It is happiness for a mother to see her children receive gifts on their birthdays and, of course Christmas celebrations. As a mother, it is my joy to see them opening their gifts. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that they have gifts that they enjoyed so much – not only one or two gifts, butContinue reading “Perfect Gift”
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Before I sleep on Christmas eve
What is the meaning of Christmas for me? When I was younger, about the age of my first son, to be honest, I had no idea what Christmas was about. Why do we celebrate Christmas? Christmas was just a yearly celebration where you receive gifts, eat ham and cheese on the table, and having aContinue reading “Before I sleep on Christmas eve”
Ethan Second Timothy
I’m wrapping up two presents for my second son. He gets one for Christmas and one for his birthday😊. You might be wondering about his name – his full name is Ethan Second Timothy Catilo Tan. Yup, that’s a long name. The first three is his first name. His surname is just three letters, soContinue reading “Ethan Second Timothy”
Spanish bread
I came from an IT background and I don’t have any baking experience. Since I have my children always requesting me to bake their favorite bread- Spanish bread. I have many trials and errors with baking and even though I followed the instructions carefully from the recipe I found online, there are times that iContinue reading “Spanish bread”
The Sunflower
Over the last months, Ethan has been planting sunflower seeds. Ethan was excited to see little shoots growing out of the soil and slowly getting bigger, as well as roots starting to grow out of the bottom of the pot. Every week we have started to measure the growth of the sunflowers. Ethan measured hisContinue reading “The Sunflower”
The Three Musketeers' Corner 