Ace Is Cool, Good And Funny!

The day that Max was back, we decided to over to sakae sushi to have a sushi meal since the jap food in dubai sucks and Ace hasn't been eating sushi for a long long while...

Because the one in tampines was closed for renovation the last time I went, I didn't want to take the risk and go home disappointed and so we went to the one in Simei...

After a satisfying meal, we decided to go walk walk in Popular bookstore which was just nearby. In the bookstore, we saw the whole Mr Men Series and Max told Ace that he would buy him three books from the series.

We got Ace to read out all the titles at the back and find the books that he might be interested in... he picked out Mr Silly, Mr Funny, Mr Good, Mr Noisy, Mr Chatterbox, Mr Cool..

And then Max laid them out and asked him to choose three... He immediately took Mr Cool and Mr Good without much thinking and then contemplated between Mr Silly and Mr Funny.. so we sort of explained to him what is the difference between silly and funny and he chose Mr Funny...

I realized though that the books his chose are actually aspects of his character that he would like to work on or things he would want himself to be. He wants to be cool because he thinks it will get him to be accepted or maybe even admired by his friends... He perpetually wants to be good (and even contemplated whether he should cut his head open and change a brain so that he can be good and think good thoughts) and of cos, as he always says, he likes to be funny because he likes to make people laugh :P

Previous Post: Mummy, Can I Change My Name?

Mummy, Can I Change My Name?

The other day, while we were waiting at the bus stop for a bus, out of nowhere, Ace whispered into my ears...

"Mummy, can I change my name to Alfred?"

"Huh? Why do you want to change your name to Alfred?" I asked him.

"Because I think it is cool..." he said.

Hahahaha.. I repeated our conversation to Max who was beside us and he said, "Ace, where did you learn of this name ALFRED?"


And we found out that Ace watched some sort of cartoon in school where the main character who is called Alfred is supposedly very cool. (I later found out it is a cartoon called Alfred Hedgehog.. about a hedgehog tat solves mysteries using science knowledge)

"I dun think it is a very cool name leh... I like Ace better.." I told him...

Max said, "Erm.. well, it is your name but before you change, let's have a discussion lah.. then you decide yourself..."

"Okie okie, I want to be Ace.." Ace said quickly..

"But we havent even started discussing!" said Max.

And then Max asked him, "Do you know what is the meaning of Ace?"

And Ace said, "Yeah, to be number one?"

"And what is the meaning of Alfred?" Max asked Ace.

"I dunno..." Ace shrugged his shoulders...

"So you dun want to be number one and want to be something you dunno?" Max asked him...

"Okie okie, I be Ace.."

And that was the end of the story.. muahahaha...

PS: Incidentally, the name ALFRED means ELF COUNSEL. Not too bad a name at all but of cos, I still prefer the name I chose for my son:) Wahahahaha....

PPS: Alfred Hedgehog is loosely based after my favourite detective Alfred Hitchcock...Much as I love AH, I still prefer the name Ace...

Previous Post: Talk Nicely Lah

Talk Nicely Lah

The other day, when I was out, I called home to check on Ace and because I did not give clear instructions, my dad gave Ace the wrong medication for his throat infection. So I asked him, "Aiya, if you are not sure, why didn't you call me to check with me?"

I guess my dad thought I was blaming him (and maybe part of him was because I also wanted to cover up my guilt for forgetting to give clear instructions), so he got upset and talked loudly with me..

At night when we were sleeping, Ace told me he heard gong gong talk very loud and very rude to someone in the phone and so I told him that someone was ME:) And then I explained what happened that caused gong gong to talk like this...

"But why he is so rude like that? How come he talk rude things?" he continued to ask...

"Well, what to do?" I told him. "He is my father leh, he can talk rude to me but I cannot talk rude to him leh..."

"No leh, you talk rude to Popo leh. Everytime Popo ask you computer things you always scold her..." Ace said...

So I explained to him why I got upset at Popo about the computer things (because she asked me to teach her how to use the computer and copied the steps in a notebook BUT LOST THE NOTEBOOK 3 TIMES and still keep asking me the same questions) If you were me, will you be upset?

"Ya... but ah.. dun be rude to Popo lah... " And then Ace tapped my hand and said, "有什么事，慢慢讲，好好讲..."

"Okie, I will work hard on that..." I told him...

And then I carried on to share with him about my experience with the X point exercise I did at my POV workshops. In the past, I always wondered why even though I loved my mum alot and I know she loves me alot too... whenever I see her and talk to her, I just automatically feel very angry and upset and cannot help but shout at her... I later found out that this anger is linked to this misguided concept I had when I was young.. that when mum got pregnant with my sis, I felt betrayed and angry because I thought it meant I was not special and not good enough for them.. tat is why they wanted another kid....

But I really forgot I had such a grieviance towards my parents, my mum especially... till I did an exercise that brought me back to that memory and boy was I angry at her! I have always been a quick tempered person but I have never known or felt such rage in my life...

Anyway, I told Ace that maybe that is why I havent had the courage to have another baby because I am afraid if I have another baby, Ace might feel the same way about me and treat me the same way...

"Don't worry, mummy... I will love Didi and Mei Mei and take care of them forever... " he told in a very assured tone... "And I will love you no matter what... even if you scold me ah.. or if you beat me ah... I will still love you forever... you are my best mummy!"

That night, I had the best sleep ever filled with lots of love floating in the air. I am so thankful to Ace for his assurance and his big loving heart!

Thank you, Ace!

Previous Post: Ace Makes Jewellery For Me

Ace Makes Jewellery For Me

After we came back from Dubai, Ace already played with all his toys once through... so leh, he is starting to chant his "I dunno what to play" mantra again...

