Kids visit to mediacorp

As I had mentioned before, my dear hb is an advocate for life long learning and learning thru life experiences... so, here's another trip for the kids to learn how a live telecast game show is being recorded!!!

My kids had been exposed to this Saturday night game show for a few seasons and they had been programmed to shout '百倍' when they hear the opening song of this show... And here we are, with the free tickets requested from Sheng Shiong supermarket, reported early so to get seats nearer to the stage and to be on TV!!! Hahaa... anyway, after I collected the tickets I got a shock! It says children below 5 will not be admitted!!!! How can I leave my baby outside of the studio?? Anyhow, we brave the entrance hoping no one would ask him to leave and we had been asking my baby to walk and not be carried in!!!!

And here we are... With my 3 year old toddler in the studio...  Hahaa.... :p

We were all given the star shaped led lights to help make the recording livelier and fun... And my kids were happily waving throughout the show... The presenters and crew were busy recording for some ads before the actual show starts...

In fact, it's pretty tiring to go to the studio to catch the live show... as the actual show on TV is 9pm, but we need to be there by 7pm and queue to get in, find a seat and get briefed by the personnel there on what to do etc... And by the time the show ends at 10pm, we need to queue to get out and go to the car park... And we were only home at 11pm... tiring... but at least my kids enjoyed it and now know how the studio looks like... :)

Alvan standing at naughty corner

Recently Alvan had been coloring and drawing on paper, walls and even my bedsheets!! 

So, our daddy wanted him to remember not to do something naughty so introduced my baby Alvan to stand in a 'naughty corner'!!!!  Well, any idea if he's aware of what's going on here??? Haha... ehm... I doubt so, cos daddy says pull yr ears and face the wall aka yr drawings!!! He looked at it for a second or so and turned over and stared at daddy... haha... And next moment when daddy walked away, he was seen swinging both his hands... hahaha....

Alvan sending his Jie Jie n korkor to sch

My Alvan is waking up sooo early everyday that he can send his Jie Jie and korkor to school daily by 7 am!  The moment am out of bed, he wakes up!!!  And he can't be left at home with anyone if he sees his mummy gets out of the house! So, I gotta bring him along to send the 2 older siblings to school by 7 am.  But he can't go to school early as he needs to get his early morning fix of playing with all his cars before he gets into school... but I try my best to send him in by 8.30am daily so I can get into my office early and get my things done so I can leave by 12.30pm to pick the 2 up from their school!  Therefore you see, my daily routine and schedule surrounds my 3 children... busy but I guess nothing beats the feeling of seeing my kids to school, kissing them goodbye and welcoming them home happily... :)

My homemade pork floss

I had been pretty adventurous recently and decided to make many new dishes or snacks which I can now google on...

First, I had tried making bak kwa, and the result was... ehm, still room for improvement a and guess this would not be an item I would make or baked during CNY to give to my parents or parents in law for... as the taste is far from the commercial seller, which left me puzzled when I recipe I had Google for say it's close to the popular ones in Singapore...  so, I shall stop at my experimental stage for now and bbq it just for the fun of it!!

Second, I tried on this homemade pork floss I had google and goodness, the smell and taste is good!!! My kids were busy asking to try teaspoon after teaspoon!!!  And ask sure I would make it again if they ask for it next time!!!

And I must give the credit to this page, which I had Google on and follow closely on...

http://taglicious.blogspot.sg/2014/05/crispy-pork-floss.html?m=1

Do give it a try if you have the time and it's worth the effort when yr family members like them!!!

Christmas show at Changi airport 2014

Last Christmas  (2014) , we didn't really go for any Christmas show at any malls, guess we were really busy travelling during Dec!!! Lol..

And I think this is the only Christmas show we went for, I think I had not posted about the week WL went to Vietnam with his students during end of Nov, thus I brought the kids to pick daddy fr the airport but we were late! Haha... horrible aunty here!!! And we were kind of rushing around that evening and the kids didn't manage to get the goodies given our during the shoe so they were really disappointed and decides to pop by again.

And here we are at the airport again,  but this time was a dinner there to send one of WL's colleague off and again, we missed the giving out of the goodie bag collection tickets only managed to catch the snowing time...

