Lunch buffet @ Concorde Hotel & Destinee 2nd Birthday Party!

We had gotten a free lunch buffet @ Concorde Hotel (ex Meridien Hotel) - and thought we should just check out the newest mall on the block, i.e. Orchard Central. The escalator is really high as we ascend to the top for better views!


Makan time!!




The day would have been perfect if not for the incident which happens thereafter... my left fingers got stuck in the hotel's carpark lift! Daddy misses by just a second to prevent this mishap but recover quickly to assess the situation to check what is the best course of action. All Mommy could do is to look upon helplessly... sob sob...

The few minutes feel like forever, and thank God we manage to get her fingers out - albeit somewhat red and swollen with slight abrasion. Zee Yann finally broke down and cry as the whole incident is too overwhelming. Hush hush, we are on our way home dear.

After my nap, I seem to have recovered from the earlier shock, so off we go for my weekly class, after which we have a birthday party to attend.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Destinee!!

Lunch date with Cheryl @ Rose Veranda

It's been some time since we met up with auntie Grace and Cheryl and we are going to have a long and hopefully relaxing hi-tea together!


Cheryl is so sweet to share her magnetic board with me, as we take turns to doodle after we had our lunch.


And here I am, trying to request Cheryl to draw diamond instead of the circles that she has drawn earlier.

Don't get what I am saying? Never mind, let me show you...

Meanwhile, the 2 hungry Mommies can finally eat in peace.


Attempt to get a nice group foto failed... why do they want to keep such a "safe distance"? But we manage to get the gals swop their favourite items with each other.

Time to go home for our nap! It's already past 3pm!

I am 23 Months Old!

At least 3 or maybe 4 new teeth have been seen spotted this month. 1 left canine & 2 molars - all happening at the upper gum, and sometime later in the month, a pearlie white left lower incisor emerges too. Mommy has lost track the sequence - so long as I am on my track in getting the full set of milk teeth!

Pretending to cook continues to be one of my favourite daily activities, and I get to cook for all my friends ranging from panda bear to doggie to bunny and even my pet elephant! Oh and not forgetting Mommy, Daddy, Grandma & Grandad!

I can count 1 to 10 and will be lost/mixed up as Mommy prompts me up to 20! And we start to play some word games, such as "A" is for "apple", "P" is for "penguin". It's fun cos we get to learn the correct phonics pronouciation as we try to fit in the corresponding word to the letter.

And I can say my full name as I point to the name tag on my ABC book. And if you prompt me with "What's your name?" - She will reply you with a loud and crisp "Foo Zee Yann!"


My standard bedtime routine - reading (these are just some of the books that I "grow" up with)

What are some of the new words that I have picked up:
- hawk, falcon, chopping board, rainbow, swallow, Keira, potato, onion,
- one more time, fiddlers, share, x-ray, bat, frog, hare, colour, hi 5,
- piano, drum, tambourine, cymbals, trombone, cookies, tofu, careful,
- happy birthday, continue, semicircle, ruler, net, pencil, shells,
- higher, snail, whale, jaguar, iguana, unicorn, king cole, snowflakes,
- week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, mooncake, caterpillar, guitar,
- Who are you?, I'm a cat, You know who, Foo Zee Yann
- Pa Pa 骂希妍
- 葡萄, 草莓, 西瓜, 米粉, 回来

Baby Sarah Full Month Celebration

Sarah mei mei is finally 1 month old! The thought of going to party excites me, and even more so thinking that Cheryl will be there to play with me. And of course, not to mention the yummy food...

As Mommy is alone and thinking that a stroller will be easier to manage all the barang barang, i.e. ME, Mommy's bag, pressie - it turns out that its not such a brilliant idea afterall. As we are trying to locate the bungalow, what greets us is a flight of steps, and there is no elevator that is in sight. So I was asked to walk down the stairs myself, whilst Mommy manages to drag the stroller et al all the way down! When we have finally made it to the ground level, that's when we saw auntie Val and uncle Adrian! If only they are a minute earlier!!

Can you see the changes in baby Sarah? (Top 3 pics are taken when she was just born, with the right most taken when she was 11 days old)


The hi-tea buffet becomes my dinner, as I tuck into fried rice, tempura prawn, zhui kueh, (oh, and you tiao which I help myself with) and complete with a chocolate eclair!

And Mommy has to remind me not to touch baby Sarah as you can see that I am still holding my you tiao in another hand! But who can resist a baby?? So quietly I touch baby Sarah on the tummy, and very gently for at most 1 or 2 times before Mommy pulls me away. See how sweet Sarah looks? I think she enjoys my company afterall...

Grow up fast ok, then I can show you the things that we can do together!!

Mid Autumn Festival aka Lantern Festival

Pre-run @ Punggol Park a few days before the actual day... there is only another boy with a Pooh and friends lantern.


