To Be or Not to Be [Cloudy]

Come across this by chance – what a weird feeling to look back on some of those very old entries written by the very young me!

Inspired by the phrase “To Be or Not to Be” which I came across in the Life in the UK Test, I have been thinking about all these in the last couples of weeks.

To work or Not to work? 
To be back or Not to be back?
To pursue something for interest or Not to?
To have relaxing life or Not to have one?
To earn good sum of money or Not to?
To keep on day-dreaming or Not to dream?

… Life is full of question marks.

VA membership [Cloudy]

I'm trying to update my own VA member account details after creating a membership account for Lucas Bo Bo. I'm impressed - they still keep my old UK address and phone numbers 12 years ago! 

悄悄話 [冷]

除夕，在家。

看完電影，寶寶哥哥又順著細佬的邀請，到細佬的「酒店牀位」共宿一宵。說穿了就是睡下格牀的細佬想睡上格牀的哥哥陪著他，有哥哥伴著他睡特別安心、放心。

他們睡覺前總是在說悄悄話，今晚竟然有我的份兒。

細佬在房中大叫：「媽媽，你今年幾多歲?」
我走到他們的「酒店」說：「不是早就說了寶寶哥哥幾多歲，媽媽就是幾多歲? 因為媽媽是在寶寶哥哥出世開始才當媽媽的嘞 ~」
寶寶說：「不是這個，是真實的年齡。」
我問：「怎麼了，有甚麼事?」
寶寶道：「剛才細佬說，這一生都要和媽媽在一起，我告訴他是不可能的。」
「怎樣的說法?」
「人總有生老病死，當細佬成了大人，媽媽就會變老，老了便有會死去，這是人生。」
細佬補充：「不過我會比哥哥遲三年死，因為我比他遲出世三年呀!」 (唔 ... -_-")
「寶寶說得對，不過無論媽媽老了、不在你們身邊，甚至是死了，我都會住在寶寶和細佬的心裡，對不對?」
二人齊聲說：「是的。」
我說：「哎呀，媽媽很忙呢，要跑到細佬的心裡，又要跑到寶寶的心裡 ~~」
然後寶寶和細佬笑成一團，也忘了追問我的年齡了 =P

雖然寶寶常常說細佬很麻煩，可他仍不時盡大哥哥的責任照顧細佬，現在連人生道理也給傳授了 *.*

我家寶寶真的長大了。

Decision [Sunny & Cold]

We've made the decision finally together with Lucas Bo Bo, our dear little man.

I still remember your look when I cuddled you in my arms, which was just like yesterday.  Now comes to the moment when you are about to set off for your own journey.

As what I've been telling you since you were a toddler - mama may not be with you physically all the time, but I'm always with your heart.

Fly my boy - and I'm always here for you.

部落格 [陰]

看到報紙報導，古天樂 2006年底開了「古仔部落格」，堅持每日寫一段文字 ------留意，是每日──段然後一寫就十二年。

於是我突然想起自己封塵已久的部落格。對上一次更新，是 2016 年的事 -_-"

真慶幸年青時候的我還有點恆心，部落格起碼有十年時間是盛產的。隨意按下幾篇細閱，昔日的記憶又擁上心頭；可惜當年用的免費相簿 Webshots 已經不復再，相片連結都開不了。

現在的我真的很懶惰，懶惰得寧願坐著發呆，也不會去做一點有意義的事。會促使我做一些相對有意義的事，多半的原因都是寶寶和細佬。我想，這幾年來我做了最有建樹的事，就是讓寶寶和細佬有一個(希望)相對輕鬆、愉快的童年，而自己亦(希望)沒有變成虎媽一名。世事沒完美，當中有取捨，不過你們快樂就好了。你(們)快樂，所以我快樂。

懶惰如我，不知道會甚麼時候再來訪。但願下次到來的時候，我仍然會記得開關密碼、留下一點點文字足跡。

盤點 [晴]

轉眼就到除夕，又到了盤點過去一年是否「達標」的時候了!

「我不知道我的恆心能維持多久，就當在新一年重新開始!」

連生他都「虎頭蛇尾」的我繼續虎頭蛇尾，三月過後就沒有再寫了 … 寄望下一年吧 =P

「用更多的時間陪伴寶寶和細佬成長」

這個算是達標了，自從轉了工作以後，不用 travel 亦沒有 night call，寶寶和細佬最開心。反而是我不適應慢、慢、慢的公司和笨、笨、笨的老細 … 於是入職半年時間一到就找 internal transfer 的工作，明年初又「轉工」了，破了我一生人最快轉工紀錄 *_*

「提昇一家人的健康質素」

在提昇一家人健康素質前，我想我應先做好自己。農曆新年病入膏肓，年中也病了好幾次，連在這一刻都在咳嗽流病水 … 以前是鐵打的，一年都不會病倒，現在變成文弱書生，除了因為年紀大了以外，我就得賴我的工作令我心理不健康引發起生理不健康 =P 無論如何，健康真的很寶貴，希望大家都能保持身體健康!

