Eat with your Family DAY???

Do you spend time eating with your family every day? If yes, you will agree with me that the annual 'Eat with your family day' is redundant. Agree?

To start off with, perhaps I am one of the luckiest ones who is able to head home straight after working hours on most days, and get to eat home cooked food almost every other day. Hence, I do not really see the relevance of such a day.

Well, ultimately, what is the objective for setting aside such a day for everyone to eat with their family?

Yes, I do agree that most working personnel do work late into the night and settle their lunches and dinners outside, forgoing the nutritional value of home cooked food in exchange of convenience. By the time they reach home, they would be so tired that they would head straight for bed. So, doesn't this explains the decreasing (in fact, low!!) birth rate?

Even for myself, surviving now without a domestic maid, most of my time would be spent on washing clothes, cleaning up milk bottles etc etc. By the time my back melts on my bed, I would drift into slumberland, almost immediately!!

Yes, I do agree that work is just one important aspect of life and it would be sad to have one spending a large proportion of his life working, without development in other aspects of life. But, well, in such a competitive world these days (topping up with inflation, retrechment every now and then), it is definitely not easy for us to work towards a more balanced work-family type of life.

This year, fathers are encouraged to head home and cook at least 1 dish for the family. Definitely not an easy task to achieve since we were only given half an hour off work earlier. Then there was the first ever Family Day out in Singapore on May 24, a Saturday!! What difference does it make since majority of Singaporeans are already on a 5-day work week?

Well, perhaps we may want to ask for more family time but can we? Politically, economically and socially...just a thought on my end...

A Different Mother's Day

Like Joyce Cheng (Lydia Sum's daughter), Mother's Day this year was definitely much lonelier...

Remembered how we used to surprise Mum with gifts, dinner treats etc and she would scold us for splurging unnecessarily on her. Well, we never regretted it and glad that we cherished whatever time or days Mum had last year...

Sprang her another surprise at the hospital. Brought along a 'We love you Mum" helium balloon and a mango cake from Bakerzin. Greg's Mummy and Mummy Barney brought Greg and Gine to the hospital, hoping that Mum would recover soon and we could celebrate more Mother's Days with her. Unfortunately, Mum was too weak, not even had the strength to reprimand us this time...

This year, we could only visit Mum in the temple and silently wished her a Happy Mother's Day...sob! sob!

A poem which Greg's Mummy has penned for Mum, to share with everyone.

A Whole New World

Have not had this feeling for a long while. No inspirations, no motivations for the past 2 and a half years...

Had a new start for my career after my HK trip. Not really a new job since it was a mere transfer. However, it was definitely an entirely new environment.

Got to know more people and no longer living in my own 'comfort zone'. Guess it's always good to get out of that zone at times, especially for someone like me who practically cannot stand mundane chores and repetitive jobs! (Sometimes, really wonder why I never get tired of my hubby since I face him every day!! :P)

Anyway, gave myself a bit of time to settle in and adjust to the new working culture. Do miss my ex-colleagues and was indeed touched when I read Barlalee and Barlyson's blogs (haha! felt as if I really said 'bye bye' to this world). Guess we have to look ahead and move on in life, sometimes.

Just glad that I do not have to suffer any more back pain and backaches in the new office (aka no more back stabbing!!!)... At least, no one in the new office acts as if they are the victims, crying and acting as if everyone in this world is against her!! (But in actual fact, they are gloating over the office politics that they have ignited.)

Super fast paced and everyone just get their jobs done, within the shortest span of time...