thankful for my 3 babes!

wow finally

I am excited , finally got a way to blog on my iPhone and iPad !;)

and the kids helped out.....

My mother in law is finally making the much loved LAKSA!!!!!

There's lots of preparation for this yummyicious dush so instead of going to my new place as earlier planned, I decided to stay and help out my mother in law . Sometimes I am really amazed by her ability to whip up such a "tedious" dish and she never muttered a word of complaint or call out for help. Such is the love she has for our family.

Why tedious,... she actually had to grind many secret ingredients the day before to prepare the chilli paste . On the evetnful day itself, besides preparing the 2 pots of laksa gravy for the whole family , there's 2 chicken to shred, 20 over bolied eggs to peel, fishcake to cut, prawns to peel.....

this time round, I roped in the G kids to help... with the eggs and they sure impressed me with their diligence and SINCERITY in helping out... and of course, they had fun!!!!

hmmmmm....... and for memory sake , I also took a photo of a bowl of the home made laksa......

new home... new excitement

yeap... our new place is almost ready..... spent many weekends staying over and it's really beginning to feel like home.... cozy , personal and finally.. MY own home.......

It's a blessing , not to be taken for granted thhough many times , my fatigue in doing the house chores at the new place gets the better of me and I began to get groucy...

Thankful for my dear hubby and ( of course littel gracia) who's always there to remind me the "always give thanks with a grateful heart"...


haiz... gotto run off... Gracia's late for her art classs!!!!!

touched by an angel

I've not been in the best of moods for the last week of so with all the errands for the new house and my two little kids entering a diferent phase in their lives.



My little boy Gabriel has become more vocal and adamant in his preferences for food, sitting arrangment, who to feed, when to come out of the shower..... anything... no longer the compliant chubby cub........



My gal, bombards me with endless "whys".. or ignores me when I call out to her to brush her teeth, demands my attention to listen to her 1001 opinions and observations, ...



Hubby experiencing some "tornado" at work so it's been basically me running the home and kids over the last weekend and worse.. he's yet to recover from his terrible eye infection ..



wow. tough week........



Just as I sat down on the floor in the dark living room after everyone's asleep just now, feeling exhausted and down... Gracia pops out of her room and ask her infamous : "why , mummy"



For once, her " why" seems so warm and comforting. I told her I was tired after a loooong day.



Then she said the words that so touched me,

"mummy, dun worry, I help you clean up. I dun want you to be tired."
She hugged me and gave a BIG SMILE.



SO touched and thankful. Felt like I was touched by an angel......=)

Renovations... of my heart

This season has been extra busy with the renovations of my new home which started in the month of June...... it's exciting to see how our new home transforms with each new work done as the renovation progresses.....

Interestingly , along this same journey, God has also been doing renovations in my heart as He surprises us with his guidance and timely provision , teaching me more and more what it means to walk in faith and experience a life of adventure and surprises.

Lord, pls help me recall your goodness for this past month or so..... I hope to share on this blog..... to be continued... for now, it's zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Brand New Queen size White Bed frame

A poem of blessing

God said.....

If you never felt pain, then how would you know that I am a Healer?
IF you never went through difficulities, how would you know that I 'm a deliverer?
If you never had a trial, how could you call yourself an overcomer?

If you never felt sadness, how would you know I'm a comforter?
If you never made a mistake, how would you know that I'm forgiving?

If you knew all, how you would know that I will answer your questions?

If you never were in trouble, how would you know that I will come to your rescue?

If you were never broken, then how would you know that I can make you whole?

If you never had a problem, then how youd you know that I can solve them?

If you never had suffering, then how would you know what Jesus went thru?

IF you never went thru fire, then how would you become pure?

If I gave you all things, then how would you appreciate them?

If I never corrected you then how would you know that I love you?

If you had all the power , then how would you learn to depend on me?

If your life was perfect, then what would you need me for?

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a season of praying

too many things happening... ,much strength and wisdom nedded... before I fret and fear.. it's time to get on my knees to pray and hear from our loving God above to gives divine insight and wisdom..

We can't change the people around us to lessen our heartaches, nor can we reverse some difficult circumstances... but I can seek peace from the above as I pray and prepare my spirit and soul for the battles ahead....

