In July

31 July (Fri) - Hari Raya Haji

woke up by these 2 jumpy bunnies asking to be carried up the bed...

so happy so happy to be able to sleep in... no alarm... 自然醒... shiok... officially woke up by 2pm to get ready to welcome the ladies..

today's dinner was at my favourite Tie Fun Wan @ Kovan...

Laurice & Joyce tried the lobster bowls, mab had braised pork with mee tai mak and i had the terriyaki chicken rice bowl... their crispy chicken skin was so good we ta-bao 2 packs as snack for our round 2... =D

circuit breaker turned laurice into an avid online shopper and we benefited from it.... 2 masks for each of us.... gomawo... =*

30 July (Thurs)

home baked by Sylvia... very yummy!!!

had my favourite grab lunch although it's very expensive at $14

super yummilicious kimchi fried rice with my favourite sunny-side-up and it is always still warm by the time i eat it after school... mad luv...

me with my favourite 抱抱

took a 2 hour nap nap and an amazing idea just popped into my head... invite a local illustrator to share his/her work, motivation, dream during aesthetics assembly talk, our pupils to ask the illustrator questions instead of the usual Q & A, then hold a picture book competition where the illustrator is one of the judges... =D

remembered that i have some items in my zalora cart so login to see if i still like them... happiness to see that zalora having 40% + 5% discount... hurry empty my cart then re-shop...

6 dresses at $78.51 = $13.085 / dress

i luv colours + i luv dresses + i luv a good bargain = i mad mad mad luv affordable dresses in different colours... =D

what a great start to the long weekend...

woohoo!!!!!!

29 July (Wed)

box of love from Wufang... made my day... =)

coincided with CY's route & timing to ST in AMK so had lunch together at the 4 million Kay Lee Roast Meat stall and had a free ride home... double woohoo!!

nap nap + did laundry + compiled art module for P4 Responsibility's GIF lesson and P2 modelling clay kampung house lesson in SLS .... what an efficient evening i had... triple woohoo!!!... =D

28 July (Tue)

favourite chicken rice for breakfast at 9+am

spent my free period decorating my school organisor with stickers... =)

pretty pretty pretty... encourage me to write more neatly too else i will just scribble.... =P

rewarded myself for the neck-breaking duty with everything i luv from Mac... =)

what made this meal even yummier was that it was paid with vouchers from Happydot... heee

2 rounds on my 小红椅 relieved much of the shoulder and neck ache too.. =)

my hair has been lumpy and oily since Sunday although i washed them every day... i attributed it to the probable inferior hair dye that i did last week... then i found out i had been washing my hair with conditioner for the last few days... =S

had replaced my shampoo with conditioner... they look so similar lo then the word print so small... angry!!!

and just because i had bought the conditioner, i have to add it in to my hair care routine which previously only consist of shampoo... =S

27 July (Mon)

had pontian wanton mee with bubble tea for brunch before going home for a good 2 hours + nap nap...

heated up the rice and 咸菜鸭汤 from last night and pampered myself with 3 kinds of 小菜s just because the dish 'said' so... heee

What a happy first day of school... =D

26 July (Sun)

prayer for rain this morning went unanswered... so 七早八早被 chunyang 拉去 recce Dairy Farm ... yawn !!!

walked approx 5km then it was breakfast time to load back the calories burnt ... wahahaha

超爱和妈妈挤挤乐的糖小胖...=D

maybe i over-exercised... maybe the weather was too hot for me... body just didnt feel optimal enough to make the trip back to woodlands... so angela delivered her love over to hougang instead.... awwww

2 portions of my favourite 咸菜鸭汤... luv luv luv.... yum yum yum....

she also did a video call-in so i still got to see all the chuas & their liabilities... =D

big strawberry for mummy and the small ones for the pups

"JUST GIVE US THE STRAWBERRY !!!"

wahahahaha....

