Friday, May 31, 2013
BFF
When I came home from my Shenzhen trip, Lynn told me that she was "mummy-sick". It's heart warming. Not sure where she learn this term, maybe from school. Then she ask me if she is my "BFF", hah! I asked her who her BFF are (me - yes; Ramos - no; Mabel-yes). The following day, I asked her again, and I am no longer her BFF, hah!
Mdm Ong and Daddy
I went Shenzhen for work for a week. This is the first work trip this year, after a long half year break from travelling.
On that Monday morning, I got a call from WK at 730am in the morning, saying that Lynn's throwing tantrum (says that she's feeling unwell) and didn't want to go to school. I told WK that she doesn't have a track record of throwing tantrum, that is usually the start of a fever but doesn't know how to express the discomfort whenever she complain of "unwell". And that weekend before, she had more than once told me that she felt like vomiting and giddy. Still I ask WK to handle as deem fit, because both of us hold very strong view that she cannot miss school for no good reason. We ensure that she understand this concept.
Eventually Lynn went to school. Then WK forwarded the series of email between him and the form teacher Mdm Ong. He is impressed (with her and the school system), and I am very impressed by the 2 of them.
Here's the email:
I sent him an sms after reading the emails, telling him it was great handling, and thanked him! I just want him to know that I appreciate it greatly since I have to travel occasionally, and it gives me great confidence that my darling is in good hands.
Some sharing from dear friends on this episode.
On that Monday morning, I got a call from WK at 730am in the morning, saying that Lynn's throwing tantrum (says that she's feeling unwell) and didn't want to go to school. I told WK that she doesn't have a track record of throwing tantrum, that is usually the start of a fever but doesn't know how to express the discomfort whenever she complain of "unwell". And that weekend before, she had more than once told me that she felt like vomiting and giddy. Still I ask WK to handle as deem fit, because both of us hold very strong view that she cannot miss school for no good reason. We ensure that she understand this concept.
Eventually Lynn went to school. Then WK forwarded the series of email between him and the form teacher Mdm Ong. He is impressed (with her and the school system), and I am very impressed by the 2 of them.
Here's the email:
Lynn is in good hand.
Regards,
Regards,
Yap
Begin forwarded message:
From: Ong>
Date: 20 May, 2013 11:04:26 AM GMT+08:00
To: >
Subject: Re: Lynnette 1.8
Noted your comments.Lynnette just misses her mum for this time round.Sometimes we have to be sensitive to her feelings too.A mother's presence means alot to the child.You need not beat her.Ok. I know how to talk to her later when I have the time.Thanks for the information.regardsMdm OngOn Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Yap > wrote:
Thanks Madam Ong.
Lynnette is a bit sensitive, being the only kid in the family. I tried all means including scolding and beating - just to show her not going to school is really not an option without a good reason.Thanks for your support.Regards, Yap
On 20 May, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Ong wrote:
Dear Mr YapIt is alright for Lynnette to be late. We are still taking our temperature and lessons have not begun.Lynnette is my capable monitor in class. She is always keeping herself very busy in class doing her own work which really helpsto stretch her learning after she has completed all my class work.She was crying when she enters the class. I comforted her saying that I will not punish her at all and told her not to beworried. She settled down quickly and started chatting with her partner.No worries, Mr Yap. I will see to it that Lynnette is not unduly stressed due to no reason at all.regardsMdm OngOn Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Yap> wrote:
Dear Mdm Ong,
I apologize for Lynn's lateness today.
She claimed to be unwell and it took me a while to convince her to go to school; there were no symptoms but she did say the same things on weekend.
Her mum is not in town this week so she may find it unusual in her daily routine. Sorry and thanks for your support as always.
Regards,
Yap Wee-Kwong
I sent him an sms after reading the emails, telling him it was great handling, and thanked him! I just want him to know that I appreciate it greatly since I have to travel occasionally, and it gives me great confidence that my darling is in good hands.
Some sharing from dear friends on this episode.
My poor hamsters - RIP
One year ago they started off being Lynn's hamsters. And I have said before, that I grew to love them like my own pets.
The 2 girls (from the 2nd batch of birth by the original mummy hamster) died. They died a horrible death..
I guess I'm sad partly because it is my fault that died. They had been living in this same cage for almost a year since their birth. The cage has a hole, on the top. For such a long time, we had been careful not be place the hamster toys near the hole so that they climb onto the top and out of the hole. After one year of no incident, I was just pure careless, and placed the toy near the hole.
