He's pretty good with his chopsticks yah?
This was shot last week (before the pox), but he was already able to handle chopsticks pretty well more than a month ago!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Bday...
Thanks to my mummy...for labouring for me 34 yrs ago! ;)
Took leave today and spend the day with isaac...distracting him from the pox. As you can see...the poxes are drying up...his skin is finally more visible!!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Pox at its worst
This was taken in the morning...
By the evening....
"Mameeeeee.....sob sob!"
I could hardly bear to put my hands on the body that was covered with full blown sores/poxes...for fear of bursting them...Our poor darling...
I could hardly bear to put my hands on the body that was covered with full blown sores/poxes...for fear of bursting them...Our poor darling...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
天冷就回来 Lyrics
陈洁仪 - 天冷就回来
从前对着收音机 学唱旧的歌
我问妈妈为什么 伤心像快乐
妈妈笑着 说她也不懂得
我想出去走一走 妈妈点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
妈妈眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈
天冷我想回家 童年已经不再
昨天的雨点洒下来 那滋味叫做爱
呜~别在风中徘徊
呜~天冷就回来
渐渐对着收音机 学唱新的歌
我问朋友为什么 做梦也快乐
朋友笑说 他从不相信梦
我想出去走一走 朋友点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
朋友的眼里有明白 还有一份期待
天冷我想回家 年少已经不再
今天的雨点洒下来 那滋味就是爱
现在对着收音机 听自己唱的歌
我的他问为什么 幸福不快乐
我微笑着 说我也不懂得
他想出去走一走 我对他点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
我猜我眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈
天冷他没回家 我仍然在等待
明天的雨点撒下来 那滋味就是爱
呜~别在风中徘徊
呜~天冷就回来
从前对着收音机 学唱旧的歌
我问妈妈为什么 伤心像快乐
妈妈笑着 说她也不懂得
我想出去走一走 妈妈点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
妈妈眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈
天冷我想回家 童年已经不再
昨天的雨点洒下来 那滋味叫做爱
呜~别在风中徘徊
呜~天冷就回来
渐渐对着收音机 学唱新的歌
我问朋友为什么 做梦也快乐
朋友笑说 他从不相信梦
我想出去走一走 朋友点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
朋友的眼里有明白 还有一份期待
天冷我想回家 年少已经不再
今天的雨点洒下来 那滋味就是爱
现在对着收音机 听自己唱的歌
我的他问为什么 幸福不快乐
我微笑着 说我也不懂得
他想出去走一走 我对他点点头
天冷你就回来 别在风中徘徊
我猜我眼里有明白 还有一丝无奈
天冷他没回家 我仍然在等待
明天的雨点撒下来 那滋味就是爱
呜~别在风中徘徊
呜~天冷就回来
天冷就回来 (Tian1 Leng3 Jiu4 Huei2 Lai2)
Watched the show 天冷就回来 'If There're Seasons' by The Theatre Practice this evening. Loved it...was a fab musical with a storyline that showcases loads of Liang Wern Fook's songs! Apart from the whole musical experience, Liang Wern Fook and his production team were sitting right behind us. Being opportunistic, we got him to autograph on our programme booklets. I also purchased a set of his 5+1 cds containing songs from his early xinyao days (had the 1980s cassette tapes of those songs somewhere at my mum's place but i am sure they have already turned mouldy by now) to the more contemporary songs that he wrote for people like Kit Chan, etc. Of course, the limited edition CD box came with his signature too. :)
Back to the show. The actors and actresses are generally quite good. We're all very impressed by George Chan...remember, the judge from DanceFloor? He is one talented man who can actually sing very well in mandarin (powerful vocals, i must say!!)...i think me and my lady colleagues have all become his new fans! You can watch this publicity video of him and the other lead actors/actresses sing the musical's theme song.
I really enjoyed all the songs...we had to stop ourselves from humming along out loud so as not to spoil the show... ! In particular, the theme song 'Tian Leng Jiu Huei Lai" was especially meaningful to me as it brought me to the days when I was in UK. I browsed my old blog and extracted one of the blog entry back in Nov 2002....
"Return Home When It Turns Cold"
I really miss my favorite Singapore radio station - YES 933! Thankfully, armed with a laptop as well as unlimited broadband access in our flat, we can access the radio station via the internet YES 93.3. Praise God for technology! Apart from allowing me to keep up to date with the latest chinese pop songs, listening to it also makes me feel a lot closer to home. =)
On the day when i had created a link on my laptop to the radio station, and began listening to the familiar chinese songs, something happened that touched my heart so much. I was doing some research on the internet about courses to consider in London...it was a rather frustrating process, especially when I felt somewhat uncertain about what I was going to do for the next few years - whether it should be studies or work, etc... My heart felt like the changing seasons, where autumn slowly but surely transited into winter. However, for me, that certainty was still not quite in sight. It was already getting dark and rather chilly at 4pm. I stared out of our huge window, and my eyes fell on the trees that were by then rather naked....they looked so vulnerable, cold and alone without their families of leaves...
