My Best Shot Contest

Since Mummy Me and XP did not have luck in our family day's lucky draw, I have decided to try my luck by submitting our best shot pic for the 'My Best Shot Contest'.

Hmm....hopefully will have some luck through this channel to win some prizes. Hahaha!



*Our nicest pic for the day :)* - Uploaded on 30 Jul 2011

*P/S: The result was announced on 1 Aug. Sadly, we did not win anything....

Good Skills Displayed!

Brought Little Arielle for her 3rd lesson today and I was quite scared that she would start crying again. Tried to give in to her requests i.e. follow her into the class and stay with her for a while. Shortly, her teacher came in.

She called Little Arielle Bao Bei and really knows how to make little kids important :) She showed Little Arielle 2 books and told her that one of the books would be read out later. She passed the 2 books to Little Arielle only and wanted her to have the priviledge to choose the book for the teacher to read to the class.

Well....well....Little Arielle was very excited. She took both books, quickly sat down and started flipping through. I was like....Wow....something so simple and yet it worked perfectly. Must really pick up some tips from this teacher! I then told Little Arielle that I would be going off and was 'warned' by the teacher to be the first one to pick her after class. Actually, it's more of 'suan' cos I was super late last week :p

1.5hours passed by fast and I really made it a point to be early this round. I was happy when I saw my smiley princess coming out of the class. Hmm....seems like she is starting to enjoy it. That's great! Cos I won't feel guilty for signing her up for the class!

Gloomy Mummy Me

Mummy Me was feeling lousy and just din want to speak to anyone! Yeah....that includes Little Arielle! Apparently she doesnt seems to know what is going on and kept pestering me a d talking to me. Wahh that really made me annoyed :(. And also gave me a chance to scream at her! Hmm I must say that her tolerance and preservance level is high and she kept coming back to talk to me even though I would ask her to go away I know it's bad of me. But sometimes, we do have bad hair days right? Hopefully it would go away soon!

Got the Denim Shorts :p

Found myself lucky to be able to get the identical denim shorts that was lost from Little Arielle's wardrobe. Was glad that I did not wait for XP to pick me up at Bedok Reservoir and decided to make my way to mama's house instead :)

Passed by Century Square and remembered that they had a Giordano Junior store. Quickly went in, saw it and bought it! The store assistant told me that that was the last piece for that size and yes, there's a discount. So it cost me $29.90 instead of $36. Hee....happy :)
*The Junior denim shorts - size 110* - Uploaded on 6 Aug 2011

Confirmation of Courses

Was happy that I managed to confirm 2 of Little Arielle's enrichment classes. One for her CMA and the other for the Little School of Big Dreamers.

We went for the trial class at CMA previously and was happy with Little Arielle's learning. Therefore, my mind was set to enroll her for the class. Mama preferred to have a Tuesday class instead of Wednesday but the school does not have anymore vacancy left for the Tuesday class. Have informed the staff that we would go for the Wednesday class first and will switch over once there is a vacancy.

So, we were supposed to go for our first lesson on 29 Jun but because that is also the day that we are going to fly to HongKong (midnight flight), Mama couldn't find time to bring her there. So in the end, we still did not go for the Wednesday class. Managed to call the school today (because they are closed on Monday) and was happy that they have vacancy for the Tuesday class! Yeah! Little Arielle will start her class officially next Tuesday :)

As for the class with Little School of Big Dreamers, I emailed them yesterday to check on the status of vacancy. Was glad to receive their email today informing me that there is vacancy for this Sunday's lesson. Hmm, everything is falling into place naturally. Next, will have to find time to check on her piano lesson. Apparently, the teacher did not call me to arrange for the class! Hmph!

New Luggage Bag!

Have considered for the longest time whether I should get a luggage bag for Little Arielle. Everytime when we travel, she wants to kpo and help us with our luggage. At times, she would also ask why she doesn't have one especially when she saw kids either of her same age or even younger carrying one. I missed the last round when one of my colleagues was collating the order. Actually, I wasn't really sure at that time whether to get it or not.

But as we went for more window shopping and I kept seeing the same luggage selling online, I decided to get one for her. Afterall, you are only a child once! If I have the means, I should probably buy things which will make her happy :p Somehow, I think it is also fated. I tried to get in touch with the seller which my colleague got the luggage from, apparently, the price wasn't that attractive at $89 and I had to self-collect. Then, I saw a shop in Forum selling it with 10% discount but needs to pay with HSBC card. Somehow, I missed that too :( But hee....I was lucky when I chanced upon a seller, selling at SMH @ $87 and offers free delivery for purchases $90 and above. And so, I added a saddle bag for her and that simple bag costed me $30!!

