Sentosa... Nope

31 July 2011 (Sun):

We had dinner ard Bukit Merah area & decided to head over to Sentosa. Daddy thought he saw an advert abt paying only $5 per car, or something like that if u go into Sentosa after 5pm....

But somehow we all ended up Vivo instead. Lionel wanted to watch Transformers but too bad, all the tickets were sold out. We wandered around for awhile & the kids ened up at the playground cum water play area.

The photos below can proof that the kids were having tremendous fun.

Wushu Exam 2

31 July 2011 (Sun):

Lionel had his Wushu grading this afternoon. On the paper given, it was indicated as 2pm-3pm but i received a call from my mil @ 1.40pm that his grading will be in 5 mins time.... what... i thought....

I rushed down to the CC but alas, the 1st part of his grading has ended... thus i am only able to show u the 2nd & ending part of his grading..





This wushu master (in white) is very good. He gave instructions on the correct posture & moves & allowed the boys to show the moves again if they did it wrongly the 1st time.

Lionel is the one in yellow belt. They were tested on 插手三节拳，拳掌加连打( 上和 ) & 脱手法( 第一和第二式 ). Dun ask me what moves these names were for... i wldnt know.. hehe


Awaiting for grading - pass or fail


Lionel waiting in line for Shi Xiong to announce the grading & his name to be call.


Presenting the grading book & orange belt to Lionel. COngrats. Lionel passed & got promoted to level 3 - orange belt.


Lionel, proudly holding his grading book & orange coloured belt. Next friday onwards, he will be wearing the orange belt & learning more complicated moves.

NDP 2011 T-shirt Design

29 July 2011(Fri):

Below are the results of the 2 NDP 2011 T-shirt design competition that the kids got involved in.


Front design of Lionel's shirt


Back design.


Front design of Rachel's shirt


Back design.

i took fotos of it but was taught a better way than to have it developed & show it to the teachers. My sil taught me to insert it as pics under Word & print out from there. What a good idea!!

Class K2A Graduation Photo

28 July 2011 (Thurs):

I received the class photos from the kids this evening. Rachel's, as usual, her class photo with an adorable frame but Lionel's one was different. His was the graduating class photo with a hard cover portfolio.

OMG! Lionel is graduating from K2 soon, the end of his kindy & soon to be embarking on a new journey of his life - the primary school life.


This is hard cover portfolio i was talking about with his school name printed on it. Little Footprints School House.


The graduand - Lionel Seah in his graduation robe aka academic dress, graduation cap & graduation cert. Err... the cert is for show only lah. The actual cert would be given during his Graduation Ceremony cum Concert Performance Day, which would be in Nov 2011.


His class photo of K2A, 2011. Notice he is the only boy amongst all the girls. They were grouped into half day & full day class. The above being the students from the am, half day session.


The inside of the port folio. Lionel's stand alone on the left & his class photo on the right.


3 small passport size photos of each child were also given complimentary to the parents.


This was Rachel's class photo - N2A, 2011.


Again, they were grouped into am & pm, half day & full day students. Above being the am, half day students.

Rachel was so happy to tell me she was sitting beside her best friend, Chantel. Chantel is the littl gal sitting on the left hand side, followed by Rachel herself.

P2C registration updates

27 July 2011 (Wed):

Today is the 1st day for P2C registration. This registration will last for 3 days, ending on 29 July 2011. Below is an recount of what i had blog abt in another forum.

Am back from my primary 1 registration.... it was raining so DH decided to send me over... thought why so nice of him...haha...

The basketball compound. It was raining heavily outside. The same place where the school children assemble each morning & afternoon for the National Anthem.

The Primary One Registration Exercise Information Board.

Total Vacancy:180
Place Taken Up: 92
Vacancies Left: 88

We were issued with the q number of 83... I was thinking with so many people ahead of me, the waiting time will be long. DH himself also thought that with only 88 vacancies left... and our queue number was already 83... we made it only just in time... last 5 vacancies left. Till i told him that its not " 1st come 1st served " ...

However, we were very surpised that we were attended to immediately & the whole administrative work was completed in 20 mins or less... from filling in forms to checking & verifying. It wasnt as crowded as i thought it would be... in fact, only a handful of parents were around...

Station 1 & 2... only a few tables away from each other. Station 3 is inside the admin office of which i'm not allowed to take any photos

We went thru 3 different stations: station 1 to check & verify documents, station 2 to fill in the application form & station 3 to submit all the documents & form... all checked & verified once again.

The school canteen... happens to be the students' recess time.. DH jokingly said we should have our breakfast here instead.

Another part of the school compound

After we came out from the admin office, i snooped around the school, taking photos here & there. I cant take much photos as there was this security lady staring at me, wondering what was i up to. I felt embarassed.

So now with all the registration work done, i can sit back, relax slightly & check MOE website for the updates now & then. Praying that alloting wont be needed.

The Vision & Mission of the school.

Vision: A vibrant & caring community of life-long learners.
Mission: Providing our pupils with a balanced & well -rounded education, incalcating in them sound moral and social values and developing them to their fullest potential.

*******************************************************

Updates as of 29 July 2011 (Fri):

Checked thru MOE's website... base on 27 July 2011, number of applicants = 96... 8 more out of 88 vacancies

on 28 July 2011, number of applicants increase to 116, another 10 more from previous 27 July's

as of latest update today, 29 July 2011, total registered applicants = 124, 8 more from yesterday's 116.

