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Tuesday 29 September 2009

Raeyen's Lantern Project

This is part of his kindy's parent-and-child project in conjunction with the Mooncake Festival. It is also part of a competition that will be held on 1 October to celebrate Children's Day & the Mooncake Festival.

He helped in sticking the glittering and colourful adhesives while I did the rest. Those little furry balls depict the moon, and yes, many moons. I used 3 different patterned origami papers to "wrap" the orange cylinder and clear plastic strips with the furry balls as frills. All items were bought from Daiso, a great place to hunt for such knick-knacks.

Friday 11 September 2009

Mini break at Sentosa


We spent this one-week September school holiday at Rasa Sentosa Resort for a night. It was our first and will be the last. Simply because it was not value-for-money and the whole place is rather run-down.

First of. Our room wasn't ready, so we took the kids to the Kids' Club to kill time. BUT, it was closed for lunch - can you believe this? The toddler playroom was pathetically boring for Raeyen. The arcade rooms were lingered with stale air. When the Kids' Club was finally opened, we were told only kids above 5 are allowed! Kieran went in, but came out after 5 minutes because it was "boring". He was expecting at least somewhere along the same standard as what he had experienced at The Westin Bali.

Our so-called half-price package of S$217++ per room per night rate does not come with breakfast. When we got in after collecting our key, we were surprised that the carpet has stains.

When we went to the pool the next morning, the pool bar was not opened even through the afternoon! The sea-sport centre was also not opened until either late morning or noon.

Anyhow, despite all these unpleasantness, we had a blast riding 2-3 times on the luge in the day and night. The kids were happy that we spent some time with them. They blew bubbles at the hotel balcony and were excited when we saw a monitor lizard wondering near the pool. The only thing they were thrilled at the hotel was the kiddie rides by the waddle pool.

Wednesday 2 September 2009

This is my one

"This is my one" is often spoken by Singapore kids. I have no idea how this has spun to such extent and that long since my kindergarten days!

I, especially, loathe to hear kids and adults alike exclaiming, "Aiyah, this is not your one, it's his/her one."

Therefore, I am happy that the Speak Good English Movement is a regular affair annually. You can also pick up some post cards bearing funny lines such as "This is my one" and "Why you so like that" from the library.