Category: Amusing/Musing

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Freedom Or Self Indulgence

I’ve been thinking alot about getting this scooter since PB got his bike but as much as I liked it I wonder if it was for freedom or is it for pure indulgence on my part. I don’t drive here in Canada but I figured such a small scooter I should be able to handle and not panic when on the road.  But having said that, Chloe wouldn’t go on the scooter with me and if I needed groceries, there really isn’t much space to put my groceries. But it would be somewhat freedom for me just not total freedom, so for now – I’m just going to set this buy aside and think of more feasible transportation that I can use on my own without any help.

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Shopping For Christmas Already

Yes! call me crazy but I think if you see some  cheap macanudo cigars  online, you might as well start shopping for Christmas now.  I know that some of the extended family loved the cigars during Christmas time and special occasion, so I figured it would be handy to have on hand when we get invited to Christmas parties or Halloween ones. I only buy things when they are on sale or if they are dirt cheap for I cannot justify buying expensive stuff.  What about you?  are you starting soon?  I’m hoping that this year I would do better than last – buy shopping systematically.

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The Very Sassy Kid

Chloe is almost 9 yrs old  – well, short of a few months and boyyy! is she sassy this kid !  sometimes I wonder if it is because we are too lax with her or are we giving her too much freedom to express herself.  We haven’t really punished the Chloe before and even before we could, she would start crying and say she is worried about getting punished *slapped forehead*.  But things gotta change I told PB because I can’t have a sassy kid growing up in our household, so these days before she can turn too sassy, we stop her and tell her what the consequences are if she continued.  Normally, she would stop but when we have friends over, she does try and push her limits – so we will continue to monitor this situation because I definitely don’t want to bring up a brat for a kid.

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Home Made Jam For Thanksgiving

So Thanksgiving is round the corner and I’m at a lost as what to get for her new teachers this year.  This year Chloe is in Grade 3 – she is in an upstairs class and everything is new with her even her teacher and her teacher’s aid.  I didn’t want to not give anything because we do what to give thanks to good teachers for our children right?  and in the end we decided on some home made jam made by Grampie – I thought that wasn’t too shabby.  Of course I paid grampie for the Jam and went home and gotten both PB and Chloe to decorate the Jam bottles but they didn’t do it the way I wanted them to.  So when Chloe went to bed that night I re-did the whole shaping up the bottles to make them look pretty.  So they are all ready for giving away to the teachers on Friday.

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Professional Day Means Play Dates

School just started and already there is a professional day, so like usual we have to keep Chloe occupied and after lunch I called one of my gal pal to ask if she wants to go to the park in the evening.  But we learned that her mother wasn’t feel good, so I offered to take Jasmine to our store for a few hours, so that Chloe can play with her.  Hailey who is Chloe classmate showed up at the store to rent a movie and so she stayed for abit to play.  Hailey is such a lovely child and we all loved having her around.

Chloe and Jasmine played at the car park with their scooter for abit and then we headed to the YMCA for the kids to work off some of their energy before Jasmine got picked up by her mom.  It was a good afternoon for Chloe, Chloe loved having all her friends around too.

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Taking Care Of Myself First

All my years in Canada especially after having Chloe, I’m constantly doing something for her or for the business and our home.  Of course, there is nothing wrong with it but given the recent event with a friend living here for the last 10 yrs and her recent development with her ex, I feel a need to say that every women and mothers out there must take time from their everyday chores and work to take care of themselves first.

Why ?  you never know what will happen in the future – things may change and you may not even suspect it but don’t wait till last minute to realize that all that you’ve done for the spouse, his business and his family, left you with nothing.  My friend is going thru’ some nasty shit from her ex – and she certainly doesn’t deserved it, it also make me realized that as spouses, you need to know about your finances, don’t just ignore or leave it to him to do everything.  If he raked up your joint credit card or gets an overdraft from the bank with your name on it – you are pretty much screwed.

All women around the world must smarten up about your finances especially those who left everything in Asia and came to the West in the name of love.

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Growing Up With Chloe Grade 3

Today is the start of Grade 3 for Chloe.  She was all excited and wanted to get to school on time.  We put on new clothes for her from Gymboree and The Children’s place and after breakfast, we headed for school.  Got there just in time, because she needed to use the washroom before we left.  She was happy when we left her in her class room and her new teacher seems great and have many years of experience , so I’m sure she will be a happy student this year too.

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Special Bonding With A Special Aunt

Chloe doesn’t have an aunt from my side of the family, for I’m not in talking terms with my sister.  I deemed my sister crazy because she never liked that I am better than her in a lot of ways even when we were kids.  If I was smarter than her in school or if I scored higher than her in exams, my sister tried every way to make me look bad in front of my mom and friends.   So no – I don’t want to keep in contact with her.

So when Chloe loves HJ like a real aunt – I am very happy because HJ isn’t my sister but she sure is better than a sister and she sure is good with Chloe.  I cannot be more pleased with this friendship – and I’ve got so many makan kakis now.

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A 100 Acres Land

The father-in-law has a 100 acres of land and he wants to donate land to charity  when he is no longer around – I think that is a very good idea don’t you?  But I doubt the rest of the family is going to think the same way.  But if that is his will, we have to make sure that it would be carried out.   We had asked him if he meant all the 100 acres or just some of his land and his reply is always the same, so I guess he is sober and sane right?  I like the idea even though some friends think that we are being too generous because some part of his land are lakeside land and I know he owns an island here too somewhere. But we don’t need the money nor do we have the time to take care of 100 acre of land, so why not do something good in this life right?  I’m all for it.

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Summer Camp Is Almost Over

Summer camp will closed even earlier this year – in fact in another 4 days.  Why ! oh Why!!  my poor chloe is going to be so bored.  She loved to do outdoorsy stuff during the summer and even though she is only there for a few hours and we have to pay full price – we feel it is worth it because it gets her outside and she learns to get along with other kids.

This year for summer camp, we have less complains – she seems to be enjoying herself more and seems to be getting along well with others except for 2 little girls who loved to boss Chloe around.

Chloe has grown taller this summer and put on some weight as you can see here – she had only gotten sick once this summer – and she continues to thrive but still misses her grammie and speaks of her often.