OCBC Cycle – 18 Nov

OCBC Cycle – Samuel had a wonderful time going on an event that he had been looking forward to for a long time.  The weather forecast wasn’t very optimistic but we prayed and God heard our prayers! He got to cycle on the road for a good 20 minutes all by himself.  My boy is indeed growing up very fast and I’m so proud of him.  Watching him cycle by himself and enjoying himself, learning how to listen to instructions from the marshals was also very encouraging.

Ended the day with a christmas party with PL Friends. Christmas did come early this year.

Run & Raisin 2017

The Giving Family Festival – TCS 2017.  We signed everyone up for Run n Raisin to support Touch Community Services. Samuel and Dad ran the 5km while Mum and I took to the 500m run/walk.  Mummy said she is very proud of me to have gone the whole distance without help.  Samuel went a full 5km with dad, jogging and running the first 2.5km without stopping. I’m so proud of him too!

The next part of the morning was spent having fun on the bumper cars, taking a mini-ferris wheel and even a carousel ride, all in support of TCS.

HGK Graduation

28 Oct

It’s HGK’s graduation ceremony and this will be my last one as well before moving on to Pat’s schoolhouse in 2018.  My classmates and I will be involved in a song and dance item.  It was a good concert and I was glad that the whole family turned up to support me.  Samuel had a good time catching up with his old classmates too.  He was playing catching all around the school.

That evening, we went to Aunty Eileen’s and Uncle Collin’s wedding.  We were all dressed up in our best.  Samuel in his tie and coat, while I had a bow tie.  It was a long and tiring day but I was glad to have my afternoon nap so I could last the evening.  I’m truly a big boy now!

Yang’s 4th Birthday

Yang didn’t get a party with his friends this year, because he thought a school celebration would suffice.

On the weekend of his birthday, we organised a staycation at Resorts World Sentosa to celebrate his birthday with him.  After our usual Sat activities, we drove to RWS and spent the afternoon playing at the pool.   It was lots of fun.

After we checked out, Yang wanted to a ride on the monorail and so we did just that.

mandatory monorail ride

We had a small celebration at Regent hotel with the family.

Happy 4th birthday Yang.  You will always be our little baby.

Nutcracker

Just before school started, we bought tickets to the Nutcracker to support Pastor’s show. It was an interesting show with no talking and the show unfolds with music, dance and lots of illusions.  We enjoyed it and after the show, we had the opportunity to take photos with the cast.  Highlight of the day besides the show was our post show treat at the ice cream café nearby. Yummy!!!

Tng Family in the news

Sept marks teacher’s day and this teacher’s day, our family got featured in the news. First, we had an articles on Daddy and his student who shares the same birthday and then we had Ah Gong, Dad and Mum in the Chinese papers; the article featured our family because Ah Gong was in the education service as well.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/not-simply-their-teacher-but-their-coach-and-friend

Mummy’s Birthday

Today we celebrate another birthday. Mummy’s!!! Mum turns 39 this year and we had a very simple celebration at home with a nice chocolate cake which Dad got. We played a game of “Who knows Mummy Best” and no prizes for guessing who won.  Daddy 🙂 and i came in 2nd.

We continued our celebration on Saturday with High Tea at Marriott and we bought Mum a gift from Bodum.

Terminal 4 Open House

The 3 day holiday ended with a visit to the to-be-open Terminal 4, the newest terminal at Changi Airport.  Knowing that we love going to the airport, Mum got us 4 tickets to the open house.  We arrived to meet many of Mum’s and Dad’s friends. Uncle Koi Chin, Auntie Colleen and Uncle Wei Te.  Touring both the outside and inside of the terminal, we got to try out things such as tagging the luggage (self-check) and to view the inner terminal area such as the departure and arrival halls.  A pity we didn’t get the mystery prize.  Before we met 婆婆  and Oscar together with Aunty Anne for dinner, we did the mandatory skytrain rides and played at the slides.  We were both so tired at the end of the day that we certainly slept well that night.

NDP 2017

We didn’t get tickets to the actual NDP despite the many ballot chances used so we could only plan for something else.  Mum suggested that we head down to MBS to watch the Red Lions, Drone display and fireworks.  We parked at Old Airport Road and took the circle line down to MBS.  The crowds were an indication of what was to come.  Crazy crowds even at 4pm.  We first had a nice tea break at TWG then we moved outdoors just in time to catch the red lions descending onto the tarmac.  We got a glimpse of F15 fighter jets, Apache helicopters and the Chinook with the National Flag.  The loud booming of the 21 gun salute followed and then we moved indoors because the rest of the segment would only begin much later. Dad got us dinner at Imperial Treasure while Yang, Mum and I went to Hamleys where I got a present for Caleb.

We went out doors again and by then the crowds had swelled to nearly twice the number in the evening.  We had to eat while seated on the ground and when the fireworks came on it was rather spectacular!  I loved the drones portion too especially the one where they had the Merlion spouting out water.  Looking forward to NDP2018