Kai's exams ended on 2 October. He has been nua-ing since then *.* But ok, he worked hard on his own throughout the year, earning 10points for his L1R4. He has three years to improve his English!
Yang and Yu also did well. Yang achieved AL14 and Yu AL7. We were particularly happy with Yang's results as he had worked so hard for them. He was so pleased when he told us he scored 100% for synthesis and transformation in his English paper - this was an area in which he didn't do well at first and asked Papa for help. Sito found an assessment book and worked with him all the way. It paid off!
We will continue to work with him during the term break to prepare him for P6. I will also work very hard to compile Chinese grammar from P3 onwards...! I even wrote a 范文 for Yang based on his exam version. I did the same for Yu earlier too - his Chinese compo really 不堪入目！
We were also happy with Yu's results. I mean, he barely studied... Only did papers grudgingly unlike sweet Yang Yang. Went through Chinese words even more grudgingly. He made a lot of mistakes in science though which was unexpected. But he scored full marks for English oral - I was impressed haha!
We were supposed to celebrate end of exams for all on 30 October right after the last paper but my tongue ulcer was still bothering me so we postponed it until yesterday. I refused to go to Swensen's Unlimited with ulcers again - I was recovering from ulcers during our first trip there last year :(
End of exams also marked the end of The Big Separation - it was a chore to keep Kai away from them for four weeks so that they could study with minimal distractions! On the eve of the last paper which was science, Kai even made Yu cry. We attributed Yu's AL3 in science to that :p
Yu dubbed this a prince ice cream
This? Kiiing ice cream!
These two really enjoyed making fancy sundaes :) But actually Yang didn't eat a lot of ice cream as he had a lot of food before hitting the desserts. No wonder he's so meaty now :)
Kai didn't make fancy sundaes but he decided to have more roast beef after desserts!
Sito's affogato - coffee from machine, ice cream from dessert kiosk
We also took laksa and prawns separately and combined them to make seafood laksa. And he tipped a waffle into the chocolate fountain - it solidified into chocolate coated waffle, yummy!
Sito rubbing his belly - why?
Coz his boys just took turns to lie down on his belly for warmth! Yu had since run off to get more ice cream - can see the small yellow speck in the distance? :p
This time, I order MSW durian ice cream and regular durian gelato to compare them side by side. The gelato was smoother for sure and the ice cream icier, but the flavour was stronger for the MSW. Even Sito could tell from the smell haha!
The Geneo outlet is really nice - spacious and not too crowded, unlike our visit to the Changi outlet when we had to queue for everything. It's so much easier for the kids to get things on their own, with my hawk eyes on them :p Most importantly, it's very near us! We go to Swensen's so often that we will have yet another voucher for two to dine free at Swensen's Unlimited. Can plan next trip already :)
And yesterday, we went to the Science Centre. This time, we didn't try to reach there at opening time. We took our time. Woke naturally :) Made and had breakfast leisurely :) Read news quietly :)
Kids looked at beyblade toys happily :)
So excited?!
We eventually reached the Science Centre at about 11 am. Found new exhibits! The AI stuff were fun. The old exhibits were still fun to play with. This time, it seemed that more staff were on hand to explain things. One even did magic tricks for us and explained to us the trick behind! Sito thought it would be interesting for the kids to do some part-time job there during school holidays when they're older.
Some claw machine prototype - a bit slow...
Three small humans bullying a robot at puck fighter!
This room was really fun to play and watch :)
A carnivorous plant ate my kid!
While Kai "prayed", Yang looked resigned to being eaten haha!
Two of us got eaten!
The kids thought this was gross, hahaha!
Watching the fire tornado show
The other two came to us from the poop (play) room
But we lost all three after the show. We thought they were in the poop room but no. So we went around to look for them. Kai didn't respond to WhatsApp. I located him near the fear room based on iPhone location but the staff didn't see three boys.
Later, Sito found Yu dashing about the AI area as he lost sight of his brothers and somehow thought they would be there... I met them at the virus area as Yu thought his brothers might be there too. In the end, I stayed with Yu while Sito went to look for the brothers. They were indeed in the fear room! Somehow they thought Yu was with us. Oh my goodness...
Gave them a scolding for running off without telling us. And the two big brothers who didn't care about the youngest!
We decided to leave at about 3 pm but as usual, we took a long time to get out. And it was pouring! It took us 15min to get from the Science Centre to the HDB side as Sito had to ferry us one by one using our one and only umbrella. Kai went first. When he came back for Yang, his shirt was drenched on one side :( I told the brothers and Yu said something real cute - he was sad that Papa did so much for them but he and his brothers couldn't do anything to repay him! I, at least, could cook for Papa.
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The rain somehow became smaller when it was finally my turn, and I walked out to meet Sito in the middle of the crossing. By the time we got through the HDB area to the traffic light to the MRT station, we could do without the umbrella. This was exactly like the last time it rained on our way out - rain became smaller after Sito was half wet! Grrr! We must remember to bring extra umbrellas next time!
Dinner at Paradise Dynasty. Kai had wanted two bowls of noodles but I convinced him to order one first. In the end, he was full from one bowl plus XLB. We were all very full for the second lunner in two days. Sito and I especially. The kids still had snacks at movie time later last night.
Today, we're heading out again - to the library. Tmr, we're having dinner outside to celebrate Sito's birthday with the grands. Monday, I'm meeting the Oxford girls for dinner. Food, food, food! It's like my revenge eating after ulcers :p
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