Kinderland Official Moval Day

Toddler Ang's daycare arranged the moval of the children in a manner that the ANG Mistress call it - "Unthoughtful", "Unco-ordinated" and "Unorganized".

Most of the furnitures were already shifted by 26 Jan 07. Hence on 29 Jan morning, what's left is an empty BIG space and the younger children were running about enjoying that morning chase.

The ANG Mistress took the morning off from work to 'ensure' Toddler Ang will be taken cared of by her, to take photographs of the last moments and also on how the moval will be carried out. Very much to her disappointment, it was not very well done.

There was NO BRIEFING from the principal to the parents present in that morning, everyone was just waiting for someone to give the instruction or information of what to expect.

At around 9.30am, the Kinder classes finally departed from the old premise first. The children, their parents, along with the teachers, all started to trot towards the new centre premise after some last photographs were taken. Gradually, it's the younger ones turn. After the pictures were taken, most of the younger ones were driven in their parents' car to the new centre as most parents find it too exhausting for the young toddlers to literally walk there with their bags!

Of course, when the young kiddos arrived at the new centre, a lot of exploration were done. They were running from places to places, corners to corners, meddling with the items they see on the tables etc etc etc.

The ANG Mistress wouldn't have missed this good opportunity for quality photo-shoots of curious young kids. She managed to snap really great pictures, sought after by many parents.

Finally, it was time for the parents to depart and return to their respect work-forces at 10.45am.

Oh, another thing to take note before the end of this entry, that principal actually emailed to Parents before the moval day mentioning that the group will stroll into the new premise TOGETHER.......however, the ANG Mistress found her driving into the new premise's carpark with her centre's operational manager, Ms Karen Ting sitting beside her in the car.

Hmmmm.....the older children are made to walk from the old centre to the new one....and this principal actually drove there instead of accompanying the others to walk TOGETHER, so how can this person be called trustworthy, where somehow her actions deviate totally from the actual practices!

I can take medicine, all by MYSELF

"I can do it, there's nothing to it, I can do it, by myself"

On 19 Jan 07 evening, I fed myself this 3ml of Cough Syrup via syringe.

See that?............Yay! I made it, I had successfully overcomed my own fears of taking medicines.

I can remember how Mummy & Daddy had to do in order to make me swallow the medicines.

Daddy will carry me, holding both my hands tight while Mummy squeezes my nose and administer the medicines into my mouth.

Wow....those days are now over. Yipee......!!!!

Injured Toe at the DayCare

TGIF.
The ANG Mistress was on the way to pick Toddler 洪 from the daycare centre, alone.

She was feeling very happy as it was finally the end of the work week and weekend plans will kick-in. However, this feeling remained shortlived. Why?

She was shocked when she entered the daycare centre at around 6.20pm (Toddler 洪 attends the Kinderland Child Care Centre located at Singapore Polytechnic Campus), to find Toddler 洪 crying very loudly inside the Music Room while being carried by one of the Chinese teacher.

Then she realise the reason for this unusual behavior. His toe on his left leg was injured and resulted with a nail crack!!

A Badly injured toe after clean-up by the ANG Master. "Ouch!!!"

"He kicked onto something", according to the teacher. What really happened and causes the incident? Apparently, no one in the centre knows since the explanation was merely "He kicked onto something" when probed by the ANG Mistress.

It was traumatic for Toddler 洪 as he continued wailing (by now being carried by Mummy) while the teacher tries to inform the ANG Mistress what first-aid medication was given.

On a side note: When the ANG Mistress arrives at the centre parking her car, she saw the centre's principal getting out of her car at the foyer, entering the centre few minutes before the ANG Mistress.

The principle was standing just nearby when the Chinese teacher was explaining to the ANG Mistress. However, the principle DID NOT do anything much (perhaps unaware of the situation since she arrived at the centre just few minutes before the ANG Mistress), merely peeking over with that "Oh, he's injured........" look and walked away, occupied with another conversation.

It was not very long after that the ANG Mistress decides to leave the centre. She quickly phoned the ANG Master and asked that he wait at the drop-off where the ANG Family is staying, as Toddler 洪 was still crying despite being carried and comforted by the ANG Mistress along the way.

The journey home was entirely traumatic to both Toddler 洪 and the ANG Mistress. The toddler was crying all the way back home in the car while the ANG Mistress drove and tried to comfort him at the same time. His favourite "Thomas the Train Engine" VCD was playing at that time but Toddler 洪 must be in too much pain to enjoy the show.

The duo finally arrived at the drop-off where the ANG Master was already waiting. It was then the ANG Mistress finally felt more relieved since the ANG Master was around to help out.

