Kite flying

While walking Dana in Woodlands, I came across this family. The father was teaching his two toddlers how to fly a kite. It made me think of my own childhood days as well.

My Birthday Dinner

On the occasion of my birthday, my family and I went for a seafood dinner. The restaurant, Taste of Thailand, used to be located at the former Sembawang Shopping Centre. Now it is at Yishun Industrial Park, facing the MRT track.

Initial impressions were favourable. The young staff were prompt and extremely polite, serving us with smiles. The customer service is much better than Swensons or Hans. Speed of food delivery gets two thumbs up as well. After our order, the first dish was served within 5 mins! And this from a coffeeshop restaurant! Taste wise, the quality of the food was better than average but it was extremely value for money.

All this for $97. Quite value for money.

Its my mum's DAY as well. Its OUR day :)

Lost in the dark

What's this thing on four legs with a bunch of glowing lights?

Coco has soulful eyes

Coco dropped by my place for a short visit after her vaccination. We (my big-bro, my sis-in-law and I) decided to let her and Dana have a little quality time all by themselves and free-roaming around the house. We are not sure what happened in that short 30 mins of quality time, but I am sure they had become better friends.

Dana's Shower Time

After seeing Snowy's agony during shower, Dana upgraded her original "Bum and Feet" shower to a "Whole-Body" shower. Let's take a look at the tools of the trade first.

SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER: Only the second time in use.

Dana seems quite ambivalent about the entire shower experience. This was quite a departure when we first got her, she was so terrified of getting herself wet.

Hey! Watch where the water is going!

Watch me shake all these water off.

IT'S THE FUR: Ah Ma, don't say I am fat anymore, see how slim I am.

After the shampoo and the conditioning, Dana needs to be hand-dryer dried to get her fluffy look back.

I love the breeze...

QUESTIONING EYES: Daddy, are you done yet?

Dana clean and happy, basking in the afternoon sun.

Snowy's Shower Time

Ah Ma commented to BW & LL that me getting smelly liao and that prompted BW to give me a personalise shower at home. Showering at home is nicer as no need to wait for my turn and BW give me nice massage duirng showering. Cousin Dana has been bathed twice too at my shower room. When you (CoCo) grow older, I invite you to try it out too. Cousin Brownie, want to enjoy this free service too???

Starting with a deep foam scrub (twice ok...)

Rinsing off the conditioner (the 3rd step)

Waiting to be dryed

No more photos... enough liao *stare*

no more pics!!!

(it's actually me yawning but LL capture this moment)

Dad's Secondary School Friend

In one of my posts on my gbandfriends page, I mentioned that my father had a secondary friend who is operating a hawker stall in Shunfu hawker centre. Lets call him Uncle JP (acronym). Uncle JP's stall sells chicken rice, curry fish head, laksa and pig spare parts soup. I would say that the standard of Uncle's offerings is above average. Uncle himself admitted as such saying that the standard of his food was better in the past; age is catching up.

Personally, I liked the spare parts soup the best. The laksa was not too bad. And the curry for the fish head was quite fragrant. So you may like to patronise the stall if you drop by but there are many other stalls to try as well.

For us, we also ordered from other stalls. My brother Ben tried a char kway teow and said it was good. The roast duck from another stall was good but the stall will be shifting to another location soon.

Presenting CoCo

Today, little Coco (a Miniature Maltese) meets the rest of the cousins (Dana & Snowy).

Dana, Snowy & Coco

Little Coco with Dana's Daddy

Playful side of Coco

Posing for the photo shoot

One for the family album

Where are you, Dana?

I was busy doing housework, hanging out freshly washed clothes to dry. Suddenly I realised Dana was not in her usual spot in the living room. I called out to her but there was no response. No bark, no whine, no sign at all.

Guess who I saw on my bed, looking smug and a little drowsy, together with my freshly aired clothes which I have just folded.

