Hello fellow steemian!
I am lousy in writing self-introduction and have thus been dragging and dragging to write this post. But after 4 months, the little man inside my head tells me any further avoidance is a criminal act. So here it goes.
My name is Cat, and I joined the steemit community since November 2017, but I wasn’t really actively posting anything until fairly recently. In all sense, I am a complete amateur.
I was born in Hong Kong, the beautiful city that never sleeps. I spent my childhood there, mainly behind books, and, more books.
When I turned 13, my parents decided to move to Auckland, New Zealand, where I have called my second home for about 5 years until I graduated from high school.
Then I moved down to Dunedin, a small town in the South Island, to pursue further study.
And it was there, at the University of Otago, in the tiny town where students do the craziest and wildest things, that I met my husband.
Image from Otago University website
To be quite honest he wasn’t really my type then. But you know what they say: love always finds its way. So romance blossomed and we have now been together for almost 20 years.
After graduation I briefly moved back to Auckland whilst my then boyfriend was working in Gisborne, a small country town in North Island. Long distance relationship was hard; luckily I landed a job in the same town the year after. We spent around 2 years there and then decided to move to Australia and that was where the journey began.
Image from google
We started off in Rocky, the beef city in Queensland where I was asked if I want a steak in the only Chinese restaurant in town. It wasn’t that much of a difference to Gisborne, although considerably bigger.
The place was great the people were brilliant but work wasn’t. So we relocated to Brisbane, and a few years later, we started a family. And now I have 2 most beautiful boys.
Motherhood has its ups and downs, and I’m not exactly the maternal type, but watching the two play together is the greatest thing ever and it is the most wonderful feeling when they give you the biggest smile while you tug them into bed.
Juggling between daycare, school and work wasn’t easy, and I’m still finding my feet. Having “me time” is a luxury but during those rare occasions, I would maybe read a book, do some sketches, write some short stories, both Chinese and English, and enjoy a glass of good wine while my body emerge under a bathtub of perfumed bubbly hot water.
We travel quite a bit as a family, as we believe the old Chinese saying: walk a thousand miles is better than reading thousands of books. Exploring the world is what I’d like to teach my kids. It’s a blessing that Brisbane is so close to the beaches and has lot of places for kids to have fun. Spending a day on the sand is what they love best.
A fun fact about me
When I asked my hubby to say a fun fact about me he replies: “you’re boring.” So I guess I have to admit I am not a very fun person, period.
However I think my life motto will resonate with lots of people – Your life is not complete, without coffee, chocolates and alcohol, no, I mean KIDS.
Given I’m not a fun person and that I am a working mum, a coffeeholic and a chocoholic and enjoy my cocktails every now and then, my blog would be most definitely about family and kids, the rest will punctuate in between every line as I journey though motherhood.
Oh, let’s not forgot my two loveliest pets, Fluffy the Dog and Trouble the cat (I guess I have no talent in picking names neither). They have been the most loyal friends who have travelled with me and my family as we toddle along in this vibrant city.
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