7 February 2008: -
The girls in their CNY cheongsam. Plus, a very first visit by my in-laws to our humble abode on 8th Feb. See if you can spot someone who does't belong to the clan and yet, enjoyed being part of the limelight ;P Isn't he cute?
Monday, March 31, 2008
2008 Chinese New Year
7 February 2008: -
The girls in their CNY cheongsam. Plus, a very first visit by my in-laws to our humble abode on 8th Feb. See if you can spot someone who does't belong to the clan and yet, enjoyed being part of the limelight ;P Isn't he cute?
"Gong Gao Le Pak, Chart Chew Boon Pak Gart"
Saturday, 22 March 08: -
Another routine Saturday - morning sent S to Sino Wushu while I went roller blading; back for lunch and sent the 2 girls to Katong Mall for their piano lessons. While driving them home, I detoured to Blk 79 to pick Mum.
On our way back, as usual, J started being very 'Wen Ti Xao Nu' - girl with many questions. Listed as follows: -
1. Mummy, what is your Great Great Great Great Grandfather's name?
-- Girl, my knowledge of my ancestor stopped at Canon Lim's father - Lim Teng Foo. Those koink out before him, I don't know their names
(Mum started laughing at the back seat)
2. Why you don't know their names?
-- Because I didn't see them before and I was too young to remember anything when my grandfather was around.
3. Why you can't remember?
-- When you're very young, your memory was not that developed.
4. Why?
-- Can don't ask me why? I don't have all the answers. You go and read some books and find out.
5. Ok, do you think there is a doctor in an ambulance?
-- Maybe not a doctor, maybe a senior nurse.
6. Why no doctor?
-- I'm not sure, just maybe. Maybe doctors are waiting for those injured at the A&E.
7. What do nurses learn when they go to school?
- They learn how to measure temperature, medical terms, how to bandage the injured and more.
8. How much more?
-- many more.
9. Like what?
-- I don't know.
10. Why you don't know?
-- Cos I didn't go to nursing school.
11. Why you didn't go to nursing school?
-- Cos at that time, nursing doesn't interest me.
(mum was crying at the back......laughed till peng san while S was sleeping)
12. Why it didn't interest you?
-- cos I was more interested in sports
13. Why...
-- Can you stop asking why?
14. I just want to understand
-- Gong Gao Le Pak, Chart Chew Boon Pak Gart (in Hokkien -- meaning, explain to you till you understand, my goatee will entangle). Tian ah ~~~~ Wen Ti Xao Nu!
Another routine Saturday - morning sent S to Sino Wushu while I went roller blading; back for lunch and sent the 2 girls to Katong Mall for their piano lessons. While driving them home, I detoured to Blk 79 to pick Mum.
On our way back, as usual, J started being very 'Wen Ti Xao Nu' - girl with many questions. Listed as follows: -
1. Mummy, what is your Great Great Great Great Grandfather's name?
-- Girl, my knowledge of my ancestor stopped at Canon Lim's father - Lim Teng Foo. Those koink out before him, I don't know their names
(Mum started laughing at the back seat)
2. Why you don't know their names?
-- Because I didn't see them before and I was too young to remember anything when my grandfather was around.
3. Why you can't remember?
-- When you're very young, your memory was not that developed.
4. Why?
-- Can don't ask me why? I don't have all the answers. You go and read some books and find out.
5. Ok, do you think there is a doctor in an ambulance?
-- Maybe not a doctor, maybe a senior nurse.
6. Why no doctor?
-- I'm not sure, just maybe. Maybe doctors are waiting for those injured at the A&E.
7. What do nurses learn when they go to school?
- They learn how to measure temperature, medical terms, how to bandage the injured and more.
8. How much more?
-- many more.
9. Like what?
-- I don't know.
10. Why you don't know?
-- Cos I didn't go to nursing school.
11. Why you didn't go to nursing school?
-- Cos at that time, nursing doesn't interest me.
(mum was crying at the back......laughed till peng san while S was sleeping)
12. Why it didn't interest you?
-- cos I was more interested in sports
13. Why...
-- Can you stop asking why?
14. I just want to understand
-- Gong Gao Le Pak, Chart Chew Boon Pak Gart (in Hokkien -- meaning, explain to you till you understand, my goatee will entangle). Tian ah ~~~~ Wen Ti Xao Nu!
Terrace House, Semi-D, Bungalow, Condo
Saturday, 29 March 08: -
For the past 5 days, J has been asking me the following questions the moment we started to head for their school: -
Mummy, what is a terrace house?
- it's a single storey house or sometimes a double storey house with both sides joined to another house
What is a semi-detached house?
- means only 1 side is joined to another house, either left or right side.
What is a bungalow?
- it's a house by itself, with neither both left or right joined to another house.
What is a condo?
- it's something like a flat but a very expensive flat, with swimming pools, tennis court etc. You know what a condo is what!
Ok, I know. A Terrace house is one with both sides joined to another house.A Semi-detached is one with one side joined to another. A bungalow is one by itself.
- Yes. That's right.
Can you ask me?
- ask you what?
Ask me what is a terrace house, a semi-d, and a bungalow.
- you knew it. You just repeated them to me what?!!?
Ask lah?
- don't want.
ASk lah?
- don't want lah. You so lor-sor.
Ok, then I tell you.
(she went on repeating all the 3 types of housing. But that's not the end. She continued to have the above conversation with me from Tue - Fri, morning and evening.........) Goodness me. Goodness J.
