Author: Princess Ichigo

I make comics and dreams.

I’m not a superstitious so welcome 2024 everyone!! Here’s to another year of chaos because no moment in our home is quiet 😂

2023 has been a challenging year. There has been many interpersonal growth, learning to stand up for myself and my family, change of workplace and adaptations, academic hurdles.

Although it sounded like alot, I’m happy things has been going well. Mojuju and I are even more closer and understanding than before. My dad’s health has been improving since his surgery, and we are trying our best to get back home to see him ASAP. And Monday and Tuesday are growing well and healthy.

I’m also adapting well at work and got to know my colleagues better. They are all really nice to me, and my patients are really lovely as well. I really enjoy the community visit… Is it mean to say that the houses are much cleaner than the previous area I was deployed? 😅

Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the world. While we are bathing in comfort and bliss, half the the world are suffering in pain and hunger. I wish there’s something we can do collectively, but the older I get the less faith I have in humanity. We will always resort to violence. I’m not naive, I know that if one side withdraws violence, the other side may not. But I believe, if we be kind to everyone we are able to, the world will be a better place. 2023 has been a really bleak year for the world so I hope this year would be better.

So let’s start 2024 with love and kindness and end it with a better place for everyone we know!!

LET’S CALL OURSELVES TEAM SUNSHINE because THAT’S WHAT WE GONNA BRING TO THE WORLD! WOOHOOO

Happy birthday Jesus, eventhough your birthday was months before!

We were listening to Christmas music from Alexa until a birthday song came up. Lil’Tuesday favourite hit mix: but I was like “ok that’s not what I was looking for,” I then was told that technically it is Jesus’ birthday. I had a light bulb moment there 😂😱

We were actually having a candlelight dinner while listening to the music. Lil’Tuesday insisted we blow the candle 😅. Luckily for us, it was actually at the end of our dinner.

Oh how I love the vibe of candles and lighted Christmas tree in the corner of our dining room, with my mom’s signature black pepper lamb chop paired with our pond grown watercress (accidental farming 😂 seems like the koi is fertilising the watercress TOO WELL). I always loved candlelight dinners, but personally never had much of them because… Hey who needs candles when there’s electrical light right?? Mojuju is a very practical man….and he also LOVES SUPER BRIGHT ROOMS. (it gives me migraine sometimes so I bought dimmable bulbs now).

Our amazing watercress which I basically threw some seed into empty pond pot and forgotten about it for a year. 😂

I really made this year’s Christmas extremely exciting for Mr. Monday and Lil’Tuesday this year. Partially because last Christmas we were skint AF and made it a small Christmas with limited gifts. This year, I passed my exam and got a massive salary raise!! 20% raise 😭. Thank God I only took one attempt at it… So the salary raise didn’t cost much 😂

Yes Santa is super generous this year and you know what, Mondays and Tuesday definitely deserve it!

Some may say that I’m totally spoiling my kids. I don’t usually buy them gifts so I really think it’s well deserved. Monday and Tuesday was wiping all the cabinet and window clean yesterday, as well as moping THE ENTIRE GROUND FLOOR. You might think that a 5 year old and 2 year old probably didn’t do it well…. But no it’s seriously sparkling clean 😂. I’m really impressed with Lil’Tuesday. She sprays with (water which she thought its detergent) and really wipe everything really clean. Monday and Tuesday are also always showing so much affection to Mojuju and I, and they are the sweetest lil thing. They really deserve to be spoilt!!!

I still hope that bloodshed stops worldwide, and human can find a way to peace. I pray we escape from all suffering. And I pray the world would stop and appreciate the beauty of earth, and dissipate all hatred in their hearts that are holding them down.

I’m not a Christian, it didn’t stop me from loving a Christian man. I didn’t stop me from celebrating Christmas. Every festival are worth celebrating, because life is all about celebration and being in a community together.

Merry Christmas and stay safe everyone ❤️❤️❤️💕😘

My only day of the year with full make up on!

I went for my workplace Christmas nightout yesterday evening and it was a bomb! I NEVER KNEW MY SECRETARIES COULD JIGGLE LIKE THAT!

So me and my limited dance moves just rinse and repeat throughout the entire night 😂😂🤣🤣🤣. It’s really sad that colleague half my age and twice my age all have better dance moves than I have… I really need to up my game 😭

On the other hand there is a coughing bug going around recently. I caught it and had some hard time really. I’m all better now though just with some cough left in me.

I’m really saddened with the news of violence and suffering in the middle East. The war in Ukraine is still not over yet either. I hope all countries around the world continue their best to maintain peace among each other and prevent the occurance of another world war.

I find war and violence so futile. We are all the same species and yet we can’t find a way to live and enjoy this current moment together? The sun could go into supernova soon and wipe the earth barren; and yet we are focusing on conquering and dominating. Everything in life as Buddha say is impermanent, the beauty and the suffering.

I do this in every exam..

I recently took my RCGP exam in October. Hence I have been really busy. The good news is I passed guys!!! 😬 It was seriously surreal when I saw my results. I immediately started squealing outside of Lil’Tuesday’s nursery while trying to pick her up. There was a man lining up behind me when I did that so it was extremely embarrassing 🤣🤣🤣.

Continue reading “Don’t worry I passed!” →

Being the eldest daughter means being born with extra responsibility. At a young age, I was to rock my baby sister to sleep, to change her diapers, to watch over her.

