On Higher Grounds

Funny cat is realising our dining table isn't the highest point in the house!

AN's Art Wardrobe

Finally can see inside of wardrobe! It's been 5 years since we 'met'. Hi again! I'll see more of you in the next few days!

Girls' Brigade Camp

Baby girl has gone for her GB camp.  I got to send her off last year but coz the happy pill is running a fever and the daddy is on a full day shift today (he needed the car coz he will not be back till 4am tomorrow), I couldn't do so.

After packing last night,  baby girl asked if I would miss her.  I thought I wouldn't but I am missing her now. She forsee that I will miss her,  and wrote this note for us.

"Read this whenever you miss me ok?"

She's always been a very sweet girl. She's growing up with a mind of her own, more resistant to instructions now but still sweet as ever. She gets into trouble with me a lot coz to be frank,  my expectation of her is higher.  We, as adults,  are entitled to preferences and we too,  get upset when things do not go our way. Her too. But for some reasons,  when she shows her displeasure,  she gets into trouble for it. Not only with me as her mum,  but with a couple of others who make passing comments that she is difficult.  There was a time these 'feedback' affected me but other than managing my own expectation of her,  I no longer care about comments by people who do not know MY daughter like I do.

My daughter, despite constant arguments with my boy (oversensitive as someone puts it), fusses over him whenever he is sick.  She sets up a rest area for him,  complete with blanket,  pillow and bolster  on the sofa, turns on his favorite cartoon program and waits on him whenever he whines for anything.  She teaches him, everything! She's a totally awesome teacher! I've missed out on updating about the thousands of topics she had taught him since he was really little,  and uninterested (he's still not a keen learner at this age).  For this year,  she took on my responsibility and revised his chinese words with him because she was with me at his meet-the-parents session and knew exactly what help he needed.

Without ever me asking,  she would always whip out the whiteboard to teach him,  anything from Chinese,  to maths,  to even drawing.

This is my girl. Not the uncooperative, sensitive and difficult girl some people whisper about her.

Mums, do not ever let others comments affect our relationship with our kids.  And mums,  cut each other some slack and stop judging. I'm sure none of our kids are perfect, so watch the behavior of our own kids instead of observing others' and criticizing them.

I Am Back

It's been 3 years since my last post.

I've missed out on a lot of documentations.....of things and people in my life.

In a flash, Ethan is now 7 and Adrielle is 10.

They have said so many darnest things that I would have recorded here, but I didn't  and now I rely on facebook to remind me.

So, why am I back?

Seems like every change in my life makes me miss writing.

Mr Liow went for an interview last week and he passed it. This means that we are very likely going to Tucson again and it's going to happen before Christmas this year.  This,  in my opinion,  is not confirmed till the official order is out.

And yes,  I want to continue documenting my life.  Not for the scrutiny of the unknown public but for family and friends who care. That which happened some years back turned me off sharing my life publicly for long enough.

That move to Tucson,  I'll continue to update as we gather more updates along the way.

And what had changed in these 3 years?

We now have a cat.  That cat is the sweetest thing we found,  so we call him Marshmallow.

In summary of how he came into our home: He was a stray. We started feeding him.  He appeared sick. I took him to vet. I brought him home to administer antibiotics. He went missing after vet visit (disappeared right under my nose). Realised he hid in the storeroom the 30+hours. I showered him,  trimmed his stray-cat-sharp nails and he didn't maul me into pieces.  He pee and poop in the ltter box naturally (I didn't even tell him to....) He gradually stole our hearts except Mr Liow who never liked cats.  He's ok with him and doesn't dislike him now, but no love.

And so he said that IF we ever do go to Tucson again,  cat is not going.

Never expect that we'd be going again after 2015 came and ended.

Am I going to leave cat behind? Nope. Giving up on animals who love me deeply,  once is more than enough.

Next, I still have only 2 human kids. Enough.  Lots of grooming and upbringing and testing of my character.  More about them from now on. 

Me? I'm into fitness these days. Keeping fit,  because skinny is no longer an option.  My body doesn't know skinny anymore,  you see.

I've so much to write but I should not be hogging the toilet for so long.

I'll end with what my maternal instinct inspired me to post: