We're going to the Hi-5 Circus Stage Show!

We're going to the Hi-5 Circus Stage Show! YEAH!!!

Did I mention that Karyn's a Hi-5 addict? She MUST watch Hi-5 every day, esp. during her meal times. There was once she woke up at 6 a.m. and pointed to the living room, bopping up and down in her cot. That's the sign for wanting to watch Hi-5...

Hi-5 is actually the second children's programme that we bought for Karyn. The first one was Baby Genius. But she didn't enjoy it. Hence, we bought Hi-5 for her as she had then displayed a liking for music. She'd dance whenever the radio was on. I figured she'll enjoy Hi-5. Actually, I'm the one who enjoys it too. Haha.

Ever since that Action Heros VCD, she'd not looked back. Even though we exposed her to other DVDs like Barney and Leapfrog (we imported this 5-DVD box set from Amazon for her 1st birthday present), her favourite is stii Hi-5. She gives Barney inconsistent attention (i.e. only when the song she likes is on) and she barely glances at Leapfrog. Butwhen it comes to Hi-5, her eyes are perpetually glued to the goggle box. So now we have an entire Hi-5 DVD series at home, some at my parents' place and others at my in-laws' place. We're now considering whether to get the new series now that we saw them at this particular video shop.

Anyway, back to the Circus Stage show...

Actually we discovered this Circus Stage Show by chance while we switching off the Hi-5 DVD this morning after Karyn finished her breakfast (we switched to TV mode before turning off the set). There was an advertisement on TV. But we thought the tickets were expensive - $88, $68, $48 & $38.

But then again, I had an ingenious idea... Perhaps Karyn can enter FOC! So whilst at in-laws' place in the afternoon, I went to Sistic website to check if we needed to get tickets for Karyn. I thought it would probably be free for kids below 3 years old. I was right! Only children 2 years old and above need to get tickets. Yeah!!!! $88 tickets were for the moshpit (floor seats). That'll be really fun!

After getting the green light from Hubby, I went ahead searching for two good seats. All the Cat 1 tickets were almost sold out except for the very last show on 9 Sep, 4 p.m. And so, I quickly placed a booking for the seats Blk AA2, Row D, Seats 5 & 6.

BUT... horror of horrors, I realised I'd been cheated!

After I checked out, I went back in, wanting to capture the image of the seating plan for this blog entry, the system offered me 2 seats that were 1 row in front of the ones I had booked - Blk AA2, Row C, Seats 4 & 5!


Arghhhh! How could Sistic do this to me?!?!?!? The difference was the seats were 1 seat to the side. Nevertheless, they were still 1 row IN FRONT!!!! I'm so infuriated!!!! Must call Sistic to complain! Humph!

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Words of Affirmation.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		12
Words of Affirmation:		7
Quality Time:		4
Receiving Gifts:		4
Acts of Service:		3

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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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Pictures on a lazy Saturday afternoon

Jubilant smile

Contented smile

All wrapped up

How do I fold this?

Grab the two corners, yeah!

Whatever, just smile for the camera!

Artist at work?

Bought some non-toxic crayons (Faber Castell brand) and a drawing block for Karyn from Popular Bookstore. I thought it's about time to engage her in "more constructive" activities since she's more grown up now.

I removed all the crayons from the original packaging and placed them in a plastic container which in my opinion seem to more durable and resistant to a toddler's "destruction". Once I had done that, I started doodling and drawing some simple shapes on the drawing block, even writing her name on it.

Exploring the new crayon box

More interested in playing with the crayons than drawing

Attempting to draw

Deep in concentration

This colour seems nicer

Masterpiece painted by Karyn & Mummy

Of course only the lines are drawn by Karyn, the other objects which you can decipher is certainly not by her but moi... Not bad for the 1st art session...

Ah Gong's birthday lunch

Went to celebrate Ah Gong's 57th birthday at Lee Gui Teochew Seafood Restaurant. Ordered lots of Teochew specialty dishes such as cold crabs, pork jelly, fried yam ring, yam paste dessert, etc. Best of all was the Tivara cake from Bakerzin - absolutely yummy!

Karyn the "light bulb"

Quick, Ah Gong, I want to eat the cake!

Posing with Ah Yi


Posing with Daddy & Mummy

Brought Karyn to Junior League at Suntec for a hair cut. Waited almost an hour and a half for our turn. In the meantime, Karyn busied herself exploring the place and the toys there. She's like "animal gone wild", running about, inside and esp. outside the salon.

Poor Mummy and Daddy had to chase her and keep a close eye on her in case she fell. Which she really did. Fell and blood trickled out of her mouth. She must have bit her lip accidentally. But Karyn's a brave girl; she didn't cry much, just a bit of whimpering as I wiped the blood off her mouth. Minutes later, she was back on the floor running around. Again.

Hmm... let me see what's inside the toy box


Face to face with a balloon


Going on a joy ride?


An exhausted Karyn, after the hair cut.