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Catching the Sunrise
I am so glad we can now walk outside without our masks. It feels so liberating to be able to take a slow walk and breathe in the fresh morning air. Oh and a glimpse of that orange blue skyline … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged beautiful, family, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore, walking
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Seeking Blogs Worth Reading in 2022: Whimsical, Genuine, Uncluttered & Well Crafted
It’s really hard to maintain a blog over the years. Several I have adored have left the scene and sadly been abandoned. They had so much potential too. So here I am seeking some new ones. As I have been … Continue reading
Dreams for My Blog
If I won the lottery tomorrow (won’t happen because I don’t even buy those things), I’d still want to continue writing and that includes blogging. I would then feel rich enough to pay a web developer for a redesign, but … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged Art, blog, blogging, family, Life, Living, personal, photography, Singapore, thoughts, travel
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Culture Shock #1: Why is Living with Your Parents Stigmatized
As a kid in Asia I never could understand why in most Christmas movies, the kid who lives apart from their parents, often in a different State, dreads their visit. Why don’t they love their parents? It confused me on … Continue reading
Looking Back
Grateful for every single visit I got in the hospital and at home since I was diagnosed this January. Each of those visits made the journey so much more bearable and even brought so many moments of joy. Feel so … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer
Tagged cancer, endometrial cancer, family, friends, Grateful, gratitude, ovarian cancer
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Family
The thing that makee me the happiest is family harmony and love. Nothing beats warm hugs from loved ones. I think most of my family have no idea how much I love them. I don’t really express it, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer
Tagged cancer, chemo, endometrial cancer, family, Fatigue, ovarian cancer, side effects
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Great Week
Been having a great week. I think it’s because my double operation wounds (hysterectomy followed by laparoscopic surgery) are healing. Previously I had to start chemo before the wounds had completely healed so was in a lot of pain and … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged chemo, endometrial cancer, family, love, nieces, ovarian cancer, side effects
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Best Day in Months
Visited my Aunt, Uncle and nieces today and felt so much joy and love it was indescribable. I was on cloud nine. Energized me so much that chemo fatigue was truly non existent. The innocence, pure love and exuberance of … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings
Tagged children, family, gratitude, joy, love, nieces, ovarian cancer, personal, thankful
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About Being Positive And Cancer
I had a good mind to start a whole new secret private blog for cancer, but I decided, heck it, I’m writing from my heart, and writers have to be brutally honest, so I just have to hope that people … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings
Tagged being positive, cancer, family, feelings, love, ovarian cancer, personal
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The Worst Part of Cancer
The worst part is definitely a sense of loosing your independence and not being able to do what you used to. I feel it most painfully in the simple things like not being able to carry my nieces or run … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings
Tagged cancer, family, love, nieces, ovarian cancer, personal
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There’s Nothing More Precious then a Talking Toddler
Yes I often gush about my nieces because they are so gush worthy (I’m sure every aunt or uncle feels the same). Just wish I could stay in the moment for longer. In the moment of their pure innocence. I … Continue reading
Time is Precious
I haven’t been writing from the heart. Being afraid of revealing too much and loosing my privacy. Writing from the heart is what comes naturally to me so that’s why I’ve been having writer’s block. It’s a self imposed state. … Continue reading
Clueless about Cloud Storage. Please Help?
This is something critical I need to do, so how better to get it in the forefront of my mind then to write about it. But on this matter I tend to procrastinate even though it’s so important to me. … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged Apple, backup, cloud storage, external hard drive, family, iMac, memories, personal, photos, tech
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Drink & Dessert Set at Paul (& My Patient Cousin)
After being disappointed by the closed queue at Laduree we still had macarons on our mind. So we both opted for the S$12.90 set at Paul which included macarons. Alas, they were just sweet and not great. The cream brulee … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Cousin, family, Hot Chocolate, love, macaron, Ngee Ann City, Paul, Takashimaya
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Birthday Cakes: The More Candles the Merrier
I may repeat this a lot but I have very caring aunts and uncles who keep me sane. They do so much for us, are really supportive and I wish everyone could have close knit families like this. Even if … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged aunts, birthday, candles, carrot cake, family, love, many candles, strawberry short cake, surprise, uncles
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Birthday Cake Memories
Wrote about my birthday cake memories. Remember when you were a child and the big reveal – when the cake box was opened for the first time and everyone marvelled? There was something magical about that. And who doesn’t like cake … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, White as Milk
Tagged birthday cake, childhood, family, love, memories, personal, thoughts
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#95. Don’t Miss Out on the Little Ones Growing Up
I guess this one only applies if you have little ones in your family in Singapore. If you lived anywhere else or had to be posted overseas for work it would be such a downer. You’d miss out on their … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Reasons to be Happy in Singapore
Tagged cousins, family, happiness, joy, little ones, love, personal
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Childhood Activities in the 70’s
These days the activities of children seem to be so commercialized. Wrote about my 70’s childhood and it made me think about simpler days when we made up our games and those lovely sand pits at the playground. Very hard … Continue reading
Our Shooting Star
Thinking about someone very close to me today. Someone we lost. Someone who is always on my mind even if it’s been a few years. Time becomes immaterial when you lose someone, although time does help you cope. He had … Continue reading
Wan Hao at Marriott Hotel
Sorry I’ve been away for a while. Been having fun celebrating birthdays and now Deepavali. Have a post over at White as Milk about celebrating with a big family. We had Chinese food at Wan Hao, a Chinese restaurant with … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, White as Milk
Tagged Celebration, family, Food, Marriott Hotel, Peking Duck, Wan Hao
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Why I Take Lots of Photos
I’m referring to photos I take of family. It’s a simple reason. It’s because I wish I had more photos with my dad. I do have my memories of sweet times with him but the photos help jog my memory … Continue reading
