Gimme A Break

We have a golf freak in the house! No, let me rephrase that. He’s hardly in the house so how can I say we have a golf freak in the house?

Let’s just say we have a golf freak amongst us. He’s tried every which way to convert me and the kids to Golfism, the religion that he speaks! Our 3 kids got converted but I’m pretty comfortable staying a textbook golfer, thank you.

As you can well imagine, our home is practically a golf store. We have Titleist golf bags, Ping golf balls, Taylor Made drivers, putters, irons coming out our ears! If he brings home one more golf club, I swear we’d have to sleep outside because there just won’t be room!

So there’s our very own Mr Golf for ya!

• disappearing golf balls
• when kids swear
• leveling the playing field
• present from a buddy
• walking into over-indulgence

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Call me wierd but I get a rush just browsing around a furniture shop. I get all these ideas popping up in my head about the places where a certain piece of furniture would look good in a home.

For instance, I saw this fabulous tricycle table at Studio RTA Furniture and my imagination’s running wild with it. Gotta love it!

I’m thinking it would look gorgeous beside a bay window with the sunlight streaming in.

Or if I place it just beside the front door, would it get lonely and peddle away one day when I’m not looking?

Nah, it’s got too much character to be hidden away. Gosh, a piece like this would look stunning right smack in the middle of the nowhere!

• pondering living room furniture
• contemporary gold
• unsweet jam memories
• mom’s date with a mosquito
• breakfast on the teak

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I’m glad I went to my neighbor’s fullmoon party last night. The food was sumptuous. It is customary to celebrate a newborn’s fullmoon, or first month by distributing red eggs, saffron rice and sweet desserts to friends and family.

Some families also throw a party or invite friends and family to a sit-down dinner at a restaurant or hotel. Well, my neighbor’s daughter-in-law had a baby boy last month and we were invited to their buffet party.

Instead of cooking up a storm at home, they hired some caterers. The kids and I had a feast. The usual hot favorites were chicken curry, spring rolls, deepfried chicken wings, fish fillet and fried rice and noodles.

What we didn’t expect were the yummy braised pork ribs, ’satay’ (beef and chicken kebabs), soy bean milk, sugarcane juice and shaved ice. Now those really got us going back for seconds! And yes, I seriously need to get to the gym tomorrow morning .

• want to live to be 125? try this!
• tomyam noodles
• herbivores for a day
• you don’t have to cook if …
• a buffet feast like no other

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This whole week, I’ve been so inspired by news stories I’ve read about elderly folks who’re just so with it, so gutsy, you know.

First, there was the story of Venus Ramey, Miss America 1944, now 82 years old, single-handedly taking on an intruder who came to steal from her.

She was just trying to protect her collection of old equipment which she’s trying to turn into showpieces for a museum she’s building.

Then there’s Nola Ochs aged 95 who’s just graduating from college and hopes to find a job as a storyteller on a cruise ship.

I’m so inspired by what she says about her age. She says, “I don’t dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it’s just a number.”

I find this so totally profound!

• stuff sitter
• day at the mall
• the search for an apartment
• before her trip
• a reluctant landlady

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The fashion shoots were great. Two weekends of fashion extravanganza is enough to whet my appetite for more.

I liked the way this whole event was organized. They had a fashion show every hour on the hour featuring apparel from different stores.

These models were wearing apparel from French Connection UK (or FCUK naughtily abbreviated). Lots of popular teen brands like Forever 21, Zero Hour and Body Glove.

Each show lasted between 15 to 25 minutes, nice and short. During the breaks, we’d go pig out, have a drink, do our bathroom runs and would still

be in time to catch the next show. Cool!

Brad’s schedule has been crazy since. After the SPCA dog show last Sunday, he’s been at the inter-school chess competition yesterday and today.

Obviously he’s not had any time for anything! Impatient mom that I am, I dug around his computer and managed to grab a few photos to post here.

• our project runway (1)
• where to find sports gear for your kids
• fashion on the run
• a day in the life of a mom
• water on the go

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Wow, what a crazy last couple of weekends! Brad, my 16 year old, is the budding photographer in our family.

We’ve just upgraded his camera and lenses, and now we’ve got one frenzied camera man who wants to take pictures of everything and anything !

There’s a fashion extravaganza in town that kicked off the previous Friday with a two-hour opening event. Brad and I and the girls were there two hours ahead to grab a good spot.

We’ve been camped right next to the runway since – well, practically except for the weekdays when Brad was at school. He’s been processing his prized photos late into the night!

More on our fashion shoot later when I get my hands on some of his photos. I have to drop Brad off at the SPCA dog show now. He’s the official school photographer for the day. Stay tuned.

• fashion shoots
• our project runway (2)
• the odds
• missing raindrops
• 5 things to do this weekend

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I went to an all-girls’ convent school right up through high school. Many of my teachers were Catholic nuns who wore the full white habit and a cross necklace.

Although I’m a Buddhist, I’m pretty open to other religions.

During my school days in a convent, I’ve been to church, recited ‘Our Father’ and ‘Hail Mary’ along with the sisters, and have learnt quite a bit about Catholicism and catholic saints.

All these experiences have given me a healthy respect for other religions, and led me to research and understand them more. All in all, I think it’s made me a little wiser.

• what drives the consumer?
• a parent and a friend
• golfing in the rain
• crush on guacamole
• every daughter’s dream mom

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I first fell in love with teak when I was on vacation in Bali. They have teak furniture and decor every which way you turn.

Teak outdoor furniture is very popular there and very pretty when set in cosy back gardens. We were lucky enough to have a teak furniture set on our hotel balcony overlooking the sea.

Breakfast on the balcony with the cool morning breeze wafting through was nothing short of heaven. Reminiscing about it makes me want to go back there again … soon.

• pondering living room furniture
• wierd weather day
• rainy days
• almost perfect
• traveling light even with a baby bed

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