Friday, July 31, 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Children Art: Grassland Of Animals

 Another 萱萱 masterpiece.




Tuesday, July 28, 2020

New Pirelli Tyres

I was advised to change the tyres on the Caddy during the recent maintenance. Oddly enough, they did not have the same model of Goodyear Efficient Grip tyres in stock. Even more bewildering was the attitude of the service rep, who didn't seem interested in getting me to change my tyres at Volkswagen. No matter, I asked him to get back to me with a quote and I'll compare it with 3rd party tyre shops. I rather get it done at Volkswagen but that's not much of a choice if they don't carry it.

He came back a few days later with a quote of $1,200 for a set of 4 tyres. I had search on the internet and some were offering it at almost half the quote. So even the lacklustre followup, I decided to get it changed at another workshop. Because the Caddy isn't a common vehicle many workshops did not carry it.

The technician offered that Pirelli tyres were quieter and safer for a family vehicle so I went with it instead even though it cost $60 more than the Goodyear.



The replacement took about 40 minutes and I was able to watch the technicians work. If this had been done at Volkswagen it would have probably taken half a day to queue for my turn.

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Playdoh Roses

萱萱 asked to play playdoh and surprised us with roses. She had seen this in one of the videos Nyama showed her and she managed to pick it up. What a smart girl.


Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Exos Heros: My First Anime Style Gacha

I know I mentioned before that I don't take to anime games. However the graphics is so detailed and good on this game that I took to it immediately.

There isn't really a grind like Summoners War or MMEG. Well there are daily quest and dungeons to do. But you only get 3 tickets for each dungeon and if you want to do it more it'll cost a lot of hard cash. So basically once you have completed them you are done for the day.

The plus of this is that you don't have to dedicate your whole day on the game. It also has a 5 hourly dispatch activity and afk farming. So if you are min maxing, you log in every 5 hours.

It's a side game now and I don't see it ever becoming a main. I do however highly recommend the story mode which is very engaging and helps build your affection for the main characters.


Friday, July 10, 2020

Sand Play At Home

When you cannot go to the fun, you bring the fun to you! Meimei bought a sandbox play set which comes with some man-made artificial sand.


As always the kiddos were very excited about the new toy, more so that its sand which they can mash in their hands and get all dirty.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Helping Papa Fix Up Stuff

阳阳 helped me put together a shelving unit to place on top of the oven. He was very patient to let me   piece together the difficult parts and watched how I turned the screwdriver.


阳阳 takes an interest in what we do. He rather accompany us on activities than watch videos or play with toys alone. That's a good thing, children learn through imitation.

Friday, July 3, 2020

Yeeyee's Big Day

Finally our little Sis is getting married. Everyone's very happy and excited.

Due to Covid, all the wedding plans were disrupted so today is a simple wedding registration and lunch with immediate family only. There is even a 10 pax limit in the wedding solemnisation room.  We gave the two kiddos the once in a life time chance to see their YeeYee take her wedding vows and I watched it from the hallway instead.


We took quite a number of family pics but I didn't want to splash the entire family photo in the blog. This post was really to mark this joyous occasion and show off 萱萱's pretty dress and 阳阳's smart attire for the wedding hehe.