Joseph turned 11 today. We got him some professional yo-yos and a mini basketball hoop.
In the morning, regular swim:
And in the afternoon, regular football, with friendly match against Bukit Batok East.
In the evening, dinner at Handlebar with the Yongs:
He starts his 1-week Maths Olympiad classes at NUS on Monday. It will be 9:00am to 12:30pm daily until Friday.
Samuel’s graduation concert was held at SOTA on Saturday, 23 Nov 2019. The concert started at 2:30pm and ended at 4:45pm.
First, the portrait taken by the pro back in the school:
Just before entering the concert hall for the march-in.
YowCH and Grace attended the event, the fourth and last one for us. Learning Vision also leaves KKH next year, with the childcare operations taken over by another operator. Our family had a long 17 year plus with Learning Vision.
Performing the Chinese song/show:
And the English song/show:
After the show, we took photos outside the concert all. His teacher Wang Laoshi and Teacher Faridah:
Posing with his friend, A-on:
YowCH’s hair was long. Snip snip:
This year’s Junior Camp, from Saturday 16 Nov to Sunday 17 Nov, was Joseph’s last and Samuel’s first.
On the first day, they made lava lamps.
They brought containers and utensils for their meals. Good food prepared by Mrs. Loo.
The performances on Sunday night, after dinner with family and a parenting talk for the parents.
On Sunday afternoon, YowCH and Grace took Samuel out of camp for 2 hours to attend his Swim Safer Stage 3 exam. He skipped Stages 1 and 2. YowCH had to read to him the multiple choices questions as he could not read. He had to swim breast stroke, survival back, wear a life vest in water, swim survival back with life vest, tread water for 30 seconds and dive 1.5m to retrieve an object. He did all that fastest and smoothest, although he was the youngest and smallest guy in the batch of students taking the test.
UPDATED 25 Nov 2019: He got his cert!
The same evening, David played football for our church, The Bible Church, Singapore, in the regular friendly match against Mount Carmel Bible Presbyterian Church. Esther took the photos.
On Friday, 15 Sep 2019, Gan Eng Seng Primary School had orientation for the incoming Primary 1 student. Grace took leave and brought Joseph and Samuel to the event.
We bought uniform for Samuel. This is a new design, not for tucking in.
That evening, YowCH attended KTP’s 50th Anniversary Dinner at Grand Shanghai Restaurant. The theme was Old Shanghai, and many colleagues dressed to the theme.
Samuel really enjoys in-line skating now. He wears Joseph’s skates, Joseph wears David’s and David wear YowCH’s.
We picked up a beautiful and undamaged tea set from the dump under our house. Things people throw away…
Our new West Coast Wolves uniform:
We had soccer training in our new red West Coast Wolves uniform. David helps out with coaching.
That’s Joseph in training.
And that’s Samuel. Nowadays, YowCH trains the youngest age group.
Here’s a photo of Esther at her piano class.
And here’s YowCH in his running garb. He now runs 2.5km once on a weekday after work and 5.0km on Saturday morning.
And here is Grace lying in the pool.
