Children
Traveling with Kids
Perhaps you’re wondering what it’s like to travel with 5 kids. To put it mildly? STRESSFUL!!! The packing alone is daunting. I always try to minimize the amount of luggage that we have to take along but, at the same time, I learned the hard way from past trips that it’s safer to bring some … Continue reading
Morbid Thoughts
On a more sombre note, since I dropped off the twins to playschool this morning, I was running late for my 10.40 flight to Bangkok. I had everything planned this morning and actually had a lot of time to spare (the bigger kids were all in school before 8), except that we got sidetracked by … Continue reading
No More Tears
The twins achieved a major milestone today — they didn’t cry at all when I sent them to playschool this morning, on my way to the airport. Normally, they’d cry and scream and cling at whatever part of my (or DH‘s) clothing they can hold on to, something that they don’t do when other people … Continue reading
I Never Get Anything Done on Weekends
Weekends are supposed to be the time for working mums to catch up on the lost list of errands that accumulate during the week. But I never get anything done on weekends. Well…almost never. Saturdays for me typically start with a trip to Tesco Hypermarket. Why Tesco? Coz they open at 8 am, that’s why … Continue reading
Guilt
The worst thing that working mothers all over the world probably ever have to deal with is guilt. Guilt for being in the middle of a make-or-break meeting, when your son’s kindergarten teacher calls up to say he fell off the monkey bars. .. Guilt when you come home after a long meeting at the … Continue reading
