She has a boyfriend!!!

This post is long overdue... should have blog about this long time ago....

My little princess has a "boyfriend" hahaha... tats what she is telling everybody.... According to her teacher, they do everything together...play,learn,eat, sleep they are partners in everything they do....

Recently when told she will be changing school soon, her first question was "Is Eugene coming with me?"....haha... I said No, he is not changing with you..... Then she said she is not changing too because Eugene cannot do without her!!!! Faintz......

New School

I can still remember when we withdraw Evan from MMI, we were sad.... Cos we did it not bcos we are unhappy with the school, in fact Evan enjoyed school... We decided to do it cos we wan him to attend a sch which is near our home so that he can be on half day and spend more time with Mummy.... We did not enrol him in a proper kindergarten cos we can't be very sure that Mummy can be a sahm for 2 years.... How wrong was our decision !!!

The childcare that he is going is having problems, teachers have been changing and changing since Jan... It is his 6th English teacher and 3rd Chinese teacher in less than 4 months, lots of children withdraw from the school.... We made a difficult decision, to pull him out NOW in the middle of his K2!!

We enrolled him in St Hilda's Kindergarten starting tis week. We even forfeit 1 month fees at the childcare cos we dun wan to drag it till the 3rd term.... He was half happy to leave the childcare cos the constant change of teachers is affecting him too but he was half sad cos he din wan to leave his friends....It is not easy for him to change school now....

Yest was his 1st day in school..... when he came home, he was telling me about the things that he have done and learnt in school.... he said his new friends are very nice to him and he like the place!!! Today he did his homework the moment he woke up and he asked me to send him to school earlier cos he wan to read books together with his friends!! Mummy is happy and relieved....

Me time

Mummy finally bought a notebook!!!

Sitting here surfing net and blogging while Evan is having his phonics class and Claudia sleeping at home with Daddy is a wonderful thing!!!

Enjoying the breeze.... enjoying the silence.... enjoying my free Me time..... If I can do this more often then most probably I will be blogging more often too... hahaha....

Wat do I love?

I used to tink I will enjoy working life better... having freedom, annual leave, mc, bonus, job satisfaction working up the coporate ladder blah blah blah

For the past 4 months, I have been working like crazy, day or night, weekday or weekend..... My clock has been turn upside down inside out.... Sad to say, I have to admit that I cannot juggle work, housework, 2 active kids and my own life... everything seems to be in a mess... I was so upset with myself cos I tink I just can't do anything right!!! People keep telling me I am pushing myself too hard.... I guess so....

After Korea trip, I realise this is not right.....  I need to re-organise my life a bit.... cos during tat 7 days, kids had our undivided attention and shows how much they need us.... My kids esp Evan is feeling the stress and difference of not having Mummy with him, not having family time together.... Tat day he asked me "Mummy can we have some time to play together LIKE a family?" I was taken aback and I felt so sad... To have family time is a priority and their right but yet he have to request for it.... why are they being deprived of it? At tat moment I hated myself !!!

I realised its been months since we went swimming, beach, cycling, shopping..... LIKE a family!!! Either we were too tired or schedule just dun allow us to do it together... Daddy and I decided that we just have to get more people to work and resume our NORMAL life!!! There is no repeat of my children childhood.... 

Then I realised actually deep in my heart, I still prefer to work as a nanny, cleaner, chef, teacher, story teller, be with my kids through their growing years....  be more patient and spend more time with them, tats wat I wan to do now... cos when Mummy's time is limited, sleep is deprived and work undone, her fuse just get shorter and shorter.... and who will suffer???

Korea Day 2 Part 2

1st stop was ODAESUN NATIONAL PARK and WOLJEONG-SA TEMPLE

Had a walk in the park taking in lots of fresh air....

Guess wat is Evan doing? He is not playing with stones, tour guide says there is a belief that if you make a wish and stack up the stones. If you can stack up at least 3, your wish will come true... See how serious he is.. Guess wat is his wish? "To be a very good boy!!!!"

So what is Evan busy with again? You can do a good deed by donating a roof tile for the temple, you can write your wishes on it.... After Ye² is done with it, Evan insisted he need to write something too... We were so afraid his handwriting will destroy the whole thing.... hahaha... but see how serious he is again, slowly adding on his name at the corner.....

The final product... nice and proper handwriting hor.... haha... This boy was a very attentive tourist, he listened to the tour guide's explanation and remembered them till now.... If he can be so attentive in school too, that will be great!!!

I am glad that we had a guide and assistant who has been very helpful, they will help to look after and entertain my kids while we were busy.....

Next stop - ATV RIDE!!!

