Taking turns to ✈️

So nice that they can take turns to travel while I’m stuck here. So envious. 

Changed a common phrase to this : When one luggage zipper closes another opens 🤣. Hubby just got back few days ago and in few days time che-che is going for another short holiday alone. She did ask me along lah! Just for certain reasons I decided not to go tho my heart is very itching to go.  

Hubby left his luggage on the BS floor since he got back, and I had to tidy it up today. Asked che-che which luggage she’s bringing, so I can bring it down and then put someone’s luggage into hubby’s luggage and store in the small space BS. Note —> it’s all their luggages. I don’t have any 😭.

After I did the measurements to make sure it’s within the size limit. Daddy asked her when he overheard our conversation the luggage she is bringing "how long are you going?" 😂 and continued with “I only carry a small bag when I went to 🇨🇳.” Che-che replied in cheekiness “if I go China I will also bring a small bag but if I’m going to 🇯🇵 it’s a different thing.” 

#bringsuchabigluggage#

Luggage out in yard area until she’s ready to pack 

This luggage is not hers, I bought it to replace the shared luggage for the 3 females when we go for family holidays. Then she claims it’s hers coz I (kindly) put her name tag on it when I let her use it to bring it to the States.

In the meantime.. I’m stuck here together with lil' one who can't travel 😥

Anyway, I’m still struggling to empty the phone storage space. Haven’t had time to do any iMovies of recent trip except one 20mins hiking. It’ll be a struggle for storage space if I make a trip. 

Not related to the post but tagging it in here. 

For own future reference - this is Delsey Freestyle - XL 82cm (around 32”)

Key Dimensions and Specifications

• Height: 82 cm (32 inches)
• Width: 55 cm (22 inches)
• Depth: 34 cm (unexpanded), expanding to 37 cm (13-14 inches)
• Capacity: Up to 143 liters
• Weight: Approximately 5.3-5.6 kg

Россия (Russia)

Post first drafted on 12th Aug

Hubby is in Russia now holidaying. So envious that he could go while I’m stuck here in my yet again another how many times long-period solo month handling the shit at home. Now I want to go for another solo holiday. 😀  

When he was preparing for his trip, I also had to do preparation on my side. 

Insurance

I never travel without insurance. The man never buys insurance whenever he travels, always say there's no need to. Of course I want my family members to 平安的去平安的回 everytime we travel. I'm not worried about me losing more money buying insurance and have nothing to claim. Aiyoh! Better no need to claim anything lor! 

What more now that he's going to a country that is sanctioned by Singapore and many other countries, it won't be so easy to find an insurance company willing to offer travel insurance to Russia. Searched and searched, I considered if I should purchase insurance from Russia or China (since they allow online purchase) but what if I need to claim anything? It'll be so difficult. Choy!

Messaged dearie W to check with her where she buys her travel insurance from coz she has travelled to Russia before. Checked the insurance company and unfortunately they don’t cover Russia and some other countries. 

Finally found one, reconfirmed with them that the country is covered. 

@ 6th Aug 2.34am : chatted with MSIG and I thought I read somewhere Russia is included but I decided to make an extra step in asking them. Look at their reply, can they stop sending template replies? Or am I not comprehending this correctly? Asked twice and they kept giving me the same reply. Fed up and I decided not to buy from them. 

Ooh….this covers against acts of terrorism. Aiyoh! 观音菩萨 please por-pi por-pi

I simply forgot FWD existed. Haha!  I bought from them donkey years before $197.15 but coz of some promo only paid $118.29. So yup! I went with FWD who didn’t give me a template reply to my question, to reassure me. 好吧！Quickly buy his insurance as he is travelling the next day evening to PKX and then for his connection to Russia after that.

Anyway, now I mainly buy our travel insurance from ETIQA. 

Seems like since last year all of us had been travelling more often than usual, this year alone hubby has made 4 trips in a span of 6 months. Che-che and lil’ one made a trip in June and che-che is making a solo trip in September. I made a trip in June. Maybe year-end we’ll do one short trip somewhere coz che-che is left a few days of annual leave. So with all these trips, should I have gotten a family yearly insurance in the beginning? Maybe I should purchase a family yearly insurance from next year onwards?

Register e-MFA

Had to insist that the man registers for e-MFA coz' I can't do this on his behalf. In order to ensure that it's done because he claimed that he will do it BUT I DON'T trust him that he will do it. Made him log into Singpass and registered for him.  

Advisory from MFA

01 Apr 2024

MFA TRAVEL ADVISORY: SITUATION IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA 1 APRIL 2024

In view of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the current security situation in Russia, Singaporeans should defer all non-essential travel to Russia, and defer all travel to Ukraine.

Surprisingly there are some Singaporeans who also don't heed government advisory. 😆The moderator in Singapore Hikers FB group that I'm in says that there's a group of hikers in Russia at that time.  

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Was in between doing some houseworks when I suddenly craved for chocolates and since he's in Russia, I had to join him 😆. Took the chocolates he bought in May

I'm thinking all chocolates will taste like chocolates, what can go wrong right? 

Decided to eat hazelnut chocolate. Yucks! Not nice. 

The box says hazelnut, the foil packaging says cranberry but it's hazelnut inside. Ha!   

Aiyoh! Old stock huh? 

Though I love dark chocolate, this is really 不好吃 👎

I messaged him after that and told him not to buy any chocolates home. But he can buy other unique snacks and my fridge magnets.

Out of boredom, I went to our display unit and took picture of this матрёшка Matryoshka dolls we have for more than 10 years. Will he buy something similar when he's there? I hope not, coz all I wanted were fridge magnets

Can't wait to see the photos he took. Sigh..... will I have the chance to go there? Russia is really beautiful. I've been to a Russian church in Darmstadt, deliberately made a stop there while I was otw to Heidelberg from Frankfurt. So charmed by the church, then SQ hasn't started any flights to Moscow. I've always loved countries for their folk costumes, songs and dances, Russia is one of them. Have you seen the dance where the ladies seem to be gliding across the floor? The male cossack dance. The famed Kalinka and some other popular Russian folk songs. 

21st Aug (Thu) 

Everytime hubby returns home from any trip, we will look forward to him bringing back stuffs. Hubby is unlike us, he doesn’t go crazy shopping for souvenirs or snacks like we girls do 🤣. So whatever few items he buys back is highly treasured 🤣. 

Teasing lil’ one with her gift 🎁 from China. Coz she likes this laundry pod

Bought some snacks and a pack of instant noodles that che-che likes, the individually wrapped braised eggs which is yummy. Not going to post those pics (I didn’t even bother to take pictures). 

What I was most interested in are the souvenirs from Russia coz like how many people can go to Russia? 

This is nice. He hardly likes chocolates and even though I already told him not to buy any chocolates back, he did 🤭. But he said it’s nice so I gotta trust him. 

Initially was thinking if I should give mom n bro a packet or some but this is nice. I think we will finish the two big packs ourselves. It tastes just like Almond Roca, which is my fav but I hardly buy them in SIN coz is expensive. For this pack of 62-63 small pieces of chocolate (or if I combine 2 pieces = 1 Roca it’s 31) it only costs S$4. That’s cheap! 

Pine nuts. Said is a specialty product from Russia. Logical coz sure have an abundance of pine trees or whatever coniferous trees in that latitude. Whatever it is, I haven’t had pine nuts for a long time, I used to enjoy putting them in my salad. And when was the last time I had salad at home? Haha! 

Pine nuts : Yes, pine nuts, particularly Siberian pine nuts, are well-known and historically consumed in Russia, though they are more famous globally as a major Russian export product rather than a domestically famous superfood. Russia is a top producer of pine nuts, which are harvested from Siberian cedar trees and are seen as a national treasure, with regions like Siberia and the Far East being significant for their production and an important source of income for locals.

