UNICEF Global Handwashing Dance

Whenever Xavier comes back with a new dance and song, we are always curious what he is trying to sing or dance. I think after the Mum's Kitchen food poisoning incident, the school has introduced additional hygiene steps like re-enforcing washing of hands before going to the playground in the morning. 

They even had a handwashing campaign and the kids are very familiar with the following dance. We may find the video silly and comical but I guess sometimes you have to be like a child to talk to a child. Enjoy.

Happy Father's Day 2011 - Good Luck Daddy!

Sometimes it takes just a little gentle touch to make you day. Xavier wishes me luck when I most needed it.

Father's day on Sunday passed without much fanfare other than celebrating my niece Yu En's birthday. I have been totally drained from fixing up my new PC.

It started probably a month ago with all the reading up and getting up to speed with the new technologies and terminologies. But even then, the assembly of my PC on 10th June didn't go all that smoothly. Somehow the PC has a mood of its own and would not start up when it do not feel like it. And the almost nightly troubleshooting since then yields no clear indication to what was causing it.

So that left me drained and dejected. That also tells me I'm no longer young and now lack the passion and energy to troubleshoot a DIY PC. If given a choice, I would have just spend more money and buy an iMac. At least I know it would work out of the box and I do not have to spend precious time troubleshooting when I should be spending on my family and sleep. Yes sleep is a very precious commodity nowadays.

Then came Monday when everything changed for the better. Xavier gave me the Father's Day artwork from his school (better late then never). It was a horseshoe coloured in blue with the wordings "Happy Father's Day and Lots of Luck for Daddy!". And somehow I seem to figure out what might be the cause of my PC issues.

With the need to troubleshoot out of the way, I can once again go back to me usual activities like blogging and hopefully get more sleep. There is no such thing as too much luck and I would certain need all the luck I can get. Thanks Xavier.

Xavier's First Movie: Kungfu Panda 2

One of the parent of Xavier's schoolmate, Oliver, proposed a Kungfu Panda 2 movie outing for the boys when the movie opens. I thought it would be fun for Xavier so I showed him a trailer of the movie.


Well somehow it backfired as the staring part freaked Xavier out. For the next 2 weeks, whenever the TV was showing the Kungfu Panda 2 movie advertisement, he would run and hide behind my back, shivering in fear. It took me quite a while to change his impression of Bo (the Dragon Warrior) and I did it just before we were to watch the movie. He went from super scare to super like.

As Lilian wants to rest at home, Xavier and I had a boys' movie day. We took MRT to Plaza Singapura and it was also Xavier's first MRT ride. MacDonald were smart to cash in on the Kungfu Panda craze and boys were happily going to the movie with action figurines in their hands.

All the parents went in early as we want to get the booster seat for the kids. Xavier scan the cinema as it was his first time in one. He then point to the curtains at the side of the cinema and asked, "Kungfu Panda inside there?" I laughed and told me no no, it will appear at the screen in front of him. From then on, he stared at the screen very attentively, waiting eagerly for the movie to start.

He was pretty well behaved throughout the movie, although there were a few moments he wanted to sit on my lap instead of his seat. And somewhere in the movie he kept asking where the baby panda went, among other questions. So hard to ask him not to talk in the movie when he didn't understand what's all this fuss about keeping quiet when in the movies.

But I think overall he enjoyed the movie very much. Will definitely bring him to more movies in future.

Tomato Photo Shoot - Part 1: Maternity Shoot

We signed up for a Maternity & Newborn photo shoot with Tomato Photo as Lilian like to keep some nice memories of her curves (since we both want to stop at 2). The first part of the shoot is more on Lilian and her glorious bump and the second part will be when the boy is born.

We chose Tomato as our previous session with him was very enjoyable. Xavier was totally under his spell and we had some very good shots. This time was no different. Although Xavier is a lot more active and cheeky now, somehow Hart is still able to "control" him even better than we could. That's a priceless skill and it made our session so relax and enjoyable.

Below are most of the shots from the shoot. Its in contact sheet format so probably you guys need to click on it to enlarge it for better viewing.

Once again, thanks Hart for the wonderful shots. So looking forward to the newborn shoot.