A Happy Mum

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• Happiness Is... Balancing Work and Play

  

  I've always believed in the importance of having a good, healthy work-life balance. For all the time we spend working hard at our jobs, we should spend the same... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A One-of-a-kind Bus Staycation - Angel is 14!

  

  As the kids grow older, birthdays gradually become more of intimate celebrations than themed parties. Remember how we held DIY parties such as Sylvanian Tea... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Cherishing Family Time While It Lasts

  

  树欲静而风不止，子欲养而亲不待。I learnt this saying recently and when I read about the meaning, tears welled up in my eyes uncontrollably. Yup, I've been having quite an... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Work Hard, Party Harder - Happy Halloween 2023

  

  My kids look forward to Halloween every year. This is not because we would attend large scale parties or do anything over the top but because of our yearly DIY... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is.... Cherishing the Old

  

  旧的不去，新的不来。This Chinese saying essentially means that to make way for the new, we have to get rid of the old. I think there's truth in that but there are also... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Not Being Too Hard on Yourself

  

  If there's one thing that I would want my kids to learn, it's how to embrace failure in life. While we all love to taste the sweetness of success, it's importan... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our 4D3N Family Trip to Desaru

  

  We love travelling as a big family and are blessed to be able to bring our parents, who get along really well, on holidays overseas. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2024 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Having a Well-deserved Break

  

  School holidays are always worth looking forward to because they are usually jam packed with lots of fun activities. I always think that it is a well-deserved... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Creating a Treasure Trove of Memories

  

  生不带来，死不带去。We bring nothing with us when we are born, we take nothing with us when we die. That is why I think that tangibles like money and valuables as well... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Forty

  

  40. I always wonder how it would feel like to turn 40 because it would mean that half of your life has passed. Have the decades been well spent? Did you... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Turning a Year Wiser

  

  April makes a special month for me because it is the month which I was born in 1983 and then got married in 2008. Yup, that also means I officially stepped... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Being Together

  

  I love the March holidays even though it only lasts a week. I mean, a week is not that short too and it is a much appreciated and well-deserved break from the... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Mum-and-kids Trip to Club Med Bintan

  

  I had been wanting to do a mum-and-kids vacation for some time and was very excited and thankful that we got the opportunity to do it at the end of last year. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Loving the Simple Days

  

  It's been getting a little harder to find time to sit down to blog these days. With the proliferation of social media tools like Instagram and TikTok, it also... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let's Have a Cocomelon Party - Ansel is 2!

  

  Woohoo! Ansel turned two earlier this year and to celebrate his special day, we kept our tradition of having a simple DIY celebration at home. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Enjoying a New Beginning

  

  The start of a new year is always something to rejoice about because it symbolises hope, gives motivation and brings joy.While I greatly enjoy Christmas and... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Long-awaited Celebration - Ariel is 10 and Asher is 7!

  

  December 2022 was a special time because it marked the birthdays of Ariel and Asher. Despite our tradition of not having lavish parties, I still wanted to make... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is.... Going on Epic Adventures

  

  2022 ended with a big bang for us as we went on fun-filled outings, celebrated milestones and finally travelled as a family. Yes, it has been years since we... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stay With You - Ansel is 1!

  

  This has been a long time in the making but I've finally completed Ansel's 1st year video, woohoo! I know, it is wayyyyy overdue but better late than never,... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness Is... Enjoying a Jam-packed Holiday

  

  We always look forward to the long year end school holidays because of all the exciting activities we can do as a family.It's the time when I can turn off the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2023 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION