Making up to Ally : Mar-2020

Ally was looking forward to go to Arizona@City Square mall one Sunday with her JieJie but was hit with disappointment as Qi, Xuan and En was not ready to go that day.  To make up to her, we decided to give her a surprise visit at school, pick her up, bring her to a good meal and then to Airzone.  She smiled so widely that day, a happy lady indeed.

Here also coz her gugu likes the food

Desserts

Impromptu NTU Visit After 20 Years : Mar-2020

Amidst the covid-19 situation, Xuan after receiving her A-levels results, has applied to the one and only course she truly wants to do — NTU’s school of Art, Design & Media. As submission of a portfolio is compulsory, she’s signed up for a portfolio review session at the school.

Victor and I decided to be her chauffeur for this trip.. yes, it still takes about 2 hours to travel to NTU on public transport!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Since we’ll be waiting for Xuan, I suggested to take this opportunity to explore our alma mater on foot and also clock in a workout!! Victor was of course game!!

Considering the passage of more than 20 years, little has changed, yet the once-intimate place is no longer familiar. Lots of landscaping and new buildings have been added.. I missed the jungly feel of my NTU.

Ally first stay over : Mar-2020

It took Ally 7 years to muster courage to finally come over to our place to stay with her three jie jie.  It was during the March holidays and in the midst of the convid-19 pandemic where we had to restrict our outings as much as possible.  During our regular Sunday visit to Papa place, Ally suddenly asked her mum for permission to come to our place to stay.  It was a great improvement from her timid self a couple of years back where she would feel so insecure without her parents around.

So came Ally to stay at our place for the first time... While she was here, her jie jie made her feel comfortable and kept her occupied with activities.  She cannot wait to come back during her June holidays and she wanted to stay for every entire week except for Tuesday when she would have her violin lessons. So glad she enjoyed her first stay here. :-)

Serious Kiap Kiap fun : Mar-2020

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon and not much things planned, so I suggested to visit the Hougang Mall to have some Kiap Kiap fun!  It was my first time to seriously 'invest' on Kiap Kiap, a total damage of $30 and return-on-investment was a miserable 3 toys.  Well, at least it was good fun and probably also an investment to build skills. I will be better!

Ma's birthday : Mar-2020

We celebrated Ma birthday in a simpler way this year; dinner at our favourite open space Zi-Cha place@defu and then our usual cake cutting at home.  Simple but we wish her the best of health and joy! :-)

Juz A Day’s Breakfast : Mar-2020

En has been skipping breakfast at home nowadays so that she can eat with her friends during recess time. Apparently to eat at both home then recess, which is about 2-3 hours later, is too much.. Anyway, she got fed up with me asking her every morning if she wants breakfast that she told me once and all, “I don’t want breakfast, okay!!”😤

Fine..

Occasionally when she saw the breakfast I was preparing before she steps out of the house, she would ask if she could have some.. Sometimes she would also want me to leave some for her when she saw my breakfast pics on IG story or our family group chat. 😂😂

Anyway, this morning I asked her, “Do you want zero, one or two boiled eggs?” She said anything and whatever.. Whatever that means??🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Having some time, I plated her two boiled eggs really nicely.. afterall she’s become a fussy eater who doesn’t take her greens and veg or even some fruits out of my sight.. So I took this chance to try to feed her properly. 

When she saw her plate, she asked, “How come boiled eggs can be so fanciful one?” Yaaas!!✌🏻

It’s quite a full plate and I didn’t expect her to finish it. I even told her to juz eat what she wants.. but guess what?

She wiped it clean!! 😋😋😄😄

I’m a gratified mum..🥰🥰

Gym Gym Gym : Mar-2020

We had joined Anytime Fitness for 6 months now and I must say we had been working hard for our return on investment. :-)

Deu Deu left for home : Mar-2020

After helping out at Papa's place for about two year, Deu Deu finally was ready to go back to her home in Indonesia to be united with her hubby who had just returned from work at the middle east.  It was a happy farewell and we all wished her the very best with her family!  I had also told her to inform us when she has her baby, something she wanted to achieve when returning home, so cute.