Grandpa's going home

Thank you Grandpa for the Adidas sandals, Grandma for the new dress.

Today Grandpa will take the Air Asia flight back to Miri, before heading to Brunei. So he has to take the bus to JB's Senai airport.

Grandpa is sad to leave Cass, came to Mama's room early in the morning to carry her. While Mama went to prepare milk, Grandpa noticed Cass is chewing away and grinning. He discovered it was a lump of toilet paper and Cass bit anyone who tried to remove it. Too late, she swallowed it. And she washed it all down with a big bottle of milk. :)

Corn on the cob!

Have you ever seen anyone gnaw through the entire cob with only 4 front teeth?


Here's Cass waiting for breakfast one early morning.

Jeff and Veron's wedding dinner at Quality Hotel on Sept 18, 2005!



Everyone's having a ball of a time, including Darling Cass! It's her first night out for dinner at a restaurant. She stayed up till about 8.30pm, then slept in the stroller which we brought along.

Here's Grandma, Grandpa and Cass before the dinner, taken at the hotel's family suite.



Here's Vic looking like a bouncer! On the left is Great-Grandma 'Ah Tai', on the right is Nonie.

Papa and Cass' cousin, Casey.

Cass' first trip to the Singapore Zoological Gardens.

Yesterday, after Mama left work, she brought Cass and the other visitors from Brunei to the Zoo. Cass had a great time, from the moment she step inside and saw the monkeys at the entrance to the farm animals and ponies at the children's park.

She was very exhausted after that, slept in the stroller along the way out. :)


Today, Cass went to the Jurong Bird Park. We left by LRT then MRT all the way to Boon Lay, where we had lunch at Jurong Point before boarding the bus.

Cass loved the penguins the most but silly Mama didn't manage a nice photo of Cass with penguins. So here are some swans and ducks instead. :)

Hi Mama...

Cass and Papa playing 'salute'
Originally uploaded by soprano_singer.

Mama is trying out the Hello kitty digital camera cum camcorder, which Papa got from the Fujitsu convention in Japan.

Not bad pics, eh?
Check it out at http://www.che-ez.com/vu2_sanrio/index.html

Yum Yum..

Naughty Cass
Originally uploaded by soprano_singer.

When it comes to food, nothing escapes Cass. Her favs are bee hoon, noodles, kway teow and pasta, be it fried or soupy.

Here she is, munching on fried tom yam bee hoon Grandma made for Mama's breakfast. Munching away like a cow munching on grass.

I am very intrigued by what nature has intended, for babies to naturally munch food on their front 4 teeth without being taught to do so.

You should have seen her gnaw away on bananas and corn-on-the-cob!

Naughty Cass

Naughty Cass
Originally uploaded by soprano_singer.

Cass is so mischievious, Grandma has to 'contain' her in either the laundry basket or shopping trolley. There's even a wooden stool for her to sit on, lest she gets tired of standing.

But the little darling is like 'ah pek at kopitiam', see her one leg on the stool...

Those yellow sandals with a little green crocodile motif were from a departmental store in Miri, Sarawak (East Malaysia). There were about RM$3.90 (less than S$2) !!

Great-grandma is here....

It's been 5 months since Cass last saw Great-Grandma, so Cass only smiles and waves to her from afar... the minute she holds her, she purses her lips and start whining. :(

Cass has forgiven Grandpa, or so it seems, for letting her slid to the ground (see other story), but all was spoken too soon. Grandpa just had to brush her hand to his stubble before he shaved, that scared her too, sent her wailing... again. So Grandpa has to wait again. Sigh..

Something amusing...

Cass at playground
Originally uploaded by soprano_singer.

Everyday Cass is learning new things and eager to show them to us, like clapping hands, playing twinke twinkle little stars, and patting her chest to indicate she's afraid :)

Yesterday, we were at the playground. Grandpa put her on the rocking seat. He let her sit for a second to take her picture and she slid to the ground. She wasn't hurt as the playground was rubber padded, but boy, did she cry...

Cass rarely cries, so when she does, she'll show the whole world ;)

She didn't let Grandpa come close to her after that... not even after her nap. It's like she remembers the incident very dearly. Ouch! I'm sure Grandpa felt hurt, after all, he dotes on the little darling and just arrived in Singapore the night before... :)

This morning, she was all smiles again. When she saw Grandpa snoring in his sleep, she woke him with a 'Eh...' and a slap to the hand.

Bubbles... Cass is having a great time with grandma. She loves to pop the bubbles with her finger.




Later, we went to Miao Yi restaurant at Coronation Plaza for lunch. Jeff wanted to try the food, see if it's good for his wedding buffet.


Papa gives Cass a hug and kiss for being a good girl. Cass finished her meal and never once made any fuss at the restaurant, even when she missed her nap.

Yippee! Shopping with grandma, mama and auntie Poni.



Grandma's looking for a new dress for Jeff's wedding in Sept. Off we went to Plaza Singapura, where we found 'Rose of Sharon'. The salesperson kept persuading grandma to try this and that. Take your time, Grandma... Cass waiting patiently or just hanging around, 'literally'.

She's taking a long time and those suits and dresses are quite 'standard'.
Now try the greyish blue dress, try it, try it... finally she relented.

Huh, it's that you, grandma?

We won't be revealing the actual dress anytime soon :)

Can I have $1, please? This doesn't work without coins..

It's the first time Cass sat in the kiddy ride (err.. stationary one as we didn't have any $1 coins). Can you believe it? Back when i was a kid, it was like only 20cents per ride?
Later, Papa came and we had pizza at Pasta Mania before going home. Cass was late for bed, at 8pm. Anyway, she had a reason to... Happy Birthday, Papa!

Free ride, anyone?

Mama's old Metro card was expiring, so had to use up the remaining points. Exchanged it for the Fisher Price's Stride-to-Ride. It's actually to guide the child to walk, but Cass prefers to ride on it like a motorcycle.


The day we realised we could let Cass sit on the Stride-to-ride all by herself :)




Grandma bought 2 new hairbands, blue one for Cass, black one for Mama. Doesn't Cass look sweet in it?


A lot of people thinks Cass is a boy. Even the guy who sells CDs at the pasar malam asked, Which CD you want, boy?

Happy Birthday, Mama... Best birthday present ever!

Cass at 4 months, picture taken by Papa. She was leaning against the easy chair, wearing her new oversized hat (meant for girls from 6 to 12 months).

I still wonder if I'm in a dream... to be blessed with such a beautiful angel. Everytime she looks at me and smile, i'm blown away...

Happy New Year 2005!

Happy New Year 2005!