What's Inside A Phone ?

27 November 2013


One of our land line phone went kaput. We called in the SingTel technician and he said that it was most probably 'fried' when there was a thunderstorm.

The technician said that most phones nowadays does not have a safety feature installed. I asked him which phone is the most lasting and he said to get a Panasonic. Apparently Panasonic have a safety feature where if sense a surge, it will auto shut off and also from what he has seen, Panasonic lasts way longer than any other brands.


So we gave our spoilt phone to Eugene to 'dissect'. He was curious what's inside and how it looks like.

Gave him a screw driver..........

Oh, there's a magnet in the phone !

He really dismantled it and took out everything !

Paint Job

November 2013


The kid helping Daddy on some painting.. I must say he's getting pretty good at it.

Well, it's more like something for him to do during this school holiday.

Pesto Sauce

Simple and fast to make and oh, so shiok !

I love pesto sauce but the ones selling at the supermarket, I feel, are rather expensive considering the ingredients.

I am very lucky that I have this vegetable seller at my wet market who brings in basil and other stuff like mint leaves. A whole big bunch cost, maybe like $2-3 instead of the small boxes sold in the supermarket with too few leaves. I understand that there are basil leaves being sold at the Tekka market but it's too far for me.

I am also lucky that there is a spice/nut wholeseller shop (don't know what to call it) near my place where I could get pine nuts, walnuts, all kind of beans etc.

Recipe taken from "Pasta Cookbook"  - but frankly, I just guesstimate :) More nuts, less nuts, more basil, more cheese, all up to your taste.


Pesto Sauce
Serves : 4-6

1/4 cup pine nuts
2 cups basil leaves
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (I use the ready grated packet ones)
2 tablespoons freshly grated pecorino cheese (optional)
1/2 cup olive oil (I use extra virgin olive oil)
black pepper, to taste

1. Add pine nuts to a pan and stir over low heat for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Cool.

2. Place pine nuts, basil leaves, garlic and salt in food processor and process for 10 seconds. Scrape down sides of the bowl.

3. Add cheeses, process for 10 seconds. With motor running, gradually add oil until a paste is formed. Add pepper.

Titans Of The Past @ Science Centre, Singapore 2013

19 November 2013


The Kid, being a Dino fan, how could we miss this.

We got discounted tickets from one of Eugene's classmate's mommy - Thanks H .

I will not go into details about the dinos which you can find out easily on the internet. 



Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus Rex

The Real Thing !

The Kid had a fun time playing a paleontologist.

 So huge !

ICE - AGE

 This is not a mammoth.......

This is a mammoth.

DON'T MISS IT !

25 October 2013 to 23 February 2014
 http://www.science.edu.sg/schoolprogrammes/Pages/PrehistoricTitans.aspx

Jelly Belly

15 November 2013


Aunt Jie Jie FJ bought a Jelly Belly for Eugene. She bought also 2 tubes of jellies and 1 tube of Smarties.

Eugene wanted to bring this and treat his friends as it was the last day of class and we won't be seeing some of the older kids who will be graduating to Primary 1.

We put the jellies in but the jellies got stuck in the tube due to the jellies sticking together. So in the end, we bought more Smarties to fill it up.

Out, out, faster.....

It went into their mouths real fast.......

More, more............... and soon there were none.

YUMMY !

I waited till the parents/grandparents/minders come to get the kids in order to ask if it's ok for their kids to eat chocolates as I don't know if any of them are allergic to chocolates or maybe they are not allowed to have chocolates.


Thanks FJ for the Jelly Belly - it was a hit !

Zero

Me : Do you love me ?

Kid : Yes !

Me : How much ?

Kid : Till it's zero

Me : ????? huh? what zero ?

Kid : Till my age becomes zero, when I die......

Aww......... eyes tearing up ........

My Wish

The other day, we were just sitting around and chatting about travels.

Eugene was asking if I had seen and feel snow and thus I started to tell him about some of the places I've been.

I told him that I regretted not having gone to see this.

What is it ? It's the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.

I had wanted very much to go but it was really way up north and during that time, I couldn't find much info on how to get around to do it and I went instead to Scandinavia, on my own.

One day, one day ...........

Aah Crocodiles !

Numbers

The kid likes maths. Yep, you heard right, maths.

Teacher has been teaching the class addition and subtraction and he's been asking questions about multiplication, factions and 'minus' like what is 2-3 instead of 3-2 (and he can give you the correct answers to 'minus' sums).

Whoa, hold on there boy. Let's really get the basic right first before going into harder territory.

He has also been requesting to go for maths class after he saw this new centre teaching mathematics through using physical stuff to explain, very much like the Montessori way.


Ok, so we brought him to look see and the teacher there gave him an assessment too - got almost all correct except one which was due to carelessness.

We will most probably sign him up for it as we don't like the route way of learning that other places are coaching. And also, they have theory maths - I don't know what you call it but it's those maths where it's like a story and you're suppose to figure it out, understand that this is how the primary maths is like now.

Ok, my math's really bad, as in really bad and I don't like to think numbers and the kid's been giving me headache by testing my maths - yes, he's giving me the maths problem instead of me asking him, Hubby is good in maths and I will tell the kid to test daddy instead, ha ha.


So as I said, we'll most probably sign him up for the maths class as he has an interest in it.




I bought this how to tell time book quite a while back, thinking to let him try much later but he found it and very diligently completed the whole booklet by himself without any prompting. Those he don't know, he asked hubby to help explain.
I guess he liked doing it as time is numbers.