When things like this happens, I find myself saying, “I am so totally blogging this!”. Then I move on to other things and end up forgetting about it. But now I resolve not to coz these moments I are just so random, and so precious, I have to keep a record of it somehow. Before I find myself distracted again with alli reviews, let me just share somethings my daughter, Chinks have just recently quipped that made me laugh out loud.

Serious Chinkee

Funny-Face Chinkee

**Thanks Tita Che of PinayMum for the pics

Chinks has been taking Khmer lessons for two hours every afternoon in her school. She’s really happy about it and I think she has the gift for learning languages easily. A few days ago, she came home skipping happily and singing a Khmer song. For those who knows my daughter, they’d know that she has an uncommonly loud voice hehe, and when she sings she’s usually out of sync but just makes up with her ‘performance’ energy.

Anyway, all evening she has been singing that song, and since I couldn’t understand any of the lyrics, I asked her what the song is about and what is it called. I gathered from the tone that is something like the national anthem of Cambodia.

While doing her singing thing in front of the mirror, she answered me in a totally exasperated, why-are-you-bothering-my-concert mode, “Mommy! This is the song where you’re not allowed to MOVE!” Hahaha! It took me a second or two to get what she meant, but I do remember that when you sing a national anthem, you have to behave properly and not move about much.. After my laughing fit, she turned to me again and said seriously, “I am going to teach you how to sing that and not move at all!” And that got me, lmao!

She had me rolling on the ‘bed’ laughing again last night. I was trying to get her to sleep early so she won’t have a hard time waking up but she seemed intent on asking a lot of questions. So I indulged her, then she asked me “where does mommy’s milk come from?” She told me she saw a picture of a baby in her baby book with the mommy breastfeeding her baby. So, then in the simplest terms I could manage, I tried explaining how a mom’s body produces healthy milk for her child.

She was listening intently and oh! so seriously and was quiet for a minute or two after I explained, then she wondered aloud, “So Mommy, are you a COW?”

That my friends is what you get out of motherhood. A chance to be compared to a cow. LOL! But in different vein, this is simply one of the joys of parenthood. Little things that may seem, well little, but in reality they are what makes us parents happy.

I wonder what she’ll say next…And I can’t help imagining with her smart mouth, what she’ll be saying when she get’s a little older.

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Here’s another one of my ‘living in Phnom Penh‘ blurbs. Were now in the middle of September and I’m feeling a blue. For a lot of reasons! And since this is my blog, I’m just about to bore you with details of my boredom which I know,  you don’t really want to know.. Lol! So what!  I just really wanna get on, write my feelings, then later I’ll take a long bath, cut my toenails, make a momentous decision to keep or not to keep my toe nail cuticles, and perhaps I’ll pack on some msm cream or maybe get a face mask, and I know I’ll feel so much better.

So why so blue? One reason is all about Hi-ace. I wrote about it already a few posts ago, so just click here, here and here to see what I mean.  What’s making this thing doubly sad is that we’ll be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary next week and he’s not here. He’ll be with me in thoughts, he says. Anyway,  I was a bit mollified when two days ago, he sent me something. I know from the date on the package say it was sent August 30th (so wohoo I know he’s been thinking ahead) plus it has a little note that says: “For My Beautiful Wife. On our anniversary and always, I love you and cherish the life we share. ” Now, who wouldn’t melt with that?!  I just wish he’s here even if for a day..

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During the weekend, Chinks had Global Art classes, it was for two hours so Ouwie and I went to have a little coffee and pastries in Gloria Jeans then we took a leisurely walk along Norodom Blvd. before picking up Chinks. Then we went on to bring Chinks to a hairstylist so she could get a haircut.

I have photos of this I’ll update this post soon as I can transfer it from my phone. Anyway, this made me want to do my hair too, but maybe some other time. I wanna have it cut and then I”ll have it perma straightened again but that’ll cost a bit so I’m holding out for awhile.

