Abacus Vs Ballet

Mama is very against the idea of Little Arielle going for ballet. I have already checked out a good timing and venue for her but she refused to bring Little Arielle for the class. She felt that dancing is something useless and Little Arielle should spend time on doing something more meaningful i.e. learn abacus cos she can use the skills for maths when she grows up. In addition, she is of the opinion that super active kids like Little Arielle should not learn dancing and should be learn something that would tame them down.

While I agree that learning abacus would help Little Arielle academically, she must also have the interest in it. Daddy does not agree that super active kids should not learn dancing. Hahaha, was so surprised with his comment.

In any case, I am not insistent for Little Arielle to learn ballet. And since mama mentioned that she has convinced Little Arielle not to go for it, I shall rest my case. Probably, should really take her suggestion of learning abacus instead :)

Ice Cream Mooncake

Have accepted Feli's suggestion and decided to try ice cream mooncake from Swensens for a change. Passed by Swensens that day and got their promotion brochure. Showed it to daddy and he was happy with this new change :) As today is the last day to place our order to get the 20% discount, we quickly went to get it done after work!

*Cold cold ice cream mooncake for a warmth festival :)* - Uploaded on 31 Aug 2010

Got 2 sets of mooncake. 1 set of 2 pc Disney mooncake which consists 1 milo and 1 strawberry mooncakes. The other set of 4 pc consists of sticky chewy chocolate, chempedak, durian and mixed berries! The thought of it just made me drool! Looking forward to eat it on 22nd Sep :) and hopefully Little Arielle's cough would have recovered by then to enjoy it. The Disney pieces are bought specially for her :P

Zzzzz....

I found out that in order not to make myself so frustrated at night, one way is to ask Little Arielle to sleep early. It's a win-win situation cos she would have sufficient hours of sleep and I can have some time on my own.

Did that today and the feeling is great!

Only downside is that I would probably have less playing time with her. But that is better than having anger hee :)

The Road to Recovery is Jammed!

Little Arielle has been on the inhaler for the past few days. There seemed to be some improvement until this evening when we brought her home. She started coughing continuously and it sounded as though her throat was very itchy.

It made me feel so sad :( Just when there were signs of recovery, it seems otherwise! Arrgghh when is this gonna stop?

Is it her school that fed her with rubbish or she din stop her greedy treats at my mama house?

Cute Question!

Little Arielle was so cute today :) She actually asked my brother this: "你为什么没有找一个女孩子 "gao ying" (means get married in hokkien)? 我要做你的flowergirl leh!"


My brother went HUH!!

FAINTZ....

Teachers' Day Gift

Tada....

Being a parent would need to take care of these gifts too. I don't recall my mom doing this when I was little. Anyway, here's what Mummy Me has prepared for Little Arielle's teachers! Got a card organiser, 1 set of red pens and 1 set of stamps. Interesting right! Hope that Mrs Chan and Miss Huda will like it!



*All in a nice bag :)* - Uploaded on 30 Aug 2010

HFMD?

Mama alerted me that there seems to be blisters in Little Arielle's mouth. I got quite worried that I quickly did a thorough check on her i.e. if there is any fever and if there are blisters on other parts of her body.

Thank god, we did not find anything suspicious and concluded that it must be due to her 'heaty' body that caused the blisters in her mouth. Now that she is so weak (cos cough has yet to recover), I am quite scared about her contracting the disease. Hopefully, this bad virus will go away FAST!!!

A Hole in My Pocket!

Yes yes....finally, after much headache, I have finally decided on the following flower girl dress for Little Arielle. While it is a lot more expensive, I feel that it is worth it cos it's really nice and Little Arielle can get to wear twice this year and hopefully more 'tasks' for her next year :) And if I happen to have another girl, this dress can be passed down to her hahahaha! Actually, the more I think of it, the more heartpain siaz! Total amount + shipping cost is about $180 :(

Anyway, 2 worries now. No. 1, the dress is too big for her. Tried to measure her and realised that she is SO SLIM! The dress is definitely gonna be big, just that how big. The second worry is that the dress cannot reach Singapore in time. I think it needs about 2 weeks leh. Praying hard that it can arrive just in time for Auntie Jenny's wedding :) Hopefully, my worry is uncalled for! And I think I need to curb my spending for a while. Someone tie my hands, please!

