I Play Cheat Again!

Okay, I have decided that lifting my posts on Facebook could be a more "efficient" way of updating my blog!!! (Yes, I is sooo L-A-Z-Y! But I don't care!)

Apr 14 4:42pm
SC is having Iced Mocha Blended and Tuna Mayo Sandwich at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for lunch-cum-dinner... and worring about the loony (spelling error.. should be loong!) night ahead...

Apr 14 9:15pm
SC needs anger management again! She gets impatient with people who beats around the bush and tries to explain their action and gives every detailo that lead to the situation on hand... All she needs is the answer to a very simple question "what is that thing?"... Aaaargh!!!!

Apr 16 9:34am
SC discovered the Cash Converters at Admiralty MRT station last night!!!! Lots of junk but one can still find treasures if you look hard enough... got a set of brush markers for $2 only... and the colours are still juicy... so happy... so "cheap thrill"...

Apr 17 7:17pm
SC's cheeks are still aching from laughing too much n too hard... Life is good when one is in the company of friends who make one feels totally at ease!!!

Apr 18 12:10pm
SC is a "loan shark" today... Calling people to remind them to make payment for the workshops to confirm their seats... Especially those workshops with waiting list... Aiyoh!!!

Apr 19 12:27pm
SC receives 2 pieces of shocking news this morning... she thinks she can still take the 3rd piece... Just give it to her!!!

Apr 19 9:41pm
SC has developed a soft spot for anything with white puffy cloud motifs... You can sell her anything with white puffy clouds, she'll willingly fork out the money!!! Jia lat!!!

Apr 20 8:31am
SC is listening to Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance and thinking of all her friends who are going through some rough patches in life now... You are all in my thoughts today : )

Apr 20 9:34pm
SC's car couldn't start just now!!! The batteryn engine icons kept flashing!!! Lucky a kind helpful man offered to help her jumpstart the car battery (with the big thick wires)... But it didn't work!?!?! He got into the driver's seat to try again, n realised acctually SC forgot to put the gear to P mode when she parked earlier on!!! She is one big sotong lah!!!

Apr 21 11:24am
SC is definitely losing it!!! Her brain, that is. She is at home (Sembawang) n she called E (who stays in Yishun) to say she'll give her a lift to Jalan Pemimpin later... when her car is nicely parked at Plaza Sing!!! What is wrong with her???

Apr 23 1:23am
SC had coffee with her sister (for the very first time in 34 years!!!!)... but she forgot to take a pictture with her for the Photo-A-Day Calendar project : (

Apr 23 10:07am
SC received an email from Lei's Chinese laoshi... Next week oral exams; must practise reading passages in textbook n practise picture description n practise conversation over the weekends... during our time, where got such stress???

Apr 25 9:35pm
SC loves listening to Michael Bubl's Home while she's on the mrt heading home after a day's work... She's thinking of her boys and hopes to catch them before they go to bed.

Apr 26 9:01pm
SC doesn't want to play anymore... No matter how she tries, she just cant win!!! Hmmmph!!!

Apr 28 7:12am
SC is wearing this new T-shirt that says " I AM GOOOD IN BED... I can sleep for days"...

Apr 30 9:25am
SC overheard on the MRT - auntie A to auntie B (in hokkien) I tell people I also have BMW; I take the BUS, the MRT, and i WALK. rua ho say! (so good!)

May 2 9:57am
SC is officially panicking about the forthcoming exams... even though she is not the one taking the exams...

May 5 8:20pm
SC's son just announced that he loves his "Toady" (a hideous looking stuffed toad) very much n he thinkgs of it a lot when he is in school n he wants to marry "Toady"!!! She cant imagine what it'll be like when he falls in love with a girl next time!!??!!

May 7 9:26pm
SC cannot take any more surprises... One good surprise is good enough!

May 9 10:41pm
SC cannot remember where she kept her bottle of crackle accent! Aiyoh! A signal to declutter n organize her scrapping stash soon!

May 11 8:16pm
SC is addicted to Tropical Sling Jolly... she must have one after dinner at her mum's place every Tuesday!

May 12 9:15pm
SC is feeling torn...


Yes! Another compressed fragmented peek into my life for the past one month or so... I should really make proper blog posts here, but this has never been on the top of the to-do list lah...

Speaking of to-do list... (see next post)

What Can I Give...

... to her? That's the question which keep popping out over time, whenever I spent time with this friend. She is the type of friend whom you think has EVERYTHING, and you wonder what to give her for her birthday or Christmas.

This special friend of mine has so generously share this wonderful friendship with me, and showered me with so much love... that I keep asking myself what can I give to her? You know how in certain relationships, one party will give more than the other, and all is fine if the giver and receiver are happy with the arrangement. In my case, I sometimes think that she gives me soooo much more (and I truly enjoy that) that in comparison, what I can give to her is sooooo little, and I feel terrible about it.

Sometimes, I think it's my inferior complex at work... I keep thinking that I am not good enough to rub shoulders with her. And mind you, it's all coming from within myself. She has never ever and will never ever do anything nor say anything to make me feel that I am not good enough to be her friend. I know she will tell me that my friendship is all that she asks for...

Am I overthinking this issue???

I am on Facebook...

... and with my new iphone, I am ALIVE on Facebook!

I have been too busy and too lazy to make any post on this blog... but I didnt want to let it die... yet... so I thought of this "clever" idea!!!! Here's a compilation of my posts on Facebook for the last one month or so:

Mar 11 3:09am
SC must keep talking to Elvira so that both of them wont fall asleep.

