Work More La!

At this very merry-go-round, this very heart wrenching episode took place.

Queenie: Mom, can you put in two dollars, so we can play this?

Me: Ok, let me check if I have the coins. *digging around in my wallet* Oops, sorry, not enough coins.

Queenie, exasperated: Go and work more la! Then you will have more money.

At that point, I wondered why I often wondered whether to work part time or not work, so I could look after them. It clearly meant more to Joquim that I have enough money. Ok, she said it in the spur of the moment. I should not take it so seriously.

But seriously, I'm going back to work tomorrow after the long weekend. Happy, Queenie?

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Haven't had the inspiration and energy to write for a long time. So, what really happened?

Life. I guess. Life takes over our lives sometimes. As in, the daily routines and obligations takes up so much energy, you feel like you have nothing left. But then, those routines and obligations make up your life.

Chinese New Year is the epitome of fulfilling obligations. You have to do things that you don't see the meaning in, just out of respect to your elders. You go from one location to another. At each location, you fulfill a series of steps, from exchanging the mandatory oranges to giving the widely anticipated red packets. Seriously, don't ever ask me why we need to do these things. I just want to have a peaceful festive season. If all it takes is for me to mindlessly obey, I would. Call me spineless if you wish. I'm simply spineless that way.

Oh well, here is an obligatory greeting that I made my daughters do. I do unto them what my elders did/do to me. It's all about respect! I have got such backbone that way.

Sweet Friendly Friends

I realised that the times my husband and I enjoy most with the girls are when we are enjoying some food together. I'm not referring to the kind of food we have to eat, like breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm referring to the kind of food you won't exactly starve and die without.

Think ice cream, waffles, pancakes, cheesecakes, and their own sweet friendly friends. With the girls and I being prone to cough lately, our number 1 choice (ice cream) has been sadly out of bounds. But thank God for lovely cakes and their other sweet friendly friends.

It's really important as a family to find common interests, so we can become sweet friendly friends with each other. I'm just not as interested in playgrounds and playing make belief, as Treasure and Queenie are. But desserts are easy to love. Desserts make us happy and help us relax.

Hopefully, as the girls grow older, they will find more common interests with me. I will just wait for that to happen. In the meantime, cheers to pancakes, and long live cheese cakes!