech required on stage

Then more friends. Daddy tried to google to find out their names. And he got Nermal (left) and Penelope (??) (Garfield's gf)

When Garfield came out on stage, everyone was excited

And then they taught us the first dance steps ....

And it was the only dance steps throughout the show .... haha

And the show finished off with some christmas songs ...

Daddy felt that the Garfield show was pretty boring. Too much talking and too little engagement from the audience. But considering it was free, cannot complain too much. Haha

Cupcake Making Time

2011-12-12T21:32:00.000-08:00

Mummy has not baked for quite a while ever since I was born. So in preparation for my birthday party, Mummy decided to bake me a special birthday cake. So to make sure she is ready for the actual day, Mummy did some simple baking. And of course I helped her since I had some experience in baking cupcakes in school ...

Mummy making the batter ...

And I helped to scoop the batter into the cups and moulds

And the final products ..... we had a lion-shaped cake, which I called "Alex" - taken from Madagascar

An elephant and penguin cakes

And of course the traditional simple cupcakes

And for the next few days, Mummy was browsing through the Net to get some ideas of the designs of my special birthday cake

Canvas Painting

2011-12-10T07:31:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Mummy saw this canvas painting at IMM Giant some time back. And it was going on offer (cost less than $5 !!!). They bought it so that I can paint it at a later date.

Almost after 2 month, we took it out. The giraffe canvas picture

And with my apron nicely protecting my clothes, I started on my painting journey. Paint was provided as part of the package. There were only basic colours, so there were instructions given on mixing 2 colours to get different colour tones or secondary colours

Mummy helped me as well ....

And the final product (with some nice touch-up by Mummy at the end) !!! In fact, Mummy had fun touching up the painting

Playing UNO

2011-12-09T22:57:00.000-08:00

Learnt how to play UNO with 姑姑, Daddy and Mummy.

Shuffling and distributing cards

Playing the game ... and I lost in the end. But I believe after more tries and better luck, I will master the game

Christmas Is Coming !!!

2011-12-08T20:50:00.000-08:00

Time to put up the christmas tree for 2012. So in the evening, after dinner, we took out the christmas tree that has been with us for 3 years and started to decorate it

Helping to "spread" out the leaves so that the christmas tree would look really "bushy" ....

Hanging all the decorations on the tree .... bells, balls, bears (all starting with the letter "b"), horns and also ribbons !!!

Once done, Daddy told me to make 3 poses in front of the christmas tree !!!

And to clear up the little rubbish that we created during the tree decoration, I gladly volunteered to do it.

With Christmas coming, that would mean my birthday is also coming !!! Hooray !!!

Doraemon Exhibition

2011-12-07T20:19:00.000-08:00

Went to Lot 1 for dinner and we chanced upon the Doraemon exhibition in the shopping complex. So after dinner, I dragged Daddy and Mummy to the exhibition to take photos

The entire clan of Doraemon ....

And photo time !!!

All photos were taken with Da Xiong or Doraemon. Do not like the bullies !!! Haha

Family Potrait

2011-12-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

When Daddy came to fetch me from school, I proudly showed Daddy the family potrait that I have drawn in school

And Daddy had lots of queries (other than the colour combination used)。真的是问题男孩!!!

1. Why is Daddy's hair standing up, while Mummy and my hair are down
2. Why am I not smiling but looking sad instead (I am the one in the middle of Daddy and Mummy) ?
3. Why are Daddy and Mummy also not smiling ?
4. What are the black lines on the pincers of the crab ? And what purpose do they serve ?

And the answers can be found below when I explained to Daddy and Mummy at home !!!

Haha ... are the answers logical ??

Happy Feet 2

2011-12-04T09:19:00.000-08:00

Since Daddy has some free movie tickets given by his company, and the year end is approaching with a lot of kiddy movies, we decided to go and watch Happy Feet 2 on Sat afternoon.

Compared to "The Smurfs" movie, Happy Feet 2 is a lot more "benign" in the sense that there is no bad guys in the movie, just penguins singing and dancing. So should suit my taste.

Happily waiting for the movie to start at GV Jurong Point. I sat on the booster seat, in case the person in front of me was too tall, blocking my view.

And the movie started. Was happily enjoying the penguins dancing and singing. Visual effects were great, and great details drawn on the cartoon characters. However, in the middle of the movie, I started to fidget and wanted to get out of the cinema, and not watch the movie anymore ... eyes were getting slightly red. And the reason was the penguins were facing some trouble, and they were rendered helpless ....

Mummy had to let me sit on her lap, and occasionally, I tried to peek at the screen, and then turned my head the other way from the screen .... managed to stay in the cinema all the way, and towards the end, where the penguins were all saved, I enjoyed the singing and dancing again.

Daddy and Mummy also enjoyed the movie .... not just for kiddy, but also suitable for adults. And all the songs were really nice

Sigh .... any more movies more benign than Happy Feet 2 ??? Daddy and Mummy were thinking of bringing me to watch "The Muffets" .... so should I go ?

