The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly

Yes, that is the story that I told Daddy and Mummy this morning in their bed. Woke up early and went into their bedroom while they were still in bed .... told them that I want to tell them a story ... so I went to my room and took the storybook (titled : The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly) that Mummy borrowed for me from the library.

Daddy and Mummy have read this story to me previously so I am able to read the story by myself !!!

I love going to the library and borrowing books to read !!!

Celebrating 叔叔 Birthday

Since 叔叔 will be travelling to Thailand during his birthday, so we decided to celebrate his birthday early, before he flies off over the weekend.

Daddy picked me up early from school on Fri so that we can go and get a place at Ichiban Sushi at IMM. While waiting for 爷爷，奶奶，姑姑，叔叔 and Mummy to come, I did some self-entertainment .... remembered the Humpty Thumpty nursery rhyme that I heard at the show at Jurong Point ? Sang that as I was waiting ....

And finally the rest came .... since 叔叔 and I are quite 'heaty', Daddy bought a mango cake, instead of chocolate cake ....

Happy Birthday 叔叔 and enjoy your trip !!!

Daddy's SBR 2010

Yes, Daddy went for his second 10 km run for the year : The Singapore Bay Run (SBR) 2010 ... of all the 4 10km runs that he has participated, this has to be his best timing so far (54 mins 43 secs) ... compared to the SBR 2009, he did better by almost 5 mins

NAME: KUAN KENG FAI
EVENT: 10km Men
DATE: Sunday, 12 September 2010
BIB/DIV: 62325 / Singapore OPEN
TIME: 55m:3s (gun) / 54m:43s (net)
POSITION : 369th place, with 13% finishers ahead of him

See details here.

With another 5 km run organized by his company 2 weeks later, that will be Daddy's last run for the year ... and he is going to take a break

Daddy decided in future, two 10 km runs per year will be the maximum .... since he is getting older ... haha. Joints starting to give away already

BBQ Experience

Daddy and Mummy decided to have a BBQ with a small group of friends on Saturday, inviting only 3 other families along, to have some parenting talk ....

Uncle Telang, Auntie Winnie, Joel and Camille
Uncle Shucheng, Auntie Peiling and Amelia (Zhiyun)
Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei and Kaiying

Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei and Kaiying were the first to arrive at about 5 pm .... and then came Uncle Telang and family. While Mummy was busy preparing food for BBQ, Daddy and the rest went downstairs to set up the BBQ. But before that, Joel and I decided to change into our swimming costume to have some fun in the swimming pool. Auntie Jiawei initially wanted to have Kaiying join in the water fun, but decided not to, since it was a little late and too troublesome for Auntie Jiawei to change into her gear ...

See Kaiying comfortably sitting on the chair .... ready to fall asleep anytime. Kaiying has the same eating problem like me, when I was young. Refused to eat at times, and when she eats, only took very little. So now Kaiying has dropped out of the growth chart :(

So while Daddy and Uncle Telang (more of Uncle Telang actually) were setting up the BBQ fire, Joel and I played in the kiddy pool, with Auntie Winnie looking after us

Then Uncle Shucheng and family came.

We started the BBQ slightly before 7 pm ... finally. Had quite some food, contirbuted by all :

1. Chicken satay (Mummy bought chicken leg, cut them into small pieces and took Prima Deli satay mix to marinate before tat). Tasted quite well with the satay peanut sauce

2. Tiger prawns

3. Salmon stick

4. Chicken wings (unfortunately, the BBQ fire was not that strong, so Mummy grilled the chicken wings using an oven instead)

5. Bacon + cheese with asparagus wrap

6. Portabello mushroom (unfortunately, the BBQ fire was not that strong, so took too long to get the mushroom cooked)

7. Corn

8. Sweet potato

9. Some mock / vegetarian food (bought from a vegetarian stall)

10. Watermelon and packet drinks / coke

See Uncle Shucheng and Auntie Peiling feeding Zhiyun, before they have their own dinner ... reminded Daddy of the same routine when I was younger .... sigh ... the greatness of parents !!!

But as least Zhiyun looked like she enjoyed her food (easier to feed), compared to me, when I was the same age ....

