Royce was coming home from school,  barged into the house without washing his legs.  I was resorted to using this method, 'I am going to sell you to garang guni'. 

He went to wash his legs instantly but barged in to kitchen and whined for his Milo drink before dinner. 

I was angry but his behaviour and told him again, I am selling you to garang guni. When he came out , he was angry with me scolding him, he yelled the exact same words to my face.

The kids , they do learn fast......

I took out the magic wand last night.
Waving and whipping it on the boy ,who put his hands in his mouth. 
Cringing at the crack of the sound,  but my heart felt no emotions like I am supposed to do it.
Only when he cried with an ouch.
Felt the lash was on me instead.

My first whip.

A guilty mum

Benchasiri Park 

Benchasiri Park is just beside Dinosaur Park. this park was to commemorates the fifth cycle (sixtieth) birthday anniversary of Queen Sirikit on 12 August 1992.

Filled with the lushful greens and calming nature , there are lots of joggers , who come here . The park has two playgrounds, and we let Royce played on his own. I was more of the helicopter parents. Maybe because when I was younger , I broke my wrist ,and resulted in my careful nature towards my kids. 

However, the kids that played there , no matter what age they are, they were independent. The maids or the parents who watched over the kids were more lay back. And with that attitude, I also tried to hands off Royce, it was abit painful for me. However , I am glad I did. I didn't know I was so tired, and lucky I had my sunglasses on, I fell asleep on the bench. 

Walking to river , Royce was very fascinated with the fishes. The people of Thailand have beautiful hearts. They gave my boy some fish food to let him encounter, the closeness of fishes that swim close to the the grass bed.  I was touched by the open-ness. It makes me want to come to that park/ Thailand again. 

Amidst the developing Bangkok, this is a beautiful place to visit. 

Mother and son, Mother and Son

We are back to the Dinosaur Park for more exciting event.  To see the dinosaur show @ Great Volcano and the Extinction Live Show Performance

The different timings

The entire day at the Dinosaur world and park was fulfilling and exhausting. We concluded the day with dinner @  Bei Otto Restuarnt , 1 Sukhumvit 20, Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Bangkok 10110, Thailand 

We can only hope for the least tantrums ,bringing a 4-year-old boy to another country.During the flight , he couldn't stop touching all the stuff on the plane. Bringing my peaceful meal to a minimum enjoyment. Despite all that I am glad he is entertained throughout.

Look how energetic he is

Checking into Baiyoke Sky Hotel was a great space for the 4 year old to maximize his energy . He was bouncing up and down the bed running in out the rooms that were divided by the partition . 

I was excited about Kidzania, as I thought it will be pretty exciting for Royce to be independent and explore the adults' world. I do understand , different countries had slightly different rules. 

Tickets are purchased accordingly to the child's age. We paid about $70 

Papa Koh did the booking online , and mentioned that the tickets purchased online were cheaper. I had mixed review on the attraction. However , decided to go and to check it out, as Royce likes Dinosaurs alot.

Papa Koh  checked the online website via https://www.dinosaurplanet.net/en/booking/, and booking at the counter , it was cheaper to book online. 

The place is relatively small to house the biggest of dinosaurs. We warmed up by taking video with 3D . The entire feel of the Dinosaur Planet makes me feel I am in the setting of Jurassic Park. I was hoping by then Royce will be warmed up.

My kids are my auto alarm clock, jumping on our faces, on my hair.And imitates the sound of the rooster to wake up us.

The benefit of living in Yishun is , us Yishun mummies and daddies,  can gather easily at Yishun Fire station. The kids waited eagerly for an officer come over to orient us.  

We went to a room where they picked up the emergency calls . We were shown the map,  on the area that fire station covers.  While the adults were keen knowing the details,  the kids were entertained by the helmet,  a kind officer passed to them. 

As parents,  we are expected to be perfect.  People can refute the statement,  by saying since when?  But we all know we do and you do.
Even as a person, we are expected to follow the morals of what the society wants us to be. 

I broke most aspects of it . Sociology taught me we play different roles,  and we are actors on our stage.

When it comes to parenting,  I only can try to be the best that I can,  imparting the good values.  However , when quarrels arises,  the anger get the better of us. 

I can see myself replaying the scenes over and over again. Only to realise how scared my kid was,  now that Royce is older,  he understands what is going on. 

Remembering a scene where I quarrelled with my mother-in-law,  the anger makes blood literally raised to my head and it clouded the judgement. I did my worst , and I am not proud but it did not surprised me that I did what I did.  I was only glad that my maid stopped me.

But when I turned around, I saw Royce and he was afraid and he stood in that spot looking at us. That expression etched in my memory,  knew that he will remember that scene for I don't know how long.

And that was my memory that I knew I had to stop.  I avoided my mother-in-law for the period of time she stayed in my house till the time she moved out. There was no better solution but I wanted to prevent it from happening again. 

However that didn't stopped me,  from quarrelling with my husband. Tension will rise and we are both strong - minded or obstinate for a better word.  The little one,  was the one whom on twice the occasion,  put out his both hands like traffic policeman . He called out to us,  'Stop,  stop'

These incidents really reduced my quarrels in my marriage, it did not abruptly stopped but it did gradually overtime. For instance, both me and Ronald stopped immediately when little Royce did that before the quarrel escalated.

It was because of those incidents , i knew that Royce was learning and he remembers

I often hug my husband in front of my kids and go into group hug mode with them.  Or I will affectionately kiss my husband on his lips . Often I find Adele and Royce climbing into my bed in the morning,  and group hug me or me and my husband.
Royce being the bigger one will kiss me on my lips,  not that I have problem with that.  But more on how I stopped him from doing that to his guy and girl classmates.

So the video educating us,  on the impression imprinted the kids memories.  Which I strongly agree,  happy watching the video in the link below.

When it comes to kids, role modelling is everything