Wow...you are famous lah!

My email box was suddenly flooded with lots of mails from home. I realised that an interview I did with our local newspaper was published together with a portrait of me taken by little Ann and some pictures of the places we have visited.

I have joined this forum call 'Singaporean women abroad' and the local newspaper got my contact through them.

That column was about travel so you get to read all about the nice things....(just doing my part to help boost the US economy *wink*). Many have written to say how they envy me. But before you start envying, read what I have to say first.

As a "relocated" mum, I do face with lots of challenges. Do you know that bringing the trash out, picking up the mails, I have to wear 3 layers of clothes, there are no families, no relatives here, in short, no family gatherings or outings. I worry about kids going to school, will they be bullied....worry about them going back to the Singapore school, can they cope or not? I know there is no point worrying but as a mother, it is only natural.

The weather could get very cold, my lips are cracked, my hands peeled. I look five years older because of the harsh weather (It's every woman's nightmare). To keep warm, I have to turn on the heater but that gives me the headache... but I want to support my husband, I want my kids to see beyond the comforts of a Singapore life-style, experience education outside the classrooms. There are lots of challenges, I will face head-on.....do you believe, as women, we are resilient, we are survivors, we make the best out of our situations....

Famous? no lah...tomorrow when you read your new set of Straits Times, all will be forgotten. BUT...if it is in God's plan for my life, that I will be famous, then I want to be famous for a good cause!