tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17155175364269576422024-02-19T05:28:38.686+01:00Life In FranceRelocated from Singapore to France and started a New Life in France on 23rd February 2007. This blog revolve mostly about my dear girl, my hubby, myself and anything that is interesting happening in our life.Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.comBlogger567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-33757242203316473592016-04-05T17:37:00.001+02:002016-04-05T17:37:48.894+02:00It's been years since I visited this blog of mine.. wow...it brought back so much sp much memories...<br />
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We are back in Sg in 2011 and we have an additional member in our family in 2014.<br />
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So many things has changed. . Although I am still a SAHM but I do not have much time to blog now.. I am sending no.2 to childcare soon and hopefully I can pick up this blogging hobby again..Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-40357968116008647842009-11-06T22:57:00.005+01:002009-11-07T11:00:48.782+01:00Flying Again...<div>Yup, we are flying back to Singapore again to attend my sister's wedding end of November. 3 times in 2.5 years!!! This is really too much for me. Most of the wives envies me but I am not excited about going back at all. I really hate the flight journey... got to leave home at abt 5am, reach Paris at 8 and wait for connecting flight at 11, then stuck another 12 hrs in the plane. Argghh, this time J will just sent me to Bordeaux Airport only and I am going to do the transit with Shannon... Great! Of cos I can do it myself but I prefer to follow blindly behind J and do nothing...hehehe<br /><br />J will be joining us in Singapore 2 weeks later as I need to help my sis with some of the wedding preparation and also sending Shannon to some "crash course". She will be 5years old in 5 mths time and she still doesn't know her ABC and Phonics well. It's common for French as they start learning ABC next year but to Singaporean, the kids are expected to know their ABC when they are going to K1 next year!!! Hopefully, she can pick up something and I can start coaching her when we are back in France.<br /><br />Oh ya, whenever we tell Shannon that we are going back to Singapore, she will make sure that she will be able to come back as she regards France as her HOME. Anyway, we will be flying tomorrow and now I am already looking forward to the date to come back here again... LOL...<br /></div><br /><div> </div><br /><div> </div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-11888621959891467242009-11-06T22:51:00.002+01:002020-05-31T17:53:28.941+02:00Shannon's Class Photos..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The French Women on the right was the Teacher Olivia and the one on the left is the Class Assistant.<br />
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We were given an folders that consists of Shannon's Photo taken in the school 3 weeks ago.
Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-37051766465516228362009-10-31T16:49:00.001+01:002009-11-03T17:53:30.525+01:00Halloween 2009<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ONT0AhtDyV6eA8qHrQ4gNw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqW_NDbgBmhRKzIEe2GlY1KvxzNbeQBm67YYExmC4u1I_3uCxL7w_pMHQqDKI-z_Mh1SVXTVytuajA3uvBzmNgKaNh3Mbz32w_HsXlNBgK2OYrm4stmCNrUrxlfKu0s_wpXUBDFnzrXWfN/s800/Halloween09.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We brought Shannon to Auchan for a free face painting in the afternoon to attend a Halloween gathering at our friend's house. She was so excited when she saw the booth and requested for a purple butterfly to be painted on her face. We taught her how to say "Purple Butterfly" in french and she started to recite "Papillon Violet" when she was queing up for her turn. Hehe <br /><br />After the face painting, we tried to look for a costume for her because I didn't really see any that fancy me previously. As it was the day of Halloween, all the costumes had almost sold off, thus I decided to go home and dressed her up with whatever we had at home. :P <br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_EIgHHXzxzSimuRNHu_iaQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SvBYFov_KQI/AAAAAAAAKjw/ieDWAPg9pPs/s800/Halloween091.jpg" /></a><br /><br />In the end, I used our Chinese Qipao bought during Chinese New Year. I pinned a few spiders on her clothes, tied a long devil's tail on her waist, put on a devil hairband and messed up her hair. Voila! A Devil in a Chinese Qipao...LOL<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1zHoMZlNqZOoVolQsXi26A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SvBYxezebzI/AAAAAAAAKj0/9HaqENGy3Yg/s800/Halloween092.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After taking some food at the gathering, we brought the kids to neighours' house for Tricks or Treat. The first house visit was a disappointment as the french neighour literally ignore us. However, we continued to look for other neighours and decided to visit our Singaporeans' neighbour instead. Well, after visiting a few houses, we decided to go back as the streets were really dark and quiet. We distributed the sweets to the kids and let the kids played in the garden instead. <br /><br />Overall, we had great fun that night. This is the first time that I really dress Shannon up for Halloween night and I can see that she enjoyed the night too. ^^<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-1a.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325779938842&site=widget-1a.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325779938842&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1a.slide.com/p1/3314649325779938842/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325779938842&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1a.slide.com/p2/3314649325779938842/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325779938842&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1a.slide.com/p4/3314649325779938842/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-22125946736728931282009-10-28T10:25:00.004+01:002009-10-28T16:51:22.074+01:00Sleeping By Herself<div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/abmCJPX-YYIkY4qfSmc9-A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx0VPSkIt_6Q9Gt9PJJyWWxZgDZAtEhUkz-FvgRRpVDaipKWFPro4grrJkU_SqpuJU5k06KtgR7_Km_Lqrt41xLNm1j0gEzSboRuoXTKjZoPLLqPoQEomxARhfsow3nDrPMHHn0_P8Kqt/s800/Z_142971_A.