4 Day 3Nights Club Med Bintan, 13 – 16 March 2010

1-2-3 here we go again….yes, it’s 1st time for Adrian, 2nd time for Anders & me & it was 3rd time for Anthea…haha.

As usual on day of coming home, both the children were “complaining” the stay was too short and they wanted more days. Ok..Point noted and will try to arrange a longer trip next round.

Once again, this place had proved itself to be a World of Happiness, there were no agendas to follow, and it was simply relaxing following the Sun, Sand & Sea.

Day 1: Saturday, 13 March

Singapore → Bintan (TMFT )Dep: 1400 / Arr 1345

For our outbound trip, due to some mistake done by the Ferry operator, 4 of us were upgraded to the Emerald Class cabin. It was like business class on airline..hehe.

We were given priority boarding and do not need to follow the crowd who were queuing. Then on board, we were seated on the upper deck. The seats were able to be inclined. When the ferry started, drinks were served on board for the Emerald class. It was a very good experienced for the family. Especially the children – they simply enjoyed ordering their drinks.

Upon arrival at Bintan, we went to the Club Med counter to do our check in. the reception gave us our rooms keys and towels cards.

Then we were transferred to the Club Med. A little incident happened – as we disembarked from the bus to the resort, Anders missed a step and felt back on his back. He had a slight cut on behind his head and bruises on his back.

The resort doctor immediately brought us to the clinic and attended to his injuries. She cleaned his wound and applied some antiseptic. Then the GO came in and asked if we were ok, then she escorted us to our rooms.

We had 2 adjoining rooms for the stay – one room with a King Sized Bed and the other with a double twin bed. It was a surprised to me as I was only expecting one room.

After checking in and making sure Anders was ok, we went for a tea-break at one of the snack bar.

Then we went back to take a short rest before starting our holiday.

In the evening, I brought the children to the pool for a swim and we met their good friend – Peter. He was a mini club teacher when we were in club med in 2008. Now he is a life guard. We had a nice time at the pool and Adrian went for his gym routine.

Then we went back to change and got ready for dinner. It was buffets for breakfast / lunch & dinner. So the children went around freely getting their own food. Not forgetting their favorite drink bar too. There was free flow of juices & soft drinks.

After a sumptuous dinner, we went to the poolside to watch the entertainment program. It was a very nice aerobatic performance by the GO’s. Then after the show, there were games stall by the poolside and we had a fun time trying out the different games.

Then around 12pm, we went back to our room and call it a night.

Day 2: Sunday, 14 March

We woke up to a sunny & beautiful morning. After a good breakfast, we went around to check out the activities. We had wanted to try Archery but the Q was quite long. So we decided not to wait. I went to do the aqua aerobic while Adrian brought the children to the beachside for some water fun.

The aqua-aerobic session was very enjoyable and following it was a water polo game among the participants. It was a really fun session and I truly enjoyed the sun and got tanned right after…haha.

As usual we had our lunch and managed to watch a special Hollywood show by the poolside. It was a comedy and we had a good laugh.

Then we took our afternoon rest before going for our evening activities. Anthea & Anders played a game of badminton with Adrian and I went to the gym to do some workout.

We had dinner after we went back to shower & change. We went to the theatre after dinner to watch the night entertainment. It was a standup kind of comedy and it was very hilarious. Anders was laughing non-stop throughout the show. Usually before the night show starts, there will be children game for the kid’s club children and Anthea enjoyed watching the games. Anders even had the chance to go onstage to join in one of the game.

Once again after the show, we were all led to the main bar for the crazy signs dance and we had so much fun doing the dance. Then there was another round of movie mania performed by the GO’s.

While watching the show, Anthea & Anders ordered their own drinks from the kids section of the bar. They really know their way around & enjoying the special privileges.

We went back to our rooms around 12 midnight again…haha.