Chagoff Chaga Mushroom Tea (ЧАГА

БЕРЕЗОВАЯ молотая)

Have absolutely no idea what this is. So you see at least hubby comes back with healthy snacks, unlike the 3 ladies in the family always buy back unhealthy snacks 😂.

Some info from :thewhistlingkettle.com

Some bathing stuffs and 1 sunscreen

Facial wash. Reminds me we have some facial wash he bought from N Korea

My fridge magnets for Moscow and St Petersburg. There are two other places where hubby stayed but no magnets ☹️

Hubby bought this. Said it’s not cheap lor! 87199 rubles = S$1387.17. Got diamonds and rose gold (I love rose gold) and an amber stone. Ok, the amber stone doesn’t look that nice but hubby 有心买给我 so ..

Curiously I asked if Alipay is widely used since Chinese tourists literally filled up the tourist spots. Not really, mainly he paid cash (conversion rate as of today is 1000 Russian ruble = 15.93 SGD)

I need to figure out how to open and close the earring tho! 

Good to know : Russia is famous for amber because the Kaliningrad Oblast region, a former German territory transferred to the USSR after World War Il, contains the vast majority of the world's Baltic amber deposits. This region is often called the "Amber Capital of the World" and is the center of the global amber industry, with more than 90% of the world's amber supply coming from its deposits.

Why wear amber : People wear amber for perceived physical benefits, like pain and inflammation relief due to succinic acid, and emotional well-being

through its calming properties and connection to nature. It is also worn for protection against negative energy, as a talisman against the "evil eye," and as a symbolic connection to the earth and ancient energy.

Additionally, amber is valued as a beautiful, warm, and allergy-friendly accessory.

Agate pendant that is too huge. 3 digit amount, so not a cheap item. But who is it for? 

Good to know : Russia is known for its significant deposits of agate, particularly the distinctive Russian Dendritic Agate, which features fern-like patterns. The Ural Mountains are a major source of this stone, and it has also been found in regions like the Magadan Oblast and Chukchi Peninsula.

Agate has a long history of use in Russia, being incorporated into decorative objects and jewelry by artists like Carl Faberge.

Why wear agate : Agate is accepted to promote balance, strength, and emotional healing, recuperating, enhancing thoughts, and encouraging a feeling of stability and harmony.

Looking at the older version

of young che-che.

She must have been bored. She walked to the kitchen and suddenly she picked up the bottle and started picking the onions out from the plan bilis. 

I looked at her like seeing the mushroom head young girl, now taller doing the exact same thing. She’s so patient. I can’t bear to scold her coz the way she was grinning with joy and the way she smiled at me when she saw me sneak videoing and taking pictures of her will only make me an evil person. 

So funny when I think about it. 

@ 6.19pm

With her huge fingers she’s able to pick out the teeny weeny bits. The EYES too! Haha! She used to munch on these small fried fish when she was young. Then one fine day, she gasped in horror to the grandma "ee....the eyes is looking at me. so big." Grandma spoilt her by pulling out the heads after that.    

Cooked dinner

It’s been a long long time since I cooked. Been too tired; too lazy; want to give up on my life; feeling shitty; feeling moody. 

22nd Apr (Tue) 

Hubby offered to pick lil’ one from school as he needs to go somewhere first. I love this kind of splitting jobs between two of us. 99% I have to be the one picking her up from school, so I gotta rush my cooking by cooking way way in advance that I only need to re-heat or maybe no need to re-heat. If my Grab duties is not needed, I can always cook and have the food ready on the table the moment any of the girls steps home. 

Still, today’s dishes are not the restaurant elaborate kind. I was trying to clear stuffs in the freezer and fridge. Mom gave us so many pomfrets, which is lil’ one’s favourite but been trying my best to clear our 5-6 pomfrets. So it seems the last few times I cooked pomfret as well 🤣. 