On a Monday morning, we found "Angelina" gone for the cage. Angelina was Lynn's favourite. I liked it a lot too. It is the prettiest of all, and the most gentle. I am extremely surprise that it was her and not "Jewel" who escaped.
I had hopes (false hope really) that she will appear by herself. The other 3 hamsters (daddy, mummy and Gor Gor) ever escape from their cages, and appear by themselves, some a few days later. Other than hungry and thirsty, they were unharm. Gor Gor hamster even got himself stuck on my sticky lizard trap, but was rescued and unhurt.
It was pure carelessness that I did not remove the toy from near the hole of Monday itself, and to my horror on Tuesday, Jewel was gone too. I hoped and I hoped, but they didn't surface for 3 days.
Friday night after work, I went to my friend's house for mahjong. Juin whatsapp me to say that the hamsters were "found", and sent me a pic. The pic took 1 hr to download successfully. I must be living on false hope and delusional, and for that hour I really thought that they were found alive. When I received the pic, I was stunned, but I was still delusional, and I messaged him back asking "are they alive???" I called him in the next minute when he didn't reply.
He explained to me that they really got stuck in the water pipe that WK's mum had suspected that they went into. They were rotting and was emitting horrible smell and how he dug them out of the pipe. At that point I'm lost.. I kind of register that it must have been a horrible experience for him (and I should be very grateful to him for clearing the corpses out the pipe), but all that's in my mind were Angelina and Jewel, in the pic he sent me.
He said that Lynn's affected too, so I quickly called Lynn. I suspect that she is not that affected, but I really can't tell. [I always have this suspicion and "fear" that she is not sensitive and emotional enough, like me and her dad. My friends tell me that she is still young, and may not know how to express their feelings.] She said that she has 3 more of them (me faintzz..).
Back to the hamsters, I hope this kind of stuff will never happen again. RIP, Angelina and Jewel, 4Jul2012 - 17May2013 (the day that they were discovered).
The 2 girls (from the 2nd batch of birth by the original mummy hamster) died. They died a horrible death..
I guess I'm sad partly because it is my fault that died. They had been living in this same cage for almost a year since their birth. The cage has a hole, on the top. For such a long time, we had been careful not be place the hamster toys near the hole so that they climb onto the top and out of the hole. After one year of no incident, I was just pure careless, and placed the toy near the hole.
On a Monday morning, we found "Angelina" gone for the cage. Angelina was Lynn's favourite. I liked it a lot too. It is the prettiest of all, and the most gentle. I am extremely surprise that it was her and not "Jewel" who escaped.
I had hopes (false hope really) that she will appear by herself. The other 3 hamsters (daddy, mummy and Gor Gor) ever escape from their cages, and appear by themselves, some a few days later. Other than hungry and thirsty, they were unharm. Gor Gor hamster even got himself stuck on my sticky lizard trap, but was rescued and unhurt.
It was pure carelessness that I did not remove the toy from near the hole of Monday itself, and to my horror on Tuesday, Jewel was gone too. I hoped and I hoped, but they didn't surface for 3 days.
Friday night after work, I went to my friend's house for mahjong. Juin whatsapp me to say that the hamsters were "found", and sent me a pic. The pic took 1 hr to download successfully. I must be living on false hope and delusional, and for that hour I really thought that they were found alive. When I received the pic, I was stunned, but I was still delusional, and I messaged him back asking "are they alive???" I called him in the next minute when he didn't reply.
He explained to me that they really got stuck in the water pipe that WK's mum had suspected that they went into. They were rotting and was emitting horrible smell and how he dug them out of the pipe. At that point I'm lost.. I kind of register that it must have been a horrible experience for him (and I should be very grateful to him for clearing the corpses out the pipe), but all that's in my mind were Angelina and Jewel, in the pic he sent me.
He said that Lynn's affected too, so I quickly called Lynn. I suspect that she is not that affected, but I really can't tell. [I always have this suspicion and "fear" that she is not sensitive and emotional enough, like me and her dad. My friends tell me that she is still young, and may not know how to express their feelings.] She said that she has 3 more of them (me faintzz..).
Back to the hamsters, I hope this kind of stuff will never happen again. RIP, Angelina and Jewel, 4Jul2012 - 17May2013 (the day that they were discovered).
Her Journal
(A long o/s post - this happen beginning May)
I check Lynn's school bag everyday, not only for papers that I need to sign, or to read notices from school, but also review the work's that done. I saw this booklet for the first time.
