Conventional Mother

I am a conventional mother. I chose to be a conventional mother when my elder son was in Primary 3, and my younger son was in Primary one. Before that I worked 8am to 5:30pm, and was always in a rush. I looked forward to weekends and public holidays when I could slow down to take things easy for the children and for myself. My husband was especially busy during weekends and public holidays with many church and NGO activities. Looking back, it was really a sacrifice because we did not have much holiday times as a family together when the children were young. Anyway, my decision to quit the job was right, but with single income, it was a trade-off.

Even until today, I believe that it is a blessing to growing children when they can come home to see mother in the house. I study recipes and prepare lunch and dinner so that my children always look forward to having meals at home. It is also a blessing to see them enjoying my cooking. 

Well, now that they have grown up, I guess I have to let them learn to be independent to prepare for their own families in the near future. 

I am still working out how I want to live my life for the coming years while preparing for old age.

May the Lord leads my path.

Selling Insurance and Unit Trust

For almost one year, I have been drifted away further and further from my work activities. I get to dislike approaching people for investing in unit trust and insurance protection.  As I stay longer in this line of business, I am more and more convinced that unit trust and insurance marketing departments are only interested getting sales, instead of making money and providing proper insurance for clients.

I took the effort to complete my study on Financial Planning, and obtained the certification as Registered Financial Planner. I joined the Financial Planning Company because I felt that being a tied agent to insurance company, no other insurance policy is good other than what you are selling. I don't agree with asking people to surrender their policies to buy from me. However, this is what agents are doing, especially those who are "successful" in their insurance career. This goes against my principle. Sadly to find out that Financial Planning Company are also more concerned with sales than giving proper advise to clients. Guess this line of business is not for me.

Cooking For Children

I am spending a lot of time on preparing 3 meals for my husband and children. Time with my children is getting less. My elder son was glad that he did not have to decide what to eat everyday when he was home for uni term break. When my younger son goes for further study in two years time, I would not be able to take care of them like before.

The saying about the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Ha ha! I guess it is right to say that the way to make children returning home on their own will is through their stomach. They are happy enjoying the food I cook for them, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

My younger son requested me to prepare lunch for him to bring to school because the school canteens  serve lousy food. I postponed my promise until beginning of this year. He has been very happy having home cooked lunch at school. A few of his friends requested him to bring extra because they want to buy from him. I certainly did not agree as I do not wish to make myself busy cooking for other children. Let their mothers take care of their own children. :)