Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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

9th June 2025



9th June 2025

Girls, I'll bring these 🌾home for you both k? I'll be

back months later.🤣


* pic taken in Shirakawa-go. So peaceful here. 



9th June 2025 

I think maybe I can earn a snack by helping tourists take pictures. Haha! One couple asked for help, then commented it's so nice like a professional photographer (it's the scenery that's nice, i take crap photos), i was about to leave but 4 other couples asked for help. I jokingly said I should start charging.




9th June 2022

I should have a book titled "collection of 1001 funny things my daughter said"

Sometime in 2007 :

Overheard Athena saying "fish it" when she dropped something on the floor. I wanted to ignore her but can't help but ask her "what did you say?"

"Fish it"

"Fish what?"

"I drop something so I say fish it lor...."

Before you roll off the floor in laughter, she meant to say "oh shit!" - which I often did and she was trying to follow me.


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From my blog dated 15th Sep 2007


Athena overheard my conversation with Alyse (who out of concern called to see if l've escaped with Aricia to the big field on Wednesday when the tremors were felt) and then she started asking me

"mummy what shake? " "Why the eas (earth) shake?"

"How come our house shake?" "Then why you call

Aunty Zet?" "Our house got collapse?" Asked her if she is happy if it did, she gave me a smile.... probably she'll be too happy that she can stay in Tampines without finding any excuses.

When we were in TM's toilet, she repeated the same question over and over again. And then she started with "how did it happen?" Oh my! I explained to her about the tectonic plates and she stared at me

"plates?" "Yes, plates just like our plates. We put them together and then rub them together; they shake and there's earthquake." Stupid me with stupid comparison. Then she asked me "how come

Singapore no earthquake?" I was getting fed up with her question. Encouraged her to ask question, but when she did feel like shutting her mouth up.......coz' I couldn't pee....

Next day (Thursday) after school, she told me

"mummy, I told my children the eas (earth) shake becoz our plates rub together if never hold properly."

"Did your friends understand what you said?" "no.. but I know why" pause awhile "mummy why the eas shake? What is earthquake?" - there she goes again. 


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From my blog dated 24th Jan 2007


Misinterpreted

I speak to Athena in an adult manner, using some words which adults use. (so hoping she'll speak in an adult way) All the time she understands me until recently.

On Sunday, we were on our way home after the Mozart concert. She was trying her luck to get me to bring her go gai-gai. No luck! I told her "It's late now, and you have school tomorrow. We'll talk about it next time." Immediately the girl started crying "why you tell me talk next time? I haven't finish talking now, you tell me talk next time. I haven't finish my sentence." * uh? * For obvious reasons she didn't understand me. Duh!

Today, she was hopping and wanting to run to the aisle which we needed to head to in the supermarket

- but yet she was delayed with this Ah-soh (me) walking so slow. Naturally I told her "Athena you can go ahead." "Orr..

....you tell me to go to my head."

*slap my own head *

So how? Speak to her in child-like sentences??



9th June 2021

Dinner time - all eating tapao food and all with laptops outside. Me - transferring pics from phone to laptop. Girls - watching their own shows


9th June 2021

Just coz the girls were craving for uncle wanton noodle.

Lil' one and me ended up in PP to do a quick grocery run n drop by my So Pho before going over to Uncle wanton.


Greedy me. So wanting to eat everything that I packed So Pho and slice beef soup from PP. And a double portion pork chop from western stall at Roxy.

Ehh…...it's like for my lunch n dinner and maybe tmrw's lunch (haha!) coz I double portioned everything. just want to eat everything! Feeling like a 🦖. Must make my trip to MParade worth it!

The only thing I didn't pack back from there is kimchoo dumpling n che-che's açai (becoz too bad only 2 pax permitted outside now. Plus she followed me on most trips, so I promised lil' one I'd bring her out today for a while. She was really happy 😃 .)



Satisfied!

They can't wait for dine in to be allowed




9th June 2013

My human owner is bringing me back to her country.

Ehh…... But I'm not taking my country airline. sob sob... I will miss my country.

Bye bye mama, bye bye papa.


9th June 2010

We left for yet another trip to China. This time to a more scenic route. 

- 中国-南宁,桂林,阳朔.


The kids brought along their new toy. Brother bought for girl as a reward for doing well in her exam.

Athena's Sparkle (bigger one) and Aricia's Snuzzle































Monday, June 8, 2026

🥹

Updating the monthly calendar. And ….. boo hoo hoo 😭. Both the man and che-che will be travelling having fun while I’m stuck in SIN end up more sulky and wrinkly. Will be holding the fort for the month of September to Oct for 5 weeks. No joke man! I would be so exhausted 崩溃. You may think the girls are older should be easier right? No ah…Princess #2 starting school in June and not sure of how her school schedule is going to be. School is so far then altho we say she needs to take bus it will take a long time to reach school/home. When everything from housework to cooking to certain chauffeuring is left all to me, it means one thing - I’d be crawling to bed everyday. Although this is what I do now, but when hubby is around I can leave chauffeuring to him and sometimes he will help to vacumn the floor and clean the master toilet dry area while I do the rests. When he’s away it means everything on solo with no help. 




Saturday, June 6, 2026

So hot! ☄️🥵

It’s so blardy freaking hot today! 

