I never dreamed

I haven't scrapped in two months. Busy with kids, went back to Singapore twice, kids were sick and parents were here for a week, and maybe not enough mojo.

Then I scrapped this layout about myself.

I never dreamed:

* that I would spend tons on scrapbooking (once I got started, I can't stop...the buying, that is!)

* that I would have two children by 37 (super traumatised after I helped my neighbour deliver her #2 at home when I was 19yrs old, started family planning late, some issues with conceiving, and super afraid of childbirth)

* that I would get my driver's license at 36 (never thought I would get behind a set of wheels, and all the procrastinating adds to the fear of driving. But being in Malaysia means I need to drive, coz I can't just get on the road to flag a cab, and buses come on the hour, and there's no MRT here)

* that I would move to Miri, Sarawak...and live with my in-laws (small city of some 300,000 with only 4 shopping centres, I speak enuf Malay to order ta pao, no friends then. Well, God spoke and we obeyed.)

* that I would be a stay-at-home-mom (In SG, we need double income to enjoy a decent standard of living. Well, I did pray that if I ever had a baby, I would love to be able to take care of my baby for at least six months. Guess that got extended)

* that I would work in an IT company (me, super IT illiterate and having worked more than 10yrs in corporate and consumer PR)

* that I would be able to dive (I fear the open sea, but I love to the photos and videos from my friends' dive trips. I liken my dive experiences to being in an aquarium...that's what I think when I jumped into the choppy seas and get to Simon before we dive down. Those few mins can be very alarming for me.)

* that 3 of my closest girlfriends and I would all deliver our babies in 2009 (nothing short of God's miracles, and blessings to us. I am blessed to join these ladies on the arduous journey of conceiving and childbirth.)

* that my husband would be get off work at 4pm (Simon hated his old job as a civil engineer, and constantly had to work overtime. Work was never ending.)