Reason for my disappearance

It's been way too long since I last blogged.

It was last year when that happened and one semester has passed.

So much had happened and I seriously don't know where to start.

The usual work stuff shall be skipped.

But I think having a lovely form class has made things good so far and their results have made me really proud of them.

Not to mention that they're lovely kids and these bumblebees really live up to their name.

The last time I blogged, Raine was still a wobbly little toddler.

Today, she's grown so much and I have missed out lots of updates.

Some photos to compensate.

A future Tiger Woods in the making

Raine in cheong sum with mandarin oranges during CNY

One of those trips to Botanical Gardens

A tyrant in the making

No, I didn't give birth secretly. That's cousin Tristan.

Raine in her favourite Mickey Mouse t-shirt with her first craft

So Raine is now a little terror who does not hesitate to show off her temper.
Her favourite is by far, throwing whatever is in her hand whenever she's upset.
She's already yakking away and her favourite sentence is, '______(fill in blank with whatever she wanna look for) where?'


I always look forward to weekends with her.
I have already started Raine on weekend enrichment lesson.
Yes, I am a kiasu parent.
I just want to give her the best and make sure that she won't lose out in this competitive society.
This worry grown in me when I met a fellow teacher at a workshop and he told me that kids nowadays are using words like 'demolish' in primary one.
Inside my mind, I'm thinking, 'Will Raine be able to use that word when she's in primary one?'
So that triggered me to decide to send her for class.
Moreover, I'm thinking of sending her to a childcare centre and I hope that by sending her for lessons, she'll understand what it means by attending school and realise that I'm not abandoning her when I send her to the childcare centre.


Raine enjoys her lessons and I guess she's most interested in project time.
That's the time when she'll really concentrate and listen to what the teacher is saying.
Learning phonics and listening to storybooks don't really seem to be her cup of tea.
She'll always end up walking to another corner of the classroom and asks me to 'sit here'.

However, I think she really enjoys interacting with her classmates.
And not to mention her teachers.
I'm happy whenever she's happy.


This cheeky little girl makes me really mad sometimes as well.
She has this habit of spitting out her porridge whenever there's something hard in it.
Guess she's just too lazy to bite.
And this only happens to porridge.
If I were to give her biscuits, she'll chew them away happily.
And sometimes to prove her point that porridge doesn't really interest her, she'll sip her water and let it drip out of her mouth!
Such a headache to feed her sometimes.


Nowadays bringing Raine out, apart from bringing her necessities, I've to arm myself with $1 coins as well.
What happened to those days when kiddy rides were just 20 cents?!
She'll always rush to her kiddy rides and scream 'up, up up' with arms outstretched.
If we don't, she'll cry.
And parents being parents, I'll always relent and carry her up.
Then the next thing she'll say is, 'money' and expect us to put in the money.
And as usual, if we don't, she'll whine.


Sometimes, I suspect that I'm spoiling her.
And that's the last thing I want to do.
Cos honestly, I do beat her.
This is especially so when she throws tantrums and hurl things across the room.
She has an exceptionally stubborn streak and will not cry even if I hit her hand till it's red.
She'll just stare at me and not cry.
At the most, she'll proceed to stare at her red hand before running away.
Sometimes, just to spite me, she'll even throw and run away before I can even hit her.
The only time when she'll burst into tears is when there're others around.
She'll cry and force her tears out while saying, 'mummy beat' and go on to mumble some stuff which no one can comprehend.


Watching Raine grow up is my utmost concern now.
Making sure that she's safe is my responsibility.
That's why Raine has to undergo 2 more jabs despite her long list of vaccinations.
Recently, due to the H1N1 outbreak, I brought her to take the seasonal flu jab.
Despite the fact that it'll not vaccine her against the H1N1, I wanted her to take it just to have some form of protection.

To be extra safe that she'll be safe, I postponed all thoughts of travelling this June.
Instead, I'll be bringing her to Sentosa for a short getaway.
Not much of going overseas but at least I get to stay in a hotel.
Haha!
That is to make me feel better.
And plus I intend to bring her swimming.
The last time I brought her, she's only 6 months old.
She ended up with running nose and to ensure that she'll be alright this time round, I bought her a thermal swimming suit.
Hopefully, that'll keep the flu bug at bay.


Thinking of Raine always brings a smile to my face.
Although she's naughty at times, cuddling her to sleep always makes everything ok and worthwhile.