All About Your Child

Today the Istana is open to the public from 8.30am – 6.00pm. It has always been my wish to step in and have a look, but I am always informed AFTER the date. *faint* This time, it was Allan who saw the news article on the Straits Times yesterday, if not I would have missed it again. Another wish came true in my birthday month. Yippee! September is proving to be really good for me. *wink*

Tip: Bring Water Bottles!!!!

Just in case you noticed that the only familiar face in the slide was Binbin… ‘cos the other 3 were either too tired or too sweaty from the long walk under the sun. *eyes rolled*

***Free entry for all Singaporeans, $1 for foreigners/tourist. $2 for anyone above 3years old who wish to enter the Main Building.

I am doing this on behalf of a great blogger-friend. The one who made the box of yummy dark Chocolate flew all the way from Paris to my little home in Singapore.

Nah. I am NOT DOING THIS because of the chocolate!!!

I am doing this because I was moved by her enormous heart. Her passion to give and still giving. Heavily pregnant and having the most intelligent boy I have seen, her mind is still ‘putting others before self’.

Her words:

“Some time after we came back from Paris, we had a brain wave.  We decided to call up the local homes for children to see how we could contribute directly…

….the staff at Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home which has 84 children under their care, replied me with a list of things they need. I was surprised and saddened to find out that their needs were very basic – socks, slippers, canned food and so on.

Although we were not adverse to paying for these items out of our own pockets, it would not meet our main objective of getting Mal involved in giving.  So we convinced Malcolm that we should sell some of his toys and use the money to pay for the items. He agreed.”

So here’s how you can contribute: 1- by purchasing Mal’s toys and the money will go directly into the fund for the Home; or 2- by (skipping one meal in MacDonalds) cash.

“To Purchase
Pls send me an email haifangsee [at] gmail [dot] com stating

1. Your Name
2. Mode of Delivery : Pickup / Delivered
3. Delivery Address (If you prefer the item to be delivered)
4. Payment Mode : Cash / Fund Transfer
5. Item No.
6. Item Name

Delivery
As most of the toys are bulky, Malcolm and I are willing to provide delivery service at your door. A delivery fee of S$15 will apply, which will go into funding the purchases for donation to Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home.
Alternatively, you may want to pick up the item from our home.
Address will be provided to you via email. All used toys will be cleaned before delivery.

Payment
You can pay the item by cash upon delivery or make the payment via fund transfer to my POSB/DBS account. Details for my account will be send to you via email.”

Item No : 12
Item Name : Fisher-Price Fun 2 Learn Teaching Clock
Conditiion : New (box torn)
Price : SGD 25
Item Description : It’s time for learning fun with the help of Tic and Toc! These two very timely interactive friends help children understand both digital and analog time while relating to everyday experiences like lunchtime
or bedtime. And with an animated, light-up screen, plenty of exciting games, and music and sounds, they make learning more fun than ever.The Teaching Clock comes with several fun modes. In Match Time, the clock characters encourage kids to match the time as displayed in the digital clock. Game Time incorporates fun “beat the clock” learning games. The clock also teaches parts of the day and activities associated with each. It has a chime feature for the quarter, half and full hour. Requires 3 “AA” and 3 “C” batteries

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Item No : 10
Item Name : Little Tikes Shovel and Sand Sifter
Conditiion : New
Price : SGD 15 (retail price : at least USD 14.99)
Item Description : Sand sifter and shovel to be used at beach and backyard

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Item No : 7
Item Name : The Home Depot Light and Sound Grinder
Conditiion : New
Price : SGD 15
Item Description : This set of tools with light and sound make grinding and screwing more realistic for your little carpenter in the house. Requires 3 ‘AA’ batteries.

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Item No : 6
Item Name : Fisher Price Calcu Bot Calculator
Conditiion : New
Price : SGD 25 (retail USD 49.95)
Item Description : The Fun-2-Learn Calculator operates in 5 modes. Calculator: Works like a real calculator Numbers: Hear the name of the number touched, along with seeing the LCD image of that number, that number of apples on the screen, and hearing a musical riff with that many notes. Then also counting to the number selected, starting with 1 and turning on one apple per number as count. Add: Pick a single-digit number and learn the sum of that number plus a random number. Sum is always <=10. Quiz: 3 types of questions: After every 5 corrects, get a musical riff with fun LCD patterns — just for fun! Game: Apple Picking! Apples come up one at a time. Player moves ladder (paddle) left/right with + and – keys.

So don’t contact me. CONTACT HER!!!

When I was desperate in the earlier part of this year, many have shown their big hearts. This is the time for me to pay it forward. I have contributed. Would you? Could you?

Have a caring week everyone!!! *Biggest Muack*