I feel my life's like an arranged marriage...In a good way though. I married a native Indian, and it was a so-called "love marriage". But everything else in my life seems so "arranged". By that I mean every decision made seemed to be based on first impressions instead of long-term planning. I chose my uni course based on a simple attraction to natural health. I didn't consider the workload, the ulu-ness of NTU, the prospects of becoming a TCM physician, or other job prospects for that matter. There weren't many choices of uni anyway. It was either NUS or NTU, or an overseas uni. I knew if I were to go overseas, I would be doing veterinary medicine. But since the overseas universities didn't want me, I narrowed down my choices to the local Us. I don't even remember if I had any 2nd or 3rd choices. I know I submitted an NUS USP application, but they gave me a conditional offer. The TCM course in NTU gave me an unconditional offer, so I took it up. ...
Health Do 5-10 pull-ups every day (aim to do 1 un-assisted by the end of June). Hip stretches for at least 5min every day after work. Sleep at 10 - 1030pm. Go for yoga at least once a week when mil is here. Nature walks at least once a month. Baby A Bring him somewhere new & educational at least twice this year. (E.g. Children's museum). Wheelbarrow at least once a week. Or some other fun strengthening exercise. Teach him to read. Explore cricket/other sports opportunities. Planned Breaks Take leave from 25th Dec - 31st Dec. Travel at least once a year. Celebrate our birthdays. Hobbies Read It's Not Me. Home Enhancement Reorganize cupboards so that we can find stuff more easily. Hunt for our BTO/SBF. Elemit Yoga Plan our first yoga retreat. Not sharing my financial goals since I feel it's a little too personal. TTFN!
People think that raising kids is expensive and I agree that it is so in Singapore, but if you do your research and take good care of your health, it can be low cost just like how it should be. I'm sharing my experience and the amounts that I paid to help parents out there who believe in doing their own research. As the saying goes, when we fail to plan, we plan to fail, and giving birth to a child is quite a huge thing and involves risks as well. I personally did a lot of research and watched many YouTube vids to help myself ensure a smooth birthing process, and even then there were things that went unexpected, or rather there were things that I didn't know how to expect. Imagine going into the whole process without doing any research at all! I gave people the links to my resources and when I asked them if they watched them, they said they didn't have time to. Some of them ended up with an emergency csection. It's not really about the money, but the traumatic experienc...
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