Esther is 16, party!
Posted on June 10th, 2018 by yowch
Esther turned 16 on 6 June 2018. We threw a party for friends on 10 June, Sunday. Click the photo of Esther in her new dresses below for the party.
Mifold child seat, KKH Care Tin and YowCH giving cajon lessons
Posted on June 9th, 2018 by yowch
With renewal of the Automobile Association of Singapore membership, YowCH got the Mifold (and carry bag) for free. It is an alternate ‘booster’ seat which lowers the seat belt to fit a child.
Samuel likes it, it is small and convenient, and easy to set-up. We are still using the normal child seat, this is for taxi and travel use.
Grace received a KKH Care Tin on 7 June as part of the 160th anniversary of KKH. It has lots of snacks in it.
For two weekends over the school holidays period (2 and 9 June), YowCH conducted cajon lessons for the Church junior classes on Saturdays (instead of the Sunday School lessons). He had help from young church friends.
The third and last lesson will be on 23 June.
West Fest – Church 60th anniversary community event
Posted on May 29th, 2018 by yowch
As part of our church 60th anniversary celebrations, and in line with the theme of Blessed to be a Blessing, we held a community event to bless the West Coast neighbourhood. West Fest started at 9:00am and ended at 3:00pm on 29 May 2018 (Tuesday, Vesak Day holiday). We arrived in church at 7:45am to help with the setting up of the games, food, talks, band, decorations and anything else.
That’s Samuel testing out the bouncy castle.
Esther and David hosted games with the youths.
The guest-of-honour was SM Iswaran, and we had a nice 60th birthday cake.
The burger queue was held up by the production speed, so YowCH recruited David (and he brought his friends along) to help with the burger cooking.
Grace and Joseph managed the Ping Pong game, and Joseph did a great job in collecting the runaway balls.
Towards the end of the day, YowCH conducted the blessings draws and hosted the event from 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
We are much blessed by the event that the whole family can serve God and the neighbourhood. We have great joy in the fellowship with our church friends, too.
Weekend update: YowCH at JTC50, Rumah Tinggi community lunch, West Fest set-up
Posted on May 27th, 2018 by yowch
Weekend update:
YowCH represented SJ Urban Group (his boss was away on leave) to the JTC 50th anniversary dinner at Shangri-la Hotel on Friday night. The guest-of-honour was PM Lee. yowCH was seated with friends in the industry and hosted by a JTC director.
On Saturday, we had a community lunch at Block 36 Jalan Rumah Tinggi with our neighbours. Simple food and some interactions with our neighbours.
On Sunday, we went out for soccer, but it was cancelled due to bad weather, so YowCH, David and Joseph headed to Church to help with the putting up of the West Fest backdrop in the Grace Hall.
As we drove home, we saw our Isis (SLF1912M) on the road for the first time since we sold the car more than 1.5 years ago.
Weekend update – West Fest flyers, Handle Bar, Italian cooking
Posted on May 20th, 2018 by yowch
We went to church on Saturday, and the our family group went to a few blocks in West Coast to deliver flyers to announce the West Fest, our church’s 60th anniversary community event to bless the neighbourhood. Esther had some practice in church, so David, Joseph and Samuel helped with this activity.
On Sunday, we went for our swim, where Samuel started on free-style. After swim, we went to Handle Bar for lunch. This is a biker-western theme bar-restaurant and adopts lots of DIY furniture. Good food and ambiance for reasonable prices.
Due to rainy weather, our soccer training was cancelled.
In the evening, we cooked Italian at home. David did a pasta vongole while Grace did baked veges and grilled prawns. We also had scalded cockles. We shared this nice dinner with Grace’s parents.
M’sia General Election 14, David’s iPhone
Posted on May 10th, 2018 by yowch
We watched with great interest the developments of the Malaysian General Elections 14 (2018). By 2:45am on 10 May 2018, it was announced on RTM1 that BN has lost the majority.
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003, returned to the PM post as the seventh PM under Pakatan Harapan (the opposition to BN) at 9:30pm on 10 May 2018, as he was sworn into office.
This is the first change of ruling party in all 61 years of Malaysia. Many records were made in Malaysia, including the youngest elected MP at 22, oldest elected PM at 92, ending of longest reign of the ruling party, most states not won by the incumbent ruling party. All-in-all, we thank God for a smooth and organised election and transfer of power.
We also re-contracted David’s line, and he now has a new iPhone 8 with 64GB, and a jelly case with his basketball hero.
YowCH BD in KTP, Mexico food, Joseph’s specs
Posted on May 9th, 2018 by yowch
YowCH’s colleagues organised a birthday makan for him and 2 other colleagues on 7 May 2018.
We ordered Mexican food from Guzman Y Gomez, delivered via FoodPanda.
On 8 May, we got Joseph his spectacles at Owndays, Tiong Bahru Plaza, for $138. Done in 45mins from checking to collection. He has myopia and astigmatism of about 125 on his eyes.
Grace’s S9, Samuel swam 8 laps, YowCH’s 44th birthday
Posted on May 6th, 2018 by yowch
Grace re-contracted and is now using the Samsung S9 (Coral Blue). Nice phone, YowCH will likely get this soon.
We went for our regular swim, and Samuel swam 8 laps continuously. That’s 400m.
We also asked our coach to help us take a family portrait underwater.
This is YowCH after 10 laps of freestyle. At 44 today, he looked very tired. So he had a heavy lunch.
Actually, the plate of goodies was shared with the family. This nice roast meat stall is Kay Lee at Henderson Road.
For dinner, we met the Yongs and ate Korean food at Toa Payoh Central.
And to end the birthday night, Grace made a grapefruit soju for YowCH:
House on sale, re-posted with better photos
Posted on May 6th, 2018 by yowch
We had some viewings from potential buyers but nobody made any offers yet. YowCH took some better photos after clearing the house further with Grace. Click on the photo below to view the listing.
Joseph and Samuel at home
Posted on May 3rd, 2018 by yowch
On May Day (1 May), Joseph and Samuel did some craft at home:
Joseph built a Gundam robot from a kit we found in our home as we are clearing stuff.
He managed to do a good job on the robot.
Samuel coloured his kite (which Grace drew a tiger) for his outing with his school on 2 May.
After the kite, Samuel built a set of Lego from Cars 3. We got it at a good discount ($50 instead of $100, half price!). The set has total of 5 vehicles.
