27 Feb 2022 - Driving through flooded road

It was pouring heavily in recent days and today seems the worst.  While we were driving home from our lunch place, we passed by a road where the water level went above the center of our car's wheel.  We had to drive very slowly through that stretch of road.  It's the first time Jerlene and Javier had experienced such a "ride".  

27 Feb 2022 - Covid Positive in our household

Tracy was tested positive this morning after having flu symptom.  Immediately, the rest of us (Jerlene, Javier and myself) proceeded to do our own ART test and fortunately, we were all tested negative.

Tracy then started her isolation in the bedroom.  For the coming week, we will all be wearing masks at home when walking around.  As Jerlene and Javier are worried that they may get infected, they have decided to wear masks even while sleeping.  :-)

14 Feb 2022 - Valentine Day's Lunch

Both Tracy and myself were pretty busy at work recently but today we managed to take a short break for our Valentine's Day lunch @ Wimbly Lu.  We have come here quite a few times in the past and we both love the dishes.

Happy Valentine's Day to ALL!

12 Feb 2022 - Mom's Birthday

Today is my mom's birthday and we had a small celebration at my sis's place.  Due to the current covid restriction, I alone was there representing my family.  Hopefully all these restrictions can slowly be relaxed as we moved into the endemic phase.

9 Feb 2022 - House Warming after much delay

We had a long overdue house warming session at our colleague's place.  Finally we got to meet up and had lunch together after almost 2 years.

6 Feb 2022 - Bird's Eye View of TJC

This afternoon I went 拜年 at my cousin's place which is opposite of Javier's current school, TJC.  From the living room, I was able to have a good view of the entire school compound.

31 Jan 2022 - Reunion Dinner

Today is CNY eve and we had our reunion dinner, which is a yearly event, at our place.  As per every reunion dinner, LouHei is always a must!  Huat Ah!  :-)

Wishing all Happy CNY in advance!  恭喜发财，身体健康，万事如意!

29 Jan 2022 - Lunch at Soek Seng Bicycle Cafe

We decided to find a new dining place for our lunch today and Soek Seng Bicycle Cafe came to our mind.  We have read about this place on social media quite a lot but have not tried it till today.  It is located right next to the Seletar Airport runway.  We spent a while looking for it as we missed a small road leading to the cafe.

It was not crowded at the time when we were there.  From the cafe, we were able to look out of the cafe for a nice view of the runway.

Following were some dishes that we ordered.

Since it's called a Bicycle Cafe, it's not a surprise to see bicycles and accessories all around the cafe.

As we are still in a pandemic when international borders are mostly closed, we did not see any plane taking off or touching down on the runway.

26 Jan 2022 - Beautiful Dawn

Nice morning sky.  Wishing all a great day ahead!  :-)

25 Jan 2022 - Jerlene's 15th Birthday

My little princess is turning 15 today!  So that means I've been blogging for 15 years!  What an achievement!  :-)

After picking up Javier from MOELC, we drove to Junction 8 for our dinner.  We had our meal at Watami Japanese Restaurant.

After dinner, we bought an ice-cream cake from Swensen's and went home for a mini celebration.  Happy Birthday, Jerlene!

18 Jan 2022 - First German Lesson

Javier did not go to school today because he was having Home Based Learning (HBL).  In the afternoon, I brought him to MOE Learning Centre to attend his first German class.  Initially, we thought of taking public bus to MOELC but the waiting time of the next arriving bus was "terrible".  He will be late for sure if we were to wait for the bus.  As such, we had to "grab" a car in order not to be late for the class.  When we reached the learning centre, I was quite surprised to see so many students taking 3rd language.  The lesson starts at 3:30pm and ends at 6:30pm. 

15 Jan 2022 - Community Education Award

In recognition of Javier's academic achievement and good conduct last year, he received the Edusave Scholarship at the award presentation ceremony this morning at Ci Yuan Community Club.  Due to the current Safe Management Measures, only one family member can attend the ceremony with the student.

Hope this yearly award will continue to motivate Javier to achieve even more.  Congrats, Javier!

Nice sky on our way to the award ceremony this morning.  :-)

14 Jan 2022 - Ice Cream Waffle Time

Tonight, we decided to for Ice Cream Waffle at Lickers (Lorong Ah Soo) but when we reached, we saw a long queue outside of the cafe.  We all agreed that we will not queue for an hour just to have the ice cream waffle.  As such, we changed our venue to Naked Ice Cream at Kovan.  We were fortunate to have one available table just nice for the 4 of us.

Time to enjoy the Ice Cream Waffles!  :-)

13 Jan 2022 - TJC Academic Excellence Award

I've received a letter from TJC informing me that Javier has been awarded the Temasek Junior College Academic Excellence Award which is given to IP1 students who achieved a PSLE score of AL6 or lower and are pursuing studies in TJC.  This is a cash award of $1000.  Once again, well done Javier!

10 Jan 2022 - IP1 Meet-the-Parents Session

Today Javier managed to take a public bus home all by himself.  The journey is about an hour.  At 5pm, there was a IP1 Meet-the-Parents zoom session conducted by TJC.  The session is very informative and parents have a better idea of what our children will be going through in the coming 6 years.