Another guest post … this time from my younger daughter, Natalie.

Hello, my name is Natalie.  I am Irene’s younger daughter.  I am 8 years old and I’m fabulous!  I don’t really know what’s a blog and I can’t type fast, so I’m talking while my mommy is typing for me.

I don’t like what my sister said about me on my mommy’s blog (what’s a blog?).  Yes I talk a lot and sing a lot coz it’s so boring when everything is so quiet.  My sister always tells me to shut up, that’s mean!  She complains a lot, so she should be the one to shut up.  I have to take everything for her coz she won’t get off her butt!  She calls me a nerd too.  Hmph!

My mommy calls me a humming bird, coz I hum to myself everywhere I go, and I hop around a lot, like a bird.  She also calls me a squeezy ball and she squeezes me a lot, but I’m not squeezy!  Maybe just a little chubby.  I don’t like being the baby of the family - I’m not a baby you know!  I LOVE dark chocolate and anything with cheese.  The only milk I drink is Meiji milk.  I can eat Koko Krunch cereal with Meiji milk all day.

Last night mommy took us out for seafood dinner with her friends and Shaman Wai.  Shaman Wai is a very kind person, like Grandmother Willow in “Pocahontas”.  She even sang a Dutch birthday song for my sister, who is turning 12 today!  So nice.

My school exams are over, yay!  My sister is still not done with hers yet, hehehe.  OK, I’m bored.  I’m going to talk to my sister now.  Byeee!

Natalie

This is a guest post by my elder daughter, Beverly.

Hi, I’m Beverly and I’m Irene’s elder daughter.  I am turning 12 next Sunday, YAY (actually I wish I’m turning 21)!  Since I’m taking a break from my homework, my momsie says it’s OK to write a guest post on her blog, as long as I don’t mess up.  Cool!

So … what should I write about?  Let’s talk a little about my momsie, my little sister and me.  We are like the cartoon characters in “Phineas & Ferb” (sometimes I think we are like the family in “The Wizards Of Waverly Place” too).  My mom is like the mom of Phineas and Ferb and Candace, who is always nonchalent.  She is too calm when I complain about my sister.  I think she is weird and cool at the same time because she’s not a typical Singaporean mother.  She doesn’t nag (much), she doesn’t cry on our first day of school, and she makes us do Dance of Shiva (which is really fun but difficult - I’ve already mastered one step, which is the whirly swirly movements of my arms but there are thousands more to conquer -.-”’).  She’s sometimes kinda tomboyish and she fights back when we get bullied by even weirder people.  She spoils me too much with good food.  She’s really weird and cool at the same time, I can’t decide which is which.

So … about my irritating little sister, Natalie, a.k.a. monster.  She’s like Isabella in “Phineas & Ferb”, the one who is always asking, “Wat ya doin’?”.  She talks A LOT.  Really.  Seriously.  A.  Lot.  She’s like the thing that won’t shut up.  If I have an enemy, I will send her after him, coz she will talk him to death.  Enough about my irritating little sister (whom everyone says is cute coz she sings like Boo in “Monsters Inc”, but I don’t think so … at all).

So … about me.  I’m like Candace from “Phineas & Ferb”, always whining.  I’m a glutton for food and I love to doodle.  I hate my passport photo … I want to lose it so that I can re-take my photo and make a new one.  I don’t think I’m weird, nor cool.  I’m just whatever.  I love scary movies but I cover my eyes and ears about 90% of the time.  I can meditate and go to my sacred garden … which is a really cool secret place that looks like the grandmother tree in “Pocahontas”.  By the way, my meditation visions are all in cartoon.  I am trying to enjoy the last few weeks of my primary school education.  I’m really nervous about going to a new school next year.  I play ping pong and I plan to go to the Singapore Sports School next year, where I will train to be a prominent ping pong player on this planet.  ^.^

So … that’s all folks!  Thanks for reading!  TTFN!

Beverly

Akemi Gaines from Yes to Me tagged me for the “10 Things That Make Me Happy” meme!

Actually, just reading Akemi’s post on this, as well as the ones who got tagged before her, already made me feel rather warm and fuzzy.  So I thought: what the heck, I shall indulge!