I guess a short play with the foamy snow is fun and keep the messiness aside.. haha.. I remembered 2 years back, we brought the kids to the Tanglin Mall snow show and god, it was such a mess!!!! They had created roo much foam that the kids really need to be under a running tap to clear it off and many 'regulars' had even brought along raincoats and umbrellas to prevent getting soaked in foams... lol...

Ok, this pretty much sums up our 2014 Christmas!!! Hahaha... boring... :/

Alvan's first birthday celebration in his childcare

This is Alvan's first birthday celebration in his childcare!!!  And we had celebrate earlier as WL had planned to bring the kids over to Legoland Resort for staycation and fun during the 2 boys birthday!!!

So here's my birthday boy, 3 years old celebration!!! And he gladly change into this tshirt worn by his korkor before, with his laoshi's help!

I had asked if he wants to celebrate his birthday in school, his reply was a quick n firm YES and when I asked what design cake did he want, another quick and firm and answer of CAR CAR! Haha... so here's his wish granted!!!

A class photo of Alvan and friends!!

Jie Jie and korkor looking forward to his mini celebration!

Family shot of my birthday boy in school!

My new year 2015...

A new year has begin and here I am trying to catch up my posts again... hahaha...

My or our 2014 year had been a busy and fulfilling one... looking back into 2014 and trying to figure out what we did... ehm... Somehow I thought we had quite been travelling quite abit compared to past years.... seems like we would be travelling during all school breaks... let me try to recall...
Mar break: we went to Bintan!!! A nice and cosy resort with an expensive price tag... hahaha..  though this is a indonesia island, but the currency being used here is USD!

June break: we went for a weeks break to Malacca, eat eat shop shop to our hearts content! Hahaha... this is a trip I had been looking forward to almost yearly... as this is my home town, where I was born and many childhood memories can be found here... as I age the more I misses my good old childhood memories... :(

Sept break: we explored another indonesia island,  this time is Batam!!! And this is a much enjoyable one!! Things and food are cheap here and it was really fun buying things especially with their discounted items!!! And most importantly, a trip with my extended family!!!! Our kids had tons of fun having the company of their cousins!!! Kids... :)

Dec 2014: this Dec was a really busy month as we had 2 destinations in a month!!! To celebrate my 2 boys birthday, WL decided to bring them for a staycation at the Legoland Resort in JB!  And of cos,  we took the opportunity to explore their wetland and the theme park since Alvan  is much bigger to better enjoy the rides since its his last year of free entry!!! Hahaha... yes, kids will have to pay once they are 3 years and above!!! And we were all burnt from the hot scorching sun during our 3 days stay there....  And we also went for a Carribean cruise this time, on board the Marinar of the Seas with my in - laws!!!  A trip I look forward to after Alvan is born and we had been delaying it since we can't stay in a cabin with a family of 5!!! So good and lucky we got my in-law with us so all of us can enjoy the service and fun on board this largest cruise in Asia this time!!!  And the 2 ports of call were KL (Port Klang) and Langkawi island (which me and WL had visited since our wedding in 2004!!  A good 10 years ago visit... haha...)!  And this time the shore excursions were pretty well selected and all of us had a good time moving around the 2 cities!

Ok, guess I still need to put down my 2015 resolutions!!!! Eh...
1. I really hope to have more time to pen my blog!!!  This seems like a yearly resolution for me but hardly fulfilled for the past few years... haha.. I need to try harder...
2. I hope to be able to read and improve myself in terms of helping out my 2 primary going kids with their school work!!  And especially so when I had lost touched with academic stuff for sooo many years... hahaha... so u guess how old am I??!?
3. Better improve my cooking and baking skills!!! And hope to be able to come up with new recipes or new food so all of us can enjoy our dinner daily at home!!!
4. A very important resolution for all of us to stay healthy always!!!!

Trying to set some easy to meet resolutions for 2015 so I can feel better at year end!!! Hahaha...  my resolutions have  been almost the same yearly since I became a mum... boring.... hahaha...

Anyway, here's wishing all a happy happy and healthy 2015!!!!  Cheers....

PS: I'll try to update my backlogs soon... hahaha...

First live soccer match @ Singapore Sports Hub

My dear hubby WL always got ideas n plans to bring our 3 children to explore... And I believe in some years to come, our excusions will be more of exciting, challenging and dangerous one... hahahaha... well, he had been saying to bring the kids to try out diving, mountain climbing and water rifting when the kids are bigger.. so, what can I say?? Lol... scary.... for an old woman...

