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I received an email from kelly today about this website. It is indeed very useful for me and I think it will be useful for anyone who need to use transportation. I think you can turn into a streetdirectory guru with the use of this link. Not only does it tells you the shortest route to take, the estimated travelling time, it even tells you the estimated cost of fare! You can also opt for driving instructions too.

School update 23-27 Mar

Ryan turned 2 years old on 23 March 2009. we would like to thank Ryan’s parents for the delicious cake and goodie bags


This week, the letter sound is ‘o’ as in octopus and orange. The children were given model of octopus and orange to explore. We followed up with orange tasting session. When the oranges were given to the children, some of them attempt to ‘bite’ the orange’s skin. After the teacher had peeled the orange, each child was given a small portion to taste. They seemed to enjoy it.

Ryan surprised the teacher by saying, ‘orange’ and showed her his index finger which meant ‘good’ to him. Caden, Caleb and Dexton were able to say the word orange quite clearly, and Mohin and Dylan were able to echo ‘rain’ after teacher.

In Mathematics , the children were taught the concept of ‘same’. They were given three objects, and all of them could identify the objects that are the same.

For practical life exercises, the children were introduced to threading using large wooden beads. Most of the children had difficulty threading, because their ‘pincher grip’ is not developed. But practise makes perfect, they will master this exercise in time to come.

Le bar

Took the mrt to chinatown to meet up with clement for dinner and some drinks. It is rare that I don't drive out when I can.

The 2 of us shared one bowl of zha jiang mian and guo tie for dinner

If I am not wrong, we ordered total 5 jugs of beer, I felt like a beer barrel when we left at almost 3 am

'Le bar' (ktv pub), 148 neil road (outram area), can't take a decent picture of the place without flash. Clement's friend, jasmine came to join us at about midnight, boy came to join too when he knocked off at about 11 pm

Free movie

I am so lucky to receive 2 movie tickets of 'confessions of a shopaholic' from my colleague, he got a few from his customer and he didn't want to watch it himself and so distribute the tickets in the office. The show was at 7pm, so we can't drive, after knocking off, boy and me rushed to take the train to vivocity. We were 10 minutes late but the advertisements before the show took 20 minutes, so lucky we didn't miss the beginning.

The show is funny, and although in the show, shopping is wrong, but it somehow inspire me to do shopping. He said I am crazy. Although I love shopping and buying things, I will never go to the extend of maxing out my credits cards (which I don't have one anyway), and giving myself financial problems due to that, I am still able to control my shopping desires.


I wasn't hungry after the nachos but boy is still hungry, after walking around in the mall, he insisted he wanted to go marche because nothing else seems nice enough


Rosti (pan fried potato strips with sour cream), his favourite, and is a must order whenever we come to marche

KTV

There was one particular boring friday, 2 lonely souls went KTV at hougang plaza, nobody is free to come join us, just the 2 of us. My throat wasn't feeling great that day, and after singing the entire night, I became voiceless for the next 5 days. I felt ridiculous when I told people that I lost my voice because of KTV.

Can you tell that he was a choir member? No right? Incredible

The 2 siao lang

Sarcastic remarks

I felt so great so great today because my sore throat returned after it recovered barely a week ago, and the flu is back too I had to blow my nose every 15 minutes. Boy finally has his off day today and I naively think that he will be a great husband, maybe to pick Dylan at the childcare while he waits for me to knock off. With all these beautiful thoughts, I became very happy when he did not do any of those I thought.

So home I was, I was delighted when he refused to lift a finger to help me with Dylan while I do the laundry. Even when I asked if he could help, he merely stated he was halfway through his game and is very busy with the game that he cannot help his son at all, but found out that he can actually pause the game. A simple theory, he is a very helpful husband.

He was home all day and I am so glad I came home to find the dishes not done, really so grateful that the dishes are left for me to do after a day at work while he idle at home very occupied playing his game, so busy that he have to tell me he is not free to do anything else. The level of maturity I see from him is very high, I must agree that self centredness is his strength.

With or without the man in the house, I still have to do everything by myself. Where is my support in the family? His rest day is to rest, but why isn’t my rest day a rest day too. The responsibilities in the house all lies on me while somebody else is happy with his work and leisure.

