Sunday, December 28, 2008

Little Nonya Melaka Trip


I went with daddy, mummy, 小姨and 小姨丈to Melaka for a Yearend Escapade. Daddy drove us there and the entire journey took us for about 3 hours. We were very excited when we reached the town area. Weather was scotching hot and we drank many bowls of chendol to cool us down. We toured around, took many pictures, ate chicken rice ball for lunch and had a very sumptous meal at one very authetic Nonya restaurant.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Taekwondo


You are learning Piano at Kovan center PianoForte on every Wed. There are a handful of enrichment schools in Kovan center, you name it they have it, phonics, chinese, maths, brain mapping and the famous JH Kim Taekwondo. One day, daddy was curious to find out more on Taekwondo and check the classes with the staff there. You expressed your interest to learn so we arranged you a trial lesson today. Daddy was telling me this is one method to release your energy. You know, you are full of energy and this martial arts will expel all of your mighty energy. You enjoyed the trial lesson alot and so we signed you up for the T-Kids program.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Movie - Madagascar II Escape to Africa

You know the screen show starts on November 13 a few weeks back & remember so well that you wanted us to bring you watch the movie. So just now, we brought you to Suntec City EngHwa cinema catch the 930pm show. You enjoyed the movie very much, you laugh so happily, you understand the movie very well ; so we did not regret watching with you too. The only thing you need to improve is not to knock your shoes on the backseat of the person sitting infront of you. You hit several times despite repeated reminders from daddy. We reminded you again after the show and hope you will remember the next time we watch movie.

Mummy know you like the characters in Madagascar II Escape to Africa. You have collected a few toys ( Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe & King Julien) from Macdonald weekly happy meal. We will try to collect Marty the zebra & Gloria the hippo to make your complete collection. You will be equally excited if you see Madagascar II Escape to Africa merchanise (water tumbler, storage containers & lunch box) that mummy have ordered from Tupperware. You will get them next week. Awaiting to see that AMAZED look from you :)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Fixing puzzles

At about two years old, you are able to fix 10 pieces puzzles. This is a fun activity we love to do with you. This activity promote thinking skills, patience skills, logical skills and planning skills. Daddy teaches you several times to find the edges and fix them before matching the puzzle pieces. You learn quite fast and slowly you get more familarise with the techniques and is now able to complete the puzzles independently. Just now, you spend about 15minutes to complete 96 pieces. We believe that with more practices, you will be able to complete larger area of puzzles.

Friday, November 07, 2008

2008 Yrend Concert

I am so happy ! This is because my mummy found the flowered pattern shirt from Kiddy palace ! She is so determined to find this shirt to match the theme. This also make Teacher Fion very pleased that I am one of the children who wore to the theme - flower shirt, black pants and dark colored shoes. I looked very nice in this attire. My dance item is "Sugar" song...oh sugar, oh honey honey...

Cousin EnEn came to watch my concert.


This concert will also mark the end of my K1. These are my nursey and K1 teachers.

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Concert Costume

Last night we shop at Plaza Sg for a flower patterned shirt for Aston's concert next Friday. Too bad, we cannot find one at all. Summer has passed so it is not that easy to find this type of shirt. Later, we are going to try out luck at VivoCity. If still cannot find it, we just have no choice to let you wear that blue shirt. Hope lucky angels will bless us in our find !!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Meet Dave

Aston watched this movie 3 times consecutively this week. You will laugh and laugh at some not so funny things when you watch. Mummy watch it last night and it's quite true that you are just amused by Dave. Good that you enjoy the movie !

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wizard of Ox

Today, mummy took leave to watch the Wizard of Ox show with Aston and some of his classmates. The show is screened at the new National Library/Drama Centre. This show is a two hour show. It is a very nice show because the actors and actresses speak clear good English, they wear nice colorful clothes and the great theatre production. This is a great show where it engages both hearts and minds and its contents provided a great chance for mummy to discuss with Aston. A superb piece of show that teaches children to imagine all things are always good if they think of them as they are. Mummy also likes the song "Over the Rainbow" that is so elegantly sang by Dorothy.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Night time toilet training project part two

For the last two weeks, Aston wet himself almost everyday. That particular day he woke up dry did not happen since then. We make sure you urine before sleeping and everytime you woke up, you are wet. You slept like a log and did not even realise wetness. So this means wetness will not trigger you to wake up. This also means you will not wake up by yourself in the middle of the night.

This is tough job for daddy and mummy.
Mummy buy for you one extra piece of blanket as this needed to replace your current blanket when it is wet and in the process of washing or drying.
Both of us decided to wake you up one time during mid night eg 2pm or 3pm. This will allow us to see if you succeed in night time toilet training.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Mummy's homework

What is Mummy's homework ? It just means doing assessment books. Mummy bought quite a number of them and Aston hardly wanted to do it. Sometimes he says he is tired, he is lazy or he has no time to do. I was getting quite worried it is very wasted if Aston did not complete the K1 books. I did not force him after so many months had passed. He delighted me few days back ! He came to me & told me he wanted to do the assessment books !! Ok, then he started to do the English book, followed by Maths book. He understand the questions very well and complete them without major problems. I am really really very happy !

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Night time toilet training

For some reasons, Aston decided last night he wanted to wean off his diapers and wore underwear to sleep. You took the unused pieces outside the room and bid goodbye to the diapers. You are completely dry when you wake up this morning. You will have our support in this night time toilet training project. We are beginning to see some savings in not replenishing diapers for you and you know this money can be used to buy other needful things or we can save in your piggy banks.

Daddy and mummy are extremely pleased when you "announced" this decision.

The next thing is to ensure you wake up dry every morning. I will closely monitor this and provide the project update.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Drawing


Two nights ago, Aston drew a peacock picture and left it on the drawer. Last night, I saw him color the picture. Today after his bath, he cut out the picture and paste a straw and told me he is giving it as a present to his girl classmate tomorrow. We are quite impressed with his drawing skills. We like his creativity to think of a simple and nice gift for his classmate. Clever ! I also wonder did he pick up his drawing talent or skills from daddy ? Maybe..cos he is 聰明的兒子!!

