Thursday, July 15, 2010

Children's Season 2010


09 July 2010


At SAM @ 8Q.

Came to know about this children's festival through some mommies' blogs.



On the grounds of the National Museum.











We were at SAM 8 Queen St.at 5pm. Free entry at 6pm. We were deciding whether to wait or not, but did not and paid the $10 per person entry fees.




FUNKY FOREST

Stand near the wall and a tree will grow!


You can divert the waterfall flow by standing on it.




DAISIES

Next section in the same hall as the Funky Forest is this floor full of daisies. When you walk on the daisies, it disappear and then reappear later.





ENCHANTED FOREST


"Step into our Enchanted Forest where sheep fly and imaginary animals roam freely".





























So magical! Reminds me of all those fairy tales that I had read when young.








You can colour butterflies and paste it on the wall.
















FLORIBOTS


"Learn about plant life-cycle through Floribots, an awardwinning work featuring over 100 giant robot flowers that 'grow' before your very eyes from a bud until they 'bloom' pink and yellow".

Eugene was scared by the whirring noise when the flowers start to raise.




























There's a room for kids to read or do some handicraft.


Eugene's getting better at handling a pair of scissors. He put his fingers thru the holes whereas before, he will open it by using both hands to pry it open. 
I had let him learnt by buying him a plastic scissors from POPULAR.



























WALTER'S GARDEN

The most fun of all for Eugene!

Here you have these bean bags which you are suppose to line up on the ground and hop over it. But as you can see, the kids went wild throwing and flinging it.


I throw! says Eugene
























Jumping and diving into the bags.


























har..... I have to run...... the other kids are throwing at me.......



























It was so fun mommy!

































Monday, July 12, 2010

Montessori Class

07 July 2010



FIRST DAY

Eugene is now attending a Montessori class after pulling him out prematurely from Edufarm StarTots (read what happened).


On his way to class. He didn't want me to carry his bag. 
He carried it all the way!




Teacher said to have me accompany Eugene and stay only for an hour the first day, in order to get Eugene used to the new environment. I said ok, even though I know that Eugene will have no problem.

And I was right, after about an hour, Teacher told me that I can go back since Eugene seemed to be ok and not anxious and Eugene to stay the whole 2 hours.


















Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Control the Weather, Control the World

...... is the tagline of the mini-series "The Storm" now showing on Channel 5. It is about men shooting up beams from antennae to the Earth's atmosphere to control the weather. Disasters struck when they try to control Mother Nature.

amazing theory, great science fiction, how can you control mother nature?...

well, think again, it is already happening.................


(Below extracted from different authors)


Welcome to THE HAARP CONSPIRACY


What is HAARP?
High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme (HAARP) is a project that aims to investigate "understanding, stimulate and control ionospheric processes that can alter the performance of communication and surveillance systems".


Where is HAARP?




 The official HAARP facility is located in Gakuna, Alaska.

The site consists of a collection of antennae, arranged in a computer-controlled grid, known as a "phased array".

A phased array has the ability to focus radion signals in a precise direction, without the necessity ot furning the antennae.

Modern radar systems no longer use the revolving dish that we have come to recognize.
The new radar antennae, which rely on phased arrays, look more like the flat screen of a drive-in movie, speckled with small umbrella-like antennae in neat rows.

The phased array in HAARP is not a radar, but it uses some of the same extremely high frequencies to focus a powerful radion beam to specific locations in the Earth's ionosphere.


Who is using HAARP?
Project was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy Force, and the University of Alaska.


The Function of HAARP?

















The purpose of this program is for more advance in the study of physical and electrical properties of the earth that can be used in future military communications easier.

HAARP shoots large amounts of electro-magnetic energy up into the higher regions of earth's atmosphere (ionosphere) which then acts like a huge mirror and reflects the energy back down and deep into the earth's surface

The beams can be aimed to direct high amounts of energy to enter the earth or beneath the oceans. HAARP can be used like radar or sonar to find underground installations or to find minerals - like oil for instance - beneath the earth's surface.

 But other than that, HAARP can also set the weather through the ionosphere, such as making rain, storms, tsunamis, and many are still unknown.

If the beam is focused long enough into an area where two or more of the earth's tectonic plates meet, the resulting vibrations can cause the plates to slip - thus an earthquake can occur.


The HAARP power transmission towers are designed to generate power in such a way that it is beamed up into the ionosphere in tremendous quantities.

It is made to beam more than 1.7gigawatts (billion watts) of radiated power into the ionosphere - the electrically charged layer above Earth's atmosphere. Put simply, the apparatus is a reversal of a radio telescope - just transmitting instead of receiving. It will 'boil the upper atmosphere'.

From this northern latitude, the energy could be aimed into the ionosphere so that it would bounce back down to the earth so it would come down wherever the scientists wanted it to come down. The secret was to learn how and where to aim it to hit the earth where they wanted it to hit, creating the type of disaster or weather they desired.

In a nutshell, this is the nucleus of the expertise just recently acquired to control the weather. By pouring measured energy that has been focused into certain parts of the ionosphere, scientists can create all kinds of weather like hurricanes, thunderstorms, floods, tornadoes and drought and even earthquakes.


