Taking a breather from work & studies

De-stressing or procrastinating??


CNY gathering at ham's 2 wks ago..



Overbought food as usual.


Spent 30 mins trying to open xy's dessert wine. Cork ultimately pushed into the bottle.


Rounds & rounds to polish up my rusty mj skills.


Prawn crackers to replace the absence of fish.


This was the last thing I ate for the night & I was stuffed for real!


Slowly starting to feel the stress now with school assignments & tests piling up. Thank goodness work's ok with not much to rush atm.

Nom nom...

What greets us while doing our rounds of CNY visitation..


Mom's annual b'day dinner @ Vis-à-Vis. Went vegetarian this visit with truffles & pasta (not great actually because the overly heavy cream sauce totally killed/masked any scent of truffle. I can easily get more delish & appetizing pasta elsewhere at half the price)


IMO, desserts are still their forte:

Red&Yellow&Pink&Green,Purple&Orange&Blue

"I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow tooo..."

This was what happened to our field downstairs when it was raining cats & dogs one day:


But then, I got these :)


And decided to invite these creatures to celebrate cny on my nails:


Moving on to all things childlike, here's a pretty snapshot of cny class decorations done by my kids:


And the magnetic puzzle set I bought today to teach imaginative play skills. A real worthy buy!


I simply love experimenting with the toys & games I buy for teaching!

Fullness @ the beginning of the yr

Coming to the end of 3rd week at work and 2nd week at school. So far, I seem to be managing pretty ok because sch's still starting slowly and on the other side at work, the kids (except for 1) are really really really good at the moment (to my surprise cause they usually go somewhat off after a long break) though there's a never-ending list of things to do and am feeling as exhausted as ever (am starting to NEED to take naps after coming home frm work cause I really need the refresher & energy boost to complete some sch assignments & readings every night). And that's why I'm still awake at this time tonight. And that's the reason why I dislike and always try not to take any naps after I come home from work, simply because I know I'll have trouble falling asleep proper at night.

But despite all that, at least I'm living life richly & doing things which will really benefit me knowledge/experience wise & hopefully pave my career path widely in the future. I'll probably start whining more after school swings into full mode with assignments & deadlines flying in all at once with hardly any air to breathe. But anyhow, looking forward to CNY & the wonderfully long weekend. Thank goodness for such breaks. Will need alot of them in the coming 3 mths.

On a side note, really happy cause am gonna get my performance bonus (hope it's a good amt!) with this month's pay.

Hello '12.

Had a wicked end to last year and by wicked, I mean it the good way. With close work pals, tea, scones, desserts & of course, the awesomely wicked musical! Really really love Wicked. Love the props, love the songs, love the 2 brilliant lead actresses and love the plot...all the irony, foreshadowing, how it weaves in almost seamlessly into the original Oz story. I almost cried towards the end when Glinda & Elphaba parted ways with "For Good"- such a beautiful & good scene! And felt sooo sad for Glinda during the finale; I absolutely love her character & the actress did an outstanding job with the character! Am gonna try getting my hands on the novel when I have the time.




















Beginnings of spring..



















Can't stop listening to Owl City songs like this:


Love this MV, not so much the song though:


Am finally gonna see my kids again after 6 weeks of break. I really miss them (not managing their behaviours though).

Last day of slackin'

Ho Ho Ho....

Christmas dinner:





























Onion soup & foie gras:















Duck Confit















Santa's hats for dessert:


































And it's back to work for me tomorrow and 2 weeks later, back to school. Work + School...hope I can manage!

Awful start, brilliant end to a Wednesday

Am feeling much much better after this morning's terrible migraine & nausea and I'm soo proud of myself 'cause I managed to clear 2 huge boxes of old clothes (to be donated) and tidy up my state-of-the-mess room such that I actually have space to not only walk, but spin about now!

And just to get into the festive spirit, I re-decorated my nails using youtube tutorials (though I used a darker red simply 'cause I don't have a good bright, chilli red polish)

Mr Rudolph: Season's Greetings everyone!

"Rudolph steals away with Santa's hat"

Surfing through Christmas deco online. Am in love with all these!!

And finally, doing up some deco for Fri's party...snowflakes & stars hung up so that they don't get tangled up..