YowCH & Grace

Today is the Monday holiday after Deepavali. We spent some time training Samuel on cycling and skating.

YowCH and Joseph trained him on the bike, he can go short distances while pedaling and balancing now.


Samuel will probably cycle well after a few more sessions. David and Joseph were also playing basketball.

We also brought out the in-line skates and let him try again. After a few falls, he can get up on his own and move slowly while maintaining balance.


Esther, Joseph and YowCH also rolled about a little.

David prepared breakfast.

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Another round of dinner for Samuel, this time with the Yongs, who treated us to Lao Beijing.

We had popiah, of course!

Here are the presents Samuel received, a chicken game from Grace, a 3-D maze puzzle from the Yongs, colour pens and waist pouch from YowCH.

Joseph’s iPhoneSE (which was David’s previous phone) was in use since he had his own phone line about 1 year ago. The screen had a big black spot and numerous white-out lines, and not very legible, but Joseph wasn’t complaining. We asked around for a secondhand phone, and Gene gave him her old iPhone7.

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Samuel celebrated his 6th birthday in school one day ahead on Friday, 25 Oct. YowCH, Grace and Joseph joined him in Alfa Centre at about 3:30pm.

He asked for a mango cake, with lots of mango. Most of his classmates were around.




A nice happy face during the fun celebration.

The cake was good!

He then distributed the Paw Patrol bags that was made by Grace, which Samuel helped in putting the ropes in.

Here is a photo of Samuel at home just as we stepped into 26 Oct 2019:

On the actual day, we had lunch at Carrara, a cafe near our home.


Another round of celebrations in church, together with his classmate Jonathan.


And then, dinner with grandparents and Gene (while Esther and David were attending a meeting in church).

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Grace made draw-string bags for Samuel to be his birthday giveaways to classmates. They got Paw Patrol cloth to make the bags, and Samuel helped flip the bags inside-out and also thread the ropes.

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We took a short holiday with Joseph and Samuel during the PSLE marking holidays from 14 to 17 Oct 2019. We visited Ho Chin Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam from 14 to 17 Oct. Esther and David did not go as they had regular school.

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We visited the Jurong Bird Park on Saturday morning, 5 Oct 2019, from 8:30am to 1:30pm. It was Samuel’s first time to the Bird Park.
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The weather was good, and Esther and Joseph had a great time taking photos of the birds, while Samuel enjoyed the shows and the birds, especially parrots.

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