Gaining Height

There was a period of time that I wore heels to work. However, I prefer flats bcos flats are definitely much more comfortable.  Recently, I had been lazy and my heels are safely tucked in one corner of the shoe cabinet. It is tough to find comfortable heels. I can cope with walking around the office in heels; my feet get plenty of rest when I sit cross-legged at my desk. Haha. It is the after work that kills my feet. I cannot imagine having to wear heels to walk around JP or wherever for dinner and grocery shopping. Ouch!  

Actually I like being tall and a pair of heels adds so much difference to the overall dressing effect. So, I have decided that I would start wearing heels again, while keeping a pair of nice comfortable flats in the car – Auntie H’s suggestion. Day 1 works out not too bad. I love this pair of blue suede heels just that they aren’t the most comfortable pair to slip on. I survived very well and changed into my flats to walk around Clementi while waiting for Lil Shauna to finish her class. 

On day 2, I grew at least 10cm. Hohoho.

Mummy Lim

Next Destination

I will be in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) for an one-day business trip in June. I have never been to Vietnam. It was then decided that we would make it into a family holiday. Haha. Happy.

This isn’t the 1st time that we have done so. We tried with the Phuket business trip and subsequently with the Geneva one. When we do that, it either feels too much to be a business trip and I ended up not planning much like the Phuket trip or I am too focused on the holiday part and couldn't wait for work to be over.

Given that it is the school holidays, we have decided to spend longer time in HCMC – 7 days. It doesn't normally take so long to see the city. Usually people travel out of HCMC, but anywhere out would take hours of car rides and our kids aren’t great with long car rides. Car rides out would also mean car rides back in as we would be flying home from HCMC. It would just have to be a slower holiday. Luckily we have a good hotel with a swimming pool. We will just throw the kids in the pool to soak. 

Popo probably had a great time during the last Taiwan trip. She had asked to tag along. Daddy Lim decided to ask Nainai too. This would be the 1st ever trip that we would be bringing the 2 mums. Popo hit it off with Auntie S’ mummy during the Taiwan trip. Auntie S’ mummy was full of positive vibes and Popo was influenced, which made me worried for this trip. HCMC is probably less advance than Taiwan. It would be hot and wet. If Popo is negative, Naiani isn’t far off. Nainai is also super dependent. Anyway, too late to regret – air tickets bought, hotel booked.

We have planned for a private tour to the ecological park, which cost a bomb. We would be doing a free walking tour with a local student. Daddy Lim would bring the kids to an indoor playground and probably throw in some swimming on the day that I had to work. We would be visiting a theme park and would likely leave the mums behind – our hotel seems to come with slot machines and that should keep Popo entertained. Nainai can tag with us if she is keen or just chill in the hotel. The theme park would be hot and wet. In BKK, Nainai tagged along and I could see her suffering in the theme park. Oopsy. There would of course be shopping to be done. They have big nice markets in HCMC, just dependent on how long our kids could take shopping trips. I also thought of picnic in the park. There is a big park very near to our hotel. A cruise dinner sounds nice too and I was trying to book one online until Uncle C told us that no booking is needed – just walk along the Siagon river and hop on to whichever boat that doesn't look that it would sink. Win already.

There would still be plenty of empty slots in our itinerary. I hope our hotel comes with a nice bathtub and nice TV programs. Lol.

Mummy Lim 

Not so Well

We didn't have ice skating class on Saturday and missed practice bcos the kids attended an egg-citing easter party in church. We invited boo and Lil Isaac didn't cry despite no mummy. He was in the same group as boo and had a blasting great time. The same Sunday school uncles and aunties were helping out. We went to church again yday for Sunday school. This time, the boy got all teary and started crying when I wanted to leave the class. Zzzzz. I didn't get to leave Sunday school.

Lil Shauna was cool about no class or practice. I was the one feeling bad about it. We went back to the ice yday evening. It was great that the whole rink was opened (some sessions, a third is barricaded off for classes) but there were an awful lot of people. This time slot is usually quieter, but not yday.  There were still space to skate but the ice was constantly wet. I do hope that it would be less crowded when Lil Shauna has her bday party at the rink this coming Saturday at the same time slot.