25 July (Sat)

this was printed on the menu + table mat of Canopy Garden Dining which i had lunch @ with yuan yesterday...

so this cup of goodness came on the right lesson from J's & J's mum...

she must had predicted that i was gonna be stressed by one of the Js today that i deserved this cup of goodness ... =S

3rd day on this cutie.... =)

24 July (Fri)

met up with yuan for lunch @ Canopy Garden dining ... glad to be placed indoor but would love it even more if we got to sit right by the full height windows... =D

lunch set @ $29...

heavy downpour on the way home ... had wanted to wait it out under the flat at the traffic light cos i really hate to get my feet in shoes wet but a super kind lady offered to share her umbrella with me and it would be impolite of me to say no...

long story short : i was half drenched cos her umbrella was pretty tiny and i had to walk a further distance as she was heading to the bus stop instead of the block right opposite the traffic light.... 但遇到好心人还是一件开心的事...

took a bath, took a nap and spent my night with the pups, netflix and my new hobby...

23 July (Thurs)

although home sweet home is under the care and maintenance of 洪妈妈, it has been almost 5 months since i last saw her...

brought her to Tie Fun Wan where she had

and I had

chef threw in complimentary cold tofu and fried chicken skin... 

the lobsters were SUPER FRESH & SUPER SWEET...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

my favourite art teacher, Cassie Stephen, is crazy over felting and she always makes it looks so easy on all her tutorials so i decided to give it a try too when i chanced upon this cute felt kit @ Daiso last Monday...

luv the detailed step by step instruction... =D

it's quite therapeutic... it's like poking on a voodoo doll... and i was having joy niam-ing the 污点 in my life while i poked vigorously away... ARGH!!! angry....

looking good... not too bad for first attempt... =D

Got cued by MX to join Read for Books 2020 - Zoom Read Together Session co-hosted by #BeKindSG ... a total of 62 people zoomed in... =)

did 15 minutes of silent reading on my favourite book ... bought it in 2012 and had read it at least twice... it's based on a true story of a mum's wishes that her husband and her two sons will do/ continue with when she passed on....

reading this book always reminds me of what's important in my life... spending quality time with those i love and to create happy memories together whenever possible... there are people who arent given a chance / choice to do so yet there are also many who chose not to do it when it's possible and then have to live with regrets when it's all too late...

surprised to see that there's a movie on it... but not available on youtube leh... =S

anyway, found this piece of 22 years old love ''kiap" in the book... Thanks Zhuan for the lovely friendship since 1998... =*

22 July (Wed)

super tiring day @ MX's.... we wrote and decorated 400 thank you cards!!! ... the pain in my fingers was no joke... reminded me of JC time when we had to write 4 econ essays, each at least 3 pages long, in 3 hours.... =S

used the cute hello kitty brush pen that Ai Rin gave me for most of the writing this round.... =)

super pretty retro Polaroid film stickers to our rescue when we ran out of stickers....

we were so focused that we forgot to eat the strawberries that we bought before we got started on our 400 cards... so i bought a box home to share them with the pups... =D

the pups love it... =D

21 July (Tues)

finally found a suitable top for this super cute artsy mickey mouse skirt that was bought online last year ...

we were rejected by The White Rabbit, Culina Market & Como because they were fully booked by the time we reached Dempsey @ 11.30am...

eventually settled @ PS Cafe Harding road with the NIE ladies for lunch... thanks Claire for the treat... =*

yummy yummy so super full that i had another food coma induced nap this afternoon ...

