When mummy hurt her hand...

When my mum hurt her hand, I became the "Maria" for my family. Okie...i admit that i am a spoilt in a way since I don't help out with the housework when my mum is handling. So i guess now is the time for me to repay and I shouldn't be complaining right? Otherwise maybe i will be struck by lightning so let's better be safe since the weather is so bad lately.

So for the past 3 days, I have to wake up early in the morning to buy groceries, wash the clothes, cook and wash again...not to forget the task that I hate most...ironing, which my mum can't bear to see since I take ages just to complete ironing 1 piece of clothing.. heehee.

Anyway, the purpose of this entry is not to complain but because of my mum, I have to do the marketing. I can't even remember when was the last time I went down to the wet market but there are 3 interesting encounters from these few days.

1. Saw an auntie at one of the store who is actually a friend of my mum. After my mum asked if her kids are married, she also ask about my marital status. When I mentioned I am still single, she decided to promote her son to me. She actually went to the point of asking my horoscope and following my mum and I to another store. I was so embarrassed and speechless by her enthusiasm.

2. While buying my breakfast today, saw this young girl around 10 yrs old who is trying to get breakfast for her younger sister and brother. She was patiently trying to figure out what exactly her younger brother want and at the same time getting them to sit and wait at the table while she queue. Good to see that a 10 yr old can be independent and willing to take care of the siblings, which I think it is a rare sight now since the younger generations are very well taken care and rely a lot on their maid or caregiver.

3. Also saw a very sweet old couple. The old grandma can barely walk but was still pushing her husband who is on a wheelchair for breakfast. Though I saw some people actually feel that the old grandma was blocking the way as she was moving at a very slow speed but I find that it is such a blessing to have a partner who will take care of you and really fulfill the marriage vows.

To end, not sure if anyone of you saw the last episode of Dream Potters on Monday, if not you might want to search for it via youtube or catch up TV. The key character of the episode was an old lady with a big heart. Despite what she been through and her blindness, she still want to help others instead of accepting help since she feel that she is more fortunate than many.

She really taughtt me the importance of contentment in life and also the ability to forgive and forget. Something that I always want to achieve but never achieve. Maybe I can one day achieve if I always hum on it.

Saying goodbye to 2010 and welcoming 2011

It seems a little late for this entry, right? Since I will usually pen this entry around the last week of the year but this year I am only able to do it on the 2nd day of the new year.

In the past, I used to have lots to review and pen down my thoughts for the coming year but this year, I am actually kind of point blank. Initially, I thought i will be end the year with some good news and new challenges ahead for me in the coming year. But things usually don't go as we think..and so there is no good news yet. To make matter worst, I down with a bad thoart which haven't recover. Hopefully, this is a not a sign that it is going to be bad year for me since nothing has been smooth thus far.

I should stop all the misery and be contented with what I have and be stronger and more positive in life even if things don't go my way or more challenges come my way and push me to that dark little corner.

I am sure when one door close another door will open for me and have faith that God has the best plan for me in 2011.  

T3 Outing with Princes

We were suppose to catch the Elmo show at Plaza Singapura but papa and mama decide against it as it should be too crowded. So mama suggested to bring the little princess to Changi Airport and invited me to join their family outing which i gladly agreed.

The little one didn't want to sleep at home but slept on the way to airport. She woke up with a big smile when she saw me and actually allowed me to carry her...heehee ***always good to feel wanted by her *** But after a toilet break she is all back to sticky glue with mama.

Anyway, we brought her to the few play area in T3 and she has a hell of a time. That should help disperse some of her energy and make mama job easier at night.

Below are some of the pictures we took while she is playing but she is too fast for a decent shot:

That's how she play..

Climbing out of a tunnel.

Finally a few decent shots of her playing.

Of cos, a picture with mummy.

 Making funny faces.

Realli have a great time with her since she is in the mood to talk and play with me. 

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas is a day where most Christians celebrate as a day where Jesus is born. Jesus gave himself for all man good and non-christians like myself will practise gift exchange with our friends as a form of blessing for the coming years.

Many times, we crack our brains to think about the best gifts for our loved ones. However, for this year, I decided to try something difference, that is to dedicate a gift in world vision on my friends' behalf. This is because we are all very fortunate and we have the ability to get what we really needs and for Christmas exchange, we usually end up with presents that actually satisfy our wants and at times might receive things that does not meet our style and end up hiding in a corner in our room. Hence, I feel that we should spread our love & blessings for something more meaningful that is to help to less fortunate. 