The thing that Evan has been looking forward to but he was disappointed when he realised he had to share a bike with Daddy.... My dear you are too young to control it, it has a real engine!!!

It was my 1st try!! I was nervous and my pillion driver is more nervous than me!!! haha... she was telling me "Mummy dun go so fast" When I gained confidence in controlling the ATV, she gained confidence in me too!! She told me " Mummy go faster"

Korea Day 2 Part 1

I am going to take ages to post about my Korea trip.... hahaha

When we returned to our accomodation ( Club Di-Art) on the 1st night, it was already late in the night. We din really see the environment of the accomodation. Was so glad to see our bed after a super long and tiring day.... It is not a hotel, it is more like a resort. Small room but well equipped with a small kitchen and a big balcony... but too bad we only spent our sleeping time there, no chance to explore round the place.

We woke up to our surprise!! It has very nice scenery, surrounded by nature, fantastic air and snow everywhere. Evan was super excited, woke up before our morning call... Draw the curtains and shouted!!! He was capitvated by the surroundings, quickly put on Daddy's shoes (I tink cos that is the easiest and fastest) and ran out to the balcony..... his expression was priceless!!!

After our breakfast (rice with soup early in the morning), we are off to another busy day exploring Korea!!!

Korea Day 1 Part 2

Korea Day 1 Part 1

EVERLAND!!!!

The kids were the happiest!!!! It is an enormous outdoor theme park which is owned by the boss of Samsung, our tour guide said it was actually built for his grandchildren!!! that goes to show how rich he is and how fortunate his grandchildren are..

They have a Safari in there and it was awesome!!! You can never see the wild animals in Singapore at such close proximity, the animals were just next to the bus that we were sitting in.. the bears will perform stunts like clapping and standing right in front of you..... There are bears, lions, tiger and Ligers....

Evan went for pony ride, Claudia went for camel and pony rides....

The turnips were beautiful and we can see it everywhere in the park....

Birds feeding.... Claudia was brave!! Evan withdraw his palm when the birds come, he said its too ticklish... hahaha....

Then its kiddy rides after kiddy rides.... It was super tiring to walk from one point to another and we almost lost our way in this huge theme park.....

Evan made Daddy so mad.... There were snow everywhere and we already told him umpteem times not to step on the snow or ice... He did it again and again till his shoes and pants were all wet.... When we were leaving, he was shivering with cold and his fever came back but he dared not tell us about it....Aiyo I really panic when we board the coach when his feet is cold like ice and his body was hot!!!  luckily I had all the medication with me, inserted a bullet for him quietly while he was sleeping and thank goodness he was fine after tat....

Next stop was shopping at branded factory outlet, where got mood to shop?!??!?! Quickly bought him a new pair of shoes and it was an expensive but not branded one lor....

Departure to Korea!!!

See how excited they are, dragging their own luggage....

We took a 11pm night flight so expected the kids to sleep in the plane... Yes of cos they did.... both slept on my lap so I din get a good sleep :(

But not for long for Claudia... She woke up after a 2 hours sleep and decided that was enough!!! It was only 2am in the morning and she was full of energy!! Poor Daddy had to sacrifice his sleep to entertain her throughout the flight.... while Mummy and Evan continue our beauty sleep.... :)

But Mummy just had a bad feeling that Evan is not feeling well as he fell alseep before the plane take off.... True enough he vomitted when he woke up with a slight fever... I was so worried that he couldn't take it when we arrived at the cold cold Korea.... Luckily he was much better after medicine and another short nap....

An Yong Ha Sei Yo !!!!

It is greetings in Korean language!!!

Yes yes I am late for my updates. Stop chasing me please... My pc decided to tekan me after leaving it idle for a week... Just got it repaired... There are hundreds of photos taken in Korea, please give me some time to sort them out... Kam sa ha mi da (Thank you)

It was a wonderful trip!!!! The weather was best!!! It was very cold and we just love it.... It was supposed to be end winter/early spring but it was only 2-4 degrees and it was even snowing!!!! Throughout the trip Claudia was always complaining of coldness... yes her clothes are not thick enough but we tink half of the time she was trying to gain sympathy from us so that we will carry her....

The only bad part is we din have enough time for shopping cos it was a package tour... but super Mummy still managed to come back with lots of things... hahaha....

Before I go, people keep telling me the meals there is not good esp for kids, even cup noodles are all spicy..... made me panic and brought along tons of cup noodles, biscuits and packet milk, as if we are going for 1 week war!!! Oh this is so untrue!!! Korean food is fantastic, my kids have no prob at all....  They have 24 hours store which sell all kinds of tibtits and food..... and I came back with half of my supplies... haiz... waste my luggage space.... heehee