so many things happening all at the same time..... there are so many things that I want to do and they are all long-term items.... things like getting my teacher / trainer certification for ballet / pilates.
being conversationally fluent in Korean. jeez..... on top of all these.... my person CCA (dun tell u what that is), my work, family and my beauty sleep......
i really dun want to sacrifice my beauty sleep to do all those.... k to attend classes on pilates and dance, it can be done on weekends. but ballet class will be in the middle of the day which (my hubby will complain) that it is a weird timing and disrupts our family time.
then my CCA is so time-consuming need to make lots of calls and do follow ups. as for korean, to find 2 hours per night to practise is also a little difficult cos my sons wants me to play with them or i have to supervise G's homwwork or do revision with him on his upcoming tests....after doing all those, i will conk out with J while tucking him in for the night. to do my revision, i will have to wake up after falling asleep to do the revision......
tot of waking up earlier at ard 4am to do an hour revision before i go for my morning exercise but that will translate me going to bed at 9pm latest else i will not have enough sleep...ergghh.... so difficult...
ar har, i know, i will set aside Thursday night to do my revision, since Fri, G does not have any impt on th following day. that settles my korean revision. as for my ballet class, think need to shelf it first. i will target to get my certification for Pilates first by this year end. so first thing first, need to go find a centre that has mat classes that fits my schedule..... tata......
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
when things don't go well.........
listen to my fav songs or hype songs to change the mood or hav a good cry and move on.
when some bitch at work accuses your integrity and you know you cannot win cos she is some big shot, shut her off your senses.
the mighty one up there... i hope you are recording all these and strike these incidents off the list of challenges you set for me.
Anyway this is my life, I have decided to stay on till....... and i will do so and continue to work on my plans. I will try to do what i love often and work towards living my dream afterall life is short.
Looking forward to 五月天's concert in June......
when some bitch at work accuses your integrity and you know you cannot win cos she is some big shot, shut her off your senses.
the mighty one up there... i hope you are recording all these and strike these incidents off the list of challenges you set for me.
Anyway this is my life, I have decided to stay on till....... and i will do so and continue to work on my plans. I will try to do what i love often and work towards living my dream afterall life is short.
Looking forward to 五月天's concert in June......
Monday, January 7, 2013
2012....
2012 ended with a fan fare for me, my parents and siblings. It made our family more united, my dad coming terms with certain things and more supportive of my mum. As for my siblings, we are learning to stand against the usual protocol and norms.
For my own family, it was a good year with a few travels and staycations. I am sure my kids had fun just like me... haha.
I am still working on getting my Pilates teacher certification. So far I have clocked only 1 observations and 2 practise sesssions. But I have clocked 13 teaching classes..... so the resolutions for 2013.....
1) Obtain Pilates teaching certification
2) Work my way around the "W***h at Work" - avoid /minimise conflict with her
3) Take KoreanTopik Test
Timeline for resolutions....... end of 2013.... Ain't it obvious??? haha
For my own family, it was a good year with a few travels and staycations. I am sure my kids had fun just like me... haha.
I am still working on getting my Pilates teacher certification. So far I have clocked only 1 observations and 2 practise sesssions. But I have clocked 13 teaching classes..... so the resolutions for 2013.....
1) Obtain Pilates teaching certification
2) Work my way around the "W***h at Work" - avoid /minimise conflict with her
3) Take KoreanTopik Test
Timeline for resolutions....... end of 2013.... Ain't it obvious??? haha
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Back from Hong Kong / Macau
The days of the holidays just flew by..... but it also added wonderful memories to my life...
Seeing my kids enjoy themselves in Disneyland also brings a smile to my lips. Though they are really noisy and annoying at times, they are still my most adorable kids hahaha.....
Shopping in Hong Kong's Tung Cheung station's Citygate is really amazing cos the stores there are all outlet store hee hee and Hong Kong has no GST... Fantastic... shop to your heart's desire....but this is more suitable for pple who are not inclined to bargain... Me and hubby bought plenty of Giordano's tops for self n kids and on top of which, we bought 2 Coach bags, usual price HKD 4800, we got it at HKD 1125..... smiling all the way back hee.....
there was so little time for us then to shop there, if i have a chance to go back there, I will surely go back there to shop. I noticed that the Acuvue contact lenses there is also cheaper compared to those in Singapore.
As for Macau, hotel hopping is quite fun as there are always fringe activities happening at the various hotels and their lobbies are amazingly huge with either huge statues or water fountain display etc. Really eye-opener. A pity I do not have the time to explore the other parts of Macau. Next time, i'm gonna explore the skywalk, and clubs...
next time.......
Seeing my kids enjoy themselves in Disneyland also brings a smile to my lips. Though they are really noisy and annoying at times, they are still my most adorable kids hahaha.....
Shopping in Hong Kong's Tung Cheung station's Citygate is really amazing cos the stores there are all outlet store hee hee and Hong Kong has no GST... Fantastic... shop to your heart's desire....but this is more suitable for pple who are not inclined to bargain... Me and hubby bought plenty of Giordano's tops for self n kids and on top of which, we bought 2 Coach bags, usual price HKD 4800, we got it at HKD 1125..... smiling all the way back hee.....
there was so little time for us then to shop there, if i have a chance to go back there, I will surely go back there to shop. I noticed that the Acuvue contact lenses there is also cheaper compared to those in Singapore.
As for Macau, hotel hopping is quite fun as there are always fringe activities happening at the various hotels and their lobbies are amazingly huge with either huge statues or water fountain display etc. Really eye-opener. A pity I do not have the time to explore the other parts of Macau. Next time, i'm gonna explore the skywalk, and clubs...
next time.......
