矛盾的人生
里面的人拼命跑外面，
外面的人拼命跑里面。
里面的人拼命学英文，
外面的人拼命学华文。
里面的人把生意往外做，
外面的人把生意往里面做。
里面的人说外面好，
外面的人说里面好。
这不是矛盾的人生是什么？
（雲莉玲作品 1/9/2011）
(I got the inspiration and words while washing dishes after dinner. Yes, believe it! That's the magic of LIFE )
The irony of life
I talked to a father the other day. He is a born and bred local but both sons were born in Singapore. His wife is a Singaporean. He asked me…
Father : Heard you are going home
Me : Yes, by the end of the school year, will be heading home
Father : Good, go, go home. This is not a good place for kids. Singapore is very good. Clean air, clean water, swimming pool so clean…everything is clean. Here is terrible.
Me : So, are you making plans to move to Singapore too?
Father : I have my business here, making plans to move in three to fours years time…when my elder one finishes his P6….
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Yesterday, another father came to talk to me. Ann was in the same class as his daughter last year but this year, they split. His daughter was rather sad, she and Ann are very good friends.
Father : My wife told me you guys are going home
Me : Yes, end of the school year (maybe I should start wearing a tag to say when I am going home)
Father : Oh, next year
Me : Yes, three years is pretty fast
Father : So, on contract term?
Me : Yes, any plans to move for your family
Father : No, there are plenty of opportunities here. Singapore, good place for retirement
Both are fathers, men of the house, leader of the family. One, born and bred here but waiting to leave for a better quality lifestyle. The other, true blue Singaporean staying on because there are more opportunities (as in market is bigger). Both are businessman but their objectives in life are so different. One, a local, wants to get out. One, a foreigner, wants to stay put…..
but yours truly, a foreigner wants …. HOME.
Like what I always say..."what do you really want?"
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These were in the papers yesterday
A 10 year old local kid flung five new born kittens to death…(makes me feel sick to the core)
How are kids being raised these days?
I fully agree with the researcher of the local juvenile delinquency…
"…the real reason behind the action was caused by too much of an emphasis on academics. Both parents and schools are so concerned about pushing children to achieve high grades that they have neglected to teach kids the importance of compassion and sympathy for others." ~ Sun Baohong
However, in another section of the same newspaper….
Four-year-old kids are being taught sex education in kindergarten?
A ten-year-old is too young to understand about killing five living things but a four-year-old can understand sex education. Ridiculous!!!
荒诞无稽!!!
I talked to a father the other day. He is a born and bred local but both sons were born in Singapore. His wife is a Singaporean. He asked me…
Father : Heard you are going home
Me : Yes, by the end of the school year, will be heading home
Father : Good, go, go home. This is not a good place for kids. Singapore is very good. Clean air, clean water, swimming pool so clean…everything is clean. Here is terrible.
Me : So, are you making plans to move to Singapore too?
Father : I have my business here, making plans to move in three to fours years time…when my elder one finishes his P6….
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Yesterday, another father came to talk to me. Ann was in the same class as his daughter last year but this year, they split. His daughter was rather sad, she and Ann are very good friends.
Father : My wife told me you guys are going home
Me : Yes, end of the school year (maybe I should start wearing a tag to say when I am going home)
Father : Oh, next year
Me : Yes, three years is pretty fast
Father : So, on contract term?
Me : Yes, any plans to move for your family
Father : No, there are plenty of opportunities here. Singapore, good place for retirement
Both are fathers, men of the house, leader of the family. One, born and bred here but waiting to leave for a better quality lifestyle. The other, true blue Singaporean staying on because there are more opportunities (as in market is bigger). Both are businessman but their objectives in life are so different. One, a local, wants to get out. One, a foreigner, wants to stay put…..
but yours truly, a foreigner wants …. HOME.
Like what I always say..."what do you really want?"
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These were in the papers yesterday
A 10 year old local kid flung five new born kittens to death…(makes me feel sick to the core)
How are kids being raised these days?
