Children
Ice Cream Cone Surprise
For my OnlyGirl’s 11th birthday on 11/11, I had to think long and hard about what cake to make. The children’s expectations have been raised after RoundBoy’s spaghetti cake so I was under a lot of pressure to come up with something novel. Then it hit me — ice cream! OnlyGirl loves ice cream! I’d … Continue reading
‘The Other Boy’
This is a true story. When RoundBoy was around 3 years old, there was one weekend when the whole family went for a picnic at Hulu Langat river. I don’t remember anymore why RoundBoy and I didn’t go but the point is: everyone went off, leaving just the two of us alone at home. It … Continue reading
Science Centre Singapore: Singapore’s 3rd Most Visited Attraction
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 … Continue reading
In The Blink Of An Eye
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 … Continue reading
Antara Mama Dan Jakarta
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?) … Continue reading
