Last Saturday, Alice's granny got a room in MBS and asked us to go over for a swim as well to catch the fireworks. As daddy was not around (away for mission trip in Bandung), I was still hesitating if I should go. But, it was a too good a chance to miss and I am sure the kids would enjoy it. We set off at 5pm. That's when the eventful journey started.

The gungho me not very well verse with routes and often directionless, whooshed the kids in the car and made our way to MBS. I do know the route to Suntec but super unfamiliar with the entrance to MBS. But I thought, what the heck, GPS could do wonder. But the silly me, not sure what did I do with the settings, ended up turning the GPS into driving stimulating experience mode and I was trapped when I went past Marina Square. Traffic was heavy and not knowing where to turn or stop, I literally go wherever there's "road". The joke of the day is when Shan woke up from her nap and asked Mummy why are we in Ang Mo Kio!! Little did she know that, Mummy had went past KPE, Orchard and finally reached AMK.  Of course, on the way, I tried to make out what was happening to the GPS and swearing at it. Finally, after praying over the GPS, I managed to stumble into "Settings" and switched it back to "On" mode. Holy ghost, it was in "off" mode all the while!! Sign, I missed my man so much :p

Anyway, with GPS's help, we were back safely in MBS by 6+ (stopped by the the Shoppes and Johnny took over the wheels to drive into the carpark. Alamak! Just had to turn right from where I stopped).
After wowing at the room, the kids quickly got changed and dashed to the pool. It was totally awesome to swim with a breathtaking view.

Last Friday, Shan came back from school feeling rather down and tired. It was also a short day for Sky as his school was celebrating Racial Harmony Day. Thus, I invited Sky's friend (with his mum) over for some playtime. Since, I had guest, I did not mind Shan too much. After a short while, I realised she was sooo tired that she was lying on the bed. It was very unlike the usual routine and I was concerned that she was not feeling well. Alas, she told me that her school teacher which is also one of her subject teacher, passed away and she had no mood to eat. By the time our guest went off, Shan was already fast asleep in her uniform. She had a brief one hour nap before she had to get ready for her Berries class.

On my way back from her class, Shan's form teacher called and informed me about the demise of the teacher. I had no idea until her teacher mentioned that Shan was one of the girls that cried very badly when the news was broke out to the students. So, the form teacher was worried that the pupils may have a hard time coming to terms with it. She was a rather young and well liked teacher who apparently passed away due to sudden stop of heart beat. There was also a circular informing parents to look out and monitor distress signs of the pupils (no mood to eat was one of the signs). I do not remember Shan even showed signs of distress when her Ah Gong passed away few yrs ago. Now that she's older, I guess she could understand this better and perhaps more emotionally expressive.

We have been faithfully attending BUTS yearly with Karen's family. Unfortunately, Karen's baobei Charlotte was down with high fever the last minute and they had to break the tradition and missed it. But hey, this year, Allan's family joined us! 

This year BUTS featured the whole ballet performance to music by Tchaikovsky. Shan was looking forward to Swan Lake at the finale. Unexpectedly, Shan was down with mild fever in the noon and was abit lethargic. That did not diminish her mood of going to BUTS though.

As usual, before the show, the kids would go for face/hand painting.




Sky always relates BUTS to catching a fair bit of NDP's fighter jet. Understandably, he's not into ballet as much as Jie Jie :p However, he enjoyed coming to the event every bit since he could catch fighter jets in action, eat his favourite KFC or pizza, gorge on the tidbits without Mummy's nagging and relax under the stars. Too bad, this year, the fighter jets only flew by once and the fireworks were blocked by the large large rainforest tree. Nevertheless, it was a great evening for all of us. Till next BUTS...

The kids were memerised by the tall "spider web" with slides added to it and wasted no time to climb it.


While Gor Gor and Jie Jie are busy playing themselves, Seth posed his signature look and did sand playing.

Flying Fox

Setting: A Jap restaurant in Ion

Veron was lamenting and causally mentioned: "Must find a 老公来养"

Shan quizzically asked "为什么要人家养，你又不是动物?

So mummy is now categorised as a "动物".

Sky's art school participated in the "On-The Spot Art Contest" organised by Singapore Polytechnic and PUB for Singapore International Water Festival. To be frank, we were clueless about the event. In fact, we thought it's just a normal art competition and to our pleasant surprise, there were quite a number activities going on. So happy that the whole family went instead of just bringing along Sky. As the competition had yet to start, the kids started to play the activities first.

Seth's first try on the pirate ship! He freaked out when the ship got higher and higher and cried for mummy's rescue!








After note: received a call from Singapore Poly (the organiser) that Sky won a consolation prize and they will be mailing us his medal and some vouchers! Woah, am so proud of him since this is the first art competition he took part in!! Congrats, darling!