Back from Atlanta

finally come back home from atlanta! wasn’t thinking of coming back in such a short time de, but due to training reasons, no choice la ah, lol… else I would like to stay for at least a week more to do some sight seeing and shopping! :P

so early morning at 745am I woke up, supposed to have breakfast at 730am de, haha… too tired la :P so woke up a bit later n decided to take cab instead of the train. due to the following reasons: 1) luggage too bulky for taking train. 2) train waiting time too long, is like 30mins to 1hr? so at 850am we took the cab to the airport, and checked in at 930am. then we went into the departure hall and did some shopping. we boarded the plane at 1145am. the whole flight to korea was 13hrs long… just to mention, I watched movies on the plane until I have nothing to watch! its like more than 10 movies I have watched to and fro.

frm atlanta to korea takes 13 hours, from korea to singapore takes roughly 6 hours. so in total I took a 19 hours flight! gosh, sit until my backside pain sia… anyway, its still a good thing to be back to singapore, cos eat there eat until sian sia, the food. everything is western, eat until don’t know what to eat, lol. singapore, I am home!!!

Day 7 at Atlanta

yeah! one more day to go home! today i woke up very late, at 830am, cos was too tired le, haha… so had to quickly wash up and head down for breakfast. after breakfast, i went to settle the coach order which hasn’t reached us by yesterday. lucky us, cos the order we made online for coach which will not be able to arrive by today, was able to cancel through some calls, lucky! this is wad made us want to travel all the way down to the outlets, which is like an hour trip by car!

the receptionist was very helpful, helping us to call for cab. the cab fare was $75 each for to and fro. it is quite expensive, but we know we are going to have a fruitful harvest there. haha… at first the receptionist told me that there is free wifi there. but when i reached there to search for wifi, there is none at the outlets chain! i had to search for a while before finally found ruby tuesday at one corner of the carpark. so i went there and contacted baby thru viber to gather some information before buying my coach bags.

after buying the 1st batch of coach bags, we decided to lunch at ruby tuesday, cos there is wifi there ma, lol… the food was very nice!!! not very expensive for a restaurant that serves so good food! i ordered mini bacon buns with free salad bar and root beer. i wanted to have 2nd round, but too full le! so sad, the salad really nice!

so after lunch, we spilt up to do our shopping, i really went thru all the columns of shops and bought REALLY lots of stuff, amounting to almost S$900! omg, i didnt know i spent so much sia, lol… but i believe its going worth it cos the stuffs there compared to the retail stores is sooooo much cheaper. really worth the trip there. as for hock yong, he didnt get anything after the lunch, only gotten his coach bags before lunch, lol…

the taxi driver reached here earlier than expected, which we agreed on at 5pm. he reached at 440pm and i was still shopping! i had to rush to get all the stuffs before i met them at 515pm, wahahaha… actually is i walk to the wrong end to find them! the front and back looks the same to me! oh ya, during their winter time, the nite falls early, at 6pm is already dark. during their summer time, nite falls earliest at around 9pm? gosh… nite falls at 9pm… guess is becos of the area they are in.

after we reached back to the hotel, we made a final trip to target to get extra stuffs, i bought an extra bag so i could keep more stuffs that i bought today, lol… ended up i still need to carry another paper bag -.-‘’’ i went back to pack my stuffs while hock yong went to hard rock cafe to buy some stuffs. good day today! fruitful harvest!

Day 6 at Atlanta

last 2nd day i will be at atlanta le. so fast time flies, and i will soon be heading back to singapore. miss my girls at home sooooo much. looking at them this morning thru face time, makes me so wanna see them when i get back! but still, i need to make full use of my last 2 days at atlanta. might not have anymore chances to come to the states in future for business trip, so must make full use!

today woke up a bit later than usual, at about 630am, luckily i woke up, else will be late for class! usually we would gather at the lobby for breakfast at 630-7am, then hop onto the shuttle bus at 715am. by the time we hit the road n the train to the training place, it will be around 8am. we always start class at 815am, cos frank comes early, so we also make do and come early too. we also handed them the gifts that we bought yesterday. it turned out that godiva seems to be frank’s favourite!

