Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
I did a 2017 version of the GX85 and the Olympus 45mm f1.8 combo exactly a year ago, and figured it’s time to do a 2018 version. Of the three m4/3 primes I use frequently, the one I enjoy using
It’s become our tradition on our blog here to do a short post every Lunar New Year. Like last year, the E-M1 and 12-40mm f2.8 did the heavy lighting for the family shots. And for a change this year, the
One of best things about having four micro four-thirds bodies is that since I have four favorite lenses, I can mount each one of them on a different body and not have to as frequently switch lenses with bodies! The
Previous parts of my notes on the GX85 here, here and here. The out of camera RAWs from the GX85 seem to be very slightly less saturated than the Olympus’ m4/3 cameras I’ve got, but they’re no less pleasing and
Monsoon has passed since the last week. The weather has been gradually warming up during the day alongside rain becoming an infrequent occurrence. And while nights remained quite cooling, it won’t be long before the island creeps into daily temperature
Incredibly; more than 3 months have whizzed past since I last did a photo post on our two kids! Hannah has been growing both in understanding the world around her and also in her sense of independence and decision-making. We’ve
We benefited from a long holiday/weekend last week by taking advantage of a public holiday with an additional day of Leave added on to do things with Hannah and Peter. The highlight of the four-day break was to bring Hannah
Our extended family had a wedding over the weekend when a cousin had her traditional wedding ceremony. The cousin is actually from Hainan, but has been working in Singapore for almost a decade now, and has become close to our
The two kids have been at home with Ling over this December holiday stretch, and that’s given them plenty of opportunities to interact and know each other. Ling was remarking that Peter especially seems to enjoy Hannah’s company, possibly because
It’s a sure sign of old age – in the last week, my back experienced intense pain after carrying Hannah up. On the first occasion last weekend, and because I’d forgotten that I have a bad back, I lifted Hannah
To be honest, after our impressions from last year, I wasn’t looking forward to Hannah’s concert this year. While the kids clearly enjoyed themselves at these events, there are concerns from parents on social media about how costly and logistically
This weekend was a pretty cramped one for us – on account that Saturday morning was spent going by a school to give a talk, and Sunday was Hannah’s Nursery end-of-year concert event at Kallang Theater. Still lots of opportunities
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