We took a long rest in between, hoping that people would start leaving. 

The rink was a little better towards the end but still wet. We left to meet up with Daddy Lim and Lil Isaac at 7 pm. 

So, while we were on the ice, Daddy Lim and the boy caught Avengers. We were worried that the boy would get bored given that it is not an animation and it is a long show. However, Lil Isaac was all excited when I told him that he would be going for a movie with Daddy Lim. Being very boy, superheros and fighting sit very well with him. He enjoyed the trailer very much too.

They survived the show but Daddy Lim complained that Lil Isaac talked too much. Haha. Lil Isaac didn't quite understood the movie at many times and Daddy Lim was upset that he was constantly interrupted by the boy's questions. In the end, both of them didn't quite know exactly what happened. Lol. Nevertheless, the boy enthusiastically narrated parts of the movie to jiejie and me during the dinner. 

Though both the ice skate and the movie didn't go very well, I appreciate the time spent alone with Lil Shauna. I hope Daddy Lim feels the same way too.

Mummy Lim

Creative Homework

Auntie S asked over the watsapp chat
group - "what are the Dos and Don'ts for Christmas"? She needed help with the Don'ts.n Apparently, she was helping C with her homework. It was a generic question on festival and C had chosen Christmas.

Auntie H started the cheeky reply - "Don't forget to buy presents". Haha, win already. I added on "Don't party too hard". Hahaha. We were definitely not very helpful. We shared more when we met up later in the evening for gathering.

Don't drink and drive.
Don't forget to give presents.
Don't be sad if you have no presents.
Don't ask your mother for presents.

Hahaha. We are so creative.

This morning, I was sharing with Daddy Lim and laughing my head off. He added:

Don't start a chimney fire in your hdb flat.
Don't feed the reindeer.

Haha.
So what if we do not know when is Cheryl's bday. At least we know what not to do on Christmas.

Ah yes watsapp me to add:

Don't open the presents before Christmas.
Don't take down the Christmas tree until Christmas is over.
Don't forget to wrap presents.
Don't be naughty so that you can have presents.
Don't ask if Santa Clause is real.
Don't go to school.

Mummy Lim

Sunday Fun

We headed to the waterplay area with the Chan family on last Sunday late afternoon. The “big” kids had a blast. 

Yes, the kids had been promoted with the newest addition to the group. Meet Ms Meimei aka Lollipop.

She is such a smiley baby. Even Daddy Lim was attracted to her. She is so “talkative” now and reciprocates so happily to whoever is talking to her. Awww.. reminds me of the time when our kids were tiny. I was surprised that I could still hold a baby properly. Haha. Well, other people’s baby is always nice to cuddle and play with.. for a while. ;p

We headed to Raffles Marina for dinner in the night. One of Mr Chan’s favorite places. The scenery is pretty awesome. Auntie H took a walk with the girls to the far end this time, where the lighthouse is. This is the 1st time that they have done so.

Lil Isaac got missed out but was OK bcos Daddy Lim promised that they would do the same after dinner and the boy coudnt wait for dinner to be over. These were taken while they arrived at the lighthouse. 

Lil Isaac was standing so straight bcos he was worried that he would fall into the water. So funny.

Another busy weekend. J

Mummy Lim

Working at Night

Lil Isaac asked, "Mummy, who do you have to work at night? You work from night to morning, afternoon to evening?"

Nope, I don't do shift work and took a while to understand his question too. Then I realised. There had been quite some mornings that he woke up while we were getting ready to go work or left for work. The sky was still dark then = night. Therefore, mummy works at night. Haha.

In his eyes, I must be a super hardworking mummy to work even in the night. Not easy to be a mummy, young man.

Mummy Lim

Ice Skating with 2 Plus 1

I have been contemplating about signing Lil Isaac up for ice skating classes. This would replace his very expensive gym classes and we can also avoid the need to escape the house on early Saturday morning.  The only thing that stops me is the thought to have to look after 2 kids on the ice. I wasn't sure that I can.

Truth be told, I wasn't satisfied with Lil Shauna's performance in class on Saturday. We decided that we would head down to the ice on Sunday too, with Lil Isaac in tow. I thought to myself that if I could handle both kids, I would be very much alright and could start considering signing Lil Isaac up for classes. We were supposed to meet the Chan family in the late afternoon for water play in JBP and I dated Boo to the rink too, thinking that she could entertain Lil Isaac while I practice with Lil Shauna.

The day didn't start very well with the princess throwing a tantrum bcos she wanted specific pants and shoes.. what the... angry. I laid down ground rules too - Lil Isaac had to go round the rink while I practiced with jiejie and jiejie has to practice the crossovers on her own when I skate with didi. I had to constantly warn the very excited boy that he has to behave. Sweat.

We met boo at the entrance and trying to wear skates for 3 kids is no joke! I was perspiring before I went into the rink. I sent the kids into the rink while I wear my skates and brought the bag to the seats. Once in the rink, I was busy yelling at the boy to skate straight and not do tricks. Zzzzz. He was skating so fast, posing a big risk to other skaters. Then I realised that Boo and Lil Isaac are 2 same ends of the magnet and they repelled each other than snack time. Strategy failed. Luckily Lil Shauna and Boo were very independent and I only had to worry excessively for Lil Isaac. Still, that was very mentally tiring.

Lil Shauna spent 1 hr practising and performed fairly well on the 3-turns and mohawk, remembering to do bigger strokes. She then left for her Chinese class and I had time to focus on boo and the boy. He was still such a hazard and I had to warn him so many times. At one point, he swerved into a man's path and caused the man to fall hard so as to avoid him. Poor man. Lil Isaac also fell like countless times and some of the falls looked quite hard. The staff who helped to pick him up a few times commented that he was so brave. I think he was implying that Lil Isaac 不知死. Hohoho.

We spent almost 2 hrs in the rink and I was so exhausted at the end from the worrying and yelling. The last fall before we left the rink left Lil Isaac in tears. He fell on his bum and hit his tail boy. I hope lesson learnt but probably not. That boy is like fearless. Zzzzz.

I would still need to think harder about looking after 2 kids on ice. It is so exhausting and I duno if I want to be so exhausted every Saturday morning.

Mummy Lim

Ice Skating Lesson 9

We had a good start - we escaped the house while the tiger was still in dreamland. I left him in the care of the iPad nanny and he didn't call to tell me that he wanted to ice skate. Haha. I also checked and confirmed that they would take him in for Core 1. However, I am not sure if I would end up killing myself.

Lil Shauna and I had a good Mac bfast. We had plenty of time to burn and the girl willingly did stretching exercise while waiting. Everything seemed great until we started to go into the rink.

The rink was very crowded today. There was this big group of ang mo kids, many families with young kids and somebody was also having a bday party. Arrggghhh.

We started off with the usual front crossovers and Lil Shauna had to constantly avoid people. Then, there was this boy who was skating super fast and bumped into Lil Shauna and made her fall. It happened so quickly and the boy didn't even stop or maybe couldn't, given his speed that he was going and was an amateur. Lil Shauna was left in tears.

The center of the rink is usually not crowded and left to the better skaters and figure skaters to practice their moves. The rest of the skaters would usually go round the rink. However, due to the sheer number of people, there were people skating into the center of the rink and plenty of families with young kids who parked themselves in the center. Arrggghhh! Lil Shauna cannot practise her 3-turns and Mohawk properly. Though she did eventually get the backward to forward stroke that Teacher Raymond taught last week. We had been practising the footwork at home last week. There was almost no opportunity to practice her lunge and spiral. Haiz. Bcos we have to constantly wait for people to clear, I was in the rink with Lil Shauna for the full 1.5hr before she headed for her class.