Massage at OSIM

2011-12-04T07:10:00.000-08:00

Time to take a break at OSIM shop , before I go for my movie later

真不亏是天王椅

Gingerbread Man Wallpaper

2011-12-02T23:18:00.000-08:00

Saw this very beautiful Gingerbread Man at Lot 1 shopping centre when we went for dinner. So I insisted on Daddy to take a photo of me with the Gingerbread Man ....

And Daddy had this photo as his iPhone wallpaper !!!

Making Fruit Salad in School

2011-12-02T19:23:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday, we made fruit salad in school. Ms Kristy and 宋老师 have written in the Communication Book to ask Daddy and Mummy to let me bring some fruits to school. So we went grocery shopping for fruits before that, and bought

Green apples, dragonfruits, water apples and grapes.

So on the way home after school on Wednesday, I was really excited when Daddy asked about my fruit salad making session in school. Told him in the car about how the fruit salad making session went, and how I even helped Ms Kristy to wash the apples, and how Olivia had swallowed some seeds in the grapes etc ...

And then back home, I told Mummy how it went again ....

Weekend, we need to go grocery shopping again for fruits and salad cream. And I shall show Daddy and Mummy how we can make fruit salad at home !!!

My First Video Shoot

2011-12-01T08:07:00.000-08:00

I took Daddy's iPhone and started my first video shoot .... introducing my home, as I added some commentary along the way.

i.e, if you have not gotten giddy after watching this video .... haha. Looks like I got to REALLY improve my video shooting skills

Fidgets At Turf City

2011-11-30T06:34:00.000-08:00

Remember I mentioned previously that my school was closed on Monday, and that I will be going out for some fun with Joel and Camille ???

So on Monday, Mummy and Auntie Winnie brought us to The Fidgets at Turf City. Its a big indoor playground and we can stay there the whole day with an entrance fee of $15 for each child.

So once we entered, we wasted no time at all!

There's this very tall slide. When this video was taken, it is the first time that I took it, and I manage to hold back my tears, although you can hear from the video that I said "i am like going to cry". The 2nd time when joel and I went back, I hesitated for a very long time before everybody urged me to try again, although I was quite scared by my first experience. So I when I finally mustered up enough courage to try, I actually stretched out my hands mid-way down and held onto the edge of the slides and stoppped there. And I started to cry. Mummy was trying very hard to coax me down the slide but I just sat there and held onto the slide tightly and refused to let go. This really made Mummy panic cos she was too big sized to go through all the kids sized maze to go and rescue me, and I just refused to come down.

Fortunately, Auntie Winnie came to my rescue as she was petite enough to squeeze through the kid sized structures and rode down the slide with me. After that, Mummy carried me to the side and tried to console me, and explained to me that if I am scared, then don't go back to the slide, don't go there then refuse to come down. BUT, after I stopped crying, I requested Auntie Winnie to go down the slide with me AGAIN?!!! Aiyo Mummy was so paiseh cos although Auntie WInnie is petite, its still not easy to squeeze through kids sized structures to get up onto the slide. So Mummy made me promise that I can only go onto it one last time with Auntie Winnie. And if I wanted to go again, I have to go on my own. And I readily agreed, and went on to explore other parts of the playground and quickly forgot all about the crying incident.

Then we decided to explore the toddler area, and also to let Auntie Winnie take a rest, since Camille keeps wanting Auntie Winnie to accompany her inside the big playground. Here, she can play on her own.

"Flinstone" Cars and tricycles.

Smaller verson of the Playground.

Because this playground was so small, I had to find extra entertainment for myself. So I took something to form a barrier at the end of the slide and collected balls there, so that I can have a special effect slide!!! Weeeeee!!!!

We had lunch there. As their customers are mainly western expats, the cafe there only serves pasta, pizza, fried food and sandwiches. Mummy already knew this from the website, so on our way there in the morning, she already psycho-ed me that I cannot be picky like I normally do and i have to finish whatever Mummy ordered. If not, she'll bring me out for lunch, and we will not return to the playground.

Since I was having phlegm, so no fried food for me. And I simply hate pasta and pizza. So there left sandwiches. Mummy ordered an Egg Mayo Ciabatta for me. Although I obviously didn't like it, I still ate without complaining. Joel also didn't quite like the food, and was trying to negotiate with Auntie Winnie. I even told Joel "you better finish your food, if not your Mummy bring you out for lunch, you can't come back to play already!!". So we actually finished our food without much complains, food that I normally will not touch!!
Auntie Winnie was saying that the cafe can serve anything, and the kids will still eat!! Hahahah How true!!

After lunch we resumed our play. But I still didn't attempt the tall slide that I was scared of. However, when Mummy told me we are leaving soon, I actually went to try out the tall slide again and I loved it!! THen I went on it again, and again, and again for another 10 times. I even went to attempt this 3 storey high slide that I didn't dare to initially, and I loved it again!! And went for it another 5-6 times. So Mummy's "Leaving in 10 min" became nearly 40 min!!! But she is glad that I managed to overcome my phobia so she let me continue.