After swimming, we changed out of our wet gear and tucked in

Kaiying took a bit of her own dinner ... before Auntie Jiawei gave some chicken wing to her .... Kaiying seemed to enjoy her chicken wing ... think this was much better than her own food ... looks like Auntie Jiawei got to prepare chicken wings everyday

And being kaypoh, I helped Uncle Telang to do some fanning, just for a short while

And since the playground was just nearby, of course, the kids had to play there. Uncle Telang bought some illuminated rings ... and we all had fun

Unfortunately, because Kaiying and Zhiyun are still small, Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei, Uncle Shucheng, Auntie Peilin had to leave early. So Daddy and Mummy did not have a chance to really talk to them

So next time, potluck would be a better idea than BBQ ....

Nursery Rhymes Rock It!

Daddy had to work late, so Mummy brought me to Jurong Point alone after school for the Nursery Rhymes Rock It Show!

Mummy told me that if I wanted to watch the show, I have to eat my dinner really fast, and I really ate super fast!

Manage to catch the pre-show quizzes! I quickly stood up and raised up my hand when they asked " Who did Jack go up the hill with?" And I was selected. I quickly went up.... and I got the correct answer! (but I was speaking so softly, you can't hear it in the video). I got a small little bear as my prize :) I was beaming with pride when I came down from the stage :) :)

The fairy said she liked my big orange T-shirt with a big smiley face...... It happens to be my favourite T-shirt too!

Then the actual show started. I was familiar with the nursery rhymes and so I was singing and dancing for the whole show!

At the end of the show, the fairies said they will be here tomorrow again....and I requested for Mummy to bring me back the next day (but she didn't :( )

My Students ?

It is nice, once in a while, to have students older than yourself ...

Hokkien Song Debut

Yes, kids learn fast .... 爷爷 likes to watch the taiwan drama serial "爱" and after a while, I also know how to sing a few verses from that show ....

Don't believe me ??? Here you go .... Hokkien song

宣宾夺主

Time to change my bedsheet today .... and after Mummy has changed to my new sheet, I told Mummy to go out of the room, so that I can re-position all my soft toys on my bed.

And the result ....

Yes, I must make sure all my little friends are comfortable sleeping on my bed, and I do not mind sleeping below them .... even at the risk of falling out of bed.

BBQ at Uncle Rob's Place

Daddy's colleague, Uncle Rob, was kind enough to invite us and his colleagues (just the small section) to his place for a small gathering on Sat evening. All families, spouse and partners were invited as well

Was supposed to start at 430 pm, but because I woke up late from my afternoon nap, and reached only about 530 pm.

Uncle Rob's place was a penthouse at Viz @ Holland. And he got a portable LPG fired BBQ pit that he shipped over from the States. So ideal for BBQ at the roof-top. Great view from the rooftop ...

We started off with appetizers ... french onion soup, celery and carrot stick and chip/tortilla dip ... all prepared by Uncle Rob. And Uncle Rob kept a cat as a pet .... and I just loved animals ...

Then it was time for BBQ at the rooftop

See Chester gor-gor, the big chef at work !!! Chicken wings and portabello mushrooms ... with cheese toppings !!! Yummy yummy.

While the folks were busy preparing food, the rest of us were in the living room, playing Wii !!! Jade jie-jie brought her Wii station along since she knew that can keep me entertained for the day .... and she was right. I hogged on to the Wii games throughout the evening, playing the different games. I just loved "Fishing" and "Moo Moo Cow" games ....



Err ... how come everybody behind me "siam" when Daddy video me ???



Time for dinner .... and we tucked in, enjoying the chicken wings, the mushroom and fried beehoon. Home cooked food is still the best ...

And after dinner, it was time for some crash course on mahjong !!!

I enjoyed myself so much tat evening .... especially the Wii games ... luckily for Daddy, I did not ask him to get me a Wii station ... yet.

Happy Teachers' Day 2010

This year, I decided to make teacher's day cards for all my teachers

For Miss Daphne :

Drew the rabbit and 5 carrots myself ... err ... needs some imagination for the carrots

Asked Mummy's help to write the words, and I sign off my own name

Pack the card in a nice bag ... and a gift for Miss Daphne ...

Then for 宋老师 :

Again, drew 2 care bears

Asked Mummy to write the words and I sign off my name ... because Jing Ting in Chinese were too difficult to write, so I wrote my surname in Chinese and the rest in English

Both Miss Daphne and 宋老师 have the same gift .... and I chose the gifts myself !!!

And I drew another card for all my other teachers to paste on the dedication board at the school ... butterflies everywhere !! And you got it right, I just love pink !!!

Happy Teachers' Day .... and enjoy the holiday !!!