Samsung Galaxy Notes
I’ve owned and used almost every one of the Samsung Galaxy Note phablets, with the exception of the Note 4 that was released to retail last year in October. The Note 3 was picked up when I renewed my telco
HP Pavilion 15 p257TX
The wife was musing that she never gets her own new laptop at home. Oh, her workplace provides her a Fujitsu laptop, but it’s a pretty clunky machine that she doesn’t seem to like bringing to and fro work and
Hannah and Homework
Every week, Hannah at Kindergarten 2 has two spelling quizzes; Chinese spelling on Monday, and English spelling on Tuesday. Each quiz requires the kids to write several words – usually three for Chinese and five to six for English. Hannah
Year End Vacation 2015
We’d not initially planned for a trip out of Singapore at the year-end. Changes at work leading to a new job portfolio, that we’d already done a family vacation during the June holidays, and most of all – prudent spending
New Car Project 2015 – Part 7
Three months into our Mazda 3, and a quick note on how the now less relatively new ride has been faring! Auto-sensing screen wipers: still a little temperamental, but more often than not – as in maybe 3 out of
Epson L550 Printer
We’ve been using at home the very office-capable Fuji Xerox M255z printer for more than a year now, and the unit has posed no issues. Of late though, I was tempted to get a personal laser printer to situate at
Legoland – Notes
The third and last in our series of posts on our short sojourn to Legoland last week! Comments in no particular order of significance: There are two Lego-themed parks in the vicinity – the main theme park, and a waterpark
Legoland Hotel @ Legoland – The Annoyances
Lots of little annoyances to note – none of which are deal breakers and we could get by them or simply adjusted our expectations. Here’s the list: In-room WIFI is account-based (login ID and password are on the TV screen),
Legoland Hotel @ Legoland – Retrospection
After the tough trip to Koh Phangan with Peter last year in December 2014, we resolved to try some place closer to home for our short June vacation – and something that didn’t involve traveling by air. The usual suspects
Finally, a Beef Stew Recipe that We (especially Mommy) Like
Of all the beef stew recipes I have tried over the past few years, none of them consistently results in moist, tender beef with a reasonably full-bodied broth. I tried using both chuck tender cuts and stew meat cuts for
The Minton – Post Renovation One Year On – Part 1
It’s just past a full year since our Minton renovation project ended, and I thought it’d be fun to do a retrospective review of how the new home has been since it’s now lived-in for a year. Most things and
New Car Project 2015 – Part 6
We’ve been driving our new ride for almost a month now, and not surprisingly, we’ve learned to live with some of the little issues that we found annoying earlier on – and a couple other things that we didn’t notice
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