On This Day - 8th Oct #Reminders from FB#

8th Oct 2017

Friendship spans a thousand miles. 

Jap gf and her family (finally get to see her 2 girls!) here for a quick layover and a rushed meet up. It's a pity her girls are way too shy...there was no chicken n duck talk between our girls but rather no talk at all.....😉 hopefully there's chance in the near future for another meet up

                              

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8th Oct 2016

Her fav chicken soup. 

#drinkinkopitiamstyle#

8th Oct 2016

Angry girl folding her own clothes into cabinet. From standing to sitting to lying on floor. Whole time mouth never stop complaining the amount of clothes to fold. 

That's coz you procrastinated for days girl! 

Then she got really angry and threw her shirt on the bed; then bend to pick it up; make noise; throw; pick it up. 

TCS 新加坡电视塔 u r missing out one great talent here!

Footnote  in 2020 : Probably that's how she was of those selected to do DEP. Haha!  

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8th Oct 2014

Still in school uniform ...... Cham! Lil one has HWs to do, need to do listening Compreh with her. Sigh......

Lunch at Wisma Atria's foodcourt

Footnote in 2020 : That was the year che-che sat for her PSLE. She went back to school for some planned activities for the graduands. Some of her friends flew off for their holiday and skipped school. She did ask me why we didn't go away on a holiday, not when I was on solo and her sister still needs to attend school. 

That was the last year where I could enjoy the easier logistics in sending them to school together (altho as che-che was already in P5 when lil' one joined in, by then che-che had to stay back in school more often for extra lessons. Still it was a little easier for me where I could bring lil' one to I12 or Parkway for her lunch n get her homework done before packing food for dinner and heading to pick che-che up from school) 

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8th Oct 2013

In the library : -

I need to get a headset and blinkers for Athena. Come library to do work (sigh....n I brought out revision papers for nothing!) n she's distracted. 

No wonder she's born in the year of the horse 🐴

I need a muzzle to keep the young one quiet. 🐶

I think this rabbit 🐰 me should just sleep somewhere, (nice aircon) not racing with tortoise anyway

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8th Oct 2013

Lower primary? 

That's the honeymoon years where they're tested what they learn in school?!?! 

Try P3, P5 let them go without tuition. See can or not?

Footnote  in 2020 : this post garnered alot of comments from friends. Most citing that tuition is necessary. Over the years I have some friends who claimed they're not going to send their kids to tuition and not going to over burden their kids with tuition blah blah actually DID have their kids tuitioned. Hypocrites! So end of the day, is tuition needed? Of course! Most teachers have the mentality that kids have help at home.

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• Lisa Huang

  Agree! But the pilot scheme, which parent want to volunteer their kids? Actually, they can pick a cohort in a some of the schools where I know few hv the luxury of tuition. MOE can already tell from there.

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• Sam Cheng

  Can do without tuition wat. I've seen kids without.

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• Lisa Huang

  Parents intense coaching is still = tuitioning.

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• Sam Cheng

  There are those I know, the parents handsoff. I had one child out of my 3 who have done PSLE , who was like that too , but only bc he totally hated tuition and refused to go for any.

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• • Lisa Huang

    Then you are truly one of the minority are blessed! My retirement fund is going into tuition.

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  • Sam Cheng

    Can't say blessed . Bc for the one who refused tuition , we just had to lower expectations. Life's that way. They have to learn to survive with or without.

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  • Lisa Huang

    So essentially, still need tuition for our local curriculum.......just that in yr case, yr eldest didnt want....i wld rather we dun need tuition altogether cuz they are laughing all the way to the bank and MOE is still tryg to sell us bitter pills.

    

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  • Sam Cheng

    If everyone doesn't take tuition, we'd all be equal. Hmm, the one without tuition was our no.3 . Come to think of it, no.1's time... Only Chinese tuition. First time PSLE, we very blur and relaxed.

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  • Sam Cheng

    School already had all those "stretch " and other rubbish extra classes... Not much more free time

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  • Mel Tan

    I agree w your friend Lisa!

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  • Joyce Sun

    seriously, do these people who said spore kids don't need tuition, are they parents with Primary school going kids?

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  • Lily Ann Teo

    All : the reason why I put up the picture was for the words "LOWER PRIMARY" as stated by the writer. Perhaps .... Another young mother or not a mother yet.

    Ok mummies here, u agree with me that for Maths kids are tested what they learn in textbooks in P1 n P2? P3 they r tested on things u tear the whole textbook apart also dunno where the problem sums come from?

