Friday, September 29, 2006
a favourite photo
This has to be one of my favourite photos of Matthew. Taken on Monday night, he was dancing away on the sofa while watching BB DVD. He just stopped and put his head on the sofa cushion.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Last Saturday at Oriental Hotel
Last Saturday, we attended a food tasting session at Oriental Hotel for Gu Gu Kylie and Gu Zhang Richard's lunch banquet next month.
Matthew had a good time, running round and round the private suite where we had our lunch. He entertained us with his words and antics. :p
Here are some photos to share:
>> For this shot, Matthew told us, "Zuo hao, xiao xin bu yao die dao (Be careful, don't fall off)!"
>> Matthew was fascinated by the glass lifts going up and down.
Matthew had a good time, running round and round the private suite where we had our lunch. He entertained us with his words and antics. :p
Here are some photos to share:
>> For this shot, Matthew told us, "Zuo hao, xiao xin bu yao die dao (Be careful, don't fall off)!"
>> Matthew was fascinated by the glass lifts going up and down.
Big Boy
Matthew's a big boy now. He drinks his milk from a cup, no straw needed! When I wanted to help him hold the cup just now, he said to me, "Mama, shou na kai (take away your hand)!!"
Friday, September 15, 2006
This week's favourite toy
This week's favourite toy was a Christmas present from Auntie Chris, Uncle Tianfa and Megan Jie Jie. Matthew walked into the "storeroom" the other day, saw the box and insisted on bringing it to Po Po's place. He knows how to match and put the 2-piece-puzzles together.
Update Update Update!
Sorry people. It's almost 2 wks since the last update. So what have we or little Matthew been up to these days?
He has been sleeping at 10pm, instead of the usual 9pm! This makes me very tired and sometimes I end up sleeping before he sleeps. Sleeping a little later means that he wakes up a little later, at 7am. For the past few days, he wakes up only at 7+am, which also means that Papa and Mama also wakes up a little later.
He talks ALL DAY, except when he's watching TV, sleeping or eating something! my goodness, he always seems to have something to say! He speaks in mandarin and can string words into meaningful sentences. Sometimes he really catches us by surprise, the things he says. His English is not too bad, except that he still hasn't learned to string words into sentences, but he has learned some bigger / multi-syllabus words like Rectangle, Triangle.
He loves to count! He can now count to ten without much help in both languages. He would attempt to count up to twenty, skipping some numbers along the way, but for a 18-month-old toddler, I think he is doing very well now.
He sings too! Twinkle twinkle little star. ABC and some chinese er ge.
He eats prunes (those Del Monte / Sunsweet types), dried apricots, sultanas and he loves them! Other than cheese, these are the things he would ask for... He can self-feed, BUT he thinks eating with his hands / fingers are faster. One good example was our dinner at Mayim (West Mall). He had noodles for dinner. Mike was feeding him with chopsticks and a spoon. But the moment he saw the bowl with the noodles, he demanded that he fed himself. WITH HIS HANDS! gosh, imagine all the soup that dripped down his fingers, his arms. I was busy wiping him up... Hahaha...
He has quite a good memory. He remembers places. Like after Marsden had their term break, Matthew recognised the place when we went back for his first swim class of the new term. He also remembered Bt Timah Plaza where his paediatrician is. We went there for his DPT booster yesterday. When we asked him if he wanted to see Dr Ong, he said "Bu Yao. Hui Jia (Don't want. Go Home)". As I turned into the car park, he started saying "Hui Jia" and kept saying those two words in a voice that was almost crying. The moment I parked the car, stopped and turned off the engine, he burst into tears!
He hates doctors! All kinds of doctors! He cried and cried and cried the whole time we were in Dr Ong's room and only stopped when we got out and he played with the toys. It was the same at KKH and NUH! So as far as possible, we will avoid clinics, hospitals and doctors! :p
He's toilet-trained! Of course, only in the day. I'm wondering now if we have stocked up too many packs of Huggies diapers.. Hahaha... We still diaper him when we go out, but for short trips to the market etc, we just bring along plastic bags. He still can't hold his pee for a very long time, so we just get him to pee into the bags.
Finally, last but not least... Matthew has been telling us that he wants a mei mei and he got his wish. Yes, I'm now 15 weeks pregnant and it's a girl! :) My expected due date is 7 March 2007, just 10 days after Matthew's 2nd birthday. Hopefully we get to celebrate his 2nd birthday before number 2 pops. By the way, what a coincidence that the lunar date is the same for both of them.
He has been sleeping at 10pm, instead of the usual 9pm! This makes me very tired and sometimes I end up sleeping before he sleeps. Sleeping a little later means that he wakes up a little later, at 7am. For the past few days, he wakes up only at 7+am, which also means that Papa and Mama also wakes up a little later.
He talks ALL DAY, except when he's watching TV, sleeping or eating something! my goodness, he always seems to have something to say! He speaks in mandarin and can string words into meaningful sentences. Sometimes he really catches us by surprise, the things he says. His English is not too bad, except that he still hasn't learned to string words into sentences, but he has learned some bigger / multi-syllabus words like Rectangle, Triangle.
He loves to count! He can now count to ten without much help in both languages. He would attempt to count up to twenty, skipping some numbers along the way, but for a 18-month-old toddler, I think he is doing very well now.
He sings too! Twinkle twinkle little star. ABC and some chinese er ge.
He eats prunes (those Del Monte / Sunsweet types), dried apricots, sultanas and he loves them! Other than cheese, these are the things he would ask for... He can self-feed, BUT he thinks eating with his hands / fingers are faster. One good example was our dinner at Mayim (West Mall). He had noodles for dinner. Mike was feeding him with chopsticks and a spoon. But the moment he saw the bowl with the noodles, he demanded that he fed himself. WITH HIS HANDS! gosh, imagine all the soup that dripped down his fingers, his arms. I was busy wiping him up... Hahaha...