Day 3: Monday, 15 March

I woke up early in the morning around 6.30am. I wanted to book the Terrace restaurant for dinner. This restaurant served grilled food and they only allowed reservation guests.

Since it’s school holiday and with so many Singaporean around, I need to be a bit KS and true enough, when I went to make the booking, we were already the last few to be seated for the 1st dinner seating.

Since I was early I had my breakfast and went for the morning power walk. It was a good walk around the outside of the club.

After the power walk, I met up with the children & Adrian at breakfast table. They were enjoying their breakfast. I had some bite before going for my aerobic sessions at the gym. The 2 hours session was very strenuous but was very energizing for me. It has been a long time since I do classes.

We met up by the pool and the children were having a good time too and they got so tanned.

In the evening, we went to the beach again and they managed to kayak for a while. Then we had water play by the beach and the pool.

Dinner was at the Terrace and we had a good meal of grilled sotong, crabs, salmon, lobsters with special sauce and many more food.

After the dinner, we went back to the bar for a drink before going for the show again.

Yes, we ended in bed around midnight again…: P

Day 4: Tuesday, 16 March

Bintan → Singapore

Simply rest & relax till our departure at 1400. Arrived Singapore 5pm.

It was our home sweet home day, although we were all a bit sad to go home but I know we will be back for more again, one day.

It has been another memorable and enjoyable family vacation.

My Special DAY!

On Saturday morning when I switched on my mobile, I received chains of birthday greetings from friends & family. Yes, it was my 39th year old birthday and I told myself – it’s my day & I would take the opportunity to enjoy the day.

In the morning, I treated myself to a massage session at the Asmara Spa. The 2 hours session was very therapeutic and after the massage, I was treated to a complimentary piece of cheese cake by the spa as they knew it was my actual day.

This was the best cheesecake I had – simply because I was enjoying it in a very surreal environment with totally no disturbance. It was just ME in my own world of enjoyment. : )

Then in the evening, dinner was at Café 2000 in M Hotel with the extended families. It was a semi buffet and the spread was sumptuous too.

I had a very enjoyable dinner, sitting & chatting with the families. The café also had a piece of complimentary cake for birthday person, so I was treated to another piece of birthday cake.

Of course, we had our own birthday cake for the families. Since it would be my last chance to see 3 BIG Candles on my birthday cake, I told them to light up all the candles. Yes, the next one onward will have 4 BIG Candles..hehe.

The children were delighted to see so many candles and everyone was waiting for the chance blow the candles. Immediately after the song, all of them blew the candles off.

We had some cakes with the coffee/tea served. Then we finally left the cafe around 10pm.

On Sunday, we were treated to a nice family dim sum lunch with my parents & brother. We had Peking Duck, Steam Soon Hock, Special doufu & fried noodles with a few dim sum dishes at 大东酒楼。This is a long timed& very established restaurant and their food are really good too.

After lunch we walked around Chinatown area and wanted to try the traditional desserts but the place was too crowded to we try other place instead.

Then after dessert, we went to shop around the market place and I managed to buy pyjamas for the children.

Overall this had been a very memorable weekends for me. I hope that I will have a blessed year ahead and most importantly – age gracefully…: ).

I’m Loving it…

Nope, I am not advertising for Macdees and hope they would not sue me for infringement…hehe.

Yes, this is my exact feeling for the month of February 2010 and I hope this feeling will continue as I progress.

February has been an amazingly great month for me. Besides welcoming the Tiger Year in happiness & joyous mood. It was also the 1st month of my new job/new role.

I had started my journey as a work-from-home mom and I am really enjoying this new privileges.

First and foremost – no more morning rush hours. Secondly, I had included a morning jogs into my new routine. Thirdly – I have ample time to prepare or buy lunches for Anthea & myself. Last but not least – household chores are all within my area & control.

I had been through a few training sessions with my oversea colleagues on new area such as co-ordination of Virtual Meetings and also virtual demonstrations for our members.