The items were delivered today and the person was kind enough to allow COD. Mama thought that the saddle bag was free! Faintz!

In any case, showed Little Arielle and she was super excited because she can pull the bag and sat on it too! Was happy that she loves it and kept asking me to take a pic of her and the luggage :p *The famous Trunki lugguage bag* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

*The saddle bag which Mama thought was a free bag!* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

*Interior of the bag* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

*Little Arielle and her luggage* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

*Happily riding on it :p* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

*Interior of the luggage* - Uploaded on 5 Jul 2011

Missing Clothes!

Even though Little Arielle has lots of clothes, Mummy Me can still remember what she has! Apparently, I can't find one of her denim shorts and 1 bumble bee tee. I wonder where they have gone to....

Shit lor! Gotta continue the search :(

Hacker!!

Around 1 - 2 weeks ago, Little Arielle managed to hack XP's iPhone, and was happily grinning away! Eversince, I have been cautious with my pw and guess what! She still managed to break the code today! Hmm left handed more brainy or she's good at peeping?

Good Service!

From Julia Gabriel! Allowed me to get 1 make up class!

Trial Class @ CMA

Had to drag myself out of my comfy bed at 7.30am cos Mummy Me has made an appointment for her to attend the trial class @ CMA today :)

Finally, was out of the house at 8.15am. Reached the school at about 8.30am and the teachers were already ready. Little Arielle was the first student and I went into the classroom with her. The teacher was friendly and she was patient with Little Arielle. I stayed in the classroom for about 5 minutes and left shortly when I saw that Little Arielle was kinda settled down :)

Had a hearty chat with the counsellor and was surprised that her son at 3.5 years old has already gone for 4 - 5 types of classes! Hmm....seems like Little Arielle is lagging behind such a fair bit! But start late is better than no start :p

I came back for Little Arielle 1.5hrs later and the teacher gladly showed me what has been taught during the class as well as her progress. Hmm....seems like she is doing very well just on her first lesson. Best of all, she said that she likes the class as well as the teacher! That's great! If so, most probably I will be signing her up for the class....

A Bigger Hole In My Pocket!

This time round, the spending is not on clothes. It's basically my investment for Little Arielle's future! Have signed her up for English and Mandarin classes and finally received confirmation that her seat is confirmed! Just her Mandarin class alone, it cost $800 for 2 terms! That's about $40 per lesson! These people really know how to make $$! I sure hope that Little Arielle will benefit from it. Now need to check on the cost for her English class liaoz! Sigh....where to get more $$ huh?

CMA - Mental Arithmetic

Popo has been pestering Mummy Me to enroll Little Arielle for abacus class so that it can train her brain and she would be able to do mental sums fast. Finally, I found out from my friend that her son is in such class and got her to recommend :)

Today, I found time to give a call and have arranged for a trial class for her this Sat. It cost $5 and the session is for 1.5hrs. Thought that it's a good deal for a trial class cos the actual cost is $28. Per term will be $280 for 10 lessons. If everything is okie, I will register her for it liaoz.

Hopefully she likes the class this Saturday :) And next up will be piano lessons for her :p and I also took the chance to send a reminder email to Julia Gabriels and Little School of Big Dreamers to check on the status of my application.

If all gets approved at the same time, wahhh I gonna spend big bucks on it liaoz!

Competiton Day 2011....

Mummy Me specially took leave today because Little Arielle is participating in the Little Miss Glamourous! She got into the finals last year and I was hoping that she can do it again this year cos she won't be able to participate next year as she would be out of the age range!

It was very rush for me even though I was on leave. Sigh....seems like I still have problem with time management! When I reached mama's house, it was already 4.45pm and competition is gonna start at 6pm. Mama quickly tied up her hair while I iron her dress. Spiltting of work helps and we were out of the house at 5.15pm. Decided to take a cab and heaven is on our side when we got a cab in less than 5 minutes.

Finally reached our destination at 5.30pm :) Got everything ready and we are just waiting for the competition to start.

*Little Arielle feeling very nervous* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Getting better after a while....* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Shot with XP* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011


*Shot with Supporter No. 1 - Gong Gong* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Shot with Supporter No. 2 - Po Po* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

Soon....it was time for her to be up on stage. Those contestants before her, some were very good while others were too shy and got off the stage in less than 1 min. Little Arielle became scared and wanted me to accompany her up on stage. Sigh....it's been so long and she is still afraid? Thought that her modelling has helped to build up her confidence? Seems like long way to go.... Anyway, managed to persuade her to go up alone....

