I went for my first church wedding at St George's Church at Dempsey today. It is the holy matrimony of Aunty Joanita and Uncle Tim. They came back from the UK to have the Singapore part of their wedding. Apparently they had lots of fun with the UK version from the pictures they showed at the church.
Unfortunately I wasn't very interested in the ceremony and decided to walk around the church, with Daddy following after me. It is a very quaint church and looks like a nice place. I played with 2 new friends Amanda and Ashlyn who apparently wasn't very interested in the wedding ceremony too.
Aunty Jo and Uncle Tim will be in Singapore until next week when they will fly back to the UK where they have a new place.
I have reached another milestone in my life! Today I started school at Eton House Pre-School at Mountbatten Road. It was really exciting.. actually Mummy has been telling me about starting school soon but honestly I had no idea what that meant... until today. Mummy also customised a school bag for this special occasion. It was ordered from Australia and she had it delivered just in time for my first day at school. Thank you Mummy!
After saying goodbye to Nai Nai and Ye Ye, Mummy and Daddy drove me to school. We got there about 10 mins to 9 am and apparently most of the other kids come in at 9 am. It was quite a mad house at 9 am cos some of the kids were crying and refusing to be separated with their mummies. It was quite nerve racking for me since it is my first day at school and they were not really helping.
Unfortunately the school has already served breakfast (before 9 am) so I never got a chance to find out what breakfast was. The teachers then started applying sun block to the children and we had about 30 mins in the playground. It was a big playground and had lots of things to play. I was all sweaty by the time we were done.
I made friends with this girl named AsiaLily. She was sitting next to me and she showed me some of the books she was reading. I think her name is really cool. I also met Jack (real name is Joseph but everyone calls him Jack) who is about 11 months older than me and was kinda showing me around.
After we cleaned up a little, we were shown to the dining area and we were given fruits. It was really different having to sit with so many other children and eating together. If we could talk, I think we would be talking about what we did over the weekend. But since we can't, we were just eating our fruits quietly and looking at each other. So strange.
Chinese lesson was next and we sang many different mandarin songs. Some were familiar and I could hum along.
Just about this moment, Mummy and Daddy decided to leave me and see if I was alright on my own. At first I was doing good and participated in the classes. Then I got tired and decided to take a nap for about an hour. The children usually sleep around 2 pm but since I was new, they allowed me to sleep earlier. When I woke up, I was hungry so I got to drink my milk. Halfway through, Mummy and Daddy reappeared and guess what, I started crying uncontrollably. I was not sure if I was crying for joy or if I was angry they left me and disappeared.
Mummy and Daddy decided that I will not stay all the way as planned and brought me home early. I guess it was enough for the first day of school. They were really proud of me for not crying as much as some of the other kids who have been there for some time already. I hope I will do better tomorrow.
Mummy and Daddy brought me to the Gazillion Bubble Show this afternoon at Downtown East. It was very crowded at the D' Marquee with almost 1,200 people packed into the hall. The show was performed by Fan Yang who is also the founder of the show. Apparently his wife Ana Yang also does a good job but she isn't here this time. Instead his son Deni Yang came on for a guest appearance.
It lasted about 2 hours and sadly after the first hour, I fell asleep even though the noise level was extremely high. I missed one of the best part of the show where they blew gazillion bubbles into the hall and all the children went crazy, but I continued sleeping. Thank goodness I woke up just in time for the other highlight where they had a laser show together with the bubbles. It was very nice.
We had lunch with Uncle Som, Aunty Mo and my friend Sumit today. Mummy thought it would be nice to have dim sum so we went to the Tung Lok Classic restaurant at Chinese Swimming Club. I got to eat some of the dim sum too and it was delicious. Sumit is still not on solids yet so he could only watch while Aunty Mo fed him his milk. I guess soon he will be able to join us to eat dim sum. I even got presents from Uncle Som and Aunty Mo. Thank you so much!!
Mummy bought me a cool looking food bag from Melbourne and I think it is just big enough to contain all my food when we go out. On a typical weekend, Mummy will prepare my snacks which will keep me occupied for some time. She will always have an apple cut into quarters and I will usually finish them all because I love apples. She will also have a box of rice crispies cos it is small and keeps me occupied for a long time. There will also be biscuits because those are healthy and yummy too. And of course not forgetting my favourite drinking cup and all this will be found in my Thomas and Friends food bag.
The last time Yi Sok Steve was back was when Mummy and Daddy got married and that was about 2.5 years ago. This time Yi Sok Steve decided to visit during the Chinese New Year period so that he gets to see more relatives and friends. He got back on New Year's Eve just in time for the Reunion Dinner at Royal Hotel. Nai Nai decided not to have the usual steamboat for Reunion Dinner this year as we wanted to have a slow and relaxing dinner so we can catch up with Yi Sok Steve. I have heard so much about Yi Sok Steve and now I will get to play with him for the next 2.5 weeks. Welcome home Yi Sok Steve!
