One Life One Love

What's up in the Lee Household

2011-01-25T06:04:00.000-08:00

Recently, there's been a technology upgrade in our household! Most of the family (Mummy, Daddy and my sister Deborah) changed their phones! Of course, that means my sister Olie would take over Deborah's Nokia phone. And she was so excited to get it, she started taking photos using her hand-me-down cellphone!

The (proud) owner of the cool Samsung phone!

Do I look prettyyy?

Maybe with this pretty face of mine, I'd be able to convince my family to give me Olie's old handphone? ;)

2010-07-03T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hello from Raphy's sister!

I have attempted to change Raphy's template and I even have a very cute one picked out, BUT I forgot the main email address for his blog and I can't change the template as a result! :( Boo.

In other news... I was looking for pictures the other day and I found a whole lot of pictures from over the years! So here is a mini timeline of Raphy's life :)

Year 2003

Year 2004

Year 2005

Year 2006

Year 2007

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

There it is folks! Raphy in 7 years! :)

xoxo,

Rachel

2010-05-20T17:42:00.001-07:00

RAPHYYYY!!!!!

I miss Raphy :)

Mothers' Day

2010-05-14T22:28:00.000-07:00

I honestly don't know where Raphy learned this from!

Happy Mothers' Day! Thanks for doing so much for me, like ABR which helps me get closer to my dream of walking! I love you!

xoxo
Raphy

Photography

2010-05-14T22:20:00.000-07:00

Raphy likes to take pictures. Especially of himself!

Pictionary

2010-05-14T22:12:00.000-07:00

We were playing a version of pictionary in which you just draw whatever comes to your mind instead of picking out a card. Raphy drew this picture, which elicited guesses like spider, sun, etc. Sheepishly, Raphy took back the drawing and said, "I don't know how to draw a table!" :B

A Bouquet of Flowers

2010-05-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

Recent arts and crafts project of Raphy and Aunty Emma: a bouquet of flowers! D was going out and found a strange paper structure casually lying on the floor outside the bedroom. Raphy clambers past and nonchalantly calls out, "oh, that's for you!"

2010-04-22T03:40:00.000-07:00

My exams are coming up in a little bit, and my sister, Oli, has been practicing spelling with me! She tries her best to rehearse words like "emerge"with me, which helps me remember them better. I have been doing extremely well for spelling, 10/10 for most part, I hope I will do as well for my SAs too. Aunty Emma has been motivating me to study harder, but I am easily distracted by cartoons and my Ben10 collection. Everybody encourage me!

Happy Birthday Uncle Sam!

2010-04-21T02:19:00.000-07:00

It was Uncle Sam's birthday a couple weeks ago and my sister whipped up a gigantic 3 layered chocolate cake which she labeled a "monstrosity". I don't know what that means, but I'm guessing it's another word for delicious.

I am so used to taking pictures like that now, it's a second nature to me! My sister asked me to move my head lower so I could fit in the picture, and I automatically assumed this pose. Don't you think it makes my eyes look bigger? :)

One more video!

2010-04-16T11:36:00.000-07:00

Raphy and his Bazzokaaaaa

2010-03-18T02:59:00.000-07:00

A Song written by Raphy for Uncle Leonid!

Batman and his maker

2010-03-01T02:15:00.000-08:00

Here's one of Raphy's latest creations!

Batman :)

and his....

Bat mobile!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!

2010-02-16T20:24:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since any of us have updated... It's been a whirlwind of a month! Chinese New Year has just passed, so we're all taking a breather! What else has passed?? Raphy's birthday!! Raphy is now officially TEN YEARS OLD!! :D It was an exciting day for all of us. Exciting and tiring!

First up was Raphy's tenth birthday. Raphy, needless to say, was overjoyed and overexcited. (Who wouldn't be?) As Raphy's birthday fell on a Wednesday, we celebrated Raphy's birthday the Saturday before. We held a bowling party at the Poly Guild House. Judging from all the happy faces, I'm pretty sure the kids had a great time. I know I did!!