    N the pathetic science textbooks?? Every year end, I throw the next yr book n ask "Athena go n read your storybook" in a cynical way. Her Roald Dahl books are thicker than her combined science textbooks from P3 to P5!

    Language can't comment much coz it's basically acquired learning from reading.

    some friends may hv heard me saying this before. It takes an experienced mother or a mother who's going thru' the same stage to understand what we're complaining abt n give each other support.

    For a mother like me who's really hands on, I surrendered at P5 n sent my girl for Math class. But not too bad already for me to go thru those complicated word problems till P4, i saved 4 yrs of tuition fees, by attending workshops to keep myself up to date to know how to teach my kid i still hv extras $ if i had sent her for tuition. somemore i can teach both kids. 1 price for 2 kids.

    if suddenly she do her work n forgot what method to use n then how? we hv to step in to help. this yr I was thinking should I send myself to Math tuition or her? In the end, I wanted to save my time for younger girl, I sent the older one for tuition. But yet again, behind the scene I really needed to understand how to do those weird sums I study them. Ay! For a person who scored A1 for Maths n Accounting. This is no joke man!

    Weird problem sums "if A give B $xx he will hv xx%. If B give C he will hv xx% more/less than dunno who. Still hv one more part I can't rmbr." Reading the question already puts me off, my answer would be "don't give each other $, gimme the $ can already.

    

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• • Sam Cheng

    In our Singapore system, the textbooks are useless ! In my boys' school, booklist has no math textbooks. School produces their own set of notes. English and science have, but don't buy also won't lose out bc school notes better . So actually only need to buy Chinese textbooks. But as for the testing system. I've been through the entire system and seen through it ... Ridiculous. Secondary and even JC, the norm is to test at extremely high levels so that the student constantly at near failing levels but in the end results alright. Our system really tests who can survive the mental torture and not get depressed and downtrodden in the end. Only these students can continue working to the end

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  • Lily Ann Teo

    Lisa : in Athena's chinese tutor school there is no parental support. The vy minority, those that topped that school. Yes, would hv support in some way or other. Like u said Parents intense coaching is still tuitioning.

    Sammi : u r truly blessed. I've had friends whose kids do without tuition. Like what my mom said "kids r still kids. They still 1 2 play. To hv a kid who is sensible to study n vy motivated is less than 1%"

    A friend's son vy on the ball, no tuition thruout BUT he refuses to go out on weekends with family just to study at home. What family time is there? Child also need time to study what! Unless genius.

    ALL : if I had a choice I also dowan send for tuition. Vy time-consuming. We send coz we needed the pros help.

    I once read a book by this lady who wrote how she helped her child with her aggregate scores. I wanted to know her secrets. She's a good mom though but when I read to a certain chapter.. I realized it was printed 2008, means child took in 2007 or earlier. I saw her time-table planned. Child was able to go home after school everyday!! No tuition time coz its taken up by her mom's tuition. Now? Compulsory supplementary classes? CCAs and ... next year our primary levels SYF!! Stay back in school on the average 3x per week! So I closed the book n told myself "not applicable to current situation".

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  • Lily Ann Teo

    Sammi : you're lucky, ur boys came from THAT school to print own Math notes. My girl's school also hv own Science notes.

    ALL : My nephew (in poly) now told me they were taught the model method but qns are harder now. I should throw him qns hor! 

    Eugin Purpledtised

     let u crack ur brains. Hahaha!

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  • Lily Ann Teo

    Joyce : Those who say don't need tuition. They either hv vy motivated kids or they still live in the old -thinking world. Come on! 2013 going to 2014!! This time technology better, definitely we need on par or much better knowledge right? We read old workers having to upgrade themselves also what ?!

    

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  • Eugin Chan

    Sure  I was teaching my gf's bro some p5 math. Some questions were insane

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    Lily Teo

    : my girl not that school hor. BTW , my no.3 that refused tuition also don't study type. Sigh . That is the problematic one. Now streaming exam for sec 2, he only study the night before. This morning still cramming in the car on the way !!!

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  • Lily Ann Teo

    Eugin :  P5 also?

    Sammi : Was there any Math notes in ur girl's school?

