Homecooked dinner

Today, i came back from work earlier as I was feeling not well.

Saw my mum preparing dinner...
For a moment, this thought came across my mind again.

My mum is 52 years old now.
She has been working non-stop for the last 27 years.
She gave my sister and myself the best care and love that she could by making sure that we have our dinner, shelter, and family warmth.

Trust me, the best thing to happen when you come back from a tiring day of work is homecooked dinner (I love my mum's soup especially!)
My mum will try her best to prepare dinner for the family, no matter how tired she is.
And she can cook really fast. 1 soup and 2 dishes can be whipped up within an hour! (something that the lousy me can probably never achieve)

The point that I want to bring across is my mum is getting older by the years.
I should let her lead a more carefree life, without the need to rush for us to cook when she is back from her part-time job. I feel really bad, and can feel the 'guilt' (feel so unfilial)

Sometimes, I will tell her not to prepare dinner, and I will just buy back dinner.
But I truly hope that maybe my sis and i could help her with the cooking one day (my sis's cooking skills is certainly better than me. I can be quite hopeless in cooking).
And of course perhaps to engage a maid one day to help us out.

Occasionally, my mum can drive me up the wall by her nags and her conservative mindset.
But she is the best Mum.

Thank you, Mum!

Go for it !

A good friend of mine asked me something yesterday. He said " Do you hope your dreams to come true or do you want your dreams to come true?". He further asked "What is the difference between the 2 statements?" I catch his subtle and clear hint.

I have waited long enough for my dreams. Should I wait for another 10 years, 20 years? I will always have many 'what if?' to hold me back.

I will just do it. Hope I can do well.

If you are wondering what is exactly my dream, you will know 2 years later!

Oh mine, what's a tiring day..... finally can sleep....

Today is the first monday after cny...
The day is filled with meetings and meetings... at 9.30am, 11am, 2pm, and 2 concurrently meetings at 4pm! My final meeting is at 6.15pm and ends at 7.25pm.
My lunch is my favourite ban mian that I bought at one of the polytechnics after my meeting. Sadly, i could not get to enjoy the noodles.. argghhhh... got to rush back to hospital to have meeting :(

The long and short of the story is I have hardly any time to sit down at my workstation to do my work today, and I have fully exhausted my brain juice for the day.

And my dinner is at 9pm....

Above is my norm schedule for most of my days.
Well well well, is this how urbanised lifestyle of busy executives should be?? I guess so. BUT i am sure things can be better.

Maybe i should be less responsible? hehe. Nope lar, i guess i just need to say NO to projects. I am really up to my neck. Probably will be calling SOS soon.

Tomorrow, still got lot of things to follow up.
Oh mine.... good luck to me. Give it my best shot before i go for my 3 day break!
I promise myself that I will not touch my laptop from coming wed PM to fri.

Cheers!
Time to sleep. Brain juice needs rejuvenation.
Leave the heaps of work to siberia. Don't care.

Oh, it's Valentine's Day soon

I was reading this ST special on Valentine's Day today, and had a good laugh. So I am not the only one who asks "why on earth V-Day is so near to CNY??". I had enough of questioning during CNY, asking if I am attached. I may be faced with this question soon again.

I have jokingly answered " I am attached and detached" to the question during CNY. But hey, I feel the stint of sadness whenever i said this though it was said in a casual and joking manner. I just hope the question does not pop up again during V-Day.

To me, V-Day is just like any other day. If you have a loved one and a loving relationship, everyday is a V-Day. I mean it. I have experienced this in my last relationship. I thank this special person of my life for the 18 months long of V-Day.

Btw, I heard this during my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago - "Marriage is a verb, not a noun. It is an action to stand by each other each day no matter rain or shine and how the world changes". I am not too sure what you think of this sentence. You may find it cliched or unrealistic. But I find it meaningful. And I know I will stand by it the day I decide to get married.

Cheers!