It has been a wonderful learning curve and as I progress into in the new role, I am hoping I can build a career out of it. I knew a few of my other colleagues started just like what I am doing now. As their children grew up, their profile changed and they are still enjoying the job.

As for the part on being lonely since I am all by myself at work. Honestly, I don’t feel lonely at all. I have friends who are communicating with me via msn/yahoo. Also face book friends who are giving me all the encouragement. I am grateful to all the companionship from all my wonderful friends/families.

Now I am looking forward to another wonderful month of celebrations in March and continue the Loving feelings...: )

Lion Dance

Last Friday, Anders childcare celebrated Chinese New Year and had a mini Lion Dance performance.

As we managed to borrow a Lion head, Anders had the honored to Head the lion while his classmate tailed him.

Before the celebration, the teachers had made them practiced the dance steps. Being the eldest in the childcare, the K2 children had to perform for the toddles/nursery group and also the K1 class.

In the morning at 9.30am, I went by to the centre. As there were existing HFM cases, so parents were not allowed to go into the centre, we were allowed Window View..haha.

The 1st performance was for the toddles / nursery classes and the small children were all very excited to see the K2 children performed. It was a fantastic performance.

The 2nd lion dance was for the K1 children and one pair of the K1 joined in the K2 for the Lion Dance and they did equally well for this performance.

After the Lion Dance, they sang all the Chinese New Year songs and the atmosphere was simply joy & happiness.

Now Anthea & Anders are hoping to perform for the families before the Tiger Year roar away this weekends...

欢庆虎年

除夕： Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Our reunions started with lunch at my parents place. As usual, food was abundance with dishes like: 鲍鱼 ，烧鸭/烧肉，鸡，虾，蔬菜和汤。 We also bought in a pack of 鱼生 for Lo Hei.

Lunch was very sumptuous and we had an enjoyable time with the food and companionship. Both Anthea & Anders enjoyed the jelly and drinks that my mom had specially prepared for them.

After a good lunch, we went home to rest ourselves before dinner. In the evening we had the chance to get some exercise before round 2 of great feasting.

Reunion dinner was at my Parents in law place and the usual practice was – 火锅 (steamboat). As usual before dinner, we had a round of Lo Hei to start off. Then the dinner started. There was also lots of good food that went down to the steamboat. We had beef, prawns, squids, codfish cakes, vegetables and fishes. Dinner was very relaxed and we ended with a good bottle of Red Wine.

Then we headed home to rest for the night. As it was the eve of Chinese New Year, both Anthea & Anders stayed up with me. This is a tradition that I practice – 守岁。We slept around 1am.

正月初一 : Sunday, 14 Feb

Our 1st stop for 拜年 is always my in laws place. So in the morning after a simple breakfast, we went over to greet my in laws.

After that, we went over to my parents place for lunch and at the same time 拜年。After lunch, Adrian sent them off to the airport as my brother brought my parents to Bangkok for a short vacation.

Then we went home to rest for the afternoon.

In the evening dinner was home cooked meal at my youngest brother in law home. We had a round of Mahjong game after dinner. Quite luckily, I managed to win a little bit of monies...hehe

正月初二：Monday, 15 Feb

In the late morning, we went to Shangrila hotel for a swim as the weather has been very hot for the few days. My youngest SIL had booked a room for my PIL to stay for the night.

In the late afternoon, after our nap, we headed to my 大舅house for 拜年. All the uncles / aunties & cousins were gathered at his house, so it was easier for me to 派红包。

We had a sumptuous dinner at my uncle house and then left to meet up with my extended families for after dinner drinks. As Adrian’s uncles/aunties were there, it was a good chance for them to catch up for Chinese New Year.

Anthea & Anders had a great time and was happy to meet with all the cousins & uncles for the day.

正月初三：Tuesday, 16 Feb

In the morning, I went early to 城隍庙拜太岁 as Anders & my Zodiac is against the Tiger Year.

The rest of the day was simply rest & relax.

