Christmas @ Orchard Road

The big mega x'mas tree outside Ion Orchard

Taken from inside of the x'mas tree

YS posed with one of the fake reindeers along Orchard Road, YQ too terrified to stand close to them so no pics taken for her...

A snapshot of Orchard Road using my lousy mobile camera

This year is my 1st time ever tried to bring the kiddos to Orchard road to see the x'mas lightings. In actual fact, I don't like to walk through the crowds & always tried my best to avoid any crowded areas. Guess what! we went on a Saturday night...the roads ware jammed packed with cars....the walkways were jammed packed with people. But it was a good experience for the kids!

I found the x'mas decors along Orchard Road not very fascinating & enticing....the x'mas mood was so-so only. Will we go again next year? We'll see.....

Plus my new mobile' camera function sucks...unable to take nice pictures & the battery life is shorter. Still miss my old mobile phone though (my mum is using it now)! Hb took our current camera for his Argentina biz trip. Or perhaps...Santa Claus could give me a new camera as a x'mas present? sigh.....I wish lor....

YS: Mummy, where are we going?

Mummy: We are going to Orchard Road to see x'mas lightings

YS: Wow, we are going to Orchard "loot"

Mummy: Boy...wrong pronunciation lah...Orchard Road & not Orchard loot..

YS: Orchard loot...Orchard loot...Orchard root...

Mummy: +_+ (perhaps it's really time to send him for phonic class soon..)

Christmas @ Changi T3

When I told the kiddos that I'm bringing them to T3 to see the big Christmas ball...they were so excited. The Christmas ball opened every half an hour and there will be Christmas song to hear...children will be crowding around the bottom of the ball trying to grab all the sweets dropped together with lots of colourful ping pong balls. Anyway, the kiddos were not so fascinated with the Christmas ball, they were more interested with the indoor children playground *faint*...We ventured around the 2nd level & took a look at all the shops & restaurants.

Parents-Teachers Meeting

I went for my 1st PTM ever since they joined the school in June this year. I was feeling excited & wondered what sort of feedbacks I will get from their teachers.


For YS, his teachers (English & Chinese) commented that he has shown big improvement since June till now. He has shown improvement in his command of English, quite good in his motor skills. His command of Mandarin has been very good & he is able to influence his peer to speak more Mandarin in class. However, the teachers find that he is quite scared of getting himself dirty :P when he is required to come into contact with sand / soil. Compared to his classmates, he is slightly slow in his phonics & writing, but he is improving along the way. He is very slow in finishing his lunch, likes to store his food in his mouth.


For YQ, the 1st thing her teachers (English & Chinese) commented about her is that she loves music (dancing & singing). Now she is able to do things quite independently without her brother's company. She used to look for her brother whenever she cries but now she does not need to rely on her brother anymore. She is less clingy to her comfort things. She dares to express her feelings to her English teacher now by trying to speak to her in English. She is quite vain...haha...the teachers told me that she will often request them to tie her hair. Her appetite is quite good & I was surprised to hear that she will finish her vegetables during her meal time. Overall she is very participative & attentive in class.

Asthmatic...medication....puff....

One of the things which I do not wish to happen to YS has happened! He was having very bad cough & fever for the past few days, I had a bad feeling about this & asked my mum to bring him to see Doc Ong. Doc Ong called me on my mobile & told me patiently about YS's condition...his wheezing sound is quite bad and he needs to be on medication & puff for the time being until his cough condition stabilised. He advised me on the package which I can take up for asthma consultation.

Lots of questions were flashing through my brain & dh was away on a biz trip for a month to Argentina. I was unable to get hold of him at that timing so decided to base on my instinct to make the decision. I agreed to take up the package seeing that YS will need more consultation & medication in the long run. It will be more economical for me as I just need to fork out $100+ and the remaining $300 will be deduct from my medisave.

Poor boy, I dunno whether his condition is due to hereditary factor or external factors. Now I have to watch his diet very carefully & has to make sure the surrounding is dust free if possible to prevent any asthma attack. Probably, I will need to enrol him for swimming class to strengthen his lung.

Happy Birthday to Hubby!

Happy 32nd B'day Darling!

Of course the kiddos were so happy coz they were able to eat b'day cake twice within a week.