So this is for you, my friends - Ting, Joann, Ah Jing, YY, Denise, Noel, Cynthia, Joan, Dorothy, Yvonne and Vena, Uni Team mates - Lynnie, Regina, Elaine, Cheryl & Janisia

I hope you don't mind this arrangement and please do not get me any gift if you have this intention but maybe do something more meaingful. 

Apart from dedicating the above gift for my friends, it is always been my practise to do an annual donation to them so I selected the below gift for 2010.

Wishing All An Advance Merry Christmas & Happy 2011!!!

I know I am a bit kiasu. heehee

Meaningful but tiring weekend

November and December is usually one of my busiest month in a year as this is the time where I usually meet up with my friends. As we grow older, the chances of catching up also reduces becos of our work or family committments but that doesn't mean that we are not as close as old times...on the other hand, it allows us to value these rare chances of catching up.

So this week was indeed a memorable week.

Firstly, I took off on Friday just to have some relaxation time with my best friends of around 17 yrs. We went around shopping as well as going for some good dim sum at Paradise Dynasty. After which, I even went to pick my little girl and have a cheap and good dinner at MacPherson. Unfortunately 2 of our kakis didn't manage to make it this time because of work but we will definetly be arranging another sessions...maybe shopping at chinatown since it is time for me to prepare for the Chinese New Year and replenish my wardrobe. hehe.

Due to my Penang Spirtual Trip, I didn't manage to celebrate my birthday with my 2 little darlings. So they were very sweet and offer to treat me after my trip. So initially we planned for a nice ice-cream session but because Lele is having a cough so I counter propose that a simple MacDonald Breakfast and fun time at the Polliwogs - Indoor playground will be a better choice.

While waiting for the mummies to get the tickets, I decided to take a picture of them together. It was realli a challenge since either both of them are not smiling or they are not looking at me so this is what i got.

Once we are in, both of them dash and explore the area in great joy but the 3 of us were totally tired chasing after them and accompanying them thru the tunnels and slides. But it is still a good experience seeing how much they have enjoyed themselves. I bet both of them knock out along the way back home. As for me, I am now down with aching hands and legs. This just prove that I actually work out within such a short time.   

Really look forward to future opportunities like these where we can all played and enjoyed ourself.

After the morning exercise with my little darlings, I was off to catch up with my good old colleague from Philippines. Have actually planned to visit her but due to last min issue, it was always cancelled. So how can we not meet up like old times when she is back. So we went for a Thai Romance Movie - Hello Strangers...you can't believe it right? Neither can I? But it was a real funny and entertaining romance comedy that we all feel that our money is not put to waste. After which, we walk all the way for Rochor Beancurd followed by our session at Minds Cafe. It was really fun playing games like taboo, rat a cat, some strategic games which I can't remember the games. We didn't even realise that time can pass so fast as it was already 1:30 in the morning when we make it back to our kaki place for some gossip and catching up. It was 3am when we all fell asleep and by 8:30am we are all up for our MacDonald Breakfast.

Oh ya...I also heard a good news, one of friend has been offered a role in Japan. Though I will have 1 less friend to hang out but I am really happy that she is moving on to a better role. Not to forget, my friend in australia also receive a chance for a very interesting role....Happy to know that my friends are all moving on to a higher level in their career and I wish them all the best and will pray that all will turn out good.

As much as I am envious of my friends of their career achievement, I will still keep my faith that my chance will come one of these days and trust that God has the best plans in place for me. ***My little self encouraging pet talk to myself.***

Me and a 20year old car

When my friend first told me that her husband is getting a 20-year old SUV as their 2nd car, i laughed at her that the car looks like a mini fire engine. I even told her that the car doesn't suit her and jokingly commented that she is not to fetch me in that car since I should look rather comical in the car.

Who will have known that I actually had the chance to sit in this "little" red car yesterday. I was really amazed by how tall this SUV is that I actually took a picture since this could be my only chance to be in this car.

See how tall this SUV is and we really look like we belong to a different world.

 Comparison with between the 2 cars. See fire engine is as tall as a lorry.

