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Conversations with the husband #19 – I don’t need your opinion.
[Update: 2 Aug 2020 – Found a draft post dated exactly 4 years ago, and thought, might as well post it anyway.] Shopping with hubby on my birthday. Hubby was trying to be sweet and asked if I needed him to stay around while I shopped. I said no. He said, but I can offer you my opinions on the garments. I said, I actually don’t need the opinions.. I just need the money to pay. If you have the money to spare, you may stay. Husband scoots off immediately. Hahahah! Thanks husband, that’s *really* sweet of you.
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The story behind Leia’s name.
Leia. I get a lot of questions on her name…”Why Leia?” Guess it is apt that I dedicate a blog post on why we chose the name. After having 2 boys with names starting with “J” (Jerry & Jerome), I guess everyone expects the baby’s name to start with a “J” like my boys. Maybe something like a Jasmine, Jolene, Jacqueline, Jerlyn or something. Which reminds me, I never really documented the reason why my boys’ names started with “J”. So, before I unravel the reason behind the name Leia… maybe I should share how we got started with names starting with a “J”. I shared this many times in…
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Conversations with the husband #17 – Just telling you only.
It’s been more than a year since I wrote about a conversation with the husband. It is not that the conversations are not happening, more like I am too tired and lazy to write them down. This morning, while we were having breakfast at our dining table… Me: Hey, I am going to Korea with my colleagues next May. Hmm, the exact dates are 13 – 21 May. Husband: *shows a smirk* Me: What? Husband: Next year, I am getting the AP diver watch. Me: Huh? That’s so random. Husband: No ah, just telling you only… (laughs). My trip is happening in 2 weeks and I haven’t even plan yet.…
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Conversations with the husband #18 – My wife is a fight stewardess.
This conversation happened earlier this year, when I was updating the husband about my travel plans. It was early January and we just got back from a 3 day holiday in Macau. It was a surprise birthday holiday that the husband knew nothing about till 48hrs before flight time. I wish I could keep the surprise till we reach the airport but unfortunately, it is not very possible with kids in the picture. There are logistics to shift them in with the gramps before the trip happens and packing their stay over bag would be a huge giveaway. Nonetheless, the husband was *still* surprised. So, immediately after the Macau trip,…
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Conversations with the husband #16 – Praising the wife.
I wrote this Conversation with the Husband post a long while back and totally forgot all about it until I was looking through all drafts. It’s a gleaming gem. I think I didn’t post it cos I didn’t have an appropriate picture. I still don’t, but I guess I better post it now before I forget all over again. Not going to get any picture of the husband in the next 1 week anyway. He is outstation for the week. It happened one day when we were done having dinner at home and the husband was cleaning up and table and washing up.. Der (D): [while washing dishes] Hmmm..do you think…
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Conversation with the husband #15 – The green brothers.
The kids came home one day, both incidentally dressed in green. I say incidentally because they don’t come back from the same household, so both my mum and my mother in law dressed them in green tops and white bottoms. I thought they looked matchy matchy in some ways and was really cute to look at.. and i thought of a witty joke. Me: Papa! Look at them! They are 青兄弟 (‘qing xiong di’ meaning green brothers)! I was actually trying to pun it and meant 亲兄弟 (‘qing xiong di’ meaning blood brothers). Geddit geddit? Me: Got funny anot? Husband: hee Hee. VERY LAME EH, but got. #myhusbandcanappreciatemyjoke #birdsofthesamefeatherflocktogether I…
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Conversations with the husband #14 – Sleeping Beauty
We woke up bright and early today. It’s a long day ahead, planing a day out at Universal Studio with my mum and my brother and then, attending a wedding dinner tonight. I was the first to wake, followed by Jerry who insist on snuggling with me the moment he opens his eyes. Gonna love these moments because I know they won’t last forever. I woke the husband and then cheeky Jerry decided to hide under the covers when i attempted to take a picture of him. I keep flicking the covers off only to have him pull it back on to cover his face. This went on for a…
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Conversations with the husband #13 – Our Harry Potter
And so, the morning right after my son fell down from the bed and became Harry Potter, the husband and I were both feeling super groggy and sleep deprived but managed to struggle to get to work. That morning, the kiddo looked better and doesn’t seemed bothered anymore, which in my opinion, is super good news. I snapped a picture of him and posted this on Instagram before we left the house. The husband drop me off at the train station every morning and somehow, the following conversation started in the car while driving on the road. D: Eh, you know? You now know have a story for your blog with…
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Conversations with the husband #12 – 天使 (Angel)
OK. This isn’t a new conversation but one that has happened maybe a year back or more? I thought I blogged it down before, but I can’t seemed to locate it on the blog (so weird!) so maybe I really didn’t. It’s a really funny and memorable one and I recently got reminded about it while talking to a friend. It happened on a night where Jerry slept early and the husband and I were just chilling around (with our gadgets) in the bed with the sleeping kid wedged between us. D: Look at him sleep. He looks like a 天使 (angel) hor? (looks at kid adoringly) C: Hmmm.. yeah. (the next…
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Conversations with the husband #11 – It’s shopping time!
Last weekend, we packed the kids off to their grandparents for an afternoon and was getting ready to go out for ah boys to men musical when the following conversation happened… C: (while I was taking a long time staring at my wardrobe and looking for a suitable bag to match my clothes…) sigh. I have no bags to complement my clothes. I think I need a new bag. D: hmm….(gives me an incredulous look on his face and moments later..) Okay! Let’s go shopping for one later. C: really?! OK! Let’s go! (Playing along cos I know the husband isn’t agreeable and knows that I have way too many…
