Property Agent.... Highly Irresponsible?? Or Sales Tactic??

We came back from our holiday to find a note from SingPost at our letter box... 

We have a letter addressed to us, but "detained" at SingPost, reason being the sender did not attached sufficient postage on the letter...

Not suspecting anything, we went to the Post Office, waited half an hour in queue, paid $1.25 to receive the detained letter, only to realise that it's an advertisement from a property agent...

Oh Gosh...

How can a property agent be so irresponsible to post us a letter without attaching any stamp? Super irritated by their actions.... Hence I sms this agent and told him that what he and his company did was wrong and is causing us unnecessary inconvenience... 

Guess what is the reply.. I almost fainted...

"Dear Sir/Mdm, 

We apologize for causing any inconvenience. 

Have a great weekend ahead. 

BTW, currently we have a buyer for 4 Bedroom for D19 hence it is possible for us to bring this buyer to ur unit if he's keen at xxxx?"

I will never ever have any dealing with this kind of dealers.. Gosh... 

Maybe it's his sales tactics for owners like us to contact him... and he can have his "BTW" sales talk... @_@ ||||||||||||

Accountants Turned Professional Florists on V-Day...

On V-day in office, we had some fun by turning ourselves from professional accountants to professional florist...

Here's the story... Our male collague who is quite newly-wed was pressurised by the wife to get her a bouquet of flowers... And so he did, from our own canteen... But the wrapping was bleh... We could not bear for the wifey to get such a poor wrapped bouquet of flowers, so then we decided to give him a hand...

From accountants, we transformed ourselves to professional florists, searching our drawers frantically for materials and ta da... a nice bouquet of flowers was borned...

"Wrapped" flowers... bleh... thumbs down for the wrapping...

Materials in search at AOG price...  

Not forgetting the labour charges...  

End product.... Not losing to any of the professional florist out in the market... 

After the episode on V-day, the colleagues in office came up with an idea... Maybe we can do this as part of the fund raising next V-day for our Xmas party...

School Bus or School Bus Not?

This is the 3rd year my bunny is taking a school bus to school. No major hipcups in the 1st 2 years. In fact, the bus driver uncles are nice and the bus attendant aunites are caring towards my bunny. My bunny also likes and respects them alot.

But... things are not the same anymore...

2013, 30th Dec...
The school posted a statement on FB saying the current school bus operator is asking for a ridiculous price hike and hence they are going to change an operator. The school also advised us that the new bus operator will contact us within the next 2 days, latest by 1st Jan 2014 so that school can start without fail on 2nd Jan...

2014, 1st Jan... 10pm at night
We received news the day before from someone claiming to be a bus driver with regards to the drop off timing for my bunny. I asked him about the pick up schedule but he told me it will be a different driver hence the new driver will contact me shortly. The day before school commence, at 10pm, no news from either the bus driver or the bus operator. Checked my FB accounts and realised that lots of parents in same scenarios as me.

The school posted another statement on FB saying if details on pick up is not received, parents have 2 options: To send the kids to school themselves, or let the kids miss school on both 2nd and 3rd and only resume school on 6th when the logistics issue is settled... Huh!

Dear and I concluded... We will let the big bunny skipped school on Thu and Fri then...

2014, 2nd Jan... 2 hours before school commence
I received a call from someone claiming to be a bus driver who is in charge of pick up..

Bus uncle: "Hello.. Mrs Lim, is your boy going to school today?"
Me: "Well, that depends on whether he got transportation to school anot! No one called me before... But if you picking him up, I will let him attend school"
Bus uncle: "Okie, I will come pick your boy up. In one hour time. To wait at the road side."
Me: "Okie..."

So off we prepare and pack our big bunny to school..

Meanwhile, while nearing school dismissal times, I saw from FB that some parents are commenting that their kids in the morning session haven't reach home yet. Some were as late as 4 to 5 hours. When called the bus operator, the kids' name are on the list but they are physically not there. Panic parents went around frantically looking for their kids, only to discover that they had either boarded the wrong bus or they are detained in school as they had miss their appointed bus.

Naturally, I was worried hence I decided to be a P.I for an hour.... to go to school, wait for my boy to be dismissed and trailed behind him and his school bus until he successfully reached home.

End of the day, my bunny made it successfully to and from school via the correct school bus and quite on schedules (only +- 15minutes). Lucky us.

That same night, the school issued another statement. School close for all on Friday, 3rd for them to assess what went wrong and to go through the logistics again. So drama.

My big bunny is naturally very happy about this unplanned holiday.

2014, 4th Jan... at night...
I received a call from the school, informing us that school will not commence till 8th, Wed. The school had reviewed the school bus issue and had decided to revert back to the old school bus operator. At the same time, the school bus operator had also accepted to lower the % of bus fare hike for the parents.

2014, 8th Jan...
My bunny went to school... All is well with the school bus... Same drivers as the previous year... On time buses...

