Happy New Eyes

It's a lazy new year's eve, and we're lazing at home. Suddenly a thought crossed my mind and I ran to my room. Happy New Eyes everyone!

 

Families for Life event

Mummy signed us up for a Families for Life event today, since it was a nice long weekend and we had plenty of time on our hands. I enjoyed the popcorn the most. I played a little on the bouncy castle too, but I think I'm too big for it. Better get off in case I squash it :) 

Christmas!

I love Christmas! It's the celebration that I love second-best after Chinese New Year. Here's the cheery breakfast that Mummy made when we woke up:  

I had received this present from my friend Zoe and couldn't wait to play with Ee Ee Rachael today. Ta-da, here's our masterpiece: 

Dinner was very festive too. Mummy says that this jelly mould has been in use for many many years, and she remembered it from the time she was a young girl like me. It's like a family heirloom: 

The best part of the day was definitely the presents. Thanks to all my family who love me!

Playground

Today was a lazy Sunday with nothing much to do. So I badgered Daddy and Mummy to bring me to the park to play. Love them both!

Christmas party

Lao Ee Edwina had invited us to her place for a Christmas party, and I was eagerly looking forward to it today. And it was amazing! The popcorn, ice cream, cotton candy.   

There was also a pretty lady who painted a tattoo for me. I had asked for an angel, and the angel looks like me :)

Sleepovers and zoo visits

Mummy and Daddy were very sweet to let my kindergarten friends sleep over at our house last night. We had a lot of fun as usual, didn't sleep until very late and woke up extremely early, haha. 

I definitely had a lot of fun the whole day today. After the sleepover, we went to the zoo. Although I've been to the zoo many times, this was probably the best visit because Mummy had brought my friend Ashley along as well, and the two of us girls were happily chattering away all day. There was a small sad part though, when we saw the farewell party for the koalas as they are leaving the Singapore Zoo soon. Goodbye Koala Chan!   

Snow party

Mummy and I made last-minute plans for dinner with Mummy's colleague and her daughter who's also called Zoe. We were very excited as there was supposed to be a snow party for kids. Although the snow turned out to be more like soap foam, the other Zoe and I still laughed like crazy while we were playing. After we had worked off our energy, we ended the evening with a huge skillet chocolate chip cookie. Awesome!

Bondi Beach and Sydney Sights

Time has passed so quickly when I'm having fun. We spent some time at Bondi Beach yesterday, where our apartment is near. Daddy is quite badly sunburned on his neck and arms, whereas I only have a cute sunburned nose, haha. We went to the beach again super early this morning, as crazy Mummy wanted us to catch the sun rise. I must say that the pre-dawn view of Bondi Beach is very nice and tranquil as well.

 

Daddy decided to be sane and convinced us to go back to bed after the sunrise. After our morning nap, we headed into Sydney city centre, where Mummy had plans for how we would spend our day. We took the ferry ride that Daddy had been eager to try, where we sailed under Sydney Harbour Bridge. I look cool in Daddy's shades, don't I? 

For lunch, we ate at a riverside cafe with views of the bridge and the opera house. With our tummies satisfied, we headed to the playground at Darling Quarter, where Mummy and I played on the swings. We then allowed Mummy to indulge in a shopping spree at Paddy's Market, where Mummy came across a unique stall selling something that was like the water babies toy that I have been talking so much about. And being the lovely Mummy that she is, of course she bought me some. After dinner, we rouded off our last night in Sydney with a fireworks display at Darling Habour. The fireworks were beautiful as they were dancing to the tune of the Christmas carols that were playing at the same time. Thumbs up for Mummy for a great day! 

Hunter Valley and Blue Mountain

We have been spending quite some time in our rental car these two days, and I bet Daddy wishes that he is driving his nice vroom vroom instead. We went to Hunter Valley yesterday, where I got to eat free cheese and chocolate on an otherwise boring tour of the vineyards. 

Today we are spending the night in Blue Mountain. Mummy took a photo of a nice bridge that we drove through along the way, but as usual I was too fast asleep to even notice it. 

We did the touristy Three Sisters walk when we arrived in the evening. 

As it was a little chilly, I decided to warm myself up by doing a jump shot, woohoo!

Unlike our modern-looking hotel room in Watsons Bay, we had a quaint old hotel in Blue Mountain. But it's ok, I'm happy as long as I have a cozy blanket and bed. 

Watsons Bay

I slept for most of the 7-hour flight to Sydney. I groggily walked around the airport, where Daddy picked up our rental car. I slept again throughout most of the drive to our hotel at Watsons Bay, but this time I woke up all refreshed and eager to go exploring. 

The hotel is right next to the beach, and Daddy and I crazily went swimming in the ice-cold sea water:

After our invigorating swim, we went to explore the city area in Sydney. Mummy made me pose in front of the opera house as well as the famous harbour bridge. 

After dinner at a bustling Italian restaurant by the riverside, Daddy drove us back to our hotel. The view from our room at night was simply amazing - what a great way to end our first day in Sydney!

