My daughter, Amelia Jang, started her first job at Godiva (Takashimaya). I hope it will be a fruitful experience for her to has a taste of working life. She already felt how tired it was to stand for 8 hours on the job. But she will endure through it for the monetary benefits.
It will a good life experience for her to allow her to understand about human relationship. In addition, she has to follow the workplace rules unlike at home where the rules can be broken.
Everyone will have a mini celebration on Father’s Day. It may be a simple meal but still the young Father like me pay for it.
A simple meal ? at Sushi Express@Westgate with my Wife and Daughter. Brian did not joined as he was at Buddhist class.
Wishing all Fathers a Happy Fathers Day.
We arrive at the Same Day Admission Centre located at Block 5, Level 1.
My mum need to goes through the usual checkup such as temperature check and pressure measurement. As usual, you will be seen by a small doctor (小医生）who will take down his observations and update the case note. The doctor then ask us to wait for the ENT doctor（大医生）, who will provide us more info on the operations. The ENT doctor updated us on the operation and the risks involve although it is very minimum.
You can wait at the Same Day Admission Centre but you will be chase out after 530pm which is their closing times.
I have opted for a B2 ward ( 6 beds) but she was send to Ward 55A which is a B1 ward (4 bed aircon area). Tomorrow, I will need to check with the admission office that she got the free upgrade due to no B2 beds available.
The operation went on smoothly and was sent to the ward at around 630pm. Her throat was slice and the thyroid remove. A tube was left at the throat side to collect any excess blood from the operated area.
She feel hungry as have not taken any food since 12am. She vomited a bit as she has a empty stomach. I tried to get some food for her to filled the stomach. But the nurse said she cannot have any solid food and gave her warm Milo only. She drink the warm Milo and went to sleep. I left the place after spending 10 hours at SGH.
Legoland will be opening its door at Malaysia, Nusajaya. It is now selling its annual pass at discount rates to the public in Malaysia and Singapore.
Ticket Prices
| Type | Malaysia | Singapore |
| Adult | RM195 | SG80 |
| Child(3-11) | RM150 | SGD62 |
| Senior Citizen(Above 60) | RM150 | SGD62 |
Please go to the Annual Pass office in the BEGINNING zone when you visit LEGOLAND®s for the first time and exchange your voucher into an annual pass photo ID.
Sales Location
You can buy online at AirAsia Red Tix or SISTIC Singapore.
Photo Courtesy of FB Friend, Carmen.
Legoland is expected to open in Oct 2012 and the latest by Dec 31 2012.
Visit Legoland Malaysia for more info.
Video casting children from Admiralty and Evergreen Primary School. My child, Amelia Jang was part of the video and she was quite happy even though it show case her for a few seconds. It made many Admiralty students and parents happy.
Both of my kids went through the PAP Community Foundation Kindergarten class. One of my youngest kid, Brian met with some problems in his K2 class at PCF Blk 652 Woodlands Ring Road. The class size is over 20 but the principal has elaborate that it met the MOE guideline of max 25 students to one teacher per class.
My wife feel that the teacher is unable to handle the class as a few issue has occur at the class. We now start to communicate with the kid to check what is happening. The latest issue is there is a naughty student who is using crayon to draw on other students shirt. But the teacher is not doing anything much about it. So my wife need to wash his clothes. I will bring the case to Ms Christina Lim should it occur again.
The PAP Community Foundation Convention theme is ‘Towards Excellence – Teaching, Caring, Inspiring’. In this blog post, I wished that the teachers will be more caring to my child. Bascially I do not hope him to come back with crayon marks on his shirt or explaining issue in the class. It is about learning and preparing for primary 1 class. PCF has to do a lot of catching up when compared with private kindergarten service providers in Singapore.
My wife will be going to renounce her Malaysian Citizenship in Singapore at Jervois Road. You will need to be at the embassy before 8AM and get a queue number. They only process a limited number of applications per day.
All documents (except Form K) must be accompanied with 2 photocopies. Ensure you bring all the necessary documents and photocopies for the application procedure.
