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Blurb Vol. 8 – Disappointment

Posted on 23 Oct 201723 Oct 2017   by CY

The two Blurb Vol. 8 books arrived a few days before the scheduled delivery. The interiors were perfect – well, aside from a small quarter-page photo that was accidentally repeated. The exterior however was a very different story. Check out

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Blurb Vol. 8

Posted on 8 Oct 20178 Oct 2017   by CY

Every time I finish a new family photo book and have it sent for printing, I’d tell myself not to wait more than a year before I do a next one. That’s a promise I’ve never been able to keep!

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My First Star Wars Posts Since 2009 – Part 3 – The EU Books

Posted on 16 Feb 201625 Feb 2017   by CY

Of all the EU (“Legends”) books I’ve read, here are brief notes on a couple that I really enjoyed. Heir to the Empire trilogy – written by Timothy Zahn and published almost 8 years before the SW prequel films. The

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My First Star Wars Posts Since 2009 – Part 2 – The EU

Posted on 1 Feb 201625 Feb 2017   by CY

“Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic…”, as the the opening crawl from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace read. That sums up about nicely the initial reactions from many fans who’d invested in the years of Expanded Universe (EU) books, games

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Epson L550 Printer

Posted on 17 Jul 201525 Feb 2017   by CY

We’ve been using at home the very office-capable Fuji Xerox M255z printer for more than a year now, and the unit has posed no issues. Of late though, I was tempted to get a personal laser printer to situate at

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More Blurbs!

Posted on 23 Oct 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

Hannah and Peter’s first Blurb book arrived just before the Deepavali public holiday yesterday. This is the seventh book I’ve worked on, with a two year gap from the sixth book. Funnily, every time I finish one, I tell myself

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The secrets of language acquisition in infants and toddlers

Posted on 25 Apr 20135 Mar 2017   by Ling

This is probably the final segment on my gleamings from the book ‘Nurture Shock’ by PO Bronson & Ashley Merryman. A disclaimer here first – I’m no linguist and definitely not anywhere close to being regarded as a language expert.

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The secrets of slumber

Posted on 15 Oct 201225 Feb 2017   by Ling

My best friend Doreen, an experienced teacher in primary school education, once shared with me that a child grows and develops when she is sleeping. Being uninformed then, I used to associate sleep with down time for the body to

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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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Hannah @ 20mm f1.7 – Part 3

Posted on 3 Sep 201225 Feb 2017   by CY

Hannah’s Blurb book was completed last night. And after two more rounds of checking, it was finally sent to the printer early this morning with an order of two books. The book weighs in at 220 pages and 289 pictures.

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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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Japan, Dec 2010 – On Books

Posted on 4 Oct 201028 Dec 2010   by CY

Now that we’ve firmed up our travel dates in December, the next thing we had to decide was where we were going to and how long we would be in each city. One of the most fun things is planning

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