To the dentist

Rey went to his dentist just for a regular checkup. We call the dentist 'anpanman'面包超人...

... because most of the characters in the clinic is full of anpanman and friends characters.!

See the photos on the wall? The dentist likes to keep a visual record of his small little patients too.

It's Rey 2nd trip to the dentist.


got a free try at gacha-gacha.

The trip to the dentist is so fun for him as compared to mine when I was a child. Life's so unfair.

Lantern festival

It's full moon and we're having a lantern festival party!

Our fortnightly art & craft session

Summer is ending

Now the temperature is just right for an afternoon walk in the park.

I asked Rey to catch the butterflies but he found a dead cicada instead.

1 reason why I have been using the internet less frequently is because I think my eyesight is turning bad (from youtube dramas). So now I have blueberries supplements twice a day.

bread baking in school

mixing flour and yeast

heating in the sun for 10 minutes

Rey can't wait, he is eating butter already.

our ingredients

before they go into the oven

looks nice right?

lunch break

teachers explaining where food goes after been eaten, all about gullet, stomach, intestine...
and even how stool is formed. In Japan even the human waste looks so cute!

An interesting blog about Korean Mums

http://stuffkoreanmomslike.blogspot.com/

chit chat

I: Do you know where penguins live? (expecting "Antarctica" for an answer)
R: I know! Ice-burgers!
I: (laughing hysterically already) Ice burgs, lah! goondo sami!
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I: Cockroach! You wait here and watch where it goes, I'm getting the insecticide.
(came back confidently armed with the spray) where's it gone?
R: I'm not going to tell you where it is.
I found it anyway and begun the killing process. Rey started crying, screaming and pushing me away from the pest. Mission accomplished and it took me sometime before I realised what all the cries have been about. I had cruelly killed his potential pet. I was the target of his hatred for the whole night.
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I: see, I have become old everytime you do naughty things.
R: ... then you should try not to be angry whenever I disturb you right?
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R: Mum ,it's bad to kill animals right?
I: yah, but if we don't eat meat, what shall we eat then?
R: Maybe just french fries all day long.
I: 你想得美!
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R: (complaining to Nana over the phone) Mama caned me until she almost cut me into half!

Japan Prime Minister

I have never been too interested in politics but if you live in Japan, you can get the chance to witness some political dramas. Well, the latest news is that the only 1 -year old PM Fukuda has call it quits. He has been only slightly better than the previous PM Abe. Mr. Abe has quitted months after his appointment due to health problems. Cannot blame, health is more important. Mr. Fukuda's reason? To say badly, he is descending to let someone more capable, younger and charismatic than him to clear up the sh*t accumulated by the previous govt. Obviously, he has finally figured out that 享老 weighs far better than spending days debating with the opposition party. I have initially wondered why people would choose a 72 year old man to be their PM in the 1st place. So, the next baton might be passed to Mr. Aso? We shall see if he is capable enough to solve problems of loss of pension records, misusing of funds and the dwindling economy. But please, the next one don't anyhow say "I quit". The Japanese yen is low enough.

btw, if we see from 1960, the turnover rate for Japan's PM is 7 times as high as Singapore's. Better not study Japan politics, you'd have trouble remember all the names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Japan

Time to update

Lots of things to do recently. Just put up the last few photos taken in Singapore before we came back to the land of the rising sun.


I like this view. Nana is practicing her water ballet.

Rey daydreaming as always. You know, he is actually thinking hard about something. Sometimes he throws you questions like "Why are freezers cold?", "How does water come out from taps?" or "How do bus tickets come out from the box?" after his daydreaming sessions. You have to frantically retrieve the remains of what you've learnt during the secondary school science lessons that were thrown into the brain's thrash bin decades ago.

This volcano experiment could have been an instant success. For every try, we had watched in anticipation after adding the right ingredients and getting the camera ready to record the eruption moment, ... but something went wrong somehow. The lava simply rose high enough for you to say, "It's erupting!" before its cowardly retreat into the crater. We have to rewash, re-add the baking soda and vinegar for umpteen times, before the moment finally came.
the end result, a volcano that looks like it is puking instead (cuz we added black vinegar at the end, why huh?)

The kids enjoyed it anyway while I'm already 'sian' liao after the 1st try.


killing monsters


you do this with potato chips too right?

Ahh, all the fun time in Singapore just gone in a flash.

Sometimes, I wish I have twins. He is so fun to be with.

It's a SILVER

Congratulation! Looks like most of the people around me are really satisfied with the silver medal. I'm more greedy. I had willed the Singapore team to throw the China team off-balance, or at least erase the 'smirk' from the faces of the China opponents. I had wanted sooo much for everyone to listen to our 'Marikita' (Majulah Singapura).

gold or silver?

Singapore finally gets her wish for an Olympic medal! SO will it be gold or silver? Since the opponent is from China (too)...I think the result is quite predictable. But for the reward of 1.5 million dollars, die die must WIN gold, then retire and shake leg for the rest of the life! Singapore team, for the sake of money, no, for SINGAPORE and your faithful supporters, please 加油！为新加坡争光！

Dim Sum

fascinated by the effect of dry-ice.

still looking... quick I want to eat the mango pudding!


Dim Sum, one of the meals I promised myself before returning to Japan. Will have another round of it, definitely.

ND celebration in the park

dragon dance
riding on the Viking


late night supper with everyone

Happy Birthday Singapore!

his trademark silly look

Happy Birthday Singapore!
Rey came home shouting the Singapore cheers he learnt from school, "S-IN-GAPORE! Go.....SINGAPORE!" hmm... 1st step to patriotism for children here, and a good way to learn spelling too. AT least now he knows how to spell a word that is longer than 'elephant'.

Beijing Olympics

As we speculate on who will be the one to light up the Olympic cauldron tonight, Misa told me Nana has held the Olympic torch in Macau earlier in May. That was when the Macau Olympic torch relay was held and Nana was there at the same time for her synchronize swimming competition. Cool! They had farewell lunch together with one of the torch bearers and got the chance to hold it. Misa's comment on holding it was " the material quality is good!" and Nana's was like "nothing special". sigh, Lucky ones...

Went for an evening dip in the pool.