Visiting Aunty Sharon

What a bad way to start my morning today… =(.

I woke up at 6.30am for my milk and couldn’t fall asleep after that. I started to feel bored coz Daddy was still in his dreamland while Mommy was busy preparing to go out. So, I requested to watch Barney. While I was watching happily, I was interrupted by Daddy coz it was time to get changes and to go for my lesson. I didn’t want to stop watching and started crying and fussing.

In the end, I lost the battle even though I was fussing all the way to United Square. My mood got better only when I had my usual toast @ Ya Kun.

Happier after my breakfast… =)

Session @ GUG
Today’s letter of the day was “Q” and Teacher Zee introduced a quail called Queeny to us. I wore a tiara in the classroom and pretended to be a queen… hehe. For project, I made a mouse with cucumber (ear), bread (face), raisins (eyes and nose), carrot strip (whiskers) and tomato (mouth).

My masterpiece

I woke up early this morning and I am so tired after the class that I fell asleep in the car while we were on our way to Mt Alvernia.

Visiting Aunty Sharon
We dropped by to pay Aunty Sharon and Baby Shaynnen a visit after my GUG session. When I woke up, I was already in the hospital. Mommy commented that Baby Shannen has very nice features – see for yourself if you don’t believe.

Baby Shaynnen, Mommy and Me

Gabriel’s family was also there. And I had a minor accident while playing with Gabriel – he wanted to gave me a hug but both of us fell in the process with him hitting his head onto the floor and me hitting my head onto his forehead… =(

Gabriel “tackling” me again

As it was getting late, we bid goodbye to Aunty Sharon before making our way to Zion Road for lunch. I wanted to eat fish today but the store selling sliced fish noodle wasn’t open. I was so upset that I didn’t want to eat the fishball noodle. In the end, I had to make do with a red bean paste bun again.

Having a bun @ the coffeeshop

Seeing that I was recharged and so lively in the afternoon, Mommy decided to bring me downstairs to supervise Daddy washing the car. I saw the wording “NO PARKING” on the floor and ran my finger along the letter while trying to read out the letters aloud. I managed to recognize – “K”, “I”, “N” and “G”.

GuGu's Back For Dinner
Daddy was in charge of my dinner feeding tonight as Mommy was busy preparing to go out for a wedding dinner. She was so surprised to see that I could take a whole slice of carrot and a big portion of broccoli without any difficult. When she was feeding me, I would spit out any single bit of veggie whenever I detected their presence. Most of the time, she had to cut the veggie into tiny pieces and mixed them into my rice so that I wouldn’t detect them.

Mommy sneaked out of the house while I was watching VCD in the room. Half way through the show, I felt something was amiss, it was then that I realized that Mommy had gone out. I “phoned” Mommy and she told me that she would be coming home late.

After that, I had no time to miss Mommy as I was busy playing with Aidan… =P. Aidan brought along his bubble gun and we played for a while along the corridor tonight. GuGu wanted to bring me down to NTUC for a walk. I wanted to go with her at first, but back out when I discovered that Daddy wasn’t going down. She successful brought me to the lift before I burst into tears.

Sharwyn's 2nd Birthday Party

Today is Sharwyn’s birthday and I was invited to her party @ the eXplorerkid (Downtown East). But before that, we dropped by GongGong’s place first. I think Daddy put a “sleeping spell” on the car. I can’t explain the reason I keep falling asleep in the car whenever the ride is slightly longer.

Over at GongGong’s place, I spent most part of my time taking my nap. I had a quick lunch before going down to Downtown East.

Happy Birthday Sharwyn!!!
We arrived at around 2pm and most of my friends were already there. It was a big turnout – Gabriel, Athena, YingXin, Faye, Cindy, Jeannieve, Justin, Kieran and of coz the birthday girl – Sharwyn, were all there.

My friends

For hygiene purpose, we are required to remove our footwear and wear socks in the compound – but Daddy missed out this detail. Fortunately, they do sell sock at the counter.

When we were inside, we noticed something was missing (to be precise, someone was missing) – Uncle Eric and Aunty Sharon were nowhere in sight. Later we discovered that Sharwyn’s little sister (Shaynnen) was arriving soon and Uncle Eric was accompanying Aunty Sharon at the hospital. It couldn’t be more perfect – both Sharwyn and her little sister sharing the same birth date. Come to think for it, I think that is Aunty Sharon and Uncle Eric’s birthday present for Sharwyn… hehe.

The party commenced with the lunch. Each of us was given a happy meal – consisting of a hamburger, a bag of sliced apple and a pack of apple juice. I didn’t really like the hamburger. Instead, I had red bean paste bun instead while Mommy helped herself to my hamburger. I had apple dipped in caramel dip as dessert – yummy… =)

The makan session

We were ushered to the front of the function room after the makan session. We would be playing some games there. The first game was called “musical chair” - we were supposed to occupy a seat whenever the music stopped. But most of us didn’t know how to play coz we were still too young. In the end, most of the daddies or mummies played along with us and I think they were having more fun than we did… hehe. Sharwyn was a natural - she knew how to grab a seat when the music stopped and she even will clap when she got a seat. I didn’t participate, as I preferred to watch by the side.

