Tuesday, May 9, 2023

On This Day - (9th Day) #Reminders from FB#

9th May 2023

I got spoon!

My ice-cream!! I really need this.




9th May 2023


No joke man! The dust as they hacked. Empress Dowager sat in wrong place and started coughing. 🤣

They swept the floor so haphazardly (very normal).

After they left, I slipped in gloves and ready for operation. I cleaned the living dining area, our bedroom, the girls' room door (kept it shut so I really hope not much dust went into their room) with lots of Clorox. Followed by vacumning with the crevice stick first before re-vacumning second time, followed by mopping. Then scrubbed the toilets n kitchen n a small portion of the yard. Please don't remind me but I'll hv to do this again on Thu n maybe Fri.

Too many things in yard area. Lucky thing I was smart to bring the clothes rack into lil' one's Aricia Ting room in the morning to hang the towels first before dismantling. I think for the time being l'll have to do even smaller batch of laundry each time n hang it on the rack, I can't access my ceiling rack behind 😅 now that they left my oven and glass behind.

I'm tired already. Had time to go n pick lil' one up but since already activated che-che to help me today, I'"I let her do it. Ah nia needs to rest, need to nurse my knee when I slipped earlier.

#iwanttoeatmyicecreambuticannotreachforthespoon

noW#

#cravingformeesiammeerebus#

#cravingforchocolates#




Open concept kitchen. At first I was crazy enough to clean the tiles. Then stopped ..since nobody is going to see once the cabinets are up. Why make my own life difficult?

Ps. Just realised my flooring is partial pink in these pictures. Dining area yellow lights lah! My flooring is grey. 🧐

#cinderellascrubbingfloor# #dizzywhenigotuptoofast#



Most importantly I taped up the piping to prevent 🪳 invasion.

The drain trap. This is just a temp tape over for now. The last time I re-seal the drain was 2018/2019? So can see the tape marking on the tiles 😂. I taped a board over

the drain cover, all sealed to the ground. Then taped the tile too. Leaving no exposure, I even taped up the side floor hole. 🪳 no chance to come in. I have a lining in my cabinets to cover up the tiles and all. So do l even scrub my kitchen floor for the last 8yrs? Yes I do, but I usually do it in small section and wipe before going to the next.

The only place I can free flow splash water after scrubbing is my yard, PES and toilets. Kitchen n yard also mopped daily.

Haha! Look at the slipshod job on the grouting, and I didn't clean it

😁. OMG! Coz the cabinets were blocking

me and everytime I lift my head up from the army crawl position I get dizzy. That's why I didn't clean up the marks on the tiles. Now no excuse must regrout.



Cleaned!

Sprayed some bleach n then rinse into the pipe a few times. I'm sorry to say that even tho I pour the drain declogger or whatever you call it on normal days (not daily!), I thought it would be clean. I was disgusted when I saw the water coming out the first time I splashed water into the pipe. So sprayed bleach n rinse a few times until I see clear water.

Taped up for the time being.

Will do the floor grouting tomorrow. Don't care abt the grout lines where the cabinets are, pretend i never see anything.



Common toilet.

I'm so tempted to do the grout lines since cabinet is out.

Crazy! Who's going to see? But I will do the floor for sure! I couldn't reach it that time, so this is the chance for me to reach that corner.





9th May 2022


When you feel like it with only 1hr+ to kill.

But I only made it across the bridge (in 20 mins - very long) and decided to turn back coz l'm sooooo hungry.

40mins of exercising. 60mins of eating. What?!



9th May 2022

Not bad not bad. Miss this, so aunty decided to cook ginger scallion pork for myself. It does taste like the normal ones.


Note : I can’t seem to load this video for this blog entry. 



9th May 2019


That's the good thing when I'm not with the girls. I get to eat what I want. A nice lemony for this hot day.




9th May 2018


A date with lil' one



Paid for myself to 💤 

😜 Che-Che is home alone, she can sleep on her bed



Pee - checked!

Snacks for the always hungry grandma - checked!

Reminder not to drink too much water - checked!

Footnote : yah….she’s that troublesome!

9th May 2017


Quiet lunch with che-che.

Contemplated if I should bring them here after picking lil' one from school. But in the end, bad mummy decided peace and being happy is what I need.



Busy taking pictures, while che-che is busy looking for books.

You know when exams have ended when she began reading in the car and had been asking to drop by Kinokuniya for the longest time.



And she came by as I was looking for her.. with a basket. She gave me the smile when she saw me looking at it. Haha! 😂 Is she buying a lot of books?

