Octoburst! @Esplanade

24th September 2010, Friday

Octoburst! @Esplanade

http://www.esplanade.com/youngAudience/octoburst10_home.html
30 SEP 2010 - 3 OCT 2010
Spend your Children's Day weekend at Esplanade! Be treated to a host of activities that will entertain, unleash your imagination and tickle the funny bone!
Festival highlights include:
1. Octoburst! Drawing Competition (for 5 – 12 yr olds)
2. Colouring Fun (for 2 – 4 yr olds)
3. Watermelon Girl and the Legend of the Lion
4. PLAYtime!: The Kingdom Under My Bed
5. Dance Appreciation Series: Sleeping Beauty by Singapore Dance Theatre

Colour Me a Story!

1 Oct 2010, Fri

8.30 – 11.30am

Collection of Colouring Sheets at Esplanade Concert Hall Foyer

Free

For children aged 2 – 4 yrs old.

The Kingdom Under My Bed!

1 Oct 2010, Fri

2pm

Venue : Recital Studio

Price : $15

Note: This is a non-competitive activity. Only colouring sheets will be provided. Participants will have to bring their own colouring materials.

@Concourse

Kamishibai – Japanese Storytelling for Everyone

by Namiko Sakai and TENKO

11:30am-12:30pm

Octoburst! Prize-Giving Ceremony

1 – 1.45pm

Move and Groove!

by Danz People

2.15 – 2.45pm

Taro the Dragon Boy

by ACT 3 Theatrics

3.15 – 3.45pm

Peter and the Wolf

by Kreutzer Wind Ensemble

4.15 – 4.45pm

Rainbow Bear

by Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning

5.15 – 5.45pm

NTUC Income Kite Festival Singapore 2010

26th August 2010, Thursday

Something to look forward to :D

So come join us at the NTUC Income Kite Festival Singapore 2010 this
18 and 19 September 2010 (Saturday and Sunday)
from 4pm to 8pm
@ The Promontory at Marina Bay

Playing doctor

An Unhappy Eating Experience @ The Box Bistro

31st July 2010, Saturday

Box Bistro
Courts MegaStore, Level 2
50 Tampines North Drive 2
Singapore 528766

Cycling @ Punggol Park

31st July 2010, Saturday

Jolie speaks: 妈妈, 你可以不要去做工吗?

31st July 2010, Saturday

Jolie: 妈妈, 你可以不要去做工吗?

Me: 我要去做工赚钱买奶粉给你喝.

Jolie: 我不要喝奶， 我吃饭。

:P

QE 3 year old birthday

25th July 2010, Sunday

Happy Birthday :-)

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Little Baby

17th July 2010, Saturday

Jolie wanted this Baby at Toys"R"Us

Yigloo Frozen Yogurt

17th July 2010, Saturday

Yummy yummy.....

My little princess is really at home at Yigloo, relaxing on the rocking chair :-)

We spotted a new frozen yoghurt stall – Yigloo next to Akashi after we finish our lunch and decided to have our dessert here.

Their interior is renovated in pure white and coupled with tiny tables and chair and wat seem like a double decker bed make it very eye catching.

After we placed our order and decided on the dark chocolate flavor, their staff prepare the yogurt for us. I though it seem a bit weird as they have to come out from behind their counter, seem a bit inefficient to me :P

The best part is in Yigloo, the toppings are FREE but there's no second helping. So pile on as much as possible :D !

Yigloo Frozen Yogurt

Address

VivoCity Singapore

1 HarbourFront Walk

#B2-06A

Tel: +65 6376 9757

http://yigloo.com.sg/

My cute gal :-)

17th July 2010, Saturday

Lunch at Akashi

17th July 2010, Saturday

Jolie playing with the toy that I brought from home to keep her entertained :-)

Salmon porridge for Jolie

Hmmm...good rich omega 3

I love the pork belly that is so soft and tender :D

Akashi Bento -- a sampler of everything, has sashimi, tempura, grilled fish & soup

We decided to lunch at Akashi as I know it serve

salmon porridge which is great for feeding Jolie. She managed to finish almost one whole bowl :D This is great as it will saves me the hassle of preparing Jolie food before going out shopping next time. Heehee....

Akashi Japanese Restaurant (VivoCity)

Address

VivoCity Singapore

1 Harbourfront Walk

#B2-07/08/09

Tel: +65 6376 9972

Going Vivo City

17th July 2010, Saturday

Do you want to go shopping with me?

It is raining heavily in the early, thus I decided not to do marketing :P

Instead, we went to VivoCity as QE birthday is next week and I want to buy her present from Toys"R"Us

Mama, Where is my Exercise Book?

18th July 2010, Sunday

Jolie has a few exercise book given by Auntie Cindy.

On Sunday, when she couldn't find it, she ask me to help her find it which took me a minute to ponder before I understand ..... :P

我的"跑步, 运动" (aka exercise) 书在哪里?

