Yesteday was the day my Family & I had been looking forward to, cos we would all get to meet our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong! Well, it was actually cos my parents had won the 1st Prize of a 3G (3-Generations Family) Competition (organised by Kaki Buikit Community Centre) & they would be receiving their prize at the Kakit Bukit Family Carnival 2008, & our PM was the Guest-of-Honour.

My whole Family was very excited & Dear & I were the first 2 to arrive at my parents’ place in the afternoon, & Dear has bought a huge box of ”Missy Donut” for Mom & Dad - how Sweet of him! 

The Box of Beautifullly Colored Designed Mouth-watering Donuts!

My favourite is the PINK Heart-shaped Donut - so so Sweet!! I never knew they come in heart shapes too & I was praising Dear for being so clever in picking so many different Nice Colorful pieces!! The whole combination just look so Beautiful & Delicious!! 

Hmm….the Donuts were real delicious! After eating one each, I accompanied Mom to the Hair Salon in her neighbourhood.

Mom being tended to by the Lady Boss Hairdresser.

Finally completed, Mom was very pleased & Happy with her hair-do!

Mom with a closed Peace finger Sign with the Lady Boss Hairdresser.

And a close-up on the 2 Lovely Ladies!

Soon after Mom & I went back home from the Salon, my Twin sisters came. Below photo shows my niece & Twin sisters with Mom.

After some time, my eldest brother with eldest sister-in-law, my 2nd brother & family, & my eldest sister & family all came.

Dad seated in the hall with Grandkids - heheheh I was very touched when I saw Dad choosing to wear the shirt Dear & I just bought him for Father’s Day 2008, & he looked real good in it!!

Mandy the girlfriend of my nephew (Daniel) helping Ah Ma apply make-up.

Beautifully dressed & made-up Mom with Lovely Mandy & Handsome Daniel.

Daniel, Mom, Myself & Mandy below :

At the elevator lobby waiting to go downstairs to meet the rest of the neighbours who would be going to the Carnival.

My 2nd brother with his daughter & son, with their favourite cousin.

Dad with grandson Daniel & his younger brother Dennis the photographer snapping away inside the elevator!

Below photo of Mom & my eldest sister inside the elevator - taken by Dennis.

 Wow, there were already many neighbours waiting downstairs - Mom greeting them!

The neighbour aunties congratulating Mom on her winning the 1st Prize in the 3G Competition! Mom was beaming with smiles!!

Looking at the Map of the venue of the Kaki Bukit Family Carnival 2008, shown to me by the Manager of Moral Neighbourhood Link (Kaki Bukit) which is located at my parent’s block. 

My 4th sister & her family soon arrived & we all started walking to the Carnival. We were very excited when we saw the side lanes leading to the Carnival decorated with colorful Flags.

Dear standing infront of the Kaki Bukit Neighbourhood Park where the Carnival was held.

Wow, it was a big event cos the whole Park was filled with people & numerous colorful gigantic Castle Balloons, Games Booths etc.

As Mom & Dad had won the 1st Prize in the 3G (3-Generations Family) Competition, they were told by the Kaki Bukit Community staff to arrive at the 3G Photo Booth of the Family Carnival before 7pm. It was about time when we arrived at the Carnival - Mom & Dad being photographed at the 3G Photo Booth below :

Next was my whole Family being photoraphed - well actually not the whole cos my 3rd brother & family, my 4th brother, as well as 2 of my brother-in-laws & some nieces & nephews were missing cos they could not make it in the last minute. Well, can you guess in total how many kids & grandkids my parents have? Well, they have 9 kids & 16 grandkids in total & my whole family altogether is a BIG No 36 - Very HUGE Family right heheh!!  

Mom & Dad were later seated at their “Prize Winners’ Seats specially allocated for them, whereas we all had to stand around to watch the MAGIC Show going on. What a nice Huge Stage!

Mom & Dad seated at the Viewing Gallery :

Below photo shows a Worried-faced Mom cos she was worried that my niece (who had not her dinner then) would be hungry, & that we all had no seats & would be tired etc etc etc…….aiya, that’s Mom who can’t help worrying all the time for our whole family & always putting everybody else before herself - to me she’s the GREATEST Mom, Ah Ma, Wife & Woman in the World Wide World!!!

The Lion Dance performance :

The Modern Dance performance :

Shortly after the Modern Dance performance, my nephew Daniel & girlfriend Mandy helped guide Mom & Dad to the side of the Stage to prepare themselves to go up Stage to receive their 1st Prize (of the 3G Competition).

