Today is Mother’s Day; I am a mother of a three-and-a-half year old Matthew, and a one-and-a-half year old Emma. Today has been a day filled with all kinds of confusion as I continue to grapple with inner issues that have yet been reconciled, healed or properly understood. It would be fair to say that […] Read more…
Some have five-year plans, and others, bucketlists that include going to the moon. From this sentimental heart that never had endured even a one-year plan, and only accidentally stumbled upon the hint of a bucketlist dwelling within, here is mine, in no particular order or preference: 1. Having cradled my son as a baby and […] Read more…
Criteria to be my mate in life: Must smoke and drink. There were no two ways about it. It was a decision I never once wavered on. I mean, I smoked, and I enjoyed my parties with my drinks. Well, actually, I think I just enjoyed being inebriated at social functions. How would a man […] Read more…
My dear Matthew and Emma, The first time you, Matt, ever wore black was on Sunday 30 March, as we join our fellow Singaporeans in bidding our final farewell to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Emma, you didn’t, because that just happens to be a colour you don’t have in your wardrobe. This picture here was […] Read more…
When we were kids, there was a tradition my younger brother and I used to keep every National Day, and that was to spend the day drawing and colouring in our Singapore flags so we could proudly wave them at our window when the choppers that carry the huge Singapore flag flew by later that […] Read more…
My dear babies, As I started to think about our last trip that you probably won’t remember – the Bintan one that your Daddy earned for us with his very hard work for his Banyan Tree client – I started to realise how much I learn from you little ones, even when I’m not paying […] Read more…
If I am 100% mother, is there still a part of me left that’s anything else? That’s the question I had been pondering last month when I decided to follow that little voice inside me that was asking me to revamp the blog. One thing that I knew for sure was that I wanted to […] Read more…
28 August 2009: Dad’s car had to go to the workshop and he asked that I follow him so I could drive him home while his car got left behind. Like a typical Merc driver (I apologise if this offends your sensibilities but well, you guys know what you’re like!), he weaved in and out […] Read more…
http://matthewsmomma.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/because-i-said-so/ 35 years old, that’s the milestone I’ve reached today. While I actually care neither about age nor birthdays, I do enjoy using them to take stock of where I am in life. And today, is most definitely, a “fail” day, rather quickly too, even before the page to the next chapter has settled from […] Read more…
Today happens to be World Cancer Day, as I found out this morning at Marymount Kindy when the assembly lifted a prayer for all those suffering from cancer. So instead of peeking to see if Matthew had his eyes closed as instructed, I closed mine to join in the prayer. After all, today is also […] Read more…