Big Bug !

No, it wasn't a bug that Jaslynn discovered in one of her art work. It was a caterpillar. So Jaslynn decided to pick up her paint brush and give each part of the big fat caterpillar's body a different colour.

Gardening service anyone ?

Jaslynn just invented a robot that can help you with your gardening. No more grumpy garderners to deal with. Her robot works in rain or shine. And will also make sure every blade of grass is exactly the same length, right down to the millimeter.

Take a look at the prototype !

Happy Fathers' Day

I know, it kinda late for Fathers' Day. But Jaslynn just drew me a lovely Fathers' Day card yesterday. Take a look !

This is the outside of the card.

The inside. On the right, it's Daddy and Mommy on top, and Jaslynn and Justin at the bottom. On the left are the audience/spectators. Notice the lines drawn across the people at the bottom row? That was Justin's contribution, which caused a lot of grief to the sister, as usual.

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Happy Birthday Wendy !

Went to Villages @ Heeren for my sister's birthday. As usual, Jaslynn and Justin had a wonderful time with so many different variety of food to eat. And the Shu Shus (uncles) were also entertained by many stories of their antics from our resident story-teller.

What happended to the previous mascot?

Jaslynn showing her Gu Chair (auntie) the Birthday card she made for her.

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My First House

As promised, some pics of Jaslynn's first piece of art from her first lesson with Yippie Arts Studio.

Jaslynn says her house is called 'Rainbow House'. Guess who stays inside?


The traffic light is for the cars that travel along the road just in front of the house. Jaslynn says the traffic lights are there so that the cars don't bang into the house.

The view from the garden.

For this week, Jaslynn did a drawing using colour pencils. The theme was on robots.

Stay tuned !!

Ants ! Ants !

Justin always likes to spot ants. This time he found some on his seat in the MRT and started to count them. The occasional nod of his head was because he lost count.

Can you count how many times he nodded his head?

Japanese Human Tetris

Haven't had a good laugh from a TV game show for a long time.

From youtube (axiertxo)

Actual programme is called 'Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita.'

I'm into Yippie !

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Finally decided to enrol Jaslynn for the Art lessons at Yippie Arts Studio @ Woodlands Community Club.

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Cost is $210 for 12 lessons.

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Her 1st lesson was yesterday, where she drew a house, and using sticks for fences, etc. Will try to show it here when she gets it back next week.

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Asked her after her class how she felt.

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'Great !'

All aboard the JJ Express

Finally got down to setting up the 'Thomas the Train' set for the kids that I bought last Christmas. It is the 'Thomas Adventure Set #7408', which has a train station and a suspension bridge, with a track below the bridge for the London Bus to run around.

I remembered setting up a simpler one when Justin was about 1 year plus. He kept picking up Thomas and giving him a bite. At least now he's fascinated by so many things going on at the same time.

There's Harold the helicopter flying whenever Thomas makes a call at the station. And Bertie the London Bus making its rounds below the bridge.

Our 2 station masters having a little disagreement.

Ha ha. It's all mine now.

Sports Day !

Mommy bought the kids a mini table-tennis set. But as the play table was made of plastic, it absorbed all the energy from the ball and the ball wasn't able to bounce. In the end, tried bouncing the ball off the floor but Justin had a hard time trying to co-ordinate his eyes and hands.

In the end, took out the mini badminton set which I bought them a few weeks ago.

Again, Justin's having a hard time trying to follow the trajectory of the ball, and the Jie Jie (sister) was also getting a bit frustrated.

In the end, Jaslynn decided to use her racket as a guitar and started 'playing' and singing to her own tune.

Justin, seeing that his sister has changed her tune, decided he would be more suitable playing hockey with his racket.


Now, where's that #$%^& ball this time !!

NETS fee hike does not infringe Competition Act: competition panel

Just read from channelnewsasia that the Competition Commission of Singapore "has concluded that the impending fee increase by NETS is not an infringement of the Competition Act."

It said the Act is only relevant when a party acts in a manner that abuses its dominant position.

Sure. Who does NETS compete against? If it doesn't have to compete against anyone, then how can it infringe the anti-competion act? But......

The Commission added that in this case, there are alternative payment methods such as credit, debit and EZ-Link cards that consumers can use.

Sure. Every merchant offers alternative payment methods such as credit, debit AND EZ-Link cards.

Section 47 of the Competition Act prohibits firms with dominant market power from abusing it in ways that are anti-competitive and work against long-term economic efficiency.

Sure. I wonder how they define dominant market power.

CASE has expressed its disappointment over the Commission's decision not to take action on the the NETS fee increase. It is concerned retailers may pass the increased NETS transaction fees onto consumers, despite NETS saying that retailers are not supposed to do so.

May? Isn't Singapore Pools already doing that? So what is CASE doing about that?

It also stressed that banks have the responsibility to support NETS but they could keep interchange fees low.

Sure. And how is CASE going to ensure that BANKS do that?

Let's just keep things simple.

Use cash.

Or bring your business elsewhere.

No need to talk so much.

Yippie too!!

Jaslynn really enjoyed her holiday programme with Yippie. The 2 instructors really showed alot of patience and passion. They said Jaslynn really had a lot of wonderful ideas. Just that she didn't really know how to go about realising her ideas.

I'm thinking of sending her there for regular art lessons. But the timing a bit inconvenient. Let's see how.

Jaslynn, with her instructor, using pebbles to make mermaids.

Putting the finishing touches for her mermaids.

This was another programme where they were create their own little bag. Can you guess what Jaslynn drew on her bag?

I guess you know who this represents? No, not Jaslynn. She says it's her pretty Mommy.

Yippie !!

Since she likes art and craft so much, I enrolled Jaslynn for some holiday programme with Yippie (艺笔) Arts Studio. The arts studio was just inside Berries, where she has her chinese language lessons.

Yippie Arts Studio is run by 2 art teachers who have a degree in Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). As practising artists, they have exhibited their works actively.

For their usual programmes, they cater from nursery level, up to primary school level.

They have about 10 different programmes with different themes. For example, Space Adventures, where they make a hanging mobile of either UFO, space craft or planets from the Solar System.

They also have themes like Organic Art, "Frame" Me, The Colourful City, Paint on Bag, etc.

For Space Adventures theme, Jaslynn made a mobile with some planets from the solar system, 2 stars and a space craft.

Can you name the planets she used in her hanging mobile?

For the "Frame" Me theme, she made a photo frame with a cow, butterfly, dolphin and teddy bear. It was a birthday gift from Jaslynn which I liked very much.

For those who may be interested, their studio is located at Woodlands Community Centre. Their holiday programme is until 22 June. Each lesson costs $20 and if you get 4 lessons, you pay $75. Each lesson last about 1hr 30mins. Their contact number is 9738 9702.