today, we were invited to their emergency center in georgia, Georgia Emergency Management Agency, also known as the GEMA. this place is the state’s emergency center in case of any emergency cases that might happen in georgia. the people there were also very open and shared all they can with us. am glad that we made it to this center and learnt so much about their emergency operation center and procedures. hope this will help me in my future projects for domain knowledge.

after the trip to GEMA, we were introduced to the best fast food in atlanta, the Varsity, the biggest drive in restaurant in atlanta. this place is very special, at one glance, it looks like a normal fast food restaurant from the outside. but as we walk towards the counter, the crowd gets bigger n bigger, n u know what? today’s crowd is still not the busiest. i oso agree, cos we walk to the end of the long stretch of counter n there was no queue, lol. i ordered a double cheese burger with rings n coke. food tastes ok, just that the onion rings are quite special. this fast food also only resides in atlanta, they have only 5 branches all in atlanta. their drive in to eat is really drive in to eat. what i mean is that the drivers will drive their car n park at the drive in area. someone will take their orders for them and they will go into the restaurant, make the order, then take the food back to the drivers. in return, the drivers will pay them and give them some tips. interesting right? really is something we dont see in singapore.

after lunch, we headed back to esi and finish up the rest of the class. we did the survey and took a group photo for remembrance. sad to say goodbye to them, but there is always an end to the dinner. nonetheless, i greatly appreciate what they have imparted to us for the 5 lessons. hope i will be able to see them soon again, be it in atlanta or in singapore. will be so glad to bring them around if they were to come to singapore. :)

so after leaving the university, we went for some short shopping. i didnt buy anything though. after which we went for movie at regal cinemas, watching skyfall (james bond)! haha… cinema was quite good, but the tickets and food is expensive, but once in my lifetime will i get to watch movie in a cinema in the states, lol… just try it!

the movie ended at 725pm and we headed back to the hotel. parcel not here yet, but gotten info from the receptionist that they still do delivery on saturday, so i pin my last hope for tomorrow!

Day 5 at Atlanta

before i talk about what i did today, let me stress on some things i observed during my 5 day stint here.

1. the people here are very courteous and friendly. can already see from the way they greet you from physically anywhere u might need to communicate with them. they will always say, “hello, how are you?” and when i reply “i am fine, what about you?”, they will reply “i am fine too, thank you.”.

2. the food they serve here are in huge portions… its like having 2 meals at once in singapore. this is how much they are eating for each meal.

3. drivers here are very thoughtful and courteous too, although sometimes i see quite some cars having accident-made ‘injuries’. when we want to cross the road and a car is approaching, the driver will stop for us to cross first before the driving off. Even when we attempt to cross the pedestrian crossing on red light, they will stop for us to cross.

4. the waiter n waitress here are very observant and thoughtful too. they will occasionally come to ur table and ask is everything alright and will ask anything else we need. they will also come n check on the drinks and ask whether we need refill. we dont need to ask them to come de.

5. last but not least, you can refill drinks for free in all restaurants! even fast food also can! i mean all drinks that you can order are refillable.

ok, back to what i did today, haha… as usual for class was as normal. breakfast to lunch to end of class nothing much happened. just that today’s lunch, we went down to greenwood restaurant. this time round i never order salad, instead i ordered boneless pork chop with honey-glazed carrots and mashed potato. the portion looks big to me, but i still managed to finish all of them, lol…

at nite we went to godiva at perimeter mall to buy some chocolates for the trainers of esi university. just as a gift of appreciation to them for treating us like family during the stint here. then we had dinner at mcdonalds, me ordering club meal. its some sort of mcchicken with bacon and tomato in it. actually i wanted order 10 piece nuggets meal de, cos its only $5.89! so many pieces for only $5.89! even without the meal, it costs only $3.49! or something like that. is like virtually $0.34 per nugget! how cheap can it get.

after dinner we went to target to get some gifts for my colleagues and my family. cant disclose everything here cos its a secret, lol… then we headed back to hotel by 830pm.

