Excursion

Once again, the boy is off to another school excursion and once again, I grilled him on how to behave on the bus, what to do and what not to do......and once again, I forgot to tell him to enjoy himself. I'm hopeless!

ERP

Heard over the radio >>>Don't slow down when you see the camera, the ERP will go up!<<< Minutes later, the Big One burst into Hoots of Laughter. He's not slow. He'd glanced at his speedometer and was wondering >>> If someone gets caught speeding in the morning on a weekday, will they lower the ERP charges?

Food & Co.

Forest Walk

A really really enjoyable walk. Except that at one point, a sample of the male species decided to drop his shoe over the side of the bridge and his unfortunate relative (aka the mother) had to climb down the ridge to get it back for him, emitting an angry trail of black thought-bubbles along the way.

"I go by myself"

......and that's precisely what the boy did. Go by himself to school. Well, today we stopped about 12 metres away from the school's gate. Typically, I would accompany him all the way into the building and wait while he goes through the health checks. But today, he announced, "I GO BY MYSELF!". I'm thinking, why not? So I said, "Ok, you go! Bye Bye!".......and he DID!

By the time we drove past the school's gate, he was already well inside the building and out of sight.

He's not yet 4. How do they grow up so quickly?

Allegro & Perpetual Motion

The boy's performing these 2 pieces on his violin this Saturday at 3:30pm at XXXXXXX - it's a free performance so no need to buy tixs. ( not worth it anyways....hahhaha!!) sms me for the location if your are keen to go see.

All Smiles

Holiday??

Kinda thinking we need another one ... we (aka I and me) did plan to go to Hong Kong in December with a couple of my friends. The big idea was to dump the kids in disneyland with the fathers while the mothers go shopping........but that's 5 more long months away!

Primate

pri·mate
1. Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
2. any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, great apes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers), esp. distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability.
3. Archaic. a chief or leader.

Definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Ee-yorh talks

Looking at the picture - you'd laugh right? Is it really funny to work a donkey like that? Do you laugh at a colleague who's overworked? Or rush over to help put some of his/her load on your own shoulders instead? I'm apt to do the latter - quite dense.

Anyway, I keep staring at this donkey. It doesn't seem distressed by the fact that it's been lifted off the ground so. In fact, the donkey seemed relieved!

If the donkey can talk, what will it say?

Working like this donkey...

(Information overload image by Bueny Pixs , CC 2.0)

"Boy ! You Can't DO THAT!!!!"

..............the boy was playing with the camera when he wandered into the bathroom and shot the Big One in his full glory. Hilarious!

Ortho

Saw the orthopedic specialist today. He showed me my bone x-rays, which has already been scanned and stored in his computer, and drew tangents on them to illustrate his point - that my bones aren't exactly aligned. There may be some past injury on the disk- leading to misalignment of the lumbar and hence causing stress on the 'connecting hook' which shows signs of arthritis. There is no cure for arthritis and also currently, there is no known 'spare parts' - Righto!

Genes

We both have a coordination problem! The teacher tried to teach me how to place my fingers on the violin to play G Major Arpeggio without moving too many fingers. I stared at my fingers, willing them to move accordingly to how I've been instructed to. But it was good as trying to make my hair stand voluntarily. Impossible! The synapse between my brain and those muscles on the fingers simply didn't connect. I think the signals fired to another location and I ended up sticking out my tongue instead!!!

Not!

"I'm NOT a baby anymore! Don't call me baby!"

Pau