Li Zi

So Ace came home and told us about something that happened after school today.

He said after school, they went to the shop near their school to buy things and as he was bending down to look at something he was interested in, his bum hit against a bicycle that was parked right next to the shelves.

And the Aunty who owned the bicycle went berserk and scolded him non stop despite Ace apologizing.

"What did she say.." I asked him.

And he said she kept going on and on about how now all the Li4 Zi3 that she bought are all now bruised and rotten. And she kept scolding and scolding and scolding and mumbling about her Li4 Zi3 until the shop owner aunty buay tahan and say, "够了啦，为什么跟小孩子计较，都说对不起了。”


But she kept going on and on and on until the shopkeeper Aunty buay tahan and and say, "How much are your Li4 Zi3, I pay you back lah..."

And she really did!

I was super impressed at the kindness of this shopkeeper aunty.

And also super curious... why Li4 Zi3 (chestnuts) will bruise and become rotten just because they were knocked over.


After trying to verify with Ace over half a day, then I realized.. that Ace's Li4 Zi3 (which mean CHESTNUTS) was actually Li2 Zi3 (PEAR).... Hahahahaha...


Anyway, Max told Ace he should thank the shopkeeper aunty and buy her coffee.... And so he went back the next day to say thank you and buy her coffee.

I just feel warm that there are so many nice people in this world who help look out for my son when I am not beside him :)

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Ace Prayers

 Came home to this the other day...

Was a little impressed with his prayers and that it included PEACE:)

Alas, the wind blew his first GOAL poster away....

And Ace was not fazed. He immediately went to draw another one.. albeit a less colourful one....

And he even had the chance to add HAPPINESS to the list.

That's the way my boy! When life blows away your goal poster, no sweat! You make another one and make it better! Life gives us lessons and takes things away from us so we can learn and become better! ;)

Previous Post: What Games Do Cousins 7 Years Apart Play?

What Games Do Cousins 7 Years Apart Play?

I have many people always telling me how amazed they are with Ace that he can play with the younger kids at his age where most teenagers will roll their eyes when they see kiddos playing "kiddish games".

I always tell them that Ace has a gift of innocence and is always to have fun and play games! I think he secretly also enjoys being the leader when playing with younger kids... Hahahaha...

As he is 7 years apart from Cay, it never fails to amaze me the sort of games they will invent so they can play together.

 THe other day, Ace was pretending to ride horse while wearing a "hat" made out of Cay's fav teddy bear... Hahahaha

And this is Cay asking Gor Gor to give the bear back to him.

Usually after a session like this.. Cay will get upset.. then they will not play for a while.. and then afterwards, they will be best friends again:) hahahaha

I am just glad they are getting along. I am looking forward to when they are older and can count on each other for support just like how me and my sis support each other through life;)

Previous Post: Doodling

Doodling

So my colleagues introduced me to this new game called Board Kings. Because Ace does not have his phone available.. he will keep telling me that this game is fun and beg me to let him play the game on my phone :)

Just so he gets a chance to play once in a while, I agree.

But every time he takes my phone to play the game, even though I told him NOT to destroy my friend's houses he will do and giggle...

And after every game, he will quietly go to the doodle function and draw rubbish and pass the phone back to he... bent over in laughter...

Boh liao drawings like these below..

BTH this boy lor:)

Previous Post: Mac N Cheese Again!

Mac N Cheese Again!

Heaven is kind to me...

Heaven gave me a kind colleague who drives.. who every now and then, when I OT will ask if I want to take a ride home. And he doesnt even live near me ;) Haha...

So I reached home early and managed to make Mac and Cheese for Ace:) Hahahaha...  Healthier version too... with veg and mushroom.

But Ace says he prefers those that I make from scratch. So I guess will have to give the instant ones a miss in future...

Previous Post: Ace Gives Cay A Spinner

Ace Gives Cay A Spinner

Ace went over to Popo house the other day and brought along one of his smaller fidget spinners.

Cay was sick and at home so he played with Ace a little when Ace was there.

When Ace returned home, Ah Yee messaged me and said Ace forgot to bring his FS home.

I told Ace and he said he did not bring it home on purpose becos he wanted to give it to Cay.

