Baby 4 update
We went for the growth scan, with David and Joseph (Esther was in school), everything is fine, praise the Lord. 3 images updated in Baby 4′s page
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New coaches for soccer
Last Sunday, the team’s two new coaches started. The coach in red T-shirt is Mr Yasni and the older one in blue cap is Mr Hatta (Yasni’s father). Both are qualified professional coaches, and runs the training very well, with discipline and control.
After 1 hour of training, the children played friendly games where each player must stop the ball and then kick it onwards. They can’t dribble at all. The 4 teams each has big and small children, and Joseph was in the same team as David. Both played actively and well.
Mid-autumn is coming – piggy baskets
Mid-autumn is certainly coming, with mooncakes being sold everywhere!
Here are the children with very authentic piggy baskets from Kei Wah “奇華” from Hong Kong.
David is NOT smiling, he had his tooth plucked this very afternoon at the school dentist.
The baskets are woven from rattan strips!
Baby 4′s car-seat and pram from US
Big thanks to the Ngs for lending us their car-seat and pram (a very nice Graco Snugride 30), and a bigger thanks for their fantastic arrangement to send it back via Mrs Diana Ang (church friend) who was in San Francisco. We picked Diana and the car-seat/pram from airport on 2 Sept 2013 (01:00).
The seat looks big, we have not tried it in the Isis yet, but it should fit.
This is the seat and the pram-frame (Snugrider Elite). Assembly was quite straight-forward, with some help from Joseph.
Repaired YowCH’s cowboy boots
YowCH’s cowboy boots has great leather, but the heals wore out (as usual). And cobblers are either charging $60 or not able to do so. So YowCH redid the boots by himself, with a little help from David and Esther.
1. Cut off the rubber heels, and replace with timber heels (nice clicking sounds). Timber was cut out from old left-over pine wood from IKEA Sten shelf-legs.
2. The timber heels are screwed on from inside. Note the washer and countersunk screw to prevent injury.
3. The heels were then ground to shape with the rotary sander (actually the drill with sand-paper mounted on the sander tool).
4. Detailed works with a wood file and further sanding with sand-paper.
Here’s a detailed shot during sanding, David holding the shoe with YowCH grinding the heel.
Next step, the rubber base.
1. Attach hard rubber sheet by rubber-glue. The rubber sheet is cut from ‘fridge base sheet’ from hardware shop.
2. Press to set.
3. Trim down the rubber to shape.
4. The timber heel was painted black using stamp-pad ink, which stains deep and leaves a lasting black.
The final product, feel good (a bit taller than before) and clicks nicely.
Total effective time spent on the heels replacement – 5 hours (but done slowly over 3 weekends). A nice simple and practical project.
Soccer friendly matches
Today, David and Joseph played in friendly matches against Bukit Batok East View and Ayer Rajah. Here they were briefed and were getting ready.
The coaches met for game arrangements, rules and other arrangements.
Here are the teams (green = BB East View, orange = Ayer Rajah):
David played goal keeper very well (although he still let in a few goals) and Joseph was mostly just standing there.
A very busy Friday
Friday’s busyness started on Thursday, after the normal work hours, YowCH went for the ACES YPC meeting and then the Choa Chu Kang site for launching of the pre-cast sewer bridge over the existing MRT line, which can only be done between 1:30am and 4:30am.
After the successful bridge launching and sending his colleagues home, YowCH got home at 5:30am and took a short 2 hours nap. By 9:00am, we left home for SEA Aquarium at Resort World Sentosa.
We reached the Aquarium at 9:45am, and enjoyed it until 1:30pm. Click on the photos below for the page.
After the Aquarium, we took a fast lunch at Tunglok Signatures at Vivocity, and then sent Esther to school at 2:50pm for her choir performance at SGH. The rest went home where YowCH and Grace took a short nap.
At 6:30pm, we left home to get Esther from SGH, and then got to Church for the 100% Praise at 7:30pm.
After a night of powerful worship and praise, we had supper at The Cheese Prata Shop (Clementi Road) from 10:30pm until 11:15pm.
We then got home and slept at 12:00 midnight.
Baby 4 update
Another routine check-up and scan, everything is fine, praise the Lord. Scan done, 2 images updated in Baby 4′s page.
Home and terrapins upgrades, new board game
Firstly, we did some improvements to Esther’s room, the start of Phase 5 (preparations for the new baby). To save space, we stacked the two low shelves we built in 2010 (also over National Day holiday) into a tall shelf. To link them safely, we drilled pegs into the side walls (much like IKEA shelves). Then we added a backing link plywood planks behind to ensure that the top half stays in place safely (image 4 below).
The finished shelf being reloaded with books.
Then, the terrapins got new lights. YowCH bought 2 light holders for $2.00 each, and mounted them on a left-over plank. Now, both UV-A and UV-B runs together. To reduce brightness and to focus the light, aluminium foil is used to form lamp hoods. We can now sell off the $40.00 reptile-light-hood.
The wiring and lighting system looks much neater now. The yellow light is not on timer, we will turn on every now and then for terrapins to bask.
We got a new board game made by Singaporeans called Regimen – the Lions of Bukit Chandu (some news here in their blog) at Harbourfront after lunch today. Interesting cooperative game to relive the Japanese invasion experience. By cooperative means that the players will play against the ‘luck of the dice’ representing the enemy. We got an introductory 10% discount, a free T-shirt and 2 extra game cards!
The Phantom of the Opera
YowCH and Grace went for the third run of The Phantom of the Opera in Singapore, this time at the Grand Theatre of Marina Bay Sands.
All dressed up for the event, the show started at 8:15pm and ended at 10:45pm (with 15 minutes break).
The seat was not at the centre, but the view still quite good. With the aisle in front, we were not blocked (the camera is low-angled, we can comfortably enjoy the show over the guy in front).
This is the ‘pro’ photo taken for $10 (Canon donates all income from photo to Singapore Cancer Society).