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  • Sam Cheng

    I think have lah, but mostly just worksheets and past year papers . I don't remember it being very stressful except her grades took a steep dive in p5 which worried us some. She was so busy with CCA in p6 though. Scrapped through PSLE with comfortable margin to get in her affiliated secondary school. Cannot get in other schools liao... Her most stressful times were secondary and JC though. For her it was way worse than primary

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  • Sam Cheng

    For my no.3, school got notes also no use. Math and science were his worst subjects, bottom of class and all.. Teacher don't even care when I asked for help

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  • Eugin Chan

    Yeah p5 too haha

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Car wash package

Sent car to Cars international to wash interior and exterior. Spent $300+ for a job which is a bloody waste of money. Tried hard to sell me a package for $408 saying I’m only like $70 plus short and like all usual tactics used by Sales staff, they will like communicate infront of each other “so wasted. Just top up abit more etc..” hoping to change my mind but nope it doesn’t work for me. Coz everything I come I still must pay $16 for cleaning. What the fuck? Then what’s the base for the $408 per year and $600++ for 2 years? for then? 

I didn’t see my car shining like tip too condition. The interior cleaning - the obvious is the shine on my dashboard which I must admit was rather distracting as it looked like waterspots on the windscreen. And the main reason for me to send my car for an interior car wash (out of my league coz usually would just go to petrol car wash ) was to try to get rid of the stain on the floor. Which did look clean for a while but after some time can spot it again. What the ? $150+ for a load of rubbish work. 

Damn! 

What worth it? I pay $408 for 2 years package and $600+ for 3years package but yet each time I bring the car for cleaning, I still need to pay $16?! And if I wanted to rubba rubba the car more shiny, it's going to cost more than $16. Then what's the use of the package? 

Car wash package is for those who have loads of money to spare. In my opinion I won’t waste my money there anymore. I'd rather pay $10 to get car washed in the petrol kiosk and interior to clean on my own. Or if I'm not lazy, I can always wash the car myself - FOC water some more!  

Wah....not bad not bad

Before I really decide to embark on keto, the first thing I need to check is - Are chocolates keto friendly? Although I love my potato chips, my cheese flavoured Roller Coaster, my chicken in a biscuit, my eureka hot n spicy popcorn etc.... a whole long list. So now you know where all my fats came from! But chocolates are heavenly, so I think when I die and go heaven (i think) I can find chocolates there right? 

So that led me to go on a web search and I’m so happy with this article from : 

 https://www.eatthis.com/keto-dark-chocolate/

"Dark chocolate can absolutely be keto-friendly, as dark chocolate will often times have less sugar than many milk chocolate bars," says Walsh.

I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATES! So I’ve been on a keto chocolate, I can take up to 85% cocoa chocolates. Tried 90% before, can be a struggle but still doable. 

What are some of the best keto-friendly dark chocolate brands?

"With the popularity of keto, there are many low-carb and keto-friendly dark chocolate products available," Walsh says. Here are her top 5 picks of keto-friendly chocolate brands.

Lilly's Dark Chocolate

"The bars are sweetened with stevia and erythritol, a sugar alcohol that is typically much more GI-friendly compared to the sugar alcohol maltitol in many sugar-free candies," she says.

There are about 4 grams net carbs per serving, but Walsh says that number may vary depending on the variety. For example, Lilly's offers several different flavors of dark chocolate including almond, sea salt, and coconut.

Lilly's dark chocolate is also Fairtrade certified.

Choc Zero

"Choc Zero is another low-carb and keto favorite that is very low in carbs, usually coming in at about 2 grams net carbs per serving, it utilizes monk fruit, which is another non-nutritive, natural sweetener," says Walsh.

Lindt Excellence 90 percent Cocoa Supreme

Walsh says this dark chocolate bar from Lindt is keto-friendly, thanks to its mega-high cacao percentage. "It clocks in at around 7 grams of carbs per serving," she says.

I know a lot of ppl in the keto FB group tend to go for this but I’m rather spoilt, I’d like to go for better chocolates. Lindt is not bad but there are better ones. I know coz I’m a chocolate connoisseur. No wonder my kids are spoilt too! If I’m still jetting the skies, my kids would be so fortunate as I’d buy them goodies on every trip. Now they only wait for daddy to spoil them. 

Alter Eco Deep Dark Blackout

Another dark chocolate bar that's super high in cocoa concentration is Alter Eco Deep Dark Blackout, with 85 percent cacao and only 6 grams of net carbs.

Alter Eco chocolate bars are Fair Trade certified.

