I'm still in my 20s!

I'm officially 29! That's quite scary... the only comfort is that I'm STILL within the 20s range. Phew! Come next year and I may not look forward to birthdays that much anymore.

It may be hard though cos I like birthdays. No doubt the Earth still spins on that day (Read: There's nothing so special about it), I like to pamper myself a bit and thank the Almighty that I've made it through another year.

My treat for myself today?? Leaving school at 1.30 pm (the earliest ever!) and no marking for an entire day!

I dunno what this title should be...

It's a challenge when you put one stubborn person and another emotional person together. The end result isn't always cheery. Sometimes, its like a volcano waiting to erupt. It's even harder when any offers of help by people close gets misinterpreted.

I'm the better tempered of the two of us but my emotions tend to get into the way. Add a baby into the picture and that can amount to some tension at times.

I'm glad that we turn out well all the time but I wished we could rid some of these moments and make life even more interesting!

Work and family

It's the second week since I went back to work.

It's not easy to juggle both work and family I must say. Everyday after work, I get so tired that I just want to sleep or laze around doing nothing!! By the time I settle down, its time to pick Gabriel from the babysitter's. On some days, I'll still have some marking to clear when he is asleep, or housework like the laundry or some ironing.

I wonder how some of my colleagues manage their time... I wished I could be a tai tai!

Fat!

4 days = 1 kg
--> 1 day = 250 g

It must be the CNY goodies that I've eaten. Think I'll be 2 kg heavier by the end of this festive season. Time to start exercising!

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Happy New Year! It's Gabriel's 1st CNY this year and I think he collected quite a bit of red packets (which would had been for me previously). He's a jolly rich fella now!

That said, he was also the centre of attention everywhere he went. I think it took me at least 5 minutes to clear the mob at the entrance the moment Gabriel gets pushed into whichever house we went to...

Then of course, everyone wanted to carry him. Yeh! It only meant that I had 4 days off looking after him. All I did over the past few days was simply to monitor his feeding times and keep his $$. No sweat! How I wished it was CNY every day!

Nah! I'm back to work from tomorrow. Time to wake up my ideas!

Sleepy head

I find it increasingly difficult to put Gabriel to his naps these days. He struggles to stay awake and the moment his limit is stretched, he cries and cries so loudly that its so hard to comfort him. And when he has quietened and I thought he has slept, he opens his eyes the moment I put him down. Sigh!

My son, the superhero

I think Gabriel's aspiration is to be Superbaby... check out his 'flying' pose. One hand in the air, the other holding onto his pants, in case it drops!