Brandon & Apple Juice

Brandon is 4-months old and mommy is starting Brandon on juices. Today, Brandon had apple juice. Did he like it - well, see for yourself. ;-)

Just Some Updates!

A modeling photo shoot for Ashley...?? Nah... it's just our Annual Family Photo Shoot. It was supposed to be done in February but waited till now so that Brandon can be in the picture as well.

"Mommy prepares this for me to bring to school - when mommy do not have time to prepare Bento for me, I get to buy from the school cafeteria... yummy, doesn't this looks pretty...?"
- Ashley

Brandon discovering his talent - introducing "Brandon The Contortionist"

"Yippee, I turned on my own on August 22 at around 7:35pm

... and daddy didn't help me this time." - Brandon

"This is my pal, Evan Bahbal... he's only 3 month older than I am. And guess what? His papa and mama went to school with my old man and mama in Arizona" - Brandon

Ashley, Brandon & T-Shirt

Ashley practicing one of her exam pieces - doesn't look like Ashley was happy with it.

Here's a picture of Brandon on his front - with a "little" help from daddy...!!


Mommy was at the baby store recently and spotted this T-Shirt with Brandon's name in Chinese/Japanese - in Chinese, it's read as "Zhi", and "Satoshi" in Japanese. Wanna guess what it means...??

Ashley's Sports Day

Fatin (good friend), Ashley and Elizabeth (school & church friend)

Ready, set... go!! Ashley's team trying for their 2nd medal

Finally, medals for Ashley! Today was Sports Day at Admiralty Primary School and Ashley was pretty excited... and anxious over it. You see, Ashley didn't win anything last year and she wanted to win so badly this year... she shared that she was blamed for last year's lost by some of her classmates as she was the team leader then :-(

Anyway, she got a silver and a bronze medals from two events; one relay race required the team to organize the Singapore pledge order, while the other race required them to dress a fellow classmate up in a Chinese costume.

Well done, red team!!

National Day Parade PREVIEW

Cool Slideshows!

Vernon's auntie managed to secure 2 National Day Parade (NDP) preview tickets - both Daddy & Ashley went for the show at Marina Bay's floating stage - the world's biggest floating stage - another 1st for Singapore.

The show was SPECTACULAR!! Besides the usual march past and mass display, there was also a segment called "Dynamic Defense Display" which showcased the lastest land, air and seas assets from the Singapore Army. It was a very well produced parade... it was like watching a show from Universal Studio theme park.

Did Ashley enjoyed herself...?? you bet she did! She did the Marina Wave and even stood in attention when the National Anthem was played. I guess her school (which specializes in National Education) trained the students well. Daddy enjoyed it too - especially with the military display. The only thing that daddy didn't like is this year's NDP logo - instead of focusing on the national birthday, sadly, its focus was on the venue "Marina Bay"... and the wording "NDP" at first glance appeared like "INDia" to him.

For our overseas family and friends - you can join us in celebrating the Nation's 42nd Birthday by tuning in to the LIVE webcast this August 9 (Thursday) at 6:00pm Singapore time. Click onto LIVE WEBCAST

Fingers Lickin' Good

Let's Play "Who's Who"

Can you guess which is Ashley and which is Brandon...?? if you think you know, indicate your answer on the right - under "Drop Us A Note". Type in your name, and the answer under "message" and hit "Go" once followed by "refresh". Give it a try...! I'll post the answers later. Have fun..!!

Thanks for participating... and now, here's the answer
Ashley - #1, #2 and #5
Brandon - #3 & #4

The Many Faces of Satochin

Brandon is today 9 weeks old and weighs about 5.6kg. He is wearing one of his many gifts - his romper reads, "Handle with care - Fragile" - well, looking at his arms, thighs and body frame - we don't think he's THAT fragile!

"Goo-Goo Gaa-Gaa"

Can anyone decipher what Brandon MAY be trying to say...??

Our Family

Ashley gave daddy a Father's Day card today with this picture of "Our Family" enclosed. She even gave daddy a gift - Marks & Spencer Instant Mocha Coffee & Jam Sandwich Creams!! Well, I guess she knows (even at her age) that the way to a man's heart (and in this case, her daddy's heart) is through his tummy!! How sweet ... and quite literally... mommy noticed that the instant Mocha coffee contains 43% of sugar ;-)


Yoko's cousin who is based in Singapore with his family gave Brandon a really cute rompers. It says "Will Work for Milk" on the front and "milk, milk...please" on the back of the rompers. Check out his cool sneakers.

Brandon's First MRT Ride

At Lavender MRT Station ^

Brandon went on his first MRT ride yesterday (June 11) after getting himself registered with the Japanese embassy. Now, Brandon officially holds 2 citizenships... at least until he's 20. Mommy also went to the Singapore Immigration to get her re-entry permit renewed (it expired on May 30) and was able to extend it for another 10-years.

Brandon - the 5kg baby ^

Oh... don't you think he's just adorable...??
All you need to say is, "Yes, he is..., just like his daddy!!" :-)

Daddy & Mommy went to Robinsons and got Brandon one of those cool "Infant to Toddler Rocker"... and Brandon seems to like it - at least mommy and daddy think so. Brandon sleeps better in it.

Guess Who's in Town

Yoko's baby sister, "Nontan", flew in on Wednesday... leaving her sick hubby (with a temperature of 39-degrees) alone in Japan - poor Yoshiki!! Heard he's recovered from his fever now!!

Nontan & Satochin ^

Needless to say, Ashley was thrilled to see her auntie again - and she gets to play with Nontan for 4 full days.

Both Ashley and daddy went to the airport to pick Nontan up. Armed with a "Welcome to Singapore"/ "シンガポーへようこそ" sign, she was extremely impatient as she waited at Belt 35 for Nontan ... occasionally running to the TV monitor to check the time of the plane's arrival... but Nontan was nowhere in sight even though her plane should have "LANDED"

As a matter of fact, we arrived early and daddy suggested having tea - something Ashley enjoys doing A LOT!!. And although she ordered something for herself, she could hardly drink her juice. Err.. actually, she didn't - she kept it in her bag. Finally, she saw Nontan waving to her from a distance... !

Eek...!! Ogre - they're everywhere...!! ^

Here's the FIRST picture of the SONG FAMILY - all four of us together!!