Keep that thought in mind as we examine still more aspects of this HAARP technology that is pouring such enormous quantities of energy into our upper atmosphere. Researches quickly found that this technology could be used in ways other than just to control the weather. They discovered they had stumbled upon a weapon which could be used most effectively, to destroy, destroy, and destroy some more, with the vast majority of the people of the world completely unaware of what was happening to them. After all, most people today still believe that the control of the basic weather of this planet is out of the control of mankind.

The greatest concern is that scientists and the military are so very arrogant in their ignorant, reckless use of focused energy into the ionosphere. What if they set off an inintended reaction in the atmosphere that cannot be controlled or stopped?

In conclusion, if HAARP is used for good purposes, there would be no real problem. But testing HAARP cause climate change and the earth element becomes unstable, which will also accelerate the process of global warming. 

(Note: Many articles have been written about HAARP. But some believes HAARP is not the actual facility designed to be used as a military system but a "front" or "red herring" facility which allows the authorities to deny important questions about its purpose and operations. Some believes that the real facility is located in Poker Flats, North of Fairbanks, Alaska.)

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Is this why we are seeing unusual weather phenomenas???


HAARP's official website : http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/index.html

and you can research and read more on the web.


Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Scooter Boy!

We bought this scooter on Ebay for just $10.00! It is a solid scooter unlike some plasticky ones available.

I showed Eugene how to do it a couple of times.

When Eugene first tried it, he would just stand on it to get the feel of it and then get off. He will do this on his own as and when he feels like it.

When he got more comfortable with the scooter, he will stand on it and let me push him around. But that's it. If I try to make him put one foot down on the ground to push, he will refuse.

So I left it at that. This boy, he will do it on his own time. Usually when it's something new to try, he will usually do it step by step till he feels that he is confident.

After practising on his own, he is finally able to push off with one foot down. Yay!








 I can do it!


 
Not exactly zipping, but at least he got the basics right.

Bob The Builder

Eugene was exposed to Thomas The Toy Train, thanks to my friend JT who passed down to Eugene when her son grew out of it.

JT's son's room is filled with Thomas Train's stuff. I'm not exaggerating, it's full of it. Books, shelves of trains and even a special Thomas Train table. She wanted to pass me everything but I don't have to space to accomodate all of it. Took some of the books appropriate for Eugene's age and told her to keep the rest of the books in storage for me. We only took some of the trains.

Unfortunately, Eugene did not take to Thomas The Train but instead absolutely loves Bob The Builder. I guess he took more to Bob The Builder as he can identify with the construction machines like the crane, excavator that he sees in real life.


Showing off his Bob The Builder set. There's Muck(in red) and Lofty(in blue)!




















































What is Eugene doing? He's filling up Muck with petrol.
He had plugged the petrol hose into a front hole in Muck - ha, ha, quite imaginative yah.





Sunday, June 27, 2010

Whistle !

Eugene have finally learnt how to blow a whistle. He used to try by sucking in air instead of blowing out from his mouth, ha ha.


This is actually a bubble bottle with a whistle on top. I took out that long string later - seemed rather dangerous to have a string around the neck.


Saturday, June 26, 2010

Hang On!

Eugene hanging on. On other slides, he will hang onto the bar that is above the slide and swing before going down the slide.

Where did he learnt this? From the other older kids in the same playgroup at StarTots before I took him out because of an appalling incident.










He can also hold on to the edge of our study table, lift his legs off the floor and up to his body and just hang there!

Relax Lah!


Eugene feeling so relax on cousin DL's lap.


Friday, June 25, 2010

Werner's Oven

18 June 2010


Hubby ordered the Farmer's sausage while I ordered the ones with garlic herb. Comes with sauerkraut (preserved cabbage).





We ordered a kid's meal for Eugene. Fish fingers, comes with fries, a drink and ice-cream.



I like my garlic herb sausage better than hubby's Farmer's sausage. The Farmer's sausage, to me, tasted like our fried chinese fish cake, ha ha ha.

But it is delicious though I find it rather pricey paying $21.50 for a sausage.


6 Upper East Coast Road
#01-01
Tel : 6442-3897

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Wang Thai Kitchen

Post-note : we had gone back recently (Aug'10) and found that the portion is less especially for the green curry chicken. The waiter said that we could order a small - enough for 2 person but when it came, I think I could finish it in a few mouthful and they were so stingy with the green curry gravy.

I think they should have just stayed in their original place which is a stall in a coffee shop. They have very good business then. I think it's because for the uncles and aunties who are wary of ordering Thai food, they could at least order some thai dish to sample while still be able to order the other food at the coffee shop that they are familiar with.

Now, I think the uncles and aunties will feel a bit intimidated stepping into a proper restaurant.

So of cos, having their own place equates to higher rent equates to either charge more or give less portion. I've seen the restaurant rather empty even on a weekend.

But food is still good.

