Sleeping Beauty

Today's wed and my sis goes to work and me my life back to usual hsewife. Enjoy the last 2 days' with her.

Last night again has terrible headache (intense one) so took pain relief and spent time with God till 4am. (Doc asked me to take medication more regularly to let the pain died off, need be 3 times a day). Read His word and prayed for healing and mercy. And read the book on 'Heavenly man'. Just focus on God. Was a fruitful time, learn a lot fr Bro Yun. How he persevere on thru his persecutions. Really enjoy the time in the meditation room. (I'll be lying if i said i m not upset by the constant headache but somehow also immune alreadi, juz tell myself to persever)

So this aft juz spend time sleeping, recuperating.

In the late aft did grocery shopping to dinner tonight. Bought chicken fillet and gave Toby one and he loves it! Hee will monitor his poo juz as Judy did. See whether has same output.

Why i title 'Sleeping Beauty'? Is becos i always enjoy watching Toby sleeps. Especially in this posture. Just feel that he is fully at rest and comfortable. He juz feels so secure that he can bare his tummy. Watching him sleep makes me smile.

Hee my sis

Went over to my sis' place for lunch. She is very nice to me. Knowing that i'll be over, she even prepare to cook a veg dish just for me. She is a very gd sis and a gd wife too! Despite her hectic working life, she takes gd care of the hsehold. I always admire eldest sister/bro in the hsehold, i'll believe that in general they know how to lead & take care of younger ones. Is in them. Unlike us (younger ones) who tend to be pampered and need to learn how to take care of others. We got to learn while they are somehow gifted.

I had veg & pig trotters (her mil cooked the pig trotters). Nice lunch hee though i not used to vinegar pig trotter. Till this day i yet to learn to appreciate vinegar.

Toby & Moon played well. Hee moon chased Toby all the while. She always want to hum him and Toby knows how to protect himself hee. They moved too fast, can't hv a gd pic.

Hee this is my sis cooking the veg. Do we resemble? I think we do hee.

Thereafter, jus sit down and watch Toby & moon played and chat with Sis. Really hv a gd time despite the constant headache.

Ya the dinner appt is cancelled as the couple has a small stiff hee. Ok next time.

It's Monday

So fast and its Mon!

Over the weekends really hv a good time with dear, toby & close friends. We went to Chris & Judy's place on Sat and had a really gd. Simply enjoyable to see Toby enjoying himself. He really has lots of energy! And loves BM! They so affectionate and obedience. With toby, life is full of movemt as he'll be running ard. With BM, life is calm and tranquil. So nice to hv best of both world together. But sometimes i do ache me to see Toby alone while BM has each other. Will give him my attention & love.

Oh ya dear went to cut his hair on Sat. Be4 and aft pics of him. Not much diff. Though he has aged, he is still handsome boy to me hee. Hee ya, i also vain pot, took pics of myself to see how hv i aged (the lines ard my mouth area is forming and settling in..oh no..hee ok) and if acne recovering

Hee today will start to reorganise my wardrobe. Last week repacked dear's. Now my turn. Realise that dear dear has a lot of clothes! Can beat me hee. But he has got more biz shirt than casual wear. I am the opposite hee.

Saw judy's blog that she is trying out barf diet. Me also tempted to give. Now toby naughty boy alreadi, choose food to eat. Pamper him too much that he is selective with food. He doesn't like his kibbles now unless he is really hungry. Need to discipline him. He now just smell them and walks away.

Oh ya, my thoughts are scattered. Just enter what comes into my mind.

For myself, headache slowly getting better bit by bit. At the same time, i am praying for good health, job opp (only God knows if i m fit to work) and not forgetting a womb to be ready for baby! Hee if God gives. Also praying for dear for job opp and joy.

Hee later going my sis place to sit sit. She is now kind of on leave till end of the mth be4 she starts her new job on 1 mar. Nice to hv her around. Can pop by anytime these 2 days. Will bring toby along to play with Moon.

Tonight will be meeting the korean girl and her hubby for dinner.

A Time of Waiting

Today woke up early as last night slept early and well. Brought Toby down for early morning walk. Saw people going to work and elders doing excercise. What a sight.

My heart was a bit troubled as realised that i hvn't been working for close to a year. No career and no baby. Kind of sad and feel that i m a burden to dear dear. Yet without fail, each time God and dear dear will be there for me. I am really very blessed. Always be reminded that weeping last a night, rejoice comes in the morning.

