YowCH and David visit Semakau Island
David’s school organised a Dads-for-life event, a visit to Semakau Island. click on the photos below to get to the page.
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YowCH’s birthday
YowCH had a vegetarian dinner for his 45th birthday at Lingzhi Novena. Esther was still in school, so we packed some food for her.
YowCH’s runs, dinner, Joseph sewing, swim & soccer, and booked Endgame
YowCH missed the mid-week runs for two weeks and ran 5.0km on Saturday mornings, instead.
Last Sat was a drizzly morning, but YowCH still ran in the wet and cool weather. With hearty breakfast after the run.
We had a nice dinner at Sorrento after church, nice to have dinner with Grace’s parents and Gene.
Joseph likes the sewing machine. He managed to make a bag for himself, with guidance from Grace and mom.
On Sunday, YowCH managed to swim non-stop 20 laps (1.0km) in free-style, a new personal best. But it was quite slow, having taken about 35 minutes. In the afternoon, we went for soccer training for Samuel, while Joseph played in a friendly match against Bukit Batok East (lost badly).
We booked to watch Avengers: Endgame, this Wednesday night (1 May 2019). The cost for the family is $82.50, which is very high. This is the reason why we buy Bluray discs, at $30 to $40, each movie is still much cheaper than a family outing to the cinema. Plus there are many special goodies packaged in the Bluray or DVD.
Visit to JB, Wave, D’Pristine
Grace and YowCH took leave on Monday, 15 April, to get some banking work done in JB, followed by assembly of furniture in the new condo, Wave at Marina Cove. We managed to pack 6 stools, 1 bench, 4 chairs, 1 mobile rack, 1 metal rack and 1 shoe shelf into the Odyssey, together with YowCH, Grace, Samuel and Grace’s parents.
After breakfast and banking in JB, we went shopping for household items at Daiso, Komtar JB.
Samuel was helpful in setting up the furniture.
For lunch, we had beef noodles and porridge at Bukit Indah.
After lunch, we went for more shopping at Tesco and then visited D’Pristine to check on the post-rectifications of the defects.
We left D’Pristine at about 7:20pm and reached home at 8:45pm.
Air Max and path upgrading
YowCH really likes the Nike Air Max shoes, we have a total of 8 pairs, 7 of which are in active service. David has 2 pairs, Esther has 1, Joseph 1 and YowCH 2. YowCH and David shares the white Vapormax and the white Air Max Tavas (with black tick) used to be David’s but he has out-grown the shoe.
The path leading to the carpark turns muddy after rain, so YowCH and Joseph took some spare bricks from the neighbourhood and made an upgraded path.
YowCH’s work trip to Ipoh – 11 to 12 Mar 2019
YowCH had a 2-day work trip to Ipoh from 11 to 12 March 2019. The team took Scoot at 6:30am from Changi Terminal 2, and arrived at Ipoh at 7:30am.
The airport is very small, mostly for domestic flights. International flights only from Singapore and via Scoot or Airasia.
The local host (Projalma) drove the team (with contractor Eng Lee, client HDB, QP Er. Tham, and consultants YowCH) in a van and had dim-sum (halal) breakfast at Canning Garden.
After breakfast, we went to Projalma’s precast factory, and this company will be casting segments for a HDB bridge (YowCH’s project).
After a short briefing, the team visited the mould and the factory.
The Qualified Persons carried out inspections.
For lunch, we were taken to Little Elephant, a Western-Asian fusion restaurant. YowCH had nasi kerabu (blue rice).
The host order some snacks for sharing, and YowCH had sago for dessert.
After lunch, we continued with the site discussions on quality control, delivery schedules and other related matters.
At about 6:00pm, we arrived back in Ipoh town and checked into Weil Hotel, a new and very nice business hotel with affordable rates.
After a short rest, YowCH brought the team out to the old streets of Ipoh for dinner at Lou Wong bean-spout chicken.
