We celebrated K’s birthday today. I’m not going to tell you his howmany-eth birthday this is, but take a wild guess! Anyway, he hates pomp and pageantry and woe betide anyone who tries to surprise him, so that makes things real easy for me. I didn’t even order a cake this year! Took me 10 years of being married to him to get to this point, and he doesn’t care one bit. We headed to Joo Hing for dinner after ballet, Kindermusik and dropping by the house to check on the renovations. Had to wait almost 40 minutes for the grub to arrive, and we were so famished we polished everything off in under 20 minutes, I think. Poor K …
Family matters
National Day and a getaway.
Thanks to Singapore’s 45th birthday, a nice long weekend is upon us, and we are off to Malaysia. We’ll be spending some time at my parents’, then we are all driving up to Desaru for three days. I, for one, am looking forward to the short break! The kids celebrated National Day in school today. Alison came home with a trophy because it was her school’s Sports Day and her team came in first for an inter-class relay. Zoe came home with a six-point crown, with each spike of the crown capped by a crescent moon or star. I realise that I haven’t posted a photo of the kids in a very long time, so here they are, in their …
House update.
I haven’t been as disciplined about writing about the house as I should. Since my last post about the house, we’ve managed to finish renovation planning and come out of it relatively unscathed (except for our pockets), and actual work has begun. Most of the hacking has been completed, and the workmen have already started laying tiles in the bathrooms upstairs. We’ve confirmed the plans for the balcony extension. The project engineer, electrician and aircon guy have been around to discuss things, and K, Zoe and I went to have a look at fittings this afternoon while Alison was away at a classmate’s birthday party. K has been diligently taking photos every time he goes to the house, which is …
Singapore Garden Festival 2010
We visited the Singapore Garden Festival this afternoon, courtesy of Angelia. I was looking forward to exhibits as innovative as the last one in 2008, but was a little disappointed because it seemed to me that something was lacking this year. K, however, said that in his opinion, this year was better in terms of the quality of exhibits. When I asked him what he meant, he said that many of the gardens this year were landscaped so well that they looked exactly like what we might find in nature. I guess we just look for different things – I liked 2008′s exhibits because they were more designed and less “natural”. The kids also seemed to have more fun previously, …
Kids Kampong
We didn’t go to church today because K had a terrible head cold and needed some time to recover from it. After a morning of lolling about, he started having cabin fever and decided that he was well enough to go out for some fresh air. So we packed the kids into the car and drove east to Pasir Ris Kids Kampong. The kampong is known mainly for its longkang fishing. The kids had never done it before, and were game to try. They quickly realised that longkang fishing is tougher than it looks! For one, you have to use the kampong’s net, which is very small and does not have much “give”. For another, small fish swim fast! Also, …
