Church Mid-lifers’ Camp
Grace and YowCH attended the Church Mid-lifers’ Camp from 15 to 17 June. Joseph and Samuel tagged along, while Esther and David attended the youth 3D2N prayer camp in church. Click on photos below for the page.
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Redhill Close to be demolished and redeveloped
We bought our first flat in Redhill Close.
It was announced in 2011 that Redhill Close 7-storey flats will be demolished and redeveloped. Subsequently, the exercise to move the residents out started in Oct 2018 and completed in Jan 2019. As YowCH was making his regular runs through this estate, he noticed that there were lesser people around progressively.
On 31 May, after meeting Joseph’s teachers at the end of term, YowCH walked pass the estate and noted that the whole place has been cleared and locked up.
It was a nice neighbourhood we stayed in after getting married, and frankly, the old and lousy flats were all we could afford.
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.
Disney on Ice
Grace brought her mom, Esther, Joseph and Samuel to watch Disney on Ice. A little holiday treat. David and YowCH not interested.
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.
Sam Lego, Boys’ long distance swim, Ezra’s birthday BBQ
Here is Samuel with his Lego set, he can follow the instruction and build the three different models:
On Sunday, 20 Jan, the three boys had their distance swims. Samuel had 8 laps, Joseph had 60 laps and David had 80 laps.
That was the start, spirit was high and good!
Samuel completed 8 laps (400m) in 31 mins 38 secs, way below the 60 mins passing time.
Joseph completed 60 laps (3.0km) in 1 hour 33 mins 55 secs, which is just beyond the 1 hour 30 mins passing time. Examiner says he may still pass if the exam board agrees to take into consideration his height (short) and age (10, most take 60 laps at 12).
David completed 80 laps (4.0km) in 1 hour 38 mins 12 secs, which is below the 1 hour 45 mins passing time.
Esther, Grace and YowCH also swam to accompany the boys, and to pace for them. Esther swam about 20 laps total, Grace did 32 laps and YowCH 10 laps (very hard swims, after recovery from 2 weeks of flu). Overall, the boys did very well for their swims! We had a nice lunch at Henderson after the swim.
In the evening, we visited the Lims for BBQ, a birthday party for Ezra. The evening started with the children in the pool.
Then it was great food!
We contributed mala chicken, Bloody Mary, cider and shandy.
The fellowship and food was great.
That’s the birthday photo with the children.
The night before, Grace made a draw-string bag as present for Ezra. The bag was done very nicely, and the Star Wars fabric was really cool.
Y&G 18th anniversary
We have been married for 18 years on 16 Dec 2018!
A simple lunch at Brinda’s and then a simple dinner at home.
Relaxing stay at The Shorea
We took a 3D2N holiday to The Shorea from Monday, 10 Dec to Wednesday, 12 Dec, without Esther and David who were at the church Youth Camp.
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Samuel learning piano, home cooking
We started Samuel on piano classes (same place as Esther) on 25 Oct 2018.
He enjoys playing and is learning well, albeit very naughty in class.
Here are some home cooked food. Dinner prepared mostly by David and a nice Cheesecake by Grace, David and Joseph.
2-day trip to PJ for Jeanne’s 1st birthday
We had a sort trip to PJ from 27 to 28 Oct without Esther and David to attend Jeanne’s 1st birthday party. Click the photos below to get to the page:
