Despite my best intentions, we didn't get to check out that many museums this June. Partly because our schedule has been quite packed (oops), but also because quite a few of the main events were held over weekends where I need the husband's cooperation (hah). The only festival open house weekend that we managed to attend was the one at the Asian Civilizations Museum (ACM) a couple of weekends ago.The event started at 1pm. We turned up just before 2pm and man, was the place crowded! I wanted to ... read more
Stargazing at the Observatory
Noey's got a new obsession and it's with outer space.(Though honestly, I've taken so long to write about this that it's not really that new anymore)It started out with a little cube that my FIL got for him that had information on the planets and the Sun on its surfaces. Being the content hoarder that he is, Noey happily absorbed all the information on it and wanted to know more.I used to love reading about space as a child too, so this was an interest I was happy to cultivate. I got him a couple ... read more
Sleeping Like a Baby
Definitely one of the highlights of my trip:Naomi, sleeping through the night, in her own cot bed.She isn't really a bad sleeper, but in recent months, she's developed the bad habit of waking up in the middle of the night and asking to be transferred to my bed in my room. She'd reuse to settle until I bring her over, whereupon she would simply make herself comfortable and put herself to sleep. It's terribly annoying.She pulled the same stunt the first night we were there, but thereafter, she was ... read more
Fishing Fun at Harris
Our church conference was held at Harris Resort, Batam this year. It was the first time for the church, heading to Batam, and the first time we were there as well.The hotel was very very average. Thankfully I have lower expectations for these group holidays! We don't go for the hotel anyway, but to get away, to enjoy fellowship with one another, and to spend some time learning something new from the word of God. We were warned before hand that the food was pretty bad but somehow, by God's grace, ... read more
Disconnect, Disengage
We are just back from 4 days in Batam for our church's annual conference. It's only been 4 days, but it feels much longer than that because it's been the first time in the long while that I was almost completely disconnected from the internet for days at a stretch.Why this happened certainly wasn't planned.On the night before we left, I grabbed at my phone in the dark after putting Nomi to sleep, and... it fell to the floor. It's not like this hasn't happened before, so I wasn't too concerned. ... read more
Angry Birds Adventure Atop Mt Faber
Look who's an Angry Bird!A couple of weeks back, I was invited to Singapore Cable Car's media launch of the Angry Birds Adventure Atop Mount Faber.When I first got the invite, I knew I had to go and bring my Angry-Birds-loving little man along. Yup, Noey LOVES playing Angry Birds. For this, I blame my brother, who was the one who introduced the game to him. I had resisted downloading the game when I first got my iPhone because I knew I'd get addicted too easily. I have since proven myself to be ... read more
Games: Jurassic Wars
I don't know what it is about little boys and dinosaurs. Noey is no exception. He just loves them.Why I mention this is because I was recently given the opportunity to try out some boardgames by Pamela, a mum of 3 lovely kids and owner of My First Games. The first box we took home was Jurassic Wars, a card game about - you guessed it - dinosaurs. The objective of the game is to fight and kill your opponents dinosaurs by scoring "hits" against them, determined by throwing some special dice. Wow, ... read more
Marking A Year Gone By
With each year that passes, my birthday seems to hold less significance for me. Perhaps that's just my mind in denial, unwilling to acknowledge that I have aged another year. These days, the children's birthdays are what I get excited about. I think it's particularly telling that the only way I remember how old I am is by remembering that I am 30 years older than Noey!So, yes, I'm 34 this year. It's my last year checking the "25-34 years"option on survey forms. Maybe I'll feel it more when ... read more
Carrefour Little Ambassador 2012
I've lots of posts lined up, but first, an update on Naomi's Carrefour Contest because everyone has been asking me about it.Well, Naomi didn't win. She didn't place either, and I'm a bit more disappointed about that because I honestly think she put up a good showing that afternoon and was one of the more cooperative babies. The event was held from 2-5pm in the afternoon, which was very challenging for all the children involved. Poor Naomi was nodding off on my shoulder just before she was due to ... read more
Macbook-ed
It was my birthday last Thursday on the last day of May.I will leave the usual reflective birthday post for another day. (Or not, if I never get round to it.) This post is about my present. This year, I decided to go geek and asked D for a new laptop -- my first EVER Mac.Hello, Macbook Pro!This was the laptop that I nearly got the last time, but which I decided against because it was too expensive. That was before I got my iPhone. The phone was my first Apple product, and given that I love it so ... read more
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