What have we been up to….

After the kids have ended their immersion programme, we have been busy with going for lunch and dinner dates. Some days were packed to capacity but really, when you have been away for so long, meeting friends is such a joy.


Friends and food never fail


Wine appreciation…not for me. I didn't know wine also need filtering.


View from friend's place. Beautiful. Extremely rare sight in Singapore

We also managed to squeeze time out to do some little things such as…



The Terry Fox Run at East Coast with sister and family


Ann is definitely an animal lover. The latest addition to the family, 8 year-old Saffie. My sister adopted her, if not, she will be put to sleep.



Visited the Queenstown Library. A favourite hang-out place for the kids and mama when we were in Singapore…yea, down memory lane. (Try spotting Ann)


Saw a dance performance at the Esplanade! It was great energy.


Saw Narnia, The Exhibition. At the same time, visited The Shoppe at Marina Sands. Most likely to be a once-in-a-blue-moon place for us.


A friend brought us to this wonderful milkshake cafe. It is a small place which served fabulous ice-cream and milkshake. It is near the Tg Pagar MRT station, remember the old Traffic police station. Yeap, it's there!

Our 5 weeks home leave is almost coming to an end. Tomorrow, will be meeting a long time friend….meeting for the very first time. *Wink*

A little girl with a BIG heart

It has been quite chilly the past few days as the Sun has gone into hiding.  It has been drizzling every now and then. Familiar cold wind brushed on the skin. I packed Ann's jacket into her school bag and reminded her to wear it in school when the need arises.

She came out after school and the first thing I did was to ask her if she put on her jacket as it was really cold…

Me : Did you wear your jacket today? It was really cold.
Ann : Yes but I lend it to E because she was cold and asked me to let her wear.
Me : (My heart melted) So were you cold?
Ann : Just a little while only lah. When E was not cold anymore, she returned it to me. (Hopping and skipping away)

Am I raising a little Florence Nightingale?

The beginning of a new day
I can safely say that scenes like these can only be found in Singapore.


Barely seven in the morning and most kids are already at school or on the way to school for those who live near their schools.

What is great about returning home…
No matter how good life maybe over at the other side, there is one thing which it will never have…the company of families and good old friends. Some of these friends we have known for more than three decades. Yes, amazing. We started beings friends when we were still in our Secondary 1 uniform. Then moved on to pre-university, then the boys went to the army, some went to the university. Followed by marriage, babies, …..the next stage will be seeing our kids getting married.


With the kids, with the adults. No, we were not at Billy Bombers, we were at someone's home.


This boy with the specky… a future Math professor!

Happy 18th wedding anniversary
Yes, another year has gone by, 18 years ago, on this day, I thee wed. We spend a wonderful evening with a happy and humble family over a simple meal. Nothing matters more than a meal with good friends.

"Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work." ~Author Unknown

Melting away…
Has been HOT, HOT, HOT

First day of school…
Kai and Ann were back in school for the immersion programme. I wasn't worried about Kai cos' he had spent one year studying in Grade 1 in Henry Park, three months in Grade 2, four months in Grade 3. So nomadic. I was really anxious for Ann cos, she has NEVER stepped into a Singapore primary school. Would the bigger class size be daunting for her, bigger school compound too much for her to handle….jitters, jitters, jitters


All ready for school, one in the morning session, one in the afternoon session.


Daunting…even for me


Like brother, like sister, both are readers. Ann with one of her funny actions. She loves school.

Ann really surprised me. She was even a buddy to a Grade 1 girl. The girl didn't have packed food with her, she didn't have money with her so Ann bought her chicken rice. She helped her to place the order, paid for it and carried the food to the table or the little girl before going off to buy her own food. So sweet.

Q-ing to buy food for the Grade 1 girl, bringing her food for her while the girl followed behind. Like big sister or not?


Off to buy her own food.

I was very proud of her.She displayed one of the values which I have been instilling in both of them…always have a big heart!
Yes, we all survived the first day of school. PRAISE THE LORD…Yipeeee!

Nostalgic moments



Have you eaten such cakes before? These were the cakes which I used to look forward to eating them when I was a kid.







The very place where I walked some decades ago. So glad that I was able to bring my kids down mama's memory lanes.