It is only a 5-min short film but it speaks more than any 2-hour long hollywood movie.

My colleague forwarded this link to us today and it brought some of us to tears close to tears in the office. When you start to feel impatient and annoyed by your parents, think again what you have done to annoy and hurt your parents in the past.

I am one, guilty of this too.

How have you been treating your parents? Why can’t we love them as “unconditionally” as they do to us?

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My recent research on Personal and Public Space led me to this book. (p. 316)

Click here for the text.

And look at my “highly personalised desk”, was I EXTREMELY HAPPY or what?

I must change my cubicle tag to –> The TOP 3 HAPPIEST WORKER HERE.

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Just a month ago, I was asked not to report to work when I touched down in Singapore (from Bangkok).

I remember reading my sms when I reached home. My boss said I should stay at home until they verified if Bangkok was “safe”. *secretly very happy*

But was only quarantined in the morning. When I was asked to return at 11am, my colleagues asked me to hug them or sneeze on them. Suddenly I became a “highly desirable object to be touched“. Nat wanted me to sneeze in the lift so everyone can catch my bugs (if there was any).

Today, she was quarantined for 7 days because her mom just returned from Perth. I met her in the morning and we weren’t told about this until afternoon. I received an email that I was appointed as her “flu buddy” – to monitor her movements, contacts and temperature daily.

I sent her an email: I should have hugged you just now…:)

Suddenly the H1N1 self-quarantined peole have become the teddy bears.

I also just returned from Penang on Sunday. But Penang is not counted…Aiks.. But Mike was quarantined too because of his recent trip to Bangkok. Looks like I went to Bangkok at the right time then, before it turns into a SCT (sustained community transmission) country.

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My neighbour gave birth to a twin – a BOY and a GIRL!

I called it, the JACKPOT.

Aren’t they lovely? They are only 2 weeks old.

Frankly, I used to find it hard to comprehend how a mother would do the same thing around the clock – feed, burp, put the baby to sleep and change diaper. Then it starts all over again, a routine and cycle that runs repetitively around 24 hours for a few months!!

But after dropping by for 2 days in a row now, my perception has changed. In fact, I surprised myself for just watching the babies slept for 2 hours. ME, sitting there doing anything for 2 hours! Any tiny movement excited me too. I just want to wait for them to wake up again and smile at me. The 2-hour is completely worth it!

So far, their routines have been very timely. They wake up for feeding every 2 hours, and go back to sleep again. That’s what a baby do anyway. So to catch them with their eyes wide open is very rare. Sometimes I just want to annoy them by poking their cheeks and tickling their feet if they oversleep a bit. I am so addicted to fond of their scents, too! Nothing beats a newborn natural scent, man.

It never fails to melt my heart when their tiny hands grab my finger. I just go soft and melt like a glue.

Aww…

I have been helping out in feeding and changing diapers. I must say, baby’s poo poo no longer freaks me out.

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Can’t believe I was still “shocked” by teeny weeny bits of surprises after living in Singapore for 3 years.

Last weekend, we decided to go for a beach BBQ-picnic to unwind from stressful week. When talking about beautiful beaches, one would instantly think of SENTOSA beach right?

And so happily, we packed our mini BBQ pit, blanket, pillow, wine and drove all the way to Sentosa.

Just right before the gantry, Don expressed his concern:”Mm..I have a feeling that we can’t do BBQ at the beach…”

“You must be kidding me! NO BBQ AT THE BEACH?? What kind of beach is that??!!” I exclaimed.

So I asked the staff who processed our entry fees. He said he wasn’t sure. Fine, we just tried our luck then.

True enough, when we headed to one of the more secluded beach, we found that “OH-NO” NO BBQ sign.

“I mean…seriously, what kind of beach is this that people are not allowed to camp and BBQ at. In Penang, we can do all BBQ we want at the beach..” I grumbled.

Surpisingly, I didn’t feel disappointed but just a bit “shocked”. The beach looked very nice indeed. The activities that happened at the beach seemed to “blend very well” with the setting…people play volleyballs, beautiful looking umbrellas with beautiful people and hunky guards patrolling…

In fact, it was SO NICE that it almost looked……very MANMADE. Don and I felt so awkward and out-of-place.

Anyway, we drove all the way from Sentosa to the other side of the Singapore – Changi beach.

There there….a natural beach with random fishing enthusiasts, people swimming with their dogs, cats napping under the trees…and THIS, is a REAL KIND OF BEACH I was talking about.

Can you spot the rubbish at the background?

Though there were rubbish here and there but still, I felt more relaxed…felt FREE and NOT-BEING WATCHED.

My home-made chicken wings and scallops | Moscato Rosa

The nice thing about the beach was I felt the “freedom” in everyone who was at the beach. We were surrounded by modest dressing people – no elaborate beach wear so that you can “match” the beach”. It was great! In fact, we fell asleep at the beach despite of active fishing activities and chatters nearby.

Just as we were leaving happily after a good nap, I spotted a banner that said…

“APPLY CAMPING PERMIT FROM AXS”

I mean…PERMIT FOR CAMPING?? SERIOUSLY???

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