Sunday, July 26, 2026

Exhausted week

I’ve grown accustomed to staying at home as much as I can that being out of the house 3x this week totally exhausted me ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ. I am not able to find the extra day to go to our gym, I need to take care of myself also. 

Knowing that I’ll be out three consecutive days, I worked like shit on Wednesday covering those additional jobs that were to be done on all Thursdays, Fridays and of course Wednesdays all into one day. Was totally flat out, that I slept much earlier than usual & even had a funny dream.


23rd (Thu)
Skipped Fight-Do (second time consecutively coz last week I had to bring lil’ one for her test). I had to accommodate to J’s timing coz she’s working. We met in the morning before her appointment. The last time I met or rather I bumped into her was in 2019 when we both signed up for the same cute mantou making class. We signed up for a class together in 2020 but they had to cancel it during Covid, so …… 
On and off we still message each other. Thank goodness WhatsApp is free so we can spam as many messages as we want without limitations. 


Nevertheless we had a great 3.5hours catching up. A photo for momento, the staff was rushing us out of the cafe ๐Ÿ˜‚ that we didn’t get a chance to take pictures inside. 

Returned home to pick lil’ one up to collect her new passport. Packed dinner and headed home. Was tired to be out for only 5 hours or less. Old body ๐Ÿคญ



24th (Fri) 

This meeting was planned sometime in mid June. Postponed with date then it became from table of three to four. Yay! 

When you put a bunch of women in their 50s together, the voice gets even louder ๐Ÿคฃ. S and MH were standing at one side choosing the kuehs while E and I were on the other side choosing cakes. They were so loud, louder than us ๐Ÿ˜‚. As it is I was trying hard to hear E, who has a softer voice, I had to crane my neck towards her to hear her. When the staff was repeating our orders the three of them were behind me talking away so loudly ๐Ÿคฃ. Wah! I had to silence them ๐Ÿ˜…. Can’t blame us lah! Coz we haven’t seen each other for quite some time, if I wasn’t standing in the front I would be one of the noisy old ladies. 
We spent a good 4 hours and proceeded to dinner and continued all the way until 9.19pm! We met at 2.30pm. Maybe the next one we should go to someone’s house, can stay as long without anyone chasing us out of restaurant or cafe. 

One pic without the hands blocking ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

they say there’s a trend to do this. Ok lor! If you say so.

E, who turned a year older just 4 days ago (20th). Our initial date of meeting. No birthday song but just a cake for her. 
Happy Belated Birthday, E! 

We were batchgirls in SQ. S and I were LSS batchgirls as well! We were young and fresh, now all old and naggy ๐Ÿคฃ. E is the only lady still flying. 
I last met E last June to pass her things (was on her flight in 2024) after I got back from my solo trip. Last met MH on 19th June. Last met S in Mar 2023 where a few of us including MH managed to do a reunion. 

I’d love to gather with more of my batchmates but it’s always much easier to meet up with a small group where liasing on an agreed date is so much easier. Our next group outing will be to JB with a date already set. So exciting! My first overseas / over the causeway trip with friends. 

Went home with my heart full. Felt my weight lighter coz they made my
 lighter in those few hours. 

** it’s not that I don’t like to meet up with my friends. I do make an attempt to meet up but I always space out the meetings. I don’t go meeting my friends every week also lah! It’s just that it’s so coincidental that this week alone I meet on two days.



25th (Sat)
Wah…..Woke up from another weird dream. 
Evening time to  SNYCO concert. Will post a separate post on this. 

Reached home at 10+ and was busy with laundry. I don’t even feel like ironing clothes tomorrow, I don’t feel like doing anything after the sinseh visit. I hope he gives the go ahead and give us 2 weeks of medication so I only need to bring her to the clinic every fortnight.

Sigh ….it’s not over 26th (Sun) 
Another ไธƒๆ—ฉๅ…ซๆ—ฉ must force myself to wake up super early. I’ve been bringing lil’ one to TCM sinseh for her tonsilitis problem EVERY SUNDAY. And it’s so tiring


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What an exhausting week. I wish …… 
Oh no! I realised it’s going to be another exhausting week next week as well. ๆˆ‘็š„ๅคฉๅ•Š‼️I can’t even find extra time to go to the gym! Next week : - 1) have to bring mom to see the doctor alone, I think that will be exhausting for me if there’s no direct carpark. Coz I’m alone, will need to drop her somewhere and plonk her in the wheelchair then I drive to park; then I walk back to her. 2) have to go for my Fight-Do class. 3) dental appointments for the 3 females. 4) TCM sinseh if he still need to see her weekly