When I wasn’t at work in the past, it is natural that I take care of housework and babysitting, and I naively thought that he will help me out when I got a job. But things didn't happen the way I thought it will be, what I shoulder in the past is still on my shoulder and plus working in the day, I find myself a very busy woman. Busy with what? Work, house and Dylan.

I thought back to myself, if I hadn’t got married at an age so young, probably I wouldn’t land myself in such a hateful and helpless situation. The treatment is intolerable and I cannot accept it anyhow. This is not the kind of marriage life that I had looked forward so much before my status was still single. The husband I used to believe I will marry is somebody able to share my burden, share my worries, share the housework, share any sufferings or joy together.

He said I shouldn’t compare him with any other man. But I wasn’t comparing, what I stated is merely a basic need, a basic criteria of what is expected of a husband. Guys out there, if you can’t share burden with your wife, or to put your family in the first place, do not ever get married. And ladies out there, make sure the man you want to marry is of an acceptable level, do not hope that your man will change for the better because this will never happen.

He must be a very happy man because he married a woman worthy of a maid’s value. He had got himself a maid while I had got myself a job, which is so called my marriage. My job is to earn money to pay the childcare, do all the housework in the house, do all the laundry, do babysitting, to feed, to clothe, to bathe, to coax, to company. Sorry but I cannot find his existence in the family.

I feel unjustified and am really tired.

School update 16-20 Mar

This week, the letter sound is ‘p’ as in panda and puppy. The children were given the ‘large picture card’ of the panda and we talked about the colour, the habitat and the diet of the panda. The children also did a paper bag panda.

In Mathematic , the children were given the number rods and sandpaper numeral to count and identify the written symbol 1 to 3. Although most of the children had not develop the ability to talk yet, most of the children were able to point to the sandpaper numeral when requested.


The children were given edible flower such as broccoli and cauliflower to observe. They looked at the cauliflower but could not recognise it. When they were given the brocoli to feel and smell they appeared to recognise that it is indeed a flower.

Mummies, I think our toddlers have been eating more broccoli than cauliflower at home. This is good choice, broccoli is good for us. Dylan had been a helpful boy. He helped to clear up after the lesson.

For Sensorial exercise, we continued with the perception of touch. The children were brought outdoor, and they did texture rubbing on the drain cover and brick outside the school compound. As usual, they did not like the feeling of the rough surfaces.

Airport send off

Fetched ah yi from home to the airport, she's going to egypt for work purpose for 17 days, will only be back on 4th of april. Mummy went for mahjong session at celest's place and boy is busy at work, only I am able to be the chauffeur. Heard from her that the journey to cairo is 12 hours long.


Dinner at airport - crystal jade

Fish skin & 3 cups wine chicken (direct translation)

Fried sotong (I think so) & vegetables with ling zhi mushroom

Cha siew & roasted duck & Dylan's century egg with fish slices porridge

My honey dew sago dessert

My handsome Dylan

A malay little girl we met, she's 2 days to 2 years old, and she's so clever when we tell them to hug, they just do that standing side by side, hands over shoulder and let us take pictures

Date me if you want my time

I had actually asked meihui out for dinner on monday but boy asked me out for movie at the 11th hour, he had wanted to go for a movie with me and assume I am always free for him.

Me: I am going out tonight alright?
Boy: harr... where you going... I thought you don't go out on wkdays after work...
Me: People asked me out ma, we got nothing on at night also
Boy: But I want to watch movie with you ma...
Me: Oei, if you want to ask me out you have to date me right, you never tell me you assume I know?

I declined 2 offers and decided to leave my time for him. End up, when I reached home, I found out that he didn't tell mummy about the movie and leaving Dylan to her. Realising mummy's disappointed look, I suggested going to the mall for a walk and dinner instead.

Dinner at din tai feng

Toy 'r' us

Fascinated with so many colourful toys, Dylan said "Dar" when we pointed at the toy and said "Car"

School update 9-13 Mar

A gentle reminder: the school is closed on 16th March 2009, Monday.