G kidz and their good friendz

..... I'm lost for words.... !

goodbye 2009 and hello 2010!

It's been sooo long since my last post.. gosh... .....



Writer's block I had , perhaps...



Whatever it was, it's a brand new year and I would wanna just start afresh....



It's been a tough year but a GOOD one for me.



Good because I really saw the grace and goodness of the Lord thru the difficult times ....

Good because I came points of total helplessness and learnt that many things in life are out of our control and learnt to let go and trust God more...

Good because there has been many changes but have learnt that as long as I keep my heart pure and continue to fear the Lord , I can go thru them with confidence that things will turn out alright...

Good because I see how blessed I am to have so much love and support from my husband, family, and good friends who have been there to support me through the tough times...

Good because I've experienced first hand God's supernatutal miraculous healing upon my friend's 2 yr old critically ill daughter and saw the whole family acknowledge the Lord as their savour ...

Good because I see God's continued provision in our family since I became a SAHM in Jan 2009!

.... the list can go on and on.....



Thank you Lord for a very blessed 2009.... I look forward to 2010, another year to experience your love and faithfulness and grace!



It's time to move on......!

a happy lunch...

See my recent master piece........It's one of the rare times that I tried to make the kids food look interesting...

It all started through a FAILED sweet potato porridge that I was preparing for the kids' lunch. Too little water and the porridge dried up...

Panicked then coz not enuff time to re cook and gracia's about to come back from school.....

throw away the porridge?? WASTE food!!! ahhh...

Just as I stared at the pot of porridge and sliced beef that I cooked.... this idea just popped by and VIOLA.. !!!

Actually it had been a stressful week coz Gracia's appetite has not been good.. when she saw her lunch , she smiled.....and to my surprised, she had "fun" laughing and eating her "special lunch" without her fuss. Thank God!

Well, learnt a beautiful lesson today..... while there are many things that may be going as well as we want to , am sure something beautiful and good will come out of it if we only learn to look at and make the best out of the "imperfect" situations that we are in...=)

Life can be so stressful with so many demands as it is.. got to learn to take it easy and pause to see the good in all that we are facing and going thru. =)

look up and experience His Grace

It's a tough season for me...more emotionally than physically with many things happening to my loved ones in my family....

There's many things I wish I can do to help my loved ones but realise that there's a limit to my capacity and ability... some things really need a miracle....

I know it's a time to hang on in faith on the promises of our loving God and look up to experience his grace ...


" My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in (our) weaknessess" 2 Corinthians 12:9

my little macho man has turned 1 !!!!

On Aug 2008, a beautiful baby boy was born.....

Beeeeeezzzzzzz , 12 months later.......in Aug 2009

He's been such a blessing in our lives !! He is , and has been and WILL BE a blessing ALWAYS!

He's brought so much joy into our lives , always bringing a cheer even on gloomy dayz..=)

Mummy, Daddy and Jie Jie love you very much Gabriel!

encouraging the Gkidz to encourage each other

Yeah, just discovered this little secret to bond the G kidz...... getting them to encourage each other!!!!! =)


Jie Jie usu takes a longer time to finish her meal while Di di can speedily finished his meal without any fuss...
while it's tempting for mummy to compare Jie Jie but decided to ask Di di to encourage JIe JIe to "Jia You and finish her lunch" instead...

So we all sang ," jie jie , jia you, jie jie , jia you..........."

The result ... a very motivated jie jie who finished her meal faster than usual and lots of fun with di di Gabirel clapping away , cheering jie jie on !!!


I'm remind that every child is unique with different strengths and weaknesses. I'm thankful for the gentle reminder not to compare my children with each other but to remind them to spur each other on by encouraging each other esp in one another's weaknesses =)

Raising confident children...

Something I really believe in :

"You can bonded with your children , not by their dependence on you. But by love and SHARED PRIDE in what they HAVE ACHIEVED. "

IT's my desire to raise my children to be confident children who dares to try and learn as they make mistakes in their journey towards independence.

All in a day's work

Through the eyes of little Gracia -

Early in the morning, I sweep the floor, I sweep the floor ...

Then it's time to feed the little one(s)...