At that moment, my ears picked up the melody of an unfamiliar mandarin song from the internet radio. Although i did not know what the song title was, my heart immediately took to the lyrics and melody... It spoke of the singer telling her mother that she would like to leave home and lead her own life. Her mother nodded her head, but gently told her, "Do return home if it turns cold (may otherwise be interpreted as 'lonely') out there...Don't wonder in the wind alone". I thought the song reflected reality, where we often have to let our love ones move on with their own lives, which may mean them leaving us. What we can only do, is to assure them that they will never have to walk alone, and no matter what happens, we will be there for them, waiting in anticipation for their return one day.
I later realised that the title of the song was "Tian1 Leng2 Jiu4 Hui2 Lai2" in Mandarin, otherwise crudely translated as "Return Home When It Turns Cold". It was sung by Singaporean artist Kit Chan and penned by my favorite Singaporean song-writer Liang Wern Fook. What a touching song! It made me feel somewhat homesick, as i know that the emotions described must be what our parents and perhaps some close friends back home feel...that they will be there for us when things get too hard...and they are just a phonecall away!
There was another thing that amazed me in this episode. The next day, I realised through an email conversation with my friend Jennifer that she was listening to the same song over the same radio station at the same time as me, and she is back in Singapore!! The song too moved her heart deeply, and when we realised this "coincidence", it was such an awesome feeling! Technology had broken the barrier of distance. 12,000km apart, two friends were similarly touched by the same song from the same source! I wonder, at this moment, are you listening to the same radio station too, and are our hearts beating in unison to the same song?
Back to the show. The actors and actresses are generally quite good. We're all very impressed by George Chan...remember, the judge from DanceFloor? He is one talented man who can actually sing very well in mandarin (powerful vocals, i must say!!)...i think me and my lady colleagues have all become his new fans! You can watch this publicity video of him and the other lead actors/actresses sing the musical's theme song.
I really enjoyed all the songs...we had to stop ourselves from humming along out loud so as not to spoil the show... ! In particular, the theme song 'Tian Leng Jiu Huei Lai" was especially meaningful to me as it brought me to the days when I was in UK. I browsed my old blog and extracted one of the blog entry back in Nov 2002....
"Return Home When It Turns Cold"
I really miss my favorite Singapore radio station - YES 933! Thankfully, armed with a laptop as well as unlimited broadband access in our flat, we can access the radio station via the internet YES 93.3. Praise God for technology! Apart from allowing me to keep up to date with the latest chinese pop songs, listening to it also makes me feel a lot closer to home. =)
On the day when i had created a link on my laptop to the radio station, and began listening to the familiar chinese songs, something happened that touched my heart so much. I was doing some research on the internet about courses to consider in London...it was a rather frustrating process, especially when I felt somewhat uncertain about what I was going to do for the next few years - whether it should be studies or work, etc... My heart felt like the changing seasons, where autumn slowly but surely transited into winter. However, for me, that certainty was still not quite in sight. It was already getting dark and rather chilly at 4pm. I stared out of our huge window, and my eyes fell on the trees that were by then rather naked....they looked so vulnerable, cold and alone without their families of leaves...
At that moment, my ears picked up the melody of an unfamiliar mandarin song from the internet radio. Although i did not know what the song title was, my heart immediately took to the lyrics and melody... It spoke of the singer telling her mother that she would like to leave home and lead her own life. Her mother nodded her head, but gently told her, "Do return home if it turns cold (may otherwise be interpreted as 'lonely') out there...Don't wonder in the wind alone". I thought the song reflected reality, where we often have to let our love ones move on with their own lives, which may mean them leaving us. What we can only do, is to assure them that they will never have to walk alone, and no matter what happens, we will be there for them, waiting in anticipation for their return one day.
I later realised that the title of the song was "Tian1 Leng2 Jiu4 Hui2 Lai2" in Mandarin, otherwise crudely translated as "Return Home When It Turns Cold". It was sung by Singaporean artist Kit Chan and penned by my favorite Singaporean song-writer Liang Wern Fook. What a touching song! It made me feel somewhat homesick, as i know that the emotions described must be what our parents and perhaps some close friends back home feel...that they will be there for us when things get too hard...and they are just a phonecall away!
There was another thing that amazed me in this episode. The next day, I realised through an email conversation with my friend Jennifer that she was listening to the same song over the same radio station at the same time as me, and she is back in Singapore!! The song too moved her heart deeply, and when we realised this "coincidence", it was such an awesome feeling! Technology had broken the barrier of distance. 12,000km apart, two friends were similarly touched by the same song from the same source! I wonder, at this moment, are you listening to the same radio station too, and are our hearts beating in unison to the same song?
