Packing

Pssst! See wat Mummy is doing! She is taking out the luggages from the store room, cleaning them up & rumaging thru the drawers & cupboards for our clothes. Mummy has to decide for us wat clothes to bring, hw many sets to bring, wat is suitable for the weather over there. You see, though the weather is hot in the day time but can go as low as 15 degrees in the evening.

So light & airy clothing is needed for day wear but a jacket is defintely a must for the evenings. Actually Mummy say only need a wind breaker for each of us but Ah Ma says cannot. A thick sweater is a must. And not forgetting long sleeves clothings. Us kids hv to be kept warm else we fall sick easily. Better if hv a hood over. But hor, we dun hv any so call thick sweater with a hood. Luckily in Chong Pang, there's a shop selling some clothings at a very low price. So Mummy got 2 sweaters for us at only $5 each.

Mummy had been dumping the clothes into the luggage, taking them out again, throwing in more & then take out again. Then she finds the luggage too small, change another one......doing repeated pattern.... and still no conclusion...

Then comes the big headache! Pampers! Milk powder! Kids' toiletries! Additional foot wear! Where on earth can all these stuff go? Mummy wants to bring as little as possible but how can? Surely hv to bring heaps when travelling with kids. And its NOT a good bargain to buy over in Aust.

Maybe u all wondering why Mummy start packing so early. Its still abt 11 days away ma. Cos Mummy says packing luggage & unpacking is no easy feat. If only the adts goin, then its "chicken feet" but plus us 2 kids, hv to consider the neccessecities very carefully. ONCE our stuff are done packing, then Mummy will hv an easier time packing their own stuff. Ya once.....

Next mid week onwards, Ah Gong will be very busy, taking care of all the food needed for praying & reunion dinner. Ah Ma will also be busy helping. So Mummy hv to take care of us 2 monkeys, thus will not hv so much time to "pack & unpack"

And hor.....Mummy STILL hv not finish doing the spring cleaning yet. Mummy always say do spring cleaning must see her mood & haiz, Mummy has no mood to do it lor. Luckily only left the windows & door & a small potion in the kitchen where Mummy is waiting for Daddy to remove the fridge. Then on CNY eve, then do the final wrap up - sweeping & mopping of the floor. Then all done!

Till then, our trip to Perth - 26 Jan till 01 Feb 2009. See ya!

Computer Enrichment

Teacher Shufen gave Mummy a consent form to enrol me into the sch's computer enrichment class. Its 1 hr/session, 10 sessions/term. But not for free lor. There is the fees to be paid which is $120 per term.

Haiz! $$ again. Mummy passed the form to Daddy but he say nothing. Only lamenting why so expensive. Is dat a consent or a no no? No answer given.

12 Jan 09 - answer to above qn: daddy felt its a waste of time & $$ to learn now cos he tinks dat most prob its only playing of games. In daddy's words, wat can a 4 yr old learn now; dun tink the sch will teach software & hardware progs rite? Mummy felt dat its most prob those vocab exercises like fill in the blanks or puzzle, words, number games. Tis can be played on those ordinary home computer also ma. So daddy says will enrol me next year instead.

The lessons will be conducted every Mon after class at 12 noon. They just paid for my speech & drama class, 1st fees at $80 per mth & subsequently $60 per mth. Now another $120 for computer enrichment.

And hor, sch fees increased liao lor.

Sch fees: $215
S&D: $80
Computer: $120
Total: $415

Money Money Money Money Money.....

Hair Lice Outbreak

My sch gt a hair lice outbreak. The principal gave all students a ltr to inform their parents. I passed the ltr to Mummy and she was like " Yucks! Hair Lice?! Goodness!

My sch said dat they will take all neccessary measures to monitor the situation. I asked Mummy wat is hair lice & she told me dat its like thousands of little white insects living & eating inside my hair. Eeeeeee.........so horrible!

I hope the affected students will recover soon & joined back their class. Its so terrible to miss lessons when it just started. :P

GUG Lesson 1 - Term 1

Hey! Welcome back! Tis my 1st lesson for term 1 @ GUG's. Since i will be reaching 1.5 yrs soon ( in 2 more weeks as a matter of fact), mummy might trsf me to Parents & Tots Class instead. So most prob, i will only be attending tis term & after tis term, i might join the parents & tots class . Or maybe, we will stop for awhile cos mummy's pocket quite tight now ( tis wat she told me but i dunno wat it means)

Anyhow, we learnt the letter A & the # 9. A for ant, Ally Alligator, apple. I gt 2 ants drawn on my hand. For artwork, we were given half an apple each, dipped in colour paint & presses down on a piece of paper. Apple Imprint! I tink someone put the apple into his/her mouth and oh dear oh dear..... quick! spit it out!

Hmm...Amanda says her class also starts @ 4pm but i didnt see her leh... Mummy scan thru the name list attached on the board but also nvr see amanda's name. Amanda! where u la?

Chalet @ Aloha Changi

The long awaited chalet - 02 Jan to 04 Jan 2009. We had booked our chalet at Aloha Changi, off Loyang Ave, near SIA Sports Club.

We only went in on Sat evening. Er Gu & Er Gu Zhang checked in on Fri though. Mummy went in on Sat morning & helped get things prepared. Why i only went in the evenin is becos i am still having throat infection & the adts dun wan me playing & screaming ( knowing us kids - dat's wat we do whenever we see each other) else my infection might get worst. Ah Ma wans me to rest so dat i will be in perfect health for my trip to Aust which is soon. :)

So me & Rachel went in the evening, together with Daddy, Ah Ma, Da Gu & Xiao Gu & Li Wei Gu Gu. We played, ate, drank. There were lots of food - pork cutlet, chix meat, curry chix, fried bee hoon, fishball, sweet potato, etc.... even otah which Daddy bot at the last min cos they claim dat there were nt enuff food to go ard.

Daddy even told Mummy he wanted to go Sheng Siong to buy live fish & "peng kan" over at the chalet but he changed his mind.

Gu Po even joked dat we shd all hv our reunion dinner at the chalet cos the area
is so big - 3 bedrooms, a huge kitchen area & a big living hall. Gu Po says it looks like their old kampong hse, only the kampong hse is much much more bigger. Er Gu says they also hv 8 bedroom unit. If really wan to hv reunion dinner, must take the 8 bedroom one so can house everybody. Haha...like real. How to? Then the praying hw? ( 拜天公) All rushed back to to pray meh? From Changi to Yishun???

Lionel & Rachel - Kiddy Ride - 01012009

Lionel in yellow top & navy blue bermudas. Rachel in pink floral dress. Just in case if u readers are mistaken. :)

First Outing of 2009

Waiting for my dinner

Kiddy Rides

Its me Lionel

01012009 - Our 1st outing of the year. Haha! But its not anywhere special; just some family get together @ Junction 8 Bishan. Daddy bot us for dinner & some jalan jalan there after. We played at the abv kiddy rides for a short while. Daddy donated $2 to start the ride & then we have other kids joining us too.

We went to look at Fragrance (香味)Bak Kwa. 1kg is abt $43 now. Daddy asked if Mummy wanna buy. Mummy says buy a bit to eat jus for fun. Daddy looked at Mummy n say "Siao!" Haha..