He has quite a good memory. He remembers places. Like after Marsden had their term break, Matthew recognised the place when we went back for his first swim class of the new term. He also remembered Bt Timah Plaza where his paediatrician is. We went there for his DPT booster yesterday. When we asked him if he wanted to see Dr Ong, he said "Bu Yao. Hui Jia (Don't want. Go Home)". As I turned into the car park, he started saying "Hui Jia" and kept saying those two words in a voice that was almost crying. The moment I parked the car, stopped and turned off the engine, he burst into tears!
He hates doctors! All kinds of doctors! He cried and cried and cried the whole time we were in Dr Ong's room and only stopped when we got out and he played with the toys. It was the same at KKH and NUH! So as far as possible, we will avoid clinics, hospitals and doctors! :p
He's toilet-trained! Of course, only in the day. I'm wondering now if we have stocked up too many packs of Huggies diapers.. Hahaha... We still diaper him when we go out, but for short trips to the market etc, we just bring along plastic bags. He still can't hold his pee for a very long time, so we just get him to pee into the bags.
Finally, last but not least... Matthew has been telling us that he wants a mei mei and he got his wish. Yes, I'm now 15 weeks pregnant and it's a girl! :) My expected due date is 7 March 2007, just 10 days after Matthew's 2nd birthday. Hopefully we get to celebrate his 2nd birthday before number 2 pops. By the way, what a coincidence that the lunar date is the same for both of them.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
fighter jets and helicopters
RSAF had an open house at Paya Lebar Airbase last weekend. I decided to play punk and not go to work on Saturday (yes, it was my office duty, but boss had graciously let me decide whether to work or not...). We popped by at my office, so that I could send out an email on the weekend work arrangement and we had breakfast at the canteen down the road from my office.
We then made our way to Eunos Bus Interchange, parked the car there and took the free shuttle to the Airbase. It took us an hour from the bus queue to the Airbase. In the bus, Matthew kept saying, "zhuo fei ji" or sit aeroplane (loosely translated to English) and took a short 10-min nap. When we finally reached there, the aerial display had already started. But we did not "prepare" Matthew for the loud noise from the passing fighter jets. He cried! Poor thing. We knew he was very scared of loud noises (but not thunder, strangely), but I guess there was nothing we could do to prepare him for that...
After the fighter jets, in came Matthew's favourite helicopters. We saw the AH-64D Long Bow Apache Attack Helicopters and CH-47 Chinooks in the air.
>> What caught Matthew's attention?
>> 2 Apache helicopters up in the sky.
>> Here's a Chinook above us.
Then the fighter jets returned to the airbase and landed on the airstrip, right in front of the static display area.
>> Matthew watching Charlie 130 landing on the airstrip. Can you spot the plane?
Up close with the helicopters...
>> the Apache helicopter
>> and the Chinook.
We queued to go up the Chinook and the Super Puma. The F-16 had long queues and it was simply too hot to queue that long.
>> Matthew and Mike in the Super Puma.
>> Matthew in the cockpit of the Super Puma.
>> Matthew and me in the Chinook.
Matthew had his lunch in one of the hangars that was converted into a big air-conditioned food hall. It was queueing time again and this time we went up the F-5 fighter jet.
>> Matthew looking so small in the big pilot seat of F-5. He simply loved the red button!
Matthew could hardly keep his eyes open after going up the F-5 and fell asleep in my arms and we made our way back to Eunos.
What an eye opener for me and Matthew! I haven't never been to a military airbase or seen a fighter jet up close and guess what? lots of handsome pilots too! hahaha... of course none of them more handsome than my beloved Mike and Matthew.. :p
We then made our way to Eunos Bus Interchange, parked the car there and took the free shuttle to the Airbase. It took us an hour from the bus queue to the Airbase. In the bus, Matthew kept saying, "zhuo fei ji" or sit aeroplane (loosely translated to English) and took a short 10-min nap. When we finally reached there, the aerial display had already started. But we did not "prepare" Matthew for the loud noise from the passing fighter jets. He cried! Poor thing. We knew he was very scared of loud noises (but not thunder, strangely), but I guess there was nothing we could do to prepare him for that...
After the fighter jets, in came Matthew's favourite helicopters. We saw the AH-64D Long Bow Apache Attack Helicopters and CH-47 Chinooks in the air.
>> What caught Matthew's attention?
>> 2 Apache helicopters up in the sky.
>> Here's a Chinook above us.
Then the fighter jets returned to the airbase and landed on the airstrip, right in front of the static display area.
>> Matthew watching Charlie 130 landing on the airstrip. Can you spot the plane?
Up close with the helicopters...
>> the Apache helicopter
>> and the Chinook.
We queued to go up the Chinook and the Super Puma. The F-16 had long queues and it was simply too hot to queue that long.
>> Matthew and Mike in the Super Puma.
>> Matthew in the cockpit of the Super Puma.
>> Matthew and me in the Chinook.
Matthew had his lunch in one of the hangars that was converted into a big air-conditioned food hall. It was queueing time again and this time we went up the F-5 fighter jet.
>> Matthew looking so small in the big pilot seat of F-5. He simply loved the red button!
Matthew could hardly keep his eyes open after going up the F-5 and fell asleep in my arms and we made our way back to Eunos.
What an eye opener for me and Matthew! I haven't never been to a military airbase or seen a fighter jet up close and guess what? lots of handsome pilots too! hahaha... of course none of them more handsome than my beloved Mike and Matthew.. :p
