Gerald's Big Day!

Gerald will be performing in his Preschool class concert today. He's so excited about it he couldn't really sleep last night. Its so wonderful seeing him enjoy every bit of his life. He'll be doing the Hawaiian Dance with his classmates in Nursery.

Going to wake him and Mommy up soon. Got to send them to the school and rush to work by 830am. Will post some pictures after the concert.

Gerald's Monthly Medal Competition

Woke Gerald up at 730am to prepare for this Monthly Medal at NSRCC. Tee off time at 9.10am. He was obviously tired. We all slept at 12plus last night because Mommy and I were busy making headdress (Ah Li Shan type) for her K2 pupils.

Ra didn't do well with 18 putts for 4 holes. His usual bad habits took over again (according to his instructor). He did well for Hole 1 with even par. Probably one on and 2 putts into the hole. That means that he hit and average of 5 to 6 putts per hole over the next 3 holes! Instructor said that he was too eager to putt the ball and did not set up properly.

Looking back, I probably have to shoulder part of the blame. Didn't really have time to practice with him after Super Juniors in Oct. Too bogged down with work. Have to start his night practice routines again. Anyway, hope that he does better next time.

Nice cosy place at Pasir Ris Park

Found this place after my 3E6 BBQ. Martini now going 2 for $12. Quite a nice mix, I had Soursop Martini and Mommy had Lychee. This is supposed to be our little 7th Anniversary (Customary) Celebration.

Sand Castle Beach Part 2

As promised, I brought Ra back to the sand castle beach again. This time, the place was filled with activities. As there was no parking space, we had to park at the car park near to the lagoon. It was a good 10min walk away from the castle beach.

Upon reaching the place, we went straight to the little makeshift booth to buy the sand castle making set. It cost $38. Went on to have some fun with the castle making set. The boss of the place, Alvin Lee gave some sort of "free" sand castle making demo at the beach. Gerald was attentive. But the attentiveness was pretty short lived. He wanted to get back to making his castles.

A very happy Gerald with his "Beach Works" Sand Castle building tools.

Gerald's new friend.

Gerald's first castle... with lots of help from Daddy of course.

Guess the meaning of this sign... as seen from Gerald's Eyes.

Answer to be revealed in subsequent posts.

Early Beach Outing

The whole family woke up early this morning to send Mommy to Harbour Front. She's going on a day tour to Batam with her childcare teachers. Ra and I headed for East Cost Park after that. Went to the beach near to the food centre. At 9plus, both of us felt hungry.

After cleaning up (Ra had sand on his whole body), we drove back to Compass Point to have Mac breakfast. Ra is now in ZZZ Land. Gotta think of what to do after he wakes up. He want to go back to the beach because the "Sand Castle Shop" will be opened later in the afternoon. But, I'll probably bring him for a ride on the Singapore Flyers again (Family Membership, gotta make full use of it).

N95 Finally Died

Screen of my trusty N95 suddenly went blank today. Maybe it caught a could during the water games at choir camp (lol!!!). So RIP. The phone now has no trade in value. So it means that it's autopsy time. Gonna take apart everything when I've got time. Who knows... maybe its some kind of mechanical failure.

Got myself a new N86. But it cost $200 more than it should. $100 for the trade in value that my N95 is supposed to have, and $100 as both Mommy and my plans are not eligible for upgrade yet.

Internationl Water Homes Finally Ready!!!

Our water chalet at Port Dickson is finally ready or occupation. Really excited about staying there for a few days over the December holidays. There was some issues with the free night stay and the use of voucher... but luckily for me, I read the contract.

http://www.legendiwh.com.my/

To Buy or Not To Buy

Thinking of buying a piano for Gerald to practice on. A new entry level piano from Yamaha cost about $3500. Saw one second hand piano on ebay selling for $3000 (cost about $9000 when new). Now "Xin Yang Yang".

Lucky Gerald... Mommy and Daddy giving him the things that we never had the chance to get when we were younger. (or at least it remains one of my regret in life that I did not get a chance to learn how to play the piano when I was younger)

A very expensive cotton bud

Was cleaning Fluffy's ears this evening. At the end of cleaning... stuck a cotton bud into his ears to clean and dry the inside of the ear canal. @#%#$@% cotton bud came off from the "stick" portion and the lump of cotton bud was left in Fluffy's ears. No way to take it out alone. Had no choice but to drive all the way to Mt. Pleasant at Whitley Road. Had to pay emergency consultation charges as its already 11pm. It cost me $300++ to take out that cotton bud from Fluffy's ears. I could have easily bought a whole lifetime of cotton buds with that amount of money.

After that, Fluffy and I reached home at nearly 12midnight. He looks like he just came back from the pub after a long night of drinking. (he was sedated to prevent him from struggling while the vet took the cotton bud out of his ear) So poor thing. Stayed out at the living room till 2am to wait for him to "sheee sheee" the sedative out before going to the room to sleep.

