I'm a full-time mummy

I have been sharing some of my favorite angpow pieces on an angpow collectors group in Facebook and some members have been telling me to continue sharing my memorable stories and so I thought, why not write it down, that way, our kiddos can read about it when they grow up next time, eh?

For those of you who are not familiar or never heard of the words 'Angpow' (also known as 'ang pau', 'ang pao', 'angpau'), here is a quick definition:

Angpow = Red Packet (filled with cash inside) given during festivals

So for my first angpow story, it comes from this lovely piece of angpow:

The first thing that caught my eye when I saw this angpow is the bicycle.

First time I learned to ride a bicycle, it looks something like the bicycle in the picture, but black color which was from my grandpa/grandma time. I can't sit on the bicycle as I was very young (like 8-9 yrs old and the bicycle was really huge and high) so I just stood up and cycled and once it started going I was so happy, until I realized I don't know how to brake.

I almost crashed into one of those Chinese altars on the ground when I finally figured out how to brake LOL. This incident is very vivid in my mind because as I crash brake on the spot few inches away from the Chinese altar, I rammed my crotch onto the metal rim on the bicycle because I was standing up while cycling and as I slammed to brake the bicycle, I had no choice and do not know how to balance myself while figuring out how to brake, I put my 2 legs down and stepped on the ground to stop the bicycle and hence, ramming my crotch. Very very very painful!

Of course, after the pain subsides and getting my first lesson in bicycle riding, I went on to have loads of memorable experiences riding the bicycle around my village with my cousins! What a sweet childhood memories!

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I bought my first ever sewing macchine in April 2015, the Global Sewing Machine GSM-505. The first thing I tried to do using the sewing machine was to repair my hubby's torn pants and jeans, followed by my diaper bag and our toddler's rompers. Then I made some hand towels.  

And a few months earlier, I bought some bath towels and face towels in preparation to DIY hooded bath towels for our kiddos. Why hooded bath towels? I thought it would be nice to DIY something like this which they can use everyday and practical as well. Too often especially whenever we bring our kiddos for a swim at my sis-in-law's condo, I wished our kiddos could have hooded towels to cover their head and keep themselves warm.

I made the 1st one by hand and this is how it turned out... I know, uneven hand sewing but I haven't bought my sewing machine then and I thought it can be done with hand - well, yes, in a way, it can but not as nice...

So I put the project on hold as I realised it would be so much better if done using a sewing machine and then I realised, I needed to learn some sewing skills! And finally for today's post, I'm sharing my 2nd mini sewing project, which is Hooded Bath Towels!

A bit tricky when sewing certain areas but with patience and perseverance, I made it! But I'm not good with those ribbon clasp thingy yet LOL

To end my post, I am very happy with my second mini project and hope to do more sewing stuff when time permits!

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Saw someone posting this and decided to share it here:

If you have to choose 2 out of the 3 items listed in the picture above, what would it be?

Your Sanity?

Clean House?

Happy Kids?

Happy kids, definitely! Happy kids is a must. To see the happy faces on your kiddos, their cheerful laughters and playful moments between each other, enjoying their childhood and building memories to be cherished later on when they grow up. Who wouldn't want that for their kiddos?

Sanity? As a stay-at-home-mum (SAHM), I'm already 24/7/365 stuck at home and surrounded by little children, so of course I need to find ways to preserve my sanity and keeping them intact. Blogging and staying active on my FB page is a way to keep my sanity and connected to the outside world.

A clean house? Oh well... I find that if I have to choose between my sanity and a clean house, then I gotta sacrifice a clean house. Of course by sacrifice I don't mean that I don't even care about our house, more like I find ways to balance it and yet not making the house too sloppy hahaha...

What I make do is to vacuum the rooms every alternate days, sweeping floors whenever mess detected, mopping the floors every alternate days too, clothes pile up to be chuck into the washing machine every 1-2 days, ironing hubby's working clothes would be every 2-3 weeks once since I will wait until there is about 2 weeks worth of working clothes to be ironed. Cooking wise, breakfast usually bread and cheese or buns with yogurt or milk, lunch depends, sometimes I ordered takeaway food, sometimes I fry rice or noodles or cook oats for kiddos, as for dinner it is a must every weekday. My kitchen is close on weekend though, that's when we eat outside or hubby cooked something (like spaghetti, sandwich, etc). Grocery shopping is done every fortnight where I normally lug our 2 girls or all 3 kiddos, depends on what time I do the grocery shopping. Does this make me a sloppy mum? Hmmm...

What about you? If you have to choose 2 out of these 3 things, what would it be?

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