Appreciating January

31st Jan (Sat)

20 residents + 7 volunteers + 3 staff went gai gai @ Singapo人 then enjoyed a hearty dinner & Lou Hei @ KEK Seafood

28th Jan (Wed)

lunch with partner'23 and to pass her 蔡妈咪's famous fried crabstick for cny... All will be well!!! 😍😍😍

more luv from from LJ, class partner and table partner

24th Jan (Sat)

couldnt go back to sleep upon waking up at 5+ 就心血来潮自己一个人六早七早去我最喜欢的 punggol park 走走走三圈... 别有一番风味... but still not enough to make it into a regular routine... 😂😂😂

ong ong is ready for cny with his botak fur-cut & new scarf... 😍😍😍 

steamboat dinner @ Cy's

to celebrate 3 birthdays!!! 

23rd Jan (Fri)

我差点疯掉 upon seeing what Mich hung on my gate when i got home from work... it was a whole bag of '小老公'的 merchandise!!!

i texted her OMG OMG OMG... what is this?!?!?!?!  

and she said that these are for looking after her 3 kitty baobeis during the dec hols... 😍😍😍 yet 😅😅😅... 太太太破费了!!! 

postcards 

picture cards 

meme stickers ... 😂😂😂

monthly calendar

and my favourite is this DAILY calendar!!! 

一天一个帅小老公可养眼... 😍😍😍

besides just keeping them, what can i do / what am i going to do with all these 帅 pics?????? 

21st Jan (Wed)

every morning = 小老太婆最容易摆布的时候... 😂😂😂

18th Jan (Sun)

Alfred treated lunch @ Xiang Xiang, Cwp then we booked mummy's first flight since her stroke (2019)!!! the Chuas is going Okinawa & Osaka!!! Woohoo!!! 

17th Jan (Sat)

a morning of dance, sumo fights, songs and colouring with & for the residents... brought a work pal along!!!

15th Jan (Thur)

appreciating AR, MJ, SN & QY for throat luv luv on this cough cough cough + no voice week of work !!!... 差点忘了还有每天喂我一匙 honey 的 monisha... 😍😍😍

appreciating fellow TNT fan who created this cute cute calendar which is on display at my work station!!! 😍😍😍

13th Jan (Tue)

appreciate given a mic in school a few years back...  

first time using it though cos i 上班没几天就失声了 !!!

10th Jan (Sat)

appreciate a friend who will drive into JB for super early breakfast and supermarket stock up on a random weekend... 😅 

5th Jan (Mon)

first day of kiddos filled work day... non-stop busy busy from the moment i reached school at 7am all the way till 2.30pm... print this, print that, pack this, pack that, tell this, tell that,  collect this, collect that... 

appreciate a yummy welcome back lunch 

appreciate Tim & his parents for 'transporting' the autumn leaves that i requested for on last minute notice so so so 用心-ly from his Japan trip in Nov...   

 

icing on the cake : i formed TWO DURIANS!!! 

I.II.MMXXVI

appreciate having this furry 小老太婆 in my life although it's a 因小失大 day today!!! 

因找到一颗小小的犬牙, immediately sent 小老太婆 for health check 而失了 $490 的医药费... why doggie no doggiesave?!?!?!?

scaredy dog awaiting her turn at the vet

vet says she's in the pink of health!!! gum no issue also so no cause of concern for a tooth drop due to her old age of 15 this year!!! 😍😍😍... 要陪 mummy 多 好多 好多年 k?!?!?

1st Jan (Thur)

has been collating bits of life in monthly entries for 6 years le... started off with : 

 

2020 > In ...

2021 > As and When in ...

2022 > Happiness in ...

2023 > Blessings in ...

2024 > Joy in ...

2025 > Giving Thanks in ... 

and for its 7th year in 2026, it shall be > Appreciating... 

to remind me to continue to appreciate all that i have, big & small... 😍😍😍  

and on this first day of 2026, i'm appreciating the chuas

Alvin treated lunch @ Wanglu hotpot and over our chit chats, my supposed solo 'interval' trip, became a me and alfred trip, then a me, alfred and alvin trip, then became a chua family trip... woohoo!!! 😂😂😂

Inktober52 2026

今年的 Inktober 52 迟到了... 1st prompt was only released on the 15th of Jan with 2 backdated prompts as FREE TIME*... 😂😂😂

This year's goal #7 is to "Complete (at least) 75% of Inktober 52" which equates to a minimum of 39 out of 52 drawings !!!... that's 5 more than last year's attempt !!!

