And My Journey Thru' Breast Cancer
Especially for those who don’t know where Singapore is – or where I come from. I’m very proud of who I am and how I speak – I have no intention to change my accent at all – hhahaha!! I never did when I was in Glasgow for 4 years finishing my university, so why would I start now? hahahha! I really love the way I am – and your lost if you can’t accept me as I am.
This was where I used to live back home and I bought this before I met PB. Back then I bought this apartment at less than half a million with my CPF but the property prices has been going up every year. The apartment is currently rented out for about $3.5 K a month and my cousins who are currently still living in Singapore are taking care of everything for me. My apartment is fully furnished and my cousins tells me that I should be raising my rent at the end of the year.
I knew that it would be a good investment because property prices never goes down back home and I was right. My cousins of course had wanted me to get a landed property back then but I wasn’t married, and didn’t think I needed a huge place plus I was always flying because of work. Anyhow, I have been informed that the property that we owned now is worth a lot more and if I’m willing to sell, my cousins can get a good price for me.
But I’m thinking that this is a good investment for Chloe’s future and collecting rent on a monthly basis is so much more fun – don’t you think? unless, I can sell it for the price I want, so my cousins are currently negotiating with a few potential buyers. While I don’t need money at all here, I am not in a hurry to let my apartment go at all. I’m just so lucky because PB pays for everything I need, from food, to anything I buy. I’m totally blessed! what more can I ask for ? so i rather keep the apartment for Chloe’s future.
New venture, new business – in Halifax – do visit often when you are in the city, you will love the food and the hand cut fries and shakes – it’s da -bomb!
OH MY GOD! This is so ME! when i saw this picture ! nothing in life ever puts me down – no matter what happens – I see things with optimism and anything that I come across in my life – I take it as something new that I’ve learned. I hope to teach Chloe the same optimism and hope that she will also learn to not sweat the small stuff in life.
Up in the city meeting with our financial adviser from Citibank and of course had to do some shopping since we made some money in the our investment. Our hotels were paid for by Citibank and meals were also paid for by them, what more can we ask for right? So yes, shop we did and also eat a lot of Japanese food and brought home a lot of groceries. We were also given some Korean goodies by our financial adviser for he was in Korea for a vacation, so we shared some of those goodies with Chloe’s teachers. We are very happy with our financial adviser from Citibank – he is absolutely awesome!
Yes, we have a new 70″ – 3D tv – and when PB asked me if I’m alright with him buying a 3D tv – I told him as long as we pay it in full, not with credit card nor having to dip into our savings – power to him. So yes, we don’t believe in spending money that we don’t have and yes, the tv is paid in full and we don’t owe anyone for anything not even the stock in the store.
He ordered it online from future shop and it only took a few days to arrived. Chloe and PB are enjoying their 3 D movies tremendously, as for me – a tv is a tv – as long as I can watch my shows on it – I’m good. I’m so low-tech I know hahahaha!
I don’t really see it as changing a life but more like paying forward but yes, I received a thank you card from the kid I had been sponsoring for years. It all began way before I even met PB and after migrating to Canada, I felt more for these kids because God have been so good to me, not only do I have a wonderful spouse, a roof over my head, I gave birth to a miracle baby at 39. It was definitely a blessing, so I continued paying forward and this year marks my 25 years sponsoring a child and I’m very excited each time I get a letter from kids that I’ve sponsored. And yes, I share this passion with Chloe as well and she said she is very proud of me and gave me $1 for being a great mom – hahhaha!
My cousin is a sushi chef, he was trained in Japan for 15 years before he went home to Singapore to open his own Japanese restaurant. But now that all their kids are grown up, they’ve decided to move back to Japan and bought a small restaurant in the prefecture of Osaka. They are all settled in already and the restaurant is also doing well and since both of my nephews are pilots, they can fly anytime to Japan to visit them. My cousin had invited us to visit them in Japan and he offered to pay for all lodging as well as air-tickets for the entire family. We are of course, very excited and planning for a visit soon – I do miss my cousin and his wife and if we are lucky, I might get to meet my nephews as well when we are in Japan. And of course, I can’t wait to eat some real sushi !
Sometime in June this year, my girlfriend from Singapore whom I’ve worked with some 25 years ago sent me and Chloe a huge box of food and goodies for Chloe. She refused to take any money from me and the postage alone cost about $350 and if you take a look at the food below, you can mentally calculate how much she spent on food for me and Chloe.
All the above food were food i cannot get here in Canada and my girlfriend Regina patiently collected all the food and sent them over to me as a gift.
This was her gift for Chloe and instant camera with 10 boxes of films. The camera takes instant pictures and it’s great for kids or anyone who loves to have fun. Chloe was so thrilled with the camera – that she showed everyone her camera, especially her friends from home. She didn’t bring it to school because she didn’t want to lose it.
Anyhow, I wasn’t able to thank Regina properly because that box of stuff must have cost over $1000. So finally, I found out what she likes to eat and I asked Chloe’s godma in Singapore to help me get some gift certificates for her. I never forget anyone’s kindness towards me and my family and even though I may not be able to thank them personally, I try hard to repay them for their kindness. As for those who are unkind to us, I just ignore them completely because I won’t waste any time on those folks, I’ve got so many friends and family who loves us unconditionally – and Regina is a living testament of this kindness.
Yes, a little round up of what we did this summer. We had planned to go to PEI but because of the closing of the cottage that we had bought only 2 minutes away from the beach, we had to change our plans but it was all worth it.
We loved the cottage and since its a 2 mins walk from the beach only, I forsee many, many more wonderful summers here with lots of BBQ and gatherings with friends and family.
PB bought me a new phone, because I told him my iPhone wasn’t big enough – so I’m using a Samsung Galaxy instead now. No i’m not on contract, we bought the phone outright.
1ST bbq at Grampie’s this summer
Followed by a charity auction for this painting by local artist Andre Haines in support for the Hebron Art Center, I won the auction for $200 – really a steal.
We of course visited the farmer’s market.
Went to Cape Fochu for lunch one Sunday
And had a second BBQ at Port Maitland beach because Godma Lynn from Toronto came to visit.
We also hired someone to build Chloe a playhouse in our backyard
And headed up to Halifax for the Basker’s Festival. Stayed for several nights and had more authentic Asian and Japanese food.
We also drove an hour to Digby to try out the new Japanese restaurant because the one in town wasn’t open yet at that time.
We headed out to the clay shop in Quinn pool for Chloe to do some clay art.
This year we went to Upper Clements Park with friends and family.
Bought a garden art piece for almost $200 from a local artist in town.
And went bowling. All in all it was a pretty good summer. Now to welcome the fall.
Oopsie ! and I forgot the wonderful airshow that we went to as a family but met plenty of friends there.