Mr Liow was supposed to have a long weekend off from Fri to Mon (today) but had a last minute meeting to attend on Friday so we had only 3 days to enjoy, which was still good!
Friday
Mr Liow's co-partner at work has reached the end of his 2 years and there was a farewell party on Fri for him.
It was a nice dinner and AN was at one of her best behaviour. She was still shy but was all ready to pose for pictures with a finger to her cheeks.
During the farewell speech given by Mr Liow's friend, he spoke of his time spent with Mr Liow.
One part of it amused me to no end:
Mr Liow is a joker like most of you know him to be. Once, he jokingly commented to a surbordinate when that guy forgot to do something, I think: "It's ok. You don't work anyway." That guy was in no way offended and everyone started making fun of each other.
That friend of Mr Liow's, being a more serious person by nature, started to try his luck at joking, like Mr Liow. He said the same thing to another guy jokingly, only to have that guy feel offended. He had to emphasis that he was joking to appease the increasing tension.
It was funny how he said it that Mr Liow has this gift of being able to gel (jell?) with people easily and how the same words used by different people brings different results.
Saturday
We spent the whole day grocery shopping for a steamboat dinner in the evening. We invited the colleague who was leaving, and the guy who'll be taking over him, for dinner. The new guy brought his wife who loves dogs. Baileys and Maen even got a 'first impression' gift!
It was nice chatting over dinner. I've always enjoyed chatting over dinner or drinks, something we had not done much for the past 1.5 years.
AN was well behaved too despite her having not slept for the whole day! She was more friendly, maybe coz we were at home where she felt comfortable enough to open up a little.
Sun
We had planned to drive up to Mount Lemmon with the furkids but were a little too tired from the night before to proceed with the plan. We'd probably do it one of these weekends before Mr Liow goes away for 3 weeks.
We have no proper cameras now anyway (our Olympus p&s died early this year and the second best that's not too fantastic, my K850, has also given up. Have gotten a new one online so it was a better idea to go up the mountains when we have a camera to capture the wonders of our Lord's creation.
What did we do then? We went shopping and AN benfitted most. There was 15% off tents, so we got AN one. Let's hope that will going to stop her from hiding under the walker, tables or chairs. We've not opened it though. The tent will end up Maen's if we place it downstairs, or if we place it upstairs, we will going to have a hard time making AN go to bed. If we can't find a place to open it in soon, we'll probably only unpack it when we go back to Sgp.
How time flies! We have only 6 months left. I can't believe we're going back soon! There is so much I'll miss here but still it's good to be back to where everything is so familiar.
Monday
Rest & relax. We went for a short walk at Walmart and that was all. AN was tired and fell asleep early.
For once, Mr Liow and I could spend some time together watching TV uninterrupted and chatting about our childhood. I enjoyed that.
I am currently reading the 5 Love Languages of a Child and the original version for marriage. My main language is quality time. I don't need diamonds or gifts or holidays. Those 2 hours of chatting filled up my love tank :) Plus AN had been a rather obedient baby these few days, I should have enough patience and love to overflow in her direction this week.
No photos yet. Will update after they get uploaded. I'm sharing the laptop with Mr Liow now, so I most likely won't get to go online much now.
It's been a good week. Thank you Lord.
Friday
Mr Liow's co-partner at work has reached the end of his 2 years and there was a farewell party on Fri for him.
It was a nice dinner and AN was at one of her best behaviour. She was still shy but was all ready to pose for pictures with a finger to her cheeks.
During the farewell speech given by Mr Liow's friend, he spoke of his time spent with Mr Liow.
One part of it amused me to no end:
Mr Liow is a joker like most of you know him to be. Once, he jokingly commented to a surbordinate when that guy forgot to do something, I think: "It's ok. You don't work anyway." That guy was in no way offended and everyone started making fun of each other.
That friend of Mr Liow's, being a more serious person by nature, started to try his luck at joking, like Mr Liow. He said the same thing to another guy jokingly, only to have that guy feel offended. He had to emphasis that he was joking to appease the increasing tension.
It was funny how he said it that Mr Liow has this gift of being able to gel (jell?) with people easily and how the same words used by different people brings different results.
Saturday
We spent the whole day grocery shopping for a steamboat dinner in the evening. We invited the colleague who was leaving, and the guy who'll be taking over him, for dinner. The new guy brought his wife who loves dogs. Baileys and Maen even got a 'first impression' gift!
It was nice chatting over dinner. I've always enjoyed chatting over dinner or drinks, something we had not done much for the past 1.5 years.
AN was well behaved too despite her having not slept for the whole day! She was more friendly, maybe coz we were at home where she felt comfortable enough to open up a little.
Sun
We had planned to drive up to Mount Lemmon with the furkids but were a little too tired from the night before to proceed with the plan. We'd probably do it one of these weekends before Mr Liow goes away for 3 weeks.
We have no proper cameras now anyway (our Olympus p&s died early this year and the second best that's not too fantastic, my K850, has also given up. Have gotten a new one online so it was a better idea to go up the mountains when we have a camera to capture the wonders of our Lord's creation.
What did we do then? We went shopping and AN benfitted most. There was 15% off tents, so we got AN one. Let's hope that will going to stop her from hiding under the walker, tables or chairs. We've not opened it though. The tent will end up Maen's if we place it downstairs, or if we place it upstairs, we will going to have a hard time making AN go to bed. If we can't find a place to open it in soon, we'll probably only unpack it when we go back to Sgp.
How time flies! We have only 6 months left. I can't believe we're going back soon! There is so much I'll miss here but still it's good to be back to where everything is so familiar.
Monday
Rest & relax. We went for a short walk at Walmart and that was all. AN was tired and fell asleep early.
For once, Mr Liow and I could spend some time together watching TV uninterrupted and chatting about our childhood. I enjoyed that.
I am currently reading the 5 Love Languages of a Child and the original version for marriage. My main language is quality time. I don't need diamonds or gifts or holidays. Those 2 hours of chatting filled up my love tank :) Plus AN had been a rather obedient baby these few days, I should have enough patience and love to overflow in her direction this week.
No photos yet. Will update after they get uploaded. I'm sharing the laptop with Mr Liow now, so I most likely won't get to go online much now.
It's been a good week. Thank you Lord.
