Gone Too Soon......

I know the title might remind you of a song sung by MJ but it echoes how yours truly feel about the 2 weeks away from Dubai and back home.

Time flies when you're having fun, I guess. It was almost plain crazy in terms of busyness back to Singapore. Catching up with friends, running errands, busy with sis-in-law's wedding, sorting and packing stuff to be brought to Dubai. Am glad that hubby and I had less madness and more time to ourselves when we dropped by KL Midvalley for 2 days before returning to Dubai.

Some friends, regrettably, I do have the luxury of time to catch up with. Thankfully, I have been blessed to bump into some friends along the streets! 3 to be specific! Haha! Praise God!

A friend was amazed (or should I say shocked?) to see my list of to-dos. Hubby mentioned about me who had everything planned out during our return trip. Well, this may sounds a bit exaggerating; the list run into 3 pages. Most of it was what to take to bring to Dubai...

That's the difference between me and hubby. He is a "free-spirit" kinda personality while I am a planner and pragmatic person.

We gotta makan the familiar fabulous food of Singapore! Soya bean curb, fish soup mee suan, cha siew, dim sum, hokkien mee, indian food, buffalo wings, chu qian yi ding nissin instant noodles, and of course, mom's homemade soup! :p Pity that I did not get to eat the famous fish soup bee hoon at Holland V. Hubby did not get to eat the ayam penyat at Changi V but he was not as die-hard for it though... strangely... Very regrettably, I missed eating the tau sa pia which I had specifically asked hubby to get it when he passed by Balestier. By the time I was ready to eat it i.e. the evening of the 2nd day the pia was bought back home (hubby bought 20, i tink), none was left!!!

Mom complained that I didn't spent much time at home. Well, guess it's typical of me (she used to say of me "roaming the streets constantly" in Cantonese; guessed I can't fully explain the essence unless you understand what "lan gai" means in Cantonese!). Earlier, hubby and i have thought of staying in a chalet when back, since it might be quite packed staying in either parents' places. However, we eventually decided to stay with parents, since it makes more sense (after all, we are back to spend more time together), besides the economical reasons. Looking back, if we had stayed in chalets, that meant we would have spent even lesser time with our families!

Prior to coming back, I have made brief mention to siblings of having a family dinner together (we had it during parents' birthdays or CNY). However, it slipped through the cracks and no mention or follow up was brought up. After I left, mom told me that she had bought more food for the dinner gatherings. Huh? Ok, next round of return, I must be more thick-skinned in getting everyone back for dinner!

Nevertheless, I think when it comes to moms, it is never enough time. To think that I actually spent 2/3 of my return staying with my parents (versus staying with my in-law)! Well, what to do? Now, I can only hope time will pass abundantly and quickly, for my next return back to Singapore. God only knows when it would be for next year!