*Nice gathered dress that cost me USD$62.50* - Uploaded on 24 Aug 2010



*Pink hairbun that cost USD9* - Uploaded on 24 Aug 2010

Barney Tickets!!

Yes, I have finally found the opportunity to collect my Barney tickets which were booked as far back as 10 Aug. It's either no time or the rain that caused the delay and I am so glad to hold the tickets in my hands.

Wonder if Little Arielle is looking forward to the show?

*Total of 5 tix. The other 2 belonged to Astin and Sky :)* - Uploaded on 30 Aug 2010

Bert & Ernie

Wow....the pic at ToysRUs's fb came out earlier than promised :) Supposed to be out on Tuesday and I was surprised to see that it's already out today :)



*Little Arielle appears so small in front of the mascot* - Uploaded on 23 Aug 2010

Painful Siaz....

Clumsy Mummy Me sprained my ankle when I was at Sakae Sushi for lunch this afternoon. Was glad that I did not fell down as I was able to hold my balance. But this doesn't mean that the sprain was not painful.

I almost couldn't walk for that instance. Thereafter, realised that my left foot got bruises. And the 'inside' of the feet got biting pain on and off.

Sigh....guessed I couldn't carry Little Arielle for a while else that would make my leg worst.

So sway :(

Ballet for Little Arielle?

Little Arielle did express interest some time ago that she wanted to learn ballet. I din put it to heart cos I remembered someone telling me that they will ultimately walk like ducks hee....

Was at Suntec this evening and saw a group of little girls learning ballet. So she turned to me and said she wanted to learn....

Should I let her learn? My cousin says might cause her front and back to be flat leh....Wat seh....if really true hor then must think twice wor! Front and back is so important to girls/women!

土土Dress

Was at Kxxxy Pxxxxe MS this evening and I went to check out their flower girl dresses. My jaw almost dropped when I realised that their dresses are so 土! Nowadays, no one use sequin liaoz leh....Or at least, not so much for little girls' flower girl dresses. People nowadays use organza and lace mah....

Hengz I got much more alternatives elsewhere :)

Make Up Artpiece

We missed Little Arielle's 1st paid art class on 6th Aug as we were in HK at that time. I requested for last last week's theme so that I can get Little Arielle to draw at home. Hee....got it last week and apparently, did not make time to draw.

Finally, decided to make some time to go through with Little Arielle and thought that she would not irritate me if she has something to do! Sigh....colouring still cannot make it!

Check it out ->

*Uploaded on 22 Aug 2010*

Hmm....doesnt look that fantastic without painting works. See if can paint it in next week's class :P

No Night Flying :(

The weather at night was good and XP had the intention to bring the family to Marina Barrage for night kite flying.

All thanks to Little Arielle who caused us not to be able to go :( Why leh? Cos she din take her afternoon nap and her eyes were swollen from her crying today.

So sad :(

2nd Lesson @ Impact

Yes, today is the second lesson. Was quite kan cheong this morning cos we were caught in a jam on our way to class. The ECP after Rochor exit had only 2 lanes instead of the usual 4. As such, there was a bottleneck situation. We guessed the closure of the 2 lanes was for YOG.

In any case, I was already quite anxious about the delay and Little Arielle suddenly became cranky! Kept asking for milk and said that she did not want to attend the class! Ahhh....just felt so irritated with her nonsense at this time and I just shouted at her!

After much rush, we were still late by 10 minutes and class had already started :(

I would not know what she has missed cos the teacher is conducting the class behind closed doors and I'm supposed to be listening to the briefing which luckily has yet to start.

Anyway, today's breifing continued with where we stop last week. In addition, Paul has made arrangement with us to take Little Arielle's portfolio shot which is gonna cost me $180. It was be on 8th Sep. Hopefully, she can cooperate and made the photoshoot successful :)

Whole Day of Crying!!

I'm so tired....from Little Arielle's cries! For almost the whole day!!! Don't know what has gotten into her. She simply irritates us! Yes both of us! And after she kena scolding from me and beating from XP, her cries became louder and continuous :(

Just when she was about to stop, she would create her own spark and the crying continue. Ahhh, you say can die or not! And I really got so irritated by her that I feel like driving her out of the house. The cries is just annoying!