Life's great with great friends, yummy food and good naps.... =D

had this box of deco tapes for YEARS... and only found the reason to use it now... =)

MX said that we needed to make at least 250 of these tomorrow when I go over to her place... I decided to start earlier since i was free for the night... completed 50 ... =)

20 July (Mon)

started the first day of this unique once in my teaching life time one week school hol in July RIGHT with a brunch @ Coastal Settlement

with none other than my favourite fellow maggot... =D

shared a pot of chamomile tea and got starred at when i told him that this place is well-known for its coffee... wahahaha...

all day breakfast for him and portobello mushroom burger for me...

thick succulent mushroom slices with cheese in my burger... super yummy.....

collected this year's National Day goody bag on the way home cos no queue at all... =)

what a unique and suitable collection of goodies for this Pandemic Year... =P

took a food coma induced afternoon nap then headed out to meet angela @ Bugis Cube for hair stuff...

after dark brown dye, treatment and trim later...

bye bye c-curl.... i will get you back @ the end of the year...

i luv luv angela's ash green hair.... i really like interesting colour hair.... if not for my job, i think my hair will be in all sorts of colours too....

P5 art kidds' Children's day presents arrived...

they had missed the lesson on washi tape in term 2 because of covid-19 so gonna let them have a lucky dip on these mini washi tapes that i bought through shopee... $1.50 per box of 10....

19 July (Sun)

也是很喜欢 cushion 的糖小胖

18 July (Sat)

this 小老太婆 is really my favourite sleeping kaki oh... she is really in deep sleep every night...

Grab my favourite mee suan and spicy crispy chicken for dinner from Snackz It

and enjoyed a whole mango by myself... 可怜的小胖只有看的份... =P

finally had the motivation to complete the first 10 of 20 birthday cards that i 'promised' myself to make for the residents @ the welfare home for the "A Very Special Walk Challenge" ... =D

17 July (Fri)

from a mystery friend from work who forgot to leave her name...

a box of tea from Cherandy ..

thanks for being my mentee too...

Lunch @ PS

and the main reason why i was at PS was to change the battery for my Swatch watch... it had stopped by Wednesday morning when i woke up but i still had to put it on for yesterday and today for school... wahahahaha.... made me realised how risky it is for me to have only ONE watch for school.... =P

tried a few watches and was happy to find this Swatch watch that fits my criteria and budget ($145)... =D

Angela 被我骗到 PS.... we were supposed to go do hair treatment and / or dye in Bugis ... but by the time i called the salon to make an appointment, no more slot liao and she was already in dhoby ghaut.... oopx...

so she accompanied me on my third daiso shopping within the last 12 days and 我还是有东西买!!! .... =S

the "We Love Daiso" facebook page is really 害人不浅... everyday have so many so many daiso-ians post their daiso 战利品s and share how they can use the items that i'm convinced by them too... =S

tea, coffee & souffle @ Hosino to compensate Angela for her wasted trip down to meet me... =D

encouraged by Zhuan's and her daughter's kindness act, i also prepared 'tea set' for the estate cleaners whom i spotted working hard even at 6+pm when i pushed my kitchen window opened upon reaching home ... =D

16 July (Thurs)

a chinese name that caught my attention...

this was my top choice of kiddo's name if i had one... 感 (恩) 快 (乐)... ambitious me was already thinking of a name for our 洪宝宝 in our first year of marriage...i wanted to have a child who is appreciative and happy @ all times...

i remembered we had such a great laugh then when we decided that we shall name our boy 洪炸弹 💣 and our girl 洪苹果 🍎 ... thankfully, both didnt have the fate to materialise...

it's a love-note day today.... 💟

just in time to remind me to remind my kiddos that all i want for teacher's day is hand-drawn &/or hand-written love notes... please please please dont buy me anything... i do appreciate the love from the kiddos and their parents so it does make me feel guilty of donating or re-gifting most of the items received every year .... but i really have to, i cant stand keeping things (even hidden in cupboards) that i dont use ....

chunyang came to send me home from work as he was nearby... it was like back to jiemin days... =D

a peek into the pups' pom pomz time...

15 July (Wed)

today is mango day for me... =) ... 谢谢洪妈妈 💗

这个喜新厌旧的家伙!!! 有了新的 alligator 抱抱就不要它的cushions 了... =S

the pups have been deprived of snacks for the last few days liao... so purposely made a trip down to NTUC to get these for them...