Steamboat dinner + Belated Birthday celebration for Matthew... as usual, I am excited the moment I see a cake and I am all ready to sing the "Happy Birthday" song!


There is no special theme designated for tonite - but coincidentally we are all carrying Hello Kitty lanterns! (and mine being the largest, haha!!)


两小无猜？The more we get together, together, together...


Time to burn off the extra calories - no wonder we are all so thin!


I am even game enough to play with the "sparkler" - but strictly under supervision! I have so much fun today!!

Experiencing F1 @ Marina

Last year's F1 Daddy was out of town, so this year, we decide to go nearer to the place of action just to experience the sounds and soak in the atmosphere. Mommy and Daddy din want to risk bringing me into the actual grandstand, so we decide to hang around Marina area for our own little walkabout.

We couldn't get to see a thing when we reached Marina Square, all we can hear are the vrooms and zooms ocassionally. Never mind, its all in the name of participation right? Even though we din get to see the actual F1 car, well, the display one in the shopping centre will do for us... hee

Did Mommy mention that this little princess is dancing right at the centre of the mall, to the strong beat and loud music too?? Look who is the one really partying...


And after dinner, its time to burn off those excess energy in me again! I seem to make new friends readily, or rather, usually there will be a jie jie who will look out for me, and she even ensures that she goes down the slide first, so that she can keep a look out for me when its my turn next.

Long weekend but wet weather

19 Sep 2009 (Sat)

Daddy is gonna cook for the family and we are having fried udon & homemade 水饺 today! In any case, I get to be part of the team and I help to lay the dumpling skin evenly into the plate (though Mommy will conduct QC and ensure its not more than a single layer) and scooping some meat onto the dumpling skin... oh and the last most important step is to dip my little index finger into the bowl of water to wet the corners of the dumpling skin so that the meat won't fall off whilst cooking. Having done all that, Mommy will proceed to fold and voila! our 水饺 are ready to be cooked!

We are so engrossed in the whole process that Mommy has forgotten to take a quick snap. Not with those sticky hands anyway...

I am more of a carbo & vege person so I prefer the skin more than the meat, and I rather stick to my familiar food of fried udon!

And that partly explains why recently I am into cooking for everyone, like bee hoon for grandpa and grandma... and I make sure I will go around and have everyone sample my food. You will have to pretend to eat and make appreciative gestures and expressions, and in turn I will offer you more food the next time, ok?

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20 Sep 2009 (Sun)

We are having steamboat for lunch at grandparent's place, but since Mommy has already prepared my food, I only get to eat some fishballs as I seat myself firmly on Mommy's lap... I enjoy the company as well as the food, and finally the lure of play pulls me off from my comfy position - hey cousin Matthew and Jonathan are here!

Let's go and play!

With mooncake festival just around the corner, I finally get to eat my first piece of mooncake... its sweet, meaning yummy! Oh, 婶婶　is eating grapes, and immediately both Jonathan and I stand in front of her, in anticipation that we get to be offered a bite as well... (do all toddlers behave like this, or more so cos they are born in the year of pig?)

And that's not all, I even get to have a few sips of the fu chuk dessert that Mommy is drinking... oh and it's my milk feeding time again! Bye!

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21 Sep 2009 (Mon) - Hari Raya Puasa Holiday

Not wanting to jostle with the crowd, after a hearty Ya Kun breakfast, Daddy suggested that we check out the new mall, City Square. Why not, aircon is much appreciated in this bad weather, extreme hot and cold, with unexpected showers at the wrong time!

So here we go, with our princess the most excited, cos we're going shopping! Shopping in her vocab means grocery shopping in general, where she can grab and put the food into the trolley/basket. Favourite word/food for the month is tofu, simply because "jie jie Coco loves tofu!" as she speaks animatedly. But I end up napping in the car and continue to nap on Daddy's strong arms/shoulder for another 45min!

Besides Metro, there are only a handful of shops ready for operation. But one particular shop caught mommy's attention - a lot of materials for card making and scrapbooking. Interesting indeed... The smell of new paint is evident everywhere, and it isn't nearer to lunch time that we realise most of the eatery places are not even opened! So we eventually settle for a cafe, being the most kid-friendly looking eatery around (oh, and they do not have high chair by the way).

What's for lunch today??

I have some mushroom soup, shepherd's pie (the beef version is a little peppery so I end up eating more of the potato), and finish off with more spaghetti. (Sorry, no mee siam for now, another time ok?) And since the lunch set comes with a single soup of ice cream, how could I miss it? Yummy, Mommy thinks besides saying "Zee Yann likes pear!" its soon gonna be "Zee Yann likes ice cream!"... haha

The rest of the evening is spent at home, lazing around. And look at the impromptu pictures that we take - it din take much prompt and I am very co-operative tonight. All done within 1 min!

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