31
May · Sun 2009

movies..

We are so busy this month.. watching movies.. heh.. no wonder i don't feel rested.. after my helper came back from her home leave, EM & I busy catch up with this year's Summer Movies Blockbusters.. as we watched, i updated this post.. our next 2 die die must watsh should be Transformers and Harry Potter.. let's see if we have the stamina to catch the rest.. heh..

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28
May · Thu 2009

Trivia of the day.. Duan Wu Jie today..

Today is chinese calendar 5th day of 5th month.. so, it's jia zhang day.. eat zhongzi, eat dumpling.. speaking of zhangs, my mom can make awesome bak zhang and nyonya zhang.. she used to make like so many that she boil over a pot half the size of an oil barrel.. SCARY!.. among my duties during zhang season:

wash the zhang leaves by the tub.. use a clean rag and wipe and wipe and wipe.. and suffer few cuts as i did them.. zhang leaves can be as lethal as the sides of a new A4 paper!
wash zhang string..
bundle zhang strings together.. if i bundled until the left over string too short, i'm in trouble.. if too long, i'm in trouble as well..
the best part, build the fire in the charcoal stove (see picture below).. i'm very good with building fire.. my mom like me to build fire.. we dun have the luxury of having fire starter hor.. i have to chop fire wood myself.. i love to play with fire when i'm younger.. heh.. nothing gives u satisfaction than seeing the flame comes alive.. of cos now with fire starter, it's easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy..

then my mom scare we spoil leaves, waste rice.. so my sister and i will not be allowed to wrap a dumpling.. sigh..

and duan wu jie is summer solstice, the longest day in the year if you're in the northern hemisphere i guess..

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27
May · Wed 2009

Baluku.. (Buah duku)

baluku.. baluku..
Owie.. owie.. baluku..

Wenn "created" and sing this song to the tune of "Ba Luo Bo" song as below.. really funny when hear him sing.. baluku="swollen bruises"

Reference:
1. Vina's Classroom

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19
May · Tue 2009

Singapore P1 Registration Exercise 2009

The registration of children for admission to Primary One classes in 2010 will be carried out from Tuesday, 7 July 2009 to Friday, 28 August 2009. Information and dates of the various phases of registration are available in MOE site here.

I have summarised the P1 registration phases as below.. Ken will be in Phase 2C.. *nail bitting*..

Category	Phase	Eligibilty	Schedule
Category	Phase	Eligibilty	Registration	Announcement of Result
Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. (*1)	Phase 1	For a child who has a sibling studying in a school of choice.	07-Jul-2009 (Tue) and 08-Jul-2009 (Wed)	All children registered under this phase will be given places in schools
	Phase 2A1	For a child whose parent is a former student of the school and who has joined the alumni association as a member not later than 30 Jun 2008; or whose parent is a member of the School Advisory/Management Committee.	09-Jul-2009 (Thu)	10-Jul-2009 (Fri)
	Phase 2A2	For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the school of choice; or whose parent is a staff member of the school of choice.	13-Jul-2009 (Mon) and 14-Jul-2009 (Tue)	16-Jul-2009 (Thu)
	Phase 2B2 (2) 50% remaining places will be allocated here*	For a child whose parent has joined the school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 July 2008 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 June 2009; or whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the school; or whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader.	20-Jul-2009 (Mon) and 21-Jul-2009 (Tue)	24-Jul-2009 (Fri)
	Phase 2C 50% remaining places will be allocated here	For a child who is ineligible for or unsuccessful in earlier phases.	29-Jul-2009 (Wed), 30-Jul-2009 (Thu) and 31-Jul-2009 (Fri)	11-Aug-2009 (Tue)
	Phase 2C Supplementary	For a child who is unsuccessful in gaining a place in a school of choice at Phase 2C.	14-Aug-2009 (Fri)	19-Aug-2009 (Wed)
Category 2: Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents.(*3)	Phase 3	For a child who is neither a Singapore Citizen nor a Permanent Resident.	28-Aug-2009 (Fri)	28-Aug-2009 (Fri)

* Footnotes:

Should the number of applications exceed the number of vacancies in any phase, places will be balloted according to the following order of priority:
1. Children living within 1 km of the school of choice.
2. Children living between 1 km and 2 km of the school of choice.
3. Children living outside 2 km of the school of choice.

At the end of Phase 2A(2), 50% of the remaining places will be allocated for phase 2B and the other 50% for Phase 2C registrants in a school. In the event that less than 50% of the allocated vacancies are taken up at Phase 2B, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C.

Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents and who have not registered at any of the earlier phases are also eligible to register at this phase. Registration in this phase will be done on a first-come-first-served basis.

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18
May · Mon 2009

Star Trek 2009 Movie

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations - to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Go and watch.. nice.. i so love young Mr Spock.. :P

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11
May · Mon 2009

LO: Happy Me - Happy Mother's Day 2009

Ken was so excited to present me the below card and box he made last friday.. as soon as he got off the school bus, he shoved them to me.. :).. such a sweet boy.. as for wenn, he said, kiss me is enough.. practical, indeed.

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