Love Letters to Natalie
Sunday, November 13, 2005
JWT Gym
Dearie Nat,
We got up early this morning to bring you to JWT Gym. I signed you up for a trial session with them after seeing your interest in joining the rest of the kids when we went to observe Lele's class. Your Daddy went with us too.
We were 10 mins late due to the faulty lift at UE Square. We wasted time looking for another lift. When we reached JWT, we had to waste time filling in some forms too and that made us missed some part of the sessions too. By the time we joined the rest, they were already doing the last few actions for the first segment. After the first segment, it was free time and we let you try on the various toys and gym equipments in the center. You seemed quite interested in the things you saw for a while, after which you became sleepy and lost your interest. Most of the kids there are older than you as the class is for 11 to 18 mths.
Anyway, after the trial session today, we have decided not to sign you up. I would prefer the program to be more structured and with more teacher's involvement. Right now, most of the time we were left on our own to explore the gym. So my search for a suitable gym for you continues. Like what your Daddy says, maybe we have to wait until you can walk before you know how to enjoy the toys and equipments there. That wouldn't be long!
After your class, your Daddy suddenly mentioned that he would like to have BBQ Beef for dinner. Since we were near Liang Court, I brought him to Meidi-Ya, a Japanese Supermarket to buy BEEF!!! I know they sell the best and most expensive beef targeted at the Japanese living in Singapore. We bought some nice beef and decided to have shabu shabu at home instead. So off we went getting ready all the ingredients and calling Jiu Jiu and Mandy Jie Jie to come home for dinner.
You fell asleep when we were on our way to Cold Storage Jelita to get more stuffs, you were sleeping so soundly that you didn't notice us reaching and leaving the supermarket. It was funny. Normally you would be startled awake by surrounding sounds. The Gym must have worked you quite a bit. You continued to sleep as we went to fetch por por from factory and then to West Coast to get live flower crabs and prawns for our shabu shabu dinner. You only woke up when we were turning off from West Coast heading home. That was a good 2 hours sleep for you.
The dinner tonight was fabulous, the beef didn't disappoint us. A sense of happiness overwhelms me as I watched everyone busily enjoying the food. Though the beef is expensive, it is well worth the money because we get to enjoy it with the people we love most. I thank God for blessing us financially, giving us enough to splurge once in a while and to be able to enjoy when we want to. As we receive, we must remember to give. This will make the world a happier place and the "receiving" more meaningful.
Love,
Mommy
natnat's mom at 1:24 AM
