Story about the one who has his own mind...

Just brought Bryan for his eyecheck at HPB on 25 Aug. His myopia for both eyes had increased by 100 degrees each and astig by 50 degrees. This was considered quite fast since he got his first specs only 4 months ago. His degree are now 200 and 250. To me, that is quite high for a K2 boy. Haiz....

Anyway, this story is about him shopping for his new specs. We both actually wanted to by a $38 orange specs from a shop in Chong Pang. After trying it on, we both did not like it. After trying various pairs for about 10 mins, I give up. Those cheap ones do not look durable on him. Somemore, the young sales girl did not even bother to show me better ones.

So, we moved on to the second shop. On the way, Bryan told me he decided that he wanted a red specs. Well, being a mum who wants to save $, I sort of ignore what he said. In the second shop, the specs were better and there was a red specs which Bryan felt that it was ok. That specs costs $80. To me, $80 would mean that I could get similar range in most shops. I rejected the specs that he wanted because there were felt hairy like stuff from the frame. It has some cloth like design which was glued on and I did not like it.

In the third shop, the salesman was good. Showed me quite good and cheap frames. There was a plastic frame which was ok for me. However, it only comes in purple and clear. Bryan did not choose it even when I sort of force him to. The salesman asked me to choose something he likes, otherwise, the child may not wear the specs in the end. Haiz.

Ok, went to fourth shop. Service so-so. Specs so-so.

Feeling frustrated, I told Bryan that we are going into one last shop and that's it. In the fifth shop, the salesman immediately showed me two boxes of plastic frames. By chance, he handed a red frame specs to Bryan. Upon trying it, Bryan gave me a thumbs up signal. No matter how I ask him to try and consider other frames, he still wanted that red one. Well, he sure has his own MIND.....Haiz....

Marble Polishing

After staying in this comfortable house for 8 years, we decided it was time to give it a new look. We had a new coat of paint done. It was not an easy feat even though I had engaged painters. I had to spent time packing the things and getting the furniture "out of the way". I don't even dare to imagine doing it without any help. It will be super tiring.

The marble floor in the living room was also selected for a facelift. Hahaha...For those who knew me, the marble floor is as rough as can be as I let my boys ride bicycles, drag stuff all over it. Hee Hee...Now, it is super duper smooth and that means more work from us in maintaining it. I wonder how long our "care" for the marble floor last? ^_^

Results for SA1

I only realised that Marcus had been reading without comprehension with help of his form teacher in late April. We also identified that his vocab is not that good. Anyway, that set a good platform for me to know his standard and not pushing him too much.

I would say he did me proud and he gave me pretty good results that I am happy with. I realised that he knows more about competition and asking if he could be first in class etc. As expected, he did not come in first in class. :) But his overall grades for all three subjects were better than last year. To me, that is good enough. Knowing that boys will "underperform" than girls when younger, I am seriously proud of him. Hopefully, I can "train" the same out of the cheeky number two, but....I won't bet on it.... ^_^

CMA Maths Olympia 2010

This year, it was held at Singapore Expo. We were there from 11am to 630pm. Oh boy, it was really a tiring day for us.
Marcus - 1st for Grade 6 Mental and 3rd for Grade 8 Abacus
Bryan - 3rd for Grade 10 Mental and 4th for Grade 11 Abacus.

Well, it was mixed feelings on Marcus performance. Super trilled that he finally got 1st. But was a bit disappointing about his Abacus. However, it was more or less expected because he really could not perform well during our practice sessions at home.

For Bryan, I think he has tried his best. He was sick with runnning nose and low grade fever for almost 2 weeks. He has actually advance much faster and I am already happy that he knows what is compeition and having fun from it. Although he did not get first, he still shows that he is proud of getting a 3rd and 4th. This is the positive side of Bryan. He's always happy and contented....for now. I guess he does not understand much about competition but enjoys the involvement in competition. ^_^

A day to remember - New "Toys" for the boys

Today, Marcus collected his teeth trainer from the dentist. Well, this event has created a hoo-ha in my family. I guess it is highly my fault for not checking out the details earlier. Anyway, I just hope that it is the right choice to let him go through this.

As for Bryan, he collected his first specs of his life. When asked how was his specs and if he can see clearly in the optical shop, his reply was "Perfect". What an answer. Pretty amusing to me.
He seems to be getting the hang of wearing the specs. I did not see him fiddling with it. So far so good. ^_^

ClubMed at Bintan (Day 5)

Last day. Decided to have fun at the beach before hitting the pool again. ClubMed was pretty attentive to us and had given us a room for late check out (without us requesting it). It was really nice of them.

Here's my family along with my grandniece, Faith. She has started to relax so much more by the last day in the pool. It was nice to see that she is getting used to the pool.

And here's me with all the kids.

While waiting for our transport to the ferry terminal, we spotted a green spider at the lounge. Pretty unusual for city people like us since most of the spiders we see are either black or brown.

Me and Bryan with our tan faces.

Claris and Bryan playing on iPod games while waiting.

The 4 kids taking a sweet picture together at the Ferry Terminal before heading back to Singapore. This is really fun and it's nice to have a trip together with them. I love the relaxing pace of the trip and hassle free in planning of meals and stuff. Maybe we will laze again at ClubMed when we have extra extra money....^_^

ClubMed at Bintan (Day 4)

Today, we deposited our boys with the Mini Club again. In the morning, we went for archery again and here are our scores.

Then, we joined in the Aqua-Aerobics with the GO leading us in some simple water excercies and games. Here's the pic of the group.

After lunch, the kids have beach time and pool time again. We took this of Bryan and Faith while lazing around at the beach.

Here is Marcus with one of the GO Tiff.

The boys covering Tiff up in sand.

The night's concert was put up by the kids. More of getting the kids to perform for the parents and adults. Kekeke...Here's Bryan with his makeup and costume.

And here's Marcus. Most of the dances are more of Indian dances. Guess the music are more lively and easier to learn for the kids.

A group photo. I think the kids put it a great show given the fact that had only 1-2 days to prepare. Guess its more of enjoying the process.