Year: 2009
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There goes the neighbourhood
This week my sister and family came back from Toronto for the summer, and one of the first couple of things she asked was whether Jet Li had moved into our mother’s neighbourhood yet. I said I didn’t think so, because wild monkeys that roam the area haven’t been poached for medicinal purposes yet. Lately,…
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Weekly Tweets
From miyagi.sg: Weekly Tweets http://tinyurl.com/l7vscj # Nobody uses the lift at The Verge because of the sign on the doors. Except me because I'm clever like that. http://bit.ly/mNb2p # From miyagi.sg: Scary songs for children http://tinyurl.com/mjckdx # Got Milk, by Michael Bay: http://ping.fm/ut7vJ # I have to change my shirt more often than Kai because…
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I will not eat full-grain mustard again
Photo by Cynthia Blue We haven’t hit the sweet spot yet where Kai sleeps through a night. He made 5 hours for two nights this week, but we’re now resigned to them being flukes. Maybe he’s not eating enough and sleeping too much during the day, we’re not sure. And going on guestimates based on…
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Scary songs for children
We’re still learning how to put Kai to bed, or simply to calm him down. Talking and singing softly is one of the things we find works. We’ve been singing to Kai some of the songs we know from when we were kids. And yes, we already knew that ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’, ‘Baa Baa…
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Weekly Tweets
RT @mitchtan: Air China should stop hiring Chinese who tries to speak with an American slang… Seriously, me no understand you! # RT @khaosworks: The jokes just write themselves, don't they? Strange Gel Remote Concept by Panasonic: http://is.gd/18JUq # RT @HossanLeong: Where do I think is the best place to take the family on an…