Catty News!

Coming Soon

Popular children's programme,

MAT YOYO, 

in Jan 2012!

 Yes, you heard it right. Your favourite Yoyo and Yaya cats are back on

4 MediaCorp channels and in 4 different languages.
More will be revealed soon!

That said,

do you remember the two kittens that were found dead on

8 October 2011 at Marsiling Crescent?

I'm not posting the pictures here as it's too gory!

Do you know that animal cruelty is a crime?

In Singapore, under the Animals and Birds Act, anyone who is found guilty of such an offence including abandonment of any animal, can be imprisoned for up to 12 months, fined up to $10,000, or both.

The SPCA is appealing for witnesses and
has increased the reward to

SGD $1,300

Read more here
and remember to do your part and spread the word!

Swimming Good Times!

Shaura loves water so it's just natural when we first introduce her to swim, doing simple kicks in her buoy. She loves it! But it's been a long time since we had a swinging swimming good times! The first post on Shaura's swimming lesson was posted here back in Dec 2010. At 16 months, Shaura has definitely outgrown her bumble bee swimsuit. Thank god for the suit which Kakak gave on Shaura's birthday, it fits her albeit tight-fitting. Sigh. It's true, baby does grow very fast!

 Seen above, Fazlan's blowing air into the buoy. Blow, wind, blow!

We lost Shaura's coconut tree buoy (picture above) and had to buy a new one - a red patrol car meant to be recycled for Shaura's baby brother. Hehehe.

The best part about swimming - we get to meet Hani Natasya, the proud owner of Kiki, the cat. Shaura loves Kiki, you can tell from the way she holds him dearly, just like hugging her favourite teddy bear.

This picture says it all. Shaura's supper happy just to be near Kiki.

And of course, Shaura is even happier when she's in the pool.

Hubby and I are thinking of enrolling Shaura for a proper swimming lesson when she turns 2. The difficult part - to coax her out of the pool after every session. She'll definitely kick up a big fuss :/

True encapsulation of "Daddy's Girl"

This Thai commercial really brought tears to my eyes. Actually most Thai commercials are good at making me cry, it's an Art that the Thais are exceptionally gifted at - from the technicalities (directing, cinematography, acting) to the storyline that touch a million hearts.

But this commercial is extra special....

Cos' it reminds me of them.



Trust me, a father's love is as powerful as a mother's love.

A Lost Art

I love handwritten letters and postcards with stamps. It's just something "old school" about them that made my day.  So nice of Kakak to send this all the way from Cuba.


It reads:

It's sad that writing personal letters by hand to family and friends is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Maybe it's time for me to start penning letters and notes to my loved ones.

Let's start with something less ambitious, shall we?

Here's a post-it to my dearest husband:

Introducing Maths

My husband is better at Maths than I am. I'm not really interested in the subject until I had Shaura - strange, how motherhood has changed me. I started using flashcards when Shaura was still a newborn (even though the great Einstein never believed in using this method)

....and we gradually progressed from finger-counting which has proven to be more meaningful than flashing a bunch of "meaningless" cards to singing nursery rhyme "10 Little Indians" as I realized Shaura learns better through songs. Will try to post updates about her development on fractions next. Till the next entry!