The last time I visited the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) was in the early 1990s, way back when I was still single and was in Singapore with my girlfriends to watch ‘The Phantom of The Opera’. The SCS made quite an impact on me at the time that I made a note to myself to [...]

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Mimi on August 7th, 2010

To MyEldest,
In the blink of an eye, you have gone from this…

…to this.

Whenever I hug you and teasingly ask you “Where did my baby boy go?” and you’d tease me back by replying “Uh, grew up?”, I don’t think you realise that my heart breaks just a little bit each and every time.
Every time I [...]

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Mimi on July 11th, 2010

Twin1 (left) and his younger brother (by 15 minutes), Twin2
I was driving one evening, with the twins sitting in the backseat. Out of the blue, Twin1 blurted out a question that totally caught me by surprise.
Abang: Mama, bila kita nak ada swimming pool? (Mama, when are we going to have a swimming pool?)
Adik: A-ah!
Me: Umm…we [...]

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Mimi on June 1st, 2010

Last weekend, en route to Kemaman, Terengganu, OnlyGirl was commenting on how babies and children somehow seem to gravitate towards me and like me a lot.
“Really?” I said. “Why do you think children like me?”
She replied, “Because you are kind. And caring.”
I smiled. “But I am strict. And garang (fierce).”
“But you are kind. And caring,” [...]

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Mimi on March 21st, 2010

On The Brain
A few weeks ago, the twins picked out a book about the skeletal system from the National Library. I’ve read it to them a couple of times, simplifying the explanation as much as possible. At one time, I saw them poring over the book while having this discussion.

Twin2: Abang, yang ni skull. (Big [...]

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