JOY in April

18th April (Thurs)

Hari Raya yummies from work 😍😍😍

happy happy to catch up with Sharon and Sherine @ today's (오늘의 - o neul ui) StarChamp sharing...

we took 30 minutes to complete the above group task : 

full set NDP costume with constrains such as cannot use scissors for the clothing, only white paper for the head gear and only 1 colour paper for the necklace

and my individual task: a headgear using only white paper that embodies my deep connection to Singapore... 

Happy 59th birthday with 5 hearts with 4 skyscrapers 

Thank you for attending the workshop gift (선물 - seon mul) from STAR... 😍😍😍

17th April (Wed)

MBL with my fours during curriculum time... ✌✌✌

Cannot Grow Vegetable Anymore (1968) by  Koeh Sia Yong

2 kiddos (아이 - a i) volunteered to role-play and shared what the conversation would be like between this father & son...

view finder on Drying Salted Fish by Cheong Soo Pieng 

popped into hougang mall library (도서관 - do seo gwan) on my way home and borrowed 3 books (책 - chaek) to my liking... 好有文化的一个星期三... 😇😇😇

16th April (Tue)

impromptu late lunch & tea break just because we can!!! 

Happi Happi Hatchday 三土豆!!! 

14th April (Sun)

Alfred is home from almost 2 weeks in Canada... with my favourite kind of travel momento... now i have to travel to Canada too to 'earn' this badge of travel myself... 😂😂😂

12th April (Fri)

Miss Li's Spanish hatchday dinner @ Tapas Club Vivo... the red wine (와인 - wa in) sangria was too strong for me... only took 1 sip and let the birthday gal enjoy double the happiness... 🍸🍸

Thanks Miss Li for the yummies from taiwan too... 

9th April (Tues)

this movie (영화 - yeong wa) teaches me - 别当烂好人 会被当笨蛋 !!!

6th April (Sat)

a morning of dance, songs (노래 - no rae), colouring & take pic with PIKACHU with the residents then chill & chat @ Cafe Q Classified, Vivo with mx... 

food (음식 - eum sik) was meh but luv (사랑 - sa rang) the sweet pretty (예쁜 - ye ppeun) flora deco and the comfy sofa seat... 

5th April (Fri)

gathered @ Huishan's princess cove for an afternoon of pasta, mixue and chit & chats...

4th April (Thur)

lunch with zhuan @ So Ramen (라멘), Nex... thank you (감사합니다 - gam sa hap ni da) for lugging back my 3x Truu + gifting me so many goodies from taiwan... 😍😍😍

thank you harlina for this yummy hari raya snack too... 😍😍😍

3rd April (Wed)

Genki with PAM @ 20% discount... 吃饱饱饱... 

2nd April (Tue)

1-for-1... 😍😍😍

been so successful in quitting my at least 3 times per week bubble tea (티 - ti) habit since covid shut down that KOI can only lure me back with their 1-for-1 promo at a frequency of once every quarter?!?!?! 

1st April (Mon)

Thank You (감사합니다 - gam sa hap ni da) oh... What an awfully sweet start to a new work week... 😍😍😍

JOY in March

31st March (Sun)

given the ugly experience of stuffing myself silly with this brand of gummy last October that resulted in 2 MEGA HUGE acnes, i told Alvin & wifey that they should stop gifting me these heavenly gummies... 

well, they rationed it for me this round... two small (작다 - jak da) packs of which one was supposed to be shared during games(게임 - ge im) night with joyce, cy & ai ling and which of cos didnt happened... 😂😂😂... thanks for the 💖 oh 蔡小宝 & wifey... 

30th March (Sat)

Feasting @ Tenderbest Makcik Tuckshop after 2 rounds of our favourite game (게임 - ge im)... such a big feast of 炸炸s, i walked 5km++ home (집 - jip) to reduce my 罪恶感...  

completed book (책 - chaek) #6... messed up story of a run-away 13 year old who staged her own kidnapped, ended up on the street, returned home after 8 years with a truckload of lies as cover up... flashed back style of writing from different POV on a non-sequential timeline confuses me, especially when the main character goes by several names in that 8 happening years...

need to work on my fiction book selection skill cos the other book that i borrowed from the library doesnt look promising too... 😂😂😂

29th March (Fri)

my 宝贝 before & after a shave...😂😂😂

23rd March (Sat)

