Trips to Zoo and River Safari
We visited the Zoo with the two younger boys on 19 Oct and then the River Safari on 20 Oct. Click on the photos below to get to the Zoo page:
And the River Safari page:
Entries Tagged as 'Joseph'
Joseph PSLE end, Esther’s last day in school, soju, dinner with Chans
Joseph’s PSLE exams ended on 6 Oct, we took him out to Vivocity for some fun.
On 8 Oct, YowCH and Grace went for a massage and then had some snacks.
Later that evening, YowCH met the Beacon CG men for dinner ad Mad Charcoal.
9 Oct, Esther’s last day of school (thereafter only to go for the A-levels exams).
YowCH went to site for a meeting, so he had breakfast while working.
Our 10 bottles of soju arrived, each bottle about $8.00, much cheaper than usual.
10 Oct, we had dinner with Grace’s parents and Gene.
Pork, lamb, beef, clams and salad.
After dinner drink, soju-bomb (somec) with Hite beer and soju that Gene brought along.
We went for swim training on 11 Oct. the pool looks empty because the previous time-slot had left and our time-slot had just started, Covid controls.
After swim, we ate at Henderson Market.
Mid-autumn, YowCH’s resignation from KTP
On 1 Oct 2020, mid-autumn, the younger boys had lunch with YowCH and Grace at Tiong Bahru Plaza, with dessert!
Then we spent some time making mooncakes at home. Always very colourful!
In the evening, we went out for a walk, with our lanterns.
YowCH had also submitted his resignation letter to KTP on the night of 30 Sep 2020, dated 1 Oct 2020. With 3 months’ notice, his last day would be 31 Dec 2020.
iPhones for Joseph & Esther, meat order
Lunch on 14 Sep 2020:
Joseph transferred his phone to a new iPhone SE2 on 15 Sep 2020.
Lunch on 15 Sep 2020:
Lunch on 16 Sep 2020:
Lunch on 17 Sep 2020:
Esther transferred his phone to a new iPhone 11 Pro Max on 18 Sep 2020.
Grace ordered meat! BBQ time!
Sam worship, Jo tappies, mooncakes, National Day, YowCH resignation
Sunday morning, after sending Samuel to Chinese tuition, YowCH had breakfast:
And got some mid-autumn biscuits.
Here is Samuel attending worship, with himself leading worship.
Lunch on Sunday:
Joseph made some tappies for his teachers. Tappies are cases to carry tap-cards like the MRT cards.
Samuel made mooncakes with YowCH.
We had dinner with Grace’s parents and Gene at The Gogi, 2 tables.
31 Aug 2020, Malaysia National Day!
YowCH met with his partners Desmond and Fen Leong, and took the opportunity to inform them of his intention to resign from KTP and consulting engineering work.
Nat Day package, David interview, Joseph craft, swim
We picked up the National Day pack given by the government.
David having his online interview for his EAE into Polytechnic for culinary course.
Joseph’s interest, building things from wood and glue and other materials.
We resumed swimming at Queenstown, we had to pre-book tickets to ensure no overcrowding. When we reached the pool, it was quite empty, but shortly, every lane had the maximum 5 swimmers.
End of July, YowCH’s running very consistent. Starting August, instead of 2.5km x 3 and 4.0km or 5.0km weekly, he will do 4.0km x3 weekly.
Eating out (from July)
With the restrictions lifted due to lower cases of community Covid detected, we can eat out! However, still restricted to max 5 persons per table.
200702, YowCH and Grace at ABC, met Lee Hsien Yang canvassing for Progress Singapore Party (PSP).
200703, YowCH with Grace’s parents.
200716
200717
200719 (as we sent Samuel to Chinese tuition).
200720
200721, all 6 of us, but in 2 separate tables (max 5 per table).
200726, while Samuel is having Chinese tuition.
200727, with Esther.
200728, with David, Joseph and Samuel.
200729, after school, Mister Prata.
200730, after school, Encik Tan.
Various happenings, packing up sewing machine
Racial harmony day, the boys in traditional clothes.
Esther and YowCH having Parents-Teachers video meeting.
Samuel attending church service online.
Grace’s Singer sewing machine is cleaned and packed up, now that she has gotten the more powerful Futura CE-250.
Samuel at Chinese tuition, he needed some extra lessons just before leaving.
VR Star Wars, Sam online tuition, YowCH’s runs and heart-rate monitor
Here are the children playing with the 2 sets of Augmented Reality Star Wars games. We got the second set when YowCH helped Grace’s dad buy another laptop same deal as David’s laptop.
We got some fake BeyBlade from China for Samuel.
Here’s Samuel, having online Chinese tuition.
YowCH has been very regular in his runs.
He got himself a heart rate monitor (mail-order from China) and starting from 07 July, monitors his heart rate as he runs.
The heart rate is very high! Reached 103% of the calculated max heart rate (based on 220 – age)!
Given less traffic in the Covid period, we can get 10km/L and the car can be driven 510km or even further in in tank.
YowCH is very disciplined in his runs, even when it rains (as long as not too heavy with strong winds or lightning).
Ikea table and chair
YowCH and Grace made a trip to Ikea on 19 June after they reopened for business to buy a table and a chair.
Joseph assembled the chair very well.
Unfortunately, he slipped and dropped the tampered glass table top and it smashed to pieces.
YowCH took some shelving planks from our stash and made a wooden table top.
Works well.
