My Little House

Dadi does not believe in splurging/ investing in those Little Tykes or Playskool Play Houses which easily cost a bomb around $100++ to $300++. He said the money could be saved or invested in stuff which would reap more money for my trust fund. Anyway, Dadi was smart enough to play house with my by making use of my portable Superman travel mattress.

Basically, Dadi would wrap the mattress around me to form the wall. The space is big enough for me to even sit down inside. Of course, the house must be topped with a "roof" and I would tell Dadi to put a "Zhen Tou" (pillow) on the top. I would then keep quiet in my little "house", until I get bored and I would tear it down and crashing into the wall. The crashing part was my favourite. For the time being, it seems to fit me cos I am a small toddler. Not sure how long it can last cos I will outgrow it pretty soon. :p

Pretending... "Help me!!! An evil man has locked me in this little house!!!"

Here's a decent pose of me hiding in my little secret getaway where Momi and Dadi can't fit in cos they are too fat...oops... too big, I mean. *sheepish grin*

Haha!!! Dadi caught me digging for gold in my little house. Aiyah, I thought it would be safe to do something like that in my little safe haven mah... Hey, Momi!!! U can always censor and not post such pictures mah.... tsk tsk....

I am 2 years old!!!

Hi, folks!!! I have turned 2 on 19 Jan!!! Applause please! *Clap clap*

Well, nothing happened on 19 Jan. No birthday celebration, no cake to cut. In fact, I came down with a high fever from 18 Jan afternoon and it persisted over the next two days. I was fussy as usual, refusing to take the medicine and throwing up everything after the medicine is forced into my mouth... tsk tsk. Poor Momi and Dadi took turns to look after me. I am still having a cough and a bit of temperature...

No adventures over the last weekend. Will update when I have new stuff to upload. Just stay tuned to my blog, ok? Cheerios!!!

Star Wars Vs Journey to the West?!?!

Yah!!!! Fooling around with Dad's roll of telt. I was twirling it and swinging it around, trying to show my martial powess with my make-believe pole/stick. Do I look like Sun Wukong from the Journey to the West?

Swinging the telt over my head to whack whatever's in front of me. Now, I look like Skywalker from Star Wars, brandishing my Light Sabre. Keke!!!

Ermmm... if u folks look carefully at the outer corner of my right eye, you will see that I have a spot of pinkish-blue eye shadow there... Well, I conked against the bed frame in the dark and kena that. Sigh, let's not talk about it cos Dadi and Momi will heart pain again. It was a rush to the hospital and 2 X-rays that revealed no fractures that settled the fear and worry in their hearts.

Hear Ye!!! Hear Ye!!! I'm Going to School!!!

Yes!!! It is confirmed!!! I would be going to school on 1 Feb 2007!!!
The childcare centre is located right in Momi’s office building. That means Momi, Dadi and I could go out together in the morning and go home together again in the evening.

Momi decided to enroll me since I am getting quite a handful at home and Nai Nai needs a break after taking care of me for almost 2 years. It would be a great opportunity for me to make friends in school, learn to socialize and share things and to pick up some knowledge (esp language wise as I am still baby-talking… paiseh… paiseh…)

Dadi, Momi and Nai Nai accompanied me to check out the centre last Friday morning. It was cold and wet but it did not dampen my spirits and excitement. In fact, Momi reminded me about the orientation visit on Thur night before I slept and I was so excited that I woke up as early as 4am plus before Momi coaxed me back to bed again. Haha!!! When I next woke up at 8am, I opened my eyes, grinned at Momi and said “RT!!! Xue Xiao!!!” (meaning “MRT and School!!!”). Yah!!! I was that excited.

When we reached the school, Auntie Susan showed us the facilities around. I love my classroom with those short short tables and chairs for little kids like me. I not shy one because I made myself at home and started helping myself to the things in the room. I protested when the adults told me to go out of the classroom to check out the play area. Ultimately, Dadi gotta pluck me off the ground and wrestle with me to get me to the play area.

The play area was paradise!!! Lots of toys, balls, slides and Chinese New Year ornaments hanging down from the ceiling!!! Yeah!!! The red lion dancing overhead certainly caught my eyes. Soon, I was mingling with all the Gor-Gors and 1 Jie-Jie to play in the ball pool and masak masak in the kitchenette.

Towards the end of the ½ hour free play session, I also chipped in to help the Gor-Gors and Jie-Jie clear up the place and put away the toys when the teachers told us time to clear up. As we need to go back to the classroom quietly and not disturb the other classes, the teachers told us to crawl on our hands and knees and be as quiet as a mouse!!! So funny!!! I quickly went down on my hands and knees and started crawling with the other kids cos I wanted to join them in class. But… before I could even get passed the gate, Dadi plucked me up again and declared that orientation visit had come to an end!!! Shots!!! What a disappointment!!!

