Happy Mother’s Day

On May 12, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Parenting

To every son and daughter’s mother, a happy Mother’s Day. You’ve made your chil­dren what they are, whether or not you’ve intended to.

To Naomi — on behalf of Kai and myself, thank you for being every­thing he needs.

To Naomi’s Mom, thank you for being family.

And I remem­ber my mother today, for mak­ing us […]

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Please Take Dengue Seriously

On May 9, 2013 · 6 Comments · In Living, Parenting

Read this first, then come back to this post.

Yes, you can die from dengue. But mostly, peo­ple don’t exhibit seri­ous symp­toms, and are often not ill enough to be hospitalized.

It’s been the same with this out­break, and I’ve found that as a result, peo­ple are being a bit blase about the […]

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Explaining Boston To A Four Year Old

On April 17, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Parenting

Yes­ter­day morn­ing on wak­ing up, I checked my phone for mes­sages, and read about the Boston Marathon bomb­ing. As Naomi and I headed to our kitchen for break­fast with Kai, I decided to turn on the tele­vi­sion for updates.

Kai started to ask what we were watch­ing on tv. As has been our pol­icy, we […]

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That’s Not Work, Papa!

On March 20, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Parenting

Dur­ing chat time a cou­ple of days ago, Kai asked about my day, so I told him about rehearsals and how Uncle Kumar had to learn the dance steps Uncle George made up to the songs we were going to play for the show.

He fur­rowed his brow and declared very seri­ously, “that’s not work Papa! […]

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I Think My Bedtime Stories Have To Improve

On March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In At home, Parenting

A month ago, Naomi and I started a new bed­time rou­tine of “chat time” with Kai, intend­ing for it to be a chance for us to talk about our day. It started off really well, with Kai eager to come up with stuff to talk about, and lis­ten to our sto­ries of what we did […]

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But Singapore Doesn’t Have A Mouth

On August 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Parenting

With the impec­ca­ble logic of a three year old, Kai ques­tioned me over my expla­na­tion of National Day. I had said that National Day was Singapore’s birth­day, and so every­one in Sin­ga­pore got to celebrate.

He said, “Papa, but Sin­ga­pore doesn’t have a mouth”.

Took a while before I said, “But every­one in […]

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Kai and Kai Finally Meet

On July 17, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Parenting

Kai is three plus and so is Kai. But because they live on oppo­site sides of the world, this past week­end was the first time they’ve met.

You can­not make this shit up: My school­mate Colin Goh’s kid was born 7:45pm EST on 3 April 2009 in New York. Our son was […]

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I Produce Content Every Time I Go To The Toilet

On June 26, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Living, Parenting, The Ingterneck

Up until yesterday’s STOMP­gate rev­e­la­tion, our Kai had a bright future as a STOMP Con­tent Producer.

A few weeks back, he had put on his hel­met and taken his kick-scooter to the cor­ri­dor in our apart­ment and care­fully placed it on the floor before lying next to it and call­ing out for his Mama’s help […]

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Vote Nadya for Most Responsible Celebrity

On June 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Parenting, People

Our friend and col­lab­o­ra­tor Nadya Huta­galung has been nom­i­nated for Green Awards’ Most Respon­si­ble Celebrity — along­side lumi­nar­ies as George Clooney and Vivi­enne Westwood.

She gets our vote on a per­sonal note because she and her hus­band were instru­men­tal in turn­ing our lives towards green-consciousness. About 90% of all of Kai’s […]

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You Never Forget Your First

On May 12, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Advertorial, Parenting

The thing about being first time par­ents that always tugs at the heart­strings is the num­ber of firsts you expe­ri­ence in a short span of time. I remem­ber vividly the first time I mis­took another person’s baby for ours, tap­ping at the nurs­ery win­dow in the hos­pi­tal, promis­ing to be the best dad ever, vowing […]

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