Building A Basket Ball Net For YY

We did this for OO and Meimei had been planning this for sometime too for YY. He loves balls and throwing them is a prime fun activity.

He loves it! But he tries to 'cheat' by going by the side haha. It didn't last too long though as he keeps trying to get into the box. Kudos to Meimei taking the initiative to create fun for YY.

OO's First Dentist Appointment

Meimei brought OO to her first dental appointment. I didn't think about dental care ... I had my dentist visit when I was in primary school. But these days parents .. eh Meimei ... are more conscious of their kid's health and go the distance to get the 'best' for them.

Since I wasn't there I can only share the pictures Meimei took of OO during the visit. I think she kinda likes the experience.

Meimei did feedback that the children dentist had lots of toys in the waiting lobby and that helps to give the kids a 'feel good' feeling to the entire experience. Smart move ... and that probably explains the expensive fee.

First Sight Of Jewel Fountain

Normally I wouldn't blog about something like that but I was actually in awe of the magnificence of the Jewel fountain and its surroundings.

I am here to pick up Meimei and YeeYee. Since I was early I thought I would walk around. Changi Airport has outdone itself in giving visitors a spectacle. This is definitely photo-worthy and I can see many people taking photos with the fountain as their backdrop. Awesome fixture!

Losing A Iphone Charging Cable Head

I was charging the phone with power bank in the sling bag. In a hurry I accidentally caught the line against the kitchen barrier gate and yanked out the cable against the phone.

The metal end was still stuck in the port of the phone and I had to use a plier to pull it out. What a waste of a good cable ...

Pokemon Go: First Special Raid Event - Suicune

Today's the first special raid event I participated. When the last one happen in July (Entai special raid), I was watching OO while she slept and Meimei took my phone to go raid. I didn't get to see any of the action but was glad Meimei enjoyed herself. They did get me a Shiny 98% Entei so it was all good hehehe.

Meimei is in Jakarta this weekend for a cousin's wedding so we couldn't go raid together. But that didn't stop us from getting the Legendary Water Pokemon. I had both kids take the big blue stroller and went out raiding with Hazey.

It wasn't really fun without Meimei but we went through 5 raids for each account, even YY's one which took extra fights as his phone was used to host Meimei's account. It wasn't as fun too as Suicune seems a rather underwhelming Pokemon ... Plus the CP is low so I doubt it'll ever come up for battle on anything, especially not with so many other water type Pokemon in my inventory.

Pokemon Crazed

It's been a month since Meimei introduced me to Pokemon Go and I must say I am hooked. I would wake up early in the morning with YY and then go out for a tour through Bedok central to collect poke quest and catch Pokemon. In the afternoons I will try to see if I can get to raid with Meimei during lunch or drive to a Pokestop to collect quest to get more Pokemon. In the evenings I will try to go out for a walk just so I can walk the eggs.

It helps that we have 3 Pokestops and a gym right at our doorstep. I cannot imagine sustaining the interest in a game where there is little to do while lying in bed. My slippers are starting to worn from all the walking haha

I suppose I can put this down to getting healthier with all the exercise? I like that I'm playing a game with Meimei so that helps with some dinner banter. Not too sure if she approves of me being so indulgent in the game though hehe.

Oh and I got my first 4* Pokemon today from a quest ... which drives me to do them even more!

A Tour Of New Playgrounds Aug 2019

Another weekend and another opportunity to show YY to the many many playground dotting the Bedok area. There is so many around old towns because they have large pockets of land between flats. If we were still in Tampines, it would have only be that one and only playground nearby that the kids will ever play at.

The first new playground was near the police station at Blk 85. It was rather old and unshaded so I didn't let the kids stay too long. It was just as well since we spent close to an hour at the next.

The second playground is beside the church and it's relatively new. Although the playground featured two slides the kids were fascinated with the two merry-go-arounds nearby. This is probably the first time they've seen one and they had a great time on it.

OO will play the big 姐姐 and push the merry-go-around for YY. YY is oddly in a 'scared scared' phase and didn't seem to enjoy spinning around. He was however excited with the company and chance to play with OO.

The last playground was near our flat. It's the one where OO hit her nose and bled badly a few years ago. This time YY had a minor mishap ... he was on this bouncing contraption. Somehow as I was taking a video of him bouncing on it, he slipped and fell backwards head first.

He cried and cried ... partly from pain and partly (I'm guessing) from the shock of falling. We rushed him home and thankfully there was only a small hump on the back of his head on close examination. Phew!

YY @18 months - Early Terrible Two

I think OO started about the same time or maybe earlier. I think it's the teething that causes the children to be irritable and naughty. Plus now with a 姐姐 to get into trouble "with", be it together or against each other, it's just a mix of shouting, lots of 'No!' and general frustration.

Naturally we don't capture any of the naughty times in photos. We save that for fun and happy times hehe.

Pokemon Go: Ralts Community Day

This Ralts community day is a far cry from the Mudkip one. The server was laggy, there were long waits between spawns and we couldn't catch many at the end of 3 hours. And instead of having it at 4-7pm like the last one, it ran from 11am-2pm, which is right smack in lunch time.

Since there wasn't much to catch I went to grab lunch. It seems there are many trainers who walk around rather than stay stationary like us. Well we would probably do the same if we didn't have kids. It was simply not possible for us to stroll around for 3 hours during lunch time so we were stuck at home.

It seems walking around was the better strategy to catch Ralts. I took this picture after catching 4-5 of them ... and there were still another 4 to go. They're everywhere except at our house which already has 3 Pokestops. Hmm I'm going to see if we can plan some walking the next community day. We have to catch them all!!!