"Hao Ming Gou"

Gerald's Little Golfing Success

This has been a hectic year for everyone in the family... Yup... that includes Gerald. Wanna share my joy of the little success which Gerald has achieved in Golf. He cleared the Super Juniors 2009 Qualifiers and went on to play two rounds for Finals. He came in 2nd runner up. Was very proud of him... especially when he did his best to hit the ball over the pond (about 15m... quite far for a 4 year old).

During the qualifier... didn't even want to try as he totally freaked out when he saw the player on the same flight hit the ball into the pond. In spite of the reassurance that we brought enough balls, the still didn't wanna try. To a 2 shot penalty for that (drop ball)

During the 1 round of final... he finally plucked up the courage to try... SWING!!!! .... flew straight into the pond... could see the disappointment in his face. But kept telling him that daddy is proud of him cos he's tried his best.

For the 2nd round of final... initially wanted to use his pitching wedge... but changed it to a 7 iron instead. Gerald tried again. Could see the determination in his eyes... the swing came and wow!!! Could still remember that moment of happiness and excitement when the ball flew. It landed on the fringe of the green. Victory for Gerald!!!

Here's the link to the Super Juniors Website with some photos of Gerald.

www.superjuniors.com

ARMY OPEN HOUSE

Brought Gerald to the ARMY OPEN HOUSE today. It was a great experience for Gerald. He especially enjoyed the low wall at the SOC (Standard Obstacle Course)... But could see that his idea of a soldier is one who marches at the national day parade. Haa... But still... he wants to be a soldier when he grows up.

He also had a meal at the cookhouse. Food was from SFI. Still though that the army giving away free fresh ration. Wah... wrong man... $6 for army food. Sigh... who ask me to be so cheapo...

Mommy attaining divinity at the Singapore Flyer

Gerald's First NE Show

Brought Gerald to the NE Show today. Thanks to Jivaan. He's got tickets as he's one of the motivators for the NDP2009.

Tried to get Gerald to take a nap in the afternoon. But he was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep. He finally couldn't take it at the floating platform while waiting for parade to start. He slept on my lap for 45min.

After the NE show... he said to me, "Daddy, I want to be a soldier".

Gerald Turns 4

Happy Birthday to Gerald.

Happy Birthday to Gerald.

Happy Birthday to Gerald.

Happy Birthday to Gerald.

Teaching Gerald how to protect his rights

Sigh... during the Chinese New Year visits, it dawn upon me that in meeting our demands of being disciplined and nice, results in him being taken advantage of. Ball would be snatched away from him, etc.

This is a dilemma... do I let Gerald practice the law of the jungle and have total disregard for others (using the excuse that he's only a child) or do I continue to teach him to be nice to others. I decided that the correct thing to do would be to teach Gerald how to protect his own rights and voice his displeasure. I'm so proud of him just now that he was able to practice what I taught him last night. 

A little girl on the bus sitting behind Gerald was kicking the chair and literally screaming her head off while her parents turned and blind eye. The last straw came when she climbed on the chair and looked over at Gerald... still screaming away. Gerald turned around and to the little girl that "that's not nice... I don't like what you are doing!

Way to go Gerald!!!

Posting by DADDY

Preparation for Chinese New Year

As Chinese New Year is approaching in less than a week's time, Mommy and Daddy were also busy preparing for the BIG day.

Mommy could not get over yesterday's Chinatown learning journey, she dragged Daddy and me back again. We bought some "wax duck and sausages" for Nai Nai and Yeh Yeh. And we had dim sum lunch at Da Dong Restaurant.

We are almost done with Gerald's new stuff like clothes and pyjamas. We just need to buy new shoes for him. But Mommy needs to do last minute shopping as she just bought a dress for First Day of CNY.

PoPo met us at Tampines Mall this afternoon, she went shopping with Mommy. She bought a new set of clothes for me!!! Thank you, PoPo! Next, we went to a Nursery in Jalan Kayu. Wow! What a crowd! Cars streaming in the aisle, jamming the road leading to the Nursery. Daddy let us alight while he parked the car across the street.

This was my first time visiting a nursery. There were different variety of flowers selling quite reasonably.

PoPo bought Four Season Lime at $18 per pot and 3 small pots of flowers at $10. Cheap sale! Mommy and Daddy will be heading back to the nursery to get some too as today was too crowded to take a good look at the flowers.

Love,

Mommy

Gerald's School Excursion to Chinatown

Gerald's childcare arranged for a trip to Chinatown on 16 Jan 09, Friday. It was drizzling when we reached there. Fortunately, it stopped when we alighted the school bus.

As it was about 11am, most stalls were just opened for business. The children strolled along the five foot way while their teachers explained the some Chinese Traditions and customs. Everyone was very thrilled by the sight and sound, especially our non-chinese friends and teachers.

We saw lots of ornaments, red packets and fruits. Mommy and the teachers bought some back to the centre so that we can set up a "Celebration Table" for children to view.

