Yuletide Greetings

Wishing all a blessed and joyous Christmas! We were at Orchard Road a week before Christmas to avoid the crowd. Here is a video of me playing with a jie jie while waiting for our turn outside a restaurant.

Mummy decorated the Christmas tree and it has since been my new 'toy'. I enjoyed touching the prickly tree and the red and blue balls. See, mummy was amused with me for identifying and plucking out the exact blue ball every time I was around the tree. On Christmas day, my paternal and maternal grandparents and my xiao jiu jiu were invited to our place to have a scrumptious dinner.

I am 10 months old

Time files and I am turning 1 in just two months' time. I have been spending a lot of time with mummy lately as she is currently a temporary SAHM (stayed at home mum). However, everything will revert to normal soon when school reopens in January.

Both of us enjoy the time bonding together during this period and mummy is proud to witness some of my new antics.
I am able to:
- recognise apples, oranges, fish, orchid, christmas tree, star etc.
- identify red and blue colours correctly when mummy asked me to take the balls from the christmas tree
- pull to a standing position effortlessly
- stand with support or sometimes with one hand support
- cruise around by holding on to furniture
- call \dæ dæ\ as in 'daddy' when he is not around. I refuse to call daddy upfront
- scream and cry when any of my beloved items are taken away from me
- come to mummy and scream to demand for more bread (my current favourite is chocolate wassant from Provence)
- do gong xi gong xi
- respond to sayang by hugging mummy tightly and pulled her face to kiss
- offer the other leg by lifting it up without being told when removing my pants while standing

Mummy is very proud of my achievements and is grateful to God for blessing me, keeping me strong, healthy and happy.

Splish splash...

I went for my first swim on 8 November 2009 (Sunday) with daddy and mummy. I did not display any signs of fear for the water even though it was cold. I merely showed some discomfort initially with daddy dipped my little legs into the water. My swim lasted for only a mere ten minutes as mummy was concerned with the cleanliness of the pool. I had a quick wash up thereafter and admired daddy who proceeded to swim in another big, deep pool.

Oh, it's cold!


Warming up


Help! Remove this green 'monster' for me..


Flashing a smile at mummy. I love swimming afterall.

A is for Active

Time flies and I am already 8 and a half months old. I am getting more and more active. I am so energetic that mummy wonders where I get my energy from. I am definitely not a small eater, neither am I a big eater. I have been consuming 4 feeds of milk and 2 feeds of solid-food since 5 months old. The portion of porridge/cereal has also increased significantly. However, I seem not to be putting on weight as fast as before due to the increase in physical activities. I will spend my waking hours playing, reading, observing, learning, jumping, crawling, dancing by shaking my body and the list goes on...Let me show you some evidence of me busy in action.

Jumping like an expert in my jumperoo..Mummy finds me so hilarious..Hear my screams of excitement


Turning and flipping


Laughing and playing


Crawling and smiling to the camera

Happy Birthday to Daddy

October is a very important month for us as two significant occasions fall in this month - Daddy and mummy's dating anniversary and daddy's birthday! We had a simple but heartwarming celebration with me celebrating with them for the first time.

Although we have been to T3 umpteen times, this was the first time we went during the day. Daddy and mummy wouldn't want me to miss the chance of seeing the aeroplanes.

Daddy and I


I love to show my affection by touching mummy's face and pulling it nearer for me to kiss.



At Crowne Plaza Hotel



Sky roof


Azur, the place daddy and mummy had their dinner buffet and I had my home-cooked fish & spinach porridge

Mid Autumn Festival

This was my first time celebrating Mid Autumn Festival. We went to a mini gathering at my paternal great-grandmother's place and celebrated the occasion with my relatives. I was not in a good mood as too many people were around trying to talk to me and amuse me at the same time while I was having my dinner. It was too distracting so daddy and mummy brought me away to a quieter place to finish my meal before joining them again.

Let me show you the two lanterns I have this year. Both are in Doraemon.

Yet another trial class

It was a lazy Sunday morning on 27th September. I have to sacrifice my beauty sleep to attend my class at Kindermusik.

The class started at 10a.m. and we were 10 minutes late despite daddy's record of reaching Tanglin Mall in about 10-15 minutes (Thanks to the smooth traffic condition). All the other babies have already finished their warming up and started shaking the maracas along with the music. I cried the moment I was seated with mummy as she passed my maracas to me. I was overwhelmed by the loud noise and the unfamiliar surrounding as I missed the warming up session at the beginning.

Mummy showed me around the room and comforted me. Very soon, I smiled to her and we joined in the fun.

Look! I was looking intently at the instructor demonstrating with the drum. I like scratching instead of hitting the drum.


Verdict: I enjoyed myself more at Stage n Such. Mummy thought so too. Anyway, she is going to arrange for another few more trial classes at Gymboree, My Gym etc. before deciding on which to sign up.