Lexi and Adi Episode 4

To Love Again

My father got married again this week. And a lot of people kept asking how we felt about our Dad remarrying. We weren't expecting it but we could see he was truly in love and if anyone deserved to be happy, it was my Dad. So if he was happy, we were happy. Here's to Dad and his new bride and to finding love again the second time around. You are a truly lucky man, Daddy.

Domeng and Meldy

                                   Lexi as Flower Girl              Nuestra Senora de Guia /Ermita Church

My Family  

All photos courtesy of Hershey Fernandez

  



Easter Sunday Snapshots

Easter bunny with party banners from www.funkyfairtrade.info

Tiffany-blue Easter eggs. Recipe from www.familyfun.go.com

Lexi trying her hand at Easter egg decorating

Plain, dyed and decorated Easter eggs

Chocolate eggs

Lost and Found

Last Sunday was not a good day. We were jinxed I tell you. I should have known from the start that we shouldn't have gone out when my hair got caught in the hair dryer. Or maybe we've just been having a run of bad luck. Did I mention that I broke our laptop right before an important job interview the previous week? And this happened right after I finished collating a presentation I intended to show my hopefully future employer. But as it seemed a tad too cliche to say my computer broke which is probably the adult professional's version of 'the dog ate my homework' I just went on the interview without it. Anyway, so broken computer and hair dryer-fried hair aside, we still went out to have a nice family day. However, a cab ride later, as luck (or in this case, bad luck) would have it my husband loses his wallet in the back of the cab. Ack. So after he comes back from running after the taxi, empty handed, following which he promptly forgets the taxi's license plate number, we were resigned to spending the next few minutes calling our various banks to try and block our cards. An hour, 4 phone calls and one broken phone later (wherein the phone dropped to the ground, repeatedly), we finally blocked all our cards, posted an alert with Comfort Cab and could take a moment to think 'let go, move on' so we could enjoy the rest of the day.

And so we did. And we thought to ourselves, okay, lost wallet, not the end of the world. Sure it was a hassle since aside from waiting for my husband's new cards to arrive, he also had to file for a new IC (cost: SGD100) but at the end of the day we didn't lose that much.

So we went on with our lives.

Today however I went down to the mailbox and found a package. It was a big envelope and quite bulky. I instinctively knew it was my husband's wallet. I opened the envelope, unwrapped the plastic around my husband's wallet and saw that it had all his money and cards intact. The wallet also came with a letter from SingPost. It seems that someone found the wallet and dropped it in one of the many mailboxes scattered around the island. But going the extra mile, when SingPost processed it, they actually took the time to put protective wrap on it, write up a letter and mail the wallet back to us free of charge.

My husband's wallet and the SingPost letter

Let me just say, wow, the system really works.

Thank you anonymous-person-who-found-my-husband's-wallet and thank you Singapore Post!

Another one bites the dust

Another bookstore that is. First there was Borders which closed down sometime last year, then a branch of Harris in Great World and now Page One closes its doors in its only branch in Vivocity.

The digital revolution definitely hastened the demise of bricks and mortar bookstores here in Singapore, with people starting to buy e-books and apps these days instead of physical books and rent increases not helping the cause.

In any case, I only saw the ad for the closing sale recently but since the deal was so amazing - 70% off storewide, I was worried the best stuff would be gone. I still went though and brought back quite a decent haul.

Personal finance and investment books (SGD8.40 and SGD11.55)


Style books (SGD18 and SGD10)


Children's room design books (SGD16 and SGD5.40)


Parenting and baby books (SGD6, SGD7 and SGD8.85)


Garden design book (SGD12.80)