14 July (Tues)

surprise treat in my snack basket from Ai Rin... muacks muacks...

a trip to NTUC after school to stock up for school holiday next week... heee

J & J are gonna be so happy when they see this filled up snack box on Saturday...

having tom yum mee suan at the almost finished decorated stone egg...

the thought process now is put what on the glass plate as decor ah??? hmmm...

apple day for the pups...

i love that they are always so gentle and patient even when they are enjoying their apple bites... =*

13 July (Mon)

Happy Racial Harmony Day...

changed into this costume just for the morning program and was back in my t-shirt & jeans (dress down June & July) in less than 2 hours... =P

met up with mx for lunch after school @ Hai Di Lao, PS... no queue @ 2.15pm.... woohoo!!!

was put off by the long waiting hours previously so despite its popularity, this was my first steamboat session @ Hai Di Lao... =P

service was really above any other restaurants i have been to... wireless charging port available on the table, gave ziplock bags to keep our masks, asked if mx needed hair tie and sleeve tie to keep her long hair and sleeves in place...

price is on the high side... cost us $93 ... my favourite was the brown sugar fried rice cake (not in pic... =S) and the spicy sauce which made everything super yummy.... wahahaha

shopping therapy @ Daiso... in the process of beautifying home sweet home and replacing all the heavy & ugly ikea bowls & plates with lighter ones...

came home to these goodies waiting for me.... 谢谢洪妈妈

took a 1 hr+ nap nap... life is good... =)

12 July (Sun)

flew off the bed to bark at whoever was at our door this morning... then came back with this pitiful face to ask to be carried up the bed again... how to say no to this face???...

well, i did... just for a while to tease her... who ask her 七早八早 bark bark bark... =P

see that 幸福 smile of hers when i finally carried her up to snuggle our Sunday morning away... =)

a scene from About Time... it's about time to go diving lo... =)

料很多的猪肚汤 from the Heat-n-Eat pack series of tie fun wan... super yummy...

one of the happy outcomes from the current situation is that i get to spend more time every Sunday with the chuas... no need to rush home immediately after dinner cos someone wants to exercise, wants to do work

nowadays i hang around at woodlands home till 9+ or 10, watch a netflix movie or youtube videos together, laugh, joke and share stories, enjoy dessert; and for this week - Swensen's earthquake ...

and mac fries, apple pies and nuggets

i'm seriously rethinking the plan where all the chuas live together... i think the way they enjoy food is a danger to my health and size... =P

11 July (Sat)

15 years ago - you couldnt see your future and took the plunge... i miss our time together...

11 years ago - you thought you were mature and responsible enough to shoulder an adult relationship and took the plunge... i'm utterly disappointed in you...

maybe because it's this day... maybe it's because i didn't take medication for 2 days... my thoughts are dark & unhealthy till i had a terrible headache... sane enough to not want to end up in jail or in the coffin... so back to medication + 2 panadol tablets to ease the headache... i think i fell asleep before 8pm...

10 July (Fri)

why is this food thief back??? had to clear bird shit on the kitchen floor and window ledge again these few days after a few months of hiatus liao leh... =S

gave the 3rd generation of mask a chance for the short trip out to fulfill my citizen's duty... happy to find the mask so much more breathable in than the 1st generation of mask.... Yeah!!!

 

why does my brownie look so 无奈 in today's wefie ah?!?!?!

9 July (Thurs)

happy to be asked to leave school on the dot as the compound will be 'handed over' to the polling team for set up from 2pm onwards...

took a fabulous nap only to wake up @ 6.15pm to see that lene had texted me to meet her at kovan by 6pm to have dinner together @ tie fun wan.... she had made a wasted trip up to kovan and waited for me in vain... argh!!! (so so so sorry) and i had wasted the chance to try out tie fun wan's lobster menu... double argh!!!

but i still want a good dinner to celebrate the long weekend... =)

way too much for my 'small' tummy tum tum so kept the chicken wings for tmr.. =)

i seemed to be much better, much in control of my emotion and so tried a night without my medication...