And when my dad frequently work out of the state, I took over the role of a protector unknowingly. My mother went through a tough time, and I have watched her cried, comforted her, sang sad songs with her throughout.

Growing up being the eldest daughter in a traditional Asian family had molded me into who I am today. I look resilient, I take over care roles. I take up responsibility. And in many different circumstances, I am always ready to help.

Continue reading “My recurring curse.” →

Hello everybody! I haven’t updated because I’ve been really busy with my exams.

Mojuju has been really supportive. And I have my sister around to help out with the housework and the kids.

After my exams, I had a girls night out with his friends’ wives whom I made friends with. We stayed in the hotel together WITHOUT the husbands and kids!! Mojuju looked after both Monday and Tuesday on his own for the first time throughout the night so I can have my long deserved rest.

We had such an amazing time (without kids, wild and free 😂)

I was really impressed with Mojuju’s capability to look after BOTH kids on his own. He managed it really well! All the husbands gathered together with the kids so it wasn’t too bad. Apparently the kids had fun time playing together too 😂.

Do you know that beer pong is REALLY difficult? Also darts…… I really suck in darts…

Thank you Mojuju for everything you do for me ❤️

It’s been so long since you gave me flowers 😂 so I must show this off! 🤣😍

I found out that the smear campaign against me is still ongoing! I’m still living rent free in her head 😂😂😂

Sadly for her, the people she’s trying to sell the stories to, knows the real story behind it.

Even sadder is everyone is just pretending not to know including what she’s been talking about them behind (not surprising I’m not the only victim). And she really believes everyone are stupid enough to be manipulated by her when all they are doing is just entertaining her enough to stop her from badgering them.

But not me, because I’m done. There’s only so much I can take, and I hate gossips.

Not every elderly deserve your respect and kindness. Not everyone deserve a 100th chance. I think I gave enough chances, especially to someone who badmouth my parents and family!

Remember everyone, when you grow old, do not be a two faced hypocrite.

Can you believe that a 5 year old can actually get shingles?

All my life I thought it was an old people disease. I guess never say never: because my 21 year old sister also had recent activation of shingles only a few weeks ago!

Monday has been such a brave lad. (omg I sound so scouse saying that LOL). Anyone with shingles before knows just how painful it can be. He barely complains, only occasional whimper when he accidentally brushed it.

Seems like shingles is pretty mild in children, because his shingles cleared up in less than a week while it took my sister almost 3 weeks and she is STILL healing!

However because of the infectious nature of it (you can’t spread shingles but you spread chicken pox instead, which is the virus causing it), he was unable to attend school and his childminder as well as she has a baby who hasn’t had chicken pox before. I had to stay at home with him, and my manager told me to work from home.

Okay, I was told to work from home but also told that it’s normally not allowed 🤣🤣🤣😅 it’s so confusing. It made me feel really guilty… I actually lost sleep over it. I’ve been losing sleep over a lot of little things… I think my mental health is really wilting away. I’m trying to pick myself up quickly now!!! I starting doing qi gong exercises to free my mind. I’m trying to care less about the house, and trying to install flooring in our new extension because it’s one of those things that drives me crazy.

I also found out that I am carrying more duties than people who are paid the same salary and were the same grade as me, and bravely brought it up to the manager. To be fair… I found that out a month ago but I didn’t really say anything because I felt bad about it. I have 10 patients in the morning while others had only 6…. Maybe it doesn’t sound like a big difference but trust me, the time shortage is a LOOOOT different. BUT PLEASE CLAP FOR ME, BECAUSE I SPOKE UP. I SPOKE UP FOR MYSELF! I was told that it was a mistake that was overlooked. But it actually made me feel sad. I did felt like I was discriminated because…maybe… I’m… Not good enough..? But anyway I brought it up so that I won’t feel so stressed everyday for finishing late (it was slowly eroding my MH).

I never felt so anxious in my life before. Depressed? Sure….. I mean… I had SEVERE depressive episode needing hospitalisation… But this is different. I’m constantly worrying. I can’t sit still. I can’t sleep. I panic easily. I could feel my heart racing even now as I type. Wow I guess I really do have anxiety 🤣 BUT IT’S OKAY GUYS, I’m sure with exercise and meditation I will get better. It’s just a phase, and I will get through this unscathed!!

Our favourite girl has now turn two! I’d love to pass my crown as Princess Ichigo to Lil’Tuesday because not only she’s as sassy as I am was, she also loves strawberries as much as I did and loves posing with ’em strawberries!

Like the little bull she is, she is as stubborn as one but also as loving as one. She is currently STILL very attached to me. She finds me all the time the moment she comes home. She gets upset if I wasn’t at home and would start basically look through the entire house!!!

I was in the hospital seeing an ophthalmologist due to my new eye issue and Mojuju brought her home without me. She was crying by the door calling “mommy” all the time.

Despite turning two, she’s really not great at her speech. She learns fast, except with speech thought…. She does try but her pronunciation is just appalling 🤣😂. I’ve been trying to speak to her in mandarin too so I don’t repeat my failure with Mr. Monday…. And she does understand it well surprisingly!

I hope Lil’Tuesday continues to be the diva she is. I really hope that she always put herself first and never let patriarchy put her down. I love her to bits, and will always miss our nightly tickling moments.

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