To get rid if his boredom, my mum took out some beads and asked him to string them together...
When i came home from a meeting later, Ace ran up to me and told me he made something for me...

And this is the necklace that he made for me....

Here is a bracelet that he made for me....

When I saw this, I told him that this is too small for my hand but he said that it is not meant for my hand. "This is small because it is for you to bring overseas when you go to another country.. so that it can keep you safe... and you can see and think of me..."

Hahaha.. not bad.. PEARL ping an fu:)

Previous Post: I Know These Words

I Know These Words

When Popo was a kindergarten teacher, she always loved to cut magazines.. cutting out words lah.. pictures lah.. and she would store them away, thinking she would have use for them later...

Because Ace was feeling bored and said he had nothing to do, she took out her stack of cuttings and then gave him a piece of paper...

She wrote on the paper, "这些字，我认识。“ (I know these words)..

To my surprise, Ace picked out some 34 words that he could read by sight!

Even my mum was surprised because she said that she thought he has not been doing much homework in dubai and certainly will lag behind..

But that is where she is wrong.. hahahaha.. in dubai, we did about 10 pages a day everyday for all wkdays:)

Anyway, well done, Ace!

Previous Post: Ace Loves Curry!

Ace Loves Curry!

We have always been telling Ace that he cannot eat this or that because it is spicy...

And because Max is a curry lover, he always asks Ace when he can start to eat curry together with us.. and Ace will declare, "I will eat chilli and curry when I am six years old! Really!"


But apparently, it is not easy to get Ace to eat the curry becuase his tongue is really very sensitive... something tat is only slightly peppery or spicy to us... such that we dun really notice it, if Ace took a bite of it, he will be shouting for water and complaining about how spicy it is...


The other day, my parents bought some vegeterian yong tau hu and my dad decided to cook it in curry and so, Ace had only two dishes that he can eat for lunch...


He complained about why he only had so little variety of food and so my mum and my sis encouraged him to try the curry... "It is not spicy at all..." my mum said..

I dunno wat came over him... he started off with trying one piece of the tau pok.. eventually he started to eat more and even wanted to pour the curry into his plate onto his rice!


"Good!" he declared...


Hahahaha.. But according to Ah Yee, even though the curry is not spicy, if you took alot of it, ur tongue will still eventually have the burning sensation.. but yet, Ace did not ask for water or complain...

So I really thought he liked it..

Alas come night time, when I asked him if he wanted any curry to go with his rice, he shook his head vehemently.. hahahahaha. Probably it was still too spicy for him...

Well, at least he tried:)

Previous Post: Sharing With Gong Gong

Sharing With Gong Gong

When we were on the way home from the party, we met gong gong at the void deck... so Ace asked him, "Gong gong? Where are you going? Are you going out?"

And Gong Gong said yes, he was sending food to laoma's house...

"Are you coming back?" Ace asked...

"No, I am going out with my friends.." Gonggong replied..

And then Ace threw his tantrum..."Ng....... But I want to eat dinner with you.. can you come home and eat dinner with me?"

And of cos gong gong gave in lor:)

Alas, when gong gong wanted to eat dinner, Ace was still full.. so they made a pack to share the twisties tat Ace got in his party goody bag...

Right after he finished dinner, Ace immediately asked if he can eat again... because he is so excited to share the twisties with gong gong:) Hahaha.. i think gonggong is very happy tat his grandson love him so much...

Previous Post: Tanya's Birthday Party

Tanya's Birthday Party

Ace gets invited to his first out of school birthday party... Because most of his classmates are going.. he wanted to go to.. I was at lost wat to do and wat to buy as a present though ;) The moment he reached there and saw a few of his friends, the boys started going wild.. running around and screaming here and there...

I thought it might be better that Ace finished up his meal before the party officially started (as many of the guests were not here yet) and so i asked him to eat first... To my surprise.. my son was actually very disciplined.. while his frens were running about, he just sat there and ate:) Hahahhaa.. and then his good friend Hongbin wanted to wait for him and did not want to play with the other children...

Ace is really like a chameleon.. when he is with Hongbin, who is more shy and quiet, he plays quiet games...

When he is with the rowdy and active guys, he is active and rowdy as well...


The theme of the party is a Belle Bubble party.. I wondered what it meant till I saw this lady dressed as Belle:) hahahaha.. so tat is what they mean by Belle Bubble party... The children were given some tools to make super huge bubbles...






Check out Ace's super duper big bubble! :)

Luckily we started early because just when the bubbles were about done, it started raining and we shifted everything indoors. I am amazed by the Belle lady.. with a few simple tools, she could create many games to entertain the kids...


Boys and girl relay race...


Bouncing balls with a cloth..


Then it was time to cut cake.. while other chidlren were crowding around the cake, what did you think Ace was doing?

The smart boy ran to the aunty and asked for his ALIEN TATTOO ;) hahahahahaha... cos when the cake was out, there was no queue for tattoo... wahahaha.. smart hor?


Then time to sing song and take pictures:)






Ace's class...

Ace waited very very patiently for his cake.. and finally the top tier was all given out... and so he got the second tier.. which is chocolate.. his favourite:) And he even managed to get a macarooon ;)

And then the kids started to get bored and and so I got them started to play with balloons:) hahaa..

When we were about to go home.. one of his classmate's parent asked if we wanted to hitch a ride.. but as I prefered to walk and exercise, I thanked them for their offer... only to have that "ugh!" feeling later.. hahahaha.. cos the parent was driving a PORSHE LOR:) hahahaha.. if not will have chance to sit in porshe liao ;) hahahahahah

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