Lost the concentration. Was researching on upcoming trip then was distracted and went to blog 😂😂. I think I seriously need to test if I have attention deficit.
Now need to be back on track. So it’s to the Christmas music that I always need, anytime of the year, to keep my mind working hard. Ehh…maybe hard for the next 15mins before I lost my interest again.
Jiayou! I need to work this plan out fast
When this is out means ….
Someone is travelling again. Just need to find which number is tagged to her phone, then checked the battery. Realised AirTags battery depletes fast 🤨.
I have to put (numbers) on it for easier identification. So it’s either (1) or (4) that is tagged to her phone
Che-che’s week trip to xxx with her uni friends. Makes me wonder why when I was working I didn’t even go on a holidays with my friends.
8th Aug 2025
The matcha expert is here! One of che-che's friend is a matcha connoisseur 😄, so I brought down whatever matcha powder we have and let them play.
The girls all gathered in the small kitchen, che-che outside at dining area looking in. Now che-che's ‘playdate' is UPPed leveled - from the I can bluff kids to bake to this matcha noisy ceremony (no Zen, just noisy 😆)
Wah..师父！师父有功夫。
Coz someone broke my first bowl so I had to Taobao this. I saw a few nice designed bowls in Japan but no way am I going to spend so much $$ again to have it broken into pieces by careless family members. If this breaks again, I'll just use my plastic bowls to whisk my matcha.
And then they asked for milk. Haha! I totally forgot about the milk coz I normally drink my matcha plain 🤭. Never mind, I used the Nepresso latte pods and dispense the latte into the cup. Coz I was only left with 2 latte pods, told 师父 if she needs then we use the Japanese condensed milk I have. Haha!
Abit of mixing styles here and there. Haha!
Second cup into this cup. Not nice presentation but who cares.
This is from a packed matcha mix with gold flakes. Drink already can huat huat.
Charging to the weekend (tho I must say again it makes no difference to me).
The girls WFH today, che-che's friends came over to hang out they also WFH but they work from my home 😂. I'm WIAH (work-is-at-home 😆) today and everyday.
Happy weekend to all!
No words. Just look 😆
The leftover fillers goes into my room 😃
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我该多看年轻帅哥
Lil' one rainbow looming in her mouth 😉. She should be able to remove her braces at the end of the year.
Che-che had hers removed today. Yay! Another appt in 6 days time to collect her retainers.
It's been a year plus of bracing for them.
Remembered the first day they both had their braces on just like it was yesterday. And they had that awkward silence, and when they spoke they both sounded like Tweety birds.
Was doing my iMovie (yup! I'm 8mths slow. Too many videos already..finishing the last bits for Paris) and these videos ... 😭
Told che-che she's been to 2 church that had gone thru destruction. Christchurch Cathedral before the earthquake and Notre Dame before the fire. Not my first time in Notre Dame tho', I even went for mass with my colleagues, not that we understood what was going on but I agat- agat knew what was happening lah! When ppl turned around and said in french, we didn't know what was going on until I told colleagues "peace be with you". We spoke in anglaise to ppl around us. Haha!
#ipaidattentionduringmassinschool#
Standing near the spot as last pic.
Is this saved? Or lost? 😢
On a rare school day (weekday) afternoon …..
Footnote written in 2022 :
4 years ago.
And things change now, there's no such thing as half day for uni.
Less than 10mins they came to me....siblings
must fight lor！ 要吵架就在家吵架，还带来gym 吵架. Came to complain to me, then they joined me in gym.
Next time we shall try 🎾 tennis, need to get the
rackets first tho. Told che-che I can't play so will anyhow whack the ball across if she wants me to play with her. She said she'll teach me. Heehee!
8th Aug 2018
* bro C added photo to his album titled “2018 Shots”
Awwww…... Lily.... 6 years liao still remember Uncle C and I.... How can i not favor her? She still my no. 1 ranking all-time favorite "dotter-in-law"...
Hahaha...:p
8th Aug 2016
The 等着不耐烦 girl. Kept chasing daddy to hurry up.
It's a good thing I suggested to send che-che to Bedok coz there was heavy traffic along the way.
