8 Mar 2016 - My mini orchid blooms again!

This pot of mini Orchid has been with us for more than 10 years.  And it's still going strong.......even without our tender loving care.  :-P

8 Mar 2016 - Practising new moves learnt from Taekwando and Wushu classes

As the post subject says.........

I can actually see improvement in his moves, especially the strength used and balancing.  Keep it up, Javier!

8 Mar 2016 - Anniversary lunch

Today is International Women's Day.  At the same time, it's also our anniversary.  We had our lunch at a Korean restaurant called Yoogane at Bugis Junction.  It is one of the most popular and best Chicken Galbi restaurants in Korea.  We ordered the Seafood and Chicken Galbi.  The following photos show the before and after mixing with their unique sauces and seasoning.

It was a great lunch and taste real good.  As we had a $15 voucher after paying using a UOB credit card, we will be back within the next 3 months.

After lunch, we went to Unravel, an Escape Room that Uniquely Singapore.  The room that we played is called "The Wish" and it's based on a story related to The Old Ford Factory along Upper Bukit Timah Road.  We ended our program with Popcorn Ice Cream from Sweet Monster.

6 Mar 2016 - Thosai and Putu Mayam

Javier used to order "Special Paper Prata with Sugar and Milk" for lunch at the Prata Shop.  Recently, he has switched to "Plain Thosai", which is mommy's favourite.

As for Jerlene, she has been switching between "Egg Prata" and "Putu Mayam", which is my favourite when I was a kid.  :-)

28 Feb 2016 - Learning to cycle on 2 wheels

Jerlene starts to learn cycling on two wheels today.  Though still unable to balance well, she kept trying.  With her determination and our encouragement, I'm sure she can achieve her objective soon.  加油！

23 Feb 2016 - It's Art and Craft again

Javier had another Art and Craft lesson in school today.  Thanks to the other mommies who share these photos taken during the class.  School life seems to be a lot more fun now compared to those days during my time.

20 Feb 2016 - Lion Dance CNY 2016

Chinese New Year will be bored without Lion Dance.  It not only boost up everyone's festive mood, it may also bring luck to some.  :-)

This year, the kids were having fun dancing around with the lion.  It's fun watching them trying to snatch fruits from the lion's mouth.

As usual, at the end of the performance, a lucky 4D number will "appear"!  Huat ah!

Here's a video of the lion dance with the kids having so much fun.

17 Feb 2016 - Thinking out of the box?

Usually when parents see their kids got all their answers wrong in a test paper, they will most likely get angry and start questioning their kids what happen.  Today Javier showed me his maths test paper.  The moment I saw the first question, I got a shock because it was all wrong!  However after I took a second look, I do not know whether I should scold him or praise him instead.

Take a look at the question below and Javier's answers to it.  His answers are in the rectangular boxes.  Ignore those in the brackets as they were corrections.

Javier was supposed to write the numbers in words (eg. one for the number 1, two for the number 2, so on and so forth).  Instead, Javier wrote two for 1, four for 3, five for 4 etc.  When I asked him why he answered this way, he insisted that he was correct.  His explanation is that the question is asking them to write the following numbers in words.  So he said to me:"Isn't the following number for 1 is two? And following number for 3 is four? and so on..........."

After hearing his explanation, I can't help but LOL!  How can I fault him even if he got it all wrong?  In fact, I must say that he was actually not entirely wrong.  I am not sure if he's thinking too much or he's just thinking out of the box.  I wondered how his teacher felt when she marked this question and saw Javier's answers......haha..........

16 Feb 2016 - Art and Craft Class

Javier's class had an Art and Craft lesson today.  They used crayons to colour paper plates.  They were told to bring an extra clothing or an apron so that they don't dirty their school shirt.

They seemed to be enjoying themselves.  Parents were invited to be volunteers in this class but I'm unable to take time off from my work.  These photos were taken by other parents.  :-)

14 Dec 2016 - Valentine's Day cum Birthdays cum CNY Family Gathering

There was much to celebrate today.  Firstly it is Valentine's Day (情人节).  Then it is the 7th day of Chinese New Year which we called 人日 (aka birthday of all mankind).  And also, it was my mom's and my birthday in the coming week.  As such, we had a family gathering and a mini birthday celebration.

14 Feb 2016 - Practising Endurance (扎马步)

Javier showing us how long he can 扎马步.

13 Feb 2016 - Black-naped Oriole

On our way to the basketball court this morning, we saw a beautiful Black-naped Oriole resting under the shade in the park.  Jerlene and Javier tried to get closer but the bird flew away when they were about 3 metres from it.

8 Feb 2016 - Getting ready to go 拜年

大年初一，去拜年loh..........

新年快乐，万事如意！

2 Feb 2016 - Javier 2, Daddy 0 (Not my day)

While on our way to school this morning...

Javier:"Daddy, I can count from one to one thousand."

Daddy:"Ok good.....but everyone also can count what......"

Javier:"Even baby can?"

Daddy:"Baby of course cannot lah."

Javier:"Then why you say EVERYONE also can?!!?!?"

Daddy:"..............."

Then on our way home in the evening...

Javier:"Daddy, why do we have to go to school?"

Daddy:"So that you will learn new things."

Javier:"Can old people go to school also?"

Daddy:"Of course, we can go to school anytime we want."

Javier:"Anytime?"

Daddy:"Ya......"

Javier:"Even when people die?"

Daddy:".........."

I decided to keep my mouth shut for today.

30 Jan 2016 - Basketball session

We recently bought two basketballs as we intend to make it a regular session every Saturday morning.  We bought one smaller sized basketball suitable for children of Javier's age and the other the normal size.  Jerlene used the normal sized basketball and managed to score regularly from around the net.

Though Javier used the smaller ball, he still find it difficult to score.  Having said that, he managed to get a few lucky shots.