Indeed it came. 1st was dear dear assurance words then came God's. Was doing quiet time, dunno what came into my mind that today is Monday and flip to Mon passage and there it came, "The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy". Jn 16:17 - 24. v22 "So with you: Now is your time of grief, but i will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. v23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. v24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."

How assuring are God's words! His words give me the courage to continue for the path ahead. He never promise that life will be a bed of roses. I am just so thankful to God. He is always here for me. Thank you Lord.

I am now reading a book "The Heavenly Man" - a true story of a chinese christian Brother Yun who gave his life for Christ. I read the 1st 3 chapters and find him truely a man after God's heart. He is from Henan where there is no bible (at that time christianity was banned) but he thirst for one. For 3 mths, he fast and prayed. And miraculously, God delivered a bible to him. This book is really inspirational and you saw a man's faith and God's power.

How this book comes abt? Its from the korean missionary. Dear dear's vendor friend whose wife is a Korean serving the Lord. When dear dear 1st told me abt her, in my heart i just feel kind of connected, a strange unexplainable feeling. But as time past, it of faded. But the korean lady stills remember that i existed and passed the book thru her hubby to dear dear. And fr dear dear to me. She wanted to meet me. I too wld like to meet her. Hee dear dear so afraid that i may become a missionary (God knows what best for us)

Indeed there is plan for everyone. What's mine? Only God knows and i follow.

Time waits for no man

Indeed sky & i hv married for 3 years. As i looked at the photos, both of us have aged. So sad. Can tell as now my face has wrinkles around my mouth and the face is now sagged. So so sad. Really time can show on our faces. Complexion deteroriate. Gone are the youthful days.

My prayer is i can recover soon so that i can move on the next stage of life while i still have the stamina. Mm look at mirror less often and wldn't feel so sad then. Age gracefully i guess.

A brand new day

Things are slowly getting back to normal again.

Have been having bad headaches on & off for these 2 weeks but yesterday was really bad, it lasted the whole day that i have to wake up to take pain relieve. Now better and i slept until close to noon today hee.

Dear dear & myself forgotten that yesterday is our 3rd wedding anniversary!! He was shocked and he thought that my headache came abt becos he forgot. But no, i also don't remember. A week be4 cny i remembered but somehow juz forget. Guess we are too caught up by the numerous home visits. Dear dear was so apologetic but i assured him is fine as long as we continue to love each other. We have a good hug thou.

Read papers and saw an article on "Dancing on the arctic circle". Its on expedition vessel to North Pole. Has seen it before on Discovery channel. Really envy these people who travel to the north pole. Experiencing the 24 hrs daylight, polar bears, cold wind, ice caps, ice bergs etc. The moment when the GPS showed N 90*00'000 must be such a wondrous feeling! The vessel has to break 3m-thick ice to sail thru it at avg 4 - 5 knots. On open sea, its avg 10 - 12 knots.

I really enjoy travelling around the world (minus the travelling on plane). Seeing God's creation and man made marvels really excite me. Each time when i saw the mountains, water fall, ocean, lakes etc, just have that indescribable feeling that God is really very very omnipotent. And realise how small i am as well as my problems.

Busy CNY

Wow its been close to a week that i hv yet to update my blog! Time really flies! Hv been really tied up. CNY can really occupy hsewife time hee! Also, my bad headache can really keep me away fr doing anything.

Thkfully dear dear helped me with vaccuming & mopping on CNY eve while i did the lighter chores. Thanks dear!

Ever since got married, life has been busy with visiting relatives (known & unknown) and really drain me. Yest when visitation for long long hours. 1st started with my parents, then my pil, then my mil's relatives followed by my fil's relatives. Finally to chris & judy's plc (which i enjoyed the most as i know all of them). Slept only at 4am. And rest of the morning and early aft spend time lazing on the bed while dear dear updating his blog. Feel bad hvg little with toby but boy boy don't worry ok just last a while only ok.

Late aft today went to visit my gu ma & my uncle (my dad's siblings), then went to my mum's place for dinner. Finally now reach home. Really very tired. Guess age really taking a toil on me hee.

Hee will update more when i got more energy.

A Trip to Chinatown

Last night, dear dear & I went to Chinatown to experience the CNY mood. Before that we had dinner at Han's. A nice & cosy place as not many pple. I had beef bee hoon (as ran out of hor fun). Its really very nice!!! Will go back again for hor fun, as still goes better.

We take a slow stroll to chinatown. Thou we hv the CNY mood, comparatively somehow it gets lesser as years go by. Age catching up??? Normally, i will be super excited abt new year shopping, goodies, clothes etc but this year didn't really bother a lot. Didn't even get any new clothes specifically for CNY. But again wardrobe still got clothes.

