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Nicam stereo

Posted on 14 Jan 2009   by CY

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

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Undersea adventures

Posted on 12 Jan 2009   by CY

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

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Posted in Aquarium & Pets, At Home, Entertainment    Tagged PS3   

Home plugged II

Posted on 7 Jan 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

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

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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology   

Home plugged I

Posted on 6 Jan 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

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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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology   

If the Y chromosome shows up – Part 1

Posted on 5 Jan 2009   by Ling

Yang asked me to draw up a list of boy names if our baby turns out to be a boy. There are a number of names I like but some were either taken up by relatives or friends. Here’s a few

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged Pregnancy    1 Comment on If the Y chromosome shows up – Part 1   

Multiplaying

Posted on 4 Jan 2009   by CY

My first encounter with multiplayer games actually goes back to 1993 when I first tried my hand on multiplayer (MP) Doom. This game is widely regarded as a landmark title of first person shooter games. Now, multiplayer wasn’t really sophisticated

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Posted in At Home, Entertainment    Tagged MMORPGs, PS3    4 Comments on Multiplaying   

Tot Naming Part III

Posted on 3 Jan 2009   by CY

The last post in naming our tot, if it’s a girl. The first two parts here, and here.:) Rachel (Hebrew) – The wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph. Shaina (Hebrew) – Beautiful Tirza (Hebrew) – Pleasant, sweet-natured A really

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged Pregnancy   

Tea Bottles

Posted on 1 Jan 2009   by CY

Here’s the first post of 2009 and for our Missouri bud: what we discovered to be his favorite drink while in Singapore the two occasions he’s been here to visit us.:) Ling prefers warm water, and I prefer slightly cool

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New Year Resolution

Posted on 30 Dec 2008   by CY

New Year Resolution: we intend to quit working for DBS Bank! What’s that about? It’s about our home loan we took in September 2006 for our Rivervale home. OK, this is pretty old stuff. We got our home at a

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    1 Comment on New Year Resolution   

More music rollicking

Posted on 28 Dec 2008   by CY

There’s a date each month on the calendar that I look forward to these days. Specifically, it’s the 20th when my subscription on EMusic gets refreshed and I can pick up a few hundred more music pieces. I’ll be pretty

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Posted in At Home, Entertainment, Music   

Five or six

Posted on 27 Dec 2008   by CY

One thing the two of us couldn’t agree about the aquarium at home was how many Otocincluses we had in in the tank. I’ve always thought we’ve got five, but Ling believes there’re six! For those of us not in

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All children are blessings

Posted on 25 Dec 20085 Mar 2017   by CY

My Christmas post! One of the two discussion books our small group has been studying this year is on family. And as these discussions go, a couple of times the issue of having children has come up a few times.

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged Pregnancy, Reflections    1 Comment on All children are blessings   

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