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Aston playing with Ben10 toys


It all started with a star rewarding program to encourage Aston to eat his own dinner every day. You have to collect 10 stars then you can have a choice of buying a Ben10 toy. There are some which you bought much earlier before we started this star program. So far you have collected 20 stars & your collection is nine toys.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Drawing for Aston

Last night, before he goes to bed, Aston suddenly asked me to draw him a picture. Well, I tried to negotiate to draw it on another day but he insisted as he has already drawn 2 pictures for me few days back.

Now here comes the challenge as I stared at the blank paper. What should I draw? I know he likes dinosaurs but that can be quite a challenge. Then I recalled few years back I bought a book that teaches drawing. I quickly went through the book shelves and digged out the book.

Flipped through it and decided to learn on the spot how to draw Triceratop. Here's the "masterpiece". Am glad that he likes it when it was "presented" to him this morning.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Racial Harmony Suits

I bought this Indian outfit for Aston to wear on his school's Racial Harmony day which the school is celebrating it today. Cannot wait to dress you in this nice outfit. Luckily you got well after four days of rest at home from your intermittent fever and cough. We checked your temp in the morning and confirm no fever and happily sent you to school. Mummy requested Ms Fion to take some pics with the teachers and your best friends. Your friends are busy with other things so only managed to take with teachers. All of you look so nice. I am happy too.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Family Carnival


It's a theme on Food Paradise and food include
"Juicy Fruity Rojak"
"Chewy Drooly Popiah"
"Cheezy Crunchy Pizza"
"Chunky Monkey Banana"

We signed up for Rojak and Banana.

Aston took part in drawing contest also, but did not win anything as you did not complete coloring the entire picture.

You have great fun playing the outdoor games like 3Legged game, Blindfold and Pigyback.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Five Love Languages

Aston's primary love language is probably Words of affirmation, with a secondary love language being quality time.

Complete set of The Five Love Languages
Quality Time
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
Receiving Gifts
Words of Affirmation

Information
Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Monday, June 09, 2008

珍惜

珍惜你的家人 珍惜你的朋友
珍惜你的弟弟
珍惜生命
珍惜上镜的机会
珍惜自由跑步的能力
珍惜你的嗓子
珍惜读书的日子
珍惜一起與爸爸媽媽的时间
珍惜上學排隊的时间

珍惜你的一切

我會教子峻学...珍惜

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

My Family

This is cute !

Monday, June 02, 2008

What a GIRL wants

This is sent from 三姨 to mummy last month. Some years later, I think Aston will need to know when he is into boy-girl-relationships. Now it's for pleasure reading (for daddy to know and practise it more...ha ha ha...), lateron it will become useful reference for Aston to know about handling GIRLS.

When a GIRL is quiet ... millions of things are running in her mind.
When a GIRL is not arguing ... she is thinking deeply.
When a GIRL answers " I'm fine " after a few seconds ... she is not at all fine.
When a GIRL lays on your chest ... she is wishing for you to be hers forever.
When a GIRL wants to see you everyday... she wants to be pampered.
When a GIRL wants you to look at her when she talks to you ... she just wants some attention from you.
When a GIRL says " I love you " ... she means it.
When a GIRL says " I miss you " ... no one in this world can miss you more than that.

Life only comes around once make sure you spend it with the right person .... Find a guy ... who calls you beautiful instead of hot. who calls you back when you hang up on him.. who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who ... kisses your forehead. Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats. Who holds your hand in front of his friends. Who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. Who turns to his friends and says, " That's her!! "

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Sichuan EarthQuake

This disaster happen on May12. Everyday mummy watched the news and read newspapers & each day, more & more deaths are reported. Everywhere in Sichuan is in chaos. Alot of children died because about 7000 schools collasped.

I was reading newspaper at grandma's house one day before I flew to Shanghai on May21 & read this poem written for the poor little angels :

<<去天堂的路>>

孩子,快抓紧妈妈的手
去天堂的路太黑了
妈妈怕你碰了头
快抓紧妈妈的手
让妈妈陪你走

妈妈我怕
天堂的路却实太黑
我看不见你的手
倒塌的墙把阳光夺走
我也看不见
你柔情的眼眸

孩子,你走吧
前面的路再也没有忧愁
没有读不完的书
也没有爸爸的拳头
但孩子,你要记住
我和爸爸的摸样
来生还要一起走

妈妈,别但忧
天堂的路虽然有些拥挤
但这里有很多的同学和朋友
每一个妈妈都是我们的妈妈
每一个孩子都是妈妈的孩子

没有我的日子里
妈妈,你把爱给其他许许多多活着的孩子吧
我会记住你和爸爸的摸样
来生我们还要一起走

读了之后,心头一酸, 感到非常心寒,好想哭。
这张照片让我哭了。



在上海的那四天,天天看到新闻的画面,网上的照片,阵阵悲酸涌上心头。想想那些失去孩子的父母,想想那些失去父母的孩子,想想失去父母的孩子的将来日子要怎样过。。。那种痛,是父母亲能亲身体会的。

今天也特别特别开心因为即时在新传媒组办的“让爱川流不息“筹款,捐了一些钱。

记得要感激现在所拥有的,因为不管怎样,我们都是幸福的孩子。

Cold Storage Kids Run 2008


We woke up early this morning at 7pm. Ate breakfast and got ready, dressed up at around 730pm. Off we drove to Padang where the race is at 745pm. We reached promptly and we saw thousands of children and parents all crowded at the fields. All gettting ready to have fun for this race. Aston's race number tag is 5201. He ran with daddy and told us he enjoyed the race alot.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

A to Z Parties

A good way to LEARN A-Z in fun way.