Here’s what you need to bring with you:
Documents Needed for RENUNCIATION OF MALAYSIAN CITIZENSHIP>>>
There are some Malaysians who cannot have the patience to wait up to 5 months for the whole procedure to complete. They cross the Causeway to speed up the process.
Read this blog to find out more>>>
Singapore Citizenship Approval Letter
The approval letter is valid for eight months. But the RENUNCIATION OF MALAYSIAN CITIZENSHIP is going to take at least 5 to 8 months. The approval letter can be extended if you need more than 8 months by booking the Oath Date
You need to book the Oath Date through their e-site and the approval letter valid will auto-extended. The web site to make the oath booking is under Citizen Registration.
https://eappointment.ica.gov.sg/ibook/index.do
** you only able to change 3 times and no more.
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Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Singapore, has announced that the Government has modified its maternity leave subsidy scheme to allow companies to receive their payments earlier.
As of next month, Singapore employers will no longer have to wait until a worker uses up all their maternity leave before being reimbursed.
They will get part of the subsidy as long as half of the 16 weeks of leave mothers are entitled to, has been taken. The existing subsidy scheme requires the Government to reimburse businesses for half of the 16 weeks of leave but only after the mother has taken all the leave. Thus under the current system, companies may only recieve reimbursement as late as 12 months after delivery.
According to Dr Balakrishnan, the new arrangement would make the system fairer to employers, especially with the bleak economic climate. This will hopefully help to improve cashflow for companies and encourage them to support women who want to have children and to remember that in both good and tough times Singapore must continue to be a family-friendly society.
The Government has set up a new website for interested members to find out more on the
Click here to the Pro-Family Leave Schemes>>>
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) has launch a campaign to find the Imperfect Couple on FaceBook. This is a run up to the recent launch of the Funeral TV Commerical shown recently on television.
Every couples is not perfect in real life. Although our personalities and characters are different, we can still stay happily together. Please be patient with your partner and you will discover the inner beauty of each other. Family Bond is precious and long lasting.
Let's endure with each other imperfection and let our family bond strengthen.
It is the time of the year where Christmas Show is happening at all the local shopping malls in Singapore. Kids love to see all their favourite cartoon characters come to live. Our first visit bring us to Junction 8 at Bishan for the Hello Kitty Show.
Kuriya Dinning is the latest restaurant on the list in Singapore that does not welcome kids under 6 to the restaurant. The reason cited is it want to provide comfort and good environment for it's dinners.
I am able to understand their concern as kids do create noise at dinning places. As a father, I like other parents will try to pacify our kids while dinning out. It still cannot be prevented as kids are very active and are excited when dinning outside.
All parents you do not need to worry as many restaurants still welcome kids to their places. Remember, families spending are much more than couples or other dinners. They also liven the atmosphere of the dinning place.
I am bringing my mother to the Singapore National Eye Centre for her eyes checkup. The clinic has move to a better and luxury environment on the 4 floor. It is a nice clinic but this may cause a rise in health care cost.
You need to visit the polyclinic for a referral letter before visiting the SNEC. You will be treated as a private patient if you come directly without a referral letter.
There is nothing wrong with her eyes and the doctor has made arrangement for her to visit again in 10 months time.
We meet our good old friends for breakfast at Cafe Cartel at Bishan Junction 8. It has been 4 years since we met each other after Dr Alex went to Malaysia for his lecturer stint.
I am happy that he found a teaching position at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Thanks to Soo also for helping me to get a job at the insurance company during the after SARs period in 2003 where getting a job is tough.
We manage to do some catching up and also serving our children at the same time. Back in UK, we meet up regularly as both family do not have children yet. It is by luck we know them in UK and now fate has reunite us through email again. Thanks for the breakfast treat today, Dr Alex and Soo.
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Today is the first official National Family Day for Singapore. Thanks to Nuffang, I have secure four tickets to the Jurong Bird Park with my family. This is the first time both my kids, Amelia and Brian is visiting the Jurong Bird Park.
It was a bright and sunny day and we went to the Jurong Bird Park in the morning at around 1030am. It was already crowded with tourists and family. We used our four free tickets for the entrance as purchase monorail tickets as my children love the train ride. The downside is you get to ride it once under the Singapore Zoo where you get unlimited tram rides.
