June '08 Izzy's Top 7

Welcome to the 4th issue of Izzy's Top 7
The votes are finally in! The counting has been reconfirmed! The Izzy kids has decided on their Top 7 for June '08

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This Top 7 can give you a simple insight of some of our favourite things.
If you are wondering why 7 and not 10?
Well... our respond will be why 10 and not 7?
For this month, our Izzy's Top 7 is...

Izzy's Top 7 Leisure Activities

7) Watch TV

6) Cycling

5) Swimming

4) Playing Basketball

3) Play board games (Life & Monopoly)

2) BBQ

1) Playing xBox

Number 1 is not surprising at all as the kids just got their xBox few weeks ago...

Nite Safari

article by Izzy Jr #1

... a summer holiday writing project

Last Friday, my grandmother, my uncle, my auntie and cousins came to Singapore for a vacation. On Saturday, we went to Night Safari. The animals have very good vision at night. I told my father that I want to go to the Night Safari show. The show is about animals performing on stage. When we reached there, the line was full. So, we took a walk instead to see the animals. We also walked on a suspension bridge. It was old, very long and it was also very wavy. It was also dark. The animals we saw are lions, crocodiles, bats, golden cats, leopard, otter, indian wolf, flying squirrel and flying fox.

After walking a full circle, we reached at the place where we started. We wanted to catch the animal show. The show was again full and we can’t watch them. So, we took the tram to explore more at Night Safari. In the tram, there was a rule not to use flash photography but some people did not follow the rule. The animals we saw from the tram ride are Malayan tapir, giant anteater, elephant, flamingo, rhino, water buffalo, golden jackal and giraffe. Some of the animals are tame but some are not. Before going home, we had Ben & Jerry's ice cream ... yummy!

Cub Scout Jungle Trekking (FB)

article by Izzy Jr #1
... a summer holiday writing project

November last year, our cub scout had jungle trekking activity at the Mac Ritchie Trails. We walked into a deep jungle. The weather was a bit wet... it drizzled during the first hour. The walked was 9 km and we managed to complete the walk within 3 hours. We had to climb hills, walk on a tree top bridge and crossed rivers.

There were lots of animals and insect in the Mac Ritchie Trails. The animals we saw include birds, eagles, turtles, bugs and even monkeys.

The tree top bridge is about 200 meters long. You can almost see the whole jungle from the bridge because the tree top bridge is even higher than the jungle trees and near the top of a hill. Luckily most of us were not afraid of heights! After the bridge, we walked in the jungle again.

Then, we saw a viewing tower called the Jelutong Tower. We went up there to enjoy the view and had a snack and drank water. We completed our walk before noon.

K2 Final Bow

Izzy Jr #2 taking the final bow to K2!

Cub Scout Camping - part 2 (FB)

article by Izzy Jr #1

... a summer holiday writing project

In the evening, we started to set-up & prepare for BBQ dinner within our den. We had hot dogs, chicken and we also ate marshmallow. It was delicious. I felt rejoice and re-energize with all the food and games.

Then, later that night, the whole cub scouts went to the big camp fire. Luckily I remembered to bring my torch light as we had to walk in the dark. When we reached the camp fire, we sang songs and played more fun games. We even had people telling good and awful jokes.

The camp fire ended at about 9:00pm, our den and the other Webelos dens were lucky because we were allowed to play more games with the boy scouts. It is called tag glow. The rule is simple; first you need to have a glow stick, and hide it anywhere in the soccer field. Then the other team will try to steal it, but if you are tagged by your opponent, you have to freeze yourself and can only move again if tagged by your own teammates. Our group lost the game but I enjoyed them.

Then it was time to go sleep. Before that, my father and I made maggi for supper before going to sleep. Next morning, we woke up early to make pancakes. We ate the pancakes together. I enjoyed my camping trip. My father, mother and little brother joined the camping trip as well.

Cub Scout Camping - part 1 (FB)

Article by Izzy Jr #1

... a summer holiday writing project

Last October, our cub scouts had a camp out activity. The cub scouts spent 2 days & 1 night at the Sarimbun Camp. We arrived at the camp site in the afternoon & my father helped the organizer to put up some signs; to show the areas for camp-fire, canteen, kitchen and the Webelos, Tigers, Bears and Wolf camping areas. Then we set-up our big tent for sleeping overnight and a small tent for eating and resting.

After finishing our lunch, we had some cub scout activities. Firstly we played flag football, secondly we practiced our knot tying techniques and thirdly, we played rescue game. We also learnt how to use the compass. I enjoyed all the games. After we finished our games, all of us ate ice-cream.

My Kinder Graduation part 2

More photos from my kinder graduation

My Kinder Graduation part 1

idea by Izzy Jr #2

Yay! It is my kinder graduation day. On my graduation day, I got my kinder scroll from my school principal. After getting the scroll, every kids in kindergarten 2 (K2) performed on stage. We sang and do a little bit of 'actions'.

After the performance, we went back to class for our class party. There were lots and lots of food and drinks....yummy! My papa and mama and brother came to see my graduation day. It was fun!

Next year I will go to grade 1.

Malam hari di Singapore River (2)

More photos from the nite-walk...

Malam hari di Singapore River (1)

Went for a walk with the kids along Singapore River. Covered part of Clarke Quay, Boat Quay & Marina Bay while waiting for their mum to finish her night class. Took some nite-time photos along the river while enjoying few ice-cream cones.