So far, like that.

I have so many things to blame on.
I need to blame on my HTC phone for making me so impaired. There was a time where I could not take photos, of which until today I am unable to upload them onto Instagram.

I have a mouthful to talk about HTC services and how they eventually did not repair my phone because they mentioned that my phone was dipped into water. They must be kidding me!
It has not once touched into water and Alfi and I have been wasting our time arguing on the phone and going down to their service centers, the phone was not repaired. They even had the cheek to charge me evaluation fee for my phone which is still under warranty.

Tell me who would not be a hantu!
That, I swear is my first and last HTC.

Cut the story short, my team pitied my phone story (more like the need to have me a phone call away) that they handed over to me a Windows 8 phone.
Good thing is that it saves me money to purchase another phone. Many question me about the phone and mock me for being on a Windows platform. I am in the role where I need to walk the talk on MS Business Productivity.
Yes, it gives huge productivity gains in accessing my emails, referring to my meeting notes on One Note and then being on the move and running a conference with Lync and it is all in the phone.

But I became less social productive.
I don't like the Facebook user interface. I didn't like how everyone reads their Watsapp messages and laughing over it and here I am waiting for the app to launch. Yeah it is laggy like that.

While the Carl Ziess camera can be awesome with still life, it lags in focusing.

So please imagine my frustration.

But life has been great! Maybe because I feel guilty that I do not spend enough time with Rania on weekdays, teaching 7 sessions squeezed into 3 or 4 evenings.
That is the life of any typical working mom isn't it?

Some view it as pitiful that I need to work so hard but tuition is truly one of my passion. It is a time where I can choose students I want to groom and give them confidence in education. Plus, it is very important (in my opinion) that I stay relevant with syllabus so that when Rania goes to school, I am not in shock of how education evolved or how kiasu schools are.

In fact, during hosting one of the schools in Microsoft, I wanted to chat up with a teacher found out that she is my blog reader. Doesn't it just make networking easier? :)

Talking about work, it has been nothing but crazy!!!!
One morning I can be in Woodlands at 9am, the next morning I can be at Punggol at 8am and I most times, I cannot even find time to come by the office. Or by the time I need to head back to the office, I am all exhausted that I will make my way home and have a pile of follow-ups after that.

That explains why I neglect my photography and Her Closet and blogging but I am missing all these.
These are what I love! So I am trying very hard to make a come back.

Which is why I always look forward to weekends. It is my time with my dearest husband and daughter and I will balance the remaining with my own family, my in-laws and my foster in-laws which are like my own.

I have tons of photos on my SD card but these are pictures taken from the phone and a very quick update

This is my little girl, all grown up and mummy is so happy to be able to bunch up some hair to tie (though she hates it!)



Dinner with my family



Disclaimer: This picture was taken only during red-light stop. No one was harmed and Rania went to the back of the car when her daddy needs to move off.



I love gluttony (occasionally)



This is Rania when Mummy is at work. She forgets that people in the house sends me 'report card' like this via watsapp



A weekend at the zoo with my in-laws (though I don't have their pictures here)









Lunch date with my cousin aka my bridesmaid. Its amazing how we rarely meet and yet we sizzle everytime we do.



Now it is time to grab hold of my SD cards and work on the umrah pics, Dubai pics, zoo pics, etc etc.
I will be blogging again in no time.

Watch this space.

p.s: My blog traffic went down my 70% but for the 30% who stayed and constantly came to visit, THANK YOU! It means a lot to me.

xoxo