Papa is travelling

he is so loved by you- amazing Sarah Ang.

papa is travelling again. you are handling it better now. Till the last time, you will still dare into space missing him.

mama: do u feel like there's a pain in your heart?

..(pause and seem to have felt the pain..)

you: (nodding slowly) yeah.. :'(

mama wanted to cry when I heard that, at the same time I wanted to laugh ;-)

above was the conversation we had when papa first went on a trip to shanghai last year. 

❤❤❤❤

Gift for Sarah

this one for 姐姐...- Hanah

Letter in the mailbox

mama cannot believe that i would be excited to hand u this when I saw it in our mailbox!

Little miss Sarah Ang

You

How to be RICH!

mama is always telling you how papa & i have to work hard to earn enough money for food, home school and sometimes little treats for us.

you are able to comprehend some concepts of money.

tonight, i was doing it again. suddenly you stopped me and said,

"mama, i know how to be rich!"

mama was a little afraid that i have been over-doing "it"

"hh..how..?" i enquired

"by being HAPPY!... you taught me"

you did it again, warmed my heart immensely!

"thank you again, sarah"

we smiled and hugged each other :)

just normal, don't need to be like barbie

... ...

"...stay pretty for your papa!'' i wispered.

''no! no need!" you exclaimed.

"... ok a bit will do." you chuckled.

"why?" i asked.

"just normal, (nodding your head) just normal ok?" you replied.

"no need to be like barbie." you explained...i could not agree more :)

"and good heart?" i added.

(nodding again) "yes... good heart." you agreed.

reported this to papa, he said.

"music to your ears!" :) indeed!

jiak-bah-buey (吃饱没？）

"jiak-bah-buey? " you asked ah-mah.

[teochew dialect asking if one has eaten. a way to say "how do you do?"]

it was like music to my ears when i heard you asked :) i am sure ah-mah felt the same˚

...Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡...

worship

a few weeks ago you started to join the "older" kids in worship in the front rows. it is so comforting to see you part take in the prayers for other and worshipping God on sundays.

you will occasionally hum the songs we sang in church. you & i will try to recall the tunes and words.

thank you God, for this child :)

kookaburra

we (re)learnt this song today

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
Leave some gums for me

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
That's no monkey, that's ME!!

As mama sang with hoh-gu (referring to the lyrics i googled), the fun memories of learning this song when i was a child came back. indeed i love to sing this song too.

Faces - September 2010, 5 years 4 months

i missed another month worth of entires again.

here are pictures of you, my lovely Sarah!

"grown up" sarah

self-image sarah

funny sarah

very sarah

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living your life!

It has been almost 2 months since I have last blogged.

During my absence in the blogs, I have been having great time with work and home (of course).

Mama is thankful for you my dear daughter. you have grown in to a very confident & sensible child. There are down time still but you have done well sarah!

school, kumon, music lessons are not easy for any 5 year-old. mama do not like to list the "achievements" here, but i must highlight your love for things you do, your friends, your family and life!

truly a blessing!

Kl Trip June 2010

we have just came back from kl (bah-gogn-gong's house).

mama wished that we had more days there. you like the company of your cousins and of course the unsupervised-almost-unlimited tv viewing! =<

you swam, had a hair cut, played with the dogs... and above all you had a great time with everyone!

you have also been a very good girl. respecting the elders, practiced kumon, music ... mama is very proud of you.

i wonder when will we make a trip again...

a day with you

it was a day set aside for spending time with you who turned five on 11-5-2010.

Went along with your class field trip to Ikea (Alex). Ended the day an unexpected way!

late late late

that's the way i remember you in the month of april 2010

it's official, i have missed a month of update in your blog. i am so sorry sarah. this is the first time. i even miss beating the system by writing something of nothing in a blog first before the month ends.

Beautiful friends

sarah lim, chua ruiting, naomi, sarah ang

(waiting for coach tan in the shade, clementi swiming complex)

mama took some time off today. went to spend some time with you and your friends in swim class.

God made all of you so beautiful!

Bough shall not break

" ...so you think with the stress from work, ... you can handle it better?"

~ someone said this to me when mama shared that i will be returning to work in march.

yes, mama has returned to work. it's been 2 weeks.

several changes were made to our weekly routine. changes like such may chain-react to our daily lives.

"when the bough breaks the cradle will fall"

~ mama remember these warning words, humming in the innocence of this lullaby.

how true this is.

found the 2 of you standing outside my door after a few minutes of cooling down. mama's heart broke

bough shall not break, no matter what...

image taken from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

1st of March

1st of march marks some interesting dates for us.

some 4 years ago, you started your days at wee first infant care.

this 1st of march, marks the day mrs. oh is really gone. (sounds like it is harder for mama to get over!)

1st of march this year is also the day mama starts work at nanyang polytechnic (again).

what should we call it now?

"mrs oh school" - that's what we've been calling it since mrs oh has been your class teacher.

what are we going to call it ...? ~that was one of my first thoughts when i learnt that mrs. oh has resigned 3 weeks ago.

could we have done something? ~ yes
could we have done it earlier? ~yes

it doesn't matter anymore, as mrs. oh is not changing her mind. soon weng has probably been praying the hardest (such a sweet boy!)

sarah, mrs oh has made such an impact in your life so far... well not just you, but many of your friends. actually not just the children, but their (and your) parents too.

mama thank mrs. oh for her encouragement, her care, her interests in every child, her support, her honesty and her kindness. you often want to share your new experiences, your discoveries and often your grievances with her. she brought out the best behavior in you. she is a blessing, our blessing.

we have to let (her) go.

.•:*¨¨*:•.•:*¨¨*:•. with blessings, mrs. oh, goodbye, & may God bless you.

p.s. mama also just learnt that Hu lao shi has also left the centre. mama did not even notice earlier. i was still looking forward for meimei to be in her class when she turns 18tmths this may.

treasure realtionshiips & people around us sarah.

parent volunteer - installment 3

another hour of fun with these 姐姐s. This lesson was a little tough for most of the girls. But they made it at the end.

mama felt kind of sad as i know i won't be seeing them much very soon. even the thought of not seeing them the following week made me want to stay a little longer with them.