Qixiang - Quotidian

A Kodak moment

2012-01-26T23:13:00.004+08:00

Guess which CD am I listening to?
Hint: it was a few days before Christmas.

Decked in red

2012-01-25T00:05:00.001+08:00

The family in the CNY colour - RED

CNY Eve

2012-01-23T00:19:00.001+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year!

Birthday Celebration II

2012-01-19T22:15:00.003+08:00

My favourite long-neck-long-tail dinosaur cake to celebrate my birthday! A yummy one too, my friends at school finished the whole cake! I will have to ask Papa to get a bigger cake next year.

Birthday Celebration I

2012-01-15T00:37:00.002+08:00

My favorite Dinosaurs on my birthday cupcakes. Thank you Godmother and Aunt Jie Shi!

Haircut in time for CNY

2012-01-08T22:58:00.002+08:00

With my stick-to-head hair, no flyaway hair and no bad-hair day but still need a good cut to look like a good boy.

Sunny 2012

2012-01-02T23:17:00.001+08:00

Wearing shades to welcome sunny 2012. Starting to miss the cool December days ...

Dinosaur Land

2011-12-30T22:12:00.002+08:00

My favourite dinosaur is Diplodocus

A pilot?

2011-12-28T17:00:00.003+08:00

Hmmm ... shall I become a pilot when I grow up?

Rudolph PJ

2011-12-24T22:26:00.001+08:00

Merry Christmas from Rudolph the red nose reindeer

Poses and Expressions

2011-12-23T00:13:00.001+08:00

I must say I am getting good at posing for pictures these days i.e. if you happen to catch me in the mood for pictures ...

Idol or idle

2011-12-23T00:08:00.001+08:00

Idling during a car journey. Looks like a shot good enough for cd cover of those idol singers, don't you think ...

My new squeeze

2011-12-20T00:43:00.001+08:00

Meet Drake the Dragon. Happy me.

Chocolate Mousse

2011-12-18T11:56:00.001+08:00

Breakfast at Ikea today. Hash brown, pancake, choc milk and best of all, choc mousse for dessert! Yum yum

Not for the food ...

2011-12-16T23:25:00.001+08:00

At Marche with Papa and Mama. I am not a foodie. They were happily eating my kid's meal while I entertained myself with the free puzzle toy and indoor playground.

Modelling Fees?

2011-12-07T10:29:00.003+08:00

My picture appeared on the front page of the school's website. Where's my modelling fees?

PS: That's my best friend, Zephen, standing beside me in the picture

Muacks!

2011-11-30T21:16:00.001+08:00

Trying to plant a kiss on the cheeks of my Di-Di

First Movie - Happy Feet

2011-11-21T23:57:00.001+08:00

Big screen. Booster seat. Free crackers. Penguins. Freezing cold cinema. One scary scene. When's my next movie treat?

Dino-phase

2011-11-20T23:15:00.001+08:00

Quite over Ben 10. Now I am in the Dino-phase. Dino books, Dino stickers, Dino clothes ...

Do Not Disturb

2011-11-20T16:31:00.001+08:00

I am sleeping even if I don't look like it!

Colouring Time

2011-11-19T15:43:00.001+08:00

The food at Marche doesn't interest me. The kiddy meal was eaten up by Papa and Mama. I was only interested in the colouring and puzzle. Ended up without lunch and as punishment no milk for tea break.

The Picasso Masterpiece

2011-11-19T13:38:00.001+08:00

My 2 friends - Iden and Kiyoka - and I from Rainbow Picasso class painted this together. Abstract art only understood by children.

Sharing a moment with my Di Di

2011-10-31T12:00:00.001+08:00

And sharing my bed and my bed-full of soft toys and of course, the flu virus with him too hee hee

Colourful art bridge

2011-10-26T11:46:00.001+08:00

My muscle-man papa carrying me and Di Di across the colourful art bridge after yummy breakfast of choco nana.

Angry Birds (3D)

2011-10-19T22:35:00.003+08:00

Wanna try Angry Birds 3D version? complete with music

Visit to the YOG Sports Museum

2011-10-09T12:45:00.001+08:00

Children's Day Special - Visit to the YOG Sports Museum with my friends in school

A Rhino?