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We bought this bed for Shannon upon her request sometimes in August. J wanted wean off the co-sleeping and asked her to choose a bed that she love. And she chose the above which cost almost SGD 1 K!!!<br /><br />I remember the first day she slept on her bed, she actually went up and down the bed for a few times finding excuses of washing hands or need to pee. After about spending 2 hours in her room, she decided to sleep with us and told us that she is too young to sleep by herself. (LOL)<br /><br />Then J and myself take turns to sleep with her in her bedroom for a few times. After she fell asleep, we would go back to our room but she will definitely joined us in our bed if she woke up in the middle of the night. I am fine with it as I feel that she would definitely wanted to sleep by her own when she grows up so I should treasure this moments. However, we constantly remind her that we would give away her precious bed since she is not sleeping it.<br /><br />3 days ago, when all of us was about to sleep, she suddenly said that she wanted to sleep in her princess bed. We left her in her room with the door open and the toilet's light shining in her room and went back to our room. And TADA, she successfully fell asleep and even she woke up in the morning to pee, she will go back to her bed and continue to sleep.<br /><br />Last night, she fell asleep in the living rooms and we have no way to carry her up the bed and thus she slept with us again. She said that she will go back to her bedroom tonight and I hope she mean it.. hehehehe<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-11212788833354655482009-10-24T10:19:00.002+02:002009-10-28T16:48:18.368+01:00Sushi & Monopoly<div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/viT_14cvBhCXtL1Xl1ll-w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6m6DM37Qc0nWdBWmerfLKyCbT4GeG_0BuSRxBkmJAgVpFMvMlM59ttEpojF3nKJhM2kB2OvvUZ0oZxgICPN2sVnTEtab0urs20-sgKi8hRCc5dPEB4FAuUXuTVB_yaRFe3KLyVTV3Pd5/s800/sushi.jpg" /></a><br />One of the Sunday, we decided to make some sushi. Shannon tried the sushi she made and began to eat non-stop. ^^</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>At night, we took out the Monopoly which came with Mcdonald Happy Meal and started playing. It is a simple version of Monopoly which Shannon can understand and she played with us happily. J was the first person who went bankrupt and I was the second, thus Shannon was the millionaire for that game! :P</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DRkCRE9QM7L2kOUEIjhImA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2j5bwbeZ-Cdt-vF57Vyk1uS1MPVadRvnbVZJmbkY5IAkmOJIog8tjbwcrihyLNyFiSTOyO-sZxcDN4qS13A2iaIUpYwAkmGxLFHKoJOaB4HkqLs2CDFD2jMwvMr33MvTimpFOjW3cFYR/s800/4yr%206mth7.jpg" /></a></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-9057194093471107932009-10-20T10:17:00.000+02:002009-10-28T10:25:15.555+01:00Baking Cake With Shannon<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x01rQYpEz44Jeoc-cyoaOA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6G-WEq94VeNYYN2_AnftwdcKp3Tulmy5rStL_n2LA2txcUdAukr97lV2mxhBr9D0P9mIuBtXVaB1d7ytmOxqvGHLu1hocmbXNYpN7WdjiVVwhFgRTgyCf-zSMwsmoOmXlg0ww_HhhIMkl/s800/temp_1.jpg" /></a>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-70138244190434816842009-10-15T15:33:00.002+02:002009-10-15T16:49:03.160+02:00* Two Little Sweeties *While waiting Irene to buy lunch at McDonald's yesterday, I took some photos of Shannon & Avril...<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-e1.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325777888481&site=widget-e1.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:400px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325777888481&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-e1.slide.com/p1/3314649325777888481/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325777888481&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-e1.slide.com/p2/3314649325777888481/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325777888481&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-e1.slide.com/p4/3314649325777888481/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-65512401477776257812009-10-15T13:06:00.006+02:002009-10-15T14:36:08.964+02:00Seasons Changing = Falling Sick<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RzQAl4HDGxdfyWj-Gizo7g?authkey=Gv1sRgCI_9tr_w78bPgQE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9oQIsXj0GvhDGiyR3zOhncxhJ1pO3ZrqyLKcwua9zTNb-7moxF8uE5WPvB2z7Wrz2i2K4v89Lr66wR96upuAVK99JJoq8jvvzyOUlaH-D77L-IKHZwRSluFImEqOf2AgBm2RPQ_GCgTM/s400/4y6m%20147.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After the Lantern Festival Celebration, Shannon had fever that night and the following night. I brought her to the GP on Monday and he said she had throat inflammation. After taking medicine, her fever went away thus I brought her to her first Music Lesson on Wednesday.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oDhFF8znXkTTy4MTbaW7JQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8xsp4ZJzjCUKFVBt3GmOU4BXShB8wjetw9X3QsYvryZ3qOyG7q4GYd0IUySg9PwE8ViGKcwwv5nXapEaok5ageW0ahAf0oPqOlfz2sUMp_U6g3oHRfzaUfKej5foOWCmw23AasWoAqcA/s800/4yr%206mth5.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The kids can only start learning piano at 5 years old in France. Thus, we can only let them go to elementary course conducted by the private music school. The course fees was 99Euro per year. They will get to know and learn to play with all kinds of musical instruments found in the school. In the later part of the lessons, they will learn about music notes and at the end of the course, the instructor will advise us which musical instrument to let the kids begin with for the next year.