Strike by Lightning ah?!!!!

Sometimes, I would be naughty and strike Momi or Dadi. Most of the times, Dadi would punish me by caning me. As for Momi, sometimes when I hit her too hard, she would cry and I would feel so sorry and apologise for my behaviour. Other times, she would get so mad at me and tell me to beware of lightning strikes. She said it is a sin to strike your own parents and I would be punished by the lightning strike. Tian Da Lei Pi!!! Scarey neh....

Special Update: Children's Day Outing in 2007

Momi's office organised a special outing for us on Children's Day. It was a trip to the Science Centre. Yipee!!!!



Checking out the outdoor play area at the Science Centre. Too young to play with some of the fixtures. Shoots!!! Couldn't even reach them.



Enjoying a cool outdoor shower with my clothes on. Look at my gleeful look.


Look of concentration on our faces... We were looking at the colourful plastic balls bobbling inside.


Rinsing the red ball with the spurt of water....


Walking around in the pool just to collect the plastic balls... Too slow to compete with the older kids. Always get one ball at a time.



Taking a break to enjoy my jam sandwich. Boy, am I famished!!! The water play really tires me out!!! Easily wolfed down 2 slices of bread.




After makan, must do a bit of work mah. Some colouring competition, so must submit my masterpiece. See how I hold my pencil?? Like a pro man, machiam calligraphy master leh. Keke!!!


Hee, posing with my masterpiece... did I win??? Well, a consolation price. Not too bad yah, considering every kid who submitted got something for his/her efforts.

Anything that looks like a steering wheel means I can drive it.... Vrooom Vrooom!!!




Playing stacko at one of the stations.


Games time.... ehhhh... we looked kinda bored right?? Playing pass-the-parcel lor... how come the happy meal parcel haven't come to me yet.....


Enjoying the games put together by the McDonald's crew. I was one of the youngest kid in the group and could quite understand the instructions. What happened then? Haha!!! I created havoc lor. Ran when told to keep still, stand when supposed to sit down.... Muahaha!!! Had a jolly good time running amok, while Momi hovered around to get me to follow the games' instructions. :p As u can see, I was actually quite bored to tears when sitting down leh.

Happy Children's Day

Children's Day falls on 1 Oct 2007 and it also happens to be DJJ's birthday. Hapi Birthday, DJJ.
Momi's office has arranged for a special excursion to the Singapore Science Centre and she has signed us up for it. Yeah!!! Heard that there will be colouring competition and some water-play as instructions were given to bring along colour pencils and an extra set of clothes. Yipee!!! I can't wait!!!

As for today, the childcare centre celebrated CD by bringing all of us to the National Museum to visit the Museum and watch some cartoons and short films.

Here is the Synopses:
(A) Heterogenic (G)
Dir: Raimondo Della Calce & Primo Dreossi
Italy / 2003 / 9 min / No dialogue
A scientist struggling to develop a strain of bio-enhanced super-corn accidentally
stumbles on the solution. A fun-filled animated short about a kernel of corn that
defies the odds (and tumbleweeds, and radiation) and winds up a hero! Winner of the
First Prize for Animation for Children at the Anima Mundi, Brazil.

(B) Viivi and Leevi – Photographs (G)
Dir: Tuula Pukkila
Finland / 2000, 2003 / 4 min / No dialogue
Leevi is keen to bake, paint and try his hand at almost anything. But whenever he
does, he always winds up in trouble, and the only way out is to call for the help of his
big sister Viivi. The amusing characters and stories are presented without dialogue.

(C) Fellows (PG)
Dir: Cecilia Marreiros Marum
2003 / France, Belgium / 8:20 min / No dialogue
2D computer
One day a small five-year-old boy creates a snowman, which became his best friend.
But he needs to be brave and inventive to protect his snowman from the weather.

(D) Viivi and Leevi – Christmas Presents (G)
Dir: Tuula Pukkila
Finland / 2000, 2003 / 4 min / No dialogue
Leevi is keen to bake, paint and try his hand at almost anything. But whenever he
does, he always winds up in trouble, and the only way out is to call for the help of his
big sister Viivi. The amusing characters and stories are presented without dialogue.