I fully agree with the researcher of the local juvenile delinquency…
"…the real reason behind the action was caused by too much of an emphasis on academics. Both parents and schools are so concerned about pushing children to achieve high grades that they have neglected to teach kids the importance of compassion and sympathy for others." ~ Sun Baohong
However, in another section of the same newspaper….
Four-year-old kids are being taught sex education in kindergarten?
A ten-year-old is too young to understand about killing five living things but a four-year-old can understand sex education. Ridiculous!!!
荒诞无稽!!!
Mr and Miss fix-it
The spouse wanted to reward them for their last school year good results. They didn't know about it and were very surprised. What surprised me most was that they picked the Bandai Gundam Model kit. Kai has done a few of them and he really enjoyed it. Little Ann?
This how they look like when taken out from the box. See how small are the parts.
Instructions and a little help from her ko-ko, she finished most of it by herself.
Tah-dah…..a girl Gundam.
Motherhood is really not for the wimp. Apart from doing all that are needed to be done by a mum, I also have to help fix toys. Those tiny nuts and bolts needed to be fixed into position. Ann just doesn't have enough strength yet. Me, with my failing eye sight , handling such tiny, weeny bits is not easy. I better seriously and courageously consider doing lasik for my eyes.
The spouse wanted to reward them for their last school year good results. They didn't know about it and were very surprised. What surprised me most was that they picked the Bandai Gundam Model kit. Kai has done a few of them and he really enjoyed it. Little Ann?
This how they look like when taken out from the box. See how small are the parts.
Instructions and a little help from her ko-ko, she finished most of it by herself.
Tah-dah…..a girl Gundam.
Motherhood is really not for the wimp. Apart from doing all that are needed to be done by a mum, I also have to help fix toys. Those tiny nuts and bolts needed to be fixed into position. Ann just doesn't have enough strength yet. Me, with my failing eye sight , handling such tiny, weeny bits is not easy. I better seriously and courageously consider doing lasik for my eyes.
Feeling sad….
In the car, on the way home after picking up the kids, I saw this…
A Chinese man was on a motorbike. A dog, pretty big dog. I am not good with the different breeds. It looked like a smaller version of an alsatian. The dog was chained and the chain was attached to the motorbike. Yes, it was a chain, those thick metal chains. The rider was dragging the dog along. The dog was in agony. The big chain was pulling down his head, his legs could hardly moved. I was angry, I was sad, I was wishing the dog would gather enough strength to give him a good bite!
What is so great in a place where the hearts of men are down in the drain!
In the car, on the way home after picking up the kids, I saw this…
A Chinese man was on a motorbike. A dog, pretty big dog. I am not good with the different breeds. It looked like a smaller version of an alsatian. The dog was chained and the chain was attached to the motorbike. Yes, it was a chain, those thick metal chains. The rider was dragging the dog along. The dog was in agony. The big chain was pulling down his head, his legs could hardly moved. I was angry, I was sad, I was wishing the dog would gather enough strength to give him a good bite!
What is so great in a place where the hearts of men are down in the drain!
A deafening silence…
Summer vacation has come and gone. Kids are at school, the spouse at work. Oh, this deafening silence will have to get use to it again. It is back to me, my little cottage and my duties. Sending kids to school, marketing, running errands, getting dinner ready, finishing all that needed to be done so when the kids are back, they can have my time…
Alone but never lonely.
Summer vacation has come and gone. Kids are at school, the spouse at work. Oh, this deafening silence will have to get use to it again. It is back to me, my little cottage and my duties. Sending kids to school, marketing, running errands, getting dinner ready, finishing all that needed to be done so when the kids are back, they can have my time…
Alone but never lonely.
It's a curry day
Some background to this wonderful day of curries. Cook a pot of curry
To show my solidarity, I too cook, not one pot but two pots of curry together with tumeric basmati rice.
Sedap! Delicious! 好吃！
Some background to this wonderful day of curries. Cook a pot of curry
To show my solidarity, I too cook, not one pot but two pots of curry together with tumeric basmati rice.
Sedap! Delicious! 好吃！
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