Well... can't leave the dishes undone.. gotto wash up, wash up...

Then not forgetting the kid's fav time.... cuddling up with their favourite books....

Ah ..... finally.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........

TO BE CONTINUED.......

God loves you!

ONe of the greatest blessings I wanna give to my children is to help him know and REALLY know how much God loves them and our God is a great and faithful one.

Life is never gonna be easy always but as they know that whatever storms they face in their lives, GOd is still in control and He loves them very very much. I know they will have the courage , grace and wisdom to grow up confidently and brave through every season of their lives =)

time passes soo fast!

I can;t believe it... the one month Jun Hols are coming to an end!!!!!!

I was initially very apprehensive on how I was going to keep my ever active Gracia happily engaged at home and also how things are going to turn out with Gabriel and Gracia together at home.....

Well I must say, I'm kindaff sad that the hols are coming to an end... have enjoyed myself thoroughly tho exhausted .... Cause me to really appreciate the time I have with my kids and family.... time passes by just toooo fast.. before I know it , Gracia and Gabriel may be all grown up , having their own activities ... Gracia walking down the aisle with the man that the Lord has blessed her with..Gabriel going to the army and coming home only on the weekends.... ooppps... Am I thinking too much?????

Well, at this moment, I'm just so very thankful that I can really be so involved at this stage of their lives, laughing and playing with them., watching them develop and grow right before my very eyes. IT's all God's grace and I'm really thankful for it...

Want to get down to do some scape book project to capture all these precious moments together...

Will be posting pics up soon on my next entry!!!!!!

Discipline and LOVE

A challenging day .... discipling my 3 (almost , by this fri) year toddler.

It's time for her afternoon nap and her previous activity before her afternoon nap was practicing her alphabet writing . Although she's ok to move on to her nap, she still wanted to hold her book and pencil case to sleep. I agreed.

But on her bed she wanted to to take her sharp pencil out and hold it to sleep. Naturally I refused to accede to her request. It's DANGEROUS!!!!!!

But to her , it was something she liked very much and didn't think any wrong of holding it to sleep.

So it was disciplining time.

I explained the danger and told her she can't sleep with it. At most , only her pencil case with the pencil INSIDE. She refused to listen.

Then , mummy had to use a harsher tone. She still refused.

Next, a smack on the hand. Gracia still refused.

A few more smacks on the hand. Gracia still refused.

Then, confiscation of pencil and pencil case. Gracia still refused with ballooning tantrum.

Alas, the ultimate, Ze CANE.

Mummy is getting increasingly frustrated but consciously trying to contain her anger. However mummy's tone cannot hide her mounting frustration coz she's wondering how to ever make her dear Gracia get the MESSAGE!!!!!

In the end, the cane did work although it was used on gracia's mattress .

Gracia finally slept ( after lots of reassuring hugs from mummy through her sobs)...... with her pencil case ( without the pencil)

The act of DISCIPLINING is really UNPLEASANT. But behind all the unplesantness , it's stems from a lot of LOVE from the one who is disciplining.

" No discipline seems pleasant at the time , but painful. Later on , however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. " Heb 12:11

It was a terrible episode just now, not just for Gracia, but also for Mummy!!! It was an exasperating experience for me!!!!! =P

It surely didn't have to escalate so much if only Gracia would just obey . Why I got so frustrated ? Coz I didn;t want Gracia to hurt herself with the pencil and also wanted her to have a good nap!!! The longer the tantrum episode, the more tired and cranky she'll get!

Just caused me to reflect upon how God disciplines us and corrects us. He gave us the bible to teach us the way forward in this wayward world and warn us againest things that would not be beneficial for us. But sometimes, in our stubborness we may just choose to disobey. Then God in his love for us, will thus have to escalate his disciplinary measures so that we can FINALLY get His message of love to correct us for our good......

"Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best;but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness." Heb 12 :10

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,

and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

because the Lord disciplines those he loves,

and punishes everyone he accepts as a son " Heb 12 :4

dear Lord Jesus, please help me to learn to obey and trust you and your word for I know that you know best for me. Help me to always have a teachable spirit that is willing to change as you lead and guide me. Thank you for loving me so much that you will not give up disciplining me so that I will grow in holiness and wisdom.