My First Day in School

Hi all,

This is my first day in school. Mama registered me in a new school by phone and hence I have yet to have any uniform. The boy below is the first classmate I said hello to. So maybe you can say he's my first friend.

Take off your shoes here and come in with me.

There is an area with big sofa just outside my classroom.

This is me in my classroom. There is this Sesame Street Poster on the wall! There is no windows for you to peep in this time round. ;p

This is Aunty Irene, the teacher assistant. She said I am active and willing to follow her.

And yes, I really clamoured for her attention on the first day of school. My teacher was too busy with the admin work. These are some of my classmates. Most of them are younger than me.

This is what I will be doing each day of the week.

Below is my daily lesson schedule.

Mama has this hunch that I will not stay long in this school. She will probably start itching to find me another school or maybe try to get me transferred to the centre nearer to our place in the days to come. In the meantime, I will just have to settle here. :D

Like Father, Like Son

On a few occasions, Nai nai narrated that when Papa was a child, he had many small toy cars which he would arrange in a long row. That's his way of playing his toy cars.

Me? I don't have many toy cars but I have many percussion instruments and I will also arrange them in a neat row. Nowadays, when I can remember, I will take out my percussion instuments, arrange them in a row and start banging away. That's one way I entertain myself at home.

Mama is just impressed that I actually arrange them in a row before I play. I could have well gathered them in a group, kind of in circle or something. But no, I arrange them in a straight row as you can see above.

My Chipped Tooth

Hi all, want to take a look at my chipped tooth? Here's a closer shot....

Nowyou know why Mama was so sad.... ;(

Mama kind of bugged Papa to bring me to a dentist and even mentioned bringing me to a pediatric dentist. So yesterday, my parents brought me to the dentist at Yew Tee but the receptionist said I am too young and will not cooperate with the dentists and she suggested bringing me to a pediatric dentist.

Papa brought me to my pediatrician Dr Winston who suggested observing me first. He said if I keep saying there is pain, the tooth is shaky or if the tooth turns grey in a few days or weeks or if there is a gum boil, then I will have to see a pediatric dentist. If the tooth turns grey, it means the tooth has died and it might be extracted or if there is a gum boil, it means there is a fracture to the part of the tooth in the gum or something and the fracture has caused an infection to bring about a boil.

Mama called a pediatric dentist and the receptionist said for first consultation (chipped tooth or not), it will cost about $90 to $110 and the amount will increase depending on what needs to be done. That sure is expensive. Mama prays my tooth will be alright.

Don't tell my Nai Nai about this, ok? ;)

Never Mind

Yesterday, while waiting for breakfast to arrive at Amoy Hawker Centre, I fell off the chair again and this time, another part of my tooth chipped off! My parents did not know I had chipped off part of my tooth when they picked me up from the ground. They only saw I had cut my lower lip on the right hand side and there was blood. Papa offered me a piece of tissue to help stop the bleeding while Mama held me in her arms to comfort me. I was especially clingy to Mama for quite a while after the fall. I sat on her lap and held on to her right arm which I wanted to be placed across my chest like a sash worn by beauty queens.

Mama thought it was the pain caused by the bleeding lip and the fact that I lost some blood that caused me to be so clingy. Maybe I was tired too. After a while, perhaps 10 minutes or so, I felt better and could sit on my own again. I even ate some half-boiled egg and some beef noodle with soup. I even took Aunty Lorraine for a walk back to church when she and Uncle Bernard came to join us for breakfast.

It was only after we reached home and Mama was showering me when she discovered my chipped tooth and my, it was a big piece chipped off this time. Mama felt like crying as she was very sad that I had lost such a big part of my tooth.

Papa said it's ok and it will probably grow back over the year. But Papa also said precautions will be taken and I will have to sit in a pram if we eat at Amoy Hawker Centre again. He said the stools there are higher than the chairs I usually sit on which caused me to mis-judge the distance between stool and ground and hence I tripped when I try to come down from the stool on my own.

Last evening, Mama stood next to me when I brushed my teeth and she started feeling sad over my chipped tooth again. Although she said nothing, it was as if I could read her thoughts and I said 'Never mind". I even did it twice. Mama was glad I could comfort her. Don't worry for me, I am still pretty much my cheerful and happy self, chatty too except that my tooth felt a little uncomfortable. Mama want to touch it to see if it was shaky but no, she is not allowed to do that. I won't allow her. ;p

Roller Coaster

No, not the real one at those theme parks but Mama thought this should be called a roller coaster ride because I was going up and down too..... :D

New Year Day Afternoon

Hi all,

This was taken on New Year Day afternoon when my parents were trying to put me to nap.

Normally, I will take a shower and then be put down in the playpen with a bottle of milk before I drift off on my own. Mama is very thankful that it's easy to let me nap in this manner and on days when Papa is around, Mama can leave me with Papa to put me to nap while she goes out or when she goes to work on Saturday afternoons.

But not today. I wanted to come out of the playpen because I wanted to join Papa at the computer. However, I could only perch myself on the playpen and I do not know what to do next to leave the playpen.

Perhaps it did cross my mind to just flip over but Mama had warned me that I may fall and hurt myself if I do flip over on my own. Plus since my feet could not feel the ground at this point, I felt it's not safe to flip over and could only perch myself here.

Since I could not figure out how to flip over the playpen to escape captivity, Mama decided not to help me with it either. This is one of those little things which Mama believes since I do not know, she will not teach me too. She will only help to bring me out occasionally when I was perched and at other times, she put me back into the playpen.

Looks like I can only stay in the playpen this time round. Hmm.....
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Great Way to Start the New Year

Blessed New Year, everyone! I had a tender loving start to the new year. Mama was down with her running nose and Papa took over the duty of sleeping with me at night. He even closed the door to my room when he came in but it didn't stop me from opening it on my own to go look for Mama who brought me back to my room before returning to hers. Mama later found out Papa made a bottle of milk for me in the middle of the night and I had slept in until about 9am this morning.

Papa then brought me out to get breakfast for the family so that Mama could sleep in. When we came home, I went straight to Mama room and had a conversation with her. This conversation delighted Mama greatly. It was just a trivial conversation as she asked me where I had been and I said Yew Tee. I also mentioned "breakfast" to her. Later on, she asked me how did we go to Yew Tee, like did we walk there or we went in Papa's car and I told her "Papa's car".

Mama thinks it's such a great way to start the year together with me. To think that a year ago, she was a little worried that I was nearing 2 and not even saying much single words when the books mentioned I should be progressing to stringing words together such as"play toys", etc. ;)

God sure is good and has blessed me with the ability to speak in His time! :D