Da Jia (Fighting) Lor

When I was young, I remmebered that the favourite that my sister had with our dad would be the game of monsters catching us.. dad would be monster and me and my sis would be busy running away...

When my son was much younger, I guess my dad did not really know how to interact with babies.. but now that he is much older, they seem to be playing more and more games together and having more and more fun together...

I am told that when I am not around, Ace would actually stick to my dad and sleep on his tummy or lie down beside him on his arn to watch tv together...(When I am around, he wants to lie down on me...)

The other day, grandpa and grandson make an agreement to go into Zhen Popo's room.. and then they started dunno doing what inside... so I went into the room and saw them locked in a tussle and looking very busy... so I asked them.. "Ace, what are you doing... what game are you playing.."


"Da jia (Fighting) lor," Ace replied hastily and concentrated on bringing my dad down...

Well, I guess men just do play different games with boys:) hahaha.. I am glad that my dad is here to do the "Daddy" things that mummies do not quite know how to do with Ace while Max is away..

Previous Post: Dart Thrower Ace

Dart Thrower Ace

Like I said, it was an abundant day for Ace that day.. because he saw a toy he really liked and because it was not very expensive, I decided to buy it for him..... but I made him promise to do 20 pages of homework before he can open and play..

When we reached home, it was already very late, we went to bed...

The next day, I was out with friends... when I came back at around 9.45pm, Ace was sleeping.. My mum said Ace finished dinner at 7pm and went to sleep... so I we prayed that he will sleep through the night...

Alas, he woke at 10pm and decided to go to the toilet. While he was in toilet, he told me, "Oh oh, I havent done my homework..."

And even though he looked groggy, he insisted on doing his homework...

But after one page, I realized he is not focusing well and asked him to stop and so he cried... I repeated that he can always do the twenty pages the next day.. it is very late now and we should be sleeping now... and so, he finally did the 20 pages one day later... and finally was able ot take out and play...

The next morning, he woke and ran out to play before washing his face and brushing his teeth... but alas, after that, he stopped throwing the darts and focused 0n playing with the darts because the darts were magnectic so he explored and realized two of the darts seem to attract each other and stick together and 2 of them seem to avoid each other... so, I took the chance to teach him about magnets:)

Previous Post: Ganma Karen Brings Ace Out To Play

Ganma Karen Brings Ace Out To Play

Ganma Karen was having her holidays and so she suggested meeting up and bringing Ace out for some fun.. So we arranged for Karen to drive me to Ace's school and pick him up and then proceed to somewhere else...

I told Ace that Karen would come and pick him up in ZG's car and Ace was really excited..he opened his eyes big and used a high pitch voice to ask me, " Ganma can drive? Ganma pass drving test already?"

And then 3 seconds later, his voice whent 1 octave down and he asked me, "Why you haven't passed?" Grrrrr..

Anyway, in the end, we brought Ace to his favourite Tampines Mall for tea.. and then we walked around a little bit in the toy section... and proceeded to the highlight of the day.. SUSHI DINNER ;) hahaha..

Ace was really happy and even helped us took some photos:)

Previous Post: Thank God For Bumblebee Police

Thank God For Bumblebee Police

Because Ace finally finished his green assesement 'homework', so i kept my promise and let him choose a toy that he would like to buy.

Because we were in Carrefour and had alot of spare time that day, we walked around the toy section and I realized that all the Transformers there were less than $50. So I asked Ace to choose one that he likes....

He said he wanted a Optimus Prime Transformer toy but I think OP was already sold out... "Is Bumblebee ok?" I asked him.. because there were quitea few model of BB toys...

He said it was ok and so I picked out the three designs for him to choose.

One is a big big box and a big big BB toy which cost $49.90.. an0ther one is a normal BB worth $21.90 and the last one is a normal BB with an extra "alien force" logo on it.... making the BB look like a POLICE CAR... .. and that is also $21.90..

I was thinking he would surely go for the biggest one but still, I was prepared to keep my promise cos I told him he can choose... Anyway, he gave it a very long thought and decided that he would choose the one with the Police LOGO!

I was soooooooooo HAPPY!

Needless to say, Ace was very happy too:)

Previous Post: I Love You No Matter What

I Love You No Matter What

We were having our usual "before bedtime talk" the other day and we were takling about how parents always love their children....

So Ace Asked me, "Mummy, you will love me no matter what right?"

"Yes, Ace, I will love you no matter what.. No matter you are a bad boy or a good boy, I will still love you no matter what..."

And Ace said to me, "And I will love you no matter what... No matter you scold me... or no matter you beat me.. I will love you no matter what, mummy..."


"That's so sweet, Ace... I am so happy to hear that..." I told him.


I certainly had a sweet sweet sleep that night...