A Make an A using apple seeds/ Cut apples in half (horizontal) and dip in paint to make stars/ Make an apple pie/ Bob for apples/ Eat applesauce and apricots/ Make an angel/ Decorate your classroom with pictures of angels/ Find a picture of angels and color them/ Make an Ark of the Covenant out of a shoebox wrapped in gold wrapping paper and decorate with religious emblems/ Find various small objects that begin with the letter A and put into the Ark of the Covenant box

B Wear blue/ Make letter B using birdseed and beans/ Have a Bear and Balloon party (invite friends to bring their favorite stuffed bear/ Have a parade complete with lots of bubbles to blow/ have plenty of blue balloons and write the letter B over some and B words on others/ Make peanut butter bagels and serve with brownies, gummy bears, and banana slices in banana pudding/ Take a trip to the beach (if close to home and warm enough)

CClown party (paint clown faces on the children)/ Serve cotton candy as a treat/ Bake cookies/ Bake a cake/ Read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff/ Make cupcakes and put a C on each one using the spray cool whip in a can/ Make letter C on black construction paper using shaving cream and corn seeds/ Cowboy Day---dress up and ride stick horses (Mom's mop or broom will do)/ Make a clock on construction paper and use popsickle sticks for hands and add a face

D Read Daniel in the Lion's Den and David and Goliath/ Make letter D with crumbled dog food/Serve doughnuts for breakfast

E Make letter E with eggshells/ Cook eggs in different ways (scrambled, sunny-side up, over-easy)/ Read Babar the Elephant/ Make elephant ears out of gray construction paper/ Find the eagle on the nation's emblem in an encyclopedia/ Color a picture of an eagle

F Go pretend fishing in your backyard (don't forget fishing poles and flip flops)/ Wear your flip-flops all day/ Decorate your feet (using rings, ribbons, fake stones, etc.)/ Trace feet on paper and cut out, glue on construction paper, decorate however you like/ Eat Frito pie for lunch (easy recipe: pour chili over Frito potato chips)/ Make fruit loop necklaces/ Make letter F with Fruit Loops/ Visit a farm as a field trip

G Wear green/ Work in your garden/ Visit a near-by Prayer Garden (find a church near you that has one)/ Make letter G with green glitter/ Buy a gourd at the supermarket and make it into a drinking gourd (tell your children how people use to use these as drinking instruments)/ Make a gingerbread boy and read the book/ Give your Guardian Angel a name and say the Guardian Angel prayer

H Take a hayride (even a small ride on a lawn trailer with a few haybales will satisfy the children)/ Eat honeycomb cereal for breakfast/ Eat hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch or supper/ Find out how honey is made/ See if you can get a real piece of honeycomb for the children to taste

I Have an Ice Cream party/ Buy Icees one day/ Make icky ice cubes (put plastic spiders, small trinkets in an ice tray and fill with water to freeze just for fun---these are not for children to eat)/ Make Indian headdress & teepees out of construction paper

J Practice juggling/ Make a Jingle Bell necklace/ Learn to play a game of Jacks/ Make a jungle in one room of your house and put all your plants in that room or make plants out of green construction paper/ hide stuffed animals in the room and pretend you're on a safari)/ Read Jesse Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom/ Write the holy name of Jesus on a 5 x 7 index card and decorate it/ Make Jiggling Jell-O with fruit

KKite party (have friends bring their favorite kite and fly them outside)/ Serve Kool-Aid and kiwi fruit/ Make key imprints in playdoh

L Make an L out of licorice/ Eat lemon cake, lemon cookies, lemon yogurt (anything flavored with lemons)/ Make homemade lemonade/ Play Leap Frog

M Read If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff/ Make muffins/ Go to a local museum

N Make an N with noodles/ Make Noodle Art (boil noodles in water long enough to become bendable, adding a tablespoon of vegetable oil to water to keep noodles from sticking,then drain and allow to cool off)design your own art/ Make a necklace with different noodle shapes, beads, flowers strung on yarn, etc./ Pound nine nails into the N shape on a piece of board/ Use nickels to count by 5's/ Make a name poem (take your child's name and make a poem using each letter of the name/hint: it does not have to rhyme/ Example: SUSAN Susan is my name/ U is spelt `you'/Spanish I do not know/Art is my favorite subject/Nighttime is my favorite time of day)

O Have Oreo and orange treats/ Make an owl out of a brown paperbag/ Make an omelet for breakfast/ Wear orange/ Make an octopus by draping a styrofoam ball with colored yarn, braiding the legs, and gluing on wiggly eyes

P Have a Pajama Party (wear your favorite pajamas and bring your favorite pillow-serve pizza, pretzels, popcorn, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper/ watch Pinocchio,Peter Pan, Pocahontas)/ Read If You Give a Pig and Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff/ Make breakfast pancakes/ Have a picnic/ Make letter P with popcorn and pumpkin seeds and peanuts/ Make homemade popsickles with wooden popsickle sticks/ Wear purple/ Pray a Psalm every morning

QMoms will love this Mom is Queen for a day (have children make you a big crown out of construction paper and decorated with jewels, glitter, ribbon, etc.)/ Find pictures of Mary being crowned Queen of Heaven/ Have a quickie clean-up each day (everyone must pick-up around the house as quick as they can)

R Have recess all day/ Wear red/ Make letter R with rice/ Make a raisin man (open-face peanut butter sandwich with raisins for eyes and mouth, banana slice for a nose)/ Paint a picture of a rose

S Make letter S with sunflower seeds and star stickers/ Make stars (again with apples, sponges or any way you like)/ Paint a suncatcher/ Wear sunglasses/ Read Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola/ Make and eat spaghetti/ Have a swimming party/ Make silly socks (decorated with stars and the letter S)/ Make sand art by putting different colored sand in baby food jars

TTrampoline Fun (picnic on the trampoline and make a tent under the trampoline (or make a tent in the house if you don't have a trampoline or weather is bad)/ Write a poem or prayer of thanksgiving/ Make tacos/ Make Tacky, Tasty Turnips (cook them down and mash them then let the children flavor them with whatever they think will make them taste better: cinnamon, catsup, mustard---remember, most children won't eat turnips no matter what flavor they chose)