Endangered Species 88 percent Dark Chocolate

Endangered Species is another Fairtrade chocolate bar producer that offers a variety of dark chocolate options, including hazelnut toffee, tart raspberry, and cinnamon and cayenne. The one of interest here is the Panther, also known as Strong + Velvety Dark Chocolate, which contains 88 percent cocoa solids and clocks in at 11 grams net carbs per serving.

On This Day - 23rd Sep -#Reminders from FB#

23rd Sep 2015

Blessed with delicious n beautiful mooncakes, all handmade by a friend.

I love her teochew style mooncake, which is the swirl swirl one. With yam filling.

Champagne Truffle snowskin mooncake

23rd Sep 2010 - Mid Autumn Festival celebration in MMI

Milo mooncake made by me

Funny girl

Lil one has always been the victim of our teasing. 

And so this morning hubby decided to send che-che to school instead (coz I told him I’d send lil' one to school so I will stay in PP n pick her up) and immediately lil’ one reaction was "why change? I thought daddy you're supposed to send me to school? Why nobody wants me?" 

Haha! 

On This Day - 13th Sep #Reminders from FB#

13th Sep 2011

Last night brought Che-Che downstairs to join my friend. We went down without lantern coz dunno when n where KZ put all the lanterns.(When did she change spot for me? N she can't rmbr where..). A neighbour was so kind, bumped into him on way n he asked where we were going n I laughed at ourselves for going down without a lantern. Guess what? He came down n personally delivered to us a lantern. 

Meimei (I heard) cried for not being able to go down with us.  

13th Sep 2009

This must be a late entry from MMI Katong. Looks like it's National Day celebration as the kids are in red and white, the other giveaway hint is the Singapore flag jelly cake

On This Day - 12th Sep #Reminders from FB#

In 2011 

I left HKG with two kids in tow. They were at their best behaviour as I did the check-in. And what can I say when we got onto the plane? My kids have always been good travellers. 

(pic taken from June 2011 holiday) 

In 2011

Ride. Che-che was so brave to go for second round. Yay! Next time I have kaki liao. Dunno if she dares to go on Magic Mountain rides, first row with me.

(pics taken from June 2011 holiday)

In 2016

She likes rides now. Pity we hv to scrap plans this year end to the US due to interruptions for some band thingy smacked with in between timing. 

Can't go for long trips. Who says having kids in secondary school is easy?

TCM - treatment from roots

I was brought up in a home where mom would boil herbal drinks, brew chinese herbs. So growing up, I was so used to the horrid bitter tastes and would think this is what all mothers do? No? As what I learnt from some mummy friends they don't brew herbs or boil herbal drinks, if they need 凉水 they'd just buy from the aplenty medical hall around the island.

Naturally as I got pregnant, I was given the queenly treatment of 炖药. The medical hall that mom frequents in Tampines did every step of the way for us. I didn’t get the normal 十三台宝 but rather a custom made 补品 that changes every month. And when I got to know the gender, proper prescriptions to 补 female reproductive system. I have two girls, so I wouldn’t know what’s prescribed for those having boys. As I was told, 燕窝 can only come in during third trimester. I was so looking forward to it all the time. Can’t have birds nest too early as it may cause baby having asthma next time.

After birth was another round of prescription with sinseh checking on my progression during my confinement period from mom, and customise herbs accordingly. It was a heavy investment during and post pregnancy, costing more than usual. Maybe coz 老板娘 see us willing to spend the money so 敲诈 as much money as she can from us?

Needless to say, if my growing kids had any ailments I’d go to the medical hall. However, she left (closed shop and divorced her strayed husband and opened one medical hall on her own) without telling us her next location. I’d say I totally trust her coz my girls turned out rather healthy. Have mighty lungs as mighty as a dragon. Have strength as strong as a bull. Can be teething so many teeth at one time without any fever. Have beautiful lustrous healthy hair, grow up to be so presentable looking (tho I must credit it has to do with the genes too!)

Now I have no choice but to go to the one in Parkway Parade. Not sure if he's good but a friend told me his brother has better "skills". But I guess I'm simply lazy to start all over again in a new medical hall. But I'm more than willing to travel the distance if it's the previous lady. 

Currently I'm rather anxious over lil' one's height issue (she's only 145cm at 13+yrs old) so I get from him herbal packs of 田七 to brew with 花生根。

Recently, I was worried with kids getting stressed from school so asked what else can I add in the chrysanthenum drink I boil every week. I usually put 金银花 in so he introduced 石斛 to me. I swear I've seen this before but just wasn't sure of its usage.