Cay was sooooooooooooooooooooooo happy cos he has been bugging his parents to buy him one but they did not.. so he kept playing with it.

And then, Ah Yee sent this sweet video..

THen as expected.. following wkend the two cousins were best frens:) hahahhaa..

Previous Post: Ice Cream Overdose At Nainai's House

Ice Cream Overdose At Nainai's House

Since his grandmother started working, we do not get to visit weekly on weekends.

THe other day, Nainai happened to be at home and so we went over for dinner:)

His grandparents knew Ace was coming and bought ice cream to wait for him lor...

THe end result?

Ice cream overdose! hahahaha

Previous Post: Chwee Kuay And Good Girl Grape Juice

Chwee Kuay And Good Girl Grape Juice

Asked Ace what he wanted to eat.. he says he wants to eat Chwee Kway.

Since I will be passing by the store that day... we arrange to have a Chwee Kway and Good Girl Grape Juice dinner together. It was also to celebrate the end of PSLE listening compre )

Apparently, he was a good boy and his teacher gave him GOOD BOY APPLE JUICE.

Because I was given some grape juice, I told him I will share with him.. I call it my Good Girl Grape Juice:) hahaha

Super tasty meal!

Previous Post: PSLE Prep Talk By Jez Meinu

PSLE Prep Talk By Jez Meinu

We are blessed with great friends.

I was telling Jez meinu how Ace is losing focus right before PSLE and how he is not pushing himself to do his best. He is perpetually lost and angry. To make it worse, he did not do well for his prelims and so that made him feel like giving up...

And being the good friend she is, Jez after working for 12 hours straight in the day, rushed over to our house to go through with Ace his PSLE revision time table and also to give him prep talk for PSLE.

SO thankful for that.

BUt did it help?

Well, our good friend actually went back to watching videos non stop again the very next day and did not do any of his required papers at all for the first few days till he kenna scolding from me.

Hai...

Luckily, after a few days, he started showing slightly better attitude and started to pick up a little. Though I know and can tell it is not his best.

I do what I can best. I leave the rest to Ace himself and heaven.

Previous Post: The Dao Kua Pok That Refused To Melt

The Dao Kua Pok That Refused To Melt

Because Ace loved the veg fried egg that Aunty Mag made, I have been trying to replicate the dish..

I bought all the required ingredients... alas, I tried to cook the dao kua pao.. I cook and cook and cook... I cooked for TWO DAYS using PRESSURE COOKER... also no difference!

 It just refused to MELT! It is supposed to melt into like dao hway.. and then after that I am suspposed to wrap it with carrot into a beancurd skin and airfry it...

In the end I give up. I made this instead with some canned peanuts... tasted equally awesome to me.

That only goes to show.. when life gives you dao pok tat refused to melt, you just make braised dao kee out of it! Equally satisfying! ;)

Previous Post :  Vulgar Language Wolverine

Vulgar Language Wolverine

Mr boh liao is at it again...

He found my Lions Club letter opener and played with it. He told me he is wolverine..

Then he was hit by a bright idea and he told me.. now he is VULGAR LANGUAGE wolverine...

NO guesses for which vulgarity wolverine is supposedly scolding..LOL

Previous Post: Da Chef Da Boss

Da Chef Da Boss

Ace does not dare to turn on the fire to cook. But it has been difficult for me to cook for him everyday before work.

The other day, I suggested that he can use the airfryer to cook..

And so... he made this.... tomato fried egg using airfryer:)

He says he is DA CHEF and DA BOSS. so gotta pose like this.. LOL

Previous Post: Ace, The Gift Of Humour

Ace, The Gift Of Humour

 Usually if I meet Ace's teachers, be it his school teachers or his tuition teachers, the feedback is always the same. He cannot sit still, he is always fiddling with something in class, he is too much of a clown and trying to make others laugh instead of concentrating on his work...

It has been like this all this while... And I realized some time back that while it is true there are times when he is doing that when he is not focused, there are also times that he does all those when he is.. reason being.. he is a kine learner... so I guess he needs his outlet..