U Have an umbrella parade/ Name all the child(ren)'s uncles and count them/ Find out if unicorns are real/ where did the legend come from

V Make a decorative vase by painting on a Mason jar/ Play a game of volleyball (if you don't have the equipment, hit a ball back and forth over the swingset without it touching the ground)/ Go to a music store and look at the violins (do you know someone who could play one for you?)/ Make a V with your fingers

W Wear white/ Make Wacky Waffles for breakfast (waffles with any choice of toppings/ be creative)/ Eat watermelon/ Make a W using watermelon seeds

X Make your own X-ray using black and white construction paper/

Y Get a yogurt treat at the ice cream shop/ Wear yellow/ Try to yodel/ Make the letter Y using yarn

Z End-of-school Zoo trip.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Mummy go to holiday

Well, mummy actually went to Shanghai for work, not holiday. But to little Aston, going overseas is probably same as going holiday (though he knows mum is there for work).

Wed, 21st May 2008, is the day mummy leave for Shanghai...first time mummy go overseas without bringing little Aston along. Though he remained cool when sending mummy off in the airport, but deep down inside, maybe he does feel worried for mummy to travel alone...cos later during the day, he wrote the following message on his whiteboard:



I think mummy must be real touched if she sees this.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Quiz : What Kind of Egg are you ?

Mummy do not really like to eat eggs. It is because I do not like the look and the taste of saliva look-alike half cooked egg.
So this is so true after I took this quiz. The eggs are not even processed !



You are a Hen egg!
You aren't exactly a brain-box but you have lots of love and warmth and will make a great parent! Remeber to watch out for foxes and you will have a plump and happy life

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

5yo Birthday Celebration

Party Pack preparation (ocean theme) :



Celebration in school :


Trip to Land of Smiles - Thailand :

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Get well soon

This is the 3rd time Aston has swollen eyelids. He did not attend school today. Funny thing is before I say ok you stay at home to rest, he raced and told me yeah, so I won't go school today, right ? Is school so boring or home is more fun for you ?
I think I know the answers , that is, home is more fun and it's natural children dread school. Cannot let teachers know otherwise they will be upset and disappointed.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Too fast too furious

Mummy expects her children be obedient, listen to instructions and cannot be rude wherever all possible. Naturally, parents also pin hopes on children to be good in studies and if children like Aston is academically good, then his EQ should be equally good. Each child is different, I know. Mummy & daddy is given a big challenge to work on a challenging boy which is Aston. Poor EQ. He is often getting canes strokes from us and this makes mummy very sad. We hope to spare the rod, since the day it started it become quite difficult to stop it.

For many many times and for quite a while, mummy is always so angry with the naughty things Aston did, not listening, whines alot, cries alot and often commented by people why he is so naughty.

We are often too furious with him and punish him. This will bring out many negative behaviours on Aston as slowly he will turn to become rebellious and we will be even more raged. We do not want this to happen. We want to step up on his EQ and reduce parents' too fast too furious attitude.

Eagerly, we decided to discuss the topic on EQ with teachers on last saturday's PARENTS-TEACHER-CONFERENCE. I told Ms Fion about it and she told me and update me that they are not professionally trained on EQ and cannot help much in offering solutions and methods to improve on Aston. From what I learn from her, they can guide him & encourage him but the substaining efforts still relies on parents. They can only adopt parents' suggestions & work on them. This has then led Mummy to realise school do not teach everything, school do not shape a child's character and we parents must really do something to salvage the family tension now.

Before mummy start to check on EQ courses to attend, I will start off to read these books and hope to gain good advices and use them on Aston.
1. How to raise a child with a high EQ - a parent's guide to emotional intelligence
2. The secret language of children - how to understand what your kids are really saying.

Monday, March 31, 2008

NO NO Sweets

This is a letter mummy has written to Miss Ng today :-

Sweet stuff is likely a stimulant for Aston's activeness.
We are quite eager to slowly slowly stop and eventually no sweets for him. He is always eating sweets now. Hardly any chocolates unless there are children parties he attended.

Based on our previous discussions with you, we thot over NO NO sweets for Aston.

This is his schedule of eating sweets...
Every Sat phonics class - given by Teacher Graham. abt one sweet
Every Sun grandma place - he buy from mama shop. abt two sweets
Evey Month hair cut - at least four sweets.
Total he eats around 20 sweets per mth.

Then later we analyse in our mind, .somehow we decided that we cannot impose or NO need to enforce NO NO sweets rule on him...because 20 sweets one month is not quite alot for him...
If we check, everyday he is eating things & there is bound to be sweet contents. He is also drinking 500ml of chysanthemum tea (one can) on every sat morning breakfast)
So we are actually dealing directly on the SWEETS.
I will do my part on the mama shop and the haircut on NO NO sweets plan , I shld say realistically we can acheive 50% success on this...

My problem is here : -
How do I request Teacher Graham to stop giving him sweets ? I find it so difficult to make this request becos it'll be very difficult for him and unfair he has to specially treat my son and rest of students suffered ?

Friday, March 28, 2008

Appreciation


This is a card for Ms Fion.

Mummy is very pleased to prepare this beautiful card. Mummy is not good in arts and to produce this nice card in this neat way make me so PROUD !

Both Mummy and daddy is very appreciative to Ms Fion, your Nursery & K1 English teacher. She is a young teacher, she look very positive and work very hard with us to improve your behaviours in school.

Ms Fion is promoted to Principal starting this week and we are very happy for her. We know she mark the quality and she will do a good job. But frankly speaking, Mummy is quite sad she is not your English teacher anymore.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

June holiday program

This is what I shared with your school. Miss Ng will evaluate & discuss with the teachers. If date and time does not clash with mummy's work schedule, I will want to parent volunteer and join your class and have fun !

