Like finding out a staff in TW is called Bluewings. Serious. His english name is BLUE WINGS and no, his Chinese name is no where near. Its Chang Yi - in case you were wondering.
We have a research tool called Company Infogator and I was looking around for stuff and found a video of a company employee dressed up in a Crocodile suit explaining how to use the tool.
Cracked me up...silly right? :P
I've started to allow R to watch the occassional video now that she's past the 2.5 y.o age but we do the selective video watching. I try to keep each session less than 30 minutes and we talk during and after the video about the content. I'm also trying to keep this as a treat for us but will probably have to build it into her routine once we get back to SH.
To complicate matters, her all time fav is Dora, which personally irritates me after a while. Esp. swiper...She picked up her love for Dora from her German playmate Lina, and she's been asking for a Dora birthday cake for this year. We shall see.
Some of the other videos that captures her attention include
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - which ties into the CCBB ABC book (Trying to locate the Chicka Chicka 1-2-3 book and DVD, anyone seen it? Kino and MPH has no supplies)
Reader Rabbit
Letterland - Once upon a ABC (E! managed to find this from Kino, very expensive though! So I'm currently treating this with loads of TLC!)
Cinderella (When she's ill...funnily enough)
I've also shown her Richard Scarry videos and some other random ones, but she seems to be lukewarm about those. We are currently watching one about Genesis - Creation, which is kind of queer as it depicts God as a sort of sunshine type thing with a single eye and has some wierd graphic thing going on to show the each day's creations. I find it queer but I see that R doesn't. And since this is HER video time, not mine, I remind myself to see things from her prespective.
Another resource that I've recently introduced is the computer. We love to go to Starfall's website (www.starfall.com) and I've also shown her the children site from National Geographic. We've printed out some sheets from Starfall's activity site and she likes to trace the shapes and scribble on the pictures. Her all time favourite letter is "R", no surprises there.
I've also stumbled upon this site which has plenty of children entertainment online. http://www.totlol.com . Give it a try.
Anyone knows of a toddler friendly keyboard type thing that makes it easier for toddlers to control the mouse? I'm also hunting for two copies of this book, Beyond ABC, anyone seen it ? May have to end up ordering from Amazon if all else fails.
We're heading back this pm after a very activity-packed filled trip. So sorry that I havn't been in touch to meet up.
As LJ is still tricky to access from Shanghai, I've started another blog http://candylim.wordpress.com - apparently WP is accessible. We shall see.
Till the next time folks, blessed 2008 !
In the morning, I took R to the Botanical Gardens to roam and explore.
We then proceeded home and after a shower and change, I dropped R off at my dad's office for his office Christmas party...cum babysitting. I think that's something I sorely miss being an independent family in Shanghai...the built-in baby sitting function, courtesy of relatives who are obligated cos of family ties ;P
I then proceeded down to Suntec City to check out the Singapore Bookfest which was really nothing to shout about. That was rather expected since its not a major fair, but I managed to get some english books for R including a table standing flip chart which I think she will like. The stuff are still under wraps as I'm keeping them for her Shanghai days.
After a quick twirl around Suntec, I dropped by to visit G, the lovely dear who's had her 2nd at Raffles Hospital.
After a quick change of clothing at home, I proceeded to Shang for a much aniticipated night out with my girlfriends.
Out of all my years at my current workplace, this has got to be the worse pre-holiday work rush of it all. My Director and I happily booked out vacation days since traditionally, this is the time when most of our clients take theirs' too. This year was really an exception that caught the entire team off guard.
Ok, I know that China doesn't officially celebrate Christmas, but we do work for an international group and honestly, who doesn't want to take some days of rest before facing the new year head on? For the past few years, we have managed to allow the team to take their annual leave when they asked during year end. And naively, we pre-approved leave this year too, thinking it will be the same senang work load.
Alas, somehow it is not to be. Project after project keep on flooding into our inbox and they are all from top local and global management, can't make a fuss and tell them to go fly a lovely kite in the sky. Also, doesn't it get you that people sit on their emails for days only to pass on the work to you citing that its got an urgent deadline? Err Hello )(#_)(_#)($...see the date, rotting in your inbox for 8 days already, couldn't you have forwarded it on so that we could work on it at a more reasonable timeframe?
For me, I've had to hold people's hands, pat their backs, listen to their grouses, soothe their whines while juggling my own projects which include planning and preparing for a 3 day training of which I've to train > 50% of the time, supervising a project for a press conference on IPOs and the silly paper for the Chairman. To top it off, since my nanny is on her one month home leave, I've had to look after a full-of-energy-mommy-attention seeking daughter...whilst working my last week of the year off location from Singapore home.
