Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
As I remember it, the first oratorio I acquired in my classical music recollection wasn’t Handel’s Messiah, but Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten. The latter was a 1970s recording with the BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Colin Davis,
One of the interesting bits about Ling and me is that we were both choir conductors.:) Even though I applied to join choirs during during week 0 of my first year studies in NTU 17 years ago, I had no
A follow-up on my post on home movies viewing from earlier this year. Not as many movies as the last post – have been terrifically busy.:( Babylon A.D (2008). Vin Diesel sure is getting typecast as the beefy action macho
For $180, I can buy… Two premium-priced PS3 games that’ll last me at least a week of play time; or A Seagate external 1 TB hard drive to backup all my photos and classical music MP3s which will be enough
One of those little things I really appreciate of Ling is that she tries to make sure we go to and come back home from work together every day. Throughout the day too we keep in touch with MSN messages
As we grow older, our sleeping patterns and morning routines change quite a bit. It’s dependent on your morning programs of course i.e. do you have to go to work. But just as another entry on recollection: 1992 – 1995
If there’s one thing I missed when I was in Perth, it was quality Internet access. The University network was pretty good, but public Internet access was a different matter. For the first year, I was using dial-up 56K connections,
A couple of nights I was having a match on NBA 2K9. I was playing the Boston Celtics against the LA Lakers, but it was fun seeing Ling’s reactions as she watched me. She squealed each time Kobe Bryant dunked
The guest room / kid’s room / Matt’s old room has become a little store house of late, what with the growing collection of equipment and materials we’ve been getting in preparation for our baby girl. Several of the large
A continuation of our posts on baby equipment! If nothing else, talking to and then going out with Ling to look for baby prams has at least resulted in my learning a couple of things about prams. Now, bearing in
Whenever the new season of Grey’s Anatomy gets released on DVD and I rent them, Ling gets absolutely hooked. In fact, she’ll ban me from watching any episodes without her. Now this really isn’t a big thing, because the successful
Of the three boys growing up at Lentor in the 80s, I was the only one who didn’t get into Tennis, which I think was the ‘in’ sport back then. Both my brothers did, but I preferred badminton. Maybe it
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