Recharged

We drove to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday to attend the funeral rite for my grandmother who passed away two months ago. I did not get a chance to attend her funeral then as my passport has expired and Kieran does not have one. I am glad that I am able to give her my respect and I 'chatted' with my grandmother (the tablet with her name). It was good to see my relatives. I especially enjoyed hearing all the gossips! Hahahahaha!

We stayed at The Ascott in KL and we love it! The service apartment (we stayed on the 19th floor, so high!) is very adequately furnished and is so comfortable that Georgia refused to go out! Well I guess she enjoyed watching all the cartoons on cable (we do not have cable at home as we do not want her to watch too much TV programs!) and drawing that she doesn't want to go shopping! The pool area is very beautiful too! It was on the 22nd floor of the building and we had a bird's eye view of KL central. Breakfast was simple and adequate. And the apartment is only a 5mins walk to KLCC. We would certainly stay there again in the future. ^_^

More photos on my flickr album.

In love with fluffy skirt

Today I made another three more fluffy skirts from the same style as this. Two for Georgia and one for my neighbour's daughter. I'm in love with the simplicity and speed of making them that I think I'll make more!!! ^_^

A productive Wednesday

This week is school holidays and I'm grateful that I get at least a week's break from sending and fetching Georgia from school. While Andy is off at work yesterday, I decided to get some work done around home. First on the list was to clear up the clutter in Georgia's room. Then to iron some clothes and do some laundry. Get around to preparing mash potato and udon soup for lunch. I also took a nap while Georgia had a little TV time. After my nap, I set about sewing a fluffy skirt for Georgia. She loves fluffy skirt as she likes to twirl around in them. I made this fluffy skirt from here. It's so easy to make that I had it done in half and hour. I'd like to sew another one for her soon.


In the evening when Georgia has gone to bed, I made myself a breastfeeding cover. I wonder why I never got around sewing one when I was breastfeeding Georgia. Anyway, there is a pattern in one of my Japanese craft magazine (Child Boutique) which is more like a poncho. I wanted something more simple and I wanted to use the pretty fabric that my lovely friend, Salihan, sent to me. The fabric's size was about 80cm by 80cm. I set about making it looking like an apron. It's really simple to make. The main area is just a rectangular shape and then I cut out another piece of fabric and made that into a strap which goes around my neck. By attaching the strap to both ends of the rectangular cloth and I have myself a breastfeeding cover/apron. I also cut out another piece of cloth and made it into a band to hold the cover when it is folded up and can be tucked away neatly in my bag. I like the fact that the fabric is of a very thin material and it is very ideal for our hot, tropical weather. I'm really looking forward to using it when baby arrives.




I'm now in my 33 weeks of pregnancy and I still have some more time to do some sewing. I shall take today to rest. Maybe I might get around to making something in the next few days. ^_^

Hi everyone! I'm back!

Hi everyone! Happy New Year to all! It's been a looong while! I've taken a few months to get myself back and am so happy to be back again!!!

Well I've not been feeling all too good initially with an infection that requires me to go to the clinic every single day for consecutive seven days (yes!) to be on an antibiotic drip on my hand (not mentioning the more than 20 jabs to my buttocks!). And I have to tug along Georgia with me. She'll read her books and do her drawing while mummy lies on the bed waiting for the drip to end. It's a dread, I tell you. I've lost all appetite and I was so weak. I'm really glad that it's all over now!!! The good news is that we're expecting a bundle of joy maybe at the end of April or May!!! We're really excited and so is Georgia as she's all hyped up about going to be a big sister soon!!!

I'm in my 23 weeks now and we already know the sex of the little one but we're keeping it a secret just to create some excitement. So I haven't been doing much since as this second pregnancy leaves me feeling all weak and tired. And since now the bump is getting bigger, I have been getting backaches so I can't sit for long in front of the computer. But I'm really glad to be able to blog again!

We start this year new with Georgia going to Kindergarten. We have tried the homeschooling but it seems like Georgia misses going to school and with me restless and feeling tired on most days, we just thought maybe we'll just let her go to school then. So we sourced out a Kindergarten which is more play based than academic as I am still teaching her on most mornings. In fact I find that she is able to concentrate better now since she has started school. Maybe it's the novelty of wearing her school uniform and going to school and play with her friends that's getting her all excited. In a way it's good for me, I'll get four hours in the afternoon to rest and prepare dinner before I fetch her home. Her school is just two streets away from home so it's an easy walk for both of us.