** Here are the snapshots of Chinks getting her haircut. And this is how she really is everytime she’s in front of the mirror: she likes making faces.. I didn’t get to take a photo of her new haircut coz she refused =) she said ‘next time Mommy”.. But she now resembles a siopao but a very cute one!

Chinks and I had a brief stopover in Singapore on the way to Manila from Phnom Penh. We only have two days to do our bit of gallivanting around Singapore but I was just so not in the mood to do a thorough tour. We’ll probably do that again when Hi-ace is with us, but since it was just me and Chinks plus I was a bit under the weather that time, we just decided on eating, a little mall hopping and Chinkee just wants to ride the flyer.

Okay, I would have wanted to check out the newly opened Universal Studios but I’d prefer to have somebody else with us. Traveling with a hyperactive kid is just exhausting. Anyway, Singapore is a small city and their transportation system I found easy and convenient, its clean and for some odd reason I find myself thinking of Insinkerator disposals whenever I see the streets of Singapore. .

After checking in our hotel, we hauled ourselves in a cab and went on to Singapore Flyer. It was drizzling a bit and gloomy, and I was thinking it should have been better if we went there in the evening. Singapore Flyer is in this huge, mall-like complex. There are lots of shops, restos, and nice views all around.

Ticket costs S$29.50 for adults and S$20.65 for the kiddo. We got into the tube and prepared ourselves to be dizzy! But I thought wrong, I couldn’t even feel it move! All I know was that we were moving higher up and the views getting fantastic by each minute. One round takes about 20 minutes and we had a cool time snapping photos. It was lucky too that it was just Chinks me and another couple with one kid on the big capsule.

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Twas’ fun but Chinks said riding a roller coaster is better. Haha!

Chinks and I left Phnom Penh last Tuesday, July 6th. We made a brief stop in Singapore just so Chinks could hop on the Singapore flyer (photos when I’m less lazy to sort it out ) and for me to walk around a mall. We ended up in Suntec City and wandered there aimlessly. And one thing I love doing in Singapore is to eat in hawker centers and that’s exactly what we did in our limited time there. Eat and eat lol!

Then we took a plane to Manila, stayed a day and thank God I was too tired to go malling otherwise it’ll be another bomb on my wallet! Haha this vacation is starting to get costly, I keep wishing I have some rfid blocking wallets to keep me from spending too much! Anyway, after staying with my brother for a day, we flew again to Legazpi to my parents house. Then after resting for a day, I flew back to Manila to do a gazillion errands. I’m just halfway through it and tonight I decided to give myself sometime to browse the malls and shops..

I also bought myself a netbook yesterday and I was just ecstatically happy coz I had perfect timing! Asus had a back to school promo and I got a whole lot of freebies, cash discount! Really really good value for my money!

One thing, I could say, Manila is as I remember. Crowded, chaotic, hard on the wallet if you stray in malls, and I just love people watching here. Lots of yuppies with bold fashion sense. =) Glad I’m back though I’m missing Phnom Penh too..

Hmm, this week has actually gone by without me getting online or even having the itch to be online so sorry folks, if I was amiss updating the blog. I’ve been hopping on and off planes the past week that I even find it tiresome now to eat or even to brush my hair. All I want to do is sleep!! Seriously. But I can’t do that as I have tons of things to do. I feel like I lost weight without trying to, haha which is really much better than trying use diet pills that work. But I’m pretty sure I’ll gain it all back once I’m back to my parent’s place.

My father just loves to cook and he just pampers us daily with delicious food. I guess that’s why he keeps saying he doesn’t have any right to complain if people living in his house all bear a bit of resemblance to humpback whales.

Thank God, Chinks settled in nicely. She’s in Bicol right now and I’m here in Manila. Flew here last Sunday, did a lot of errands, met friends I really really missed and now I’m doing some shopping errands for Hi-ace. I’m just taking a breather when I saw this net cafe and I thought why not check on my blogs. Tomorrow, I’m flying back to Legazpi and hopefully I could get a day or two of rest without traveling or doing anything..