Spring School Trip to Jing San Beach @ 29th April 2011

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
Your school arrange a Spring Trip to the beach and you were so excited. When you tell me I said no we are not going as your daddy won't be back that week. So you are so sad and you tell me that I can just go with you mah. The two of us also can go.

So I said I'll see about it as your daddy is not here and beach is a dangerous place and you are so naughty and scare that you might not listen to me and went ahead to play in the water. So the next day you told your teacher what I said and when I pick you up form school your teacher was telling me that it's okay to go with you as the teacher will help me to look after you and to let you go to this Spring trip to the beach. But end up daddy did come back and we went to the trip with daddy and you were super duper happy.

So on 29th April 2011 (Friday), I wake up super early and so were you as you were too excited to sleep. I make us egg sandwich to take there to eat. Then we get ready and we went to the school to gather with your friends and teacher and took the bus there. It's about one hour plus trip from here.

When we reach the beach your teacher said to take group photo first then all of you children were given a kite each and 2 tickets for the rides. They have Ferris wheel, Merry go round, swinging boat and a few more rides. You did not play with the kite and you did not go for any rides at all. All you did was playing with the sand. Digging the sand and scooping the sand. You enjoy so much. Oh nearly forgot. That day was cold and super windy. So daddy bought a pink hat for you from the stall there.

After sand playing we eat our egg sandwich and then walk around and search for toilet. Then we saw a stall selling beads and they'll make necklace, keyring and bracelet. You said you want one and daddy was searching for you Chinese name but end up cannot find Yi. So in the end you just put Chor and your doggy sign. You are happy.

Then after lunch all your friends gather and play games with another class. After playing 3 games it's time to come home again. You sleep half way home and you are super duper happy for this trip.

Overall the trip is not that nice compare to last year Autumn trip. The beach is not that nice and the toilet is right outside near the entrance. And it happen that day is cold and too windy. But you still enjoy your self which is the most important of all.

You start your frist lesson on inline skating @ 15th May 2011 in Shanghai

by Ida Khoo @ Jwo Yi’s mummy
I was walking with you one day and we pass in front of a bank and lots of kids were inline skating there and we stop for awhile and you look at them skating. Then when we walk in to the housing area where we stay you said mummy I want to learn how to skate. Then I said you should tell me earlier now we are near our home and I don't want to walk out again.

So after a few days when we walk pass again you said can we wait and then you ask how much. Then we wait and then I ask the lady and then after that I said let me check with your daddy first. The package is RMB898. This include the inline skate, knee pad, elbow pad, gloves and this include half year fees of RMB500. So I think it's a good deal as it include the whole set of equipment with half year fees.

So daddy sign up for you and you start on 15th May 2011. On your first lesson the lady instructor wear all the stuff for you and you learn your first lesson by doing marching. This is the basic. Then on the second day you do the marching by yourself but you still need the lady instructor to hold you. On the third day you can walk by yourself and you join the rest of the children in the line and you fall quite a bit. Then yesterday is your fourth day and you can march the line with all the children without falling down but the instructor is not happy with your march as you did not raise your feet higher. You are dragging your feet doing the march instead of lifting your feet up higher. You tell your instructor that you are afraid that you'll fall.

But overall I'm happy with your progress and I'm proud of you. Bravo my little Jwo Jwo. You are one brave girl to try it out.