Anyway really enjoying walking down the lane with dear. Not too crowded yesterday but we still not very gd with crowd. A short while, i felt giddy as some lanes (esp the food lane) a lot of pple and hot. So we left for home hee. Very enjoyable.

Entrance to Chinatown. The lightings on the street lamps.

Entering to the lanes!! Hee dear dear looking for me as I stopped to take pic ;p

All the super ang ang deco. Some really cheap. Shld we buy??? No la, too many alreadi.

Hee dear making funny face!! Ooi Ooi

Fav Guo Dong, maybe coming on CNY eve to get cheap bargain hee!! Last year got a super big bag for $10??

Home sweet home.

Simple Life

Wow time really flies! Hvn't been updating my blog as dear dear is back. Just wanna spend time with him & toby.

On thu, went to col & trim my hair. Wanna let dear dear sees a diff me. Here's the be4 and aft pics. Actually not much diff except that i looked more chinese and fairer. Overall ok. Somehow not much feeling over it, guess as age catches up, some things become less impt.

Fri, woke up real early to pick up dear dear. Really glad that he is back. Hee here's a pic of him while we were queueing for a cab.




Over the weekends, we spent most of the time at home, enjoying each other presence and spent time with Toby. Sat morning, we went for a run, i mean Toby. Just very enjoyable to watch dear dear and toby played together. Thereafter, when reached home dear dear wiped toby. Somehow just feel very happy to see them together and dear dear taking care of toby.

Sat evening went to Mercia's birthday party at changi beach. That place super windy! The only place that i hv ever been that has ever blowing wind. Mercia really enjoyed herself, so were hannah and Noah. Really enjoyed their innocence. Had a gd chat with olivia and eliz and realised we hv a lot in common esp Eliz. She too is a perfectionist and we can understand and comprehend each other struggles hee.

Sun was family day. In the morning, met Chris & judy for breakfast. Really enjoyable to see them. We will always hv smthg to talk abt hee. Strange but thkful. I guess that's telepathy. Can tell YH's parents missed him. I guess all parents will miss their children and worry abt their safety.

Today, for me life as usual. Woke up did the laundry and clean & deco the house for CNY. Not much diff fr last yr thou. At night, just cook a simple meal. Claypot chicken rice and veg soup. The meat roll is fr my mil. She makes really gd food.

My life is simple and i am enjoying it and thkful for this life.

CNY Deco

Entrance

Living rm

Tomorrow dear dear will be back!!

So happy that this day is coming!! Pray for journey and gd rest for dear dear.

Yest I didn't go cut my hair as somehow juz very tired. So just toby for a long long walk to relax. We walk all the way to the flyover connecting Sengkang & Punggol! It was breezy and Toby very curious abt the oncoming traffic. Kept looking at the cars!

Oh ya, the big field is mawned so Toby has a good run!

At night just cooked a simple dinner for myself, steamed fish & broccoli. Need to eat something blend for the sake of my skin. Hee don't want to leave acne mark. Its slowly recovering aft medication. Mm why so slow hee ;(

Headache is gone but chest ache still there. Just hv to bear with it hee :) I always hv this pblm if i used my hands too much. Mopping, cleaning etc. Will hurt the chest muscle. Somehow the posture is not right so will hurt my chest hee.

Hee today, go col/trim hair. Let dear dear see the new me! (thou not sure if he likes it) I too still hv doubts abt black hair but i guess its time to go back natural. Some forewarn me that i'll look more mature and boring hee.

ok got to go! Update you all on the outcome.

2 more days dear dear will be back!!!

Hee can't help to feel happy that dear dear is coming back! He also seems happy and said he bought a lot of goodies hee :) Just wanna him to come home safely.

Yest, met Cindy for dinner. Enjoy the chatting session! She shared abt her family & her relatives who always ask $ fr them. Can feel her 'wu nai'.

Afterwhich, when to see Dr Chen abt the acne pblm. In fact, she is very happy abt it! She said all the acne, backache & mood swings is part of PMS and it means i am ovalating and my body is slowly adjusting.

Mm but the bad news is all these will be worsen if i am pregnant!! She said diff girl experiences diffly when there is hormone changes, some don't hv any change while some hv and i belong to the latter category. Will continue to pray to God on being a mother. Ask him when is the best time and whether is my calling. Will commit this area to God.

