八月 - 一溜烟的就不见了

 This is such a busy month at work.. 我都不懂整个八月我都在干嘛.

Did a National Day Breakfast in the office.. 

Went all the way out, coz my boss said this is a much needed boost after the whole retrenchment exercise. 

I even ordered the whole waffle live station can~

As if breakfast is not enough - Finance also hosted a National Day Lunch. Yar we are the new adopted kids of Finance.. 现在什么都有我们的份. Blessed to have my Admin 小妹, she practically executed this on her own.. 

我真的忙死了. 

Mr. Pond came right after the National Day.. executed an APAC Townhall for him. 

Then its Parents Day!

不懂哪里冒出来的.

I only know Mothers' n Fathers' Day.

But WW's school went all out with the kids' handmade tea break for us complete with a performance. I
 was like crying while she was singing n dancing. These things always make me 很感动. 

Then.. awww.. my ex-boss was in town. He was in Kyoto for a business trip, and bought a ticket to Singapore for the weekend. The Scottish man want to eat local food - so East Coast Lagoon Hawker it is! Have not been there for ages, i didn't realized the food there.. 很好吃了嘞!  

Went for 2nd round - i have not seen these pharma folks since I left. Coz we had such an amazing boss, this team is a super close knitted group. We work so hard and played even harder together back then. 

Had too much of a drink, ww had a 9am class the following day - 我是差点死掉~

Continued my Specialist journey.. 真的老了啦~ after my health check this year, its one specialist after another. Iron level at 9, was on iron pills for a month.. n it went up to 10.  And i had the full side effect from the iron - the nausea n bloating that comes with it.. 

And since I finally found time to WFH last week - so its back to the lunch time gym. Enjoying the inclined walk, it kills off the stress n calories. 一石二鸟! 

And while Fatty went all in with BB for her SA2 (which she did extremely well! She scored AL5 for 4 subjects.. full marks for Maths! I didnt know full marks for Maths is possible). So that leaves me with WW.. not complaining.. I love this little bunny of mine. We went for so many Mummy-WW dates. 

Colleague jio-ed my favorite nasi padang, so while queuing i went over to buy my favorite cake thats right opposite. And they had these old school custard puff that day. Turned out to be even better then the cake! I regretted buying only 1 box.

This is a catch-up August.. I spent 8 years with these guys.. 他们陪着我买屋子，结婚，搬家，生孩子. 这一路上都有他们的足迹. Miss the days Jac buys 8 pairs of shoes during lunch.. Miss the times we suan-ed Pat over everything.. Its a short lunch.. but so thankful for you guys. 

Been doing alot of late nights lately.. Coz Mr. Brooks is over at the US. But also glad to have him not in SG so I get a breather~ 

Did another JB with Qian before the month ends. Shes always my safe zone, on the same wavelength n never judging for what suah ku or impossible acts. We once again 为国争光 - bought back alot of famous amos cookies for teachers day.

So anyway.. busy August.

And now.. looking forward to September!

 

七月..

 As July comes to an end.. we are also more then half way through for 2025! 在这地球上的时日也少了一些.. 真的得珍惜周遭的人事物.

Anyway.. felt so loved by everyone once again. The ones that came back all the way to office during her HL, the one that took leave but don't want to go home and ditch her mum who came all the way down to SG to visit her.. the Mummies that took time off from work and home and plan a full day trip to JB with me.. my besties that are always with me year after year.. and of course, my Family. 

有惊无险的又过了一年.

感恩一切的一切..

身边的人也都平安健康, 大家都安居乐业的..

有着许多爱我, 关心我的人..

一天一天看着小朋友健康成长..

还有机会给父母长辈尽孝..

就希望来年也能这样..

大家健康安逸~

是有点忙..

June holidays went by in a flash, continued our annual holiday with the April Babies. No hour long fireworks this year, but the 90后 continue to stunt me by ordering a Lok Lok Van to the AirBnB. Plenty of sun and water and the kiddos had so much fun, then the adults 夜夜笙歌 after we put the kids to bed. 

Got busy at work right after.. as the office nail down on the blueprint for Project Growth. 有惊无险地.. I survived the 2nd retrenchment exercise in this company. Deep down secretly hoping I'll get impacted, but well.. no such luck. 

As we enter July.. another year, another orange box from Fatty. 

Thanks ah~*

随着时间的曾长，我也发现其实要的真的不多。不过还是很感谢，感恩一切和一切。

Okay.. thats all for now. 

当你老了..

 亲爱的日记,

当你不再收到婚礼的邀请函, 而是丧礼的通告. 就代表.. 真的上了年纪了.

今天去送旧同学的岳母。

感触良多. 明明花甲之年.. 应该享享清富了. 一家人开开心心的出国, 结果阴阳两隔.

真的得珍惜当下呀!

话说至此.. 那就别减肥啦! 

Bucket list

 I started looking at my bucket list seriously a couple of years back. I managed to striked a couple of items off the list.. but theres one that has been on the list for the longest time ever.

Finally.. today, i took that tiny step.

Thanks for supportive cousins n cousin-in-law!

凌晨4点..

 惨了啦..

今天.. 喝了好多好多. 

玩的很尽兴. 现在还在那个很亢奋的状态.. 精神很好.. 好到睡不着. 明天铁定死的很难看.

现在凌晨4点.. 多3个钟就得起来了. 

完了啦.

