Alycia and Sherilyn’s mid-term exam is finally over today! But for Alycia, she still has to sit for the Science and Math test papers in English language on Monday. I find this a tad ridiculous. The students have to study in dual language for Math and Science and sit for the exam twice (first in…
Category: Motherhood
Throes of Motherhood… Bad Day (Part 2)
The adage “when it rains it pours” holds so true. Yesterday was indeed bad all the way to way past mid night!! It felt like a big patch of dark cloud was hanging on us, with looming danger inside the patch of dark cloud, waiting to unleash onto us bit by bit. At about 8pm…
Throes of Motherhood… Bad Day
First I received an email from my local supplier breaking the most dreaded news to me – that 10 lots of her kids clothes stock are not in the consignment. Either the overseas supplier had left them out or they were stolen. The consignment of stock has been delayed for 3 weeks now due to…
Our 2012 Mother’s Day
It was yet another simple Mother’s Day celebration for us this year. We could not go to anywhere that’s too far or would take up too much time as both Alycia and Sherilyn will be sitting for their mid-term exam tomorrow. I am not too worried for Alycia but for Sherilyn, I have tried my…
A Little Embarrassment Is The Trick!
This was what I had to be forced to do when little Miss Forgetful and Scattered-Brain repeatedly forgot to bring her books back home for revision. The Mandarin tutor had asked her to bring her Science textbook along with all her Mandarin exercise books back for revision. Despite umpteen nagging verbal reminders and also written…
‘Straying’ Kids
Alycia and Sherilyn will be sitting for their mid-term examination in a week’s time. So this weekend is spent doing revision with them. Each time I leave my work area to go to the bathroom or have a drink, these 2 monkeys will take the opportunity to have a jolly good time! They will dart…
It’s The Most Dreaded Time Of The Year Again…
…because my girls will be sitting for their mid-term exams. 1 more week to be exact. This year, I have to do revision with 2 girls simultaneously – Alycia who is in P3 and Sherilyn P1. This is uber stress and taxing on me! Each time I am attending to Alycia, Sherilyn will come tugging…
Health Freak Mommy is 5 Years Old!
Today, as I was walking to Cassandra’s kindy to pick her up, I was trying to take stock of my life and then went on to have an ‘audit trail’ of what I am today. Six years ago, I was a not-so-contented housewife with only 2 young toddlers. Life then with 2 toddlers who were…
Of Water Color Painting
Sherilyn has been struggling to do her Art homework, especially with water color painting ever since she entered P1. According to Sherilyn and Alycia, the Art teacher did not show them the proper way of doing water color painting, i.e. how much paint to use, how much water is needed to dilute the paint, how…
Learning All Over Again For Me
The Bahasa Malaysia that Alycia is learning in Standard 3 is getting tougher now. I get really stunned each time I read her BM books and BM workbooks that I have bought for her to practice. The vocab that the Standard 3 kids is learning now is much deeper than my time 3 decades ago….
Throes of Motherhood… Worrying About Your Unwell Child Who’s In School
Alycia was feeling a tad under the weather yesterday. She kept asking me to touch her forehead. If my girls ever ask me to touch their foreheads, I know that they feel feverish and unwell. Alycia was having a runny nose and a productive cough. The sound of the phlegm in her throat each time…
Giving Her The Benefit Of Doubt
During the short CNY holiday, I bought new water tumblers for the girls. I change their water tumblers once every 2 months or whenever I see too many scratches or stains on the bottle. When I bought them, Alycia and Sherilyn were not together with me. They were at the book store with their daddy….
Never-ending List of Worries
Yesterday was the first day that Alycia had to stay back after school for compulsory extra curricular activities. Ever since the incident last year where the van driver left her out in school and told me that she did not know where she was upon reaching our condo (GOSH, I almost fainted!!), I have this…
Despite The Busyness…
Despite my mega busyness this week, I managed to whip up something that my kids love. My girls love kaya (coconut jam) and jellies and so do I. I find it very hard to get tasty kaya with reduced sugar from shops. So the only way that I can enjoy tasty kaya that is kinder…
Crazy Mad Days
The past 2 days have been crazily mad and bumpy for me. The gust of bad chi seemed to have entered our house on Thursday and it seems to be still lingering in here. On Thursday morning, the moment I turned on the kitchen lights, I heard a ‘trip’ sound and the power supply to…
You Burp Like A Pig!
Another post to pen down in this eJournal for my girls. Last night after a dinner of pork chops, I let out a satisfied burp and had forgotten to say “excuse me”. After the burp, I knew I was in for trouble. I knew that criticisms will be flying from all directions of the dining…

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