Archery

Mummy signed me up for the Introduction to Archery class organized by ACSJ. It was held at Orchid Country Club at their Out Door Range. There were about 60 students who signed up for this class held over 2 sessions today.

The weather was was cool in the morning and thank goodness it was held under shelter. The instructor was quite funny as he explained to us how to use the bow and arrows. Daddy and I each got our turns to shoot the arrows at the targets which was about 25 meters away. I didn't do very well as the bow was quite heavy even though it was the kid's version. Daddy did better maybe because he had done it before some time ago.

Besides the normal target, we also got to shoot at animals like bear, goat, fox, lynx and cougar. It managed to hit the fox.

Front Tooth

Dropped my front tooth today….

National Schools Chess Championship 2016

After 3 months of learning chess at the Singapore Chess Federation, I am ready for some serious competition. Mummy and Daddy signed me up for the National School Chess Championship and I represent my school in the P1 and P2 category. It was a huge affair, at least to me, because there were so many people participating and it was quite overwhelming at first, even for Daddy who took the 2 days off and brought me there and accompanied me.

There were a total of 9 games over 2 days and although each game didn't take that long for me, the waiting time for the next game was rather long and daunting. The wait was due to some of the older boys and girls dueling out and sometimes it can take almost an hour of them to complete the game.

As there was quite a bit of time between the 2nd and 3rd game due to the lunch break, Daddy decided to call Nai Nai and ask if we could pop by her place, which was not too far away, for lunch. And since i just dropped my front tooth recently, Nai Nai decided to cook some of her delicious porridge for me since i can't really bite. It was yummy and I almost had a third serving.

After the 9 games, I managed to collect 3.5 points. Mummy and Daddy were really proud of me as I only started 3 months ago with this sport and I am already good enough to participate in the national competition. I am sure I will be more prepared for next year's competition and have more fun with this sport.

Front Tooth

I am officially Bo-Gay today after my front tooth dropped off after dangling for almost half a day as I refused to allow anyone to pull it out. I noticed that it was loose last evening in Ah Ma's house while having dinner there. I was playing tennis with coach Roy this morning with the tooth dangling and it was only during lunch at Siglap Yong Tau Foo that it dropped off on it's own. Thank goodness there wasn't much blood and it wasn't painful at all. Let's hope the new tooth grows out soon.

First Swimming Meet

Daddy signed me up for the school swimming meet hoping that I might follow in his footstep and go into competitive swimming. Actually the idea originated from Aunty Joanne who wanted Mummy to sign me up to keep Arvan company. It turned out that she missed the deadline and so I had to swim on my own. Thank goodness I found out Zachary is also participating so I decided to give it a try. I am not very good with crowd and with people looking at me swim, especially when I am not very good with it still. Daddy was very happy that I did not chicken out the last minute even though I was suffering from a 38 degrees fever that day.

Daddy decided to meet me at the pool that afternoon as he had to finish some work in the office. So I took the school bus together with some other boys and got there in time for the briefing. It was drizzling a little and some of the parents were worried that it might be called off as they looked like serious swimmers and ready to proof something.

Anyway, my turn came and it was the 50 meters freestyle first. I also agreed to swim because I was on lane 8 and further away from the spectators. I wasn't the last in the heat and Daddy was really proud that I finished the race as I have hardly swam more than 100 meters each time I went for swimming lessons. Zachary did much better but that was cos he has training at Singapore Swimming Club. I also completed the 50 meters breaststroke and again I wasn't last as another boy didn't even complete the race.

It was a good experience for me and for finishing the 2 races, Daddy bought me 2 Lego sets as a reward. I am not so sure if I will be doing this again.

My Swimming Lessons

I used to take swimming lessons in Chinese Swimming Club but ever since they had like 12 students in that beginners class, Daddy decided that we should not waste our time there. He feels that I should be getting my strokes right so it is important that the coach corrects my strokes before it becomes permanently wrong.

Mummy then engaged Coach Edmund who would come to the house and teach me the correct strokes. Hopefully it will not take too long to get my strokes right as it cost $60 for 45 mins of coaching. I have had 5 lessons and it seems to have improved somewhat, then came along the haze problem and I had to stop for many weeks. Daddy hopes I will get my strokes corrected by middle of next year.

Zachary's Birthday Party

Zachy celebrates his 7th birthday today and we were invited to his party. After my tennis session with coach Roy in the morning, we decided to head to Chinese Swimming Club for something to munch since we were early. We thought we will grab a drink and then head to the bowling alley at about 12pm. When we got to the blowing alley, we realize there was already a party there and it wasn't Zachy's. Only then did Mummy realized that she just assumed it was Chinese Swimming Club since they live very nearby and it was actually held at Singapore Swimming Club. Silly Mummy.

We rushed down to Tanjong Rhu and was just in time to join the rest of the boys for the bowling game.  Andrea was the only girl there and she joined in the game and we all had a lot of fun. I actually did pretty well and came up top in the first game. Some of the mothers even thought I had formal lessons.

When it was time for the cake cutting, we were told we had to wait a little while more as the kitchen had forgotten their order and had to rush one out for Zachy. Thank goodness they had something in the kitchen and we managed to sing him a nice birthday song over his cake. We had to leave slightly earlier, much to my disapproval, for my drawing class at NAFA.