Saturday, July 30, 2016

Present From Ace

Every now and then, my little man surprises me with something....

The other day, he came home and said he bought this for me...

He says that his friend bought it and he thought it is very nice and so he wanted to buy 2. One for him and one for me.. but he only had enough money for one...  So he decided that he will buy for me..

SWEET..  ;)

Previous Post: Boh Liao

Friday, July 29, 2016

Boh Liao

Son was sleeping... husband out drinking.... So I boh liao and play with this camera app I had in my phone...

I sent the results to my frens and they asked me why I put on make up at home! hahahahahahaa... This goes to show how advanced technology is these days...






Previous Post: My DOTS

Thursday, July 28, 2016

My DOTS

Max was recalled for reservist....

So for those two weeks.. I was enjoying a good life.. because he would send Ace to school and I can go right back to sleep:) hahahaha...

Thought they look very nice in uniform and so I took a pic of them together in uniform...

My DOTS ;) hahahaha..

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NDP NE Show

I remember the NE show well..

Not that I attended one as a student... During my time, there were no such things called NE shows:) hahahaha...

But one year when I was involved in the NDP as a trainer, I remembered afterwards thinking that the NE show was my favorite show among all shows... because the energy we got from the excited students were amazing.. they cheered like nobody's business and even if you made mistakes, they dun care and cheer you on like you are the winner you already are for having come this far in your training:)

And I remember thinking that when I have children, I hope he or she will have a great time at the NE show...

When Ace came home and took part in his first Camp@Home, they brought the children to the NE show too... And though he was drenched and tired cos it rained that day and they had to walk a long, long way... He enjoyed himself thoroughly :)

And so, after waiting for so many years, he finally was officially going for HIS own NE show and naturally, Ace was very excited:)


According to Ace, their class is the most "high tech" class cos everyone started whipping out their phones to take pictures and selfies:)

Ace and his form teacher Mr MKL...



Wow.. they were actually seated quite close....


class wefie...


THey were due to be back in school by 10pm but we waited for  quite a while before they reached because it was the first time the NDP was held in our new National Stadium... so the buses did not know where to wait and had to take turns to leave the carpark...

When they finally reached... Ace said he was really tired but it was very fun.

Previous Post: In Toys We Trust

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

In Toys We Trust


Perhaps Ace was inspired by the Kidzzos he earned when he visited Kidzania in Dubai (First visit in 2011 | Second visit with Annie Godma in 2012 | Third Visit in 2014 To Say Goodbye to Dubai)... and so, the other day, he made his own currency of his own land called "Aceland"...

USD has the words "In god we trust" and he went to use "in toys we trust"... Funny right this boy?

Incidentally, we havent visited Kidzania in Singapore yet.. I just have no with to squeeze and cheong with so many others in SGP...

Previous Post: Leiko Visits!

Monday, July 25, 2016

Leiko Visits!

It is indeed a month of visits and gathering with friends and we are so happy!

First, Godma Evon and Gandie Kev visits.. then Wes visits with his family...

And then, Leiko from Dubai told me she will be visiting with her kids:)

And so we happily made a date to meet up for a SINGAPOREAN MEAL:)

Because Leiko has previously stayed in Singapore for a number of years (her eldest boy was born in Singapore), she really missed our local food like Laksa, Chicken Rice, Bak Kut Teh, etc... so I suggested visiting the Ng Ah SIo Pork RIs Soup Eating House (as I eat there whenever I attend POV workshops) and find their food rather decent. Most importantly, it has aircon! hahahaha..


First we arranged to meet up at the hotel they are staying at.. and because Mayumi has also relocated to SIngapore, we arranged to meet up together. I was so pleasantly surprised to see the kids.. oh how they have grown and matured!


That is her excited face when she saw her laksa!:)

The kids had chicken rice and nasi lemak:)

Even Tiger is all grown up! Gosh... I asked if he remembered me and he said NO.. but he was still chatty and chatted with me a whole lot:)

Seemed like yesterday where Anju brought me to her room and showed off her One Direction posters to me.... :)


Many thanks to Mayumi for paying giving us a great treat!