We played from 10 am and finally left at about 3.30pm. We really enjoyed ourselves tremendously. Was telling Daddy excitedly in the evening about it. I requested Daddy to bring me there again, but that's when I was told that place will be torn down in Feb 2012!!! AWWWW!!!!! But I am looking forward to my birthday party next month, when my classmates and I will be playing at another indoor playground!!!

Singapore 2012 Wishes

2011-11-28T23:42:00.000-08:00

At the Millenia Walk, there was this counter where they were getting people to pen down their wishes for Singapore 2012 on a white ball. And on the last day of 2011 during the countdown, the organizer would then float all the balls on the water

So I decided to draw something on the ball, and wrote my name on it.

And then I thought why not do a second drawing ... and this time, can you guess what were the odd-looking shapes beside the butterfly ?? They are SUPER BIG raindrops .... and then I followed up with some really BLACK AND DARK clouds !!!

Oops ... I did not mean to wish Singapore to have more floods in 2012 .... Haha. But isn't that the norm for Singapore recently ???

Hi-5 and Dora Shows

2011-11-27T20:22:00.000-08:00

It is the time of the year for me to 追星 across the whole Singapore. And today, it started with Hi-5 show at the Millena Walk.

And guessed who I met ?? Olivia, my classmate !!!! And her Daddy queued up really early, so he managed to get a sticker to let Olivia take photos with the cast after the performance.

Waiting for the show to start .... And I loved Hi5. Used to have a lot of their VCDs, and now I pass those along to 表妹. So now she is also their fan. Unfortunately, 表妹 was recovering from her fever, so she could not come with me

And the cast appeared at 1 pm !!! And I even know the guy from the left is called Tim. Forgot the rest of their names. Haha

Mummy did not go in with me, since only one parent is allowed to accompany me. So she watched me from far and took some videos of me dancing along with the cast

And after shopping for a while at Suntec City (we went to Toys R Us, where Daddy and Mummy were shopping for my birthday present .... hooray !!!), we drove over to Raffles City, for the 4 pm, Dora The Explorer show. Does it seem like I am one of those teenagers who would book a cab to go from one place to another to see their idols, except that Daddy is my chauffeur. Haha

Pre-performance warm-up .....

And Dora, Boots and Diego finally appeared !!!

And the naughty Swiper !!!

They even had animals on the stage !!!

And since I skipped my usual afternoon nap (only closed my eyes for 15 mins in Daddy's arms), I slept really early at 815 pm. And the following Monday, my school would be closed, so Mummy is going to bring me for an outing with Auntie Winnie, Joel and Camille (too bad, the Daddies got to work, haha).

If nothing goes wrong, next weekend shall be 小叮当. Hope 表妹 can join me

Scrabble Fun !!!

2011-11-25T21:58:00.000-08:00

I learnt how to play Scrabble !!! And I showed Daddy the words that I made !!!

有趣的对话

2011-11-22T06:33:00.000-08:00

As usual, Daddy was playing FM92.4 in the car while driving, and I was conducting behind ....

Then I started to conduct out of sync with the tempo, ie. when the music sounded fast, I wanted to conduct slowly and vice versa. So I told Daddy and Mummy :

慢就是快，快就是慢 (meaning if the tempo is fast, it means slow conducting)

Then this reminded Daddy of a familiar phrase that he often heard in drama serial. He said
"婧婷，你以为这是空即是色，色即是空"

Mummy burst out laughing like crazy and could not stop .... and I was thinking what the adults were talking about .....

Hmm ..... have I moved on to the next level of enlightenment ??? Haha

My First 3D Puzzle

2011-11-21T17:41:00.000-08:00

At the Takashimaya Toy Fair at B2, Mummy bought this 3D puzzle for me (real good deal, since it was originally $12.90, but selling now for only $4.90).

So once we reached home, I tried my hands at assembling the 3D puzzle. Mummy helped initially, but then I wanted to complete it by myself. So with a little help from Mummy, I spent a good 1 hr sitting down to piece the puzzle together.

I really have good concentration span. When I was just less than 2 years old, I can spend time to sit down and do 2D puzzles one after another .... so 1 hr is nothing to me. Haha. After much effort, this is the final product !!!

We are going back to Takashimaya to buy other designs the next weekend !!!! Hooray !!!!

Juz Photos ...

2011-11-19T23:27:00.000-08:00

Charlie Brown and Snoopy

The Elephant series ....

Outside Marche, the Moo Moo Cow ....

I have grown to love the camera

姑姑的生日

2011-11-19T16:53:00.000-08:00

We went to celebrate 姑姑 birthday with Daddy, Mummy, 爷爷, 奶奶 and 叔叔 at Kiseki Japanese restaurant. And needless to say, Japanese buffet is my favourite.

Drew a card for 姑姑. Tortoise symbolizes 长命百岁 lar, no other meaning, haha. I learnt how to draw that from the drawing book that Mummy bought for me

Tucking in to the buffet !!!

Daddy and 爷爷 favourite salmon fish head

And see what a mess I made eating my chocolate fondue

But the best part I liked about the restaurant was the playground and kid's corner. Simple slide, that was too small for me, but I made friends with other kids, and that became great fun for me !!!

Happy Birthday 姑姑 !!!