<br /><br />Since her fever never come back after 2 days, I decided to let her go back to her school on Thursday. Well, the moment I brought her back from school, her fever shot up to 40 degrees and we went to see a PD on Friday. PD said she might have lung inflammation and ask me to observe her for another 2 days before he prescribe antibiotics for her. Her cough seems to get worse on Friday and she had high fever once a day for Friday and Saturday. Luckily, her fever didn't come back on Sunday but I decided to bring her to the PD again and this time round, he prescribed the antibiotic. After taking the antibiotic, her cough was under control and fever was gone and she resumed her 2nd lesson for Music on Wednesday and school on Thursday.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5hyL9mDvxiVcGyuE1Z_Ymw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs67NT719PDWXpAz0km3-_TQx0Nf5UNPSUipOR2_MTDdh5Mg3U9GyjytTaT7mnq1Q2Bgi-XRRu3xg-qA06fb8z0mJxmdpZH01ekrk-oBcgwDv80MC43otZrg6G8Uu9CQJnx5irht5NTqV0/s800/4yr%206mth6.jpg" /></a><br />2nd Music LessonShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-12885273841125196342009-10-06T17:02:00.004+02:002009-10-07T05:59:36.647+02:00Lantern Festival Celebration 2009<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ptFXkFnJtXw-IkRW8CeK0g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyal0uuv1jsmfPypsSVUOargMjUuG5ZhiZEqIyhgYP-8caw2aTiWEVpKiGMpk6d_p_PHmjq-XlHhAXQquZHDKC0nDFrDNdpXv-_XdLSgFBq7WAQsn357uwzdebxYoLR3Ni1uduwaK_3Pz/s800/Lantern%20Festival%2009%20094.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Last Saturday, we had a Lantern Festival Celebration at my house. We invited 6 other families to join in the fun, every family brought some food to our place for potluck dinner.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/m4kC9mQ77ZoEVgYA2uFlmA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkK3jS0kB3tOD_4ujPJ2ZKFOZoN32kPKKxioLnqs1kB_PWj8eBpsRZg1uCjL75Gs_nyZfVS5L2wO0jgn-6NvR2XIttkAJlIdQXSs6ZXgUrqJt_QsU10YAqm7ddlhG6F2C6Lhv7pcqpd-z/s288/Lantern%20Festival%2009%20017.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_xXeAUzoov-7BgebAS7vkw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGO0K1AcNua5FkyiBqg0d4g4LTq-djJEK71XT8s0FolY0V8VbPhp_uV9C4cbAufR6Ec9RhgC6ZD82OrM28-9WV7hyphenhyphenb7Rx66C7TEwifHJo5vFKFfO1ghTgMzalJW1NwY9VwvR0U_XORadEu/s288/Lantern%20Festival%2009%20023.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DQHY0mhvZrrBWDj-8arLiw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw86OVsP7vNnaLmrDTIU0mugUHrWSK0EEsTFImnjAXaz5abBhdDVmhQkXHFO4QyKp-Dy1nf5y0DH55MWEGltz7Oy1obQMt98OcuCaszPD1LSgvunrceAUOee8k4jADp5n_4djXDbek-2BF/s288/Lantern%20Festival%2009%20030.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bNMm0YQklCkx1yGJ7haEMQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9uomwQSTiIkvkIxdehEFFSL5TD10GEJkgU3A6Bby2Wj-CURjOjmoCIil2CjvQzBxdSCSRl_dM7hFSqV2b8QXv7uQ9PwWPrNnv4pxpphgCHjXh6GG9QB9YqaNX4cO6AzQ1BmjkVjFVLx2/s288/Lantern%20Festival%2009%20038.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Right after dinner, we had riddles for adult to guess prepared by Meizhen & Clara. Everyone went to the lanterns hanging outside and chose a riddle to answer. Well, the riddles were kind of difficult for us.. we had a hard time solving it. For those who solved the riddle, they got a small gift from Meizhen & Clara.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1ExRFnsmt7jaNT3E1wkebQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQkYo_3WApm5BdcZIvg8m8j1MG65o1-lqo_QXTyPj8fDLDsVpNKkyZW_rsYlbz68Qm0fZvJ1ZgeVgQcjR2f8QweecHpuCRCwhEprwCDzcY2Bl3Nvnngv5kNxJnU7fuZXJ1IZkbjerbexE/s800/4yr%206mth2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After the riddles, Serene hosted another game called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_or_No_Deal_%28UK_game_show%29">"Deal or No Deal"</a>. Everyone had to contribute $5 to enter this game and the player who was picked gets to win a prize of $0.01 to $60 euros. Our professional Serene Leong even bought a set of props for this. I was picked 2 times and won a total of $16. It was fun but unforunately the game could only be played 5 times cuz it had to end as it was getting late. The remaining cash was given to Roy who was luckily picked by the host at the end of the game.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TCA42gwY9d_ZdiNtpCYdzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiQwJ4DulxyBLedYFN8k_IWQ4CSHRwlRoOioO3pW-BiTXof5CQQkinr4qaYxYDcYKyeqoECt4bS4RX2FBAvoeNkLAcvNVgb4Zd3PVUdq0rXIVvWI-p5Mzhgx2tjSGK3HavtvFowyWYK2p/s800/4yr%206mth3.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After the games ended, all the kids put on their jacket and carried paper lanterns in the garden. There were no fantasy/electronic lanterns sold over here. All we had were paper lanterns we bought 2 years ago but the kids still enjoyed carrying their lanterns round the house again and again. :)<br /><br />How was your lantern festival this year? :)<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZQKFNeg1Rv7KVgZt_9xfFw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGK7celms12W_xf-oGnjM4C6ASd_ydDpQk7lPyF4aMfZBblJLIM3M2PvC37AVaYERq1rQpYkHH2HeLANkmBEaO2_vGAi2bk96qIYbnXTcOkhYBcQEEabTizPnBUI8bhTdgf9kpixIbl_H/s800/4yr%206mth4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><embed style="width: 400px; height: 320px;" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widget-33.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325776864819&site=widget-33.slide.com" align="middle"></embed> <div style="text-align: left; width: 400px;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776864819&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-33.slide.com/p1/3314649325776864819/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776864819&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-33.slide.com/p2/3314649325776864819/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776864819&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-33.slide.com/p4/3314649325776864819/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" /></a></div></div><strong></strong>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-17572173620750769982009-10-05T20:24:00.000+02:002009-10-06T20:30:43.847+02:00Mooncakes Making<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/et2G2O-6tPAYp7QYO7wQdg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDuKN3nhzCXqzBZJ-WPDE7WYpEaaEGbtb_aw41UC_Y9_G9Lemi355x-bZDTmIpR84T8HOMIRSWLm6k_c67KjC6Wp8_tar3DIGlsyREZMVEmHzkLf-1CUJ8bvc32oCuylOKk61JlMxjZLY/s800/Making%20Mooncake%2009.