She was definitely not on form. Though she could perform the moves during class, her movement was all so small and not at all precise. She was not pushing and thus no speed to complete her moves. Her arms and head were also not in the right position.  Arrggghhh. What happened to all our practice! How I hope to have a mic at that point of time!

She was taught new moves and of course we had plenty of practice to do. After class, I asked her what was wrong. After probing for a long time, she said that it was a weird day - she got knocked down by a boy, she almost knocked into a girl and somebody knocked on her toilet door but she didn't see anybody when she exited the cubicle. Haha.

Next week, we have no class. I had impressed upon her that figure skating is not only about being able to execute the moves but needed that precision and definitely more strength and bigger movement. I pointed out how the good skaters all had big strokes and I hope she understand what I am talking about. We shall practice next week and hoping she would remember what mummy told her during class - head up, hands up, big movement!

Mummy Lim

One More

We picked Lil Shauna from the school bus and she flashed us a "toothless" grin.

Finally the wriggly front tooth is out! Her upper jaw/ gum had been growing. In recent months, the growth was obvious with her tiny milk teeth and big gaps in between her teeth. How amazing our body is.

Her description of how she yanked the tooth out before school yday was quite gross. Something about wriggling it left and right, then blood and twisting it round and more blood stuff. So glad that I wasn't around to witness it.

Now, she would be toothless for her bday party... in her Elsa dress. Hoho. I think she doesn't mind.

Mummy Lim

MINT Toy Museum

I read about the toy museum since a long time back but had never visited it. Last weekend, I suddenly was reminded and realised that it is not too far from Marina Square where Lil Isaac was having his gym class. We had about an hour to burn before Daddy Lim picked us up after picking Lil Shauna.

We took a long walk from Marina Square to Seah Street. The museum took up a 5-level shop space in one of the buildings. I googled map but walked past it and one big round several buildings without realising. Luckily the little boy didn't complain too much. We paid $36 for a family package of 2 adults and 2 children. Oh gosh, I felt like a tourist. Lil Isaac and I proceeded to tour the museum while waiting for Daddy Lim and jiejie to join us.

The museum was fairly empty. There were 5 levels and we started from the top. The 5th level was contributed to outer space and there were many tin spaceship and robot toys. The toys are all inside full wall shelves with glass door. It isn't very children friendly; they couldn't see beyond the 3rd shelf. However, Lil Isaac was fairly entertained and was amazed at how old and expensive the toys are. I guessed most of the toys are collectors' items. We saw many that cost several KUSD. The most expensive is this mickey mouse that doesn't look too mickey mouse and cost 35 KUSD!

Lil Isaac took time to look at the display.

The 4th level was for Characters, 3rd for Childhood Favorite and 2nd for Collectibles. These are my favorite. So super cool!

Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna finally joined us when we were finishing the tour. We went back to the 5th floor and started walking the museum all over again.

Lil Shauna happily posed with the big robot.

The scaredy cat boy finally posed BESIDE the robot after summoning all his courage.  Haha.

Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna took about 20 mins to walk the museum. Lil Isaac and I took more close to an hour. It isn't exactly a very kids' friendly place. It would have been great if there are toys for the kids to hands-on.

Mummy Lim

Ice Skating Lesson 8

Lil Shauna couldn't wake up on Saturday morning bcos the kids had a late night. Instead, Lil Isaac didn't sleep in and caught us while we were trying to get out of the house. Though no tears, there were plenty of "I also want to go ice skating" pleads. I am not prepared to watch over 2 kids on the ice and had to coax him to stay home. We then quickly sneaked out of the house. Before we left, he said that he wanted to learn ice skating too. Scary.

Lil Isaac called me on my mobile twice in the span of 20 mins. Each time, he repeated his request to ice skate too. Zzzzz. To pacify him, I promised to check out the lesson schedule but told him that he would only be able to take on ice skating lessons after he had completed his gym classes. He had been on at least 3 terms of expensive gym classes. I had thoughts to cease them and find him something else. Maybe ice skating is the solution? Luckily he only called 2x and was probably well entertained by the ipad.

Lil Shauna and I had Mac bfast before class. We were early and she worked on her homework while I on mine.