Going on a holidaaaay

And we're off for our holiday! Our flight was at 2am, and as we had time and not much luggage, we decided to take the MRT to the airport.

Two Weeks with Mummy

Today is the start of Mummy's two-week leave to spend time with me! As she had stayed up late last night to finish off her work, I waited quietly and patiently for her to wake up this morning. But as I got a little bit bored waiting, I decided to show my love for her by making her breakfast. Mummy seemed really really pleased to wake up to the sight and smell of this:

In the afternoon, we went to have my nails done. This is the first time that I've ever had a manicure, and I was pleased to be pampered. I picked a shiny purple colour (of course). 

Men in Black

Did you know that Singapore has our very own men in black? Mummy and I came across these statues when we tried out a new eating place this evening. 

Home-made Cookies

Today was a typical lazy Sunday with nothing much at home to do. Felt like a good day to bake cookies, so ta-da! 

Random Tattoo

We went for lunch at a shopping centre today. As it was Halloween, the place had various activities for children as part of its celebrations. I got myself a random tattoo that had nothing to do with Halloween, hahahaha.

Cherry Blossoms

Daddy and Mummy brought me to a wedding dinner this evening. I usually wear a pretty pink dress for nice occasions like this, and the colour went really well with the real live cherry blossoms that had been specially flown in to decorate the ballroom. 

Children's Day Party

I've been bubbling with glee at the thought of having fun at the Children's Day Party organised by Mummy's office. And true enough, apart from getting a nice goodie bag of snacks, I made bubbles too :)

Hot chocolate moustache

After dinner at Orchard Road today, Daddy and Mummy suggested getting a drink nearby. As it's such a rare treat, of course I jumped at the chance to have something nice and warm. Can you see my huge grin beneath my hot chocolate moustache?

Studio M

Awww, my Daddy really loves to pamper me. He knows how much I love staycations, so he applied for leave yesterday at the last minute and booked us a night's stay at Studio M. Before we checked in, we had lunch with a view, at Mount Faber:  

We went to check out the facilities in the hotel after we checked into our room. This huge couch was in the common areas of the hotel. There was a nice lap pool, where there were foam toys for me and my kiddy Daddy to play. Despite the haze, we went swimming twice - once yesterday and once this morning before our late check-out.  

The room was a bit small but quite cool as the bedroom area was up on a loft. I tried out the sofa-bed on the main floor but decided that I would cuddle with Daddy and Mummy at the loft instead. 

The hotel is in quite a happening place and as it was the eve of a public holiday, the restaurants were actually quite crowded. As we were walking out to dinner, I came across this sculpture and of course I couldn't resist climbing on it. Alas, after dinner when I attempted to scale the sculpture a second time, I took a mis-step and tumbled off. Luckily I wasn't badly hurt and only had a few scratches. But all in all, it was definitely a great day. Thanks Dadddy!   

Another day of fun

I have always wanted to attend a baking or cooking class together with Mummy and my wish finally came true. Mummy signed us up yesterday for a class this morning to make egg tarts. The tarts are made of the biscuit-like crust that Mummy likes, instead of the flaky puff pasty that seems to be more commonly sold. See our masterpiece:   

Mummy also had a good idea of asking my friend Ashley out to play with me this afternoon. So after lunch, we went to fetch Ashley and we decided to visit the museum. Some of the exhibits were a bit creepy - like these jars of flowers that look very nice, can you guess that they're actually made of the artist's dead skin and nails? 

I liked this one though, which was done in memory of Mr Lee Kuan Yew: 

All-day fun

It's the school holidays this week, which means that sweet Mummy has taken leave the whole week to play with me! We met Maggie Lao Ee for lunch at Parkway Parade, as Mummy and I wanted to enjoy the weekday lunch deal at Swensens. 

After lunch we took a bus to the airport as Mummy said that there was an exhibition on China. This was the sight that greeted us as we stepped out of the elevator: 

As part of the exhibition, we could experience what it's like to fly, as how the actors do it in martial arts shows.  Here I am getting ready to fly: 

After all that exercise, I was hungry and wanted a tea-time snack. We had all of these for just $2.50, amazing!

Mummy and Lao Ee went window shopping after our tea, and I found other things to keep me occupied at the airport: 

To round up the nice day, Mummy and I met Daddy for dinner at Din Tai Fung. I like eating out, and I eating with Daddy and Mummy. 

Fine dining

Daddy and Mummy had previously been on a dinner date at Il Lido, and every once in a while, Mummy raves about the salt-baked fish. This evening, Daddy made a surprise reservation for the three of us. Mummy was overjoyed and excitedly asked me to dress up nicely. I think Daddy was secretly overjoyed too, and is hoping that Mummy would stop talking about eating at Il Lido again. 

When Daddy and Mummy told me that I should not talk too loud during dinner, all I could think about was how tortuous that would be. I simply love to talk! I did enjoy having the service staff place a napkin on my nap though, and drinking water from a nice glass. The service staff was also very funny, and he talked to me and made me laugh. I suspect Mummy will want to go back for dinner again soon, hahah!