I’m getting a hang of this steam 2 dishes together with rice. Then I heat up the sauce over the stove and pour into the broccoli and fish once it’s done. Less messy. Maybe … but coz I had to deep fry the chicken so my kitchen was greasy and all. 

I hate it when blood oozes out from the chicken joint wings. Yucks! Bought another chicken seasoning. Feedback : prefer the one we bought in last holiday but still both cannot compare to what we ate there. I air fried some nuggets for che-che coz she has one less dish to eat. 

Solo days are coming up soon. I’m so tired just thinking about me doing everything all by myself. 😭 

Sometime in early May - before the next dated entry

So I haven’t been able to blog about the food I cooked. I haven’t cooked much (maybe only 4-5x) since hubby left for his holiday. I chose to pack, Grab most times. Sometime too I thought I did the smart thing to cook more rice but it turns out that the next 2 days after that day (4th May), I didn't get to use much of the rice. I junked them away. Wasted but no choice, coz last minute one of them not eating then dunno what..end up I didn't cook as much as I thought I would. Since I can't predict the future the next time I will just cook extra rice if I'm 100% sure I'm using it by mid day the next day.

20th May (Mon) 

When I didn’t leave the house the whole day coz everyone’s at home. 

Steamed everything all at one go while cooking rice. Meal prep took me less than 10mins from washing rice to putting everything in varoma. Dinner was ready in 18mins with no greasy mess. I bought these separator containers quite some time back and they were finally put to good use. Bought 6, I can put 3 in each tier.

Before

After

My broccoli with oyster and garlic chilli 

Pre-marinated pork (on 8/5) with oyster sauce, soy sauce, black soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar. 

Lil’ one likes this 👍, says it’s the best she’s tasted of all my cooking. Yah you tell me why? SUGAR!!!

Can never go wrong with chawanmushi, the girls favourite. This container is small, can only fit one portion.  Next time will have to make 2 containers so they don’t fight. 

I really like the idea of steaming food. I even feel like mixing the sauces into one bottle and then pour out from the bottle to marinade the meat or prior to steaming. Sounds like a good idea? That’s how lazy I feel now. No wonder I like watching those single japanese ladies vlogs, it's different when I have a family and it's even more 'headache' when I have fussy people.  

28th May (Wed)

Ok… so in between my last post 8 days ago I cooked twice but just didn’t blog it down. It’s another easy steamed-dishes dinner. 

I prepared all the dishes and rice in Ms Thermie at around 2pm, will cook when lil' one is in the shower. The baby seal always take a long time in the bathroom. But then things always take an unexpected turn, lil' one messaged to me just after I put down the phone with mom not long after that she's already dismissed from school. What?! More cham than being activated from SB.  

Initially only prepared 3 dishes (minus the egg tofu). chawanmushi, cod in oyster + sesame and mince chicken in Japanese seasoning style. But last minute had mom to come over to stay over so just steamed the egg tofu without mince pork as I ran out of it. 

Had to cook che-che's dinner separately - mee-hoon kueh with collagen soup.   

29th May (Thu)

Not a cooking post, but since I bought mince pork I marinated

We begin again - Wk 01 & 02 of 5 on solo

2nd May (Fri)

Sent hubby to the airport before picking lil’ one up from school. Had a short in between time so brought lil’ one for lunch instead of rushing around the mall to pack food from various places. Although che-che worked from home today, she had her lunch at home. 

Packed A Hot Hideout for dinner, the girls shared a collagen soup while I prefer the dry oriental stir fry. 

Had to continue with the bomb shelter project. I bought the Ikea boxes on Wednesday, did nothing on Thursday (Labour Day) so had to do something today. If I had the plan to do a tiring job, I will not cook for sure. I’m not a superwoman. Spent about 2hrs after that taking my own sweet time packing. I’m losing my mojo as I begin to feel the tiredness, the frustration. With the most in momentum, I take short breaks in between to drown myself in cold water and stand infront of the table fan.  

