Family Life

Hannie on March 21st, 2012

This boy is still struggling with his homework every night.
This boy at least showing some interest in studying. At least he did his homework. At least he tried.
I can see that he is putting effort into it.
His writing is getting better, neater. Getting “Smart” chop from the teacher. Even his Chinese spelling is better now.
I [...]

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Hannie on March 17th, 2012

Whew.. I’ve survived!
Sunday, they’ve officially stayed over in my place till Saturday, means six nights in my house, all five of them (including my two kids). 4 boys and one girl! ONE girl! That’s it! All the rest are “batang” (it means with penis)
Do you know how noisy they could be? The boys are really [...]

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Hannie on March 10th, 2012

Okay, I must admit, I’m one lazy bum on ironing clothes.
There were years that I didn’t buy clothes that need ironing. I just don’t have the luxury of time in ironing all my clothes. The first thing that I look for when I go shopping for clothes is : – if it needs to be [...]

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Hannie on February 22nd, 2012

What month is it now? – February.
What time is it now? – Just past exam time, yay!!
What is the decoration in the house now? – Still Chinese New Year blossoms.
What is the song playing in the car’s CD player? – Micheal Buble christmas songs!!
I guess we are a bit abnormal, huh!?
I mean it is February, [...]

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Hannie on February 18th, 2012

Before I show you what I found, let me give you the background story a bit…
As I’ve blogged before that I’ve a Samsung Galaxy SII smart phone – New gadget for myself. And.. I’ve been trying to figure out how to use it – New gadget for myself part 2.
Well.. what I haven’t mentioned is [...]

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Hannie on January 29th, 2012

Phew! Finally got the boys to bed and ya.. this is way past their bedtime! I know! Bad parent you think huh? cos it is almost mid-night now.
Probably ‘cos they had a late afternoon nap which gave them much energy to stay up this late. Another thing is they kept on waiting for my company [...]

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Hannie on January 24th, 2012

It has been like that since new year eve! No.. since lunch before new year eve!
First was lunch in in-laws’ place, then was in my mom’s place, then breakfast in my in-laws’ place, then lunch in my mom’s place, then dinner at home like usual, breakfast the next day like usual, then lunch in my [...]

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Hannie on January 22nd, 2012

Yup, soon will be the first day of Spring – Chinese New Year. In fact tomorrow is the big day. Tonight will have a filled up dinner with family, of course filled with good stuff, traditional home cook food, yay!!
Well.. had been busy preparing for the coming of the new year. Preparation here means Spring [...]

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Hannie on January 11th, 2012

Like usual I started preparing for dinner right after arriving home. Making sure the boys were doing whatever they are suppose to be doing in between. So I’ve to check on them in between filling up the kettle from my water filter, or while the chicken is being marinated. They had been good so far. [...]

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Hannie on December 29th, 2011

I think this collage of photos will tell it all.

Have fun. Tired. Now need to recharge myself.

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