FollowYesterday was a maid-less day yet we did quite a bit at home. Since it’s a school holiday and I have been getting sufficient sleep, I had the energy to clean up and wash up after cooking breakfast and dinner. After a day’s outing, we got home and the girls spent the entire evening helping…
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It’s Alycia’s 12th Birthday Today!
My precious baby turns 12 today! The day I found out that the IUI fertility treatment that hubs and I went through together was a success (i.e. we conceived Alycia) and the day I first saw Alycia 12 years ago today were the happiest days in my life! There are no celebrations lined up today…
Our Monday – 23 November 2015 (A Full Day Out At The Malls)
Just realized that I have not updated this blog for almost 4 days! Why? School holidays!! That’s why apart from the 2-3 hours of extra of sleep that I get each day, I have fewer hours for myself and for work each day throughout the school holidays. Today, I spent the entire day at Mid…
UPSR Results And Close Of Primary Chapter
Our Saturday – 13 Sept 2015
It’s the first Saturday post UPSR exam. Alycia finally gets to join us for breakfast and then grocery shopping. For the past 9 months, her Saturdays were spent in school from 7am till 3pm. Life was grueling for these 11-12 year olds. They were drilled to score straight As. I don’t like this kind of…
What A Night!
Project Sunday – 2 August 2015
Lately, the girl’s school teachers have been giving out quite a number of mini projects to the class (Primary 6). The kids in her class use each project as a good opportunity to have mini gatherings. The project yesterday was held at our place again — the second in 2 weeks! They enjoyed themselves at…
Conversation On Bang Bang Over Dinner
At the dining table over dinner today, the song “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj was played on the radio. The girls sang along as they ate dinner. Alycia – mummy, do you know what “bang bang” means actually? Me (acting dumb) – yeah… bang bang with a gun like this…
Looking At Life Through Rose-Tinted Glasses
While in Ipoh last weekend, the girls and I, along with my dad had a long walk around the neighborhood in the evening. We stopped outside a few houses to play with and pat other people’s dogs 😀 This is something that we don’t always do in KL. The girls’ schedules are pretty much filled…
Cool As Cucumber
It’s already 9:30pm and the big girl started to work on her school Kemahiran Hidup (Living Skills) project. She whipped out a screwdriver from daddy’s tool box and began to assemble the project item – which is a wooden tool box. Then, she painted the tool box. I wanted to strangle her for doing her…
Of Exams and Results – IQ or EQ Is More Important?
As the girls grow, I tend to be less uptight in their exam results. I used to have a hangup and obsession with test results, placing emphasis especially on Alycia as I know that she can be groomed to excel. Lately, I have learned to let go. I don’t revise with her anymore. She prefers…
Holding My Mind Ransom
Kids these days are super manipulative. With access to online social media platforms, the internet and the newspapers, my 12-year old knows more than I do sometimes. After all, she has more free time on hand to read during her leisure time whereas my free time is like just ten minutes a day – when…
Mega Lego Holiday Project – Phase 2 Completed
Finally two of the three shophouses are completed after 10 days – tadaaa….. The girls stopped work for 2 days, resumed construction again today and completed the second 3-storey shophouse just a few hours ago. Now, with just 1 day left before their long 3 weeks break, I wonder if they can promise their grandma…
Cakes vs Biscuits
Swiss roll cake vs chocolate chip walnut cookies. Which one is more of the junkie, in your opinion? To my soon-to-be 11-year old, she tells me that cake is not categorized as junk food but cookies and biscuits are. Apparently, her teacher told the class that cakes can be brought to the children’s day party…
Manic Monday – 3 November 2014
My Monday today started off really really bad in the morning. I almost burnt down the kitchen while reheating some pizzas for the drama queen in the toaster, I kid you not!! It was the first time that I saw a mini inferno in the kitchen!! I shall write about this in my other blog…
Holiday Mood
Someone is getting an overload of TV and all the i-gadgets since the Deepavali holiday started on Wednesday. For the weeks of studying hard, she deserves a good break now. After all, she did pretty well this time. If this was her actual UPSR exam, she and I would be the happiest persons on earth. …