In the night, scanned some items into the laptop so I can junk them away. Clearing some music books and cooking books which I haven’t touched for more than a year. 

3rd May (Sat)

Walked over to HM under the hot sun after doing our civic duty - casting our vote. Lil’ one wanted Macs, sadly it has closed its door for a mall revamp. We had our lunch in Ichiban Boshi instead..

Didn’t walk around the mall, we wanted to get home asap. In the first place I didn’t even want to go all the way to HM for lunch. 

Lil’ one and I packed Subway for our dinner. Che-che may be going out with her friend for dinner after tennis. I wonder if she’s lost her tennis skill or will she be chasing after the ball 80% of the time? 😂

Another day where both meals are settled very easily. And I’m also glad I didn’t cook coz I was busy. 

4th May (Sun)

Initially told the girls we’ll go opposite to have lunch but lil’ one who always have cravings asked for McDonalds again. HM’s outlet is closed, the nearest to us now is in Kovan. Haiz! 最讨厌出门! So ordered in. 

Forget to take pic of the unhealthy food so take pic of receipt. Haha! 

还没吃午餐的时候 I took these out to defrost. Going to marinade the meats and portion them, so can just steam them for lil’ one’s lunch for school and maybe for x3 pax dinner? 

Dried scallops rehydrated and perhaps 2 packs of mince pork will be used to cook for Monday’s lunch. 

Decided to cook more rice, will steam individually when I need them. 

Although I don’t really liked the idea of overnight rice but now I need to keep my sanity 

Honey wings. Last 7 pieces for the two of us. 

Che-che cooked this for herself

Had this furikake together with the chicken 

I began cooking porridge for lil’ one at around 7+. At 8.02p when this photo was taken, the porridge is ready to be transferred to slow cooker. This will be lil’ one’s lunch as I have arranged to meet Susanna. My goodness, our long overdue meetup. 

- Marinated the pork with oyster, sesame and a little garlic paste. 

- Marinated chicken basil style

By 9.03pm all packed. I think from now on, I should marinate the meats the moment I’m back from supermarket and portioned them out. Think will be tiring on my part everytime I’m back from the supermarket. End of  the day whether I do it first or later, I’m the only person doing it. #suffernowenjoylater#

5th May (Mon)

Simple chores then left the house to meet up with Susanna. It has been 9 years since we last met. Met for 5hrs before we parted ways and I went about doing a little grocery shopping. Didn’t cook coz I haven’t even had time to plan the menu 🤣, moreover since I’m out I might as well pack dinner home. 

Won’t go wrong with Donki for the girls meal, any meal. As long as it’s japanese 

@ 8.43pm. I don’t really like this Sakura brand mince chicken but had no other choice left in the supermarket 

@ 9.38pm - all packed and into the freezer   

@ 9.59pm after all the 摸来摸去反正有事做, I can finally sit down to start scanning. Yah…now you know why I always have to sleep late. I have this unexplainable behaviour that I’m more productive in the night, or maybe I panicked that I haven’t done anything proper in the day time that I suddenly feel I needed to piah. Maybe that’s where lil’ one get this trait from.  

I have some music books which I thought I’ll be playing or Che-che thought she’ll be using but didn’t. Since moving into this house 10 years ago, this is already my third time declutterring stuffs from the bomb shelter.

6th May (Tue)

Another eat-snake day. Haha! Lil’ one’s has school for 5hrs only. Did the eeny meenie mynie mo thingy - go back home to continue scanning OR stay out. 

Staying out means either I find a place in Starbucks/Macs and do my holiday itinerary planning and make last 2 hotel bookings OR see 🌷. Tulipmania ends 12th May next Monday!! Oh my! 