2011-10-09T12:43:00.001+08:00

I saw a rhino, not at the zoo, but at my grandparents' place!
This rhino is definitely not afraid of heights!

Bird Park

2011-09-06T22:17:00.003+08:00

We were so early at the Bird Park this morning, I think there were more birds than people!

Spent some time at the mini playground. We must come back again when the huge playground called "Birds of Play" opens!

We saw a lot of birds today. But the most interesting find was this big lizard.

Scooter

2011-08-30T22:22:00.001+08:00

All geared up to try out my new scooter!

My Aquarium

2011-08-30T21:51:00.002+08:00

My longkang fishes have died. Maybe too many fishes in a small tank. Papa bought some new fishes - 2 swordtails, 6 neon tetras, 1 cory and 2 prawns - for me.

Sadly, the swordtails could be territorial. First, 1 swordtail and 2 prawns died. Then the remaining swordtail started terrorising the neon tetras, killing 4 of them. After the swordtail was separated from the rest, it decided to jump out of the water and we found the swordtail on the floor when we came home one evening!

Papa bought some more neon tetras and another prawn.
So far so good, let's keep our fingers crossed!

School Excursion to Kids Kampong

2011-07-29T22:04:00.002+08:00

Part 1
Longkang Fishing

This is just my catch at half-time! I'm good at this, haha!!
Check out in my next blog entry on the aquarium Papa set up at home for my fishes.

Part 2
Animal Feeding

May I have some food pellets to feed the fishes, ducks, chickens, rabbits and tortoises please?

Part 3
Animal Show

Look look! I'm holding the tail of a mini mouse! I dare you to do the same!

My new squeeze

2011-07-29T21:57:00.003+08:00

Reminds me of a song I learnt in school:

5 little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing mr crocodile you can't catch me
along came a crocodile as hungry as can be
and snap! 4 little monkeys swinging in the tree

Time for reading

2011-07-03T23:30:00.000+08:00

After my speech and drama class on Sun, we popped into nearby bookshop for some reading time, Kee Ngian was just monkeying around, not reading.

Family Day @Marina Barrage

2011-07-03T23:23:00.002+08:00

After a quick breakfast at Ikea, we want to Marina Barrage for Family Day activities. I only tried the inflated obstacle course. The weather became too hot for kite-flying. Another day perhaps ...

The F Song

2011-07-01T22:30:00.002+08:00

fat frog fishing
f .. f .. f ..
fat frog fishing
f .. f .. f ..
fat frog fishing
f .. f .. f ..
f is the sound of letter "f"

Prim and Proper?

2011-06-08T01:01:00.002+08:00

Trying to look prim and proper ... trying very hard ....

What have I been busy with lately?

2011-05-31T23:06:00.002+08:00

I've started English drama classes on Sun mornings. Before class, I will obediently take off my shoes and place them in a big red basket.

Sometimes I will sit right beside my brother in the car, so that I can entertain him, or maybe he can entertain me, or maybe we can entertain each other!

Flamingo?

2011-04-19T22:31:00.003+08:00

Hmmm ... Is that a flamingo???
Papa said so ...
Really??? Do you think so???

It's Sunday!

2011-04-03T12:51:00.003+08:00

Ready, Get Set, Go!

No Monkey Face

Monkey Face

That's me, monkeying around as usual ...

Night Safari Again

2011-03-19T16:01:00.002+08:00

One week of school holidays but I was sick most of it. The only thing to look forward to - Night Safari visit. This time, other than the tram ride, I walked all the way on my own. I'm a big boy now.

Check out my new water bottle. Longest straw I've ever seen! Need to take a deep breath before drinking ...

Giraffe PJs

2011-03-19T15:54:00.001+08:00

One of my favourite animals - giraffe!

Chingay 2011

2011-02-26T18:03:00.004+08:00

Went to the Chingay, thanks to tickets to Grandaunt. My favourite float was the one from the zoo, with lots of giraffes and other animals.

