JOY in April

28th April (Sun)

bye bye Ellie... come back soon k?!?!?!... 😂😂😂

27th April (Sat)

completed book (책 chaek) #7... no emotion, all narrative, hence couldnt connect despite knowing about her big heartedness & resilience from all the various exhibitions on Singapore history... doesnt satisfied my craving for war stories (이야기 - i a gi)... was hopping it was more personal recount like "First They Killed my Father"... yes (네 - ne), i'm that sadist... =P

Gift from Joyce... 😍😍😍... 

she went to the 熊猫基地 but no go see 花花... 

24th April (Wed)

@ Hay Dairies to 喂小羊s with my onesies... 小朋友喂得兴奋, 小羊吃得尽兴, 糖老师也喂得很开心...😍😍😍

Happiness is also when Huishan decided to order BBT on this hot hot (덥다 deop da) day... shiok!!! 

但真的老了, 出去玩两个小时, 累成狗了... 2 hours nap in the afternoon and now still yawning away when it's only 8+pm... 😴😴😴 

23rd April (Tue)

Thanks Ai Rin for Mon's breakfast & Huishan for Tue's lunch & snack... 😍😍😍

19th April (Fri)

lunch with ex-partner @ Aston to celebrate mid-term; 5 more weeks to holiday!!! and we again coincide with our holiday destination... it was thailand (태국 - tae gok) last june, then vietnam (베트남 - be teu nam) in dec and now it's turkey this june... great mind thinks alike!!! 😂😂😂

18th April (Thurs)

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

M & V volunteered to role-play and shared what the conversation would be like between the father & son in the artwork...

they were relevant and omg so adorable... 表情 super 到位...😍😍😍

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... 😍😍😍

Peranakan Beaded Ring Making with Desirae

am one of the lucky 20 people (사람들 - sa ram deul) who managed to sign up for this Beads of Heritage: Unravelling Peranakan Elegance workshop that was held at Rumah Kim Choo during this weekend's Katong - Joo Chiat Heritage Festival

many many Peranakan items available for purchase and oh mine, they are ex (비싼 - bi ssan) seh... but i think i would buy (사다 - sa da) them as gifts (선물 - seon mul) IF i am a tourist in Singapore cos they are really pretty (예쁜 - ye ppeun) and unique...

so happy to see this tray of rings on display too... thinking that we would get to make something like this too... i would love to make the hatching chick design... 😍😍😍

on the second floor on the shop, up this flight of stairs, is our 'classroom (우리교실 - u li gyo sil) where the workshop was held...

And my partner in craft today (오늘 - o neul) is Desirae...

one craft kit each.... i wish they had let us pick our own design and beads in contrasting colours would be much appreciated too... 

took 1.5 hours to sew 125 beads... oh my eyes!!!... i was so thankful that i brought my 老花眼镜 along... really is oh my eyes!!!... the needle was so small, the beads were so small, the grids were so small... everything was all so small (작은 - jak eun)!!!

tear, running stitch, cut, tighten, glue and ta-ta-ta-ta... not super happy with the ring but nonetheless, enjoyed the process and experience... 😍😍😍

thanks for accompanying Auntie Candy on such short notice... and 'thankfully' Auntie Mab isnt feeling well enough to come, else i confirmed kenna left, right, up, down for putting her through this cross-eyed activity... 😂😂😂