You might wonder why can’t I go back home and do scanning and holiday planning at the same time since I’ll be on the laptop for both jobs. Coz the scanner is so efficient 👍, I’ll barely have the time to start anything on my planning and gotta go back to the IJ Utility to click scan, at the same time don’t forget I need to move my hand removing and putting new papers. I’m hoping to quickly scan finish the stuffs and then I can have as many tabs in laptop putting everything down. Currently I have the draft in my iPad Notes so need to do the checking through then I can start typing in nicely in Word. 

Did the usual vacumn and mopping, hang up laundry where the cleaned clothes stayed overnight in the machine 🤣. Needed to make sure the laundered towels are dried thus turned on the heater for 2hrs last night. This morning all I needed to do was to hang up the laundry and put in one side of the sofa covers for wash. 

At 11.15 prepared her lunch

Soaked Jap rice for next day’s both girls lunch. So I can simply turn on the stove, throw in the marinated pork and cook. 

Arrived Flower Dome at 1.01pm and left at 1.46pm with another 103 pictures in my camera roll. And I’m happy. 

Had my lunch at Uncle wanton. Packed dinner for them and laksa for myself. x2 packs. *wink*

Dropped by Project Açai as was craving it for quite some time.  

Decided to narrow down some hotels and then do some comparison between the different 3rd party platform. However there’s no free wifi connection in Project Açai thus it posed a challenge for me. I used my hotspot for a short time 

Since I knew approximately when she’ll reach home, I heated up Che-che’s wanton noodle soup. I didn’t take pictures of their food but this piece of paper I found inside the plastic bag 😉 . “Uncle 两包不要菜和什么青色的。” 

My dinner. I’m greedy. I love the rojak 

@ 9.29pm. Tomorrow’s lunch for the girls is cooked and will be transferred to the slow cooker. 

7th May (Wed)

Lunch was easy for che-che and myself 

Porridge for her

Laksa for moi, I packed this yesterday

Left home at 3.30 and reached outside school in 18mins. Haiz….. she wasn’t dismissed from class early. Sent her home and honestly I didn’t even feel like leaving the house after that, but we needed to eat. 

Dinner - the girls initially wanted to eat at Genki (Thankful Day) but there was a long wait. Suddenly both tagged and joined me for Swensens 🤭

@ 8.49pm - took out the white rice. Ehh….i think I overcooked too much. 300g is too much. If I had cooked dinner at home daily it’d be long gone but …. sanity and balancing myself is important. Mom will nag at me for eating many night overnight rice   

 8th May (Thu)

What’s with people so grumpy in the morning? Had to pump petrol after dropping lil’ one in school before heading to OTH. I accidentally release the wrong thing - bonnet instead of petrol cover just coz I reached a little too low (without looking) and the other chap came over to my car had to tell me so rudely 开打油盖，你开这个干嘛？Uncle why you so bad mood?  

@ 8.27am - arrived OTH a little later than usual as had to pump petrol. The coverted seat is empty but there was a guy behind me if I sat there, I prefer to face the internal wall. He left a short while after that and I switched to my anti-social seat. 

Brought my iPad, hoping to get to finalise exactly how many days I need in Stop C. I haven’t booked the hotel yet. 😮 With my AirPods I’m secluded from the world and started playing my relaxing music which made my eyes drowsy 🤣🤣. I took a nap instead of doing what I need to do. Sigh…brought my iPad for nothing. 

The music that I played and put me to lala-land. I don't have that many relaxing, spa music in my phone. I have saved alot in my Spotify tho but since there's no wifi I had no access to it.

Packed lunch for mom n che-che who worked from home today. At the same time I packed dinner (Crave’s nasi lemak) for ourselves. Passed mom her lunch and I had to rush back 🏠 to give che-che her lunch during her ‘lunch hour’. 

