Chinese painting 中国画

6月学校假期的时候送瀚今去了好几个不同的假期节目。看起来最好的就是中国画的课。画的真是不赖。

Chinese painting by Han Jin during a holiday program. I was very impressed and the teacher responded that the younger the children, the better they perform in arts, and she concurred that I will not be able to paint so well. :)

Legoland Preview

Clearing my backlog after P1 registration. Some pictures on Legoland preview. Looking forward to its opening in Sep to utilise my annual pass.

Property Hunt

Continuing with our property hunting. Made 3 offers till date, but none came through - one I changed mind not to buy, the other the seller changed mind not to sell, the last still in negotiation.

It's actually quite a nice experience to view houses, take a look of the different decoration style, have a chat if the seller is friendly, look at the different landscape, and explore the surroundings.

Here we are at a park in front of our latest favor. Hope this deal comes through.

小一报名 2012 - P1 Phase 2A1

The critical month came. Counting to 19 Jul for phase 2B. Here is the chart from MOE website for the vacancies after phase 2A1. It speaks for itself.

I attended a P1 preparation talk, hosted by Pei Tong Primary and collaborated by 6 other neighbourhood schools.

So what will be my back up plan? Wish me good luck!!!

小一报名要开始了，3年多的义工，搬家。就在这个月的19号。截至上个拜五，我们钟意的学校58%的学额已经满了。到我的阶段，还有再多一个阶段给曾经有哥哥姐姐爸爸妈妈在那个学校上过的。祝我好运！

Home Trip update - 池州

5月22日，到了池州。天气很少有完全放晴的时候，可是无损于这个小城的美丽。

 孩子们最常作的活动就是去附近的游乐场玩耍画图，在楼下的小操场玩，和朋友打麻将？

 家人总是给我们温暖和照顾，有哥哥姐姐玩的瀚今瀚月很开心。

 妈妈和瀚月先离开了，月底要结账。看看妈妈不在的时候，瀚今的幸福时光！

Home Trip update - 上海

5月20日，从新加坡到上海，飞机上瀚今有一张很帅的照片。

见到了久违的大舅，一直在心里揣测为什么一身儒雅谈吐非凡的大舅会一直单身，隐约听说原来也是有过钟意的大学同学。。。一生的遗憾和怀念？

和方龙一家在一起，孩子们一直很羡慕别人有cousin.

上海滩十里洋场的夜景。仿佛有纸醉金迷的舞女低沉的吟唱。The Bund under the moon, recalls its glory in the thirties with all the banks, hotels, clubs and the many movies, songs and novels setting scenes in the Old Shanghai.

 磁悬浮列车。301公里每小时. Maglev @ Shanghai travels 301km/h. Maglev vs. Bullet Train, which one is faster?

再见 - Yin Yin & Qing Qing

Just today, I said goodbye to two friends who are moving for good.

Yin Yin:

A really long term friend whom I know for over a decade, and we had worked in the same hospital in China (though not knowing each other then). She's probably one of my few girl friends who are still keeping contact not mainly for the sake of kid's gathering.

找到了很多年前的一张大头贴，清丽的友人。匆匆别过的时候离愁不是太浓，可是夜深的时候眼角涩涩的。从青葱时代的女友，一路走来，多亏了她对友情的时时维新，让懒惰的我还有自己的朋友。去到很远的US，应当是她随家人落根的地方。

Qing Qing:

Ling Ling's family is migrating to Melbourne. All kids went to play at newly opened Kiddy Fun @ Turf City.

玲玲一家要移民澳大利亚，皓俊是瀚今从小的玩伴和领队。皓清近期也成了瀚今的好朋友。又少了朋友。好像分别的时候，总是留下的人更孤单。