Following week (3rd - 9th Aug week) another 3 days out! Wah lau eh…. I’m so bloody exhausted leh! When I’m out of the house means I can’t do certain housework then I have to cram the work on affected days into the days I’m in + cooking.  And I’m also tired coz now I have additional work to do, have to change che-che’s bedsheets twice a week instead of once a week coz of her eczema problem, have to be more hardworking to clear dust her room. And still gotta cook. I don’t have a helper leh! And if the educational psychologist finishes her report I’m suppose to meet her this week to hear what she has the say, I also need the report asap to submit to school. Things that will keep me on my toes this week are :- 1) mom’s doc appt. 2) hubby’s doc appt. 3) Fight-Do. 4) TCM sinseh if he still need to see her weekly

And when is che-che’s dermatologist appt? Sigh……or should I skip Fight-Do next few weeks? End up I die earlier coz I’m so tired being out of house and doing all the houseworks and I don’t get to exercise my body. 

On This Day - (26th July) #Reminders from FB#

26th July 2025

Just coz I needed to use up the pandan leaves.
Peach gum dessert again ๐Ÿ˜„




26th July 2025

Flower for the home. Hydrangea

Coz I'm missing Japan ๐Ÿคฃ





26th July 2025

Girls all time fav.

Aw...! miss Japan. I want to go back!!



Che-che loves her ramen


Lil’ one loves her soba

Then throwback to the time I went to a place where they serve the freshest soba with all the good water they so claimed. Recorded with their permission, only in restaurants they serve nice nice. Aricia, be thankful that your mummy didn't serve your soba from the pot.



So cute this boy. Saw me filming then flip the container for me


With the bestest soba. I'm not a soba fan but this is really very very nice. Lil' one will love this for sure.

Needless to say, I bought a few packs of fresher soba home for her.

I love this small town I went to. Really quiet, friendly people.


After that need to pour the sobayu into the tsuyu to drink. But I couldn't drink all coz I had greedily ordered a soba ice-cream too ๐Ÿ˜‚.

With the fresh soba at home, I was able to introduce her sobayu. The usual packed dried soba we buy doesn't have any nutrients coming out in the water.



26th July 2025

jiang xi dong until I buy back my parfume. Should I bubble wrap this?๐Ÿ˜‚




26th July 2025

I know this is my fav perfume but it's too overpowering inside the toilet ๐Ÿคฃ.  Let's see how many days will the smell linger inside here. I even scrubbed the floor with Dettol, I can't smell Dettol. 


26th July 2021

The contractual agreement that is one sided.

To che-che's whims n fancies.

But then they swooped toys between them prior, lil' one's Duffy is on che-che's bed, che-che claimed the small giraffe toy ehh...where did it go?) was hers not lil' one and what else?!

#checheisthebigboss#



Footnote written in 2022 : 

"with new terms whenever Athena feels like it."

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Such a bully!



26th July 2021


As long as you don't nip off my flowers can

J. I'm watching ๐Ÿ‘€ you birdy.




26th July 2014

A gift for daddy..






26th July 2014

She bugged che-che to buy her a present 2 months in advance. And she chose a loom set. (Huh? Hv the kit already..)

She slowly picked up looming. Put one rubber band, talk 5 sentences, loop one time, talk again, loop the other side, talk I-lost-count-number-of-sentences.

Finish one, show off and talk again. Haiz! At the rate she's going she talks more than she looms. My eyeballs just roll when she goes about doing that.

Her first loom after xxx minutes. Oops! My eyeballs dropped from eye socket liao!





26th July 2013

Bumped into Che-Che's good friend's mom in the morning. Asked if her dau is looking forward to tmrw's NE Show. Her reply is "no, but it seems like she's looking forward to snacking there." Haha! My girl also made me buy snacks, looks like a few of them are buying to share. Hmm.... Things they'll do together.




26th July 2013


Y do kids like to take off their shoes or slippers while eating? I had always thought it was only my girls bad habit. Now I realized majority of kids do that



26th July 2010 

Bakes

Opera slice cake class on 25th July. Time away from the kids.



Chef dismantling my cake, which was a little hard coz' my one is very tall (if only I'm tall too!). Packed and ... can't wait to show it to the kids. Just nice, today's 25th - can celebrate che-che turning 7 yrs 8 mths ( we haven't done this for quite some time already).