Just for my records :

金银花 (honeysuckle) - is something like an antibiotic

Read more

石斛 (dendrobium) - helps in fatigue, high brain usage (tho I feel the girls aren't their brains as much as they should)

For more information, click me

In summary, TCM goes into the root of any health problems. In order to be healthy, one should take good care of our inner health.   

A new kind of picnic 😅 what a weird 2020

She : Mummy, can I keep this Oreo for next week’s picnic? Zoom picnic. 

Me : Got CCA picnic via Zoom 😅. So funny. 

 She : Yah, it’s the time we can bond with our friends. 

Me : yah...but like so funny. You’re basically alone what! Can I join u? 

Oblivious to what I’m conveying to her. 

She : oh yah. Drinks also. 

Me : drinks from your own home? 

Daddy heard the convo and then suggested “Put a mat for u in the balcony. Got trees (I added “got waterfall”)

 

Slimming - will switch to ketogenic diet

Sometime a July post in FB by a friend (neighbour) on her slimming (better health) journey made me want to go on a ketogenic diet. I saw her changes within a span of 4 - 5 days (sometime in June) she went down by approximately 1 kg. That's very motivating. I mean I struggle like shit for more than a year and can't get anything down except for that nice dress which was stuck down at my legs just coz I can't pull them up to try.  

Friends who have known me for long will know that I'm not a blessed person when it comes to managing my weight. From a 53-55kg in my last year in SQ aka pre-pregnancy to now weighing a huge 79 kg. My weight, my size has definitely made me lose confidence in myself, made finding clothes difficult that I really can't be bothered to go shopping since I can't blardy fit into that nice dress or that nice top or that casual shorts (my giganteus thighs will show)

It wasn't just the weight, it was the sight of me that's terrifying. 
1) can't see collar bones now
2) big elephant thighs
3) big tummy (that I had a ticketing staff running to me after check-in asking me how many months pregnant I was wtf)  

4) big butt (but I suspect that it was partially caused by me sitting down too much - ehh.... those days when I was really hands on with the girls' academics. Sat down next to them to coach them, to mark their assigned work when they're having tuition/enrichment lessons)

5) fat face

Slimming attempts though wasn't that hardcore strict on myself

My slimming journey so far has included cupping (sometime in 2008? or 2009?) and I managed to slim down, but after that when I was so stressed up with academic (when che-che was in P4/5? 2012/2013 ).when school work gets tougher and more, and with me spending more time coaching and neglecting self in the process - boom! the weight went up gradually again. 

Then I went for second cupping package but it didn't help. Too many factors hindered - stress, hormonal changes, eating my meals too quickly always rushing around, late nights, insufficient sleep (running on a 3-4 hr sleep battery for many years)

Cupping provides effective slimming treatment since it stimulates acupressure points and runs them along the body’s lymphatic lines. Traditional Chinese Medicine says that excess fat and slow metabolism are a result of stagnant qi. The restricted movement of qi results in ‘dampness’; which is caused by an ill-functioning spleen and liver.
Cupping is a suction-based therapy, and it helps to remove damp stagnation from the body. This is followed by a rupturing of stubborn fat, which is subsequently flushed out of the system.

Another method I tried was using the Yangsen slimming belt. I tried that in 2019, I went down from 80+ to about 77kg or 76kg. Basically what one had to do is you have to put on the belt with herbal pack twice a day. But there's a strict regimen to follow which made it difficult for me coz mornings

The almost military-like regime :

Belt time : 5am - 7am

And you're suppose to clear bowel. Wait and weigh yourself n record, replenish warm water then only after half an hour later you can start on the belt for half an hour

Breakfast : by 9am

Breakfast /drinking can be done one hour after heat pack 

Replenish water : 11am

Lunch  : 11am - 1pm

Replenish water : 2pm

Fruit time : 3pm - 4pm

Replenish water : 5pm

Dinner : 5pm - 7pm

Belt time : 9pm - 11pm

* Things to note *

Before heat pack make sure hair is blown dry. If after herb pack, you must wait one hour before you can shower

 

Breakfast (by 9am)

1. 1 hard boiled egg + milk/yoghurt/soya bean milk

2. 1 - 2 meat buns / 5 dumplings

3. 2 hard boiled eggs

4. 2 pieces of 100% wholemeal bread

*Points to note*

1. Only hard boiled egg can be taken together with drinks like milk, yoghurt, soya bean milk

2. No fried food or food difficult to digest

3. 80% full for breakfast only

Remember to take your breakfast, hard boiled egg is the most nutritious!