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Last week, we went to Stehpanie house to make some Snowskin Mooncakes. Ingredients were provided by Dawn who just came back from Singapore few weeks ago. It was successful this time as we had the right ingredients and most importantly there was Meizhen Shifu to guide us along this time. :PShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-25116291397535298282009-09-30T15:17:00.003+02:002009-09-30T15:53:23.639+02:00Kid Parc & Caterpillars<div><embed src="http://widget-cf.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325776197839&site=widget-cf.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776197839&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cf.slide.com/p1/3314649325776197839/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776197839&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cf.slide.com/p2/3314649325776197839/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325776197839&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cf.slide.com/p4/3314649325776197839/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br />Last Sunday, we went to Kid Parc again. It was a beautiful Sunday, not too hot nor too cold. As usual, Shannon enjoyed the rides and when we about to leave, we saw something on J's tyre.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lrza2MU_IEHv2AVi6hRRdg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9lg11XIFtE71xFjXZTciwllz3Y8uAtEbqKdxDtDq-4ATqcmmq7sUueLZ4FDTe6YlA2w2HLaB1ezw6RT-WmXBsE6Sb5i-9JMRO5IcdTmQfjmV_JaIBSYMGKE7iwYCvmeoh5NuU9-URaAn/s800/4y6m%20088.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Take a closer look!<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lzp1zMZl1SibxqkNa7rJcw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-a569b190yWFkLPXwMpel5pDvPdyyXAScmcogOw-_OzkujdW_F2U2CMfq6JXPlkZKsSIFjb4aKqQ2kZUZ2vFJzZjS6RMIL_X2ErvDHNpM22aAOmzaaq_l3gyMhHl5xcOnCS5WN90OIP8k/s800/4y6m%20091.jpg" /></a><br /><br />It was Caterpillars!!! And when we turned around and look at the tree beside us...<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zwpf3nE_qZ4jM6oe3qsmsw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNogP2LlSQZ4BfnZ2aaZMpEIvl6E3kFAbQ3eInGARjnrCgBpeSFJ7AksyFisQJQKuq-OsnRYwJU3LLTwuZ14rnhzAH_nxKrJROQez5s0mYrs_SXIgcGbVljQkLylXJKSecJogElX6gJIQ/s800/4yr%206mth1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Tons of caterpillar queing to crawl up the tree! J had to use a branch to take off the caterpillars before starting the car. We wouldn't want to transport it back to our garden. -.-"Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-90592795780110344252009-09-30T13:13:00.004+02:002009-09-30T13:27:48.662+02:00Baby Danse Resumed<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gg0-M9PyuiOLIt8A_Af7og?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HpyPYUJeABYEoSBsbZilT_TVfaBEH9mK4T8v0Plga2MUcPzodYFtXUE2yt4nbxE7KvZF6ZdSfaD-l7r0OdMsqdGmfVA7eW-7-EcVTvSF4Hqm9bdDzoULGrJx9RIK0d-SwJL7D5LeZCqp/s800/ballet.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />New school term started and Shannon resumed her dancing lesson as well. The dancing lesson will be on Friday weekly. I picked her up from school at 4:40pm and rushed her to the dancing lesson at 5:15pm. In fact, I have a hard time keeping her awake during the 15 minutes journey. I gave her some biscuits and water to drink in the car to keep her awake but she always almost fall asleep during the last 5 minutes of the journey. Luckily, whenever we reached the dancing school, she will become alert and start enjoying her 1hr session. :PShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-85764813986321352042009-09-30T13:01:00.003+02:002009-09-30T13:07:50.586+02:00Swing Swing<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LQmXfCXR0u6mLMO--QCNvg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96NIiEa168xkgkDcVA5nioY17dGgKvPv9faBltByZGWI_wMAQBLpeGLju7ut64l7ZNs_Qamg_YnyZb7i9uCo2rDJ058tymLbkXvPKwdY7NTBKGXzk0z-ChtKscjJFIqWnZNm1JaFdlTH5/s800/4yr%206mth.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We bought the above Swing for $69 euros at Leroy Merlin Bordeaux last Saturday. It was definitely a good buy as the usual price was $149 euros. J spent about 2-3 hours to fix up the swing and now Shannon had a small playground with swing and slide in our garden!Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-69179172180603991112009-09-17T15:01:00.003+02:002009-09-17T15:37:06.800+02:00Back To School<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Yrvg0uTa6ZC42Q9AvT1cQw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacNuXa5_Sd7TD_toK7Z1E1Gc2fa6ir8VQV15tfAjawxcCwRK8rdrxCvsT-pUWXWNpsNP5R32aYgckNFHEBXNY9PhJwlmzGbR-2OXOzJp-Vs3JoYng3ek85tQQL6kIljSV-TXASLxZWxcv/s800/4yr%205mth.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Summer holidays ended and Shannon went back to her Maternelle (Preschool). She was not enrolled in the same class with Avril and Brayden. They were all separated into different classes.. Avril and Zavier (who joined the same Maternelle this year) got in Moyenne Section, Brayden in Moyenne et Grand Section and poor Shannon got in Petite et Moyenne Section. Funny right? "Sigh"<br /><br />I was quite perplexed about the arrangement as she will still be stucked in Petite Section for the first half morning session. Well, being a Kiasu Singaporean mummy, I asked J to called the school principal to ask for a transfer to Avril or Brayden's class. To our dismay, our request was rejected as the principal said they will be learning the same thing even though they are in different class.<br /><br />According to the research I have done, information on French Education is as followed:<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">The weekly timetable covers 24 hours, with the day organised by the teacher around varied activities and communication exercises. There is generally no specific timetable for lessons, which are left to the discretion of the teacher.<br /><br />The learning priority at nursery school is language development, which is carried out through four main areas of activity:<br /><br />Living together;<br />Physical activity;<br />Arts and science;<br />Imagining and feeling.<br /><br />All pupils in the grande section of nursery school are expected to start learning a modern language, which is continued with vigour when the child continues into primary and secondary education.