Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Small sensor compact cameras are a bit of in an odd state right now. They can be tiny and low-priced. On the other hand, they’ve also become pretty sandwiched between other competing classes of devices. A key indicator of small
We wrote in a Melaka post not too long ago that Hannah is still a relatively compliant girl. She’s normally still very willing to listen, accepting of our instructions, and her tantrums – if any at all – rarely last
This is one post I have to put on my flame-retardant suit! Even though I’ve heard the musicals, I’ve never seen the stage versions nor had an inclination to – and it’s only because apart from the odd well-known and
I just realized that after the at least several thousands of pictures I’ve taken of our girl using the 20mm f1.7 and 30mm f2.8 prime lenses, I’ve hardly made a blog post of the pictures taken using the (boring and
Another update on our new place that’s still in construction @ The Minton condo. There might not be much immediately obvious developments to the project, but when we look harder, we see numerous changes and progress to the condo’s physical
There’s yet another sign that time passes by so quickly, and it’s how soon I have to write another end-of-year retrospective post! Every year end I write a long post to reflect on the ‘big’ (e.g. costly and involving technological
If our trips to Melaka and Sugi island has shown us any one thing, it’s that our 3.5 year old girl is ready for further trips outfield. She survived the 4 hour bus journey to/fro Singapore and Melaka very well
While most of what we had for makan in our five day stay in Melaka was great, we had a small share of bad luck in Melaka. One of which was deserved – i.e. we walked right into the restaurant
On our last evening in Melaka, Ling and I both wanted to try different cuisines. We had quite a bit of Indian cuisine just yesterday, but I still wanted to try this Tandoori restaurant that’s rated #1 of all restaurants
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,
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