Saturday, May 30, 2009

Brief record of Rayden's achievement..

Well, lazy mummy me.. hee.. I actually have not really captured his major milestones' achievements ... Before it slipped through my mind again, I better have these down...


13th month -- Walk (w/o assistance & > 10 steps)
25th month -- Speak proper statement with clarity
28th month -- Able to count 1 to 10 ;Able to chant his A-Z (with <3 errors)
29th month -- Able to go diaperless!
30th month -- Able to sing songs (Alphabet song, Row your boat, Old Mac, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle little star, Barney's I love U .. Too bad he dunno any chinese song :( , and he shown very minimum interest in Chinese (something I MUST work on!)

His favourite -- Playhouse Disney!!
Billoard Top 3!
(1) Little Einsteins
(2) Thomson & Friends
(3) Word World

His bad temper/demands -- UNSTOPPABLE! no sweets/chocolate/biscuits can "cool" his temper, he will snatch from me, and throw it hard on the floor! And not even his favourite kai kai (gg out)...
Hence we gotta work hard on our "diversion tactic"


Start of his 1 month holiday for his playgroup. Received his progress report.. Haa so much better from his last year..Haa

TP Playgroup Progress Report (Jan - Jun 09)

Language Development Skills/Concepts
1: Listens to stories
2: Responds to stories
3: Imitates animal sounds
4: Names 5 body parts
5: Talks with friends

Yes for all

Soical/Emotional Development Skills/Concepts
1: Participates in group activities
2: Begin to share or take turns
3: Gets along with peers
4: Tries to hep others
5: Foloow classroom rules

Yes for all

Basic Development Skills/Concepts
1: Identifies 3 basic colours
2: Identifies 3 basic shapes
On the scale from 0 to 3 ==> 3
3: Matches objects or pictures that are the same ==> Yes
4: Counts by rote to 5 ==> Yes
5: Anticipates what comes next in a story ==> Active

Creative Expression Skills/Concepts
1: Responds to music through body movement
2: Responds to songs through singing and movement
3: Participates in painting activities
4: Participates in creating simple craft projects
5: Share stories about daily experiences

Yes for all

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Melaka (1st Road Trip) - 9th May 09

Initial plan was to bring along Rayden but due to early meeting time (6am at Tuas checkpoint), decided to spare Rayden from the early hours.. Haa..
But i think we could conclude, we actually do enjoy more w/o Rayden :P , with Rayden there will be more restrictions ..hee

so, just the 8 of us, with 4 cars.... WRX-STI,Accord,Stream,Civic.

Hit the Tuas Checkpoint at 610am, we are supposed to meet at the Esso station. But we were unfamiliar with the Tuas Checkpt, we filtered off to the wrong lane and gotta re-enter the checkpoint again.
Together toll paid - RM$30+ instead of the RM$10.80 :(









Day 1 : Tuas -> Tangkak -> Melaka

Met up the rest, then we begin our journey ard 650am.
Stopped at a rest area for a while, b4 we decided to head to Tangkak for our Bak Kut Teh breakfast.





Had the malaysian version of Bak kut teh, but we concluded we prefer Sgp's version more, though more peppery.. Haa
Malaysian's alot more "meaty" , more salty, and their ju-hua cha also a lot more sweeter..
RM$75 for 8 pax, hmm i give 3/10.

After tat we drove all the way to our destination, Holiday Inn Melaka!
For the first time, I truly agree GPS is useful. Haa
Coz when hubby wanna installed that, i keep giving negative remarks, and claiming it to be a waste of $.COz we are so familiar w Sgp roads and the signs are rather conveniently labelled, we don need the GPS.
OK credit for Hubby, great job GPS!

We reached the hotel around 1130am, but couldn't check in. Hence we proceeded to Jetty (EL massage) for full body massage (2hrs) -- RM$100
Well, massage rating 4/10

Check in at 3pm , small hiccups with the reception, couldnt find our reservations.
anyway I wrote an feedback email to them this morning (MOnday) already.








Late lunch at 330pm. Most of the Peranakan restuarant is closed, finally found 1, Bayonoya.
Lunch for 8 pax - RM$142 , rating 6.5/10




After tat, SHOPPING!



Dinner at Portuguese Village , store #10
Seafood feast for 8 pax -RM$165 , rating 7.5/10

Then to Jonker Street at 930pm... Tried the Chendol rating 2/10..we don like it at all!


Yawns by 11+pm.. showered after 1 long full day, watched Liverpool match 3-0..end the long day..
yawns!

Day 2 : Melaka -> Tuas
Breakfast at Holiday Inn then check out.
Went for another round of massage. 70mins foot + shoulder - RM$50
SHOPPING! Then Lunch -- Satay Celup for 8 pax ~RM$100





We reached the custom around 6pm, and there was a police (Malaysian) stop after the toll.
We were like sh*t, must be summon for speeding.. Indeed it's!
But our car went thru w/o hiccups, so were the rest of other 2 cars. But the white car kenna! RM$50 for speeding at exit##.. Haa well well, I could we travel almost at the same speed, another case of kelong lo..wat else.
We concluded, white was the lucky color for the traffic police tat day.. haa :P

Then , HOME SWEET SWEET, SGP!!

