Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Yang’s side of the family has been commenting that it is about time we change to a new car before our current Honda Civic depreciates drastically, especially after 5 years. So I have been bugging darling dearest on the subject
I thought I wouldn’t visit this paradise island again. Tucked away somewhere in the vast expanse of the South China Sea is a tiny, idyllic isle that sparkles in its crystal-clear, turquiose waters. The sun is often shining there and
As the day after National Day (9th Aug, Thur) was a school holiday, all primary, secondary and junior college students and teachers in Singapore enjoyed a long weekend. I had spent my Friday well as many items on my ‘to
I can’t recall exactly why luncheon meat is unhealthy food but it has been my belief since I started teaching. Like any protein of animal origin, you can be certain that saturated fats and cholesterol are present in luncheon meats
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Ah, the famous opening line in Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Yang surprised me by buying
…a sign of preoccupation with our Lord Jesus Christ – something I read from today’s (27th Jun) devotion passage from ‘My Utmost for His Highest’ (http://www.studylight.org/devos/utm/) by Oswald Chambers. Just the third day of school and I’m feeling great anxiety
Yang has become overwhelmed by cakes these days – thanks to his loving wife. So now I will bake cakes no more for him…perhaps till next week? Hee hee hee. Anyway, my latest attempt is a marble cake. Better than
“Wade out when the tide is low…” An Australian song my choir sang as part of her repertoire long time ago rang in my head tonight as I blog about a recent field trip to the Labrador Park rocky shore.
Since Yang loves butter cake and requested that I try to bake one, I have been browsing various butter cake recipes and experimenting with some of them. I started with my mother in-law’s recipe but it turned out somewhat rubbery.
I’ve been into baking muffins and butter cake over the past month I didn’t know that baking muffins can be so easy until my colleague who’s expert at baking share her recipe with me. My first attempt at blueberry muffins
I’m not a fan of muffins but if it is blueberry muffins, I wouldn’t mind. Maybe it’s the colour or the taste or the spongy moistness about blueberry muffins. Recently, Yang’s cousin and mother got a recipe for muffins and
I can finally breathe easy now that my choir’s SYF (Singapore Youth Festival – Central Judging of Choirs) event is over. The girls, together with their conductor, were awarded ‘gold with honours’. I couldn’t believe my ears when the results
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