CNY 2017 Day 8

Again forgot to take pics of the food I prepared!..I was quite amazing to do it all by myself..cos daddy had to bring kids for lesson

1) Fried noodle
2) Fry korean rice cake
3) Mushroom with rice wine
4) Vegetable curry
5) Mix vegetable brocolli/cauliflower etc
6) Hey Chor (bought and heat up in wok)
7) Chinese dumplings (bought)
8) Cheese sausage

and Mary brought many more finger food which was wipe clean...so I must remember this lesson learnt, do more on finger food..haha


I got surprise when was told   kid no longer play monopoly..but they played for short time only finally

CNY 2017 Day 2

Matching outfit again!







River angpau...and this time we had to park at Raffles city shopping centre and walk back.

CNY 2017-Day 1

Day 1-All Green


Lovely dress from Cousin Kiau for Kaylen




Took a few quick pics before our 2nd group visitor's arrival




2nd group of visiting on Day 1 CNY

Reunion Dinner 2017

New School Year of 2017

Jared started his P6 on 3rd Jan




He is such a big boy now...my new handbag, birthday pressie from daddy..Hopefully he could be as tall as me by the end of this year.


Kaylen started her P3 on 4th Jan.
We are now sending both kids to school as Kaylen's school bus comes at 6.05am, which was way too early.

Now They only have to wake up at 6am, we leave house around 6.25 to 6.30am...and Kaylen will walk home with the grandma..about 15 to 20mins walk from the new campus.





p/s I wanted this pic for 3yrs already..both of them taking together in their primary school uniform!

The last I managed to do it was Kaylen's P1 prize & Jared's 10th birthday  with Jared giving faces!

​Kaylen has always had problem to sleep earlier...so studying in the morning shift has been hard. And for the past 3yrs sleeping in the same bedroom as koko, she could never hear his alarm clock..now she had to get use to waking up with alarm.

But her 1st day of school was made brighter, as the school new principal Mr Lee Ming Wei open her car door to let her out...she felt she just attended Star Awards! hah​

​For Jared, he also preferred to be in school as he felt that the teacher torture him less than I do..​

NZ2016: Day16 CHC, Sydney, SG 10 Dec 2016

Woke up at 3am, and returned the car..





At CHC airport...I felt really sad..cos not becos the holiday is ending soon..it was only after 18yrs then I was able to step back into NZ...I felt after this I may not have chance to come back NZ anymore cos there is simply to many places I have never been and need to go...But NZ will forever have its place in us...

At Sydney airport..where we spent 8 torturous hour waiting for our connecting flight..arrived at 8am left at 4pm...faint..






Love this stuff at the airport..lost our Ipad cable when we moved out from the first accomodation The Barn..so this came really helpful



Felt so good to be able to finally board our British Airways plane back to SG

NZ2016: Day15 Christchurch 9 Dec 2016

Another cloudy day..sumner beach..

Daddy brought me here 18yrs ago too..it was where I got myself really tanned..We enjoy sitting by the beach with sunlight and yet feeling cool...

But this time round..I could not enjoy myself there..it was way too cold.. Luckily the kids already got used to this type of weather..so they enjoyed themselves so much there..







Lytletton..nothing much here


Back at CHC city..finding carpark with reasonable fee is tough..in the end, we park few blocks away..and paid NZD5 for full day..


Very famous and longest queue Greek food souvlaki..



Restart mall

The famous Cathedral..no work was being done yet..many part of the city was like abandon still









Cardboard Cathedral




185 white chair-those these places were all in the city..it does take a lot of walking to reach them..especially hard when the wind were strong..  But being in a city, definitely not as nice as outskirt..we started to miss those beautiful scenary...and free parking everywhere..




More on the empty city



Early dinner at Denny's...while the grands were sent to Christchurch Casino..

NZ2016: Day14 Christchurch 8 Dec 2016

The red stone caught Jared's attention


I always felt Jared small size..but now standing beside the grandma..he looked so big




Craving for carrot cake..but mine officially better!
















I just like this pic so much..Jared's laugh was so natural..


























Back at where it all began...University of Canterbury..the placed where daddy spent 4years..He was at Wellington doing high school before coming to Christchurch




We spent quite a bit of time shopping at Riccarton mall...and then went to Yummy house for dinner..This was also Daddy's frequent restaurant during his student time








This venison were so so good.. Dinner here cost about NZD70 with 2 small bowl of soup

Supper at Denny's ..my 1st ever restaurant in NZ..










CHC accomodation..the town house I booked was down, so they contacted us to send us to this Airport Birches ..turned out to be the worst motel of all..cos it wasn't chosen by me..haiz..




Hated this funny see thru bath area from the bed