Last Day of School at 8 Intelligence

Today marks the last day of school at 8 Intelligence for me. It has been a year since I was in this school. If you have remembered, I was originally posted quite far away from my home but God has answered our prayers and I was posted near to my home.

Below are a few parting photos in my classroom and with my teachers-Sharon and Mdm Chen:

Hair Cut Again

This picture was taken on my 43rd month birthday. I just woke up from my nap and was seated at the computer when Mama took this picture. Boy, don't you think my hair looks like I needed another hair cut? So Mama brought me to a new place for a haircut. This place is called QB house.

Mama had to wait outside the shop when my hair was being cut. It's good that I can still see her through the glass wall or I may not be too happy to have my haircut there. Still, I sat still as best as I could for the cut.

See the new look. I look better now, right? :D

Do A Dot Markers

Hi all, it's me again, using Do a Dot Markers.

Some time ago, Mama read about these markers from another blog and she had been toying with the idea of getting them for me. When the markers finally came in, it took her a couple of days before she introduced them to me.

I call them "Do a Dot". Basically, they are bottles of coloured paint that are ready to be used. When the cover is unscrewed, you will see a sponge on top and you just turn the bottle over, squeeze the bottle and the coloured paint will come out through the sponge.

Mama read it's convenient as no brushes, cups or anything was needed and there is no need to worry about spillage as the paint only comes out when you squeeze the bottle. The not so good thing is that I can only dab and not use the bottles like big paint brushes.

Still, I like it so much that the following day, I woke up from sleep and the first thing I asked for was to "do a dot". Mama was only happy to oblige. This is my very first masterpiece. If Mama remembers correctly, it's already been trashed.... sigh.

I am Doing Work

Recently, I am also more conscious of doing work. In fact, there was this evening when Mama told me Rendy gor-gor, Nai nai's tenant, needs to do his work (school work) and I quickly asked to go home because I wanted to do work too.

A fortnight ago, Mama bought a paper puncher which can punch out the shape of butterflies on paper. She got Papa to draw 9 flowers on the papers, numbered them and attempted to make me paste the correct number of butterflies on each flower. See me working hard in the picture above? Well, I didn't really finish the work I was supposed to do but it was a good try.

In the picture below, I was doing work again. Mama bought Do a Dot markers and here I am, trying it out on Angry Birds. Mama will blog more about these in another post.

Here I am again, working on a new puzzle. Actually, it's not a real puzzle but it's a teaching tool for helping Mama's students learn fractions. Mama thought she will let me try it as a mini-puzzle.

See the finished product? Not bad, right? But it took a couple of tries before I could be convinced to do this puzzle.

Looks like the coming holidays will be a slightly more busy one for me...

V is for Victory

This month, I am also making more V-signs with my fingers when I am asked to pose for pictures. Not very perfect V yet but see me go at it! :D

Choir Boy in the Making?

On 23rd October, our church celebrated Music Sunday and our choir director called for choir members from past and present to sing the Hallelujah Chorus. Papa responded and the day before Music Sunday, Mama and I were in church together with Papa for the rehearsal.

Initially, we were right in front in the church sanctuary and there was a period of time the choir was at the back. When the choir took their position at the front and the music came on, I ran to the back of the sanctuary saying,"I want one, I want one!"

Mama took a while to figure out what was the "one" I was referring to. I wanted a black file just like the ones the every choir member held in their hands. Mama could not find any file and passed off a church bulletin as a file for me.

She was so proud of me when I actually joined the choir! The video below may not show very clearly but Mama saw me mouth some words of the chorus when she took the video.

Better still, I was singing with Papa! :D

I Can Cycle!

Hi all,

Under Papa's patient guidance, I can now cycle on a tricycle! Though I am not very good at it, having to push the tricycle to get it moving a little before I keep it going with my peddling, but at least I can move around in a tricycle.... :D

Looking Silly

Hi all, you can't see my face clearly?

Ok, here's another shot.

It's Mama trying to make me look silly by taking out my T-shirt halfway. But I like looking silly too...

Don't you think I look very good in this silly shot above? :D

One for...

There was one evening last month when I was taking out a straw, to drink Yakult or something. Mama can't quite remember what was the occasion. Most likely it's just an usual evening with nothing special going on.

But what Mama remembers very clearly was that I took the 2 straws below and said," One for Gu Gu, one for Gu Zhang."

Mama quickly took a picture of the straws above, deciding that she will blog about this some day.

Just last night, Papa showed me a picture of my extended family and I could identify Gu Gu and Gu Zhang. Such love I have for them! :)

ps : Mama thinks if postage to US is just 5o cents, I probably would have made a few rounds to US already. She really can't wait to get rid of me, can she? haha...

