Just Sharing

I just loved to read interior design magazines.

I just find reading id magazines truly therapeutic for me.

Sometimes I would dream of having many rooms in my house and each room would have a unique theme designs.

The right pic shows a storeroom door with ants (magnets) crawling.

Every man's dream chair! Yes? No? ;p

T Break

T = Tea Break

T = Tuition Break

T = Torture Break

I just love to prepare snacks for the daughter & teacher during tuition time.

Ok, even if it is torture break - i must also make sure it is a damn good one! ... eh the snacks not the torture ;p

Happy Yuan Xiao Jie

Every Chinese New Year, I'll prepare goodies bags for the kids, my neighbours, my neighbours' kids. For the kids, I just love to see their faces light up when they received my goodies bags. For the neighbours, I just felt is time of the year I wanted to tell them I appreciate them, I treasure them, I cherish them. Their presence in my life is a blessing. Today marks the end of the Lunar New Year Celebration. I sincerely wish everyone around me will be healthy, safe and blessed.

Why Do Cows Wear Bells?

The daughter drags and drags doing her Chinese assessment.

She gets absolutely restless while finally willing to do her Chinese assessment in her own convenient time.

What a irony!

Her glamy mum here took up higher Chinese in her primary/secondary level and major in Chinese studies in University!

Why why why? I kept asking myself?

She got so bored and suddenly she asked : "Mummy, why did the cows wear bells?"

Me : (not really paying attention) cos they have to work in the field.

Daughter : Wrong. Because their horns are not working.

Can't help but burst out laughing.

Master of Multitasking

Glamy Mum : Girl, can you please tidy up your stuff? Why are you so untidy? Who would want marry you in future?

Unglam Daughter : My future hushand will marry me in future Mummy!

Glamy Mum : Who would want to marry a untidy girl?

Unglam Daughter : I can hire a maid to tidy up the mess in future Mummy!

Glamy Mum : Before you hire your maid, please do it yourself first then in future you can train your maid to do it ya! (shoving unglam girl to go tidy up her stuff).

Unglam Daughter : You are the most troublesome Mummy & you are naggy Mummy.

Glamy Mum : Thank you!

Unglam Daughter : And I love you Mummy!

Glamy Mum's heart melted ....

Waiting To Be Adult

The two girls can't wait to be 18 years old so they can :

• start learning driving
• join the wine society

They are crazy over red wine.

They are reading up the high way code (basic theory) now.

I let them have their fun.

I am fine with the above as long as they don't do the above at the same time.

Post-Renovation

Presenting The Renovated Home

After this renovation, my favorite color is now white.

Pre-Renovation

We bought this unit in August 2010.

After the paperwork which took 3 months, reno started in early November 2010.

Me and the ID were like siamese twins in terms of design ideas, color scheme etc..

We worked seamlessly close together and within a month, everything was completed.

We shifted on 3 December 2010 leaving me exactly a week to pack for a 10-day Europe tour.

Looking back, how did I manage to do it!

Can't help but felt so impressed with myself!

Pat myself on the shoulder .... good job done Auntie ;p

Show you all pics after reno later ok .... akan datang ... ing .....

Europe Tour

The family were on a yearly tour.

This year's destinated country was chosen by Mum and the Daughter.

We were in 5 countries in 24 hours.

Singapore, (via) Sri Lanka, (transit) Dubai, (arrived) Zurich, (coach) Germany.

All of us were so zombie after the long long flight that we had no energy for photography, for food when we arrived in Zurich and then to Germany. All we wanted was a hot bath and then zzzzzzzz ....

We joined the group tour every year and we met different families, made different friends, seen different cultures etc. Usually by the 2nd day, everybody in the group would have mingled quite well with one another. It is usually heartwarming to see the husbands talking together, the wives complaining together, the kids played around together, the senior citizens gossiping loudly.

Though the itinerary for group tour is usually very tight but I always take it as good opportunity to be lead, to do nothing but follow instructions.

To fully rest and relax after a year long vacation-less, break-deprive, rest-not-enough days!

To bond with the family.

To appreciate & basked in the country's culture.

To do some crazy (not outrageous hor) stuff.

To at least buy a bag from that country :)

Before Chinese New Year

When I was young, my ambition is to be a housekeeper!

Probably read too much of british story books ....

I just love to decorate the house, anybody's house!