Back from camp!

3D2N camp and bro came home with chao tar (sun burned) face. We went to get some MCD ice cream after picking them up. Miss them so much!

One more day before the kids come home

We were at Harbourfront to settle our Batam ferry tickets, and brought him to eat the Surrey Hills Grocer, rainforest theme at Vivo city.

Their Chilli crab linguine was so good! 

Then we hopped over to TCC to redeem our free birthday cakes before expiry.

Happy birthday to us!! HHAHAHA!!

Kids at camp, parents crossed border for makan marathon

Space cafe, peaceful vibe.

Located at lobby of Holiday Ville Hotel

Dim sum brunch 茶楼, Cha Lao

La Kopi at Uncle Five while waiting for my massage appointment to ease my lower back pain. Wah, so glad my go-to masseuse was available. 

Tomyam Kung Sentosa

Authentic Thai food cooked by a Thai chef. 

Cash payment terms only though, pls bring enough $ to eat everything there!

Niko Niko Onigiri cafe

Bright and cute, we managed to get seats when we arrived, cuz the subsequent patrons after us were put on waiting list. Cannot imagine having to wait in this crazy heat.

Onigiri cafe but we didn't order any onigiri

Aesthetic cafe with the goldfish and tiled wall

No wonder long queue, everyone's here for the gram.

Supper at Da Cheng Lok Lok, open till 2am

The wontan mee and bakuteh was soooo good! 

Skate camp

Signed her up for a 4-day skate camp to get active, gain confidence, as well as to spice things up a little by learning to do toe roll, swirvel, heel braking and going down a slope. 

眼镜找朋友

Welcome Papi home!

HGSS Open House

Went over to kaypo the bro covering NPCC open house duties. He was surprised to see us enter the room.  Also met a couple of familiar faces at the open house.

Was impressed by the fake wound she's gotten from the Red Cross booth. Girl was interested in HGSS CCA: Speech & Drama and Red Cross.

Another dilemma faced when doing the school selection process with her. She scored 16, it was an awkward score because the better neighbour schools has COP 15 and lesser so they were out. I then spent nights digging out schools with COP around her score for her consideration. She was unwilling to travel (30min - 1 hr) and wanted to settle with the nearby HGSS with COP 20.

I was in a state of uncertainty about what to do. 

I dragged the submission until the very last day as I was torn between choosing a school that is around her COP, or to go with her wishes. 

We shall find out on 18 December when the school posting is out.

PSLE Results Day

25.11 2025

Today was a big day for our girl - PSLE results day!

For the first time, she started to get nervous and lots of 'what-ifs' raced through her mind. She felt she didn't perform well for her exams.

Told her no matter the results, we will choose the best secondary school together base on it. 

No point stressing over something that can't be changed.

Let's celebrate your efforts and go to the zoo and have some fun.

Results were to be released at 11am

Her teachers handed her the report book with her result slip kiap inside.

I went over to hug her. She haven't check her results yet, she wanted to leave the hall first as it was chaotic with students jumping for joy and asking each other for their score.

I saw one of her classmates crying, with the result slip in his hand. 

Then another one went, " My mother is going to scold me!"

She flipped the pages of her report book, she gaped dumbfounded at the sight of her result slip, followed by a frown. She has improved 8 AL marks from her Prelims, but it was still not good enough to get into her first choice of school. She felt disappointed but I want to assure her, the results doesn't define her. You have improved so much! Let's just go for our celebration and worry about the school selection later ok. 

We ate at Sushiro, and I called her father to update him on the news.

It was about 6am Germany time when I called him. I told him we were celebrating at Sushiro, he said 'ok, just order anything she wants, it's a celebration!'

Mandai is having this very cute collaboration with Zootopia 2.

Do remember to get your free activity book at the entrance, follow the zootopia trail,  collect 3 stamps and redeem a very cool police badge.

But first, we need to get some identifications.

She's got nick wilde and me, officer judy hopps!

I love you leah! Another milestone down and i'm so proud of you.

She told me she's gonna start anew at her new school, make lots of friends and work hard to achieve her dream to become a vet to care for her animal friends