After our meal, we walked out to get a cab so that Leiko could visit the Soka Centers in Singapore. We walked past this church with some interesting banners;) I think it applies to our practice too... LIke Upload Your Worries, Download Your Buddhahood:) hahaha


Free connection with Gohonzon anytime anywhere...

So because there were too many of us, I took a cab with Leiko's eldest and youngest sons while the rest took another cab.

I remembered that when I was in Dubai, Ryoma, her eldest son, was often very quiet and kept to himself. I was pleasantly surprised when he started chatting with me and telling me about the games he plays, about how he and his sisters play rugby, about the youtube videos he loves watching... It was like he has grown and matured overnight into this fine young man! And I wish Ace will get out of this TWEEN stage quickly and become like tat:) hahahaha...

I told Leiko later that Ryoma chatted with me all the way from Newton to Tampines and she said it must be because I was a good listener as he rarely talks alot to others:) hahahaha.. I guess that too:) I am known as a good listener:) hahaha..

Anyway, we arrived at Kaikan (HQ) but it was undergoing reno... so Leiko went in to visit some parts of it and then we decided to walk over to the centre at St 92 which is just a 15 min walk away...

We chatted and talked on the way there and the kids were just trudging along and asking why we didnt take a cab... And their mum told me that was why she brought them along.. for they were actually visiting enroute to Vietnam and Cambodia :)... She wanted them to walk more... hahahaha...

Anyway, we did some chanting, took a brief look at soka kindergarten and then now that Ace has finished school, Max picked him up and came and pick us up...

Considering all the kids still have lots of energy, we decided that we will go to the new East Coast Mac!:)


The kids went to the playground while us mums chatted in Coffee Bean... and then we all went to Mac Donalds for dinner...

Leiko says she wanted to try a burger (It was something special available only in this branch in singapore) but was too full, so she shared with Mayumi.. and this resourceful mother of four showed me how to cut a burger with a card!



She just wrapped the burger and took out a card and cut through the burger! :)

The kids were all so happy to sit together in another table where they could charge their phones and then after they finish eating, they all ran to the playground to play again and we continued chatting till it was time to go....

The playground was so big.. it took us such a long time to find all of them.. and even more time to gather them to take some pictures together:)











 Tiger did not want to join them so I took a seperate picture:) hahaha


All in all a pleasant gathering.. i wish it did not end... I really miss my Dubai sisters in faith.. Would be much sweeter if Momo and Kyung Ah could join us. Just sitting and chatting with them reminded me of our many gatherings over coffee at Momo's house where they got me to start trying to drink coffee and at Leiko's house where she will sometimes surprise use and make us a meal..:) hahahaa


But all good things must come to an end and so we sent them back to their hotel...

Before we parted, she gave us some gifts...

 Some nice perfume made in UAE!

And Dubai chocolates!:)

Ace also got a camel soft toy:)

WHat made it really sweet was that before we said goodbye, Ace took out some gifts he had prepared for the kids...

When I told him that they were coming over to Singapore, Ace saved up his pocket money and bought a small toy for each one of the kids:)

It is those type of sticky hands toy..



I hope the kids enjoy it and I hope they visit again!:)

Previous Post: Sammi Cheng Concert

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Sammi Cheng Concert


So the other day... by chance, a friend had some concert tickets to giveaway.... And she said it was a Sammi Cheng concert... WOW!

I asked if Max wanted to go and he said he wanted to but could only make it on Sunday as he had to work on Saturday. After discussion, we decided to bring Ace along as well so he gets exposed to what his mum and dad were listening to when they were young... Hehehehe.... And also, it will probably be his second concert experience... (with his first being the concert he attended with his dad last year at the F1 event in Singapore.... )

 Many thanks to Mag for offering the tickets and Daphne for picking it up and sending it to me....I was so excited that we were going to a concert as the last one I attended was probably more than 17 years ago.... which was really more of like work because I was there to take pictures and cover the event as a writer for the website I was working for:)

 The plan was to drive somewhere nearby to have dinner and then make our way to RWS where the concert was held.. after much contemplation, we decided we will go have Thai Food at this fancy Thai restaurant we were talking about trying... and as we made our way there, we saw a ship named Triumph Ace.. I told Ace it meant VICTORY for him:) hahahaha..


 Waiting for dinner to be served:)




























































































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