YowCH & Grace

David received his first Covid vaccination dose on 8 June and Joseph got his on 14 June.

It is also duan wu jie on 14 June, we had zhong.

Dinner on 14 June:

The first time a major error by Lazada, ordered some sports shorts but 10 hair brushes came instead. YowCH returned them:

Samuel had online story-time organised by the National Library. This will be over a few weeks on Wednesdays, part of school holiday activities.

Dinner on 15 June (zhong from Grace’s mom):

Some of YowCH’s tapao food at Chye Joo:

Dinner on 16 June (mussels):

Very good fuel efficiency on the Ody, at 12km/L over 400km, Covid period has some good points, too.

Dinner on 18 June (breaded chicken wings):

Samuel made a hook:

YowCH recorded a video to teach memory verse online to the church Juniors

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Esther got a second-hand effects pedal from a local guy, and she enjoys pairing it with the electric guitar. It is a Boss ME25, and she got it at $150 (new is about $300+).

David’s swim headphones (second-hand) spoilt after more than 30 months (since Aug 2018). He found the new Finis Duo on Amazon for $150.

YowCH, Grace and Samuel had instant noodles for lunch on Saturday before church. The older children went to church to eat.

YowCH took his KFC class (Primary 3) out to Clementi Woods Park for the KFC class outing.


Samuel didn’t get any photos because his Primary 2 class didn’t want to take any photos.

On Sunday, Grace went to work (afternoon shift) while the rest went for swim, followed by lunch at AC Master Prata.

Back at home, YowCH renewed his hair dye.

In the afternoon, Esther went for her driving class. She has been regularly driving on the road with the instructor.

For dinner (before fetching Grace), we went to United Square for dinner at Yayoi.

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19 April 2021, Joseph had a fracture in school, playing-horse with his friend. It is a buckling fracture of the right radius just above the wrist.

We ordered dinner and topped up with some chicken nuggets.

On 20 April, David ran 2.4km in school in 11m15s, rather slow and needs to train harder.

For dinner we had tapao Western food.

YowCH bought some dates earlier, always available at Ramadhan period.

Grace made a nice sling for Joseph’s arm.

One day of home-based learning for Samuel on 22 April 2021.

On 23 April, we received the chess set ordered from China, nice in gold and silver.

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YowCH took his first shot of Covid vaccine on 5 April at Radin Mas. Only a short wait in the morning.

A simple home-cooked dinner.

On 7 April, we got official news that David was given several awards in Gan Eng Seng Secondary School for his academic performance in O-levels. Here are the screenshots from the YouTube video of the online-awards ceremony.
GESS Progress Award:

Gan-clan Academic Value-added Award:

Academic Excellence Award:

YowCH had some yam cakes (made by Grace’s mom) for snacks.

On 8 April, Grace cooked dinner.

Salted-egg sauce with scallops (and prawns in another plate, Esther is allergic to prawns).

And a dessert made from old bread.

YowCH added 2 more sets of the head-rests to the Odyssey for the middle row seats. Very nice to sleep on.

Here is a photo of Samuel at Kids For Christ (Junior Sunday School) on Saturday.

We received our kalimbas orders online from China, with 17 keys. They both sounds great! We had a smaller one made from coconut shell from Bintan quite some years ago (only 7 keys).

Dinner at home with mussels, and long ‘finger’ grapes.

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David went to Kallang for canoe camp over 27 and 28 Mar (no photos). YowCH fetched Grace from work after her morning shift and had lunch at Kallang, then picked David before we went to church.

David’s birthday continues to Sorrento after church on Sat 27 Mar, Grace’s mom made a cake for David, and we had dinner together.

YowCH noticed that the Odyssey rear right wheel had a puncture. We limped to Alexandra Village to try to get it patched, but the damage was too much (due to the side wall crushed with insufficient air), so we had to change to another tyre.

Managed to get a replacement of the same model Goodyear Eagle F1 A5, but not the same size, 225-45-18 instead of 235-45-18 (so the wheel is 1.1% smaller). $70 for the 2nd hand rubber.

On Sunday, we had lunch at Kallang again after swim (David at canoe, Grace at work).

And dinner at Ichiban Sushi, Novena Square, prior to picking Grace from work. David resting at home after canoe. We packed some food for Grace.

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YowCH has been maintaining his fitness with gym and swim, now that running is not possible while the leg fracture is healing.

Two new female Transformers – Moonracer and Chromia.

Grace made a simple dinner on 22 Mar, chicken feet soup!

24 Mar, David’s birthday. He is now 17. We had dinner at Carrara.


YowCH bought him a Chinese chess set. They played a short game after dinner, took more than 1 hour.

On 25 Mar, YowCH attended a BCA seminar. 50 persons in the auditorium, everyone seated more than 1.0m apart.

Later at night, YowCH and Grace had dinner after Grace’s afternoon duty, at Sin Hoi San.

YowCH added a set of sleep head-rests to the Odyssey, very nice and matching, and very comfortable to sleep on. Good buy at $33 with postage included (shipped from China, through Lazada).

At work, YowCH organised a meeting with all of Chye Joo’s project managers. Had a nice and casual time discussing work matters over dinner. YowCH paid for the chicken rice (from Fook Sing) and drinks (beer, light beer and root beer).

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After breaking the Chinese New Year hampers at Chye Joo, YowCH received 1 jar of bird’s nest drink and 1 can of abalone.

An update photo of our terrapins, they are very huge now.

On Sunday after swim, we had lunch at the school canteen along Henderson Road.

Simple Western dinner at home on 9 March.

David went for blood donation on 10 March.

We packed wonton mee, satay and grilled chicken wings for dinner on 10 March.

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On Sunday, after our regular swim, the older children went SCUBA diving at Queenstown, under Yen. This intro class is $60 per person for 3 hours.

Swim coach Francis and his children joined too.

Esther:

David:

Joseph:

Fun diving!

While the older children were diving, YowCH, Grace and Samuel had lunch and dessert at Star Vista.

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After all the CNY festivities, David joined his friends for a night cycling trip, starting at 10:30pm 13 Feb and returned home about 7:00am the next day.


The pool was empty on the CNY weekend, David swam 20 laps after his night cycling!

Lunch at Fish and Co after our swim.

On Monday, YowCH took Samuel to the carpark for some cycling. He can handle the bike well now, and moved on to the bigger bike.

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On 4 Feb, YowCH had dinner with some friends from work at Hillview area. Nice Italian restaurant “iO Italian Osteria”.


On 4 Feb, Grace received her 2nd dose of Covid vaccine. Her first does was taken on 14 Jan 2021.

5 Feb, David’s first day in his CJC uniform.

A pre-CNY dinner at Sorrento on Saturday, 6 Feb:

We fried some niangao for snacks on Sunday:

Monday night, YowCH and Grace had supper at a Japanaese bistro Izakaya Hikari after Grace ended work at 9:00pm.

The on Tuesday night, YowCH attended ACES’s appreciation dinner at Ah Yat (probably the last since he is no longer consulting engineer). Max 8 to a room, and ACES booked 4 rooms.

A photo of Samuel at his piano class:

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