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!

Me, Myself And I

So many things so little time ....

The day is almost over and I have yet to wish myself "A Blessed Birthday".

As I get wiser ... I wish to leave some prints that every year this day, I feel very blessed because I have family, friends and everyone else around me making my good days. I want to thank them for being who they are and for being who I am when I am with them.

As I get wiser ... I wish to take good care of myself so I can take better care of family, friends and everyone around me.

Be Happy, Healthy and Safe Glamy Mum.

Love You :)

From 3 of Us : Me, Myself and I :)

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

I am a happy woman on 22 September 2010.

I have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival - a 3000 year old holiday in East Asian Culture.

A holiday originally celebrated the moon and ended the summer harvest season.

This day is also best known as a time for family and friends to gather together and be merry, supposedly to eat mooncake, drink tea and appreciate the moon....

I had a good sumptuous dinner (prepared by the dearest mummy) & gathered with the family.

Though we did not eat mooncake, drink tea or appreciate the moon ...

I nearly jumped over the moon!

I received (in advance) my birthday prezie cum our 14th wedding anniversary gift cum prezies for any other festivals in 2010!

Curtain Dress

What i wore today!

Procrastination

Must really digest Regina's email on how to add blog list...cannot afford to be so unglam (lazy) in front of a new friend! Tsk tsk tsk!

Been procrastinating on lots of stuff lately.

But that's libra woman - things are done according (very according) to her moods!

C Is For ... Chanel For Cheryl

Spending can also have a calming effect on me.

In fact, spending can have many great effects on moi!

Moi can even fly!

Woo Hoo....Amazing....

Fabulous + Fantastic = Fabulastic

The Mermaid Scallop Skirt

Love this peachy scallop-hem skirt.

The Power of Glamy Mum

The glamy mum's hair is growing out of shape.

And once glamy mum's hair is out of shape, glamy mum will feel very pek chek.

And once glam mum is pek chek, everyone else will not have good days.

Muah..haha...the Power of Glamy Mum!!!

Hence everyone else will urge glamy mum to go for monthly maintenance such as mani, pedi, hair treatment, shopping therapy....anything that will have Glamy Mum smiling again!

SELF Parenting Talk

The hubby and me attended a SELF Parenting Talk at girl's school on 26 August 2010.

SELF = Sensitize, Experience, Learn and Feel
It is organized jointed by the school and Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centre.
The social workers will spend 2 weeks with 1 Secondary One class teaching them about self discovery, communicating with others, labelling, differentiating good and bad friends etc. In short, about youth development.

What I learnt myself...
The 5 Stages of Youth Development

1. Physical Changes.
Where teenagers are sensitive to comments.
Where they have developed the whole range of emotions but the rational thinking is not developed yet.
Only by the age of 25 is rational thinking fully developed.

2. Cognitive Development
3. Emotional Development
4. Moral Development

5. Social Development
Where friends are the most important in their lives at this moment.

After the talk, the students also organized songs, play and an exhibition for the parents.
Though the boys are rowdy, noisy and still noisy but I thought this is the stage where every teenager has to go through.

I am very happy to see girl writing this about herself.

"I love and respect myself."

So girl, if you are reading this post - Mummy is very proud of you!

The degree you love yourself is the degree you'll be able to love others.

My Little Princess

My best friend forever was showing me her darling and handsome nephew's photos.

She was asking me to show her (via email) a few of girl girl's photos.

I had kept a album especially for my girl's yearly birthdays.

I took out a few of my favourites (actually they are all my favourites!) and ta...dah...

Presenting my little princess ...

Just Wanna Feel Good

I must make an effort to post often!