Happy Valentine's Day 2017

Happy Valentine's Day 2017! 

Wishing everyone friendship and love. 

Happy Valentine's Day 2016 & Happy Ren Ri (人日) 2016

This year's Valentine's Day and Ren Ri (7th Day of CNY) happens to fall on the same day, 14 February 2016. Double celebrations! :) 

Happy Valentine's Day 2016

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and Happy Ren Ri (人日) 2016

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Happy Valentine's Day 2015

A little rose petal candle made by Marieann. Thank you!

Happy Valentine's Day 2015!!

14022014 Double Love: Yuanxiao Festival & Valentine's Day

Today is the last day, the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year, also known as Yuanxiao Festival (元宵节) which is akin to the western Valentine's Day (for the Hokkiens, it is also called Chap Goh Mei). Today is 14 February and it is also Valentine's Day. It is therefore a double Valentine's Day. :)

Happy Valentine's Day and Yuanxiao Festival!

Singapore Botanic Gardens celebrated the double love with Cupid's Night Out. My mother and Juliane first went over at 5+pm to watch the love song performances. Below are photos taken by Juliane.

Love in the air balloons and Horses to celebrate the lunar new year

Band Stand where the performances took place

One of the swings provided

More swings! :)

At 9+pm, Juliane and I went to the gardens again to catch some of the performances. We also managed to deprived a couple of one of the many swings that have been placed around the band stand for this special double love occasion. It was quite fun to sit in the swing as well as depriving a couple of the swing lol. Yes, I know I am "evil" haha. Juliane was also going round to pick up some of the fallen frangipani flowers which all happened to fall close to the other swings lol. Guess with our presence, the 6 couples around us were very well-behaved, no public display of affection at all haha. :P It was a cool and breezy night and so it made our enjoyment of the evening even greater. :P A friend on Facebook suggested Juliane might as well point out the relationship between frangipani flowers and pontianak to the couples while she was picking up the flowers lol. That's evil haha :P

The CNY decor at Green Pavilion

The lights on the trees

Lots of people having picnic and enjoying the night, the performances and breeze at the Band Stand

The full moon just behind the clouds

Frangipani, clouds and moon

The Heritage Museum

We strolled home close to 11pm and cooked tangyuan to celebrate Yuanxiao Festival. :) The full moon on Yuanxiao Festival (15th day of CNY) and eating tangyuan also symbolises family togetherness

It is one of the most memorable Yuanxiao Festival and Valentine's Day (combined) ever! :)

Happy Valentine's Day 2013

Happy Valentine's Day 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

My Sweet Valentines

Today is just another day on the calendar.

Today, I had to go into work. While chatting with the girls before I left for work, I realised that both my girls were performing in their pre-school's mini Chinese New Year concert, 9:30 to 10:30am. I felt so bad that I couldn't go to watch their performances as I had a meeting to attend at 10am! I was really upset about it while waiting for the bus. Then I realised that my parents were free. Hmm, maybe they could go in my place and watch the girls. I called home and got my parents to go. :) It was a perfect arrangement: the grandparents would be delighted to watch the girls performing and the girls would be most surprised to see their grandparents at their performances!

Today, I met up with my classmate, Carolyn who did PGDE together with me and she was also my colleague as we both taught at SCGS Primary. It was really nice to see her again. She was on campus today for the book fair. We managed to catch up over lunch. It was really fun talking about our former teaching days and about our various work experiences since leaving the teaching service, lol. Despite having a flat tire, she gave me a lift home. :P That's was really nice of you, Carolyn. It was great meeting up with you. We should catch up again, one of these days, out of campus! Lol.

When I got home, my girls were really excited. I was wondering what had happened. Ahh, then I realised. My girls came forth to me, handed me the Valentine handicrafts that they have made for me and said, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mommy". That was so SWEET of them! Juliane made a Valentine's Day card for me (she had help from the teacher with the writing) while Marieann made roses for me.



Thank you, my darlings. You are both my sweet valentines! I love you dearly.