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These days, amidst the crazy juggling act of managing the kids, trying to be a good wife, developing Kinder Soaps, there seems to be little opportunity for me to truly be still. I've been in a city setting for so long.

So when my parents took me and the kids to visit Sentul Park a couple of days ago, and we were greeted with a sprawling lake filled with fish, ducks and turtles, and a Japanese garden featuring giant koi gliding gracefully in their beautifully designed ponds, I was soothed.

It was also another chance for my mother to bond with the kids. She gets tired so easily these days. But it was good to see her smiling and laughing. How many of such outings do we have left with her?