Monday Listicles

Top Ten Highlights of October

Tiger girl down the slide.
It’s November soon and in a month’s time we will be celebrating Christmas. October was  another fun month for the kids.

Playing with balls

#1. They visited Pollywogs a 2nd time and had Balls of Fun playing at that indoor playground  with their friends. The kids love playing in indoor playgrounds but we don’t bring them that often as it can be very costly play at more then $50 each session for  2hrs for  the three of them.

Tiger girl at the pool#2. We started bringing Tiger girl to the pool as she loves playing with water. Every weekend she would request that we bring her swimming together with her brothers.

Sunflower

#3. I saw some lovely yellow blooms while at the Changi airport. I didn’t know that there was a Sunflower garden there as I seldom spent time mingling around in the departure areas before our flight out of Singapore.

purple bloom

#4 Besides yellow sunflowers I also saw some beautiful pink and purple orchids at the airport. I love the fact that I’m living in a garden city with lots of flora around.

butterfly

#5 Greenery is also abundant here as we live in a tropical country. It’s hot and humid all year round in Singapore.

noodles with carrot

#6-  Monkey boy is finally entering the kitchen and learning how to cook.  The first meal he cooked was soba noodles with boiled carrot. I will be teaching him more different dishes which he can cook in time to come.

Secret Garden

#7 I wished for a secret garden. A place where I can indulge in my fantasy. My own special corner where I can be free of worries and indulge in my passions. Do you wish for this too?

tiger girl#8- Tiger girl is adapting very well in school. She looks forward to going to school and loves singing the songs that her teacher has taught her. She is now moving onto four syllable words and expanding her vocabulary tremendously.

#9- I read a very interesting self help book over one weekend. Design your own Destiny . It really got me thinking about how I would like my life to be from this point in time and re-look my goals and plan towards achieving it.

Strawberries

#10 Strawberries are in season now and the kids love when I buy it for them to eat. I’m glad that 2 out of 3 of the kids love eating fruits. Now if only I can get Monkey boy to take more fruits.

What are your highlights of October?

 

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10 Things I am the same or different from my younger self

Mom and Me

Taken in Hong Kong in 2001

Looking through old photos during the past few weeks I have been reflecting on how different/same I have been from my younger self. Some things have changed while some remain the same.

  1. I still hate talking on the phone.I rather send a text or e-mail and you will never catch me on the phone for more then 5 minutes.
  2. I love chocolates and potato chipsThey are my go to snacks but I am consciously trying to cut down or go without as it certainly has been hampering my dieting effort.
  3. I use to hate to cook but now am game to learn new recipes and bakes.Having kids changed my outlook on entering the kitchen and cooking. Having more then 1 kid also made it more economical to cook at home rather then eat out so often.
  4. I still love to write.I used to write journals and short stories but nowadays I blog.  It is no longer just words as I too am concentrating on adding pictures to my words.
  5. I love taking photos.I have always  like being behind the camera and snapping pictures of my surroundings. The difference now is that I have better gear with a DSLR and was using a point and shoot back then.
  6. I still read a lot.
    However most of my reading material is online via blogs/forums or in PDFs. I have widen my scope of reading material to include both  non-fiction and fiction books.
  7. My love for music has changed
    I used to listen to lots of English  and Japanese pop music but it has changed to Chinese and Korean Pop.
  8. I have much less sleep as compared to before.
    On  a good day I’ll be able to get 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep but basically it’s still being waken up by Tiger girl 2-3 times a night at least.
  9. I’m able to multi- task better and am more efficient now as compared to before.
    I guess having multiple kids does set you up to be a supermom as you learn how to juggle the 101 new things thrown at you on a daily basis.
  10. I’m still in love with the same man that I fell in love with during my teens.
    I still feel that he’s hot even though we have been together for nearly half my life.

What things have changed or remain the same for you?

 

 

 

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