Thanksgiving for 2008 and Goals for 2009

Last night my family sat down in the study room to write about our thanksgivings for 2008 and things to work on in 2009. This is what I wrote:

Thanksgiving Items for 2008

1. I entered my first chess and gym competition.
2. I joined the endurance programme in my swim class.
3. I went for my first missions trip to Segamat.
4. Our first family drive up to Malaysia for the church camp and mission trip.
5. Completed renovation of my bedroom and study room.
6. I memorized Psalms 23.
7. I received a new bicycle on my birthday.
8. My first Discovery Rangers Training Camp and Camporama.
9. My first lapbook on insects.
10. I made new friends from my neighbourhood and gym competition.
11. I passed my grade one music exam with distincion.
12. My brother and I took MRT to swimming class on our own.

Things to work on in 2009

1. Improve my Chinese .
2. Get into the chess junior squad .
3. Memorize Psalms 1 and The Lord's Prayer.
4. Write two book reviews by myself.
5. Work towards geting into the swimming half squad.
6. Invite a friend to church.
7. Pass my grade three music exam.

My Trip to HortPark

Yesterday after my swimming class, we went to HortPark for a visit. The place has many plants! We spent a lot of time at the Garden Patch which is a patchwork of outdoor display plots that showcases garden designs, concepts, products and ideas on home gardening. The two gardens that I like are the Fantasy and Cactus Garden. The Fantasy Garden is based on the story of 'Wizard Of Ox'. We can see the Tin Wood Man, Scarecrow, and Lion in it. At the Cactus Garden there were many Cactus; big and small! Later we visited other gardens and saw chilli plants, elephant ears (which are plants that has leaves that look like elephant's ears!), and many others. My favourite was the dancing plant because there was a sign that told us that if we play some music it would dance! We decided to try out and used dad's handphone to play some music. Daddy thought the plant danced, but it was actually the wind blowing it! After that daddy brought us to a bridge that starts from the Hort Park at Alexandra Road that goes all the way to Mount Faber. We did not walk all the way of course as we were all very tired. I drifted off to sleep within minutes in the car on our way home. I shall go back to this park again as there are so many interesting things to see...

What I did on Saturday

A sunny day has finally come! I am very excited because we are going to Warren for a swim! Over there I could not wait to try out my Catamaran which I had brought. After the swim we ate some snacks which was yummy! Then we went to the playground to play and went home for lunch. Later we are going to the Science Centre look for a guidebook on plants. That's all for now.....

My Christmas Dinner

Preparing our first chocolate fondue

Today I am in a mood to blog ...... So here is my Christmas Dinner! This evening, mummy prepared a special dinner for us. There were lettuce, prawns, sparkling juice, satay with rice and carrot cake which mummy bought from the hawker centre. It was delicious especially the rice cakes. Later we had chocolate fondue for dessert. To make the fondue, we melt chocolate with butter and water in a pot and then dipped marshmallows and strawberries into it. It was delicious and I was extremely full. I enjoyed this dinner very much.

My Christmas Menu

Welcome to my new cafe!!! ( OPEN ONLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY)

CJSN Cafe

Appetizer

French Fries with chili sauce.

Coleslaw

Main Course

Mini Steak with brocoli and carrots

Fish and Chips

Desserts

Chocolate Sundae

Brownies

Beverages

Sprite, 7UP or Coke

Christmas Day

This morning I woke up with excitement because I could not wait to open my presents! The first present that I opened was from mummy and daddy. It was a new pair of track shoes! Then we had breakfast. We ate noodles with chilli. Then I started to build my science experiment toy. It was a gift from uncle Yeow Pheng and auntie Elaine. It was difficult to fix because the screws were hard to screw in, and there were many wires. But I did it in the end. Later grandma came to our house to give us our presents. Mine was a soft haversack bag. In the afternoon we went to Ten Mile Junction for lunch. At 'Different Taste' restaurant, I ate pork chop, spinach, fish-head curry and drank bittergourd soup. It was delicious. After that we went to the supermarket to buy mineral water (I need the bottle for my science project - Bottle Catamaran), a can of Kickapoo drink and corn flakes. Then daddy fetched grandma home.

Vacation Bible School 2008

Last week was the start of my VBS. The theme was "Living God's Unshakable Truth". My class name was Tahiti. My two church friends, Noah and Ian Kang were in the same group as me. The highlight of the VBS for me was on Wednesday. We went for an outing at Labrador park. Over there we played treasure hunt and this was unusual because we had to hike a trail to identify for the places on the photos. They were mostly hideouts of soldiers during WW2. It was exciting and spooky! I enjoyed this field trip very much.