Fancy dress party

 "Children may come in their fanciest, crazy, creative and earth-friendly costumes. They will do a catwalk to show their gorgeous costumes.".

That's the instructions given by the school for the fancy dress party. Thank God for the hand-me-down fairy costume. By adding on a 'funky' hairband, we have Crazy, Fancy and Creative! I'm hoping that the butterfly on the hairband is remotely earth-friendly - ie part of God's creation and belongs to mother earth??

Penangites reunited

 

We’ve known each other for an average of 20 -28 years, yet this was our inaugural trip together.

In recent years, the Penangites got closer and I feel that we cherish each other more than before. Shih attributed this to a sign of aging??!!

It all started from a random question during one of our lunches :"Wanna go Bangkok?". It was supposed to be a girls trip but some of us (ahem me) didn’t really want to leave our other halves behind. After all, daddy M needed to top up some cheap and good jeans, T-shirts from MBK and Chat Tu Chak.

So we left S behind and headed for our fuss-free dirty weekend, well not so ''dirty'' if you consider staying in a service apartment with 4 others, spending time chatting (mostly the girls), shopping as dirty.

I have a strong feeling that there might be more trips in the future!

Hello, mommy!

 

A few weeks ago, I called home and a 3-year old answered the phone: "Hello, mommy?".
I was pleasantly surprised that S knew how to answer the phone - we definitely didn't teach her.

Today, I received a call from home and the same 3-year old was on the line: " Hello, mommy? Can I watch TV, pleeeeze?".

This is the phase that definitely needs to be posted for my future reminiscence. I'm not sure if I'm prepared to see her grow so fast... 

Belly fat

In recent weeks, there have been a few comments from colleagues 'hinting' that I have gained weight in my middle.

-" ... you hip has grown sideways"
-"... you're quite meaty"

To top it all, a dear friend messaged me to ask if I'm preggers because of a picture posted on FB! Well, I must say that the picture was taken from a bad angle but I probably can't deny the fact of a bulging tummy!!

I claim the fertility but reject the fats!

La Petite

She’s often being mistaken as a 2-year old, because of her petite size. Technically she is a 3-year old (2 more months short). Most of the 3-year olds are one head taller than she is, as seen in pix. According to the teacher in school, bigger kids in class like to seat around her, to ‘look after’ her like a lil’ sister. Sometimes, teachers have to pull her away from the bigger-sized boys to prevent a stampede. Joy of a year-end baby!



Heavy September

Judging from the lack of posts in September, I can’t think of anything spectacular to pen my fruits for the month.

Digging deeper, perhaps the biggest fruit is I see myself grown- to be a more mature person, less rattled or raged, especially when I’m faced with conflicts or difficult situation.

The truth is, my heart is heavy today to recount any fruit.

Someone whom I had not met but only knew of (and she also knew of me) through my cousin ended her struggle post a heart attack to be with the Lord. She left behind her husband and a pair of beautiful children (7 and 13). Since her cardio failure 2 weeks ago, I have been kept posted of her status by my cousin, almost on a daily basis, mainly to stand in faith that she would walk out of the hospital and be a miracle testimony.

I cried as if I knew her. I cried as I feel sad for the family. One can never be too prepared for death. Be it 2 weeks, or 2 years.

I pray that the family will depend on the grace of God to go through this difficult period, to be strengthen by His comfort, knowing that their mother and wife has gone to a more glorious place. Goodness and mercy shall follow the family all the days of their lives ahead.