The Power of Love

Yes, ZY is in love! 

In the name of love, ZY will wake up in the morning by herself even before I am awake.

In the name of love, ZY will patiently wait (no matter how bored she is), standing by her class signboard, holding on to her 1st position dearly.

In the name of love, you will see her smile when the subject of her love is approaching.

The things someone in love will do just to hold her favorite teacher's hands..see my dear girl's smiling face!

(You see, ZY has to be the earliest in her class to reach school in the morning in order to stand in front so that her favorite teacher, Mrs Goh can hold her hands and lead them back to class. Normally, since she is the tallest in her class, she has to stand at the back of the line when they lined up to go to the toilet.)

And in the name of love, we as parents, will diligently try our best (even sacrificing our precious sleep) to fulfill our girl's wish and see her bright smile early in the morning. It truly brighten up our day! ^_^

Hope Community Kindergarten Concert 2010

Today is ZY's school concert (Our Colourful World) and also ZY's first stage performance.

The whole family is super excited with both daddy and ZY's Jiu Jiu taking annual leave to support her!

We woke up early so that I could put on some makeup for ZY and reached school by 8a.m.

The concert started at 9.30a.m. sharp where the graduation class received their graduation certificates. After a series of long speeches by the respective VIPs, the concert actually begins at 10.45a.m. (a note to remember not to bring DY here so early next year).

ZY's class (Love a.m.) is the second performance of the day and named the Musical Pom-Poms.



Walking back to the stage for the Finale songs.

After the concert and finale songs, ZY took some pictures with her friends (notice her signature pose?).

With Zeng Yuan Ting (Her current best friend)

With Kimberly Tan

With Vivian Au

With Elken Sim

ZY and her friends have practiced the dance step for months and finally it was over. Am glad that everything went smoothly but most importantly is that ZY had fun and enjoyed dancing infront of her proud daddy, mummy, Po Po and Jiu Jiu. You rock Girl! ^_^

The Art of Makeup

ZY has to put on some makeup for her school concert tomorrow (rehearsal) and Friday (actual performance).

While lying on the bed for her nap this afternoon, I told ZY that I will put some cream on her face before applying some powder tomorrow. She eagerly nodded her head and said, "Yes, so that the powder will stick to my face."  ZY thought that the cream act as an adhesive agent!

This will be the first time ZY puts on any makeup on her face other than the lip gross I've applied for her during our Korea trip. Hence her ignorance in the art of makeup and how it works.

Finally "The Line"

We always heard from friends that the buffet spread at Shangri-la Hotel's "The Line" restaurant is very good but we never actually been there before. The reasons being I'm a small eater who prefer to eat small meals frequently and I don't really like seafood, hence I don't think its worth it for me to spend $100 plus for a seafood buffet at The Line's Marine Harvest Night.

However, since MW has requested to eat Snow Crab and Oysters for his birthday celebration and most importantly, I've chanced upon a 39% discount for Shangri-la Hotel's group of restaurants, I decided to make a reservation to give it a try and to fulfill MW's wish at the same time. ^_^

We reached the hotel slightly early so we walked around the building taking pictures like some tourists, hehehe!

The Spread

The antipastas and desserts.

Mango crepe and drunken prawns.
The drunken prawns is one of my favourite as the prawns are really very fresh with a crunchy bite to it.

To say that ZY was excited to see these rows of gummies is an understatement. She was practically eyeing them for the whole night! Too bad she is still having slight coughing and phglem so I only allow her to eat one piece of her choice. Clever girl chose the gummy in the shape of snake (the biggest lah).

What can I say.

ZY has sweet tooth just like her mommy! ^_^

When ZY saw this nonya kueh, she called them colorful cake and insisted on trying it.

By the way, ZY found a part-time job at the restaurant, helping other patrons dipping their marshmallow in the chocolate fountain! She waited beside the counter (which happened to be beside our table) for anyone who wanted to dip their marshmallow and offered to help them. So cute!

ZY helping the young couple standing behind ( in the picture) to dip their marshmallows.

The total bill for the night is $126 after discount. Not too bad considering they have free flow of red and white wines. However, they don't have a wide variety of desserts. They don't even have fresh strawberry for the chocolate fondue! I would have thought that it is the basic for the price they charged? Or am I asking too much?

My Half "Hakka" Girl

ZY simply loves to eat 擂茶.

I will put all the vegetables including leeks and cilantro into her bowl and she will gobble it up! See how happy she was eating it last evening. ^_^

I'm so happy that ZY loves to eat her vege and I've no problem giving her the daily required portions of fruits and vegetables.

DY @ 7-Month Old

DY at 7 month old surprised me by pulling himself into standing position last Saturday. This photo was taken just when he pulled himself up by holding on to the side of the bed. It wouldn't be long before he can cruise along furniture...

Genting - A Promise Kept

As promise to ZY, we brought her to Genting Highland after her hospital follow-up check.

We went up the hill in a big group of eleven. Eight adults and three children.

The group less the grandparents who were at their "playground" ^_^

Recharging in the hotel room before heading out for rides and more rides!

The three "musketeers", cousin ZhengYi, DY & ZY.

 

With ZY height at 108cm now, it will be the last time she is allowed to sit on her favourite ride.

(max. height limit 110cm)

DY loves the cool weather in Genting and was either sleeping or playing most of the time. With his cute oufit, I've lost count of how many times he was pinched on the cheeks by total strangers! My father even jokingly sugeested that we let DY wore a surgical mask to prevent strangers from passing unknown germs to him! Frankily speaking, I don't understand why people likes to pinch baby's cheeks. Is there a need? No matter how cute the baby is?

This is the only family photo taken on this trip as either ZY was busy taking rides or DY was sleeping in his stroller.

On the last day of the trip, ZY told me that she didn't want to go home..she wanted to go back to the hotel room and stayed for another night. She had so much fun despite having a flu the moment we reached Genting. We played from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. with a short 1 hour nap in the afternoon. Though I could see that she was very tired, she still begged for the last ride. How could I refuse her request, remembering how much my little girl had to endure during her 3 weeks in KKH. So long as she is happy, I'm happy (though I'm totally beat!)