Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
This one’s for our Missouri bud.:) One local blogger in SIngapore has remarked in his posts about Melaka; that generally speaking, the grittier the place, the tastier the food is likely going to be. We haven’t quite put that theory
For our Melaka 2012 trip, I organized the accommodation and itinerary while Ling handled the transportation and makan places. Like our experience in Japan, we found both good and bad eating (or just plain sloppy) eating places in Melaka, and
Our initial fears of the somewhat decentralized location of our hotel proved unfounded when we went about our first sightseeing activity on the second day of our Melaka trip. The itinerary I wrote up had us visiting St. Paul’s Hill,
This might be just a Singaporean thing, but whenever we’re heading to another country in South-East Asia, we just zero into Tripadvisor’s ranked list of hotels, and start looking from the top of the list. We had a couple of
My parents are fond of giving us these small honey mandarin oranges whenever they are in season. Also known as satsuma orange or Citrus unshiu, they are mostly sweet and seedless. It took me a while to accept this fruit
Since school holidays have started, Hannah started spending time at home with me. Despite my tiredness and morning sickness during this first trimester of pregnancy, I still prefer to have home-cooked meals. To make things easy going, I decided that
Friends who know us in person – and that includes my students who stalk this blog – know that my parents are retired Mandarin teachers. Here’s a curious thing. Ever since my Mom got hooked onto Made-in-China TV drama serials
A few years ago I put up a status update on Facebook; and it read like this: “The wife has discovered online shopping. I’m dead.” That of course elicited a lot of ‘Likes’ and humorous comments that followed that status
Another visit to the ongoing construction of our new home @ The Minton condo. We headed out earlier than usual this Saturday morning, and fitted enough time to visit the site from three different locations: Blocks 143, 142 and finally
It all started with a neglected bottle of plum sauce in our fridge. I just cleared and tidied up the fridge recently. And I’m very proud to announce that all the items in the fridge are neatly organised and packed
Feeling the unbearable heat these days? The popsicle to the rescue! :) Trying out new recipes for popsicles is so much fun as they are quick and easy with satisfying results. Making popsicles give a lot of room for creativity
From the wide array of recipes which use carrots, I like raw grated carrot, carrot cake and carrot muffin best. Yang loves carrots but he likes them cooked to just tender to bite. Enter the raw carrot salad today! :D
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