<br /></span></em><br />However, we were all brought up in Asian KS style and we just can't help comparing what our kids are doing in the 3 different classes. I am still feeling uneasy and fustrated to let my girl continue in the Petite et Moyenne Section but there is nothing that I can do..Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-67896121258250181592009-09-01T10:54:00.003+02:002009-09-01T11:38:40.162+02:00Summer ...Wow.. it has been weeks that I last updated my blog. August was really a busy month for us.. We had plenty of outings, gathering and Mahjong sessions weekly. Getting really lost where to start... thus I will do a summerize most of them into one post...<br /><br />I brought Shannon to the Kid Parc for about 3 times in August. Following are some of the photos taken during the outings..<br /><br /><div><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-13.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325773201939&site=widget-13.slide.com"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773201939&map=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-13.slide.com/p1/3314649325773201939/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773201939&map=2" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-13.slide.com/p2/3314649325773201939/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773201939&map=F" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-13.slide.com/p4/3314649325773201939/bb_t054_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hCHKuNwkvmw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hCHKuNwkvmw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Shannon trying out the new attraction(Flying Saucer) in the parc with Daddy<br /><br />As the weather was really warm on certain days of the week, we would usually visit our friends who had their swimming pool set up and let the kids enjoyed. Shannon loves swimming so much that she was always the last one to get out of the pool.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bGmVLNofDIg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bGmVLNofDIg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fb-CFJrDVPM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fb-CFJrDVPM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Videos on how Shannon trying to swim...<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_mUpOcoK5_ugbLFzF8cwEA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SpzqJgK-ZUI/AAAAAAAAKEw/va3iym3cjAg/s800/4yr%203mth.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_1NuHDcL1IyBPPZvA0-h7w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SpzqKUDjJyI/AAAAAAAAKE0/xDOa-mM9nHo/s800/estherhse_1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e3rWJgy4C73scAwHYcDSKg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPhw05ADUUS7dsFQzmIgTkDNj1eiN-6Czdo0Wki36H7N_dRPK9s1BdDGn2UjU9gp4eddeHwXg-_TlXHe2IfGmuBGijUxEvej41i_b08OYhpyUxGyBuQz2SitNr33q2P6PcK7ecw_ttjWY/s800/estherhse_11.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-5d.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325773204061&site=widget-5d.slide.com"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773204061&map=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-5d.slide.com/p1/3314649325773204061/bb_t025_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773204061&map=2" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-5d.slide.com/p2/3314649325773204061/bb_t025_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325773204061&map=F" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-5d.slide.com/p4/3314649325773204061/bb_t025_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /></a></div></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-73475853670502085622009-08-16T21:22:00.004+02:002009-08-16T22:29:13.193+02:00Assumption Day 2009It's Assumption Day in France yesterday. As usual, we went to Archacon Beach with a group of friends for the annual Fireworks Display.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7TcOyuXN7Eyg9BB0tJdXvg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbNM10yGCwNBtHSVbsqWEdKLppHMC-FiiIeDDU026PROvJJIl2M6UxVUtb6kex3WYH7D9gaUZs-qszH2FXe4Qf93_AB1B6Z2bceGEyCZ5VKjE3WMDs-klvazM0qUxVbmCTELnMEQ-KVoK/s400/assumption22.jpg" /></a><br />As we were early, we had a walk on the beach and took some photos with the sand scuptures we saw at the beach.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qwAr0M8_p9LoOeTo5Vrc7A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCNqRi9KIpj7f8109_44OYivSkv_JTgVzhG-Zpz_lH3Fi2_m0eytVx7AYr20ZUYw4XWraP0_n0G60L00f-DRaP8OEDHgBJXFQcMfkRGhE74U120AKjWFguCSgsPIFQXvN9FOu_9RpRHJO/s400/assumption21.jpg" /></a><br />At about 7pm, we took our dinner at one of the restaurant along the beach. This was the second time we had visited this restaurant. I always wanted to go back for their food but was really disappointed this time. The food was served within 10 minutes after we placed our order which means it was kind of pre-cooked.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/svHtLheBPMpTGdll-PQ9IA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SohnCie9rKI/AAAAAAAAKBU/4SezfVvi9Uo/s800/assumption23.jpg" /></a><br />After dinner, we spent another 2 hours on the beach waiting for the nightfall. The kids enjoyed themselves running around and playing with the sand.. Finally at 1030pm, the fireworks started...<br /><br /><br /><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-da.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325771672282&site=widget-da.slide.com"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771672282&map=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-da.slide.com/p1/3314649325771672282/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771672282&map=2" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-da.slide.com/p2/3314649325771672282/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771672282&map=F" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-da.slide.com/p4/3314649325771672282/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tA3zxtk7i0Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tA3zxtk7i0Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvffEshJX2I&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SvffEshJX2I&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The show ended about 15-20minutes later and we could see that everyone stood up immediately and headed back to their car. As usual, we only managed to reached home 1 hour later due to the heavy traffic.Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-17465245355949199902009-08-15T14:34:00.002+02:002009-08-15T14:46:25.981+02:00My Little HelperBigger House means MORE Housework!!! Luckily, I have a little helper...<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WqMx4ZL7-AOQKJiYIfBDpg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SoatWUgkHsI/AAAAAAAAJ-4/iThR4Vtolho/s400/Moving%20House1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />P.S: - She is not mopping the floor but WETTING it instead. heheheShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-57669211255673472792009-08-10T13:39:00.004+02:002009-08-10T13:59:08.598+02:00Our New HouseFinally, we are more or less settled down in our new house. Well, still messy and more things to be done. :P<br /><br />J had kind of impressed his friends with his carpentry work done in the house. As there are no built-in cabinet in the house, he had to DIY 3 cabinets with a budget. We do not want to spend too much as we might only be living here for another 2 years. I kind of love my kitchen he had done up for me too. Shannon love the new house too as she has ample space to run around. At the same time, J bought her a "princess bed" to start training her to sleep in her own room. <br /><br />Overall, all of us love our new house ^_^<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/POotisWbuo37KPHOjoSTBA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpNuChAwVVOGx65_KR5kvmCyzfb055cgE-K6LFe3grLduTLHOAufzMLo03_qZ1r5wg0rXcXFIzcE4mQAV02RGanVg0qD5ixHexf6MJziqtFkXa66eYf-9k_trodSY6HbOQU2e7ZDqnMGC/s800/Moving%20House_1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JWhSO7yc0uqBu90awFjJ5Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOv2m6Xdn0CaGIezT9ijoNEo4vw8OxRw-NRjTRK1uwhI2rtbL1vSn0sduV6TjyKMm4qMcXS9gq2AkGaarWKCPg27yOooQdpGx6lYvcm7-AO2R8_hEDYDAgaA2voyGiG108OM45ZzsMxlFD/s800/Moving%20House_13.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ovTgUXfJvgfG2M7DgAL1iA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrs1cxdO7dX8Rf9ggUBLTy0hrGsOHLns8qQS8UcCGg5pYRN6Rmky_rV1HA1eSKbqSnCS7HyZWTLlvKy7BOhaQ2FAA2zs5PuV_NOW_9G7JZtxANcBGCkGhdIV3GrXl3R5XaA3TkEQ7pCZLI/s800/Moving%20House.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nLrl52vD1RMiR_U8ALlbog?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EkOFF9THu82h5j4bi9UNQboaTiOWWt_bNjnp8UG8EzmmSqHKX6dTSyZ3ynVqPaL4RFe98ds2UOxLz0RotyWRyc_WRl74hYyakTzWNBVYmBfts9lxcvubpQLjUzVOLRedP8syHt3gIl-2/s800/Moving%20House_14.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KHJvl8hydqGwkjuuGWwvYw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YqXNxSRv6Nm1ikdV6nQSuX2Nt2PURqiwgaaQUt_8I8vhe6FY5kcdUbXxiSsMIa5yoIJkKm-uL5A2W5Vh03crz7JzTmHVX8wB2TtzMzRkvq_EdftKwLL4fhhpo18M8Oiv9nmXbiMfr8H2/s800/Moving%20House_11.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lq4HzPEfLnG7zNufO0NerQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdZc8jeErASQ3btdKcylXvCRFzPnJjrP9_XxSCXeFk07o9zcMiLtumF-FPtMESNHJAj2Z6GQibbxeWi0ZAysE1h4RxMTixdCSoOYkx1wHWNNbt6eLGY27a5mw3b_uQSo4QSjOhH3FtWjX/s800/movhse%20126.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vo1QQuQojo-jQ-gyX3Vqqg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3l3eyyOT4yQ/SoAG31OKrfI/AAAAAAAAJ7w/0I8HAzmLg-c/s800/Moving%20House_12.jpg" /></a>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-24199063627871766782009-08-09T15:09:00.000+02:002009-08-10T15:18:17.401+02:00Amar Circus2 Weeks ago, we went to a Amar Circus held at Parc De Exposition La Teste. We heard from friends that this troupe has been in this field since 1924. The show is about 2.5 hrs and I love the "magic show" where the pocessors change their costumes at a glance! Take a look at the video I have uploaded and you will understand.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j__vlC0nbj4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j__vlC0nbj4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />One of the show perform by the Acrobatic from China, Sichuan<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X9WyitzeliY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X9WyitzeliY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Tiger Show<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X9WyitzeliY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X9WyitzeliY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gVbEAXEpbzkgO3nwqS8qUg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoLOxqGP48dRSoBCBWUZcj_hELPQsJTGWan9MCwvbduBrsHsyEUu10mYVFL9YEr-J5e2nvT2q2q2M_YIDRWgG8B1BNNXNXxv_Kk92mIlGy83Nunn6vdfzuekjXNvIKGt537sbxxOkq7N1/s800/circus.jpg" /></a><br />Our precious<br /><br />Photos taken on that day<br /><div><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-ea.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325771045610&site=widget-ea.slide.com"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771045610&map=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-ea.slide.com/p1/3314649325771045610/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771045610&map=2" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-ea.slide.com/p2/3314649325771045610/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771045610&map=F" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://widget-ea.slide.com/p4/3314649325771045610/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Some Backgrounds on Amar Circus</strong><br />For its 85th anniversary, Amar circus, 1 st prize french national circus is on tour with his new show: Best Of.<br /><br />With all of the acrobatic Chinese province of Sichuan as the guest of honor.<br /><br />A show of more than two hours to find out among other international artists such as Christina Roy with a sail number air Beltram Duo with dual wheel air Lumei Duo, processors that change their costumes at a glance without forgetting the choreography<br />Arabian horses and ponies in Argentina and African elephants and very expected and Siberian tigers ovation presented by John Falck<br /></span>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-52349204097409512152009-08-09T14:08:00.002+02:002009-08-10T14:43:38.451+02:00Happy Birthday SingaporeToday is Singapore 44th Birthday. J's company had celebrated this big day in advance on 31 July 2009. There was a serious of games and competitions going on. As for the kids, there were coloring contest and J had signed Shannon up. Well, she didn't win any prize from her coloring but 3 cheers for her for finishing her artwork. ^_^<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-49.