Day 2 – CNY

January 24, 2012

I  had the longest fever record in my life. The fever started on Wed. I went back to the same GP, checked n found nothing’s wrong with me. Still, I couldn’t understand why fever keep coming back at 39C. On the fifth day (CNY eve), i was sent to CGH, feeling terribly awful. The doc there confirmed that i had pneumonia (lung infection), which was why my fever nvr subsided.  How did I get pneumonia in the first plc? strange but scary. Doc said it could be due to breathing in some bad microorganism into my lungs. pneumonia is slightly more serious than the flu kind of fever which ll take longer time to recover.

So I was recuperating at home during the CNY period. Even reunion dinner with mum was postponed.

I am now 80% on the recovering track.
Today when daddy asked if i can take steamboat lunch at home, i said yes.

CNY Celebration

January 18, 2012

… during the first meeting.

10 minutes before the meeting started…

Would you like to … ?

January 17, 2012

Everyday I would check with Zann what she eat during recess time. These few days she gave me the same answer. One fishball. YES! it’s only one fishball. And I was shocked at first. How could the girl not feel hungry at all when she only have milk in the morning. Initially I wasn’t happy to know that she spent all her pocket money in the bookshop during the 2nd week.

The idea of waking up early to prepare bento crossed my mind.

Inside, I prepared her french toast with cheese along with some fruits.

She’s asking for this everyday.

Progress

January 16, 2012

Last week, with school in full swing, Zann returned with homework, spelling list and ting xie list. She didn’t learn hanyu pinyin during her K2 chinese class in kindergarten and childcare. Now that I remember when asked. Daddy and I don’t recall seeing any hanyu pinyin in the excercise books returned back to us after each term ended last year. Neither did Chinese Teacher Guan spoke to Daddy on Zann’s progress during the parents-teacher session.

Daddy told me that Zann had expressed many times last year, asking for me to take care of her at home. Hearing that, I feel guilty about not spending enough time on her progress in school last year since Sept. Many times, I keep thinking, can I really not work? I wish.

Sun. Church, Spring cleaning, ting xie and Spelling revision.
So much to do, yet so little time.

Zann threw her tantrum, refused to learn and write while I was preparing lunch.

I think I am too anxious  getting her to grasp the hanyu pinyin tingxie fast without getting her to understand the concept.

8 hours later, she finally got the concept.
All correct when I tested her twice on last night.
She even rewarded herself with so many stickers.

Ok, I just have to do it slow and patiently.

This morning, she passed me a card:

I opened it up and saw all the hanyu pinyin inside.

I  am getting worried about her not adapting well since she was not exposed to hanyu pin yin. My chinese also not that fantastic.  Plus I am also clueless about how to go about teaching her chinese. I feel so stressed while Daddy took it easy. :(

In the mood to bake

January 12, 2012

… my first bake in 2012 with Meifern.

I thought I can give up baking for good since last year after the Sept incident. I still love to bake. So there my mood came back when I saw pineapple tarts outside.

This year I decided to bake the melt in the mouth type pineapple tarts with Meifern. Earlier on, we have been searching for recipes to use. We baked two types, the melt-in-the-mouth pineapple tarts and horlick doggie cookies.

…. getting ready.
( I thought Meifern fly aeroplane on me when she was late)

While rubbing in the butter into the flour, my right hand ached after that.

(Rubbing method was used to achieve the breadcrumb effects)

We used up 1kg of pineapple jam for the open and closed version.

Meifern helped to roll the jam into balls. It’s difficult to estimate the size cos we were so afraid not enough to fill up the dough. And true enough, we did not have enough jam for the 2nd batch of closed version.

Getting ready to coat the pastry with egg yolk.

2nd batch of the closed version.

Both of us love the closed version types cos it’s very soft except for the fillings. Not enough of the pineapple jams.

Making my Horlick  Doggie cookies.

I stopped after making 20 pieces. The more I make, the size became bigger and out of shape. Meifern’s set was much cuter. :D

Supposed to be Horlick cookies, but the taste more like chocolate cookies. I guess we added in too much chocolate chips inside. The kids will like it? Zann doesn’t like chocolate though she commented the cookies are cute.

Anyway not really fantastic. Lucky only make a few.

We spent 8 hours baking two sets of cookies. Tired but enjoyable.

(Daddy loves the open version pineapple tarts. He commented that this year’s bakes are so much better than last year. Great improvement)

How much left ?

January 12, 2012

Everyday Zann will go to school with her $2 pocket money. Daddy and I thought that is enough for her in primary school.  After all, she has been saving her unused pocket money since day 1.

Today The girl came home with this small notepad for origami, which she bought at $0.50 from her school bookshop. Ah, now my 6 yo knows how to shop and spend.

The girl had her chicken rice at $1 in the school which means $0.50 left to save.

Daddy said if the girl overspent and forgo her lunch, then then she will know what is hunger.

Happy

January 8, 2012

I came back from the kitchen and saw these.

Our president becomes a monkey on these dollar ‘notes’.

Happy.

(The happy moment before her shaky front  tooth dropped and
she swallowed it accidentally)

The girl said she like birthday hat because she can eat lots of cakes.

7. 1. 2012

January 7, 2012

Wondering if not for my reminder, would today’s appointment existed? Hearing what Mrs Jennifer said and practicing it is like so different. No improvement. I don’t know if is wasting money and time. So we were late again  today. I dislike it whenever we went in late. Makes me feel so insignificant.

 

Zann joined us, for the second time. The girl took few minutes to warm up before joining others for the craftwork session.

 

 

The Chinese New Year card created by Zann.

At Gong Cha again. Waiting to collect my favourite drink.

I didn’t forget to get myself a drink from Gong Cha when I was at Orchard Central. Mrs Jennifer said retail therapy can cause impulse over spending when one’s feeling depressed. But I was feeling so happy…and excited when I reached Stephie’s. :D

Universal Studio

January 5, 2012

We decided to pay Universal Studios Singapore a visit during the Dec school holidays. Thanks to QQ who gave me an adult ticket.

 

 

 

We went to Ancient Egypt the last and I didn’t  take the high intensity ride. Daddy and Zann went in but both regretted after coming out. :D

 

All in all, it was a manageable family outing, with a sudden downpour. Still, the three of us enjoyed ourselves.

2nd Day

January 4, 2012

Zann and her P3 buddy

Where’s Zann ?

Daddy and I had our lunch in the school canteen. $4.50 for adult portion.


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