Junior Dad and Tin Tin

We had tim sum at Yan Palace Restaurant with Dad junior (with glasses) and Tin Tin to celebrate his birthday. We also ate 'fried' ice-cream.

I Need a Pair of Boots

Somebody tell me where to get a good pair of boots. Am flying to Rotterdam next week, and need it for the cold weather! Couldn't find what I wanted today at Bata, OG, John Little or Robinsons.

An Office with a View

My new office (it's MINE!) is located on the 31st floor and has a nice view. It's very roomy, and I have a printer, fax machine, several drawers and storage space, etc...what you see is about 90% of the room, I couldn't take the right side of the room. What I would like to do, is to personalise the white wall space (beside my PC) a bit, so that it doesn't look so cold. I'm facing a super-gigantic map of the world (you can't see it) in front on my desk on the wall.....pretty awesome!

Work is busy, as I've already started hands-on stuff and also, catching up on current issues. It's an exciting time ahead!

Be careful what your kids watch on TV

You know the TV has a definite effect on your kid when the following situation happened to us:

It was a leisurely Sunday evening. We were watching the "Funniest Annimals" TV show after dinner. You know, the ones where they get home videos of animals in various situations, and give a funny commentary along with it.

Well, they were doing a feature called "Desperate House Pets", and Ethan, as if he was the commentator as well, said "Yah, like Desperate Housewives like that......" in a rather "I know what you mean" tone.

Wowwww, wait a minute there, he had never really seen any episode of the "Desperate Housewives" serial on TV, so I asked "How did you know it's like Desperate Housewives?" Ethan said, "Yah, I know, I saw it on TV before"...and by that I assumed that he saw the adverts.

Well, this is a classic case of kids absorbing what they watch on TV......it's fantastic. Imagine what they learn when they watch educational stuff. Of course, nothing beats learning hands-on, but in most cases, if you can't bring the kid to the classroom, bring the classroom to him....I think TV, to a certain extent, is a 'necessary' tool to educate the kids, if monitored carefully.

So, most of the time, they are watching DVDs borrowed from the library - eg. National Geographic nature shows, "Crocodile Hunter" shows by Steve Irwin, Little Einstein, etc etc...

What my desk looked like on the last day

I was trying my best to pack my things before my last day at work (I'm between jobs now), and it was not easy trying to pack things that you had accumulated over more than 5 years.

This is my desk and stuff, and the view while sitting down...I know I will miss it. It just hasn't sunk in yet.

What's Been Happenin'

You may have noticed that I've blogged less in recent months. Here is a run-down of what's been happening at my end:

1. Working late till 2am
2. PC konked out a few times
3. Return of some of my favourite shows - Desperate Housewives, CSI, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy
4. Changing schools for Zack & Sophie
5. Changing job soon (not yet!)
6. Spending more time with kids

Well, would still love to blog anyway. It makes me reflect and calms me down in my daily hustle and bustle of activity. Here's to more bloggin'......

A Day at the Pool

Last weekend, the kids and I spent a day at the NTU Alumni Club's family fun pool. It was our 1st time at the pool.

As you can see, the boys had a great time at the pool, while I was silly enough to use my elbow for balancing and scratched it from sliding down the waterslide. What a day!

Will certainly bring them there again, since they enjoyed it so much!