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=3314649325771044937&site=widget-49.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771044937&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-49.slide.com/p1/3314649325771044937/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771044937&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-49.slide.com/p2/3314649325771044937/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=3314649325771044937&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-49.slide.com/p4/3314649325771044937/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-75327010994150319572009-07-16T00:59:00.004+02:002009-07-16T03:03:16.148+02:00Finally MovedWe finally moved to a new house on 14 July 2009!!!<br /><br />On 13 July, we went to the new house to sign the Tenancy Agreement. The moment I stepped into that house, it reminded me of the Disco Pub. Yes, the whole house smelled like Tobacco!!! I believed that the previous tednant smoke in the house all day long that actually created such a strong Tobacco smell. I am wondering whether there is any Air Freshener that can be spray on the wallpaper.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9pvTtC7FwfqGUEfkzb25qA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyb2IM1fJGU2_OI5rW2FjtAXioKGvWkcS5z4iuuVmznKNe9mXUi0ZiMJY1N71NprdGYcnj-TJS7xJ478NJnXzxgrBv340A4wrSqmfJ91CGkiNC0Ix6XvebjnsFWOkJHRZgSsChwH1iTOf/s400/oldvsnew%20059.jpg" /></a><br /><br />After signing the Tenancy Agreement, we rushed down to Archacon to collect the Truck we rented for the next day... We had a quick dinner kindly prepared by Irene and went back to the new house to wash the floor while Shannon stayed with her. Initially we planned to move some of our stuff over in the evening but was canceled due to bad weather. We spent about 2-3 hours washing the floor and windows and “scooping” the water out of the house. Well, there isn't a single drainage point in house except for the bathtub. We only picked Shannon up at 11pm and went back to bathe and sleep.<br /><br />On 14th July, Jason’s friends arrived at 930am to help us to move. It was a challenge for them because we had tons of things to move! Our plan was actually to move the big items like the furniture and packed boxes. However, they are really kind enough to make 5 trips to and fro and they moved EVERYTHING to the new house. We really owe them a dinner as they have been a great help to us. Thanks to Eddie, Chew, Dan, Kent & Derrick!!<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zdVsgkdef-vxVRiVUuV7SA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2v8VyGSjaoRGafIPNJ87x5LUKu2Mld9kf76uw6G7q0b8ExkUxegch2YM3YCjCtCgDdm1tjcOlzLHLI52ZDOVVqJnr7eSSFecS5b23-Y0b31y8IDRqXbLTAegtAZxKscHd1wtUQUfnTt2/s400/oldvsnew%20065.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We are still cleaning, unpacking and setting up our new home. There will be no internet connection up for at least 14 days from now. I am now using Jason HTC to connect to the internet. My hands and legs are aching like hell and to make it worse, I couldn’t have a good night sleep since last Saturday due to night coughing. The skin on my fingers started to cracked one by one due to the all the cleaning. I have to plaster it on day time and put tons of hand crème before sleep.<br /><br />I would like to specially thank Irene. She helped me to take care of Shannon’s needs during this period which kept a huge load off mind. I am really glad to have met all these new friends since 2 years ago which made life here more memorable. ^_^<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/D6uucPSsXUw-j97O0RU7JQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbVuSNDc2y2zjqNRVDQISi5s7-HLBR3BvKSW4tiRVrLhkPrkPaGO1F6k9-y80S4rpLLd-0a6QdF28GIvUxOSxFx30LS4jVtyGaeW_UKtDP8hDwNkcVJhYfPNq7ZzOsUvKSOOygn40Ua59/s800/oldvsnewhouse.jpg" /></a><br />OLD HOUSE @ Gujan Mestras<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/04qPanLJu9uPJLKKCZ99TA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6_MpIWaUHHTdykjynHNx4v0-OfYZfpaGKX992wzHTujRGEYMAAuwFnRF-qtQEfFaKfDnIVyjCCLda7vpCwP9CvjjzkeW6MoLMVETosas3RpJYuZWx-N0UlknCHBLooXCrlopWYHJ9vlv/s800/oldvsnewhouse1.jpg" /></a><br />NEW HOUSE @ GUJAN MEYRANShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-15395003005493413192009-07-12T23:38:00.006+02:002009-07-13T00:34:39.178+02:00Recovering And MovingI hope/think Shannon had recover from the Viral Fever!!<br /><br />Shannon woke up with a high fever at 40.5 degrees yesterday morning but after the fever subsided, it never came back till now. (crossed my fingers) However, I felt sick when I woke up on Friday morning and I believed that I had caught her cough virus. The symptoms are almost the same as sometimes I really coughed till I puked. I wanted to see a doctor on Saturday morning and only realised that no clinic open on weekends. :( The doctor from the hospital prescribed a cough medicine that she only requires to drink at night. I researched from the website that this medicine is to curb the itchiness in the throat and prevent puking. Thus, I "kapok" some her cough medicine and was feeling much better today.<br /><br />In fact, this is wrong timing to be sick as we are busy packing and cleaning to move to another house tomorrow. The thought of moving to a bigger house with an extra room had been there since last year. We have been looking around and viewing houses since February but to invalid as either J or me didn't like the house. Last month, when we went to Laforet to check on a house, the agent suggested another house to us. We immediately went to see the exterior of the house and this time both of us love it.