We introduce the colour ‘blue’ to the children. The children were given blue objects to play with. To reinforce the concept, the teacher pointed to their uniform, which is blue in colour.

This week’s letter sound is ‘p’ as in pig, police and purple. The children played ‘police and thief’ but everyone ended up running in circle in the classroom.


In Sensorial exercise, the children were given the ‘touch board’. with rough and smooth surfaces. Most of the children like the smooth surface compared to the rough surface.

The theme for this month is ‘flower’. The children were given a variety of flowers to observe, such as ixora, bird of paradise and bougainvillea. Most of the children like the bird of paradise.

Ark music cafe

Clement brought us to this music cafe at boon keng, it is my first visit, and this is something new. The person can really play the keyboard very very well, and she can practically just play without seeing any score, she can play the guitar too, so talented I take my hat off. The singers sang very well too (except for the male singer - he don't sing very well, or rather, not up to the standard to sing on stage, maybe KTV still ok la). I had dedicated quite a few songs but is not played, maybe they don't know the song. Every person who goes in pay $10 and you get to sit till 11 pm and get a drink.

Location: Kallang community club
Address: 45 boon keng road, ArkHub @ kallang #01-04 Singapore 339771
Nearest mrt: boon keng
Website: www.theark.com.sg
Opening hours: 8 pm - 11 pm (3 hours only)

Click picture to enlarge, this is the small stage

My grape drink & clement's mix fruit drink

If I have

Suddenly it occur to me, if I have a dog, I would name it marley. It is a nice name, but I am too busy to keep a pet dog. Maybe in future when I have my own house, when I have the money to buy one, when I have the time, and when I think I am ready for it. It will be a good companion for Dylan who will have no siblings, but as of now, he is afraid of dogs. Actually I am pretty contradicting too, I am afraid my dog will die of old age one day and I am sure to grieve and cry my eyes out.

Marley

Boy and I were suppose to watch 'marley and me' on monday night but he couldn't make it back early in time, we went for dinner at yummy crab instead. Ah yi ordered 3 crabs, I didn't eat a lot, but still end up with sore throat later at night. It didn't get better, and now I am down with flu too, I think Dylan spread the virus to me, he sure is a good bacteria spreader because the previous 2 times he was down with diarrhoea and stomach flu, he spreaded it to my whole family.

Dylan sure knows how to cam whore in future

Taken specially for ah yi's contact picture

Rujie gugu & Dylan

Dylan acting cute with uncle bi

The last movie I remembered we watch is 'money not enough 2', which is like last year, that is so long ago. Although I was a little disappointed we couldn't catch the movie on monday, boy made an effort to come back earlier on tuesday evening. The show is good I would say, as compared to the book I had read, the movie seems to have miss out a lot of details. Nevertheless, I had a good cry watching the show, same like I had read the book with tears streaming at the near end, which resulted in swollen eyes like goldfish the next day. I think boy was touched too, it is not easy to see him get emotional watching a movie.

School update 2-6 Mar

Dylan was absent on monday and tuesday because he was down with diarrhoea and fever. Maybe that is why there is no picture of dylan in the newsletter.


The children learned colour, we introduced ‘yellow’ to the children. They were given yellow objects to play with. To reinforce the concept, the children were given yellow banana to taste. When they saw the banana, some children tried to echo ‘yellow banana’.

This week’s letter sound is ‘z’ as in zipper. The children were given the Montessori material ‘zipper dressing frame’. Although they couldn’t zip, they tried their best. Well done children!

A part of practical life skill is learning to walk on a straight line. It may seem a very simple task, but to a ‘wobbling’ child, it is a very difficult task. It is heartening to see the children trying their best to walk on the line.

The theme for this month is ‘flower’. The children went for a nature walk to admire the flowers along the ‘park’. We also brought different types of flowers for the children to observe. Most of them were able to repeat the name of the flowers after the teacher.

New handphone

I finally got my new handphone, so exciting! I signed up a 2 years contract with boy's line (is under my name) and I decided to wait for my own contract to fully end and will ask mummy to do a transfer of ownership. My own line is under my mummy's name for the last 7+ years and it had become a hassle for me to renew contract every 2 years, because she will need to be around to sign the contract.

