Weekends update

Last Friday we went to the Art lesson and I had my hair cut. Short and easy to managed now. I hate tying up my long hair and my scalp hurt. Love having hair short and tidy. The hair cut cost me $18. Not too expensive i think. After that we decided to buy chicken rice, duck rice and roast pork rice for dinner. The cost for 4 packets of chicken rice and such only cost us the most $20 in Singapore but here we paid $31 for all. Nothing special and definitely not as tasty as in Singapore but that was considered cheap if we were to dine at the restaurant.

Saturday went out to cherrybrooke to meet fellow Singaporeans - the Temasek Club. Joe and the 3 older children were joining them for a 5km walk in the nearby reserve. Channery and I stayed at the shopping centre to shop. We waited from 10am to 1pm. Channery took 5 Hi-5 rides and bought 2 story books. The shopping centre has nothing to offer. It's about 1 level of Northpoint. There were a green grocer, a fish shop, a meat shop, 2 bookshops, 4 boutiques, 2 beauty salons and a few cafes. Many people as people were there doing their groceries shopping. Joe called to say they taking car but did not in the end. When I heard the car was at the carpark all along, I was angry immediately. Imagine me lugging so many things around thu place with Channery? I could have placed the things in the car. When Channery came soen from Stroller, things just fell backwards. Just a simple phone call and Joe just don't bother to inform me. Channery was very difficult to handle while waiting and she kept saying she wanted Joe and the children. Gave Joe a hard time after that as I was really mad at him. We had lunch at a Malaysian restuarant and 2 plates of Chay Kuey, a plate of Beef Rendang and mixed vegetabeles with 2 bowls of rice cost us $60.75. Very expensive and not really that fantastic. Joe did not wait for us to bid goodbye to the other Singaporeans and we were off after going to the toilets. I think the other Singaporeans were going to say I was a "stuck up". Anyway, can't change the fact. I really felt really outcast anyway being a "jobless" person. Nowadays I have only Channery to talk to. No adult talk and I hate being so trapped.

Cooked for dinner and Joe tried to lend a hand only after I was scalded by hot oil. Many a times I feel like a maid doing the chores for the family- no respect from the others at home. Joe would be spending time with kids or in front of computer. I think very little of myself too. If only people can be more helpful at home!!

Sunday we brought Charles to the optometrist. He had onced again damaged his spectacles. We chose the cheap frames but the total cost was $180 and to be collected on Wednesday. Charles' degrees have increased and the kids have very serious astigmatism. I lost my temper and shouted at them in the shops as the kids were running wild. Lunch we had it at home as I told them to save up the amount that Charles had just spent on spectacles we had to stay home for food. No visits to the restaurants for 2 weeks.



Children were late for Chinese lesson. Late for 40 mins but the kids really did not mind as they hate learning the language.