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Magical Magnet

Posted on 9 Mar 201724 Apr 2017   by CY

As parents of young kids, we have to wrack our brain cells to decide what to buy for presents – whether it’s for their birthdays or Christmas. We generally avoid electronic gadgets and video games, with Hannah’s Nikon Coolpix L29

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged Olympus 12-40mm f2.8, Panasonic GX85   

11 Days in Western Australia – Itinerary v3

Posted on 6 Mar 20176 Mar 2017   by CY

With the two more challenging accommodation places in Margaret River and Pemberton chosen and booked, things were a bit more clear now – how far/near the stays were to places of interest, logistics, any activities that were part of the

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Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 31

Posted on 4 Mar 20173 Apr 2018   by CY

If there is one large down side about owning multiple m4/3 camera bodies, it’s trying to decide which one to bring along for vacations when space and portability is premium. I’ll have to decide soon enough which two of the

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged m4/3, Olympus 12-40mm f2.8, Panasonic GX85   

Parenting a 7 Year Old

Posted on 3 Mar 20173 Mar 2017   by CY

For all intents and purposes, I reckon we have it fairly easy with Hannah. Our 7 year old listens to instructions well, is conscientious, generally diligent and always seeking to do well. She’s adapted well to her new school environment

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Learning Music for Kids

Posted on 3 Mar 20173 Mar 2017   by CY

Both Ling and I started our formal music and piano lessons when we were in junior Primary school, which is about the age that many parents here today still get their children started at too. Both of us learned the

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Music    Tagged Piano    2 Comments on Learning Music for Kids   

11 Days in Western Australia – Accommodation Arrangements

Posted on 1 Mar 20175 Mar 2017   by CY

After some back and forth about when our travel windows for the upcoming June school holiday period would be, we managed to find a two week window where the both of us would be able to responsibly take time off

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Peter and OCD

Posted on 28 Feb 201728 Feb 2017   by CY

If there’s another one thing that sets Peter apart from his older sister, it’s his occasional-OCDing. Though thankfully, most of it is harmless and even beneficial for us parents. For instance, our boy at just a few years old now

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues   

More Kids’ Activities

Posted on 26 Feb 201726 Feb 2017   by CY

A short post that I wrote last year but it ended up sitting in the drafts for a good couple of months! McDonald’s @ Ang Mo Kio Garden West The fastfood restaurant with McCafe looks like it has been recently

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Posted in Children Blues   

Theme Change – Debugging

Posted on 25 Feb 201725 Jan 2024   by CY

Web site maintenance has certainly come a long way. There weren’t many sophisticated web site  code creation tools available when our blog here went online 20 years ago. So, I wrote HTML code for every page using text editor tools

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Posted in Everything Else, WordPress   

eBay – Part 2

Posted on 24 Feb 201725 Feb 2017   by CY

Putting aside the time it takes for items from sellers based in China to get delivered, most of my eBay transactions have been problem-free. That said, one problematic purchase is already one too many. Hence, there are a couple of

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology   

Theme Change

Posted on 21 Feb 201714 Jul 2018   by CY

It must have been at least 4 years since the last WordPress theme change, so high time to put together a new look! This new theme – aside from the obvious changes from the visual part of it – better

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eBay – Part 1

Posted on 20 Feb 201725 Feb 2017   by CY

There are plenty of Internet-based ecommerce sites today that support consumer/business to consumer sales transactions. And while I have accounts on a large number of sites, the two that I find myself buying most from remain Amazon and eBay. Between

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology   

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