This week was extreme for my family. Everyone had some pretty absurd happenings for the past 9 days, except for the happy go lucky Binbin.
We badly needed a break from all the spellings, ‘ting xie’(chinese spelling), endless homeworks, in and out of the house 8 times a day routine and the lack of fun ever since Keatkeat started Primary One.
So yesterday, after fetching Keatkeat from school at 6.15pm, we ignored the homework. Turn a blind eye to the spelling and ‘ting xie’. Forget about the madness of going through my main door 8 times a day. We just went ahead and had fun.
Witnessed the performances from some of the best teams flew in from different countries like China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan was a wonderful experience.
The four of us stood on our feet from 7pm to 11pm. That is how much my boys love to watch lion dance performances. They were so eager to find out who would win this 3rd International Lion Dance Competition held at the Central, they insisted on staying till the very end of the show. My boys legs, though little but amazingly strong. *Smile*
And the Winner went to Our Singapore Team! Whoo-hoo!!! With no demerits and a high score of 9.40, just 0.1 point higher than the second team (China), what a close fight!!!
Angeline Foong is my name. Making people happy is still my aim — that part never changed.
Some of you have known me here since 2007, when this was a place I poured my heart into as I raised my two boys — the tantrums, the milestones, the 'unconventional' parenting moments I couldn't help but write down. I stepped away from this blog for over 10 years. Life, and my boys, grew up. Men now.
But somewhere in those years, something else grew too. Watching my own family up close — really up close — taught me that most of our struggles, with our kids, our partners, our parents, even ourselves, come down to one thing: we don't always understand the person in front of us, or why they do what they do.
So I went looking for a way to change that. What I found — and eventually developed myself — is a tool called the Numbers Decoder. It uses something as simple as a birthdate to reveal how a person is wired: how they think, how they connect, how they need to be communicated with. Once you understand that about someone, you can choose how you show up for them — instead of guessing, or worse, assuming they should just be like you.
Today, as a Relationship Consultant & Coach, helping people navigate the relationships that matter most — with partners, family, colleagues, and themselves — through 1-to-1 consultations.
This blog is where I'll be sharing that journey again — this time through real case studies from the people I get to help. Same Angeline, same belief that no relationship issue is unsolvable with enough understanding and patience. Just a much bigger definition of 'family' now.
Welcome back, old friends. And welcome, new ones.
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