It’s All About Choices

Posted on January 21st, 2010, by the mum

It is all about choices, isn’t it?  Life is made up of choices that we all have to make.  To marry or not, to marry this person or that, to have kids or not, to have 2 kids or 4, to work or stay home, to trust or not, to love or not – these [...]

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Best Sweet Potato Chips in the World

Posted on January 11th, 2010, by the mum

“Said Aristotle unto Plato,
‘Have another sweet potato?’
Said Plato unto Aristotle,
‘Thank you, I prefer the bottle.’”
Owen Wister (1860-1938) American novelist
I am with Aristotle on that one.
The best food in life is the food that has the least messing around.  No insecticides, no preservatives, no additional processing, no over seasoning. Cooking for my family and friends, I find [...]

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Why I wrote my last post

Posted on January 7th, 2010, by the mum

If you read my last post, you will see that I listed out the ways that I found work for me as a working mother – Juggling Work and Family.
What I did not explain was why I wrote my last post.  Although it was a challenge from dear husband to list the ways I cope [...]

Juggling Work and Family

Posted on January 5th, 2010, by the mum

“How do you manage?”
I get asked that question a lot.  My cheeky answer is always,”I don’t.  I struggle.”  While that gets lots of laughs and knowing grins, working mothers do REALLY want to know how to manage better. 
After much trial and error, I finally have a method to all the madness, juggling a full time [...]

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Family Resolutions

Posted on December 31st, 2009, by the mum

Okay, last day of the year…last ditch effort to fulfill 2009 resolutions.  Time to also make the 2010 ones.
Two days ago, I initiated a family resolutions making session.  Everyone in the family who can understand the concept was asked to come up with activities that we can do as a family.   I tried this before [...]

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Great Expectations

Posted on December 27th, 2009, by the mum

As the year closes and the new year comes upon us, did 2009 meet your expectations?  What expectations do you have of 2010?
Did you get the promotion at work or the raise you expected?  Did you close the deal you were hoping to close before the year end?  Did you change your job?
Did your kids’ [...]

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Growing Old

Posted on December 22nd, 2009, by the mum

 
Calvin:”Why do adults do things so slowly? You’d think the older you get, the more you’d try to cram in because you’d know you’ve got less time left…By the time I’m old geezer like Dad I’ll be going like crazy.”
Hobbes:”Oh great!”
Pure logic right?  Less time, go faster…but why do we see the reverse?
I recently saw [...]

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House Hunting Adventure

Posted on November 12th, 2009, by the mum

Note : This is a guest post from Dear Husband, who painstakingly put this Very Useful post together.  Thanks Dar!
Having just completed the exhilarating exercise of purchasing a private property in Singapore, I find it to be a much wilder adventure than buying a HDB flat. It was an eye opener and a learning experience [...]

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Keeping the connection with your family while travelling

Posted on November 5th, 2009, by the mum

This week is unusual for us.  Both dear husband and I are travelling on business, and will be in different countries;  him in Tokyo and I will be in Kuala Lumpur.  I cannot remember the last time this happened.  And of course, our lovely children will be in Singapore.
Funny how, I feel time deprived when [...]

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Time

Posted on October 26th, 2009, by the mum

 
“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.” – Brian Tracy
Time.  Something I don’t have enough.  Too many things to do and too little time.
Or, that is the excuse I give myself.
Recently, I saw a video that showed a Japanese man, got up, [...]

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