Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
I wonder sometimes if I suffer from minor GAS – Gear Acquisition Syndrome – a descriptor used among photography enthusiasts who love their photographic hardware as much, if not more, than taking pictures. I do take a lot of pictures
The 2013 Southeast Asian Haze left us with deeply etched memories, on account that it wasn’t just because the PSI index was hitting hazardous levels at its peak (401 on 21 June!), but we were resigned to have little Peter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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),
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
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
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