It's Time I Should Let You Know.

Hey, how's life? Mine's pretty alright, though a bit mundane lately. I have been staying home a whole day each day (almost!), and that has been all. I'm still here in Singapore, haven't found a place to move to yet and been doing nothing much really other than carrying out familial duties, and during my free times, reading books or going online. And once in a while when I thought I'd have enough of this routine, I'd make efforts to catch up with the family and friends over lunch, dinner or just coffee - a bit unproductive I know. Fortunately though, I haven’t been
totally 'caught up' in the country as how I may have been with my day-to-day routine. I mean, I still made small trips outside Singapore a few times recently and that is despite being in a ‘less travel-friendly situation’ these days (will tell you more about it later) and those trips have so far been the key energizers that have kept me going.

Just to add on to the above a bit: I was in Penang, Malaysia, with my family in December 2009 where I visited a friend in a nearby state, Kedah, and attended her sister’s wedding at their resort hotel in one of the towns there. I also took the opportunity to go up north to Seberang Perai (Seberang Perai's a part of Penang but on the peninsula’s mainland) after the wedding to check out Butterworth before I travelled west to Penang, the island, to tour around a little. All was good, and I enjoyed myself a lot on the trip. And then in January this year I visited my parents-in-law in Nagoya, Japan, and hung around at their place for a while before I flew over to Seoul, Korea for a short holiday.

Well, travelling in those places was a lot of fun for me for sure but it wasn't without sheer hard work this time for I was travelling with my child who was at that time only about 4 months old! Yeah, I have now become a mother! I know I didn't write about becoming a mother at all on the blog, and so thousands of apologies for that. I just thought of keeping the news to myself for some time and not share about it with my readers until later or at least until I am ready to do so. But well here it is finally. And just in case you might want to know, my baby's a girl, she was born on 27th July last year at a public hospital in Singapore, and her name’s Hazuki.

Well, now that I have a child, life has been quite different for me. I stay home to look after my baby and every now and then make efforts to be out and about with her. It is a loss of a life outside the home you can say and I pretty much agree with you. Caring for the baby has been but full of challenges and sometimes things just seem so daunting. But lately, "things" have become more of a routine for me and so caring for Hazuki has become somewhat easier. Also, I am carrying her less these days, which is good, but I also go everywhere she goes now and really, really slowly (she’s not only started to crawl but also frequently pull herself upright and grab just about any objects nearby that she sees along the way), though this can be quite tiring and physically demanding on me, seeing Hazuki grow and do new things from time to time is nevertheless fulfilling.

So yeah. I am still here in Singapore and that's pretty much because I haven't found a place to move to yet. I have been doing nothing much really other than carrying out familial duties, and during my free times I'd read books or go online. Living in Singapore may be the same for me to some extent but life has changed tremendously now that I have a child - I am kept occupied with my new duties as a mother and my priorities have pretty much differ; a bit mundane though sometimes. Speaking of priorities however, Hazuki’s awake and crying now, and so I must go. But hey, I have plans to keep you all posted, so do stay tuned alright!