My CNY fashion parade

2011-02-11T22:33:00.005+08:00

Bright orange M&M pjs to mark the eve of CNY

Traditional chinese costume for the 1st day of CNY

Sailor costume for 2nd day of CNY

My attention-seeking bro, think he's jealous of my red bow tie

Birthday celebration @Artskidz

2011-01-22T09:54:00.003+08:00

Another superman cake! The birthday theme for 2011. Hope my friends at school loved the cake as much as I did (prefer the cream to the cake actually hee hee)!

Superman birthday cake

2011-01-20T22:46:00.002+08:00

Superman birthday cake! I should have worn my matching superman pyjamas!
Happy birthday to myself and my baby brother, actually toddler brother now.

Tuxedo

2011-01-16T11:02:00.002+08:00

All dressed up for Pak Pak's wedding dinner in my first tuxedo suit.

I am the Lion King!!!

2011-01-03T22:42:00.006+08:00

Grrrr........

Holiday @ Phuket Part 2

2010-12-30T22:58:00.004+08:00

So what else did I do at Phuket?

Fooling around with my baby brother

see if he can aim and stick his finger into my mouth

get him to give me a scalp massage

playing at the beach

Holiday @ Phuket Part 1

2010-12-25T22:32:00.003+08:00

Weather at Phuket was not too hot. The sun only comes out for a couple of hours a day with the rest of the day either cloudy or rainy. But fret not, I had a good time watching Cartoon Network!

We had to take a picture with the Phuket Santa

Watch out for Part 2 of my sand and sea holiday

School's Out, Naughty Season's In

2010-12-25T21:47:00.002+08:00

Cheeky smile for the start of the December school holidays

Even though I may miss violin and art classes ... erm, maybe not

Bird Show

2010-12-15T23:23:00.003+08:00

My baby brother and I woke up very early on Sunday morning, early enough to catch the morning show at the entrance of the Bird Park. We saw parrots which can mimic the sounds of cat and dog. There was even a fortune-teller parrot!

My first family photo, with a very uncooperative baby brother who refused to pose for the photo!

No Ben & Jerry's ice-cream this time. We just posed for a photo with the B&J cow.

Concert

2010-12-07T22:33:00.002+08:00

Me in my sailor suit, getting ready for the Baby Mozart performance!

My masterpiece

2010-12-07T22:25:00.002+08:00

My masterpiece pinned up at the concert hall in school.
What do you think? Picasso in the making?
I'm graduating from the Baby Mozart class to the Little Picasso class next year!

the rebellious superstar in me

2010-12-04T09:58:00.006+08:00

My sunny sunglasses, worn my way!

He's always hungry, he's my brother.. giving him a little 'mantou' melt-in-mouth biscuit.

Henderson Waves

2010-12-04T09:50:00.001+08:00

One of our Sunday mornings runabout to get some sun and Vit D

This is the way I brush my teeth

2010-12-04T09:42:00.004+08:00

This is the way I brush my teeth, brush my teeth, brush teeth

This is the way I brush my teeth every night and morning

Just me

2010-11-22T23:33:00.002+08:00

Don't you think this photo is very artistically and professionally taken? By my Papa =)

Rainy day plan

2010-10-21T23:22:00.007+08:00

He ain't heavy, he's my brother!

How to keep your feet/shoes dry when the ground is wet? Cry hard enough, someone will pick us up and ferry us around

No outdoor fun because of the rain. Indoor fun isn't too bad!

My favourite - donuts

2010-10-17T21:50:00.003+08:00

Before: Grumpy

My favourite - donuts!

After: Happy

Mid-Autumn Festival

2010-10-17T21:35:00.002+08:00

Mid-autumn festival lights and floats at Clarke Quay this year. I can still remember the Hello Kitty ones at Chinese Garden 2 years ago!

Happy Birthday Ah Dah!

2010-09-21T23:23:00.002+08:00

It's Ah Dah's birthday but no different from my birthday.
I sang the birthday song, blew the candle and cut the cake. Hahahaha ...

Party Time

2010-09-21T23:12:00.003+08:00

My idea of a party - lots of toys, snacks and balloons! Thank you Aunt Sharon for the invitation to Ariel mei-mei's one year old birthday party!

