Running with Joy | GOrun Ride 3 by Skechers
It is very hard for me to pass up opportunities to run with Joy. She loves to run and I love to watch her run. When we run together, she never fails to ask me “Are you ready?!” energetically and when I...
View ArticleSome Make Up Secrets | K-palette 1 Day Magic Series
In my (much) younger days, I’m known for being highly skilled in transforming myself into a panda, like so. These days, the highest transformation level I go to is something like this only, for dinner...
View ArticleMaking-it-Home | Wardrobe planning
We visit our estate about once every 2 weeks, when the hubby is back in Singapore. Progress has been stalled for many reasons but it’s still getting more and more real. Facade is partly painted for...
View ArticleRe-categorising
One of my big focus now is our new home and planning for it has given me a yearning to declutter and simplify. Living for years with little space for possessions has taught me that I didn’t need all...
View ArticleMemoirs of the first time I drove Joy to school
It’s been more than a year since I managed to score a driving license and I finally drove Joy to her pre-school today, with encouragement from the hubs, who said I could do it since the route is...
View ArticleTotal Turtle Takeover at City Square Mall!
I grew up watching all kinds of “boy cartoons” because I mostly hang out with my brother so, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was part of my cartoon diet. I rubbed my hands in glee when I heard that the...
View ArticleLunch date at Shirokiya CHIJMES
Since I had an invite from Shirokiya for a food tasting session at their new restaurant at Chijmes, I decided to date Irene and Cherie for a good lunch. I had some business in the vicinity, it was...
View ArticleCan you teach Chinese? | Language Power 蓝格子, 跑啊!
Growing up, I was taught to understand how Chinese writing evolved from pictorial representations of things and how some words and phases arose from wisdom about things, recorded by people who lived a...
View ArticleMilestone | First family drawing
Last week, I went to pick you up from school as usual. Our eyes meet in the room and you ran quickly towards me. You hugged me so tight, I couldn’t breathe. And then you kissed me. And then you said,...
View ArticleLanguage Power 蓝格子, 跑啊!
When Eeva first appeared on stage, the mood was light hearted and relaxed but she switched it into a solemn and grieving one in an instant, when she spoke emotionally about the Beslan School Massacre (...
View ArticleThe Grohe Live! Centre Singapore [ 20% off Readers' Promotion! ]
Did you know that there is a Grohe Live! Centre in Singapore? Now you do. Open by appointment only, the space is huge and it is home to a treasury of bathroom innovations. If you do go, control...
View ArticleMaking it home | The idea of a Genkan
It’s true, I have a huge collection of footwear but since I moved, I realised that I’ve been able to live with about 10 pairs or less of them. So I guess, some of them will be donated / gifted to...
View ArticleWeekdays, now.
Sometimes, she would be still sleeping when I leave home for work. When that happens, I kiss her gently so as not to wake her up, take a good sniff of her smell and then be on my way. Sometimes, she...
View ArticleMy dream Grohe bathroom, with a view! [ Win GROHE Bathroom Accessories worth...
If you had the budget, which part of your home would you spend it on? For me, the bathroom. Why not? How much would it cost for you to go to the spa everyday for say, the next 5 years? And, will you be...
View ArticleMy hair secrets | What’s yours?
I’ve been suffering from flat hair for a while now, especially since mine has grown quite long. To achieve some kind of sustainable volume, I’d need careful flat iron curling, dry shampoo at specific...
View ArticleHow much water do you drink?
At a celebratory work lunch one day, my new colleague showed us a photo of herself 2 years ago and I was flabbergasted. Back then her face was all puffed up and she was a lot plumper (understatement)....
View ArticleWhen did you start fixing things on your own?
One night, I had dimmed the room lights and we were about to head to the bathroom for a bath when you saw that your poster had come off from the wall. Instinctively, you reached out to put it back in...
View ArticleMaking-it-home: Kitchen Plan
Kitchen Floor Plan I ought to be grateful to have this floor plan. It could have been worse except that I just realised today that our switch box will be at the very place I planned to place a shoe...
View ArticlePhilips Avent | Happy 30th Anniversary to one of my best friends and a giveaway
Sometimes, I tell people that Joy and I are born on the same day. On that day, she became a baby and I, a mother. This morning Joy insisted that they need a diaper change. #washionmydiaper A photo...
View ArticleThe Pigeon needs a bath | A book review
When it’s bath time, I sometimes ask Joy “Can we not bathe today?”. Sometimes she would say “Okay!” in delight, until I say “Like pigeon?” And she’ll immediately change her mind. I judged this book by...
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