My darling Baobei

I miss my darling baobei so much lately.... don't be mistaken, he's not my new boyfriend but my darling nephew. Having stayed together with him since he was three, I have watched him grow up from a toddler to a young handsome boy now. I remember how I used to love carrying him in my arms, stealing kisses from him, holding his tiny hands when we were watching tv or sleeping and the times when I have to babysit him when my sister were taking her part-time course.

Now that I am not staying with him and working in the far eastern side of Singapore, I hardly get the chance to see him. And I miss all the funny things that we are capable of doing.

This was taken during our first trip to Bali back in 2003. I thought it would be tough bringing along such a young kid but turned out that he brought us more fun!

Check out his cheeky looks. He never fails to amaze any photographer.

This was taken during CNY, when we were competing to see whose eyes were bigger!

Our yearly pilgrimage

Our family went for our yearly pilgrimage last weekend. It is our yearly Bintan trip!!! Last year Lar Lar didn't get to go with us but this time he joined us as part of the Tai family :)

We woke up bright and early on Saturday but nearly missed our ferry. We actually got lost.... even with our GPS. Luckily we got there in time just to board the ferry. The ferry ride was quite bumpy as the it was raining and the waters were rough. Even when we reached, the weather didn't turn for the better and the gloomy sky didn't clear till evening came.

We took the opportunity to have our game of beach volleyball. And we all know that age is catching up on us when we woke up with aching bodies the next morning.

My darling bao bei & me

We were blessed with good weather the next day and we went out to the beach for another round of beach volleyball and beach activities. Before we left, we were already talking about our trip back next year! Hope we will be lucky again for the balloting next year :)

Me and my dreams

Of late, I have been having dreams about work almost every night. I wonder if it is due to work stress, especially last week when the team was caught up with the launch of our promotion. It felt like fighting fire on a daily basis. In the beginning I had difficulty falling to sleep, now I sleep like a log. Every time I close my eyes, the next thing I know is my alarm screaming away.

One really bad dream that I had made me wake up crying like a baby. I dreamt that Lar Lar and I had a heated argument and the only way out was a divorce. My heart tore into pieces and I could literally feel the pain in me. And this lingered even after I woke up. Lar Lar was just getting ready to sleep when he heard me crying. He shook me hard to wake me up from the dream. I guess he had a great shock as I kept crying uncontrollably. He thought that I was in pain, little did he know that it was just a horrible dream. And he said that I fell back into deep sleep in no time after he 'sayang' and hugged me haha.... Glad that it was nothing but a dream and I hope it will be something that will only take place in our dreamlands.

New beginning

With the start of a new year (although we are already in March now), I am happy that it is the start of a new beginning for me as well. After being in a rut for more than four years, I am so glad that I took a huge step out of my comfort zone (which is really not that comfortable a place). Lar Lar played the role of a supportive spouse, but of course with some level of resistance initially.

Delighted to say that so far the environment is good and I can once again feel the rush of adrenalin and enthusiam coming back to me. Hope this is a good sign for me :)