This had been another enjoyable Chinese New Year celebration. We had abundance of food, happiness and Joy for the few days.

I hope that in the Tiger year – all will be smooth sailing for the family – 一帆风顺！

Learning Journey to Singapore Zoological Garden

Monday Blues? What Monday blues, we were going to the Zoo…haha.

Yes, this was the 1st Learning Journey for the Primary 2 children and they were going to the Zoo.

I woke up around 5.30am in the morning to prepare Anthea’s breakfast and her snack for the trip. She had requested for sushi roll.

I was also going for the trip as a Parent support…hehe. We went to school together and I waited at the canteen with the other PSG for the children to assemble.

We started our bus journey around 8.40am. The children had an early recess at the canteen while waiting for the bus.

On the way to the Zoo, everyone was feeling the excitement and the children were busy chatting away with one another on the bus.

We arrived at the Zoo around 9.30am and started the assignment immediately. Each child has been given a set of notes to complete. There were 5 main stations for them to cover in order to complete their assignment.

The 5 stations were:

Station 1A: Polar Bears

Tasks: to find the names of the 2 Polar bears in our Zoo. One of the bear age and the year he was born. Also listing out the food that the bear eats. The children saw the feeding of the bears at the same time.

Station 1B: Wild Africa

Task: Find out the meaning of Orang Utan. Their Arms length and the shaped of the feet.

Station 2: Fragile Forest
Task: Life Cycle of a butterfly & life cycle of a cockroach

Station 3: Kidz World

Last Station: Elephant @ Work & Play show.

After walking for almost 1.5 hours, the children had a 10 minutes water break at the Kidz world zone. Most of them were hungry by now and ate their snacks happily.

At 11.30am, we were at the Asia Elephant area for the Elephant show. It was a 15 minutes show and it was entertaining, both for the adults & children. Some of them whom volunteered to sit in the 1st row of the show got a splashing good time from the Elephant and they were a bit wet. : )

After the show, we proceeded to the exit and took the school bus back to the school.

It had been an enjoyable outing for the children and I know they will bring back what they have seen in the Zoo to the classroom and shared with one another.

Too HOT to MISS..

It’s the Singapore Air show and it’s happening during this week from 02 to 7 February 2010. The last 2 days are open to publics.

Adrian had been assigned duties during the air show and he had mentioned a few times of me bringing Anthea & Anders to the air show. I am quite reluctant to do so because of a few reasons – the children had tuition classes on Sat & Sunday & it will be too rushed for us to make it to the show. Another reason is the tickets prices are too expensive. And lastly from previous air show feedback – the public transport is madness and I have no intention to join in this game…hehe.

Till last Friday, Adrian smsed me and said that he had FREE tickets to the show and his officer had allowed him to be off duty of Sunday to bring his family to the carnival. So how can we say NO…hehe.

This morning, we woke up at 7am and had early breakfast. Then we changed and set off for the air show. Both Anthea and Anders were excited about the show as Adrian mentioned that they will get to see the fighter jet.

We decided to go earlier as we wanted to beat the crowd and also Anthea had her revision class at 2pm.

We arrived at the show around 9am and the crowd was already starting to go in. When we reached the F-16, the Q was already formed. We joined in the Q and it was really HOT. The children kept complaining about the heat. Yeah, they are too pampered.

After going on the F-16, Adrian asked if they wanted to Q to go into the Apache and both said NO..haha.

Then we just walked around the display area and view a few other planes that were on display. It was really hot and the children surrendered and said they wanted to go to the air-condition place. Then we went to the exhibition hall and there was air condition in the hall. We walked around and enjoy a bit of the cool air and then called it a day.

Finally we left the show around 10 plus and had brunch at Changi Village before going back to rest.

It was a good experienced for the family and understanding how hard (HOT) at work daddy is every day, we truly salute him

Family Day Event@ The Cathay

Adrian told me a few weeks back that his company is organizing a Family Day event to watch a movie.