For the past 5 days, J has been asking me the following questions the moment we started to head for their school: -
Mummy, what is a terrace house?
- it's a single storey house or sometimes a double storey house with both sides joined to another house
What is a semi-detached house?
- means only 1 side is joined to another house, either left or right side.
What is a bungalow?
- it's a house by itself, with neither both left or right joined to another house.
What is a condo?
- it's something like a flat but a very expensive flat, with swimming pools, tennis court etc. You know what a condo is what!
Ok, I know. A Terrace house is one with both sides joined to another house.A Semi-detached is one with one side joined to another. A bungalow is one by itself.
- Yes. That's right.
Can you ask me?
- ask you what?
Ask me what is a terrace house, a semi-d, and a bungalow.
- you knew it. You just repeated them to me what?!!?
Ask lah?
- don't want.
ASk lah?
- don't want lah. You so lor-sor.
Ok, then I tell you.
(she went on repeating all the 3 types of housing. But that's not the end. She continued to have the above conversation with me from Tue - Fri, morning and evening.........) Goodness me. Goodness J.
J is not joining her friends for coffee
Thursday, 27 March 08: -
I was driving home with the girls. We were listening to Joanna Wang's CD and singing half way, J stopped and said, "Mummy, next time, when I grow up and if my friends call me to join them for coffee, I'm not going."
"Why?"
"Cos I am going to tell them I want to stay home and accompany my mummy.".....Oh Sweetie, I melt liao :)
"But by then you might think that I'm a pain and you can't wait to stay away from me."
"No mummy, I am not going to get married. It's so painful to give birth to babies. I will stay with you."
"That's what I said when I was at your age but now I'm a mother of 2....(plus, a widow). When you find a man whom you love so much, you will marry him."
"No, I make sure I won't"
After our dinner, I was using my laptop in the living room. J came and sat next to me. She took a brand new diary, flipped to the first page and scribbled something. Then she pushed that page right in front of my eyes and she wrote in BOLD: -
I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED!!!!
Ha Ha ha! Was that supposed to be a vow? So cute!
I was driving home with the girls. We were listening to Joanna Wang's CD and singing half way, J stopped and said, "Mummy, next time, when I grow up and if my friends call me to join them for coffee, I'm not going."
"Why?"
"Cos I am going to tell them I want to stay home and accompany my mummy.".....Oh Sweetie, I melt liao :)
"But by then you might think that I'm a pain and you can't wait to stay away from me."
"No mummy, I am not going to get married. It's so painful to give birth to babies. I will stay with you."
"That's what I said when I was at your age but now I'm a mother of 2....(plus, a widow). When you find a man whom you love so much, you will marry him."
"No, I make sure I won't"
After our dinner, I was using my laptop in the living room. J came and sat next to me. She took a brand new diary, flipped to the first page and scribbled something. Then she pushed that page right in front of my eyes and she wrote in BOLD: -
I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED!!!!
Ha Ha ha! Was that supposed to be a vow? So cute!
Poor girl, sorry to put you through this
Sunday, 30th Mar 08
Woke up by the two girls. Made them a simple breakfast and started cleaning up the living room...which is forever a mess. Then went further by cleaning the shoe cabinet and the store-room.
Moved out all the stuff in the store room and pulled out our big wedding photo. Asked mum if I should throw it away and she asked me to keep it. Well, ok. But S was staring at her Papa and I saw her rubbing her eyes. I quickly pulled it away from her and chucked it into the store. After a while, I didn't see her watching TV. When I popped my head into their study room, she's sitting under her table, holding a small photo frame (with a pic of her dad carrying her when she's less than 4 mths old) and a big jar of paper folded stars). Her eyes were red. I walked to her and she started crying out loud for her Papa. My heart broke.
"S, remembered what Mummy said before? We will meet Papa again in our next lives. He will come back to us again. Don't cry. Don't be sad. I'm sure he misses you too."
Though he has left us for 1 yr and 9 mths, S has fond memories of him and misses him dearly. To put a young girl through the pain of losing her loved one is cruel.
What can I say, I can only remind everyone to take care of their own health for those they love and those who love them.
Woke up by the two girls. Made them a simple breakfast and started cleaning up the living room...which is forever a mess. Then went further by cleaning the shoe cabinet and the store-room.
Moved out all the stuff in the store room and pulled out our big wedding photo. Asked mum if I should throw it away and she asked me to keep it. Well, ok. But S was staring at her Papa and I saw her rubbing her eyes. I quickly pulled it away from her and chucked it into the store. After a while, I didn't see her watching TV. When I popped my head into their study room, she's sitting under her table, holding a small photo frame (with a pic of her dad carrying her when she's less than 4 mths old) and a big jar of paper folded stars). Her eyes were red. I walked to her and she started crying out loud for her Papa. My heart broke.
"S, remembered what Mummy said before? We will meet Papa again in our next lives. He will come back to us again. Don't cry. Don't be sad. I'm sure he misses you too."
Though he has left us for 1 yr and 9 mths, S has fond memories of him and misses him dearly. To put a young girl through the pain of losing her loved one is cruel.
What can I say, I can only remind everyone to take care of their own health for those they love and those who love them.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Enchanted Night , 15 Aug 2007
15 Aug 07 - Enchanted Night @ TKPS
Mum made S & J their costumes - Tinker Bell and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. Ran out to get their white cotton shoes the night before.
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