"Nice To Meet You..."

Jiji meeting Satochin (a.k.a Brandon) for the 1st time. Jiji will be here till Wed (Sept 19). Unfortunately, Baba who was planning to be here with Jiji couldn't make it - she got Ménière’s disease the night before departure. We hear she's feeling better today - she was able to have some grapes and okayu (porridge).

Today Was A Tiring Day

Ashley's day started early today - she has to take her grade 1 piano exam. She was pretty nervous - her eyes were slightly red & face blushed. After about 12 minutes of so, it was all over and she said it was OK.

Look at Ashley - she's been wanting to sit in the stroller for a long time. We gave in to her today (but just this once) since she work up early today.

Isn't Brandon adorable... even when he's asleep...??

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.