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Monday, October 26, 2009

A Day for Mummy and Sweetie

Sometimes while in Korea, Mummy would spend personal time with each of my darlings at times. This is important for their well-beings as my darlings love the individual time they have with Mummy.

Today, Mummy got to buy some stuff and souvenirs for Daddy to bring back to Korea. It wasn't an easy task, as Mummy got to get light stuff so as to minimise the weight in Daddy's luggage (he just had an operation).

For my Sweetie, it had been a fun outing with just her and Mummy. Look at her sweetie smile and you know that she's really enjoying it. She loves to help to pass the money to the cashier and then after that tells me that she bought the stuff (for me). Haha...

This little Sweetie has actually grown up now. She can communicate well her thoughts to Mummy and speaks proper sentences. Actually, she is already potty-trained for a while but her kia-su Mummy (aka me) still wants her to wear her pampers everyday (just in case and also partly still have a number of pampers at home anyway).

Now, this little darling of mine is also a fan of Dora too.








It had been a tiring day for Mummy, but looking at her beautiful smiles just drive all the tiredness away. Well, that's magic.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Home Sweet Home

Finally, Daddy's operation was over and was able to discharge the next day. Tho' Mummy has been cooking everyday, it has been such a joy to cook for the family (as compared to when in Korea). The best is to be able to eat fresh meaty steamed fish everyday.

For my darlings, guess they enjoy the moment of having "new" toys to play everyday (after Mummy cleans them). My Sweetie may not have memories of the toys before as she was still a baby when we left for Korea a year ago. See picture on left, my Cutie was having fun transforming herself into Minnie Mouse with the headband and plastic cups.

My darlings love to play on the piano everyday and they have also been eagerly waiting for Mummy to clean their tricycle and "cars" so that they can ride on them around the house.

Indeed, there is now so much space here in our house for them to run around in comparison to our small house in Korea. A spacious environment does indeed improve one's mood - my darlings seem extremely happy in fact.

It's funny that when in Korea, my Sweetie would refuse to sleep unless Mummy lay down next to her in bed (even tho' she could still see Mummy sitting in the living room when she lay in bed). Yet in Singapore, she would go into the room, lie down in bed and sleep even without Mummy around (the bedroom is far away from the living room which was not within her view at all).

Guess she knows that she's home and it's good to be back home.
Indeed it has been great to be home again.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Hello Singapore

Finally, we are back in Singapore. Back to the old pampered life style, back to the yummy food days, hee...

Indeed, Mummy misses the local food of different flavours. It is also great to enjoy "cook-free" days in Singapore (must break free from the mundane of cooking days and nights while in Korea where cooking has become a chore).

Mummy has been busy cleaning and unpacking stuff especially to put back all the displays). There are also numerous mails/letters to clear (thank God got 2 little helpers who enjoyed opening the envelopes for us). Now these 2 little ones have grown up, Mummy has to crack my brain to rearrange the furniture again to accommodate to their daily needs.


After one of Daddy's visits to the hospital, we decided to drop by Hort Park to enjoy the greenery. It is a beautiful place for relaxation, just that the weather is a little unbearably hot.

We went to the Bamboo Labyrinth (see picture on left) where bamboo plants are grown. This reminded us of our tour to Damyang in Korea (Damyang is the place famous for its bamboo) where Mummy finally got to eat the bamboo rice 대통밥 and kept the bamboo "bowl" for souvenir. Hee...

Below are pictures taken at Damyang.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Goodbye Korea.

Had been really busy preparing for the trip home alone with my 2 darlings. Besides packing for our luggage, mummy also had to pack up everything in the house and shipped back our stuff, so as to minimise the packing for Daddy when he returned to Singapore in December.

However, due to unforeseen circumstances, he needed to go for an operation and after some discussion, we felt it would be better to have the operation done in Singapore rather than Korea. So, there was a change of plan and we had to quickly arrange for an early departure so that he could be back in Korea by November.

Now, there were more work for Mummy, to repack the luggage again and also to ensure that there's sufficient food/ water when Daddy returns to Korea alone (note: water from tap is not really safe for consumption in Korea).

It was quite ironic that Mummy was happy to have Daddy going back with us, when he was actually back for an operation.

Tho' Daddy was unable to help with the luggage, it was great to have another adult to watch over the kids. My darlings were very excited, my Cutie knows there are a lot of toys awaiting for her at home in Singapore.

Mummy is grateful for this trip to Korea, learning new things and meeting new friends. Our stay in Korea also helps to widen my knowledge about Korean's culture. Tho' didn't get to master the Korean language, am still glad that I know the universal language (hee... English).

Many thanks to the various friends from Brazil, Taiwan, Japan and Korea who came to send us off (tho' Mummy did not tell them the departure time so as to go off quietly to avoid the tearful moment), and especially to Run who purposely rushed back in the morning from her mountain trip (a few hours' drive away) just to bid farewell. Mummy felt so touched by their gestures. Suddenly, Mummy was starting to miss Korea.

Here's my darlings saying "Hello" to you in Korean.

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