We went up to the rink early to realise that it was the national competition today and the rink would be closed at 2.45pm today. There was no group classes were already many skaters practicing their stuff when we arrived - all the lunges, twists, turns. Wow!

We went down to the ice and practice the usual stuff. I had seen Lil Shauna in better forms on other day but at least she managed her Mohawk. She took a rest right before the lesson and was happily playing in the rink until I yelled for her. Zzzz. By the time she rushed over to her lesson, she has forgotten all the hands up, head up nag for the past hours. Aiyoh!

The class went OK. She learnt how to skate forward after some backward strokes. Many times, I realised that it is more so Lil Shauna not understanding what Teacher Raymond wanted her to do than her inability to do it. And I had this urge to rush into the rink and tell her in a way that she understands. Other times, she just needed to practice the stroke like 300x more. This is when I come in to the picture. Teacher Raymond probably saw us practising on some occasions. After class, he told Lil Shauna that I am a good tuition coach. Haha. I was quite proud actually. The "tuition" definitely benefitted her. As compared to her friends that had started the private classes at the same time, she's probably a little faster. Seriously, it is tough to rely on a kid to self practice.

I also realised that Lil Shauna is "not there yet" in her strokes. It is constantly like the leg is not lifted high enough here and the body needs a little bit more leaning in there. I don't know how to resolve that. I see that the older skaters understood the need for precision and take effort to tuck that tummy and raise the butt, etc. As for the little girl, she is already very pleased with herself when she manages to roughly execute the move. Maybe she just needed a lot more practice? She came back after class and told me that teacher Raymond said that her spiral is not high enuff and her lunge not low enuff. OK lor, then how? Anyway, we left for lunch and headed to phonics class.

I pop back to the rink to watch the skaters warm up before the competition.

Then I saw this very little boy partaking in the competition.  He is probably about Lil Isaac's age but is so good.

He could do spiral and jumps and is so steady. His strokes were precise despite being so young. I wonder how old was he when he started learning skating.

Just then, Lil Isaac and Daddy Lim joined me and they were equally amazed. Lil Isaac started his pleads to learn ice skating NOW. The next core 1 lesson starts on 2 May. Let me think harder about it. Can I cope with 2 kids on the rink? Lil Shauna said that I can't bcos I have to help her practice. Zzzzz. Win already. Alternatively, we will wait for the next run, after Lil Isaac completes his gym class. He would be a little older then, right? The idea of having both of them doing the same class at almost the same time is very appealing too.

Mummy Lim

Old

I am 4 days away from turning 36. Now that I am in my mid 30s, it doesn't feel as scary as I thought it would be. It isn’t really that old. Humans are so good with adapting and self-comforting. Lol. However, many times I do feel very old. The signs are pretty obvious.

1. The children’s bedtime is also my bedtime.

2. I am getting very excited at Lil Shauna’s ice skating but couldn't master what she’s learning without risking breaking some bones.

3. Clubbing is a luxury that needs months of planning and scheduling in advance.

4. I don't know which are the IN clubs and when I am finally in one on them, I feel that the crowd is so young that I wouldn't be surprised if they started calling me auntie. 

5. When the club starts to get crowded, it is way past my bedtime.

6. I get exhausted after maximum 2 hours of clubbing and I needed 1 week to recover from the exhaustion.

7. Staying late at work feels more torturous than the past, which always lead to an early night for that day.

8. Even though I weigh about the same as many years back, the same clothes no longer gives the same look.

9. I have to remind myself not to smile too wide when taking picture to prevent the lines from showing.

10. I forgot… pretty obvious huh?

Mummy Lim 

Rollerblading

It was rainy for a while. Then we were busy and there were always so many things to occupy our weekends. Our Rollerblades took a rest and hid in the storeroom.

Finally on Sunday afternoon, we thought rollerblading was a fantastic activity to entertain the kids and off we went to West Coast Park (WCP). We love WCP as it is usually not too crowded and perfect for hazardous Lil Isaac. We would usually stay at the part of the park without the playground to minimise distractions. Else, no kids would want to skate. Haha.