Here's Georgia on her first day of school on last Friday.


It's also been a while since I've sewn anything. I try not to push myself too hard so I just start with refashion for today and slowly work my work up to sewing more clothes for myself, Georgia and the little one in my tummy!

This is a dress that Georgia has outgrown and since she is into fluffy skirt, I thought I'll just refashion it into a skirt for her. I love the end result. All done in 15 minutes before my back starts acting up again!!!


I hope to put up the tutorial on the tote soon! Sorry for the delay!

Have a great day everyone! ^_^

Yumi and her bed

It was raining cats and dogs for the past few days and it was quite cold...brrrr...wet days meant no playing at the playground, no exercising and also no sunning of laundry. Sigh. Georgia was looking at my piles of Japanese craft book and she saw one with a doll and her furniture. There is the bed, piano, dresser with hairdryer, stool and also an armchair. Georgia wanted me to make all of them! Since we can't go out in that HEAVY rain ( I dislike rain as it also dampens my mood besides making everywhere wet!), so I obliged. I told her that I'll make her the doll and the bed. The rest I do that over the next few days.

Little did I know that it was going to take me three hours just to make a tiny doll that is no bigger than my palm! There was so much work involved! All of it has to be hand sewn and that explains the three hours!!! So I only made the doll yesterday and I continued with the bed today. I also thought that the bed is going to be easier than the doll but it still took me close to three hours to finish it! I am really glad that I did it for Georgia. In fact it was quite fun AND extremely time consuming to make them. I'm going to continue with the other furniture for the next couple of days. I think I might make a house out of some boxes that I have in the store. How exciting! I love doll houses and never had one when I was Georgia's age as they were all soooo expensive. I so envy Georgia but of course I'll get to play with her too! I'll probably make two more dolls to accompany Yumi (we named the doll!).

Hi. I am Yumi. I am wearing a pair of pink flower earrings.

Here is my bed. The quilt and pillow are adorned with pretty heart shapes. The pillow and blanket are separate from the bed.

I am already getting tired showing you my bed and I have to go to sleep now. Good night everyone!

Georgia is soooo happy with her new toy!

Typical day for us

I am into my second month homeschooling Georgia and it has been fun AND tiring too! I am slowly getting the hang of it and should be ready for more action in the next month! I started out drafting a schedule in the beginning and eventually find that it was too difficult for me to keep to it. Why? Because there are always unexpected events interrupting us and I would end up doing something else. In fact, I am not really bothered about us not keeping to the schedule and have chucked it aside! I do not subscribe to any particular style of homeschooling method and so would teach according to what comes to my mind each day. As long as by the end of this year, Georgia should be able to fulfill what is listed here. In fact she has fulfilled all the 'specifications' of a preschooler!

I bought some workbooks for Georgia to work on and she loves doing them. We would usually spend about 15 mins completing them. Sometimes if she doesn't want to work on them anymore, I'll just stop and switch to something else. Either reading or playing with her. In fact, it is not recommended that we give workbooks to preschooler at all especially if parents or teachers give them pressure to answer the questions correctly. We treat it as an activity book where she would do them in a fun way.

Children at this age needs to play a lot. According to the book 'Einstein never used flash cards', play=learning. And it's very true. Georgia loves to play with her stuff toys and would always enact scenes of our everyday life such as cooking for them, going to the supermarket to do grocery (she'll push her toys in her princess trolley!) or simply taking a book and pretend to read to them. She would use cereal boxes and asks me to cut windows and doors so that she can used it as a doll house for her tiny dolls. Or she would create countless of things like camera, cash register or car with the blocks. Through play, children learn to be creative and as parents we should encourage them and not inhibit their growth by telling them what to play and when to play. Play should come spontaneously. And so you can expect that we definitely have a lot of playing in our household!

The other activity that we should be doing with preschoolers is reading. Children enjoy hearing stories and enjoying having parents read to them. Be sure to buy them lots of different catergories of books suitable for their age. Otherwise if you have only two or three books, you'll be getting bored real soon while your kid will always request you to read the same book over and over again! Anyway, children loves to hear the same stories over and over again. Although it is a dread to us, children loves to play a part in reading. For example, Georgia knows and remembers the stories to all her books (she has an amazing memory and she has close to 50 books!). She will participate in my storytelling. She will sometimes say the next sentence or the next word. It is very engaging to them and we can engage them even more by asking them what the characters will do next or how does the character feel. Georgia has been learning her phonics and she is doing quite well for a preschooler but I am not expecting her to read by the end of this year. Most children will start to read by age 6 and I am not rushing Georgia. I am letting nature takes its course. Although she has yet to learn to read, her spoken words are pretty articulate for her age. So reading (a lot!) to them has its benefits.

