Smurf Movie ~ 02 Sep 11

Smurf song: la la la la la la sing a happy song. la la la la la la smurf your whole day long. la la la la la la smuf along with me! la la la la la la simple as can be. Yeah ~ we watched it we watched it ! In celebration of Teachers' Day, so I think islandwide, all the teachers were given a day off on 2 Sep 11. I asked Wendy, Chen PaPa, mama to catch SMURF movie together. Perfect outing with a afternoon tea before the movie then dinner after the show! Yes , it's a very satifiying day.

In collabration with this movie, Macdonald is having SMURF TOYs for their happy meal.
You bet I got a few as well.... Hefty the weight lifter, Dizzy Baker....


I even got Mega Block smurfs... keke....



I like SMURFS, and I dont mind buying a few of the toys and even teaching our boys how to sing SMURF songs, because they have a very happy & positive attitude. Let us learn from them too.

2011 Vacation - Fly to Taipei

YuKuan is 2 !!! Happy bdae Yukuan !
This year, we set our annual vacation on Yukuan's bdae and the day before we took off for Taipei, Our moms got their wish to celebrate their grandson bdae.

08/08/11 morning 10+++am @ Changi Airport,
the happy 6 having some coffee @ Starbucks before the flight.


08/08/11 evening 8+++pm @ TaiPei Main Stn L2, Veggie Rest,
Dinner time ! and cheers to a good meal.


09/08/11 evening 6pm in front of Taipei 101 and...
Happy Birthday Singapore~


and we visited...Window of China （小人国）as well
look at how happy the boys were... seeing their favourite TRAINS.



and the mini version of the famous buildings...


and last but not least... one of the activities which the boys enjoyed most during the trip was... having a bubble bath with their dad.

Outdoor lunch

Another public holiday...both Zhiyi & Hu mama had to work.
But it was always very nice that Zhiyi would come back during lunchtime for us (me & the boys).

So on Vesak Day (17 May 11), he tabao lunch from farm, picked us up for an outdoor lunch ! yipee...

Lunch Venue: the reserviour opp. Yishun Stadium...Look at the scenery. so beautiful..

Very hot & sunny but the comforting part was that there's some wind.

and the boys...like their usual self, like to do some running after the lunch.

YuXiang in BLUE Mr. Cheeky tee, and Yukuan in YELLOW Mr. Cheeky tee.
Both tee bought by Huixi, their lovely Xiao Gu.


You bet YuXiang & Yukuan had a good afternoon nap after that (smiles).

Chen mama the Fantastic Chef

She is known for her culinary skills. She has one thick file on the many recipes that she kept from her cooking classes. Today, we would like to introduce,
CHEN MAMA...
my dear mama whom I feel so proud to be her daughter.

On 16 May 11, we celebrated our belated mother's day.
And Chen mama suggested she chose her own menu and cooked herself because she can CHOOSE whatever she want to eat and it's so much cheaper than dinning out.

And this is our BUFFET !

Look what we had ... Egg with cheese, shark fins, otar, bamboo shoots with yam, fish with mango, smeely beans with qio, oor-nee (yam paste dessert w ginko nuts), lotus peanut soup, sweet & sour pork ribs.....

please.... dont expect me to be the same as her. Because she's so good, it's really difficult for me to learn how to cook. But Im a good dish washer, and Im pretty good with cutting veggies. Try me ~

My 1st JP Morgan Run

Many many 1st for this.
1st time taking part in massive run event,
1st longest competivite distance to-date @ 5.6km route.

Group Photo of our SMRT team outside HQ.

missing from the Photo: Reza & Maimunah. they missed out meeting time as both thought the run is next day.

To celebrate this 1st BIG Run, Let's do A SHORT INTERVIEW ON MYSELF to celebrate it!

1. HOW I TRAINED FOR THE EVENT?
Stopped regular runs after MySMRT run last Oct.
To let my body get use to the distance, started off with 2km slow jogs for 3-4times a week for a 3 weeks period before increasing to 3km.
Thereafter, alternate between 3km, 4.5km, 5km and 6km 1 month before the run at 2 different locations. Neighborhood for flatter, smooth running surface but with an incline and decline slope. Lower seletar reservoir for rougher running surface and strong wind (at times).

2. WHAT WERE MY IMPRESSION & THOUGHTS OF MY FELLOW TDR TEAM MATES?
1st time meeting most of our TDR teammates. We all come from different depts but our TDR team is a group whom would makes one feels at ease & comfortable with almost instantly for we all have something in common - SMRT and running.

A self taken photo while waiting for flag-off.

In this photo, top left is Desmond Loh from HR, top right is me. Bottom Right is XinLi from Engrg & Aishah from Buses.
We tried to make our way as near as possible to the starting point but in the end this was the best we could get.

The starting point and ... the super many people (13,000 runners!)


3. WHAT WENT THRU MY THOUGHTS DURING THE RACE ITSELF?
Super many people! It was difficult even to want to run at a faster pace.
“Not-too-fast, not-too-fast…go with my comfortable pacing”, I told myself. But I can’t help pondering how was it possible for some ladies to be running faster when they don’t seem that athletic to me (Pardon me for my frankness). It did get me down a little before I accepted the fact they may be gifted runners or put in lots of hardwork.

Run past the 2km mark, and found myself constantly on the outlook of our runners on the opposite return route. So thrilled when I spotted Meng chai, Rahim, Izhar…Lester and Aishah that I felt like shouting out loud “SMRT ~”

It was some 500m from the finishing point when I spotted Ming Yue in front, and I thought “So good to see someone from our team !” She was sure my energy boost for the last dash towards the finishing point.

4. WHAT WERE MY FEELINGS AFTER THE RACE?
Haha! Finally reached the finishing point but Where’s everyone?
MingYue and I were lost. It was rather embarrassing to have everyone waited for us.
And the walk back to HQ was a long one. So tiring. But Im so relieved I have Mingyue’s company. and i kept thinking "oh dear... it's getting late. Can i have my dinner @ 8pm ?"

My results? 35min 12sec
Team results?
SMRT Team 1 (Men) - 13th place (1:37:59)
SMRT Team 2 (Men) - 98th place (2:06:07)
SMRT Team 1 (Mix) - 61th place (2:24:47)
SMRT Team(Ladies) - 24th place (2:21:33)

New Uniform

Change of School Uniform...
Top : From Bright Yellow to baby Yellow
Bottom : from Maroon to baby purple

Finally YuKuan got his 1st set of uniform.
Must, Must get them to pose the camera la ~


走走走。。。手牵手，上学去。


I posted one of the photos on facebook as well and received many comments that the boys are SooOOooOOooo cute. I think I know the reason. Through these 2 photos, it showed happiness, and close botherhood.

At this point of time,
YuXiang is 3 years and ... 3 mths old
YuKuan is 20mths old

Thomas Movie Time !

After a week-long of waiting, Sunday has finally come and we were all eager to make our way to Orchard Cineleisure for our Thomas Movie.

It was just an one-hour movie but felt like a Thomas Fans gathering in the cinema (laughs). They displayed a Big poster board of Thomas and the movie title "Misty Island Rescue" and of course we had to pose with it for some....evidence ? haha.