FollowAlycia’s pre-school gives tons of flashcards (English, BM and Mandarin) to students each week. For kids with busy working parents, I wonder if anyone at home ever flashes the cards to them. While it is really good to be receiving the flashcards from the school, the parent really needs to spend some time everyday to…
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Vomiting Again
Though Alycia seems to have recovered from her recent bout of illness, she still puked once yesterday and once today. Yesterday, she kept telling me that she’s hungry. About half an hour before dinner time, I gave her a banana. Just before dinner, she told me that she had tummy ache and puked. I thought…
The Girls’ Appetite Is Back!
The girls have finally recovered from their illness, though not 100% as there is still phlegm in their throats. Their appetite is finally making a come back. For the past 2.5 days, Alycia has been talking non-stop about food…. telling me what she would like to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner…. non-stop. Two nights ago, she told me that she…
Mathematics For 5-Year Olds
Don’t you think this is a tad tough for a 5-year old (in Aly’s case, a 4-year old)? Or is this the norm? Alycia can only count and recognize numbers from 1 through 20+ but her pre-school is already teaching the 5-year olds in her class numbers up to 30. Alycia is the youngest in the…
Is This Too Tough For A 4-Year Old?
Frankly, do you think the word ‘xiao’ or smile in Mandarin is a tad too tough for a 4-year old to write? Though the meaning is straightforward, the word itself has so many strokes that even we adults find it difficult to remember to write, well at least for me, a yellow banana who speaks …
Abacus Calculation And Chinese School
Alycia’s pre-school is using the abacus method to teach the preschoolers Maths. Her pre-school is gravitated towards Mandarin and most of the preschoolers there eventually go to a Chinese school. Last week, Alycia brought home an abacus to be used for her Maths homework. When I taught her to use the abacus, she appeared lost. I had a tough time trying to teach…
Alycia’s First Ballet Class
Despite running a low grade fever, I still brought Alycia to her first ballet class yesterday. Thank God, she did not puke or purge in class and was enjoying every moment of the 1-hour session. While the teacher was teaching the kids dancing, Sherilyn and I watched them through the door outside the room. I am…
On The Road To Recovery
Alycia and Sherilyn are on the road to recovery. The fever is gone for both gals but they have now developed a cough, as expected. Sherilyn has even developed a sexy, husky voice and almost lost her voice last night. There seems to be a lot of phlegm in her throat too. Though Alycia has…
Alycia Is Really Sick
Alycia is really sick and has been throwing up for the last 2 days. Each time her temperature goes beyond 38.5 degrees Celcius, she will puke. This afternoon just before lunch, she was playing with the maid and laughing away. She laughed so hard that she puked…. and all that came out was phlegm, lots of them. There…
Both The Girls Are Down
My worst nightmare came true last night. Not only is Sherilyn having fever, Alycia who does not have a strong immune system also caught the bug and is having high fever (40 degrees Celcius), swollen throat and a runny nose. She could not stomach any food this morning and threw up twice. Sherilyn also has a very swollen throat…
Alycia Can Eat Spicy Indian Curry
It’s all in the genes. Mummy, daddy, granny, koong koong and mah mah all love Indian food. So does Alycia and she did not even complain that it’s spicy when she ate them. She can even drink the curry gravy by the spoonfuls! We had roti canai, roti pisang (roti canai with banana), tosei and roti canai…
Alycia Is Learning Ballet!
Yesterday daddy and I brought Alycia and Sherilyn for a free trial baby ballet class. I had no intention of sending them for ballet class so soon. I thought the earliest I will sent Alycia will be next year when she turns 5 years old. Before the class, Alycia kept telling me that she doesn’t…
Don’t Call Me Fat!
Alycia Wants To Be A Baby Again
The day our new temp Cambodian maid arrived, Alycia knew what she wanted from the maid. She tried to be chummy with the maid and was very nice to her….. but she has an ulterior motive. From day one, she has been asking kakak to carry her everywhere. When she comes back from school, kakak…
When To Register For Primary School?
When are we to register our kids (aged 5 this year) for primary school? I was told that we can start registering our kids this year but I have not heard or read anything about the registration in the newspapers yet. Are we supposed to wait for the announcement in the newspapers first? No. of…