Happy Mother’s Day to ME ❤️

This past few days, peoples were posting all about Mothers Day. Celebrating and Cheering about it.

Some showered with gift, some with cards, others with nothing.

But it doesn’t change any of its meaning.

I can’t be more happier to join the wagon.

But alas, this year is different.

I am not waiting for my husband or son to say it to me, but I am doing it for myself, now.

Happy Mother’s Day to me.

I know being a mom can be challenging.

It’s a never ending journey, sometimes the road is smooth, on the other day road killing bumpy.

Sometimes you want to scream on top of your lungs, but the other day is angelic scene with rainbow and unicorns.

I am a proud mom of one super special boy.

He is everything that I ever wish for. Grateful for it.

But today is not about him.

Today is about me giving a pat on my back.

Being proud with myself.

Acknowledge what I have done.

Understand and remember how far I come, how far I have walked.

Today is about me.

Me being mom.

It is time for me to reminds myself that taking good care of myself is the most important thing.

It’s equally the same as taking care of the rest of the family.

I know that I am raised to believe that a Mom should be a person who guided the children to become special someone.

I am lucky to have a supportive husband who feels that raising a child needs a village.

A mother

A father

Teachers

Friends

Many more

A village will support a children’s development, not one MOM only.

So again,

Happy Mother’s Day to me.

Thank you for hang on here.

Thank you for being myself.

Thank you for picking myself up when I am down.

Thank you for letting me down so then I remember to stand again.

I am special for what I am.

Happy Mother’s Day to ME

PS :

Happy Mother’s Day to all MOMS too.

❤️❤️❤️

Xo

Is it too late to say Happy New Year?

New Year,

New Hope,

New Challenge,

New Changes,

New Beginning,

New Excitement,

New Experience

Happy New Year.

Reflecting back to 2017, it’s not easy for us, but hey we made it!

So I am proudly saying that we are ready for this year.

My personal wish for this year is to be productively manage my life, whine less and happier.

Health will be the focus too.

Hope to take care of me and my family better.

Much better.

Month of love,

Happy February

Happy New Year once again!!

All the best for us

No Maid No Problem (yet?)

A month after Hari Raya, some of my friends are still struggling to find a domestic helper. As it is a common phenomena in here.

It got me thinking that almost 5 years now I live without full time helper (of course I am hiring part timer once a while especially when the ironing is piling up to the roof)

Realizing I can survive without them, let me share a few easy tips to manage your house and yourself.

Trust me, I often want to scream too when things get overloaded.

Let’s get start with the list :

1. Get all your family member in the house to be involved. Everyone should know where is the tissue storage, oil, paper, tape and so on. Even the kitchen utensil.

Start with labeling the boxes, especially when you have a young children at home.

It is important for all adults to aware of those places, in order to help you keep things in places.

BUT! Be flexible and feasible with all the situation, especially if you have children. They need some times to know all the places and help you with house core.

At least they can tidy up their toys and be commited with it.

(My 8yo is always playing everywhere, but he’s on his way to helping us more. Practice and patience still the key 😁)

I am so lucky to have a cooperative husband (but he did some hiccup too, as normal human and we know the consequences of that hiccup is wife will bark a bit Lol)

2. Get your cleaning tools COMPLETE – handy.

I always choose the easiest and cleanest mop, even though it cost lots of money. Simple reason to get things done easier.

And always clean them when you are done the cleaning process. It will reduce the stress level when you are about to start your cleaning process.

3. Clean kitchen sink is a happy start.

It is very personal, but if in the night I get to do prioritize, clean up the dishes is a must before go to bed.

You can easily ignore if the floor is a bit dusty but not dishes.

You don’t want to wake up in the morning and facing the dirty dishes and pans.

4. The most important part, it’s okay to have a messy house once a while. Don’t overdo and let yourself too tired.

I am still working on this mantra. To be honest, I get upset easily of the house is disorganize. I could stay awake and sleep late to do some cleaning.

This is not good in long term. Because I need to rest and continue working the next day.

Keeping myself awake in the night will cause more problems the next day.

Like we all know, lack of sleep will affect our hormone and mood ladies. We don’t need to be a dragon cleaner lady.

After all it is our house, our home. With or without helper is a choice. We know what it’s best for us.

I can tell this story or surviving without helper, but I believe many people out there who has no choice to add a helper as part of the family.

Just make sure you are happy with the decision 💖

Tell me your cleaning or managing house story. Would love to read it.
xoxo

– A –

So called Motherhood!

We are surrounded by super moms (I must say super moms, because they are all super and lots of them). What makes us a mom? What makes us deserved a mother’s title?

It doesn’t really matter for me, wether you are delivering a child so you are called a mom, or you are adopting, or you are raising cats and dogs, or even you are a mom at your workplace for your team.

A mom, is someone that we care about, we adore, and we look up to.

A mom is someone who is caring for us. I know that some of us are choosen to be a birth mom and some others should fight to be one. Some of us decided not to having a child on his own but care for others. It doesn’t really matter.

Once you have unconditional love to someone else, you deserve to be called MOM.

Once you care for someone even though that someone is annoying and often forgeting your exsistence, you still deserve a MOM’s title.

I am not talking about the love lust, I am talking about the sincere and pure love.

This is motherhood, MY version.

You might agree or not, your choice.
Ps : I am a mom to 8 yo boy who could not leave me alone whenever I am busy entertaining myself. He will come and ask and ask and ask and ask. Like never ending question and request. He will nagging and asking about fewe things just to get my attention. He is trully something.

But I am proud to called my self a MOM, because i would do anything for his wellbeing. Ensuring he is ready to embrace the future.

He might get hurt (and I might not be able to stop that), but I want him to go back on his feet and step up and be better.

Well, I  am a serious MOM when talking about this stuffs 😁

Now I am sending love to all MOMs out there.

Any kind of MOMs.

Au revoir

💖🌸
A