This is a journal, so that main focus here is to get/guide the kids to write about their feelings. As I started flipping, there's a page on how they felt about a game that they played in school, and there was a page on "I felt happy because....". Then I flipped to another page, which says "I felt sad because......." GUESS what Lynn wrote?
I check Lynn's school bag everyday, not only for papers that I need to sign, or to read notices from school, but also review the work's that done. I saw this booklet for the first time.
This is a journal, so that main focus here is to get/guide the kids to write about their feelings. As I started flipping, there's a page on how they felt about a game that they played in school, and there was a page on "I felt happy because....". Then I flipped to another page, which says "I felt sad because......." GUESS what Lynn wrote?
Ha! Yes, I tore her book (piano book) once. It happened at least half a year ago.
I had always been in a dilemma about letting her learn the piano. And I struggle to decide how hard I should drive her to learn the piano. As I know how to play a little myself, I revise or even teach her how to play correctly the pieces that she's suppose to practice at home. I finally understand why I gave up myself (when I was young), because it is difficult to master, unlike school subjects. So Winny is right that it should start with the kid showing an interest/talent.
Anyway, there was this day that she was throwing tantrum while practising. I wanted her to understand that she cannot give up easily, because achievement comes from hard work and resilience. There are many ways to teach her this concept. For example, if after practising hard she plays a song well, I will praise her and explain to her how her hard work paid off. That night, she was beyond reasoning, so I wanted to use other methods to create an impact. It is like some mothers will pretend (or really) throw after toys if the children repeatedly don't keep their toys after playing. Or letting them go hungry/withhold the dessert when they consistently don't finish their proper meal.
I wanted her to know that she's fortunate to have the opportunity to learn and that comes with a price, like lesson fees, cost of the piano and buying the books. To demonstrate my point, I probably said something like ".. if you don't want to learn then why do I have spent money to buy books.." and then I ripped the middle 2 pages (from the staples) out of the book.
Later on, I found her taping the pages back to the book.. At that point, I not sure how she felt. When I saw her journal, I was surprised that she quoted this incident. Truthfully speaking, I feel smug that it created a strong impact on her. I hope I don't one day regret this, but I really doubt I ever will!
On leave !!!!!!!!!
I'm on leave today. I decided to blog this morning. It had been a long time since I felt so excited to blog, that I can't wait to write and publish my postings. They are mainly about Lynn, stuff that she did/ happened this month that quite interesting (and emo).
Anyway, here's 2 pics about "my breakfast this morning" to start off with. The craze is back!!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
A special gathering
Gathering with "old" friends is always special. This one is very special.
Lili and Joc are both my good friends, but from different place and time. Lili is my JC choir mate (since 17) and Joc is from Deloitte time (22 yr old). Lili and I are of different character (opposite attracts), whereas Joc is easy going like me. They are secondary school classmates. At that time, Joc is known as "Mei Ling".
Like I told Joc, there were so many times when I meet up with Lili that she told me ".. we should meet up with Mei Ling...". At first it didn't register, cos I meet up with Joc so often. Finally when I organised this dinner, I was told over dinner that they have not met up since they parted ways at the end of Sec4!!
I don't think my 2 good friends are going to end up best buddies, but I do hope that our 3-gals-Bangkok trip tentatively to be on in Sep can take place!
And we kept discussing what I should do for my 40th BD celebration, ha!
Lili and Joc are both my good friends, but from different place and time. Lili is my JC choir mate (since 17) and Joc is from Deloitte time (22 yr old). Lili and I are of different character (opposite attracts), whereas Joc is easy going like me. They are secondary school classmates. At that time, Joc is known as "Mei Ling".
Like I told Joc, there were so many times when I meet up with Lili that she told me ".. we should meet up with Mei Ling...". At first it didn't register, cos I meet up with Joc so often. Finally when I organised this dinner, I was told over dinner that they have not met up since they parted ways at the end of Sec4!!
I don't think my 2 good friends are going to end up best buddies, but I do hope that our 3-gals-Bangkok trip tentatively to be on in Sep can take place!
And we kept discussing what I should do for my 40th BD celebration, ha!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
April Update (I)
April was a quiet month. I'm not going to update 5 to 10 posts at one go, as there were nothing much to update this month.
1) April BD/Karaoke
I attended 2 birthday celebrations in April, and both were karaoke and/cum dinner.