The second game was a dancing game. We were required to dance according to the instructions. Most of my friends were having fun while I watched.

The game session

Finally, the cake cutting session followed. Sharwyn had a big cake with Barney and his friends printed on top of it. We sang birthday song and even gathered for a picture. Daddy let me ate the whole piece of cake on my own - it was yummy especially the creamy part.

The birthday gal and her cake


Taking photos with the birthday gal


Me giving Sharwyn her present and a hug… =)


Finally, eating the yummy cake… hehe

The party was unofficially over after the cake cutting session as all of us adjourned to the adventure playground for free play. There are two ball pools and the main play area is a maze-like structure that requires a lot of climbing and crawling when you navigate in it.

The ball pool

Daddy followed me around in just case I got into any trouble. I didn’t have a good feeling about this place at first coz the flooring isn’t “solid” – it is a net like structure and my feet are so small and I kept stepping into the openings. Daddy had to carry, push and pull me along for most part of the journey. And we did A LOT of climbing and crawling until he felt like he was back in army training again.

Climbing and more climbing…

There are two areas that I like most. One of them is the slides. There are 2 slides there – one is really steep and long while the other one is shorter. The long slide was really scary and Daddy didn’t allow me to slide down it alone. For the shorter slide, Daddy would let me slide down first and followed behind after I reached the bottom. The second area that I like is called the Kangaroo Room where I can bounce myself up and down… hehe.

After a few round, I became more daring and adventurous. I started to do more climbing and crawling and didn’t mind walking or crawling on the net. It was really a great workout for me and Daddy… hehe. We stayed until around 5pm before making our way home.

A Conversation With Daddy and Mommy
While lying on the bed with Daddy and Mommy in the evening.

Daddy: “TingTing, who roars?”
Me: ”Lion.”
Mommy: ”TingTing, who has a long trunk?”
Me: ”Elephant.”
Daddy: ”TingTing, who has a long neck?”
Me: ”Giraffe.”
Mommy: “TingTing, who moos?”
Me: “Cow moo.”
Daddy: “TingTing, who give you milk to drink?”
Me: “Mommy”
Daddy and Mommy: “Ha ha… ha ha…”
(I think Daddy was looking for the answer “cow” but technically I was still correct… =P)

Dining Out With My Buffet Kakis Again

Today is Wednesday and it was our dining out night again. I met up with my buffet kakis (Sharwyn and Gabriel) again to enjoy another round for 1-for-1 buffet. This time, the venue was Orchard Café @ the Orchard Hotel.

My buffet kakis… =)

It was a rainy evening and there was traffic jam everywhere – in the end, we were the last to arrive. I wasn’t hungry but still managed to snack a little bit of sliced fish, some assorted cake, marshmallow, red bean soup (less the bean), and chocolate ice cream.

Where’s my food?


Drinking my red bean soup

I was the champion again – stayed seated for the longest duration. Sharwyn remain seated for a much longer duration too – I guessed there wasn’t any pond around here to distract us from our eating. After around two hours of eating, all of us started to get restless and decided to run around the area. By this time, there were only a few of us left in the café.

Running around the cafe

Gabriel was trying hard to “tackle” me whole night, running after me, hugging me really tight. I must learn a few tricks from Sharwyn on how made he back off.

It was another late night for me. I finally knocked out @ around 11pm (an hour after my usual bedtime).

Happy Hari Raya!

Today is another public holiday. I got to stay at home with Daddy and Mommy again… =)

It was also a bright and sunny morning - the sky wasn’t hazy like last few days. And Daddy thought that it was a wonderful day to get wet. We packed our bags and hopped into the car and we were on our way for a dip – but no one asked for my opinion.

We travelled half way across the island to the Jurong East Swimming Complex coz they (almost) have the facilities of a water-themed park but charges public pool entrance fee (Normal: $1.50 for adult, $0.80 for children and Sat/Sun/Public Holidays: $2 for adult, $1 for children).

[Note: You need to rent the floats from them if you want to play with the slides and other water features (Normal: $2 per float and Sat/Sun/Public Holidays: $3 per float)]

My swimming costume fits nicely now

After getting me into my swimming costume, Daddy and Mommy then discovered that I wasn’t in the mood for a swim/dip. They took turns to con me – by telling me how nice was the water, how much fun the rest of the JieJies and KorKors were having. Mommy even took me to explore the toddler area but it didn’t work as well. But I simply refused to get myself into the cold water – clinging on to Daddy/Mommy as if my life depended on it. I even pulled out my trump card – claiming that I wanted to sleep. After half an hour of conning, I still refused to give in. Seeing that we were going nowhere, Daddy and Mommy finally gave in and we went to wash up and change.

Mommy exploring the toddler area with me


Daddy trying to con me in going down into the water

I was so happy that I got my way and my acting (trying to sleep) was over the moment we stepped out of the swimming complex – I was as lively as a dragon again… =P. But there was a bad news waiting for me - I overheard that Daddy is going to start my water familiarization again.

