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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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Posted in At Home, Books, Children Blues    Tagged Blurb    2 Comments on More Blurbs!   

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

Read More Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 25
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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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

Read More Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 24
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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Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 23

Posted on 11 Sep 20143 Apr 2018   by CY

Another three weeks since my last post on our two kids. The most significant development between the two is that Peter is now – for all purposes and intent – mobile. Yep, he’s able to confidently prop himself up and

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Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 22

Posted on 18 Aug 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

The weather has turned – surprisingly – cool since last week after the National Day weekend, with flash storms occurring at several points during the week. Quite interesting to think about it, since just over a year ago, we were

Read More Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. – Part 22
Posted in At Home, Children Blues, New Home    Tagged Minton, Olympus 17mm f1.8, Olympus E-M5, Olympus E-PL6, Panasonic 25mm f1.4   

Computer Assembly – 2014 Edition – Part 3

Posted on 4 Aug 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

Earlier post in this two-parter here. A desktop PC would have easily been able to hold a solution that was quick, offer storage solutions as large as its case can hold. Except that if the thing was possibly gonna go

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Computer Assembly – 2014 Edition – Part 2

Posted on 4 Aug 201425 Feb 2017   by CY

Long-post, so split into two parts. Back at the end of last year, I did my every couple of years routine of assembling a new desktop rig to see me through the next stretch. That PC now sits comfortably in

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