After dinner, we walked the streets a little and returned to the hotel for some discussions and work.
Here are some night scenes of Ipoh taken from the hotel roof.
Next morning, we woke early to have breakfast at Sin Yoon Loong at 7:30am.
We continued to inspect the first segment, for readiness to be cast in concrete.
At about 11:00am, we left Projalma, and was taken to see the queer Kellie’s castle (YowCH suggested this). We just viewed the castle from the carpark.
After that, we drove a bit out of town to the pomelo farm to buy some fresh pomelos, before returning to the hotel to check-out.
Again views from the roof top, in daylight.
We checked out at 12:20pm and we were taken to lunch at Tuck Kee, Big Tree Foot.
After lunch, the hosts brought us to 362 Gunung Rapat Heong Peah, where the biscuits are still baked in traditional style earth ovens.
Then to the nearby Yee Hup shop for buying snacks.
And finally back to Ipoh old street for Lai Kee soya bean curd with ginger black sugar.
We reached the airport at 4:00pm, checked-in smoothly and the flight took off on time at 5:25pm.
However, the plane had to circle at Changi due to heavy traffic and we landed only at 6:45pm. YowCH reached home at 7:45pm, and brought along lots of goodies (mostly food).
Thank God for a smooth trip, work done during the trip, positive interactions between the team from the contractor, client and consultants and safety. Also thank God for all the good food in Ipoh.
West Coast Wolves hosted South-west League on 10 Mar 2019
The West Coast Wolves hosted the South-west League games at Clementi Stadium on 10 Mar 2019.
Samuel played a in the Under-6 team, and participated quite well.
Samuel’s team took 2nd place of 4 teams.
After the games, he sat around while Joseph’s games were played.
YowCH was assigned to manage the Under-15 team, and they play at the last sessions of the day.
Joseph’s team faced very tough opponents and they were knocked-out quite early (playing 3 games and losing all).
But Joseph played well during the games, especially in the third game.
The Under-12 team got medals for participation.
The Under-15 team got first place.
Overall, West Coast Wolves did quite well in this league.
It was a hot morning, and playing from 7:00am to 2:00pm, we went over to Sorrento for lunch followed by a dip in the cool pool.
Supermoon Samuel, views from bedroom
Supermoon (full moon and nearest to earth) happened on Tuesday, but the moon was still very full on Wednesday night. YowCH brought Samuel out to see the moon and had some fun at the “O” of Block 38.
Saturday morning views from the bedroom window, before the regular run.
This is YowCH’s office tower.
This morning, YowCH ran 4.0km, and David did 2.4km.
Dinner with BCG at SAVH Dining in the Dark
Together with Beacon Cell Group, we had a dinner at Dining in the Dark, under the Singapore Association or the Visually Handicapped at Toa Payoh Rise on 15 Feb 2019. The boys were at Quincy’s place together with the other children, while Esther was out with her CJC friends.
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That’s our group photo before dinner.
We ate in total darkness and got to experience the world of the blind. It was a very challenging and humbling experience.
The food was OK, but the fellowship over the dinner table in absolute darkness was a very special experience. We learned to appreciate our sight and understand the struggles of the blind better.
Weekend update
Here’s another photo, now with all the boys. Esther is still waiting for her O-levels results and start of Junior College.
On Saturday, YowCH went cycling as usual, but noted that after about 200km on the roads, the rear tyre has worn out. He will swap front to back shortly.
The usual weekend activity, we had Soccer training, and in this first session of the year held on 6 Jan, the children had games and training at Clementi Stadium, while the parents met with the managers and coaches to discuss the year plan at West Coast CC.
YowCH spoke on safety and proper behaviour.
At 5:30pm, the children reached West Coast CC by bus (David helped coordinate), and we had dinner together.
Grace helped with the food orders and serving.
The following weekend 13 Jan 2019, we had dinner with the Yongs for Siu Hei’s birthday. Esther was absent as she was in Cebu with Church on a mission trip (more details later).
