Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

It's so amazing how our children evolves through these years and they actually look like themselves actually! Look at them when they are only 75 days old! And they look DIFFERENT! Don't be shocked! This special post on them 75 days old, makes me feel as if I have triplets in one go, isn't it? JOSH HOE This is Josh. Very few hair and he looks dark, compared to Gwen. He really look non-Chinese yes? Ha. I honestly can't really remember how was his sleeping pattern then. All I can remember is that he was the one whom I bathed a baby for the first time! Oh my! This picture was taken before I had LASIK! Ha. Josh really looks different from us. But now, he's handsome boy... Ha. KATE HOE This little Michelin star has amazing arms at 75 days. This is because she is drinking Josh's two year old breast milk ever since she was born. Guess the amount of nutrition in the breast milk nourished her so well! Amazing! And time really

Josh loves his train tracks! And recently, we got him another set of train tracks as a reward because he managed to go toilet and make big business for consecutive 7 days! We even had a tracker on the whiteboard, and he would paste a sticker once a day has passed. And thereafter, he stopped using the potty for his passing of motion! I realized that Josh really loves to build different types of train tracks, with splits and tunnels. I have sat down and played with him and these few days, he formed his own train track elevators!  He made use of egg trays and other toys to elevate up the train tracks! This was something he invented by his own! He even used paper plates as an additional height for the train tracks! Totally creative and he said that the white plate acted as a station for the trains. Here is another unique train elevated tracks. He made use of the green plastic tray. It's really quite nice when the whole entire train network has differe

I'm just glad that for this month, I had quite a few outings with my agency and it's indeed fun to meet up and it has been quite long since we had our fun. Bowling We played inter-agency bowling and from this game, we know each other's strengths and had so much encouragement to one another. I just find that bowling games are always different as the company of people you play with, makes it either boring or exciting!  Our agency won the second runner up! So happy. Group picture of us and our color theme is green! Xcape My boss Li Fen planned an exciting place for us to go to! And I didn't know such place existed as I have been playing online version all my life. She showed us the trailer in office and all of just are so excited to go!  It's a real game, and you are being trapped in a room. You and your friends must find clues and ways to escape within one hour. They have a branch at 8 Purvis Street #04-01. Go to www.xcape.sg for more information. I'm really amaze

It's indeed a feat to bring three children out. It's even amazing when you are eating in a restaurant with 7 children! And there are only 6 adults. The number of children outbeat the adults! How cool is that? We went to Paradize Inn at Marina Square to have an impromptu gathering as there was a Mid-Autumn Festival at Esplanade. We invited one family, and thereafter, invited more and more, and became 13 of us! It's a fun gathering and I was the photographer! Find that my photography skills are getting better and better! (SELF PRAISE) 3 generations. Josh looks like a big boy! Charlotte and Kate. They are both so cute and adorable! What a great group picture and managed to get all the children's smiling faces inside! Love it! This is the only picture with myself inside on the outing that day. Josh waiting for the food to come, and he's self entertaining by himself. They are cousins and hopefully we

Well, recently I went for my annual IPPT test and it's a last minute MUST DO, as I have dragged for nearly 9 months and my 2013 window is closing. Previously, the allocated time frame to clear was 12 months from your birthdate. Now, they wants you to clear it in 9 months. Hence Sept 22nd is the final date for me to clear. Otherwise, I will have to do remedial trainings of 10 sessions 2 hours each! (NO WAY HOSEY) It's been quite a while since I have jogged 2.4km as I didn't schedule time for myself to exercise (EXCUSES!) but it's true. I'm so glad that I was able to pass in my 2.4km run!  Here are my results.. 36 Sit Ups in 1 minute Jumped a distance of 220cm  10.1sec for my Shuttle Run 9 Pull Ups 12.22min for my 2.4km jog Sit Ups It used to be an easy feat for me in the past, doing close to 50 in a minute! Having my buddy to count for me in the school days and Army. Now, I did about 30 at the 45th second. Hence I tried to give my

Today, I fetched Josh and Kate from my in-law's place. And they were so happy to see me from a distance! I'm also so happy to see them too! I have decided to either bring them to Sentosa or Botanic Gardens. And guess what is their pick? Sentosa! The reason is because Josh remembered about the Sentosa train toy that we promised to get for him at the next visit. Lunch We munched at QQ rice at NEX. It's actually the healthy option for the children. Josh is able to order himself. What is required at QQ rice is that you have to choose your type of rice, and 5 ingredients! He told the lady that he wanted purple rice 紫米, and the ingredients are seaweed chicken 紫菜鸡, carrot 萝卜, chicken floss 肉松, corn 玉米 and silverfish 银鱼. I'm so proud of him! Sentosa   It's a fine weather today and they are also holding their annual event of Sentosa Busker's festival. We reached around 2pm as we didn't know that they only starts at 4.30pm and

Recently, I have came across different types of love images in front of my eyes. And I really want to share these with you. 1. An old lady on a wheelchair and her husband They are in their 70s. And the old uncle was pushing the old lady on a wheelchair. What amazed me is that the old lady held her arm straight up, providing the umbrella as a shade for the old uncle against the drizzle. I didn't get to take a picture of them because I just feel that it's disrespectful of me. From this, it showed the mutual support given to each other, and definitely it touched my heart. I really feel that at the end of the day, whatever we do, we just need our beloved partner to stay with you at all times. No matter what happens, we will grow old and what is most precious then is actually love in the family and love towards your another half . Cherish them while you can. 2. A couple with height difference It's stereotyped that the guy usually has to be the taller one. However, I