Day 4 at Atlanta

wednesday at atlanta today! as usual woke up at 6am for breakfast. set off for class at 715am. class proceeded as normal and frank is back after his mc yesterday. lunch today was at diner, same as on monday. but today i ate the house salad deluxe with blue cheese. not really to my liking cos of the vegetables in it, so didnt managed to finish.

today’s class was quite fruitful and we managed to get some answers that we need in preparation for our new project. we finished class quite late today, at ard 445pm. so we decided not to go for any shopping far away. we went to a small department store on the way back and i bought a small paper knife which cost $1.49, and i donated the rest of the $5 change to the charity. how come i donated? cos the counter ask whether want to donate, paiseh not to donate, so donate the change to the charity, haha…

just to add on a bit, today’s temperature in the morning was 4 deg celcius, very very cold. but when it came to the afternoon, the temperature rose, it should be around 10-15 deg celcius. when come nite, the temperature again changed to between 5-10 deg celcius… so huge fluctuation in temperature here, lucky my body strong, else cfm fall sick easily sia…

so dinner was at the hotel, ate some hot dogs with salad dressings and some potato chips. also brought down my clothes to wash at the washing machine. the washing is complimentary, just that we need to use our own washing powder. so i borrowed from hock yong. but the stupid washing machine was spoilt and i still tried to use it 2 times! cos first time i didnt know it was spoilt, so i tot maybe i missed something, then i restart the machine. let it run for another 45mins n see how. 45mins later go down see see, the machine really spoil! the water did not flush away and kept my clothes wet… luckily got 1 singaporean lady also happened to come down n collect her clothes. i then managed to transfer my clothes to the machine the lady was using. finally the clothes did finish washing and i did drying after that. after all was finished, its already 10pm…

day by day passed le. left 4 more days to go back to singapore! so miss my girls at home!

Day 3 at Atlanta

3rd day at atlanta already and have been a fruitful trip! still got 5 more days to go n have fun! today we woke up a bit earlier to have our breakfast and to go for class early, so can end earlier, lol… so after breakfast at 630am, we boarded the shuttle bus at 715am n headed for the train station. by the time we reached the university, it was already 745am. we thought we were too early as there was no one at the place. then as we thought we were trapped outside in the cold, jim arrived! just in time!

so class proceeded as planned at 815am, however frank was on mc due to diarrhoea. so jim took over for the day. lunch time we went to buffalo, i ordered the 8 piece traditional wings set with root beer, with spicy garlic and honey bbq as the flavouring for the wings. the spicy garlic was too spicy for me even though it is rated medium spice on the scale, lol… in the end i had to drink 1.5 cup of root beer (refillable). the food was nice, just that i chose a wrong flavour for my wings. :x

so after lunch, the class continued n ended at 4pm, as planned too. then we went off for some shopping at departmental store of (office depot and five below). i didnt managed to get anything cos nth to buy, lol… dinner was at the hotel, complimentary for tues to thurs. quite good, even though it is some sort of a breakfast style food, but still ate to fill. after dinner, we retreated for the nite at about 7pm.

Day 2 at Atlanta

after a day of rest from sunday, we r going for our first day of training at esi university! we got up at 7pm to hv our breakfast at the hotel. the food was not bad, considering that the restaurant is quite small. after having my breakfast, we took our stuff and boarded the shuttle bus at 815pm to sandy springs train station. we took the train to north springs and then took bus 87 to the bus stop nearest to the university. we actually lost our way n had to get the lady (erica) to come n bring us, haha…

once we reached the university, we were introduced to the staffs there, frank and jim. basically i only saw 3 of them, lol… we were oriented to the whole office before class began. the whole session started from 930am to 330pm. we lunched at diner (it is the name of the restaurant) nearby. the food portion was really huge, not for singaporean to eat de, lol… mine was still ok cos mine is caesar salad with grilled chicken breast. the most exaggerating one is the one ordered by erica, chicken noodle. the portion could be shared by 2 guys lor… oh ya, the owner of the shop is actually erica’s boyfriend, and also the owner of a chain of restaurants, lol… rich guy!

so after the class, we went down to perimeter mall to have a walk n shop. over there i managed to get some clothes for jie jie n mei mei, but didnt see anything good for baby. the only thing i saw is a coach bag which cost quite heavenly, lol… so i decided to check with baby at nite before buying. the mall was quite big but not much stuff to buy there. we had our dinner at the ‘foodcourt’ over there. i ordered a japanese western food which cost $8.86. while hock yong ordered a pizza set from somewhere else. both the portion is also a lot sia, lol… not meant for asians to eat de. :P

so after we finish our jalan jalan at perimeter mall, we went to super target again to get some more necessities. to my surprise, i found my black pearl there! so happy, its like 1/2 of the singapore’s price! woooo!!! haha… after all the shopping for the day, we rested back in the hotel at 9pm!

