Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Hannah’s supply of pumpkin comes from Cold Storage’s organic fresh food section. This is a regular item on the shelf. It is of a Japanese variety and hence its sweetness is guaranteed. Pumpkin is one of the easiest veggy to
There’s one thing about parenthood which makes life unpredictable – that you might buy baby or maternal products and end up not using them. For example, I bought an expensive breast-pump while I was pregnant as I saw myself breastfeeding
Hannah’s almost exactly 1 Year 6 Weeks old today. And I realized that of late while I’ve taken a whole bunch of pictures of her during weekends, I’ve hardly taken very many shots of her during the evenings. So here’s
The Book of Eli (2010) – on rental. There are a couple of actors in Hollywood today that are able to switch with relative ease between roles of opposite alignments. Most can’t. For instance, the one time when Arnuld Schwarzennegar
Sweet potato goes well with spinach and/or egg yolk. For babies who reject the taste of spinach, it can be masked in the presence of sweet potato. I usually prepare sweet potato puree with either peas + spinach or peas
Agora (2010) – on rental. One of the films I was really looking forward to catching this year has been Agora. The film stars Rachel Weisz, and she plays Hypatia, a Greek scholar and teacher of mathematics and philosophy who
Before Hannah reached six months of age, milk feeds were quite a challenge. There were routine spills, and if not burping her properly after a feed was like playing Russian roulette for her to merlion everything right back at us.
Hannah has better food while at her nanny’s place. Her nanny is a Cantonese and as many of us know, this dialect group is particular about their soup. Every meal must have a soup dish. I just got a recipe
New weekend and yet more opportunities to discover and record Hannah’s growing! One challenge we faced before as new parents was entertaining our baby girl when the adults were having their meals. Getting her involved by feeding Hannah bits from
Two colleagues of mine – both Apple fans – and I were talking about the MacBooks and iPhones yesterday afternoon. One was surprised, like my Kumamoto colleagues last year during the teaching trip, that I used my MacBook Pro primarily
I took a bunch of pictures of Hannah last week but didn’t post them up. As these things go, every day where I don’t take at least a couple of pictures of our growing girl is an opportunity lost! Our
Lately, our 4 year-old Electrolux washing machine has not been as effective in removing dirt and grime from our clothes as before. So I took to checking the drain pump (that little squarish door at the bottom of the washing
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