Anyway, Dadi and Nai Nai had no objections to my enrolment and they did not find any fault with the centre. Thus, Momi proceeded to enroll me after the orientation tour!!! Yeah!!! I would be starting on 1 Feb 2007 with 2 other new kids in the 2005 toddlers’ class. I heard one of the kid is a local and the other is a Japanese!!! On top of that, Nicolas Gor-Gor and Lucas Gor-Gor are also in the 2004 Toddlers Class and we can play with each other everyday!!! Yipee!!!

U folks stayed tuned for my adventures in school, ok? Cheerios!!!!

U folks can tell from my smiley face that I am very pleased with my new school lah.

Good Bye, Lao Gong

My Lao Gong passed away on 27 Nov. According to Momi, he left us quietly and in peace while he was sleeping. When I finally get to visit him that day at Lao Ma's house, he was already sleeping in a rectangular box. I will miss you, Lao Gong. Momi said I will not get to sing any birthday songs for you again.

DAH Haircut Again

Yep Yep, it is DAH (Do-At-Home) Haircut Day again.

After so many rounds of DAH haircuts, Momi and Dadi are getting better and faster. This time round, I was placed in a tub filled with water and toys to play with and a small towel was tied around my neck to keep the hair from tickling me. Dadi got my spikey hair trimmed down to less than 1 cm length in around 15 mins. Of course, I started to protest towards the last few minutes cos my hair was floating on the water surface and it was not fun to fish for my toys among that amount of hair.

Of course, Dadi couldn't trim the hair behind the ears and at the nape and Momi took charge when I was snoozing in the afternoon. But silly Momi hor, when she was trimming my hair, she also accidentally made a small cut on the bed sheet. Tsk tsk... What to do? She got to mend the hole before throwing the bedsheet into the washer lor.

Anyway, I have to commend Dadi and Momi for getting better with DAH hair jobs. Maybe I could give them a Ramerez Commendation Award? What do u think?

More Shots Taken at the Istana

Standing in front of the Victoria-style water fountain, taking in the view and trying to wash my hands in the fountain despite Momi's intervention.

Hahaha!!! I'm so happy like a bird!!! Look at that gleeful face.

Having a go on the swing. Wish I could bring the whole swing home....tsk tsk...

Dadi & Momi, thanks for bringing me to the Istana. It was great fun. Can we go again the next Public Holiday Open House??? Pleeeeeease???? *Act cute look*

Acting Cute at Istana

Yeap!!! That's us acting cute, alright... in the Istana somemore... keke!!!

Acting cute in the pram while walking out of the Istana compound. Dadi couldn't resist squashing my cheeks for a candid shot. Hiaz....

At the Istana on Hari Raya Haji

Running around at the vast open area in the Istana. I had no radar and just ran amok cos I hardly get such vast, open spaces (Yah! I very sua-ku one). Momi had to keep up with me while I ran. Great workout for her though.

The children playground is one of my favourite place and I spent the longest time there. Momi and Dadi had to put me on top of the slide as I am too lazy to climb up on my own. I love the slide down cos it was steep and fast!!! Whoosh!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Hi, folks!!! Happy Happy New Year, Everyone!!!

To usher in the new year, Momi and Dadi decided to pamper themselves at a Spa. Dadi went for a Swedish body massage while Momi opted for a facial. Naturally, the two of them took turns to look after me while they waited for the pampering sessions. As usual, I jalan jalan around Takashimaya again. Momi wanted to get a pair of long pants and a pair of shoes for me for CNY, but nothing caught her eyes and she did not buy anything on impulse this time!!!

Taka was so crowded on New Year's Day and there was no place for Momi to sit down and la-kopi. Momi could only hang around and checked out the desserts displayed outside the Japanese restaurant at Taka basement. She promptedly decided that our dinner would be there so that she could have those yummy desserts.

Dinner was pretty good cos I love the sticky Japanese rice and the QQ ramen. As usual, I turned my charms on the female diners and waitresses in the restaurant and I even got a star-shaped jelly candy from one of the waitresses. Hiak hiak!!!

After dinner, Momi and Dadi went to Kinokuniya to get books as there was a storewide 20% discount. I was un-cooperative and refused to stay in the pram cos I had poo-poo in my diapers. Dadi and Momi had to rush me to the diaper-changing room in B2 to clean me. When we got there, the place was super-crowded. There were 5 adults tending to a BB who had puked and they were trying to clean the howling BB. I saw her kodomo powder and happily helped myself to it. Momi snatched it away and returned to the BB's Mommy. Momi said that was not my powder and gave me my bottle of Johnson BB powder to hold while she and Dadi stripped off my soiled diaper. Soon, another BB came in with her parents to change diapers too. The whole changing room was filled with the sounds of howling babies and nagging parents... such a headache....

By the time we got the books, it was 8.30pm. Yawn yawn... It was time to go home and orh-orh liao. That concluded my celebration on New Year's Day. Ta-ta!!!