Yesterday morning we woke up at 7am for the family day event. Yes, we were watching a morning movie..haha. All these while, we had been watching late night shows at our own comfort. I can never imagine getting up at 7 am to watch a movie.. : P

After washing up & changed, we left our home at 8am. The venue was The Cathay and the movie was The SPY Next Door starring Jackie Chan.

At 8.30am, it was the registration and then there were children things around the cinema for the children. They had free candy floss and balloons sculpture. The children were enjoying themselves with the freebies.

Around 9.15am, there was a buffet breakfast for everyone. The spread consisted of fried bee hoon, sandwiches, nuggets and sotong balls, free flow of coffee & tea too. We had a good breakfast before proceeding to the movie at 10.30am.

This was our family 1st visit to the Cathay cinema and we were quite impressed with the theatre size. The Grand Cathay is BIG and it can house the whole company seating comfortably.

On each seat – we had a packet of popcorn and a can of coke. So it was a really treat for the children.

The movie was as usual very family orient – action packed but not violent. And we had a good laugh at all the special fighting scenes.

The movie ended around 12 noon and both Anthea and Anders had requested for KFC Lunch. We headed toward Chinatown for our lunch and at the same time, CNY shopping.

The place was very crowded and very lively with Chinese New Year mood. We had a good time shopping and looking around at all the goodies.

Then we went home to rest before meeting up with the families for dinner.

It has been a very fulfilling bonding time for the family and we look forward to more during the Chinese New year holidays.

A New Role - WFHM

Yes, for the last few years, I had been job hopping. It’s not a good thing foe my resume but it’s something I needed to do for the good of the family, I believed.

Since Anthea started Primary One education, I had been her main after school caregiver. As she is in single morning session school, I would look for any Permanent Part Time morning hour jobs. So far, I had been lucky and found the jobs that met my needs.

Coming 1 February 2010, I will be starting a new role in my life chapter. I am going to be a PT WFHM (work-from-home-mom).

This week I am serving my 1 week notice for my current temp job. The company has treated me really well and I am experiencing mixed feeling in leaving the job.

Many friends had asked me how I managed to get such a job that allows me to work from home. : ) I replied them – “my lucky star shone on me. “

It started about 2 months - on 10 November 2009 when I was doing online job hunting and read about this position on Monster.com - Part time Client Services Executive. The thing that really caught my attention for the job is – it’s a home based job.

I wrote in for the position and after that forgot about it. On 20 November 2009, I received an oversea call on my mobile and the caller identified herself and requested for an interview time/date for the following week.

Then after a few rounds of interviews (via telephone & face to face). I was finally shortlisted for the position.

I had negotiated for my benefits and terms and glad to say, the company was agreeable to most of my terms.

Last week, my reporting manager was in town for a Round Table session and some client meetings. I took the few days off and did job training with her. It was a very fruitful session and she was a very good mentor for the job.

I had a clearer insight to my new job scope and starting next Monday, I will be officially granted the “WFHM” status.

I know I will miss out the “colleagues” part as most of the time I will be working on my own and liaising with my UK office. But like what a blogging friend told me: “you win some, you lose some.”

But having some many ex-colleagues and friends surrounding me, I know I will not be that lonely …hehe : P

Something to Raves about…

“A Family that eats together, stay together.” It is with this belief that we meet with our extended families on weekends for dinners. Simply because during weekdays, everyone is working and studying, we hardly even get a chance to talk to one another.

So weekends are really precious time for the get-together. Especially for the children, it’s a good time to bond with their grandparents / uncles & aunties and of course, their little cousin.

As our family size is considered big for a dinner, we usually or rather my in-laws will make dinner reservation for table of 10 + 1. And this number will increase coming end Feb and mid June…hehe.

Yes, for such a family size, it’s hard to get table at times, especially on weekends and without reservation, we may need to wait for a table. For adults – we are fine with waiting but definitely not the children & pregnant mommies.

