My New Drumset

Yes! I'm on the adult drumset now!

My parents deliberated over the new set when my teacher said I should move on. I got the red one that I like.

It's a Mapex drumset. The sound is so much better.
Love it!

And I got a drumming room now :-)

Green Gold Tip

Finally!

The gold tip was hard to get! Took me quite a while. I'm training at another dojo now but under the same instructors. Looking forward to the next belt!

Furry Friends Near Us

Kitties & Rabbits

(For Auntie Yin)

Mum says it's hard for you to find cats where you are.

We've got lots of cats at the alley near our new house. The old lady who feeds them tells us stories about them.

Two rabbits living a few houses down play with the cats. Mum thought she was seeing things when she saw a rabbit and a cat sleeping side by side. The old lady says the cats and the rabbits love to play together. Once, one of the cats fought with one of the rabbits. The rabbit won.

The brown scrawny cat is a fussy eater. It picks out the fish in the food given and refuses to eat the rest. It will then wait for the old lady to give it more fish because she can't bear to see it hungry.

Then there is this cat who snuggles in the drain hole every day. You can see its paws and if you peer in, you see it.


Here's one of the bunnies. It doesn't eat the cats' food. It just comes out to play with them and the old lady says they have a ball of a time together. Very strange.

*Pictures taken by Jedd. Please ask for permission before using.

My Drum Practice on You Tube

Learn To Fly
-played by me!-

You can see my drum practice on You Tube put up by my teacher. Cut & paste this link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkW-y95iOAQ&feature=related

Nature's Great Shows

Here are some video clips of the creatures we saw at Sungei Buloh:

Smooth Otter Playing In the Pond


Snake Slithering In Mangrove Swamp


The Milky Stork Feeding

A Christmas Story By Jedd

Santa's Helper

Mum was busy cleaning the house and told me to write a Christmas story. So here's my story on how I went to visit Santa Claus to help him:

One December holiday, after walking back from the park, I decided to open the mailbox. I discovered that there was a letter for me. Immediately, I tore open the envelope, eager to read the letter. I could not believe my eyes! It was a letter from Santa! Santa wanted me to work for him and he would send reindeer to fetch me on Christmas Eve, which was that day!

That night, I waited eagerly for the reindeer to come. Suddenly, I heard a low whistle. I rushed out of the house to see who whistled. I thought it was something scary. But when I opened the door, I saw Rudolph and the other reindeer with the sleigh outside! Rudolph told me to hop onto the sleigh. Like magic, the sleigh rose slowly up to the skies, then off to the North.

Soon, I felt cold air rushing past me. I peered down and whooped when I saw that we were flying over an iceberg! Suddenly, the sleigh descended and landed with a loud thud. I got off the sleigh and noticed that I was next to a huge factory. The factory doors flung opened and Frosty the Snowman wobbled out! He gave me a hug and I almost froze! Next, he showed me inside the factory, which was Santa Claus’ workshop. Instead of seeing elves making and wrapping presents, machines were making and wrapping presents. Frosty told me that Santa had modernised his factory last year.

Suddenly, a voice boomed out through the factory, “Ho! Ho!” I turned to see Santa Claus at the control room at the top of the factory. He was much bigger than I thought. His blue eyes twinkled at me. He then came down the flight of stairs and explained to me my job. The machines were not working well and kept making the wrong toys. My job was to fix them as I was very good at getting machines to work. Immediately after he had spoken, he handed me a case of tools for my work. I then began fixing the machines.

Soon, everything was fixed.Santa was impressed by how fast I finished my job. As a reward, he gave me a present with green wrapping all over it. He told me not to open it till I got home. He then told me that while he was modernising the factory, he made a Santa plane. That would replace his sleigh in the future. He asked me whether I would want to ride in it home. I said yes. Before I went home, Frosty stuffed my pockets with sweets and gave me another hug. I shivered and almost froze!

As the plane took off, I dozed off. When I woke up with a jolt, I was in my bed at home! My pockets were still full of candies. I rushed to the Christmas tree. The green present was there. Had it really been a dream? Anyway, I tore open the present and inside was a model of Santa’s plane. What a special Christmas this was!

-- Edited mildly by mum who kindly helped me type out my handwritten story:-) --

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!

What A Day!

My Awesome Sungei Buloh Visit

It was definitely a smashing experience. We not only saw the usual monitors, archerfish, needlefish and birds. There were a number of squirrels and fantastic spiders. The giant mudskippers were really cute, especially the way they move on land.

We also spotted two Milky Storks. For the first time on a mangrove walk, we saw TWO snakes. Besides the square crabs, we also saw fiddler crabs and the really funny sesarmine crabs. One of them was holding a twig like a rifle! Best of all, I spotted the smooth otter.

Here are some pictures we took, and look out for video clips which are coming right up:




Monitor lizard basking in a "spa environment". Mum did not see it and walked right onto the platform!




Look at the patterns on this spider's web.








Well-camouflaged giant mudskipper




The Milky Stock was foraging for food alone.

And here are the square crab and the sesarmine crab: