Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Here I am into the third week of the Chinese 30-day confinement feeling the need to pen down some thoughts and events for keepsake. Pardon my lack of sobriety if my writing appears strange. The Birth of Peter With Hannah,
With the acquisition of the new lens every so often and changes to our family, I find myself having to create new thread series to keep up! This one should be appropriate for a while now though – on account
Peter was born at 0913 hrs this morning. Definitely a harder exercise this time round compared to Hannah’s turn at it 4 years ago too. The both of us have not slept since arriving at the hospital, and Ling is
I’d just been sleeping for a couple of hours when Ling roused me from sleep at 1:10 AM saying “Dear, my water bag broke!”. The first thing that came to mind was oh boy – it was going to be
The morning newspapers’ headlines screamed what many people already knew last night: that the current smog, exported from our good neighbors who’re clearing land through fire and carnage across the sea, has finally hit hazardous levels here. Granted, our island
We’ve not gone by The Minton for our usual weekly visit. The weather here has been both humid and hazy, making for any trip outdoors a relatively unpleasant experience. We’ll try to squeeze in one last visit next week though,
The cheapo 14mm f2.5G lens I picked up earlier this year has become my current mainstay lens since purchase. It’s a delightful pancake kit, relatively sharp in the center and very quick to focus too. The one downer of this
Another weekly update on the ongoing construction of The Minton condo. This might be one of our last visits before the project reaches technical completion next month or so – on account that our baby boy is due very soon.
Hannah has turned four years old today! The both of us had to go to work regardless – we’ll make it up for her tonight and tomorrow evening too – but she had a cute line this morning while we
Our small-group friend recently bought a bread maker machine. Ling does a lot of baking at home, though it’s been mainly pastries and the occasional cake. I’ve been packing quick ready-made sandwiches to work several days each week, so figured
Another recent conversation with Hannah, and on last Friday just before Mother’s Day. H: Mommy, mommy, I’m going to give you a surprise tomorrow! M: Really?! That’s nice, sweetie. H: The paint is still not dry. Tomorrow it will dry
Hannah added a new plush toy to her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse collection over the weekend, and this time round, it was the titular character to match her earlier Minnie Mouse acquisition from several weeks ago. There were several available sizes
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