Ace's Swim Safer Grade 3 Test

I feel like Ace has been learning to swim FOREVER!

It has been such a long long time since Ace started to learn how to swim... He started way back in 2009 lor..

He started many moons ago when he was still afraid of water... And then went on to dubai for what I feel is more professional coaching cos he got really nice moves after that... (I remember how happy we were when we visited a fren and brought him swimming and found him gliding smoothly in the water and to realize he is no longer afraid of water! Yipee!) BUT he was just weak in it I guess and it takes him a long time to perfect one move...

After he came back.. he did a trial lesson with Mr Tang... and continued from there. Alas, after so many years of lessons, his standard is still considered quite low as he only made it to the Swim Safer Grade 2 exam last year.

And finally after soooooooooooooo long, it is time to take the Grade 3 Test...

It was a mad rush for me.. I went for ZUMBA.. and then rushed home to bath and immediately brought him out:) But we had a pleasant surprise when we found and caught an Exeggutor on our way to the pool:)

Wefie while waiting for his turn....

It was so warm and we waited so long.. I promised him an ice cold 100PLUS when he is done... I think I need one too!:)

Finally time for Ace to take his test.. there are only 3 pax taking the test at this level..
The other two are siblings I think...

So they went into the pool and did this backfloat thingy...

Then he had to go pick something up from the bottom of the pool....

He had to redo again.. this time have to go pick something up... and swim through the hoop in the water.. I am not sure if you can see clearly in the video below...





Here is him repeating the stunt.....


You have no idea how happy I feel that I can see him swim like this.... When I think back about how he used to be so afraid of water... I feel so happy to see him gliding effortlessly in the water... I just wished he can complete his certs sooner:) But well, after primary school, I also not sure if he still has time to do so many extra lessons....

Next is to swim with clothes on...

Really BTH Ace... It seemed like it was going to rain so his coach asked them to hurry up but our good fren still slowly turning his shirt inside out...

Finally in the water!

Here is the video of him in action;)






I know like boring but you can skip watching all of them.. I really videoed them down for his dad to see:) hahahaha...

Then they even needed to swim with the life vest...

You needed to put on the vest while in the water and then swim...

Here is a video of them in action...

I can't help but think this pic looks like some fashion runway shot... hahahahaha


The next part is where one person will pretend to need help and the one being tested needs to say a script and "save" them...

Eg, this is Ace saving someone...

THe standard script is something like... "Don't worry, calm down, help is on the way..." Then you put the board out for them to grab....

So people usually just stood there to wait to be saved right? But when it was time for Ace to be saved... the Drama Mama Ace will flap his hands around... I asked him later why he so drama.. he said he was trying to make it convincing and believable! LOL!

Another funny part happened in this video... So someone has to be saved right.. and so you gotta say something comforting like "Don't worry, help is on the way... " And then you throw the board to them...

OK now you gotta watch this video...




As I watched him do it.. I was just wondering this... It took SO MANY SWINGS before he threw the board out.. by the time the board is thrown to the person needing help.. I think they person die liao lor!:)) hahahahaahhahaha

Last round was some Q and A to test their water safety knowledge... and then... announcement that they passed!:)

Happy day so we rewarded with a happy Pokemon:)

PS: THat was the day Ace caught his first snorlax.. while max was sending me and Ace to Popo house and to zumba  respectively, we saw the Snorlax in the radar.. Ace asked if he could go catch.. I told him he could if someone goes with him.. since I was going to zumba, I had to give it a miss...

Ace ran up to Popo house.. and then asked popo to pls go with him and then ran all the way to the snorlax and caught it.. he was soooooooooo happy:) hahahaha..

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Pokemon Go Hunting At East Coast And Gardens By The Bay With NaiNai

 Went to NaiNai house to celebrate my birthday and Max said that he is going to stay to watch soccer there...

"Then you all can go and catch Pokemon lah." He said.

"Yay!" Three pairs of hands were raised up in the air... and they belonged to Ace, Shushu and Shen shen... And guess who cheered the loudest?

You were wrong.. it is Shushu! Hahahahahaha...

And then when we were about to get going, Max suggested that we bring Nainai along and told me quietly that Nainai has been rather bored being cooped in the house all day long..  and so Nainai came along with us for our Pokemon Hunt:)

We decided that since we did not have alot of time, we should not go too far away and decided in the end to go to East Coast for a spin... While driving around the car parks, we caught lots of Voltorbs and even an electrode... and also lots of magnemites... And then  we drove to Parkland Green area and because the radar showed that there are lures and there are quite a few pokemons we dun have like Onix, we parked the car and ran around to find them:) hahahhahaha...

Poor nainai.. ran around with us in her slippers:) But she said she has never been here before.. so she is happy to visit.. So I walked with her if the Pokemon is something I already have.. and then tell her what this new place is and what that new thing is lah..

But when I see something that is really exciting, I will tell her too and Nainai will say, "Ok, you just run.. I follow behind slowly.."

And so like that, she started running around to and fro the underpass with us... TO to catch the ONYIX and fro because there was supposed to be a GYRADDOS....

We even made a fren... who ran with us.. But only found out when we reached there that it was likely a fake report...

Anyway, I realized tat the radar is not very useful for me because I cant really read maps well and dunno where I am suppose to run:) hahahaha...  Unless it is a location I know well.. then at least I can refer to landmarks and figure out.. if not, I am quite jia lat:) hahahha

As for Ace, he is even WORSE!

He will keep saying there is this and that nearby.. show me the map time, I will find that it is usually very far away from us lor.. cos he doesnt even know where he is on the map:)

So we got onto the car and started driving furthur and furthur.. and as we were approaching Fort Road, Shushu says might as well got to Gardens by the Bay! :) ahahahaha

And so we did!

