Liveliness (5 Feb 2010)

Sorry, it's been awhile since we last posted. Recently, we have been quite busy with the normal routines in our lives, what with the 2 elder girls going to school and the younger one turning 4 months plus...we started thinking about what it means to have kids. Kids give a sense of liveliness to our house:

a) screaming and shouting when they fight for toys, or when one act as a door to prevent the other from crossing unless she said "abre!" loudly

b) repeating that "meimei never said sorry for hitting me or taking my toys" or "cheche hit me" over and over again

c) asking for milo or snacks every 5 minutes or when you just sit down

d) insisting loudly on having milo before sleeping

e) repeatedly asking to go to the playground or watching Dora or strawberry shortcake every hour

f) squealing loudly when throwing everything on the floor

g) dismantling the alphabet elephant puzzle every time you do it up and then laughing out loud at the mess

h) playing games on the disney web page with volume turned to maximum

i) jumping on the bed and sofa and climbing everywhere

j) taking turns to scream and shout, just so that you cannot get any rest

But liveliness is also when

a) they shout excitedly "daddy" or "mummy" and then running to hug us when we each come home after being out /away from them

b) playing and sharing toys with each other and laughing at each other's antics

c) laughing excitedly when they wear their raccoon mask and you asked where the raccoon come from, and then they took of their mask, and you said, "hey, it's you!"

d) hugging or holding on to you whenever they want, which is all the time

e) holding hands and playing and laughing with each other

f) enjoying all their food and desserts

g) helping to keep their toys and putting all the dolls neatly on their beds

h) pretending to sleep, covering themselves with their blanket all the way to their head and then can't resist laughing when you look at them

i) watching them fall asleep;

j) reading to them their bedtime story, or praying together before they fall asleep

k) running and shouting excitedly when we walk outside, thinking that you are chasing them, squealing when you shout "I am coming"

l) trying to climb that difficult rock wall at the children's playground and exclaiming loudly that they finally did it on their own

m) showing you proudly their drawings, which is a present for you, though you do not know what they drew

 

Ask me in 10 yrs times whether it is all worth it to have liveliness in the house.... ;)

1st post (22 Jan 2010)

Welcome to my new blog.... ;)

It has been more than 1 yr since I graduated from my Masters course. This blog is to share and talk about various water, environment and public health issues. I may not know much, but I will try my best to find out.

Water and environmental issues affect all of us because we are part of the environment. Noone can survive without water for more than a week. As such, how we interact and handle the environment have a huge impact on the quality of out lives. Everyone would be better off understanding and taking action to sustain and improve the environment.

Writing about the issues will help me clear my thoughts and critically think about the various issues involved.

Cayla's baptism @ Blessed Sacrament Church (3 Jan 2010)

Cayla is baptised today at Blessed Sacrament Church. It was a simple, beautiful ceremony. However, we were unable to invite many people, especially our relatives and close friends, as there was no place for a gathering. Instead, we could only invite our families to the baptism and to a simple meal at the restaurant @ Alexandra Village. Thanks to David for helping to take the photos... I am otherwise occupied... ;)

Holiday in Singapore.... (Dec 2009)

Collection of photos during the December Holidays. As we cannot go out of Singapore, we managed to fill our time doing stuff in Singapore.

Since the school holidays began...

We've been everywhere!

First weekend of 22nd November, we were at Sentosa for PUB Family Day. Following the usual collection of food, drinks, and of course staff and children gift packs, we settled down on the beach for lunch while Natalie and Rebecca dug sand with their new beach toys. Then a very silly me actually volunteered to go on stage to play a game with Natalie in tow. The result:

We then proceeded to Underwater World, in keeping with the promise we made Natalie a long time back. And Chris and I really had fun feeding manta rays!

And of course the girls were fascinated with the rotating belt at the tunnel, while viewing the underbelly of fish big and small. The tally? The girls went 3 rounds on the belt =)

Following Friday, which happened to be a public holiday, we brought the girls to Kidz Amaze at Jurong SAFRA. I climbed, crawled and squeezed myself through spaces meant for children, and slid down slides which were supposed to be the longest indoor slides in Asia. The result? Scratches and bruises on my arms and legs. Should have asked for advice from my nieces. Wear long sleeves and pants next time! Cayla was snoozing happily the whole time on Christopher's chest.