Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Sometimes when I was in the mood for cooking / baking, I got the feeling that no force in the ‘verse could stop me. Yeah. A chain reaction perhaps (Yang must be shuddering, hee), I picked up another new recipe
I usually bring Hannah out for breakfast and do grocery shopping on a daily basis during school holidays. We stayed at home this morning as there was leftover bread. I fished out some cartoon bread cutters to spice up the
My morale took a beating after a failed attempt at cooking Chinese beef stew last evening. Long story short, I over-estimated the proportion of spices used. Sigh. With what was left of my self-esteem, I took on a personal challenge
Our girl is demanding more and more of our attention whenever she’s at home. She often wants me to sit down to play cards or read a book to her. In order to keep her occupied while I cook or
This dish is really tasty even without the tuna, i.e. vegetarian style. I adapted the recipe from Annabel Karmel’s Tuna and Sweetcorn Stuffed Potato. The original recipe is found in her book entitled ‘New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner’.
I used to write remarks and testimonials for my students when I was a full-time teacher. There were certain dos and don’ts stipulated pertaining to our choice of words. No matter how disruptive or unaccomplished the kid was, I was
Since I started picking up apps for Hannah, I figured – what the heck; why not write reviews for a couple of them? Shortly after picking up the iPad a few weeks ago, I started hunting around for applications to
No, our little girl doesn’t yet know how to use chopsticks yet, but it’s still an interactive play toy for her. =) This bunch of pictures were taken at brunch @ Sweet Spring at the recent Vesak Day public holiday.
A couple of colleagues and I were lunching this afternoon, and the lunch topic veered into the use of iPads as parenting tools. It was quite a funny conversation as we bounced around how the iPad is used as both
Hannah with one of the new kiddie Apps I picked up for her. REPEAT: This is not an ad for the fruit company!
If nothing else, ownership of the iPad has not given me any surprises. The tablet has been commented, praised, criticised, debated and reviewed to death; and like every other gadget I invest in, I didn’t walk into the buying process
Aggghh. And we still haven’t thought about what to do for her next month for her birthday! The last weekend of General Elections was intense though. A lot has been said about it already on blog sites, the newspaper, and
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