Today Ah Kong was telling me that the bananas given by our neighbour was very delicious, but the Pisang Raja wasn't as good. So I asked if I could make cupcakes with the Pisang Raja and he told me to go ahead.
So when you got back from school, I told you that we'll be making banana cupcakes and you were very happy about that.
After I was done with work, we got to making the banana cupcakes. It's the recipe I used a long, long time ago. After turning on the oven to preheat, I got you to start weighing and measuring out the ingredients.
Next you got to cut up the bananas then mash them.
I offered to sew on your name tag, but later when I noticed that the printing on the tie was faded you told me that this is temporary. I asked if you were on probation and you said "Yes, what does that mean?". Ahahaha...
I showed you how to remove the necktie without totally undoing it, just like how Ko-ko wears his tie on Mondays. But I think I should show you how to tie it up so that you can do it yourself next time.
Congratulations again, our little librarian. Hope that you will pass the probation period.
When mei-mei saw it, to my surprise she wasn't too afraid. Instead she kept commenting that it's so unique: shaped like a heart.
It did strike me to be of a different shape from the normal moths, but I love your perspective of it looking like a heart shape.
We received two good news:
1. Evelyn got accepted into the position of librarian which you had applied for;
2. Evan accepted the position Head of the Monitor's Board.
Congratulations to the two of you. Great job and we're so proud of you.
*Oh and it's not an April Fool's joke!
For weeks leading to your birthday daddy and I had been asking you what you would like to have for your birthday dinner. In the end you opted for Japanese at home. That way with the money spent, you'd get to eat all the sashimi to your heart's content.
So tonight, we had grilled salmon, miso soup and of course, LOTS of salmon sashimi. We also topped up with some sushi (sadly not the best this round). But it was a fun night, where we all stuffed ourselves with so much salmon. Even Mei-mei had fun trying out the raw salmon which she decided she loved!
First thing, early in the morning, daddy did another RTK to test for Covid and came out negative. And hence.. he is released! Ahaha..
At long last, the grills are ready and were installed today. They delivered and had them set up within 3 hours. In fact then little window in my room took the men a grand total of 5 minutes to install!
Here is a picture of the grills in Ko-ko's room. I like the design. It's the same as the ones we have downstairs.
On Sunday just as we were about to have dinner with Grampy and Nanna, daddy received a message that one of the golfers he played and had lunch with in the afternoon tested positive for Covid. He literally lost his appetite immediately.
We quickly finished up dinner, washed up and headed home. I had to evacuate from our room as he wanted to self-isolate from everyone else. There is no more requirement, but daddy said he'd feel better by doing so even though he did a test which showed negative. After we had settled down in our own rooms, daddy realised that his room air-con was leaking! So I had to pass him a little pail to catch any dripping water while he slept. But no water dripped as he slept (fitfully) in the night.
On Monday morning, it was just me. I had to prepare the packed meals for school, breakfast at home and also get you all ready then drive you both to school. Came back and brought daddy his "yummy" oats with coffee and his supplements.
The same went for lunch and dinner. I'd put the food on a tray and leave it outside his door. He'll eat up and then put the tray back outside for me to wash. I wore gloves and masked up then poured hot water on the plates and cutlery before washing with a separate sponge.
Last night though, he said that I'd given hi too little for dinner. So we had supper (after Mei-mei went to bed). Ko-ko and I sat downstairs while daddy had his in the room:
It's been nearly a month since the thief got into the house. And we have engaged someone to have grills fitted in the upstairs windows. Yet, we all seem to be still traumatized. We'd still leave a light on when we go down for dinner. Or even halfway through watching a movie, someone would walk upstairs just to have a look.
Even Ko-ko sleeps with his weapons and we all have a stick or two lying within reach.. just in case.
This is one of the easiest thing to cook and you both requested for it. Ko-ko was supposed to help, but turns out a certain El Sluggo could not wake up on time.
So after online piano lessons, I set Mei-mei to work. First (and only one thing to do.. considering the speed) was to cut the carrots. I peeled and julienned then then passed it over to you to cut them into cubes. While I continued with cutting up the onions. I even had to move away because you said the onions were making you cry!
A scary thing happened last Thursday. The 4 of us had gone out for a car ride to pump petrol and then try out a noodle shop downtown. While we were out, Ah Kong and Ah Ma stayed downstairs to watch the Winter Olympics.
We got back and I told Mei-mei to go shower as it was nearly 9pm and the next day was a school day. Mei-mei went up and then came down to ask Ko-ko why he had left his room and bathroom windows open. He said that he did not. So he went up to have a look and lo and behold.. the windows were wide open. Daddy went up to have a look and it dawned on him that someone had broken into the house.
We quickly gathered our "weapons" (an assortment of cane and hockey sticks and even Ko-ko's Katana) to arm ourselves in case the thieves were still in the house. We searched and search the closets, bathrooms and all the rooms and found nothing. Then a check indicated that the thieves had taken the ang pows I had kept in my drawer. Some (with cash) had dropped on the floor but was not taken. The safe in my closet had also been moved.
Ah Ma called the police who arrived a while later. She also informed the neighbour in case the thieves climbed over to their house compound.
Ever since that evening, we have been sleeping in Ko-ko and Mei-mei's room as that was where the thieves had entered. The roof at the back was very close to the boundary wall with our back neighbour (whose house was vacant). Daddy has since contacted the iron grill maker who will come in the next few days.
Today the police came after Ah Ma made an official police report. They dusted for fingerprints on the window which was suspected to be the escape route. Oh my, your room was certainly dusty with a layer of black dust. Kakak, daddy and I had to clean up the dust and wipe up the surfaces (without the fan turned on so that the dust will not fly around).
We are thankful that not much was lost. We had laptops and watches lying all over the rooms but only the ang pow were taken. And most importantly no lives were harmed. I shudder to imagine what may have happened had we come back earlier or had Mei-mei encountered the thief when she went up.
Today you got to skip some lessons. It's because it's finally your turn to have your Covid vaccination. We managed to get an appointment for you via Keysight.
The plan was to leave the house at 8.30am so that we arrived by 9. We left a little later, but managed to reach at around 9.05am. Daddy dropped us off and we got onto the lift to the 4th floor. When we arrived at the floor, there was already a LONG queue of parents and children waiting to enter the PPV side. We followed the snaking queue and then finally got to have our appointment and form marked.
Then we queued again for Station 2. We finally got a place to sit down and then it was another wait to have them check our forms and your MyKid. After that we had another round of waiting for Station 3. This station stopped processing as there seemed to be a hold up at Station 4.
We finally got a place to sit down and waited abit before we got to see the doctor in Station 3 where she explained a little about the vaccine and asked for allergies.
It was a short wait in Station 4 before it was your turn.
Before leaving, we stopped for a photo at the photobooth:
I'm so happy to have received this today. One day late from the 14th, but still meaningful. Thanks, precious one.