This morning, brought Toby down for a walk and met a very unhappy dog. Don't like Toby to get near him. The ah ma said he got bad temper. Why u so unhappy boy boy?? Took the pic fr afar.

Came back did cleaning and wiping. Didn't realise tat it can be so tiring. And hv giddy spells as need to squat up and down. Hee be good to myself, anyway who going to check every cabinet right? Ha ha. Hee didn't clean the top of the shoe cabinet as too high, so scary to step on the ladder! hee ;p

Ok pics time! Ever since hvg blog, my camera ph has been fully utilised hee! Dear dear hasn't been updating his blog as he said in Las Vegas, internet charges is exp. Miss his updates! Oh no hook on to blog!!

Updates of a hsewife

Living rm - Consider done, except for mirror & windows. Ya i use magic clean to clean the wallpaper. Not too bad.

Guest rm - Done! Clean the wardrobe door, ledge, side tables. Hee leave the change of bedsheet nxt wk!

Corridor - Done! Clean the doors and frames!

So only left master bedrm & kitchen. Mm drag to clean kitchen everytime, so many cabinets!!! :p

Have arranged for hair cut today hee. So relax a bit.

So the morale of the story, being a hsewife is like being a laborer, u need tounds of energy! Hee hee.

3 more days & dear dear will be back home!!!

Hee yesterday life as usual. Did spring cleaning, today will continue with wiping the doors, cabinets, ledges etc. Life is routine for hsewife ;p.

Updates!

Hee i cleaned them! The dining chairs look new now hee :)

Poor toby sat at corner watching me cleaning. Look so pitiful. Sorry boy boy. Give me some time ok.

Last night had a good sleep. Middle of the night, dear dear called and asked me abt what kind of Coach bag i like. The size, color etc. He said its really cheap there and there is a new collection. Hee thks dear ;)

Toby slept with me and i really luv him more and more each day. And realise he really can't live with me. He really wants to "stick" by me. Whether i am on the sofa or bed, i move from one side, he'll move with me. And he always make sure his skin must touch my skin, or near my face. A little gap also cannot hee. And in the morning, when he woke up he'll see my sleep (i pretend i sleep). Once i open my eyes, he'll be super excited! As playtime. Sometimes, i cannot tannah how he woke me up ha ha, becos instead of just licking me, he will use his nose to push me out fr the bed hee. But i believe he sees me as his mother as he always hide behind me as i layon sofa :)

Oh ya, last night had dinner with sis & brother in law. We went to He Ji wanton noodle at Jalan Jayu. Mm not very nice. I give 2.5/5. Chit chatting that we shld go out makan/drink once in a while over the weekends since we lived so near. Ya true :)

This morning brought Toby down for a walk and run. While walking, met 2 malay guys. One of them like dogs than cats and want to touch Toby. So suprise! But i am a bit wary as hmm not too use to male strangers. And strangely, Toby also doesn't like the malay guy, he kept walking away and bite on the leash. Oh ya, when he bites on the leash, he is telling me he is not comfortable and want to go away.

Thereafter, we went for a run. Today, he's really happy! Once off leash, keep running round and round. I play catching with him. I hv to stop when deem enough, don't want to over exert him.

Reached hm, feed him. Later boil broccoli for him. Oh ya, i bought Scott's cod liver oil capsules for him. Doc said human ones are gd enough. So trying now. Lunch preparing Huan shan soup for myself, good for intestines, protect the walls and hopefully can cleanse my body. My acne (red spots) still yet to heal and forehead itchy. Going to gynae today. My sis & bro-in-law also find it quite bad and they coming out from underneath the skin. (but at least in put camo when go out) . You can see fr the pics. Took me courage to take pics! Each time i look at them, i so so upset :( (Don't be frighten by the pic ok)

On and off, dear dear will call to ask me for my size etc. Guess these 2 days really shopping day for him hee.

Mm for me, what kept me occupy is cleaning the hse and thinking of colouring the hair. Still can't decide on the colour. It has been more than 10 years that my hair is not black! Scare turn out not nice as my hair is very flat, with black it'll be even flatter! So in that case, may need to change a bit of hair style to create the vol (but still need to long hair). Also thinking if black hair suit me. Why? Becos i have some strong features, scare i'll look very fierce (unfriendly). I hv square jaw and dark brows. And with black hair, i luckie super chinese ha ha. Hee just me, i always think a lot be4 doing smthg. Weigh the pros & cons, what cut i want, then made final decision.

Oh tis evening meeting Cindy for dinner at compass pt hee.