Its been a long while since Qinzhi woke up to a walk with us on a weekend, and no I really love having her with me on my walk as we chat and laugh over the littlest things. Most importantly, its about having her being in nature , getting a bit of sun and breeze.

While it may seem like these are the most unimportant things, I believe there will be one day Qinzhi comes to realise how important these are. Light, sun, breeze.

On National day, I took the kids out to watch the jet display and fireworks, it’s the first time I am doing this with them and needless to say! we had a great time.

This is Huaihao poking fun at Qinzhi. These days, the two of them have a lot of fun laughing at dinner time on the table. And I love it, there should be laughter in a home. It means that the kids feel safe and comfortable, and relaxed.

Time flies and we are nearing September, the time when the school holidays come on. The continual assessments have made their way here and left. Qinzhi is happy to have gotten the results she wanted for a few subjects whilst for some others, she failed her own expectations.

But does this even matter.

Ten years down the road, will you even remember even if you felt unhappy or sad? Life is bigger than that.

But school had its eventful share of happenings too. One day Qinzhi came back clearly shaken and frozen . A classmate had shouted at her for asking the teacher again if a test was on that day.

And Qinzhi said that if she had not controlled herself, she would have shouted back at her classmate

But she came home so disturbed and remained so the next day. She skipped school and woke up with a puffy face.

It’s understandable that she is disturbed but I think it’s a very good thing to be taught to her. This event is a great teacher helping her learn to know how to be mindful and what not to mind

More so – to manage her own feelings and emotional state

Because that is the only thing she needs to be accountable to- herself and her health

And I hope she takes away important lessons this time. That there is nothing she cannot get pass

Separately , we had a lot of fun too watching Kdrama The King Land and my daughter is now swooning over korean actors already. I wonder where the time went?

And Qinzhi is my biggest reader and fan. When my story for The Peak came out, Qinzhi told me she read it on her way home and she found it inspiring. She says she enjoys reading this blog too, and she finds it motivating. I certainly hope she grows into one of her own, finding her own inspiration and passion along the way.

Then on Saturday after clearing all her papers, we headed out for dim sum and venchi ice cream for a little shakeup of energy