The weather was hot. We skated for probably half an hour and all declared that we were so tired. I don't know if we were perspiring from the sports or the hot weather.

 Our parting shot. I love it. Who needs a selfie stick when we have long-arm Daddy Lim?

Mummy Lim

Ice Skating Overdose?

We didn't have class on Saturday but headed to the rink nevertheless. Lil Shauna needed the practice to master the Mohawk that she couldn't during the last lesson. Daddy Lim didn't have to work on Saturday and thus we were able to bring the little boy along. 

Usually, when the boy is on the ice, I had to watch over him and Lil Shauna barely gets much practice done bcos mummy wouldn't be able to help her. Interestingly, Lil Isaac improved quite a fair bit on the ice and we further motivated him with the game of “whoever can go around the rink 2x without falling wins”. The tactic works for quite a while and Daddy Lim and I took turns to skate with him. I took whatever time that I have to practice with Lil Shauna and Daddy Lim took over when it was my turn to skate with the little hazard. Lil Shauna knew exactly what she had to do and could practice with just Daddy Lim eye powering her. 

When the boy realized that the ”game” wasn't really a game, he was again up to his nonsense of this trick and that trick, that often made him looked like a dangerous bundle moving haphazardly on the ice. The tricks often landed in some fall but comparing to his previous trips, he was already falling much lesser and the falls seem less serious. Lil Shauna’s friend – P and XY were also at the rink. Though there was some good fun of “chase”, including Lil Isaac, they all agreed on how dangerous Li Isaac was. Lol.

For the Saturday session, we focused a lot on Lil Shauna’s posture. Throughout the almost 2-hour, I was constantly repeating “hands-up, head-up, don't look down”. Amazing, that little change in posture did magic for Lil Shauna. Not only was she full of grace (at times), the stability helped her to balance better and allowed her to execute moves that she couldn't previously. Even she realized the impact and was willing to hold her posture despite how tiring it really was. With her new shimmering (and very expensive) ice skating pants, she is indeed starting to look like an ice skater. The Saturday practice did her good and I think she is more confident for coming week’s lesson.

On Easter Sunday, the combined service started at 8am. I was intending to skip it but Lil Shauna wanted so much to go to Sunday School bcos it was gift shop day. The older children had been earning stamps and could use their stamps to exchange for gifts. We left the house at 7.30am. The little boy was still sleeping and he was also glad to skip church. Zzzzz. Lil Shauna’s trip to church was fruitful and we were done by 10am. 

I was to send the little boy to gym class at 1pm. With 3 hours to burn, we headed down to the ice again. We arrived at 10.30am but were in the q for almost an hour. The q was painfully slow as there was only 1 counter opened. On top of that, there were so many people ahead of us trying to buy student passes/ sign up for lessons and there were so many forms to fill, so many questions to answer for such. I don't know why they couldn't get some other staff to open another counter or at least try to help. The poor only cashier was trying to multi-task and definitely wasn't very efficient. 

We pressed ahead nevertheless and had about 1 hour left to practice when we finally got into the rink. We did the usual drill and again focused on her posture. Now, she definitely has enuff practice for the coming week’s lesson. All she needed to do is to remember to hold her arms and head high.

We met Teacher Raymond on Sunday and I told him that we had to miss the competition in KL. Teacher Raymond was very encouraging and shared that the next one that he is organizing is the Asian Championship, which would be taking place in August, during school term and would be in far, far away China, Qingdao. What?? I have to think even harder about this next one. Lol.

So did we have an ice skating overdose? The kids seem to have totally enjoyed themselves.

Mummy Lim

Cut Hair

Daddy Lim had been fussing about his "in-my-opinion-not-that-long-hair". Haha. But it irked him so much and he so badly needed a hair cut. Lil Isaac wanted a hair cut too. It is funny that the little boy enjoyed the trips to the hairdresser very much, which is great bcos boys needed to have their hair trimmed so often. Zzzz.

