笨mummy
has been thinking a lot recently about life after coming back from a recent
trip from Japan. She reached Singapore on 12 Nov 15 midnight, a day before
Friday the 13th (i.e. 13 Nov 15). Yes, that fateful day where Paris
was attacked. She has been asking the question as to whether she living her
life fully and doing what she loves. Nobody can predict when onr would leave
this world as anything can happen, an accident, a heart attack, etc, life is so
fragile at times.
She
decided to list down the bucket list of things that she wanted to do /
accomplish before her time is up as a reminder that she should live her live to
the fullness and not regret when she, one day, looks back at her own life.
A.
Visit and see more parts of the world
Oh
yes, this sounds like a big goal. As a child, 笨mummy
never get the chance to travel, not even to Malaysia, as her parents are busy
and careful with money. But she never once envy people who travel as travel is
never part of her life as you never experience it and you would not miss it.
As
she started earning money, visiting places with friends, exploring the
internet, it seems there are so much out there in this world that she wants to
take a look. For example, experiencing farm stay, touching snow, autumn leaves,
visiting theme parks, etc.
She
will try her best to visit and experience something new and different once a
year if possible.
B.
Spend more time with her child
The
feeling of guilt is always there when笨mummy has to work and her little one
is left with the grandparents. Though笨mummy is rest assured that the
grandparents are great caretaker of the little one and adore him as much as
her, she still wants to be there for her little one to accompany him when he
hits milestones, learns and experience new things, and exploring this exciting
world around him.
Parents’
time with the child is very limited and the child will eventually grow up and
experience the world on his own without the parents. 笨mummy
always cherish the time with her little one on weekend and focuses her full
attention to him, that means no handphone / computer usage when the child is
around (she would only use them when he is taking afternoon nap or when he is
out with daddy at the playground). She tried her best to bring him along to
social functions as long as the places allow children of his age.
She
hopes that she keeps this up and constantly reminding herself to cherish the
time with the little one, and do not reject the little one’s requests for hugs
and / or playtime.
C.
Being more patient with her parents
As
a mummy now, 笨mummy can understand the care and love that parents have
for their child, especially her own parents who care for her. As her parents
are getting older, they need more care and concern from her.
Sometimes笨mummy
would lose her temper at her parents (though she regrets doing so after she
calm down) especially at times when she is busy. 笨mummy hopes
that she can be more patient with her parents and not lose her temper at them.
She also wish that she can spend more time with them.
D.
Stop having excuse and start moving
笨mummy
had spent a few months learning basic Japanese few years back, and she does not
have time to keep up with the learning and now they are all “returned” to the
teacher. It is a language that笨mummy wants so much to learn, but the
lack of time to practice make it very hard to retain what she learnt. However
from her recent trip, she met a lady from China, living in Japan, who know how
to speak four languages – Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. She is totally
amused by the lady’s determination to learn that many languages.
As
long as someone has the determination to succeed in something, he would always
make time for it. So笨mummy has decided to stop giving herself excuses and start
moving to complete the following:
·
Learning Japanese and pass Japanese Language
Proficiency Test
·
Learning clay art
·
Complete her Wilton cake decoration level 3 and
4 courses
Let’s
get working on them, 笨mummy!!