今天感触良多. 每次小酌几杯了就会想起过往的点滴. 

会想着.. 当初, 许多许多的如果.. 

Friday.. and its the holiday mood.

Many changes around the office.. but i am finally getting a short break in the office. 

Met my Ex-admin girl for lunch this week, and she asked me - why am i still here? Wen de hao.. why am i still here? I also do not know why i am still here.. I'm not one that embrace changes, i prefer routine and stability. 

Anyway.. my current favorite. 

Abandon space once more...

 So many things happening both at home n at work.. 很忙很忙呀.

WW had her birthday celebration in school.. My Melody theme n shes thrilled! 

Happy birthday ww.. i love u so so much. ❤️

Another busy weekend..

 Spent a day with Qian in JB.. we met at 8am, n crossed the borders before 9am. 我们现在已经是old bird了. Started our day with a hearty breakfast..

Super love the oriental prawn mee. 

Spent the next couple hours for our pedi/ madi n massage. Much needed can, my legs were aching so badly after the 33km, i can finally walk after easing out the knots. Then its time to hit the malls. We did this once every 2 months.. but we still manage to 大包小包 de. Love this quality time spent with Qian, love all the shopping. 

Its 9pm when we finally settled down for dinner. Did korean bbq coz the day before its her birthday! 我都忘了这是我们在一起的第几个年头了. 

People come in n out of your life.. but good friends, 不需要多, 知心的一两个就够了. So glad that we have each other, there'll always be someone that i can reach out to for the smallest n silliest thing.

We were still in JB at 11pm can, only reached home after midnite.. 我真的是累死了! Thanks dear for holding the fort at home with the girls. ❤️

Side note.. i got an ulcer under my tongue thats killing me. I cannot eat today n i can hardly talk, feeling extremely miserable n irritated. But despite the pain.. brought ww to a birthday party!

Happy birthday Kayden! 

Going to let ww skip all her enrichment classes tomorrow, as we are having a birthday party at home that i had not planned. Hahaha, i am asking the 姑婆 to come with lunch. 不懂什么host来的.. 客人要自己带午餐上了, 还得打包给我. Low key panicking on the cake.. but 既来之则安之. 

I'm huge on birthdays.. but this year 我真的忙昏了. 😶

I walk n walk n.. walk.

 The best thing that came out of covid is.. i cultivated a love for walking. I got to spend some time alone, or quality time with a friend chatting.. i got to slow down n appreciate nature, or discover an alley or kopi diam hidden somewhere out there. And the best thing.. it helps take away some extra pounds off my hips. 

So.. i'm clearing leave n decided to kick start my long holiday with a loooong walk. 

Really loooong ok. I started off at Punggol at 8am, n ended around 5.30pm at the far west. My watch ran out of batt, so some distance was lost before i turned on the tracker on my phone. Thou so, i managed to record something 33km.

Did almost the entire C2C, from CP 8 to CP2. The hardest part.. ermm.. its a tough fight between the construction going on at AMK n the slope (that google map n npark fucked up n led me to the wrong route) at Bukit Batok Nature Park.

Love doing stuff like these.. will try to do it again soon!

Eventful wkend..

 I'm lazy.. but lets see how much can i get it down.

21 Mar

Finally had a couple if days off n we arranged a playdate with BB's BFF. They just moved to a new place. We almost bought a unit there, we could have been neighbours!

太有心啦! They celebrated BB'sbirthday.

希望你们友谊长存! 在你们两最天真无邪的时候找到那份最真挚的友情, 希望能细水长流!

After spending like 7hrs there n i'm on the verge of drifting off to lalaland, we headed down for another dinner date. A yesterday-jio-n-today-meet dinner date. Dinner was yumz! Lets do it with the rest of the girls soon.

Headed down for some drinks n live band. 虽然都是孩子的娘了, 可是还是可以活的多姿多彩!

The girls.. were just eating.

90后就是不一样.. 带着娃出来闯江湖.

Had a great night out!

Thankful for the spontaneous hubbies too, the kids were out till almost 11pm.. way past their bedtime!

22 Mar

Skipped my class on friday evening.. so did a makeup on saturday. I am exhausted can.. but still push myself to go class.

肥的是没有借口的!

And since i'm out.. i took a walk to buy dinner.

Got caught in the rain a little.. but glad that i soldier on! Navigated through the stretch of yio chu kang road in the rain, n went through the labyrinth of private estate.. 

And i reached!

Burnt close to 800 calories there.. but pretty sure i gain it all back with my nasi lemak. 

23 Mar

Its my BB's birthday! 

My baby girl.. is all grown up. Had dinner with my folks at colony. Did not have time to plan for a birthday bash, mummy's guilt is real here.

But mummy still wishes you stars n rainbows in your life. 永远抱着一颗赤子之心, 勇敢的朝着梦想和目标!

And lastly.. 23 mar is also our wedding anniversary. 12th year together.. 不知不觉, 就一起过了12个年头. 意思意思啊, thanks for the flowers ah. ❤️ 

今日之言

 也许在这个年纪的我们..

因该习惯的不是期待..

而是学会在失望中勇敢..

在绝望中坚强.

一个人就是座孤岛..

我很庆幸.. 我有两个..

很可靠.. 也永不缺席的朋友.

Hahaha.. Drea lah. Ask me watch what mediacorp show.. got me all sentimental.

And i am hating Daikin.. kns.