Guessed she must have cried until her eyes are so tired that she fell asleep. Thought that everything would be back to normal when she is up but alas....for no apparent reason, she started to cry again.

Luckily, this time round, I did not feel so irritated cos the chores that I need to do are already done. And hengz ah, she managed to come to a complete stop in a while....

Hmm, I have been thinking. Is it because her name has too much water and that caused her to cry every now and then? But thought that she should be following my happy-go-lucky character?

Fat Fat Parrot

It's Friday and Little Arielle is very excited cos she gets to go for her art class. Just felt happy when she is so enthu about it! Had our ba kut teh dinner before going for class.

Today's theme is to draw parrots. Just felt that Little Arielle's one looked so cute cos it resemble a penguine than a parrot. It's so fat hee. Anyway, realised that her colouring sucks man! I think withouth my touch up, it won't look so nice leh. Seems like she needs more practise in colouring with crayons. She did a pretty good job with colouring pencils. Find that her drawing strokes are getting better though :)

Here's what was taken in class ->

*Uploaded on 22 Aug 2010*

And while she was half way in her painting works, she needed the loo. Brought her there and as usual, she cannot hold and pee-ed on her pants! Arghhh....this is the second time lor! Why can't they tell us earlier that they need the loo :( Anyway, just gave her panty a good rinse and went back to finish up her painting (hee, means she got no panty on!)

Here's the final art work ->



*Fat colourful parrot* - Uploaded on 22 Aug 2010

And we quickly went back to the toilet after she has completed and I dried her panty using the dryer. Thought it wasn't completely dry but at least, we will get home soon and she can change out of it....What a night!

The Buying Cannot Stop!

Jiat lard liaoz....when it start, it just can't stop leh! Made 2 more purchases today! One for this cute story book from Despicable Me ->

Think it's some story book that is the same as what they had in the movie. But I havent watch the movie so I cannot visualise. But still bought it anyway....And another set of top and bottom ->

Nice ballet top and bottom....cost me $16.90!

And the jeans that I bought recently was so BIG!! Just received it today too and gosh....don't know need to wait until when then can wear....

Bday 'Cake' from Sweetest Moments

Mummy Me has been cracking my head thinking which bakery to approach for Little Arielle's birthday cake. I wanted something glamourous but at the same time cheap cos it would just be a simple celebration in school. Wanted to email to ask for quotation but always did not find time to do so. I also don't know what am I busy with.


Hee....thanks to my lucky star, Astin! She gave me this suggestion ->

*Cupcakes from Sweetest Moments* - Uploaded on 17 Aug 2010

And I thought it was a great idea! Save all my headache leh! Cheap and good :) Hopefully, XP will agree to a home celebration next year and I can order a 3D big Princess Cake for Little Arielle!

Crying Baby....

Hmm, Little Arielle cried when she got off the car this morning as she wanted to follow us to work. Thought that she would stop crying when she got to my mama's house. But when mama told me about it this evening, she said that Little Arielle just couldn't stop and cried for a very long time!

It took her a long while before she was pacificed to stop and my mama was so tired from the coaxing....Alamak, hopefully she would be okie tomorrow. If you did not see any future posts on this topic, it means that I'm saved from this nuisance!

Fireworks for YOG Opening Ceremony 2010

After shopping at Vivo City, Mummy Me suggested to XP to go to Marina Barrage to view the night flying for kites. Just when we are about to reach, we saw a lot of people by the roadside and they seemed to be waiting for something. XP recalled that there was some celebration going on but just did not know what is it. In the end, we drove past Marina Barrage (managed to saw a few beautiful kites with LED lights in the sky) and u-turned back to join the crowd!

So we also kpo and waited there even though I really had no idea what am I waiting for! In the end, decided to call my mom and check cos she can be quite resourceful at times. She told me that there was the opening ceremony for YOG and there was a display of fireworks. But that's already over. Hmm, I was scratching my head! If it's already over, why in the world are all these people still waiting around?? I decided to ask the lady in front of me and she mentioned that there was a display of fireworks earlier and they stayed behind because they wanted to see if there was more. Had wanted to leave cos it has been 20 minutes and nothing has happened. XP told me to wait until 10pm and if nothing happens, we will make a move.

