YES! Finally

All looking good. 

Itinerary all completed at 12.43am. Too noisy to print out everything so will do it tomorrow. Yippee! 

Power of music

I’ve been dragging my feet a bit on finalizing the holiday plans! Once I know I have a reliable copy-and-paste style itinerary, I tend to procrastinate 😂. 

All the tickets and accommodations are sorted out, though. As someone who needs an itinerary planned down to the T, I just need to fine-tune the timing, sequence, and spots to visit. Yep, I’m that rigid! It’s not that I’m inflexible—I can work to accommodate some changes based on situation/s—but I just prefer having a solid plan. Plus, my memory isn't good enough to remember the details. 

I hope I get all completed by this weekend. 

Music to keep me going. Jiayou! 

@ 10.05pm. 🎶 Tum tum tum. I opened the word document and stared at it. Mind BLANKED OUT. No motivation leh …wasted 7mins staring at the screen and trying to listen to the beats of the song (above) and can’t work.

 Switched back to Christmas songs

@ 10.12pm 

This music really got me going. I’m typing fast and my mind is racing! 🤣 I’m copying and pasting itineraries and doing a bit of research because I realized I missed a few spots last year. I want to make sure we cover them this year with lil’ one. Before I knew it, it was already 3:45 AM on 29th August. 

Good morning, Singapore!! 🇸🇬 

Thankfully, hubby is still in town, so I can sleep in late today.

On This Day - 27th Aug #Reminders from FB#

27th Aug 2025

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.

Daddy asked her when he heard our convo about the luggage she is bringing "how long are you going?" 😂 #bringsuchabigluggage#

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

27th Aug 2020

27th Aug 2019

Che-che chose the flowers and combination. Lil' one wanted a certain colour rose but think it's too messy to have so many different type of flowers in a quite small vase, so I told her I'll get it the next round.

Umm.... 🤔 what's the colour?

#happyday#

Graceful, exotic and joyful

She's got good taste! The colour she chose really matches. Very 高いorchid, but orchid is lasting (I hope) so it can be gentle on my wallet.

The hydrangeas are browning but still quite ok-looking. 3rd week 了. Moved this vase over to coffee table. White roses from last week.

27th Aug 2016

U can see the difference. Che-che takes pride in decorating, so she's usually the patient one n doing it nicely

27th Aug 2016

Aricia's work

27th Aug 2016

Athena's crazed Pokeball

27th Aug 2015

OMG！人长得那么美，穿了挺

presentable.张开大口打呵欠...image gone! Cover your mouth, lady.

27th Aug 2014

Date: yesterday

Place: lift @ MSCP

Characters : 2 men and a woman (me)

One man with a box, one man with a trolley, one woman with 3 manageable plastic bags.

Lift door opens at our level in MSCP, since I was at the door I held the door thinking the last man who came in should be out first, since he was with the trolley. Followed by man with box then me.

But no......we were like a bunch of "you go first" ppl.

The trolley man put his hand at the door for me, I said it's ok let me hold the door. He looked at the man with box, he also give way to either one of us.

Hahaha! In the end, trolley followed by box and me. It makes logical sense coz the door is going to slam into someone's body if neither of them can hold.

I've never seen such chivalrous action for so long.

27th Aug 2013

Lil' one so sweet to give some sweets to her friend and her sister when she saw they picked little sweets.

Ah..... So deceiving! She fights with her sister for everything except food.

27th Aug 2013

Lil one told me today, 'Mummy, my Show n Tell today I speak very loud. The whole class can hear me." After picking che-che up from school. She asked her sister "Che-Che today I speak so loud for my Show n Tell. Can you hear me from your classroom?"

😝 *thinking to self* if sister can hear means almost half of the school can hear her.

27th Aug 2012

Aiyoh! Over the weekend was Che-Che puking n having some stomach virus. Today on MC, kept them a distance n spraying Dettol. And then when I was not watching, they both shared a jelly n hugged n sat so close *slap head* - usually at loggerheads today suddenly so good friend. Now it's my skinny girl puking.

Sianz! Choy! At the rate I take care of them n sleeping with the sick child.... Better pop all my Vit Cs.

27th Aug 2012

Bought her an ukelele. Cute right? Keroppi.

Now hv to tune using piano coz I gave my violin tuner away.

27th Aug 2012

Sigh...... First was the bed, now it's this!! Two girls at home to make me BUSY.

27th Aug 2011

Mei-mei so excited n wants us to see her work @ school Open House. Brought along her wings with her for ?!?!

27 Aug 2011 

Playing "who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?"

27th Aug 2009

Yay! Been assigned to a P1 class together with another mummy (whom I got to know at the training).