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We have been patronising this Thai outlet from the time they were just a stall in a coffeeshop to when they shifted a few doors down and opened their own restaurant.

They had took over the space from this Korean restaurant that had closed.













The above are in 'small' portions but it was quite substantial. The Tom-yum soup do pack quite a punch.

On other occasions with friends and families, we had ordered the pork knuckles which everybody loves. I can't give my opinion because I don't eat so much meat and seeing that whole chunk of meat just makes me .........

I especially like the Salted-Egg fried rice which is so fragrant as well as the Salted-Egg prawns. Both are so shiok!

Don't forget the Green Curry Chicken which is rather lemak, though I must say that the portion seemed to have been trimmed down.

But all in all, all the food are good and tasty and the prices reasonable.

Worth a eat.

Wang Thai Kitchen
Blk 92, Toa Payoh Lorong 4
#01-274
Tel : 9181 9236

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Mr. Potato Head

Aunty MC's advance birthday present for Eugene - Mr. Potato Head!


























Eugene having a fun time fixing the different parts of Mr. Potato Head though not necessarily in the correct order.
























































Ok, so we have a nose in place of an ear and I think that's a tongue in place of the eye-brows - muahahha.......




My finished Mr. Potato Head!


Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Youtube & TV Addict



Eugene is a good natured happy boy but lately he has been becoming very whiny and should I say, throwing tantrums (is it the terrible twos?). Of course all kids have their naughty moments but somehow, the attitude and manners are more fierce and aggressive.

He does not have those tantrum where the child screams and roll on the floor kind of tantrum. He will usually shout and stomp his feet. But coming from him, it is not so normal as all along he is not like this.

Usually it happens when he is denied viewing the Youtube and TV.

Hmm......

Hubby and I have read about the detrimental effects of tv watching for young kids. Can this be the reason?

Eugene gets to watch 1/2 hour in the morning (TV cartoons) when I need to do my morning business.
About 1 to 1 1/2 hours at about 5pm (Dvds Bob the Builder, Elmo's World, Baby Can Read, others)
About 1 hour in the evening after dinner (Youtube - of real excavators, cranes, bulldozers etc)

Could this be too much viewing? I've just read that it should not be more than 2 hours a day.

We decided to wean him off.

He's only allowed to watch at 5pm for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours only. That's it.

The 1st  day, he was very upset and whiny and getting angry. But by the next day, he wasn't calling out to see 'Bob, Bob'(Bob the Builder).


It has been slightly more than 1 week since, and what a change! He's getting back to his good-natured ways and best of all, he's back to looking at his books which he had abandoned during his tv days.




So if you find your child getting whiny, angry, throwing tantrums - could it be that he/she is watching too much?

Friday, June 18, 2010

HDB Gallery

I sometimes bring Eugene to 'walk-walk' around the HDB Hub area.

I've being to the HDB Gallery many years back and I came away rather impressed with the whole set-up. They have a walk-thru to the various type of flats that was first being built. I can't remember a lot of the details but as I've said, I was rather impressed.

So I was rather excited to show Eugene the HDB Gallery.

What happened? They had re-done the whole set-up.



These 2 show-case of the old flats were on the side of the walkway to the entrance of the gallery.
I remembered in the previous gallery, you actually walk thru the flats which was so much more interesting - you are actually standing inside the kitchen or the hall.







Hello, what's this? Posters and panels of words on the wall - who reads it? Feels like it's being put up for the sake of putting it up.




This is mostly what you get. You walk along and have these small corners which showcase the development of S'pore's housing which you can view by touching the screen in front.



A make-believe waterfall behind the pond.




See those pillars of green lights. You're supposed to read the text that're written on it - stupid - so hard to read 'cos of the light and also have questions on it for you to answer. Frankly, most people will walk right pass it.




There's a short movie shown on a 360 degree screen. Yes, this I like.




There's a booth where you can take pics of yourself and send the pics to your own email.




So disappointed with the HDB Gallery. Really, what happened?

The props that are being put up are so amateurish. The layout is terrible. There's not much thought being put into the whole set-up.

You come away feeling that because they have to have a gallery, they just put in whatever there is.

Hey HDB, bring back the previous gallery.

This present one is AMATEURISH AND BORING!!!!!!



Eugene playing at the HDB Hub.











So what do you think of the HDB Gallery, Eugene? 
Yep, nothing much to see.


Tuesday, June 01, 2010

FRIENDS

A friend from UK sent me an email of the below. It said to send it to every friend - I will post it here and everybody, friends or strangers can read and reflect on it.

Thank you LC.

People come into your life for a Reason,
a Season or a Lifetime.

When you know which one it is,
you will know what to do for that person...

When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.

They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
to provide you with guidance and support,

To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.

They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at
an inconvenient time, this person will say or do
something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met,
our desire fulfilled, their work is done.

The prayer you sent up has been answered and
now it is time to move on.


Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.
 

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,
things you must build upon in order to have a

solid emotional foundation

Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person
and put what you have learned to use in all other
relationships and areas of your life. 


It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life,
whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.


Angels exist, only sometimes they haven't got
wings and we call them friends.



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