21st Feb Trip to the night safari

(Pardon me for my poor editing skills. i need to remove some strangers face behind us. )

We have decided to bring Ryann to the night safari since it is a rare chance that i took leave on Saturday. Although Ryann wasn't old enough to appreciate animals, it was still a great experience to visit the night safari once again. I have been there for numerous times.

We were looking around at the visitors counter when Ryann use his killer smile and wave at the staff behind the counter. That won him a free tiger book mark.

We had our dinner at the ulu ulu restaurant and Ryann was all anxious to go.

We walked the trails of the safari first. Halfway through the walking trails, he was already tired from all the running and walking.

He managed to get up close with a tiger. He saw zebras, lots of deers, babirusa, Otters, Marsh Birds and fishing cat. The rest of the animals were too far away. I doubt he was able to see them. I realized he was more interested with the leaves instead. Maybe botanic gardens will be my next choice.

I don't think he will be able to appreciate much of this trip but it was certainly a great trip for us.

Night safari's service is great. I have never experienced such hospitality from any other places before. Other then one setback which is they do not have a nappy changing area, the rest were just great. Price is at $32 for admission with tram ride. Slightly at the high side but with the type of service I've experienced, i have no complains.

I didn't really get any pictures of the animals because of poor lighting and poor camera. =( I am starting to think if a DSLR will do a better job. *Wink Wink

I love his smile. Always brighten up my days.

Cheeky looking boy.

All dressed up to go!


Yo yo Yo... Look Cool hor...



I like this picture. He got this precious moments face.



See his smiling face? He is so happy today.


Melting my heart...

Guess what he is looking at?? He is looking at the entrance of the zoo. There were tribal performance there too. Cant wait to go in...

Not the mirror... That's a tiger behind the glass panel! can you see the stripes?

We cant ride the real one but we definitely can ride the dummy. =p

You can see the exhausted face?

Zebra chair.

Running around the zebra. Full of energy...

Power ranger pose... caught by surprise.

Super stoning face already... Good nite Ryann.

20th Feb Kiddy ABC visit

Today i went to the playgroup class to view the place and also sign some forms for the registration of the class.

It was a small class of 7 and the class was inside a small room playing with toys. I didnt really see how the class was being held as by the time i was there, the children were just playing with toys given by the asst teacher.

When i asked about the class curriculum, the teacher just mention things like using blocks to teach colours,numbers and shapes. They will also have some simple activities like foot or hand painting. Some crayon art at times. I didnt hear her mention about songs etc.

To be frank, i wasnt very much impressed with the class but was thinking of just letting him try out first.

They allowed Ryann to go into the class thus he went in on his own with us viewing from outside. He didnt cry at all, in fact he was pretty happy in the class, running up and down, playing with the toys provided. The kids in the class are 1 year elder then Ryann. All of them seems very much surprise with a new additional and were all crowding around Ryann. One girl even hugged Ryann so tightly that they fell down. (The asst teacher didnt even see that. =( )Overall, i think Ryann enjoyed being with small kids but i am not sure what will happen when he realized that we are not around anymore.

I was thinking of exploring the other playgroup Talentplus to view how they conduct the class. Hopefully can start Ryann in March.

19th Feb Ryann's new stunt

Ryann's new stunt - rub your body.
Recently during shower time, when we say rub your body, Ryann will start rubbing his body. It is so funny to see him do that. When we say rub your legs, he will do the same to his legs. This tells us that he knows the body parts but he just didn't want to show to us.

18th Feb Total loss of voice

After 1 week of coughing and running nose, i have officially loss my voice today during training. Today i conducted the orientation training for some new employees. By the 2nd segment i already feel something funny. This is what i call occupation hazard.

I left my work place early today because i really need rest. When i reach Mum's place at 7 plus, Ryann is still eating his porridge. Ryann have been pretty lazy with biting recently and he will get easily distracted. I took over from Tri and switch off the cd player and off the tv. He didnt finish all his porridge but it was already quite a big bowl.

Some updates about Ryann.

Ryann saw Rhys hugging mum and he got jealous. So he went over and started pushing Rhys away. After numerous times of 'No', he still ignored me. That got me real mad. I pulled him away and tell him he cant do that and smack his hand to warn him. This thick skin baby continue to run towards Rhys and started to push him with both hands. I carried him up immediately and he started crying even before i raise my hands to smack his hands. As usual, he threw his tantrums and started kicking and screaming at his top of his voice but i just ignored him. I carried him into the room and make him stand next to the wall and i told him to cry all he want. Soon he was crying and leaning on my shoulder.And i told him he cant do that. Once he stopped, he ran back to the living room to look for my maid. This time round, he didnt push Rhys but kept squeezing in between and sat down on my maid's lap quietly.