Celebration @ in-law's house, swensen ice-cream cake sponsored by mil

Celebration @ home, oreomisu cake from Emicakes

Waiting anxiously...

For past weeks, I have looked at various models, compared pricing & features that best suited for my usage. Since I'm going to recontract my current phone line & it's about time for a change of new mobile phone. I was eyeing at the I-Phone...Samsung Omnia II & Nokia N97 for quite a while but in the end felt that it was not worth to fork out more than $100 & above just to buy the phone (since I'm going to change my mobile once a year or every 2 years).

I was browsing thru all the current models & saw Samsung Jet. The features looked pretty interesting & I just need to fork out around $50 for the phone...looked like a pretty good deal for me.

Yes! Finally I'm going to pass over my old Nokia N82 to my mum & now waiting for Starhub to deliver the new mobile phone to me...hiak hiak hiak!

Updated: Just received a call from Starhub, the caller said I'm entitled to a discount voucher therefore the cost of the phone & the delivery charge will be FOC...woohoo!

Weekend Pics

Army Boy ready to protect his country (borrowed shu shu's army helmet & vest)

阿兵哥 (borrowed shu shu's army cap)

Yummy Salads..

Tasty roasted chickens..

Mr. Piggy @ Nando's

This was my 1st attempt to try the food @ Nando's in JB, apparently dh said that the sauce he tried @ Nando's in Melbourne is nicer. The sauce they served in JB is more saltish & the colour is more yellowish. So in the end, I decided to mix tomato sauce & Nando's sauce together. Definately tasted better...:)

October Updates

The kiddos have recovered from HFMD already & went to school just in time for the annual school photo taking. As for me, last week was slightly busy for me as I went to the Wine for Asia 2009 event. Got to know some new friends from the same trade & tasted some very interesting wines & of course how can I miss out on my favourite German Riesling :)

At the Wine for Asia trade show

My colleagues- Linda (left) & Ariel (right)

Mr. Richard Buller (the winemaker)

Enjoyed a quiet dinner with dh @ Shokudo (City Hall)..yum..yum..

Last weekend, I brought the kiddos to Daiso to get some stuff. And the shop has started selling X'mas decorations already. This reminded me that this whole year passed so fast, and in about 2 months time is X'mas Day!

My conversation with YS:

YS: Mummy where are we going?

Myself: We are going to Daiso.

YS: Oh...going to Dinosaur.

Myself: No....Daiso & Dinosaur is different. Daiso is a shopping outlet, Dinosaur is an extinct animal.

YS: Nah...it's the same!

Myself: ^_^ *faint*

HFMD (part 2)

The thing that I do not wish to happen to YQ has finally happened.... she was having slight fever on Tuesday evening when I picked her up from school but the teacher told me there were no symptoms of HFMD from her yet. But to be safe, I quickly brought her home to take some fever medicine & bathed her. I brought her to our nearby GP after dinner for consultation. Yup, she was diagnosed by the GP that she had HFMD now...so she is resting at home with YS. I'm sure my mum will be even more tiring having 2 active sick children running around in the house. Hopefully they will recover faster in time & go back to their school for the class photo taking next Wednesday.

The weird thing is both of them only has red spots & ulcers appeared in their mouth & not other various parts of their bodies. After reading through some articles online, it was found that some people really only have the outbreak in their mouth only. So maybe I'm a little bit too paranoid :)

YS is still recovering & his ulcers are almost subsided. Surprisingly, the principal told me that YS's classmate who was sick on the same day as him has already resume back to school activity yesterday. Apparently, the kid's condition was not due to HFMD but was actually due to heatiness in her body. Anyway, I felt it's better for my children to resume back to school after they have fully recover & prevent them from spreading to other children in school.

自编自改歌词

近来，YQ时常又哼又唱老师教她的“上学歌”。
但是她唱的版本很奇怪，每次唱完后我们都会笑。
过后，老公再也忍不住了，要我问老师正确的歌词。

YQ 的版本：
太阳当空照，花儿都开了，
小鸟说早早早，你为什么背上小书包。
我要上学校，天天不知道，
爱学习，爱唠叨。。blah...blah.... (这边她唱到很模糊）。

老师的版本：
太阳当空照，花儿对我笑，
小鸟说早早早，你为什么背上小书包。
我要上学校，天天不迟到，
爱学习，爱劳动，长大要为人民立功劳。