We shall combine efforts and make the children cry that day. Heeheehee (evil laughter)

Grab Driver

Went to pick Che-che up from her 🎻 lesson and security guard lady asked me "are you private or Grab?" "I'm the Grab driver for my daughter", and gave that 😏 look. She burst out laughing after that. 

Guess I shouldn’t be complaining esp there will be a day when I have an empty nest. 

Power of music

While ironing in the afternoon 

Was still ironing when the previous playlist ended so played a new one

@ 8.18pm - just finished my shower and now resting for a while. I’m so sleepy. Need to leave the house at 9pm to pick che-che up from her cello lesson at Bishan. Hmmm… I wonder if I should get her the Studio Ghibli music book? 

 

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

25th Aug 2025

Girlfriend is so generous and kind to send over a streamer she collected from the concert to che-che.

Even took the effort to buy a container to put in the streamer so it doesn't get destroyed.

Nevertheless she has made my girl so happy. Altho she can't go for the concert, she has a momento from the concert.

25th Aug 2023

Thankful to N who knows how to spoil me rotten. She knows I will never decline cookies esp now. Her cookies came at a rightful time when I needed some sweetness.

Love you berry much babe! I truly appreciate your kind gesture and thinking of me.

The cookies are really yummy. Now I know why her bakes can sell so well and mine (if I ever tried) will never sell at all. Hmm....this gives me an 💡. I shall one day pretend go over and volunteer help in baking and then steal her recipes. *evil laughter*

#tellmewhencanigobackketo#

25th Aug 2023

Was wondering why this guy so many hand actions, at first I thought he was quarrelling with someone but no leh.... I see the car next to him at peace with him.

Then I saw him actioning and having dunno what conversation with the guy opposite. Like that can meh? They understand each other??

😂 It was throughout the red light duration. Maybe they were talking about their delivery destinations?

I found it hilarious so just have to take a pic.

25th Aug 2023

Just went into the dirtiest toilet in Changi City Point, Singapore L1 (between Cotton On and Puma) At 9.30am, all cubicles have toilet papers thrown on each cubicle floor and for the weirdest reason there's a strip of toilet paper in every cubicle back shelf (above n behind toilet seat). Some sticky marks (ahem ahem 😯) on the floor, every sanitary bin is overfilled!! Some even have pads sticking out. OMG!

So disgusting! Was so urgent that I just went into the cubicle with the least filled sanitary bin. Floor is sticky, I usually spray sanitizer on the shoe outsoles before keeping them at home but now I need to spray it in the mall before I step into my car.

25th Aug 2022

My idea of when I'm out, I'll run all errands at one go.

Walk fast fast from place to place. Parked at level 5, went all the way down to B1. Start packing lunches and buy whatever I need to buy and move up each level.

List deleted from handphone each time something is done. List is typed in with timing, considering that I know I will start from B1. Makes deleting the list easier for me. Same for groceries, I type according to layout of the supermarket and delete them.

Dropped by hair salon to make appt for next week for lil' one, dropped by Wan Yang to (finally) make appt for my back massage next week since she'll take some time at the hair salon.

All done in 1 1/2hrs. And then I'm left with only 15mins to rest and drink water in the car and then drive off to school.

25th Aug 2022

Some people can eat until they get sore throat.😂

Cleared their shelf of 23 boxes! Not easy to find so….

25th Aug 2020

An amount of $ spent for some assurance. Of course hoping that there's no use for it. But I guess some money just hv to be spent in such ways. #anotheryearidlinginmetalcontainer# #atleastwegothope#

25th Aug 2018

I left in 2002. It wasn't an easy job but it was a job I loved.

This job didn't just teach me to serve, this job taught me safety and first aid. Above all things it taught me life lessons that I couldn't get in any office job, what more the lessons comes internationally 😜. If Ihad a chance, I would do it all over again.

As a mom now, I understand where the stewardess's mom is coming from. She'd worry over the safety of her precious daughter. My mom was always there for me. She waited with me for the cab downstairs and waited for me downstairs patiently even at odd timings for goodness knows how long when I arrived back home and cook something for me while I unpack. I used to think she watched over me like a hawk but now I'm a condor over my girls. She would always lit up joss sticks and pray for my safety, usually asking for my flight time so she knew which joss sticks (long or short) to burn. And believe it or not, I've been kept safe those years. I had a few narrow escapes, things happening in those countries a day or 2 after I touched down in SIN. That's 母爱.

Thanks mummy Irene Ma!

Everytime I arrived back home, she wasn't looking forward to the cream puff from Narita (anyway that shop is no longer there) or 🍎 strudel from Perth (and the list goes on), all she wanted to see was her daughter safe and sound. Food and snacks are just bonus for her.