(E)Amal (PG)
Dir: Ali Benkirane
Morocco / 2004 / 17 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Twelve-year-old Amal lives in the Moroccan countryside. A serious and passionate
pupil, she dreams of becoming a doctor. Until the day her parents decide she will not
be returning to school anymore. A winner of several international awards including
Special Mention Youth Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film
Festival.

Total of 5 short films and it took us about 60 mins. It was quite fun, just that towards the end, most of us got a bit restless. Yah lor, sat too long in the seats le. Luckily the teachers put us on diapers which saved us the hassle of making frequent trips to the toilets during the whole excursion. :)

It's Story Time!!!

Every night, I will ask Momi to tell stories before I go to bed. Yep!!! Stories which she do not have to refer to books. My current favourite is the story about 3 little piglets and the Big Bad Wolf. I am so familiar with the story that I would interject sometimes to contribute to the story. Of course, I also named my 3 little piglets for that added personal touch. Their names are Porky, Pork Chop and Ham. These piglets also have younger siblings, which I named as Bak Pau, Bak Kwa and Bak Zhan. As for the Big Bad Wolf??? He is called the BIG BAD wolf lah!!! What else do you expect from me??? He's the bad guy leh!!! Momi said he has a twin brother who appears in the story of the "Little Red Riding Hood". Haven't heard this story yet. I bet evil twin did not come to a good end either.

Other than this story, I am also familiar with "The Little Ugly Duckling", "The Frog Prince" and "Pinocchio". Actually hor, Pinocchio has been adapted to local context as I named him "Ang Mo Kio". Every time Momi says the name "Pinocchio", I would correct her and say "Ang Mo Kio" instead. :p

I think hor, Momi knows other stories, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella etc. But she thinks these stories are too gu niang and she refuses to tell me such stories. Muahahaha!!! My Momi is so perculiar.

Happy Birthday, Dadi, Ye Ye & Po Po!!!

Dadi and Ye Ye's birthdays fall on early Sep. However, as usual, Dadi kena ICT again. Yes, every year, he spends his birthday in the lousy army camp with no birthday cake and no presents. All he got was canteen food and yucky combat rations. Sigh...

As for me, I have been looking forward to singing birthday songs to them, blowing out the candles and sinking my teeth into the yummy birthday cakes.... but in the end, no cake at all!!! We celebrated Ye Ye's birthday at the restaurant, but it felt like a normal meal lor.

Next was Po Po's birthday on 25 Sep 07 which happened to be Mooncake Festival too!!! But, Momi kena stomach flu and was puking and having LS quite badly that we did not go over for the celebration. Hmmmm, I heard that XJJJ bought a yummy durian cake for Po Po. Hee, never mind lah. I dun like durian cake anyway. I think Momi will make up for it by celebrating Po Po's ang mo birthday instead. Maybe I will get to blow out the candles and cut the cake this time???

Special Guest Appearance by Barney!!!

Barney made a special appearance at the childcare centre this afternoon after he completed his tour at the Spastic Children Centre for its Children's Day celebration. His visit came as a wonderful surprise and you should see how we crowded around him, asking for hugs and taking the opportunity to rub his tummy and hug his legs. We had such a wonderful sing-a-long session with him.

That's me staring up at Barney, up close and personal... Barney, you are SOOOOO big!!!!

Shameer and I posing for a shot with Barney. Oops!!! My eyes were shut leh!!! Hmmm... Shameer looks good in this picture.

See the crowd??? Barney is the Superstar!!!

My DIY Lantern

Going to Childcare Centre is so much fun. Well, we get to celebrate all the major festives and holidays, such as Racial Harmony Day and National Day. Coming next is the mooncake festival. The teachers have requested our parents to bring in the festive goods, such as mooncakes, baby yams, pomelo and little piggy biscuits for us to try out during class. The teachers are also bringing us to Central and the riverside to look at lanterns! So exciting.

Talking about lanterns, Momi and I made a little lantern this year. It is now hanging in the reception area of my childcare centre. It is a cute little octopus, made from recycled materials, such as plastic bowl and strips of orange plastic bag. I helped Momi to paste the orange dots and draw little blue dots (with a marker) on the body of the octopus. It has 2 big googly eyes and a quirky little smile. I like it so much. It is good enough for display. Actually use ah???? Not sure leh, dun think I get to bring it back to put in a candle for the Zhong Qiu Jie. :p

Snippets of My Conversations

(I) Lying on the bed with Momi during bedtime and doing a bit of chit-chatting...

Momi: Do you like to eat "Mian" (noddles) or "Fan Fan" (Rice) ??
Rara: Mian Mian!!!
Momi: So you like "Mee Pok" and "Mee Suah"???
Rara: Yes!!!
Momi: "Mee Rebus", "Mee Siam", "Mee Gia", "Mee Soto", "Mee Goreng", "Mee Tai Mak"...
Rara: Mee Tian Gong!!!!!!
Momi: (-_-) ........


(II) Mother and Son walking towards MRT station after school.

Momi: So, how old is Ramerez?
Rara: Two years old!!!
Momi: How old is Momi???
Rara: (without any hesitation) SOOOO... old!!!
Momi: (-_-lll) ....


(III) Having fruits after dinner at Gong Gong's House. Momi was picking out the smaller pieces of hami melon for Ramerez. DJJ came back and requested Ramerez to feed him some hami melon.

DJJ: What are you eating? Can I have some???
Rara: (picked through the bowl of cut melon like an auntie at the wet market and mumbled to himself) Take small small one. Too big cannot eat.... Nah!!! Small small one. Too big one cannot eat.
DJJ: Huh?!
Momi: He repeated what I told him earlier to pick the small pieces of fruit lah.

Down with HFMD

Hi, folks.

Just paid a visit to my fave Dr Chee and guess what, he diagnosed that I am down with that dreadful Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease. Darn!!! I came down with a high fever on Thur nite after school and Momi quarantined me at home on Fri. Little red dots developed on my legs, palms and soles in mid afternoon and turned into blisters in the late afternoon. Momi at first suspected some form of allergy, but the moment the blisters started to pop up, she kinda confirmed it was HFMD.

A visit to Dr Chee this afternoon confirmed that it was HFMD and Dr prescribed me anti-viral medication and anti-bacterial mouth spray to stop the development of more blisters. Oh dear, it was shucky to hear that I would not be able to attend school for one week leh...

Momi decided that we should move over to Nai Nai's house for one week so that she could look after me. Well, at least I could spend some time with my Nai Nai. I hope the blisters would pop up anymore cos they are very very itchy *Scratch scratch*

My Very First Play - BABY LOVE

My very first play at the theatre. It is called Baby Love and it's all about sibling rivalry between Harry & his new baby sister - Myra. Here's the poster.

I went for the play with Momi, as well as Auntie Hui San and Lucas Gor-gor. There were 2 new friends - Nathaniel and Edna, as well as their parents.

My verdict on the play? Well, check out the expressions on our faces!!! Full of anticipation!!! Sure must be good and entertaining lah. Sorry, folks. No pictures of the play to show cos photography is strictly prohibited in the theatre. Anyway, trust me. It was good. At least, I stayed in my seat for the 45 mins and I was very tickled at the first half of the show. However, when the rivalry worsen between Harry and Myra, it made me a little uncomfortable to see them fighting each other over the toys and personal items.... I guess Momi does have her agenda for bringing me to the play. :p

For the price ($18 per pax for 45 mins play), Momi said it was still quite worth it. Hi-5 show? Nah, I can forget it cos Momi thinks the cheapest ticket of $38 is way too much. At least the play is something arty-farty (so she says). That means I am more likely to watch plays and musicals than Hi-5 shows or Sesame Street shows, unless they are free performances in the shopping malls. :)

Celebrations!!!

Why are we waiting? Why are we waiting?? Let's bring on the music and the cake!!! Yipee!!!

Ermmm... why so long huh????

Shameer and I focusing our attention on the big birthday cake. Hmmm, four big candles and 2 small candles. Singapore's 42nd birthday.

Anyone looking? If not, I can pinch the cake liao!!! Muahahaha!!!

