冬至2011

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

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

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

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

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