1.   Being with my daughters.  They drive me nuts … they tell me I’m a weird mom (I take that as a compliment), stare at me when I meditate (and I can sense their stares), watch the same DVD 30 times in a row (and still find it entertaining) and pay more attention to the Nintendo DS Lite than to me.  But as I watch them sleep at night and wake up to their smiles, I can’t imagine my life without them.

2.   Dark chocolate.  Cadbury’s or Godiva, doesn’t matter … I embrace them all!

3.   Reading good stuff.  They can be books, magazine articles, blogs, biographies - anything that inspires me, touches me or shocks me (I’m not that easily shocked).

4.   Watching Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery everything and anything, and MTV.  I feel totally relaxed when Discovery Channel is on.  I used to travel quite a bit for work, and if the hotel I stayed in had Discovery Channel on its TV menu, I’m happy.  Ok … I’m not saying I have an answer to how an interest in Discovery Channel actually links to an interest in watching MTVs, but sometimes I do get shocked by MTV, and I do enjoy the occasional shocks (see point 3 above).  They remind me how weird and fun life can be.

5.   Walking meditation.  I’m really not very good with sitting still - see my previous post on Active Stillness.  I get more insights, clarity and ideas when I go for walks, and occasionally when driving.

6.   Seeing positive changes in the lives of my clients.  In case you’re not already aware, I do intuitive work and offer Soul Realignment™ readings.  Being able to touch the lives of others and witnessing their growth bring me a deep sense of joy.

7.   Trees.  Like Akemi, I love trees.  I especially enjoy seeing big lush trees lined up in rows when I’m driving.  Every tree is special and unique, each with a character of its own.  They look like supermodels in a row, each with its own unique pose and hairdo.  Beautiful!

8.   Music.  I believe there’s not one genre where I can’t find something I’ll like.  Of course what I Iisten to today may be drastically different from what I will listen to tomorrow, it all depends on my mood.  But there’s something for every mood when it comes to music.  It feeds my soul.

9.   Vacations!  I love going places, seeing and experiencing different cultures.  When I can’t travel, I watch Discovery Travel & Living.

10.  Being with like-minded people.  It’s just a whole lot more interesting and easy when I’m with them.  I can be myself and the energy just flows among us.

I realized once I sit down and think about the things that make me happy, I can probably fill a list of 50 or even 100 things!  I will probably continue to build this list on my own, outside of this blog … before I bore the tears out of you.  Doing this little exercise has definitely made me happy, and I think it’s beginning to feel a little addictive!

Time for me to tag some friends:

• Evelyn of Attraction Mind Map
• Slade of Shift Your Spirits
• Patricia of Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker

I’m not going to list all my friends here, but if you’re reading this, I urge you to join in the fun.  Consider yourself tagged if you’ve reached this far in this post, and share - either through your own blog posts or via comments here.  Have fun and be happy!

Blessings,
Irene

Welcome to my blog!  As I’m writing this, I’m consciously aware of the energies that surround me.  These are energies of new beginnings - the start of my blog and site, the beginning of a new chapter in my life, and feeling the first waves of courage sweep through me as I finally decide to come out of the closet and embrace my spiritual path.  All good.

The Universe truly works in the most magical ways in bringing you the resources you need when you’re ready.  “Teachers” appear out of nowhere, and just this year alone I’ve received more meaningful guidance than I’ve ever had since I discovered Sesame Street decades ago … ok, I’m not THAT old, maybe just 3 decades ago.

All good teachings inspire thoughts, and so as I receive more guidance, I’m encouraged to think more and it’s become apparent that my brain isn’t such a great storage box after all!  I figured a blog would be a good tool to share my thoughts as well as help keep them organized!

I’m not exactly sure what my blog agenda is at this point in time … I’ll leave that to my ”team” (that’s what I call my Spirit Guides collectively) to figure out.  I do seek to connect with like-minded people and to exchange learnings and experiences as I go along.  This should be loads of fun!

Till the next post, do feel free to browse around my site - you may want to check out the free report on Connecting With Your Higher Self. 

Blessings,
Irene