Day 1 at Atlanta

i flew from singapore to korea, then transit to atlanta. by the time i reach atlanta, it was 9am (10pm singapore time) already. from singapore to korea took 6hrs and from korea to atlanta took 13hours. so damn long, sit until buttock oso pain. from singapore to korea still ok, cos i sitting on the outer seat of the window seats, but from korea to singapore, i am sitting on the most inner seat. go toilet also so mafan, nx time i choose aisle le, no more window seat for me! (although i did get some good shots frm the window)

after touching down at atlanta, we immediately went to take shuttle bus to marta (their train system) to take to our hotel. however when we reached the dunwoody station, they told us the shuttle bus frm the station to the hotel will only start at 2pm when we reached the station at 1130pm. so we decided to walk instead of take the shuttle bus. initially we went the wrong way, but we u-turn back and head straight for lunch first at Wendy’s, then to the hotel.

after settling down all the stuffs at the hotel, we went for sight seeing at the coca cola centre. the coca cola centre lets the last customer in at 5pm and closes at 630pm sharp, so we had to rush there. we were almost some of the last ones to enter le. anyway, the coca cola journey was quite interesting, we were given chance to sit the 4d simulator, test all the drinks coca cola manufactured or created, see the animation and machines of how coca cola was made, and finally get a complimentary bottle of coke home!

after finishing our journey at coca cola world centre, it was already 630pm. we quickly made our way back to perimeter mall to see whether there are any food to eat. apparently, they closed quite early today becos of thanksgiving. so we had to try our luck at target mart. they sell everything, just like giant / ntuc. luckily they r opened till 10pm, so we managed to get our dinner frm there, as well as some snacks. by the time we reached back to our rooms, i was dead beat. once dinner and bath was done, i went to bed le, too tired after long flight and change of time zone~

Trip to Atlanta for Training

i am going down to atlanta for my training for 9 days from 25/11 – 3/12! Hope this training will be an enjoyable one. also hope i go there can do some sight seeing or buy something back for my family and friends! will miss my 3 girls and my families too, love them deep deep! i will be updating my blog for my everyday trip till i come back, stay tuned!

Crystabelle’s 1 Year Old Celebration

today is officially crystabelle’s 1 yr old birthday celebration! we booked a place for 9 ppl at peach garden at thomson plaza for the celebration. it was a high tea buffet at 3pm. the food there is quite nice, but seems like baby did not have much for the buffet. nvm, nx time i bring her there again to treat her to make up for lost of food today. :)

who turned up? me, baby, carabelle, crystabelle, my parents, my bro and qiuying, my grandma and my parent-in-laws. baby even ordered a special cake that is custom made to crystabelle’s chinese horoscope, rabbit! below are some of the photos taken during the celebration!

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Crystabelle’s Pre 1 Year Birthday Celebration

today is hui hui’s 1 year pre birthday celebration, held at the serangoon country club, together with some of the september babies that is under the september mth forum that baby is in. the atmosphere was great and every other parents and babies had their fun! even crystabelle and carabelle also had their fun too! although carabelle cried for a few times, but overall, she shld still have her fun, haha… there are lots of photos taken, but will only post at the facebook. so those who has access to my account can proceed to take a look!

Dark Shadows

watched this movie with baby. this movie has an interesting storyline, it talks not much about vampires nor otherworldly beings, but more on the humans. not much fighting taking place also, just some interesting scenes that will more than likely pull ur interest to it, lol… i give this movie a 4/5 rating.

Avengers

finally can watch this movie le! have been waiting for this movie since the day i started my current project, haha… this movie sure rocks! i am able to see myself in action! iron man! wahahaha… packed with so much storyline and power, this movie is a must watch! i give this movie a 5/5!!!

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Seng Meng’s Wedding

today is seng meng’s big day, having his wedding dinner at pan pacific hotel. only went there myself as it was at town. the food was not bad and i had a fun time over there. i went up with all my secondary school frens to help to shout yum seh for seng meng, lol… actually the lime light went to vincent, who was like almost throwing his face off during the dinner. making such a ruckus that everyone was looking at him when he did anything. anyway, he is not the host, so not to worry so much abt him, haha… finished the dinner at 1130pm. congratulations meng! hope u join the parenting family soon! :D

Home Cook Food!

recently did a lot of cookings at home, haha… i dont know how to cook de wor, but eventually, i did 2-3 times of own cooking at home, haha… luckily all are edible! n i am quite proud to announce that, they were all quite successful! less to say that they are less salty or maybe less tasty. maybe i am trying to walk the healthy lifestyle? wahaha… more food will be coming along and more photos will be posted onto my facebook account!

Kindermusik Lesson 11 - Milk and Cookies

last make up lesson for zi xuan le. this is the last time for a short while before zi xuan can attend the class once again. cos the old owner not running the business anymore. so teacher shauna took over and is currently getting a new location at bukit timah. location not known where yet, but most likely is at bukit timah plaza. as today was the last lesson for zi xuan, i took a picture of her hugging teacher shauna. also she has a cute video taken while she was waiting for her stamps. :) for more of these photos and videos, u can take a look at my facebook account. :) will be uploading the photos and video anytime soon. catch me up!

House Warming

today is the big day for our family, house warming! early morning we got up around 715am to settle some stuff and have our breakfast. by the time we started to get ready for the house warming, it was already 10am! at this timing, baby’s parents already reached. as her mom helped out to bathe the small girl, i settled the fire for the ceremony. halfway through settling the fire, baby’s dad helped out to setup the fire. then i settle some other stuffs. food was already here around 1015am. oh ya, we ordered from four seasons, the caterer which we ordered for our wedding too.

we started the fire crossing ceremony at around 12pm even though the fire cannot start up much. but nonetheless, we still perform the ceremony with those ppl who already arrived at 11+am. after the ceremony, we started the buffet! the house warming ceremony officially starts from 11am to 2pm. there were some 35 ppl who turned up for the ceremony, as compared to the 42 confirmed. but still ok la, the food not really a lot, cos we ordered 50 for 42.

at around 2pm, most of the guests were already gone, left with dengli’s group. then we started packing the food and found out that there is really a lot left! so we had to ta bao the food, haha. but using our own taperwares cos there were none supplied by the caterer… oh well… in the end still had to buy extra taperwares.

btw, the food we ordered were:

fried rice, snowy cream puff, assorted sandwiches, mini chocolate eclair, mixed fruit tartlet, mini swiss roll, mini durian puff, seafood rollups, breaded crab claws, fish finger with cheese, chicken sausage with bbq sauce, lobster pearl ball, steamed chicken siew mai, steamed shrimp har gao and fresh fruit platter.

finally, we are offically moved in!

Kindermusik Lesson 10 - Milk and Cookies

2nd lesson of the day for carabelle. nothing really much for this lesson as it is as usual like the rest of the lessons. just that for door knocking session, her photo appeared the 2nd time for the day, haha… but it is a different photo. nonetheless, today she gotten 6 chops for herself, that’s including 3 she gotten in the 1st lesson, lol… nx lesson will be her last le. heard from baby also that kindermusik classes will no longer be at tanglin mall and as well as not in shuana’s house le. the new location will be at bukit timah. not sure where yet, but its around that location. we will then have to see whether will we be able to go there for her classes. but i believe she will still miss shauna after quite some time ba. hope the place is not v far frm my parents’ house. :)

