This is an exciting year for me. I am trying to remember a lot of stuff....and they are very dear to me. Fond memories are stuff that keep us going forward. The good times that we spent with family members and friends should be cherished always. Still can't believe that i have reached the ripe old age of sixty-five. Now i spend my time with my buddies chit chatting , going round the town enjoying the fine hawker food and sharing recipes and sewing. Once in a while we do enjoy the fine food offered by the restaurants around the area.
Every morning we will meet in the field for our usual morning walk. This is a time of sharing about our children and grandchildren. Oh yes, congratulation to my good friend, Mrs Ng. She just had a granddaughter....a long awaited one. To another friend Nancy is also eagerly waiting for the arrival of her first grandchild. As for myself, my second grandchild will be due end of July.....very excited indeed.
Morning walks are times when we also exchange about our trips abroad. Times have really changed...grandmothers visit their grandchildren overseas now as our children prefer to work in other countries. I think from now onwards, my fond memories would be of my grandchildren....from the moment they were born and every day thereafter while they are growing up. Their laughter, their cries, their smiles, the first time they call me 'popo' i.e. grandma. their first kiss on my cheeks. Surely these are fond memories to remember.

Trying to remember

It's been a a long time since i last wrote in this blog. However it just seem like yesterday. Time truly flies....when you are getting on in years. Have been rather busy these days taking care of little granddaughter. She's such a bubbly little girl but mine on mine....she certainly has a temper of her own to match a volcano so as to speak. When she erupts in one of her bouts of temper there is no way of calming her quickly. She can scream the sky down. It makes me recall one of the  poems i learnt when i was in primary school...i can't remember the whole poem but this line i certainly do. To quote ' when she is good, she is very, very good but when she is bad, she is horrid', unquote. That's my little Hannah-Maree. Well, she is attending school at a Day Care Centre three times a week...and i'm sure she will improve. Yesterday, the parents were so happy and proud to hear the teacher said she has a good heart.....and she does because one can see the little caring ways she has and a very loving disposition in her character. As a grandparent, i would pray that she will grow up to be the person that God has created her to be.
Now that Hannah is at school. i have more time now to do my patch work...something to keep me occupied and enjoy. Hope to finish one for my niece Carmen. She has waited two long years for it. After that i would to do one for her brother Clement. Then i have in mind to do one with ships design for Hannah. It is a good feeling to be able to do something for loved ones and i guess this will keep going on for years to come if i live that long. Apart from doing needlework, i like to cook too. The dishes that my mother cooked for us when we were young. As i try to recall those dishes, it certainly bring back memories how we used to help mum cooking in the kitchen. Then we would all sit at the dinner table and thoroughly enjoy the food. Nowadays, it is so different....we watch what we eat because we are afraid to put on more weight or for health reasons. My mum used to enjoy all her food, never caring for her weight or health and lived up to a ripe old age of ninety-three years. Now we watch what we eat......the world has certainly change....for better or worse...i really don't know.