The new Samsung Omnia is making me sway and drool. I know I had previously liked iPhone and then Touch Diamond but this newbie is packed with more stuff that the other two may lose their glory.
Check out its own Facebook.
My hubby is already eyeing on it. He's wondering if he should switch operator from M1 to Singtel for this phone. Samsung is quite aggressive in marketing its consumer goods. First on TV and now mobile phone. My hubby may be a successful convert from a Nokia to Sony Ericsson and finally... the Omnia by Samsung. (While I like its design, features and functionality, I must confess I DISLIKE the name "Omnia", it's like Narnia the movie and doesn't sound sexy enough like the other two contenders.)
Monday, 30 June 2008
New Phone on the Block
Water Baby
OK, Kieran is not exactly a baby but he's still my baby no matter how old he gets. Finally I've got a small clip of his swimming lesson... below was taken yesterday during the "floating" lesson. He can now swim in laps with the help of a float.
PS: Yesterday was also his first Hanyu Pinyin lesson. He said he enjoyed it and his Wang Laoshi was a nice lady. I'm glad he enjoyed and hope by learning it, he will have no problem when entering P1.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Peking Duck in Shanghai
I was in Shanghai late last week. Met up with an old friend who works there and had a sumptuous dinner at a Chinese restauarnt "Quan Ju De" along Huai Hai Zhong Lu for its famous Peking Duck. It was value for money, a whole duck cost us about S$35. We also had some Japanese mushrooms as an appetiser (means it's cold) - it's tasty!
Shanghai weather was bad with rain, the worse was on my way to the airport on Friday as it was POURING with POOR VISIBILITY. I was so worried that my flight might be delayed as a result as I heard a colleague that flighs to Hong Kong were delayed due to typhoon. When I arrived at the airport, I was relieved that my flight was on schedule, which means arrival in Singapore past midnight.
Pretty stuff from Taipei
My sis went to Taipei and bought some pretty Japanese cosmetics for me from the Momo Shop. Apparently the Taiwanese are crazy over Japanese beauty products and many brands are not found in Singapore, such as Majolica Majorca (MM), Love Clover, Gransenbon, Jill Stuart, Visee, etc.
She got my fav MM (a sister line from Shisido) mascara both in its original 2nd generation black mascara and a limited edition copper from its Summer collection, a black liquid eyeliner, a limited edition copper loose powder and a frosty white eyeliner. The MM mascara has fibres that make your lashes naturally long. She also got some blushers from Love Clover which come in small, pretty packages with dainty furry puffs.
Wonder why Singapore doesn't carry these pretty things that go easy on our pockets.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Wo Shi Hong Qi Yang
That's Hanyu Pinyin for "I am Foong Kieran".
The kiasu me managed to convince hubby that it is TIME to put Kieran in Hanyu Pinyin class (after I've heard horror stories from friends about how tough it was for their kids at P1). And so, together with the hyper Raeyen, we went to Beijing Language School to enrol him for the new term starting Sunday 29 June at 4.30pm till 6pm.
Kieran's extra-curriculum classes as follows:
Saturday 1200-1300 Gymnastic
Sunday 1400-1500 Swimming
Sunday 1630-1800 Hanyu Pinyin
I still remember I learned Hanyu Pinyin at P3 (psst, and I loved it, unbelievable right?). However, I don't think I would have the patience to teach my offspring.
Monday, 16 June 2008
A Birthday Party @ My Gym
The kids had a great time on Sunday at My Gym where Ethan's 5th birthday was held.
They started with free play where the kids tried all the stuff in the gym from rolling in a barrel, doing back flips to jumping on the trampoline. Raeyen surprised us with his energy and the spirit of good fun. He might be the second youngest of the lot (Jayden, who's Ethan's 14-month old little gorgeous brother with big sparkling eyes), he joined in every activity he could possibly handle (except for swinging on the monkey bars).
The gym facilitators kept the kids busy with exciting activities and obstacle courses for about 45 minutes before they hit for dinner and cake. We were amazed by the amount of energy all the kids had! It was a great party and our boys enjoyed tremendously.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Panda-mania
Last weekend, we watched Kung Fu Panda with May & Megan.
It was so so so funny. Jack Black portrayed Po the Panda (aka the Dragon Warrior) very well. We had so much fun watching the movie, albeit Raeyen's constant mischief.
Raeyen is usually very excited when we were about to catch a movie and he would say, "Raeyen's going to watch movie and eat pop-corns." BUT when we are in the cinema, he just can't sit still throughout the movie. So naughty.
