Because it has always been our government’s policy to pay attention to matters of race and ethnicity, our identity cards and government records require that we be classified under different “races”. Both my parents are Chinese, so there doesn’t seem to be anything complicated about that, even if you’re not comfortable with the notion of …
It’s mid afternoon and I’m sleepy, and before I know it, I’ve put my head down for a nap. Naomi pats Kai for a bit, and puts him down next to me, where he falls asleep in two seconds, and while drifting into sleep, I can hear Naomi’s breathing enough to know that she’s also …
OK, not exactly chocolate, but Willie Harcourt-Cooze’s Willie’s Chocolate Factory Cookbook. Five of them, in fact. And to qualify for a chance at getting one of these books absolutely gratis, all you have to do is leave a comment (remember to put your email in the email box so I can contact you — don’t …
Our Christmas tree is finally up, with a mix of home-made and store-bought trimmings. It’s our first Christmas tree because we thought it’d be nice for our new family to have one. The butterflies and snowflakes were be-glittered by Naomi. The pretty bows were tied by Naomi too. Heck, she did everything. I just helped …
I seldom find a restaurant or food vendor that riles me up so much that I want to blog and say bad things about them. But it looks like we found one last night — it’s called ‘Grill-Out’, and it’s on the 7th floor of the confusingly laid-out Orchard Central. But before I proceed with the …
From Wikipedia: The name came from a 1945 movie starring Arthur Treacher, called Swing Out, Sister, and they claim they chose the name because it was the only thing the band could agree on, in that they all hated it. After trying a while to come up with some sort of contest question/quiz, I’m resigned to …
Kai turned 8 months old on Friday, and he’s developed new skills including a superhuman ability — teleportation. You put him on the playmat and turn away for just a second to do something in the kitchen, and when you turn around he’s at the other end of the room. We are now trying to …
December 6, 2009 – 6:31 pm
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Last year’s cookies We’ve decided to stick to other, simpler shapes for this year’s Christmas cookies because our gingerbread men fell apart in various stages of the baking process, rendering them unrecognizable. The cooling rack looks more like a crime scene.
It’s December, and I am impossibly busy, not because there’s all that much work, but because a series of domestic calamities has put paid any notion of putting up our feet and having a break. Naomi and I have been cruising along the past couple of months, becoming more and more the typical young Singaporean family …