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Universal Studio September 2011

We went to the Universal Studio at Sentosa, FOC all thanks to Ah ma and the points she accumulated...

Here's Sumana taking some of the rides. Guess which one was her favourite?

It was the kid's roller coaster! I was screaming my lungs out (yes, although it was the kiddy one but it still scared the s*** out of me!) but our little gal was so cool about it she even wanted to ride it a second time!

And here's a photo of our gal with the fellas from Madagascar!

And finally, our bikini babe enjoying herself at the pool!

And so here's us bidding farewell to Sentosa! We'll be here again sooooooooon!

Baking cupcakes with Ah dang Aug 2011

Update

It has been almost 5 months since I last updated.

Sumana changed to Little SkoolHouse by the lake during the march holidays in 2011.

She is slowly getting used to the routine and the environment. The teachers are great and we are all helping her cope with the new school. She continues her friendship with Claire during their ballet class but has since met some news friends in LSH. They are Jong Joon (A Korean boy), Jonas, Aloysius and Aliya, amongst many others. Sumana started off well in the first few weeks but soon developed separation anxiety in the last month. We guessed that she finally realised the difference between a montessori and mainstream childcare environment. The former gives children more freedom while the latter has more of a sit-down-and-listen kind of environment, where activities are more structured and henceforth, more expectations from the teachers. 

With the help of her teachers, Su is coping well and is more assured of her footing in the school. The tears and sobs have more or less subsided as she gets a hug and kiss from Ms Christina every morning. Well, it may be all sobs in the morning but when we fetch her at 430pm everyday, it's always smiles and lots of laughter with her friends. She doesn't even want to leave at times because she wants to wait for her friends and go home together. 

Goodbye yeye

This is the last photo sumana took with her yeye alone... while he's still smiley.

Yeye was praising her for writing her Chinese character well.

May this be Sumana's memory of her paternal grandfather.

Sumana, if you ever read this blog when you grow up, remember that ye ye was a man of integrity and had great responsibility for his family. Your yeye not only worked hard to provide for his 5 children, he also looked after his father-in-law when the latter became ill and blind. Although Singapore was his home, he never severed his ties with Hainan island. He would send money home and visited his hometown whenever there was an opportunity. I guess your yeye always felt that it was his responsibility to look after his parents and his brothers back home. The first time your daddy went back to Hainan island with yeye was when he was 15. Then, he picked up the dialect because he needed to community with your great grandfather. 

Remember that your yeye loved you although he had never verbalized it. He showed his love in ways that were always so subtle. Yeye would steam a piece of thread fin every time we went back for our weekend dinners, he gave you $5000 on your 4th birthday when we celebrated at his house, he praised you for job well done whenever you did your homework at his place (he never said this to any of his grandchildren) and he would always ask where you were whenever daddy and mummy went back to his house alone, while you were in school.

Yeye passed away on Feb 27 2012. 

May yeye be well and happy where ever he may be.

 

 

 

Presenting: Miss Claire Tan!

Sportsday 2011@greentree montessori

Its a sportsday where EVERY kid is a winner...

And with one of her besties, Christine

Happy birthday ah gong!

Our first trip to the beach, ALONE.. just mummy and dou

Need I say more?

Last week of the June hols in 2011

Our 4 yr old

Just an update of what our 4 yr old has been up to lately.

1. Piano (she could recognise some of the notes and practises rather regularly. It's easier to get her to the piano than do her split for Ballet) 

2. Ballet (Nice split and posture though she complains all the time about PAIN!!!)

3. Maths: Could count backwards, do addition, subtraction. 

4. English: At Peter and Jane 9B. Proud of her.

5. Chinese: A little slow in this department but we're getting there!

6. Art: We started art classes at Global Art and she loves it! At least we could see improvement in her colouring and perhaps drawing!

7. Social: Her best friend is still Claire Tan from Greentree Montessori. They stick together like glue though I would say Claire is usually the big sister and dou just sticks along... haha you know what I mean. She also plays with Christine, Yi yuan, Guan Hong, Alex, Si Kai, and so on. Seems quite sociable.

8. Teacher told us dou is no pushover in school. She would reprimand others for having bad behavior and this would get quite worked up. (Hmmm... I wonder if this is a bad behavior in itself.) You see, N likes to call her "bad princess" and coaxes Claire not to play with her but our little one stands up for herself by telling her NOT to do so.

9. It is now apparent to me dou has a happy go lucky character like teewui but she can be VERY stubborn. Getting her to apologise is not easy... She is also very sporty but hates the mud and dirt when it gets to her feet, just like mummy. (I mean the part about getting dirty)

10. She is into princesses now. She is salivating for a Barbie doll but I am absolutely against it. In fact, she doesn't read any princess books at all so I have no idea why and how she knows ALL their names. She could tell me why I don't buy Barbie dolls for her: Mummy, she has big bra (read: boobs) long legs, and long hands. Nobody is like that, right? So mummy doesn't allow me to buy Barbie dolls. But I dream(t) about buying one yesterday night. 

11. Routine:

7am: Wakie

7-8am: Breakie

830am: Reach Greentree

445pm: Reach home. (She started on the full day program in dec 2011)

5-630pm: Piano, Ballet or Play

630pm: Dinner

730pm: Visit yeye or some "academic work"

830pm: Reading

915pm: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Happy Birthday Ah Pui!

Our JJ turned one in June!

Happy Birthday Darling!