How time flies! I've been a parent for a year, imagine that. I now totally appreciate and love MY mum on a whole new level and regret every single harsh word I've thrown at her. Because, seriously, you can not begin to imagine the sacrifices that a woman makes for her child until you've been through it yourself. Especially in these times when a woman not only has to keep house but bring home the bacon as well.

Tyler's birthday was on Sunday. We had a quiet celebration - just family members - at Peach Garden. I picked the place, which is a, um, rather upmarket Chinese restaurant because I wanted to give my in-laws and my parents a fantastic treat for being so super. The meal was excellent and I'm still trying my best not to think about the hefty bill that was toted up at the end of it. Highlights: shark cartilage soup, wasabi prawn, deep-fried perch with plum sauce, pulut hitam (black glutinous rice dessert) served in cocounut. We hardly had space left for Tyler's gorgeous birthday cupcakes from the marvellous Cupcake Momma.





This morning, I realised that I haven't taken a photo of my little man since Chinese New Year in February. So I became all indulgent-parent-like and began snapping away.















He's kind of couch-potato-y and not doing anything in the photos. But if I were to take pictures of his real-life activities - and I can assure you, extremely active he is - he'll just appear as a blur in the photos.