This just goes to show that all children just want unconditional love from their parents.. and if they are given that, they will also give that sort of unconditional love to their parents.. and their children too:)


PS dear, this one goes out to you too.. me and Ace love you no matter what:)

Previous Post: Ace Has An Abundant Day

Ace Has An Abundant Day

The same day that I brought Ace for his makeover, I decided to bring him out for a night of fun since it has been quite a while since I brought him out...

I asked him what he wanted to eat and he said he wanted to eat Mac Donalds.. and so I brought him there for dinner.. after taht, we were supposed to meet ZY Jie Jie and while waiting for her, I finally went to choose the toy that he wanted as a reward for finishing his assesement book...

ZY gave Ace a treat of ice cream and even gave him a packet of snacks.. and also treated us to a drink at Mac..

When we reached home, I was having my usual "before bedtime" conversation with him and I told him that he had a really abundant day.... "Wah, today you got your dream dinner, have two new toys, a new transformer toy... ice cream.. so many days.. you really had an abundant day..."

"You also mah.." Ace said.. "You also got new clothes ah.. (ZY gave a new top to me) and snacks ah..."

"But ZY Jie Jie gave you the snacks.. not to me.." I told him..

"We are sharing mah, so it is also yours...." he replied..

Hahaha.. yes, Ace, I will learn to be thankful of all that I have.. and yes, I AM ABUNDANT TOO! :)

Previous Post: Lego City Airport

Lego City Airport

Well, dam the toy makers... who love to advertise on TV:)



The other day, Ace saw the advertisement for Lego City Airport and exclaimed that he wanted that for his birthday.. i told him that I will go and check it out first.. thinking that if it fell into my $70 budget, I would buy it for him for his birthday...


Alas, when I finally did find it, the price almost made my eyes pop out of my socket! That bloody toy set.. which can ONLY be made into an airport and nothing else cost like $189.90....

Searching for it on the internet made me realize it was THIS EXPENSIVE no matter where we went to buy it.. so after some discussion with Max, we decided to scrap the idea...

I was secretly hoping that if I just did not mention it again and he just did not see the advert again, he would forget about the whole thing:)

Thankfully, about 2 weeks later, my fellow Lion, Lion Mag gave me two model airplanes... when I brought them home, I told Ace that Aunty Mag gave him a birthday present... when he saw that they were model planes, he was so excited..

"So I don't have to buy Lego City Airport for you anymore right?" i asked him.. "Yes!" he exclaimed excitedly...

And then he took out his own lego set and started building his own airport and told me, "Now I have my own Lego City Airport.. special!"


Hahahaha..


Parents, remember to get creative... when you are creative, so will your child and THAT is always GOOD for your pockets :) hahaha

Previous Post: Car Bread

Parenting Champion

Okie, this mummy is a super cheapo:)

I found out about this contest called Parenting Champion some time ago... and since i had free time, tonnes of material from this blog.. I decided to take part in it lah..

The rules of the game is tat the more insightful articles you post and the more positive response you get, the higher your chances of winning lah... i think i win hands down in terms of quantity in terms of number of posts but there has not been much feedback in my post.. PLS HELP ME WIN MY FREE STAY IN RESORTS WORLD! Max is coming back for a short trip and it would make the perfect 'getaway" for our small little family and a great BD celebration for Max and myself:)

My family will be eternally grateful to you! hahahaha...

Here are some of the topics I have started.. However, you need to spend a minute to sign up to comment.. my deadline is 13th June.. which is this coming sunday:)

Thanks in advance!

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1. Are You As Patient Towards Your Parents Compared To The Way You Treat Your Child?
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6. 7 Things Mums Must Do Everyday

Car Bread

Because it was a long wkend, I decided to stay over at my mum's place for the weekend. However, it was probably boring to do nothing over the long weekend and so I decided to bring something to my mum's place to entertain Ace..

We arranged to make some interesting sandwhich using the sandwhich moulds that I bought from Carrefourre some time back. So you can make one sandwhich into a car, an elephant, a dog and a dolphin...

Even though we already had alot of food toeat, Ace was still very excited about this... alas, I think he was too full, after eating the car, he was already quite full and so we shared the rest of the bread with the rest of the family...

Previous Post: Why Don't You Pretend To Be Teacher

Why Don't You Pretend To Be Teacher

Just now, I was kind of missing Max and so, I thought about the Hoegarden that he bought before he left... and decided to have a drink...


So I started drinking the beer and Ace watched me in amusement and asked me why I wanted to drink beer when it is not good for me. I told him that I missed daddy.. that is why i am drinking beer... because daddy bought this beer... and I also told him that because I am only drinking a little bit, it is ok, still not too unhealthy. Only people who drink alot of beer is unhealthy...


"I want to quickly grow up and be as tall and daddy then I can drink ALOT OF BEER!" he exclaimed...


I reminded him that drinking ALOT if beer is unhealthy and so he asked me, "S0 you drink only little bit? What about Daddy? He also drink little bit?"


"Nope, "I told him.. "Daddy always drinks TOO MUCH until he vomit.. and that is not a good feeling..."

