Construction mystery redux

On January 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In At home

Last March, I wrote about the con­struc­tion site next door mak­ing all sorts of strange noises very early in the morn­ing, and then being quiet the rest of the day, and got a great expla­na­tion in the com­ments from some­one in the con­struc­tion business.

He also explained how, at the end of a […]

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We will make our own snacks

On January 7, 2011 · 2 Comments · In At home, Eating

One of our res­o­lu­tions was to cut down on junk and outside-bought food, and so far, apart from the ton of snacks we brought back from China (yah, I know, right?) we’ve kept to our word.

Of course, it helps when you’ve got this, a Christ­mas present we gave our­selves, not least because we […]

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New Year’s Nom

On January 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In At home, Eating

Over the New Year’s weekend, we:

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Even the rain smells good

On November 18, 2010 · 3 Comments · In At home

I wouldn’t say I’ve never felt so happy to be home, because I felt like that after spend­ing three weeks in reservist train­ing five years ago.

But because it was not exactly happy cir­cum­stances which made my lit­tle fam­ily make our first over­seas trip together, and because of the awful Shang­hainese air, we took deep, grateful […]

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Sorry mosquito not in

On September 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In At home

Cou­ple of days ago, an NEA agent rang our door­bell and would’ve asked to enter our apart­ment if not for the fact I had the dog on the leash and was about to go let him water the plants when I opened the door.

I had read about how some fam­ily was robbed by bogus NEA […]

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Regular programming will return

On April 30, 2010 · 2 Comments · In At home

Naomi and I have been more than a lit­tle under the weather, and it’s been tough even updat­ing blogs and tweets regularly.

Noth­ing seems to be hap­pen­ing except for us try­ing to pick our­selves off the floor and meet­ing our var­i­ous oblig­a­tions, many of which involve Kai of course. He’s got a busier social […]

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Mac the Dog’s visit to the vet

On January 21, 2010 · 4 Comments · In At home

Mac the Dog’s chronic itchy paw prob­lem may have a solu­tion. Thanks to a tip from our super dog­gie mommy friend, we vis­ited Mount Pleas­ant Ani­mal Med­ical Cen­tre at Sun­set Way, where the vet told us that almost everything […]

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Imported traditions

On January 6, 2010 · 2 Comments · In At home

Did I already men­tion that Kai can stand? Well, he can, among the many other things he seems to be pick­ing up (lit­er­ally and other­ally) on a daily basis.

Before the New Year, we also received Naomi’s updated copy of her fam­ily reg­is­ter from Tokyo, […]

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Best lazy Sunday ever

On December 21, 2009 · 4 Comments · In At home

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 […]

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A first Christmas

On December 13, 2009 · 3 Comments · In At home

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 […]

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