Evening Night Out

CQ suggested that we go to Botanic Garden so we were there for a short while before darkness turned in. Night time we strolled along Orchard Road to catch a glimpse of the Christmas decorations before it makes way for CNY.

Last Church Service of the Year

Very happy that papa is free today to go to church with us! One of my Y2008 resolution is that he can go to church with us on every Sundays. See the girl sitting behind Jamie? That's her best friend, Kelly. She's turning 8 this year.

Fruitful School Holiday 2007

Forgotten to include my once a week tuition commitment, relief teaching for 3 days for my friend who was down with chicken pox. So I was pretty packed and busy literally throughout the Nov-Dec school holiday!

Micro Mosquito Helicopter Toy

Saw this interesting r/c toy at a major departmental store earlier this month and it striked me to get it for CQ as Christmas present! Looks cool but in actual fact, not easy to manipulate and control. See the link here.

Boxing Day

It's Boxing Day today and for all you know, presents are to be open only on this day..yup thats right today. So we all sat down and opened the presents one by one.... and one of my wish list when I was asked what do I want for Christmas is a new digital camera though our current's 5yrs old, paid around $800+ Canon Ixus V3 is still in good condition, but seems like technology has proven itself that its long outdated and hence here's my new gadget for Y2008 and beyond! Thanks to Jamie's & Jeremy's papa! Guess what I gave him this year? Hahaha, its a remote control helicopter! One should also have a taste of toying with such gadget not only for children.

My First Homemade Pizza!

Borrowed an AMC frying pan from a friend as I had initially planned to try out pizzas for the 2 Christmas parties but somehow I was caught up with things at very last minute and hence it didn't come to pass. However, I was very determined to do it so I decided to make 2 for lunch today. I have never imagine that I can really cook! Thanks to AMC!

Jesus Is Born, We Are The Reason

********************************************************** My hope during this season ... for all of us at home to draw close to Him so that we can live a life that's according to His purpose , not ours ! Merry Christmas!

Christmas Party At Home

** My dad with his grandson, Jeremy**

I'm the chef tonight while its CQ when our friends were here last night. Weird thing about both of us is, he likes to cook western food while I prefer chinese cuisine. So tonight I cooked fried bee hoon using AMC pan & other stuff. Very satisfied as we din order from any KFC, Mac or Pizza Hut!

Blessed Christmas

We have invited some of our ex-cg frens from our previous church over for a dinner gathering. It's really so nice to see one another again, chatting & cracking jokes like what this gang used to be. Missing family from the above photo is KH's family. They have gone home slightly earlier.

Science Center Visit

It's always good to know more friends..especially when we share good deals and lobangs. Here, I managed to get free admission to the Science Center for 3 adults & 2 kids! Yup, my friend got the corporate card from her other friend and hence, we only paid for 2 kids' admission tickets at a discounted rate of $2.25 per child !

Surprise !

Today Jamie received her 1st Christmas greetings card. Guess from who? It's her next year K1 form teacher, Mrs Yee!! Btw, Mrs Yee is new to the school. She will commence her teaching career at Jamie's school next year.

Sesame Street @ Taka

Don't know why we went to Suntec City instead of Taka !! Thank God before its too late, we quickly took MRT back to Orchard! Phew, we were on time & managed to get a good spot at the side of the stage. While the kids had a wonderful time watching the entire show, I was busy videoing down as much footages as I could so that Jamie & Jeremy can watch it anytime at home.

See Aeroplanes

I almost forgotten that we have a pre-arranged outing to the airport with my dear hearing impaired friends this morning till I received an sms late last night! Good thing that I was reminded else the children will not get an opportunity to see the aeroplanes!

Our Handsome Boy

Jeremy does looks kind of dashing & cool if you manage to snap photos of him from a certain angle.

Barney & Friends

Heard about the show from friends and since my holiday programmes has just ended, we headed down to Marina Square this afternoon for a short 1/2hr showtime. Though its short, the kids had a great time watching the Live Barney & Friends on stage!

Birthday @ Swenson

Tonight we brought the kids to Swenson for a nice dinner and Jeremy has his 1st free birthday firehouse complimentary from the restaurant + "birthday carolling" from the staff too!

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Happy Birthday, Son!

Today marked the day that you were born some 2 years ago. Time really passed so swiftly and now you are capable of doing things that a 2 years kid can do. We are all so proud of you and are looking forward for many many more years of birthdays celebrations we can have with you. May the Lord watches over you and may you grow to know and love Him with all your heart!

