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Ramblings and rumblings: Halloween no more - the things we used to love
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Halloween no more - the things we used to love. Today and for the last few days, it dawned on me that my little Princess is no longer little and she has definitely been pushing away things that confined her to what what she was. A definitely pre-teen has emerged full blown – monster or angel who can tell? For the first time this year she didn’t make me buy her a Hallowen goodie bag, and she didn’t dress up, and she didn’t go trick-or-treating. YAY! In another time, another ye...
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Ramblings and rumblings: September 08
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Dancing with old age. This year, I have been thinking a lot about how I want to age. Being home in Malaysia recently, seeing the women in my clan, I am reminded of how we can always have a good laugh, always try to do the best, including aging gracefully. Yet, on the other spectrum, getting old can be hard. What happens if early dementia sets in? What happens when your knee goes? Your joints give way? Links to this post. Sir Edmund Hilary Retirement Home. Lily's Wai Sek Hong.
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Ramblings and rumblings: October 09
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Sunday, October 9, 2011. Consumerism, I gathered from Wiki, is “a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts.” I have been asking myself this question: Am I am consumerist? Do I buy goods in ever greater amounts? Am I driven by greed and the desire to own things in hoards? Have my bad habits set up up my kid into a consumerist? My child threw out a whole of clothes into the “pink bag” for ...Consumers...
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Ramblings and rumblings: January 29
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Hanging onto our tradition. Mom doesn’t do things in bits and pieces. She is not into modest spreads. Besides feasting on her amazing food, what I treasure most is the tradition she has left me. I know as we evolve, our culture and tradition take on their own shape-shifting. Just as Christmas is not complete with Christmas pudding, for me, Chinese New Year is not complete without pineapple tarts! I miss mom’s cooking and her disproportionately ambitious spreads. As I Sees It.
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Ramblings and rumblings: February 07
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Sunday, February 7, 2010. 10,000 hours to be truly good. I bought this book called Outliers, The Story of Success, for Tony as a Christmas present. It was a cheeky thing to do but I learnt this trick from him who excels at buying me things he wanted. Where I depart, I think, from the author, is the difference between "having it" and not having it - talent or in-born knack, the code in your DNA which gives you just that edge in differentiating yourself between good and outstanding. Links to this post.
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Ramblings and rumblings: Dancing with old age
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Dancing with old age. This year, I have been thinking a lot about how I want to age. Being home in Malaysia recently, seeing the women in my clan, I am reminded of how we can always have a good laugh, always try to do the best, including aging gracefully. Yet, on the other spectrum, getting old can be hard. What happens if early dementia sets in? What happens when your knee goes? Your joints give way? Sir Edmund Hilary Retirement Home. Hi, I welcome your say on the matter!
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Ramblings and rumblings: October 31
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Halloween no more - the things we used to love. Today and for the last few days, it dawned on me that my little Princess is no longer little and she has definitely been pushing away things that confined her to what what she was. A definitely pre-teen has emerged full blown – monster or angel who can tell? For the first time this year she didn’t make me buy her a Hallowen goodie bag, and she didn’t dress up, and she didn’t go trick-or-treating. YAY! In another time, another ye...
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Ramblings and rumblings: May 09
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Sunday, May 9, 2010. I have a mom who read me stories. Mother’s Day came and went. I rang mom to wish her “Happy Mother’s Day”…she was happy that I rang, happy that I remembered. I hadn’t organised any presents although on her birthday, which was just a few days ago, I organised some chocolates and cake online for arrival on her birthday. I remember this incident because this is one of mom’s many golden rules that Princess has taken to heart. If there are changes to the time she needs to get ho...Here...
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Ramblings and rumblings: Hanging onto our tradition
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Hanging onto our tradition. Mom doesn’t do things in bits and pieces. She is not into modest spreads. Besides feasting on her amazing food, what I treasure most is the tradition she has left me. I know as we evolve, our culture and tradition take on their own shape-shifting. Just as Christmas is not complete with Christmas pudding, for me, Chinese New Year is not complete without pineapple tarts! I miss mom’s cooking and her disproportionately ambitious spreads. Greetings from ...