First CMA Certification

2011-11-17T18:18:00.000-08:00

I just got my first CMA certification !!! Passed my examination !!!

RWS Stay - Day 3 (Last Day)

2011-11-15T19:18:00.000-08:00

Last day of our RWS stay. And I insisted to go back to school !!! WHY ???

Reason was, there was an excursion to the Philatelic Musuem and I wanted to go with my friends to the museum. So in the end, Daddy and Mummy drove me to school, and they went back to Festive Hotel to relax since the check out time was at 12 pm. Daddy decided to explore the Hard Rock Hotel swimming pool, while Mummy chilled out in front of the TV, watching Mio channels. Because the pool was really shallow (not for serious swimming), Daddy gave up after 20 mins and rejoined Mummy.

Since it was couple time for Daddy and Mummy, they checked out, left their car at the hotel (since free parking) and took the MRT down to Orchard Road for lunch. Was really a lazy afternoon for them, since they "jalan jalan" a bit, sat down at Starsbuck Cafe for some tea, before they went to pick me up for school.

When we went back home, we got a BIG shock. All the electrical appliances in the home were not functioning at all. Rectified the junction box and realized the circuit breaker jumped. The first thing that Daddy did was to go to the refrigerator ... and all were gone. Basing on the condition of the freezer, the loss of electricity must have happened on Sunday afternoon (where there was a big thunderstorm). All the frozen food had to be thrown away and including Daddy's medicine and soy products .... sigh.

Anyway, I am now looking forward to my next holiday .... err, when har ???

RWS Stay - Day 2 (Part 2)

2011-11-14T23:07:00.000-08:00

Lunch time came !!! I had my kiddy meal .... and in fact, it came in a very nice lunch box, containig chicken nuggets in the form of dinosaur, french fries and a packet of chocolate milk.

After lunch, I was full of energy again, so I to Sci-Fi City to take the Accelerator. Similar to the Spinning Cups. Mummy refused to take this, since she will get really giddy, so Daddy accompanied me

Saw Cleopatra in person ... haha. She looked so "dao" but doesn't Daddy look cool ???

And we saw a reptile !!! And I thought it was real.

We went to watch the Donkey LIVE interactive show. And it was really good. Had a lot of interactive fun, including forming a tutu train going round the theatre

And I insisted on carrying my lunch box myself from then on

Saw a princess model and of course a princess (ME !!!) must take a photo with the "princess"

Next stop was the Magic Potion Spin, aka ferris wheel. Really slow ....

And I saw the Wood Pecker ... the one printed on my lunch box !!!

More photo taking ...

We saw the street performance by a group of boys, and they were really GREAT dancers !!!

Hollywood zone ....

By then, the sky turned gloomy at about 5 pm, and it started to drizzle (really as per predicted by the NEA weather forecast). We had taken all the rides, and watched all the shows and performances, so we decided to call it a day.

Took the monorail to Vivocity for dinner. Daddy "interviewed" me on my Universal Studio experience. Haha

And dinner was my favourite Japanese food at Sushi Tei !!!!

By the time we reached back our hotel room, I was really dead tired. Took a shower, and know what, within 5 minutes, I was sleeping like a log .... even when Daddy and Mummy watched TV with the sound on, I did not even stir. Really had fun time that day

RWS Stay - Day 2 (Part 1)

2011-11-14T20:18:00.000-08:00

Day 2 : Exploration of Universal Studio !!! We deliberately chose Monday (weekday) to go there to avoid long queues for the rides. Woke up early at 8+am, then we went for breakfast at Breadtalk. Since Universal Studio opened only at 10 am, we took photos outside.

Can you see me through the mist / fog ???? Simply liked the cooling feel

While waiting to enter, we saw Kungfu Panda !!!! All the kids were so excited !!!

And at 10 am, we went in and of course, we got to take photos with Kungfu Panda. See his round belly !!!

First stop that we went to was the Madagascar zone.

Took the "A Crate Adventure", which was a river boat ride with the 4 heroes of Madagascar. I enjoyed the ride so much that I went for a second round. Not supposed to take photos, but Daddy took anyway. Haha

Carousel ride !!!! And I chose Alex, my favourite character

Smelling the tail .... no smell leh

Next stop was the Far Far Away zone, ie. Shrek Castle !!!

We watched the Shrek 4D Adventure movie. It was superb. Daddy and Mummy expected the seats to rock and move, droplets of water tinkling on them, but they did not expect to have gust of wind blowing in the threatre (while Shrek rode through the forest at high speed). And the least expected was sensation around the legs when hoard of spiders crawled past them !!! It was indeed very real-life. I enjoyed the show a lot (tried to catch all the characters as they appeared close to me), but did not like the water tinkling on me.

We went to The Lost World. Most of the rides were too scary for us (yes, including Daddy and Mummy)

Except for the Dino-Soarin ride. We are timid folks. Haha

Saw Puss In Boots, so must take photo again

Ancient Egypt was the next destination

Mummy and I took the Treasure Hunters ride. And I thought I really drove the jeep, without knowing it was really controlled

Revenge of the Mummy ride proved to be too big a challenge for Daddy and Mummy, so we skipped that
Time for the Madagascar performance !!!!

