Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Generation Kill (2008). I thought the HBO adaptation of the late Professor Stephen Ambrose’ Band of Brothers book could not be beat for the best TV series ever about war. That’s especially in view of the visually stunning production-wise but
Sometimes when I was in the mood for cooking / baking, I got the feeling that no force in the ‘verse could stop me. Yeah. A chain reaction perhaps (Yang must be shuddering, hee), I picked up another new recipe
I usually bring Hannah out for breakfast and do grocery shopping on a daily basis during school holidays. We stayed at home this morning as there was leftover bread. I fished out some cartoon bread cutters to spice up the
My morale took a beating after a failed attempt at cooking Chinese beef stew last evening. Long story short, I over-estimated the proportion of spices used. Sigh. With what was left of my self-esteem, I took on a personal challenge
Sherlock (2010). I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on this crime series made for BBC for a while now, but kept putting it off. I picked up the Blu-ray set for this 3 episode series several months ago
I wrote in January this year that we were planning to take our first holiday with Hannah in June this year, and the list of potential places included Redang, Phuket, Sabah and Langkawi. After considerations regarding expenditure, the difficulties involved
Our girl is demanding more and more of our attention whenever she’s at home. She often wants me to sit down to play cards or read a book to her. In order to keep her occupied while I cook or
This dish is really tasty even without the tuna, i.e. vegetarian style. I adapted the recipe from Annabel Karmel’s Tuna and Sweetcorn Stuffed Potato. The original recipe is found in her book entitled ‘New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner’.
I used to write remarks and testimonials for my students when I was a full-time teacher. There were certain dos and don’ts stipulated pertaining to our choice of words. No matter how disruptive or unaccomplished the kid was, I was
Since I started picking up apps for Hannah, I figured – what the heck; why not write reviews for a couple of them? Shortly after picking up the iPad a few weeks ago, I started hunting around for applications to
No, our little girl doesn’t yet know how to use chopsticks yet, but it’s still an interactive play toy for her. =) This bunch of pictures were taken at brunch @ Sweet Spring at the recent Vesak Day public holiday.
A couple of colleagues and I were lunching this afternoon, and the lunch topic veered into the use of iPads as parenting tools. It was quite a funny conversation as we bounced around how the iPad is used as both
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