So RESERVATION is a must!!

Guess what?? Yes, my youngest brother in law has decided to come up with his own website and this is definitely a helpful website for our family. I believe many other families will enjoy such a link.

Resraves serves as a guide for good deals on different credit cards and the current promotion that the respective restaurants are having.

I find the link useful & informative and would like to share it with all my friends.

Your feedbacks are also important as my BIL would like to improve on the service. So Dear friends, your comments are GOLDEN!!

Please let us know how you feel after raving the link. Enjoy and the French said: Bon Appétit!

Teambuilding @ Focus Adventure

This has been a very fast & exciting week for me. The office that I am currently doing temp job had their teambuilding event on the Thursday, 14 January 2010. The event was a kickoff event for the company year and staff from different offices in Asia Pacific joined in the event.

Although I am just a Part time staff there, I was really honored that they had included me in the event.

In the morning after sending the children to school and childcare, I made my way to the venue. The venue was Focus Adventure @ Sembawang. So it was quite easy for me to get to the location.

When I reached that around 8.15am, there was breakfast served while waiting for the rest of the people to arrive. The event officially started at 8.45am.

There were energy check games – these were to warm up our engine for the day. Then we were grouped into different group for a few games that tested our team’s focus, strategy thinking, cooperation and compliance. The games were all very fun but yet created such scenarios that were closed to work environment.

Around 1pm, after the 2 rounds of team games, we had our lunch & rested before we proceeded to outdoor for the High Element program.

Yes, as the name suggested, it was really high. The obstacle was about 12 meters above group. Each team did a different obstacle route and my team did the log walk.

I had never tried such obstacle walk in my life before and I told myself – I can do it. As one of my colleague said – fear is only in your mind.

With the team support, I made it and I know from this obstacle walk – there is nothing that can stop us in what we do except our own self.

The event finally ended at 6pm and we proceeded to the Sembawang SAF Yatch Club for the company gala dinner. The day ended around 9pm. Although it has been a long day but it had been a very fun filling day for me and I know I will remember this for a long time.

Birthday Boyz

Today is the birthday of 2 Boys that we are acquainted with – my 大哥and Angus (he is the son of my very good sister – Cindy).

On Saturday, Cindy hosted a YoYo Birthday party for Angus at their home’s club house. Angus is a very lucky boy and each year for his birthday, there is always a special theme that coincided with his latest interest.

YoYo is supposing the latest craze in his school. Indeed when I saw all his classmates having their own yoyo’s, I admit it’s really a craze. Some of them even have a bag to hold the 7 – 10 yoyos that they owned.

The party was scheduled to start at 4pm with the arrival of his invited guests. Both Anthea & Anders were on the guest list. Both of them had a goody bag and Anthea’s goody bag as a brand new yoyo in it.

Then at 4.30pm, it was show time – there was a Yoyo performance by 2 yoyo masters from Spinworkx and their skills were truly amazing. The boys were all captivated by the performance. Even the few girls in the group were happily watching the yoyo show.

After the show, there was a mini workshop where the masters taught the children different way of playing the yoyo. After the workshop, there was a contest for the children and they enjoyed it very much. Both Anthe and Anders didn’t take in the contest but watched it from the sideline. The whole room was full of laughter.

Then after the yoyo performance, it was the cake cutting ceremony. Cindy ordered a very unusual birthday “cake” for Anugus. It was a R2D2 Agar Agar. What a coincidence, the same evening, the TV was showing Star War Saga.

Then the buffet dinner followed. The food was as usual – sumptuous. The parents started eating 1st while the children were still having fun at the playground. They came in as and when they were feeling hungry and have a quick bite at the buffet dinner..haha.

Both Anthea and Anders were having so much fun at the playground with Angus and his classmates/friends.

Finally around 8pm, we said good bye to the host and went home. As Star Wars episode 3 & 4 were showed that night, we had another late night and went to bed around 12.30pm.

