tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:58:58 +0000SamuelJesseFamilyMummyDaddyMaidTagsJesusSponsoreddisclosure policyfamFamilyformerly known as Alvin Thoo's Familyhttp://thoofamily.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-2366077739489867275Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:29:00 +00002010-10-21T15:04:39.739+08:00JesseMummy Jesse loves to draw & do colouring. This is Jesse's recent drawing of mummy. Initially there were no hair on mummy. When mummy asked her where's the hair? Jesse quickly added the final touches :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/jesse-draws-mummy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-975308501535193119Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:58:00 +00002010-10-18T13:03:14.980+08:00DaddySamuelAs Samuel was so excited to play duet piano with daddy, he asked daddy to teach him another simple song.After learning it, he quickly request mummy to take a video of it again. :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/samuel-thoo-playing-2nd-duet-piano-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-3480648574845716409Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:22:00 +00002010-10-17T19:31:11.584+08:00DaddySamuelToday, daddy taught Samuel a simple song that he can play his 1st duet piano with daddy. While Samuel was playing his 1st duet piano with daddy, mummy took a video of it.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/samuel-thoo-playing-duet-piano-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-5664805429313780992Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:04:00 +00002010-10-16T20:11:50.095+08:00Samuel Yesterday Samuel sang 2 songs at his music schools recital. The 2 songs he sang are entitled :1. Food2. My Mother SayHe was abit shy and sang softly but overall, he did well :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/samuel-singing-in-recital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-4759962634814180325Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:58:00 +00002010-10-16T17:40:54.751+08:00Family Since daddy's leg is injured, we seldom go out for dinner. We finally had a simple family dinner yesterday. Just the four of us, daddy, mummy, Samuel & Jesse.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/dinner-with-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-6307569303423227975Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:22:00 +00002010-10-15T22:32:03.687+08:00DaddyFamily While daddy's leg was plastered, daddy's parents came over to help out. They came over to help send Samuel and Jesse to school and home, cook for us and look after us.We really feel so blessed having them over when we needed help most.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/daddys-parents-came-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-6513668548276087139Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:09:00 +00002010-10-06T14:23:02.420+08:00DaddyJesseThese 2 weeks has been challenging. Daddy had an accident and his leg has been plastered. The day daddy came home with a plastered leg,Jesse said "Mummy, i am so sad. Daddy's leg is broken.. " she burst into tears and cried.Daddy was so touched.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/daddys-leg-is-broken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-1591556504928759587Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:44:00 +00002010-09-28T20:44:00.249+08:00JesseSamuelSamuel and Jesse in their playroom, playing their collection of Bob the Builder toys.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/samuel-and-jesses-bob-builder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-1069476615804451729Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:41:00 +00002010-09-26T18:41:00.693+08:00Jesse 16th September - Jesse went shopping at Yayasan Shopping Complex in Bandar Seri Begawan town. While we were walking between the 2 building complexes, we took a photo of her with the typical Brunei postcard background :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/jesse-in-bandar-seri-begawan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-4441727576474206218Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:37:00 +00002010-09-24T18:37:00.428+08:00Samuel6th September 2010 - Samuel doing the Turning Kick during his Taekwondo Lessonhttp://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/samuel-doing-turning-kick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-5002535670273767723Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:33:00 +00002010-09-24T06:33:00.922+08:00Jesse 4th September 2010 - Jesse loves to draw and do colouring. This is an artwork that she did which impressed daddy.Jesse told us showing this picture "Jesse drawing Jesse in a pink telephone"http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/jesses-drawing-imagination.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-2696467042274409357Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:11:00 +00002010-09-23T18:11:00.390+08:00Samuel4th June 2010 - Samuel receiving his Taekwondo Certificate after passing his Taekwondo upgrading examination.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/samuel-taekwondo-certificate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-1877565333802090375Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-09-23T06:00:01.201+08:00DaddyJesse 1st June 2010, Jesse's school teacher gave daddy this when he sent Jesse to school. It is Jesse's 1st Father's Day present to daddy.Daddy melted :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/jesses-1st-fathers-day-gift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-6710779734969922779Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-09-22T18:00:00.980+08:00JesseWe were doing our grocery shopping and suddenly the song "Nobody Nobody" by Wondergirls was playing in the background. Suddenly, Jesse started to dance to the song and we quickly captured her on video.Apparently, she has been learning how to dance the Nobody Nobody dance in school.