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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

初雪


My Little Penguin, Lezane (a term coined by Kyla)

It is really exciting seeing falling snow flakes for the first time. It is indeed really beautiful especially when it falls in the night. Kyla and Lezane loved the falling snow when they first saw it early in the morning. Also, they got really excited when they saw me scrapping the snow off our car and they loved stepping their boots into the snow covered garden, marking their footprints. This 2010 Christmas will be mark the first white Christmas for the Tays and the first Christmas to be spent overseas.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

It is Not Easy Making Friends

Lately, I have been trying to observe how Kyla interacts with her classmates. She has always been one of the earlier attendees and she would also look out of the door to see if her preferred playmates (K and E) have arrived so that she could play with them. However, most of the time, her preferred classmates tend to feel differently about her playing with them.

Kyla would always greet them enthusiastically but somehow, they could be rather 'cold' towards her. If K and E were both in class, they would tend to stick together and ignore Kyla. Like today, they would say to each other, "here she comes again" in a rather displeased tone, which disturbed me quite abit. I wonder if Kyla heard them. If she would, I think she would be hurt. (Maybe, that explained why she kept asking me to bake things for her classmates to gain attention and acceptance). But if either one of them is missing, they would play with Kyla. Kyla is like a replacement friend, which I do not feel good about it. However, even if no one plays with her, she can be also happy playing by herself (which happens most of the time). She did tell me that most of the time when she tried to play with the rest, they do not want to let her join in their circle and she would end up playing by herself. I do not feel good hearing that thou. She is like an outcast. I guess it would take some time for her to develop a good relationship with her 'angmoh' friends. Having no close friends does not dampen her mood in going to school. She still enjoys going to school everyday. I am heartened to have such a a very happy and optimistic girl. :-)

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Trick or Treat 2010


Halloween was a 'big' thing for Kyla's school. The parents teachers association (PTA) organised a yearly affair to go tricking or treating in one of the neighbourhoods. Kyla had been looking forward to the Halloween as we had bought her a princess dress and we had been decorating our house. Lezane, too, had a spiderman suit,which was not put to use at all.

Weikai and I were surprised at the scale of how the homes were decorated. The families put in alot of effort to make it look gory and eerie. Many had skeletons, hanging ghosts, graveyards and eerie background music to up the atmosphere by a notch. Initially, Kyla was taken aback and she was scared. She held on to my hands really tightly whenever we went knocking on the doors, which explains very badly taken photos (WK couldnt help much coz he was carrying the then sleeping Lezane). At times, I would squeal too when a ghost or vampire suddenly popped out of nowhere.

Overall, I must say it was quite an eye opener for all of us and I am sure we will be back treating again next year...