an afternoon in changi airport

haizz.. began this post with a sigh cos i was supposed to attend the May08 babies xmas party last saturday, the party was from 2pm to 5pm, and mommy oredi bot a xmas gift for exchange way way before that. but who knows, i fell asleep at 12pm+ and didn't wake up until 3pm+.

by the time we packed and went out, it's oredi 4pm! so daddy and mommy decided to give up the party and brot me to changi airport instead.

oo, when we reached terminal 2, there were some really big balls there. so this year's xmas deco theme is "BALL"

looking at the giant ball.

then we took the skytrain to terminal 3 and there were more balls. in fact there is a big air-filled castle in the centre for kids to play. too bad, it's for older kids and i am not old enough yet.

on the sky train to terminal 3.

more balls at T3

at the entrance to crown plaza.. wanted to have tea but too bad, we were just too late. end up we had our tea at xin wang, and i had my chicken porridge.

enjoying my barley drink.

well... although i didn't make it to the party, i enjoyed walking around in the airport too!

xmas light at orchard road 2009

11 dec daddy and mommy took leave cos childcare centre was closed on tat day. anw, end up cos i was sick, so i didn't go to childcare for the whole week.

so tat's how we spent the day, morn was free and easy.

then afternoon, mommy brot me to watch the barney show at united sq. we went at 1pm, and guess wat, all the photo passes were taken up and there was a long queue for sitting near the stage. so mommy quickly brot me to the 3rd floor,outside the toys r us and chope a spot.

tat's before

tat's after... and mind you, it's a friday at 2pm.

since we were there early, mommy also brot me to the toys r us to shop for the gift for the coming may08 babies xmas party.

when we stood by the railings at around 140pm, there was oredi a crowd forming, and when the show started and barney appeared, i actually cried to see the full size barney. but after they started singing, i stopped and began to enjoy the show.

although the show was only abt 20min, i began to fidget halfway through and wanted to sleep. so once the show finished, mommy had to bring me back home to catch my nap.

in the evening, we met up with wai gong and wai po for dinner at lei garden. first a shot at the new shopping mall on orchard road.

and i enjoyed my self playing with the cutlery at the restaurant and their famous 鸡煲翅

but the best part of the day is after dinner, we walked along the orchard road and seeing so many lights and soak in the xmas ambience.

see this year's decorations on orchard road! i keep saying "ball".

mommy's fav photo for the nite.

inside the big big xmas tree outside ION.

i was totally mesmerized with the lighing, i didn't even feel sleepy at 10pm +.

my first wedding dinner

on 12 dec, it's mommy's sec fren, auntie zhu zhu's wedding dinner.. initially daddy and mommy wanted to ask wai po to take care of me while they go themselves, then mommy changed her mind as it's time for me to try to expose to different events and also not to trouble wai po so much as wedding dinner often run into late nite.

so mommy helped me dress up first.

and then i got bored while waiting for mommy to dress up. so i decided to entertain myselfthen we took the cab to the hotel parkroyal on kitchener road. who knows there was a big jam there cos of a newly opened shopping centre.

finally we reached the hotel, just in time for the first march in.

me and daddy

me and mommy

clapping when the newly-weds made their grand entrance!

still excited over this new experience initially

then got bored and sleepy

finally i gave the cue it's time to go home, whether or not the dinner has ended or daddy mommy full or not.

my speech progress

now tat i can walk and run, my next milestone will be to talk! or rather to talk in the language tat the adults can understand me.. well who ask there are more adults around me. actually all the while i have been talking, just tat they dunno.

i still babble in my baby language a lot, but now i made a conscious effort in pronouncing the words tat i've learnt. here are some of the examples.

1. on 7 dec, i finally called "pa-pa" and "ma-ma" together. it was the usual breakfast, daddy and mommy were reading newspaper while having their breakfast, then i just walked to them, looked at daddy and called "pa-pa" and then turned to mommy and called "ma-ma". this is really the first time i called them both. previously, i just called mamamama while i am in distress and crying big time.

2. then on the 10th, when i woke up first and mommy was still catching her precious last few min of sleep, i sat up on the mattress and started reciting "1-10" in chinese, and then followed by the alphabets. mommy was so so happy tat her previous efforts in showing flash cards began to show!

3. my fav phrase now is "oh no", i will purposely drop a stuff say remote control on the floor and then say "oh,no" then look at mommy in tat innocent expression.

4, almost know all the basic shapes, and tat day when i picked up a toy i haven't been playing for long time, and i can recognise the shape and said "heart shape"

5, know most of the colors, one example is on the first sunday of dec, when daddy and mommy brot me to see the doc, there was a slide outside the clinic, and when asked abt the colors of the different parts, i can say them all!

my love for the numbers and alphabets and words sure catch the attention of my teachers at the childcare centre. now my fav teacher is the chinese teacher Kong Lao Shi, as she will patiently read out the words when i point at them. when mommy went to pick me up, she told mommy tat while the other kids of my age prefer bright colors and shapes, i prefer to point at letters, characters and numbers and really point one by one and ask the teacher to read to me. and another teacher also mention tat i love the alphabet song and when she stopped playing the song, i cried!

now my fav action - pout my lips and look like a pig mouth

me in my school uniform!

the final decision

just after one week in childcare, daddy was so heartache cos i cried every morning when they dropped me off and thus, my voice became hoarse. and i fell sick with cough & runny nose during the weekend. no choice, daddy & mommy had to send me back to nanny for me to recover since they stil need to go to work

maybe it's a blessing in disguise cos it gave the opportunity for daddy & mommy to think hard abt the childcare arrangement and source for alternatives. and so happen there is a new childcare centre opening soon near our home. then daddy thot of a good idea, to put me in the new childcare centre but since it closes at 7pm and both daddy and mommy work late, they had made the arrangement with the nanny to pick me up at 5pm + and then they go to the nanny's to fetch me home after they knock off.

but the plan fell through as the childcare was full and i couldn't get in. so after much deliberations, they have decided to bring me back to the one at mommy's office.

well. firstly cos barely after a few days at the centre, almost all the staff have known my name (maybe cos i cried the loudest) and being new, almost all the teachers have carried me to pacify me.

secondly, also cos i started to settle down day by day. now i cried less in the morning. and in the evening, when daddy & mommy pick me up, i dun cry anymore. and i also started to learn things. just the other day, the teacher told mommy tat i am able to feed myself now and i fed myself 3 bowls of macaroi for dinner. wat an achievement after effectively being in the centre for just a bit over one week.

and the teacher also started to notice my preference in reading letters, words and numbers. in fact the chinese teacher told mommy, i am the only one paying attention when she sings chinese rhymes and songs while the rest of the kids are busying playing and fidgeting.

i am sure i can learn more in the childcare and start being independent.