Daffodil

“The daffodil was chosen as the symbol of hope for all touched by cancer because of its reputation as a hardy annual flower, pushing its way through the frozen earth after a long winter to herald the return of Spring, new life, vitality and growth.” (Daffodilday.com.au)

Usually, I’m not one who gets overly weepy by symbols and metaphors. (Ok, maybe they tug at my heart a little). But daffodils do particularly have a special place in my heart, just because my grandpa and uncle died of cancer, and many of them out there survive cancer.

I think daffodils are absolutely beautiful. And that money for cancer research and support is a worthy cause.

In fact, flowering bulbs in general are simply amazing. To think that something so dirty and ugly and looks like a demented onion could possibly erupt into a stunning flower.

And that all the information for bright yellow petals, green stalks and a funny trumpet shape is stored somewhere inside this lump.

I guess in a way, I feel that the bulbs are more beautiful than the flower itself. And possibly a more beautiful symbol of hope.

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Eh, did I just get all weepy?

*May God bless my friend, Tong Lai's dad who is suffering from Lymphomatic Carcinoma (cancer of the lymph node) in his final stage. All we can do is pray hard and live in hope..

In the Class

My preschooler said to me, “HEY TEACHER! What’s a ghost?”

“It’s a… well. Um… lets see.”

I was trying to create a question for them in their workbook while considering whether it was a good idea to tell the children about spirits, death, heaven, the afterlife, and lost souls haunting the earth. I mean, if this isn’t the height of progressive teaching for kids, then I don’t know what is. However, he interrupted my deep contemplation.

“Are they just funny little monsters with blankets over their heads?”

“Yeap. That’s exactly what they are, mate.”

My little Blue Eyes of Scotland

Introduce my little blue eyes --- CAN CAN.

*The eyes doesn't seems very blue here, because of my lousy camera.

Beautiful Sunday

Yesterday I was invited to a dog show and competition at Bandar 1U park. It's the first time I've been to a dog event, so was Bean Bean.

We reached the park around 12pm after church, caught the dog competition, which was funny in certain parts but mostly left us awe seeing how the dogs responded to their owners. Brilliant stuff.

I really enjoyed looking at all dogs around the park! Those rare dogs like St. Bernard, huge white chow chow (looks exactly like lion, I was too excited and forgot to photograph again! T.T), pure white Maltese, a numbers of elegant Husky and beautiful Golden.. and some breeds that I can't even name them.

Bean enjoyed very much too as she's received lots of warm welcome from others. Everybody was pretty amazed about her curly hair, I always make fun of her by telling them her nick name is "lun mo" (curly hair) and she's actually from India! *giggles*






*Cute Schnauzer!*

Huge St. Bernard! I love to call them Beethoven because of the movie. *smile*

"Ah..I'm tired and it's hot!" while on the way home.

Then we had lunch at Old Town White Coffee.

*my love "Nan Yang coffee*

*Rendang chicken with rice*

*Ipoh Hor Fun*

*half boil eggs*

*Thick Toast with homemade strawberry jam*

Drinks with friends at the evening, dinner with family and movie at night with somebody. It was a great Sunday out!

Xixili Makes Me Happy

Aaahhh, there’s nothing like a good dose of shopping with the girlfriends to brighten my day. Especially during a lingerie sale.

I’m a complete sucker for xixili’s Lingerie collection. There’s no other way to describe it - I’m a girl and they’re just so preeeeeeeety.

Photo is of a model from Indulge Fashion.

A Breather

I'd like to share a wonderful article to everyone today.

What Happens in Heaven.

I gotta slow down.

My life is insanely crazy with activity. Everyday is a huge adventure. People. Parties. Dinners. Lunches. Gatherings. Shopping. Visiting. Organising. Cooking. Running the studio.

I just want a day where I do NOTHING.

I want to put my feet up. I want to remember how to be still. To contemplate and have meaningful thoughts. To remember that life is good. That things could be worse.

And that my little problems aren’t so bad in the bigger scale of things.

Exquisite Roast Vegetables

This is another of my favourite, healthy and very lazy meals.

Use any sort of vegetables. Egg plant, tomatoes, capsicum, red onions, pumpkin, sweet potato, baby carrots, beetroot, turnips. Add fresh herbs from the garden.

Drizzle lots of olive oil, salt, pepper.

Into a 180C oven for 1.5 hours.

Serving ideas: Toss with pasta. Serve with rice. Or pita bread. Or a bunch of fresh green salad.

Blue eyes

I've always wanted a cat in such a long time.

Guess what?

There was a blue eyes kitty appeared at my studio's staircase yesterday. She has cried for hours. Poor thing! I beg she must be starving.

She's tiny (just about a palm size), dirty and looks terrified. I've absolutely no ideas of taking care for cats, especially a kitty. Luckily my god brother Melvin is a cats lover, he's an expert and has three cats at home.

We straight away sent the kitty to my god father's house after work last night. Everybody was excited about the little one. We gave her some milk but she doesn't seems to like it. Then Mel gave her some mince tuna, she loves it so much!

We have brought her to doctor this morning, and decided to leave her at Melvin's place for the first week since she's being deworm. She's got a little infection on her eyes as well. It's better to let them take good care of her till she get well.

And I've just found out from the doctor that my little kitty is actually not a normal stray cat but a Blue Eyes Siamese!

Oh my sweet God it's October

Wooo, that was fun. But time consuming!

I’ve already had a few friends and family members ask me what my students want for Christmas. Aakk! It’s still OCTOBER! Damn you super-organised people.

Anyway, I decided to make an online Wish List of books, toys, and music for my little ones - and hopefully provide some direction for the kind-hearted. Ah, the internet is a wonderful thing.

Beautiful noon

I had a gorgeous afternoon chilling with my girls. It's been long enough since our last hang out.

We went for a drink at starbucks after K-section. Quin and Eve manage to catch a movie. But I couldn't join them because of class start at 4pm. *sniff*



Yet it's a wonderful day, thanks to you girls who had really made my day! *heart*

xoxo