And after the performance, we took more photos

Before lunch, we went to watch the Water World show, sponsored by Singtel. Lots of action, gunfire, fireworks and loud sounds. In fact, there were quite a many of death defying feats. Because I was partly hungry, and I do not like violence at all, I did not like the show. Wanted to get out ASAP. But the curiosity also had me peeping through Mummy's shoulder at times, to see what was happening. Haha

RWS Stay - Day 1

2011-11-13T23:17:00.000-08:00

Actually wanted to go for a short overseas trip, but Daddy realized his passport has less than 6 months validity period. And it so happened that Mummy saw the RWS promotion package : 3D2N stay at RWS hotel, with 2 adult tickets to Universal Studio and 2 adult tickets to the show Voyage de la Vie, costing only $598. So we decided to get that package in replacement of our overseas trip, especially when none of us has been to Universal Studio. Daddy topped up with 1 child ticket to Universal Studio and Voyage de la Vie .... still super worth it !!!

So we set off on Sunday in the morning. Shopped a bit in Vivocity and had lunch there. After lunch, we drove in to RWS. Mummy chose to stay at the Festive Hotel family room, since she knew that the hotel is more catered for kids.

See my signature pose ....

Because the check in time was after 3 pm, Daddy and Mummy decided to let me go to the Kid's Club at Hard Rock Hotel

Daddy and Mummy went to explore the hotel facilities, before coming back to fetch me an hour later. Hard Rock Hotel ... nice pool and they even had a beach volleyball section

After 1 hour, I proudly showed Daddy and Mummy my art craft !!!

Close to 3 pm, Mummy went to check in, while I followed Daddy to the carpark to get our luggage from the car. And this time, I took my Princess (dog) on my holiday, instead of the Monkey which accompanied me on all my previous trips. 喜新厌旧 ... haha.

And I did the honour to open the door by myself !!! Tada ... our family room. King size bed for Daddy and Mummy

The bathroom .... no bath tub though, but it's OK since we do not use the bath tub anyway

Flat screen TV

Stepping out on the balcony, the fantastic view of the surroundings. But swimming pool was not as nice as that of Hard Rock Hotel. Luckily, we can use their pool as well

But the best thing that I liked about the room has to be my loft bed !!! In fact, I kept climbing up and down the ladder, just to have a feel of what it was like. Super excited to have my own bed on a holiday, instead of sleeping with Daddy and Mummy.

After the excitement, I slept for 30 mins or so, before we went to catch the Voyage de la Vie show at 4 pm. Our seats were at the back, but since the theatre was not that big, it was still OK. Only about 30-40% of the theatre was filled up. Show lasted slightly less than 90 mins, but it was fantastic for me .... singing, stunts, magic etc .... filled every moment of the show.

After the show, we met up with 爷爷，奶奶 and 姑姑 for dinner at 鼎泰豐. And then we explored RWS and took photos with all the decorations

We went back to our room so that the rest can take a look at my loft bed !!!

Daddy climbed up onto my bed and wanted to sleep there for the night ... and of course I said NO !!!!

At about 9+ pm, we went to watch the Lake of Dreams show. Has always wanted to watch that when we went to RWS the previous time, but since the show starts late at 930 pm, we never had the chance to. So this time, it was perfect opportunity.

See matching colours for 爷爷 and me !!!

By the time we went back to the hotel room, it was close to 10 pm. Had a late shower, before I changed into my pyjamas. However, I was still very excited about my loft bed, that I refused to sleep until 11 pm !!

And Day 2 shall be my Universal Studio exploration day !!! Hooray !!!

Math in a Fun Way

2011-11-10T21:46:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Mummy bought me a new Math game quite some time back ago. Have not opened the game until 姑姑 came to our house. Because the game was a bit too difficult for me, 姑姑 and Daddy decided to improvise and played the game their way, to suit my learning.

Because there were some 珠算心法 that I have not learnt before, I was not able to do the math questions, so Daddy had to modify the questions accordingly. However, I got most of the questions correct !!! Fun way to learn math !!!

Piano Again

2011-11-09T19:33:00.000-08:00

爷爷, 奶奶, 姑姑 and 叔叔 came to our place on Monday (public holiday) to have lunch. So I proudly showed 姑姑 what I have learnt in school

And then playing a 'duet' with Daddy. Haha

小小萤火虫

2011-11-08T21:13:00.000-08:00

I sang the 小小萤火虫 song that 宋老师 taught me when I was in Nursery.

Then Mummy commented that she also sang the same song when she was in kindergarten. And she performed on stage with that song as well !!! She dug up the photo when we went down to 公公 place

Amazing that some 儿歌 just are as popular after 30+ years ... just like the Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, Baa Baa Black Sheep etc. Definitely not songs by 孙燕姿 or 周杰伦 !!!

By the way, can you guess which one is Mummy ?? Haha

CSC @ Bukit Batok

2011-11-06T08:29:00.000-08:00

Mummy just got her CSC card, and she found out that the nearest CSC at Bukit Batok has a very nice pool, with lots of water fun stations. So after my CMA class on Sat morning, we had a quick lunch, and we went to CSC @ Bukit Batok to explore the facilities. Fortunately, the weather was pretty good (cloudy, with a little bit of sun).