It was a wonderful birthday celebration and we wish Angus a very Happy 8th Year Old Birthday!

On Sunday, originally I had arranged for lunch with my parents & 大哥 at one of the 肉骨茶 store in Yishun – this stall was recommended on 新成人杂志 programme. However, after some checking, I think I got the wrong place and so we change to another location suggested by my brother – Lavender Food Square.
(updated today – it should be 得运肉骨茶@ Blk 417 Yishun Ave 11)

No regrets as there were many different stalls of good food. We had different dishes and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch.

Then after lunch, we went to the City Square shopping mall to check out this 1st eco-friendly shopping mall. The mall has family parking lots and electric car lots…quite interesting.

We walked around the mall to check out the different stores. Metro & NTUC Fairprice were the anchored shops in the building. It is accessible via the Farrer Park Station.

Then we decided on dessert at Andersen Ice-cream. This was our small treat to my brother’s birthday. On this day we wish him a very Happy Birthday in the new decade, may he has good health & a prosperous year!!

Nothing beat birthday gatherings and family bonding time and we had double happiness on this weekend. It has been a very meangful weekend for us...

新开始

This is the 1st week of school reopens and I am back to my normal morning rush hours. After a one month break, I was worried that Anthea may had a hard time getting back to the routine but again my worries were uncalled for..hehe. Matter of fact, she even said that she was looking forward to seeing her classmates again.

Our routine is pretty much the same as last year so I would consider us a “老鸟“。There are a few blogging mommies that I know had Primary 1 children and I can really feel their excitement in the air via their blog & facebook. To all these mommies – I said “加油！一切都会顺利的！！”

Also not forgetting my little niece, Faith, who is starting her nursery class, this week – May she enjoys her lesson and makes more new friends. : )

This week also marked the start of Anthea’s Chinese lesson at Tien Hsia. She had requested for a holiday break during December, so I let her, after all shel need her holiday. She is following the same teacher and I am really happy as 白老师 is really a remarkable teacher. As for Anders, he is still on waiting list for the K2 classes.

On Thursday, we had dinner at ION Orchard with my long time sister from the USA – Shirley. Yes, Shirley is in town this week and we had arranged to meet up. She was staying at Hyatt and we had the chance to view the hotel room & facilities and I know this may just be our next Staycation hotel…hehe.

We had a wonderful dinner at Republic Opera and I was quite surprised that we can find seats easily, compared to the last time we were there, but that was a weekend.

We chatted for almost 2 hours and finally called it a night and bid Shirley good night & good bye…till we meet again.

This first week has been a very smooth and relaxing week as the pressure is not here yet but I know as we go along, with more tests & examination in line, it will come surely but slowly.

A Peaceful Beginning

The starting of year 2010 had been very peaceful and happy for the family.

Thanks to TCS5, we watched a few good late night movies from New Year’s Eve to New Year Day – Lord of the Rings & Star Wars.

The New Year Eve’s countdown firework display was also a world class display and captivating music.

We woke up almost near to 11 am and had our brunch. It was very relaxing and enjoyable, especially when we do not need to rush off to work.

On New Year Day, I brought Anthea and Anders to the Princess & Frog movie after reading so many good reviews from my friends. Indeed it was a very happy and meaningful movie to start the year. Then we had porridge dinner with the families at Oasis Taiwan Porridge place.

On 2nd day of New Year, we attended a baby shower. It’s was baby Tien Ya’s full month celebration. She is the niece of my long-time girlfriend and I am really happy for Andrea’s sister & brother in law for their newborn.

Yesterday afternoon, I brought Anthea to collect her Edusave Merit Bursary Award; she was happy to receive the monies and asked me if she can use it. But I told her it’s a cheque, so we need to deposit to her account.

Now we are tuning back to School days mode for the children, especially Anthea, after her one month long break.

新年新希望- 一切顺利和平安！！