Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
While most of what we had for makan in our five day stay in Melaka was great, we had a small share of bad luck in Melaka. One of which was deserved – i.e. we walked right into the restaurant
On our last evening in Melaka, Ling and I both wanted to try different cuisines. We had quite a bit of Indian cuisine just yesterday, but I still wanted to try this Tandoori restaurant that’s rated #1 of all restaurants
This one’s for our Missouri bud.:) One local blogger in SIngapore has remarked in his posts about Melaka; that generally speaking, the grittier the place, the tastier the food is likely going to be. We haven’t quite put that theory
For our Melaka 2012 trip, I organized the accommodation and itinerary while Ling handled the transportation and makan places. Like our experience in Japan, we found both good and bad eating (or just plain sloppy) eating places in Melaka, and
Our initial fears of the somewhat decentralized location of our hotel proved unfounded when we went about our first sightseeing activity on the second day of our Melaka trip. The itinerary I wrote up had us visiting St. Paul’s Hill,
This might be just a Singaporean thing, but whenever we’re heading to another country in South-East Asia, we just zero into Tripadvisor’s ranked list of hotels, and start looking from the top of the list. We had a couple of
I had a Windows Live Messenging conversation with the wife yesterday afternoon, and it went like this. “Dear, I have a confession to make.” “I know. You bought yourself a new toy?” “!!! Dear, you’re so clever.:)” “When you have
My parents are fond of giving us these small honey mandarin oranges whenever they are in season. Also known as satsuma orange or Citrus unshiu, they are mostly sweet and seedless. It took me a while to accept this fruit
Even if the age is taking its time to show on my facial features, the rest of me distinctly feels all of 41 years! Just a day after I turned 41 over the weekend, the very next day at work,
For a long time, Yang and I were content with having just one child. My decision was largely influenced by Yang’s perception of my ability to manage another kid. Other minor reasons include my age (higher risk of conceiving a
Since school holidays have started, Hannah started spending time at home with me. Despite my tiredness and morning sickness during this first trimester of pregnancy, I still prefer to have home-cooked meals. To make things easy going, I decided that
There’s a couple of dishes that I can do passably well, learning that mostly came off my years spent in Perth. One of them is, incidentally, one of Hannah’s favorite dishes – Carbonara pasta. So, that was for our dinner
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