Monday, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
The New place at home
Well you know how toddlers love to have places (nooks and corners) in the house that they go back to ever so often... well Our Little One just found a new One today.... he is slowly but surely making the house his home!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Happy Mother's Day
Well.. when we were in the sunny island, Mother's Day did not happen till May but what the heck.. and I am 1 happy mother today... Our Little One made something in his class (ok I fib, it should be he had A LOT OF help from his teacher and put his hand print on the present) to celebrate Mother's Day. So the sucker in the Mommy just lapped it all up and was showering Our Little One with heaps of hugs and kisses... maybe even presents over the weekend!!!
I know, Our Little One probably does not even know that he is doing this to celebrate a day dedicated to appreciating mothers... but oh well, we have to start somewhere yeah?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
It's been a roller coaster ride
Never experienced such highs and lows in a short span of 2 weeks... really weird.. But then again, who said life was predictable?
I lost a very important person in my life most recently and the emotions have been very mixed. Sad, of course, at the loss, but the sorrow has been tinged with relief and some sort of happiness. Relief in knowing that the departed will not be subjected to any more ill-health and indignity, and the living will not be subjected to witness such circumstances; happiness in knowing (or rather believing) that the departed has moved on to a better place. Such is the mechanism of coping.. we (all human beings) have been socialised and educated to expect such departures in our lives (think of even your science lessons that explain to you the seedling which eventually grows into a plant that ages and wilts) but the mechanism of coping has not been extended to us accepting the departure... As much as I expected it to happen, I was still stunned when I finally got the news, and found it hard to accept.
But still we made our way (you read right, all 3 of us) out of Stepford to the sunny island I used to call home to be part of the final journey for the dearly departed. It was so strange to be making travel arrangements in the middle of the night (over a weekend no less) for a trip that would essentially total 36 hours (travel time included). And did we hit the ground running. The trip was stressful and tiring but we are glad we did it. Nothing in the world would probably have stopped me from making my way back ... nothing.
That was on the familial end. My professional side of things also led me on a ride that was so tumultuous, I probably should write it into a book and make it into a movie. At the end of that episode though, I do believe, there is justice in this world and yes, sometimes justice does come swift.
On the educational note (you know how Stepford wives are, we are always busy doing things)... I am proud to say that I have finally completed my first year into my post-graduate studies... and now as I embark on my second (and hopefully, final) year, I can safely say I am looking forward to the day I submit and graduate. It did seem a LONG road when I first started.. but which journeys did not seem that way at the beginning?
I lost a very important person in my life most recently and the emotions have been very mixed. Sad, of course, at the loss, but the sorrow has been tinged with relief and some sort of happiness. Relief in knowing that the departed will not be subjected to any more ill-health and indignity, and the living will not be subjected to witness such circumstances; happiness in knowing (or rather believing) that the departed has moved on to a better place. Such is the mechanism of coping.. we (all human beings) have been socialised and educated to expect such departures in our lives (think of even your science lessons that explain to you the seedling which eventually grows into a plant that ages and wilts) but the mechanism of coping has not been extended to us accepting the departure... As much as I expected it to happen, I was still stunned when I finally got the news, and found it hard to accept.
But still we made our way (you read right, all 3 of us) out of Stepford to the sunny island I used to call home to be part of the final journey for the dearly departed. It was so strange to be making travel arrangements in the middle of the night (over a weekend no less) for a trip that would essentially total 36 hours (travel time included). And did we hit the ground running. The trip was stressful and tiring but we are glad we did it. Nothing in the world would probably have stopped me from making my way back ... nothing.
That was on the familial end. My professional side of things also led me on a ride that was so tumultuous, I probably should write it into a book and make it into a movie. At the end of that episode though, I do believe, there is justice in this world and yes, sometimes justice does come swift.
On the educational note (you know how Stepford wives are, we are always busy doing things)... I am proud to say that I have finally completed my first year into my post-graduate studies... and now as I embark on my second (and hopefully, final) year, I can safely say I am looking forward to the day I submit and graduate. It did seem a LONG road when I first started.. but which journeys did not seem that way at the beginning?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Grandma came to visit....
Yes indeed, the household has been very busy cause Grandma came to visit...
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