Mar 11 10:05pm
SC has not been keeping up with the laundry... Her sons are running out of clothes to wear!!! Tomorrow must go and buy extras undies for them!!!

Mar 13 8:00am
SC is catching the early morning sun at east coast park!!! Beautiful morning!!!

Mar 14 12:03pm
SC's washing machine tendered its resignation letter yesterday, after receiving its long service award for 10 years... Now she's recruiting a new washing machine.

Mar 15 10:17am
SC's boys got new haircut today by their favourite Ah Sim Auntie @ Vista Point... Armani style... So cute!

Mar 16 2:21pm
SC welcomes the new Electrolux front loader to the family... but still cannot use... got to wait for the plumber to change the tap : S

Mar 16 4:29pm
SC could not bring herself to say no... And she's feeling very fustrated about it...

Mar 17 2:26pm
SC is waiting for her caffeine shot...

Mar 17 11:27pm
SC thoroughly enjoyed the simple homecooked meal brought by Elvira... Burp!

Mar 20 7:05am
SC is on the way to pick up her parents, then to East Coast Park... Remember to spend time with your pa and ma...

Mar 20 4:48pm
SC just overhead the radio... Today is international sleeping day!!! No wonder weather is perfect for zzzzzz... She cant wait to crawl into bed tonight!!!!

Mar 22 9:19am
SC just walked past a group of JC boys and girls who were teasing n joking n playing with each other... made her reminisce about those carefree days... n felt soooo old : S

Mar 28 9:29am
SC refused to wake up this morning... Still in bed at 9am... 5 more minutes... another 5 more minutes...

Mar 29 9:23am
SC found an empty spot on the mrt and squeezed her way there... After the train left the station, she realised why nobody wants to stand there... The hot sun comes all the way in!!! Now she's pretending to be cool under the heat!!!

Mar 31 8:50am
SC just sent off a parcel at the post office... hope the recipient likes the gifts : )

Mar 31 3:29pm
SC is going crazy trying to choose the new TH distress ink pad colours... Crushed Olive? Wild Honey? Tumbled Glass? Barn Door? Victorian Velvet? Pumice Stone?

Apr 1 9:00am
SC is considering becoming a koala bear in her next life... she heard that they sleep for 20 hours a day... and she will account for one more headcount to the endangered species... sounds like a good plan!

Apr 3 11:53am
SC's engine cannot start this morning... she really cannot do late nights... getting old already...

Apr 5 11:04pm
Sc borrowed this from a fren's post (and tweaked it a little)... love this! : Whatever you give to a woman, she will make it greater. Give her a smile, and she will give you her heart. Give her groceries, and she will give you a meal. Give her a house, and she will give you a home. Give her sperm, and she will give you a baby. She multiplies and enlarges what she is given. So if you give her crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit... ...

Apr 6 9:40am
SC must stop carrying heavy bags... she can hear her shoulders and backbones creaking under the weight!

Apr 8 5:35pm
SC uncovered someone's skeletons in the cupboard... and is now trying to clean up the mess... Horrors!!!

Looking back at all these posts, I can still almost vividly recall the context and circumstances when I made those posts... and I get this amazing feeling of how all these snippets tell a little something about my life, about my thoughts, about my feelings! There are definitely a lot more stuffs going on in my life now, but these posts documented the trivials and the mundane that we tend to sweep under the carpet and forget all about them in no time...

Heh! This exercise made me feel like I am documenting my life like Amy Krouse Rosenthal (www.whoisamy.com) did in her fabulous book ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE... so happy!!!

I want to scream...

but I cannot even bring myself to open my mouth...

On a guilt trip again

the same old story... picked up the boys late... checked Lei's school bag and realised that he has not completed his homework nor done the corrections... flew into a mad frenzy... screamed at the boy... made him stayed up late to finish the task... nagged and nagged and nagged... everyone is exhausted at the end of the episode... one went to bed unhappy and tired... one went to bed fustrated and guilty...

I questioned myself why I didn't make time to guide Lei in his homework and revision... I don't know if I COULDN'T or I WOULDN'T... I knew what was the problem here... I knew what my options were... I just didn't want to make that decision that I know I have to make...

Because I Am The Mother

My mother lectured me about Motherhood one day:

You are the Mother. You are the one who made the ultimate choice to bring your child to this world. You are "more responsible" for your child than your husband is... so don't whine about your husband not helping out.

...despite the fact that both my husband and I said the same marriage vows to love and support each other through good times and bad times, and I also hold a full time job that draws a comparable pay cheque as my husband, and I also occupy about the same surface area as my husband...

I am still trying to come to terms with that...

Thank You

this one is for Lei's swim coach.



My son has been quote a challenge to coach over the last one year that he's with Speediswim. He has been throwing tantrums at the poolside, and disrupting the lessons. But the coach has been most understanding and patient with him.

I strongly believe that, other than swimming skills, there are important life skills that my son has to learn at the swimming pool. Like respect for the authority of the coach, endurance of unfavourable environment conditions, discipline to keep up with the training week after week, perseverance in mastering swimming skills through training and practice.

And I sincerely thank the coach for teaching Lei all these in one way or another, as he patiently show him the techniques, and guide him to correct his errors, and encourage him to keep trying.

Thank you, Mr Lim, for not "giving up" on my son. Through this period, you have made a difference in Lei's life.