Tristan turns 3

It's been a week since my overseas adventure started and I'm settling in to the new environment. Apart from Kyan waking up almost every night to cry and demand milk and us falling sick mid-way through the week, we've settled into a comfortable routine. Of course, the highlight of the week was my birthday and we celebrated it at Grandaunt Philippa's house with a small party.

Posing with my favourite coloured cake - Brown!




Singing the "Happy Birthday" song, while Mummy tries to prevent Kyan from reaching for the candles.



That's a dangerous looking knife...




Tucking in. Yum!



A very contented-looking me together with my grandparents. The cake was finger-licking good!


A "rare" family shot (the camera man decided to take a break for this one!) Hmmm, I wonder if my brother ate more cake than me. He forgot to get rid of the evidence...!
The celebration marked the end of Week One in Adelaide. Wondering what surprises the next week will bring.

Kyan's day out with Mummy and Daddy

Mama and Gong Gong John took me out together with Ku Jie and Uncle Colin today while Daddy, Mummy and Kyan went out on their own. So this was what they were up to without me huh.. The cake and muffin looks huge and oh so yummy! More about cake in the next post!

Glenelg

Having fun at Glenelg

We visited Glenelg on the second day of our Australian holiday. It's a beachside resort suburb and after the adults had lunch and coffee, we went outdoors to take in the sea breeze and take photographs.

I had fun chasing birds.

Glenelg Town Hall is in the background.

Kyan looking rather dubious at Mummy's attempts to make him pose for the camera.

Kyan says: "Aha, now that my ears are protected from the cold, I feel much better. Thank you Mama for the nice, warm woolly cap : ) "

Kyan says "Erm, Ku Jie, you're embarrassing me!" Hmm, I wonder why Kyan looks like that.. I would have been flattered by a kiss from a pretty lady anytime! Heh Heh.

We spent the afternoon at a fantastic place called The Beachouse. I've never seen such a big indoor playground so empty before! The fun places back home are usually crowded and noisy, but here, we seem to be the only ones around, apart from the staff. Then again, it was a weekday afternoon and all the children would have been in school.

We had to look around for someone to start up the bumper cars for us (they're called dodgems in Australia). Even so, there was only one other car to dodge - Ku Jie and Uncle Colin's. Hmmm, it'd been more fun with more cars around. Then again, I might have been a bit scared. As it is, I think I look quite tense figuring out how to drive this machine.

Other fun things we did - a train ride with Mama and my first golf lesson with Gong Gong John.

Adelaide - The journey there

My First Overseas Holiday

We're going for a holiday! Finally, I'll get to see the inside of an aeroplane instead of only seeing it high up in the sky or parked at the airport. Daddy and Mummy are taking us on a trip to Southern Australia, specifically, Adelaide where Gong Gong John and Mama live. Now I get to see them up close and personal instead of only talking to them via the computer screen.

We'll be going to stay with Gong Gong John and Mama at their house at Brighton together with Uncle Colin and Ku Jie for a grand total of 16 days! That's the longest I'll be gone from home.. Hope I won't miss my bed and car too much..Since we'll be there for the 1st half of June, Kyan and I get to celebrate our 1st and 3rd birthdays away from home too.. But more of that later..Right now, the excitement is building as Mummy takes us shopping for my very own luggage bag and some warm clothing coz it's going to be cold at this time of the year. There's also the never-ending packing to be done (Mummy and Daddy's job, not mine). I keep hearing them say how amazing it is that the littler the passenger is, the more there is to bring!

In case anyone's wondering where the photos are, there aren't any to document our pre-trip preparations. We didn't even manage to take any at the airport coz our adventure started even before we left Singapore.. Our flight was scheduled to leave around midnight, and because we already did the online check-in and Daddy had to work till about 9 plus pm, we arrived at the airport at about 10 plus pm thinking that we would have plenty of time to check in the baggage. Daddy and Mummy went to do that while I waited with Uncle Colin, Ku Jie (who were there ealier) mama and Gong Gong. And I waited and waited and waited... Turns out that Kyan's name was not on the passenger list because there was a mix-up in his birth certificate number and his passport number (which is not the same number in his case). So the counter staff had to rectify the situation otherwise Kyan would be entering Australia illegally. By the time the paper work was done (the poor guy had to even call someone in Canberra), we had to rush through immigration and were the last to board the plane.

