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Santhiya @ Koh Phangan – Retrospection

Posted on 18 Dec 201417 Jul 2018   by CY

Well – six of seven days later into our 2014 vacation at the Santhiya @ koh Phangan, I’ve got decidedly mixed feelings about the place! Some parts of it were indeed as advertised, while others weren’t – and to top

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Posted in Traveling    Tagged Koh Phangan, Santhiya, Travel Retrospection   

LG G Watch R

Posted on 9 Dec 201423 Dec 2018   by CY

And for my 43rd BD, the wife got me this: And I like it.:) Ling every year has a lot of difficulties thinking of the right gadget/toy to buy for me. There were two memorable BD presents mishaps of this

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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology    Tagged Smartwatch    6 Comments on LG G Watch R   

iPad Air 2

Posted on 18 Nov 201423 Dec 2018   by CY

Ever since picking up the iPad mini Retina in June this year, my mobile data usage has shot up significantly, and each month at about its fourth week, I start having to put very close attention and ensure that I

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Posted in At Home, Toys & Technology    Tagged Tablet    1 Comment on iPad Air 2   

Hannah’s K1 Concert

Posted on 14 Nov 20143 Apr 2018   by CY

Every year-end, Hannah looks forward to her year-end concert where each class of students in her school get onto stage to perform a dance item. The occasion for Hannah’s K1 year occurred a fortnight ago, and our girl was –

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More Blurbs!

Posted on 23 Oct 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

Hannah and Peter’s first Blurb book arrived just before the Deepavali public holiday yesterday. This is the seventh book I’ve worked on, with a two year gap from the sixth book. Funnily, every time I finish one, I tell myself

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Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 25

Posted on 8 Oct 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

We benefited from a long holiday/weekend last week by taking advantage of a public holiday with an additional day of Leave added on to do things with Hannah and Peter. The highlight of the four-day break was to bring Hannah

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues    Tagged Olympus 17mm f1.8, Olympus 45mm f1.8, Olympus E-M5, Olympus E-PL6, Panasonic 25mm f1.4   

Large Sensor Compact Cameras

Posted on 30 Sep 20143 Apr 2018   by CY

One of the main reasons why I started moving in 2010 to the micro four-thirds system was the general sizing of the camera bodies and lenses. Basically, the removal of the reflex mirror found in traditional (D)SLRs meant that camera

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology    Tagged m4/3   

Revisiting the D7K

Posted on 29 Sep 20143 Apr 2018   by CY

I’ve been using m4/3 cameras for more than 4 years now, and was running through my records the various camera bodies of this system I’ve picked up over the period. March 2010 – Olympus E-PL1 April 2011 – Olympus E-PL2

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Photography & Cameras    Tagged m4/3, Nikon 35mm f1.8, Nikon 50mm f1.8, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-M5   

Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 24

Posted on 22 Sep 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

Our extended family had a wedding over the weekend when a cousin had her traditional wedding ceremony. The cousin is actually from Hainan, but has been working in Singapore for almost a decade now, and has become close to our

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Posted in Children Blues    Tagged Olympus 17mm f1.8, Olympus 45mm f1.8, Olympus E-M5, Olympus E-PL6, Panasonic 25mm f1.4   

Ko Pha Ngan – Planning

Posted on 18 Sep 201413 Mar 2018   by CY

We finally decided last evening on our December vacation spot, going ahead to book a flight for all of us, and also put in a booking for our choice of accommodation too. For a week in December, we’ll be at

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Travel 2014

Posted on 15 Sep 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

2014 is almost over, and it struck me earlier this year that we haven’t traveled nor gone on a family vacation in 2013. Not that I need vacations because I’d go crazy without one, but vacations are always opportunities to

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Traveling   

Moving Out @ Rivervale

Posted on 12 Sep 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

One key decision we had to make this year about our Minton home was what we’d do with our current and first family home @ The Rivervale. Truth be told, most people around us advised us not to sell our

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, New Home    Tagged Minton, Rivervale    2 Comments on Moving Out @ Rivervale   

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