Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! I wish you all the best in the year of the Ox, with health and prosperity in abundance, for food on the table and clothes to wear, and a comfortable abode with family. I wish you the greatest of friendships, old or new, and the unsurpassed joy of peace and...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 2:00pm Posted in Body image, Family, Fashion, Holidays, Memoirs, Motherhood, Parenting, Thoughts, Weekend, Weight loss project, Weight management, Work, Writing
For obvious reasons, I stay away from skinny jeans, midriff-baring tops, sleeveless/spaghetti-strap tops, tight clothing, and of course, swimwear. Even way back then when I wasn’t fat, I was still painfully shy of having to don a swimsuit. I’d never been bolder to put on less than a modest 1-piece. Oh, I had a nice...
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My BFF is going on a holiday! Or rather, she’s attending an all-expense paid trip for 10 days to attend a course in Los Angeles. The course itself is already something to shout about, for geeky lawyers like us. A full, 10-day drafting, negotiation and comprehensive course on cross-border transactions, especially pertaining to mergers &...
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Fridays. They’re the best days of the week, well, almost. I love Fridays. Because it means the work week has come to an end, and the weekend beckons, promising longer sleep hours and time with the family. Which is not to say I don’t enjoy my work. I do. But every little break counts. No...
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Monday, January 8, 2007 at 6:30am Posted in Celebrations, Children, Family, Holidays, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Parenting, Thoughts, Writing
“The best Christmas of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another” ~ Unknown author
My dearest E.,
I know it seems strange to be writing about Christmas in January – but I didn’t have the time to write about Christmas during Christmas. I had so many things in my head...
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