New Look

One fine day last week, I decided to change my look by having a bang. So this is the new "Ah Tu" look for the time being which my family can't accept. Can you accept????

Coincidentally, my prince josh also has a same new look. But he has this look to avoid his hair irritating the cut from his recent fall.

Another pair of Mr. & Mrs Lee

Another good friend of mine recently moved on her next phase of her life - marriage. Happy that she found that Mr. Right and I wish them a very happy and blissful marriage.

This is her cute little niece. I am sure once she has her own generation, he/she will definetly be charmer like this little one.

Of cos, how can we do w/o a group photo with the bride? Afterall, we have been friends for more than a decade...Oops, I hope that didn't make all of us sound like we are very old..we just know each other when we were all very young. Friendship Forever!

Cookie Baking Session

Always feel that cookie baking or cake making is a good form of bonding session with young children. It also allow the kids to have some great fun. So mummy and god mama set a date and started our first cookie baking session with Josh.

Godmama did all the research on what will be the best recipe for mummy and Josh. After some consideration, we decided on Chocolate Chip Cookies and a simple banana cake. But who knows the under utilised oven broke down before we even started so God mama have to resort to a simple toaster oven and drop the banana cake.

Below are the limited pictures of our bonding session:

Godmama trying to get a picture with the assistant baker who is busy with the egg mixing.

Close up shot of the busy assistant baker.

He is actually afraid of the noise from the mixer but have fun helping me pouring in the ingredients and beating the eggs. Not to forget, he is kind of a clean freak who do not enjoy rolling the mixture into small balls as it kind of create a oily feeling to his hands. So in turn he use a spoon to scope the dough.

The final product...Not too bad for a first timer, right?

Look forward to the next baking session...Will arrange something similar for my little princess too.

Melbourne - Ballarat Trip (20 - 25 August 2010)

My friend and I were trying to find a way to get away from our job and so when we saw SQ having promo fair to Melbourne, we grab the chance and set a date to visit our friend. Our friend was so nice to accomodate us and plan for the trip. So all we have to do is to pack and go.

So after months of waiting, the day was finally here.Since our trip involved my little darling, so we decided to take the early flight out and arrived in the evening.

Below are the photos that can tell the story of my short but relaxing trip:

Started the trip with ice-cream. See how the little guy enjoy them.

Day 2 - Shopping at Queen's Victoria Market

Love this shot....Little guy has to nap at Macdonald while waiting for Godmama to return from her shopping trip. Actually I was just showing him the trams on the street.

With the host of our trip at Crown Hotel.

Delicious pasta and pizza. yummy! yummy!

All ready for our treetop walk

The 2 happy families at treetop

All arriving at the highest point

Lunch in the car of sandwiches and salad. Very close to nature.

Part 2 of day 3 - Great Ocean Road...The only group picture we have.

Day 4 - Lake Mountain. This is the 1st time the little guy and I saw snow. Though I didn't ski but I have just enough fun playing snow with the little guy.

See how much the fun they have with the little one? Though it was super tiring pushing him back up the slope.

So while we were having fun with the snow, these 2 were having fun skiing.

After the long day at lake mountain, we had a wonderful teppanyi dinner. The mummy had a hard time getting the little one into the restaurant as he got frightened off by the stunts of the chef. So we had no choice but to request that the chef perform no stunts on our table.

Day 5 - Shopping day at Ballarat City

So while all the ladies are shopping, what is the little one doing? Playing his favourite slide. I guess he were praying that we could spend more time shopping.

Next stop: Ballarat Wildlife Park. The little guy was so excited about feeding the kangaroos that he is still talking about it today. But poor god mama was frightened by the roaming kangaroo as they were cramping around the tight passageway. The sad thing was we couldn't have a photo with the koala bear due to the bad weather.

Home cooked dinner on the last evening. Great fun cooking with my friends.

While waiting for our breakfast that took ages to arrive and also got us almost late for our flight.

Last breakfast in Melbourne.

So sad that our holiday come to an end so quickly. Anyway will be looking forward to Denise trip back to Spore and we have so much plan in stall for her.

Ladies - looking forward to the next trip together, okie? Hopefully there will be new additional members on the next trip...hehe. Denise - you know what I mean right?

P.s. for more photos, visit the album under my facebook.