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The year of 2010 that was………

To put it mildly, I had a bad year last year. But so did many others I know. There was just something about the year of the tiger that brought a bout of bad luck to many. Of course, my version of bad is really by my diva standards, and I do realise that more than 3 billion people actually had it worse. But this is about me. And believe me when I say it was BAD!!!

Here’s a glimpse of my year, a year that has just FLOWN past me in a flash, a blink of an eye *blink-blink*

January 2010
My daughter started big school and instantly took a dislike to her teacher, the food, the toilets, her peers. What a way to start the year. We had relatives from Australia stay with us for 2 weeks and worried that they’d actually move in with us. *eyeballs enlarge* We were kept on our toes entertaining and visiting places daily, stretched like octopuses pulled beyond limits, including a visit to our haunted ancestral home in Teluk Intan, which figuratively haunted us. Lesson of the month? Put a limit to house guests demands.

February 2010
Barely recuperated from our fortnight of extreme activity, we were customarily whisked off to Kelantan for Chinese New Year. Lots of good food but still very, very tired. We had fun at the beach but baby did not like the heat and sand……..she screamed till the tide descended from fear.

T1 attended her school’s 1st event, the swimming gala, and participated in the Malaysian Open Tennis Tournament. Well, not as a player but as accompaniment to the winners, smelling their behinds as that is where her nose reached. It was one HOT month!!!

Lesson of the month? Next time, ask tennis winners to share their winning checks! Even if 0.01%.

March 2010
Happy Birthday to ME!!! That thought alone is depressing. An entire month of lamentations, catching up with friends and more food. T1 made a jar of kisses for her favourite uncle of all time. We visited the Petrosains musical exhibition, attended a great Bollywood dance party, a McDonald’s party and believe me, many other parties! I’m still tired……and it’s only March. Oh, and I almost forgot!!! Our Filipino helper decided to do a stinky and got sent home immediately by the agent. We were in such shock that we decided never again to get outside live-in help ever. Lesson of the month? Never trust maids.

April 2010
More relatives from Australia stayed with us and I was mega-stressed because it was my first weeks coping with 2 kid with house guests at that, without any help. We still entertained tirelessly nevertheless, baby in tow and lots of exhaustion. But on top of that, we still managed outings with friends, more birthday parties, ladies nights out karaoke-ing and I even managed to organise a baby shower for a friend. Gosh! I realised then that I literally sacrificed my sleep for friends and family. Without a doubt. And then T1 had her first Sports Day…..Lesson of the month? Learn to say NO more. Even to my own brain.

May 2010
May was finally the first breather I took and got to spend some quality time with my kids till more relatives arrived and although they didn’t stay with us this time, we still had to entertain them. Apart from my mother’s birthday which coincides with Mother’s Day every year, it was also my grandmother’s birthday. A month of love for sure as I brought T1 to the park, she had her first taste of kiddy karaoke and loved it thoroughly, brought her to her favourite fish spa, had a picnic and went to watch a musical at the Istana Budaya. We also attended a restaurant opening, our regular gym classes and had our second family photo shoot of the year. And we still managed to attend 5 birthday parties!!! Oh, and Mommy even snuck in a ladies night out at the karaoke – AGAIN! How did we manage all that? Lesson of the month? Perhaps I’m doing so much that I don’t do nothing enough. Heh.

June 2010
Both my girls got admitted into hospital for a week consecutively, a very stressful month. But once they both recuperated, we celebrated by attending T1’s schools’ annual five star musical production.

The hospital stay also saw us performing more domesticated activities like baking cookies and chocolate brownies, reading, building lego and playing pretend games at home. We did however watch 2 movies at the cinema, attended a birthday party and watched another musical……booya! Lesson of the month? Safety in children must be a top priority so they don’t end up in hospital.

July 2010
July was an active month for lots of fun. For Mommy, that is. Because T1 had started staying the weekends with her Nana thus Mommy could spend more time going out for girly nights and durian nights and a cool-cool 80s party. We only had 1 kids’ birthday party this month – phewwitttt!!! T2 started feeding herself this month. Lesson of the month? Never overdo it with durians.

August 2010
August we celebrated T2’s first birthday. Our rock climbing journey began, we discovered sticky candy and are addicted, had a picnic at the park, went to the fish spa (again!), the girls had their first floral bath (mandi bunga) and loved it, we had a few birthday parties and a few swimming play dates, saw the allergy doctor in Tangkak and I reorganised the play area at home. We had a special friend from London visit us and a relative from Arizona visited us too. We did the big switch from Maxis to Digi without regrets. And I still got a few nights out. What a month! Lesson of the month? Seize the moment, baybeh!!

September 2010
We went to Perth to celebrate T1’s birthday, an all expense trip paid for by our family in Perth because the Hubs had lost his job as his company had shut down at short notice. A bittersweet experience to know that family was there for us through thick and thin. Lesson of the month? Never take anything for granted.

October 2010
We went to Chiang Mai to celebrate 2 family birthdays and the Hubs took on a great offer for work. Thumbs up! Because the Hubs had new work, I lost my full time Nanny and sank into pouting city that my nightmare was back – keeping 2 crazy kids alive. The highlight of the month was surely the jacuzzi that came with the hotel suite in Chiang Mai. It was a pool within a room!! Lesson of the month? A sunken pool in the bedroom is not a good idea when you have a toddling baby.

November 2010
Oh my goodness, it’s school holiday time. We went out every single day doing something or other; rock climbing, cinema, swimming, play dates, exhibitions, museums etc etc etc and spent too much money doing so. T1 also had her annual school concert where she emceed and performed for her school Christmas performance. We celebrated Daddy’s birthday on Guy Fawkes and had great cake. I guess things are starting to look up because if I said I wasn’t the proudest Mom on the planet watching my daughter emcee for her school concert, I’d be lying. Lesson of the month? Don’t tear from pride in public.

December 2010
Just as quickly as things were up, they fell right down with T2 having 3 head injuries within a week and T1 being admitted to hospital AGAIN. And the best part? We spent Christmas Eve dinner at the hospital. How incredibly wonderful! December was a month of school preparation for T1 attending the big Standard One. Lesson of the month? Just embrace and accept.

To conclude, despite starting this off with an unpleasant taste, I must say that after writing it down and surfing all the photos of 2010, I realised we had a pretty amazing year. Despite the hospital mishaps, I’m proud to say that much was achieved and much were made memories…..and isn’t that what makes life interesting? Our memories? Sometimes, all it takes is a little change in perspective. And I did just that by writing this down. I suggest you try it too.

Here’s wishing all readers of MamaBabyWorld a very Happy New Year filled with bunny adventures of your fancy! May you be blessed with good, positive energy to take on the world!!!

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