The 4.5hrs at home after that was spent on packing the little groceries into the fridge and marinating mince pork, cleaning the house and scanning music books. The 麻烦 part is always needing to leave the house to pick up that Princess. 

Saw this. Not sure how nice it’ll taste  

Yay! The 2 empty boxes arrived. I will likely pack the remaining stuffs by Saturday. In the meantime I continued scanning things and did a few more research. 

9th May (Fri)

So sleepy coz last night I was so into the holiday planning that I forgot the time. I decided to head home after dropping lil’ one in school. I slept for 2.5hrs to make it a total of 4.5hrs of sleep. Really not good for my body to be sleeping past 11pm. Guess what? The girl has to be dismissed from school an hour early. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Lunch at Mos Burger before her therapy. I sat in there for another 20mins after she had left to do some housekeeping in phone. 

10th May (Sat)

Ordered Grab for lil’ one and my lunch. I hope by next week I can do some cooking, which honestly I think is unlikely looking at the progress of holiday planning.

Che-che met F to see 🌷. I’m itching to go but …I had things to do at home - Project bomb shelter and holiday planning. In the end, I decided to make a trip down. Had dinner at Sushiro, Scarlett and Donki before heading home. Reached home 7+

@ 2.15pm before I zoomed down to GBTB - Cutting the monsteras to put in toilet. Wah! I didn’t know it grew so long, I can have many more monstera babies at home.  Sigh… all the plants need some care but I’m just so tired. I need to change the pots to  bigger ones esp the small red ones which is growing crazily sideways. I can’t bear to trim them coz they’re the prettiest plants I have in my balcony. 

So pretty right? I took this picture few days ago when I was coming home. No wonder my neighbours stop and look at my plant. Actually years ago I suspect my neighbour cut a portion of my plant and pass it to his mom living in the same place as us. 

Anyway, I should be thankful that I made our condo with a nice bright red flowers right? Everything in the condo compound is only green in colour. 

Come my dear babies, come back into the house with me. 

Monstera growing out of the pot, dead adenium which I need to clear the pot. Should I separate the plant, soil and pot or just heck care and dump the whole thing? Will do this another day.

Speaking of which not only all pots need TLC, I need to switch the bigger pots into something smaller so I can get rid of the stone slabs. A lot of housekeeping to be done for the plants alone. Need to change the storage shed too due to wear and tear. Sigh….have plants also so much trouble. 

Technically apart from household chores + settling the girls’ meals + chauffeuring duties I have to do now, I need to also : 

(1) complete tidying the bomb shelter

(2) change plants pots. Change all the heavy slabs into the  white colour thin thin high pot stand. Currently the big plants comes in that porcelain heavy good to ferment stuffs pot that’s why I need to change

(3) major housekeeping the plants

(4) dismantle and change to a new storage in balcony. Old one wear and tear liao. 

(5) change the shoe cabinet paper liners which needs changing

(6) clear as much photos I can. No time to do any holiday iMovies but keep whatever photos I need inside phone for that purpose. Need to get more storage space in phone for holiday 

13th May (Tue)

I haven’t been sending or picking che-che to/from work and that kinda make me feel lousy as a parent, although I always complain that they are old enough that we shouldn’t be doing this. Actually I’m not the only guilt-stricken parent. Hubby who often complains about our girls are too pampered, also automatically sends her to work in the (most) mornings when I cannot wake up. We’re now left with only one car, so if he/I need to send lil’ one to school there’s no way he/I can send her to work. In conclusion, I feel we’re both very responsible parents who would try to do our utmost best to provide love and pampering for our children. 

Rightfully on days I could have picked her up from school but I’ve been too lazy to leave the house the moment I arrive home. Maybe today (13th May) I should make the drive to pick her up. #sunsettingintheeasttoday#

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* it’s 14th today and I realise I have too many backlogs and too little time to blog. So I shall just post this out and I guess I won’t have time to do anymore blogs regarding this solo-ing.