Tot Naming Part I
One of the things we discussed more than a year ago and while we still weren’t quite decided to start a family (or not) was who would get to decide on baby names. We decided on the arrangement where I’d
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Misery
Today’s the fifth day of my fever and cough but it feels like I’m trapped in a time-zone. When will my misery be over? My gynae told me on Tuesday that I have nothing to worry about even with all
Red pill, blue pill
Several months ago I wrote a short entry about the high-definition ‘war’ waged between the two competing standards, HD DVD and blu-ray. Now, one of the battlegrounds between both standards was the support each format had from major movie studios.
FATE ™
One of the things about us three boys growing up at Lentor was in our conduct at family dinners. My mum insisted that we would always have meals together as a family. It wasn’t too difficult early on when we
… 'For I am a Pirate King!
There’s a music CD in a wallet of audio CDs in our Nissan Latio that’s a recording of The Pirates of Penzance. One of the most well-known songs in this work is sung by a self-professed Pirate King, and part
To Peel or Not to Peel
I’m going to stay as far away as I can from the issues of gender roles in relationships. It’s been covered quite well here and at Ann’s blog. But I do intend to convey my sympathies toward those who desire
Musically yours
While I’ve been persistently listening to Classical Music for just over the last 20 years now, there was a long lull period during which I slowed down my classical music CD acquisition. The dates are a little fuzzy right now,
First Trimester
Three things kept bothering me during this period of pregnancy: Nausea Bloatedness Constant exhaustion So far, I didn’t vomit. Thank God! It’s just that the lurking background nauseous sensation kept me from feeling normal. Chewing on a few pieces of
Hallucinating Hunger
It hit me 6 hours after breakfast 2 days ago. Boy, it happened in the midst of marking my student’s essays and I thought the words just lifted themselves off the page! I had to stop and go ransack the kitchen for food. Yang
Saute white button mushrooms on toast
That was today’s breakfast menu. Easily done and delicious. An ex-colleague shared this recipe with me and it has only been recently that I used it again. Ingredients Fresh white button mushrooms (1 tub) thick slices of bread butter salt ground
Hainanese Pork Chops
Yang’s mother cooks great dishes. Matt can attest to that :) Recently, Yang missed Hainanese pork chops and asked me to try whipping up the dish. I bought too much pork (~450g) and hence had to remove the potato slices from the
Oh no, not from China again!
Sigh, have to cross out another favorite food of mine because of the reputation of MIC (made in China) products. As Yang and I was eating our home-style stir-fry dish of sliced pork, asparagus and golden mushrooms for dinner just now, I became
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