A STINGRAY = A HUMPBACK WHALE??? 2

Great!!! I've finally posted the little film of the 3.5yr old with her cousin, aka Puppy or Chick-Chick. Their first real, up close encounter with stingrays at the Underwater World.

Ps. It will take a while for the video to play as I realized that this file is over 8MB. As I'm not very IT savvy, I've not learnt how to downsize the video file. I do hope my sis can view this video though. Any tips on how to downsize the video file would be greatly appreciated.

Au Revoir, Mon Amie!

28 Aug 07, Stormy with Heavy Rain

It's Sailor Moon's last day in the office and also her last day in Singapore. My spirit was further dampened with the never-ending heavy downpour. I was thinking that God sent the rain coz he knew I was sad?

We had a little lunch gathering in our office meeting room, munching on french fries and burgers, chatting & snapping a few photos of the group.

The plant (on your right) is an avocado planted by Sailor Moon last November (yes, from an avocado seed in her room). Amazing, I never knew that we could plant an avocado in Singapore.

She gave this to me as a goodbye gift and I felt touch that she entrusted this plant to me. Whenever I arrived home and see this plant, I am reminded of her. Isn't that sweet? Btw, the plant is now named "Monsieur Avocado".

Alright back to her farewell (sorry, I side tracked a bit)... We went to the airport to send her off. Believe me, it wasn't easy. At first, we were laughing and chatting. Then when the final moment arrived to say goodbye, I found myself choking and fighting back my tears.

Sailor Moon had to say this to me "Now Michelle, no tears huh..."

Though I am sad about her departure and will miss her greatly, I am also happy that she's back home, reunited with her loved ones, her family & will be starting a new chapter of her life.

Heck, with the wonders of technology (on spkye phone, messager, email), I'm sure we will stay in touch every now and again.

Our Living & Dining Room - COMPLETED

Hey guys, sorry I forgot to post pixs of our living and dining rooms after the renovation has been completed with our furnitures.

Ahh.... Home is our safe Haven.

More pixs...

Pixs were taken at the AeroSpace Show (she was dressed in a pretty white
shirt & skirt, birthday gifts from her babysitter's family). I think she was past 2 yrs old then, she enjoyed playing with the umbrella then.

ChiangMai Tribal Boy

MOTH sent me an email titled Chiangmai Tribal Boy.

When I opened up the email attachments, I had a shock! I was expecting some national geographic or journalistic photos.

But they turned out to be old pixs of our little girl dressed in the tribal costume which we bought her (in Sept 05) from Chiangmai. She was only 1.5 year old then. It brought back some sweet memories. She really looked like a boy with her round head, tiny bits of hair.

Ps. Thanks, MOTH. The pixs really brightened up my day in the office and
made me burst out laughing...

TRIOS on BIKE

We hired a tandem bike plus a baby seat attached so the 3 of us could cycle together. It was fun but a little hard for us to balance as it's a long bicycle for 3 persons. We cycled for 2hrs along the whole stretch of East Coast Park. Along the way, we had to jingle our bells a little to warn pedestrians & little children on bicycles that the TRIOS are approaching.

As we were cycling, I recalled a movie scene from the Muppets Show - (Kermit Frog & Ms Piggy). I cannot remember if they were riding on a tandem bike or was it Kermit Frog giving Ms Piggy a ride?... Anyway, they were singing this song, The Rainbow Connection and I simply love the song.

Here it goes:

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Who said that every wish would be heard
and answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it.
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
and what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors.
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

3.5year old - Weekend Sleepover

"Okie, let me make myself comfortable in my parents' bed... and leave them no space to sleep!!!"

Me again! Close up shot... Really comfortably asleep...Saturday 25 Aug 07


Since the 3.5 year old 'migrated' to her own bedroom last weekend, she has happily settled in to the new arrangement.


But we did negotiate a condition with her and that was she could sleepover with us during the weekend. Boy, she didn't forget the condition. She happily reminded us that she was sleeping with us on Friday and Saturday and she started shifting her "babies" over. Her toy cat, her toy rabbit, her bedtime story books... and chucked them into my cupboard.


Then she told our helper "Auntie May, you will sleep alone tonight, ok! But don't cry, ok! I will sleep with you soon."


MOTH snapped some pixs of her while she was in dreamland... ZZZZzzzzzzz
She does look sweet, doesn't she? I love her this way when she's asleep & not screaming & not kicking a fuss... Oops...