43 Months Old!

Hi all,

I turn 43 months old today! Kind of funny that I seemed to grow by 1 month within a blog post but this shows how Mama has really been slacking about blogging.

This month, I am speaking more Mama-talk. My parents could tell how my speech take after Mama. For example, when I want to say no without being too insistent, I would say,"No lar," which is probably what Mama had been saying to me as she was never very firm with me.

I am also spouting very funny sentences like "I am playing. Don't disturb me or I will be angry with you." Mama believes I also learnt this from her. It's funny to hear me speak like an adult in this way.

I can also get very sweet with words. I say thank you very naturally if something is handed to me. Many a times, I will say, "Mama, thanks for helping me with this" or thank her for some specific help she has rendered like "thanks for wiping my poop".

I am also instructional. One of the many frequent happenings recently is after my last milk feed for the night, I will tell Mama to wash the milk bottle while I go do my poo and pee. Many a times, Mama will follow my instructions to realise pleasantly that she need not worry about unwashed bottles and she can just focus on helping me fall asleep if she follows my instruction.

My parents noted iPad is starting to lose its appeal to me with its limited number of games (Papa reformatted it after I caused it to crash and there are about 5-6 games only) and Papa has now added more games to iPad. My parents think the most useful application they had downloaded is Timelock which is actually a timer for the iPad. Now, my parents can control my time on the iPad with more ease.

This month, I am also making Mama pretty frustrated wanting to act like an adult. For example, I insist on covering the milk tin after Mama has finished scooping out the milk powder. I will also ask to make milk but Mama said I am too young to do that and I have to wait until I am 5 years old.

I am also very keen to open the gate to our house whenever we need to leave the house and when we come home. This can take quite a while and it sometimes frustrates my parents. But I can already unlock the gate on my own. Another step to being a grown-up. Whoopee!

This month, I also spend more time with Papa as he started working part and only needs to go to office for 2 days. This picture was taken on a slightly rainy morning when my parents sent me to school.



Papa has also taught me to ride my tricycle. I can now cycle on my own. Mama will post another blog on that one another day.

My favourite place this month is a special gym called Hand in Hand. I go there every Tuesday to see Weiting jie jie who would do fun activities with me. I enjoy it every much and will be very cooperative with my parents if I know we are on our way there.

Ok, that's about all at the moment. See you again. :D

I am 42 Months Old!

Hi Everyone,

I am 42 months old! The picture above was taken on my 42nd month birthday when we were out for dinner. This month, I am getting more interested in phones and had often asked to call Mama on her handphone even though Mama is at home with me.

I am also getting good at bargaining. For example, Mama will let me have 10 minutes playing games on the iPad and I will ask for 8 minutes. What I did not know is that 8 minutes is less than 10 minutes and since I had asked for less time on iPad, Mama is more than willing to give it to me. ;p

I am also listing songs for Mama to sing during bedtime. I will ask for Barney's I love You song, There are 7 Days in a Week (sung to the tune of Clementine), and then Great is Thy Faithfulness. This went on for many nights before Mama realised that if I am really sleepy, I only ask for Great is Thy Faithfulness.

This month, I was also more instructional. At times, I will held up my index finger and ask Mama what is this. Mama knows I want to hear the answer "One" but sometimes, she will tell me it's my pointer and I will either ask her again or correct her about what I intended it to be.

Also, I am showing some fear of being abandoned. It used to be that in the past, if my parents could not get me to leave the playground, leaving me alone in the playground and pretending to go home on their own does not help. But it works quite nicely now to get me to follow them.

This month, Papa brought me to Army Museum when Mama had to work and I love this place. This was the kind of bunk Papa used to sleep in when he was serving his national service.

Papa likes it that there is some open space for me to run around as well as a small obstacle course for children. It's a mini version of what I will probably be going through when I do my national service many years later. In the meantime, see me and Papa go at it! :D

Lot 1Playground!

This is currently one of my favourite haunts after Science Centre. It's found on Level 5 of Lot 1 Shoppping Mall and I really love coming here.

Just the other day, we spent a good 2 hours at this playground. From 4pm to 5pm, I was having fun with the usual fixtures. After 5pm, I was all ready to engage with water play when the taps of the water play features were turned on. See me have fun! :D

I tried many times to come under the water when the pail got too heavy with water and overturned but I always missed the water. ;p

Mama was very proud of me for braving through this one as I always dislike having water over my face.

See, I came through it! :D

papa birthday present

Today is Papa birthday and like any usual Saturdays, he babysits on me as Mama goes to work.

Guess what I given him on his birthday? I have helped him to do household chores. Papa was taking down the laundry from the kitchen and I helped to transfer the laundry to the living room. Not only that, I helped to seperate the hangers from the clothes so that Papa can fold and keep the clothes later. Papa praised me for my efforts and commented that this has been a good birthday present for him today! Haha!