My baby is back!

And she had lots of fun despite the minor complaints about sleeping in a tent! She enjoyed abseiling and tunnelling and she was lamenting about missing the Flying fox due to time constraint. She said bathing with cold water was not an issue as she had tried doing it at home a few days before the camp. She had also made a few new good friends from other classes and her group leader was not that annoying after all. Food was ok but as expected, she enjoyed the nasi lemak most because of the fried chicken wing! She is now looking forward to next year's camp, which may be held overseas. I am very happy that my prayers are answered and she is blessed with a great time at the camp. Check out her before and after camp face below!

Missing my baby...

Did she eat well today?

Did she enjoy the activities?

Did she get along well with her team mates?

Can she shower without water heater?

Can she sleep well tonight without air-conditioning in her sleeping bag? ( a big switch from her usual 18 degrees celsius temperature!)

Will she remember to put her sunblock and mosquito patch tomorrow?

Does she miss mummy and papa n didi?

I will only find out on Thursday evening. I am so glad I will be the one picking her up from school that day....

Tessa is off to camp!

My baby girl is all grown up ( last measured height of 141 cm!) and ready for her first camping trip! All the P4 girls from MGS will be attending a 3 day/ 2 night camp tomorrow, organised by the outward bound school where they will get to sleep in tree huts and tents! We packed her bag last night and here are some of the items in her bag.

Unfortunately, Tessa is not too excited about the camp. The students were assigned in groups randomly so she does not get to be in the same group as her classmates and she has an annoying group leader. She is also not too keen on some of the physical activities like abseiling. I think I made it worse by telling her how " aggressive" the mosquitoes were during my first camping trip! However, I assured her that it will be a fun experience, learning to work with different types of people and she will have more good friends in school after the camp. I am praying for good weather for girls and may all of them be blessed with a fun-filled session!

Conversation with my "soon to be teenager" daughter...

Tessa : Mummy U know Bella and Jon prefers Uncle Lawrence to be around instead of Aunty Daisy.

Me : Why?

Tessa : Because Uncle Lawrence allows them to play while Aunty Daisy will make them do work!

Me : Oh so does that mean you also prefers papa to be around instead of mummy? Since I am always making you and Jacob do work?

Tessa : No I prefer you to be around!

Me : Why?

Tessa : Because papa will not bother to help me with my work if I don't understand the question but you will!

Phew.....at least my efforts are still being appreciated .... for now...

Things for Sale!

Time to clear some old bags as I have a few new targets this year! Help me spread the word and feel free to email me at eileenchia10@yahoo.com.sg if there are any question!

Original Cost $1250 - Selling for $500!

Original Cost $1890- Selling for $1200!

Cannot remember what is the original cost but a similar design is going for more than SGD 800 now. - Selling for $400!

What a night!

I met up with my JC classmates tonight at No.5 Emerald Hill, some of whom I have not met since we left JC almost 20 years ago! LF even drove all the way from KL to join us for this gathering. It turned out to be such a fun-filled night, complete with 4 bottles of champagne and 2 bottles of Macallan! With most people not in their most sober state, we had TM telling us about his mass orgy stories in China, AL and HX forcing each other to declare whether they had a crush on each other in JC; matchmaking the only singles YY and TM; R being the ah bek cassanova on the dance floor and many other funny moments. We were as noisy as a bunch of JC kids and we did what we could not do during JC days - dancing in a pub!

The biggest challenge of the night was to send a completely drunk R back to his car with HX. I called the " drive u home" service and we had to entertain R cursing along the way in multiple languages. It took us 15 minutes to "extract" his exact home address amidst his swearing! While waiting for R's driver to arrive, HX puked in the car park! Luckily I was sober enough to send HX home and it was almost 3am when I finally reached home.

Thank you R and HM for organising this gathering and most of all... thank you Michelle, who inspired this gathering! Cheers!

Finally!

Jacob is made class monitor today! This is a milestone for him as he hates being in the limelight! Last year, he rejected the post when he was voted class commando in term one and he again said no to the teacher when he was asked to be class monitor in term 3. Talk about being "atas"! I have since been promoting the pros of being a leader to both my kids. They were clearly not convinced so it was a surprise to see him with the class monitor tag today. He told me he was chosen by the teacher and was not given choice like in P1. I have secretly happy that the teacher did that. I wish he was half as enthusiastic as Isaac, who got the whole family excited when he was chosen as the class monitor! In my case, mummy was definitely the more excited one! I bought him soccer cards as a reward and hopefully, he will not be as be so " anti- leadership roles" going forward!