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/jesse-thoo-doing-nobody-nobody-dance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-8814417087234271103Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-09-26T16:44:57.070+08:00SamuelSamuel presenting another one of his favouristes, Sesame Street's Theme Songhttp://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/samuel-tho-playing-piano-sesame-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-8943272535505302964Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-09-21T18:00:08.012+08:00JesseMummySamuelThis year's Mother's Day, Samuel and Jesse both made something for mummy. Samuel made a card and a flower for mummy, while Jesse made a pot of flowers for mummy.These simple gifts of love melts mummy's heart.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/mothers-day-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-605208771670776580Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:17:00 +00002010-09-21T13:25:15.458+08:00FamilyIt has been awhile since we've posted anything on our blog. I guess its the evolution of blogs whereby our postings are on Facebook rather than on our blog.Anyway, we're back & will try to blog as often as we can.Thanks for reading & following our family blog.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/were-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-5982029151592608970Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +00002010-09-21T14:42:19.103+08:00JesseThis video is the final outcome of her many practices a her Expression Music School. Jesse performed these songs at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre infront of thousands of audience.This performance was also featured in the local television station (RTB), broadcasted nationwide.Daddy and mummy are so proud of you, Jesse.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/jesse-performing-in-expression-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-5584308552556968330Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:23:00 +00002010-04-25T16:40:14.105+08:00JesseToday, we brought Jesse to her music school for her photo session. The girls are requested to dress up like a princess.Before we left home, Jesse refused to wear a dress. She insisted to wear her yellow, round neck, T-shirt which comes with the wordings "If i can reach it, its mine" :)When we arrived at her music school, there were lots of little girls fully dressed and some even equiped with http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/04/our-princess-jesse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-7939263219678059741Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:46:00 +00002010-04-25T17:21:32.859+08:00Samuel Jerudong Park Playground Samuel and the Circus Firemen During our previous school holidays, The Jerudong Park Playground has 2 performers from Australia, The Circus Firemen (Angus & Matilda).Samuel and Jesse loves the performance so much that we brought them to watch it a few times. http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/04/samuel-circus-firemen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-6496987972509904131Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:57:00 +00002010-04-25T17:13:39.760+08:00JesseRecently, Jesse has been telling us that a little boy in her class, Brandon, tells her that she is his girlfriend.Daddy is keen to find out who this little boy and took a photo of both Jesse & Brandon when they were in school. :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/04/jesses-boyfriend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-8734989255847534561Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:03:00 +00002010-04-11T21:16:49.741+08:00SamuelBoth Samuel and Jesse has been listening to songs from Veggie Tales every morning on their way to school. They have been singing these songs in the car.Today, we let Samuel sing with our karaoke system and we noticed how much he enjoyed singing :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/04/samuel-singing-ive-got-peace-love-joy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-2579419015872473590Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:44:00 +00002010-03-14T19:54:07.608+08:00SamuelToday is Samuel's Day Out, for the first time, with his friends (without us). He went to The Empire Hotel Country Club for bowling and then out with his friends for dinner in The Mall.We start to feel that he is indeed no longer our baby boy. He has his friends and will be going out with friends (without us). :)http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/03/samuels-day-out-with-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-8426697952274942507Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +00002010-03-13T20:22:05.132+08:00SamuelSamuel has been learning piano since October 2009 (about 5 months ago). Since then, we found out that he has very strong passion for music. He is such a good boy that he takes his own initiative to practice and play the piano everyday since he started his piano lessons.Here are 2 pieces that he played.Samuel Presenting : Classic DanceSamuel Presenting : Ocean Deephttp://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/03/samuel-thoo-playing-piano-classic-dance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alicia)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406504318232391888.post-2458157015323617022Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +00002010-03-12T19:27:55.092+08:00SamuelSamuel doing stretching exercises before classEvery Monday & Friday evenings, Samuel has his Taekwondo classes. While Samuel attends his Taekwondo classes, Jesse attends her English classes.It has almost been 6 months since Samuel started attending Taekwondo classes. We've seen some improvements in his gross motor skills. Its a form or exercise that will train him to be tougher.http://thoofamily.blogspot.com/2010/03/taekwondo-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3