It has been sometime since I last met up with my old friends. Actually not that long as we just attended Aunty Karen's wedding last month.


But it's not exactly a time for us to "yakk away". Though even now, it's not like before where we used to sit in a pup/coffee joints, talk & drink to our fill. The kids need our attention at one point or another. Maybe we can do that with our kids when they are....at least primary 1? Still remember the time we clubed when we were "young". Now, Aunty Karen's Charlottle is turning 1 soon!

At soup restauarant - 2 cool babes who insisted on not smiling for us!

Brought the kids to Raffles City to catch the Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princess show last sat. Shannon luv the show! I liked the show too & bought the DVD which Shannon spent the Sunday watching.

Poor mummy & daddy has been sick after coming back from Bali. Both of us are down with flu & even fever in the beginning of the week. As Sky is easily prone to sickness, we decide to let him sleep over at ah ma's place. Boy, he was so upset! He has been crying to go home every night! Especially when he see aunty and jie jie leaving, he gets hysterial!

We felt much better today and brought him back. He ran around, jumped around, played with his toys, hug his jie jie & sat on daddy's lap. This must be his happiest night of the week!

I was quite sad that I couldn't bring the kids to see Rocfish (the christian equivalent of Hi-5) at the Children CHC as it coincides with our Bali Trip.

However, I was pleasantly surprised that Ah-Yi SMS me while I was in Bali. Her friend gave her free tixs to Bob The Builder show & she' s bringing Shannon to the show.

It must be a wonderful day spent with Ah-yi starting with Mac for lunch and followed by taking the Mrt ride to expo to see the show.




That makes up the time not spending with us.

Day 0 - 17 Nov
We reached Bali at about 7pm. After we check in to the resort, we manage to walk around & shop in the Kuta area. Luckily, the shops there closed quite late. We also check out some of the day tours and decided to go for water rafting trip the next day.


Day 1 - 18 Nov
Water Rafting at the Bali longest river.




In the noon, we hired a driver to drive us to Sukawati - the local's market for shopping. It's also named as the Art Market as there's alot of art pieces. Nothing fancy us & we left after a while to have our dinner.

We went to Jimbaran to have a romantic seafood dinner by the beach. The sunset view was breathtaking.







Day 2 - 19 Nov (Back to see my Baobeis)
Before going to the airport, we went to Kuta Beach.

Technically speaking, I should be in Bali right now. But this morning, while we were checking in, the counter crew asked if we can volunteer to delay our flight to the next timing at 4.40pm. The "carrot" is $300 each & free upgrade to Business Class. Dh did some "business analysis" & decide it's worth the delay. Immediately, we got $600 cash on hand. So to say, we have only 1.5 days in Bali :( But, this trip is now fully sponsored & dh said we can always go back again (Especially, our initial 2 days trip shouldn't be enough).

During this extra 6hrs, we took a MRT to Tampines Mall to catch the latest James Bond 007 movie. I manage to spent some of the fortune buying clothes too :p

At 2pm, we return back to Changi Airport. Taking the business class means we can also chill out at the silver lounge. It's also here we take our free lunch (quite yummy food with Haggen Dazs ice cream to complete the meal!) & allow me to do this little update.

This is also our first trip without the baobeis. Will be missing them alot!! We will be back soon!

November is a good month for birthday parties. Just this month alone, we attended 3 birthday parties ranging from 1yr to 7 yr.

After Shannon's concert, we went to have a sumptuous meal at Ju Shing Jung Korean Charcoal BBQ Restaurant. This is also the continuation of celebrating Ah ma's birthday.

We just ordered grilled beef & chicken. The rest of the side dishes just come with it.

Look how full is the table.


While we were eating, Sky enjoyed himself at the play area. This place is super child friendly.


Unfortunately, after using all the energy in the concert, Shannon is too exhausted to enjoy.

Last Sat was Shannon's school year end concert. Understand from their teachers, the children has been practising their dance very hard to put up a good show. At times, Shannon will give us a preview of her dance steps at home.

However, nothing beats the feeling of seeing your own children performing on stage. I was paranoid that Shannon may suddenly get stage fright and end up not moving on stage. But, she and all the children put up a splendid performance.

Her two 造型. Her two dance items are Indian & Mongolian dance.

Lately, I have been receiving comments from friends that Sky look abit like the Precious Moment figurine. Does he really look like one?

It's so heartwrenching to read the reports of this 2yr old toddler's toe being ripped off in a escalator. Suddenly, there were increasing reports of such escalator accidents in SG as well as US and pointing to one big cause - rubber clog shoe(CROCS!)

We read the reports to Shannon. She got so concerned & kept asking lots of questions. I was so paranoid and had a mind of ditching the baobeis' crocs. But the level headed dh simply said no need for the drastic action.

What's more, I just learned that this little shiyr's mummy's a fellow churchmate from her blog. Will keep her family & little shiyr in prayers.

After church yesterday, we went to Vivo City with their godma. Sky simply luv there as there are plenty of spaces for him to run about.

With the compliments of Aunty May, I bought a long pants for Shannon at Pumpkin Patch at a discount. Must get more discounts from Aunty May again. hehe



The kids were enticed by the play court, though in my opinon abit rowdy. While Shannon was taking her lunch, Godma took Sky out to take his portfolio at the breathtaking harbour front view.

Sat was a tiring day for the kids.

As Dh & Uncle Martin make appt to service their cars together, we whiz the kids off the Uncle Martin place by early noon. Unfortunately, in a hurry, we forgotten to bring the camera out!

Long time frens - Shannon & Fredrick + Sky played the whole afternoon. It has been long since they last seen each other..about 6mths?

See how Lucas (Fred's little brother) has grown so big now..



Shannon so unglam..aiyo!



After playing for the whole noon, the kids have exhausted all energy...they quickly take a nap during the ride the King Albert's park Macdonal for Ian's 1yr old party.

This is the baobeis' first Macdonald party. However, due to the lack of sleep, shannon woke up feeling grouchy & doesn't want to join any activities. She only start to "wake up" when the food arrives.

The party is abit chaotic with so many children and i guess they may be too young to enjoy a party at Mac. I managed to catch old times with my ex-colleagues & old frens.



Promptly by 9.30pm that day, the kids were asleep!

Sat was Ah ma's birthday. What's a birthday without a cake. This year, i ordered a berrymisu cake from tiramisutra. The cake was yummy delicious. As usual, shannon majiam the b'day gal, stand rite in front & even blow the candle for Ah ma.

We did a mini celebration on Fri evening. As a typical Singaporean, this is another reason to gather the family & eat! As next sat is Shannon's concert, the birthday lunch will be on that day then.


I hope by the time i'm in my 60s, i can celebrate my birthday with my grandchildren by my side too! It feels blissful..oops, am i thinking too far fetch..

Dh had a normal haircut last night & came home pretty late..Hence, by the time he reach home, the kids were already in dreamland..
This morning, when Shannon woke up, she immediately noticed her daddy's new haircut. She went on to say, "Daddy! You had a haircut! U very handsome le!" and keep repeating "Daddy! You very handsome!" for at least 3 - 5 times.

I guess DH must be over the moon this morning.