Hot air balloons

2010-09-18T23:22:00.002+08:00

The first thing I see when I wake up in the morning

Kids & Kites

2010-09-12T18:58:00.004+08:00

Woke up early in the morning. Had my regular milk. Went kite flying followed by McDonald's breakfast. Isn't that the perfect morning?

let's see, where is my kite?

a restrained smile

an overly enthusiastic smile
& a couldn't-be-bothered baby brother

Farmart Excursion

2010-09-02T21:40:00.005+08:00

Uncle William at Farmart gave us a talk on game birds (not the birds we shoot in computer games) like chicken, quail, pigeon and guinea fowl (looks like a small turkey).

Then we got some free time to walk around the farm.

2 Doraemon insect repellent stickers to keep away mosquitoes.

Some of the animals we saw at the farm.

A lazy Sunday morning

2010-08-29T15:02:00.001+08:00

Watching tom & jerry cartoon

Playing a fool on baby bro's cradle (since he's outgrown it anyway)

Naptime at the Same Time

2010-08-29T14:57:00.001+08:00

My baby bro and I have managed to synchronise our naptime aka Papa's and Mama's break time!

Yoga Poses

2010-08-22T16:00:00.003+08:00

Let me show you what I've learnt at yoga class

downward dog

another downward dog

yet another downward dog

upward dog

preparation for bridge

variation of something, not sure what

Atlantis City @Delta

2010-08-12T08:35:00.004+08:00

It was a school holiday on 10 Aug, the day after National Day. Mama brought me to the Atlantis City @Delta.

It was so much fun! When can I go again???

My playmate

2010-08-09T17:46:00.002+08:00

My baby bro can now sit in the walker. Wonder when he can play catch with me ...

Monkey-ing around

2010-08-01T22:26:00.003+08:00

Monkey-ing around at the monkey bars, making monkey faces and doing monkey business.

I've MIA for a while because I was done with cough, runny nose and fever. Think I may have spread the virus to my baby brother who had a cough which developed into mild bronchitis. Poor baby, nebuliser at 6 months (mine was at 14 months).

Superboy ... Superman

2010-07-15T20:11:00.002+08:00

I'm now a superboy. When I grow up, I become a superman.
Supernanny for my baby brother, I will not be.

At School

2010-07-15T08:18:00.004+08:00

Yoga class

Soccer training - YOG theme

Morning snack of fruits

Weekly assembly - I volunteered for activity

Violin lesson

2010-07-14T08:21:00.004+08:00

Preparatory class for violin lesson. I'm learning how to hold a violin properly. Wonder when I'll be practising with the real thing ... this is getting a bit boring ...

Rabbit balloon 的家有没有 air-con huh?

2010-06-14T23:37:00.010+08:00

Papa knocked off earlier last Fri to bring me to visit the rabbit balloon's home at the Singapore Art Museum. Before the visit, I've been bugging Mama to tell me if the rabbit balloon's home is air-conditioned.

Ahoy!

2010-06-06T22:42:00.004+08:00

Check out this big ship, a 17th-century-style Spanish vessel, that is docked behind Vivocity.

It's only a canon, no big deal ...

My bro and I

2010-06-06T22:31:00.002+08:00

It's been more than 2 months since we've taken a photo together.

My younger brother is getting good at posing for the camera. Looks like I must think of a new 招牌表情 to outshine him!

wet, wet, wet

2010-05-31T22:06:00.003+08:00

Splosh, Splish, Splash,
It's not the rain over my head,
It's not the tears rolling off my eyes,
It's not Vivocity too.
It's My Mall :)

Splosh, Splish, Splash,
Wet wet me afraid to play,
Drizzle, Prizzle, Tizzle,
Rain over me head - Run away!

Traumatic experience for little me who doesn't like my eye brows too wet.

To the Zoo

2010-05-27T16:29:00.004+08:00

To the zoo! To the zoo! The trip that everyone at school is looking forward to, since the zookeeper came to the school with a python.

After we arrived at the zoo, we took a boat ride to Kidzworld.

The teachers brought us to see and touch the pets and farm animals at Kidsworld.

Touching a breed of miniature horse called Falabella from Argentina. It's even smaller than a pony!