It was a fruitful learning journey as the children got to experience the joyous festive mood and also learn the meaning of celebrating Chinese New Year with their friends.

Love,

Mommy

Yamaha's Music Wonderland

Daddy and I have decided to switch Gerald's music class to Yamaha. As we felt that Gerald had difficulty understanding what was taught in the previous music school. Both of us sat in the class before and strongly agreed that the lesson was too 'high-level'... Learning about 'crotchet' etc at his age. What we want is to let Gerald enjoy and appreciate music.

According to Daddy, the first lesson was fun as it was full of singing.

Click here to learn more http://www.yamaha.com.sg/846.html

Love,
Mommy

Hong Kong Disneyland - 2 Dec 2008 to 5 Dec 2008

Day One - 2 Dec 2008

We reached Changi Airport at 6am to catch our flight to Hong Kong. As it was my first flight experience, Daddy and Mommy were quite anxious about my well-being throughout the trip. Well.... I survived with no complains!!!

Flying on Cathay Pacific

Wow!!! We arrived at Disney Hollywood Hotel at 12 noon but we couldn't check-in till 3pm but my Mommy tried her luck at 1.30pm. Phew!!! Our room was ready!

Let's me take you on a virtual tour of our room.

Having a good time jumping on the bed

Check out the shower curtain....


As our Disney Theme Park tickets were for 3 Dec and 4 Dec, Mommy and Daddy decided to explore outside Disneyland. We took the MTR to Tung Chung to recee Lantau Island's Big Buddha. But we were too late for the cable car as we reached Tung Chung at 4.30pm.

Please get me a ticket!

Everything is Mickey Mania..

My Mommy.... poor Mommy was down with bad tonsilitis!

Nevermind.... let's go for early dinner at the CityGate Mall..... Hee... I fell asleep while Mommy and Daddy enjoyed their Wanton Mee... Learnt that Hong Kong's Wantons are GIGANTIC!!! Just like my golf balls ....

We bought tonnes of goodies and snacks back to the hotel... Daddy had booked dinner at Enchanted Garden, Disneyland Hotel. I couldn't wait to meet my favourite Disney Characters!!!

Luckily, we came to Hong Kong during the off season period... There weren't many people at the restaurant. We had a sumptous dinner and not forgetting taking tonnes and tonnes of photos with my favourite Pluto, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse! Too bad Donald Duck and Daisy were off duty that night!

Day Two - 3 Dec 2008

We arrived at Disney Theme Park at 10am. Lots of people were waiting to enter the park... We had our thumbs scanned as our tickets were for multiple entries. Mine is Annual Ticket and Mommy forgot to bring my passport for verification. Nevertheless, the Jie Jie allowed me to pass throught the gantry.

We tried most of the rides. As I was afraid of darkness and loudness... We gave Tomorrowland a miss!!! After a long day at the Theme Park, we returned to the hotel for a rest before heading back for the fireworks.

Just before the fireworks, they had the Royal Princess Dance... Boring and hee... I fell asleep again. Mommy and Daddy walked past Mickey Mouse's Christmas House and tried their luck to enter.... NO QUEUE at all!!! Was Mickey off duty.... Nope! We were very lucky to meet him. Daddy had to force my eyes open. I was cranky and sulk during the photo-taking. However, something just stuck me after we left the Christmas House... I demanded to meet Mickey again but the queue had formed. So Mommy suggested that we took a stroll along the Main Street and tried our luck again later.

Oh! Lucky Me!!! I met my dear Mickey again... Ha! Ha!

It's time for fireworks!!! Alas! I am afraid of loudness!!! I cried and refused to stay any longer. So Daddy suggested that we travelled to town for supper... We arrived at Mong Kok at 9.30pm and had porridge for supper. Hmmm.... delicious. We also bought some egg tarts and red bean cake back.

Day Three- 4 Dec 2008

Mommy and Daddy planned to visit the Big Buddha today. So we travelled to Tung Chung again and took cable car up. We spent one whole day at the Big Buddha. My Daddy even piggy-back me up the flight of steps up to the Big Buddha.... Muack!!! We had vegetarian meal before returning to Disneyland.

Day Four-5 Dec 2008

Today, we shall be going back to Singapore in the evening as Mommy had a school function to attend!

We went to Mong Kok again to shop. Mommy went on a shopping spree at SaSa, Heng Xiang for their Lau Po Biscuits. We were dead tired.... We walked from Mong Kok to Jordan MTR station. Shopping doesn't interest me... So I slept again and my poor Daddy had to carry me.

We enjoyed our trip very much!!!

Our Trip to Hong Kong (2 Dec 08 to 5 Dec 08)

You must be very eager to know about our recent trip to Hong Kong. It was very tiring as Gerald always asked Daddy to carry him. Mommy and Daddy were also sick during the trip. Sigh... But nevertheless, we thoroughly enjoyed the trip. So did Gerald.

More updates coming your way...

Love,
Mommy