1. Jacob Ballas @ Botanical Gardens

2. Zoo

3. Wild Wild Wet

4. Bird Park

5. Science Center

6. Evening BBQ at East Coast Park, Pasir Ris Park or my place ...well then this must involve parents la...

7. Heritage Tour - chinatown, bugis, raffles place

8. Pottery @ Dragon Kiln - off Jalan Bahar road

9. Sungei Kadut Wetland Reserve

10. Sentosa Underwater world

11. Movie show @ VivoCity

12. Ben & Jerry Ice cream @ Demsey Road

13. Chinese Garden

14. Yakult Factory Visit

15. Gardenia Factory Visit

16. Mandai Orchid Farm

17. Singapore Mint

18. Maze Climbing @ Orchid Country Club

19. Toy Museum

20. Eco Farm @ Green Circle

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Beautiful Mood

At last !! Yeah we booked our Bangkok trip 4D3N from April 19 to April 22. We are going with 外婆,三姨,三姨丈,Keith, 小姨 & 小姨丈。 We will be celebrating your birthday & Keith's birthday there. Countdown 24 days & we will be there !

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

EQ

Daddy told me there is need to brush up your EQ skills. Why ? These are the reasons :-
- Do not understand why cannot play roughly.
- Insist on things that you want when told repeatedly or explained and lateron resulted in whinings and cryings. Eg, buying toys everytime we go out to shopping centre, nearby market or neighbourhood shops or pasar malam.
- Insist people to play when they are already tired and chose to play other toys or other activities.
- Do not listen at the instant instruction or shout from daddy and mummy.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Fixing Mummy's broken heart

A series of things happen at home and in school these few days.

1. Over the last weekend, you had blocked nose, took some medicine and look well.
2. On Sunday, you went to fish farm, fed the fishes and ate ice-cream. Daddy said this is your routine thing you will have to complete before you will leave the fish farm. I really think daddy has SPOILT you. Then we went to IKEA shop for things and you played at the children's corner like you have never played before, running around without looking, jumping around and not scared you will knock onto the furniture. This is what we and others say you are so HIGH.
3. Return back to 外婆 place, you bath after some persuasion and showing you the cane. At least you finish the dinner and do some English worksheets before we left for home.
4. On Monday morning, you whine that you are not feeling well and refuse to go school. No choice, we let you stay at home to rest. Back in my mind, I really think you are perfectly alright and I am sure your school will let you attend school as you are not really that unwell. Due to this, mummy had to abandon the chance of family hosting for flu drill organised by your school for Tue and Wed. I was DISAPPOINTED !
5. Mummy took leave stay at home for Tue & Wed. You did not take breakfast and drink milk until 11pm. Shorly you took lunch, played a while with your toys, do some sticker pastings and practise spelling words. You also accompanied mummy see doc after dinner. In the clinic, you played the slide in some dangerous ways and daddy have to watch over you at the play area. On our way home, we were talking about buying the rattan cane and you reminded us where to buy in Tampines. Is this a challenge from you ? Come to think of it, maybe. We have decided to let you participate in the buying of the rattan cane. Will this actually made you aware of cane and take note to behave ? We are unsure and may need some experts like child educator to advise us.
6. Flu drill by your school was a great success as all parents support and the drill was completed smoothly. Thus, you can go back to school today. After some consideration, I sent you to school. While back at home, I can do some work, rest and watch my HK serial show.
7. Frankly speaking, I do not like school to call me. They will call to update parents if something serious happen or telling over the phone for detailed happening or important announcements. Most of the time so far is delivering "bad" news, heart throbing news and enough to scare me news to me. Remember how you cut your tongue two years back & you were hospitalised in KK hospital for two days for GA surgery ? Indeed today something happen to you. You overactively run, you cannot control and go over the limit in playing. During nap time, you did not sleep immediately, you did all those michievous acts, run and push your classmate and accidentally fell and bite your lower lips. There is bleeding, of course. It should be painful or not painful enough because the next thing you did was climb up the computer table and jump. You are lucky you did not knock the head else I think you will have bad fall and in hospital now. What sadden me is you are also not cooperative during literacy class as you make noise when others are reading.


I was very heart broken to hear that you misbehave and was injured. Mummy cried. I am very sure you have all the love and concern from family, you have a healthy family and you can communicate well with us. But the misbehaviors you displayed are like a child from a broken family and he is so emotionally and physiologically affected.

WHAT IS WRONG ? Nothing major happen recently to make you misbehave. It also become very obvious that mummy's sixth sense and observation is right that you misbehave almost everyday in school. Some says you are SMART boy. You are active so you learn things fast so you are somewhat Smart. Then some says these Smart children will do well in studies and high IQ and high EQ. Your IQ is above average and EQ is too early your age to know. But you get along pretty well especially with bigger children. You sacrifice them to the misbehaviors and 不听话 and 不知道什麽該做什麽不該做. We cannot naively compensate them with your good academic skills. We cannot tolerate & ignore your misbehaviors but we simply do not know what to do now. We advise school not to punish you as we fear overpunishments will make you a rebellious person as you grow older. We received too many negative comments on you. The good part is your academic is good, you learn things fast and willing to learn. The challenging task for us to think of ways build up good character skills in you. We really hope you can listen to us and understand what we teach you. Else no choice may need to bring you see specialist doctor to treat you.

You had a new haircut at Aunty Judy's salon after I fetch you from school. It is a very short haircut, you look so handsome and so fresh and hope you can start afresh tomorrow.

听妈妈的话, 別讓她受傷, 好嗎 ? 什麽時候你才會懂呢?千萬不要等到糟糕事發生才說我開始懂了。。。。

Friday, March 14, 2008

听妈妈的话

You are by nature an active and cheerful boy. As being active, you are curious to know things, like to explore and very bold to try out new things. You love to run around and can hardly sit still to concentrate and stay focus on learning things. Your active, mischievous behaviors sometime rage mummy and I once often beat you with hands or cane you. These negative punishments do not work on you anymore. Therefore it challenge mummy to attend to you needs, your whines, your shoutings in more positive ways. Then I remember I bought this book on "Parenting preschoolers" and triggered me to read. I read with the aim to know how preschoolers behave and how we parents can cope with them positively. With this book, it helps identify areas parents can actively participate in the kids' growth and progress. It also have time-proven ideas and activities helping parents to raise an enriched and empowered wholesome child.