Daddy insisted to take a photo of me in front of the waterfall

And see how comical I looked, carrying my swimming stuff in the black bag, touching my buttock !!!

The pool view .... and there is a Wave Pool !!!

Changed into my swimming costume, ready to have some wet fun

I went up the slide, but then quickly came down because I did not have my googles on. So took my goggles, and then tried the slide again. And it was really FUN !!! So I tried a few more times.

Then Daddy told me that the Wave Pool was activated !!! So Mummy brought me to the counter to rent a float. And you guessed it right !!! I chose the last PINK float !!! And together with Daddy, we went down to the Wave Pool for some really wavy action !!! Daddy tried to swim among the waves, and it was really tough !!! Now he can imagine how a person can eventually drown in the open sea, especially if the waves were very strong. Pretty tiring, and kept drinking water, as the waves came towards you

We went over to somewhat like the Lazy River .... just let the current push me around ... and Daddy kept pushing me towards the water jets ... haha

Daddy said he also wanted to experience sitting on the float in the Lazy River, with me sitting on top of him. And see how silly Daddy was ... haha. With the current pushing towards him, we could not get up the float. So had to move to a stagnant spot instead.

Since the Wave Pool only activated for 10 mins every hour, I went back to the Wave Pool for one more time, before we packed up and showered. And see how I improvised with the float.

Found another place with lots of water fun !!!! So expect to see me there pretty often. Haha

MP Walkabout

2011-11-04T19:55:00.000-07:00

I was at 爷爷 and 奶奶 place on Friday when their MP dropped by every house to say hello and get to know the residents. The previous walkabout happened before the May Election and Daddy thought it would be the last time they saw the MP .... looks like it is harder to earn $$ for the MP now. Haha

Spot the difference on the MP

(Apr 2011)(Nov 2011)
The MP is about to deliver soon !!! Must give credit to her for still doing the house visit at this point in time. The other difference is I am in the picture !!

And as usual, I slept over at 爷爷 and 奶奶 place. So now it is easier for Daddy and Mummy to go enjoy without me on Fri nights .... haha.

My First Letter to Daddy and Mummy

2011-11-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

The theme for Chinese class for the month of November is all about understanding letter writing, postal services, stamps etc. So 宋老师 wrote in my Communication Book to ask Mummy to write a very simple letter to me, put it in an envelope so that I can bring it to school, and read it on my own.

And the next activity is for me to write a letter back to Daddy and Mummy in school, put it in an envelope, attach a stamp to it, and then together with the entire class, we walked to the nearest post box to post the letter via snail mail (and when Daddy went to fetch me, I was telling him the route that I took to reach the post box !!!).

And everyday I kept bugging Daddy to open the mail box to see if my letter arrived !!! And it did arrive 3 days later (err ... dunno why it took so long. Daddy and Mummy thought I wrote the wrong address).

And Mummy opened the letter !!!!

All written and drawn by me !!!

And I will be going on a school excursion to the Singapore Philatelic Museum 2 weeks later !!! Hooray !!!

Puppets

2011-11-01T19:15:00.000-07:00

We went to IKEA to have dinner over last weekend since I am a SMALES member now. And after dinner, since I was quite a good gal, Daddy and Mummy bought me puppets (the real reason is they can get free parking coupon upon spending $10 at IKEA. Haha).

And now, I put the puppets in Daddy's car so that I can play with them during my trips. Or rather, the Lion and the Horse can 'talk' to each other to keep me entertained !!

Lion knows how to speak a little proper English and can communicate with Daddy, while Horse can only speak in his own language and would need Lion to translate in order to communicate with Daddy .... haha. Fun right ???

Perfect toy for me, since I talk non-stop the moment I wake up till I go to bed at night

Daddy's Job: Kite Making and Flying ?

2011-10-30T17:21:00.000-07:00

Thought Daddy went to work as usual, but in the evening when Daddy fetched me home, I saw a big kite at the back of the car. And when I asked Daddy where he got the kite from, he said he made it with his friends at work !!! It was part of a safety team building offsite where they learnt how to make kites and then fly their own kites at Marina Barrage

Daddy's team hard at work

The kite that his team made .... and one of the 5 winning teams out of 14 !!!

Everyone trying to fly their kites that they have made. Marina Barrage was really crowded for a weekday afternoon

So Daddy's job sounds simple : Make kite and then fly it .... I also want this kind of job when I grow up !!!

Is it really me ???

2011-10-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

One evening, my ex-teacher Miss Daphne SMS Mummy that she saw a video which reminded her of me !!! And Miss Daphne commented that the last part of the video was super super like me !!! So Miss Daphne sent the link of the video over.

Daddy and Mummy watched the video and burst out laughing.

They knew I was a little drama princess, but did not know I was that SUPER drama .... and Miss Daphne confirmed that I could be super drama in school. Haha

Enjoy the video !!!

