Solitude

Everybody’s asleep. There’s only me.

Me.

I drink it all up. It’s delicious.

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Dusting Off The Cobwebs aka What’s New

I’ve got 3 kids.

Fee is 8.5 years old, in Primary 3.

 

Charly is 2.5 years old, entering childcare in a couple of weeks.

  

Lily is almost 5.5 months old, starting solids soon.

I got my PhD.

I’m still a SAHM. In fact, with 3 kids, I’m more of a SAHM than ever. Someday, I will go out to do what I love. Now, I will stay at home and do what I love.

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How I know I’ve really gotta get on it

Can you get married in university?

*Horror scenes of her eloping when she’s 19*

No! Of course not! Nobody, nobody gets married in university! You must wait till you’ve finished university. You can only get married when you’re out of university. Even then, it’s probably a good idea to wait for a while before deciding to get married. Do you understand?

Then why are you married? To Papa?

*Hubby bursts into mad laughter*

Oh, me. Erm. I’ve actually finished university. It’s just that I… erm… I like it so much, I decided to continue being in the university. Erm, yes. I finished university, then I married your Papa, then I decided to continue being in the university. You understand? You must finish university before you can even think of marrying anybody.

She looked half-convinced. Hubby sounded like he was going to asphyxiate laughing. I think I’ve better get back to writing that dissertation.

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February

♥♥ Valentine’s Day ♥♥

Evening stroll along the beach

Candlelight dinner
(Indian food is Mr Fluffy Hubby’s way of showing me love. She complained the flickering lights hurt her eyes… but it didn’t seem to have got in the way of her enjoying her food.)

Train ride into the night

♥♥ My Birthday ♥♥

They brought me for chili crabs.

She gathered orange flowers from the ground for me.

He gave me a bouquet of red roses.
(And a gold watch. And went along with my insane requests for McDonalds apple pie & fries and a family photoshoot back at home.)

She recorded a surprise birthday song for me on my iPhone — all by herself!

I am loved.

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Miss Dior Cherie: The Model or The Actress?

Maryna Linchuk in 2008

Natalie Portman in 2011

Both directed by Sofia Coppola.

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I’m on first name basis!

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I wonder if apples are still the thing to give. And whether they are accepted in lieu of dissertation. I could give a basket… a bushel… an entire truck! Heck, an apple tree even!

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Bag Bounty

1. Funky (as in bad smell, really) old Prada from eBay

2. Vintage Fendi evening bag from Yahoo Auctions, back in those days when Yahoo Auctions was around and thriving. Unimaginable, eh?

3. Another Prada that came to me, this time perfect, through sheer luck.

4. Beautiful Dior wallet from Mr Fluffy Hubby

5. Coach key pouch from sister-in-law

And suddenly, I have more! All given to me!

6. Coach wristlet

7. Pink Coach sling

8. Brown & Gold Coach

9. Deep dark red Coach

10. Siren-red Marc Jacobs

My favourite!

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Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve: she leaves a present on the foyer settee for Santa Claus. Snow scene with our house on the bottom right. It has a flower growing inside and a kitty cat sitting outside. Waiting.

Is Santa going to make it?

Christmas Day!

Ho ho ho!

Christmas party, roast turkey. Garnished with so many spices, stuffed with sweet dates, served with warm mushrooms and drenched in tangy cranberry sauce.

There were also home-cooked spaghetti aglio olio with portobello mushrooms, takeaway pizzas with garlic bread and chicken drumlets, popiah, tomato and red pepper soup.

Plum cake for dessert. Moist.

Fruit cake – untouched. Chocolate cookies at the side were a hit.

The best eggs in the world — jelly eggs! They were a lovely surprise. She gobbled half a jelly egg, swallowed another 5 mini cups of wobbly jellies and inhaled 1 scoop of watermelon ice cream plus 1 more scoop of cookies & cream ice cream.

We gave away a huge chocolate log cake. Because we really couldn’t eat anymore!

Rapunzel dress from her grandparents, Disney Princesses Ultimate Guide from us, Dr Seuss box set from her elder uncle and aunty, Dora backpack + tumbler + wrist strap + Boots ring + Princess Belle jigsaw puzzle + Disney Princesses 2011 calendar from her younger uncle and aunty, Dora’s 10 Best Adventures from Aunty S, orange kitty cat purse from Aunty CL, Royce Baton Cookies + Candy Cane + Hello Kitty pen from her school, and Fantasia DVD from Santa Claus!

Leftover Face Shop masks from Mr Fluffy Hubby’s office party. I grabbed them for myself.

Some love from Mr Fluffy Hubby. I badgered him for every single one of these gifts. Except kitty cat. I found her sitting in my living room on Christmas Eve. I think she looks like me.

Also to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Together for 10 years, married for 8.

Random stuff I got for him.

But this is the real present.

Merry Christmas!

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东郭先生

(Picture credit)

I need a farmer. Pronto.

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The gutless should be gutted

On behaviour:

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense.

– Samuel Johnson

On hate:

Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.

– George Bernard Shaw

On love:

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Except, of course, the gutless is already gutless. Whoopee.

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