Imagine if it's the dad n he gotta "rush in his driving" 😱 to two different places.
When she was younger, she's always the first to wear her shoes, sit on the floor and wait for us.
Now? She drags herself to school 🤣 #ihateschool#
To my KC classmates,
Our school song.
#forwardkatongconvent# #simpleinvirtue# #foreverKCgirl# #hvntsangthisin2decades#
Tea break or rather...dunno what break. Lil one hungry so quickly brought her here first
The very 麻烦 girl. Always hungry so always need alot of pit stops
8th Aug 2012
Lil one tried hopscotch (on both feet), then the Cinderella shoe "button" flew away. Haha!
Only my silly girl ..
The girls ready for ND celebration in school.
Matched with the hairbow I did.
Mei-mei waiting for her Snow White balloon
Che-che with her Hello Kitty
Balloons. Balloons!
Beautiful! Many more beautiful balloons for other kids.. too shy to ask the kids to let me take pictures
Kids love the Popcorn cart
My girl sitting like a boy, waiting for her turn
Che-che and her Melody
The awesome cake! wow! If only I can do something like this
| like watching these 2 girls. funny response. Coincidentally they're both the same age, my girl is 5 days older.
The delicious cake. I need to go on a diet!!
4th Aug 2024
The thunderous raging water in a cave.
The wonders of nature, so wonderful if only I can just sit down in one corner listening to the water and hide from the heat outside for an hour.
* just realised I haven't posted much of our recent trip and...算了吧 😄.I've already transferred most pics into the hard disk. Need to clear phone pics asap 😂 , always grouching abt my tons of holidays
iMovies.
Muahaha! I would have done this to Thistle if we had this game.
Finally tried Luke's Lobster after they arrived on our shore 4 years ago.
I wasn't willing to try then coz felt it's too expensive for something which will not make me full.
Decided to try it today and won't eat it anymore.
My personal review.
** pls note that prices in US are without tips unless otherwise indicated
...
And for those who wonder why I am allergic to certain prawns but not to lobster, I really have no idea why. Maybe my body is meant to ingest expensive foods. 😂 haha!
And now after typing this, I want to say I miss Boston!
In Boston che-che ordered lobster with truffle butter (US$24 + US$1 for truffle butter) while I ordered crab (US$17). Lobster is from Canada as what they claimed not that I can tell any difference 😜
Singapore's lobster roll is (S$25.50) claimed is from Maine but eh you give me one from M'sia I also dunno.
[Truffle butter lobster roll costs S$30.50].
A fair comparison would be US$24 vs S$25.50. But it makes me wonder how is it that it'll be so expensive after the conversion to eat in Boston when the lobster is swimming somewhere near there (fly from Cape Hood to Boston, both on east side of the continent) vs we need to fly the lobster over many miles across the land masses and ocean?
Bread roll is longer and skinnier here. I assumed the roll is supplied locally as it doesn't make sense to fly them over. Taste wise coz I did try che-che's lobster roll (but hate truffle), I would say it's not bad here. How many chunks of lobster meat in the roll I believe should be the same. Tho she dropped one huge piece on the floor in Boston and my heart was screaming 💸 heartpain.
In Quincy Market, we tried this one a day before, lobster salad roll for USD29 (I think it should be slightly cheaper coz I threw receipt away and only checked back my card, must have added the tips in it)
Oh..... the lobster bisque. I love bisque.
Well...when you're in Boston you gotta eat their seafood.
I have one girl who don't eat many seafood, I don't eat clam, oysters anything except scallops in the mollusk family myself. So really can't eat the freshest bestest seafood, which turns out well coz when you start calculating the cost of food, it's so expensive!
#shouldbringtravelcooker#
Lil' one Aricia Ting likes clam chowder, eats oyster but too bad she's not here.
Since I hate clams, I should try lobster bisque. Top left pic of lobster bisque -1 had it in a restaurant which I told girl the total cost of our meal came up to few dollars short of $100, by the time I add tips in. Sigh..... told girl it's the most expensive meal so after that we should eat cheaply. I only tried 2 lobster bisque in Boston, so I must admit that's the better one. (USD10.50 vs USD6.30.
