Macritchie Reservoir 04-10-08

04-10-2008, Saturday.

A morning stroll at the reservoir. We saw a group of jc students practising canoeing. That aroused joshua boy's curiosity. Thus pappy brought him nearer to the water to have a closer look at the students' activities.

After that, we continued to walk, followed a path along the bank, to a trail on the boardwalk.

merrily trolleying...

weeeeeee......joshua boy had fun taking his trolley ride.

slippers & legs...

joshua boy tried to wear gabriel's slippers...

and this is how it turned out to be...

I thought his legs look quite sexy...

(joshua boy was wearing only his diaper for this pic)

tidy & messy...

Joshua boy knows how to follow my instructions in keeping his toys.

He was helping me to keep all the LEGO bricks back into the box one evening, after playing.

If i don't train him, this is how my living room looks like...

Sometimes, i have to use my legs to sweep his toys to one side before i can advance another step forward...

say cheese...

Joshua boy's favourite snack, cheese. He will stand in front of the fridge, point and say "cee cee..." when he wants to eat cheese. Mummy always knows what our child is referring to...

Time flies...

found this video clip while sorting my folder in my laptop. This was taken at McCafe AMK. Joshua boy was only 10mth old then. Time flies...

"wu bor?"

It has become my habit to check joshua's diaper to see if there is any poo before we go out or leave the house. One occasion, as usual, i pulled down his shorts, asked joshua boy, "wu pang sai bor?" He replied,"bor,"

SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

i have not taught him any teochew, yet uttered that from him. Pappy & i speak a mixed of teochew, mandarin & english , while i use mandarin on joshua boy. I realise that he is beginning to pick up languages fast nowadays (remember joshua boy has not spoken a proper phrase yet), and mimic what pappy said. I better mind my words in future, especially with joshua boy around.

Lunch today

Lunch today for Joshua boy & mahmmy_boy

------ bbq pork ribs, pineapple rice bought from bbq express at hougang mall. The pork ribs were well-marinated, but the rice was a bit disappointing. The portion was rather big. $4.90 for a set which i think is quite ok. I had an instant expresso (got that from my mum's pantry) after lunch (kopi is a must-have beverage after meal...)

(the pork ribs might not look appetizing in the pic, but they are really yummy...)

joshua's new toy (II)

joshua boy received another new toy - LEGO duplo set, which we bought for him last fri while shopping at Marina Square. This set is suitable for tots 2 - 5 yrs old. The components are made in Hungary and distributed by the LEGO Group in Denmark (NOT China!)

Joshua boy can't piece the bricks into any model yet. He can only join the colourful bricks into stacks. In time to come, hope that joshua boy will be more creative...

I love Lego too. My first and one-and-only Lego set was a gift from my ah yee. It was actually meant for my sis. But I was the one who frequently played with that. I remember I love to build bungalow with swimming pool, with car porch, and a garden...my dream house when i was small...hehe...

joshua's new toy

leo feels that gabriel has out-grown such toy, thus hand that down to joshua boy. Joshua boy loves to switch on & off the button, swifts the cars from one ramp to the next, and watches the plane hovering in that forever-the-same circular motion. But i have to endure & tolerate with that "ooOO..." background music...

mum was ill

my mum was back from hospital yesterday afternoon. Thank God!

She developed high fever on mon midnight. My father quickly called gek. Mum wanted to just seek treatment from a 24-hr clinic. Leo, guess upon seeing how feeble she was, decided to head for A&E , without delay. According to gek, mum was very weak to stand still even. On the way to hospital, gek called my home .Pappy picked up the phone but did not hear any response, so thought was a prank. However, my instinct told me to check my hp, which was in the living room, after that prank call. Just then, saw a missed call. That was from gek, after unsuccessful attempt calling my home.

I did not go to the hosp. I was at home waiting for updates. Couldn't sleep, kept tossing & turning. Received a sms from keow at 2.18am saying "mum to be warded in c d c, ward 91, bed 4, suspect chikunya," (That was the initial fear by the doc, given the symptoms.) I was shocked, quickly woke up pappy told him the bad news. At about 3.27am, received another sms from keow - "i just met with doc. They will put her under observation," "...at least 1 full day. Most likely not chi..." another sms came at 3.58am. Somehow i felt more relieved after reading the words "most likely not chi".