Sleeping By Herself

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!!!

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)

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.

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.

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

Our New House

Finally, we are more or less settled down in our new house. Well, still messy and more things to be done. :P

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.

Overall, all of us love our new house ^_^

Amar Circus

2 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.



One of the show perform by the Acrobatic from China, Sichuan


Tiger Show



Our precious

Photos taken on that day

Some Backgrounds on Amar Circus
For its 85th anniversary, Amar circus, 1 st prize french national circus is on tour with his new show: Best Of.

With all of the acrobatic Chinese province of Sichuan as the guest of honor.

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
Arabian horses and ponies in Argentina and African elephants and very expected and Siberian tigers ovation presented by John Falck

Gala de Gymnastic 2009

Her Gym school had a small celebration cum performance last Saturday.

When Summer starts in France means all school and ECA will end. School and ECA will only resume in September and what are going to do with the kids for the coming 2 months? :P

Gala De Chambrelent 2009

Last Friday, Shannon's school had a celebration which was held annually a week before the school closes for Summer Holidays. As usual, we sent them to school in the morning for some games organised by the school, then we picked them around 1pm and sent them back at around 3pm for the event which we were invited to join in. During the gala, the kids had a series of performances. They sing and dance together! The school had done a great job by combining different grades students to dance and sing together. Below are some of the videos taken on that day.



Video 2

They actually learned a few English songs from the school. The Rainbow Song, How's the weather, Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes are some of them. Few days ago, Shannon actually started to sing "The Rainbow Song" which really impressed J and myself.

It was really fun to watch the kids perform. They looked so innocent and cute when they dance and most importantly, they seems to enjoy it! ^_^

Agnes, their teacher cum School Principal will be retiring this year. The kids sang her a farewell song in the following video and we brought a Swarosvki Necklace for her which she puts it on during the gala.

Talking about gifts, the culture here is really different from Singapore. If I am not wrong, Singapore Teachers are not allow to receive gift (over a certain amount) from the students. Over here, we are expected to get it for the teachers as an appreciation gift at the end of every school term!

Happy Birthday, Shannon!!!

Today, our dear precious Shannon turns 4. As usual, we had a birthday celebration for her and it was held yesterday.



We started preparing the food on Saturday and woke up at 7am yesterday morning to cook the food. J was in charge of the Roasted Pork and Cha Siew while I fried the rice, Bee Hoon, Vegetables and deep fried the fishballs, hotdogs, nuggets, Ngoh Hiang and Longon Jelly. We bought some cold prawns, oysters and Roti Poulet(Grilled Chicken) to complete the buffet. Frankly speaking, we are quite amazed that we did all that ourselves. :P (anyone needs food catering?)



We were quite disappointed when we saw the cake. The decoration of the cake wasn't per our request. We even gave them the picture below and thought that they will do something similar



I had specially purchased the 3 princess topper online to put on the cake as the cake decoration over here are really normal. Luckily, the cake tasted really good so we weren't so pissed off ^_^



Our dearest Shannon was dressed like a princess and looked really happy during the celebration. The following 2 slides are photos taken during the party. Thanks Eddie for being the photographer of the day.

I would also like to thank all our friends for the gifts and for attending, making the party so memorable.

Au Revoir, Serene

Today, Damian, Baby Daylen and Serene went back Singapore for good. We first met on the plane and later she told me that I am her secondary schoolmates. She remembered me as I was one of the Prefects in the school. (That was like more than 10 years ago!!!) :P I don't have any idea who she was as she was 2 years old younger than me. Hehe

Well, the world is so small or we called it Yuan Fen? We even stayed harmony together in one house for the first few months. All the kids love her as she is always smiley and she is also one of the most patience mummies.

Anyway, we had organized a Farewell dinner for her last week. I believe all the ladies had really enjoyed that night. WHY? Because all the kids stayed at home with their Daddy and thus we really had a GREAT night chatting, eating peacefully!!!

We are going to miss you, Serene. I bet Shannon will be missing Baby Daylen too.. Hmmm.. Maybe you will change your mind and come back again at the end of the year? hehehehe Anyway, see you back in Singapore soon.

GoodBye 2008 Hello 2009

Time flies, another year had passed. Shannon and myself spent our last day of 2008 and the very first minutes of 2009 with 2 of my good friends at Pasir Ris Park. The kids enjoyed themselves roller blading, skate scooting while Shannon tried her best chasing the 2 kors kors and 2 jie jie around. In the end, we got Ryan and Kai to buy some bubbles back for her to play instead of chasing them around. AT brought along some food and Brian bought some food back from Changi Village for dinner. We sat on the grass drinking sparkling wine and had a nice chat. We listened to "not so bad" live band as we were just sat beside the pub and waited for the countdown. The kids even danced along with the disco music!

At about 1130pm, we started to bring our kids for a wash up and waited for the countdown. We went home about 30minutes after the countdown and Shannon fell asleep immediately after the car started to move. ^_^

Lastly, Happy New Year to every one and may 2009 bring many opportunities your way to explore every joy of life!

Happy 12th Year Wedding Anniversary!!

Wooo... Time flies.. we have been married for 12th years!!!! However, this should be the first time in the 12th year that we didn't get to celebrate together. T.T



Oh yes! I got a surprise from my hubby. A Big Bouquet of Flower which I have not received for years... Anyway, it was hijacked by Shannon after receiving it. Hahaha





Happy Anniversary to you, Dar!!!


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First Day Of Nursery

Shannon attended the FIRST DAY of Nursery today!!! I woke up automatically at 7am even though I set my alarm clock at 735am. Looks like Mummy was more kan cheong than the kids cos one of my friends couldn't even sleep last night.. hehehehe

I woke her up at 8am, gave her a bottle of milk then cleansed her face and brushed her teeth. We left the house about 822am and reached the school at about 835am. None of my friends were here yet! hahahaha.. They told me they will reach the school at 830am which initially I thought I will bring Shannon there when the gate is opened which will be 850am. Anyway, they all reached the school 5-10 minutes after me. Then we started to take out our camera and click click click.

We proceeded into the school after the gate was opened, checked their class teacher and proceeded to the classroom. The kids just went in straight and start playing before we put down their bags. They were all well-trained in the creche before. On the other hand, some kids were crying and struggling as usual and we even saw one Mummy crying...


The classroom and the reading area


The toilet in the classroom and the washing area?? or drinking area?? outside the classroom..

Anyway, I brought a "FRENCH" letter back home which required to us to fill up some forms. Will ask Daddy to bring to the interpreter in his office to do the translation. hehehe

After settling down, we went off for some grocery marketing and lunch at McDonald's since it was still early. We went to pick them up about 1230pm. Then the teacher told us that our kids din eat much during lunch time. Shannon told me that she loved school but disliked the lunch... LOL..

She will be attending daily Nursery except for Wednesday. The kids in France have only 4 school days per week. I will be signing up her into gym class on Tuesday which will be starting in late September. However, the systems in the preschool here now is PLAY, PLAY, PLAY and PLAY. Guess I have to buck up and do more assessment with her at home.