*Lunch: 11am - 1pm*

1. Chicken/ duck/ fish/ or other meat + vegetable+ rice

2. With both meat and vegetables, full nutritional coverage

*Points to note*

1. Food just to be enough, not to be too full. 70% full is the best

2. Separate dry and wet. No water or soup with food. 

3. Do not purposely cut diet intake vigorously

*Fruits Time: 3pm - 4pm*

Any 1 kind: Apple, Kiwi, dragon fruit, papaya, tomato, cucumber, strawberry, etc

Avoid fruits that are high in sugar like grapes, durian, coconut, orange, water melon, honey dew.

*Dinner: 5pm - 7pm*

1. Fried or boiled green vegetables except chives

2. Boiled cabbage (can put a bit of salt)

3. Apple

4. Yoghurt 

5. 5 dumplings without soup

6. One tomato or cucumber 

7. Tomato + one hard boiled egg

*Note:*

Dinner to be 50% full

*After 7pm:*

No food or water after 7pm, to avoid fats accumulate in our body.

*Why we eat food without soup or only drink water 1 hour after food?*

Because straight after food, we drink water, actually not good for body

Stomach will become greater size

Nutrients from food will not absorb well by our body with the presence of water intake.

*If we are thirsty after food:*

We can gargle our mouth and spill out the water for a few times

Brush our teeth

Drink 1-2 mouth of water

Use a water spray and spray water into the mouth 1-2 times.

   

Got to do this and that. As if I have nothing to do except to laze around. 

Mornings are quite challenging as I have to prepare breakfast for the girls and send them to school if hubby can't do it. So when I get I return back home, it's an hour later. Then if I'm thirsty I need to make sure there's an hour break in between meal and drink. Shower also troublesome. I don't have to pick kids up from school? I don't have to do housework? Does it mean even if I'm outside, I need to be like clockwork?         

True no matter what treatment salons offer us, it's still diet that is important 

That got me intrigued on what is keto and I start reading a little. That's when I realised that although I claim I cut down on carbs, I'm not exactly cutting it down but topping it up more. Cakes, biscuits, Milo, bread, noodles and so many more are filled with high carbs!

Anyway, will still continue to find time to read up on this. I think I shall give this a try next year.

On This Day - 22nd July #Reminders from FB#

 22nd July 2012

Her first kick-kock (her term for high heels) shoes. And she’s really happy with it; walked around the whole house with it. And it has a light behind! 

SSO Concerts in 2020

As much as I'd like to go for more concerts this year, I needed to cut down as I feel che-che will need the time for studying. So only went for 2 concerts this year.

The first concert was what I was looking forward to  - Joe Hisaishi's Concert on 22nd Feb. A separate entry was written, click here

2nd concert in 2020

29th Feb - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert (with che-che only)

Experience the magic of the film with a live orchestra

The fourth installment of the Harry Potter™ film concert series with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in concert.

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert, the fourth film in the Harry Potter series. On February 28th and 29th, 2020, the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra will perform this magical score live from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™, Harry Potter is mysteriously entered into the Triwizard Tournament, a grueling contest among three wizarding schools in which he confronts a dragon, water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in Lord Voldemort’s grasp. All will change when Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and face challenges beyond their imagining.

I booked this in secrecy as I didn't want her to be so distracted. Nobody wore mask and I was worried.. May the fire and power of HP kill the coronavirus! 

I began to regret when I realised it's a movie length. Gasp! I thought it was just taking a selection of songs. (obviously I didn't read it properly) She enjoyed it coz HP's her favourite. 

3rd Apr - To Broadway, with Love

Come on along and listen to the glorious songs from Broadway!

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra performs unforgettable melodies from your favourite musicals from the Great White Way, including the absolute best music from The Sound of Music, The King and I, The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, amongst others.

Be charmed at an exuberant evening filled with great overtures, show stopping ballads, finger snapping, toe-tapping tunes and thrilling 11 o’clock numbers performed by distinguished vocalists coupled with the lush sound of a full symphonic orchestra.

Unfortunately this concert was cancelled. We were so looking forward to this as most of the songs are from our favourite musicals.

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Months down the road, the world is in a virus apocalypse and many more concerts are cancelled. I still have two more tickets (che-che too!) that we need to redeem. Looks like things will only start in 2021?