Belated Birthday Celebration

A belated Birthday present for Juliane. Took her to watch a movie of her choice. I was surprised by it, not the theme but by the choice of language the movie was in! Guess what we watched! :D My mother who is a Taiwanese would be pleased to know there is hope. 

Took Juliane to lunch at Shashlik

Must think twice next time before watching a teenage romance comedy with your teenage. Between the two of us, we used up a pack of tissue during the sob sob scenes. "Fall in Love at First Kiss", a Taiwanese remake of the Japanese manga "Itazura na Kiss" is a refreshing departure from my usual genre of movies. :)

Happy Birthday, Juliane!

Happy Birthday, Juliane! 
I hope you have an amazing day and for all your dreams to come true. I am proud of who you are and I will be at your side to support you always. Love you lots!

Happy Birthday, Marieann!

Happy Birthday, Marieann! 
You have grown into a young lady full of kindness and compassion. I won't want you any different. I wish only the best for you in life. May you overcome every problem life throws your way and may you always remain confident and comfortable with who you are. Lots of love.

Marieann wanted a cat but this is the best I could do - a plush cat as my mother is still mourning the death of our tabby who passed away in 2001. 

Happy Birthday, Yaw Ming

A very Happy Birthday to my brother, Yaw Ming!

A cute Happy Snowman cake

Happy 77th Birthday!

Here's wishing my father a Happy 77th Birthday!

May you always enjoy good health and good fortune!

Happy 14th Birthday, Juliane

Happy 14th Birthday, Juliane!
May you grow into a young lady who is caring and confident and wishing for all your dreams to come true. 

Surprised

A colleague surprised me with a belated birthday present. It was really unexpected and I was really touched. Apparently she had it with her for a while, but we kept missing each other because of our busy schedules. Thank you! It is really sweet of you, Monica. :)

Early Birthday Surprise

A surprise from my colleagues and friends! 

Thank you!

Happy 13th Birthday, Juliane!

Happy Birthday, Juliane! 
As you start to explore who you are and what you want to do, please know that I will always support you 100%! Happy Birthday! 
Enjoy your school's Peranakan trip to Malacca, 1-3 March 2017. It is your first trip overseas on your own and you will be celebrating your birthday with your classmates. :)

Early Birthday Celebration

As Juliane will be leaving for her school trip to Malacca from 1-3 March 2017, we celebrated her birthday a day earlier with her favourite cakes - mango mousse and black forest (they are small cakes lol). 

Happy Birthday, Marieann!

Today, as you turn 15, I realised how fast you have grown up! For me, you are still the little girls of my eyes and you will still be for a long time to come. You know I love you and I will be there to suppport you in whatever you do. 
Have a wonderful day and I wish for you to fulfill all your dreams and goals. 
Happy Birthday, Marieann!

Surprise Birthday Celebration

We planned a surprise birthday celebration for our friend and colleague, Liyana. It was not easy trying to get her to go to the chill room where we have lay out the birthday cake and pressies! I had to trick her that I needed her help to remove some stuff from the room. Haha!
Happy Birthday in advance, Liyana! May all your wishes come true! 

Happy Birthday, Mother/Grandmother!

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Happy Birthday, Mother/ Grandmother! 

Thank you for teaching us what is really important in life!

Wishing you great health, great happiness and a great life!

Lots of LOVE from all of us in Singapore and England

My Birthday Presents

The other birthday pressies I have received. :)

Korean dinner birthday treat from Liyana and Sabina. Thank you!

A sweet birthday cookie from Liyana :)

A hand-sewn Pikachu from Juliane. Her first sewing attempt! :)

My Birthday Treat

I had a little post-birthday me-time treat since I was busy at work on my birthday.
I watched Dr Strange and had a delicious Kurobuta pork dinner. :)

Happy 14th Birthday, Yeun Yi!

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Happy 14th Birthday, Yeun Yi!

May your day be full of love, happiness, presents 

and donuts! 

Lots of love from your family in Singapore

My Happy Birthday Celebration 2016

I saw this on Google page and thought it is the coolest thing I have ever seen haha. 

I couldn't take leave today as I had to teach my last class of my first MLS038 course. It was a blast. A great bunch of KPs, great teachers with great sense of humour! :D I have learnt lots from them and I will miss them - their jokes, their experiences, their wisdom. I wish them all the best when they return to school. Yes, it is fun teaching on my birthday, the teachers sang me a birthday song! :)

I went home to 2 birthday cakes! I thought the girls would be too lazy to do anything for my birthday so I bought a cake for myself haha. Ended up the girls got me a cake too. :D 

I had a great birthday! Thank you to all my friends, my students, my family and my colleagues for their birthday wishes (both in person and on Facebook)! :) 

My Birthday Wishes

Tomorrow is my birthday. I haven't thought about what I wish for myself but more about what I wish for my girls. I guess that is what being a mother is. :P

What a Birthday SURPRISE 2016!

I am really blessed with good friends and colleagues! They threw me a surprise birthday celebration, even though it is two day early! :P Never have I been more surprised to walk into a room full of people shouting, "Surprise! Happy Birthday!". (There were supposed to be more people but some had to go for data collection. I am touched.)  

Thank you for the wonderful birthday surprise! Thank you for the lovely presents, especially the notes that each of you have taken time to write, all 23 notes. I really enjoyed reading them. 

Post-it pads and an album full of birthday wishes/ notes

Some of the lovely notes that my friends and colleagues have written me

Thank you, my friends!! Thank you for all your friendship and love. Never realised that I have so much social capital at my workplace haha :P 

Birth Planet

Wondering what planet rules me? Accurate lol. 

You Are Ruled by Pluto

You are a perceptive person. You are highly intuitive, and you read people well. You know what others are up to - often before they even realize it themselves. You like to sit back and observe what's going on. You learn a lot about people that way. You tend to take on the role of the healer for friends and family. You always seem to know what other people need. *Pluto may not technically be a planet any longer, but that's okay. You were never one to care about technicalities.

What Planet Rules You?