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Sigma 30mm f2.8

Posted on 8 Oct 20123 Apr 2018   by CY

The Panasonic 20mm f1.7 has become the lens I use most often when I’m at home or taking pictures of Hannah. The lens is beautifully sharp in the center, works wonderfully well in low-light, and starts-up quickly when attached to

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Photography & Cameras    Tagged m4/3, Olympus E-M5, Sigma 30mm f2.8    2 Comments on Sigma 30mm f2.8   

Yummy Toddler Foods: Simple Carrot Salad

Posted on 7 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

From the wide array of recipes which use carrots, I like raw grated carrot, carrot cake and carrot muffin best. Yang loves carrots but he likes them cooked to just tender to bite. Enter the raw carrot salad today! :D

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Art & Craft @ Home

Posted on 2 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

  There is no right or wrong, when it comes to making art   Making sure that you have fun, is the most important part!   Splash a little paint, draw a little line   Just make sure that you

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Yummy Toddler Foods: The Pomelo

Posted on 24 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Pomelo is the largest citrus fruit in the world. It is rich in vitamin C and potassium. During the mid-autumn festival, it is a traditional must-eat item along with the mooncakes. Pomelo symbolises family harmony and abundance. As far as

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Yummy Toddler Foods: China Barley Drink

Posted on 18 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Taking barley drink to cool down our bodies on hot days is a common practice amongst the Chinese. There is the barley drink and then there is the China barley drink. One is the true barley and the other is

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Flowers @ Buangkok Drive

Posted on 18 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by CY

While coming home from brunch over the weekend, we spotted that the numerous Trumpet Trees along Buangkok Drive were all in full bloom. Quite a beautiful and colorful sight; that after parking the car, we walked out to the main

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Photography & Cameras    Tagged Olympus 12-50mm, Olympus E-M5    2 Comments on Flowers @ Buangkok Drive   

Hannah @ 20mm f1.7 – Part 4

Posted on 16 Sep 20123 Apr 2018   by CY

It’s semester break for the students at my institution, though not really so for faculty. Still, it does make available small periods in which I can clear the huge bunch of Annual Leave I’ve accumulated. It’s harder to get Hannah

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged m4/3, Nikon 35mm f1.8, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-M5, Panasonic 20mm f1.7   

Spoilt Apples and New Droids

Posted on 14 Sep 201227 Jun 2019   by CY

The screen on my 1 year 4 months iPad 2 went kaput over the weekend. Initially I was just astonished. Weren’t Apple products commanding premiums because their products do not compromise on quality? But here’s the funniest thing. After Ling

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Hannah’s Blurb has Arrived!

Posted on 11 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by CY

Both copies of Hannah’s photo book arrived yesterday morning, after spending just under 48 hours in transit from the printer’s Seattle office to Singapore. The most recent pictures that made it into the book were just taken on the 2

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Re-entering the Kitchen: Steamed Yam Cake

Posted on 7 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

After discovering our common favourite dish (aka steamed yam cake) at Qiji eatery, I was on the spur of the moment to want to whip up this dish at home. So once again, it was scouring on the Internet for

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Blueberries

Posted on 4 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

Hannah has been asking for blueberries as her ‘fruit fruit’ for her after-meal dessert at home. I guess she enjoys picking up the small, round, purple fruits with her small hand and popping them methodically into her mouth. :) Blueberries

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Hannah’s New Blurb

Posted on 31 Aug 201225 Feb 2017   by CY

It’s been an incredibly fast two years since I last finished Vita Una: Book V, blogged here. The photo book volume covered Hannah’s growing years up till she was one year old. I was supposed to have worked on two

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