Sunday with my OH so dear

Nostalgic moment at Heap Seng Leong for its kopi gu you

Lunch at Parklane Wantan Noodle place, now at Sunshine Plaza. Forget to take pix. Followed by dessert time - smooth tauhuey at 

Dinner at Founder Bah K. teh

Heidi's favourite dish- satay

She likes all types of satay. This satay is made from pork.

Christmas Carol

I almost missed the opportunity to see Heidi sang at the Annual Christmas Carolling performance by Del-care  at Fuji Xerox atrium. It just so happened that I had two gatherings which fell on the same day,  quite unexpectedly and coincidentally.  I am quite glad when the morning gathering was postponed to Friday, which opened up some free time for me.  It has been an interesting experience to watch Heidi sang. Although she was standing at the side and was therefore not the centre of attraction to the ever-enthusiastic daddies and mommies watching them just less than 2 metres away, Heidi seemed very conscious of the surrounding and uptight with the crowd. Even I was just squatting in front of her, her sight of vision did not match mine (like she needed to be on her own). With each song item sang, she would accompany it with a big yawn. I think the choir sang around 7-8 songs in the half an hour duration. That added up to quite a number of yawns by my girl. I regretted not making sure she sleep early the night before, and the yawns were pretty excessive for a tired young lady.  When Boon Heng finally arrived after picking up Oliver from his holiday class at British Council, I told him Heidi must be really tired. It never occur to me that I perceive her 'yawn' wrongly, until Boon Heng told me that Heidi was not tired. She was nervous and yawning is a sign of anxiety. I was enlightened and tried playing back the recordings. Indeed, beyond Heidi's cool outlook and seemingly uninterested body movement, she was totally tensed up inside her.  To let go of her anxiety, she would touch her dress, scratch her neck and her facial expression expressionless. She seemed to be somewhere else although she sang and moved to the rhythm. The replaying of video reminded me of the concert held last year, which poor Heidi suffered from stage fright and cried on the stage.  I am glad that at least she managed her fear much better this time round.  Long day for Heidi indeed. 

Interesting read...

http://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/signs/yawning