Georgia has also started to create stories of her own and most of them are very random and sometimes illogical stories. Here are two stories she made up to tell her stuff toys the other day.

STORY A
Once upon a time, there is an elephant swimming about. He's going to find the way. And he saw a baboon and ran away. The baboon is afraid of the elephant. Then afternoon the koala bear went for a walk. THE END.

STORY B
The witch and the bread are running fast. The witch ran and ran (she was doing the running motion!). Then afternoon the Gorilla is brave and shout at the witch. The witch wanted to eat the Gorilla and bread. THE END.

Upon hearing her stories, I had a really good laugh! Those were really funny and certainly weird stories! I must say it certainly is a very good attempt at composing stories. And Georgia did it all in her barely four year old brain. Good effort Georgia! ^_^

We love homeschooling!

We have officially started homeschooling Georgia since June and we're loving it! It was a very natural occurence that we went into homeschooling. In fact I had little confidence in homeschooling when I first heard it from my friend whose auntie has been homeschooling her two children. I thought it sounded a little out of this world and doubted how effective it would be. That was a few years ago. Now it is a different story for us. We tried it and we love it (I must warn you that it's not easy as it's extremely time-consuming! But the rewards are priceless!) It's going to be very lengthy post so please have some patience with me ^_^

I spent two years staying at home looking after Georgia when she was born. I also breastfed her (I am a strong advocate for breastfeeding!) till she was 18 months old. The two years staying at home with her was such special time. The bond between mother and daughter was so strong and of course with the daddy as well. I get to see how she grows, how she starting talking, how she take her first steps...those are just priceless. I went back to the work force when she was twenty months old. So we enrolled her in Modern Montessori International. Georgia learned a lot during her time at the childcare centre. The teachers there were great and she spent five days a week, almost twelve hours a day away from us. I missed Georgia terribly. But I had to help Andy to bring in some bread for the family too. Everyday we only get to spend less than three hours with her and I felt sad and guilty. Weekends became very precious for us. But that wasn't enough. So I made a decision to work for only two years (that's the duration of my contract), save up as much as I can and quit and be a stay at home mum again. It got so bad that I would always go to work with a guilt stricken heart!

I finally call it quits in May and then we pulled Georgia out of the full day program and enrolled her for only half day. The cost of her half day nursery school fees is more than the full day program! And she's only there for three hours. There is also my transportation fees to be taken into consideration too. In that month, I began doing research on develomental psychology, preschool teaching methods and parenting guides. Andy and myself have also started to think about Georgia's enrolment into Primary One when she turns seven (yeah we know it'll be another three years but we can't help planning for it). And one day when I was chatting with my neighbour, who has a son in primary one, told me that the school principal said that students who have scored over 70 for their exams should not be contented. If they have worked harder, they should score 100! What was that all about! Our society is results driven that a lot of students are missing out on the process of learning! I kinda freaked out the moment when she told me that. I certainly do not want my daughter to be so stressed out with her school work that she will have phobia going to school. I also cannot fanthom the idea of having to volunteer myself for the school just so that my daughter can have a higher chance of enrolling in it! What is that! Tsk. Tsk. Children are spending so much time in school and parents are away from home most of the day and where is that family bonding. A lot of school going children have to attend tuition after school hours because they are not able to learn effectively in school. So what does it mean? Is there a decline in our public education? Why is children spending so much time in school and yet they need tuition? Some took up tuition so that they can be ahead of their peers. Sigh.

That really got me started thinking about my daughter's education. Then one day Andy told me there was an article in the newspaper about homeschooling. I missed that article. I thought I'll go to the library and read about it. And the rest they say is history. I read up a lot on the subject from books and also from the internet. I realised that I like it. The basic reason why most parents started homeschooling is because of their love for their children. We all wanted our children to learn in a conducive environment and who says that home is not a place for learning. We parents are the best teachers for our children. We taught them how to eat, talk, walk, and of course we CAN teach them how to study. Most importantly we are also teaching them how to love and be confident about themselves.

There are loads of resources for us to teach our children. The internet is one of the best option. Books from libraries and also loads of activities books from the book store. I go to here, here and here for homeschooling information and free activities. Just google homeschooling and you'll get more. I also love this book called Einstein never used flash cards, ISBN 1-59486-068-8. It's written by developmental psychologists and is about how our children should learn to play more and memorize less. I highly recommend this book.

