Children and Skin Allergies

Remember my previous catastrophe of going to school and not finding Nicole?

Well…She did not go as the previous night before, she developed rashes!

The next day, we sent her to school, but she was sent home, as the rashes were all over her face as well!

We are still not too sure what caused it…but we suspect that it is peanut butter, as we just bought a whole new bottle, and she had quite a lot of it!

Peanut is supposed to a big time contagion when it comes to rashes, but she never had problems with peanut before.

My research on the net tells me that, even if u aren’t allergic to certain foods, you can develop an allergy to it over the years. This phenomenon happens quite often, when we talk about young children.

Looks like we will try to keep her away from peanut butter for the moment!

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Movie Review - 17 Again

Mummy reviews ...

Last night, we went to watch 17 Again. I chose it cos I was in the mood for something light, funny and of course eye candy.

We entered the cinema with little expectations. This was after all, a tried and tested and maybe a little tired story. One man goes back to his childhood or youth to change what he could have done. It was not to see Zac Efron... hmm... we are not fans, we only know he is from the High School Musical series. So it was really just a time to relax and catch a movie.

The story is about how a Would-Have-Been (Matthew Perry) lived his pathetic, always whining life with a Have-Moved-On wife (Leslie Mann) and two teenage kids who have no regard for him. He blames his wife for being the one who got in the way of him getting a college scholarship, graduating and earning big bucks.

He gets a chance to be 17 again in the same school as his own kids. AND this was when I decided this is a really good movie!

Reasons #1, #2 and #3:

Need I say more??

I told Edmund, if I were a student, I would plaster his pictures all over my files and books (do they still do that?). Haha...

It was then that I realised how long it has been, since those giggling days of swooning at Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp. What can I say? God continues to create gorgeous people around!

Back to the review...

So this Would-Have-Been (now Zac Efron) goes to school and is always in a constant race to protect his son and daughter. He eventually reaches a place where he had a chance to make a decision that would affect his college application. And we have his best friend Ned the Nerd who brought the house down with his really nerdy antics.

It was a feel-good movie (and definitely a look-good one too) with a happily ever after story.

It proves that this time tested formula of going back to the past to make you SEE your mistakes works in the movie world. More importantly, 17 Again reminds us that in every generation, there would be a heartthrob movie which would always bring out that extra heart flutter.

From Mummy blogger, this is a 4 stars out of 5 movie!

Note to all Female readers: I think just for this one post, Edmund's rating (2.5 out of 5) ain't important! Enjoy!

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Where is Nicole?!?

Everyone loves a routine and recently I have been a victim of it!

Yesterday, at 5pm, I made my way to Nicole’s school from my office.

I drove to the front gate, parked my car, and walked to her class.

I looked at the shoe rack…checking to see if she was in class or was she in the music room….

But her shoes were NOT there…hmm…maybe she wore a new pair of shoes today (I thought to myself)

I stepped into the patio of the classroom and begin to look for her bag at the usual shelves…

I saw the bags of her friends…but Nicole’s designated shelf was EMPTY! Her bag was NOT there at all!

Oh NO!…A sudden realization came to my mind…

NICOLE IS SICK AND SHE IS NOT IN SCHOOL TODAY!

I quickly retreated to my car…Thank God none of the teachers saw me…so Embarrassing…

Do these things happen to you too?!?

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Brits got Talent - 10 year old Hollie Steel

The guys from Brits Have Talent have done it again!

Check out this 10 year old Ballerina!

What a great voice!

Need I say more...

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Movie Review - Taken

Recently, I had a chance to catch the movie “Taken” with my wife and I loved it!

It’s about this father (Liam Neeson – who played Schindler in Schindler’s List), who is an Ex-CIA agent, trying to reconnect back with his teenage daughter, after a messy divorce.

Daughter decides to go backpacking in Europe despite his objections, and upon reaching Paris, she is kidnapped!

Now comes my favourite part!

Calm daddy, now becomes a vigilante cop who goes on the rampage to save his daughter kidnapped by the underworld.

In order to save his princess, Liam Neeson turns into James Bond and Rambo, all rolled into one!

He is definitely one angry Daddy, that you don’t want to mess with! 

If you love the action moves and sequences seen in the movie “Bourne Identity”, you will love the action in this movie.

As a daddy blogger who loves his children, I will rate this movie 4 stars out of 5. :)

 

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Building Creative Children

Calling All Parents!

There is an interesting talk coming up, and it will be given by the Former RGS Principal at Expo Hall 8 this Saturday.

She is currently involved with Mind Champs and she will be advising parents on how to build creative children.

There is a registration fee of $5 and Places are LIMITED, so please register for the event.

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Good Food at Old Airport Road

Nathan and Nicole love their food, and one of their favourite eating places in the Old Airport Road Hawker Centre.

Nicole loves the spaghetti there and it is one of the cheapest in town, at only $5 a plate.

The other day, Nicole became inquisitive and started asking:

Nicole: “Where are we going to eat?”

Daddy: “Old Airport Road!”

When we reached the hawker centre at Old Airport Road

Nicole: “Daddy, this is not the airport? I want to go to NEW AIRPORT ROAD!”

Daddy: “Why Nicole? What is the difference between Old Airport Road and New Airport Road?”

Nicole: “New Airport Road has got aircon. Old Airport Road does not have!”

Haha…It is no wonder that they say that air-conditioning is the best thing that has happened to Singapore!

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Britain's Got Talent - Shaheen Jafargholi

If you liked Susan Doyle in last week's "Brit's got Talent", then stay tuned!

This boy is touted as the next best competitor compared to Susan Doyle and they have one thing in common!

They both have cats!

His name is Shaheen Jafargholi and he is only 12 years old.

Shaheen Jafargholi - Episode 2 Britain's Got Talent
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I still prefer 6 year old Connie Talbot who was from season 1. Still think nothing can beat her angelic voice!

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David Beckham sells phones!

In it's latest bid to sell phones, Motorola has used David Beckham in their latest advertisement!

Hey! If you can't beat the market leader Nokia, call in the England Captain and his chiseled chest to push up sales.

Produced by Ogilvy London, this ad is based on the movie Terminator, and it is definitely something that David Beckham fans will like!

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Changed my blackberry recently

Hi guys!

Forgot to update everybody that I have changed my Hp recently: from a Blackberry 9000 (Bold) to a Blackberry 8900 (Curve or Javelin).

The Bold was giving me heaps of problems and too unstable for me to rely on…so I changed!

Will blog more about the phone later on…

Anyway, the thing about changing your mobile, which i really hate is: transferring your phonebook.

First, you got to update your phonebook in the computer, and later u have to transfer it to the new phone.

Not exactly easy, when the Blackberry menu is kind of pathetic…they don’t really cover a lot of simple everyday things that u do (I learnt how to use my Blackberry via trial and error!)

But…Phonebooks can really be an asset or a real pain.

Don’t you hate it when you lose a contact, or I used to remember in the early days of mobile history…when changing your hp means manually keying in your phone book again….and u had to send SMSes to the whole world that you changed your mobile.

Anyway, here is a video by Natalie which really “hits the spot”. Don’t u hate it when someone SMSes you, and you don’t know who they are! Watch the video and u will know what i mean!

I am amazed by how this girl can just go on and on….but she is funny!!!

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