Five or six
One thing the two of us couldn’t agree about the aquarium at home was how many Otocincluses we had in in the tank. I’ve always thought we’ve got five, but Ling believes there’re six! For those of us not in
Category: At Home
All children are blessings
My Christmas post! One of the two discussion books our small group has been studying this year is on family. And as these discussions go, a couple of times the issue of having children has come up a few times.
Tot Naming Part II
Part II of baby naming, and a continuation from Part I I blogged last month. Here are the names going from F to N. F – Didn’t choose any names from this alphabetical character, since it wouldn’t have gone very
Tang Yuan Soup
There’s a Chinese saying that goes: you(3) yang(4) xue(2) yang(4). Translated to English, it means ‘monkey see monkey do’. That was what happened to me when I read Ann’s blog about her craving for round dumplings made of glutinous rice
Korea Strawberries in Season Now!
Sweet, sweet Korea strawberries are selling at $3.95 per punnet at NTUC and $3.45 per punnet at Shop ‘N’ Save. Buy, buy! Forget about those from Australia, NZ or US. They often look big and red and hence deceptively sweet but bluff
Seasonal Fruits
One new mindset which I have adopted whenever I go marketing is to buy fruits when they are in season. Fruits simply taste better and are cheaper in season. Take for example, blueberries. When in season, you can get 2 punnets for
Platform Gaming
One of the biggest regrets I’ve got about playing computer games is my inability to handle most first-person perspective games. No, it’s not that I’m not quick on the trigger (mouse) in those things. Rather, it’s that I am especially
On the 37th (birth) day…
… here’s what Ling bought me: A new coffee mug which I can put photo inserts into. The current one I’d been using for several months now had some water seepage, ruining the inserts. This was a very welcomed replacement!
Tissue Box
One of those little things that required adjustment in a marriage is one’s individual preferences for movies. Personally, I enjoy movies themed around the indomitable human spirit the most, e.g. movies like Apollo 13 or TV series like Band of
Longing during pregnancy
One thing I missed a lot was wholesome home-cooked food when I started going through the first trimester of my pregnancy. I missed my mom’s stir-fried veggies, be it cauliflower, spinach, kailan, kangkong, beansprouts, the list goes on. I used
A Company of Heroes
I don’t as a rule follow authors, preferring instead to read selected works after having first checked them out first if they’re any good. There’s a few however whose books I’ll pick up without hesitation. There’s Colleen McCullough who wrote
Red Dates, Longans and Ginger Tea
The name of the drink is quite a misnomer for there’s no tea content at all. Boon Yee, my dear ex-colleague, shared with me this antedote to ‘morning sickness’. Her mother in-law made it for her during her difficult first
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