There is the question of socializing when homeschooling is concerned. First of all, we are not isolating our children from the world. They still play with their neighbours' children. They play with their cousins. They interact weekly with their grandparents. They chat with the shop keepers. They play with other children from the playground. There is certainly no lack of socializing here!

Andy and myself are parents who want our children to grow up wholesomely. They should not only be good in their studies but also have good morals and have great love for mother earth. With my decision to stay at home (with Andy's support) and homeschool Georgia, I will give her the best education. I am not so hung up about whether she can read now, or knows how to count to hundred or thousands or whether does she knows how to speak in different languages. What matters most is that she enjoys herself learning while playing, learning how to write in the air when sees sign boards, counting the numbers of M&Ms I give her, pretending to prepare a delicious meal for me or taking care of her numerous stuff toys and simply enjoy the many hours of reading that I do with her. I will never trade the time with her for anything in this world. ^_^

Besides learning her letters and numbers, Georgia learns about practical life skills. Here she is screwing the bottle tops.

Learning about the different types of materials.

Matching alphabets and numbers.

Putting the covers on the tupperwares.

I'll be posting regular updates on our homeschooling! ^_^

Cupcakes for a rainy day

Today was such a grey and wet day. The moment we woke up the sky was dark and two hours later, it started to pour and it went on and off throughout the day. The rain was great as it lowered the temperature but personally, I really dislike rainy days. I prefer the sun and that probably explains why I have naturally tan skin. I can tolerate heat but not cold and wet days. That aside, after I was done with teaching Georgia (I'll blog about our homeschooling tommorow), I went about baking some cupcakes. Georgia has been requesting for cakes for the past few days so it was perfect to bake some since we can't play outdoors.

I made Golden Vanilla cupcakes with thick chocolate fudgey frosting (VCTOW). Today's cupcakes were really moist and soft. It's my first try on the fudgey frosting and I must say it's quite yummy. Georgia likes it and she usually doesn't like creams on cake. So I must say this particular frosting is a winner! Well according to the book, it's perfect for kids who doesn't like buttercream toppings.

Georgia helped me with the frosting of cupcakes and sprinkled some cute sprinkles that my flickr friend, Honor, sent me. She has so much fun making them and I had to prevent her from licking the frosting! That's because we are sharing some of the cupcakes with our neighbours' kids!

Here is Georgia having fun with decorating the cuppies!

Finally, she can sink her teeth into it!

I simply piped the frosting to the remaining cupcakes.

We took part in the first Singapore's Kids run!

We took part in the first Singapore Kids run organised by Cold Storage at the Padang on 1 June 2008. Yeah this post is kinda late as I fell very ill after the run. And I am still ill. I have got some bacteria infection in my throat that till today, refuses to go away. Even Georgia has contracted the viral infection from me.

Anyway, the run was really fun. At the beginning, it was kinda chaotic as there were so many parents and children. No one knows what to do except to queue up behind one another along the Sunshine Orange kids chase banner. The ground was muddy because of the rain on the previous night. Georgia was complaining of the mud and the smell. I told her that it's no big deal with the dirt. But she's not convinced. Hahaha! I hope she'll get over these things as she grows up.

We were among the first group to run as there were simply too many parents and children and we were divided into groups by different runners' numbers. When the race got started, Georgia threw a little tantrum and refused to lift up her legs and run. I HAD to drag her along. Gosh! Then I had to slowly coax her to enjoy the fun as she was so bothered by the crowd, the heat and the ever so loud sound system! Luckily she cheered up after a while and we were running down the 800m course. Andy ran alongside us on the pavement. Only one parent is allowed to run with one kid. It was a good albeit short run. After the run, we collected the medal and the certificate along with some other freebies. And then we were off to the carnival and Georgia enjoyed herself more to the games stall instead! Kids!

I was still in my PJs

Today was a lazy day for me. Well not that I did not prepare breakfast or lunch for myself and Georgia (Andy has work today). I was too lazy to change my pjs...today is just one of those days where I just like to laze around and of course the dreadful out of bed look is not to be seen by others!!!

Ever since I got back from my holiday (I miss Tokyo!!!), I was not in the best of health. I got flu and then I suffered from low blood pressure. I fell down from the stairs and hurt my knees while I was on my way back after getting groceries. And I have been getting migraines for the past few days. So I am really glad that I am alright today and in fact was in the mood for some sewing. I have a stack of Japanese sewing/craft magazines and I chose a pattern from the Spring collection of Child Boutique (I love all the children's collection and they are soooo cute and breautiful!).


