Robyn Yong - Cyber Photo Album 2008

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YEAR: 2008

Jan
- Yoga Start to 2008

Feb
- Alvin profiled in Today's Parents magazine
- New Year of the Rat
- Alvin's Birthday

Mar
- Alvin in the News on MyPaper Newspaper

Apr
- Home Planting

May
- Bowling fun and Kids Yoga

Jun
- Rice Farming at Tigerland Rice Farm in Chiang Rai

Jul
- Night Safari & Night Festival

Aug
- Avita turns One!

Sep
- Cousin Mellisa's wedding in Bangi
- Mid-autumn

Oct
- Robyn's 10th birthday @ Bollywood Veggies

Nov
- Clay-Street Open House & Team Bonding
- Rice Harvesting in Chiang Rai

Dec
- New Colours on Gates & HortPark

Nov 2008 (10 yr 1 mth)

16-22 Nov 2008: Rice Harvesting Experience in Chiang Rai

It was so wonderful to return to Tigerland Rice Farm in Chiang Rai for the rice harvesting season and so great to see Grandfather Gun, Grandmother Tomei and Uncle Kitt.

Full story at www.coloursoflife.info

The Yongs, Tais and Watasittikuls at the Tigerland Rice Farm.

The Yongs, The Tais and the Watasittikuls in Chiang Rai

The Singapore rice farming family

The rice field was ripe for reaping. From afar, the paddies appeared golden brownish under the sun. So beautiful...

Here we learnt about hooking the rice stalks.

Robyn doing rice hooking.

Robyn hooking rice

Brenda, Jin and Robyn

Uncle Ron and cousin Brenda arrived the 2nd day to join us at the rice farm.

The rice field was ripe for reaping. From afar, the paddies appeared golden brownish under the sun. So beautiful...

Robyn the little rice farmer

Robyn with bundled rice stalks

We learned how to do reaping, bundling, threshing and winnowing.

We now really appreciate the love and care from the farmers as well as Mother Nature that goes into growing every single grain of rice.

Brenda and Robyn threshing rice

Jin trying her hands at winnowing rice

Winnowing is a skill that is fast dying today as most farmers send their rice grains to milling factory to produce white grained rice.

At Tigerland Rice Farm, only Grandmother Tomei is a master in this art of winnowing. Mother Jin tried but... next!

Mummy Jin reads while Robyn does her Kumon homework against an awe-inspiring scenery of paddies and distant hills.

The farm environment is so healthful and peaceful. We breathe cool fresh air, enjoy the sounds of Nature - birds, insects, cats and dogs, and the occasional buffalo moos.

Morning reading and homework time

Brenda and Robyn picking edible ferns

Uncle Ron and cousin Brenda came along on this rice harvesting trip. Robyn was naturally elated to have a best-of-pal playmate in Brenda.

For lunch cooking, we went around picking pat-kut, a type of edible fern. We had fried pat-kut as well as pat-kut soup.

We visited the water source for the paddy which flows down from the mountain. We waded upstream and enjoyed wonderfully serene mountain stream scenery and saw some rare insects.

Robyn and Jin in the stream

Bamboo forest

On the last day, Grandfather Gun took us trekking in the bamboo forest and that was one of the best experiences of the trip.

Grandfather Gun and Robyn

Gun, Tomei, Robyn, Jin and Alvin

In the bamboo forest, Grandfather Gun made a bamboo table in under 30 minutes. We also enjoyed a bamboo feast there.

We also constructed a dam and planted 5 trees to contribute towards nature conservation effort.

Grandmother Tomei and Robyn planting a tree

Alvin and Robyn

Alvin and Robyn enjoying a cup of coffee in freshly made bamboo mugs.

Robyn and cousin Brenda at Tigerland Rice Farm.

Robyn and Brenda

Robyn in Karen tribal dress at the rice paddy.

Visit www.coloursoflife.info to read the complete story of our rice farming experience.

Robyn the farmer

Nov 2008 (10 yr 1 mth)