Feeding the goats with carrots, long beans and leaves.

While having lunch at KFC, I was eyeing the waterplay area nearby. I must bug Papa to bring me to the zoo again to play! I'll be well prepared with my wetsuit the next time.

After lunch, we took a leisurely walk to the zoo exit, passing through the Tree Top Trail. We saw many animals - squirrel, tapir, crocodile, white tiger, gorilla, orang utan ...

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

2010-05-24T21:02:00.002+08:00

It was a hot and sunny Sunday morning. Papa and Mama decided to bring me to the waterplay area at the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden. I was quite disappointed when we got there and found out that the waterplay area was under renovation till end-May. Papa promised to bring me there again in Jun, whoo-hoo!

Although we missed the waterplay, there was a tree spewing water mist which was very cool and refreshing. There was also a treehouse-cum-playground.

Da Big Wetz & Wild-zy Day

2010-05-16T21:45:00.009+08:00

Weather has been hot and humid these days. What do you do to cool down? Hiding in the shopping centre to enjoy the air-con? That's no fun.

Watch me roll up my pants for water play! Fun and refreshing-cool at the same time.

I got myself pretty wet after a while (Papa was wet too, from carrying his wet son, haha) so I tried to dry my clothes by sunning myself while standing on top of this blue statue.

Fishing

2010-05-09T22:01:00.002+08:00

Come come, bite my bait
Hungry little fishies, make my day!

Zoo goes to School

2010-04-30T16:24:00.002+08:00

The zookeeper came to visit the children at my school today.

She brought a lot of interesting things to show us. Everyone was amazed at how long the python skin was when it was stretched out across the room.

I got to touch the cold and slimy snake! Looking forward to my zoo visit with the school in May!

Kite flying again

2010-04-29T13:38:00.003+08:00

We went kite flying again last weekend. Marina Barrage at 5pm was so crowded!

There were so many kites in the sky. Eh ... where's my kite?

Oh, there it is! Not easy to spot my ordinary looking kite.

Do Re Me

2010-04-29T13:32:00.002+08:00

A musician-cum-singer in the making

Go fly a kite

2010-04-18T22:42:00.003+08:00

I'm all dressed-up for F1 car racing, only to find out that we are going to Marina Barage for kite flying and not car racing. Oh well, maybe car racing another day.

So many kites in the sky, batman, doraemon, mine looked like the most ordinary of them all. I must ask my Papa to do something to my kite so that it stands out from the crowd the next time!

In the morning ...

2010-04-13T22:14:00.002+08:00

In the mornings when I'm still barely awake, I like to lounge around in the house, kitchen included, in my pjs ...

Bird Park

2010-03-29T22:11:00.009+08:00

Papa's company had its family day at the Bird Park last Saturday. It was a really hot and sunny day. Mama forgot to pack my Doraemon hat. Other than the scorching sun, we also had to bear with the itchy mosquito bites! Next time, I will remind Mama to put on sunblock and insect repellent for me, also to bring a hat and stroller (poor Papa had to carry lazy me most of the time).

One of the rare moments which Papa managed to coax me into walking while I was munching on my animal biscuits. We were playing stamp the ants as we walked.

This is a victoria crowned pigeon enjoying a sun tan, as well as probably airing her musty armpits.

These are the sun conures, having a tea-break, and enjoying a session of gossip-mongering... twitter, twitter, what's on the latest twitter?

A yummy cold ice-cream treat before heading home for my afternoon nap.

changes in my life; no turning back

2010-03-23T21:43:00.009+08:00

I'm eating; do not disturb.

After my yogurt, I was feeling pretty happy, so I went to take a photograph with my brother Qiyuan. He was obliging enough to open his eyes and look at the camera. Quick as the weather, my mood changed after that, and Qiyuan also started to daydream away; hence we did not have anymore pictures taken together that day.

A moment lost in time; a picture to keep for a lifetime.
(first photo of the 2 of us together)

Night Safari

2010-03-15T21:41:00.003+08:00

I visited the Night Safari last Sunday. I've not been to the "day" zoo before so that was actually my first visit to the zoo.

