November has been such a punishing month - I've officially "levelled up" at working through the night for 3 nights in a row (save for the few nodding offs in front of the laptop while waiting for data to run on the system) & yelled at the kids more than I usually would (and they totally didn't deserve it, though in my defense, I needed whatever concentration was left in my ... Read More
Writing is my therapy
I've explored being a plant parent, baking, cooking, exercising, TikTokking in the past 3 months since Singapore entered Circuit Breaker (aka "lockdown) -> Phase 1 -> Phase 2, and I've realised that despite the joys the other activities have brought me (ohhhh the joy when another leaf unfurls! Or when your kids tell you how delicious your cookies are), nothing quite beats ... Read More
Once upon a Circuit Breaker
Hey Chungkins - at some point between being an increasingly irritating tween to a young adult, I want to remind you that there was a period when your seemingly-always-busy-with-work parents were home with you 24/7 for a good 2 months from Apr to May 2020, and we created a whole load of good memories together! This was known as the national 'Circuit Breaker' period when measures ... Read More
Post #1 for 2020 – hello again after 1 year & 4 months…
Hello and happy 2020! I don't know who else is still dropping by this site but epiphany struck this morning despite 4 hours of sleep (I blame it mostly on Netflix's Crash Landing On You), and I thought...why not. It's been a year and 4 months since I last posted anything on this space, and ridiculously, I've been making quarterly payments to continue hosting this site. If ... Read More
9 months of 2018 summed up in 9 squares
Hello you! I know, it's been a while. A really long while since I shared anything on this space. Writing has always been therapeutic for me, but I knew that a break away from blogging and posting content for the sake of was necessary. Slightly over a year ago, I started to see a (lack for a better term) 'life coach'. I first got acquainted with her through a workshop my mom ... Read More