Today (17th Oct) is our dog dog, Snowy's 2nd Birthday. Instead of bringing her to expensive dog cafe, we decided to prepare a special dinner for her :)

Ingredients: 1 can of Solid Gold doggy food, 1 fresh fried egg (non-oil fry method) and freshly chopped boiled carrots

Birthday gal eager for her food

The prepared masterpiece.

Snowy playing with Ah Gong & Ah Ma Birthday Ang Pao!


Celebrating with a Birthday Song dedicated to Snowy gal.

Snowy can't wait any more...

Finally, food in her serving bowl... concentrating....

That's all folks, till next year will snowy get to eat fried egg... ( she gets to eat hard boiled egg every week, courtesy of Ah Gong & Ah Ma)

Happy 2nd Birthday, Snowy!

Dear Snowy



Wishing you a 2nd Happy Birthday. This is how you looked like one year ago. My, you have grown. Thank you for being my faithful friend and doggy cousin. Come over this weekend and I will share with you my raw-hide ball which I have difficulty dismantling. Ah Ma says you are the expert at doing this.

Your cousin Dana

Dana's favourite position

This has become Dana's favourite pose recently. The photo shows her enjoying her slumber on OUR bed. Over the months, she has learnt to enjoy the bed and how to lay her head on the pillow. Now, she has taught herself to sleep on her back like humans do and at the same time spreading her legs wide open asking her tummy to be rubbed.

EJ 6465 R

This was our first family car - a Mazda 323. Recalled I was either in primary 1 or 2, my dad drove his new (actually second-hand) car and picked us up from school. That was in 1987. So when this photo was taken in 1991, the car had gone through 4 years of use. And it will continue to be our loyal servant until 2001 when my dad FINALLY got a new car, again a Mazda 323 but one with automatic windows, an air-con that worked and reliable brakes.

Our EJ6465R was a real bone-shaker, in every sense of the word, especially in the latter years. The car's air-con never really worked and it never mattered to us. On excursions, and there were lots of them every weekend, the windows were rolled down and we would enjoy the breeze in our face and hair. It became a little unbearable when it was raining and it got stuffy. My dad said that the floor of the car at the driver's seat was corroded so much to the extent that one could see the road surface, somewhat like Fred Flintstone's prehistoric vehicle!

Woodlands Town Garden - Then and Now

In this undated photo (but probably in the early 80s), the few of us grandkids were taking a group photo with grandpa. For those in my generation, you may noticed that the three of us were wearing the iconic "Little-D-D" t-shirts. Little-D-D was a robot who could do wonders. Children in our era loved the serials. The location was Woodlands Town Garden. Looking at the young trees, the garden must have been recently opened. This garden was one of the places we often visited to take a walk or to use the playground. My dad also visited it faithfully every weekend morning to practice his tai-chi. I also recall a Mooncake Festival organised at the garden by the Community Centre which was very well attended.Woodlands Town Garden now. Like all NPArks gardens, it is well maintained and scenic.The dogs are standing on the stage (at the amphitheartre) where dad used to practice tai-chi.Take a close look at the pavilion on the left of the photo. This is the same pavilion that you see at the 80s photo at the very top, albeit from the reverse angle.One more photo before packing up.

The Lost Child - 20 Jul 87

This was my first published article which earned me a grand total of $7. As a primary school student then, $7 was a big amount considering we survived on a daily pocket money of fifty cents a day. My classmates were all very illustrious students and when one friend of mine got his composition published, it sparked off a frenzy of the whole class sending compositions to the newspaper. Sadly, for me at least, this was my one and only article.

Snowy meets Pebbles

This was a chance encounter.
Jap Spitz and Jap Spitz. Boy and girl. Boy fancies girl.

But too bad, girl sees boy no up. See the look in Snowy's eyes.

Dana, three is a crowd.

After a day of fending off potential suitors, our little lamb fell asleep with a smile. I would think she is having a romantic doggy dream full of male Jap Spitzes.