At one of those 10 mins hair cut place, when asked how he wanted his hair to be cut, he said that he wanted to he as stylish as Pappy! So adorable.

Maybe she was influenced, Lil Shauna wanted to have her hair cut too. Errr... There is perfectly nothing wrong with her hair. Ever since school started, she barely gets the opportunity to soak in chlorine loaded water and now has a beautiful head of straight silky hair. She went ahead with the haircut but mummy was quick to step in and insisted that 2 inch max snipped off. Heart pain leh.

It was an adorable sight to see Daddy Lim and the 2 kids all at the salon, having their hair cut at the same time. Hehe.

Mummy Lim

How Much Longer?

It must be a youngest child thing.
Lil Shauna was walking very much when she was 4ish, largely bcos mummy had to carry didi. Lil Isaac is simply lazy and was super reliable on the stroller until it started giving way a while back. The stroller served us really well, since Lil Shauna was 2.

Lil Isaac understood that he is too old for a stroller and knew that we wouldn't replace the stroller. Still, it didn't stop him from asking us to carry him. Fortunately, he is much lighter than when jiejie was his age. Even then... my back!

Sometimes, he does look like a baby. How much longer could we carry him?

Mummy Lim

Science Center

Sometimes, Public Holiday translates to "better-find-programs-to-entertain-kids-or-risk-death" day. Haha. I was lazy and didn't want to venture to far outside of West. We gave the kids choice between JBP or Science Center and they opted for the latter. I was cool about it, having read that Science Center has drastically reduced their admission prices to benefits the locals. I am a local and I totally heart the move. A family visit to Science Center used to hurt the pocket quite some but now only cost $20 for our family of 4.

Daddy Lim worked morning yday and fetched us from home at about 1.30pm. There was a long q. Admission used to be fairly quick. Apparently, I am not the only Singaporean who loves a good deal. The q was so freaking long that it took us about an hour before we got our tickets. Luckily, there is a good free outdoor playground that incorporates science outside of Science Center. Daddy Lim watched over the kids and munched his Mac lunch while we waited.

We got into the center only about 3 pm. This is our 268th visits and had seen most of the old exhibitions. We spent some time looking at the new ones though. As usual, Lil Isaac is very fascinated by balls.

He probably can spend hours in front of these exhibits if we don't urge him on. We stopped for a little snack after half an hour. Tired leh. Lol.

The kids' highlight must be Waterworks.

We didn't stay too long though. It wouldn't be fun caught with the rest of the home going crowd in the tiny toilet with limited showering facilities. There were so many kids playing at the water area.

We left for dinner shortly and headed home.  The kids were still full of energy but their poor mummy was so tired. Haha.

Mummy Lim

What kind of Homework?

Lil Shauna brought these home some time back. She needs the computer to work on them.

According to the teacher, these are good to do but not compulsory bcos not all families have a computer at home. We do and I attempted to log onto the system once but wasn't successful initially and gave up. Haha. Not compulsory mah. 

However, I think the teacher had been constantly reminding the students to go into the system and so we tried again. We were finally successful and Lil Shauna started using the computer to do her homework. 

There are so many activities inside, English, Maths and Chinese. While she was at it, I had to stand around to supervise. Zzzzz. I was surprised that she knows how to log in, used the keyboard and the mouse. Apparently, she learnt these in school. 

The activities/ quizzes are easy for Lil Shauna. However, she took painfully long to find the letters on the keyboard. Haha. And Daddy Lim super sensitive mouse that darts around the screen at mere touches isn't helping much. Hello Mr Mouse, where are you rushing to?

It is recommended that the children shouldn't spend more than an hour each time on the computer. Errrr... At the speed that Lil Shauna progressed, she couldnt get much done in an hour. Hahaha.

Mummy Lim

Really on her Own

On Tuesday, Daddy Lim and I were both stuck at work. We weren't in time to pick the girl and she finally got a chance to go home on her own.

I was worried that she would get lost but she was totally fine, making her way home safe and sound like what she was supposed to. Big girl already. Hehe.

Mummy Lim