Learning to Write

Recently the learning bug has been biting Rachel. :) Last Saturday, she took her notebook and asked me how to spell and write her name. Wow! I was glad man! Bcos I don't have to force her to learn how to write her own name. And since then she just concentrated on writing her own name. By now, she already know how to spell and write. She even showed her teacher that she can write her own name. Teacher of cos, was impressed and even commented "Well Done!" which kept her happy and proud the whole day.

Her current hobby is blowing bubbles. Almost every weekend she will insist that I allow her to bring the bottle soap water downstairs to let her play after breakfast/ lunch / dinner. Sigh.. Well, I rather let her bring it downstairs to blow then blow in my house. :)

Welcome to this world.. Princess Faith...

This morning at 9.26am, received a sms from my best friend, Eve's SIL - Astee asking if I have heard the good news from Eve. I called her after I received the sms. Was told that Eve has given birth to her baby this early morning. I asked Astee what's the baby's gender but was told to make a guess.. My guess was Girl! Bingo! Ha..ha.. I was right! :) Asked Astee for Louis HP number and sent him a congratulatory sms. He called me shortly after and we spoke for a while. Eve was still drowsy after the C-section, baby was fine too. According to Louis, baby looks like him. Louis was really happy! Laughing while he was talking! So happy for the both of them! Congratulations again my dear friends! I was so happy the whole day after I heard the good news. :D

As for Princess Faith... Welcome to this world! A lot of people will be showering their love and care upon you.. including us, Auntie Eileen and Rachel jie jie. :) See you soon...

Growing Up...

Recently was browsing through pictures of Rachel when she was a baby till now.. Wow! Realised how much she has actually grown.

Finally.. time to blog..

Wow.. it's been "donkey years" since the last time I did any posting.

Recently just applied for Broadband access at home, cos my tenant wanted to use Internet, we agreed to share the cost equally. Well, there are pros and cons having this Internet access at home.. pros are you can go online to check anything you want, access emails 24/7 now and chat online.. cons.. boss will call you even on Sat and Sun.. to check this client's contact for me now and sms me.. :( then mum and Jon kept asking.. what new games to play online??? Never-ending...

Recently, Rachel has started to learn writing alphabets in school. Good thing is at least she will continue practicing writing the alphabets at home after school, though not everyday which I hoped. Instead of starting from A - Z, her teacher actually chose the easiest to start with.. F (down, side, side), E (down, side, side, side), B (Down, small tummy, big tummy),R (fastest alphabet learnt - cos it's for Rachel!) H (two friends holding hands),I, J, M, and latest is W. Tried getting books with dotted lines to guide her in writing.. after 2 rows of writing, Rachel started complaining... My hand very tired already. Don't want to write anymore.

Now, I'm starting her on numbers.. only write 1 and that's it. Tried writing 2 but after the dotted lines ended, she also ends the writing of 2. Brought her to library to borrow some books, DVDs and PC-Rom Discs. Not very interested in reading the books, mainly because she still doesn't know how to read. PC-Rom programmes/games are a bit too advance for her as she hasn't learnt all the alphabets yet. So still interested in just watching DVDs... now into Sesame Street.

Sometimes I felt that I'm quite a "kiasu" mum. Expecting Rachel to be able to read and write at the age of 3. But then on the other hand, there are already some children doing much more than Rachel. I brought her to Yamaha Music School, showing her children learning music. I asked her if she felt the children are playing very good? She said yes.. then I proceed with my next question.. Do you want to be like them? So clever? Can play so well? Answer : NO! I don't want! Well, was quite disappointed with her prompt and immediate answer then. :( But no worries, I will still try to get her to learn music.. Cos it was so-called proven scientifically that children who learnt music are much better in their studies next time. :)