It’s been awhile since I last posted a picture of me. Without Layla, without Deon, not in home clothes, not without makeup. Just me, post motherhood, looking stylish, glamorous and unfriendly. Haha!
 
While I must admit that it is nice to have chio photos to showcase on social media, however as I age, more and more so I relish being in the present. And that means, when I am with my daughter I spend quality time with her instead of trying to capture the perfect moment, and be spending quality time with my phone instead. Likewise, when I’m with my friends, at work, with my family, with Deon, having a nice meal, all dressed up for an event or an editorial shoot, when I’m cooking, reading a book, taking my daughter out to park, cycling, working out, etc. I am in that moment with them and myself. It is such a beautiful feeling to be able to be completely engaged in something I am doing, such a privilege to be spending quality time with myself especially after being a mom.
 
It is unfortunate that in this time and age, people often do things for the sake of presenting it to the rest of the world. There’s this weird mentality of, 'if I don’t show then it doesn’t count because people wouldn’t know that I have done it.'
 
I’m proud to say, those days where I needed external validation is over.
 
When I first started Instagram, it was because I wanted to document my life’s journey. I posted my first picture on 10 June 2011, it’s been a decade (OMG)! It’s been through so many stages of my life with me. The good times and the bad, many relationships, heartbreaks, marriage, vacations, wonderful meals, hairstyles, fashion, deaths, births. I am delighted that 10 years later, ive stayed authentic and shared only things that matters to me at that point in my life. it’s like a little journal that I keep. I may not put in much effort with showing ‘Instagram-worthy’ pictures, but I sure do with writing my thoughts.
 
So thank you guys, for being here with me all these years. For accepting my less than perfect photos, my bad grammar, my infrequent posts, my long-windedness, my non-existent replies and comments.

But here I am, what you see is what you get.

Happy blessed Monday!

It's such a privilege to be able to breastfeed Layla until now. It's been almost 11 months, and I'm still loving every second of it. Every now and then, we still chill in bed together for some skin-to-skin TLC. I love that natural, pure, powerful bond that we share together in that short time.

Now that Layla is successfully sleep trained. Frankly, i miss a bit of those late night huggies with her. Haha, say only la... when she was waking up 6-7 times a night, it was really no fun for both of us.
She would cry the min she wake up until someone goes rescue her. Sometimes it's 1 min, sometimes it's 10. Basically, she is constantly waiting at our disposal which is really disruptive for her sleep. After she got older and more aware, it got worse, she would want to be carried in a certain way, a very specific way, and when i can't achieve that for her, she would wail with such intense anger!

I love my baby to the core. But those night wakings were tough and draining. I felt like i wasn't giving her the best of me in the day because i really just didn't have the energy.

I was constantly living in fear. I would tiptoe around the house so i wouldn't wake her up. I'll make Deon go hide in the yard, close the yard door just to open his can of coke cos i didnt want her to wake up while I'm in a middle of a meal. So stressful seriously!

11 months later, i decided to sleep train Layla. I must admit, the first 3 nights were really hard. Thoughts of giving up crossed my mind so many times! But I'm really thankful @deon.woo and Angela @upchild.sg stood by me and held my hand through it all, encouraging me to keep preservering. Finally on Day 5, she slept through both naps and through the night all on her own! I cried. It was tears of joy. I was so proud of Layla. It wasnt easy, but she did it!

I know many moms have a lot of questions re sleep training (like i did)! So I've decided to go on iglive with Angela on Thursday, 19th Aug, 1030am. You guys can ask us everything then! I'll share abt my experience and Angela will provide you with professional advice. She usually charge for consultation. So you guys had better make good use of this opportunity! Haha!

C u then!

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FINALLY! The highly requested overnight heatless waves tutorial ??‍♀️ This is literally life-changing; I haven't touched my curling wand since I started doing this and am so excited to finally share my voluminous curly hair tutorial with you all! I initially saw the robe belt method from Marcela Tumas https://youtu.be/dS9FWzJUEtE and after 5 tries (tweaking it as I went along) I finally perfected it. So here are some of my tips on how to get big loose waves using no heat. Enjoy!


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Ok I know it took me 1000000 years to finally upload this but life has been really crazy for the past month ?
Some notes: I do this on dry hair! Not damp or wet. Also, you can tie a scarf around your head if you're scared it'll move while you're sleeping but I would only recommend this if absolutely necessary; it does reduce volume and I like big waves ?

How are you all holding up? I think I'd be fine if I could go to the gym but staying inside my apartment all day is making me feel really sluggish ? I hope you're all staying safe and healthy though!
Recently, I've been baking to relieve stress but it's actually becoming a problem ? my fridge is full of waffles, mochi, banana bread, and probably apple cobbler by tomorrow if I'm feeling sad enough lol...and I can't even give any of these to my friends anymore bc nobody's leaving the house!! I really am gonna be rolling out of quarantine huh ?
I'll probably film a chit chat GRWM soon! Please leave questions or topics you want me to talk about in the comments so it feels more like a conversation LOL I'm going insane ?

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