Got back home after bringing the girls out for lunch at Swee Choon. Showered and hang up the bedsheets before retreating to an air-conditioned room. I started perspiring again while hanging up the bedsheets. OMG! Should I shower again or not? I decided to rest a little before leaving the house again about 105mins later. Haiyah! Have to go and pick che-che up near Little India then to Gramercy to select her cello. I’m so tired, there’s never a still moment (except when I’m sleeping) this week and all the weeks. All I want is a time to steal a nap in the afternoon but I can’t coz I need to leave the house later. If only I could pass her the car. I didn’t do it coz she’ll need to return her tutor his cello, can’t leave cello in open parking under the ☀️ while she’s out with friends and 最怕被偷。SIN in general is safe but coz the cello doesn’t belong to us so no matter what we need to take care. 

Okie dokie enough of complaining. Going to take a 30mins 😴 now before hanging up the last bedsheet and che-che’s laundry. 

Thursday, June 4, 2026

On This Day - 4th June #Reminders from FB#

4th June 2025

My go-to orh orh music.

Now all I need is light turbulence to rock me to sleep.




4th June 2025

Didn't get to sleep immediately.

I just spent 1.5hrs talking to my ex-team CS, now IFM.

Didn't know he was onboard until he walked past me.

Hey! It's my fav smiley funny CS and thank goodness altho Capt mentioned abt light turbulence there wasn't any, so I could stand at the galley and have a nice long talk with him. (Okay now that I'm seated, gimme light turbulence so i can orh orh). The last time I bumped into him was in Marine Parade when (I think) che-che is in primary school, 15-16yrs back.

He was surprised I could remember him. How can I forget him and his wife? My favourite couple, CS and LSS, no airs very nice people to work with (of course junior crew must know their work lah!).


What a good start to the holiday.



4th June 2025

Can’t believe I'm doing this for her. 🤣 Get the limited cards here for her, then when the girls go for their siblings trip they will go to another store themselves.

Che-che is out collecting all the stores' cards.







4th June 2025


Mummy needs to take credit for this hard work.



My son-in-law


I think she said she likes him right?

*edited : turns out I took the wrong pic. Then took another person, said wrong again. Aiyah, I took the remaining 3 of those I dunno their names, one of them has got to be the right answer



And Micchi 



4th June 2025

Lunch at 3+pm. Great! Now my meal is haywire, don't

think can eat full meal for dinner. 不怕不怕、不会饿 with so many konbinis around.






4th June 2024
added photos to the album: Mid-year trip - May 2024


This photo and the next photo are the awkward views of

USS Intrepid. I can't have any side or back photo of USS Intrepid coz I'm on it. Oh well, can always find from the internet 🤣

But! But as I look thru my videos and photos I did unknowingly took the aerial view of this and USS Bataan the second time I flew into NY.



There were veterans around giving us insightful knowledge. And we learnt of a naval battle, Leyte Gulf, which we never knew. I know for sure that curious girl will start looking for information when she's free.


In October 1944, USS Intrepid took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and planes from the carrier helped sink the Japanese battleship Musashi. Intrepid suffered her first kamikaze hit, and in November she was hit two more times by the suicide pilots. In March 1945, a bomb exploded just off the ship's bow, but Intrepid remained in action and helped sink the Japanese battleship Yamato a few weeks later. Before the end of the war, the ship was struck a fourth time by kamikaze attack.


About the kamikaze attack, I learnt that the Leyte Gulf battle was the first time the Japanese used this strategy.

Of course then it went on to WWII. All the while I thought it was only in WWII they used this strategy.

But like we both said Leyte Gulf battle wasn't our dai-ji so we didn't even learn from school. Unless we happen to watch it in History channel lor...


I learnt something new everyday.





4th June 2021

Tried 2 new recipes, something that is compliant for me. 

Hope they taste good


The fight with oil splatters. The smell of chilli made me cough. This better be worth the taste!



Was so excited to use the new food processor but it was a mistake as nothing was  blended, all ingredients got swept to the sides 🤣. Changed to my smaller blender attachment instead, finally got the paste I wanted 👍🏻


Yup! I planned to do both coz I need to fry the chilli paste. 
Messy kitchen to deal with later.


Next up, my otah. 
Been craving for otah but there’s nothing I can eat outside so decided to try and make it. 
The food processor did its job (finally!). I looked at the things I need to wash and clean later, then I wish I had a Thermomix. 
I thought it looked a lot but I only got 3 small containers. Freezed them n will try them tmrw. I hope I like this recipe.




2021

3rd June - this girl’s first day out of the house in 17 days! Muahahaha! 
Out for an hour 15mins, only about 40mins in the mall (the rest in the 🚗). Bought her bubble tea and walked around the quiet mall, most shops close early.
#shesabttogocrazy#






4th June 2016

I haven't been to the library here for a long time. Lil' one is not interested in the music section and went to the dance section. Borrowed 2 CDs for her, 2 music books. Would love to slowly go through the books, quite a rushed and noisy trip for me.


4th June 2016

We're on our way to join the revolution. 
Wait! Chiak first then revolt.




4th June 2015

The art of camouflage. Should hv covered her mouth! 
Nice basil. Wanted to give to neighbour but dunno who uses them. Then this girl started playing with the basil n lemon balm until all .... Aiyoh that troublemaker.

I hope I'm trimming correctly too. Keke!


4th June 2015

Shucks! Back to the night guard sleeping style again! Now coughing is back to square 1 - cough like siao. This is the longest time I'm sick man!

4th June 2014

All packed and ready to go