Trip to PJ and Church Camp in Melaka – 10 to 18 June
We had a 9-day holiday in PJ and Melaka from 10 to 18 June 2017. It was a great time with family, friends and church camp.
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YowCH work trip to Batam on 6 June 2017, Esther’s birthday
YowCH had a one-day trip to Batam (Sekupang ferry terminal) to visit a few islands owned by an Indonesian developer for a potential resort development, partnering SJ architect and SMEC environmental specialist. Departing from office at about 9:30am, he returned home by 8:15pm.
This is the Sekupang Ferry Terminal.
Views of the uninhabited islands.
The sampan that the client prepared for the consulting team.
The team hiked up the main island of about 15Ha.
The sceneries are nice, but it was very hot and sunny.
While waiting for teh return ferry, YowCH manage to prepare the trip report in the canteen.
Incidentally, Esther turned 15 today, but she is now in Hong Kong with her school trip from 5 to 8 June 2017.
Samuel can swim
Samuel is now able to swim for more than 20m without any floats and breathe properly. Thanks to coach Francis, teaching him for free!
Esther is Deputy Head Prefect
Esther has been appointed one of two Deputy Head Prefects of her School.
YowCH’s Mom’s 70th birthday celebration
Daren drove the PJ team over to Singapore on 28 April, Friday morning and we met at our flat. That evening, we drove over to Alexandra Centre for tasty Korean dinner at The Gogi.
After dinner, we lined all the grandchildren for this photo.
We went to a friend’s wedding on Saturday morning, followed by church service. After church, we met at Square 2 for dinner at Tunglok.
Here, mom is wearing the scarf that Grace knitted for her for this birthday.
On Sunday, parents and the Tans visited Grace’s parents at Sorrento and went for a swim. YowCH brought the boys to football at the same time. After Sorrento, we went to Alexandra Retail Centre for dinner at Old Town Bak Kut Teh.
Mom’s 70th birthday fell on Monday (Labour Day) and we met up in the after noon at Bishan Swimming Complex for an afternoon dip.
After about 1.5 hours of swim, we went over to Ang Mo Kio for diner at Poco Loco, Italian food.
After dinner, we returned to Yan’s place and had some family time together, before getting the really tiny birthday cake out for the celebration.
We thank god for giving us a great family time over the long weekend to celebrate Mom’s birthday. The Tans and YowCH’s parents returned to PJ on Tuesday, 2 May.
Samuel’s follow-up heart scan
Samuel had a follow-up heart scan on 20 April at KKH. He was behaved well, and allowed the scan to be carried out smoothly.
The scan results are positive. Thank God he is alright. Another follow-up scan in 3 months time to confirm if there is any permanent heart damage.
Samuel hospitalized for Kawasaki Disease
Samuel had high fever from Friday, 7 April until Tuesday 11 April, so we brought him to KK Hospital A&E on Tuesday morning. After seeing the A&E doctor and doing a blood test (negative results), all the signs points towards Kawasaki Disease.
There was an article on Kawasaki Disease back in 2015 in Singapore newspaper Today.
Here is a description from KK Hospital.
Here is Samuel after his finger-prick for blood, he didn’t even cry.
With this disease, early treatment is important, we we had to admit him to the ward. However, the wards were full, so YowCH went home to pack clothes and bring some toys and lunch, while we waited in the corridor for bed space.
He was then admitted to Ward 75 at about 1.00pm, a 4-bed room.
Later in the evening, YowCH brought the other children to visit, and he was placed into a single-bed room.
Next morning, YowCH visited after sending the children to school.
A team of doctors saw him at about 10.am and IVIG treatment for Kawasaki was confirmed (simpler explanation here).
The IVIG was started at about 12:30pm.
Grace’s mom and Gene visited in the afternoon.
YowCH went back to work in the afternoon, then fetched the children after school to meet Samuel.
We left the hospital at about 9:20pm. The IVIG completed the entire dosage at about 11:00pm.
On Thursday, YowCH had to go to work for some critical meetings. He dropped the children at school, and visited Samuel and Grace for a short while.
Samuel wasn’t drinking and eating very well, so he had to be on the drip.
Grace brought him out for a stroll after the drip was taken off.
Some friends visited, Pastor Frederick, Mrs Pastor Annie Beh, his teachers, and Grace’s colleague, Ang Soh Hong.
YowCH visited again in the evening, but Esther had school activity and the boys had Chinese tuition class. YowCH left at about 8:45pm.
Friday was Good Friday, and YowCH brought the Joseph to visit early in the morning, after dropping Esther and David at church for Good Friday service.
Yan and family visited at about 11:30am, and then Grace left for work at 12:20pm (afternoon shift).
The doctor confirmed Samuel’s discharge, and he was given 3 months’ worth of aspirin to help with blood flow.
Grace’s parents visited, Esther and David brought lunch as they came over from church.
With the discharge papers signed at about 5:00pm, we left the hospital at 5:20pm on Friday, 14 April (Good Friday).
We thank God that the doctors were able to diagnose the disease early and correctly, and the IVIG was administered in a timely manner. We also thank God that Samuel responded well to treatment and is practically healed now. We will have some follow-up check-ups and medications, but as of today (Sunday, 16 April, Easter) he is doing very well.
Photos for trip to Korea 11-19 Mar 2017
We took a 9-day holiday from 11 to 19 March 2017 to South Korea during the 1 semester school break. We were rather busy, and the pages were only uploaded today.
Click on the photos to visit the first page of 3 pages.
Boys’ room completed, dinner with Yongs at Sichuan Dou Hua
We have slowly moved the books, clothes and toys for the boys’ room, and managed to shift everything nicely into place on Sunday afternoon.
Now, David, Joseph and Samuel share one room.
We had dinner with the Yongs at Sichuan Dou Hua, a Sichuan restaurant, at Parkroyal, Beach Road. The food was good.
YowCH at MBS rooftop
YowCH was invited to a corporate event at Ce La Vi (rooftop) of Marina Bay Sands on Thursday evening.
The view was very nice, after rains in the afternoon, with cloud covered buildings.
The night view was great, too.
Here’s the Southern view for Gardens by the Bay and Marina Barrage.
