Gardens by the Bay-Tulip Mania @ Flower Dome

Tulip mania seemed to be an yearly event at Gardens by the bay..Kept deliberating wanna go or not as the ticket for our family cost $40..but the kids were more excited than us!

My favourite dress of Kaylen so far..she just look good in white!









Huge crowd as it was the public holidays

P3 Compo

Editted by teacher Mrs Tang.

This is Jared's 1st ever compo that got selected as model compo to be distributed to the class.

He is very strong in the good vocabs, but still weak to bring the content to climax..Then again, he did learnt a lot from TLL.  This compo he got 15/20. Good job Jared!

T2(C1)

“Hooray! We are going to the Sensory Park!” I exclaimed.

            After we reached the beautiful park, I ran to admire the orchids. The buzzing of bees and the smell of flowers relaxed me. The orchids were beautiful! However, I was not aware of the incident that would await me.

            Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a boy with a mischievous looking face. He cast furtive glances around. Then, he tugged at a unique and rare orchid. Sensing that something was amiss, I secretly watched him.

            To my horror, the boy plucked the orchid off its stem! He slipped it into his pocket and nonchalantly walked off. I was appalled by his behavior. I decided to inform the gardener who was watering the orchids nearby about the boy’s inappropriate act.

            The gardener marched up to the boy. He reprimanded him sternly and called his mother. They had to pay for the flower.  The boy looked at the floor remorsefully and vowed not to do that again. As I continued to admire the beautiful orchids, I was glad that the boy had learnt his lesson.

Good English books for P3

We used to be on Enid Blyton series, until the whole series that was available in TPY, Woodlands, Sembawang and Yishun library that suits Jared were already being read..So I'm so desperate of finding new authors for him...

These books were recommended by TLL: they made it into close passage and at the same time intro the books to the kids..So I got them borrowed from the library..

Jared's Grade 3 Violin: Distinction

He deserved the good result with constant hardwork from my nagging, daddy's perfect hearing guides!

So proud of my boy!

Even though he didn't do well in the recital, and the few days of practice just before exam...he managed to do well in the exam! .

This year many many Mandaville kids with very outstanding result..as opposed to Kaylen's music key school that all of them just pass and 2 failed...now its really each cents counts..Taking each grade at Mandaville cost 1k+, while at music key < $200..

Daddy just told, his reward will be a new violin...hehe..And the boy frown.. :)



Edited 19-Apr-2014
Got back the cert and comment from Examiner, much improved as compared to his Grade 2!

2 out of 3 songs were almost perfect score!

I believed this has got to do with his current level of playing at Grade 5 at the last 2 songs from book 3..and Teacher Joy somehow taught him to play on the right tempo...When we were with Prof for g2..he focused a little too much on the sound of each note, and ended the song doesn't really sound alike, and It was daddy's hardwork to listen to youtube to correct him on our own. As for teacher joy, she taught him to play with full of energy.

For the sight reading, there was also tremendous improvement from G2..Mandeville used the time in master class and ensemble to teach them a little here and there..

Hi tea @ House Dempsey..3rd visit

Almost like once in a year thingee to do..The price finally increased this round..at $30++..but with 10% disc...for ladies

We will certainly be back again..every year..








We arrived before 3pm..and there were already crowds waiting outside..so what most ppl did was taking pics..so do I...hehe


Beef burger, smoke duck with seaweed, smoked salmon with pancake, truffle mushroo, pizza, cupcake, maccarons, bitter choc dessert

Vietnamese spring roll, thai chicken, sotong pizza, mushroom cup




nacho with sausage..yummy.. lemon tart


Daddy with his ginger tea






The variety of sweet and salty selection is quite good..and most of all the display of the food is so beautiful..But we pai seh to take pics..hehe..Many many ppl take pics once the buffet started, so much so that you'll be pai seh to walk over hah.

My favourite of all the food is lemon tart..it just helped to flush off all other taste and leave you with a refreshing appetite.

The dreadful Violin Exam is finally over!

So I got a rewarding facial time, and after that kids get to unleash their energy at ECP...We had lots of fun even though it was raining on and off...

A present worth waiting

Today at 8 yr 4 mth Jared said he is going to buy this watch if he collect enough money in his teenager years or latest when he starts work...

I can't wait..

It is on the the back of a national geographic magazine which Mrs Sabrina from TLL loaned it to him

Expecting the Big Day..Violin Grade 3 exam

Tomorrow will be his Grade 3 exam..He didn't do well in the recital as he was too sleepy and nervous..

He cried right after playing knowing his mistakes..and when he got home immediately got to bed..and happily told Waipo the next day that daddy didn't even have a chance to scold him, as he already asleep. How notti at 9 yr..

My advice for him was, if he find this difficult and would rather give up so easily..in future he would be ready to give up anything..before he knew it, he would end up landing on job like washing the toilets, collecting rubbish..which are the most difficult job in the world.

We had really work hard to prepare the exam..all I wanted him to do is his usual performance, enjoy the process since its part of growing up..

all the best Jared!

Sunday cooking-All new dishes

Korean rice cake with chinese style of cooking (cos the chilli paste has expired, and rice cake also expiring)

Noodles with Taiwan's lu rou can which was bought last yr when we went on couple trip

Cornflake bake chicken





Cornflakes bake chicken Recipe
1 egg
salt
1 packet of MacD black pepper
strips of chicken breast
crushed cornflakes
milk 20-30ml
shredded cheddar cheese
Butter

1. Mix the egg with milk, add salt to taste
2. crushed cornflakes in plastic bag, add salt, 1 black pepper
3. dip chicken breast in the egg mixture
4. coat the chicken breast with the cornflakes mixture
5. Put more shredded cheese on the coated chicken breast, and drizzle a bit of butter on top
6. bake in preheated oven at 180C till golden brown about 30mins
7. Serve with nacho cheese dip

This is such a healthy and yummy snack that every family with young kids should do it. Its also a perfect finger food to serve during party..Another item on my list for party food.

Special day of many first for Kaylen @5yr 6 mth

1) Fashion show model

Bumped into this Barbie event at United square..Kaylen wanted to try out the fashion show event, so I bought a little Barbie wallet to take part.













2) Riding 2 wheel bike
And then in the evening we didn't let her follow koko for skating class, in exchange she insisted to ride bike..and all of the sudden she could ride the 2 wheel bike!

We had been trying to get her ride on the bike for sometime, but always ended up failing..till last Sun, she managed to make few turn..and today when she got on again...she could do it!!!

Next will be skating..





3) Abacus
So she passed her Grade 6 at 90/100, and Grade 5 80/90, Well done gal! (Jared's G6 at 70/100, G5 30/100)


4) Photoshoot model with GAP, 2 wks ago


2 weeks ago she also get to try out being a photoshoot model at GAP.
We missed the FOX model shoot last week..argh. Just so many happenings at United Square lately.