The ANG Family is very angry with the way the daycare centre handled this incident:

1) Why didn't the centre dialed either the handphones of the ANG Master or Mistress to pre-notify the incident, before the parents pick the Toddler from the centre?

This could have somehow mentally prepared the parents and allowed them to decide what to do. Otherwise, why do the daycare acquire the contact numbers for? For communications in case of Emergencies right???!!!???

On a side note: The ANG Mistress is picking Toddler 洪 on her own very often since the ANG Master is a shift-worker. Can anyone imagine what if the ANG Master is on shift and not at home on that Friday?!!??

2) How could a Principal totally ignore or neglect to check out a conversation, which involves a Toddler crying very badly?

I'm wondering if it's a normal scene, to have a Toddler wailing while a Teacher is talking to the parent in the centre. So can someone convince me on how come the Principal can totally ignore this? It would be very normal for just anyone to come near and check out what happened right?

3) Did the teachers communicate the incident to the Principal and pen-down the Injury/First-Aid records?

So, after that Friday and over the weekend, was the incident recorded? Was it communicated to the principal so she may follow up? The ANG Mistress don't think so. There were no phone calls asking for the toddler's well-being, nobody from the centre asked about what happened until the ANG Master pursued the matter with the principal on 24 Jan 07 - Wednesday.

All these really makes the ANG Mistress furious! It only reflects something.

1) The staff at the daycare centre lacked in communication to each other. There's no common communication platform (i.e. like a notice board sort of stuff) for ALL THE STAFF to note down events or things within the centre so they can follow up.

2) There is no procedure for handling of such 'unforeseen emergency', since they cannot contact the parent right-away when an accident (such as an injury in this case) happens.

3) The Principal is not managing the events in her centre and is not well informed. Although they are busy arranging to shift to a new location, the procedures and rules should still prevail. Such injury should be communicated to the Principal at least. They should not even allow such a mistake in the process.

Mind you, they are handling Children(Young Humans) not animals alright!

4) This particular Kinderland centre received many praises (like appreciation letters) from parents of their previous students. (see link: Letters)

Isn't it obvious why we parents send our children to daycare? All we ask for, is that the children are well & we may be assured of their well-being while in the centre.

Hence, after such an experience, who would like to give the ANG Mistress confidence, assurance and answers to her questions above?

Does the representatives from the Crestar Education Group like to try?

Martial Arts for Beginners

In those Mandarin serials, we often know that those Shaolin Masters are reknown for their own Shaolin Kungfus.


We, Toddlers also have our own set of Martial Skills and today, I'm going to present a step-by-step demo to you adults that we can make it in the Martial Arts Society "JIANG HU" too.

So here goes the Steps:


Step 1) Spread open both your legs and hold your weapon with your right hand, pointing the weapon 45 degrees facing to the South. Make sure your eyes are staring at your opponent.


Step 2) Now transfer your weapon to your left hand and hold it upright. Maintain this pose for 3 mins, making sure that your eyes are still staring at your opponent.


Step 3) Now, hit right onto your opponent's head.


Step 4) Sit down and prostrate. Besides being a pose of respect to your skills, the position also allows you to check that your opponent has indeed fainted from the smack. "heh heh"

So folks remember, no fees are collected for showing you these Martial Arts Skills.
By the way, don't quote me if the skills do fail.....................

Spring Summer 2007 Hair Cut

Hi ya' folks,
I'm spotting a new hair style for the Spring/Summer 07 season (with compliments of Peggy 姑姑 "GU GU").
I kindda like it cos it suits me.


What do you think? Check it out.

"Opppsss, I forgot to put on some hair wax here.........heh heh"

2 years, 1 month, 3 weeks & 6 days Old Update

Toddler Ang has grown so much taller! He can now reach for the items laid at the edge of the dining table easily. Hence no more placing of coffee cups at the table's edge happily thinking that he is still a young toddler. He's an Explorer!!

Loads of gibberish toddler language in the House of Ang 洪, you bet.... he is picking up adult's language everyday, listening attentively to Master & Mistress Ang's conversations. He had his eyes glued to his favourite cartoons but he knew when we were 'gossiping' about him. He'll turn to us and defend himself........that is.......by 'scolding' us....

We're spotting more little Dance Steps in the House! Todd Ang will dance to his favourite Opening tune of "Thomas the Train Engine". "Boo.....Boo.....Boo......" he hummed as he swayed both arms as though he is matching, noddling his head at the same time. An interesting & comical scene for the adults but we enjoyed this entertainment very very much. Thanks for the fun you gave to the House Of Love Toddler Ang! We love you!

"Boo......Boo.....Boo...."