There never seems to be a perfect weekend for us. But I try to view things in the most positive way these days.
The dampening bits!
(1) Not being able to locate Punggol Waterway. There has been so much talk about this lovely place, but guess what? there are no road signs leading you to this much talk about place, can't seem to find it on the map either. We saw glimpses of it, but could not figure out where to park or how to get down to the path - unless we do some illegal parking like the rest and bash down the grass patches. D made many many rounds, determined to locate the place and finally we gave up cos it was getting late and way too hot.
(2) D gets called back to KL for work on Monday. Officially there is a factory shutdown, and we were all looking forward to him being back for a couple more days besides the weekend. It all started with a "can you join a conference call" sms from his boss while we were just about to dig into our Sunday lunch; and it all went downhill from there. Half an hour into the call, D was shaking his head (and yes, we were eating silently cos he was on call - I would call this the most horrible lunch ever if not for the fact that Isabelle enjoyed her kids meal so much) and I knew it was bad news. I had all these plans to cook some nice meals for the family and a bomb dropped on me....except this time, I sulked for only a minute before pulling myself together and telling D we had to hurry home after lunch cos I needed to pre-cook some meals since he would not be around. D says I must be so numb already, and yes, his demandind job gives me heart attacks ever so often!
Nevertheless I am thankful that we got to spend whatever little time together as a family. In Chinese tradition, Ching Ming carries the same weight as Chinese New Year and observance to this tradition is a very big thing in D's family. There is almost no excuse/reason acceptable for missing this date, and everyone in the family must wake up early to clean the grave site of their ancestors. So it really meant a lot to me when D said he was giving it a miss this year, and spending time with us as a family instead. Partly I knew he was very tired, and driving back 3-4 hours to Malaysia each way would not be easy, and he did not want to take any risk after the accident a few weeks back.
The highlight of the weekend was spending time in the pool on a hot Sunday afternoon and a visit to Toys R Us for Isabelle to choose her birthday gift. Other than that, much time was spent at home just having silly little conversations with Isabelle and listening to her sing. And before I forget, Isabelle's the sweetest child ever. After the nice lunch, I asked Isabelle to say "thank you papa for lunch" to which she gladly repeated after me. And guess what, without any prompting, she said "thank you mummy for lunch". My heart just melted that moment. I know life is tough for me, having to manage everything single handedly, and with D's working arrangment being so unpredictable. But God surely has blessed me (and us) with the most wonderful child!
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