My Plan, My Choice, My Destiny.

So many people asked me if I feel excited going to HK.

Frankly, I don't feel a thing...

This is the fruition of a planned getaway for 1 year. Slowly but surely, I see my plan unfolding before me.

I also see God's hand in this, else everything would not have moved so smoothly.

I did plan to get away from the maddening crowd in Singapore, to spend time as mother to my children and wife to my husband. First, the scholarship to HK, then my husband's appointment in HK, then the birth of my second son and maternity leave. Suddenly, I become as good as a SAHM, the focus of my life being my 2 kids.

And I am grateful for this time away from work. Suddenly, the focus turned inwards. To family, to friends, to my children. I see so much of my kids now, and that seemed like the most natural thing in the world to me. Work? I have a lifetime of work before me, but my children will only really need me for 6 years or so. After which, they will be more than eager to fly away.

And that is my job for now, to help them grow wings so that they can fly away. Augustine is doing not bad now. Whenever I go out with him, he is running to the next attraction so fast that all I get to see is the back of his head. As for Benedict, well, the umbilical cord has been cut, and he is fast becoming his own, except for the symbiotic feeding relationship we now have with each other.

Grow up soon, my dear boys, so that you may spread your wings and fly...

Don't feel like I am going away...

What is the difference between staying in Sinagpore and Hong Kong?
The address.
Frankly, I think our lifestyle won't change too much. We'll still be staying in a 3 bedroom apartment, we will still enjoy gym membership. We will still go shopping and eating out every weekend. We will still enjoy char siew and roast duck (albeit that of a far superior quality). Our parents and in-laws will still be with us whenever we need them (though at the price of the airticket).
The real difference is: I am a student again!
And Ben and Auggy will learn Cantonese!
In fact, we went about our lives today like nothing big is happening...went to United Square for dinner, brought Ben and Auggy, and my parents to Globetrotters, and Auggy c0mpletely enjoyed himself there. Ben was doing what all 8 week old babies do best: sleeping after a feed. Frankly, Ben won't even notice that we moved. And Auggy will do fine as long as the people he loves are with him.
So really, Hong Kong is a lot nearer to my current life than say, Little India or Geylang Serai...

2 more days!!!

Managed to meet up with a group of uni friends, and one of which I only met five years ago when he was about to leave for his PhD...and now it is my turn to go overseas for my masters...I wonder, who in this group of friends will be next to go overseas for some time?

It is amazing how the composition of this group has changed and grown over the years. One has added her hubby to her group. One has added his pregnant wife to the group. Two of the group has actually married each other. I now have two kids, and I brought Benedict to the outing today. (Hehe...QX's unborn child is going to be a girl...Will Auggy or Ben stand a chance?)

Ben was pretty well behaved today. Except for the occasional cry (once cos his diaper needs to be changed, once cos he is hungry, once cos he is bored), he slept through the outing from 8pm to 12 midnight. As I am typing, he is still sleeping...

I wonder how Auggy will take my disappearance today. I left him at mum's place today, and forgot to go home! I really forgot that I'm supposed to go back to Clementi today! When I asked a lift from BX, I was thinking of my home in punggol! Gosh... Poor Auggy will be shocked tomorrow morning when he wakes up...:p

3 more days!

This is the first national day that went by without me watching the parade. Why? I was catching up on my reading when my second son, Benedict, was finally asleep. My first son, of course, was happily watching the ational Day Parade, so I thought, I finally have a moment to myself, not to be lost of course.

Hubby called to say that all our boxes have arrived, and he has unpacked all of them. What a man!

So happy...3 more days before I can be united with him again... :)

Countdown to HK - 4 more days

4 more days to our new life!
I haven't gotten too excited yet. But I am sure that I won't be able to sleep the night before. This always happens to me whenever I am about to embark on something new...
And dear Benedict will be 2 months old!
And Augustine is right smack in his terrible twos stage!
Can't imagine how am I going to cope, but I know we will cope somehow.
Hubby's doing everything at HK right now: buying new furniture, area cleaning, fixing the light...he is so wonderful, I dunno how to thank him enough...
And how exciting, our things will reach HK tomorrow...hubby will be doing all the unpacking...
I am truly a blessed young mother, hehehe.