We have shifted from Delta to Queenstown for swim because Delta is starting renovations (for at least 1 year)
The Queenstown main pool is deeper and wider (9 lanes). It uses salty water.
In the afternoon, we had our regular football training. Samuel is still not too interested, but Joseph is doing well. David helps out with coaching as part of his community service activity.
Esther went cycling, and YowCH took some nice photos:
Esther also made some cloth cases using the sewing machine:
Joseph and Samuel had some fun time at the playground.
Joseph can saw, he helped YowCH saw pieces of wood to fix the bed.
David’s Air Max was worn out and the bubble burst, but everything else was OK. So YowCH though of an idea to use silicone to fill the bubble to repair the shoe.
The shoe works fine after silicone injection – but heavier and not so bouncy.
Grace made some masks, Deadpool and Spider-man.
Joseph is very interested in using the sewing machine. He has made two pencil cases.
On 20 July, we invited YowCH’s sister and family over for dinner. We had a great time eating BBQ at home.
We had beef, salmon and pork.
The pork was grilled with gula melaka, fantastic taste.
We had a good time of eating and fellowship. Especially with some soju…
YowCH was in the camp committee and Joseph attended the church juniors’ camp from 21 to 23 June 2019. Click photos below for the page.
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.
Some updates:
Esther had a stay-over in CJC on Friday night, while David had a 2-nights stay over in church. Esther then joined David in church on Saturday night.
YowCH was teaching cajon to the church Juniors over Saturday and Sunday.
Samuel can now do 1 full lap (50m) in freestyle. Although his kicking is still not strong and his stroke is not nice, he managed to complete the lap.
Here’s a little problem of having a sun-roof, you get to see the bird shit on the car.
After swim, we had soccer practice as usual, and Joseph sprained his wrist while playing as goalkeeper. Nothing serious. YowCH did the bandage, to help immobilise and let the sprain heal faster.
We had dinner at Carrara Cafe, and bought some Mao Shan Wang during for supper.
Here’s Samuel trying to lift 6kg of durians. Being a bumper crop this year due to hot weather, MSW was selling at $16/kg rather than the usual $28/kg.
Samuel can help to open durians now, he is quite good at it.
A family photo without David, as he doesn’t even like the Durian smell.
After durians, we watched a nice thriller-superhero movie “Glass” at home.
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.
Our church friends in Melbourne brought us a nice big (1 kg) bag of jelly bears!
Samuel and Joseph are now able to assemble Ikea furniture for the family.
We had dinner with the Yongs at Tunglok Teahouse (Square2) on 10 April 2019.
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.
Grace brought her mom, Esther, Joseph and Samuel to watch Disney on Ice. A little holiday treat. David and YowCH not interested.