While everyone posed for the picture in a stone-stone manner... Atticus and I were busily burrowing our fingers at the cake, until Ms Chng screamed at us from the side cos she saw our little tricks. Shucks, man!!!

Happy Birthday, Singapore!!!

Happy Birthday, Singapore!!! So exciting leh!!! It's your 42nd birthday and we have a fantastic birthday bash lined up for you today!!!

Buy My Car, Pleeeease???

I am such a sucker for TV commercials. My current favourite is the Mocca- Buy My Car, please?. Yes, that ad with 2 girls shimmy shimmy on TV with a funny guy (which the ad can do without in the first place. :p)

I have been hounding people around to please buy my car (flashy red car at Nai Nai's house). Please? Buy my car, anyone? It's good!!!

Sing Bubble Song????

I have been telling Momi about the "Sing Bubble" Song over the past week. In fact, I even sing the "Sing Bubble" song to her. The lyrics go like this "One People, One Nation, One Singapore. That's the Way that we will be forever more. Every race and every......" (dunno the lyrics liao) and "Count on me, Singapore! Count on me, Singapore! Count on me to give my best and more.... and hear the lion roar"...

Haha!!! U got it?? Yah lah. This "Sing Bubble" song is actually those National Day songs which school has been playing to us every day. I even know how to rap "SIN-GAP-ORE! SIN-GAP-ORE! Yeh.... Singapore!!!!". Pai-seh pai-seh!!! Just that I couldn't quite pronounced Singapore properly initially and I ended created confusion for Momi cos she thought I was referring to a chinese kiddy song on blowing bubbles. Yeah, Momi sang that to me and I told her "Dah!!! No No!!!".

Yes, with National Day approaching, we are all drumming up for a big celebration which includes the singing of these Singapore songs. Whoa!!! I'm getting excited as ND approaches. :)

Another Milestone on 1 August!!!

August 2007 is the starting of a new milestone for me.

Momi made a bold decision this morning. She decided to take me off the diaper totally. Of course, before she did this, she had been prepping me to inform the adults before I take a leak or do a poo. I must "JIANG!!!" (i.e. tell) if I want to use the bathroom. If I do not tell, I would be a "GON GON" baby. If I tell and hold out until I make it to the bathroom, I would be a "CLEVER" baby. "CLEVER" is a lot better-sounding than "GON GON", so I try my best to sound the alarm before I simply let go.

Well, I certainly did not disappoint Momi cos I made my morning trip to school safely in dry pants. Momi informed my teachers and they continued by keeping me off the diapers for the rest of the day until my afternoon nap. When Momi picked me up in the evening, she made me go to the bathroom first before we made the trip back home without the diapers again.

All's well so far and Momi was quite proud of me. She was updating my progress to Nai Nai over the phone before my bedtime. Hee hee! Honestly speaking, I am quite proud of myself too. I am a big boy now. :)

My Sugar Babe

I surprised everyone on Wed evening by calling Esher "Sugar" when I hugged her good bye. Hee hee!!! Ms Shikin heard me and asked Momi if we use "Sugar" as a term of endearment at home. Momi was equally puzzled as she only calls me 'darling' or 'baby'.

Hee hee!!! Esher is so sweet, so I must call her "Sugar". Yah, my sugar babe. From now on, I will call her "sugar" everyday. Momi tried to make me call her "Sugar" but I refused to. :p

NDP & SONIC BOOM!!!!

National Day is just round the corner and there is such a great sense of national celebratory mood going around that it is rubbing off onto me.

School has been playing the National Day songs to us every morning. I could sing along to "Singapura", "Stand up for Singapore" and "One People, One Nation, One Singapore". Oh boy!!! How I wish Dadi could have tickets for the actual day NDP celebration!!!

Momi actually managed to ballot successfully for one ticket for the NDP preview for today and Sharon Jie-Jie was supposed to let her have her ticket too so that we could all go for the NDP... Alas, but Dadi's leg is hurting again and I was having a diarrheao and tummyache. Tickets ended up with Auntie Nicole, but she din go either due to the bad weather?!!! So wasted man!!! I was thinking of asking her for the NDP fun pack some more.... tsk tsk tsk...

