Last day of 2007

What had happened in 2007

1) Lucas enter Primary 1... from little baby to small boy
2) Ryan enter Childcare - playgroup
3) Handle 2 kids and housechore without domestic helper
4) Taiwan tour for the whole family
5) Bought a new desktop
6) Visit Chinese Garden during Lantern festival
7) 2nd Uncle 50 years old celebration
8) Visit Sentosa by Cable Car
9) Visit Istana House
10) Christmas celebration at Aunt Sharon's house

Happy New Year 2008!

Merry Christmas..... Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008 New Year

Today outing is to the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden lcoated inside the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Entrance of Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

Garden's map

Garden's Maze

Resting area

Playground under repair

Javier's birthday party

Is Javier's 6th birthday today. Auntie Sharon gave him a surprise birthday party at Limbang's Mcdonald

Blurr and surprise look
Happy to receive so many presents

Some games before food is served


Makan and photo taking

Cake and birthday song... didi only interested in the cake and not the camera

Fish farm tour

Today is Papa's company's family day. It is a fishing experience at Pasir Ris town park.
Adults will do the real fishing while all the children do fish catching and games.
I played 2 games and got 2 prizes. A notebook and a small pouch

Didi doesn't want to play the games cos he was too busy watching the others catching fishes

After that we went to a fish farm nearby.

Can you see the giant fish?

Christmas shopping

went shopping for our Christmas presents at Raffles City

Earth moving facts

Mummy happened to came across this information when she saw tidying up the magazine.
She found it good and would like to share here.

Continents : Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania(Australia) and South America

AFRICA
The world's longest river, the Nile, is found here
The world's largest desert, the Sahara, is found here too
It contains more countries than any other continent

ANTARCTICA
There are no countries on this continent. Some countries operate science there, but it is not owned by any nation
It is the only continent completely covered in ice

ASIA
Asia is the world's largest continent
The biggest nation, China, lies on this continent
The highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, is found here

EUROPE
Continents Asia and Europe are divided by the Ural Mountains
Europe has been the starting point of both World Wars
There are no deserts in Europe

NORTH AMERICA
It joins Asia by ice in winter in the Bering Sea
It is the only continent that lies entirely in the Northern and Western Hemispheres
The world's largest freshwater lake, Lake Superior, is found here

OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA
It contains the fewest countries (Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea)
It has more sheep than people
It is the only continent that lies entirely in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres

SOUTH AMERICA
The world's largest river system, the Amazon, lies in this continent
The world's most Southern city, Puentas Arenas, is found here

NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD 070707

Out of the seven man-made monuments that have been voted the New Seven Wonders Of The World, three are in South America while one is in the Middle East. We tell you some interesting facts about them

MACHU PICCHU, PERU
It is a city built in the 15th century by the Incas. Its name means "old mountain"
Its buildinga are made of blocks of stones that were cut to fit together tightly without mortar. Not even a knife can be slotted between the stones
Its lies halfway up the Andes Plateau, deep in the Amazon jungle, and above the Urubamba River
It was rediscovered in 1911. The city was lost for centuries after the Incas fled when a wave of smallpox out in the area

CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO
Probably the greatest site left behind by the Mayans, this was built as early as the sixth century. Its name means "at the mouth of the well"
The main attraction is the pyramid temple El Castillo. You have to climb 365 steps to get to the top. The number of steps is the same number of days in a year in the Mayan Calendar
The temple is a place for worshipping Kukulcan, a feathered serpent deity that was believed to have had a part in creating the Earth and humans

CHRIST THE REDEEMER, BRAZIL
The statue stands at 38m tall on top of the Corcovado Mountain, overlooking Brazil's capital city Rio de Janeiro
Designed by a Brazilian and a French, it took five years to build and was opened to the public in 1931
At the base of the statue is a chapel for holding Catholic baptism and wedding ceremonies

PETRA, JORDAN
Built by the Nabateans in 9BC, many buildings in the city were carved ubti rocky mountains
It is famous for having created an oasis by saving water from floods to survive in the desert
It was badly damaged by an earthquake in 363AD

The other three wonders are India's Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China and Italy's Colosseum