My uneven and superbly thick cake - coz' I'm so greedy

I put alot of buttercreaM and chocolate ganache.

Hahaha! Actually I'm still not that good in coating buttercream.

My cake tak balance - got white got brown. Haha!



Apparently the cake was slanted during the transportation home. Sigh…... otherwise the cake is shiok-li-cious!!

(greedy lor! put so much ganache until can slip - hahaha! Actually put on carseat so slanted lah!)





26th July 2010

22nd July 2010’s lunch 


Saturday, July 25, 2026

On This Day - (25th July) #Reminders from FB#

25th July 2025

Thank you beautiful ladies (you know who you are) for the meetup.

Thanks for the treat ๐Ÿ™Ž๐Ÿป‍♀️ and thanks ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿป‍♀️ for paying for

my dinner.

Safe travels and take care my two lovely friends. #nvrseeeachotherforyears#

#lasttimewewereteensnowwearecalledaunties#


* was a meetup with S who flew back for a break from DXB and E, both my sec school classmates.


25th July 2025

I want to cry ๐Ÿ˜ญ. Now my bathroom smells like a Chanel boutique. Picked up the glass fragments and cleaned up the floor, I think I will leave the plastic bag in the yard area for the time being. 

#perfumebecomesairfreshener#



25th July 2022

I wonder what's his thoughts were as he swallowed the water. ๐Ÿคข ๐Ÿคฎ 

can't even eat anything from the indian stations' hotels at all. So many times I have to drop by the airport clinic upon arrival or clinic near home on my off day, usually too sick that doc wants to give me MC but I decline (yah, even tho I may have a horrible rostered flight coming up I won't get the MC)

So I always end up bringing 2 huge bottles of water for drinking and another for washing my hands and contact lens container. And bring a loaf of bread with me. I'll either spread Nutella from home or bring the choc chip bread. Thank goodness, it's usually a nightstop only. If it's longer nightstops, I will eat so much bread looking like ใ—ใ‚‡ใใฑใ‚“ใพใ‚“

EX- station I'll never eat any meals catered onboard, l'll usually eat biscuits not even instant noodles!

Drinks on board, I'll go for the canned drinks brought up EX-SIN.

Maybe coz my stomach is really sensitive. I started doing that in my first going to second year of flying when I noticed the bouts of food poisoning from outside food n hotel food.




25th July 2017

Good idea. But it won't really work on the girls. One is so tall the other is so short.๐Ÿ˜ฌ




25th July 2016

Did this last night, in my opinion it's thumbs down ๐Ÿ‘Ž but che-che likes it. The portion for frosting n peanut butter is really little.



25th July 2016

My really really super ugly bread. Suppose to try Rilakkumma but I can't seem to melt the white cooking choco n melting the compound choco will only lead to wastage.





25th July 2014

Oh man....

..she's so tired that she .....

SNORED?!?!




25th July 2013

Kids do the darnest thing.

Girls keep bugging us for new coins when we get them. Y are they collecting them when it's what we're currently using.

When I said they should be keeping our old notes n coins instead

… I wished I kept my mouth shut!



25th July 2013


My lazy style version of chicken katsu-don




25th July 2012

Breathless! (then again I'm breathless everyday)

Che-che late dismissal @ 3.10pm; Reach 3.45pm. go for 4pm Berries make up class; in car doing abacus work with mei-mei; 4.50pm bring her in Berries; FREE TIME hr right? Hv to go n pack dinner n buy some stuffs; later @ 5.55pm go back to pick che-che; go over to another venue of Berries (two diff places for primary kids n the toddlers program) to wait mei-mei; do school homework in car; 6.45pm pick mei-mei; reach home 7+; shower;dinner and more screamings from me. And...

..I didn't hv time to clean the floor today!!!

Please lah! No more exams on Sundays can or not?



25th July 2012




At ENT Specialist



25th July 2012


So much changes here. Didn't know went thru renovation. Goes to show how long I haven't seen my gynae. Ooh... Must make appt liao



25th July 2012


ๆˆ‘ไปฌๅˆ่ขซ้ช—ๅ—?All clear as told by doc, no problem

with her middle ear. Very good infact. Darn! I think both mom and daughter needs to see the brain specialist. I want to know what's in her brain, how the heck she process things. Me - to see how stupid I am.


Footnote written in 2023 :

The time she lied to us she has ear pain just to get pi pa gao candies