Maybe not a fair comparison coz the quantity is different + one in better setting.
I didn't like the one from Quincy Market (had this a day before the restaurant meal) and was so thankful I ordered a small cup to try. But there were huge chunks of meat in both soup.
Singapore's S$12.50. Taste just like the one in Quincy Market but only 2 small bits of meat.
Will | eat at LL again? Most likely no. I've tasted better lobster bisque in restaurants here.
Dropped by Kimchoo to get my dumpling (the bestest nonya chang after my mom's). Saw that ondeh and kueh kosui selling at total price of $4.40, a fraction of what one will pay at ahem.. ahem.., so why not pick them up as well? Kimchoo's kuehs are equally nice + I'm adding more weight to myself and adding more pennies in my pocket. No reason for me to not buy them. Anyway, this could be the only time I'll indulge in these.
#inevergiveupketofornothingk#
#mustmakeitmorehuasuantotempstop#
@ "my favourite uncle wanton place" - direct quote from lil' one. I realised it's the same row we sat. She didn't want to move in to the next table to replicate this photo.
Used to be wanton noodle now it's shredded chicken noodle.
Big bowl of soup which now comes to her automatically 😂. Last time she used to do the Oliver scene by going up to uncle and asking for another bowl of soup 😂a few times.
Now that I've stopped keto temp, it's one of my must indulge. And had it like 4x already 😂 in a short span of 2mths? The last time was only last wk? 🤭
Bei-Ing Wanton Noodle 美樱雲吞麵
*ps both father n son's stall serves same good food.
The last show or should I say documentary I watched - Hitler’s Circle of Evil 🤣🤣
4th Aug 2021
Spending some quality time with 貴重な赤ちゃん before uni term commences.
We bond over food. Haha!
She saw something which I can eat, came to me and tell me while I was packing lunch. I must admit that got me really excited as I was deprived of ice-cream for quite some time 🤣
My heart went awwww the moment NaEun said "it's my job".
Her parents raised her up so well. She always puts her siblings first.
In one episode, JooHo asked her how she felt being the eldest, and she spoke out her thoughts.
She truly deserves a day out every week or fortnight with just her parents, so she can be a child. Forget abt the troublemaker Jinwoo and cute Gunhoo for that day. 슈퍼맨이
One happy smiley child
And one grouchy, naggy mother (later)
Balloons that kids can't reach. Oh oh! Like it but can't seem to get a nice shot.
Waiting for her rabbit
@ Bei-Ing Wanton Noodle 美櫻雲吞麵
Your young fan love your noodles for more than 10yrs.
#unclecanihaveanotherbowlofsoup#
Asked Athena if she knew abt broken magnets, she told me a few pointers. Took out her magnet which I've broke in the day. "There you go, we can experiment it." She was enthusiastic and recalled alot- iron, cobalt, steel and nickel.?? Can't rmbr myself.
Mummy's nose almost touching the sky. Asked her “Athena, what happens when you put 2 similar poles together?" "It... er....(trying to recall)." "It re ..." Eyes opened big big shouted so loud "REWIND!!!" Immediately can cover my mouth. LOL!
4th Aug 2011
Lil' girl said, "mummy 1 1 2 go 2 school tmrw. I hv no more fever."
"mummy touch...u dun hv fever ...(touch own head n lying) but mummy hv fever now cannot bring u 2 school."
"huh??....." "go n ask daddy if he can bring u 2 school tmrw."
After some teasing, I asked "what if mummy n daddy hv fever, then who's bringing u 2 school?" "Aunty Zet!" "if everyone hv fever?" "then ….. Too bad lor!
We will take bus to school." Haha! I thought she was going 2 say," too bad, we'll hv 2 skip school."
4th Aug 2010
Time to start f #-ing again for the kids.
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4th August - lunch
Cutlery pack with a honey sweet (Pooh loves honey) and cheese snack
Pooh pasta with Pooh ham. Eggs didn't turn out well, suppose to be one with flower and the other is heart-shape. No time to fry fish fingers - rushing for time
Assembly line
