Hair Cut

Albert will go back to school after almost 2 months of vacation including our Euro trip. So yesterday I sent Alvin and Albert for a hair cut. This was the only 2nd time Albert went to a barber shop. I usually cut his hair but I thought I couldn’t cut because his hair is so thick. I was really hoping that he won’t cry as he’s not used of other people cutting his hair. I’m glad he didn’t. I was surprised that he behaved above my expectations.

After their hair cut we went to the playground and let him play for a while. But it was cloudy so we decided to rush and go back home. But we got caught by the rain so we had to wait at the food court until the rain stopped. At the food court, I met and chatted with a mom and son whom I thought was the same age as Albert. During our chit chat we both discovered that our sons have the same birthday and same year.

The rain stopped after almost 30 minutes. Before we went home, I asked Alvin to buy 4D (a lottery) using Albert’s birthday combination. I checked if we strike but unfortunately, we didn’t. Hahaha!

Junk food weekend

For the first time in our lives (or maybe Albert’s) we ate so much junk food. We ate Doritos, Pringles, cheese balls and cheese rings while watching movies. This was the first time we treated ourselves with so much junk food. Although we don’t eat a lot of junk food, we’re still overweight and not that healthy.

We don’t eat junk often but does it sometimes because it’s yummy and fun!

Father’s day

We celebrated Father’s Day by having a fun bowling. Bowling is Alvin’s favorite sport. He’s been an active member of FBCS (Filipino Bowlers Club of Singapore) from 2004 to 2005 but since we moved to Sengkang, he didn’t find time to play again.

We had lunch at Kenny Rogers at Suntec Mall. After our lunch we went to Toy’s R Us to claim my voucher and used it to buy Hot Wheels cars for Albert’s. We then went to Marina Square to play bowling. Alvin and I played 2 sets while and Albert and Juvy only played one set. It was a fun day. Maybe we’ll play again next month.

Smalish Citizen

Last year, I have been bringing Albert to Ikea-Smaland for at least twice a month during my off. I was waiting for Albert to turn 4 so he could be a “citizen of Smaland”. With that, he can participate in indoor and outdoor fun activities of Smaland. Last week, we visited Ikea but I forgot to bring his birth certificate. Today, we went there again and I managed to apply a “Smaland passport” for him.

Here are some of the rights of Smaland Citizen:

· Every visit, can scan at the smales shroom (coupon machine), and receive a sticker for passport (maximum one per day). By scanning the passport, a visit will be registered and he will receive S$0.50 Smalish sants.
· The smalish dollar and sants can be withdrawn and printed from the smales shroom.
· By scanning the passport, a Smalish can also receive a coupon for one discounted kid’s meal and one free drinks at the Ikea Restaurant from a price S$2.90 to S$1.50.
· A chance to participate in special activities and events of Smaland

Funny little fish(reading at 4yrs Old)

Two weeks ago I ordered a book series from Colliman.com, the distributor of Paul and Mary.

We’ve been reading at least once a day with Albert for almost two weeks. It takes Albert a longer time to recognize all the words in the story which has longer sentences and more new words.

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I miss

I miss colleagues at RSH(Gina, Joy, Mylene, Mina and Rose)

I miss my housemates(Anita,Mars and my crying partner Ems)

I miss my college friends(Leizel, Marshia, Hermie, Winnie and my Betchay)

I miss my high school friends( Angela, Sheila, Catherine and partner Claudette)

I miss holy week

I miss Christmas

I miss Glorietta, Landmark and Greenbelt

I miss SALE in Megamall

I miss Rocks, sbarro and jolibee

I miss LFS(last full show)

I miss Halo-halo, Bibingka and palabok

I miss ube-cake and ube ice cream

I miss my Mom’s cooking and never ending reminders

I miss my Tatang’s face when he’s mad

I miss my ugly sisters who are now very pretty and smart

I miss Victory liner (Makati-Guagua)

I miss jeepney ride

I miss Ate Rose our landlord telling me “sana next time no more telebabad”

I miss kids at Tuloy-Don Bosco

I miss my YMC-Makati Aikido group

I miss Don Bosco Church

I miss Greenbelt Chapel

I miss rushing for work and cursing the traffic

I miss jeepney’s horn & noise pollution

I miss PICC jog during weekends

I miss family and relatives who always says that I’m pretty (feeling)

…I miss the smile of fellow Filipino people.

Day-out

It’s school holidays here in Singapore now and I managed to invite my friend Karen for a play-date with our kids and the two of us had some chikka moments.

We went to Ikea and left our kids in Smaland to play for an hour. Meanwhile, Karen and I walked around and talked about many things under the sun. After an hour, we went back to Smaland to fetch our kids and went for lunch at Ikea Restaurant.

Karen has been my chat mate for almost 3 years already and we talked online almost everyday. But even though we chat a lot, we seldom go out because of our busy schedule with our small business and own families. I realized that it’s really hard to find real friends and I’m certainly glad to know I have them around like Karen.

"our" room

It’s been a while since we had a guest in our home so we decided to make one or our rooms useful. This weekend, we emptied one of our rooms and made it as our activity room. A library for all or us, a play area for Albert, a room space for our Tomy(our hamster) and a work place for me and Alvin.

We bought some furniture from Ikea to make the room more organised and neater. It was a fun weekend activity for us building the furniture like Lego puzzles. Alvin was so exhausted after all the carrying and assembling, especially the book case which took us more than an hour to complete. After everything was done, Albert became very enthusiastic playing even with his older toys in the room.

Sixty piece-puzzle

Just a while a go Albert completed his Thomas and Friends 60 piece puzzle. Albert had been trying to complete it since Sunday. Finally he made it!

Hamster

The night before Albert’s birthday, I showed him our plan to visit Escape Theme Park at Down Town East. I showed him the rides we planned to take.

The next day, on his birthday, just after he woke up, he told us that he didn’t want to visit Escape. Here was our conversation:

Mommy & Daddy: Happy birthday Albert!
Albert: I don’t want to go to Escape. I don’t want to ride car rides.
Daddy: Then what do you want?
Albert: I want a pet.
Mommy: What pet do you want?
Albert: I want to have a horse.
Mommy and Daddy: A HORSE?!
Albert: Yes a horse
Daddy: How about smaller one like a hamster?
Albert: Hamster is ok.

After having a birthday lunch at Swensen’s, we had a colouring activity at Kiddy Arts Paradise. Albert specifically chose a car to colour. Then, he went for a merry-go-round and rode a choo-choo train.

We went to Serangoon North Pet Center to fulfil our promise to Albert. We let Albert choose the hamster. After looking at different hamsters, he settled for a gray-coloured one.

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