A Painful Fall

It was my most painful experience to date. After we got off the plane from Bali, we were heading to the immigration checkpoint before collecting our luggage. I was running beside the travelator and accidentally tripped and slammed against the side of the bench. There was so much blood from the cut that Daddy had to bring me to the washroom to wash off the blood. But it didn't help and when Cindy Yee Yee took a look at the damage, she realised it was very serious and insisted that Daddy and Mummy rush me to KK Hospital. As it was the first day of CNY, there was only one doctor shuttling between the three terminals so we didn't bother to wait for the doctor there.

At KK, the doctor took a look at me and said he needed to stitch up the wounds in my mouth. I was put on GA and when I woke up about 2 hours later, I had 3 stitches just above my chin and another 12 stitches inside my mouth. I was in pain but I was very brave and didn't cry very much. Daddy and Mummy decided to bring me home instead of warding me for fear that I might get infected by the other sick children there. Nai Nai, Ye Ye and Yi Sok were visibly heartbroken when they saw me.

This has been the worst CNY for me.

Bali

Ma Ma decided that she didn't want to spend Chinese New Year in Singapore this year so we spent 5 days in Bali instead with Ma Ma, Gong Gong, Cindy Yee Yee, Ivan Tio Tio and Faith Jie Jie. It will be Andrea's maiden flight and we are very excited for her. Mummy and Daddy were a little nervous at first because they had to worry about me and Andrea but it turned out pretty well as we were both good and gave no trouble.

We stayed at The Haven located at Seminyak. The hotel was quite new and easily accessible. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very kind to us and it rained 3 of the 5 days we were there. But the idea of the trip was to spend time together so it didn't matter that we couldn't go to too many places.

We managed to visit the Bali Zoo and had lots of fun there. The tram ride allowed us to go very close to the animals like the lions and tigers and we even travelled over a small lake where the hippo was bathing. Daddy and I went on the camel ride and although it was not a very long ride, we had lots of fun. After the zoo, we headed to Ubud for some babi guling and then some major shopping at the local market. We also visited the Lotus Cafe and had ice cream while Daddy cool down with a bottle of beer. Dinner was at The Dirty Duck Restaurant which is a very nice eating place over looking the padi fields.

On the fourth day, we visited The Tanah Lot Temple. It was very crowded given it was the eve of the Chinese New Year and some locals were there for some ceremony. Daddy couldn't get many nice pictures as I wasn't very cooperative and didn't want to be photographed. However he did get a nice stick of roasted corn which was very sweet and smelled awesome. We also visited the Uluwatu Temple and like the Tanah Lot Temple, it was very very crowded with both locals and tourists. Gong Gong's glasses were stolen by one of the local monkey and thank goodness there was someone to help exchange the glasses for some bananas. The "helpful" man demanded 20,000 Rupiah from Daddy and he wasn't too pleased with that.

Although we didn't visit many local attractions, I think everyone had a good break.

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My New School

Although I just turned 3 years old about 2 weeks ago, I am actually 4 years old in 2012. So I have been upgraded to N2 and have to move from Etonhouse 717 to Etonhouse 764.

Today is my first day in the new school. I was told I had to put on the school uniform just like all the other kids and I think I look like a walking Christmas Tree, obviously I resisted but still had to put it on. There are 22 kids in my new class and my teacher is Ms Suzanne. Like all first days of school, it was a big mess. There was a Bouncing Castle to welcome us and almost every kid tried to get on it. And due to the hot weather, we were also treated to colourful popsicles and I had 2 of it.



Unlike 717, I won't get to shower and take a nap in 764. So at the end of today, I was feeling really tired and went to bed at 8pm. I guess this will be my new bedtime.