She has directly translate exercise book as a book for sports exercise...Haha......

I really love her :D

Night Festival 2010: Performances for Children

THE RED TREE

by Wandering Moon (Thailand)

Venue: National Museum of Singapore, The Salon, Level 1

Date FRI 16 JUL 2010 - SAT 17 JULY 2010

Time: 8pm and 9.15pm

The Red Tree is a shadow puppet theatre performance, adapted from award winning Shaun Tan’s famous picture book. It is like a beautiful poem that ravels the truth of nowadays living which needs a lot of bright and good energy through the way of thinking in people. Join the journey of a girl who seems impassionate to this world as she passes helplessly through many dark moments, yet ultimately found what made her world brighter again.

The Red Tree was written poetic beautifully as following:

Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to

and things go from bad to worse

darkness overcomes you

Nobody understands

the world is a deaf machine

without sense or reason

Sometimes you wait Wait wait wait wait wait and wait

But nothing ever happens

then all your troubles come at once

wonderful things are passing you by

Terrible fates are inevitable

Sometimes you just don’t know what you are supposed to do

or Who you are meant to be

or where you are

and the day seems to end the way it began

But suddenly there it is right in front of you

Bright and vivid

Quietly waiting

just as you imagined it would be.

National Museum of Singapore

93 Stamford Road

Singapore 178897

Directions: 5 minutes walk from Dhoby Ghaut MRT

http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/nms/nms_html/nms_content_6d.asp?content_template=4&content_id=4&tab_id=4&cine_id=2806&fest_id=2

iPhone: Talking Tom Cat

15th July 2010, Thursday

Jolie really loves this app and asked to play it several times, she loves how it repeats what she says in a cute and babyish voice.

It do the trick every time to have Jolie rolling in laughter :-)

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16th July 2010, Friday

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Pa Birthday celebration

11th July 2010, Sunday

Happy Birthday, Pa :-)

The Icing Room -- BreadTalk DIY cake

11th July 2010, Sunday

So many beautiful decorative designs & toppings to choose from which you have to pay :P

Jolie helps by putting on the flower for decoration :-)

Since it's Pa birthday, we decided to try our hand on decorating our own cake.

The Icing Room which is belongs to BreadTalk offer a new concept of "Design-It-Yourself" cake-decorative personalization services which Jolie can't wait to give it a try as she saw others having fun on it :D

There is a promotion and it cost only $10 (usual $11.90) for a small vanilla cream cake and you can decorate your very own cake on the spot.

Though it seem simple, but I don't think it is suitable for everyone as not all have the "creative" finger as the end result speaks a thousand word...Haha....

Hence, we decided to buy another ready-made BlackForest cake from Polar to celebrate my Pa birthday instead :P

The Icing Room

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A fall

8th July 2010, Thursday

(Written on 16th July 2010)

Till now, I still do not have the courage or strength to pen this incident. I feel as my heart has been sliced though I am helpless to what is happening around me.....

I had the worst Thursday night...

Jolie fell from our bed and hit the bedside table causing her to bleed profusely around the left corner of her lip. Luckily, we are able to stop the bleeding by applying pressure. It simply scared the wit out of me upon seeing so much blood.

We immediately bring Jolie to see the GP near our house at about 9pm. Upon the GP diagnosis, he recommend us to go to KK A&E for stitches. I am at my wits end as it seem serious to have to have stitches. I call Auntie Cindy for advice and she immediately come to the clinic upon hearing about Jolie fall.

With no other choice, we bring Jolie to KK A&E. The female doctor say there is no alternative to stitches as the wound is open and deep. Her stitches will dissolve it by itself between 5-7days. The next news is we have to put Jolie under GA to sedate her or the pain will be too much to bear. I break down and cry for failing to prevent such an incident. I call my sister and ask her to pray for Jolie.

After the stitches, we accompany Jolie as she is still sedated. We went home at about 1.30am.

The next day, Jolie still feel the pain and refuse to eat much or drink. I am relieved now everything seem back to the normal......

Never never assume your child is safe at home.....Keep a watchout wherever your child is .....After this incident, Shin and I are really protective of her and follow her wherever she went.....

I am thankful that I can turn to Auntie Cindy and my sister for providing my emotional support when I am so helpless.

Advice

1) Do not put any bedside table in the bedroom

2) According to Auntie Cindy, apply sugar on the wound will stop the bleeding

3) Use Aloe Vera gel/Vitamin E oil to lighten the scar after the wound heals

4) Do not eat chicken or egg or seafood (except fish -- Cod fish and Threadfin are good) or dark soya sauce

5) No playing under the sun or swimming

6) silicon plaster

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Cica-care by smith & nephew. a short writeup about cica-care:

CICA-CARE gel sheet has been clinically proven as an effective treatment for red and raised, old and new scars. in patient trials, up to 90% of scars improced in appearance by softening, flattening and fading.

