All About Your Child

Many of you know that my ‘3 Boys’ are crazy over Lion Dance.

Ever since the 1st of September, we have been going there almost everyday. We skipped Tuesday and Wednesday because it was raining.

Though it was suppose to end today, because of the rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, the competition was extended for another day, till tomorrow, Sunday 7th September.

Even today, it couldn’t end at 10pm. It started to rain at 8.45pm. All the performers were busy using canvas sheets to cover the huge props…Oh dear, I don’t think the canvas would be of much help…*sigh*

We are indeed nuts. We have been doing this for the 3rd year now.

But if the kids love it, its all worth the effort.

The first day was TERRIBLE for me! Allan wasn’t there. He was with his client. Keatkeat behaved like he was possessed by Alvin in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks, he was crazy, completely un-tamable, it was like a lion set free from its unforgiving cage.

Not going to talk about the details of that in this post….maybe another day.

The rest of the days, we went with Allan and he found the V.VIP seats.

For those of you who are familiar with the situtation there. You know you could hardly find a chair to sit unless you are there 1&half hour before the start of the programme.

And the event last for about 2&half hours. So if you are ‘unlucky’ you’ll be on your feet or you’ll be tip-toeing (if you are short like me) for the entire show….

With the new-found location, the kids can sit and enjoy the entire show without people blocking their view occasionally and without the need to squeeze with everyone else.

My camera’s night-shots are poor but you could see how crowded it is from this bird’s eye view.

In fact these pictures are rather misleading.

It isn’t that far.

We still can see the details of the lions and the props.

Just how crazy are we over this once-in-a-year event? We called my MIL to inform her that we will not be going over to her house tomorrow; rather we’ll be going to Ngee Ann City at 2pm to watch the Finals all the way till night falls…. *wink*

That’s just sound awfully wrong!

But it seems to explain my case – what I managed to do with the little money I got from my last bazaar.

Take a look at Allan and my wardrobe.

Binbin sleeps right in-front of it every night and noon (he takes naps too)

Nothing unusual?

Let’s take a CLOSER LOOK…

We used carpet-tape to ‘secure’ the sides and the corners of the wardrobe, but can you see that the tape couldn’t really hold it together?

Can you see the piece of wood, ‘going away’ from the tape, between the wardrobe and the wall?

The interior has already gave way.

The back of the wardrobe and the base is about 5cm apart.

It has been in this condition for years now…

Allan and I often sleep with the feeling that we may be woken up in the middle of the night when the wardrobe decides to give-up-its-life and brings my little Binbin along with it to its’ grave.

Worried were we…but we did nothing…we are just to busy clearing all the interest from the debts and bills and food and pure basic living that we had postpone it till now…

Yes, go ahead and label us as bad parents. I’m not going to fight my case, ‘cos I know its a losing battle for us.

But with the little money I got from my last bazaar, I bought the new wardrobe, to prevent the worst nightmare from happening.

I could strike off another item from my if-I-have-extra-money-after-paying-the-usual-I-would-buy-this list of things.

*sigh* We are REALLY terrible parents…Thank God for keeping Binbin safe for so long under such danger….its like a time bomb, you never know WHEN the wardrobe will decide to end its life…but the nightmare is over now…finally!