On our way to the car, Daddy saw a little playground beside the HDB block and I spent a short while there – playing with the slide and practicing my climbing skill on the ladder.

I am better at climbing now – can even climb a vertical ladder

I love slide… =)

Unfortunately, I had a minor accident at that playground. While I was on a higher slide, Mommy failed to realize that I was sliding too fast. I didn’t stop in time at the end of the slide and fell onto the ground (off a height of 15cm~20cm). But Daddy and Mommy were shocked as it happened too fast. I cried for a short while but nothing too serious - only suffered some light scratched on both knees.

After that fall, Daddy decided to call it a day. He wanted to have lunch before heading home but too late – I was feeling sleepy and eventually fell asleep in the car.

I had a great nap and spent the rest of the holiday lazing at home. With nothing to do, I decided to decorate one of my stuffed toy with the stickers Daddy bought for me… =P.

My masterpiece… hehe

Dining Out Sunday

New Semester @ GUG
Today began my fourth and final semester at GUG. I have a new classmate and her name is Jolin. Today, I was able to tell teacher my name and Mommy was very pleased… =)

The letter of the day was was “P” and the animal of the day was penguin. Teacher Yani taught us that we must use the word “please” whenever we make a request. And Mommy’s favourite colour begins with the letter “P” as well – purple. For project, I made an alligator purse today and mother was quite pleased with my painting skill.

Dining Out @ Alexandra Village
NaiNai didn’t cook tonight coz she needed to stay back after her church service for some extra lesson. In the end, we went out to dine at a seafood eatery @ Alexandra Village. GuGu and Aidan came along with us too. I had stir-fired sliced fish, some veggie, bean curb and winter melon soup with rice. Seeing that Aidan was self-feeding, I decided to be a good gal too and ate on my own too. The food there was nice and the price was rather reasonable – it looks like I will be visiting here very often… hehe.

A table of yummy food… =)




Dining with Aidan

We even had the chance to drop by that nearby bird store after dinner since it was still open. Aidan was thrilled when he saw so many birds as well… hehe.

Aidan and GuGu came back with us. And I invited Aidan into my new “house”. We even played cooking with the play-doh set together. It was the first time I really enjoyed Aidan’s company and we had a great time… =)

Showing off my new “house” to Aidan




Playing cooking with Aidan

Happy Deepavali!

Today is a Saturday and also a public holiday – Deepavali. It doesn’t really matters to us coz Daddy and Mommy don’t work on Saturday anyway. It was also a hazy morning. Due to the haze, Daddy wasn’t keen in any outdoors activities. As a result, we spent the whole morning at home. I hadn’t had home-made breakfast for a long time and Mommy prepared a half boiled egg for me today… =).

Artist @ work… sssssssssshhhhhhhhh

Daddy was in the mood for some “renovation” work and he did some “upgrading” to my “house” (a big box) – now I have windows… =).

My newly installed windows

I had my lunch at home before we hit the road for Suntec City – Body Shop was conducting a warehouse sales there.

Shopping @ Suntec City
Once we were @ Suntec, we headed towards the foodcourt as Daddy and Mommy were very hungry. In order for them to have a peaceful meal, Daddy bought me a red bean paste bun so that I could occupy myself. It was even time for dessert – Mommy’s favourite Yummy yoghurt.

Lunching @ foodcourt


Having yoghurt beside Uncle Donald

The hall, where the Body Shop Warehouse Sales was held, was rather empty with the crowd gathering only around the trolleys of products (leaving a big space in the middle – just nice for me to run around… =)). Daddy decided to bring me around the place while Mommy could shop peacefully.

I had a ride on Daddy’s shoulder. I have better balancing sense now and it is less frightening for me. I know how to hold on to Daddy’s head with both my hands. I can even control Daddy’s direction of move by turning his head towards the direction I wanted to go – it was really fun. Without my constant bugging, Mommy managed to complete her shopping in a relatively short time. And we proceeded to the Koi Garden @ Basement one.

The first thing that caught Daddy’s eyes was that the fishes there are overfed coz all of them are so FAT and they are not interested in the fish food in the water. Daddy wasn’t keen in letting me to feed them with more food. But hearing that I wanted to “throw” and seeing that I looked so pity while other kids were feeding the fishes happily, he asked Mommy to buy a pack of fish food. I managed to feed them ¼ pack while Daddy told me to save the rest when we go over to Sentosa next time.

The big fat fishes @ Koi Garden


Feeding the fishes @ the Koi Garden

Kite Flying @ Marina South
With our shopping done @ Suntec and it was still early, Mommy suggested going to Marina South to take a walk (since the sky wasn’t really that hazy today).

Over there, Daddy brought me a kite. It was a good day for kite flying – it was very windy and the sky was so clear. There were a lot of people there flying kites as well. Daddy managed to launch the kite into the sky rather effortlessly. I am still too young to fly a kite on my own, so Daddy assisted me with my kite flying - this was my first time flying a kite. Mommy also enjoyed herself as it was her 1st time flying a kite too… hehe.

My maiden kite flying session


Flying kite with Mommy

We arrived at home at around 7pm and we were so tired that all of us knocked out without having our dinner.