So once mummy "mastered" the skills, I hope you will 听妈妈的话, 好嗎?

Sit back and enjoy this song by Jay Chou (周杰伦)

Monday, March 10, 2008

Thrilling FIVES

Aston will turn 5 years old in two months' time. We usually do not celebrate too elaborately for his birthdays. The only major one is when he turned one year old and the next three years are simple celebration with family members with a cake at home. You are already very happy with us surrounding you to sing the birthday song, blow candles, make birthday wish & cut the cake. Thus, we may do the same this year , so there is nothing really special. This year, we will bring you out to watch a show on "The Emperor's New clothes" on your birthday day itself. This is the second children show you watched and the recent one is "The Little Red Hen" which you enjoyed very much. I like to bring you to these shows because it provide you a different way the tales stories are being told as compared to you reading from the story books. Little Red Hen is about be helpful and Emperor's New Clothes is about honesty. You need to know these good characters in life to make you a better person and liked/received by people. You did not attend alot of enrichments because you may not have the time to attend most of them so we chose some important ones for you to promote character building, to sustain learning, to maintain right attitude in learning and to explore creativity in the enrichments you are learning now. You learn piano because you need to be focus and concentrate in learning the music notes and play the piano. You go swimming on every sat because you need some excercise to promote your health well being and improve/sustain your lifestyle. You learn phonic because you need know the way to read words in the correct way and handle independent reading when you reach primary school. You learn English speech & drama because you need to articulate well & co-ordinate movements. The next is to learn Chess because this is what we hope you can get strong in sense of responsibility , social interaction and thinking process. We know you like to learn drawing & we are still considering. We hope you will be thrilled with these activities you are engaging so far now.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

皇上的新衣服

Yeah, after some persuasion, daddy finally agreed to buy the tickets. Oh yes, he's coming along with mummy and bring Aston to watch The Emperor's New Clothes on 19Apr2008 at 2pm. This is what we have prepared as a birthday treat for Aston's 5th birthday.
Mummy will like to thank 三姨 who helped to buy the tickets at 15% julia gabriels discounts.

So close ...nearly an accident

So, can we truly blog & share anything we like to? That's really what I hope. That's why I choose to capture my joyous and memorable moments in this blog. I wish that after years from now, when Aston read back these posts, he and we could laugh the sillyness he and we have had; or to refresh the memories of sweetness he and we once tasted.

Just wanna put this "bitter memory" down. There are many naughty things he has done but I just hope to post just this one and serve a permanent reminder to him ... Aston and his 4yo old nephew had an accident this afternoon, nearly a major one that we may need to rush down to hospital. This is a very naughty thing done by Aston. He tried to piggy back his nephew and succeeded in it and walked round the living room. I was raged and repeated twice for him to stop but he continued the piggy back. He thinks it is so fun and ignore my words and disobey my instructions. At this time, they were near a fan and while they were going round the fan, the fan toppled and fell onto them and both fell down onto the floor. The fan cover has fallen apart and we freaked out. Aston was lying on top on his nephew. Luckily both did not get cut, break the limps or knock the head. I drew a cane and stroked him few times and he cried hysterically ! This punishment is really necessary because I cannot convince myself to turn anger to a caring tone (所謂的愛的関懷). He deserve this painful punishment.....

Friday, March 07, 2008

Progress of Phonics

Aston has learned phonics for coming to 6mths and we are glad to see that you learn to read out the word through phonics sounds. You learned phonics sounds on vowels and consonants and you learn blend sounds. You are able to segment the sounds easily and read out the words. Last night, you read this word "fantastic" using that way & we think it's really fantastic way you learn phonics and displaying your reading skills. Hope you will sustain and improved as you goes along. We should start spelling on you very soon and hope you will use the phonetic skills to remember the word and spell them out.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Secret Code

What does 0-1-2-3 means ?

I merely use this code on Aston many weeks ago.

I ask "Aston, how are you today, are you 0,1,2 or 3 ?
He replied me "Mummy, I am 3 today".
My reply " Oh oh, why 3 ? Why happen to you that you are so naughty ?

Aston decode them in this way. We find it very reasonable decoding by him as he is able to link them well to his behaviors.

0= did not misbehave, very obedient
1= a bit naughty and very obedient
2= naughty and a bit obedient
3=very naughty

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Two Ps

Does Persistent and Perserverance blend together to get the results you want ? Yes, I agree. This applies to how we bought the Kura bed from IKEA Alexandra for Aston a few hours ago.

Persistent - We visited the store twice to buy the bed two mths back but it's out of stock. We were told it will be available for selling around end Feb. I followed up with a few calls to the customer service team a few weeks ago and today to check the available date in the stores. But mummy being a regional inventory planner is sensitive to the delivery dates. Remember it was advised that it'll be available in end Feb and customer service people says 28Feb , 29Feb & early march and one of them told me to call back next week to check again. I was totally confused and quite disheartened with the deviations in date.


Perserverance - Mummy did not give up. Just now at work, I called four times to check the available date. I nearly applied leave on 28Feb to reach the store at 10am to buy. Some will think I am crazy but I really want to buy this bed for Aston. Guess what, I called again around 5pm and I was beaming with smiles. This time customer service people told me the kura bed is available in IKEA Alexandra now and there are 16 beds. I repeat what she told me and happily told daddy must pick us up on time and we make our way to buy the bed around 8pm.

Happy results - Along the journey there, I was quite scared if the beds are not available. What will happen ? Will I scream at the staff or will I complain them for providing wrong information ? Luckily, the beds are available and we are the 3rd person to buy it ! Yeah, we got the bed. We also applied the SMILES Card with our total purchase of S$419.45. The bed will be delivered to us on this Sat between 3pm to 6pm.