2014, 15th Jan...
All went well with the school bus schedule... But parents were only informed by the school that there will be a price hike of absolute amount of $10-$15 per kid... Exact school fee payable still unknown...

That same evening, my bunny brought home his school bus card... Price hike for the journey is at $15, which is almost 16% from prior year.. sigh.. so much..

To conclude...
Nothing for me to complain about as the price hike is within the range advised by the school and my bunny does go to school and reach home on time and safely.. But I guessed I am one of the lucky parent... Read from FB that some parents received price hike as much as $30 to $40, which is way higher than what the school communicated and it came to an extend that some parents decided to fetch their kids to and from school...

If you ask me, the school bus fare is indeed expensive but this is something that we had cater for in our budget and is still within the range communicated by the school... And we really like how our bunny had become more independent... he had also enjoyed the bus ride alot... Him taking the school bus can also free up lots of time for my in-laws with the logistics...

So to conclude.. why not... and not why i should not... =)

Good Bye 2013 (Part II)

Here’s how we spent the 2nd half of 2013

July… Mummy brought the little bunny for his 1st SBS bus ride… We also made a visit back to Segamat, Malaysia to celebrate the bunnies’ great granny birthday…

While waiting for bus to go Grandma’s place

@ Segamat, Malaysia 

Happy Birthday, Great Granny… 

August… Happy Birthday, Singapore… To celebrate Singapore’s birthday, we had our annual CLDDs picnic @ Bishan Park. A 1st for my little bunny… We also visited River Safari for the 1st time… Though half opened, it was an enjoyable trip where we got to meet up with Jia Jia & Kai Kai, the pandas.

A nice group pic of a sea of red… Happy Birthday, Singapore…

With our best buddy family 

@ River Safari 

September… We loved this month cos it is special… It is birthday month… Happy Birthday to Me!!! We visited Volkswagen show room during their family day in early Sep… Next, Happy Birthday to Daddy!! We celebrated Daddy’s birthday at Chinese Garden with Hse of Js and the dinos… The big bunny participated in his 1st drama competition at Suntec City this year too… He acted out the scene, said his line… Bravo, my boy!!!

@ Volkswagen Show Room

Daddy… Look, I can drive… 

The foursome at Chinese Garden 

By the pond, Chinese Garden

Ready for his 1st drama competition 

With his co-actors… his “turtles” friends

 

Group pic after the competition

Kor kor… I am here to support you… 

October… Celebrated Children’s day by bringing the bunnies to Kid’s Kampung @ Pasir Ris… 1st close up encounter with rabbits, hamster, mice etc, followed by “long gang” fishing… A happy experience for the bunnies… Brought the big bunny to try a lego robotic workshop where he learnt how to make a alligator out from lego bricks, and using mechanics to make the alligator moves its jaws… Happy Birthday, Jovin… To celebrate Jovin’s birthday, we visited Brussels Sprouts for the 1st time… The kiddos sure had a fun time at the outdoor… The big bunny performed at his school concert for the 2nd year this time… Although he missed school for quite a number of days (including the full dress rehearsal) prior to the actual school performance, he could remember all his dance steps and position… Well done!!! To reward the bunnies, I also treated them to some fun at SingKids, Changi for an afternoon play… Last event of the month, Happy Birthday, Jiu Jiu….

@ Kid’s Kampung, with the hamsters and mice

“Longkang” Fishing

@ Junior Lego Robotic class 

@ East Coast Brussels Sprout… Happy Birthday, Jovin Jie Jie

Annual school concert… 2nd year of participation

@ SingKids, Changi 

Happy Birthday, Jiu Jiu…

November… The big bunny took his class photo this month… The school photographer also threw in portrait photos of him in civilian… So handsome… On a lazy Saturday morning, we visited Sengkang Fire Station for its open house… We came up close and personal with a fire engine, had our family pic taken with the firemen and the bunnies also got their hands on some tools and equipments that the firemen used to eliminate the fire… Beginning of the month, we celebrated Grandma’s birthday @ home… Following week, we went for a stay-vacation @ Festive Hotel, Resort World Sentosa… On day 1, we went exploring the shops at the Festive walk and the bunnies took their 1st cable car ride… We visited Universal Studios on 2nd day… The day ended with a nice dinner at one of the Chinese restaurant in RWS… As the November holiday begins, Mummy also planned out activities, as well as meet and greet sessions for the bunnies… We first met up with Ninja Turtles from the street and we exchanged some kungfu moves… The big bunny even won himself some Ninja sticker.. As a family, we also attended a ukulele trial class… Not an expert on it yet, but we did manage to learn a ‘C’ note, ‘G’ note and ‘F’ note… Kaden attended a Science holiday program as well as a Hip Hop Dance Class this school break… To welcome Christmas in December, we also visited Volkswagen Show Room (yes… again!!!) for its Lego Christmas Fair… We even test drive the new 7 seater Sharan and my big bunny is very impressed with its sun-roof… Back at home, we managed to put up a D.I.Y 2D Christmas Tree… End of the month, we visited Science Centre with our best buddy family... The kiddos had a fun time @ the center though they missed the water play due to bad weather… Ended the day with nice Japanese food and a bunch of laughing kiddos…

Individual portraits… (Professionally done up in school...)