We thought we can bring Nainai to see the light show that was happening.. Alas, by time we reached, only last 30 seconds left :(

At least can take some photos..

When I looked down.. I was surprised.. not many pple leh.. I thot GBTB had alot of people playing Pokemon and alot of lures!

Because Shushu dropped us off first and then we were trying to find him.. and also trying to go to the PIkachu we saw on the radar.. but it was night time..every where looks the same.. roads with lots of plants! So we went round and round in circles!

Finally found Shushu and found THIS GUY!:)

Ace was so surprised  to find this insect and very fascinated too:)

Nainai saw this bird sculpture and 依依不舍.... She liked the pinkish airplant very much... It inspired her so much that after she went home, she even went online to search for airplant youtube videos to watch and started buying more air plants and making structures to plant them in:) hahahaa...

While we were bz catching Pokemon, Nainai visited the ONLY place that you can still SEE some things.. a shop.. that was already closed.. but the lights were still on and so Nainai could only look in from outside... and already she was very happy :)

Caught my first drowzee there:)

Took at rest at the umbrella trees...

Nainai sat there while we walked around the pokestops nearby and then Shushu went to buy water...

Ace said there is a Pikachu again and we tried to go to the Pikachu... and eventually, we got lost again and so we tried to go back to the trees... And somehow, Shushu called us and said there a a Jynx at the trees.. Ace ran.. me and shen shen walk slowly cos we ran out of stamina and so.. Ace caught it but not be cos when I saw it and clicked on it, the Lure ended and so did the POkemon

Then Shushu suggested we use the incense on the way home since every 200 meters will spawn one pokemon.. But hor, I keep catching, no time to turn pokestop for balls so when I reached home.. I ran out of balls .....

And this had to happen...

FML...

I escaped and the phone kept vibrating to remind me of the Dragonair...

And then after it left... this came by... All in the comfort of my living room!

Am I sibeh suay or wat?! FML...

I sent these screen caps to our CHua family PG group and SHushu's reply was..."SAD..."

Hahahahaa...

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New Hairdo

 Every year... just before my birthday, I will go do my hair so I look nice nice when I take my birthday photos:)

Made an appointment to do my hair and before I went for my appointment, I thought I should take a picture of my super long hair:)

 Probably the first and last time I will have such long hair:) hahahaha

THough after I cut it off, it is still considered long.. but it felt so much lighter! ;)

 Benefits of doing hair in Orchard.. can catch Pokemon while doing hair:) hahahahaha

 Maestro at work!:)  That is the man behind all my hairstyles for the past 12 years:) And we are family lor.. cos he happen to share the same surname as me! 500 years ago, we were from one family mah!:)

 Love this photo!

I posted the end result and everyone said very nice....

But... but... but....

 This is me the next day... Sigh...

And I was thinking about how maybe I wanted to invest in a curling iron and a dear, sweet fren... who saw my picture thought of me when doing her hair at the salon and bought one for me! I swear my friend, Annie, reads minds! She even brought me to her salon so the stylist can teach me how to use it!

So leh, thereafter, I made sure I use it often :)

 First time I used it... Took me like 10 min...

And then I got better and faster:)

Now it takes me only 3 min to curl my hair:) hahaha

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Pokemon Go At East Coast Park

Max says he is going East Coast Park to jog and then dinner with his friends... and I felt like tagging along... so I asked Ace if he wanted to go and catch Pokemon there. He said YES.. so I said if he finishes his work on time, we will go with daddy.. daddy go jogging, we go catch pokemon...

And then Ace started to regret!

His dad was leaving in 20 mins... He has so much time just now to finish his work but he dilly dally.. do half a sum, go find things to eat.. do another half.. shake leg, walk around the house.. Now he has another 6 story sums left...and they are difficult.. how was he going to finish them within 20 mins?

And then with 5 min left.. he started to kancheong and cry... ORH BI GOOD! Got time ask him to do homework dun want to do...

And then finally times up liao.. I told him we will go... and then sit in BK.. he continue his homework.. the later he finish, the shorter time we have to go catch Pokemon.. and he said OK...

So while he was doing homework in BK, I sat there.. go pokemon gym to fight... shake leg.. see what pokemons there are nearby... that is, when he doesnt need my help lah ;) Hahaha..


And finally, he got his work done and we started our hunt!

I was so hoping that we would find a pikachu.. but no such luck...

Saw lots of Magnemites, Voltorbs... got a sandshrew, ponyata...

And got my FIRST KOFFING:)

After watching Ace use those type of radar app, I downloaded one to use too...

And I realized that Ace is HOPELESS when he comes to maps.. he will see something and say, "MUmmy, I saw something nearby.." ANd point on the map.. but if i look at it, I will realize it is quite far:)

I thought I should teach him how to look at maps (though I am not very good at it.. hahahaha).

So when we saw something, I asked him if he knew which direction we should walk... He anyhow point to one direction.. which turned out to be the opposite.. so I taught him my way of reading the map... look at buildings or special things around you so you know where you are and which direction your map should be pointing... in this case... the sea is a good point of reference... so we know the sea is over there.. then we must be over here... so since this is on our right.. we have to turn right and walk straight...

Later when I told Max, he said that is also not the correct way to read maps.. and I agree but it is at least better than totally dunno wat the map is showing:) And since I din go army.. it is the ONLY way I know how to read maps:) Therefore I can only go pokemon hunting in places I am familiar in... hahahah...

Ace was quite happy cos we quite a fair bit of pokemons.... Too bad no rares...

Then Max called us and said he is done.. his friends decided to balek kampong and so we decided to head nearby for dinner ;)

We had indian food which was so so.. and the waitress told us they also sold very good mexican food:) hmm.. will try again...

My frozen Magharita!:)

So these are our catches for the day...

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