This was the cake Mavis choose for WK's mum 64th BD. The Karaoke was too short, but was a cosy affair; the dinner was good; the kids had loads of fun. I think BD girl was happy, cos family time and appreciation were all that this-generation-of-mummy yearn and lived for.. Wishing her many happy returns..
My boss's birthday was on 1st May; we went K box @ Marina Sq on a Friday night to celebrate for him. I think it's much more fun to do karaoke with colleague. Different people sang different generations of songs, it's hilarious and entertaining.
I sang 2 男女对唱情æŒwith the BD boy. I think the way we sang was really like we always were - can sing, almost in pitch, almost coordinated, but not much chemistry, hah! The pics of him and me are in my computer, will get them into the post next week. Here's a very fun pic of me, Eva, and Hui Fen.
I took a pic of this and send to my ex ex colleague, See Yin, the ex-Karaoke queen who introduced me to singing in the open hall instead of room. Those were the young and bold days.
2) Nailed
It was coincidental, that this happened a few weeks after a heard a survey result on class 95 about ladies drivers and the tire! I knew that I belong to that majority in the survey result that doesn't know how to change spare tire, and didn't even know where the spare tire is kept, ha!
Anyway, this happened when WK was out of town. I called Wee Juin (BIL), he said that he doesn't have contracts for this. I called my dad, then realised that he out of town. I chat May and Macus, and learned that Macus (BIL) was in JB. I thought of Wee Loon (my only bro - cousin), but I knew he's out of town too. So finally I took up Caroline's - colleague, female driver who belongs to the minority in the survey - advice, and called Shell service station at Lorong 2.
The Uncle and his workshop guys were fast and efficient. Still took about an hour in the hot afternoon (3 to 4pm) to complete the whole task, but I'm happy that I settled this "by myself" :).
3) School syllabus
For the past 2 Saturdays, WK and myself attended mini seminars given by the school on school syllabus. I find these sessions very useful, and I believe that nowadays all schools conduct such events.
After attending, now I know why there's a big demand for tuition. Unlike parents in the past, parents of today are mostly educated and informed. We realised that if other children learn faster/more/better than our own children, then the other children will get ahead in examination and posting to better secondary school. Then we realised that every parent, including ourselves are truly kiasu, and we do not want, and don't think our children can afford to lose out. Then the next decision is either to teach by ourselves, or otherwise. Then we realised that we do not have the time, the energy, and maybe even the ability (upper primary) to handle such a stressful and demanding role. Thus tuition..
Hmm, I in this system.. decisions, dilemma, decisions, dilemma.. Am I going to be any different from the other parents? Are the changes that MOE implemented going to help turn around the situation?
Anyway, life in P1 is still easy and stress free, at least for this school that we had chosen for Lynn. I am only coaching her in Chinese at home now, as I hope to build up her basic reading skills so that she can read independently as soon as possible.
1) April BD/Karaoke
I attended 2 birthday celebrations in April, and both were karaoke and/cum dinner.
This was the cake Mavis choose for WK's mum 64th BD. The Karaoke was too short, but was a cosy affair; the dinner was good; the kids had loads of fun. I think BD girl was happy, cos family time and appreciation were all that this-generation-of-mummy yearn and lived for.. Wishing her many happy returns..
My boss's birthday was on 1st May; we went K box @ Marina Sq on a Friday night to celebrate for him. I think it's much more fun to do karaoke with colleague. Different people sang different generations of songs, it's hilarious and entertaining.
I sang 2 男女对唱情æŒwith the BD boy. I think the way we sang was really like we always were - can sing, almost in pitch, almost coordinated, but not much chemistry, hah! The pics of him and me are in my computer, will get them into the post next week. Here's a very fun pic of me, Eva, and Hui Fen.
I took a pic of this and send to my ex ex colleague, See Yin, the ex-Karaoke queen who introduced me to singing in the open hall instead of room. Those were the young and bold days.
2) Nailed
It was coincidental, that this happened a few weeks after a heard a survey result on class 95 about ladies drivers and the tire! I knew that I belong to that majority in the survey result that doesn't know how to change spare tire, and didn't even know where the spare tire is kept, ha!
Anyway, this happened when WK was out of town. I called Wee Juin (BIL), he said that he doesn't have contracts for this. I called my dad, then realised that he out of town. I chat May and Macus, and learned that Macus (BIL) was in JB. I thought of Wee Loon (my only bro - cousin), but I knew he's out of town too. So finally I took up Caroline's - colleague, female driver who belongs to the minority in the survey - advice, and called Shell service station at Lorong 2.
