Cass has a sister!

Welcome to 2008. Here's wishing everyone good health and happiness in this new year.

Mama has been tremendously busy clearing work for the past months last year before going on maternity leave, so that explains the big GAP between posts... Sorry.

2008 is a new year with new beginnings. Cass has entered nursery and her little sister, Dorothy, was born on 4th Jan. Cass loves her to bits! It's hard to keep her hands off the little one.

National Day 2007

We couldn't get tickets for the National Day Parade, so Cass and Mama brought foldable stools and sat outside the Fullerton from 1pm till 6pm for the parade to start. Grandma was there to sell flags for the Community Chest.

Papa was late, and the policeman didn't want to let him in. Finally he relented, seeing that Cass needs a pee and Mama has a huge 'belly'.

We stayed for the crowd wowing boat shows by the coast guard and navy, and the airshow, and of course, the spectacular fireworks!!

After that, we had to walk all the way to Central to catch a bus... Thank goodness Cass took it all in her stride!! :)

Korean Cass

This costume was bought from Korea in 2001 when Mama and Papa went for a holiday!! It had been hanging in Mama's wardrobe till now. :)

Boat ride

Little Cass asked Mama if she could go on a boat, so we all went one Saturday morning. We took a bumboat from Clarke Quay to see the Merlion and back.

Birthday ladies

CNY in Cameron Highlands

Once again, over the holidays, we headed to Malaysia by coach from Five Stars Tour. This time we went to Cameron Highlands. We had great reviews from dear auntie Sharol, and it was great to experience the chill and tranquility of the small town.

The views were great, especially in the early morning when the fog is just starting to clear and the first light of the sun peering through the clouds. The farms are picturesque, reminds me of the scenes in watercolour of the japanese animation by studio gibli, of the farmer on his farm. So serene and peaceful, as i take in the fresh cool air...

We were caught in the rain on the first day, but our spirits were not dampened as we heartily tucked into the steamboat dinner as the fog swirled around us. :) And we went to do some light shopping in the rain at the pasar malam.

Papa's friends and kids

Here are some of Papa's good friends and their kids.

Cass in OZ 2

Cass in OZ

First turtleneck

It was very windy last night and grandma put on a turtleneck shirt for Cass. Isn't she lovely?

Trip to ICA

Cass is all dressed up to go to ICA to change the photo in her passport. She will go on a trip with just Grandma soon.

There are many people waiting to apply the new biometrics passports..

We were there from 9am to almost 2 pm, since Mama also went to apply for citizenship.

Fireworks and Happy National Day!

Darling Cass

Cass celebrated her first pre-national day party with her playgroup pals. Mama went to get a national day cake, complete with a picture of the national flag and candles (4 big and 1 small) for its 41st birthday! All the children (combined 2 classes) looked so adorable in the white tops and white bottoms. After the party, the teacher gave each of them a goodie bag, it's the first time Cass had a first taste of a lollipop. :)

Later that evening, Papa, mama and Grandma brought Cass to see the national fireworks display.
The first time Cass saw fireworks display was during the Chinese New Year period. She was too young to appreciate it then and wanted to cry at the loud booms in the sky.

Now that she's older, she was really enjoying herself at the esplanade park. The four teams this year are: Italy, Singapore, New Caledonia and France.

Happy national Day!

Words

It's easy to forget how we piece words to form our sentences, especially when we are in a multi-lingual environment, and most of the time we speak without any prior thinking, literally. Mama's never been educated in the chinese language but tries to speak mandarin to Cass.

Lately Cass has picked up more English from her playgroup that she tries to piece them together when communicating to us. She's fast moving from a single words to double words, now even attempts at whole sentences, never mind the languages.

Here's some examples:

Kai, men peas (Open the door, please)
Me, peas (Excuse me, please)
Sit, 'jie', no more (No seats for me here)

And the campaign going on now is to speak proper Mandarin or English, and not Singlish. :)

Naughty corner early in the morning

Here's Cass sent to the naughty corner for 1 1/2 mins this morning. She's wearing the dress Auntie SK and Uncle Adrian bought for her birthday last year. 'Xie xie, ah yi'. :)

Great-granduncle, great-grand auntie and granduncle

Last week we had a few relatives from Kuching, Sarawak. They were here for a holiday and Cass went along for a 'Duck Tour' and a trip to Sentosa's butterfly and insect kingdom. Uncle Vic managed to get a duck whistle for Cass, although it's only given out to those who answered random quizzes on board. :)

Later on Sunday evening, we all went for a meal, with Great-granduncle, great-grand auntie, grand uncle Ah Hau, including Grandma, Uncle Vic, Uncle Jeff and Auntie Veron.


See how young Cass' grand uncle is?

Cass with Great-Grand uncle and auntie. He is late grandpa's brother.



Grandma and Great-grandauntie.

Grand-uncle and Great-grand uncle.

Weekend fun

On Saturday, we had to meet someone in Holland Village, so we went swimming at the Buona Vista swimming complex. It's an old pool, unlike majority of renovated ones. Cass enjoyed herself tremendously. She's now more in control with the arm floats.

Yesterday, Cass was at the zoo. We went with Uncle Raymond, Auntie Janice and little Colin. We all signed up for the family package, so we can have countless trips to the zoo for the entire year!

We only managed to catch the gibbons and the animal show. Cass loved the sea lion show, but she thought the sea lion was a seal. After a few photos, it was time for lunch and we ate at the 'forest fare'. We were stuck there for a while as it rained and Papa and Uncle Raymond went to get umbrellas from the car.

Later we said our goodbyes and picked up Grandma from the temple. Cass would definitely love going to the zoo again. :)

Goodbye Azizah

Cass' friend, Azizah, has moved out. Her family has been staying next door for more than 7 years.

Azizah is 3 months older than Cass, she always come to our gate to 'chit chat'. All's well between the two angels, except that Azizah likes to shriek and that scares Cass off! :) On one occasion, she even pulled Cass' hair, so Cass' reaction was like 'Mai..mai.. mai..' which means 'no..no..no..' in hokkien.

It was so funny that one incident when Azizah had an oversized hair clip right above her ear, and Cass went 'allo.. allo'. She mistook it for a bluetooth ear piece, just like Papa's. Ha ha!!

Time flies!

Cass is now 18months old and has started in the playgroup, DazzKids! She enjoys herself there but can't seem to shake off the anxiety just before going into class. :)

Here is Cass in her Korean dress bought by Veron. 'Xie xie, mu mu'... :)

Cass' surgery

Cass has been having styes on her eyelids for a few months now. Doc's advise is to surgically remove them and inject anti-biotics to them to prevent further growths.

Poor Cass had to be under general anesthetics as she is too young to keep still. Mama's heart ached to see Cass in distress!

Here's Cass checking out the hospital gown and bed before the day surgery.



Here's the little darling with swollen eyes and bandaged arm after the surgery.

Happy New Year!

Darling Cass

It's been almost 3 months since Mama updated Cass' blog. It's been quite hectic for Mama. So many changes, in the home and at work.

Well, it's better late than never, to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2006 and also a Very Prosperous and Healthy Chinese New Year of the Dog.