ryan's already 30 months old! how he has graduated into a full blown rascal! hahaha.... he's such a joy to be around with these days! he never fails to put a smile on your face with his multitude of funny antics despite some very frustrating moments! mama (mommie's mum) always say though he's such a rascal, he's soooo geram (some malay word for something). mommie is still as busy with her marking and complaining! one great news: mommie has been aceepted to nan hua high! that's like a triple upgrade!! and whenever she's stressed out, she can always walk across to our church for some quiet time with God. daddy's waiting for the lil rascal and mommie outside the zoophonics school at beauty world. he has been attending classes since 3 months ago with 30mins of chinese and an hour of english. there's art and craft, phonics of course and the usual songs they sing week after week! no wonder ryan's pretty bored of it all and pretty lethargic in class! poor mommie!! but i must say that ryan's pretty fast in picking up the entire zoophonics of alphabets! tell him an animal and he will say the corresponding sound! amazing the first time i heard him say! money well spent! hahaha...
daddy's been travelling and just returned from Hanoi. First ever trip to the land of communism. was there for a week and everything seem so affordable, cheap would be too degrading a term to use. food was out of the norm and they do not have deep fried spring rolls in hanoi!!! asked for them wherever i went, from classy to the roadside cafes and no fried spring rolls!! the nerve of them all!! my first scooter-taxi ride and it was truly exhilarating! hated the pollution though, there were thousands of scooters everywhere and it was truly a case of order in chaos!! had seafood for every meal and even went to Ha-long bay, rumoured to be one of the 8 wonders of the world, but seriously, it was just a test-your-stamina trekking up and down the caves kinda trip and not forgetting the sun bathing onboard a Chinese junk experience. it was an enjoyable experience no doubt with extremely cheap massage (imagine this: you pay S$6 and you get a foot and full body massage within an hour. pay S$12 and you get the same massages with a few other tricks thrown in for 2 hours! not surprising that uncle ian and i went there daily after dinner. called mommie everyday and my lil rascal refused to speak anything more than a "daddy!" before running off! hmph!
teh-teh fat (daddy's dad) is to be admitted today for his bypass op tomorrow morning. will bring them to our place for our lil rascal to entertain and spend time with him before i drop them off at the hospital. as usual, daddy's worried about the op and everything! after all, teh-teh fat has slogged hard for the family and it's about time for him to retire and indulge in his fav. hobbies like offshore fishing, gardening and travelling.
mommie's been hoping for a meimei and she has since convinced me to change from PROJECT RACHEL to PROJECT VALERIE. its about time for a didi or meimei for ryan since he's already 30 months. at least there's someone else to share his wealth of toys!!! we are almost drowning in his sea of toys which he would flaunt around by scattering them all over the house! and when you ask him to pick them up, he would divert your attention to something else or make up another funny antic to distract you. this boy's the ultimate! of course we have to be firm on several occasions and he is one who is not receptive of any harsh talk or punishment! that will only make him more rebellious and stubborn. oh did i mention he's one awfully stubborn kid and the only way is to talk to him nicely and hopes that he will comply! hahaha... what are we to do with him except to love him for who he is! afterall, he's our pride and joy! hahaha... that said, we always try to discipline him whenever he crosses the line by putting him in a "naughty corner" which he never fails to kick up a big fuss by crying and say "NO!" and "i want go there!" (meaning anywhere out of the corner). another peculiar trait of his is that whenever you ask him to apologise, he will only put his right palm to his head (symbolising an act of apology, dun ask us where he learnt it from, we have no clue watsoever!) and if you insist on him verbally apologising, you have to try to convince him to do so! hahaha.... and if you succeed, they will shout it out "SORREE!" of course we will deem it as an act of defiance and often he has to say it again in a milder tone before he is let off! SIGH!
of course the above are just his negative traits and to start talking about his funny antics would be too tedious a task! at the end of the day, his positive traits truly outweigh his negatives so thats why he's still our lovable lil rascal!! just remember, be nice and talk to him in a mild tone whenever you want him to do something and he may just do it! hahaha (thats if he has not distracted your attention to something else, unless that's something he favours!)