My big Family gathering around Mom & Dad awaiting by the side of the Stage for the 1st Prize announcement.

The MC soon announced the 1st Prize Winners of the 3G (3-Generations Famiily) Competition - Mr & Mrs Ong Teck Wah - my Mom & Dad!!

And up the Stage came the BIGGEST Family in the Kaki Bukit Community - Mom & Dad with our Family walking up Stage!

 Mom & Dad on Stage about to receive their 1st Prize.

Dad receiving the Prize from the Prize-giver (oops I didn’t even get to hear & know who he was cos I was busy gathering my whole Family to come on Stage when the MC was announcing his name).

Our big Family up on the Stage :

Mandy squatting down by the Stage stairs to photograph our Family (with the Prize-giver) while the REAL Photographer man (standing infront of Mandy) guided them on how/where to stand/squat to pose for his camera cps ther were so many of us together!

And the above photo was a quick snapshot of my Family (with the Prize-giver & excluding myself) which I took just before I ran to join them to pose for the REAL Photographer man’s camera.

Downstage - Mom & Dad happily showing off our Family portrait (the one which was earlier taken at the 3G Booth of the Carnival & which came as part of the 1st Prize) to the 2nd Prize winner - their good buddy neighbour whom we call “Ah Sim the Electric Ah Ma” cos she owns an electric shop in the neighbourhood. And we must really thank her for asking Mom & Dad to join the 3G Competition cos she knew Mom & Dad were the BEST Choice Winner cos they’ve a Huge & Good Family of 3 Generations!! If not, we weren’t even aware that there was such a Competition going on! Thank you Ah Sim for your Support!!

A very HAPPY Ah Sim showing Mom & Dad her Family portrait below :

My nephew Edward showing the Prizes of Ah Ma & Ah Gong - our Family portrait, an unframed photo of Mom & Dad alone, & a total of $150 NTUC vouchers.

Edward with cousin Ling Wei helping to hold the prize gifts :

Ling Wei & Edward with Me below :

 Mom & Dad proudly holding their Prized gifts :

Mom & Dad with grandson Edward & Ah Sim’s granddaughter.

Mom with eldest daughter Daisy & 3rd twin daughter Susie & Ah Sim, with Dad peeping from behind.

Myself with Ah Sim, & Mom & Dad.

Huge group photos of our 2 Families together :

Below shows Ah Sim’s great granddaughter baby (wearing cap) - Ah Sim’s 4th generation!

We soon heard announcements that our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would be arriving at the Carnival soon, so we went down to the foot of the Park by the roadsides to join the already-there huge crowd awaiting our PM. Dear & I were very excited to meet our Prime Minister cos we’ve never seen him in real person! And being in the happy exciting moods, we started taking photos of ourselves while waiting to see “The Big Man”!

Dear & I with Mandy.

Dear & I with my nephew Dennis who is very keen in photography like I do, but he’s not as CRAZY as I who just can’t stop snapping away wherever I go!

Mandy with Dennis & Dear.

Sweetie Mandy posing for my camera infront of the Red-carpeted blue-covered raised-Stage specially put there for the arrival of our Prime Minister. 

Below are the Carnival Photographer & Videographer.

There were by now bigger huge crowds of people gathering around us waiting for our Prime Minister.

Look at the Crowds of people behind Dear - they were all lined up in the Park all waiting to see our Prime Minister!

Mandy smiling for my camera again - she’s such a sweet lovely girl with beautiful smiles!

The red-carpeted raised floor stage by the roadside where the Prime Minister would be stepping on upon his arrival.

There were so many people everywhere in the Park - young & old, they’d all come to try to get a glimpse of our Prime Minister in person!

We waited for a pretty long time before we finally heard announcements that our PM was arriving. By now, the crowds of people had become bigger & they’d come closer around the red-carpeted floor stage.

Look at the below photos which show the many many tens of people gathering at the Park awaiting the arrival of our Prime Minister :

Our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was finally arriving :

Hey I expected to see some traffic police cars guarding infront & behind our Prime Minister’s fanciful posh expensive grand vehicle but what we saw was a Van approaching :

The Van stopped infront of the Red-carpeted raised floor stage & out came our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, & were we very surprised that he was actually seated inside the Van, with the rest of the Grassroots Leaders. And he was dressed in orange tees like everybody else - how Cool!!

2 bodyguards quickly followed suit after our Prime Minister stepped out of the Van.