8 July (Wed)

Thanks Jannah... Best wishes on your next adventure in life... =D

a happy situation... given the rate of my monthly water bill with SP, this negative value will only gets 'smaller'... emailed sembcorp and am happy that they helped to unlink my giro payment so that future electrical bill deduction will also be deducted from here...

she just loves the cold water droplets that condense on my cup... =D

7 July (Tues)

spent all my free periods today cutting 65 bundles of 5 strands of wool each for the P3 net making lesson this week...

chunyang came to pick me up on the dot at dismissal to go buy sofa for 蔡家 with me... the old one is 7 years old and is sinking in and angela suspects that it could be one of the causes for mummy's leg spasm... =S

this eventually caught my eye cos it's firm, the narrow width allows 蔡 mummy to lean against the back fully while watching netflix and the extreme right and left seats are recline-able for those who want to 翘脚... =D

finally went to collect the 3rd generation of mask...

before meeting Vivian & Xinying @ Tie Fun Wan Kovan...

though i was still super full from the heavy lunch earlier on, i couldnt resist the yummilicious fried chicken skin... super addictive lo...

the fries with chilli crab sauce that vivian ordered was delicious too...

bought vacuum packed fried chicken skin for huishan , 说巧不巧, she was just talking about it yesterday...

Vivian had the Garlic Cheese Lobster with Truffle La Mian

looks good hor??? they are serving a lobster menu currently... shall get someone to go try it with me soon... =D

we were already very full but we still wanna try Tie Fun Wan's Heat-n-Eat Pack 猪肚汤...

so mega luv that i bought 2 packs to share with the Chuas for this Sunday's dinner... =)

also bought a box of 猪脚醋 which Alvin was just requesting for last Sunday...

these Heat-n-Eat packs are vacuum packed and can be kept for at least a week in the freezer... =D

5 July (Sun)

Chef 三宝 got lobang to buy 5 crabs at $77 so a chili crab feast we had to celebrate 蔡妈咪's discharge from hospital... =)

mummy helped in preparing the crab... 杀一只🦀需要三个人咯... =D

yummy yummy yummy!!!

~ 有口福的蔡家 ~

4 July (Sat)

except for J & J lesson, i napped the whole afternoon away... a much needed recharge for a new norm full teaching week... 身心都大不如前了...

my fellow napper.... dont know what she needs to recharge from though... =D

3 July (Fri)

pressie from chair & vice-chair of Open House to start our first ever virtual open house day!!!

conducted my first ever live-online lesson

*my princess pinkie is making a statement even in my art... hee...

all thanks to Alison for fixing all the tech messed up; hang video, forgot to unmute when i was giving instruction, couldnt see my own scene etc... i'm so embarrassed of my tech dinosaur status... =P

3 of us taking a breather... wahahahaha...

was so worn out by the full teaching load of the week that i took a 3 hour nap and could still sleep for the night...

2 July (Thurs)

birthday mini cupcake from one of the kiddos & woobbee bubble tea from huishan as appetitiser...

before this super yummy kimchi cheese baked fried rice with sunny-side-up lunch arrived... finally satisfied my craving for kimchi from all the k-dramas... hee

received this from my 'angel' ... 谢谢 u...

then realised that i wrote my card wrongly... i thought the blank was for another name... wahahahaha...

~ dinner ~

我的胖胖宝贝

1 July (Wed)

received my 100 packs of cookies delivery from metta cafe

managed to squeeze in a one hour nap (woohoo!!!) before visiting mummy at YCH... happy to see that her weaker leg is much straighter... happy to see her happily giving out the cookies to the nurses... happy to see her enjoying the grapes that i brought and happy to share my nasi lemak 料 with her... =D

~ 开心可以很简单, 也可以很日常 ~