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A different type of holiday for the boys this June. | The parents support group at my son’s school organises a father-son bonding trip every June. The trips are usually to somewhere in Malaysia, and this year, ...
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We’ve holidayed in Bangkok numerous times, and we were going to be headed there again earlier this year. But this time we added a little twist to our itinerary. It wouldn’t just be Bangkok. We would go to Khao Yai, a ...
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I’ve never climbed any mountain, and neither has my son. But we went on an interesting adventure holiday trip earlier this year. It was a trip organised by his school for parents, fathers in particular, to bond with their ...
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It’s not just about dinosaurs, but I think most people go there specifically for the dinosaur exhibits. I’m referring to the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) located in the National University of ...
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I was taking the bus with my #1. For kids who are chauffeured around by car most of the time, taking the public bus is quite a novelty. So not surprisingly, my kids love taking the bus. (I hope that will continue through to their ...
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We recently went for a short family vacation to Bangkok. One of those things you’d have to do is to decide on accommodations. We’ve been to Bangkok before, though perhaps something like a decade or so ago. There are ...
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Science is an important part of our lives, and it’s never too early to expose our kids to the exciting world of science. As part of the Singapore Science Festival 2013, A*Star and Science Centre Singapore have organised ...
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That panic moment came to us recently. It’s the sort of thing you hope will never happen. But you know, no matter how careful you are, it’s still quite likely to happen at some point or other. Our boy was missing. We ...
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I don’t know if it is because we’ve gotten a lot more experienced, or it really is that #3 is much easier to manage. He’s a lot more sociable than his elder siblings, the most ready to want to be cuddled by his ...
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When I was young, I wasn’t that excited about taking the bus. That’s what I can recall, anyway. There were no trains then, of course, other than the ones that go across the causeway. My two kids, on the other hand, ...