Mighty Mind

2011-10-27T18:56:00.000-07:00

Daddy bought this Mighty Mind puzzle game during one of his trips to the States 2 years ago. And because I was too young that time, Daddy kept it in my cupboard ... and in the last 2 days, I was sick (had low grade fever, and no other symptoms), so I rumbled through my cupboard and saw this game. And now I am addicted to this game

The puzzle is divided into many stages. For the first few puzzles, it was super easy (guessed it must be for those 3 years old). Just a 4-5 shapes, and simple diagrams to match the shapes

But as I moved through the puzzles to Puzzle 18, my progress got slower ..... less guidance from the puzzles and more freedom of choice to select the shapes to form the diagram. But with a little bit of help and reminder from Daddy, I still managed to complete the puzzle by myself (hmm ... must be for those who are 5 years old, and that is me ... in another 2 months !!!!)

Puzzle 19 provides the transition step that guides me to build a star by direct reference to the design itseld and the assortment of shapes (taken from the menu).

Daddy regretted that he did not buy the Super Minds, which is the next level puzzle for slightly older kids

'Dry' Swimming

2011-10-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

This is how I show Daddy and Mummy what is 'dry' swimming .... haha, ie. practising my swimming strokes with a float, not in water, but on dry land !!!

And I am learning how to swim freestyle

Took Joel's float instead because he left his in my house the last time

健康歌

2011-10-23T21:19:00.000-07:00

Daddy saw this episode of 百万大赢家, where they sang the 健康歌 by 范小萱. Then I also commented that I also know the dance steps of that song !!! Learnt that from school

Photo Taking

2011-10-22T21:15:00.000-07:00

Chanced upon this at Jurong Point on Saturday so I insisted on taking photos with them !!!

跟我来电

2011-10-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

I have always liked Fast Track lessons in school, because they teach very interesting sciene experiments and knowledge. And this time, we did an experiment on static electricity ... so when I went home, I showed Daddy and Mummy what that was.

Unfortunately, I did not have enough strength to keep rubbing the pen to create static, so had to rely on Daddy to do it for me. So now I understand why Daddy and Mummy sometimes 跟我来电。哈哈

High EQ ???

2011-10-18T20:09:00.000-07:00

I decided to draw a card showing all my K1 friends .... and I started naming all my favourite friends as I drew them on the card. And when I was done, Mummy saw that the card had less than 14 kids (my class had 14 kids altogether). And she realized that I only drew my favourite / best friends on the card.

So when Mummy asked where are the rest of my classmates, I replied her that the rest went to toilet so therefore I cannot draw them onto my card .... high EQ right, instead of saying I only want to draw my favourite / best friends !!! Haha.

And then I realized I forgot to draw myself into the picture .... haha

Xavier's Birthday Party

2011-10-17T17:32:00.000-07:00

The K1 class was invited to Xavier's birthday party on Sunday morning, held at Jurong Safra Kids Amaze !! And this was the third time I went there.

The Kids Amaze personnel was trying to get the kids to play some group games and activities ... but I guessed either we (the kids) were too excited to enjoy ourselves at the Kids Amaze playground, or the games were too boring that we lost interest pretty fast. Haha

In the end, we ended up enjoying ourselves in the playground instead. And after 1.5 hours of fun, it was lunch time. Xavier's parents ordered buffet lunch for us ... yummy !!! And there was really too much food !!!

Cake cutting ceremony !!! And I was right .... told Daddy and Mummy that Xavier likes sports cars a lot, seen from his cake. So Daddy and Mummy bought a sports car for Xavier as his birthday present !!! You see, I know my friends pretty well. Haha

Can you guess whose finger was that, trying to get near to the cake ??? Not mine ....

Can you guess whose finger that was ??? Compare to the colour of the sleeve .... haha. Everyone was waiting to eat the cake, but I was still enjoying my 3rd chicken drumlet .... cannot waste time waiting for cake ... must eat something. Haha

And the birthday song ..... Wei Hong was the conductor

And see who we have here ??? Miss Daphne !!! She was my English teacher in Playgroup ... but went on to study in NTU. And so all my teachers who taught me and are teaching me : 宋老师, Miss Daphne and Ms Kristy

We left the place at 1 pm since I needed to go home to catch my nap, before my little CMA test at 4 pm that day ....

Happy Birthday Xavier !!!

Ice-Cream Making Workshop

2011-10-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

Daddy bought the ice-cream making workshop voucher for $9.90. The workshop is organized by The LearningTech, a subsidiary of Times Publishing.

When Daddy bought the voucher, it was not stated that it is not parent-accompanied. Luckily, I'm super adaptive and super outgoing, so I had no problem at all when I realised that Daddy and Mummy will be outside the room. There were a couple of children who were crying and refused to be left alone.

Waiting for the workshop to start....

Daddy and Mummy were in the other room listening to a "parents' workshop", aka sales talk, trying to sell reference books, encyclopedias and other multimedia teaching aids.... The ice-cream making is supposed to be one of the activities from the reference books. But since Mummy and Daddy have been going to the library with me every week to borrow different books, and also downloading resources from the internet, plus my FastTrack lessons in schools, they feel that there is no need to buy anymore reference books. Especially I'll probably just go through them a few times, and would not refer to them anymore.

