Zack's Year-end Concert

Zachary's school had a in-house Christmas concert in school recently, and his class performed a Choo-Choo train item. This is him in action, but he got distracted when he saw me, so he had to be carried.

The toddler class in his school were bumble bees and they look really cute!

Sophie at Work

Sophie's been doodling and she loves it. Here she is in action!

Ethan lost his first tooth

Here is Ethan with his new look - he lost his 1st tooth on Saturday without realising it. He said he felt funny and told Daddy about it. He had brushed his teeth, and apparently spit the tooth out into the sink without knowing. He told Daddy, and even though Daddy checked, he could not find the tooth in the sink. He must have rinsed really hard! Anyway, the tooth was already getting loose.

Well, so much about the tooth fairy...he wasn't the least concerned about it...

About Rotterdam

Spent a few days in Rotterdam last week on business trip. Landed on Sunday, took a quick nap, and did some shopping - bought only food. Learnt that there is a Sinterklaas or St. Nicholas, and bought some sweets (marzipan) to commerate the season.

I also ate some traditional Dutch food, including Stroopwafel, and Uitsmijter. The Uitsmijter is quite 'sinful' to eat - it's made of 3 pieces of bread, stacked with 3 fried eggs with ham and cheese. I also ate another one with bacon and eggs on another occasion during lunch! After this, I won't be eating eggs, ham or bacon for weeks! So 'ge-lak'!

Rotterdam is known to have a vibrant arts scene, I was told, so along the river, there were quite a number of sculptures that have no explanations - it's up to our imagination. Here's my version of the 'worms' along the river.

As it was a rather cold and wet week, and it turns dark after 5pm, there was nothing much to do, except to have dinner and go back to the hotel after work. The supermarkets here also do not supply plastic bags or bags for your groceries, so we are expected to bring our own bags when we shop!

BlackBerry 8707g

I've recently inherited a BlackBerry (from work), and wow, never knew it can be so complicated. Ethan looked at it and asked why it's called a Blackberry, when it's not a berry. Well, it beats me! Anyone knows?

Reading mails on the BlackBerry can be addictive - you feel like you are doing work all the time when you read your office email...and so, they say that our generation of people are so techno-savvy, I wonder what our kids will be using in the future when they work?!