Mothering Corner

Ok, before my old blog buddies started “scolding” me for being bias in “accepting” awards and doing tags, let me just say… I’m sorry that I didn’t pick up some of the old old tags and awards being passed to me. It’s nothing personal, those that who know me for years would know that I don’t really “do these passing awards and tags around” thingy. I’m just too lazy la…

But for gamene and Lia Chen, I’ll do for both of you this time ok?

To Lia Chen, thanks for the “I Love Your Blog’ award.

I love your blog too, and I read it from my feed.

Gamene passed this to me:

The rules for this award are as follows:  copy the award image into a post; list 10 things that make you happy; tag 10 bloggers who brighten your day; link to their blogs; and notify the award recipients (who should link back to the sender’s blog).

Since I’m a naughty blogger, I will BREAK the rule and I won’t pass it around. Again, too lazy la…

But if you are interested to know what makes me happy, here they are:

1. SHOPPING! Yeap, I’m a vivid shopaholic. I shop when I’m happy, down, angry, or just for the thrill of it. But this year, I’ve made up my mind of not spending much. SERIOUS!
2. A nice cup of coffee, preferably latte. I can’t live without my daily cuppa. I only quit my daily caffeine when I was pregnant and breastfeeding, but once a while, I would take a sip of hubby’s coffee and it felt SOOOOO GOOD!
3. A nice spa and massage. I used to go for spa every month before I moved to Bangkok. I would steal some time when my kids were taking their afternoon nap, and pamper myself at the spa center. My ex-maid is very reliable, and she’s a great helper. But now, I hardly have time for spa even if Bangkok has a lot to offer.
4. Manicure and pedicure. I like pretty nail colors, but I’m not good at doing it on my own. Speaking of which, I should get my hand and foot spa done soon. LOL!
5. Vacations! It doesn’t have to be an oversea trip, even a short trip to the beach will make me very happy. I just need to break my daily routine and recharge myself once in a while
6. Getting enough sleep! When I was single, I needed 8 hours of beauty sleep, and I put on eye mask IMMEDIATELY when I saw any eye bag or dark circle. LOL! But after being a mom, getting enough sleep sounds like a luxury. I used to sleep only 4 hours a day, with lots of interruptions when my kids were babies, but I survived. Forget about the weekly eye masks, I don’t have time for that now.
7. A nice facial. I’m vain, I know. I’m tempted to try laser treatment for my spots, it’s something most Thai women will do here, and I haven’t even tried once! It’s’ going to cost some $$$ so I’m still waiting for the green light from my finance minister aka hubby. A whitening facial will come after the laser treatment.
8. My hubby. He might not be the most romantic guy on earth, but he’s a good father and he can tolerate me, for BEING ME.
9. My kids! Hubby and I always think that we have great kids. Of course, I don’t mean that they are brilliant, smart and outstanding, but it’s just that we feel lucky to be their parents. They are such a joy to us, even if they might draw us up the wall sometimes. If it’s not because of my kids, I won’t be doing any bento. I’ve never known I have such patience anyway.
10. My friends. Funnily, I don’t meet up with most of my close friends. We chat online mostly, maybe it’s due to the distance. But you know whoever you are gals!

Ok, I’m done with my list. If you would like to do this tag, please pick it up. Thanks.

Thanks to ~Rachel~ for giving this award to me. I’ve always loved her blog, which has a lot of nice bentos and cakes!

I’m slowing down in bento-ing lately and don’t even mention about baking. LOL! It’s end of the year, and I’m slightly occupied with short trips this month. In fact, we have only spent the weekend in Phuket and Similan Islands, so my heart is still on holiday today even if we are back to our normal routine. *roll eyes*

I shall try to pack something for the kids tomorrow. They are asking for cute bentos already!

Most of the Malaysian bloggers participated in the biggest blogger list ever in My List, and I took part too in April. Daryl had just compiled the whole list of bloggers participated. Let’s give him a big hand of putting lots of effort in making this come true! Bravo Daryl!

Since I’ve submit 6 of my 8 blogs, I will put up the list again in all 6 of my blogs. So, if you are looking for new blogs to read about, check out all these Malaysian bloggers who had participated. Enjoy reading ya?

If you are one of the participants, put up the list too. Let’s link everyone ya?