4 days after Raphy's birthday came Chinese New Year! It's a huge thing in Singapore for those who may not know. It's practically like a 5-6 day holiday. More if you are still in school!! Many festivities go on during this period, and for Raphy, it means no therapy and no school! You can only imagine how happy Raphy was. Plus, he gets to hang out with all his family, friends, and relatives! (And eat more goodies than he usually gets to eat of course!)

Chinese New Year eve came a time for Reunion Dinners with the whole extended family. In the afternoon, it was CNY lunch with my Dad's side!

This is the newest thing in my family... trying to look or act like this category of people in Singapore known as "Ah Lians". Look it up :) It's the FUNNIEST thing trying to watch my brother attempt a fake look!
This is my own rendition of it. Hmmmmm.... Yea. At least I don't look like this!

or this... hahahaa!!! My Dad's side.

Later on that evening, after eating wayyyyy too much, we headed off to eat wayyyyyyy too much again with my Mom's family!

After putting on like a million pounds, it was time for CNY! It was a long and tiring day, so we didn't take many pictures.

So here's wishing you a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Noona

2010-02-03T09:40:00.000-08:00

We've been trying to get Raphy to call all of us sisters "noona" which is Korean for "zehzeh" (big sister). Of course, we've been getting it wrong the whole time, getting him to call us "uni", which is supposed to be for younger sisters to call older sisters, not younger brothers.. so he's all confused! And now when we try to get him to say "noona", he folds his arms defiantly and demands, "No noona! I only want to say zehzeh!" or sighs, looks down and pleas pitifully, "Can I just say zehzeh?".

Rachel has been trying to get Raphy to say "noona, kajima!" which means, big sister, don't leave! And mom gets mad at her for doing that, because she's really leaving, and really, no matter how adorable Raphy sounds when he says that, Rachel's not going to be able to stay! So right now it's "noona" or "noona, sarangheyo!" or "big sister, I love you!"

All together now: awwww!

Raohy loves arts and crafts

2010-01-29T07:36:00.001-08:00

Raphy loves arts and crafts! I'm going to start uploading pictures of the projects he undertakes with his sisters. His latest ambition is a snow blowing machine, i doubt that will work out though, ha ha!

-D

Awww

2010-01-28T06:54:00.000-08:00

My mom, Debo, Oli and Jack were leaving the house after lunch today to go make my glasses at Queenstown. It just happened that my brother came back from school right before we left the house. When he found out we were leaving the house, he promptly plopped himself on the floor, buried his face in his arms, and cried "WHY ARE YOU LEAVING ME??"

awww. :(

xoxo
Rachel

A New Beginning

2010-01-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

Today, I picked my brother Raphy up from school. I sat in his wheelchair at the bottom of the void deck as I enjoyed the cool Singaporean day. I was just on the verge of falling asleep when I saw my brother's happy face come upi the drive way, grinning at me through the window.

That's my brother Raphy.

Going on 10 in February, he was born with cerebral palsy. I'm not exactly sure of the specifics, but all I know is that he cannot walk. He can't use the left side of his body. And he has a hole in his brain. But he is just like any other little boy. He loves playing computer games, watching cartoon network (Ben 10 to be specific), and eating sweets is his weakness.

This blog is about Raphy, and his life with his family in Singapore. Who am I? I'm Rachel, Raphy's big sister. (I like to think I'm the best one too! But I'm not.) Many people think our life (the Lee's) is a movie-- full of excitement, fun, laughter, and drama. It kinda is. We are always making fun of each other (much like the 3 stooges), kidding (mostly), poking fun at each other, and mostly just having a blast. You'll see more of it as the time goes by.

Hopefully, you will join our family in our crazy antics as we go on with life with my brother Raphy and the rest of our family!!

xoxo
Rachel