Near accident

Last Saturday around 8.40 pm, Eugene and I, with Renee and Russell were crossing the traffic light along Outram Road. The green man had already been showing for at least 5 seconds. All the cars on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lanes were already stopped for pedestrians to cross. There were no cars on lane 1. We were about to walk past the car on the second lane when a black car (license plate 861) whizzed past us. He had missed the red stop light and just continued forward without slowing down. At that point, I could only think of cursing him for nearly hitting Eugene who was on the left most side, closest to the cars that were stopped.

It was only when we reached the other side of the road that I took everything in. Had we walked just a little bit faster and had Eugene not noticed the car approaching, we would have been hit by the car.

I was holding on to the two kids very tightly, being the kiasu parent that I am. However, no matter how cautious or careful I am, we are still at the mercy of any reckless or careless driver.

I realise the need to be very mindful when crossing the roads, even if it us our right of way, in our case, the green man indicated it was safe for us to cross.

Right now, I am just thankful that the kids were unharmed. We just have to be even more kiasu from now on.

Sports Day 2010

I didn't load this post in August because I was too busy and was still trying to figure out our new camera. We got a shock-proof and water-proof one. The last three were damaged when the focus lens was extended. Courtesy of the kids, of course!

We brought Russell along for the National Day celebrations at Renee's school. She took part in the race, along with all the kids from their respective classes. So fun to watch and definitely brought back so many memories of my school days!

The field!

With her best friend, Charmaine I'm-A-Girl. Ha ha!

Russell sitting down with Renee's classmates. He was trying to make friends with them. So funny to watch!

Russell, not sure what is going on.....

Waiting for their turn to RUN RUN RUN!!

Her team won first prize.....it was a white board.....which she started her drawing on.....but after Russell tried to snatch it and sit on it, it soon gave way.....sigh.....

Can't wait to move

It's been 4 months since we've moved to my inlaws. It is so much more relaxing cos I don't have to do a lot of things. The only thing I need to do is to wash my own clothes and iron them. Getting a bit fat! Ha ha.

On the negative side, I can feel the kids are getting very little discipline. I can see Renee has changed quite a bit and it is very worrying. I think my FIL is going into panic-mode cos he now wields the cane whenever their behaviour gets too obnoxious to bear. He was too soft before and never would consider using the cane, nor raise his voice. MIL is still the cave where Renee will run too when she is getting disciplined. I hope to get back some normalcy when we move back to Katong in October.

In the meantime, I'll be in Illinois next week for a meeting. I really feel a bit sad that I'll be gone the same week that Renee's school is out for the school holidays. Oh well. Anyway, she's been very whiny, "Mummy, I wanna go 'Merica' with you....." Wahaha, so funny!

Finally managed to find an art school that I can send her to while Russell is attending GUG on Sunday. She had her evaluation session yesterday and I was plesantly surprised it didn't turn out too bad.

The lesson is from 12 to 1 pm, which gives me 1 hour to walk around Suntec City. I haven't been able to walk around at a leisurely pace all this while because she's been bugging me to do plaster painting and sand art. I hope she's better at art than I ever was!