Old age
Misplaced and lost items of great value
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008We have lost Tee’s birth certificate. Somehow somewhere, we just can’t find it. I have been told that we can always go and get a duplicate copy, but a duplicate copy is a copy, isn’t it? Does it matter? Can someone shed some light on this?
Another thing that has gone missing for months now is […]
12 hours with my in laws from Kota Bharu
Friday, October 24th, 2008At 9am this morning, Tee and I dashed out the door like professional sprinters running errands for the in laws, and I kissed my husband’s toes for canceling the plumber’s visit today as I really would have broken down to the floor and cried my eyeballs out.
After completing our errands with breakfast on the go […]
Studying new skills after Baby
Sunday, October 14th, 2007It has been an ongoing discussion with the Hubs, the subject of getting a maid. Whilst there are days where I feel that I really want one, the Hubs always manages to convince me otherwise. I tried convincing him that I can make more money if we got a maid but it isn’t about the money, […]
3 causes of death that will never be answered
Saturday, October 6th, 2007My best friend at Uni.
She had jumped off the 22nd floor of her father’s apartment without leaving a suicide note. She had called me the day before, from Singapore to London, to chat. The grief that I went through took a long time to heal and till today, a part of me is still missing. I […]
Talk about efficiency. Thank you, JoMel!
Monday, September 24th, 2007Since my last post about family insurance plans, the lovely JoMel has responded rather promptly and at length to my genuine query. Now I’m not so quick to commit myself into the Education/Insurance plan for Tee. But having said that, I do like the coverage for insurance that she’d get with it. I mean, you […]
Thou shall honour thy grandparents in KLIA
Thursday, September 20th, 2007The Hubs is in Bahrain.
It is the kid and I.
Home alone.
I got a call this evening from Tee’s grandparents informing us that they will be in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow evening from 5pm to midnight for a long transit to Shanghai. They hinted for us to visit so they could see their ’sing kang pow pay’. […]
Toddler fashion faux pas
Monday, September 10th, 2007Saturday was a tremendously busy day for us. We had a birthday party in the morning, some friends visiting in the evening and about 278 tasks to accomplish in between.
Since we were ALL rushing all over the place first thing in the morning, I quickly tugged out a pretty dress from Tee’s cupboard and yelled at the […]
Would I pay for a holiday home?
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Would you?
When I was a little girl, my family and I used to travel up to the Highlands to stay at the very lovely Shell Bungalows where we got to enjoy cooler weather, fresher air and glorious food cooked by Hakkah caretakers of the home for rest. Those days were tremendously memorable for me because for one, the […]
Wearing Gold - another Chinese superstition
Thursday, August 16th, 2007My beloved Mother believes truly that to attract wealth and good fortune, one must wear lots of gold.
This is what the Chinese believe in. Just like how they believe you should have fishes (real or otherwise, even paintings) for abundance of wealth, wear jade to ward off evil spirits and eat chestnuts if you wanted […]
Chinese Custom of Greeting Family Members
Saturday, August 11th, 2007We attended 2 family functions today and another 2 tomorrow. All my side of the family. Am I busy, or am I busy?
The first was to celebrate a family member’s birthday. The crowd was international, consisting of professionals; Doctors, Architects, Businessmen, Financial Analysts, Gay Men. The party was held at a posh restaurant and typically resembled […]
Carousels in my head
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007I crawled to the gym in my sweatpants today and in fact, when my bag got caught in the grated drain, I was 90% ecstatic that I was ball-chained to the grills like a prisoner and wouldn’t be able to greet a treadmill this morning. Alas, I was fated to meet my friend there. A friend who would […]
Tee’s Great Grandmother: 85 years on, still going strong…
Saturday, July 7th, 2007For some reason, I suddenly had a strong urge to write about my grandmother tonight.
My Grandma still drives herself everywhere. She drives to Church, she drives 60 kilometres TWICE a week to yoga class, she drives herself to the local hospital. Someone her age shouldn’t be on the road and if I had the money, I […]
