1. A moment of intimacy with hubby 忙碌中的亲密
自从我开始写日志以来，老公被我逼着看了一次。上个星期，突然收到他的电邮，表扬我的努力，原来午餐时看我的日志，结果深深被吸引，哈哈，发现渐渐有黄脸婆迹象的老婆还是当年的四有青年？我们就这样有时候一起喝杯酒，蜷在沙发上一起看博客，在孩子睡后。。。再重申，我们先是朋友，情人，爱人，才是父母。。。
2. A moment of quietness with friend 和朋友的清茶
Visited a friend's place one afternoon, just Mei and myself. Mei was engrossed with the collection of toys of friend's kid, while both mums had a blink of quietness appreciating Chinese and Japanese tea.
午后，和妹妹去一个朋友家，妹妹专注地玩新鲜的玩具，两个妈妈难得清静，一壶普洱，一壶日本米茶，就着越南的姜梅，新加坡的小吃，盛在朋友精致的盘子里。。。妈妈们需要这样的小小奢侈。。。
3. A dignified moment - Redundancy
Market is in turmoil. Headlines in news projecting banks cutting staff. I didn't feel a pinch at all, until one morning, our Director called the team into her office. I noticed her eyes were red. Fighting back the tears, she announced that one of the senior VP in the team was made redundant the last Friday.
- Redundancy in a bank works the way that the impacted employee will be notified on the very same day, escorted out within a very short period of time, with personal items being collected/passed on by security staff.
- I read articles that Friday is the best day in a week to announce a bad news.
- I am touched by our Director, who I always believe is a people manager.
- All the above are my personal views, and I meant to be ambiguous and hope not violate any confidentiality rules.
那边厢全球经济震荡，这边厢各大银行裁人。一直不觉得有切身影响（除了套牢的股市），直到身边有同事被请走。凝重的片刻。
4. A moment of weakness - at work
Just for a moment, I lost my usual cool and tears tripped down. That was a mere moment of weakness in my professional life, feeling swamped. Again, I meant to be ambiguous and this is just a note for myself. I needed some deep breath and a trip to the ladies, then back to fighting breaks and mastering art of delegation.
在忙碌的工作中，我突然有一滴泪掉下来，需要深呼吸和去洗手间。我是怎么了？从来处变不惊，在工作中。只是那一刻的脆弱。不会再有。
5. Moment of memory - in life
These are the simple things that make me smile. A bowl of freshly made corn soup by hubby, resembles my childhood favorite food. A dish of lotus root with sliced pork by hubby, resembles what I used to eat at the cafeteria of the hospital I worked in.
生活中，让我莞尔的，是老公用步步高扎豆浆机做的一碗玉米糊，我儿时的记忆，商洛的主食是苞谷（玉米），面条是稀罕的，米饭是过年过节时才吃的。玉米糊营养极好，味道极好，就着加一点辣椒油的酸菜吃，极品。。。
现在就算在西安也很少吃得到。
6. Do you remember - how to jump? 你还记得怎么跳吗？
It has been months that Mei has been trying to jump. You wouldn't believe what a difficult task it is to take both feet off ground. She finally did it today, at a ripe old age of 25.5 months. Applaud from mummy, darling. Do you remember when was the last time you jumped? What we painstakingly learnt at childhood, becoming a skill that we seldom use in adulthood... Next time, jump when you are excited, want a breath of fresh air, or just feel like jumping....
It has been months that Mei has been trying to jump. You wouldn't believe what a difficult task it is to take both feet off ground. She finally did it today, at a ripe old age of 25.5 months. Applaud from mummy, darling. Do you remember when was the last time you jumped? What we painstakingly learnt at childhood, becoming a skill that we seldom use in adulthood... Next time, jump when you are excited, want a breath of fresh air, or just feel like jumping....妹妹练了好几个月的跳跃动作，今天终于双脚离地了！
Hurray！
7. Appreciation - helper 保姆在尽力煮菜，值得嘉奖
The problem with my helper lies with her attitude and vanity. She pulls long faces day in and day out, ignoring my existence. She wears G-strings, low cut jeans and tight fitting tops in weekdays, and hot pants etc on off day. However, I appreciate her for taking good care of my kids when I am at work, doing all the house chores that I dreaded to touch, taking over Mei when I need a break, coaching Han Jin's Kumon when my patience is up, and occasionally surprising us with a good meal. Today she prepared Chinese pancake and Filipino desert, and made banana muffins using the newly bought oven.
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