Bombs from Above!

This morning, something caught my eyes while walking towards the carpark. Look at the state of the packet drink. The impact from falling from don't-know-what height had ruptured the packaging. Also, take note of how the remaining drink in the packet had spread across the ground. Interestingly, the packet remained upright after falling down. I wonder which floor the packet has fallen from.

Story of Pigeon

Well, Pigeon has left. Actually, it was yesterday afternoon. He managed to get out of the pail which he was put into. Then I saw him walking into the room I was in. I quickly shooed him out of the room as I was afraid he might leave something unpleasant in the room. He scampered out of the room and into the kitchen where my mum-in-law was. After that, he walked out of the flat and down the stairs. He was not seen again. My mother-in-law said he was saying farewell to all of us before leaving.

Farewell, Pigeon!

Chingay Parade 2008 @ Padang

The first Chingay Parade started in 1973. It was initially meant to replace the Chinese New Year firecrackers which was banned in 1972. Now, the parade has evolved and become an internationally acclaimed multi-cultural festive event for all of us in Singapore. It includes performers from other Asian countries as well.

If you are keen to see the Parade, you can watch them on this Saturday, 23 February, at Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

Check out the details here: http://www.btptc.org.sg/chingay/chingay-main.htm

A Special Visitor

This morning, we had a special visitor which popped into our apartment. His name was Pigeon. Pigeon walked all over the flat as we followed him. He even went to the toilet but he "poo-ed" at the ledge just outside the toilet. I guess he was not toilet-trained yet. He looked as hungry and tired, so my mum-in-law placed him in a pail and fed him water and bread. He didn't seem to like bread though, unlike other pigeons. Strangely, he enjoyed the "foot" spa as he dipped his little feet into the water, which was meant for him to drink. I wonder if he would drink it later... :P

This is Pigeon, posing for this picture.

I think Pigeon was hurt as he could not fly high. Last night, I met him at the lift lobby. He was chased by a few kids. The kids were running after him till they reached the end of the corridor. I did not know what happened after that.

Teacher's Workshop

Hihi! Long time "no blog". Sometimes, I am a little lazy to blog. I would think of what I wanted to say in the blog while I was driving. Usually, I have more "thoughts" when I am driving than other times. I guess there isn't anything to do when I drive, so my mind will start to "process" other things in my head.

11 February

I went to Marsiling Primary School to attend a teacher's workshop on the first day of school after the lunar new year. It has been quite some time since I last attended any teacher's workshop. Anyway, the workshop lecturer was my former lecturer cum tutor, Dr Yeap. I still enjoyed his lesson very much. It was not my first time attending his workshop though. Every time I attend his workshop, I will bring back something - something that I learned. He will always give something new to me in every workshop.

He showed us a new perspective of looking at the way questions were phrased in the textbook and the workbook. He also told us some of the limited information given in the teacher's guide, which most teachers diligently follow. That day's focus was on Thinking Skills. I think the textbook publishers should include more explanation on the thinking skills part, so that teachers can further extend the concepts.

I think I will be attend more of his workshops this year! :)

Happy Lunar New Year!

Hello, long time no blog! Busy and have no time to do it. Anyway, 6th February is my son's birthday. He loves strawberry, so we bought him 2 strawberry short cakes from Four Leaves. He likes its strawberry short cake as it has strawberries on the cake and in the cake! Well, one of the cakes was bought by his eldest aunt. The other one was ordered by me. We had one at my mum-in-law's place while we ate the other one at my mum's place. He was very happy that day.

We went down to Chinatown after the reunion dinner at my mum's place. We went back to our place first as our stomachs were not feeling well that evening. I guess it could be something that we ate in the afternoon. Anyway, Chinatown was crowded as usual. We stood opposite Yue Hwa building just across the road from Chinatown Point. We had a hard time finding a parking lot, so in the end, we ended up in Chinatown Point. Yu Hong was still sleeping when we reached Chinatown. He was very tired that evening so he slept in the car. Luckily, he woke up minutes before 12 midnight. It is a yearly event to go down to Chinatown to watch the fire crackers and fireworks. Yu Hong was very afraid of the loud "cracking" sound from the fire crackers. He covered his ears throughout the whole event. It was very very loud and deafening. This year, Yu Hong commented that there was no lion dance. He remembered the lion dance performance last year.

After the fire crackers and fireworks, we went into the small lanes to "shop". There were many stalls selling all sorts of food, drinks and new year stuffs. They were all slashing prices after midnight as they wanted to "get rid" of their stuffs as soon as possible before the people left. There was this teenager who kept saying "Oh my god!" while pushing through the crowd. It was still very crowded when we left Chinatown at around 1.30am. It was tiring, sweaty and fun.

On our way to the carpark, I noticed a family of four, an old grandmother, a man, a woman and a little girl, rummaging through the dustbins along the road, picking up empty drink cans. Further down the road, after an Indian temple, was two other women rummaging for the same thing. Life must be very hard for them. It reminds me that we should be contented with what we have and be prepared for the "rainy" days... Somehow, the two women we met seemed to be from China. They did not look like the locals. Hmmm...