Post-it Love Notes

made a gif from the note i've made for Bren. 

it says-- I'm on your side.  

i find that sometimes we get angry with each other and we might even drift apart if we're not careful. 

by the time i discover we might not be beside each other, we might even be against each other. 

whatever for?

someone has to move over and we must have each others' backs.

that's what couples do. that's what friends do. 

that's what siblings do.

Mock Exam

I had forgotten about our mock exam, when the school called, I jumped out from bed. 

We hurried over and it was totally chaotic. Kiki had a terribly painful stiff neck! Of all days, she couldn't turn her head nor look up without wincing, ouch! ouch ouch! she cried. 

I told her to just bear with it, the mock exam session will be over in 5 mins. (actually, it was 15 mins) anyway, she did her part and clenched her back to go through it. Thank goodness for second chances, we will now know that on the actual exam, we have to arrive 15 mins early, dress appropriately (no sandals!), bring along the registration form, and besides the three songs we've got to play, we have to do scales! CDEFGAB. (learn all, and the examiner will test at random). And I must remember to make sure she has her pillows. Crazy mom.

 we headed for breakfast after the hazardous mock exam.

 after that, it was Colin's outing time.
we had a very tasty, organically cold pressed berries popsicle. the new stall is near our place, so we'll be having these all the time! yay.

Colin says, five towers representing five fingers, water fountain representing the palm-- which is the dirtiest part of the hand.

Saturday 22nd April

finally, Teacher asked Kiki to play Concerto No.5, just the 'difficult' parts.
we weren't expecting any compliments hence when Teacher commented that she 'liked' Kiki's bow hand, how relaxed it hung, how naturally soft, and how we must now improve on the dynamics and emotional expressions of every piece but most importantly for us now, is to get each bowing direction correct because we won't want to standout with wrong bowing in an orchestra, she says.
we are really very glad that we had one aspect right. at least we have been encouraged to carry on.
so, we will practice not just harder but smarter.
another beautiful & seemingly impossible to learn song is on the way.
sometimes, the tunes we're learning becomes an earworm in my head. i wake up with the earworm running in my head. i think that's a good thing for my brains. LOL. well, at least I'm enjoying this.

instagram story clip

Plasticines

 bunny with carrots 

sleeping reindeer with flat head mushrooms

SME Day 2017

was very busy last week, attended the SME event over two days and met some key R&D personnel. hopefully, our graphene material production achieves the desired results so we could move forward with all the amazing new technologies waiting to be put in use. we are still keeping our fingers crossed for a good outcome with the production unit, until now, our principal's R&D team is still fine-tuning their production, we were expecting good news in March but it has been delayed.

we are doing all the groundwork, getting ready for our graphene to be born.

brainwave sensor head band, you can use your brain power (focused attention) to direct the character in the game (in this case, use your brain power to direct and keep the boy cycling on his bicycle).
you can read about the product, just google "Neeruo". The product has been commercialised. 

with these kind of technology put to use, very soon, we could all telepathy each other instead of calling or texting.

 smart power grid- solar power harnessed for your own household use. using DC equipment instead of AC. (in Singapore, we can't sell the excess power back to the grid) Yet.

Augmented reality.

Run! Forrest, Run!

2.4 in 22 mins. Quite tough. Got to get used to this.

Drama Mama

I've reserved the book and shall indulge in it when it arrives.
Meanwhile, I hope I would be able to find the links to watch the web TV series.

 Amazon's web TV series.

Sometimes, the book is better, sometimes the drama is better.
Sometimes, they are good in different ways. In print, we get more a more flowery language.
While the TV series was more graphic and characters more developed.

When you think the small, little stuff that you put up with would eventually blow over, but they get compounded and becomes a big problem. Did you live a lie? Not consciously, no.

The Learning Never Stops

Ladies & ladies,

I wanna tell you, I've enrolled into a TV Script Writing Course! Yay! LOL. 
With the Michigan State Uni via Coursera. Yay!

Let's get going!

many other courses available via the Coursera App

Charcoal Thai @ 321 Clementi

 we met up with S to see how she's doing at her new work place.
so we needed a venue where we could sit and chat for a long time.
S is settling well at her new workplace and her work-chemistry with her boss has been jovial.

food clip

I had forgotten the potency of Tea, I had two glasses of Iced Lemon Tea & one bottle of Coke....... there goes my beauty slumber, wide awake at 3.24am......

Ditto

Maricar bought for Kiki a "Ditto".

I didn't know what a Ditto was, I just thought it was a digital version of Piccachu.

Turns out, Ditto is a Pokemon that has no form. It will morph itself into whatever Pokemon it wants, except for a small selection of certain Pokemons that it is unable to duplicate itself into, this Ditto fella could turn itself into most Pokemons. The way to distinguish it is from its colon dotted eyes and bracket smile.

I told Kiki that the term "Ditto" means, "Me too". eg: Boyfriend says to Girlfriend-- "I love you", Girlfriend replies: "Ditto". Or when you have to write lines and you want to state "repeat as above", you can use the Ditto sign like this --------- " ------------

So you see, the plushy toys for the Pokemon range has just doubled! For every character that they make, they can make a Ditto out of it. What a marketing ploy!

 Ditto

Sundays with Colin

Baby

Here's goofing with Instagram features

where's the bus?

 Dunno how these shared bike system works but I'll try out when I need to use one.
I've just downloaded the App. Obike.

 at the lobby, the poster says-- no eating, no sleeping, no kissing.

 we played bubble balloon

 Colin asked for a toy car. He says this is a Snowplow and he wants it.

 Happiness is a pair of new, polarized shades! I love them.

(by Izipizi Paris)

Saturdays

I was very frustrated with myself after violin class. 

Kiki didn't get to play Concerto No. 5 (in D Maj, Op.22, 1st Movement-- whatever the title means).

Three weeks back, Kiki was almost ready but not entirely ready. She said she had realised she got some parts wrong and she wanted one more week to practise her corrections before playing the song in class. So I left it as that because of course I must be understanding and also I mustn't push her to play the song knowing there will be an error. I sternly reminded her that she will have to play in the following week.

However, over the subsequent two weeks, including this past Saturday, Teacher didn't ask the kids to showcase that song, she went on to teach the hardest parts of the next song -- Concerto No.5 in D Maj, Op.22, 3rd Movement. (Rondo), which by the way, sounds impossible to learn.

I found myself very stressed up. Because if Kiki doesn't showcase the current song, my brain can't close the files and move on to a new song!  Gosh, my old wired brain! This is entirely my problem, I can't toggle to and fro, I can only handle one song at a time. I hate it. I hate myself for that. Furthermore, three weeks passed and we haven't showcased, and we haven't really started learning the next song!   Arghh!!!!! We are so far behind! 

I was so anxious till I stayed back after class and asked if Teacher could please let Kiki play. Teacher was so puzzled. I think she must think I am mad. LOL. Anyway, she has two students lined up waiting so she said to remind her next week.............. 

Anyway, I can't wait anymore, I have to learn the new, impossible, song! Right now!

 Ceiling mirror at the bar counter

 sake with passion fruit syrup & tonic

we've both enjoyed dinner, including desserts-- waffle ice cream.