Parent-Teacher Meeting, School, etc
Teacher-Parent Meetings are quite nerve-wrecking sometimes.
Attended one yesterday with Kieran's childcare centre. The English teacher said he's an average student and while he had no problem at "Show & Tell", he couldn't tell a story from pictures. I find this a little contradicting.
The Chinese teacher said he has improved tremendously as he could converse in Mandarin well unlike in the past where he peppered some English.
With the encouragement of some friends, we plan to enrol him into a Hanyu Pinyin class soon as we heard starting P1, Hanyu Pinyin is highly emphasized. Sigh... he's not even good at phonics and now he has to learn something completely new. I remember I first learned Hanyu Pinyin at P3 (I must confessed I liked it) but am utterly surprised that kids at a tender age of 6 has to learn the whole works!
He may not be academically inclined at this moment, but he is great at sports. His gymnastic lessons went very well but due to his young age, he couldn't progress to intermediate level (minimum age is around 8). His swimming is taking off very well and he now looks forward to the lessons.
In the afternoon, we took him to the Science Centre to participate in a Kids Lab program organised by BASF - The Chemical Company (psst, not the tape company anymore, mind you). He did 3 experiments on slime, toothpaste and blue pigment.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
I want this Diamond
Diamond is indeed a girl's bestfriend.
I am drooling over HTC's latest gadget that is touted to give Apple's iPhone a run for its money. This diamond is sleek, black and doesn't burn a hole in my pocket. It's not only a beauty but functional!
The HTC Touch Diamond
Thursday, 22 May 2008
!-scream
This is about "melting" services rendered by two premium icre-cream retailers we encountered recently.
Häagen-Dazs @ Tampines Mall
Bought a scoop of lemon sorbet for Kieran as requested by him. After it was scooped into a cup, Kieran said, "Mommy, why is it so small?". I agreed it was really tiny and he explained the scoop was smaller than what he had previously at Junction 8. So I asked the server if that's the standard size, who said "yes". Unsatisfied, I asked the manager on duty, he said, "Yes M'am, because it is a sorbet, it melts faster thus looks smaller." I told him it was ridiculously small but he didn't say nor do anything.
Ben & Jerry @ Sentosa Siloso
We ordered 4 cups of ice-cream and none was vanilla flavour. The server asked if the vanilla flavour ice-cream he just scooped was ours and I replied no. He looked puzzled and told his colleague to discard it.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Little gestures go a long way to delight a customer
2) Häagen-Dazs could have made up by adding a little more to the miserably small dollup of lemon sorbet to brighten a kid's day
3) Ben & Jerry need not throw away a good ice-cream but to ask if the customer wants it as a compliment
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
My Indulgences
A nice colleague of mine went to the US, so what did I commission him (via my dear Ivy) to do?
He managed to get the Coach Tattersall wristlet that I've been eyeing at a steal. It's rather small that contains a transitlink card, keys and tissue pack in a M)phosis tissue holder.
And if that isn't enough, I got hold of a pretty bimbo-istic mules from Guess at 30% discount (a pre-GSS casualty).
Hmm.... did I mention the cute Swarovski crystal rings that were designed for the promotion of Sex and the City movie? There are 4 gorgeous bling designs and cost S$430 each. I wouldn't buy as it will chip if knocked. But it's a nice to have.
Seriously, my shopping hasn't ended. I need a waterproof (preferably hobo) bag and at the right size to be placed under the passenger in front of me while in a plane.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Fun in the Sun
Together with May & Megan, we had a fun day at Sentosa, Siloso Beach this morning!
We were there since 10.30am, got a good shady spot and hit straight to the beach with their buckets, spades and what have you. I scurried after them applying sun block lotion on them like most mothers would. Megan was very cute and dainty in her red hot bikini, and is chubbier now!
While the kids played, May and I sat on the sand chatting while keeping a watchful eye on our brood. Kieran and Megan really had a blast on their own while my "koala" Raeyen has been clinging onto me. He said "wave" as "whale" and kept saying, "I don't want whale".
Then we rented a large paddle boat where May and I paddled the 3 kids while hubby hung at the rear, helping us to steer and swam at the same time. Though the rental of S$21 for 30 minutes was steep, we had a splashing good time albeit the scorching sun when steering back to shore.
After spending about 3 hours at the beach, we returned to shore, had sandwiches, fruits, juice and snacks. Showered and ended the day with scoops of Ben & Jerry ice-cream!
We will certainly come back to Sentosa soon!
By the way, Kieran had his first swimming lesson yesterday with his cousin Rachel. I forgot to bring the camera and will do so next week to capture some shots to post here.
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