27 Sep 2015 - Mid Autumn Festival (中秋节) at Ci Yuan

Ci Yuan CC has organized a mid autumn festival celebration this evening where our PM is the guest of honour.  We were there early but there were many others who were earlier.

There were activities such as lantern painting etc but it was simply too crowded.  We had a hard time squeezing through the crowd from one end to the other.

In the end, we decided to have our own celebration at home.

Watch the dancing lantern in the dark!

26 Sep 2015 - Celebrating Lantern Festival

There was a mini celebration for Lantern Festival at the club house this evening.  I brought Jerlene and Javier there to collect their free lanterns.

As the sky had not turned dark yet, we decided to go and have some ice cream at the McDonalds.

We returned by the poolside at about 8pm.  Jerlene and Javier began their lantern tour around the pool.

Not forgetting to take a "wefie" of course.  :-)

24 Sep 2015 - Haze turning from bad to worse

The hazy situation has gotten from bad to worse today.  While we were on the road this morning, the visibility was pretty low.

When we reached home, I looked out of our window and many buildings had disappeared from my sight.  The city skyline was obviously no where to be found.  Even the nearby Serangoon stadium was "gone".

Jerlene had been monitoring the PSI level on TV and kept asking me whether school will close tomorrow.  And true enough this night, it was announced that school will be closed for one day tomorrow due to the hazardous PSI level (above 300).

7 Sep 2015 - Breakfast at newly opened Ci Yuan CC hawker centre

September one week school holiday starts today.  However, Jerlene and Javier will still be going to student care and child care centre for the day.  Before sending them to the centre, we brought them for breakfast at the nearby newly opened Ci Yuan CC hawker centre.  We ordered a huge bun called "叶子楣大包" and they were amazed by the size.  Jerlene loves the pork inside while Javier loves the skin outside.  It's not easy to find food that they both like.  :-)

6 Sep 2015 - Prata lunch, a weekly affair

In recent months, having prata lunch on Sunday have become a weekly affair for us.  Javier will always order his "special paper sugar and milk prata" while Jerlene will order either an egg prata or putu mayam.  Of course, they will not forget their Ice Milo.

What you see above is Roti John, ordered by me.  :-)

5 Sep 2015 - 七月歌台

It's currently the 7th month of the lunar calendar.  It's also known as the hungry ghost month.  During this month, there will be mini stage setup all around the island where singers were invited to sing for the 好兄弟 (ghosts).  This is the first time where Jerlene and Javier actually experienced such atmosphere but they were not simply interested.......  :-(

5 Sep 2015 - Inside Out

Jerlene and Javier had been asking to watch "Inside Out" in the past few weeks.  Initially I thought they may not understand what those characters (Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and fear) actually are but I was wrong.  They explained to me that those characters are in the mind of the little girl and controlling her actions.  In fact, they not only understand the story, this was also the first time I see them getting emotional.  At one point when the scene was so touching, I actually saw Javier controlling tears in his eyes.  And when he noticed that I was watching him, he turned around and said:"My eyes itchy"!  Haha.....a boy is a boy.  男子汉，流血不流泪!

After the show, we went to Northpoint for some snow ice dessert.

29 Aug 2015 - Breast Stroke = Butterfly Stroke?

In today's swimming lesson, the instructor started teaching them breaststroke (or some say frog style).  Javier was so funny.  When the instructor asked him to swim forward in breaststroke, somehow he swam in a style that resembles butterfly stroke.  We all, including the instructor, can't stop laughing and at the same time, pretty amazed too.

As it happened too quickly, I did not have the chance to take a video of it.  However, that image will stay in my memory for a very long time.  Whenever I think of it, I will still laugh......haha.......

24 Aug 2015 - Dancing Kids are BACK!

It has been quite a while since Jerlene and Javier last played the Xbox dancing game.  Today, not sure what triggered them to play it again.

It's always enjoyable to watch them dance and have fun!

23 Aug 2015 - DIY pancakes

This morning, Jerlene and mommy decided to make pancakes for breakfast.  Considering this was their first attempt, I must say it tasted pretty good.  Practice makes perfect.  So I hope this won't be the first and last time.

22 Ag 2015 - Nice porridge at Sin Heng Kee

There is a nice porridge stall (Sin Heng Kee at Hougang street 61) near our place and we decided to go there this evening for dinner.  Initially, Javier said he didn't like porridge.  However he finished two bowls in the end.  I seldom see him eat so much and so fast for a meal.  We all had a satisfying dinner.

9 Aug 2015 - Happy 50th Birthday, Singapore!

It's SG50 today.  Happy 50th birthday, Singapore!

It seems like my mini orchid wanted to celebrate with us as it started blooming today.

As usual, there was aerial display by the SAF Airforce as part of the National Day Parade.

Before the fly past at Padang, the flying machines will normally fly past my place first.

9 Aug 2015 - Celebrate SG birthday at the KTV

Today is National Day and we were having a KTV sing along session together with our neighbour in the afternoon.

Let's listen to Jerlene and Javier singing 私奔到月球.  They actually don't quite know the lyrics, especially Javier, but still managed to "blah blah" through the song.  :-)

8 Aug 2015 - One kid, One device

This is how the minecraft gang spent most of their time during holiday and weekend.  When I stood right in front of them, it was as though I am invisible.  Sigh.............一群低头族.

7 Aug 2015 - My very own MBS

Jerlene and Javier have been "pestering" me to join their world in Minecraft.  After I saw what they have built, I was amazed and decided to build something iconic.  The first thing that came into my mind is Marina Bay Sands.  So I started working on it and it took me several hours to build the exterior.  On the ship-like roof, I even created the famous infinity pool.

Jerlene and Javier were excited to visit my very own MBS.  When I have the time, I will try to build the interior with casino, restaurants, shopping outlets and hotel rooms.