Category: Lifestyle & Family

Food, fashion, travel, holidays

To the Land of the Rising Sun

October 28, 2010December 24, 2011  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  We’ve become somewhat frequent visitors to Japan. Not so frequent like every week, or every month, or even every year (although there was one year we visited twice), but certainly frequent enough that we don’t have to ...

Food Junction at Central Square (NUS)

October 15, 2010September 22, 2011  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  My one-word summary: Fail. I know, it is day one of operation. But this is Food Junction. They are not a new-comer, and should have had a wealth of experience operating their other food outlets. It is such a disappointment and ...

Happy Children’s Day

October 3, 2010November 30, 2014  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Children’s Day started with a happy meal breakfast at McDonald’s. Yeah, just for the kids. Ian’s probably still to little to really care where we bring him to, just so long as we bring him out. For Vanessa, ...

Ian and His New Bed

October 3, 2010November 30, 2014  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  We got Ian a new bed. Roughly about the same one that Vanessa also had. It’s interesting to watch the way kids react in different ways given the same situation. When Vanessa’s bed arrived, she instantly knew exactly ...

It’s Mooncake Season

September 21, 2010  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  It’s mooncake season again. It’s a slow start this year. The first bits of mooncakes started to come in last Friday (or was it Thursday), and since then we have been having little samples of mooncakes around the ...

McDonald’s Kids

September 18, 2010December 24, 2011  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  This is Ian, at McDonald’s some time ago. He looks so delighted to be at McDonald, and particularly, playing with the hot cakes that was supposed to be my breakfast. I think we’re training up two McDonald’s ...

No Share Ice Cream

September 12, 2010December 24, 2011  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  So we were at MacDonald’s restaurant for a tea time break. Ice cream would be nice. I brought Vanessa to the dessert station and asked what she wanted to have. She gestured toward the McFlurry. Hmm. Her tastes seem to have ...

Simple Pleasures

September 12, 2010  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Porridge buffet for just $6.90. It’s at Marina Square, Centre Stage, in case you’ve not heard of this porridge buffet by Hotpot Culture. Nothing exquisite, nothing fancy. Just simple foods. Simple like: sweet potato ...

My First MacDonald’s Birthday Party

September 10, 2010May 26, 2016  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  I attended my first MacDonald’s birthday party recently. It’s not my birthday, of course… it’s one of  Vanessa’s classmate’s birthday celebration. I probably headed down to the party with as ...

Work-Life Balance

September 3, 2010April 17, 2014  |  Lifestyle & Family  |  Sometimes, I think “work-life balance” is just an excuse for some people who want to work less. Push away their work. Shirk responsibility. I’m not against the idea of needing some balance, in principle. But one ...