1.5 rounds of our favourite game @ michelle's before claire's hatchday feast @ PS Cafe (카페 - ka pe), i12 Katong 

followed by a 10 minutes walk through the 'OG' Hari Raya bazaar @ Geylang Serai on a super full tummy just to take in the atmosphere since we were in that area and also because it was long queue everywhere... 😂😂😂

22 March (Fri)

super yummy (맛있는 - mat iss neun) NY original pizza  & pork ribs for dinner @ Roberta's, Mbs 

before the 3 of us 回到童年 with one of our favourite childhood's classic > Matilda 😍😍😍

lovely opening stage ... enjoyed this very entertaining musical with much luv for its creative use of props & screens to depict the different settings; school entrance (입구 - ip gu), playground (운동장 - un dong jang) with swings and classroom (교실 - kyo sil)...

17th March (Sun)

completed book (책 - chaek) #5... a book right up my alley...

i'm indeed living well, loving my family, friends & work (내 가족, 친구와일을 사랑해요 - nae ga jok, chin gu wa il eul sa rang hae yo) much much and laughing oh so often... 😍😍😍

16th March (Sat)

Proud 100th day @ learning korean (한국어 배우기 - han guk eo bae u gi) with the duolingo app... mastered 52 of 58 lessons at Section 1: Rookie...  

S.M.A.R.T goal :

able to read (읽다 - ilk da) menu & signages by my next trip to Korea (한국 - han guk), hopefully in 2025 Term 2 to see cherry blossom ... 🌸🌸🌸

13rd March (Wed)

super belated hatchday treat for XT @ Crown Bakery & Cafe before a stroll @ the nearby Botanic Gardens and a chop chop visit to the National Orchid Garden... 

10th March (Sun)

new kaki for JB trip = new makan places discovered... 😍😍😍

lunch @ 鸭王 and 鱼片米粉 for dinner @ 海脚人... both are super yummy (맛있는 - mat iss neun)... like it much much (좋아요 - joh a yo) 

super satisfying day @ JB... bought a whole haversack of snacks from Lotus's + a dress (드레스 - deu re seu) from Padini + happy with my hair cut, colour, treatment + shiok shiok 1.5 hour massage @ Bangkok Spa

8th March (Fri)

thankful (고맙다 - go map da) to have Qi Yi with me for today's (오늘의 - o neul ui) briefing for my kiddos' adults

had fun making this basket of pipe cleaner flowers (꽃 - kkot) for the adults to present to their kiddos (아이 - a i) after the class's choral reading (독서 - dok seo) performance... 😍😍😍

i think my little girl (제여자아이 - je yeo ja a i) is very cute (귀여운 - gwi yeo un)... 😍😍😍

7th March (Thurs)

got summoned up to level 4 pantry by Ai Rin to collect an 爱心 egg tart to celebrate WEEK 10... WooHoo!!!... and chanced upon another of her encouraging 杰作... 😍😍😍

i took the one that made me burst out laughing... 😂😂😂

6th March (Wed)

happy happy to have a new bag (가방 - ga bang) for school (학교 - hak gyo)... like (좋아요 - joh a yo) its functionality & design and received it at the right time where i was looking for a new haversack since aging spots were spotted in the old one a few weeks back...

random day to receive not 1 but 3 prezzies... thanks Nas, Mr Yap & iCare...

& today (오늘 - o neul) have joyce to do hamster walk walk (걷다 - geot da) with... with friend (친구 - chin gu) will walk more.... heee.... 17k steps achieved!!!

5th March (Tues)

free champagne and magic show while the staff fixed their technical glitch -> Le Petit Chef went on strike!!! 😂😂😂

interesting experience of watching Petit Chef preparing each dish 'comically' and had fun playing peek-a-boo with our dessert... 

Happi early hatchday Claire... glad you enjoyed the experience too, though the food (음식 - eum sik) was meh... 😅😅😅

4th March (Mon)

小宋 二十 快乐 !!! 

2nd March (Sat)

Angela treated delicious ramen (맛있는 라면 - mat iss neun la myen) for lunch before we headed to NATAS fair @ EXPO...after roaming around and talking to 3 tour representatives, we signed up with ASA for our Turkiye tour this (이 - i) June... 😍😍😍

Happy with the deal we gotten... SQ direct flight + free flight to 三亚 by 2024 + free 4GB international data + 28 inch luggage +  a haversack + a deck of poker cards + a pack of softlan... 😅😅😅