The Uncle and his workshop guys were fast and efficient. Still took about an hour in the hot afternoon (3 to 4pm) to complete the whole task, but I'm happy that I settled this "by myself" :).
3) School syllabus
For the past 2 Saturdays, WK and myself attended mini seminars given by the school on school syllabus. I find these sessions very useful, and I believe that nowadays all schools conduct such events.
After attending, now I know why there's a big demand for tuition. Unlike parents in the past, parents of today are mostly educated and informed. We realised that if other children learn faster/more/better than our own children, then the other children will get ahead in examination and posting to better secondary school. Then we realised that every parent, including ourselves are truly kiasu, and we do not want, and don't think our children can afford to lose out. Then the next decision is either to teach by ourselves, or otherwise. Then we realised that we do not have the time, the energy, and maybe even the ability (upper primary) to handle such a stressful and demanding role. Thus tuition..
Hmm, I in this system.. decisions, dilemma, decisions, dilemma.. Am I going to be any different from the other parents? Are the changes that MOE implemented going to help turn around the situation?
Anyway, life in P1 is still easy and stress free, at least for this school that we had chosen for Lynn. I am only coaching her in Chinese at home now, as I hope to build up her basic reading skills so that she can read independently as soon as possible.
April Update (II)
Part 2 of April Update
4) Another Gardens by the Bay
On one of the Saturday mid morning, we went to Gardens by the Bay for a second time. This time we did not visit the flower dome, but went for the super trees. I think it's prettier at night.
We went to Satay by the Bay for lunch. Lunch was so-so, but the satay was not bad. Here's some pics of the pond area that area.
5) 1st of May
Since I'm updating, I shall go into the first week of May too. Finally we went for MacRitchie Tree Top walk, after it had been opened for such a long time. I have heard many times before that the shortest route is still quite a distant (5 to 6km). That morning, we cheated big time, and did only like 3 - 4km, hah!
WK knew that the nearest entrance to the jungle is at SICC, which is just 600m to the Tree Top walk. We drove up to SICC, then he realised that it is suppose to be open to members. We were extremely lucky, the very kind security guard allowed him to drive us in and drop us at the entrance to the jungle. The road in was long, must be more than 1 km!
After he dropped us, he drove out, parked, and walked in. But he walked fast, so we waited for him for less than 1/2 hr.
See this map, we waited for WK at the the Rangers Park, which is 300m from the entrance to the jungle at SICC. From here, it is another 300m to the Tree Top walk.
When we reached the entrance of the Tree Top walk, there a queue to enter:
We saw 2 monkeys while waiting. This one was munching on a whole pack of Kit Kat. From the look of the packaging, I think it must have snatched the whole pack from some people.
The monkey knew how to unwrap the double layer of paper and aluminium foil wrappers.
Nearer to the entrance, there's another monkey. At first, it was at our left, just sitting on the tree, waiting.. Then, see the woman in black holding a young child in this picture below, she gave her kid a biscuit. The monkey saw or smelt it, and came rushing onto the right side of the bridge.. That family was ignorant, but they were very lucky that morning. I told the daddy that it was the food that attracted the monkey, and he immediately understood, and guarded against the monkey. Then in the next minute, it was our turn to enter the tree top walk, so we all moved on. The monkey didn't follow.
In this pic, Monkey on our left, on the tree
In this pic, it is on our bridge, to our right, eyeing the food..
Here's pic taken on the tree top walk:
From the start to the end of the tree top walk was short, probably less than 1 km. However, from the exit of the tree top walk back to the Ranger's park is about 1.5km. Then from the Ranger's park out to SICC and then to our car outside SICC is definitely more than 1km. All in all, we probably walked close to 4km.
Lynn complained, and asked her daddy to piggy back her for a short distant, but overall, she did extremely well. I didn't expect 4km, so I'm glad that we all did it without much trouble.
6) 4th of May
Yesterday (Saturday) evening. Suppose to go Marina barrage, but end up at Merlion park again. These pics were taken at about 7pm. Lynn's orange T glowed strikingly against the jewel blue..
