Examinations are over and holidays are around the corner. This is when the mad rush for holiday courses, meet the cartoon characters at the mall, special trips to the Science Centre gets planned out. God forbid, one of them should mouth the words,”Mum! I am bored!”. Over the years, I have developed a list of [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Family, hollywood dinos, jurong bird park, resolutions, sentosa, wild wild wet
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 [...]
Tags: connection, Family, travelling
Family outings. I love them but I also dread them. Honestly. Every Sunday is family day for me. Dear Husband and I will try our best to take the kids out either to an interesting place or do an interesting activity. It is always a challenge in the logistics department as we have kids of [...]
Ever had a sick kid at home? Since I have 4 kids, my chances of getting that regularly is probably higher than the normal household. In Singapore, it is very uncommon to have 4 kids in one household. Most families only have 2 or perhaps 3. More couples are opting to only have 1 child [...]
That’s the million dollar question for us working mothers! It is often very difficult to compartmentalise. This is not something I do very naturally. I have to consciously make the effort to remember and draw the line. I fall down often on this point – I allowed my stress at work to spill over into [...]
Tags: compartmentalise, draw the line
I have 4 kids and a full time job. Every single day is a challenge, an adventure. In this little island in the far East, our fast paced lives and the social norm of having a dual income family, has changed the dynamics of the traditional view of a family. I grew up in a [...]
Tags: Family, work life balance
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