Sad

I just found out that one of my friend lost her baby. Its extremely sad. His name was Gabriel and he passed away after 10 days of brave struggle at ICU due to a heart malfunction. As I heard the news, I started tearing. I can't imagine the pain my friend is currently feeling. 

My heart goes out to her and her family. 

This really makes me think that life is fragile and unpredictable. 

I am so grateful for what I have. 

My boy loves me

Cayden, Nomin and myself walked to Sky Department Store to buy some ice-cream. As we were walking there, being my clumsy self, I walked into a hole and kinda fell over. Cayden just stared at me, and suddenly started wailing! I mean, its was a loud, dramatic cry, with tears sprouting out and all. 

Me: "Why are you crying? I should be the one crying!" 

Cayden did not reply and continued wailing. 

Me: "Don't cry. Mama is ok! Look, I am not hurt!" I say that while trying not to limp. 

Cayden wailed even louder when he heard the word "hurt". 

Me: "Shhh... stop crying. Mama is ok. And you should stop watching Dumbo." 

Cayden always gets very sad when he watches the cartoon Dumbo. Especially the part where little Dumbo tries to climb into the wagon to find his mama, but he can't. And his mama got to stick her trunk out to "hug" him and cradle him to sleep. 

The first time Cayden watched that part, he teared up and asked "Where's my mom?" He hugged me tight. 

My boy loves me. He is sad when he sees me hurt. That's my boy.

Why? Why? Why?

Cayden is going through the "why? why? why?" stage. 

"Cayden, don't touch the oven! Its hot!" 

"Why?" 

"I told you, its hot!" 

"Why is it hot, mama?" 

"Coz I turned it on to bake some muffins." 

"Why you bake muffins?" 

"So that you can eat some." 

"Why I eat some?

"So that you won't be hungry." 

"Why I won't be hungry?"

... and the conversation goes on until one of us give up. 

Usually me. 

Me

This is me, getting ready to go out to do our usual Sunday errands... go to the supermarket, Mercury market for fresh green veg and then lunch. Had lunch at Sakura, the Japanese restaurant at Kempinski Grand Khan Hotel. Yum...

Mongolian skies

Pictures I took this morning on our backyard. Not a cloud in the sky... 

Doing The Karen Cheng

I have been a silent reader of Karen Cheng's blog for a long time. I admire her - her parenting style, her creativity, her fashion sense etc... She is the hippest stay-at-home mom I know, and I draw inspiration from her. 

Anyway, she has been photographing herself, showcasing her outfits, her moods, her hairstyle. Its great! So I will do the same. I shall start to photograph myself, since there is no one here to photograph me! I think I'd better take more photos of myself while I am still young, in case my life past me by without "documentation"! Its a great way to remember as well. 

I am totally inspired. I shall start tonight, coz I will be going out for dinner with hubby and one of his colleagues from Singapore. 

Me

A pic of me taken before we went out for dinner with Edmond, Lester's colleague from Singapore and Uwe, Lester's colleague in Mongolia. We had a lovely dinner at The Silk Road. The beef dish that I ordered was a Jamie Oliver recipe! I found it in one of my Jamie Oliver cookbooks.