Beijing Olympic 2008

8 August 2008 (8-8-08) is marked as an auspicious day for the Chinese as the number 8 symbolises prosperity and wealth. I think that is the main reason why China choose to have the Olympic opening on this remarkable date. Daddy and Mummy are truly amazed by the opening ceremony which was directed by the renowned director, Zhang Yimou. The performance is just as good and grand as those found in his movies.

The union between men...

On the night of August 8, 2008, the sound of heavy footsteps thundered across the "Bird's Nest" as colossal burning "footprints" marched in the sky along Beijing's central axis all the way through the Olympic Green to the National Stadium. As the last "footprint" lit up the sky above the National Stadium, spectators all over the world began a virtual tour of Chinese culture.

Dinner with 'A' Family

We have a dinner date with our neighbour - Aunty Ally, Uncle Andrew and Aaron didi for dinner tonight. Before dinner, we went to Royal Sporting House to get a pair of soccer socks for Daddy. Daddy wanted to get a pair of Adidas predator but to no avail so a trip to Queensway shopping centre is nearing. Kelly had so much fun running around the shop and playing with the soccer balls.

Kelly with the small and big soccer ball...

We proceeded to Swensen to meet up with the 'A' family. Aaron is now 7 months old and he has grown so much since the last time we saw him.

Aunty Ally, Aaron, Kelly and Mummy...

Nice picture!

Right Brain - Term 1 Lesson 3

Kelly has a new classmate today, Resha. There were 4 children altogether for today's class. Mummy finds that it is too crowded for 9 persons to be in 1 small room and especially when a kid is distracting, all others will be affected.

Kelly was not in her good old self today, she was grouchy and throwing tantrum except during the songs session. She will stopped and danced to the music but once over, she wondered around the classroom again.

I think her blocked nose is making her very uncomfortable, just hope she will be better at the next class.

Kelly, Jordan, Resha and Sean...

Kelly catching the butterfly...

Kelly matching the pictures...

On the way home, with her super 'bo chap' attitude!

Traumatise Night - First Hospital Visit

Daddy came back from his course at 5pm and was carrying Kelly around the house when suddenly he rushed out and showed Mummy the pool of blood coming out of Kelly's right nostril. We were shocked by the amount of blood that dripped on Kelly's shirt, arm and thigh and even on Daddy's shirt. Our immediate action was to put her on the bed to stop the bleeding and to clean away the blood with mucus. Daddy went down to the GP but it was already closed and since the bleeding stopped, we decided to bring Kelly for checkup tomorrow morning and continued with the usual stuffs.


While Daddy was watching his Liverpool match in the night, Kelly kept waking up crying and demand being carried to stop the crying. Once we put her down, she will start crying again. After a few rounds of struggle, we saw a bit of blood coming out of her right nostril again and this time we knew we need to send her to hospital. We rushed out to TMC but only to know that their 24hr clinic is only a GP operating and was directed to KKH where the doctors specialised in children cases. The wait was 2hrs but doctor Benny do not have any conclusion and scheduled Kelly for a follow up in 1 week time. We pray that Kelly is well and nothing serious will befall her.

Kallang McDonald and Downtown East

We dropped Daddy at Kallang sea sports club for his kayaking course and we proceeded to Kallng McDonald to meet up with Aunty Serene, Uncle Bernard and Shernise for breakfast. The last time we saw Shernise was during her birthday and she has changed so much. We love her blonde wavy hair, she looks like a Barbie doll with her big round eyes.

After breakfast, we drove to Downtown East to explore the place after the major renovation. The place is indeed impressive with a Cadbury Ferris wheel, Cinema, Bowling alley, eXplorerkid and lots of eating outlets.

We stopped by at Streets Cafe for afternoon tea. The wanton noodle and chicken baked rice that we ordered was delicious. Kelly enjoyed my Ice Lime Soda too!

MMR jab

Kelly had her MMR jab today. Before the jab, Doctor Yvonne accessed Kelly on her mobile and hearing skill, everything is well and good.

The great discovery is that Kelly might be a left hander. She has been using her left hand to pick up things, wave goodbye, hold a pen, etc. The conclusion is that she might be a very artistic person as she uses more of her right brain.

At 14mths, Kelly is able to dance and sing. Although she can't articulate each and every word but her humming is very obvious and sometimes we can know the song she is trying to sing. We love her dancing and singing absolutely, she can shake her hands, her body, her butt and stamp her feet!

Gallop Stable @ Pasir Ris

Morning, Mummy went down to pack Fried Carrot Cake for breakfast. To let Kelly have a choice, Mummy packed the white and black one, both with chilli, yum yum.

Black and White carrot cake with a cup of water...

Kelly likes drinking from her Baby Toon cup...

After Daddy came home from his weekly soccer game. We proceed to Gallop Stable at Pasir Ris Park. Gallop Stable actually reminded Mummy of Uncle Senneth's horse riding resort located at Legend Golf and Resort where Daddy and Mummy had one of our outdoor wedding shots at the stable.

The place is packed with adults and children riding horses, feeding the ponies and skating. Kelly was thrilled when she saw the horses and ponies from a distance but as we were approaching, she became scare. I think because the horses do not look like the pink unicorn that she has at home.

Skeptical and careful...

We took a walk to Pasir Ris beach which is quite a distance from Gallop Stable. Kelly had lots of fun running around on the grass patch and all she does is sing, dance and say 'Wow, wow, wow.' When we were about to leave, Kelly waved Goodbye to the horses and ponies.

Talking and Singing

Kelly enjoys talking and singing in the car, it is always a pleasure enjoying her singing but when the singing continued for 10mins, it can get a bit deafening!

Right Brain - Term 1 Lesson 2

Kelly is 15months old today!! Kelly, Sean and Jordon attended today's class. At 2nd lesson, Kelly was able to bid the toys goodbye and passed back to Teacher without much resistance. As usual, we sang the Japanese animal songs, alphabets song and 4 little ducks. For numbering game, we had finger puppets to do counting. Kelly had so much fun matching the colourful octopus to their correct house. We did shapes sorting too, Kelly is able to recognise squares but not circle and triangle.

Kelly and Teacher Yan Peng...

Kelly sharing toys with Jordan...

Kelly sorting out the shapes!

Baby Lecia's full month

We attended Aunty Stephie's second child, Baby Lecia's full month today. We met Aunty Jeanelle + Faith, Aunty Ginette + Maishia and Aunty Cynthia + Cherelle, all the Daddy are present too. Asher sure looked like a big Gorgor now.

Baby Lecia sleeping and awake...

Kelly busy climbing up and down the stairs...

Naughty Kelly!