Another year older, but not necessarily another year wiser. I just keep chugging along ( Read more... )

As I mentioned previously, J and I decided to have a belated birthday party for The Bun, almost two weeks after his actual birthday, so that J could be present at the party. In fact, J touched down about eight hours before the party and did a pretty good job of staying awake through his jet lag fog for the entire event ( Read more... )

The Bun turned three over the weekend, but I've been too busy to do a proper update on what went on. Apart from packing and prepping for my trip to Switzerland (I have to pack for myself and for The Bun - guess whose packing list is more complicated?) in limited pockets of free time, I'm also trying to do as much party planning before I go ( Read more... )

After all my crankiness last week, I was feeling all blah about my birthday and couldn't be bothered to think of anything that I wanted to do for a celebration. In my mind I was just 'let's get it over and done with' and I even told J that I didn't want to do a date night birthday dinner, we could just go for hawker food with The Bun and that would ( Read more... )

What better way to celebrate the end of 2011 than by documenting the day in pictures? The party with my friends was wonderful, especially because for once I didn't have to wrangle The Bun and could just relax and do what I wanted and have both hands to myself ( Read more... )

With Chinese New Year looming (or maybe, 'booming', thanks to the awful incessant migraine-inducing festive music that plagues our malls, airwaves, and everywhere outside my home) comes the inevitable routine that I will no doubt associate with the festival for the rest of my life: helping my mother make New Year cookies ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago I was whining and feeling kind of down that I wouldn't be celebrating my 30th birthday with my closest friends and family by my side. At that point the idea of my birthday looming didn't make me excited at all; instead I felt generally underwhelmed and I kept telling J that I didn't really want to do anything for a celebration ( Read more... )

One of the best feelings in the world: coming home to find a large envelope stuffed with just-for-you goodies, from one of your best friends back home. It was totally unexpected, which made it so much better ( Read more... )

The long Easter weekend was all about overeating and a newfound obsession: mahjong. I've only recently picked it up, even though my mother adores the game and plays like a fiend. When I was younger, she kept bugging me to learn how to play, but I always avoided doing so because I associated the game with two things: 1) noise!!! and 2) cheenapokness ( Read more... )

This year featured one of the most memorable and best birthdays I've had in a long while. It's not like the others were bad (how could a mystery vacation with J ever be bad?) but this one felt so different, probably because I was actually in the country and could spend time with friends and family. I guess a key sign of being older is that you ( Read more... )