Instilling a love of learning and creativity

through introducing reading, music, discovery science, art & crafts and the growing popular language & performance arts, is what the ANG Mistress firmly believes in; an art of expressing each's individuality.

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Not only it's part of preparing her child for his future social or curriculum challenges & development, it'll also inspire the child to become healthy, confident, productive and creative citizens.

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Since Kiet's nursery years, the ANG Mistress has always made an effort to tag along all the theatres that her dear son attends with his school. Her objective: To be able to apprehend and explain the art to the child after each attendance.

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Just like while watching a documentary, an adult needs stay beside to explain or elaborate more details to the child. Do not expect the child to understand on his own. After all, each individuals are the fruit of their parents' craft - of course all parents are not so perfect to start with themselves!

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With more theatres and art performances catered to our young children in the local arts scene, it's a breeze for most parents now as the means to lean towards art becomes readily available.

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ACT 3 International is one such leading arts company that is known to be active in promoting Arts to children. The company also conducts drama classes through their drama academy. According to hearsay, their recent "The Prudential Children First! Singapore International Festival" performances during 7-17 March 2009 had received overwhelming responses.

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Up next is the inaugural ACE! Festival 2009 during May 18 – June 14 2009 brought to the audiences led by I Theatre - a platform aimed at promoting local and regional arts. For some who might not know, I theatre is also behind the successful run of "The Little Red Hen" last year!

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This year ACE! festival sets to bring a thrilling collection of the best local and regional performing groups across five genres, as well as a collection of wonderfully creative workshops.

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As expected, this mummy has already made arrangements to reserve tickets for her child to watch the show - HOW THE GIRAFFE GOT ITS NECK by Tall Stories (UK). You bet by now this mummy is more excited than her child!

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The Little Company is part of the Singapore Repertory Theatre group, staging plays for children aged under 5’s and from 6-12 year-olds. Already armed with tickets for their ongoing production called "Bear and Chicken Go Camping", this mummy is all set to bring her boy next month for a good day out!

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Another production starting in Aug 09, another worthy play to look out for is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" - Based on the classic fairy tale by Aesop, this play is a heart-warming and serves as a very good illustration to the children of why it’s important to tell the truth, and how one lie can make a world of difference.

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So parents, embrace arts - start browsing and reserve your tickets to bring your child to a performance. Bet you won't be disappointed at all and monies well spent!

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Thank Heavens........

we're welcoming the weekend again. I wonder what we'll do as a family this weekend though.

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Here, IT Show 2009 is now hosted at the Suntec City Convention until Sunday, then there also lies an opportunity to check out the Supreme Court as it open its doors to the public on March 14 and 15 for the first time in its new premises.

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Otherwise perhaps arrange an impromptu outdoor BBQ with our bunch of gang friends and let the boys run wild while we cook our food, or set up a camping tent at East Coast Park.

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All these seemed so ideal yeah!

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Spend

Yes. That's exactly advocated by ministers all around the world, to "SPEND" - keep the economy going.

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Without hesitation, I did just "that" - SPEND; this afternoon during lunch break. Headed to the Suntec Convention Halls after chomping down a "not-so-hot" Wonton Noodle Dry at the Food Republic foodcourt downstairs.

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Flouded with streams and streams of people at the convention centre - mainly due to the 1st day launch of the IT Show 2009, accompanied by another colleague, we slipped pass the crowd easily and landed ourselves at the Body Shop Sale gallery.

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Needless to say, the gallery is filled with ladies on one side all laying their hands on the products, while at the another side, obedient crowd form queues in a Zic-zac manner waiting to make their payment of the loots.
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and Me? Well, now beaming at my loot from today's purchase too - of course.

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Random

Alright, ever since Master ANG departed Singapore yesterday for his task, both mum & son were left with themselves, for each other.

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Dear son has been amazing. He was easy to take care and handle as the day goes (unlike in the past when he was still a baby, the family had to be waken every other hour!!). He has really grown more sensible and obedient, except at times still cheeky and mostly mischievious. Let's just give him the benefit of being a child, after all, a boy.

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Other than his usual "up to some tricks", the rest of him is truly enjoyable as he's still mostly a naive child at heart and is charming because of that guilelessness.

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Just this evening, we enjoyed an interesting conversation over our subway sandwich dinner while watching the Channel 5 MediaCorp TV production "Don't Ignore Diabetes" and the exchanges goes:

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"Mummy, why is that Uncle's eye liddat?" while he looked seriously at the TV screen

So this mummy tried to make use of the opportunity to advocate healthy eating "Oh, that's because that Uncle didn't listen to his doctor, ate a lot of sweets, ice-cream, drank cold drinks....too much sweets, so he had diabetes. Quick listen to what Uncle is saying....." - at that time, the patient was talking about listening to the doctor....lalalalala.....

"So Kiet, what must you do? Can you eat so much sweets and ice-cream?" this mummy tried to challenge her son's understanding after some time of watching the programme.

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My dear son innocently responded with "Mummy, I cannot eat so much sweets, later my teeth drop.......then my eyes will not be like Uncle" (Mummy can't help but laugh in silence while nodding her head in agreement)

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Gosh, he does make sense don't you think? Too much sweets means his teeth will also decay...yeah! Mummy didn't think of that at that moment.....haha.

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Alright, before ending this post, here's a picture of my Master ANG's cheeky boy doing a Macarena like dance pose just this evening.

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In fact, the now sound asleep boy didn't know that his Dad will return home by tomorrow night. Good night!

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Sunday

thoughts shall be posted.

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Just on Friday, I was so much looking forth to the weekend. Several plans had ran through my mind; like steam some muffins, go for a walk at the Southern Ridges or at the Hort Park with the family etc.

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Then, things turn out beyond my expectation. This Sunday, which also happens to be a 三八妇女节日, I have to be down with mild food poisoning from the earlyyyyyy morning. Gosh! I really wonder what I ate the evening before and now have to suffer from the aftermath.

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This tummy discomfort haunted me the entire day until the evening. Barely leaving any more energy to think of going anywhere except lying on the bed. Randomly waking up to talk to my boys at home.

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Take it as a 三八妇女节 reward - THANK YOU!!!

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I must THANK my dear hubby, who took care of matters at home including entertaining our energetic son for the day and cooking our meals (lovely porridge) while I can konk out and recuperate.

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While I bade goodbye to my deserved Sunday and tummy ache, here's and not forgetting, to wish all the wonderful womenfolks out there a Happy Woman's Day too!

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