Just can't get enough of the four of us together ...

These moments totally refresh me….

These are a few of our favorite things ...

Spent a long weekend doing our fave things together as a family. So nice:)

Chilling on a Sat Afternoon together

Sarah’s fave pizza store 

Sammy’s arcade games

Sammy wearing his fave shirt at one of our fave seafood restaurants [Kampung style]

Indulging in some delicacies from the sea

Heading for our impromptu breaks

Tokyu Hands

Tokyu hands was our little science centre when we lived in Tokyo for a month. After our library sessions in the foreign section of Kinokuniya at Takashimaya Square, we would never fail to pop by Tokyu Hands. Sarah and Sammy just loved it. 

Couldn't resist picking something up while browsing in Westgate today. I found these files that resemble X Ray films way too cool. One each for the kiddos to file their special work.

A5 slip-in plastic folders.

For my little best friend daughter

A Little After-School-Treat for my chocolate crazy daughter

Running….

Shape Run 2014

SAFRA Run 2014

Clocked my 10 K runs for the year. To sum it up, couldn’t wait for it to be over when I was running. And when it was over, I can’t wait to go for the next one. Hahaha

Special Moments

The Magic Trick

This is a Norman Rockwell Moment for me. Love this:) 

Here’s a Coke to you Henry

I had such a cool brother-in-law and I didn’t know it….but here’s to you Henry! A Coke toast to Heaven from earth…

God...

God is not irrational,

He only works in ways 

we humans don’t understand

But some of His ways 

are so very very tough 

Latest Update: Phase 2C

Samuel doesn’t have a place and so we are school-less after Phase 2C. Thank you all who love Sammy …now mommy must do some reading up. 

George Lakoff and a 6 year old

Bantering with my faithful companion after dropping Sarah off at school.

Me: Ok, so we are going to swing by the library and if we need to, we will hang around till our next appointment. 

Sammy: Mommy, why do you use monkey terms?

Me: huh?

Sammy: You said “swing by” and “hang around”. They sound ..so …so monkey.

Me: huh? Oh….those are expressions. Hahaha...Come to think of it, you are right. These are monkey terms. 

I was quickly brought back in time to my days in Uni where we grew white hairs over Halliday and Chomsky. Maybe it would be different if I did it again.

 But George Lakoff and his theory of metaphors was what I based my honors thesis on. That was real and practical. That we use metaphors everyday - sometimes unconsciously. 

So here I was using perhaps a playground metaphor in describing my movements or in Sammy's terms - monkey words. And he detected it. 

Me: Stop clowning around. Where do you think that metaphor is taken from?

Sammy: The circus! 

That’s my linguistic professor in the making -very acutely aware of the nuances of language and its play. Well, his dream job is to be a Language Professor - inspired by the Professor from Leapfrog Letter Factory hahaha. Fancy that.