*ADDITION* This is the pattern I used. I would love to make an adult version for myself too. ^_^. I used the red batik fabric which I bought from Chinatown a while ago. I love this fabric simply because it's in red. I love red. I feel happy and powerful when I wear red. And Georgia also shares my liking for the colour (and she simply adores pink!!!).

Making clothes is still quite difficult for me as I am still not that skilled yet. It took me three hours just to make this simple dress. At least I'm glad that it turned out the way I wanted it to be. I still have about half a meter left and I hope to make another skirt for Georgia or maybe a little pouch for my personal fan.


Georgia was turning in circles when I get her to try on her dress. She said that she looked like a princess! Yeah she sure is my princess ^_^

Homemade softies

I have completed an elephant softie for Georgia two weeks ago and I made a couple of mistakes. Overall it was really fun to make! It's not that perfect (one eye is bigger than the other!) but it's made with lots of loveeee! The pattern was given to me by Salihan from a magazine she saw. We named the elephant, Ebbie. Georgia has another elephant softie called Ellie (which was a free gift when we opened a bank account for her). She was so happy after I made Ebbie that she hugged her to sleep and brought Ebbie to school the next day!

Today I have made a dolly for her and the pattern is free from One Red Robin. We named her dolly, Nana. Nana looks so sweet! She sure looks very Asian as I have used Japanese kimono fabric as her dress. I'll try and make more softies for her and maybe in the process I'll make some for myself too!

Girls just wanna have fun

Yesterday Lawrence and Priscilla together with their two darlings (Rachel and Charmaine) came to visit us. Both the men were having man talks in the living room while we girls were having fun in Georgia's room. All the three princesses had such a great time playing together!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

Wishing everyone who's celebrating the Lunar New Year, years of happiness and good health!

It's such a hectic week for us as we have loads of spring cleaning to do and it's the same with all chinese families too!!! Then there's also the baking of Chinese New Year goodies as well. I baked Chocolate Chip cookies (VwV), Terry's favourite almond cookies, Pistachio and Rosewater cookies, Almond and Rosewater cookies, Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti and Fudgy Wudgy Blueberry brownies (all from Veganomicon). Here are some of our CNY photos! More visiting to do today and the next two days too! Have a great holiday everyone!!!

CNY goodies! Yum!


Georgia looked so sweet in her new dress and she insisted on not having her hair tied as she said that princess doesn't have their hair tied!!! She's in that 'I want to be a princess' phase now! Haha!

There are more photos on my flickr album!

There's always an end to the rainbow

After almost a month off from work and a lot of home rests, I am well enough to bask in the sun again. I really miss being outside. I have buried the sad moments and am happy to let it go and start all anew again. Gone are the days of crying. I was glad that I was able to let go of my emotional baggage. Andy was affected by me too but I really can't help it. Now I just have to make sure that I take good care of my body and take the necessary supplements prescribed by my gynae. I sincerely pray that it will not happen again. Crossed my fingers and toes too.

So I'm back on my feet again and I brought Georgia to a new park which was near our estate. The park was packed with loads of fun things to do. There are two playgrounds for the children. A water play area with no water yet! Haha! But it looks really cool. There's the fitness corner. There's also a rope bridge for the little people. Georgia loved all of them and we were playing at the park for almost two hours and both of us got a tan! At 31, sun is no good for the skin. I surely do not want any premature ageing or more freckles on my face!!! Haha!



We're definitely going there again tomorrow!

A great time at the playground

I haven't been doing much for the past two days as my energy levels are like yoyo and it goes the same to my appetite. Today I'm glad I'm feeling much better. After I picked up Georgia from the daycare, I brought her to the playground down my block as she wanted to play with bubbles. And she had a great time as all the children at the playground were glued to her!!! Bubbles work magic on children!


Look at how happy she was!


These two girls are twins and I like them as they are very polite children. They would always greet me whenever we happen to be at the playground and would also approach Georgia and play with her. We are all living in the same block. ^_^

I also made these konnyaku jellies in the shape of mini donuts. I used the usual cartoony moulds and I just thought I wanted to make something different. So I took my mini donut pan and used it. I think it does the job well. ^_^


I have made more jellies to bring over to Georgia's nursery class tommorow so that the little ones can have some dessert after lunch. I also helped myself to a couple of the jellies and I must say they are my favourite and I can't seem to stop eating them!!! Haha!