So before you think about making life difficult and fusing too much over our SQ service and praising other airlines (which honestly I had no idea how those airlines got those awards coz ..I didn't have friendly and helpful staffs around. Worst! I would have died in the plane if I had pressed the attendant call bell. As what we would usually say "Christmas lights in the cabin" Trust me I've seen their Christmas lights illuminated for a long time, probably until CNY then they'll answer you. SQ crew is still faster) think - all those airlines copied our ideas for seats and service. Best thing the crew are not even present in the cabin as often as SQ crew, I wonder how pax voted them to have the friendly cabin crew award. SQ crew stay in the galley, confirm you'll get awards every year.

Treat and respect crew as they are someone else's children just like you are your parents' child. They chose this job for whatever reasons, so don't fuss over little things and then behave so well on other airlines.

If pilot say cannot land means we cannot land, don't throw your tantrum at the cabin crew over your connecting flight. I'm sorry you had to miss your million dollars meeting coz we might be meeting God if pilot tries to land. If run out of your meal choice, be kind. They have no control over the rests of the pax preferences. It's a crew nightmare if they had to deal with one pax who insist on eating that damn chicken. What’s so great about that chicken anyway? 

Go vegan better still! It's good to detox once in a while. Eating simple on board is the best. Anyway I always have no appetite on board so I don't understand how some can eat a huge cow and keep eating. I have my bottle of water and the 3 important things from aircraft I need - pillows, blanket and earpiece and I'm happy.

Almost everyone is a frequent flyer, you would know when they have the drink or meal service. Please go to the toilet before that and not when the crew pushes out the cart then you start walking to the toilet. Everyone seems to have bladder problem onboard SQ but not on other airlines. I'm not joking!

Maybe it's the air freshener [haha! How we ex-crew rmbr the aircraft smell] causing bladder problem?

If the crew seems stuck up and not talking to you during take-off and landing, don't complain. They're just running through in their mind safety drills should any emergency arises. They're the only ones to get you out safely. And this has to be refreshed every year. Re-test when they fail and too bad taken off the next flight until ready to flap their wings. There are cabin crews who have been flying longer than the time I got my driving licence. When I got my driving licence, I didn't have to go back for refresher course yearly. My driving licence more atas looking than the SEP card (crew licence to fly), yet again don't underestimate that ugly looking piece of SEP card. In order to get that piece of paper (which I think my goodie bags tags are better looking) think about the drills they had to go thru yearly - the huge waves they had to swim when they probably hadn't stepped into a calm pool for the longest time; the fire melting their makeup as they fight the fire; seeing the unfaithful dummy who has many lovers kissing and massaging him.

Don't look grumpy infront of crew when you couldn't sleep coz of a baby crying coz they should be the ones to be grumpy - they had a hard time pleasing both sides. They're even more tired than you coz while you were sleeping, they were awake. You can sleep for 8-10hrs but they can only sleep for 2-3hrs as they fly thru the same time zone as you.

Oh! Lastly please don't comment "this stewardess/ steward is late for flight" coz there are days when they are called up at really last minute to cover someone else without time for mental preparation and they gotta report to aircraft straightaway. I got this before, almost wanted to do a Miss Singapore wave to them for the recognition I get ... and halfway through the flight I was still trying to recall what's that CS or LSS in first class name and the rests of the crew. Seems rude but had to stare at their chest first before talking to them (looking at name tag)

*screenshot from The Straits Times : Our Stories*

25th Aug 2017

Recital in school 

25th Aug 2016

Witnessed a kind action today. I stopped at the traffic lights, just next to me a motorcycle ride up in between my car n the lorry in the next lane. The old man got down from his bike and took a bread out and gave to one of the foreign worker seated in the lorry.

The rests of them smiled, the recipient was grateful.

Now I wonder if he will pinch a small piece and shared the rests with his colleagues. I thought that was really a nice gesture. Whether it's one or two bread, it doesn't matter.

Ps: I highlighted to the girls and then lil' one suggested to give the sotong balls (from OCK) we have. Nah! We didn't, had to drive off already.

25th Aug 2014

Lil' one is going for audition for school Dance Club tomorrow. 👯‍♀️

Pray she'll get in. 

25th Aug 2013

Can u believe it?! My 11 - ehh... still 10yr old is watching Dora and answering questions/ doing prompts to Dora. 🤭

25th Aug 2012

@ PTM: Chinese complains lil' one talks too much in class. Intonation considered not too bad for someone who don't speak the language at home, still can be improved

25th Aug 2011

Two girls were crossing our small carpark, while I was struggling with bags of stuffs behind them. Che-Che started with the habit of raising her hand up to cross, mei-mei followed her n she said "hello" to someone at the same time. We dunno who that guy was, who was taken aback by a polite girl, burst out laughing at her from behind. Did she thot that Athena raised her hand to say hello?

25th Aug 2010 

YOG Rhythmic Gym Preliminaries