Hokkien Mee

Hokkien Mee

Dad brought the kids to have Hokkien Mee cooked by his good friend Thye Hong

And the connection with uncle was rekindled because I previously wrote about it in my column and someone saw it and showed him

And dearest Qinzhi updated me about her eating Hokkien Mee

It’s such a precious connection and I tear reading Qinzhi’s texts

So many years has gone by

How would the noodles taste. But my daughter is tasting what I have tasted.

How blessed that is.

And I get it. I think if I were to be there myself, I would cry eating uncle’s noodles

And I know my father would have wanted to bring me.

There is no healing food cannot do

We all know what we want

We all know what we want

I had a bedtime chat with HuaiHao and it’s so precious and enlightening all at once

He commented that I was tired mentally. I asked him why and he said, “ maybe you over did the job search”

Indeed, I was feeling tired and drowsy and I had a pain in my left shin. Dull aching one nagging at me

Why is my body trying to say to me? I asked.

Earlier on I had home for an interview, and I guess there were parts of me not being truthful with myself. I was trying to suppress some parts and that surfaced.

I didn’t really want some things in that job chat session and I wasn’t speaking my truth. I tried to suppress the feelings of dislike and make myself – no force myself to it in desperation to get myself out of the house

HuaiHao rightfully spotted my tired. I told him I was kind of frustrated because I have t got any headway as I went about sending out job applications

To which he said, “ then that’s because they are not yours.”

He made it sound like I should be happy.

And actually his sense of knowing is so great he put me to shame

He made me know that I got to acknowledge my feelings rather than suppress them in my frenzy to escape and get out

And HuaiHao stopped me and asked me – so what do I want

“I don’t really want to go back to full time”

“Yes I think you will feel very tired”

“I think something which allows me to do something I like, spend some time out of the house , expressing myself and my experiences, and if it can help others and is meaningful that will be very nice. Because I want to be home for you and jiejie, even if I don’t cook very well, I want to give you good food. I want to be the first one to share your joy if you get 100 marks for ting xie and spelling!”

And HuaiHao got me my answer.

He said that even heading to curate programs for wellness isn’t really me.

So I asked him what is me.

And he says, “ like what ah Mei ah yi does. Reviewing something upon receiving. That is what.”

And yes. Being an editor a journalist is what suits me best. And

I knew it.

Thank you HuaiHao!

And precious Qinzhi sent me this

Magical Europe (II)

Magical Europe (II)

3 Jan

Headed to Lyon after Annecy and this is a city all about food.

Every boulangerie looks tempting, the. There’s endless Bouchons, Brasserie,Bistros not forgetting the boulangeries to check in into

Our first stop- Les Halles! SO MUCH FOOD!

We took a walk to Place Bellacour and saw the Sun King Louis IX’s statues we also walked over and saw The Little Prince’s statue

Then strolled slightly and checked out shops before heading to victorinox where we spent good time there. Had dinner at Le Casse Musseau before walking back

Lyon is lovely with a good balance of all the shopping alongside the quiet

Running/ Walking (iv)

Running/ Walking (iv)

I woke up hearing a thought say: isn’t this the best time of your life?

You have all the freedom to do / create what you want/like, with little to no responsibilities outside taking care of yourself and your family.

Now is the time.

Now- what do you want to do?

Use this time.

When I ran , I hear myself say the things I want to do

I want to fly and be on SQ with my family

I want to upgrade my physical abilities and capabilities.

I want to uplift myself. To a higher vibrational mode.

I ran the route I ran on my birthday and thought of the things I wrote.

I saw a young couple taking their wedding photos. Would you see the sun because of some who came into your life? What about me. I saw someone canoe

I saw a tree that went out of its way—- it grew horizontally instead of vertically? How and why? For whom or what? How did we grow?

The days ahead are a blank page waiting for me to fill.

And I will.