Thank god that we stayed for another 10 minutes and thus, managed to capture this beautiful sight ->

*Uploaded on 14 Aug 2010*

Thereafter, we decided to go back to Marina Barrage cos we saw one of my friend's car driving there. We wanted to go and look for him to say hello. And luckily, we decided to make this move! Cos we managed to see more fireworks (did not managed to capture one of it cos it only lasted for 5 secs) and the last one was spectacular! Even the nearby building had fireworks coming out from them! It was indeed nicer than the ones displayed during National Day hee!

Enjoy....

*Uploaded on 14 Aug 2010*

It Just Caught My Attention!

Since I have accepted Jenny's request to allow Little Arielle to be her flower girl next month, I have been frantically trying to find a white dress for her. Hmm, apparently not much luck. Finally, saw something at one of the 'fair' at Tanjong Pagar MRT station but did not want to commit to it as I wasn't really confident if Little Arielle can fit. If she can't, they do not accept exchange since it is on a 20% discount. Moreover, it is not a dress that is really ideal.

Instead, I saw another one which caught my attention immediately. Without further ado, I just paid $15 and took the dress hee....
*Just like the dress to be so colourful and vibrant!* - Uploaded on 17 Aug 2010

我要疯掉了!

Yup, those words came out from Little Arielle's mouth and hee, cos she learnt from me lor! Aiyah, bad things don't learn, only know how to learn the bad ones!

Afternote: Kena scolded by Feli and Ah Tan cos they mentioned that I should have showed my concern and asked if something has happened to Little Arielle! Opps....

Familiar Looking Thing...

Mama passed me the craftwork that was done by Little Arielle in school. Guessed that she must have got it back from school this morning. There was this cute little train and some other hardcopy artwork.

Was admiring at the colouring works done by Little Arielle for the little train when I suddenly found the wheels of the train very familiar.

*Those wheels were made by me! Using toilet roll and wrapping it with black paper (idea by Ah Tan)* - Uploaded on 14 Aug 2010

Then suddenly, it struck my mind that those wheels were done by me previously :) Ahhh....now I know where my work has gone to hee!

Barney Space Adventures!

Mummy Me can never understand what is so fanscinating about this purple dino that is driving almost every kid crazy?? In any case, Little Arielle is one of their die-hard fan. With the recent frequent advertisement, Little Arielle can even recite,"Hurry, get your tickets now!"

Yah....so Mummy Me must really hurry lor, else later all the tickets are sold out and I will die leh! Already missed the show 2 years ago and should not repeat the same mistake :)

So I set my mind to book the tickets today. Arrghhh, can tell you hor, even though I am IT-Savvy, meddling the stupid online sistic form can really drive me mad!

First, you have to settle your application within 10mins. Arrgghh, with a time constraint, it is really stressful lor. Apparently, the first application wasn't successful as I have exceeded the time limit. The design of the system was bad because, even though you have exceeded the time limit, you would not know until you completed the last question on the form and clicked on 'complete the purchase'. And the reason for being slow in submitting is because, firstly, I have to ensure that the assigned seating is reasonably okie and that screen took a while to display. Secondly, when deciding on the mode of collection, you have to pay via MasterCard in order not to incur any charges for the collection of the tickets. Tried to do so the first time but in the end, realised that it was not possible as I hold a Maybank Visa card. I need to pay via Maybank card so that I can get to enjoy the 12% discount. So in the end, LL lor....gotta pay 20 cents even though I am collecting the same set of tickets at the same authorised agents. Though the amount is insignificant, I just felt annoyed having to pay for it!

Anyway, bo pian since my little princess wanna watch. Spent a total of $60.20 ($57.20 - Cat 2 price + $3 - booking fee) per ticket. Best of all, kids pay the same price too and sistic really knows how to earn $$ by charging a handling fee of $3 per ticket! What is there to handle leh?? Not just use the system to print out the tickets? Anyway, I was glad that I have finally completed this stupid transaction in about 25 minutes.

I bet Little Arielle will be looking forward to the show, happening on 10 Sep, 4pm at Singapore Expo :)

Flower Girl Task

Was so happy when Mummy Me received a sms from Auntie Jenny requesting Little Arielle to be her flower girl for her wedding next month.

Immediately, I agreed without hesitation. Hmm....now the problem is, to get a white dress for her. Hmm, where to find nice white dress leh?