Monday, February 25, 2008

My Coffee Princes / 咖啡王子

For a long time mummy did not have the time to watch VCD and finally last two weeks, I completed this nice lighthearted and romantic Korean VCD - 咖啡王子.

I like to drink coffee and I like these 4 王子 !!!


Monday Blues

Working adults have Monday blues and I did not know children also have ! Aston for many times whine not to go school on every monday. Reasons can be too tired after all the weekends activities and playing, slept late (quite unlikely becos Aston sleep at 10plus everyday) or like to stay at home play toys or so happen you fall sick. For today, it's very obvious that you whine because you want to play the toy car track you bought last night.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

SuperPower Kids at St James Church

Mummy's friend, Aunty Sue recommended me this and told me her two sons like it alot and their behaviours improved alot after attending for several sessions. It's free & mummy thought no harm try it out on you. Daddy agreed to drive us there. We reached promtly at St James Church at 230pm. It's two hour weekly activity and it's very popular among many children. On our way there, you asked who will be there and I feel that you are concerned if you have freinds you know. Oh oh, I realised you may not join the activity if you do not know anyone there. True enough, you shy when Uncle Eric ask you join in the fun. You cling onto us and just watch the children having fun singing, dancing and playing games. You requested to leave and no choice we left at around 3pm. Inside the car on our way home, you told daddy you will join the children next sunday. So I ask you, "will you want to come again next week"? and your reply is "yes, I want to come again next sunday". Good !

Friday, February 22, 2008

English Chess

Mummy is very keen to send you learn English Chess. Learning fee is $150 for 10 weeks for beginners program. I feel that this activity requires sitting down and you have to be focus and concentrated when the teacher teach. This is what we hope you can acheive slowly and cut down on being active and always on the move and jumping around and lose the concentration when doing anything or eventually everything. This may be the activity that promotes good behavioural values and character building.

Mummy found out that there are so many advantages through learning chess !!!
Increased sense of responsibility
Planning and precise calculation
Improved thinking process
Memory skills
Group skills
Social interaction
Fun learning process
Better academic performance
Better concentration
Time management skills
Improved analytical
Decision skills and finally
Self-discovering of strengths and weaknesses.

We are planning to enrol you for March class when the school has moved to Teck Ghee Community Centre located in Ang Mo Kio Ave 10.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Kura Bed

Aston saw this bed at Alrick's place many mths ago and like it alot. You climb up the bed and tried sleeping there and immediately told us you want this bed. At that time, we think you like the bed canopy. We then see this a good chance to train you sleep by yourself. We went to IKEA Tampines look for the bed around end Dec and was told it is out of stock at that time and stock will arrive in early Feb. Then last Tuesday, we made a trip to IKEA Tampines to see if we can buy the bed back, thinking we should be able to buy since it's now MId Feb ; sigh..to our disappointment, the delivery of bed is delayed to Mar3 and there will be 64 beds to allocate. We insisted we need the bed and leave down daddy's name and contact number to reserve the bed. If nothing goes wrong, you will receive your birthday gift from daddy & mummy. KURA Bed !!!!!! A bed that grows with the child; turn upside down to quickly convert the bed from low to high.

Our bedroom is limited in space so the plan is let Charlton & Royston sleep with us while you sleep in another room. As much as we want you sleep on our own in another room, mummy is quite reluctant to part you there. Afterall you sleep with us for coming to 5 yrs, we will miss you. So mummy is aiming this plan to happen , that is put the Kura bed in our room and Charlton & Royston sleep on the lower bed.

March holidays program


March holidays are coming. Daddy has kindly helped to book two tickets for mummy and Aston to watch this show called The Little Red Hen on Mar8 at 330pm.

I heard there is the book and worksheet that can be used for post activity after the show. Mummy will download them from website if I can find it.

These are another few more shows I will like to bring you and will discuss with daddy as need him to drive us there..
1) Act3 Prudential Children First ! Singapore International Festival For Children. Little Big Shots (2 to 6 yr-olds). 1-9March, weekdays 10am and weekend 11am.
May need to absent you from school to attend the weekday show.
2) The Emperor's New Clothes
12Mar-19Apr, weekdays 10am, weekend 11am & 2pm. Plan to go on Apr19 as your birthday treat.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Calls from Aston

Ring ring.........daddy and mummy phones will ring whenever Aston stay at home. For the last two days including today, mummy receive more than 10 calls. Mummy do not feel fan over the numerous calls from you ,unsure about daddy though. You sound so matured and speak so well over the phone. Like just now, you called and told me "mummy, two didi are now sleeping, ah ma kept my toys, I have done some homework and slept a short while". What a detailed update you provided me :), my cute 小 boy !

Personal Hygience

Continue from absent from school. You did not attend school yesterday. Had wanted to send you but decided let you absent because for few reasons. Firstly we woke up late, secondly you wetted the bed not knowing you were diaperless and finally we were rushing to work. So you stayed at home for one more day. Yesterday evening time, we went to your school to attend the K1 orientation by teachers explaining to parents what are the cirriculum , materials used to teach to the children. Halfway, daddy's handphone rang and it was Aston who complain of pain in the penis. We monitor you for the night and this morning you still feel the pain and you are absent from school for the 3rd day. We brought you see doc and he examined you, there are redness and doc says it's infection and prescribe cream to apply. So you see, this is sensitive organ and needs proper cleaning when you bath. What a thing to happen to you if you do not clean properly. I will reinforce to daddy the hygience importance and he must be responsible to teach you clean properly.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Absent from school

Due to suspected HFMD in your school yesterday, we decided to isolate you at home today. We told you school is closed today so you need not attend school. It was a lame reason we had to tell you and not the real one in case you use them not to attend school. You are a smart boy so we are pretty sure you will know to use it. You dread to attend school recently and will come up with 101 reasons not to attend school. So we have to compromise the lame excuse this time & think of ways to explain to you when you are older next time and can understand better.

The moment you know you need not go school, you beam with wide smiles. You are so happy and even praise mummy's wear nice blouse, want ah ma bath you and let you wear nice nice clothes. You behave very well at home today.