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Parenting - Availablity to Kids
Being a parent ain't easy, as i have learnt from being a parent these 6 years to 2 kids. It seems to me that the time I have for myself has disappeared into thin air. Though in recent years, I have craved out time for my own activities but I will feel guilty when I think back about it. Gone were the days when I can use the time I have on my own freely without feeling guilty.
E.g if I want to go shopping with friends, I have to make plans for either my hubby or my parents to take care of the kids vs in the past where i can check my calendar and simply just poof off to shop. If not that, I will have to take leave to go shopping, how pathetic you might say. But this is really 1 of the way to work around it.
Therefore when hubby sent me an email recently that writes about the 6 A’s of good parenting. Reading it really gives me an insight of what I have or have not done right.
1. Availability
When we are available to our children it gives them a sense of importance.We can say all we want about how important our children are to us. But if we’re not available to them, our words will ring hollow.Sometimes, our automatic response to our kids when they approach us is, “Not right now, I’m busy.” But our children should come before our TV-watching, our hobbies and our work. So when our kids come to us, our response should be to stop, drop and listen. Stop what we’re doing, drop to our knees, and listen to them, hug them, play with them.
Therefore this point of being available to our kids ring a huge bell for me. Many a times, while we are home my kids might want to hold a conversation with me or show me stuff and I will tell them to hold on to their thoughts or tell them to wait while I finish the task on hand. So this is kinda like a wake up call to me to drop the things i am doing at that moment (excluding bathing) and give all my attention to my kids when they request for it.
Other A's coming up......
E.g if I want to go shopping with friends, I have to make plans for either my hubby or my parents to take care of the kids vs in the past where i can check my calendar and simply just poof off to shop. If not that, I will have to take leave to go shopping, how pathetic you might say. But this is really 1 of the way to work around it.
Therefore when hubby sent me an email recently that writes about the 6 A’s of good parenting. Reading it really gives me an insight of what I have or have not done right.
1. Availability
When we are available to our children it gives them a sense of importance.We can say all we want about how important our children are to us. But if we’re not available to them, our words will ring hollow.Sometimes, our automatic response to our kids when they approach us is, “Not right now, I’m busy.” But our children should come before our TV-watching, our hobbies and our work. So when our kids come to us, our response should be to stop, drop and listen. Stop what we’re doing, drop to our knees, and listen to them, hug them, play with them.
Therefore this point of being available to our kids ring a huge bell for me. Many a times, while we are home my kids might want to hold a conversation with me or show me stuff and I will tell them to hold on to their thoughts or tell them to wait while I finish the task on hand. So this is kinda like a wake up call to me to drop the things i am doing at that moment (excluding bathing) and give all my attention to my kids when they request for it.
Other A's coming up......
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Life is vunerable whoever, whatever you are......
20,000 leatherback turtles were massacred at one of Trinidad's beaches.... A hotel which is popular with turtle watchers was in danger of flood attack from a nearby river and bulldozers were deployed to carry out peventive works. But the bulldozers dug up a huge chuck of the beach that was un-necessary for the preventive works. With it, they killed about 20,000 eggs and hatchlings......
That just goes to see how effective all those talk about eco friendly, conservation plans are..Somewhere along the line of instructions, something must have gone wrong and caused this to happen. On the hindsight, should that place be marked as a convservation area, the company in charge of the works will think twice before any action..... This is really a rotten way to start the week....
Should you have anything to say or feel the same way as I do that something can be done to prevent this, do sign on this petition.
That just goes to see how effective all those talk about eco friendly, conservation plans are..Somewhere along the line of instructions, something must have gone wrong and caused this to happen. On the hindsight, should that place be marked as a convservation area, the company in charge of the works will think twice before any action..... This is really a rotten way to start the week....
Should you have anything to say or feel the same way as I do that something can be done to prevent this, do sign on this petition.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Mat 1 Completed.....
last weekend was terrific. Had mat course from 4hrs on both Friday and Saturday and 8 hrs straight on Sunday...... Learnt the various mat exercises for Beginner and Intermediate level. Was pretty cool. Then gave my 'frst trial' class. Gosh was so nervous. Blanked out for a minute in front of the class and m really grateful for the coursemates I have who helped gave me clues for the following steps haha.... standing in front of the class is so different when u are lying on the mat waiting for instructions from the teacher. But I am sure I will get better and be able to do a good class. :)
Afterall if I can say so myself I felt that the 2nd round of 'teaching' was much better for the first half when we get to re-teach the exercises that we taught in the morning. So practise makes perfect. Now I can compete with Gabriel. He to practise for his piano pieces and me to deliver my class beautifully.
Next weekend will be Mat 2. This time round I will get myself prepared by looking at the various exercise try them out myself and practise delivering the class so that i will be more familiar with the exercise and not be so nervous and lost standing in front of the class.
Another step closer to my goal ........ to be a certified Pilates Instructor.........
Afterall if I can say so myself I felt that the 2nd round of 'teaching' was much better for the first half when we get to re-teach the exercises that we taught in the morning. So practise makes perfect. Now I can compete with Gabriel. He to practise for his piano pieces and me to deliver my class beautifully.
Next weekend will be Mat 2. This time round I will get myself prepared by looking at the various exercise try them out myself and practise delivering the class so that i will be more familiar with the exercise and not be so nervous and lost standing in front of the class.
Another step closer to my goal ........ to be a certified Pilates Instructor.........
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