Korean Snack Food Tiger Girl Style

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Food Trip Friday

Pororo Yakult

Tiger girl has always been fond of Pororo. It is one of her favourite cartoon characters which she watches on Disney Junior on television. She was thrilled when she saw the picture of Pororo and friends printed on the packet of yakult when we were at the supermarket.

Pororo biscuits

The perfect snack with the perfect drink. Pororo imprinted cookies with yakult. It made a great after dinner snack.

Mandarin Orange Ice Cream

Ice cream is the perfect snack to have anytime of the day. Care for some orange ice-cream?

Sashimi and yoghurt

While Tiger girl had her overdose of Pororo R and I feasted on Sashimi and fruity yoghurt drinks. The sashimi was really fresh and half the price compared to the prices in Singapore. There were also flavoured yoghurt which I couldn’t find in Singapore. The one that we bought was a packet of three and had the flavours- blueberry, apple and cranberry.

I do hope that we be able to have such flavoured yoghurt in our supermarkets. I would certainly love to continue drinking it here.

What snacks have you been having lately?

July 4, 2013

Writer’s Workshop: Getting Back on Schedule

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts mama kat's writers workshop

An ice bucket

It’s back to school this week. The kids enter their 3rd term of the school year and it’s going to be a more busy term as the supplementary classes in school starts. The alarm clocks have to be set and school bags have to be packed. I’m glad that the kids are back in school as it gives me time to catch up with the backlog of work which I had accumulated due to the holidays.

Here are some tips on how I get the kids back on (school) schedule.

1) We still keep part of the daily schedule even on holiday.

I don’t believe that the sequence that we have been following through during school term should be tossed out of the window once the holidays arrive. The daily schedule however would be trimmed or adjusted to add in more fun and outdoor activities.

2) Finish all holiday homework before leaving on vacations.

This June holiday we brought the kids overseas. I insisted that all holiday homework which they had to get done be completed within the first week of holidays before we were off to enjoy ourselves. The kids too were to write journals on the places which they visited during their overseas trips.

3) Slowly ease the kids back into the study routine.

To get the kids back into the studying mode we started doing academic revision during the 4th week of the school holidays. It was time to get back to the books and revise/recall what they had learned the previous term. I also removed all their late night privileges and they were made to go to bed based on their regular school night timing. This gave their bodies enough time to get back to sleeping earlier and waking up early.