Friday, September 30, 2011

Chinese

30 Sep 2011 (Fri):

** This is just a random joke from a certain forum which i pluck out to share :)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Little Ballerina

26 Sep 2011 (Mon):

Back-dated post on 18 Sep 2011(Sun): i was held up with work, thus did not witness this incident.

Just for memory purpose :)

Rachel actually shook hands with K.Shanmugam, MP for Nee Soon GRC. Rachel has changed into her ballet tutu when Mr. K.Shanmugam walked past. He shooked hands with Rachel,smiled at her & said: " Oh, u are a little ballerina. "

Rachel smiled shyly back & ran to hide behind my sil.

** Related to me by my sil.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I Do Not Understand

20 Sep 2011 (Tues):

This is one of my own ramblings.

I came across a blog post which i was reading and the writer asked those who followed her blog to pray for their fren who js lost his life partner due to cancer.

A sad thing that followed was they just adopted a little boy from Ethopia 4 mths back. This little boy was only 10 mths old then.

So now, this little boy had only a short 4 mths love from his mum, which he may or may not know.

What I DO NOT UNDERSTAND is that since the mummy had been fighting with cancer back then & she knew she had this illness way before adoption, why did they still wanna adopt?

Did she weigh the pro & cons? Did she knew hw long she had to live? Did she think she can provide all the love & care for her son?

There are just so many questions.... I DO NOT UNDERSTAND!!!!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Catch - a - Crab?

18 Sep 2011 (Sun):

After dinner @ Bedok Point, we went over to Punggol Field, err.. not exactly, somewhere ard there, nearby Punggol Plaza, off Tebing Lane. A night spot for 'night birds'....

Catch - a - crab, err.... fish... or prawns.. u name it... they have it. There are also a few cafes, bistros & restaurants, even Popeye's. For the non anglers, have a game at the billard centre.




Some of their catch. Fishes of different sizes... ice cubes to keep it fresh.








A glimpse of the area...

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Preparatory Class for P1

15 Sep 2011 (Thurs):

Received a consent form from the school regarding Primary 1 Preparatory Class for all K2 students. This is to inspire the child & to pre-empt them the expectations in primary 1. I have defintely gave my consent. The school have meticulously planned their syllabus as closely as the primary school core-curriculum & this i must agree, after looking thru the kids' termly lesson plans & given homework.

Will provide more details once i have an idea what they do during their preparatory classes which will begin in December.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

8 Friends

12 Sep 2011 (Mon):

Lionel told me other than himself, another 4 of his classmates will be joining him next year in the same primary school @ YPS.

Zhi Qin, Diane, Joe & Tyron are all his K2 clasamates & soon to P1 classmates or schmates too. Chervon, another gal, was Lionel's ex classmate for N1 & N2, thereafter , she was transferred to another CC but is still his classmate for their Wushu sessions.

So @ YPS, we have 6 of them all together.

Other than this, we have Vernie & Simin going to AIPS. These 2 schools are just next to each other, so Lionel was telling me they can all go to sch together & come back together. Now, this gal, Vernie has a very big impact on Lionel for she is his new found galfren. Muahahahaha...

Kids at this age shdnt even be talking abt relationships but we are nt gg to be so rigid abt it. Its all a passing phrase & just for the fun.

Below is a conversation we had:

us ( daddy & mummy): how do u know if AIPS has the same session as YPS for P1?

lionel: nvr mind lah, if AIPS is having the am session, then Vernie & Simin can meet us in the evening

us: why evening?

lionel: so that we can take the SSC bus to SSC for dinner & shopping. (the 'we' here referring to all 8 of them)

us: what?!! * roll eyes *

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Smurfy Night

10 Sep 2011 (Sat):

" Lalalalalala-Lalalalala... "

8 of us decided to watch "Smurfs" at the cinema. In fact, arrangements has been made earlier to watch the afternoon show & catch up with the mooncake festival celebration in the evening at our neigbourhood open field. However, we decided to watch the 2050hrs show instead.

"Smurfs" - all the ever familiar names such as Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, Clumpsy Smurf, Grumpy Smurf, Vanity Smurf, etc... And not forgetting the bad guy, Gargamel & his cat, Adrizel.

This is all together a very heart-warming & hilarious movie. 5 thumbs up!... i wldnt mind watching a 2nd time.