*MC walking around with her* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Waving* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Her solo pose* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*Question time* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

She managed to answer all the question and sang a song. But from her voice, you can feel that she is not steady....

*That's all....getting off the stage* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

The results were out in a while and as expected, she din make it to the finals. Though I'm disappointed but nevermind, at least her consolation prize this round is so much better than what she got last year - catering voucher from Four Seasons (which we did not use after all).

*Her consolation prize* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

*The items that were wrapped* - Uploaded on 4 Jun 2011

Goodbye Spore!

Currently blogging on my iPhone at T1. Now rushing to go to our gate! Flight going off at 8.05am! Hurry hurry!!

Counting Down to Beijing Trip

Hee....in another few hours' time, we will be on the plane flying to Beijing! The initial intention of going there is to support WX for his Ironman compeition in Tianjin. But, just 1 - 2 weeks ago, he received notification that the competition is gonna be cancelled due to some unforeseen circumstances.

Oh well, in the end, it would be a leisure trip for the Tan and Heng family....

I think I have packed most of the items and hope that I did not leave anything out. Hopefully can sleep by 11pm cos we gonna wake up early tomorrow!

Ciaoz....

Little Penguine in Action!

Mummy Me again started my disappearing act so that Little Arielle can do much of the work by herself instead of depending on me.

Not bad leh....like the penguines that she drew! Saw this when I came back from my disappearance :p

As she wasn't feeling that well, I helped her a bit by colouring the black portion.

And the outline too....

And XP helping with the 'spraying' of snow on the pic....

*The completed penguine pic!* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

Gift from Pasir Ris Beach

See the red patches on Little Arielle's knees?

*The clumsy gal!* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

Yah....that's was she got from Pasir Ris beach....Fell down there lor! Everyone was accident free except her!

Faintz....luckily it din really bleed!

Nothing to Blog?

Hmm....this is one of the rare times that I have got nothing to talk about Little Arielle. That being the case, let this post be what Mummy Me wants to say to her:

Thanks for coming into my life and making it wonderful. Though there are times (many of it) that you made me mad, you are still my little darling :p

Baby Lewis's Shower

Wow....time flies! I remember the last time when we went to Astin's place, she just delivered Lucas. I can't believe that this second time that I visited her was to celebrate her second prince's baby shower!

Din have much chance to take pic of Baby Lewis cos I'm not sure if the parents would be pantang or not :p So in the end, I requested Astin to send me his pic instead. And as a memory, I just randomly took Little Arielle with the swimming pool background! Hahaha!

*One of her favourite teapot pose!* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

*Baby Lewis sleeping soundly!* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

In any case, just happy for her and hereby wish the whole family well and full of happiness!

Boring Monday....

XP fell sick and that means that we would be stuck at home on a pre-holiday night :( While others are having a probably nice meal or some fun outside, we are stoning around at home.

While we feel for XP cos he's suffering, somehow just can't help but feel xianz.

Hope that he would get well soon....

Today's Parents Portraits Contest

Hee....from the title, you must have guessed that I have signed up Little Arielle for some contest again! We made a trip specially to United Square Shopping Mall for the shoot and we participated in 2 contests: (1) Canon Cover Child -- for kids aged 0-6years and (2) OCBC Cover Mother and Child – for mums and children aged 2-6 years.

Of course I don't think my girl will win but it's just for the fun of it and can get back the pic :p

*Getting ready* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

*Demure pose* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

*Sweetie pose* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

*Does she look like me?* - Uploaded on 21 May 2011

She's In :p

Just received the email confirmation that Little Arielle is in the semi-finals for the Little Miss Glamourous! Hee....I knew she will definitely be selected. I'm confident that she would do better this year. But of course, no confident that she would be crowned Little Miss Glamourous.

But it's okie! It's the experience that matters :p

Counting down to competition day on 3rd Jun 2011!

The Never Changed Compasspoint

It's been a long time since we last stepped into Compasspoint. I guessed, that's at least 1 - 2 years ago! I still remembered that this used to be my 'usual spot' when we were staying in Punggol. Now that we have moved to East Coast area, we seldom visit there.

Decided to go and check out this mall and was surprised that nothing much has changed, especially their foodcourt, which is forever so crowded!! Other than that, most of the stores were still there except for a minor switch here and there.

Realised that there's actually nothing very interesting here and that made me think how come it used to be my hot spot the last time??