From www.cozycot.com forum:

i tried this for about 6 months and i noticed softening of my 10+yrs scar a few years ago. i have recently bought another pack to keep the keloid scar flat & the redness to fades. i bought this from nsc for $72.33, which is more than $10 cheaper than the selling price at outside pharmacy (e.g. guardian).

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Jolie the little cyclist

27th June 2010, Sunday

We bought a toddler bicycle of 12 inch wheel for Jolie @ the Carrefour.

Carrefour Suntec City

3 Temasek Boulevard

Suntec City Mall #01-199

Singapore 038983

Tel: 6333 6868

Fax: 6333 6178

Email: singapore@carrefour.com

Opening Hours

10am - 10.30pm (Sun - Thurs)

10am - 11pm (Fri & Sat)

Dinner @ Crystal Jade Kitchen

27th June 2010, Sunday

Crystal Jade Kitchen

Suntec City Mall #B1-013

Tel: 6338 3511 Fax: 6338 3966

Marvelous Cream @ Citylink again

27th June 2010, Sunday

Since we first try it on 22nd May 2010, Saturday, we have enjoy the ice-cream so much that we are back for more.

This time, we tried the Hokkaido milk and caramel but I don't find it fascinating.

Jolie have a sweet tooth like me :-)

Marvelous Cream @ Citylink

#B1-04, City Link Mall,

One Raffles Link, Singapore 039393

TEL: 6238 1683

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Piano

27th June 2010, Sunday

Esplanade Presents -- At the Concourse

Enjoying the music...

Jolie playing with the piano before the performance starts

The Magic Ocean @ Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

27th June 2010, Sunday 4pm

I bought the tickets to The Magic Ocean, a kids' theatrical production at the Esplanade held at the recital studio from a fellow mummy who can't attend as her child is sick.

It is really difficult to get the tickets as all of them were sold out for all the below timings. Can you imagine that?

DATE27 JUN 2010, SUN -

1 JUL 2010, THU

TIME 27 Jun 2010, Sun

11am, 2pm & 4pm

28 & 29 Jun 2010, Mon & Tue

9.30am, 11am & 4pm

1 Jul 2010, Thu

9.30am, 11am

(40mins, no intermission)

This is the 1st time that Jolie is watching a play and also our 1st time watching @ the Esplanade.

The play was meant for kids aged two to four.

We were all sitted on the floor, as we watched the play before us... However, the usher inform that photography is prohibited. Thus, no photos to share here :-(

The show took us on an imaginative trip under the ocean where the 3 main character acting out as fishes swam around us, the shark who just wanted to be friends with the others fish, turtle trying to find a place to lay eggs. There is also the shadow play starfish and eels which go yaba yaba yaba and the beautiful stingray and jelly fishes that flew past us.

It also allow participation from the kids and teach them to care for the environmental by picking up rubbish (aka plastic paper) and giving to the crab who will place it away.

Jolie is delighted to help and when she return from her little adventure, she proudly tells me "我不怕"

When the show ended, Shin asked Jolie whether the show is nice and Jolie immediately replied "好看"

I am thinking of bringing Jolie to the next show in August "The Magic Island" :-)

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Ju Shin Jung East Korean Charcoal BBQ

26th June 2010, Saturday

After the cycling, we decided to give the Korea BBQ a try as the TV advertisment seem quite luring.

Indeed, the whole place is big and very spacious with rows and rows of table. It reminded me of a school canteen though :P

All customers were given 2 jars of tea & iced water & 8 dishes of Kim Chi FOC :-)

We ordered

The best part is there is a play area for the young ones, equipped with TV, slides, tables and books....

Jolie having a fun time....

Yes, indeed all restaurant should be equipped with a play area to allow their parents to enjoy their food while the kids can also have fun at the same time

Lastly, can you guess what's these 2 tablet was?

I thought it is a kind of sweet & Shin decided to ask the the waitress.

The answer is......

....

....

Wet towels! (after adding some water) :P

JU SHIN JUNG EAST (Beside BK)

KOREAN CHARCOAL BBQ RESTAURANT

1018 East Coast Parkway #02-01

Tel: 6447 9279

Cycling @ East Coast Park

26th June 2010, Saturday

Jolie cycling confidently on her own :-)

But she complain why QE and ZY didn't join us and did not cycle as much as previous trip with QE and ZY :-(

Jolie don't seem to feel any pain or discomfort at all walking on the stones

while I am screaming "Ouch Ouch" with just a few steps :P

Jolie playing with the sand :-)

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Bible Study -- Matthew 1:21 NIV

Matthew 1:21 NIV

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

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五笔国画(一级)

24th June 2010, Thursday

爸爸画的

是狮子 :-)

有些不像，看起来很牵强 :P

爸爸画的Jolie

五笔能画什么？

Bought this set of 5 books for Jolie that teaches drawing in 5 strokes.

Hmmm....seem a bit

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