Wow! Can you believe it? Its already the 1st of July and 2009 is more than half-way over! What have you done lately? For me, life has been pretty much the same ... taking care of my 2 boys (big & small), keeping my home intact, keeping up with extended family & friends ... & just trying to stay sane!
The past six months came & gone, more like a whirlwind! It all goes by so fast. Ryan will be 30 months soon (or 2 & half, if you may). Just looking at him, I know that life has passed by me sooo very fast. He's grown from a newborn, so helpless & dependent to a hyper-active lil boy. Whereas a year ago, you could not make out the mumblings, now he can more or less converse with us (although some might not understand his pronounciation). He has even picked up Malay (on his own) & though its still very limited, its a start. Well, for Mandarin ... now thats another issue alltogether. He's yet to really pick up Chinese but I hope when he goes to nursery next year, he will get the chance to start learning his mother tongue.
Well, other than that, nothing much is going on. Hubby's busy with work (since when, is he not?) & we have been trying to keep our weekends slow & steady, doing activities at our own pace. With the flu (H1N1) virus very much circulating in the country, we have tried to keep out of extremely crowded places. Even communal activities like swimming are put on hold, to a later date.
We have even cut down drastically on our shopping trips, as we try to avoid most malls & all. Though grocery shopping is still done, we try to minimise our trips. We try to stay home more these days ... which also saves us money. One complaint though ... the damn heat! I am always sweating (not perspiring like some people ... coz I sweat buckets in this heat). If only the heat will go away but then again I know this is Singapore's "version" of summer. One good thing to come out of the "summer" heat is the fresh, juicy & beautiful fruits in the supermarkets. Have you seen them? Its really a good time to go crazy with fruits especially the usually expensive ones, like strawberries, blueberries & kiwis, etc. Even if you are paying the same prices, their juiciness is unsurpassed. I'm just trying to think up more ways to eat those wonderful fruits other than just cutting, slicing them for consumption - salads, jucing, puddings, jams, the list is endless!
Hhhmm ... I think I saw a simple recipe for mango pudding somewhere. Just gotta find it ...
