Mothers' Day

mothers' day is round the corner...it is always on the 2nd Sunday in May...i thot it is the same through out the world but you be surprise that different countries celebrates mothers' day on different day...i sure am surprise!

i feel that everyday should be a mothers' day....be celebrated in simple appreciation of thank you, a hug, buy some food she likes, a phone call to ask how she is....

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Mother's Day in various regions:
(i got this information from wikipedia website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day)


1) Second Sunday in February
Norway

2) Shevat 30 (falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1)
Israel

3) March 3
Georgia

4) March 8
Afghanistan, Albania*, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia*, Mongolia*, Montenegro, Romania*, Russia*, Serbia, Ukraine. *In Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Guyana, Italy, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Russia it is observed as International Women's Day, not specifically Mothers' day.

5) Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday - March 2 in 2008)
Ireland, Nigeria, United Kingdom

6) March 21 (first day of spring)
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general)

7) March 25
Slovenia

8) April 7
Armenia

9) Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi)
Nepal

10) First Sunday in May
Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain

11) May 8
Albania (Parents' Day), South Korea(Parents' Day).

12) May 10
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico

13) Second Sunday in May
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

14) May 26
Poland

15) May 27
Bolivia

16) last Sunday in May
Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (except if it coincides with Pentecost day, in which case Mother's Day will be shifted to the first Sunday of June), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia.

17) May 30
Nicaragua

18) June 1
Mongolia (The Mothers and Children's Day. Mongolia is the only country that celebrates Mother's day twice a year.)

19) 2nd Sunday of June
Luxembourg

20) Last Sunday of June
Kenya

21) August 12
Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara)

22) August 15 (Assumption Day)
Antwerp (Belgium), Costa Rica

23) Second Monday in October
Malawi

24) October 14
Belarus

25) Third Sunday in October
Argentina (Día de la Madre)

26) Last Sunday of November
Russia

27) December 8
Panama

28) 16 December, Iranian calendar: 25 Azar (Mother And Child Foundation)
Iran (This date is almost deprecated inside Iran and is replaced by birthdate of Fatimah daughter of Islam prophet.)

29) December 22
Indonesia

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Handmade

I like handmade crafts. i have wanting to have an online stall selling my handicrafts for a few years.

recently i chanced upon a site which is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade. all the sellers have interesting crafts. registration is free but listing the crafts up cost 20cents per item (i think it is in USD$).

take a look at this site. http://www.etsy.com/index.php. who knows, 1 of these days, you may see my crafts online. :-D

Contemplating

Been contemplating whether to look for a full time job for a week. not that i dun like my job...a-mum-a-cow-a-sleeping-mate-a-maid-a-freelance-designer (thanks to my mother-in-law, i get breaks in between that makes me sane). i pretty much enjoy it, having to be able to manage my own time between work, kids and housework..but recent news of the raise in rice price makes me feel disturbed. is my dear husband able to cope with the raise?? now that there is already a raise in public transportation cost, electricity, oil, bread, noodles...whatever you can think of, it has already raised. living in a tiny country, Singapore, there is nowhere we can run that we can avoid those raised.

and being a mum doesnt give me the privilege of having more childcare grant. it is $150 for working mum, $75 for non working mum. hmm..doesn't looking after kids, doing housework....consider working too?

too much to consider. i will give myself till dec this year to decide. till then...i will be breastfeeding my boi. a sleeping mate with my girl. doing housework. and occasionally doing freelance design work.

Daughters are closer to daddy.

They say....daughters are closer to daddy....i wonder who say it. my 3 year old sticks to me like glue, she will want me to sleep beside her at nite, want me to read stories to her, disturb me in whatever little way she wants my attention...even when i am in the toilet...pooing, she will bang the door to let her in.

i should be happy that she is a odd one out..but, i do want to have a little space of my own and not all occupied by her. it drives me crazy at times.

and now when i am typing this blog, she is beside me....playing with my fan, playing with my papers, playing with whatever stationery she can find on my computer desk.

ok...i better go somewhere before i go crazy.

Welcome, welcome

Hi There,

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