serenity

As the season of Lent begins, I pray the Serenity Prayer: to enter a space of calm & contemplation that I may recollect Jesus’ life, death and resurrection with hopeful longing.

large, larger, largest

24 Hours in Singapore, stainless steel, 2015, interactive installation by Baet Yeok Kuan on the lawn of the Asian Civilisations Museum.

small, smaller, smallest

Thinking about One Word Sunday: Small, Smaller, Smallest hosted by Debbie at TravelWithIntent. Caught sight of Little Critter Family on the shelf; Crafty Older Daughter’s need to miniaturise strikes again!

Body

Reclining Woman, Fernando Botero, 2004, Edition No 3/3 Bronze, front driveway of the St Regis, Singapore

scenic resting places

One of the reasons we return to Ipoh, Malaysia so often: Loving Husband’s Mama’s grave resides there. Wide expanse of sky, birds chirping in abundance, picturesque limestone hills is what we are greeted with each time we visit.

rolling stone

One Word Sunday: Roll/Role hosted by Debbie at TravelWithIntent got me thinking about things that roll. And the role they play in our lives.

gaggle of giggling

This is one of my favourite sculptors and sculptures, which I am fortunate to run by often in the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

My Christmas Treat

I haven’t bought a book for myself in years.

Partly because I read my books online from the local library. Partly because Loving Husband & Older Daughter are resolute book procurers, and they take care of our family’s library.

My Generous & FarAway in London Aunt & Uncle (aka Godparents to my daughters) gifted us with a festive monetary present. We all went wild and got ourselves all sorts of exciting things which we may have hesitated over getting for ourselves (Christmas cake from Marks & Spencers, tipple to go with said Christmas cake, Moana lego, books, books and more books).

I ordered Laurie Graves‘ The Great Library Trilogy (the final book just hit the stands last month) as a treat for myself. They arrived a few days before Christmas, which was much faster than anticipated.

I will be enjoying this treat for a long while yet. Thank you, Shmee & Ton! Thank you, Laurie!

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This post is my contribution to One Word Sunday: Treat hosted by Debbie at TravelWithIntent.

Soon

My sister, brother, a couple of cousins (all of the above live in several parts of the United States) and I were chatting on Messenger about the Great Conjunction, and whether we could see anything from our various locations.

My sister and I were meant to meet in Japan this past June. My brother was meant to pop in to Singapore last month. We were meant to be in London now to spend Christmas with my Aunt & Uncle.

Zoom this Christmas will be the closest to seeing each other for a while.

We do not despair. We are grateful for technology. But we are looking to the day when we can meet in person again.

Soon

My US family are sporting photos of what they think might be heavenly bodies. Mine are meekly Christmas orbs hanging off trees on Orchard Road.

This post is my contribution to One Word Sunday: Soon hosted by Debbie at TravelWithIntent

history

We popped in to say goodbye to Robinsons, who will shut their doors after 160 years in Singapore.