15 August 2006

Recently, there are 5 fireworks events in the city area, my wife and my gal likes fireworks a lot so I had to bring them to see at least 1 show. We missed the very first show which is on 5th Aug, then the second show on 9th Aug, Singapore National Day. So there was only left with 2 more shows, on the 11th and 12th Aug. Incidentally, I took leave on 11th Aug to go to Canberra Pri Sch, my gal's future Pri Sch. There was a balloting going on that day at Canberra Pri Sch and I took leave to witness the balloting. Lucky enough, my gal managed to got into this school. I was definitely happy, at least we do not need to worry anymore, for the time being. At the same time, I felt sad for those who did not got in. Why can't they open more vacancies to cater to all applicants, then everyone will be happy.

I think that day was really our lucky day because we managed to view the fireworks that night. The view was not very fantasic because we far away and we waited at the wrong place. When it was 9pm, most people who were sitting down waiting for the fireworks to appear in front of them, immediately stood up and rush to another place because the fireworks did not appear where they predicted to be. BUT still, we enjoyed ourselves. This is not the end of it. The next day, my wife got to attend her company retreat, so she was out since 8am. I took my gal to her music class at Yahama Music School at 3pm, then went to my colleague's house to service his computer for free. Luckily there was nothing much to service. By 6.30pm, we left the house and headed to Esplanade to view another fireworks. Crowds were even more than the day before. We went to different places to check if there's any parking lots left. We searched for 20 mins but still cannot find a place to park. Just then, we received a call from a colleague who asked if we want to go onboard and view the fireworks. We agreed immediately but then feared that my gal cannot go onboard because she did not bring her passport. We told that colleague our concern and off he went to ask around.

Soon we reached Marina South Pier still uncertain whether can my gal go onboard or not. About 30 mins before the show, we were told that my gal got no problem boarding the launch. So off we went and waited for the fireworks to go off at 9pm. We were all excited because this is the first time I view fireworks onboard. The same launch but it was a different feeling this time when I was onboard. After the fireworks, we went for supper at Zion road. After supper, we all went home and sleep... Tired day but a happy day.



Wanted to upload the video clip of the fireworks but www.youtube.com seems to have some problems now. So will try again later...


Tonite, I made a mistake, yet again. I really regretted doing it. I scolded my gal for misbehaving. She keeps asking for her mummy and even cried when she realised her mummy still not home at this hour(10.30pm). Initially I scolded her because I think that she always asked for her mummy. I told her mummy have to work so as to help support the financial needs. Then I also scolded her because she could not memorize her spelling properly.
But then when I think back, I realised I asked too much of her. She must have missed her mummy badly but I still blamed her and scolded her. And I should not scold her for not memorizing her spelling because this time, there were more words to memorize than before.
But it's too late, I already scolded her, I just hope she can forget about it tomorrow morning and I shall promise to treat her even better.
SORRY, RACHEL :(