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11 Sep 2011 (Sun):

Instead of making a trip down Chinatown to relieve the mooncake festival celebrations, Daddy. myself & the 2 kids made a trip across the causeway again, hoping to find a product which daddy's client wants to have. But was told we cld only find those in electrical shops. Not knowing JB that well, we gave up searching & went for dinner & shopping instead. We even send our car for a wash...

There was a major jam at JB customs upon returning & Daddy said due to 911 anniversary, security were tight & checks were done thoroughly. What do u think?

Oh! We were 'knocked' gently behind by another fellow Singaporean who claim his hand brake wasnt working well when were stuck in the jam, moving inch by inch ever so slowly. No damage done. The driver apologised & we were on our way again. Daddy jokingly asked if he (the driver) fell asleep & stepped on the accelerator accidentally. Both drivers gave each other a pat on the shoulder. All well ends well. :)

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Term 3 Progress Report

08 Sep 2011 (Thurs):

Got back the progress report for both kids for term 3. Report as follows:


Language Arts
Lionel dictates a story about an event or experience. He shows interest in others by exchanging information with them. He identifies with his friends and often suggests experiments and explores new ideas that are related to play activities. He can identify and describe different animals and insects. He makes careful observations, using all of his senses and works collaboratively with others. He has to continue exploring new vocabulary words for fluency.

Maths Concepts
Lionel realizes solutions to simple problems. He recognizes names, decribes and compares shapes like pentagon, hexagon, cube and cone. He can put objects in graduated order from shortest to tallest, or thinnest to thickest, to smallest to biggest. He identifies ordinal names ans numerals from one to twentieth in & out of sequence. He can recognize the position of objects in a series and identify the days of the week & months of the year. He has to do regular home study for retention purposes.

Chinese Language
在第三学期里,我们主要以动物和昆虫为主题。志聪对这些主题都感兴趣。在学习的过程中,他对主题的内容掌握得很好。华文理解能力强,在做理解问答写作中,能理解短文中的内容,并写出正确的答案。汉语拼音方面,韵母和声母的发音掌握得不错,但声调的标法方面需加强,加油。


Lionel demostrates more stregthened hand & eye coordination when cutting with the scissors , using paint brushes, doing finger painting & using glue and pasting.

在进行拼图活动中,志聪能发挥他的思维能力和观察力,从提供的图块中,拼凑成一幅完整的图画。


Language Arts
Rachel is a confident and attentive girl. She is able to understand the themes taught in Term 3. She completes her work with little supervision and enjoys interacting with her peers too.

Maths Concepts
Rachel understands the concepts taught & enjoys the math activities in the classroom.

Chinese Language
在第三学期的学习中,佳璇能够认读学过的华文字了,也愿意参与到老师的活动中。 老师希望你继续努力,如果以后能在上课时更加专心听讲就更好了。


Rachel is able to complete her work with little supervision. She can identify some shapes & colours.

佳璇很喜欢做手工,色彩很好,做得也很美。以后要更加自信哦,老师觉得你很棒!

Alamak. All repeating the same thing. The teachers got nothing better to say... muahahahaha!!!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Moon Cake Festival

05 Sep 2011 (Mon):

The below certificate was awarded to Rachel for participating in the Lantern Design Competition.

I didnt expected there was such an award. The kids told us sometime back in August abt this lantern making & that they were to bring it to school soon. That was the only info given, so we thought its another craft set by the school. Never did we expect it to be a competition, just like the National Day T-shirt Design. There were no forms to inform us on this competition.

Daddy brought the tools & material needed to do this lantern but we did not expect it has to be handed in on the 05 Sep. Duh... so we gt no choice but to dig out old lanterns. The kids told us there wld be a celebration in school.

But according to Ah Ma, becos the lantern's light up & music did not work, Lionel did not want to bring it to sch. So when Ah Gong saw the lanterns A & V brought, he immediately craft 2 out of beer cans.

Nope, Lionel didnt want that; only Rachel happily brought it to sch. So the certificate was only awarded to Rachel, not Lionel, in case you are wondering why Lionel did not gt any certificate.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

That's The Way

04 Sep 2011 (Sun):

We went into Msia again. Wondering where to hv our dinner, we asked the kids for some suggestions. And kids, being kids, 1st thing always on their mind... yup, you guessed it - MACDONALDS.

i was shaking my head... and Daddy was asking " Does it always have to be MacDonalds? "

Lionel's reply " That's the way!!! "
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