Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

On 24th April 2017, 145pm, my Godmother breathed her last...She left a great legacy. She is a great woman. The most recent visit was during this year's Chinese New Year. We were so delighted to visit her and to inform her about the good news on our fourth child. My three children were there too and I explained to them who she was. My godmother took great care of me as a nanny eversince I was one month old. I'm indeed thankful that her whole family took good care of me, especially my god sisters and brothers. The unconditional love that showered me all these years. When we departed that visit, I sensed something was not right, but I didn't ask. My mama was not moving much, different from the usual years whereby she would walk to and fro in the house. And my god sister told me to come by often with a little teary eyes. I thought I was thinking too much. I didn't ask anything because it was Chinese New Year, a festive period, and I kept it to myself, not even telling Eve...

Yes! The long awaited post! Recently, we went to the Children's Garden at Gardens by the Bay. It's been about 3 years since we came here! And it was fun!   Family picture of us at the dry playground. They have so many obstacles for the children to try out!  I want to thank my father-in-law who took his precious time to accompany us and took great photographs. We are in the midst of forming our photobook for remembrance. This is really a rare picture because to get 3 children to look at the camera is tough. Thankful that we can capture it! My baby Josh My baby Gwen My baby Kate Eve came at a later time to join us in the family picture. This is also part of our pre natal shoot! We want to thank God for the great and fine weather! This is amazing! My father in law managed to dig out our 2014 picture with Kate, versus 2017 picture! Look at how much she has grown! I could still remember both Josh and Kate were quite afraid of the water f...

This year has certainly zoomed past so fast and there are so many milestones in my family that I want to acknowledge. 1. Josh has entered his first year in Primary School and I'm really glad that he is coping well. His piano skills has improved tremendously and he is able to grasp and experiment to play the song he had heard on the piano! This is something that I am unable to do. He is able to swim well in free style and is confident in swimming. He enjoys gym session too! Thank God. He is interested in flipping the bible and noting down the verses in church. Anyway, he is growing well and now he has reached my Primary 4 height. Can you imagine! 2. Kate has improved in her writing skills and counting! She is able to ride a bicycle successfully! I'm really proud of her! And she is definitely a safe driver in the future. She also learns piano and with her hard work and consistent practising, with the guidance of Eve, she is able to perform well in her classes too! She enjoys...

TOUCHED BY GOD I felt touched by God yesterday at Sunday service. My Pastor prayed for me for the first time and I fell! Wow. I honestly felt different. The same feeling when I first received Christ nine years ago back at EXPO. It was surreal and I realized that even though things have changed, God didn't change. He made me realise that he has blessed me spiritually, financially and also for my family. I have been praying and he gave me the chapter in Ecclesiastes 11:2. I really hope that He will give us wisdom in it! TOUCHED BY HISTORY Yesterday, I went back to my house in Sengkang, and I discovered one of my old diaries that I have written when I was at Secondary Four. I was amazed that I managed to write a post every two days and I managed to document my feelings very well! I read about my graduation day account, whereby I wore my school uniform while others wore their casual or formal clothes for the event! I was feeling out of place literally because all of us then supp...

Write down what I see . I'm just so amazed that today, God showed me Jude 1. I continued to read the next chapter, and read about writing down what I see. I feel that everyday, there's so many personal and worldly encounters and experience. It's important to document down so that one day, we can read, think it through and reminisce the past experience. Exercise Today I jogged six rounds at the stadium and the feeling was terrific. These days, I didn't carry my handphone with me when jogging. I felt that it made me not focused in my exercise and I used to pause at intervals to catch pokemon. That's wasting of my time and compromising on my stamina! I have to break free from it. I just wanted the precious thirty minutes of exercise time must be optimised. Hence, no more hand phone when jogging. I have been jogging these days consistently and it gives me energy to run my schedules. Excellent! Rubbish Yes. Rubbish. I have picked up close to twenty objects on the ...

On 5th November 2016, we went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. It was drizzling, but it didn't dampen our moods. Josh was so positive, saying that raining would be great as we could get to see more creatures! We took train to Kranji MRT and hopped onto bus 925. Map for Sungei Buloh. We only managed to walk the red path! We went to the Visitor Centre to have a break. Then there were quite a few things to do. There's this Survivor Challenge vehicle whereby you need to use the rope to pull yourself forward! The three children loved it so much. They kept trying and I have to help them to move from one end to another. Ain't this obstacle cool? Kate trying out on the vehicle. Three of them having fun! Then they tried to pull. It's quite strenuous, as you only rely on your arm power. Be careful of the metal rings at the rope area. Your hands may be stuck there. Do take note to release your hands at the right time when pulling the rope. Picture o...

  We went to National Gallery on 31 Oct 2016. It's an amazing place to explore as there are children friendly events for the kids and us! Josh, Kate and Gwen at the entrance of the National Gallery Guess what's this? This is Rangoon design and we did sand art at National Gallery that day!   We were very thankful as there is a station for sand art! And it's doing the Rangoon design! It's the first time the children are doing this! And the amazing thing is that it is free, sponsored by National Gallery! Thank you so much once again.   Step 1: Peel of the part which you want to place the sand. Step 2: Take a spoonful of desired sand colour and spread gently on the paper Step 3: Continue to pour the sand on the desired places of the paper.   Step 4: Pour back the unused sand back to the tray. And repeat step 1 again. Josh's first completed sand art! It's that simple! Kate's thinking of wh...