Class photo…

@ Sengkang Fire Station, with the firemen

@ Sengkang Fire Station, with the fire engine 

I loved water…. Especially those from the hose…

Fun with the mist gun

Happy Birthday, Grandma!!!

Day 1 of our RWS stay vacation… Having an afternoon tea @ Mac

Exploring the shops and photo time with the shop mascots and displays

Day 2 of our RWS stay vacation… Fun @ Universal Studios Singapore

Nice dinner and a family pic to mark the last night of our RWS stay vacation…

The kiddos, while waiting for Ninja turtles to make an appearance 

Daddy & Mummy’s childhood memories… Ninja Turtles

@ ukulele trial class… 

Science Holiday Program…. Knowing my body… 

@ Volkswagen Show Room, Lego Christmas Fair

Our D.I.Y Christmas Tree

@ Science Centre

The happy foursome….. Dinner after a long day at Science Centre 

December…. We brought the bunnies for the RC annual brisk walking @ Changi Jetty. However it started raining, hence we skipped the walk and met up with Granny at the end station… Rain stopped and the bunnies simply could not wait to get out of the car… Our big bunny even had a chance to build a sandcastle… After the walk, we visited Downtown East… Took some photos with the Doraemon display… The bunnies also tried out mini bowling… Attended a Children Charity Christmas Fair @ Taka and the bunnies had much fun at the various game stalls… Managed to catch the Sesame Street show from far… Next, up close and personal is with the adorable care bears… We even managed to secure a photo pass with them… That same day, we caught the Pororo and Friends Show, though we could not get our hands on any photo pass… But nonetheless, our big bunny knew how to self entertain at Kiddy Palace by pretending to be a spidey… Christmas is near and Mummy decided to doll up our Altis into a red nose reindeer… The day before we left for our 3D2N Malaysia road trip, we met up with Forever Friends at Compass Point and hurray, we got the bunnies to have a nice photo with them… Next morning, we left for Malaysia… Spent the 1st day at Little Big Club with the various meet & greet and the rides… 2nd day, we set off for Legoland Malaysia… Great fun during these 2 days… We even promised the bunnies that we will be back for more annually… The weekend before Christmas, the bunnies attended a party organized by the mummies of the big bunny’s speech and drama class, and visited the winter wonderland at MBS… On Christmas eve, we attended the CLLDs annual X’mas party… On Christmas Day, the big bunny did up some Gingerbread Men to spice up the family party that same night… Last X’mas party was spent at Auntie Sunshine’s place… After the event, we even went a ride through the whole of Orchard Road to view the Christmas lighting… Happy Birthday, Ah Yee… Celebrated Ah Yee’s birthday @ the zoo… On the last day of 2013, we brought the bunnies to play fireworks, after which to Sengkang CC for their countdown and New Year carnival…

Sandcastle building @ Changi Jetty 

Enjoying his banana after the brisk walking

@ Downtown East 

We can bowl @ mini bowling alley, Downtown East

@ Children Charity Christmas Fair…. Fun with the game stalls

Posing with the big X’mas tree at Takashimaya

Meet & Greet…. Care Bear

 Self entertaining… I’m a spidey…

Our Altis cum Red Nose Reindeer

Meet & Greet…. Forever Friends Bear

@ Little Big Club… With Pingu and his friends…

@ Legoland Malaysia, Junior Driving School…

@ Legoland Malaysia, Duplo Express Train…

Hurray… Mummy won me a giant minion… 

With Mr. Lego mascot

@ Legoland Malaysia… Presenting the king, the queen and the princes… 

Little Explorers’ Christmas Party on 20th...

@ Winter Wonderland, MBS, with Mr. Santa… 

CLDDs Annual Christmas Party… The kiddos & their presents… 

CLDDs Annual Christmas Party… The adults & their presents… 

CLDDs Annual Christmas Party… Yummy, Logcake!!!

In the mid of doing up his Gingerbread Men…

Getting the gifts ready for our family Christmas party 

Sunshine Christmas Party @ Auntie Junie’s house on 28th

Happy Birthday, Ah Yee

The foursome at the Zoo… Take 1

The foursome at the Zoo… Take 2

@ the zoo, last show of the say “Splash Safari”

Fireworks on the last day of the year... To light up and mark an end to the fruitful year

Good bye, 2013… We will miss you…

2013… Had been a year of events and fun for us… We will miss you...

2014... Warm welcome to you... I'm sure it will be another year of more events and more fun for the happy lim family...