Floral skirt

After sewing the bandana for Georgia, I went about preparing to sew her a skirt. She likes to wear skirts and dresses so much these days that she refuses to wear her shorts and pants. She said that girls should wear skirts and dresses and wearing shorts and pants would turn her into a boy!!! That's so funny!!! Well of course I am more than willing to make her more skirts and dresses and have bought a couple of Japanese books on children's clothes just to make her more!!! I love those Japanese sewing books. The works are so simple, zen and beautiful!

This skirt is from McCall's pattern M4867, B pattern. I had such a hard time making it!!! I was literally having a cow everytime I realised that I had sewn incorrectly! I also happened to cut out the wrong patterns and thus wasted a bit of the fabric. Then I must have stitch and unstitched a thousand times for the many mistakes that I had made!!! Finally, after the ordeal and resizing (as Georgia is quite a petite girl), the skirt is completed. With many of my brains cells dead OF COURSE!!! Haha!!!



Though it's not perfect, I'm sure with more practise I'll be near!!!

Girly bandana

I have to stay at home for two weeks for bed rest as instructed by my gynae. Well I plan to make full use of my time but also not to stress myself out. I plan to make an item every day so that at the end of the period I should have 14 items!!! That's a lot huh!!! To begin with, I made a simple floral bandana for Georgia. Simple because all I need is a 60cm(L) by 30cm(H) triangle and a 110cm(L) by 3cm(W) bias tape made out of the same floral fabric. Stitch a silver ribbon at the edges of the triangle and attach the bias tape to the base of the triangle and it's done. All done in 15 minutes!



She sure likes her new bandana!!! I'll make a bigger one for myself soon!!! ^_^

Got time for some craft making!

Finally I got some time to make some crafts as today is a holiday (Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all our Muslim friends)!!! Andy has been working overtime for the past few weeks that family time has almost reduced to zero and leaving me to run the household and I have no time to do any crafts. I so missed my sewing machine! Christmas is around the corner and there are so many gifts that I have yet to make!!! Arrgghhhh...*panicking*...

Ok today I managed to squeeze in some time to make two simple totes (pattern from Amy Karol's Bend the Rules Sewing book). I used a Japanese fabric which has little girls and boys on it and it look so cute! Perfect for little children. One of the tote is a birthday present for my neighbour's daughter who is of the same age as Georgia and the other same tote is for the Christmas gift exchange for Georgia's nursery Christmas party this coming Monday! I'll be making Disney cookies for her to bring to school for potluck!


I also made a sling bag for Georgia (as she has been asking me to use the Japanese fabric with the elephant print to make her something for a long time!). I sewed a tiny pocket in there too. She was estatic when she saw the completed bag. I love the bag too and the fabric is just so pretty!




OK, I still have more Christmas presents to make and I also have to prepare the dinner and also clean up the house!!! Haha! I'm hope I can squeeze in some time later for more crafts!!! ^_^

We had such a great day yesterday!

Yesterday it was mummy and daughter's day out. Andy had to work OT (we do miss him!) so I thought I'll just bring Georgia out for some fun. Well we were supposed to go for the Parents teachers meeting at her childcare centre in the morning but I just couldn't make it in time!!! Haha! So anyway we went ahead with the day and went downtown. First we went to Cedele at Wheelock place for lunch. It's quite surprising to me that such a popular shopping area (Orchard Road) in Singapore, and there are limited choices of vegetarian food available! I have already done my research on where to eat before I head out somewhere. So Cedele was a good choice afterall. Too bad I did not take any photos. I had the Grilled vegetables set (portabello mushrooms, pumpkin, red and yellow peppers, mash potatoes and salad) with the mushroom soup and free flow of their homemade bread. Georgia shared my meal with me. It was such a good meal.



Then we walked around and finally when we went to the Takashimaya B2 arena to look at some Christmas decorations, Sesame Street characters were there for a show. They are Georgia's favourite so we went near to the stage (well we were kinda late so we had to stand quite a distance) and watched the entire show for about 30 minutes. Luckily I always bring my camera everywhere I go so I was able to snap a few pictures of them while Georgia was sitting on my shoulders!!! I am not sure how I manage with a 12-13kg girl on me and trying to take pictures of the Sesame Street characters! I'm also glad that I had a good camera (Nikon D40X!) otherwise at that distance I wouldn't be able to get a good shot!