This new phone I have got is the same as celest / derrick / ah yi / nicole's phone, sony ericsson C905. Chose this phone because of the camera la, then I do not need to bring my lousy digital camera out to sia sway myself, the camera screen has tribal on it, the battery cover cannot close properly, the batteries cannot work properly too. Anyway, I paid $498 for it and is ultra-super-duper broke now, but still am very happy with my new phone.

Sweet feeling

My colleague jayne received a bouquet of flowers today and there is no card or anything to tell who is the one who gave the flowers. Even so, we can tell she is damn happy though she is jumping around wondering who is the 'secret admirer'. Any woman will be fascinated to receive flowers isn't it? I wish I can receive flowers too but I am not eligible anymore. I can feel the sweet feeling jayne is feeling, how I wish I can experience that sweet feeling once more. Envies...

Peranakan dinner 02-March

I wanted to recall when is the last time we met up and finally after a long scroll from my blog, I found out that we last met at october last year. Tham vespa (joyce) suggested peranakan food along the road to katong village. The food is nice and the price is reasonable but I guess we didn't blend in the environment very well because we were (1) too loud, (2) too noisy, (3) too irritating, (4) too pretty.

(Link to our last meeting: http://zcatz.blogspot.com/2008/10/sillies-meeting.html)


Some meatball soup with white pepper

Sambal kangkong and sotong - best

Asam fish & hei zo?

Guo lorry's (ling) sour plum drink, I didn't know sour plum can be white in colour


And I have no idea what is wrong with the four of us: Ling - guo lorry, kelly - lim pickup, joyce - tham vespa, me - ang comfort. We were laughing at our new names the whole night.

Understand me better

Life should be becoming better now that I have a job, working, earning pennies, less time to think, imagine and dream of unrealistic stuff. I gained tremendous satisfaction being at work and I guess it is because I haven’t been using myself well enough for the past 2 years. The ability to bring income to the family is also self-satisfying; I didn’t feel it this way before I got married.

As I ferry to and fro Dylan to childcare Monday to Friday, and with that little time left at night to attend to him, to the house, and to myself, I felt that time is really not on my side. The few hours left at night is kind of short for me to do all the necessary housework and laundry, looking after the ‘mischievous-naughty-attention seeker-trouble maker-Dylan’. I don’t even have the time to do a half hour facial mask.

Sometimes I do need the time to give myself a break, go out with my friends, but other than Dylan’s loving godmummy, I actually have no one to turn to. I am really grateful that whenever I need her to help me with Dylan, she never fails to oblige. And she is the only person capable for helping me with babysitting, sometimes even overnight, allowing me to indulge in a world of my own without time restriction. She had given me the occasional freedom I yearn for badly.

I guess I always suffer from PMS, at points of time, I just feel like throwing my temper, continuous complaining, and even if nobody steps on my tail, I will just want to scold somebody, for not helping, for not giving, for not seeing, for not responding, for not talking, for not telling, for not doing these, for not doing that. I have a need to tell it off, to talk, to express my emotion, and to communicate. And that is the reason why she is there, to hear me, to listen to my concerns and complaints. It is just like seeing a counseller, to do emotion management.

I am a simple lady, my emotion is written on my face. Can you understand me any better?

School update 23-27 Feb

The pictures in the newsletter is so tiny, that's the best I can do.


The children have their music and movement every morning. They loved the rhythm and the freedom to move around. See how they enjoy themselves.


The children were introduced to the letter sound ‘e’ as in envelope. They were given recycled envelopes to play with. They were seen opening the envelope to see what was in it. The children then pasted the envelope onto their worksheet.

The children were also introduced to letter sound ‘z’ as in zoo. They were shown different types of model animals. Caden, Ashmit and Caleb liked the tiger and they tried roaring like a tiger as they crawled around the class.


The children learned about pet this week. They were shown pictures of different kinds of pet. There are two terrapins in the classroom. Dexton, Dylan and Ryan loved to observe the terrapins moving in the tank. Dexton always want to feed them whenever it is feeding time.