My Hobby Craft - Recycled Spider!!

This is another series of making use of recycled materials. Here, we are using used eggs crater & straws as primary recycled materials. Other materials involved are, construction papers, nylon strings, double sided & sticky tapes & ribbon.

Sensorial Lesson

Today's lesson is purely on Montessori...

A Short Break @ Holiday Inn Batam

We were away for a 3D2N stay in a 2 bedroom suites at Holiday Inn Batam Resort over last weekends. Came back on Monday evening. Had a wonderful time with CQ for couple of time alone dining without the children, went for a spa while the kids had their afternoon nap, and we had a long dip in the pool during the 3 days there! Kids were enjoying at Panda Kids Club and I managed to do up a simple craftwork with Jamie! Will be uploading some pixs up soon...

My Hobby Craft - Tissue Box Giraffe

Day 04 - Recycled Tissue Box Photo Frame

My Hobby Craft - Day 03

The 7 Continents Booklet

Each child brought home a customised booklet that I did for this workshop.

Day 02 - 7 Continents of the World

This is an educational lesson for the kids. I taught them about the earth and its 7 continents. The kids were given a helicopter view of the various continents, where they are located on the map etc etc.

First Day of My HobbyCraft Holiday Programs

Shiong Ah!

This coming week's schedule going to be very tight for me as Jamie's Mandarin Speech & Drama lessons (used to be once every Sat morning) happens to start tomorrow till Friday , 830-10am as according to them , alot of parents are going for a holiday in December, so they push forward all Dec lessons to this week! Hopefully I can manage my time well and it will not be too tiring for Jamie to attend 2 different lessons with only an hour break.

Storytelling Workshop

Was away this afternoon for a 3hours session of Introduction toStorytelling for Sunday School Teachers. Since I have been asked to take over the storytelling session at the N1 class from my church, thought this probably will give me a better insight of what's storytelling is all about. Indeed, I have learnt alot from the speaker, Ms Sheila Wee. I am very inspired by her deep passion in making stories come alife! There's definitely alot more for me to learn and experience with my kids. Here's an extract of Why Tell Stories from Asian Storytelling Network.

Bukit Batok Fire Station

Siren ! Siren ! Siren!! Yes, we were at the fire station this morning around 11am with my frens and their kids. It was an eye opening for the children as well as the adults ! We were ushered around the station, getting to know how the firemen operates internally as well as getting ready for a resue, be it, a fire or an accident! The kids had so much fun getting into the ambulance, fire engine, motorbike, trying out gears and helmets, smoke mask, taking photos with full armoured firemen and of course I think the kids enjoyed the best was having an experience to hold the long heavy hose that sprayed out strong and forceful water! We ended the excursion wif a group pix taken wif the firemen as well as some sourvenirs for us to bring home !

Excursion to the Zoo

Have been to the zoo a couple of times but I can say this is the BEST excursion that we ever had! Firstly, Jamie & I have been praying for good weather a day before and God who is faithful answered our prayer ! Weather was so cool and we din sweat throughout the entire 1/2 day except when the kids were at the playground. Secondly, I purposely planned this trip with a suggested itinerary started from 9am till 1pm. So we got a chance to sit back and enjoyed 4 shows ! And thanks to my fren that we all were entitled free admission to the zoo and so wif the extra cash, we used it for a decent lunch (not KFC or Mac!) , tram rides & a professional group photo taken for us :-)

Zoo Phonics Trial Lesson

Was with Jeremy this morning during the 2hours trial lesson. This boy, cannot sit still during the art & craft sessions. So difficult to catch his attention! But he did well during the mandarin & english story telling time and music & movement session. I'm still thinking if I should enrol him for once a week lesson at Zoo Phonics or not. Shall wait till next Friday when he's done with Montessori trial lesson.

Bye Bye Teachers...

Thank You, Teachers!

These are 2 of the 4 scrapbooking DIY cards that I did it a day ago for Jamie's form teacher, assistant teacher, chinese & music teachers. Told Jamie that she has to learn to appreciate all her teachers who have taught her for the past 1year. I have seen the teachers' reports & comments, form teacher & chinese teacher said that she has make a lot of progress and has learnt to interact and socialise with her friends well as compared to the earlier year when she was so quiet and reserved. These cannot be accomplish if I homeschool her.