So its just me enjoying the workshop.....

Shaking and shaking to make sure my ice-cream is evenly solidified.....

And the end result.....

Tada.... enjoying my vanila ice-cream.....

Letting Mummy try the ice-cream that I made.....

I even got a certificate!!!
My yummy ice-cream, good till the last drop. Cannot waste mah.....
So good that I can forget about my image.... see my new chocolate flavoured mole ... Oops.....

Just in case anyone is interested to make ice-cream at home.... this is the recipe...... shall try that again at home

Well, its not actually professional ice-cream making, but I still had good fun. And I learnt that I can actually make ice-cream using very simple tools!

Free Massage

2011-10-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

I can provide free massage, whoever is game for it ....

And I hone my massage skills on 表妹。哈哈

Jacob Ballas Garden Fun

2011-10-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

Since Sunday morning was a pretty nice weather, we decided to go to Jacob Ballas Garden for some fun. Arranged to meet 表妹，舅舅，舅母 and 公公 at the garden.

Having a go at turning the wheels .... must work hard for photosynthesis and make food

姑丈, why are you taking my photo ???

Why are all of you so slow in crossing this bridge ??? I have been waiting for the longest time !!

But when we reached the treehouse, it was closed for maintenance !!!

So we explored some really interesting trees .... see, national tree of Madagascar !!! Isn't that the cartoon movie ???

Trumpet tree .... can I blow the flowers and make music ???

And we saw a scarecrow

Next on the agenda was fun time with sand !!!

舅母 helping to tie up 表妹 hair ....

Let me see what treasure I can find inside ...

姑丈, why are you taking my photo again ??? Let me give you my "buay siong" face !!!!

After having fun with sand, it was time for water play !!! See how 表妹 and I checked out the water fountain

Left at 10+ when the sky turned a little gloomy .... off to the next destination : Marina Square playground !!! Haha

Cheap Thrill

2011-10-08T20:29:00.000-07:00

Went for a quick dinner at Yew Tee Square, and we saw the Children's Day Celebration organized by the tenants at Yew Tee Square. So Mummy bought some wolfberries to get a receipt of $5 for me to have some cheap thrill .... haha

Wanted !!!

2011-10-07T21:42:00.000-07:00

Daddy and I are worth 5 million Euros !!!! Not bad right, even when Euros is depreciating ....

Playtime at Paragon

2011-10-05T20:28:00.000-07:00

See how easily I can make friends when it comes to playtime .... and friends of different nationalities !!!! Haha

Mummy said I am super out-going and not shy at all !!!

Build-A-Bear Session

2011-10-03T17:42:00.000-07:00

Daddy and Mummy brought me to the "Build-A-Bear" shop to celebrate Children's Day for me. I had one bear as a gift from Auntie Peiling and Uncle Shucheng when I was younger. So this time, after much deliberation, I decided to choose a dog, instead of a bear

Then filling the doggie with cotton wool .....

Giving the doggie with all my love .... and gave the doggie the 'wow' 'wow' sound (sound chip implanted inside the body)

And the final brush to make it clean and tidy

Chose a princess outfit (called Sleeping Beauty) for my little doggie ....

And tada ... my little Princess (that was what I called my doggie) was born !!!! Daddy had a 'little' shock on the final price of my Princess ... haha

While waiting for the MRT (since I expected the MRT to be really slow .... given that the Transport Minister has not gotten back on my query ... look at my previous post), I took out my Princess and hugged it tight

Once I reached home, I decided to change the attires of my bear and Princess !!!

And Princess shall sleep with me on my bed tonight .... Daddy and Mummy just hoped I do not keep pressing my Princess to have the wow wow sound ... haha

Any Response from the Transport Minister ???

2011-10-03T13:31:00.000-07:00

Since my school was closed on Monday for relocation to a new premise, Daddy and Mummy decided to take leave to bring me out to celebrate Children's Day. Took the MRT to town, instead of driving to save on parking charges.

While waiting at the JE MRT interchange to change train, we had to wait for the third train to come before we could board the train. The 2 trains that went past were just empty and did not allow passengers to board. Waited for 10 mins before the third train came, and it was almost 90% full !!!

Then I asked this question ....

"Thought MRT supposed to be fast, how come need to wait so slow ??"

So can the Transport Minister help to answer this question ???

And while the Transport Minister is pondering hard how to answer that question, can he also answer why we have a station called "Queenstown" when we do not even have a Queen in Singapore ??? That was the question I asked Mummy when we passed by the station !!!

My First Dictionary

2011-10-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

My first dictionary ... not by Webster, but by Dr Seuss !!

And this is how it looks like inside ... lots of pictures to illustrate the meaning of the words

Read By Myself

2011-09-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

Learning to read a storybook by myself ....

三字经 Revisited

2011-09-27T20:15:00.000-07:00

When Mummy came back from her business trip, she decided to see if I have made improvement to my 三字经 ... and she was surprised that I have made really good progress ... efforts of 宋老师 !!!

But there is still quite a long way before I can recite the entire 三字经