I am starting to feel the terrible twos prelude. I hope i will have the wisdom to handle Ryann.

16th Feb Dinner at AMK Hub with hubby's ex-colleagues

Today we met up with Apple, Ivy and Elroy for dinner to sort of celebrate Elroy's resignation. Haha... More people are leaving the company already because they simply cant take it anymore.

Apply was trying to play with Ryann. Ryann cried immediately at the sight of her. He practically cry and cry and cling on to hubby. Not sure why he had such big reaction. The moment i reach there, he practically hugged me like a koala bear hugging a tree.

Dinner time, i gave him a plate and spoon to play with. He started making lots of noise like he is cooking. And when i told him i want to eat, HE FED ME!!!! Feel so good. Just few days ago i was blogging about him not wanting to feed me, on that very night he 'fed' me too. So i am not jealous anymore. =p

15th Feb Ryann's class on Sunday

Today we went for class as usual but something different today as i forced daddy to accompany Ryann this time round. Every time i have to bring Ryann to class and i feel that daddy should also share this bonding time with him. But he never liked the idea. So i sort of forced him. =p

I peaked at the door throughout the class just to be sure hubby is able to handle Ryann. He did a great job. He interacted with Ryann (sometimes =p) and he managed to pull Ryann back from all the running about. He seldom get to have off days on sunday thus i hope he will want to have a bit of bonding time with him next time. (He complained right after that! =( )

Today Ryann learn about the letter G. When they introduced the zoo bag, as usual Ryann starts to get restless. Even after the puppet came out, he wasn't really keen too. they also introduced goat, grass and green. During this segment he wasn't really listening.

For the confidence builder segment, the kids are suppose to crawl through the 'tunnel'. Ryann was the first to dash in the tunnel but he backed up half way through and started moving backwards. After a couple of tries he finally was able to crawl through the tunnel to the other side. Great job Ryann.

I took over hubby during the Art work segment. We mixed corn flour with water to form a sticky gluely stuff. It is sticky and feels a bit like a dough but it will melt in our hands. Teacher Russell use blue colourings and yellowing colourings and mixed then together to form green.
Ryann was so excited and he already had his 2 hands in the pail and he was practically mixing the colours together for the teacher. That gave him green hands and funny stares from passer-bys.

During the last music segment, we sang a new song today about dancing. And with this song, Ryann was really happy and dancing on the mat. So amusing. I think Teacher Wei play an important part. She was dancing along with the kids as well. That attracted the kids attention and certainly help. She was loud enough during the class. She is interactive and knows her job well. I am really glad that Teacher Wei is Ryann's teacher now. Really hope they wont change anymore. I have decided to continue for another term since there is slight progress. Hopefully there would be more soon.

14th Feb Sick Sick Sick

Sorry for not posting...

Been down with flu and was on course for the past 2 days. Having my assessment test this coming monday but i haven even started on my project. =( Need to burn oil tonight already.

Anyway, Happy Valentines' day to all readers.

Just a quick update on Ryann before i log off to rest.

Ryann's 7th tooth finally emerge from his sore gums. No wonder he have been drooling and drooling.

Ryann seems to like those cooking toys and he will stir and cover. He will also take the toy knife to cut the food but he will only feed 1 person to eat. That is my maid. =( Maybe because she is usually the one feeding him.

Ryann's hair is getting longer. Thus instead of bring him to the hair salon, i decided to be his hair stylist instead. Not a very good job but i guess it does relieve him from all the itch. =p

One cute little picture of him trying to act like an adult.

He loves wearing hubby's shoe.

10th Feb DSLR camera

I have decided maybe it is really time for me to invest on a DSLR camera. I hope it wont be a white elephant.

The conversation between the bad and good angel in me.

Good angel: with a DSLR camera, i would be able to capture nice pictures of Ryann. I have been complaining about my canon ixus camera. (till now i still dun really know how to use them)

Bad angel: You never really bring your canon Ixus out. You haven been taking lots of pictures anyway. So by investing this camera is just a waste of money.

