22 Sep 2022 - Atomic Bomb at a distance?

I woke up this morning and witnessed the following.  It looked to me like an atomic bomb explosion at a distance.....

10 Sep 2022 - Long-Tailed Macaques on my Car!

We had our lunch at Casuarina Curry (Thomson) today.  As we walked back to our car after lunch, there were 3 Long-Tailed Macaques having picnic on my car roof!  They refused to leave even when I tried to "shoo" them away.  Only after I started my car engine that they jumped away from my car. 

7 Sep 2022 - Lunch @ Chinatown and Escape Room

It's a week-long school holiday so we decided to bring the kids out for another escape room session.  Before that, we decided to have our lunch at Nic & Tom, which had moved to Chinatown area from Serangoon Garden where we used to frequent it.  However, there was no available table when we arrived.  After queueing for 15 mins and no one seems to have the intention to leave, we decided to go somewhere else for lunch.  Otherwise, we would probably be late for the escape room session.

We had our lunch at a nearby coffee shop.  After which, we drove to Peace Centre where we tried to escape from the "Qin Mausoleum".

9 Aug 2022 - Happy National Day!!!

Happy 57th birthday to Singapore.  Can you spot the fighter jet formation in the photo below? :-)

Below shows a fighter jet zoom past the moon.

Amazing and colourful cloud formation in the evening.

As usual, there were fireworks in the neighbourhood all around the island.

9 Aug 2022 - Lunch at Yakiniku-GO @ Seletar Mall

Today is our National Day and we decided to have a good lunch to celebrate the day.  Decision was made to have our lunch at Yakiniku-GO @ Seletar Mall.  Yakiniku-GO is a quick service restaurant that doles out high-quality meats at affordable prices.

This is a yakiniku paradise for meat lovers.  All of us enjoyed the meal very much and we had marked it as another lunch place to our existing list.  

7 Aug 2022 - Breakfast @ Shunfu Market

After watching the Red Lions Performance at Bishan, we drove to Shunfu Market for breakfast.  It has been a while since we last came here.  Mei Zhen Hakka Delicacies is one popular stall in the Shunfu hawker centre.

We bought Abacus Yam Ball (算盘子) and Glutinous Rice (糯米饭) which both tasted awesome!  Highly recommended. :-)

7 Aug 2022 - Red Lions @ Bishan (NDP 2022)

As part of this year's National Day celebration, the Red Lions (SAF parachute team) will be performing free-fall jumps over two heartland locations, one of which is at Bishan.  Since we woke up early this morning, we decided to join in the celebration.  By the time we reached the spectator area, the weather did not seem too good with dark clouds covering most part of the sky.  At one point, it even started drizzling and the emcee advised everyone to take shelter for the time being.  However, most of the crowd decided to stay put as they were still hopeful that the performance will go on.

Once the drizzles got lighter, we were all treated with a great view of rainbow across the field.  In fact, it's a double rainbow if you look closely.

After a 30mins delay, the sky started to clear up and the Red Lions proceeded with their iconic free-fall jump into Bishan!  Here we go.............

There were a total of 7 Red Lions landing onto the Bishan field, with the last jumper carrying a National Flag.  There was even a female member of the Red Lions this time round.  All the cheering from the crowd whenever each Red Lion landed on the field had really brought up everyone's mood.

Well done, Red Lions!  You never fail to WOW the crowd!

Following video shows the highlights of the great performance by the Red Lions.

30 Jul 2022 - Damage to Corner Wall at Roof Terrace

After the contractor completed the facade painting work at our estate, I realized that they had damaged part of the corner wall at our roof terrace.  I've reported to our management office and hopefully they will send someone to fix it soon as it's a safety concern for us.

24 Jul 2022 - Visit to National Museum Singapore

The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Art Exhibition is an annual event organized by the Ministry of Education to provide students with opportunities to showcase artistic talents and to promote art appreciation in schools.  The 2022 exhibition theme "Artist and Sustainability" invited students to submit original artworks that consider how individual efforts and collective actions could positively impact the world we live in and benefit future generations.

All submissions to the 2022 Art Exhibition will be showcased in the online gallery via the SYF website.  In addition, a curated selection of student artworks is presented for public view at National Museum of Singapore, from 13-25 July 2022.

As the artwork done by Javier and his team got selected to be showcased at National Museum, we decided to visit the Gallery Theatre and take a look.

You may view the Stop-Motion Animation Video created by Javier and team below.
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14 Jul 2022 - SYF Art Exhibition (Certificate of Recognition)

Today, TJC announced officially that two of the stop-motion animation works submitted by IP1 students have been selected for the 2022 Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibition at National Museum Singapore.  Javier is part of the team who's submission got selected.  You can see it on the SYF website.

Great work, Javier and team!  Proud of your achievement but more importantly, hope you enjoyed the the entire process.

I had previously posted the animation here.

5 Jul 2022 - There is no escape from Covid

Sadly, both Javier and myself tested Covid positive today.  We were having sore throat symptom since few days back but had been tested negative so far.  However, both our ART test results turned positive today.  So right now, Tracy is the only person in the family who is negative.  She actually contracted Covid in February 2022 and seems like her immunity system is working till now against the current strain.  One good thing about entire family getting Covid is that we now no longer need to isolate in the house.  It's very inconvenient when only certain family member need to be isolated and the rest need to take lots of precaution.  Anyway, let's hope we all will recover soon!  

5 Jul 2022 - Missing "O" Level MTL Listening Comprehension

Jerlene was still tested Covid positive today.  As such, she was not able to take the "O" Level Mother Tongue Language (Chinese) Listening Comprehension which was held today.  The teacher will check with the examination committee whether Jerlene will need to take re-test after she recovers.  

Anyway, get well soon, Jerlene!

1 Jul 2022 - IP1 Outdoor Adventure Learning Camp

Since 29 Jun - 1 Jul, Javier and his IP1 cohort were having fun at the Outdoor Adventure Learning Camp.  In the past 2 days, they had put their survival skills to the test through outdoor cooking, structure building and tent pitching.  They also had the opportunity to apply their newly acquired navigation skills as they look for checkpoints in the beautiful Coney Island.  Today was the 3rd and final day of the camp.  They were having kayaking activity where students got to explore coastal ecosystems from a different perspective and experience marine life up close.  They did it at Sentosa.

1 Jul 2022 - Jerlene tested Covid Positive

Jerlene came to me today saying she's having a sore throat.  Immediately I asked her to do an ART test and true enough, the result was positive.  I quickly brought her to the clinic where she did another ART test and result was the same.  As such, she was given 5 days MC and had to isolate herself in her room while Javier got to sleep in our room for the coming week at least.  Both Javier and myself also did ART test and results were negative.

28 Jun 2022 - Mind Stretcher PSLE Achievement Award

Javier received his PSLE Achievement Award Certificate from Mind Stretcher today.  Once again, congrats Javier, and proud of you!