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On a Roll Here…

Hehehhee… indeed i’m on a roll here… 3 posts in one day… never done before!! 😉
Ok that’s enough!

i thought i would post something related to just US – that’s Walter & Sandra.

We celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary yesterday & since we did go out to celebrate (just a simple meal at a typical Swiss Restaurant in our little village) & i’ve never actually officially recorded any of our celebrations (they have been small & private – twice we were in another country), i thought this time i would.

Here we are at the restaurant – not the most flattering photo of us – taken by Tobias 😉 who wasn’t quite sure how to work my camera, which is a little different from his own.

Here’s the yummy food we had – i had Broccoli Cream Soup & Cordon Blue, Walter had Gazpacho & Wood-grilled Meats… (these were taken with my handphone as my point-n-shoot is just crappy in low light):

The food was very good – if anyone comes visiting, we’ll take you there. Everything, except my fries, was homemade & very fresh ingredients were used. It was also very very filling!!

& of cos here’s my cute face – can’t do without a picture of him – he was there after all 😉

To quote a beloved friend:
“(We) survived the 1st-year novelty, 5th-year trial and 7th-year itch! 😀 Looking forward to (the) decade!!”

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More seriousness…

Tobias has been serious about another activity besides his new passion with the guitar…

He’s been going for Judo training since February & he loves it!! He looks forward to every training & would even endure having his fingernails & toenails cut (they have to be short for the training sessions) Having his nails, especially toenails, cut, are a big thing for him, he’s very sensitive & says it feels very painful to have them cut (i never cut too close) – but that’s a whole other post.

Anyhow, so it has been more than 6 months since he started & he is still loving it so i though i share a couple of pictures since he just got his Judoki (the Judo ‘uniform’ – for lack of a better term). You can only wear the Judoki once you have finished your 1st 6 months & have interest to continue & be a member of the Dojo.

Here is he looking very serious as they sit for their greetings:

Here he is in action (i know a little blur – blame it on a not so great point-n-shoot cam):

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I’m Very Serious…

That’s what Tobias said when i asked him how serious is he about learning to play the guitar 😉

He has been talking about wanting to play for a while now. While we were in Singapore, Daddy had said that maybe we could get a guitar for him from there – likely cheaper than over here in Switzerland. But we got caught up with meeting family & friends & of cos all the amazing foods that we didn’t get round to buying one there.

So he was a little disappointed to be leaving SG without one. But i told him, maybe we’ll find one in Switzerland.
The week before Aldi (one of only 2 German supermarkets in Switzerland) had a special on a guitar – just CHF75/. – i though that’s cheap – we should go see. So we hopped over (there’s an Aldi just next to where we live) to have a look last Friday evening. Tobias was very excited! BUT… it was not the right size – it was an adult full-size guitar & Walter felt if we bought that, Tobias would not manage to hold it properly & was hinder him from learning. So we didn’t buy. Needless to say, the little guy was very very disappointed now! Near to tears that he could not get a guitar.

That’s how we came to go shopping for a guitar for him the very next day & we bought one – a shiny brand-new one for …. (wait for it…) CHF… (can you guess how much?)… CHF355! i thought it was very expensive but Walter says this is Switzerland and it is a good one so…

Here’s our happy little camper with his new musical instrument:

See it is a child-size one…The one on the right is Daddy’s.

Here he is having lessons with Daddy:

He is finding it very painful to keep pressing so hard on the strings but Daddy says he has to keep at it till his fingers are used to it & then no more pain. i encouraged him, saying,”Remember what Tigeress in KungFu Panda said, she kept hitting the tree till she doesn’t feel anything anymore. That’s how she became awesome. So you have to keep pressing.”

Watching movies does help parenting – hehehhee;)
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