Anyway, was in Best Denki and Little Arielle grew excited when she saw the electric piano. Quickly made herself comfy and she started playing on it. Perhaps, it's really time for her to learn? I did enquire at the CC yesterday and they gave me a slip to contact the school because they mentioned that the teachers do conduct lessons at their venue but we need to make arrangement with the school directly. The fees was not x. $200+ for 11 lessons leh! Definitely cheaper than Yamaha! Hmm....will give them a call to find out more details :p

*Starting to play....* - Uploaded on 15 May 2011

*Future pianist?* - Uploaded on 15 May 2011

Improving Week by Week

This is the second time that I felt that my time, effort and money spent on Little Arielle's art lesson is worth every single cent. I went downstairs to settle the payment for her new school term and when I got back, she has done up most of the letters. I couldn't believe that she did it and asked if she was the one who drew it. Her teacher, Mr Goh, immediately told me that she did it on her own. He only helped to start the first letter! Woohoo~ Boy, am I proud of her! Can really see the vast improvement in her! Even mama was amazed that she could draw the people so well. Don't say her, I myself was surprised too :p

*I'm really loss of words! Just happy that Little Arielle has made such progress!* - Uploaded on 14 May 2011

*Helped her with the colouring cos there's too much to colour and time is running short* - Uploaded on 14 May 2011

*XP helped with the outline* - Uploaded on 14 May 2011

*And the paintworks done by both of them :)* - Uploaded on 14 May 2011

Phew!!

Went to pick Little Arielle from my mama house....prior to that, was really worried that she would get chickenpox! Cos our overseas trip is just 2 weeks away! If she got it now, she sure can recover in time. But the problem is, Mummy Me has yet to get it! If I got it after her, it would definitely affect the trip. And if I quarantine myself from her, I would feel very bad that mama has to help me to take care of her and me, as a mother, I would feel very bad that I cannot take care of my own sick child.

But when I saw my little darling, I knew that my worries are unfounded! She is definitely not having any chickenpox! Hmm....the vaccine that she took really help? Whatever the case, I pray hard that nothing goes wrong for the next 2 weeks!!

Easter Hop Out Pic 2011

Yeah....after got the disc and there goes my $200! But, after viewing the pic, I can tell you that it was worth every single cent :)

Have posted a few of my favourite ones here. Can check out the rest in my FB page ->
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150205732875513.326584.747300512

*Pic uploaded on 15 May 2011*

My little girl is such a sweetie :p Simply love her sweet smile and that never fails to melt our heart :p

Friday the 13th

It's always nothing good when I saw Little Arielle's school number flashing on my hp early in the morning. It was her form teacher, Ms Tan who called and asked if I know that Little Arielle had a spot on her nose.

Frankly speaking, I did not see any spot on her face at all last night and told her accordingly. Next, she suggested bringing Little Arielle to the doctor to get a confirmation that she's okie because recently, there was a spread of chickenpox in school.

Wahhh....I sweat man! Quickly called mama and she just brushed me off by asking me to tell Ms Tan that it was probably just a mozzie bite. Apparently, telling her that did not help lor. Ms Tan asked mama to either bring her home and if she's okie over the weekend, she can attend school on Mon. Otherwise, we gotta bring her to the doc.

Told XP and he said that to be sure, better to bring her to the doc. At the same time, I asked mama to get Little Arielle's medication for the upcoming China trip.

I anxiously waited for the diagnosis and was disappointed to know that the doc could not confirm if it was chickenpox! Wat biangz! Call yourself a doc and yet you can't tell. She only told mama to bring Little Arielle back tomorrow to check if things got worst overnight! This made me more xianz....

My Little Angel

Mummy Me was home early today cos it's teambuilding day for my division and we were able to go off earlier than usual.

Saw that Little Arielle was still asleep when I reached mama's house. Hmm....doesn't she look like an angel...when she's asleep :p

*Sweet little angel* - Uploaded on 14 May 2011

Remembering the Old Days!

Little Arielle had some school work which she needs my signature. As she made me angry earlier, I refused to sign it! First, she showed the pages for me to sign and when I ignored her, she went and took a pen with her, came back to me and asked me to sign again.

This scene brought back old memories where I would ask Daddy to sign my work for me. Time flies....it's actually my turn to sign for my girl! We have all aged....

*Requesting for autograph!* - Uploaded on 15 May 2011

Mother's Day Craftwork

Little surprise

So Angry!!

Had a bad feeling when my landyard is wet.

It's Just Her!

Little Arielle just love her hooded towel and she looks especially cute when she placed it over her head. Hahaha....simply looked like Little Pink Riding Hood :) My gal can be such a sweet darling at times :p

*Cute gal with her bear bear* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011