Tour package

Booked the tour package to Italy. As expected, he said "siow"go for 10 days, somemore not SQ flight ;( On the contrary, the children are looking forward and keeping their fingers crossed. Alyssa looks forward to see Milan's winter fashion, but day she would not want to look at the statue of david. hahaha

Planning

Talking about planning, I feel very frustrated that I am planning as if I am a single parent because he did not want to discuss the future. I don't know whether he had thought of the children's education. I don't see much of a future to plan for once the kids are independent. One case in point happened only yesterday when he told my maid "tell ma'am" when she told him the oven was out of order. He did not offer to pay for the children's vacation. He told the maid I should pay for the new rice cooker...

Alexus D & T

Alexus spent the Saturday in school. In his sms he told me that he's doing his D&T folio for submssion. He had been doing that quite frequently. So I told him that was too much time to spend on one minor subject. In the evening, he showed me some of the technical drawings for his folio. He'll share with me once the folio is complete. I was quite touched by his gesture. I think he knows I'm anxious. After his O lvl chinese results were made known to him, he did not inform me immediately. He admitted that he was afraid...

Possible Alternatives

Some ppl talked to me about living an active life after retirement. A few ideas crossed my mind:

a) working at Star Bucks cos I had always wanted to learn to make coffee like a Barista :D

b) working at the Jurong Dragon Kiln as a potter / helper cos I had always wanted to try my hands at pottery, but Alyssa said it's hot, dirty, full of mosquitoes and it's hard work ;P

c) find a job at the Singapore Zooooo - any job will do :p

d) start a blogshop?

Got to keep thinking.....

Year End Trip

Shall start planning a year end holiday trip with the kids. Really wish to go to one of the European countries. Upon learning the price of the package tour to Europe, Alyssa said it was ok to go for less expensive destination e.g. Japan (!!! and not other asian countries) She insisted that I bring Alexus along as well cos the trip would be boring without him =)

Mother's Death Anniversary

It's been a year since mother passed on. Will be marking the day at the temples. With other errands thrown in, hope everything turns out fine. Alyssa told me she still misses her grandma, and turned a little emotional.