Before I knew it, the plane had taken off and we were in the air. Kyan was already sleeping when we got to the airport, and he continued sleeping like a baby (literally) in the bassinet throughout the 7 hour journey till we arrived in Adelaide. I was too excited at first to sleep even though it was way past my bedtime. In fact, to Mummy's surprise, I even chose, and ate up all the pasta, something I normally make a fuss over. Maybe food tastes different when you're so high up in the sky. Fiddled with the entertainment system for a while but Daddy couldn't find any car racing game for me to play with. Finally, with 2 hours more to go before touch-down, I fell asleep on Mummy's shoulder. I've not much recollection of the plane landing. The clearing of immigration and customs took another long while, especially when Daddy had to open the luggage for inspection because Kyan's booster seat and a pack of diapers showed up suspiciously on the screen. Eventually, we were walking out of the airport and windbreakers were hurriedly put on as the cool temperate air welcomed us and Gong Gong John and MaMa drove up in their cars to take us back to their home. Australia, here I come!

Week One

Ok, for everyone who has been patiently reading this rather long narrative and wondering if they'll see more than just words, its time to reward your patience = ) So, here're the first few pictures of us in Australia. They're all taken at Grandaunt Philippa's gorgeous beachfront home!

Uncle Colin, Ku Jie and I posing for the camera against the beautiful sky at sunset. The beach starts just beyond the lamp post. I've never seen the sea this close to a house before!

In the picture below, Mama is trying to educate me on the fine art of champagne drinking. Er.. I'm still far from the legal age right??

Mummy and Kyan

Me hamming it up for the camera.

Electric Hair

Kyan has learnt how to crawl and sit but the most endearing part of him now is his hair...Somehow, it never manages to lie flat on his head although its texture is fine and soft. Mummy calls it his gravity-defying hair... whatever that means. He loves empty boxes of all shapes and sizes and will happily transfer things in and out of them to amuse himself.















More electrifying hair!

Hmmm, isn't that my favourite car book? Why is Kyan holding on to it? Well, as long as it comes back to me without a scratch!

Peekaboo! My cheeky brother.

February Updates

It's been 6 months since Mummy last updated my blog! Work, Kyan and me have been keeping her very busy. My life and Kyan's have been full of developments, especially my brother who, in the last six months has grown from a baby who cries, drinks milk and sleeps, to a toddler who can now fight with me over my toys. Below are some significant moments of our lives beginning with the month of February..

Chinese New Year Snapshots






Mama, me and Daisy the doggy















Mummy and Kyan (who's looking rather grouchy).
Only Ku Jie and Uncle Colin are looking at the camera... Me and Kyan are distracted by mummy who's standing beside the cameraman and trying to make us look at the camera...)


What is Chinese New Year without yummy yusheng made by Daddy's kaofu? I brought along my very own pair of chopsticks this year.








Kyan and Me @ Home

Sharing a tender brotherly moment inside our playpen.

Towkay Kyan. This is the most comfortable way to sit in a chair.

A testimony to Mummy's shiny floor. Look, there are 2 of Kyan!

Flashback: First Day at School

January 030108

Another milestone in my life! I'm starting pre-nursery today. Goodbye Elmo's world at 9 am, goodbye mid-morning milk at 10 am. I'm growing up and have to learn to do grown-up stuff like carrying a school-bag and wearing a uniform. My mummy, daddy and mama have been preparing me for this day the whole of Dec, and I think I'm quite excited about it.











Practising how to read. This is what I've been told will happen at school.








Charming the girls with my cookery skills. This is what I Really do at school! Heh heh.











Note: It's been 3 months since I started school and the novelty has worn off somewhat. Though I enjoy the singing and the art and craft sessions, I still haven't gotten used to leaving the security of my home especially in the mornings. Mummy is relieved that i now tolerate the school bus journey and am not screaming for her and Daddy everytime the school bus appears. But I still don't like Mummy to leave for work in the mornings and am still kicking up a fuss until I wave goodbye to her from the corridor. On a happier note, going to school has expanded my knowledge about languages and I can now count up to 10 and wish my teacher good morning in Chinese : )

Christmas

It's that time of the year for presents galore! Well, actually, I'm more interested in the kind of presents rather than in the number. As long as it contains 4 wheels, I'm content!

Posing with my baby brother. Strange - he doesn't seem to mind the beanbag. I loathed it when I was his age and will wriggle and cry the moment I sank into it. My brother however seems to like being "enclosed" in it.

Baby posing with the presents and Mummy's tiny Christmas tree. She says we'll only get a big one when we're old enough to help decorate it. He looks quite bewildered and is probably wondering why he's allowed on the coffee table!

Baby Kyan and friends

Baby Kyan's turn to get acquainted with the menegerie of animals that live on Mummy's bed.. actually, it's a family of Eeyores and one baby lion.

Hey Eeyore, what a long nose u have!

Haha! He's a funny-looking creature!

3 donkeys and a baby.

Think Mummy needs to get one more Eeyore to represent the latest addition to the family!

And how can Tristan's blog do without photos of me?

Steering the car needs loads of concentration too,

even if it's only a toy one.

An "artistic" self-portrait.