7) A shock this morning
I woke up early today, to update my blog before Lynn wakes up to monopolise my time. Yesterday night before sleep, I set out 2 pieces of lizard traps (sticky sheets) in the kitchen. This morning I went to check, and to my horror, I saw one of the hamsters trapped there. Luckily I manage to get it off the sticky sheets, and he (the Gor Gor hamster) seems unhurt and I placed it back into the cage. I saw that one of the tube holes on the cage was opened, so I just assumed that we forgot to close it, so I closed it. About an hour later, WK's mum woke up and said that a hamster was on the loose. I told her not to worry and that I had taken care of it. Then she said no, the hamster was still running around the kitchen! It was Gor Gor hamster again. When i placed it in again, I noticed that the hole was opened. This hamster is extremely smart, and actually manage to open the hole by itself. So now I got to tape it (the hole) down.
These creatures are really like little kids who are unaware of the dangers around. I hope they don't get hurt again.
8) Our "Neighbour"
Our neighbour country is holding election today. A lot of news and buzz over this election. Lots of folks in our office are hot blooded people who made effort in going home to exert their rights.
Our next door neighbour (the family with 5 kids) were not in since yesterday.. Probably they went where their hearts belong and where their families were too.
4) Another Gardens by the Bay
On one of the Saturday mid morning, we went to Gardens by the Bay for a second time. This time we did not visit the flower dome, but went for the super trees. I think it's prettier at night.
5) 1st of May
Since I'm updating, I shall go into the first week of May too. Finally we went for MacRitchie Tree Top walk, after it had been opened for such a long time. I have heard many times before that the shortest route is still quite a distant (5 to 6km). That morning, we cheated big time, and did only like 3 - 4km, hah!
WK knew that the nearest entrance to the jungle is at SICC, which is just 600m to the Tree Top walk. We drove up to SICC, then he realised that it is suppose to be open to members. We were extremely lucky, the very kind security guard allowed him to drive us in and drop us at the entrance to the jungle. The road in was long, must be more than 1 km!
After he dropped us, he drove out, parked, and walked in. But he walked fast, so we waited for him for less than 1/2 hr.
See this map, we waited for WK at the the Rangers Park, which is 300m from the entrance to the jungle at SICC. From here, it is another 300m to the Tree Top walk.
When we reached the entrance of the Tree Top walk, there a queue to enter:
We saw 2 monkeys while waiting. This one was munching on a whole pack of Kit Kat. From the look of the packaging, I think it must have snatched the whole pack from some people.
Nearer to the entrance, there's another monkey. At first, it was at our left, just sitting on the tree, waiting.. Then, see the woman in black holding a young child in this picture below, she gave her kid a biscuit. The monkey saw or smelt it, and came rushing onto the right side of the bridge.. That family was ignorant, but they were very lucky that morning. I told the daddy that it was the food that attracted the monkey, and he immediately understood, and guarded against the monkey. Then in the next minute, it was our turn to enter the tree top walk, so we all moved on. The monkey didn't follow.
From the start to the end of the tree top walk was short, probably less than 1 km. However, from the exit of the tree top walk back to the Ranger's park is about 1.5km. Then from the Ranger's park out to SICC and then to our car outside SICC is definitely more than 1km. All in all, we probably walked close to 4km.
Lynn complained, and asked her daddy to piggy back her for a short distant, but overall, she did extremely well. I didn't expect 4km, so I'm glad that we all did it without much trouble.
6) 4th of May
Yesterday (Saturday) evening. Suppose to go Marina barrage, but end up at Merlion park again. These pics were taken at about 7pm. Lynn's orange T glowed strikingly against the jewel blue..
7) A shock this morning
I woke up early today, to update my blog before Lynn wakes up to monopolise my time. Yesterday night before sleep, I set out 2 pieces of lizard traps (sticky sheets) in the kitchen. This morning I went to check, and to my horror, I saw one of the hamsters trapped there. Luckily I manage to get it off the sticky sheets, and he (the Gor Gor hamster) seems unhurt and I placed it back into the cage. I saw that one of the tube holes on the cage was opened, so I just assumed that we forgot to close it, so I closed it. About an hour later, WK's mum woke up and said that a hamster was on the loose. I told her not to worry and that I had taken care of it. Then she said no, the hamster was still running around the kitchen! It was Gor Gor hamster again. When i placed it in again, I noticed that the hole was opened. This hamster is extremely smart, and actually manage to open the hole by itself. So now I got to tape it (the hole) down.
These creatures are really like little kids who are unaware of the dangers around. I hope they don't get hurt again.
8) Our "Neighbour"
Our neighbour country is holding election today. A lot of news and buzz over this election. Lots of folks in our office are hot blooded people who made effort in going home to exert their rights.
Our next door neighbour (the family with 5 kids) were not in since yesterday.. Probably they went where their hearts belong and where their families were too.
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