The scariest part was the walk-in-enclosure of the fruit bats. I was so frightened that I held on tightly to my Papa.

The largest spider I've ever seen!

We only reached home at 10.30pm that night, way past my bedtime and we didn't even manage to visit all the Night Safari animals! I must ask Papa and Mama to bring me to the Night Safari again another time.

Excursion to The Arts House

2010-03-13T10:27:00.006+08:00

My preschool teachers brought me and my classmates to the Arts House yesterday to watch a puppet show, part of "Child Size, A Festival for Young Ones".

In the bus, munching away on biscuits distributed by the teachers.

Before the puppet show, there were 2 workshops on dance and music movements, but I was more interested in the aunties and uncles wearing balloons on their heads!

A picture taken outside the Arts House while waiting for the bus to pick us up. A lot of interesting statues made of cardboard. Luckily no one saw me trying to topple one of them over!

My new bed

2010-02-22T13:39:00.003+08:00

My new bed! See the dolphin balloon? That's a present from my baby brother.

Stylo Mylo

2010-02-17T23:34:00.002+08:00

Anyone needs a model for sunglasses?

恭喜发财

2010-02-15T00:01:00.003+08:00

Scribbling-writing-drawing session at home before starting on my Chinese New Year visits where I get to collect red packets, snack and have lots of fun!

恭喜发财

are the magic words to say during Chinese New Year which brings a smile on everyone's face!

Birthday Celebration Part 4

2010-01-25T22:25:00.005+08:00

We had Sunday dinner with grand-aunts, aunts and uncle at the Sante Fe, a floating Tex-Mex restaurant at Marina Bay.

As usual, everyone took turns to bring me on my exploration of the ship while the others had dinner.

The finale of the night - the restaurant's pianist-uncle played the piano while the singer-aunt sang me a birthday song. Best of all, we had brownie with ice-cream, compliments from the restaurant. We should come again next year to celebrate my birthday!

Birthday Celebration Part 3

2010-01-24T23:09:00.002+08:00

Elmo birthday cake to complete my collection. Yeah!

After decapitating Mickey, then dissecting Winnie, now I'm splicing Elmo... poor little cartoonies, subjected to my whimsy cake-cutter.
Stay tuned for Part 4 ...

Baby Mozart

2010-01-19T15:38:00.002+08:00

I've started going to preschool 2 weeks ago. Baby Mozart is the name of my class. I am still crying every morning when I have to part with Grandma at the school. Actually, school is quite fun, there's yoga, violin, water play, sing-along, story-telling ... I'm usually smiley for the rest of the morning until noon when Grandma picks me up. But the crying episode repeats the next morning. Bear with me, toddlers have short memory.

A reluctant-smile in my uniform just before leaving home for school ...

Birthday Celebration Part 2

2010-01-18T22:40:00.007+08:00

Part 2 of my birthday celebration over the weekend. I'm too popular, just can't help it ... hee hee. Pooh Bear ice cream cake this time. Mickey Mouse and Pooh Bear are my 2 favourite cartoon characters. An Elmo cake next will make my collection complete. Hint hint.

After some practice from Part 1, I'm more prepared for smiley poses

the half-shy smile

and the toothy smile.

I think I faired better at my 2nd practice session.
Practice makes perfect.

After the routine birthday cake, sing-along, blow candle process, it's time to unwrap presents.

Check out my new Doraemon cowboy hat! A present from Papa and Mama.

The bright-green coloured sports shoe is also one of my many birthday presents. I'm being "dressed-up from top-to-toe"!

Birthday Celebration Part 1

2010-01-17T22:43:00.006+08:00

My Mickey Mouse fresh cream vanilla sponge with strawberries birthday cake. It was yummy!
I ate half a slice of cake, partly self-fed.

The feast. Not mine though. I had my usual bowl of porridge.

Me, the birthday boy, wearing my elmo suit.

I'm still figuring out how this birthday cake, sing-along, blow candle process works. With 2 practice sessions this year, it won't take long.

Clowning around

2009-12-17T20:46:00.005+08:00

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer... had a very shiny nose..
Kee Seong the green-horned monster... had a very naughty gaze...