Shortly after I returned home from my trip to Phuket, Ah Gong and Ah Ma went on vacation in North Korea. What an unusual holiday destination!
Before their trip, we were concerned about their choice of a holiday destination. Ah Gong had been informed by the tour agency that all handphones would be "confiscated" by the North Korean authorities upon arrival in the country, there would be no internet access, and 2 North Korean guides would escort the tour group throughout their trip. The western media had also shown footages of North Korean kids suffering from famine in the country. But Ah Gong and Ah Ma returned home safe and sound, well-fed and happy, with amazing stories of the communist country to tell.
Ah Gong said that they travelled on 120 metre wide roads, visited a stadium which could seat 150,000 people, watched mass games where 10% of Pyongyang's 2 million population participated in, etc. They stayed in a 47-storeys high hotel with a casino. They dined in revolving restaurants. They met highly nationalistic North Koreans, none of whom seemed hungry or oppressed.
Mommy has invited Ah Gong to blog about his trip here, so we may see a guest writer's work soon.
I, myself, didn't have much of an adventure the past 2 weeks though. I caught the flu bug from a kid at school, and promptly passed it on to the rest of my family. The whole family has had to stay home since, in misery. Grandpa Eddy and Grandma Nancy were really nice to visit us the other day. They brought Singapore's best wanton noodles to cheer us up, but we really didn't have much of an appetite.
I missed quite a few lessons at school, and Ah Gong had been away then sick, so no one's been teaching me much these days. I do enjoy reading on my own, so I've been left alone to do that.
Mommy wasn't sure if I knew what I was doing, so she quizzed me one day: "What does that say?", pointing to my book. I answered confidently: "Queen's escort". "And...what does that say?", pointing to my book again. I read aloud the words: "Don't be ridiculous!"
Mummy has also observed that I seem to take mental pictures of an entire page in the storybook. She'll flip to a certain page in a storybook and ask me: "What is on Sergeant Murphy's bedside table?", "What colour is the hat that Spot is wearing?", etc. and I'll get it right.
I'm looking forward to my next big adventure - a trip to Adelaide for Chia Yee & Uncle Craig's wedding in October. Ah Gong and Ah Ma will be travelling with me. Mommy won't be coming because her belly will be very big by then (eh hem.... actually, it's already very big!) and Ah Gong doesn't think it's a good idea to have a seat belt strapped round her big, pregnant belly for many hours at a stretch. Daddy will stay home to be with Mommy.
I've been practising my steps as a flowergirl. I've got a bucketful of petals which I've been tossing to the beat of the wedding march. The wedding's going to take place in a vineyard at Barossa Valley. It's going to be so pretty! I can't wait to be there!
Before their trip, we were concerned about their choice of a holiday destination. Ah Gong had been informed by the tour agency that all handphones would be "confiscated" by the North Korean authorities upon arrival in the country, there would be no internet access, and 2 North Korean guides would escort the tour group throughout their trip. The western media had also shown footages of North Korean kids suffering from famine in the country. But Ah Gong and Ah Ma returned home safe and sound, well-fed and happy, with amazing stories of the communist country to tell.
Ah Gong said that they travelled on 120 metre wide roads, visited a stadium which could seat 150,000 people, watched mass games where 10% of Pyongyang's 2 million population participated in, etc. They stayed in a 47-storeys high hotel with a casino. They dined in revolving restaurants. They met highly nationalistic North Koreans, none of whom seemed hungry or oppressed.
Mommy has invited Ah Gong to blog about his trip here, so we may see a guest writer's work soon.
I, myself, didn't have much of an adventure the past 2 weeks though. I caught the flu bug from a kid at school, and promptly passed it on to the rest of my family. The whole family has had to stay home since, in misery. Grandpa Eddy and Grandma Nancy were really nice to visit us the other day. They brought Singapore's best wanton noodles to cheer us up, but we really didn't have much of an appetite.
I missed quite a few lessons at school, and Ah Gong had been away then sick, so no one's been teaching me much these days. I do enjoy reading on my own, so I've been left alone to do that.
Mommy wasn't sure if I knew what I was doing, so she quizzed me one day: "What does that say?", pointing to my book. I answered confidently: "Queen's escort". "And...what does that say?", pointing to my book again. I read aloud the words: "Don't be ridiculous!"
Mummy has also observed that I seem to take mental pictures of an entire page in the storybook. She'll flip to a certain page in a storybook and ask me: "What is on Sergeant Murphy's bedside table?", "What colour is the hat that Spot is wearing?", etc. and I'll get it right.
I'm looking forward to my next big adventure - a trip to Adelaide for Chia Yee & Uncle Craig's wedding in October. Ah Gong and Ah Ma will be travelling with me. Mommy won't be coming because her belly will be very big by then (eh hem.... actually, it's already very big!) and Ah Gong doesn't think it's a good idea to have a seat belt strapped round her big, pregnant belly for many hours at a stretch. Daddy will stay home to be with Mommy.
I've been practising my steps as a flowergirl. I've got a bucketful of petals which I've been tossing to the beat of the wedding march. The wedding's going to take place in a vineyard at Barossa Valley. It's going to be so pretty! I can't wait to be there!
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