I called the sch this afternoon. The admin lady told me as of yest, there are already more than 90 applicants who have registered that are living within 1km from the school premises, therefore balloting is definite. She did not tell me the actual number but that's enough news to give me a nerve wrecking & nerve wrenching stress.

So looking at the total number of applicants, the final numbers today - 124... balloting for only 88 vacancies... and i am not even sure are all these 124 applicants living within 1km of the sch premises.

God help me!! Will call the sch again on Monday to get the actual statistics.

Blunders

27 July 2011 (Tues):

Yest evening, i made 2 blunders on the T-shirt design for Rachel. Daddy will help Lionel with his.

We were supposed to include the following words on the T-shirt : Majulah! The Singapore Spirit.

I drew the wordings on the back of the T-shirt but the word Majulah was too small against my fireworks. Blunder 1.

So i tried to rectify it by adding a water reflection below the words & presto, it was much better.

Blunder 2: instead of waiting for the colouring to dry, i hastily tried to add in the water effect & yikes, the blue ink ran over & smudged the pink ink which i used as the reflection... no turning back... i left it as it is...

Boo hoo hoo... that cant be rectify, can it? Or can i use the blue marker & colour over the pink ink?

Tonight, will get Rachel to colour everything & i will do the neccessary touch up. Asking Rachel once the designs are completed, would she wear it? She shook her head. Haha.. anticipated her answer.

Countdown to Primary 1 registration

24 July 2011 (Sun):

In 3 days time, 27 July 2011, i will be heading to a primary school nearby my estate to register for Lionel who will be in Pri 1 next year. This school that i had in mind is just a normal neighbourhood school but considered one of those highly sought after. Nope, its neither Chong Fu nor Northland..guess again.

Will blog abt it after the registartion process next week. :)

Ballet Upgrade

24 July 2011 (Sun):

Got a surprised this morning when i picked Rachel up after her ballet class. Rachel & her classmates were "upgraded" to the next level in ballet - from her previous baby gems class to now, pre-ballet in CSTD syllabus or pre-primary in RAD syllabus.

Their teacher felt that all the students were ready for the next level, hence the immediate upgrade. I overheard another parent talking to the admin lady on why the type of classes were amended on the notice board & this was when both of us realised our gals were promoted. Haha...








On a side story, both Lionel & Rachel were each given a T-shirt to be designed in accordance with the theme for NDP 2011 - Majulah! The Singapore Spirit. The completed pieces has to be submitted by 01 Aug 2011 & the winner would walk away with $50 voucher from Popular. Not that the prize is tempting but this would allow both kids to think of what they want on their T-shirts & keep them occupied.

Daddy bought those markers applicable for drawing & colouring on T-shirts. Boy! They do not come cheap. I will blog abt the finished product soon. And oh yes, we were supposed to submit a few photos of each kid doing their work & also of cos, showing the parents' participation in this project... duh..

Rachel's Birthday

17 July 2011 (Sun)

Today is Rachels' 4th birthday... alas she has a fever just 2 days ago... nonetheless, we still bought a mango ice cream cake from Swensons to celebrate...



Video taken during the birthday song... Rachel doesnt look sick, does she? The wonders of the ice cream cake.. *wink*

Happy Birthday To Me

03 July 2011 (Sun):

Born some xx years ago, i am now xx years old.. hehe...

Yup,today is my bday.

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.... yeah...

We went to Swensons in the evening for our dinner & bought ice cream cake back home to celebrate with the rest of the village.

Old liao lah.... no need for big celebration... kekekeke...

Stay tuned for Rachel's bday in 2 weeks time...... yup, 17 July 2011, on a Sunday as well.

Sentosa

02 July 2011 (Sat):

This morning, we made our way down to Sentosa.... well, not to Universal Studios, neither it is to Resorts World. LK said to " walk horse see flower " (translate to Chinese la...haha).

We left abt 9am in the morning & took the mrt to Harbour Front Station, found our way to the Broad Walk... admission by tapping our EZ Link Card.... is that simple.

We walked ard, trying to find the monorail station, lost our way but found Universal Studios right before our eyes... wow... the crowd is AMAZING!!!! Faint!!!!

We saw the sign for the monorail & was glad for that. We ran towards it hurriedly, happy to be out of the scorching hot sun. The train attendent was hurrying us to join the waiting train & we did not see if we were on the right platform.

Little did we know, we took the train going in the opposite direction & found ourselves at Harbour Front Station instead. What fools we were. We were laughing at our blurness & silly mistake. No worries! Just remain in the train, if u happened to be js like us... blur sotongs. Hahahahaha...

We arrived at Imbiah Station & Lionel was reminded of those games we played the last time we came with Daddy. Guess what he did? Yup, he asked to played those games all over again & LK cldnt stand his nagging & relented. We played only 2 games this time; the Desparados & Extreme Log ride

Then we headed for lunch at the nearby Saparino's Pizza. Not my liking though; i didnt eat much anyway.

We took the train to Beach Station headed over to Palawan Beach for the kids to dipped into the cool waters.

We left Sentosa at abt 5pm & reached home ard 6pm. Looks like we did nothing for the whole day & did not see much either. But $$$$$ flies away dang fast!!!

Well, the kids were happy. :)







Below 3 videos taken while at Palawan Beach. Enjoy.