December, a time for fun!

December, being the month of school holiday and celebrations, tend to be filled with more fun and happenings.... will blog about my NZ holidays in the next post...

3 & 4 dec... dinner at chongqing mala steamboat at tanglin....

dim sum again... and baby's recovering well... :)

followed by snacks at fruits paradise and tea time at joo chiat...

5 dec... visit to the school's dentist for the last time... had her molar extracted... her first time getting a jab on her gums.. brave girl.. look at the bloody tooth and the way they bundle up her tooth...

8 dec... the 2 letters of offer from both MGS and SCGS... and we chose the latter.... arthur christmas was quite nice, considering that christmas is just round the corner... :)

yummilicious japanese lunch at arashi... each of us had our own pot... i had beef in hokkaido milk broth, daddy had seafood in herbal broth, while amanda's child meal consisted of porridge in jap broth...

11 &12 dec... hi-tea buffet at swissotel merchant court... love the christmas decor....

brought tinkerbelle out for some fresh air...

look! daddy caught a fish... and no, we were not fishing, but he just happened to see the fish swim to the surface of the water... lol... well, we put the fish back into the water after taking a photo... :)

our last meal in Singapore before we head off to New Zealand for our Summer holiday... yippie!

SIM Family away on a summer holiday....

29 dec... invited amanda's friends over as they've been wanting to play with tinker since before the school hols... at the same time, amanda wanted to break the news of her leaving the school to them... unfortunately, amanda fell ill the moment she returned from nz... had fever and vomitted... hence she looked quite pale and didn't have much energy to play with the girls... but the girls were really sweet and understanding... all of them kept trying to "cheer" her up... hehe...

dinner at mellben... yummy!

lunch at tangshifu... shiok!

What's Happening In November...

Exams were over by the first week of November.... Time to relax!!!  :)

1 Nov... we celebrated her last paper by having lunch at jack's place with one of her classmate and his mother....  a circular ring surrounding the sun, my first time seeing this... interesting!

2 Nov... the school started the swim safer course for the entire pri 3s... i volunteered... hence these pictures... hehe!

lunch at sakae sushi.. dinner at baystreet...

6 Nov... kongkong and mama asked us over for dinner, so we decided to get a cake as well, to celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary since they would be away on a holiday on the actual day...

7 Nov... brought her for a swim and then to kfc brekkie for the very first time... and we absolute love it! yummy!

followed by omni theatre for movies...

9 Nov... lunch at Tang Shifu... heavenly...

11 Nov... shopping at ngee ann city followed by lunch at king louis at vivo...

12 Nov... dinner at mouth restaurant.. the samsui chicken was awesome!

13 Nov... daddy and i brought kongkong and mama out for dinner at tung lok to celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary...

16 Nov... amanda went out with her friends... to the library, to macdonalds and also to pasar malam, under the supervision of one of the girls' grandma... look at what she bought during her outing... gosh!   top right photo : double-yolk egg!... and bottom left : went to mgs to submit photocopy of report book... we almost missed the deadline of 17 Nov!... the first time she stepped into the school and she didn't quite like the environment... seems cold, according to her... lol!

18 Nov... amanda's first reaction when she heard she got into SCGS... sobbing away in tears (quite a heartaching sight, but deep inside, we know it's for her own good and she will thank us for it in future)...

guess reality finally struck her when she realised that she would be leaving the school and most importantly, all her good friends... here she is talking on the phone with mama, who was consoling her....

19 Nov... dinner with J and family followed by Happy Feet 2 Movie! 

20 Nov.. another meal at Tang Shifu...

21-24Nov... homemade pandan soyabean drink at mama's house... dinner at jack's place... holland village laksa....

25 Nov... bought uniforms and books at scgs... daddy went to have his molar tooth extracted at the dentist (left)

trying out if the uniforms fit...

dinner with J and family at Mussels Guys  restaurant (not sure if i got the name right)... followed by Puss in Boots Movie...

26 Nov... poor amanda had a fever the next morning... and we were supposed to leave for genting to celebrate kongkong's birthday the next day... in the end, we didn't manage to join them for the trip... amanda was most disappointed... of course kongkong and mama were upset about it too...

30 Nov... she was feeling better, so we decided to dine out for a breather... 

PHPPS Prize Giving Ceremony

We are extremely proud of Amanda for doing so well for her SA2 exams, albeit all the additional exams she had to go through, as well as the amount of play she had these few months.... Well done, Baby! 

This year, she came in 2nd in her class. She's currently in the 2nd best class and will be promoted to the top class! In fact, her entire class did so well that more than half of them got promoted to the top class!  Her teacher told me her position in standard was relatively strong... :)) 

Finally the long awaited day that we've been longing for...

early in the morning... on the way to school...

some snapshots before she went into hosannah room to gather with the rest of the students...

while waiting for the ceremony to start...

look at the way she lifted her skirt when her name was being called... gosh, got to be more feminine...

big, confident strides as she walked up to receive her trophy.... :)

a picture with daddy and her science hod...

pictures and more pictures with her friends...

proud daddy and mummy... :)

amanda looking so satisfied...

we decided to take more pictures within the school compound as we had a strong feeling that this could be her last time stepping into the school....

Incidentally, we received an email from SCGS that she has been accepted into the school at 10ish this morning (though I only had time to check it while we were almost home after the ceremony)...  They are really fast this time! She was invited for the interview only on 16 November and within 2 days, we got the reply!  Out of 40+ girls who applied for Pri 4 next year, only 2 of them were selected!

Well done, Baby!!