Leahs Cafe

The other day, I went to Tesco to pick up some groceries. Two of the girls in my preschool, one Chinese girl and one Indian-Filipino girl asked whether they could go with me. And because I promised to get them their favorite sushi and they have been really good that day, so I brought them along. Both these girls are 5 years old, the Chinese girl is quite fair and the Indian-Filipino girl has darker skin, they certainly don’t look alike, so one can tell they may not be sisters.

Actually, it never cross my mind that people could think they are my children. The girls were looking at the ostrich feathers and kept asking me to buy for them. I did notice people were looking at us, but I thought it’s because the girls were cute.:-) I did not realize that people were looking at us out of curiosity, until one auntie could not contain her own inquisitive desire anymore, she approached me and asked “Are they your children? Is your husband Indian?”

I had a good laugh. Only then I realized that people were looking at us not because they were wondering how many husbands do I have that my children are of different colors.:-)

Actually, I would think interracial marriages are quite common this days, especially in Malacca, we already have Baba-nyonyas and Serani for hundreds years. Guess people are also curious and “keh poh”, like to pop their noses into others people life. :-)

The Queen tagged me on SAHM or FTWM?

I am not a mom and do not know I am ever going to be a mom, so this is a hypothetical question. And we often hear those glamorous stars say “I am not going to answer any hypothetical questions”. So, end of this tag? :-)

I am no glamorous star, I guess I have to come out with some imaginary reasons for an imaginary answer.

Actually it reminded me of an ex who asked me the same questions when I was in my mid 20s. I didn’t know whether he asked this question to find out whether I am a marry-able material, but I think my answer did turn off our plan to get hitched. What was my answer? ” Yeah, I don’t mind not working, but then you probably won’t find me at home (if I am not working)” I said that jokingly as tongue in cheek coz I was really having a ball of my life at that time going places and doing things. But he took it rather seriously and as they said the rest is history.

Like hubby said, working hard is in my Hakka blood (after he saw how women in my family work like horses). So, I am pretty sure I will not stop working even if I have to stay at home.:-) Actually, after learning about child development and sensitive periods and understand the important of those critical years of development, most probably would work out a way to stay at home and work, or stay with the child at a work if I am ever so blessed to be a mom.

I do see it’s possible to do it (stay with a child) while running a Montessori preschool, though I think I will need my mom or a helper to assist me. Currently, I have a 20 months baby that I occasionally babysit since he was 16 months, he fits in fairly well with the children in the preschool and it’s amazing that older children are so eager to take care of him or teach him.

~~~Instructions~~~
Here’s how it works:
1. So easy peasy, if you were given a choice, would you be a SAHM or FTWM? Just provide 3 good reasons.
2. Include your post link to the list below and Finally,
3. Tag other mommies

List:

1. Immomsdaughter prefers to be a SAHM

2. Miche prefers to be a SAHM too.

3. SweetPea is happy being a PTWM

4. AllThingsPurple choose to be a WAHM

5. Dr. Bernard Chan is both Mom and Dad

6. HijackQueen is a FTWM

7. Lilian Chan, the 5xmom wants the best of both worlds.

8. Leah wants to be a MAW (Mom at Work)

Have not been able to get online too much in the last few weeks, though I managed to visit a few blogs off and on when StreamASS was up briefly. But, most of the time when I was up, streamASS was down. Last week, streamASS finally went back up. But, I had to clear all the paid posts, there are days I stayed up till 2-3 a.m to finish up the backlogs.

ChinNee had long wanted to know how seriously I am infested with Blogivitis, but the procrastinator me and the StreamASS had me kept delaying the MeMe.

I certainly have all the symptoms that everyone talked about:

(1) I woke up in the middle of the night, turned on the computer, went blog hopping, so if you saw me left comments on your blog at 3.00 a.m, I did it in my sleep.:-)

(2) my mum for one thinks my dad and I are nuts “fighting” over computer use over the weekend, dad with his BTComet, me with my blog hopping and she cannot relate to our insane-ness. But hor, how could I win my dad especially when it’s his computer at his house? So it has been no blog hopping for me during weekends.

3) if I happen to have a few minutes be anywhere near a pc or notebook that I can go online, I hop online to check out blogs, …..

4) I started to have withdrawal symptoms when StreamASS was down for two weeks, I missed my blogs, I missed visiting my blog friends and wonder if they would be offended if I don’t go visit them often.

5) I started a few more blogs.

6) I have been doing lots of paid posts at the other money spinning machine coz my shopping list is getting very long, I love this disease coz it helps me to keep my overgrown hobby a.k.a Montessori Preschool running!!

Not going to tag anyone on this, coz almost every blog I visited have done this liao.