Anyway, when the fighter jets flew past Sengkang on their way to the parade area, they created such a loud noise that it startled me so much. For a split second, I was lost and did not know which direction to seek refuge. Momi was right behind in the kitchen, but I decided to run for the living room instead after pivoting to 3-4 directions on the spot. Haha!!! So pai-seh!!! I was displaying my instinctive behavior. Dadi told me that the fighter jets were responsible for making that loud sound which he called "SONIC BOOM"!!! Cool!!! I like that. I am not scared of the fighter jets anymore. I hope Dadi could get his hands on the actual NDP tickets so that I could have a better view of jets flying over our heads and creating that "SONIC BOOM" and the helicopter bearing the giantic Singapore flag!!!

Stand Up for Singapore!!!

Lynn-Gator

Sigh!!! I kena bitten by Lynn today after our afternoon nap. Well, I stepped on her bolster and it irritated her so much that she morphed into "Lynn-Gator" and took 2 chomps on my left hand!!! It was excruciating pain for me and I howled out loud. But that didn't stop the Lynn-Gator!!! She refused to release her bites until Ms Chng intervened. As usual, Lynn-Gator was taken away and placed on the "thinking chair" to reflect (mian bi si guo) on her bad behaviour, while I was given immediate treatment in the form of a cold compress to stop the bleeding and the swelling.

Of course I was mad lah!!! Lynn has been going around irritating everyone in the class. She would not share the toys and in fact, snatches from the rest of us. If she gets mad, she would either pinch or bite us. Since she joined the class more than a month ago, she has pinched almost everyone of us and bitten Lucas-Gor Gor, Esher, Atticus, Choelle and now, me!!!

I have been telling Momi that Lynn pinched me and I don't like her but she kept telling me to make friends with her. When Momi came down to pick me up in the evening, Ms Shi and Ms Chng told her that I kena bitten cos I "disturbed" her. Momi saw the 2 sets of teeth marks and were puzzled how come the school allowed it to happen. Anyway, I sort of complained to Momi by whining and pointing to the bites. When Lynn was pointed out as the culprit, it made me boiled again and I went up to shoved her in the stomach. Momi quickly stopped me and chided me for my action. But hor, she bit me first leh!!! :(

Momi made me apologised to Lynn which I simply refused. I went around the music room, saying "Sorry" to the chair, Lucas Gor-Gor, the teachers and the wall, but not Lynn... Momi was not pleased with my behaviour and put me in front of Lynn to say "Sorry". Sorry sorry lor, but I will make sure Lynn has no chance to take another chomp at me.

(Momi: Ms Chng feedback to me the next day that Ramerez refused to sleep next to Lynn during nap time).

My Flashy New Bike

Dadi and Momi went to Giant 2 months back and bought me a cool metallic blue & yellow BMX bike that was 12'' tall. Well... a little too tall for me, but as usual, my cheapo Momi said never mind cos I will grow taller and it would suit me just fine.
My cool bike inherited a bell from Dadi's old bike as he is too busy and too fat to go cycling nowadays. His old bike has retired to our bomb shelter-cum-storeroom. I hope my bike would not fall into the same fate. It is currently parked in the spare white room where I would occasionally bring it downstairs for a ride.
Haha!!! I can't quite pedal the bike yet. When I say "ride", I mean with Momi or Dadi pulling the bike along lah. I simply sat there and look shiok shiok lor. Yah lor, dun need to pedal at all and the bike would transport me to the playground downstairs. :p

Play Pretend

During the past week while I was recuperating at home under Momi’s attentive care, I got to participate in imaginative play with Momi. I loved to play pretend where I am either riding the MRT or driving a bus. I would rattle off the names of the MRT stations and their numbers as I move along the MRT route, opening and closing doors for passengers to board and alight. When I drove the bus, I would start the engine, drink some water and drive and stop in accordance to the traffic conditions by shouting out red man or green man. Momi and Dadi had been trying to correct me to use green light and red light when I am driving cos green and red man is for crossing the roads. Hee!!! Pai-seh, pai-seh!!! I will need to work this out.