The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.”

― Mary Oliver

15th - 16th June 2019: Botanical Symphony x Father's Day

Prepping to go to Botanics for their symphony day! 

Too excited for our outing! 

We brought lots of snacks. Tofu was salivating the entire way. 

Place was packed! Hard to look at pictures of crowds in April 2020 during the COVID crisis. 

Tofu getting sayangs from his uncle. 

Tryna figure out what his dad his doing. 

Those scallops beside Sam's head are AMAZING.

Muffin dropped by with Qin! 

He didn't want to leave though hahaha. 

Sweaty but happy hehe. 

Home for mahjong and dessert made by Sam's mummy. 

Cuddlessss. 

A professor greeted me in the morning. 

Cuddles before we left for Father's Day lunch!

Buffets really aren't my thing, but there was lotsss to eat.

Best papiton <3 

Home to the best puppy <3 

Before your heart

“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”

― Anne Sexton

13th - 14th June 2019: Work

Morning cuddles before the inevitable temporary goodbye. 

Most work days are uneventful so all I have are multiple pics of Tofu in various positions of rest. 

Oh and so pre-walkie 

But mostly at rest haha. 

Twins I met on the way to lunch at work. 

Practising practice and balance. 

This makes me happy.

Lock Down Updates

It's 23rd April 2020 and we are in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. We have been asked to stay home (working from home or otherwise) apart from heading out for essential errands. It's been 2.5 weeks now. Things are getting better, in terms of compliance, but there are still many who flout the rules. There are also many helpers, and they really lift our spirits.

In this time, it is really easy to get angry, depressed, and disillusioned. I hope we all come out of it okay.

10th - 11th June 2019: Work x Birthday Dinners

Yup. 

Yearly spring cleaning!

Dinner time with my sisters who were giving me a birthday treat (:

I'm kinda hungry just looking at this right now. 

Time for dessert! 

<3 

Someone was not pleased to have to wait so long for me to get home. 

He got cuddles to bed <3 

KBBQ the next night with the bestie for birthday celebrations as well! 

<3 

Too many years of nonsense together <3 

Be True

“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”

― e.e. cummings