and I am here to compile my Facebook updates. Pathetic attempt at blogging, I know.
14 Jul 9:31pm
SC just had 2 bowls of rice for dinner!!! All new reocrd!!!
20 Jul 9:01am
SC had a pleasant dream just before she woke up this am... She's gonna hold on to that happy thought for the rest of the day : ) what's your happy thought for today???
21 Jul 6:59pm
SC can watch GLEE tonight! Yeah!
22 Jul 2:43pm
SC is thinking of learning Chinese Calligraphy with her boys... Where to find such classes?
27 Jul 8:55am
SC remembered that 6 years ago today, she went for her usual checkup n was told to check into the hospital by lunchtime... Because her baby would pop that day. N he did...
28 Jul 4:15pm
SC accidentally dropped her chopstick n the hawker lady told her someone is going to give her a treat tonight! So SC will strive to finish up the stock in before dinner time! She wonders who will give her a treat : P
31 Jul 5:51pm
SC is struggling to keep awake during the Model Drawing for Parents workshop... so chim!
3 Aug 9:54am
SC wonders if this is a sign... The walls of Doby Ghaut mrt stn are plastered w huge posters of Taiwan's places of interest! So inviting...
5 Aug 7:45am
SC just witnessed a lady put on her face powder (compact powder kit w mirror in left hand, powder sponge in right hand) WHILE walking to the mrt station!
6 Aug 9:56am
SC finds herself tilting her head backwards whenever she's threading needles nowadays... her perfect vision is getting a little blurry... lao hua yan at 36??? Nooooooooooo...
10 Aug 4:41pm
SC has a sudden urge to catch a movie in the cinema... bcos she cannot even remember what was the last movie she watched : (
13 Aug 9:38am
SC is eating throughout the day! She's got a breakfast appointment, a lunch appointment, a coffee appointment n a dinner appointment today! Supper anyone???
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
52Q - Week25 to Week27
I have been good. I have more or less kept up with my 52Q project : )
Amongst this lot, my favourite question was Q26. After completing this, I was very tempted to go write on my wall. Seriously. But I do not have the "courage" to do it. Yet. And i cannot explain why...
Amongst this lot, my favourite question was Q26. After completing this, I was very tempted to go write on my wall. Seriously. But I do not have the "courage" to do it. Yet. And i cannot explain why...
Photo A Day Calendar 2010: Mar / Apr / May / Jun
I am catching up with the calendar! I have been selecting quotes that speak to me, and stamping them on the bottom part of the layout. Mostly from the book "LIfe Is A Verb" by Patti Digh. I love her writing very very much. Though the book took a while to finish, the content is so inspiring! I am planning to re-read the book again and again!
Here goes for March / April / May / June:
Here goes for March / April / May / June:
Friday, July 30, 2010
Be Present
Life is the ultimate teacher, but it is usually through experience and not scientific research thhat we discover its deeper lessons. We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and learn to love. We can do this through losing as well as through winnng, by having and by not having, by succeeding or by failing. All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class... So fulfilling life's purpose may depend more or less on how we play than what we are dealt with. You have to be present to win.
- Kitchen Table Wisdom by Dr Rachel Naomi Remen.
- Kitchen Table Wisdom by Dr Rachel Naomi Remen.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Photo A Day Calendar 2010: Jan / Feb
I decided to use the Creative Imaginations Calendar Kit for this year's PAD Calendar. Love the clean lines and simple format. And I made sure I carry my new camera wherever I go, and I have photos for every single day...truly a photo a day!
Here's the January and February ones...
Here's the January and February ones...
Please Dont Get Me Anything When You Go Overseas
Whenever friends or family go overseas (be it a business trip or a vacation), they would ask me if I want anything? My standard reply is: Thanks for the thought, but please dont get me anything. Just enjoy yourself on the trip and take lots of pictures to show me.
The reason is: I HATE shopping for other people when I am overseas (be it a business trip or a vacation). Yes, the word is HATE. On an overseas trip, I have enough stuffs on hand to worry about (whether I can find my direction; whether I bring enough clothes; whether I can get food that will suit my palette, etc.). I really dont need to worry about someone else's shopping list!!! So I do not ask my friends and family to shop for me when they go overseas.
Two scenarios:
(a) People help people to buy specific items from the country they are visiting (because the items are not available in Singapore; because the items cost less from the other country).
