This has been a difficult week as our nation collectively gathered to bid farewell to a giant of a man. Even as people went about their business, one sensed a deep and palpable sorrow in the air. Tears sprung to my eyes when I saw our Prime Minister, at once a son but also the head of government, being Prime Ministerial and hardly faltering, holding back his emotions when his heart must have been broken. I cried when I watched scenes reflecting Mr Lee’s deep love for his wife. But I didn’t weep ... read more
My Disney Princess Weekend: Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast
What do you do when the opportunity arises for a girly weekend with just your daughter on your hands? Bring her to enjoy some Disney magic, of course. Mei and I got to enjoy some girly time together this weekend to close the school holidays as Noey and DD took off on an overnight school-organised fishing trip at a kelong in Malaysia. With only the little miss for company, I decided to indulge her girly fantasies (and mine!) both on-screen and on stage. Cinderella First up ... read more
Goodbye and Godspeed, Mr Lee
I woke up yesterday morning with plans to start the new school term, only to be halted in my tracks by messages of informing me of news that in the night while we lay sleeping, the man regarded by many as the founding father of modern Singapore had passed on. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was 91. The news, while seemingly inevitable with each subsequent press release from the PMO, was still a shock when made a reality. Mr Lee had been so large, so forceful a personality that I had almost believed that he ... read more
Primary 1: First Term Report
I heaved a sigh of relief as we closed the first term of Noey’s P1 year — intact and in good spirits! The boy doesn’t really have any holiday homework to complete, probably for the first and last time ever! (Well, unless you count the costume that we have to make out of recycled materials for Week 2. I thought I would be able to stop with the cardboard costumes this year now that Noey is in P1 but apparently not!) So we’ve been playing really hard these past few days, squeezing in a ... read more
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (金发姑娘和三只熊): Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold, It’s Just Right!
I grew up listening to fairy tales and when it came to my kids, I naturally did the same. I know some parents don’t think fairy tales are relevant in our modern day context but I beg to differ. I think instead that there is something timeless and enduring in these old tales that fire the imagination and which guides us in our earliest understanding of right and wrong. These stories cross cultural barriers and, as we saw this weekend at the performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears ... read more
March Monster Mash at Gardens By The Bay
*Media Invite* The March holidays are upon us! The term has sped by and I’m certainly looking forward to waking up at a decent hour in the week coming forward, with the 6am alarm being deactivated for a while. Now let’s just hope the kids get with the programme. This holiday promises to be a rather fun one with family time and play dates galore, just the way I like it. It certainly got off to a good start at Gardens By The Bay on Friday night with their March Monster Mash movie screening ... read more
An Afternoon at the River Safari
Now that we’re plugged into the Primary School system, it feels like there’s less time for everything. Especially since Noey is dismissed from school at nearly 2pm and there’s a need for the kids to be in bed by 9pm every night, I feel like I’m always rushing to get everything done. I’ve really been missing our random afternoon outings, so one afternoon shortly after the Chinese New Year break, I decided to whisk the children off on a spur-of-the-moment trip to the River Safari after picking ... read more
She Is Four
My dearest Mei, You are officially four today. You’ve been counting down the days till this day so it was of no surprise to me hear from your Papa that you bounded out of bed this morning and shyly waited for him to wish you happy birthday before bursting with excitement. (I missed it as I was out sending your Gor-gor to school.) That is so you, by the way, as was your later pronouncement: “I am four years old!” you said proudly. “So I'm going to be five?" Tarry a while my dear. You ... read more
Everything is Awesome at the Legoland Hotel Malaysia!
It probably wouldn’t surprise you that our Lego-loving family loves Legoland. We’ve made it across the 2nd link several times to visit the Legoland Malaysia Resort after it opened in September 2012. We even stopped by Legoland in Windsor on holiday in London a couple of years back. What might be surprising is that we had not been to the Legoland Hotel before. Until last weekend when we got an extra-special Valentine’s Day treat from the good folks at Legoland! Each time we’ve visited Legoland ... read more
Reunion
On a day where families hold their reunion dinners, Noey had a reunion of his very own too, with his ex-kindy friends. Realising that virtually all schools would have a half day today, I arranged with a couple of mums to bring our ex-K2-now-P1 kids out for lunch. It didn’t occur to me when the date was set that it would be a reunion lunch for the kids, but that’s what it was indeed. Noey has adjusted so well to Primary school that I initially hadn’t realised that he might be missing his ... read more
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