Kindermusik Lesson 9 - Milk and Cookies

the last 3rd lesson for niu niu le. after this round, we will be stopping her for 1 term as we are running low on budget. sorry niu niu :( will let u continue for the next term ok? hope u wont forget teacher shauna after 1 term. :)

anyway, today is supposed to be a joyous occasion, cos its time for her class ma. but she was quite cranky when she first entered the class. she didnt want to greet hello to teacher shauna, also didnt want to participate in any of the sections of the class for the first 15mins. after which the scarf attracted her and she sprung to live! lol…

at the end of the class, she took up her dress and walk to teacher shauna, waiting for her to give her the chop at her tummy. nowadays niu niu is getting bolder and more friendly towards ppl who she knows. for example, she would pat teacher shauna’s back to ask her for chop if niu niu waited too long, lol… that happened twice today, haha… one is in this class, the other time in the next class.

i hope that she will continue to be more open and lively and be the apple of everyone’s eyes. :)

鸿门宴

watched this movie and found it amusing. the story of liu bang and xiang yu caught my attention and i went to look up on their history after watching this movie. this movie is quite good but then some of the parts that was played out was not according to the actual history. liu bang’s men like xiao he and han xin was not killed by him de. he also did not cause the death of fan kuai. fan zeng also did not contact zhang liang during the battle of the 2 warlords. a lot of the show were not real, but the storyline is quite good. i give this movie a 4/5.

Kindermusik Lesson 8 - Milk and Cookies

8th lesson for niu niu le. about to end in another 3 lessons, we still tinking wanna send her there for the next sememster ma, cos we are short of money now and might need to spare some cash for tiding through the next few mths to stabilize the output first. maybe after this 2-3 mths, then gt chance to see whether can bring her to the next semester. anyway, today is another usual lesson for zi xuan. apart frm getting more pro-active in the class, she is still enjoying it as normal. i wonder what is the difference between teacher shauna’s class and the class at school. she is much more noisier in shauna’s class than at school, haha… i like to see her so active in shauna’s class.

today everything went smoothly except for the last part. when it was time to get her chop/stamp on her hands, she went to stand beside shauna as usual and waited for her turn. she seems to always wait patiently for her turn (at least she is the last to get 2 chops on her hands). guess she has inherited my genes of patience, haha… anyway, after getting her 2 chops on her hands, she came bck to show me. then she also showed me her legs, but there were no chops as i have told her. so she knew something was amiss and she went bck to teacher shauna side n waited again. she waited n waited until left 1 student, however, teacher shauna was attending to the last student and didn’t notice zi xuan i tink. so zi xuan tap tap on teacher shauna’s leg, n as teacher shauna looked at her, she pointed to teacher shauna her legs, wahaha… then she also pulled up her shirt and ask for another chop. i see her reaction i oso wan to laugh liao, haha… she is sooooo cute. :P i tink if any of the kids there were to compare to her, i tink all lose sia… wahahaha…

finally when going off, she said the last bye bye to teacher shauna from the main door and shauna replied to her with a bye bye and say she loves to see her!

ST Chinese New Year Dinner

attended the chinese new year dinner for the 2nd time i am at ST. this time round only a few from transformers turned up for the dinner. me, yuen loong, sheng xian, jasmine and marcus. we sat together with some of the galaxy team (yuan fen, hock yong, etc.), which was also under marcus. the whole dinner was hosted by a famous actor i tink, seem to have seen him somewhere before and he happened to be jasmine’s mom’s friend. the dinner was an 8 course dinner. what i hope most was to win in the lucky draw, haha… as well as the toto tonight, 10million! however, sadly to say, i didnt get to win both. :P only marcus managed to win a consolation prize, lol…

the dinner was normal and not very amazing, but wad amused us was that there is crab! first time i ate a course dinner with crab sia… the whole dinner lasted for abt 2hr 30mins and ended at ard 1030pm.