 「多做運動；直接點說是減肥罷 =P」

算了罷，我已經催眠自己做個肥師奶不是世界沒日 …

SMB [Cool]

爸爸晨早去打籃球，寶寶嚷著要去，然後細佬也跟著說要去。結果一家四口大清早往櫻桃街公園的籃球場出發去了 ……

單車 + 烹飪 [潮濕]

在中大吃早餐和踏單車，然後寶寶和爸爸去參加親子烹飪班。回到家中，寶寶急不及待要和媽媽及細佬分享與爸爸一起製作的飯團和漢堡扒/餅，他似乎樂在共中 ~

舊同事 [冷]

早上吃早餐，告訴寶寶和細佬媽媽今晚和舊公司的同事吃晚飯，會晚回家。

 

寶：「是之前要晚上要開會的舊公司嗎?」

我：「是的。」
寶：「你不是已經到新公司上班嗎?」
我：「是的。」
寶：「那為什麼還要和舊公司的人工作?」
我：「不是工作，只是吃個晚飯、見見面。」
寶：「為什麼還要見舊公司的人?」
我：「以前媽媽和舊同事一起吃午飯，現在新公司和舊公司地點相差太遠，不夠時間吃午飯，所以變成和舊同事吃晚飯。」
寶：「好的。」

我想寶寶不想我和晚上要開會的舊公司再有任何瓜葛 =P

南丫島 [冷]

寶寶和細佬都喜歡乘船，於是一家四口到南丫島行山，由榕樹灣走到索罟灣。寶寶乖乖地走畢全程，細佬只走了初段的四份之一路程就指定要媽媽抱 -_-”

五時到中環，返回九龍城取了寶寶要給波波看的 Lego 人、買了火鍋食材，便出發到太古城何家去。吃得很飽走不動 ......

蕃茄 [涼快]

寶寶生平第一次栽種的蕃茄有收成了 =)

 

The first day [Warm]

Started finally @ 11am.  Yes, it’s 11am and not 9am; and given the experience last Monday, friends were joking whether the bank would pay for those 2 hours which they couldn’t arrange an earlier on-boarding session ……

 

The first day experience was a bit “unusual”.  I have got nothing else to say if this is what Mr (ex-)Line Manager meant by “We are all ready for you” as mentioned in the email last week ......

 

Arrived home at 6.45pm - at least one good thing I found with the new role on the first day =P

New chair [Warm]

Sai Lo enjoyed his dining experience sitting side-by-side with Bo Bo in his new chair ~

 

Birthday party [Warm]

We seldom joined any birthday party for kids, but we went for the one at a playground on 12/F of Megabox for triplets of Ming’s cousin today.

I didn’t know whether Bo Bo and Sai Lo knew what was going on, though they had a fun and active time over there.

Wrapped up our day with shopping + dinner @ Ikea.  We bought a new dining chair for Sai Lo =)

 

Massage [Sunny]

Had the signature massage at MO Central - thanks to the gift card that Ming got in his departmental lucky draw =P

 

Couldn’t tell whether it’s good or not but I’ve fallen asleep …….

Drama [Sunny]

Ex-colleagues at J couldn’t wait to tell me about all the drama going on with W resignation today!  I got so excited that I skipped my shopping time and paid full attention to S who told me about the drama in great details =P

W will become the regional auditor in a competitor ...... let’s see who will be the LUCKY one!

Unexpected time off [Sunny]

Back to the life of a full-time housewife.  Lucas Bo Bo was probably the happiest guy with my unexpected time-off, as I’m picking him up from school every day this week and cooking dinner with him together.  I could see that he loved it soooooooooooo much!

Maybe it’s all god’s arrangement =)

Joke of the season [Sunny]

I was on my way back home when I received the call from the HR.

 

“Unfortunately, we still haven’t been able to generate the staff ID for you due to some system issue.  Sorry that we have to push back your start date from tomorrow to next week."

 

Can you imagine this happening?! We always found loads of issues in HR audit but this is definitely a classic one!

 

Other than saying it’s frustrating there was no solid action from Mr future line manager.  I started to miss my boss at J ......

Farewell [Sunny]

I couldn’t tell whether it’s a right or wrong decision, but probably the best-fit option at this stage of my life.

 

Keep your promise boss =P

 

“ ...... Today is my last working day with J as I will be pursuing an opportunity elsewhere. Leaving was not an easy decision and it has been a great pleasure working with all of you in the past 17 months.  I appreciate all the support and opportunities provided, and want to say thank you to all of you, especially to M.  I have enjoyed my time here and will miss the team for sure ......”



 

1:1 [Cool]

I was really impressed and touched with what my boss shared in our last 1:1. He is definitely one of the best bosses I ever had, and as I told him, he is probably a better boss than my future line manager.

 

Week of farewell lunches and dinners after all the hard work in the previous 2 working weeks.  Still don’t feel like tomorrow will be my last working day here!  Too dedicated =P