It was a pleasant trip though short. It wasnt as dangerous as I thought.
Not bad, our RSZ can actually travel quite fast ..haa though the pickup speed is not as responsive compared to our old 2.3litre Mazda 6 (we missed you)!
Our Max speed on the meter - 190km/hr, we only dare to max it to 185km/hrs.. Heee

Accord and STI goes w/o saying, good performance cars, our poor RSZ and Civic were catching up quite breathlessly.. haa
But it was so fun, hitting on the road..

I am looking forward to more :)
Next trip, Penang? hee





Saturday, April 25, 2009

Handphone videos (misc)

So sad when I lost all the pics and videos on my Samsung HP ....for NO REASON.. I am still pissed. I lost all of them during my trip to Taiwan or Macau I think.. they juz "boop" GONE! Went to the service centre, nothing can be done nor retrieve , da*n it!
I was lazy and did not save onto any other place except in my phone memory.Sighz..

This time with my new Sony Ericcson HP, I make sure i saved it everynow and then..

Some of the interesting clips.

17th Jan 09
At my parents' place
Was waiting for Hubby to pick us home after his CNY dinner with his client

Talking on my sis's HP


On the radio was playing Wong Lee Hom's song, then he start to dance.. hahaa


Chasing the LED lights at Chinatown (Jan 09)


8th Mar 09 AT East Coast Park
Rayden was happily running around and yelled "STOP" haa


13th Mar 09 At home
My "siwen" Rayden eating dinner.. Well i think this is gg to take years if I don feed him.. Haa but he could eat noodles on his own rather fast..


5th Apr 09 At Takashimaya' Delifrance
We were having dinner then, Rayden was given crayons ... so when we need to leave..


19th Apr 09 At my parents' place
The F1 racer .. Haahahaa




Hmm..Dont know hw to rotate the videos.. hee not trying hard enough :P







Friday, April 24, 2009

Potty Success??

Hmm... Well, dunno if this is consider success or not.
Rayden could go around w/o diaper and even diaperless during naps.. But FIL recently commented that he actually not keen to go on potty, and seldom pee, well , let alone poo..
sighz.
Normally, I will put on diaper for him after nite shower, then his milk feed then sleep, i observed he will poo around tat timing. So is he waiting for diaper for poo?
These doesnt sound healthy to me, in order to avoid potty time, he restrain from pee n poo.. Hmm worried now...consult my MIL this weekend..

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Window shopping saturday (Cityhall)

Nothing much, just another usual saturday, but decided to drop by Suntec and Marina Sq for dinner.
Then we went to Ryoichi for dinner... quite cheap n nice
Keep making funny faces throughout, delighted us and MIL so much.. HAHahaha..

Proceeded to the new shopping centre at Bugis.. Wat's the name i cant even remember "I - something" .. haa.. But couldnt find a parking lot, hence decided to head home ...



Rayden made some friends at Suntec and had a "balloon fight" .. LOL





Dinner time!

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Weekend!

Well, we are free-thinker, hence no, we did not go to church, but we certainly appreciate this long weekend..Hee
Friday!
Went to Vincent's Princess Levene's 1st bday bash at the Art House, at Earshot Cafe.
Wow, the party was very nicely done up and the buffet was super yummy yum yum!! hee ..thumbs up!
And her Hello Kitty Cake is so beautiful..omg!!













The party is great, but too bad, when we are leaving around 3pm,it's pouring cats and dogs!!
We parked our car at the Parliment House, it's a long walk there. Hubby managed to borrow an umbrella, picked the car,
then picked us.. hee... then proceed to MIL's place for Rayden's nap!
While Rayden's sleeping, Hubby and myself sneaked out to Tampines 1..
Wah so expected, crowded like hell, but looked like another great place to shop..But good luck to the carparks, jam packed!

Evening, another gathering to go.. heee At Vittles!
Dinner date with our buddies at Vittles then proceed to our place for the Wii party! hahaaa
was fun until sighz... Hubby was so excited over his table tennis game and his wii remote control "Smacked!" onto Rayden's head.
He wailed so loudly, poor boy... But nothing seriously thankfully...pure bad accident..


Sat!
The usual kindermusik, then MIL's place...
Then Hubby went for his house viewing (working...) .. Then evening time we proceeded to Harvey Norman's warehouse sale at Jurong.
Well.. nothing much to buy...actually wanted to get a dryer but i think think think..stingy..haa , din get it.. :P
Since we are at far west, i took the opportunity to ask .. "can we go raffles marina for dinner?" Heehee..
I love that place, hehehehe like the ambience and the food... so relaxing..
Rayden get to have a bag of "Easter Eggs" Chocolate, and a box of crayons.. He was so busy with them haa.










But ooops! Hubby supposed to rush home for Liverpool Vs Blackburn at 730pm, but ooops ooops, our dinner took long than tat.
He only managed to catch the 2nd half.. :P

Sun!
Cleaning house routine in the morning ( :P not by me but our PT maid) ...
Then late noon proceed to Mum's place ..until dinner..
Then NTUC grocery shopping and library returning overdue book :P (15c each).
Then home and sleep, for Rayden..hahaa Me? i forced Hubby to play Wii monopoly with me, haa 2 rounds, until 130am+. :P
so fun, dunno why but i am hooked to Monopoly recently..hahaa

Hmm..long relaxing weekend... thinking of bringing rayden for a swim next week, hope the weather be fine! :)