There were lots of tourists and families at the park and we started it off by seeing a bird show. Small birds and eagles will flying in from the surrounding bushes to the presenter. Feeding and taming the birds was the main part of the show.
We headed to the Pools Amphitheatre for the main show and this is the one of the show not to be missed at the Jurong Bird Park. Audiences are be entertained by the different stunts and tricks performed by the bird. Many people also raised up their hands high in the air in order to get a chance to be selected by the presenter to get closed with the birds. The bird keepers will allowing the bird to fly close to the audience. The seating capacity for this show is very large and most of the audiences are able to get a seat for the show.
We went strolling in the Jurong Bird Park to view all the different birds`at their respective viewing gallery. Amelia and Brian was fascinated at how the birds will flying around or some just staring at the people without motion. There were some entertainers dragging the puppet birds for us to touch but htis interest kids as many flog to them.
A picnic was started at the garden lake as we enjoy the birds and sitting on the swaying chair to have our prepare lunch. The kids ate their favourite snacks, food and drinks as we enjoy the scenery. We headed for the tallest man made waterfall in the Jurong Bird Park. The kids enjoy the water splashes made by the waterfall and admire it for quite some time. There are not really much waterfall in Singapore.
Just before we went back, we headed for the monorail ride to view the park in the cosy cabin. Walking through the park was a few hours but the monorail can bring us through the park in just 20 minutes. The monorail is under utilised as every one only get to ride it once. I hope the Jurong Bird Park will allowed us to enjoy unlimited rides especially for families with kids and elders and disable people.
Friends and subscribers, remember to spend more time with your family during your weekends. Please enjoy some of the photos that we have taken at the Jurong Bird Park. Happy Family Day to all friends, subscribers and by passers to my blog.
I have won 5 free tickets to the Jurong Bird Park this Saturday, 24 May 08 through the Nuffnang blog contest. This contest was held in conjunction with the National Family's Day Celebrations. It will be fun for the whole family this weekend to visit the Jurong Bird Park for free. Admission is free and we only need to pay for the monorail rides.
I went to collect the authorization letter at the Nuffnang office at 33 Kinta Road. One of the criteria for the free tickets is that one member of the family must be under 13 years old or above 55 years old. The lady, Cherie happen to be outside the office and collection of the tickets was smooth. Thanks Cherie and Nuffnang for the tickets.
After the collection of tickets, I and my family spend a day out at Plaza Singapura as my daughter did not have school due to Meet The Parent session at the PAP Kindergarden today. My son was happy as he get to ride his favourite Kiddie Ride, Thomas the train. Amelia was also happy as she get to eat her favourite Japanese food.
Catch our blog for the updates on the National Family Celebrations Day at the Jurong Bird Park.
There was another funfilled function organised by the RC Committe today. My daughter attended a drawing contest. She also get free coupons from her PAP kindergarden to attend the events. You get free food, goodie bags and play games. It is to help residents to bond in the Admiralty area. Prime Minister Lee also visited this community event and my daughter was lucky enough to shake hands with him. A rare and special moment. My son, Brian shook hands with our MP, Ellen Lee.
Admiralty RC and PAP Kindergarden has always team up to organise major community events. If you attracted the children, then the parents and neighbours will all be coming. A good strategy as employed by MacDonald.
My wife father has met with an accident last weekend. He felt off the motor while riding suddenly. My wife left for Malaysia this morning by taking the Express Bus, Grassland back to Ipoh, Malaysia. The doctor at Ipoh, General Hopital has discharge by father-in-law yesterday as they said there were no blood clot in his brain. But when my wife brother sent him to a private hospital, the doctor said there was a big blood clot in the brain. That was the main reason why my father-in-law was not conscious but keep on sleeping. The doctor will be consulting the doctor at the General Hospital on why there was no blood clot detected in his brain during his stay there. I do not think a blood clot will suddenly appear in a person brain overnight. It may have been a medical oversight by the doctor at the General Hospital in Ipoh, Malaysia.
