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
And it's a…
… a GIRL!!!!! Yippee!!! I get to choose the name for our daughter hahahaha!!!! :) We just got the happy news. Ling will be doing a follow-up post later in the week on the results of the scan.:)
Hakuna Matata Part II
Following up my post the other day on the game. The pictures here are a mix of those taken directly off the TV, and also taken as an in-game picture.:) You’re given missions like this one seen in the picture
Ling’s new toy
Truth to tell, I think one or two of our friends are a bad influence on Ling. How so? Well, she was inspired by the steam vacuum cleaner that our small group friend Ann has. So on Monday evening Ling
Hakuna Matata Part I
Would you believe it: there’s actually a game titled “Hakuna Matata” and its theme about wild animals frolicking on the African Savannah. The game is more commonly known as Afrika (Hakuna Matata is the title for the Japanese equivalent), and
Lego bricks
30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost
Windows 7
One of the best things about having more than a few notebooks and PCs at home is that one of the machines get designated as the throwaway toy and you can really try all sorts of stuff on it. And
Toys and babies
Matt was asking about a new toy I picked up. But ah no; this isn’t about toys for the coming baby.:) Ling has started making regular trips to Thomson Medical Center and in about five months will be delivering there.
Nicam stereo
Here’s something I need to blog about before age catches up and I completely forget! Ling knows that the one thing I hate when we’re at the movies is commentary and chatting during the movie. I mean, a comment here
Undersea adventures
One thing you try to do in a marriage is couple activities. OK, whenever we go out, e.g. to shop for things, to see parents/relatives/friends, or to small group, it’s a couple activity. But when you’re at home, are there
Home plugged II
Technologies have certainly changed. These days, Internet service packages come bundled with everything you need to setup a home network. The hardware is typically even multifunctional: it’s a cable modem + router + wireless capable all in one. Quite a
Home plugged I
It’s interesting to recollect my experiences “getting connected” over the years, and see how technologies have changed since then. I first got ‘online’ as an undergraduate freshman in NTU in 1992, receiving my first email account then. It was an
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