Hannah’s Wall
Since buying my first digital camera 11 years ago and getting into digital imaging, I’ve hardly ever printed photos anymore, apart from the odd occasion when we need pictures for photo frames at home, or when parents ask for them
Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Since buying my first digital camera 11 years ago and getting into digital imaging, I’ve hardly ever printed photos anymore, apart from the odd occasion when we need pictures for photo frames at home, or when parents ask for them
Given the heat in recent days, we’ve been trying to give Hannah a second bath each evening before the last feed of the day. This will usually be at about 8 pm. Ling bathes Hannah, and I do all the
While I was in Kumamoto last December, Ling and Hannah spent a good amount of time at our Lentor family home, staying with my parents. After I got back home, Ling shared with me her experience of staying at Lentor,
Writing and preparing yet another Blurb book has become a regular ritual for me. As soon as I finished Book III of the series of Vita Una books last September, I began work on Book IV: The initial plan for
Just when I was marvelling at Yang’s dad for having his ex-students paying him visits year after year during the Chinese New Year season, I got one tonight too. Name is Jinju. I taught her biology and was also her
There are usually at least four festive dinners at our family home at Lentor: the Reunion dinner on CNY Eve, lunch event on Day 1 before we disperse to visit relative, another dinner event with relatives from my maternal side
Hannah was in one of her usual wailing moods mid-afternoon yesterday. Ling was preparing her solids feed, so it fell to me to have to ‘entertain’ and quieten her just so that the entire block of Rivervale residents don’t come
First Month: She smiled. Second Month: Started to mimick sounds of words, e.g. ‘er le’, ‘ok lah’. Slept through the night. Started to gain better support of her head. Third Month: Started to giggle. Mumbled what sounded like ‘mommy’. Stuck
If there’s one thing I really dislike about CNY, it’s the humidity and heat of January to February that the festivities often fall on. Temperatures here have been a not very pleasant 33°C (but feels like 36°C), with Hannah being
The yearly Chinese New Year picture, for 2010 and with grandparents and kids!
Here’s the most current version of the grandparents + grandkids picture – and as happy as they look in the picture, you wouldn’t know how much trauma it involved getting the lot (grandparents excepted) to pose like this!
The Chinese New Year festivities at Lentor are usually really just excuses to pig out and eat without care, so this year’s CNY eve dinner was no different: lots of good food. This year’s a little different also because it’s
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