Certificate of Achievement

I am so proud of Mikaail.  This year he received the Best Conduct certificate.  He is ever so polite and courteous though he is always teasing me.

Almost every day, he either tells me that "today mama in my heart" or "today mama outside my heart" especially whenever he is eating.  If inside his heart means he is prepared to share his food!  He is so cheeky as always too.

Sometimes he likes to call me by my name and other times he will call me mama.  Then he will go on to say, "Normah, no.  Mama" and when he wants to be cheeky, he will keep calling me by my name.  Whenever he does that, I will tell him that Normah is not in, sleeping or anything else except with him.  Then he will call "mama" - just so cheeky but I love him anyway!

Centre for Enabled Living @ Singapore Expo

Went to Singapore Expo this morning to find out what are the other the options available for Mikaail.  I am fairly familiar with what the Centre can assist the special needs person.  I had previously written to them for handicap carpark label as well as the levy concession for handicapped person. 

With more Singaporean aging, the Centre does show/connect you to the relevant bodies.  Previously, I had to surf the net to look for assistance as there was no particular place where you can actually walk in to seek assistance or enquiry.   According to the Centre representative, seems that if a child is born with disability, the parents are immediately directed to the Centre for assistance.

Through the Centre at the Expo, I found out that the Spastic Children's Association also has a Day Activity Centre which cares for adult handicapped person from 9 am to 4:30 pm!  The Centre representative asked us what are we going to do for Mikaail when he turns 18!  That's 5 years from now and he will be 18 sooner than we think!  So the Spastic Children's Association could of course be an option as he is a student for several years now.

We took a picture at one of the participating booth.  Cant recall which booth though!

MRT Ride on Friday, 18 November 2011

It was a pleasantly smooth trip for us today on the MRT.  Mikaail has 2 medical appointments: one in National University Hospital and the other in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

For a start, I was unaware that the MRT station at NUH is now opened.  My husband, Alex, told me that the station at NUH should have been opened since the Circle Line is now opened.  As I am unfamiliar with the stations, I called SMRT to find out where I should board the trains.

The SMRT operator was quite helpful.  She told me from Woodlands MRT station, I would need to change trains at Jurong East then board the train bound for Buona Vista.  Then from Buona Vista, board the train towards Kent Ridge which is 2 stations away.  Total travelling time was barely an hour and this includes waiting and transfer time.  To board the train to Kent Ridge, we need to walk about for about 5 minutes from Buona Vista station.

As it was offpeak time, there was no rush at all.  The ride was absolutely smooth and manoeuvring in and out of the MRT was a breeze!  I just couldn't believe it.  The fare for each of us from Woodlands MRT to Kent Ridge Station is $1.89!  A taxi ride from Woodlands to NUH would have cost us a lot more!

And one of the other benefits for taking the MRT was there was no need to transfer Mikaail in and out of his wheelchair into taxis.