Curious George...
... is Isaac's fav cartoon character at the moment! This little curious cheeky and innocent monkey has captured Isaac's attention and imagination! Isaac can sit BY HIMSELF in front of the tv and watch the 90 min dvd (that sze bought from Shanghai last year) non-stop...chuckling to himself throughout the show... : )
And we discover this wonderful Curious George Website where there are loads of Curious George related stuff where we can download as well as entertain Isaac with (particularly useful at this moment to distract him from his pox!)...
For us, we like the theme song 'Upside Down' (click here for the MTV on YouTube) from the soundtrack by Jack Johnson. We particularly like the lyrics of the song which goes something like this:
Who's to say
What's impossible
Well they forgot
This world keeps spinning
And with each new day
I can feel a change in everything
And as the surface breaks reflections fade
But in some ways they remain the same
And as my mind begins to spread its wings
There's no stoppin' curiosity
I wanna turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
I don't want this feeling to go away
Who's to say
I can't do everything
Well I can try
And as I roll along I begin to find
Things aren't always just what they seem
I wanna turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste
Will it all keep spinning and spinning round and round and
Upside down
Who's to say whats impossible and can't be found
I don't want this feeling to go away
Please Don't go away
is this how it's suposed to be...
Think we'll go buy the soundtrack for ourselves!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Poxed!
Isaac is down with chicken pox! Looks like our trip to Bintan has to be called off/postponed. Thankfully, we had not booked our tix for fear of such things happening....
The little kid is still as engergetic as ever, playing around and jumping up and down... He's beginning to feel a little itchy though..his fingers tending to scratch himself....most of the pox are concentrated on his chest and the back of his body...we're monitoring him closely, and trying to distract him from the itches so as to minimise the scratching and scaring...
This brings me to recall one of my fav cartoon, Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin contracted Chicken pox too....I can just imagine Isaac arriving at Calvin's same conclusion after all that scratching! *chuckle*... :
The little kid is still as engergetic as ever, playing around and jumping up and down... He's beginning to feel a little itchy though..his fingers tending to scratch himself....most of the pox are concentrated on his chest and the back of his body...we're monitoring him closely, and trying to distract him from the itches so as to minimise the scratching and scaring...
This brings me to recall one of my fav cartoon, Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin contracted Chicken pox too....I can just imagine Isaac arriving at Calvin's same conclusion after all that scratching! *chuckle*... :
The image above is copyrighted by Bill Waterson, of course!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
upcoming trip(s)
(a) Weekend trip to Nirwana Beach Resorts at Bintan - hopefully in the last week of Aug...if Isaac doesn't get infected with chicken pox (his aunt has got it and Isaac might have contracted it too...)
(b) Week long trip Melbourne - 24th Sep to 2 Oct...just booked the air tix!
Dear God, pleaze watch over us and ensure that these trips do come true!
; )
(b) Week long trip Melbourne - 24th Sep to 2 Oct...just booked the air tix!
Dear God, pleaze watch over us and ensure that these trips do come true!
; )
Thursday, August 09, 2007
National Day!
Went to the Botanic Gardens with our church friends this morning. The ladies in church catered a sumptuous breakfast of nasi lemak from Adam Road Hawker Centre... it was indeed yumelicious!!
Thereafter, we had a good time of fun and games, and we also took some time to enjoy the flora and fauna in the gardens....
As u can see, we turned up in the national day reds...beeming with patriotism at the birthday of our nation! Isaac didn't have a suitable red shirt (the only red shirt that was in his wardrobe at home was one that had the word 'Japan' in chinese imprinted on it....obviously, that is a 'no no' shirt on national day, given the past history Singapore had with Japan!!). As such, we had given him a sticker tatoo of the Singapore flag on his left cheek... : )
That evening, we 'ta bao' the famous Upper Boon Keng Road Kambing (malay word for 'mutton') Soup home for dinner so that we can watch the National Day parade on tv.. We slurpped the soup and wiped it all out with lovely white bread...another yum!!
The parade was nice. The Apaches and Chinook (army helicopter) flew past our flat to and fro to Marina for their performance....! We made Isaac stand up during the national anthem....must teach him to be patriotic from young mah!! : )
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Celebrating 'birthday' with Minister Teo
It was national day observance ceremony in office today! Apart from the general celebratory singing of national day songs, our ministry also had a big birthday cake for all the august babies! Minister Teo was here with us and sang birthday song along with all of us.... hee hee hee, look at how giggly and 'silly' kath and myself looked standing next to Minister...
; )
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