So he asked me why don't i ask daddy to stop? "Daddy does not always listen to me..and i am also not always beside him.." I explained to Ace...


Ace gave it a thought for about 3 seconds and gave me a GOOD SOLUTION, "Why don't you pretend to be a teacher? You can buy a teng tiao and if daddy dun listen to you and drink too much, you can beat him!"


"Beat where?" I asked him..


"Beat his pi gu lor!" and he laughed.... and then he declared that he also wants to be a teacher... and he wants to buy a teng tiao to beat Daddy's pi gu.. hahhahha.. farnee...


Anyway, some time back, I already decided that it was not true to be a full fledge vegeterian anymore.. so i decided to become a relaxed vegeterian... so while my daily meals were mostly vegeterian.. sometimes when I am out with friends or when I have cravings, I will eat some meat...


But I did not knwo how to let Max and ace know.... after contemplating for sometime, I one day just decided to tell max via email (because he is not in sgp now)... and to my surprise, he just asked me not to eat meat when I am with him and Ace...


Then i wondered how i should tell Ace.. so one day, when we were talking abotu eating healthy.. I asked Ace why he chose to eat vegeterian... "Because it is healthy mah.."

"So one day if mummy choose to eat meat, will you still choose to be vegeterian?" I asked him.

"Yes, because it is more healthy!"


And then a few weeks later, we were having porridge at my mum's place and happened so that my dad bought some char siew for himself and my grandmothers and so Ace asked me what that is...


"That is char siew..."


"I want! I also want!" he exclaimed excitedly, not knowing what it really is...


"Erm... that is meat leh.. do you want to eat meat?" I asked him...


"Oh, then I don't want alraedy..." he replied. "Why you and me same today.. why we never eat meat?"

So I told him I am not eating meat that day because I choose to be vegeterian like him that day...


And I felt it was a good time and so I told him that I am no longer a full time vegeterian... sometimes i will eat meat..

Ace asked me why and I told him that I felt it was time to choose to eat meat again. But because I am also concerned about health, I only eat a little meat and eat mostly vegeterian food still..


"What about daddy?"

So I explained to him that Daddy is still choosing to be vegeterian like him because daddy likes to save more animals... and he exclaimed, "Yeah, yipee! Then i will be like daddy and be vegeterian.. I also want to save more animals... I don't want to eat the chicken or the fish because they will cry if we eat them..."


Hahahaha.. cute boy rite?:)

Previous Post: Creative Ace

Creative Ace

It is now quite a joy to watch Ace play.. because he is rather creative when it comes to play...

For example, a simple magic clean mop can in one moment, become the grass cutting machine.. next minute, it is the machine that sprays insecticides to chase mosquitoes away.. yet the next moment, it becomes microphone for Singapore Idol, Ace.. hahaha...

It is amazing how he can come up with so many creative ideas..

And remember his fireman's hat? He actually drew a picture of himself on it and added his name and proudly told us that it has already been TRANSFORMED into a policeman hat.. hahahaha.... No wonder he likes transformers... because they give the possibility of imagination in his mind:)

Previous Post: Ace Goes For Makeover

Ace Goes For Makeover

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Brought Ace for a makeover shoot the other day... He won the shot because he was one of the first 50 pax to take part in some sort of contest... so he had a free makeover which will give him a COM CARD.. tat's a card you use to enrol him as a model for advertisements and stuff...


But the process of getting this done was kind of filled with challenges.. we were first informed about his win and asked to go to suntec to take photos.. we went there only to find that they changed their minds last min and will want us to take photo at their studio...


I called and made appt with the studio and went there only to fin that there was no one there.. I waited for about 15 min and decided to call to complain and just as i was complaining, the photographer came back...

So we finally did the shots.. these are pics I took with my camera and because I could not use flash, the photos came out grainy.... but well, it is just a preview.. will post the actual com card when I get it.. but I only get 3 photos out of the 20 tat he took.. many were very nice cos Ace was in happy smiley mood...


Afterward when we went out for gai gai, he even continue to pose the few poses that he was taught to pose...


Anyway, Ace overheard my conversation with someone about the com cards and I was saying that if we post the com cards to ad agencies, then we might be able to earn some extra income if he gets to "pai guang gao"...


And he got all excited..."Can I pai guang gao?! I love it!" he told me.. i told him it remains to be seen but he can manifest for it to happen...


And then after photo shoot, Ace asked me, "Mummy, can I pai xi or not?"

"Do you mean you want to become an actor? But I thought you want to be a policeman?"

"I want to be actor and act as a policeman.." he said..


So I asked him why he prefered to be an actor than a policeman... "I love to pretend to be somebody different from me..." Wah... I am amazed tat a 5 year old will say that... chances ah, this one will enjoy taking part in Singapore Idol or Star Search when he grows up.. hahahaha


Maybe time to send him to drama lessons?:P hahahahaha.....

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