Ok, back to my posting... as our sports hub had recently open its door for their first soccer match and it's a friendly match between Japan vs Brazil, WL decided to bring all us to experience the live atmosphere of a football match!!! And here we are, holding all family pass and car park entry ticket, experiencing our first ever live football match!!!!

My baby allyl ready for a pose outside the Sports Hub! 

Lucky for me, as WL forgotten to bring his mobile phone, I got all the shots on my!!! Hahaha...

I had taken this shot slanted so as to catch the side opening of the dome and the big screen showing the match live which is also the score board!!

And here's our little banner for our little fans...

A shot taken by one of the Japanese fan.. hahaha...this is end of the match!!!  And Brazil had won this friendly match.. score??.... ehm, pardon this old aunty for the untimely update and forgotten the score... hahahaha...

Well, overall experience  was good but the timing was bad that we had skipped our dinner and the food sold inside the hub was a but expensive and all were having long queues. And the security check and at the entrance was a bit too strict that we can't even bring in our own water bottles... well, I believe they have their own reasons for doing so but it's just water... anyway, a good experience and exposure for me and my 3 children! :)

Visit to Kusu Island

Recently there was a 9pm Ch8 serial which had some shooting scenes at one of the small island of Singapore, Kusu Island. And thus it was a impromptu decision for us to pop over for a short outing.

This is not the first time for me, as my family used to go over yearly to pray.  Anyway, it's been such a long long time since I last went. And it's a good time to go over now, as it's consider a off peak period to visit kusu island at this time of the year!!!  We had the island by ourselves!!! Hahaha... as this was at last min decision to go over, and we were seen chasing for the ferry as we were kind of late!!!

The ferry had stops at the St island before it reaches the kusu island. And there's another stop over after kusu which I can't recall... haha.. call me aunty!!! :p

I can't recall climbing up this small hill to pray the malay god, datuk, and this time, my kids were so eagerly climbing it up so I got no choice but to follow... And here are my 2 children penning their wish on the yellow rock!!

We took many nice photos on the island with the huge tortoise!!!

My cheeky boy...

And after a good 2 hours, we were here at the jetty, waiting for our ferry back to the main island!!

Mount Faber Cable car ride

Our kids are a very fortunate ones, their daddy always come up with innovative ideas to get them engage in their studies, at least he tried.  And he would also exposed them to many new ideas and different mode of transportation available in Singapore!

And here we are, something for them, Cable car rides at Mount faber! And daddy had been sweet to get us annual pass, so we should be seen taking cable rides to Sentosa pretty often!!

The current theme for the cable rides are Superheros! And my Adwin went hyper in selecting the different heros he wanna enjoy his ride with!  We also got all the different masks for the kids!

After the ride into Sentosa  island, we went for their cable car museum just below the station. And here, the different era of the cabins are on display here and you can really see how the cabins had evolved till today....

Only here then I recalled they did have the theme of angry bird sometime ago...

Forgot to mention, they had created an app for android and iPhone which enables us to create photos take the ride with the superhero!!! So depends on which superhero cabin we choose, we can have a pic created with them sitting next to us!!! Haha.. how innovative and creative!!

Seems like 3D photo booth is getting quite popular and we can easily spot one at most tourist spot!!!

Can you spot my kids here with their masks?? Lol... A very messy photo here... too many characters!

We decided to stay for dinner after the ride... And really sorry, I forgot what is the name of this restaurant but their food is pretty nice and affordable with the discounts for annual pass holders!  And a photo of my 3 funny kids... hahaha...

Alvan's first mid autumn festival in school

This is Alvan's first festival's celebration in a childcare.  When I reached the cc to pick him up, they were preparing to bring the kids out for a walk with their handmade lanterns!!!  And I believe he did enjoy the walk and he's able to follow his teachers and friends.

sorry for the blury photos as I was standing from a distance and trying to zoom in as well trying to find where's my boy!!!! Hahaa...

We asked if he made the Mooncakes and he was honest to say no, baby no make, teachers made them!!! Haha... And he happily gobbled down the mini Mooncakes and said yummy to me!!!!