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In the proverbial blink of an eye, Vanessa will be getting on to Primary One soon. It’s time to start playing less, and start some serious studying. Oh, the endless days of playgrounds, birthday parties, and what not, ...
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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, ...
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I’m reminded that my baby #1 is growing up. Yesterday, her second tooth dropped. Her first tooth dropped two weeks prior to that. Both pulled out by the brave Mummy. Vanessa didn’t complain at all. Oh, maybe just a ...
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This place in Sentosa used to be a free entry. That’s what I remembered from when I visited eons ago, the only other time I’ve visited this Butterfly Park. Nowadays, it costs $16 per adult. Once inside, you get to ...
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Vanessa has been attending music classes of various sorts since she has been quite little. There has been a bunch of research showing that music is important in early childhood development. Children learn in many ways, and we ...
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Ian was down with HFMD the last week or so. To be safe, both him and Vanessa were grounded at home. We try to keep them apart as much as possible so that, hopefully, Vanessa does not get infected. She had a false alarm with ...
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This photo was from about a year ago, and I had shared it on Facebook previously, but it’s so funny I thought I’ll share it on my blog as well. I was browsing through some old photos in my album and this brought back ...
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Vanessa’s five years old today. It’s so unbelievable that five years have already gone by! (Oh yes, and that means this blog site is also five years old!) She’s very quickly growing up, and she’ll be ...
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Yesterday was an excursion day for the kids. The child care centre had organized a trip to Farmart and I was to take Vanessa and Ian on the excursion. I’m sure most people have heard of Farmart, and maybe even a good number ...
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We have three kids! Most people are quite surprised to hear we have three children. We are certainly doing much more than the national average of 1.20 (or 1.08 amongst Chinese). I am, myself, also quite amazed that we’ve ...