Carabelle’s 2 Year Old Birthday

today is zi xuan’s 2 year old birthday and i wish her happy birthday! wish her to grow up faster and taller, eat more and be a bit more ba ba, haha… also hope she learn to be more obedient and less sa jiao, :P hope she will enjoy her now young and childhood period before she goes to school for primary classes at age 7, lol… this year’s celebration was a dinner at soup restaurant at the airport. hope all who is around had enjoy the dinner. zi xuan also had a cake cutting session at home! all photos will be posted to facebook, so those who wants to see the photos, can go to my account. :)

Kindermusik Lesson 7 - Milk and Cookies

2nd lesson of the day n she is actually eager to get out of the lesson le. since the last lesson ended, she already pointed me towards the door. :x seems like nx time want to make up class, muz be 2 different days le. today i tot only 2 kids sia, cos when it was 1215, only carabelle and another kid. until the greeting song was sang halfway, then another kid came in. at ard 1230, another 3 more kids came in for the class. haha, lucky not only 2 kids sia… :P today also very rare, carabelle started to get cranky during the class and wanted to drink milk, i kept asking her whether she want many many times until i get the final confirmation, lol… b4 she drank the milk, she played the knock knock on the door with teacher shauna. teacher shauna even mentioned, “ok, u can go drink your milk.” haha… finally today carabelle gotten 6 chops, 2 on hands, tummy and legs respectively. this wk 4gt to bring the oranges and 拜年, so next wk must remember! :D

Kindermusik Lesson 6 - Milk and Cookies

today is another 2 lessons day for carabelle as last week was too rush for us to bring her to class. we were moving and packing our new house. :) first lesson of the day at 1115 is as usual, a lot of kids attended the class, even though it is still the chinese new year period. carabelle as usual, does not recognize teacher shauna after a week’s break and only managed to catch up after the greetings section. throughout the whole lesson, she would be singing and dancing along with teacher shauna’s singing and enjoys herself. even when it is running about (she still wants me to carry her), i still let her chase me, haha… :P oh, today she only gotten 3 chops as teacher shauna says that she will still be getting chops again later, lol…

Detective Dee

Watched this movie on my own and i love this movie. cos gt li bing bing ma, haha… andy lau is the main actor in the movie and he played an important role in saving wu ze tian from death. too bad li bing bing died in the end under the evil hands of liang jia hui. anyway, those who have yet to watch this movie should watch. it is very gd and i give it a 4.5/5 rating.

Kindermusik Lesson 5 - Milk and Cookies

lesson 5! more n more kids are joining the lesson! from a mere 4 person, came up to 8-9 i tink. carabelle is getting the hang out of the class, finally after 3wks of absenting from the lessons, haha… today she is very active, wadever the teacher did, she also follow. almost thru out the whole lesson she is following the teacher. think she learn things very fast sia… sure like it when she sings along or dance along wif us. she brings a lot of joy and laughter to the people ard her, even some of the parents also like to see her sing and dance, haha… looking forward to the next session on the next saturday! muz bring orange also!

Kindermusik Lesson 4 - Milk and Cookies

2nd lesson of the day! (1215pm) carabelle at first thought it was time to go back after the 1st class n insisted on going out of the door. but i told her that still gt 1 more lesson, even offered her a drink (but she rejected me). then as she gotten restless for the next lesson, teacher shauna took the balls out for her to play n that gotten her interest for the next lesson!

but soon afterwards, she started to get restless again. during one of the songs, she would walk over to teacher shauna and sit beside her, looking at what she is doing. teacher shauna then passed her 2 musical instruments and asked her to try to play according to the song’s rhythm. i was actually siting quite far from her, only to show her actions on how to play it and make some hand movements. at least teacher shauna taught her how to play it after a while. :)

she also gotten the 2nd box of cookies for the day! one in the previous lesson n one for this lesson! haha… also she gotten 3 more additional stamps on 2 of her hands and 1 on her tummy. :D

Kindermusik Lesson 3 - Milk and Cookies

this lesson started at 1115am as it is a make up lesson for carabelle. when i first asked her whether she wants to see teacher shauna, she say don’t want, haha… must be cos she didn’t see teacher shauna for a very long time le. but teacher shauna still remembers her! :D during the start of the class, carabelle looks lost and keeps looking at teacher shauna. when it is her turn to sing hello song, carabelle very shy, hiding her head at my legs, lol… but after a while, she gotten the hang of the class and suddenly remembers everything. then she became active liao, lol…

actually this class i am quite puzzled, cos all the kids in the class wear the kindermusik t-shirt. was wondering is this an actual class for kindermusik students, maybe it is. anyway, today there is a cookie giveaway by teacher shauna n carabelle loves it, haha… her fav ka ka! :D