But this year though, the feedback in school has not been fantastic. Somewhere along the mid of last year, he started to lose focus in class and became tardy. No amount of prep talk from me, from his teachers whatsoever has really helped. And I guess he was probably affected by the things going on at home. Initially though, it did not affect his results. This year though, his results were very much affected and he did not do well for his prelims or his mid years.

So it was really a pleasant surprise the other day when his Primary Division Sunshine Aunty messaged me and told me this:



It is a reminder to me that he is just in mastery of his gift of humour:) I hope the same can extend to his studies as well.. LOL

Anyway, I am quite blessed. The other day, his dad suddenly said he cannot send Ace to the PD meeting but I was like really sick and it will be difficult for me to send him there and wait for him for two hours doing nothing... so I think I thought and thank.. and I decided to message Sunshine aunty to see I can send him there and then they help guide him to bus stop so he can take bus home.

My good fortune was sunshine aunty say she can pick him, send him there and send him home! NMHRGK... blessed lor!

So I can stay at home to rest and focus on getting better...

I wonder if Ace will miss his PD friends as he moves on to secondary school next year.

But gakkai is small place, somehow they will meet again I am sure:)

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Make Shift Veg Sushi

So near my workplace there is only like ONE place I can dabao food and only ONE food I can dabao for Ace.

That place is called NTUC and that food is sushi.. every time I need to dabao dinner for Ace, I will go over there to check out the food and see what veg options are left. I realized that alot of times they have discounts after a certain timing and because Ace loves sushi, this is a frequent dinner arrangement.

However, one of the days I went, there were not vegetarian options left and so I bought thisand replaced the crabstick with veg sausage to make it vegetarian lor:)

I tot I am quite clever leh.. but Ace says the taste is very weird:) hahahaha

Then one of the times, I was there choosing sushi and the aunty asked me what I want..  I said I was looking for inari because my son is vegetarian.. so she said she can make for me... And then I asked her why sometimes got discount, sometimes no discount.. she asked me to pick what I want and she will give me the discount..

So after tat, I clever liao... I always go and look for aunty for customized sushi for Ace and open my mouth and ask for discount:) hahahahaah..

Previous Post: Birthday Treat For Max

Birthday Treat For Max

As Max's birthday was just round the corner, I thought I will bring Ace and Max to somewhere nice for a meal...

But leh, Max kept rejecting my attempts to book a time slot with him... so in the end, ad hoc basis.. while I went for my massage, the boys met me afterwards at Pu Tien.

First time I use money I earn to give the two of them a treat lah.. and though it is a simple meal, I hope they liked it:)

Previous Post: Visit To Parkway Parade With Cousin Cay

Visit To Parkway Parade With Cousin Cay

The two cousins are very cute lah..

We were at Popo's house the other day and whole day, they just did their own thing by themselves. In the end, when I said I wanted to go home liao, they wanted to play together and started playing lego together.

The ending is we decided to go out for dinner together and ended up in PPP after that.

 The two cousins tam dak yi.. never put money also want to go and ride the kiddy ride

 Never fails to amaze me how Ace can also squeeze in and enjoy the ride.. hahahaah

Anyway, we bought school shoes for Ace as well because just two months short of graduation from primary school, his shoe gave way. Boh pian lah... buy new ones lor.. wat to do.. have a cow for a son.. hahahah..

After we did all our shopping, Nett Nett bought very tasty tutu kuay for all to share...

THen we went to jalan jalan at Daiso and the various shops before we made our way home...

Saw some interesting gift items...

I wonder at what age will they like start going out together on their own...

Previous Post: Bohliao Ace Pretends To Smoke

Bohliao Ace Pretends To Smoke

Boh liao Ace saw this humidifier and said I should take picture of him pretending to smoke... 😂😂😂😂

Previous Post: Pampering My Feet

Pampering My Feet

 Me: Tomm I going out in the morning
Son: *face fell* huh...
Me: I go pedicure lah.
Son: hands or feet?
Me: Pedicure means feet.
Son takes a look 👀 at my feet
Son: ok go! U need it!!!
Me: 😂

I come home with my pedicure..
Son: i wanna see!
After i show him...
Son: yay! Your feet dun look like shit anymore!

Maybe I should do this more often:) hahahha...

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