Some photos! Video too. All about April 2019.
Some artwork:
Finally, he donned a couple of VR helmets at a scuba diving trade show. These videos surely aren’t as exciting as what he was seeing; oh well.
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Taekwondo: an Update
Here’s a quick look at Nyan in his taekwondo and sparring classes in March and April 2019.
Lots of running:
And sparring too:
He complains a lot about going to class, but once he’s there, he always, always has the time of his life. So we keep at it.
A Long Weekend in Malaysia
In April, we nipped over to the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu, on Borneo, for a long weekend at a modest resort. We had no plans other than relax and rest, and that’s pretty much what we did.
The resort was right on the water, with a coastal boardwalk, swimming pools, landscaping, and views of Mount Kinabalu — one of the tallest mountains in Borneo and Malaysia — looming off in the distance.
Here’s our silly little family, doing silly things.
As we said, we didn’t do a whole lot on this trip, although one night we did go downtown to check out the night market. Chock full of fruits, vegetables, meats (raw and cooked) and other goodies for sale. Where they had active grills, it was quite smokey, which made for some nice atmospheric effects.
KK is well known for having great sunsets, and it certainly lived up to the hype. We even saw the mythical green flash! Turns it it’s not mythical after all; it exists! (Didn’t catch it on film, however.)
Finally, some shots of our hero as we traveled.
March Miscellany
An assortment of photos, and a few videos, of random fun times from March 2019.
The Soccer Tournament
Nyan’s weekly soccer club had a tournament of sorts back in March: three or four teams played each other, then had a sort of playoff to determine the winner. Nyan’s team didn’t win, but it was all in good fun, and they did have fun!
There was lots of strategizing…
and action.
Afterwards, there were medals and trophies and whatnot.
Finally, some poses. Including with Jayden, who came by to watch (and to come over afterwards for a sleepover!)
Malls, Birthdays and Cameras
Nyan’s school, Eton House, organized a big ‘Eton Mall’ one day in March. The classes all decided on stuff to sell, and the kids came up with advertisements, pricing, the whole works. Then the kids manned the tills and sold their stuff!
Here are Nyan and his good friend Arav selling their wares (cookies mostly). And eating a popsicle that Nyan bought from one of the other stalls.
On another March day, his old friend Kyra from preschool days, and her sister Chryssa, had a joint birthday party at their condo, right next door to ours. So we went! There was a magician, there was food, there was playing around on the playground equipment.
And on yet another day, Nyan had soccer practice. One of the coaches had brought her DSLR camera, and Nyan somehow convinced her to let him play around with it. The little dude loves to shoot!
Family Fun in the UK
More from Nyan’s trip to England in March 2019. Cousins, aunties, uncles, phwa phwa — family fun! Lots of pics and lots of videos. Enjoy!
Nyan and Mommy Visit the UK!
In March 2019, our hero and Mommy visited the UK. Mommy’s best friend Sharon’s new baby, Immy, was being christened, so they made a two week vacation of it while Daddy stayed back and worked. It was quite a trip!
There was a visit with other kids (including Adam, Daniel and Elizabeth) to the Cutty Sark, the old ship that’s docked in the Thames River.
A friend of Mommy’s from school is now a successful children’s book author in England, and he happened to be having a book signing while they were there. Fun!
Finally, a batch of random photos from various travels on planes and trains to, from, and around the UK
And finally finally: arriving back home at Singapore’s Changi Airport. (Video by Daddy!)
Fun in February
Some random photos and videos from February 2019.
He loved his new shirt:
Some of his Lego Robotics output:
Getting tossed by Pang, his swim instructor:
Precision bed-making:
More Lego robotics:
And finally, goofing around with Jayden:
More Chinese New Year Fun
Chinese New Year, a.k.a. Lunar New Year, is a Big Deal in Asia, with pretty much everything shut down — like Christmas Day in the US or UK. 2019’s CNY ended up being a four-day public holiday weekend, so we took full advantage by relaxing and doing various other things.
Like an overnight to Malaysia! Mommy’s Aunt Jessica recently moved there, so she and Nyan crossed the border to visit Jessica and cousin Grace. (Daddy stayed behind, as he had work due for clients in the US who don’t recognize CNY).
There was also an afternoon at the beach with Aiden, the 9-year-old son of Brian, one of Mommy’s old school friends who is from Singapore but living in Shanghai — like many, many people, he and his family traveled home for the holiday.
Nyan’s school got into the fun too, with performances and all the kids dressing up in CNY gear. Here’s Nyan and his good friend Arav in their new year finery:
Here are all the kids goofing around before their on-stage performance:
And here they are making their way into the auditorium:
Believe it or not, we don’t have any video of the performance — we were too far away, and it was too shaky and whatnot. Oh well. It was still a great capstone to a great Chinese New Year!
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