Only one word: Aiyo and three words following that: I need a break...badly (ok, that's four words)
Thank God for giving women the gift of multi-tasking. In between conversations and emails and excel and word, I have been feeding the kid, playing with her and wiping her bum. I'm almost done with clearing work - office work that is and still have one more working day to cram it all in tomorrow. Will just pray that I can prepare the slides for the presentation in the 2 days after I return back from holiday.
Thank you Jesus for bringing me through this work week. It has been nothing short of miraculous. Amen.
Yes. It may be a bit more of a fuss to set up but hey, it sure minimizes errors.
Eyes pain. Head pain. Rear end pain.
Managed to flip through the papers and found out the price for a friend's apartment. It was about the S$2 million ballpark. Somehow its a reality check. Her and her husband are our age and can afford a S$2 million apartment.
Wow whee...better not complain and work harder :P
I try not to but sometimes have to resort to smacks on her legs or upper tighs to get her to obey. This is after a few rounds of 1-2-3 warnings but that does't make me feel any better. What was her crime? She kicked my work laptop in defiance.
I know that she was trying to get attention from me but I had to respond to something urgent at work and couldn't give her the attention she craved. It pains me that she retaliated cos she saw me being torn between herself and my work and since work won, she lost and so she had a tantrum.
I am probably just being too much of a softie afterall, I was punished more severely as a child myself and I dont see my parents blogging their remorse. Bah...emotions!
P.S. btw, she's torn bits of tissue all over the floor. I've left her a trash bin to put all her litter in but she's pretending not to see it. I've told her we are not doing any new activity until she cleans the mess up. Let's see how long it takes for her to comply.
[Update: She "tong" for 20 minutes until fed up and hungry and I keep telling her to clean up before she can fill her tums. In the end I offered to clean up with her and viola! like magic all clean with her helping.]
1) Reb didn't fall ill and need more-than-usual attention
2) I didn't land 2 mega projects that are both due by the end of the month
On hindsight (Always precious!) I should just have taken leave. Well, I didn;t know our firm will be so generous this year and let us have 24/25 Dec as well as 1-3 Jan off. That means I have even more leave to clear before March 2008 since we cannot carry them forward nor encash them.
Bear says don't complain...but argh...this one report that I have to write is super tough. Its about the State of Corporate Governance in China for the Chairman who wants to make a speech at the Beijing AmCham. Why sir, do you need it by New Years? And why me?!
On a lovelier note, it is fun watching the kid bond with my parents.
Bear, my in laws and brother-and-sister in law come back from Sabah and the States next week and we're going for a short break after Christmas. Should be fun...or.....
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lianvee your post regarding a certain someone caught me by surprise. Why? Cos I would have thought that after all these months, we would have moved on from it. But I guess not. Well, all I can say is that I bear no malice to this person and hope that one day, maybe when we are all old and white haired and still yakking away, we can all look back and laugh at how small such issues are. Any gatherings planned this festive season? LMK hor, since I nan de in town.
Oh yes, are there any kiddy shows ongoing these few weeks? I will like to bring the little girl to watch some if there are. Please lmk as well if you gals know of any fun things to do...I am so out of touch in this town.
Blog more another time!
I know that the area next to Sogo opens till late, where else ? Thinking of leaving later on Saturday to spend some me time but still contemplating as Bear's leaving for Paris the next day, which means I will get to see him for only a few hours.
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Yesterday, an important new study found that for infants, every hour
spent watching baby videos is associated with slower language
development - six to eight words less on a standardized vocabulary
test than babies who don't watch. The study, by Frederick J.
Zimmerman, Dimitri A. Christakis, and Andrew Metzoff, appears in
Journal of Pediatrics.
I do have some stuff to attend to and loads to catch up on esp. now that I can finally access LJ again :)
We'll be here for 2 weeks till the 25th. Catch up soon!
I've been feeling so LONELY without my LJ buddies...and now need to spend some time catching up with your past posts. Give me some time ya?
Hope everyone is doing good.
*MUAKS*
Mr Neo @ 9488 9666 (mobile)
Jennifer @ 9817 0327
This is the "mobile" store that sells books (adults and children) mainly at Thomson Plaza, Sengkang Mall, Hougang Mall, Jurong East, Beauty World Plaza.
Useful for any avid reader out there :)
Author: Marian Keyes
Bookcover/review: here
Another great book by Marian Keyes, albeit on a more serious topic ...coping with the unexpected and sudden death of a spouse, newly wedded somemore. The author manages to weave her knack for humor into this very serious and potentially thought provoking, sensitive topic especially with her references to the Irish culture (which she is from).
I especially enjoy how she incorporates the other family members from the Welsh family - a family that have made up the majority (if not all) of her prior works. So it somehow feels like reading a series of books following the lives of each of the family members.
A definite re-read for me...and I'm going to re-read her entire works again.
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Finally got around to updating cubbie's blog: HERE
Postings on her development and CNY celebrations at JG.
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