A taste of new normal

Feel abit happier and more relaxed today. It could be because it was Friday, or because I'm on block leave next week; but I think my mood is lighter because I am beginning to see signs of life resuming back to normal?

- Dined in with my parents and sis at Tsui Wah Jewel

- Did some work in the privacy of my office cubicle where I could focus

- Did some quick shopping because there were some really fantastic black Friday sales going on

- Also, looking forward to 5v5 futsal two weeks later!

- Feeling Xmasy in advance?

Despite the positive signs, I know I shouldn't be too gleeful yet... We've been here before, this Phase 2 (even Phase 3) only to be jerked back abruptly by COVID clusters and exponential spread... And today news reported the discovery of a new African variant... Sigh. We should refrain from mingling extensively but some social interaction and resumption of normal activities (though limited) is a much needed respite.

Chinese Chess

Been a long time since I had a game of Chinese Chess. Played a few rounds with my FIL that day. Played 4, lost 3. And he was playing with a handicap - without his lao hua glasses!

It was a good workout for my brain. I realized my brain was lazy and rejected thinking more than 2 steps ahead, leaving the planning to "see how later lah".

The 12-year-old me would have won current me. 😪

Ye caring for Yx

Yx's school had someone C+ and was last in the premises last Wed. To err on the side of caution, I decided to conduct an ART on Yx. As expected, she was crying and sobbing and tearing, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Ye ran out of the kitchen, and returned shortly with a piece of tissue (meant to dry up her sister's tears). 

So cute! I feel contented they genuinely care for each other like sisters who care about each other will. 👭

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Another occasion:

Ye felt grumpy after her nap, came out of the room whining and crying. Yx went over, hugged her and asked, "你要拿小Elsa吗？” 

This Elsa toy is favourite to both of them and they're always snatching and quarreling over it. To witness Yx offering her sister their fav toy to appease her sister, I am so proud of our first born.

Kaw x x

Me: Just an giant sized balloon made of non biodegradable material of an ugly doll which is severely over-marketed and overhyped.

Annual physical test

IPPT next week!

This year I am more guai, overcame inertia and lazyboneliness and jogged! As I was panting and running and feeling the screams in my calves, I thought to myself and realized that I have to do this (as in yearly IPPT) for 4 more times??!! Every year it gets tougher and tougher 😩

Update on my ippt result next week!

11.11

It's 11.11!

Supposedly the only day of the year with the best shopping deals!

But I have nothing to buy.

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Fried carrot cake, beehoon goreng, fried chicken... 

Am craving for all of these right now! 😰

My Secret

Introducing....

My SecretLab limited edition Batman Evo2022 has FINALLY ARRIVED!

I saved $29 to self-assemble and took slightly over an hour. But because I DIY, I realised why the chair is so extravagant - every aspect of the chair is taken care of meticulously, right down to its packaging and the foam moulds! They have even done tests to ensure that the contents are protected when dropped from a height of 5 ft. The material of every component of the chair feel quality, sturdy and durable. After giving it a wipe down with a wet cloth, I sat on it and all I can say is that it it SUPER SHIOK! And the leather gave it a NEW CAR SMELL! Not to mention it has been designed to be extremely ergonomic, there is head and lumbar support and arm rests adjustable in 3 axis, and the bum base is just the right firmness, it is wide enough to support most part of my thighs. 

Am so proud of my achievement!

I prepared very very hard and put in many hours to win this ok...  as there was a VC with the DJs, thinking the contest would be a gameshow format, here's showing you my homework:

Which was not put to use at all rofl. To win one of the 5 chairs, the 26 shortlisted participants had a week to answer:

Name 3 batman gadgets that you wish you could have, name from which movie, and why.

I researched, watched YouTube videos, and watched two Batman movies to gain inspiration. Finally, my answers were:

1) Memory cloth cape

2) Cellphone sonar device

3 Utility belt

Not gonna share my essay here to bore you - but I thought I did a really good job!

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With the new chair, I had to declutter and say thank you to the incumbent - a $190 chair from vhive I bought in 2017.

Sold for $15 on Carousell. Thank you for your service and hope you serve your new owner(s) as well as you did to me!

An extremely good weekend

With Covid and wfh, every day passes by without much fanfare and it's easy to just spend days without feeling anything at all.

But I made it a point last weekend to celebrate the small wins. And by that benchmark, it had been an extremely good weekend!

Started Friday dinner with Hairy Crab feast (I won a fb lucky draw contest!) and dad's Butter Chicken.

Saturday:

- It was ballet term break so we drove to CompassOne just to have our favourite Shan Cheng for lunch. Kids had so much fun playing with the dolls at Kiddy Palace.

- Did some housekeeping and threw away 230+ over movie stubs (see pic below)

- Ordered in fish and chips from Big Fish Small Fish for dinner. Kids always enjoy fries. 

- Arsenal won away at Leicester 2-0. Great result and massive defensive performance, keep the momentum going COYG!

- Watched late night match Tottenham-Man U 0-3.

Sunday:

- As usual, wifey and I went for coffee break whilst Yx had her Beary Gym session. Bought a couple of storage containers from Daiso

- Had yummy Tamago-En for lunch

- Brought out my old bus ticket stubs and kids had a terribly mad time messing them up, tossing into the air, sweeping them

- My parents in-law came over for dinner.

- Watched My Name on Netflix with wifey after kids have slept

In summary, what's not to like about the weekend? There were good food, entertaining football matches, kids were happy and entertained, and most importantly? We were healthy and able to enjoy the simplest times together.

Cheers to good weekends!