Good angel: But it is never too late to start a new hobby. I have always like to see nice pictures in my friend's blogs.

Bad angel: You must have a bit of talent to be able to get those effect. =( The amount of money can buy you that LV bag you wanted to buy.

Good angel: ARgh....

I have got a great price from Ah Wei but will most likely be waiting till Mar IT fair to decide if i am going to take up this hobby. Maybe i should talk to more people about DSLR. I know Sis have always wanted a DSLR but she will most likely ask me to save the money and splash cold water on me. =( ARgh.... Should i? Should i not?

The war continues.

Stop blogging about GUG at Suntec

Hi friends,

I have decided to stop blogging about GUG classes with immediate effect.

I am not sure how true it is but i heard that some parents feedback to GUG that i was blogging about the classes in detail in my blog. I do not have any friends who enrolled their kids in GUG thus i really do not know who feedback to them.
I cant think of any reason why they would mention my blog to the management but i do not think i have not cause any harm to anyone. If yes, everything was unintentional.

My purpose of this blog is to write down Ryann's growth and memories of funny incidents that happened to Ryann. One day when Ryann grows up, he will know alot more about what happen in the past. At the same time, we can share parenting tips and also update our friends and relatives about what's going on in our lives.Thus if my blog have caused you any form of discomfort, kindly stop reading it.

I respect the fact about the centre's copyright issues thus i will not blog about the songs etc. But however, i do reserve the rights to blog about my son's class. If anything i have blogged is bothering you, it is certainly unintentional. If you still have any other opinion about my blog, kindly leave me a comment directly or please leave my blog. Thanks.

I would hope that GUG will show their professionalism in treating my child with 'no extra attention' after this incident as what i have blogged was unintentional.

8th Feb Ryann's class at GUG

Phew, it is getting harder to handle Ryann alone without any help. He is getting extremely active these days and was practically screaming every where in excitement.

Beginning of the class was still ok. Ryann started playing with toys and of cos he started snatching people's toys as well which was very bad.... Mmmm i wonder when will he learn? He walked everywhere in the class room and i was practically chasing after him.

When class starts, We started singing the sit down song and amazingly, before we sand the tap the mat section, Ryann was already tapping the mat. This shows that he remembers the songs. I read that children can learn better with songs and actions. This is totally true for Ryann.

We did a new Rhyme today about little bumble bee but i cannot remember the lyrics. Will try to remember next week.

When teacher Wei and teacher Russell introduce the number 10 and drew 10 fishes. Ryann walked up to the board with excitement.

During the Zoo bag segment, Ryann started feeling restless and he already want to walk around already. It is so hard to catch his attention but when Francy Fish gave him a kiss, he was feeling so shy. Then he gave me a kiss on my lips. So sweet. You know it is so hard to get his kiss!

Today we introduced fish, fingers and feet. When teacher Wei presents to the children a small fish tank with little fishes inside all the little ones were so excited.

For fingers we sang a finger song and it goes like this.

1 little 2 little 3 little fingers

4 little 5 Little 6 little fingers

7 little 8 little 9 little fingers

10 little fingers clap clap clap (clap)

10 little fingers tap tap tap (tap the mat)

10 little fingers wriggle wriggle wriggle (wriggle your fingers)

10 little fingers tickle tickle tickle (tickle your baby)

After all these, we started doing all the 26 Zoophonics and Ryann was again standing there looking at it. I think he enjoys flashcards most thus i am considering to buy the set of zoo phonics cards. Will check with them next week.

Today's confidence builder is called the baby basketball. the kids are supposed to throw the ball into the tray. Ryann not only did not throw the ball in, he took another ball out from the tray. Lastly, he refuse to give the ball back to the teachers and when i took it away from him, he cry!!!! So now he thinks that by crying he gets what he wants.

We had story telling about big and small today but Ryann was not even interested at all. He was very very restless already.

Project today is teaching about what items can float or sink. There is a big pail of water and we are suppose to get the kids to throw in some things to teach them the concept of floating and sinking. At the sight of water, Ryann is not keen about throwing the things into water, he is more keen about bathing. He almost put his leg into the pail of water. **Faint and when it is end of the activity, he cry again because he wants to play some more!

Then we went to music room for some songs after which we wrap up for the day.

Please help pray to God that Ryann's attention span will be better in class during those segments he was never interested with.

Anyway, Ryann's art work for last week. He applied the glue and i threw the yarn. Earth worm art.