30th Jan

29th Jan : Carl & Ellie's cozy corner

19th Jan : I paraGLIDEd amidst hot air balloons in Türkiye in 2024!!!

17th Jan : 这个星期 (T1W2) 的 FREE TIME 拿来 complete Work Planner 2026 的最后四页 之 Andy Goldsworthy for July and one of the pages was decorated with ginkgo leaves from Japan... 😍😍😍

18th Jan: FREE TIME this week (T1W1) was spent enjoying an early breakfast in JB

I Read ... (in progress)

quite proud of myself of re-developing a reading habit and in this 3rd year, i read...

(3) completed on : 26 Jan 

Believe in the butterfly effect: 

take action today, no matter how small that action is.

Think Big

Start Small

Act Now

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(2) completed on : 7 Jan 

oki! need to do up my LPA.. found out that i had a draft 4/5 done in the system back in 2023, just didnt get it certified... wahahhaa... 

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(1) completed on : 1 Jan 

 

at the expense of my patience... 好累 好烦 还不想面对

Home Sweet Home 3.0

 been listening to jeo and hf excitedly chirping about their home purchase respectively since sept 2024... tagged along to one of their reno consults, went furniture viewing with them in JB oct 2024 and also mattresses testing in Feb 2025... make me so 心痒痒 till i also wanna do an update on home sweet home...

search search search and found my floor plan!!! 

happily 'morphing' home sweet home 3.0 in my head!!! 

as of today (19 Jan 2026), i wanna / i have :

All Areas : 

• polish marble flooring (quote $1700 by Stamford)
• patching + a new coat of paint (quote $1730 by Primecoat )
• remove aircon units + compressor + built-in (quote $1000 by Primecoat) 
• update switches placement 
• more greens 
  
  
  

Living Room : 

• room 3 whiteboard (180cm) to work area
• remove wall shelves, tv console, big-S tv, door bell, magnetic door stopper, curtain rods 
• room 1 cabinet as tv console  
• swop work area with massage chair (done - 15 Apr '25)
• new work chair @ $46.66 (bought - 14 Apr '25) 

• rainbow door mat for main & toilet doorway @ $7.83 each (bought - 13 May'25)

• new lights ?!?!?!

• 2 + 1 sofa set @ $865 + $739 (bought - 5 Jun '25)  

• sofa covers @ $52.87 (bought - 15 Jun '25) 

Bedroom 1 & 2 : 

• remove mirror & divider
• remove wardrobe 
• remove unnecessary tv point & land line point 
• remove big whiteboard 
• split king bed frame into 2, move 1 into room 2 

Bedroom 3 :

• new bedframe & mattress   
• window curtains 
• remove cabinets & main ceiling light 
• install track lights for dressing area 

• grey furry carpet at full length mirror area 
• dressing area curtain 
• pole system @ $34.68 (bought - 22 Apr '25)

• shelving cabinets @ $69.54 (bought - 26 Apr '25)

• full length mirror @ $41.97 (bought - 26 Apr '25)

• floor lamp next to bed @ $28.05 (bought - 7 Jun '25)

Kitchen : 

• pets corner to replace dinning area
• Vinyl over existing tiles (quote $980 by Primecoat) 
• exchange white & metal assist bars btw the toilets 
• living room lights to kitchen + align into a straight line
• change window handles 
• cement base for washing machine 
• buy microwave @ $56.41 (bought - 19 Oct '25)  

Toilet : 

• gear up common toilet (cutely) 

$21.14

3x @ $2.82 each

• attached the LOVE wall hooks from home sweet home 1.0 

Give away / throw :

• mj table, dinning table & bench (Jeo took - June '25)
• 6x plastic chairs (Cy took - Jan'26)
• room 2 big whiteboard
• foldable tables (x4) & foldable chairs (x6)
• king mattress (throw ?? wash???)
• brown sofa (thrown on 10 July - thank you town council ppl)

~ 😍😍😍 ~