She has a lot of vouchers since last year.



Footnote written in 2023 : she has stopped buying books for some time now, citing that she has no space in her room. So now she reads it on iPad. 

9th May 2016

Lunch is served!



9th May 2015

Aricia’s looking forward >>>


9th May 2012


Finally home! Long day out but worth it!


Footnote written in 2023 : Ehhh…..like what is it? 😂 



9th May 2011


Mag added this photo into her FB photo album



9th May 2011


This morn: "it's 6.30, 6.30 alr. KZ wake up." (knocked her door) "wake up ×2, wake up quickly Athena." 

I jumped out of bed, 我的心 missed a beat, checked hp

We stood there goon goon looking @ each other.

"holiday in lieu, go back 2 bed." 

he asked "holiday?"

"yah lah! U mean u hv 2 work today??" 

We all plonked ourselves 2 bed n my man left 4 work - bringing bacon home.


9th May 2011

Terrible! Horrible! Zircon has been turned on since ...

11+. Too hot. Boiled chrysanthemum for all to drink.



9th May 2011

Taken during Sophia’s birthday party on the 7th @ Explorer Club in Downtown East



9th May 2010

spent my Mother's day sick. (still had to struggle to coach Athena her Chinese - with mask on) Aricia made my day when she quickly ran into the room and told me "Teacher S say I must hug and kiss you today." *melt melt*




Monday, May 8, 2023

On This Day - (8th May) #Reminders from FB#

8th May 2021


So sweet of lil' one's tutor to gift this special handmade gift to moi.



8th May 2018


7th May: Table flower for the week. Brought home tulips, calla lilies and dunno what some flowers 

#horriblefloralarrangement# #stilldungetitafterweeksoftrial#


My favourite - tulips and calla lilies


Close up

The extras goes into a small chicken essence bottle 😬 for coffee table


8th May morning

Ahh…..tulips ...they always get the most pampering from me. A cold shower for them this morning.



8th May 2015


IKEA guy working on our outdoor furniture.

Ok...I'm bored.....Hv things to do but I'm eating 🐍 



Footnote written in 2023 : 


8 years 1 day later : we will rip off the original kitchen n toilet.

So for the next few days I'll have to stay at home 24hrs while they rip the place apart n fix in new cabinets. I will sit at the same sofa spot, abit eating 🐍 

maybe I'll have time to do my holiday iMovie? I don't care just ask hubby to help pick Aricia Ting up from school daily. Everyone out of the house except me. Then only start working when contractors leave to clean up the house.

They say 8 is a lucky number. It's definitely not a lucky number for me coz we also re-renovated our Punggol house in the 8th year. Just how many times can I tahan all these packing and unpacking amidst other jobs with no help? 

#gettingold# 

#packedthecabinetsveryslowly# #soithinktheunpackingwillbedoneslowlytoo# #justhavetoenduretheeyesoremessinyard#


8th May 2015


See what my dear girl displayed..

..Bath n Bodyworks

shop huh? Maybe sooner or later I'll take over n display things for her



Busy busy


Footnote written in 2023 :


We moved in on this date 8yrs ago. I was really frustrated with hubby's friend to keep delaying works. To think that I gave extra 3wks as "must handover" before move-in date. Kept delaying. Eh! 我们是有看风水的吼!move in still cabinets inside and outside not completed. 😤

Hubby really just came back for the move then he flew back to SHA. I still had to deal with the dust in the house while living in it. Thank goodness I asked mom to come over to help me on the days I need to send the girls for their enrichment/tuition classes.


Okay, 我做什么事每次一定会 set a targetted deadline. So in the case of us moving into Punggol, at first hubby was saying move just days before EDD but I said we need 3wks before at least. When the date drew closer, I had to be induced earlier. And it falls so nicely that we move in on Sat, Mon I was otw to the hospital. 

Also a lesson learnt is maybe it’s never a good idea to have friends to do work for you? Tho I would have trusted my friends to do a proper job, if I make my payment promptly I would expect a prompt job from you right? So it was such a let down when I had to chase his friend, then I got frustrated and told hubby. Hubby also chased him. His friend macam like bochap? Delay until my deadline is over still incomplete work. 


When J did my re-reno works in Punggol, he handed over the job sui sui for me before my targetted date. 


8th May 2014


My girls' dinner

いただきます!





8th May 2014


Mother's Day cookie lil' one bought for me.



8th May 2014

Art #6

Her blending skills has improved