Still thinking if you should be absent from schoool tomorrow....

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008

Throw Tandrums

What happen to you lately ? You dislike mummy to raise voice, speak sternly or cane you. But you have to know all these are done because you are too naughty. Softly coaxing or pacifying you will not help. Those naughty things you did recently need fierce discipline else you will not know what are wrong and learn to do them right the next time. Daddy and mummy are parents & you must learn to know we can raise voice and discipline you and you cannot throw temper or tandrums or whine, no matter how you dislike them. All the more you should know and think twice before misbehave. This sounded very difficult for you or for kids to follow. But surely you can understand and we want you to listen to our instructions. Most of the time to the contrary, you will not listen and start to whine. So mummy who is quick tempered and always react faster will not tolerate your rudeness and misbehaviours.

Naughty things raged mummy & daddy.
1. Last Sat, you had haircut at the salon. You meddle with the wall mirror, we told you not to swing it, it will cut your toes if it smash onto the floor. Next is you took the stick roller to roll the hairs and affecting daddy who was having his hair cut at that time , told you to stop and you put away the roller unwillingly and sprout your mouth. The next thing you did was grasp your fist and hit the chair repeatedly for a few times.
2. Today this morning, you insisted to get into the car when it's drizzling. The next thing you did is meddle with the heap of leaves that Mummy was about to sweep away.

Are you superpowerkids ? I am thinking of sending you to attend this on every Sunday.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Helpful

Aston can see how busy mummy is today to take care 3 boys or shld be 4 boys (daddy has bad cold, fever and sore throat). You took your shower after some reminders, drank your milk and ate your lunch and dinner without much fuss. You played toys in the living room and do some paper cuttings. You surprised me. You helped mummy rock Royston in the yao lan, you also helped to play/entertain Charlton when he woke up and started to become crouchy. The next thing you help before you sleep, is help mummy bring some medicines to daddy and the milk recording book to our bedroom. Thanks alot Little Mr Helpful ! *You read a book on Mr Clever this afternoon*

Friday, February 01, 2008

Piano Lesson

A few weeks' ago, Daddy checked out the piano center (PIANOFORTE) at Kovan Center. They start from beginners to grade 8. The lesson fee is $100 for one mth and the lesson duration is 45mins one lesson for every week. It is private teacher one to one to teach the children. I like the venue because it is very near our place and we only need to take 5mins to reach there. Just now, we were shopping for CNY things at level one Shop&Save Supermarket & mummy suggested to bring you there take a look at the place. We decided to let you have trial at 8pm. You like the lessons alot and enjoy what the teacher teach you. You understand the basic music notes and got the worksheets done correctly. We got encouraged so we signed you up and you will start the 1st lesson on 15Feb at 8pm. Mummy & daddy do not know anyting about piano & we are prepared to learn the theories with you. In time to come, we will get you a piano and you can play some simple songs to delight us.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

小小攝影家!


Aston got the permission from mummy & took these pictures around the house. Taken from daddy's newly bought Fuji Finepix S5800. We find they are well taken so decided to post it for everyone's viewings.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Michievious or Naughty

From Longman dictionary :
mis‧chie‧vous
someone who is mischievous likes to have fun, especially by playing tricks on people or doing things to annoy or embarrass them:

naugh‧ty
disobedient a naughty child does not obey adults and behaves badly [≠ good]:
You're a very naughty boy! Look what you've done!

昨天子峻被校长冤枉推到班上一位女生。是不是因为你留给他们的玩皮形象? You are punished by standing outside the class and you accepted it & we guess it's becos that's the common punishment you have when you misbehaved. Mummy got to know yesterday evening when we fetch you from school & I absorbed the whole incident quite lightheartedly. But today, I kept thinking and imagine you taking the punishment yesterday.. these questions kept flashing into my mind ; how come you did not inform teacher, explain to them or insisted you did not push the girl. 五岁的你会解释吗?It is not serious matter but we felt unfair you suffer the blame wrongly. 想一想,其实玩皮与坏蛋要客观的判断 。。我希望这件事不会对子峻有太大的影响。

Monday, January 28, 2008

Power Rangers

Aston was exposed to Power Rangers show in his ex-childcare abt 2 yrs ago. Mummy did not know the contents of PR and let you watch. Overtime, you bought so many VCDs from pasar malam or from VCD shops. You are very active by nature & become even more active and jumping around and cannot stay still. This could be the result of watching too much PR. I kept most the VCDs away and you only requested to watch them occasionally. Last evening, you bought another one and I am so angry with daddy allowing you to buy. While I know this is part & parcel of childhood, I cannot bear to hear negative comments on Aston being active..all owed to PR !

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Brotherly Love

Aston is slowly showing his brotherhood love to your twin younger brothers for eg, sayang them when they cry, pick up their rattles when they drop from their walkers and play with them your toys. Like today, Charlton follow you and watch you when you play your toy car. He follow follow like as if he want to play with you.

Friday, January 25, 2008

GAP loot

Today, we received a parcel from Uncle Bernard & Aunty Hiroko from the States. Inside the parcel are two pieces of GAP rompers for your twin bros and one tee for you. Mummy like the M&M card so much cos it cannot be found in Spore. They are coming back for home visit this May and we will be very happy to see them & so will they !

Monday, January 21, 2008

Viral Infection

Today after school, Aston complained of headache the moment he reached home. He did not take his dinner and was very restless and only drank milk. Just when he was bathing, he vomitted and daddy decided to bring him see doc. Mummy checked with teacher Fion that Aston was alright during those routine health checks in school. I was concerned over the food he ate becos I am scared you have food poisoning. Doc checked on you and concluded viral infection (there are slight fever) and not food poisoning becos you did not have diarrahoe. But Doc Lily wanted us to monitor you for the next two days to make sure no more fever and ruled you out from brain infection. Thank GOD that you are alright after two days' rest.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Posing


See how Aston pose ! You really look so cool & suave !