Vacation 2010
One of those little sacrifices you have to make when you’ve got a child coming along the way is ‘couple-only’ time like vacations. Still, that doesn’t mean I can’t plan for trips further down the road, like say at the
Category: Children Blues
Baby Names Wrap
The other day I saw our baby daughter kick! Not through the Ultrasound, but through little bumps off Ling’s belly as though our little tot couldn’t wait to get out LOL. Ling’s been rubbing her tummy (a lot!), talking soothingly
Baby Names – Chinese Version
Here in Singapore, Chinese names given to newborns typically follow a name structure that’s kept consistent for each generation. For instance, my generation was “Foo Chek *”. For the next generation, it’s “Foo Jie *”. Mum has been thinking of
All wired up
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,
Baby storehouse
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
Baby Prams
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
Baby equipment: from the man’s POV
Taking our sis-in-law Sharon’s advice, the both of us decided to start buying the larger items for our forthcoming baby girl. She’d sent along a very helpful document outlining all the items we’ll need, so Ling turned the list into
Lessons: “In all things…”
We usually close of our bible study with prayer requests. And recently Ann jokingly remarked that I don’t seem to have many requests.:) There’s a long-winded explanation for that. I don’t have many specific requests because putting aside all my
OSIM iEcologi – my review (* * *)
Well, here’s my preliminary evaluation of OSIM’s steam vacuum cleaner, iEcologi. I had 2 objectives in mind when we bought this machine: 1) To continue sharing the load of cleaning the floors with Yang during my pregnancy (as I had
Normal or not?
It has been a trying period for us after my gynae informed me that my test results showed that our baby may have chromosomal abnormality, especially Down Syndrome. At my age, the average probability of conceiving a baby with Down
Music for babies
While driving home from church and Yotei last Sunday, Ling asked if we can get a music playback device. Apparently, babies can start ‘hearing’ from the 5th month, and she believes that the right kind of music will help nurture
Spoil the rod…
The most dreaded instrument at our home decades ago was the bamboo cane. I have to hand it to our mum. She was a suffer-no-fools, take-no-prisoners person when it came to ill discipline or bad grades. One thing I always
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