6 years have passed, it still hits a sore spot. April 2003 was the happiest yet the darkest month for me.
Happiest as I welcome Jiaheng, my favourite boy into the world and into our family. Darkest as our family struggled with SARS and praying that my mum-in-law get out of her coma soon.
6 years later, April 2009... again, the world is hit with a pandemic, the Swine Flu. From the news reports, it seems that the Swine Flu is hitting the world harder. It is getting on my nerves and the first persons whom I want to protect are my favourite boy and girl.
On top of a healthy diet of fresh fruits and lots of vege (I m lucky tt they are vege lovers), I will up their supply of anti-oxidants. Every night, I will soak 1 grape-seed extract and 1 Vitamin C in their milk bottles. When the pills dissolved, I will mix in their milk powder. Not forgetting the daily children's multivitamins to boost their immune system. And of course, they will need to drink lots of water to hydrate themselves. I am not taking any chances.
The reason why some people fall sick and some don't when the flu bug hits is their immune system. When their bodies are well-protected with anti-oxidants, the chances of them falling sick is highly reduced. This is my way of protecting my two angels. Jiaheng, Yixuan, I love you both so so much.
----- posted by Mommy
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Our Princess is Going to School
Yixuan loves sending Jiaheng to school. Whenever she is asked "Do you want to go to school like Ge Ge?" You can be assured that the answer will be an absolute YES!
Mommy also observed that she is more ready in terms of her behaviour. Nowadays, Yixuan is able to go into Gym class by herself without clinging to Mommy. She will just turn round at the doorstep and give Mommy a big big smile, and then briskly go into the Gym class to start the routine.
As Yixuan is turning 2 and a half years old soon, Mommy decided it is time to source for a school for her. We must thank Jiaheng for giving us a good lesson in choosing pre-schools. So, this time round, the selection process was a breeze. We know what we wanted and from the 5 short-listed schools, we zoomed in to one... The Ascension Kindergarten. The only thing left is to pay the school and the staff a visit to ascertain that this is the school we wanted for our Princess.
And that is what we did today. We brought Yixuan along. The Ascension Kindergarten is similar to Marymount Kindergarten in terms of pupil strength. Compared to Jiaheng's current school, the pupil strength is easily 4x larger.
When we arrived, it was Assembly Time when all the children gathered for some songs and activities before school formally starts. I was actually a little shocked to see so many children in the hall. What ran through my mind was "Will Yixuan be scared to be with so many other children?" But when I took a glimpse of her face, my worries simply vanished. The look of enthusiasm was written all over her face. :)
The vice-principal who brought us for a tour of the school was very warm and friendly. The staff and teachers we came into contact with were also very approachable. The children looks happy in the school. The facility though a little old (can't help it lah... the school has a long history) is comprehensive. The curriculum sounds interesting. The teacher to pupil ratio is reasonable. Guess this is it!
Yippeee. Our Princess will be starting school in early July. :)
Mommy also observed that she is more ready in terms of her behaviour. Nowadays, Yixuan is able to go into Gym class by herself without clinging to Mommy. She will just turn round at the doorstep and give Mommy a big big smile, and then briskly go into the Gym class to start the routine.
As Yixuan is turning 2 and a half years old soon, Mommy decided it is time to source for a school for her. We must thank Jiaheng for giving us a good lesson in choosing pre-schools. So, this time round, the selection process was a breeze. We know what we wanted and from the 5 short-listed schools, we zoomed in to one... The Ascension Kindergarten. The only thing left is to pay the school and the staff a visit to ascertain that this is the school we wanted for our Princess.
And that is what we did today. We brought Yixuan along. The Ascension Kindergarten is similar to Marymount Kindergarten in terms of pupil strength. Compared to Jiaheng's current school, the pupil strength is easily 4x larger.
When we arrived, it was Assembly Time when all the children gathered for some songs and activities before school formally starts. I was actually a little shocked to see so many children in the hall. What ran through my mind was "Will Yixuan be scared to be with so many other children?" But when I took a glimpse of her face, my worries simply vanished. The look of enthusiasm was written all over her face. :)
The vice-principal who brought us for a tour of the school was very warm and friendly. The staff and teachers we came into contact with were also very approachable. The children looks happy in the school. The facility though a little old (can't help it lah... the school has a long history) is comprehensive. The curriculum sounds interesting. The teacher to pupil ratio is reasonable. Guess this is it!
Yippeee. Our Princess will be starting school in early July. :)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Specially for you... a Zoo Membership
When Jiaheng was younger, we will go to the Zoo once every 2 or 3 weeks. We will only target a particular area to explore and then go back another day to explore other parts of the Zoo. And of course, we hold the "Friends of the Zoo" membership.
But for Yixuan, we seem to have more and more activities occupying us during the weekends. So much so that we only brought Yixuan to the Zoo once since birth. Kai Hock has been harping on how "pathetic" his girl was to only go to the Zoo once ... and that she only saw 2D images of animals and not 3D ... and that how happy she will be to see the animals live. So I finally decided to apply for a Zoo Membership specially for Yixuan.
Aiyoh, Yixuan simply refuses to smile at the Uncle holding the camera. Every time, the Uncle says "cheese", she will purposely clamp her mouth together. Once the Uncle puts down the camera, she will break into a big wide smile. She kept repeating her trick throughout the 3 or 4 shots we attempted.
Even the Auntie at the application counter was so amused by Yixuan's action that she has to place her palm over her mouth to stop herself from laughing out.
Aaargh! We had no choice but to settle for this "best" shot for the Zoo card.
Well, although this little girl has close to no on-site experience at the Zoo, she definitely has high expectations of what she wants to see at the Zoo. One moment its "Meerkat", the next moment she wants "Armadillo". (thanks to the animal picture cards we have been showing her)
Aiyoh, girl, Singapore Zoo tak ada have Armadillo hor. Meerkat also not even shown on the map leh. Can ask for more common ones or not?
Guess the most amusing part is to see her imitate her GeGe holding the Zoo map and walk about, as if she really knows how to read the map. No worries, little girl, we will definitely bring you to the Zoo more often... especially after we have invested so much on the Zoo membership. :P
---- posted by Mommy
But for Yixuan, we seem to have more and more activities occupying us during the weekends. So much so that we only brought Yixuan to the Zoo once since birth. Kai Hock has been harping on how "pathetic" his girl was to only go to the Zoo once ... and that she only saw 2D images of animals and not 3D ... and that how happy she will be to see the animals live. So I finally decided to apply for a Zoo Membership specially for Yixuan.
Aiyoh, Yixuan simply refuses to smile at the Uncle holding the camera. Every time, the Uncle says "cheese", she will purposely clamp her mouth together. Once the Uncle puts down the camera, she will break into a big wide smile. She kept repeating her trick throughout the 3 or 4 shots we attempted.
Even the Auntie at the application counter was so amused by Yixuan's action that she has to place her palm over her mouth to stop herself from laughing out.
Aaargh! We had no choice but to settle for this "best" shot for the Zoo card.
Well, although this little girl has close to no on-site experience at the Zoo, she definitely has high expectations of what she wants to see at the Zoo. One moment its "Meerkat", the next moment she wants "Armadillo". (thanks to the animal picture cards we have been showing her)
Aiyoh, girl, Singapore Zoo tak ada have Armadillo hor. Meerkat also not even shown on the map leh. Can ask for more common ones or not?
Guess the most amusing part is to see her imitate her GeGe holding the Zoo map and walk about, as if she really knows how to read the map. No worries, little girl, we will definitely bring you to the Zoo more often... especially after we have invested so much on the Zoo membership. :P
---- posted by Mommy
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