A New Member In Our Family...

Today's the big day where we welcome Tinkerbelle into our family... We got up early in the morning, all so excited...  Arrived Marie's house at 11am and brought Tinker home.... Michelle, Tinker's saviour, arrived at our place shortly to see if everything is alright with Tinker....

bed, toys, blankets, food, treats, multi-vitamins and even royal jelly shampoo for tinker... oh yes, we also got her the tiny green toothbrush to chew....  :)

setting up her "room" aka space prior to her arrival... by the way, her fuzzyard reversible bed is really comfy... look at amanda lying on it... hahaha....

the big day... getting everything ready to fetch tinkerbelle.... we brought a thank you gift for marie and a similar large carrot for butter.... :)  they're foster sisters afterall...

farewell photos with tinker's foster mum and sister of 16 days.... at this point, i was still feeling very fearful... scared that i wasn't able to handle tinker.... things were moving really fast and before i knew it, tinker was with us at home...

getting her into the car and on the way home... i was driving really slowly... didn't want to frighten her...

arrival at tinker's new house...

walking into her new home...

and to her new space.... she was excited to see michelle a while later... can you see michelle's hand waving a treat to her?

amanda was on cloud 9.... in a state of daze... boy was i worried if this was the right timing to bring tinker home as her sa2 was just round the corner...

that ends day 1 of tinker in her new home.... good night and sweet dreams, tinkerbelle...



12 Cupcakes and South View Pri Musical

23 August 2011...  Finally tried the much raved about 12 Cupcakes....  The verdict?....  Awesome!!!

amanda loves it a lot, especially the red velvet... i'm going to try their other flavours the next round...

25 August 2011 - South View Musical at NUS Cultural Centre...

thank you, aunty jenny for giving us the tickets... we enjoyed ourselves very much!

weekends..... 27 & 28 August....

Doggie Training Session for Us...

Today, Marie will be teaching Amanda how to take care of Tinker e.g. bathe her, walk her, clean her ears, trim her nails etc...  

Amanda had GEP screening this morning and had to stay back in school the afternoon for her Public Speaking training... So right after her school at 4pm, I fetched her straight to Marie's place... She snacked and changed in the car...

cleaning tinker after shower....

walking tinker on leash...

The entire session lasted till 9pm and by the time we reached home for late dinner, it was almost 9.30pm.... Amanda was extremely happy but totally shag.

Letong's Birthday and Eat CURRY Day!

Amanda was invited to Letong's Golf Birthday Party in the afternoon, followed by dinner with Sonia... Incidentally, today was Eat Curry Day.. so we decided to have Indian food... hahaha....

happy birthday letong...

mummy had carls junior while waiting for amanda...

it was almost 4pm by the time we went home to fetch daddy.... can you imagine we went all the way back to the east to have dinner with sonia and her daughters?  :p

the appetiser/starter tasted very special... sonia's 2 girls love it, but amanda and i didn't quite like it.... the dessert on the right was nice though...

hot and spicy night! food was delicious... even daddy who doesn't quite fancy indian food found it delicious....

ice cream at udders to coool us down... lol!!!  the girls later hopped over to the shop next door to watch border collies....

Just realised that the GEP Screening (Round 1) is 3 days' away i.e. 24 August 2011... Anyway, there's nothing much to prepare for it.... If you've got it, you've got it.... hehe....

Randoms...

Some random pictures for the next 10 days...

home-cooked chicken rice with tom yam soup.. lunch at holland village... my nespresso cuppa... and huat kueh!

green fingers!

zorb ball, amanda's new crocs.... amanda getting ready to go to school one saturday... she's been one of the few in Pri 3 to be selected to watch the Chinese PESA at Hwa Chong...

my new read to prepare myself for tinkerbelle.... amanda's letter to me.... how sweet....

ah yat, secret recipe and old town....

A Major Decision

My friend Marie told me that she has just fostered a Sheltie on 11 August... Her name is Tinkerbelle... Tinker is a very petite dog and she is a Blue Merle Shetland Sheepdog....  Now... those who know me will know that I've always been afraid of dogs.... However, Amanda simply adores dogs and has been begging me to get one for her....  Amanda had no school today... So we decided to just drop by Marie's house today to take a look at Tinker...

We've of course been pre-empted on Tinker's current state.... scrawny and totally hairless.... BUT, the moment we stepped into Marie's house, Tinker just came up to me and gave me a look which says "Oh, please take me home" kind of expression.... awww..... so sweet..... heart melts....  She also went up to Daddy and Amanda and gave them a sweet gentle look...  She had speaking eyes..... :)

So immediately I said YES to Marie....  but deep inside me, I was a little scared.... Not because of her state, but rather, how I was going to live with a dog in my house when I've not overcome my fear yet....

this was how tinkerbelle looked when i first decided to adopt her....  people may think i'm crazy to do so... but my heart just goes out to her... i guess it must be the affinity between us.... :))

extreme top right : tinker's foster mum....  and extreme top left : tinker has celebrity visitors...  top centre : tinker's foster sister, butter....

Marie was kind to say that she would take care of her for a while and also provide training to us (dog handling etc) till we were ready....

Malacca Getaway...

We decided to follow Kongkong and Mama to Malacca over the long weekend from 7 August to 9 August 2011.... It was a little rush, but we certainly enjoyed ourselves very much....  Wonderful time chilling and pigging out....

enjoying malacca's famous chicken rice balls...

our hotel room...

view from the room...

relaxing...

hawker food for dinner...

returning to the hotel for our welcome cocktail...

beautiful beach view from the room...

we had buffet breakfast complimentary from the hotel (no photos) and nandos for lunch....

followed by starbucks for teabreak and for amanda, she had additional sorbet...

satay celup or lok lok for dinner... this meal was really delicious... i've not had this for at least 15 years! yumz!!

breakfast and then checking out...

trying out the nectar of the ixora...

some famous chicken rice for lunch, before we set off for singapore...

Daddy fetched us from Kongkong and Mama's house.... lazy Daddy brought Kakak along so that she could help to transfer our belongings from Kongkong's car to his car... hahaha.... Since Kakak didn't cook, we decided to dine out... Amanda suggested Samy's Banana Leaf Rice....  So here we are...



Oh yes, and HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!!!



Prefects' Project to Orphanage...

Amanda's classmates came over for a Prefects' Project which Amanda initiated....  A visit to the Orphanage... which apparently got lost in transit whilst getting the Principal's approval... What a pity...  but what to do, since the school places much emphasis on studies...  Haiz...

i prepared tea time for the kids... 2 of them pre-ordered spagh bolognaise whilst the other 2 ordered cheese spagh... we also had fishballs, nuggets, sushi, custard jelly and drinks... what a feast!

enjoying their meal...

busy at work!

a group photo...

taking a short break to enjoy their sushi

look at the crocs! big supporter of crocs! hahaha....