This one drives me up the wall. Especially when the requests come from friends or colleagues... people who are not as important to me as my loved ones : ( I do not think it makes sense for me to spend my precious time hunting down items for other people, when I can be enjoying myself touring around or spending time with my family.
If I happen to come across the item while I am touring around or spending time with my family, then I dont mind just picking up the item. But when people give me a list (or even just one item request), the obligation is there and it makes me feel bad if I dont accomplish the mission, so I would make that part of my itinerary... and I would hate myself for acceding to that request in the first place : S
(b) People buy souvenirs from the country they are visiting to give to family, friends, colleagues, who did not go on the trip with them.
This one drives me up the wall and down the other side!!! I dont understand the rationale behind this exercise at all. So you didnt go on that trip with me, and you were working your butts off while I was on holiday... So I HAVE TO buy some presents back for you??? To share a piece of what you could not get??? To thank you for working while I was relaxing??? Call me "socially ill-mannered" or "selfish", but I do not think it makes sense to have to "justify" my well-deserved break from work, and "compensate" other people who did not go on that trip with me : S
Besides, if you have not visited that country with me, what good does a keychain or a photoframe or a mug bearing the name of that country provide you??? There is no meaningful connection, except as a sore reminder that I went away for a holiday while you were stuck here???
Besides, I also HATE the awkwardness and embarassment of missing out on gifts for a few persons... so I have to make sure I have something for everyone... I'd spent the whole trip taking stock of whether I have picked up a gift for my father, my mother, my brother, my sisters, my husband, my sons, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law, my nephews, my niece, my good friends, my good friends' children, etc etc... what's the big deal???
Having said that, I would still shop around for gifts when I am overseas. If I come across something that I think so-and-so will adore, I will pick it up and just give it to her when I return... just because! Or I will save the gift for her for Christmas!
So please dont be upset if I didnt get a gift for you when I return from overseas. (Frankly I dont care if you are...)
The reason is: I HATE shopping for other people when I am overseas (be it a business trip or a vacation). Yes, the word is HATE. On an overseas trip, I have enough stuffs on hand to worry about (whether I can find my direction; whether I bring enough clothes; whether I can get food that will suit my palette, etc.). I really dont need to worry about someone else's shopping list!!! So I do not ask my friends and family to shop for me when they go overseas.
Two scenarios:
(a) People help people to buy specific items from the country they are visiting (because the items are not available in Singapore; because the items cost less from the other country).
This one drives me up the wall. Especially when the requests come from friends or colleagues... people who are not as important to me as my loved ones : ( I do not think it makes sense for me to spend my precious time hunting down items for other people, when I can be enjoying myself touring around or spending time with my family.
If I happen to come across the item while I am touring around or spending time with my family, then I dont mind just picking up the item. But when people give me a list (or even just one item request), the obligation is there and it makes me feel bad if I dont accomplish the mission, so I would make that part of my itinerary... and I would hate myself for acceding to that request in the first place : S
(b) People buy souvenirs from the country they are visiting to give to family, friends, colleagues, who did not go on the trip with them.
This one drives me up the wall and down the other side!!! I dont understand the rationale behind this exercise at all. So you didnt go on that trip with me, and you were working your butts off while I was on holiday... So I HAVE TO buy some presents back for you??? To share a piece of what you could not get??? To thank you for working while I was relaxing??? Call me "socially ill-mannered" or "selfish", but I do not think it makes sense to have to "justify" my well-deserved break from work, and "compensate" other people who did not go on that trip with me : S
Besides, if you have not visited that country with me, what good does a keychain or a photoframe or a mug bearing the name of that country provide you??? There is no meaningful connection, except as a sore reminder that I went away for a holiday while you were stuck here???
Besides, I also HATE the awkwardness and embarassment of missing out on gifts for a few persons... so I have to make sure I have something for everyone... I'd spent the whole trip taking stock of whether I have picked up a gift for my father, my mother, my brother, my sisters, my husband, my sons, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law, my nephews, my niece, my good friends, my good friends' children, etc etc... what's the big deal???
Having said that, I would still shop around for gifts when I am overseas. If I come across something that I think so-and-so will adore, I will pick it up and just give it to her when I return... just because! Or I will save the gift for her for Christmas!
So please dont be upset if I didnt get a gift for you when I return from overseas. (Frankly I dont care if you are...)
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