YowCH & Grace

Esther, David and Joseph performed two songs in church last Sunday for Workers’ Appreciation Day.

Today is Hari Raya holiday, and church organised an outing to the Botanic Garden, and this is the eFG canvas:






That’s Joseph and Miriam across a rock with a hole like Gnomeo and Juliet:




This photo is about the church group photo:

And here is eFG (except Quincy, Wynn and Jonah who left earlier):

After the outing, we had lunch at Rumah Tinggi Goldhill Chicken Rice:

The children had fun running about after lunch, and a neighbour boy joined them.

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YowCH’s parents are in town for Yan’s new baby girl. We had a dinner on Saturday evening at Linda’s (Hakka food) at Telok Ayer Street with Grace’s parents and sister, and YowCH’s brother-in-law Ping Quen and nephew Siu Hei. The restaurant is very homely and the food tasty.

Yan and Si Wan (less than a week old) is of course absent.

As we walked home, Joseph visited the favourite hole-in-the-wall at Block 38, and his pose was really cool, just like Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man:

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The baby girl of my sister, Yong Si Wan 杨思昀 (yáng sī yún), was born today (22 Aug 2011) at about 10:30am. She is the sister of Siu Hei and a new cousin of Esther, David and Joseph.

That’s us visiting the new baby at Mount Alvernia Hospital:

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After thirteen years, to a few days, YowCH got himself a new watch. Still a Seiko automatic, also black-faced and running Seiko’s 7S26 movement on 21 jewels. The “5″ in the “Seiko 5″ series reflects the five essential features of the watch, namely shock resistant, water resistant, automatic, and day/date display.

The much loved old watch was starting to run a few minutes slower everyday, and sometimes stops in the night even with it being worn at almost all times (including sleep, shower and swim). Servicing is recommended every 5 to 8 years to change lubricating oil and re-calibrate the watch, and at 13 years most certainly needed. However, at almost half the price of a new watch, better to buy a new one :).

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We visited Alexandra Canal Park again on Saturday 20 Aug, this time with Grace, too, and on the Tanglin side (last week was River Valley side). Lots of fun running around.





The gardeners had just cut the reeds and left them on the walkway, so the children had fun waving them around (they did not pluck the plants).

For dinner, we went with Yan, PQ and Siu Hei for Japanese pasta at Marina Bay Link. Very nice food to enjoy with Yan who’ll be delivering her daughter coming Monday.

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Last Saturday, while waiting for Grace to finish work at 5:30pm, we went to Alexandra Canal Park for a short walk.


The canal park is part of the Pubic Utilities Board’s efforts to upgrade the waterways and catchment to a fun area, under the Active-Beautiful-Clean program.



The park runs through the Tanglin and River Valley area, plenty of high-end residential condos around.



While it was a hot afternoon, the children had fun walking, running and chasing birds.

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YowCH bumped into a car (Honda Fit) on 5 Aug morning during the morning jam on PIE (probably too sleepy). The damage on our car was very minor (scratched bumper and small crack on the grille) but the tailgate door and bumper of the Fit was dented.

A gentleman’s agreement was reached, and YowCH paid for the repairs which was done at Ricardo (3 days). The owner of the Fit needed a car to go around, so we paid for a rental car for 3 days at $75 per day (Altis). The repair came to about $700, so the whole incident cost us close to $1000.

On Sunday, YowCH did some home repairs on the bumper using wires, applied superglue to strengthen the crack on the grille and touched up the bumper paint.

Lesson learned: stay alert and awake while driving.

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YowCH got a set of frameless silicone wipers for the car at $50. The brand is Crystal, and wipes very smooth and clean. Let’s see if they last at least 3 years!

Comparing the normal type of wipers with the frameless:

Details of the Crystal wiper.

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Mum and dad made a short overnight trip to Pontian and returned on 3 Aug with 5 durians (RM12 only) which we ate at dinner.

The children were great helpers in opening them:

And Joseph loves to eat durians:

There’s a bandage around David’s head because he fell down in school on 2 Aug and knocked his head (the wound is at the back).

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