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...