Staff BBQ
November 19, 2008
We had a staff BBQ held in school earlier this evening. Stayed for only a short while before taking a walk to the service station to collect my car. It wasn’t a bona fide BBQ in the sense that we didn’t have to do any of the bbqing. People were employed to do the work for us, which, on any other occasion, would actually have been the most fun part. The satay was really good. The otah too. And the mee goreng. The sambal stingray, of which I took only a miniscule bite before dumping, was almost tasteless. A pity I had to leave just as the crowd got larger; would have loved to stay and catch up a little with the rest.
Protected: A little more lurrvvve
July 4, 2008
Motherhood magic
June 25, 2008
Whenever I’m at work, I really miss my kids. How’s M at school? Are there going to be complaints from the teachers again? What about the little one? How’s his appetite? What does he have in his porridge today? Simple, seemingly trivial questions, yet they mean so much to me.
When I get home, the sparkle in their eyes. Yells of ‘Mummmyy!’ His little arms around my neck. The other’s flailing in excitement. Pleas to carry them. Implorations to take them to the playground. Earnest, almost piteous. My heart could literally melt.
A daughter. A wife. A sister. A friend. A teacher. I am, above all else, a mother.