A Quiet 2010 National Day

We were all tired from our holiday. Though it was a fun trip, being tired is uncalled for....Due to this tiredness, we did not have the mood to go out, except for breakfast. The rest of the day was spent on laundry and some cleaning of the house since we were away for so long.

So to keep Little Arielle entertained, we let her watch the new DVD that we bought - Tinkerbell (Lost Treasure) so that I can continue with the cleaning works. Luckily, she was cooperative and did not make me vomit bloodz.

After I'm done with the works, I spent the next few hours uploading our holiday pics and thereafter, online shopping for Little Arielle hee. Should be getting a pair of jeans, a set of top and bottom + a backpack for her :)

*Nice pair of Gap jeans @ $13.90* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2010

*Set at $9* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2010

*Little Arielle chose the Rabbit backpack* - Uploaded on 09 Aug 2010

So while doing the online shopping, we watched the NDP on tv. For the past few years, we will specially drive out to watch the fireworks but alas, we were too lazy to do so this year.

Just want to stay at home, laze around and hopefully gather mood for work tomorrow :P Little Arielle is lucky, she doesn't have school tomorrow. How nice....

Day 9 - Time to go Home :(

Ahhh time flies leh! Our holiday is over with the blink of the eye! Din do much this morning except to have our breakfast at Federal Palace and thereafter started to pack all our purchases into our luggage.

After that is done, we spent about 1hr in the hotel's business centre, using the internet service.

And, thereafter, we will be taking the hotel's shuttle to the airport and we will be on our way home....

Day 8 - Shopping Day :)

Had breakfast at the same restaurant cos we din get sick of tim sum hee! Thereafter, it's shopping time at Citygate outlets and we bought a lot of stuff. Of course, most of it is for Little Arielle :)

But glad that everyone of us got something for ourselves, with Little Arielle being the biggest winner hee....

Looking for more shopping in our next holiday!

Day 7 - HongKong Disneyland!!

Yeah!! This is the day, this is the day that we will play at Disneyland!! Even though the bed was comfy, I gotta force myself to wake up at 7am to get ready for our day in Disneyland.

XP prepared our instant noodle while I took care of Little Arielle's milk. We were supposed to be out of the hotel at 8am but it took a while to settle Little Arielle cos she was cranky in the morning. In the end, we only left at about 8.30am. As we were staying very near to Disneyland, it only took us about 15 mins to reach.

Little Arielle was excited about the Disneyland's train as it had pictures of Mickey inside. The park has people waiting around even though it is gonna open at 10am. See the power of Disney! Can make people wait beyond 1 hour.

We played the whole day from 10am to 9pm. Little Arielle was very happy and we are happy that she is happy. Most of the time, she was well-behaved. That made our mood good too.

Took a lot of pic and bought a lot too. Spent HK520 just on 5 pieces of pic but it's nice :) Got Little Arielle a Cinderalle dress and a crown and there goes our HK490 (390 for dress, 100 for crown). In the end, XP and I did not get anything for ourselves....sob sob hahahaha!

Finally waited for the 9pm fireworks and thereafter, it's hotel sweet hotel i.e. home sweet home! XP and Little Arielle slept first cos Mummy Me gotta settle them first before I can sleep. Noble me hor hahahaha!

Day 6 - Cable Car Ride @ Ngong Ping

It's a relaxing day today as we only woke up at 8.30am. The inital plan was to go Disneyland today but we decided to do so tomorrow instead since we only wake up at this time. Have been too tired for the past few days! Had breakfast at one of the restaurant called Federal Palace in Citygate shopping mall. Yummy, it's tim sum! Something that Mummy Me loves a lot! Same goes for Little Arielle who simply loved cha siew bao!

After breakfast is taken care of, we proceed to take the cable car ride to see the big buddha. The ride is really worth it compared to the one in Singapore. The ride is so long and it cost us only HK107 (to and fro).

The weather is hot today but is so much better compared to Taiwan. Luckily, we got the disney brolly and it was put to good use. We din climb all the way up cos it would be very tiring to do so with Little Arielle.

So we walked to the nearest possible spot, took a pic with the big buddha and watched the Monkey show. Bascially, the morale of the story is not to be greedy and must learn to share happiness with people around us.

After the show, we took our lunch at the foodcourt in Citygate shopping mall and went back to the hotel. We decided to go back to our hotel to take our afternoon nap! Hahaha, to some, you may feel that it is a waste but holiday is afterall to relax. We had been too tired for the past few days and we need to recuperate our energy for Disneyland tomorrow!

After our nap, we had dinner at the same restaurant - Federal Palace and thereafter, started our shopping spree! Yeah....bought a lot of clothes for Little Arielle! Arrghhh so fortunate of her hor hee :)

Day 5 - The Peak, Victoria Harbour....

After our nice breakfast at Novotel Taiwan, we were ready to take the shuttle bus to Taoyuan International Airport for our flight to HongKong. Took the last chance to buy some goodies for my colleagues in the office at the airport. Please do not blame me if it is not nice hee.

The flight from Taiwan to HongKong is rather fast. Around 1hr+. After we landed, we took the shuttle bus to Novotel Citygate. After leaving our luggage in the room, we quickly took the MTR out.

First stop was Wong Tai Sin temple where we pay our respect to the gods. This was what we did years back when I came with XP. A pity that Little Arielle was so tired that she was sleeping when we were at the temple.

Next stop was Snoopy World at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin. Made Little Arielle wake up so that she can have fun there. But it was sourching hot cos it was a simple outdoor playground.

Next stop was the Peak! A nice place to go to especially if the weather is cooling but nevermind, since we are here, should let Little Arielle have the chance to see! The tram ride was interesting. Really wonder how the tram can go up such a steep track! Took a lot of pic at the Peak and happened to purchase our Disneyland tickets there too cos they have a free sourvenier if we get our tickets there! Best of all, the sourvnier is 2 brolly! The essential item for such hot weather. But luckily, HongKong's weather is slightly better as compared to Taiwan.

After our Peak's stop, our next destination is Victoria Harbour. Took a bus and we ended up opposite the harbour. Hahaha, gave us an opportunity to take the ferry across. Luckily, after taking the ferry, we still have sufficient time for the laser show. That is a daily show only at 8pm and it will last for 20 minutes.

Hmm, after watching the show, I find that it's not so fantastic actually....We went around taking a few more pic and we were on our way back to the hotel. It was indeed tiring covering so many places of interest at one go.

Everyone was knocked out....Zzzzzz

Day 4 - Novotel Hotel!

It's the last day that we have in Taiwan and we will be flying off to HongKong tomorrow. XP decided to skip the breakfast provided by the hotel since it's serving the same food everyday and he got kind of sick of it. As such, we got to sleep in a little bit later.

Decided to visit the Sun Yat-Sen memorial park and thereafer, will pop by Taipei 101. It was freaking hot today again and ahhh....today don't have brolly! So we were seen trying to hide under the shade. Got the chance to take their MRT and their single trip ticket is very interesting. It's like a token and you can actually scan it :)

After taking some pic at Sun Yat-Sen, we went to Taipei 101. Decided to buy the tickets to go up even though it cost each of us NT400 i.e. $16. Wow, what a sight! We even took an interesting pic! But what was upsetting was, Little Arielle ran and fell down. As usual, hit her right forehead and she was crying on the top of her voice. The staff quickly calmed her down with a sticker.

After visiting 101, it was time to rush back to check out of our hotel. Cos the plan is that we will be checking into Novotel since it is nearer to the airport and we will not have to rush cos our flight tomorrow is early. Luckily, we managed to catch the free shuttle bus in time, else it's gonna be some walks under the hot sun again.

After checking out of our hotel, we went to Taipei main station to do our shopping there. Sigh....only got things to buy for Little Arielle. Actually things in Taiwan is not cheap at all leh! Still prefer to do my shopping in Bangkok! We were quite tired with the walking and the tanning. With nothing to buy, it's actually quite a chore to walk. As such, we went back to the hotel quite early and the receptionist was nice to check if we can get on the earlier bus to the airport. So when we reached the airport, we took the free shuttle bus to Novotel.

Wow....this is what I called a hotel! Very nice leh!! The room is fantastic!! Except that don't have bathtub. But nevermind, other things compensated for it!! Best of all, we get to go to their Premier Lounge where snacks and drinks is free flow! Ahhh....so shiok :)

We are going to relax in our room now and hopefully got more things to buy when we are in HongKong!!