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Friday, December 11, 2015

Nathaniel K2 Graduation at BBTK 24 Oct 2015


In a blink, he has completed his pre-primary education at Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church Kindergarten.

Nathaniel's first try of the graduation hat and gown.

Looking at these pics, I can see the uncanny resemblance and I feel like I am in a time tunnel, looking at myself as if I am my father from a couple of decades ago.

I am unable to explain the weird epiphany I had that day, but I guess when the older folks kept encouraging the married couples to have kids of their own, this kinda explains why.

I saw the better version of me and he has all the time in the world to make mistakes and change the world in ways I never did.




Monday, November 2, 2015

Family outing to Ubin 5 Sept 2015


My children were born on an island.
But they have no idea what island living is all about.

So on this particular Saturday morning, I brought them to Pulau Ubin.

They had their share of sun, sand, sea, jungles, tracks, insects, crabs, mudskippers, mangroves,wild boars and did I mention sun?

And they said they didn't want to go back there ever again..

/me faints.



Saturday, June 13, 2015

Nathaniel's 6th Birthday Party at Aalto 13 June 2015


Many thanks to cousin Qinghua and family for booking the BBQ area for us at the Aalto.

And much thanks also to Aunty Jaey for preparing most of the food!

Everyone had a fun poolside BBQ party!.





Thursday, February 19, 2015

CNY 2015 Visiting Dad's House 19 Feb 2015


It was the first day of the Lunar New Year and it's customary to visit our parents place for blessings and at the same time, snap some family photos with everyone dressed up.

Nathaniel wishing 姑丈 “恭喜发财”



Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Disneyland Paris 22nd Dec 2014


We waited for about 30mins in the queue before we could get in Disneyland itself.

Isabel wanted to try those coaster rides but was denied because of her height.
In the end, all of us went kiddy rides with her.

Can see from her face that she wasn't too happy that day.

I promised her to bring her to Universal Studios in Singapore once she is tall enough.

This one is a dare-devil.. Don't play play...




Paris London Trip 20 Dec 2014 to 30 Dec 2014 Arrival and Eiffel Tower Night


Once we reached Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, we tried using the public train service to reach our accommodation for the first 4 days which was booked via AirBnB. I must say that I was quite impressed with the accommodation and will refer this place to all my friends visiting Paris.

The Metro Station was Place D'Italie and our residence was on top of a shopping mall that has its own supermarket (Carrefour) inside the mall.

This was day 1 of our free and easy trip

Bienvenue en France ( Welcome to France )
Lugging Serious Lugguage from CDG Airport to Place D'Italie



Paris London Trip 20 Dec 2014 to 30 Dec 2014 Pre-Departure and Transit


It was our first long haul family trip and was just the 4 of us lugging suitcases full of winter wear to both Paris and London.

Mrs Neo ( aka Christine Koh ) was in between jobs and we have a period whereby we could afford to visit these 2 countries.

We managed to book the tickets at great prices at Emirates Airlines and transited at Dubai before arriving at Paris.


Pre-departure at Changi Airport. Nathaniel trying out his grins


Dubai Transit Experience


Sunday, December 28, 2014

A wholesome day out with just me and my kids in London 28 Dec 2014 (Part 1)


It was a day of walking with their daddy and I bet they regretted not choosing to go with their mummy to go shopping (Picadilly Circus & Oxford Street) instead.

We must have done more than 10km of walking that day.

We started off our walk at Embankment station, crossed the Thames using the Millenium Bridge, saw the London Eye and it's extended queue, walked past the London Dungeon, cross the Thames River again to see Big Ben and Westminster.

And just when we thought we can just hop on a train to go from Westminster station to London Bridge, it turned out that several tube stations were closed due to maintenance and that made us walk the whole stretch from Westminster all the way across the station St James Park(closed that 2 weeks) to Victoria Station where we took the tube to London Bridge station.

During the journey, we were either looking for cafes to use their toilets or just resting at bus stops to shelter our faces from the cold winds. We caught some fun while resting at this park near to Victoria station where the kids had a fun experience of chasing pigeons, seeing a whole bunch of them take flight, make a small loop and land again in the same area.

Once we reached London Bridge station, we walked across the Thames and along it to reach the Tower Bridge and looped back to London Bridge via the opposite bank pedestrian pathways.

Nate was so knackered that he started to make some unintelligible speech and was laughing to himself after realising it.

It goes something like "OrChee Orr Orr".

When we reached London Bridge station again after so much walking, the kids were so elated to see their mum at the Station. So tired we were, we just dined at a nearby takeaway shop.

Quite a heavy day on foot for the kids but it was very memorable.