<br /><br />Well, it reminded me when J asked me last year whether I want to move to a bigger house and my answer was:<br /><br />" donwan lah, need to top up the rent leh (Our rental fees are paid by the company to a certain limit) ... unless it's a HOUSE, a standalone house that is surrounded by gardens, not terrace nor Semi D and no double storey. "<br /><br />And yes, it's a house we are moving to!! A house that is surrounded by gardens. A house that come with 3 bedrooms, one enclosed kitchen, one garage and one big living cum dining area. The house is about 104msq with 400msq garden. It's about 10 minutes drive to Shannon's school. Well, we have to top up a bit but I think it is worth it as we really have no chance staying in such a house when we go back Singapore..... :PShannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-30743227580097398392009-07-10T16:19:00.004+02:002009-07-10T18:12:20.184+02:00Viral Fever - Day 5<div>This morning, she woke up with slight fever at about 38.6 degrees. This is the first time that her fever had lasted so long. After giving her fever medicine, her fever slightly subsided to 37.5 degrees. She looked much better despite of her poor appetite.<br /><br /><br />Yesterday, I was thinking of bringing her to see the PD for the 2nd time. I am worried that it was more than a viral fever. I am worried that she had UTI as her urine looked very yellowish. I am afraid that the febrile fits will hit again and moreover her cough is getting from bad to worse. She complains about the pain in her throat and had refused to drink her milk for the past 2 days. I called the PD at 11am but the clinic was closed or not yet opened. I talked to one of my friends and realised that the PD will just do a prescription for us to go to the pharmacy to get a bottle for urine and than bring it to the Lab after urine samples are collected. I called J and we decided that we would bring her to the hospital if her fever is still high in the evening.<br /><br />Last night, she was grouchy after waking up from her afternoon nap. She was coughing non-stop and she was running a high fever of 39.7 degrees. I fed her with some fever medicine and took her for a shower to cool down the temp before we headed to the Hospital. As usual, fever subsided slightly by the time the doctor sees her. I hate this kind of scenario; it makes us looked like super kancheong parent who loves to visit the A&E. Shannon was behaving so active that no one believed that she was a sick child. Communication is another big problem, we told the doctor that our French was bad and she started to talk to Shannon. And Shannon went Oui Oui Oui (yes) when the doctor was pressing her body asking her whether it was painful. @_@<br /><br /><br />The doctor went out after checking her and came back half an hour later asking us to bring her for Chest X-Ray. After X-Ray, we waited for another half an hour for her blood test. They gave her Entonox to use. While she was happily breathing in and out using the Entonox, the nurses were drawing her blood. I can see she jerked her hand slightly when the needle was poked inside and she nodded her head when I asked her whether it was painful. I am surprised and proud of her cuz she didn't tear for the whole procedure but that's most probably due to the Entonox she was using.<br /><br /><br />After the blood test, the I.V value was left on her hand in case they need it later. After 15 minutes, Shannon started to cry saying that her injection site was painful and she wanted to go home. She wanted to be carried and she fell asleep after coaxing her for another 30 minutes. We waited for another hour before the doctor came back with the result. She tried to speak to us in English but we had a hard time understanding it. She asked us to continue with the fever medicines; stop the cough and throat medicine. She prescribed us another type of cough medicine which only use ONCE at night and Nasal Spray to be used twice a day. We couldn't understand her at all when we asked about the test result for the X-ray, urine and blood. We assumed that everything was alright since she let us home. The nurses came and took out the I.V. value and Shannon was crying in tears this time. She was running a high fever at 39.3 degrees when we left the Hospital.<br /><br />Although it was a relieved that she was only having a Viral Fever after so many tests but I still couldn't help feeling guilty of having my dear girl to go thru all the tests. She could have skipped the entire test if we waited for another day or 2. :(</div>Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715517536426957642.post-22899007870363551072009-07-07T15:29:00.005+02:002009-07-10T18:14:15.435+02:00Fever AttackShannon was having fever since Monday 5am. Her fever subsided after a dose of Advil but came back fiercely last evening and went up and down till now. I had brewed some "Ling Yang" but she refused to drink it. We had to monitor her to make sure that her fever is below 39 degrees because of the fear of febrile fits. We sponged her last night at 11pm and made sure her fever was at 38 degree before we went back to sleep. I woke up at 3am and 8am to feed her with fever medicine keeping her fever below 39 degrees.<br /><br />This morning, I brought her to see a PD and was prescribed more Doliprane and Advil together with a medicine for her throat inflammation and cough medicine. According to the PD, she is having a Viral Fever that will continue for a few more days thus he didn't prescribe any antibiotic for her throat inflammation. I brewed some Barley water but dare not give her too much as elderly said it will create phlegm if she is coughing. Her fever rose to 39 degrees this afternoon and I sponged her again and managed to get down below 38 degrees. However, it came back 3 hours later and I had to coax her to take a shower. After the shower, her temp went down below 38 degrees. I was relieved slightly but her fever came back at 38.5 degrees half an hour later. I gave her another dose of fever medicine and pray that her fever will goes away soon.<br /><br />Her fever seems to be really bad this time. She looks much more lethargic, her appetite is poor, she complains about coldness more and she feels tired and sleepy after a while. Probably, the weather had caused her sickness. 1 week ago, it was so hot and warm everyday and now it rains almost everyday. I really hope she will recover soon as we are now busy packing and cleaning to move into our new rented house next Monday. "sigh"Shannon's Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296432593898621029noreply@blogger.com6