Switzerland - Days 1 and 2

After Mummy's classes for the Lent term finished on Friday, we went on a well-deserved break to Switzerland. We arrived at Geneva yesterday evening, and we had spent the night at Auntie Choong Yeen (Daddy's friend) house.

This morning, we went to the Geneva Motor Show, the largest show of its kind in Europe. I found a car that looked like our old car back home, and tried to drive it.



Daddy doesn't like our old car anymore though, and he would much prefer having one like this:



After the motor show, we had lunch with Daddy's and Mummy's colleagues who were in Geneva for a meeting. Ah Ma had bought some goodies for us, and Uncle Chin Soon had brought it to Geneva to pass to us. Yay, we now have yummy bak kwa to eat, and Mummy has the iPhone that she has been dreaming about for so long.

After lunch, we took a train to Interlaken, where we would be staying for the next two nights. I was so exhausted from the travelling and fell asleep on the way there.



This is me, after a refreshing nap on the train, enjoying the view from our hotel room in Interlaken. I did the same thing too during our last holiday in Malta =)

Queens' College Formal

Mummy's classmates had a dinner at the medival dining hall in Queens' College today. The dinner was a black-tie event, and is also known as Formal Hall. Compared to Churchill College, Queens' College has been around for a much longer time, for more than 550 years.

My Daddy and Mummy had dressed up that night, and they looked nice.

Uncle Wee Siang and Auntie Sherlyn had also brought Portia along for the dinner. The two of us had a lot of fun, and we were the stars of the night!

Pineapple tarts

Inspired by the Chinese New Year season, Daddy and Mummy decided to try their hands at making pineapple tarts. Pineapple tarts are delicious and are a traditional favourite. We didn't have all the right equipment, so we had to improvise.

Mummy had to roll the dough with a bottle. Then Daddy and I cut out round shapes from the dough using champagne glasses. We were too lazy to make our own pineapple jam, so we bought some from the supermarket instead.



This is our creation before the tray went into the oven:



Alas, the tarts were a huge failure! The pineapple jam was too runny and it spread all over the tray when it was heated. Such a disappointment =(

Tantrum corner

I was grumpy today and threw a tantrum. Daddy made me stand in a corner and told me to stay there until I could stop crying. He usually pacifies me and gives in to what I want when I fuss, so why didn't he do the same today?

Horses and carrots

Our neighbour Uncle Giles has been telling us that he sometimes brings his daughter Ronnie to see horses and ducks in a nearby field. As the weather was good today, we decided to take a walk to see if we could find some animals. The walk didn't turn out to be that short after all, and we walked up and down the road before Mummy finally asked a passerby if he had seen horses or ducks around.

The ducks weren't around, but we did get to see the horses! Here's Daddy trying to feed me to the horse:



Mummy was less silly and knew that horses do not eat babies, so we fed the horses some carrots instead.

Chinese New Year

Sunday was the first day of the Chinese New Year and a couple of Mummy's friends came over to our house to have a yummy steamboat lunch. Uncle Jeong Shing and Uncle Tee Yong gave me angbaos and they stayed on after lunch to babysit me, while Daddy and Mummy went out to watch a movie without me. It was nice though, as Uncle Tee Yong let me eat a lot of chocolates!

Yesterday, we had another Chinese New Year dinner with some of Mummy's classmates. The restaurant was called Sesame, and the food was very nice and spicy.





We had a third dinner today at home. Uncle Wei Shyong and Auntie Shuk Weng came over, and we had steamboat again. Auntie Shuk Weng also bought me an Easter present - chocolate eggs and bunny mashmallows in a bunny bag. I love the Chinese New Year period, so many yummy things to eat!

Pain

I tripped and fell today while playing. My nose and lips were bloody, and I cried and cried. Once I had calmed down, Daddy laughed at me and said that my swollen lips made me look like a proboscis monkey...

Another party

After last week's party at Kaiije's house, I couldn't wait to go for the party that Mummy's school was organising. Daddy and Mummy had bought me a new dress and a pair of new shoes, and I was very excited about getting all dressed up. The party was held at Anstey Hall in Trumpington, which is just a few minutes away from the Cambridge city centre. It was a Venice Carnival-themed party, and all the adults were wearing masks. I didn't want to put on a mask though, as masks are so scary!

I had a lot of fun at the party, and I enjoyed dancing with many people (both boys and girls).



One of Mummy's friend took a photo of me and made me look like a ghost. It's amazing how I can look so scary even without wearing a mask.

Doesn't my Daddy look handsome in a tuxedo?

Heart-shaped cookie

This coming Sunday is both Valentine's day as well as the first day of the Chinese New Year. To celebrate V-day, my teachers helped my classmates and I to make heart-shaped cookies in school today. I had the chance to mix the cookie dough, spread it out and use a cookie-cutter. After the cookie was baked in the oven, I put pink jam on it. Here you see the cookie:



And now it's gone!

Bad mood

Once in a while, I get tired of being a good girl and I start throwing tantrums at home. Today was one of those days. It was Daddy's fault though, because he was talking to Mummy and didn't want to read a book to me, hrmph.