Kpo Kia: I’m not sure if I want to get married when I grow up. If I don’t marry I will be lonely, but I don’t want to get married because giving birth is so painful. Mama: Not every married couple needs to give birth ah. This one you can …
Conversation with Child – Caring Heart
Kpo Kia: Mama Me: Yes, Love? Kpo Kia: Can you see my heart? Me: I can see you ah, not only your heart, I can see your whole person. Kpo Kia: Nobody can see my heart. Me: ??? Kpo Kia: Actually I have a caring heart, but no body see …
Conversation with Child – Good Girl
Kpo Kia: Mama… Me: Yes, Love (imitating her favorite TikTok creator’s way of saying) Kpo Kia: You know why I am so naughty? Me: Why? Kpo Kia: So when I am a good girl, you will know the difference. Me: 😅Mummy knows you are a GOOD-nature girl, you can just …
2023新年快乐！Happy 2023 Chinese New Year!
It’s ‘post-Covid’ in Singapore although the Covid virus is still pretty widespread among us. Guess most of us have already got infected at least once, so we are beginning to treat it as ‘common flu’. This means house visiting and group Lo Hei resume openly in Singapore! Most of us …
It’s Lo Hei time again!
It’s time for lo hei (捞起) again! According to National Heritage Board: Lo hei 捞起 (Cantonese for ‘tossing up’) refers to the communal tossing of yusheng 鱼生, a dish comprising fish slices, vegetables, spices and condiments. Traditionally, the practice was commonly observed on Renri 人日, the seventh day of the …
My second COVID-19 experience log 第二次新冠确诊备忘录 (Part 2)
14 October 2022 . Day 3 . 第三天 Guessed what? I finally managed to resolve the directional Rukib’s Cube I bought last year! I was too excited and unwrapped the cube the moment I received it, assuming it comes with some instructions on how to recover it. It was only …
My second COVID-19 experience log 第二次新冠确诊备忘录 (Part 1)
Had been hearing a lot of stories about people getting COVID for their second or even third times. So I had been quite paranoid and yet still… Guess something is unavoidable when Singapore opens up and people need commute in crowded public transport again. So exactly 7 months after my …
She’s sick again
This is a peaceful day when I ‘had a break’ from Kpo Kia since slightly before 8 pm. Yesterday, she also went to bed before 8.30 pm, just after her dinner. She’s sick again. I always feel blessed because she had been in good health since birth. There were a …
Mummy is always angry
Today is a public holiday. I had been looking forward to this long holiday for a long time, just so I can start packing the house. Due to unforeseen reasons, I only managed to start packing on the third day of our ‘long’ 4 days public holiday. In the past …
My COVID-19 experience log 我的新冠疫情备忘录
On Wednesday 9th March, Kpo Kia told us her “throat is very painful”. Feeling panic knowing so many friends infected with COVID, I make the family took Antigen Rapid Test (ART) together. Was glad to see that we are all negative!~ Can’t wait for the school holiday to start so …