Last Day of School Holidays....

The June school holidays are coming to an end today and I decided to bring them out today with their grandparents to Great World City.

Had our lunch at Jack's Place cafe and their gong-gong was very eager to change some coins to take kiddy rides. My 2 little rascals were, of course, delighted and they went WILD on those rides.. haha!

Giselle's Favourite Gong-Gong! :)

Had enrolled Giselle in a 3 weeks chinese read and write class at Jiang. Initially was asking myself why I signed her up for such a class that I need to send her to Jiang daily 5 times a week for 3 weeks during the June holiday....

Fortunately her gong-gong (my dad) was able to help by bringing her there to and fro my house about 2-3 times a week. On the days of his duties, he would travel at 7am from his house at Holland Close by bus to my house to pick his darling grand-daughter up. Reached my house at about 7.40am and then travel from my house at 8.15am to Fu Lu Shou Complex by MRT. Her class would start at 9am. Then he will wait for Giselle till her class ends at 11am and bring her back to my house.

Really very thankful to him for his contribution and most importantly, he loves spending time with her, especially during the journey. Giselle adores her gong-gong very much too :)

After my dad's retirement many years back, he has spent his past time on drinking with his friends which my whole family didn't encourage at all. Eversince after the arrival of Giselle, he began to spend less and less time on drinking and more and more time with her. Especially now we have Jaren as a new addition to my family :)

I am really happy that my kids have been bringing alot of joy to my parents. Now they don't mind travelling all the way to my house to play with Giselle and Jaren because they really love them alot.

My mum on the other hand has been helping me alot too. Thank God I have such a undertanding and helpful parents. Without them, I really can't manage alone....

Giselle's Swim Test - SwimSafer Test Level 2

Giselle just had her 1st Swim Test today. The test is known as the Swimsafer's Test Level 2. I had put her on a one to one swim class with Coach Cui Yan and Giselle had made vast improvement on her swim skills and strokes with a few lessons.

For this test, she was tested on the following and she did well:

Entry and Exit

Perform a step-in entry

Scull and Body Orient

1)Demonstrate sculling in an upright position for 10s with arms only

2)Demonstrate the ability to change direction on command

Underwater Skills

1)Search for and recover an object in chest deep water depth.

2)Demonstrate a feet-first surface dive

Movement / Strokes

25m forward movement – Any stroke

Survival Skills

1)Swim wearing clothing for 15m

2)Demonstrate flotation survival technique for 1min

3)Correctly fit a PFD, jump into the water and swim for 5m and climb out of deep water

Rescue Skills

Nil

Knowledge

Water safety rules in various aquatic environment

Bintan Trip 10-12 Jun

Adrian's company had organised a trip stay at Agro Beach Resort @ Bintan Island.

We reached there about 5pm with Carol's eldest son, Elton. He and his sister, Fiona became the best of friend with Giselle. Elton and Fiona are teenagers and I must say both of them can take care of Giselle really well. Glad Giselle was well-taken care by them and all the aunties and uncles as my hands were really full looking after Jaren.

Giselle really had fun with her Elton gor gor and Fiona Jie Jie there, doing all the seasports like Kayaking, Banana Boat and Big Maple. In addition, when she has nothing to do, she would want to visit them in their room and have fun with them...

For myself, at least I completed a Fly Fox Obstacle Course with Adrian. Quite fun I would say :)

My room at the resort had a very nice view of the beach and sea. It was a big, spacious room with Jacuzzi in it.

All of us survived the ferry journey home, except for poor Jaren. He puked when about to reach Singapore as the ferry was quite wobbly when it's about to reach Singapore.

At Vivocity

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Giselle's New Friend - Snow

Since it is the June Holidays, I have asked my Part Time maid to bring her 7 year-old daughter to my house if she's alone at home while my maid is at my house.

Snow is a friendly and well-mannered gal as expected. Her mum has taught her well. Giselle came back from her chinese holiday class and had fun playing with Snow. Glad she has found another new friend :)