Category: Living

  • Best lazy Sunday ever

    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…

  • A first Christmas

    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…

  • Gingerbread CSI

    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.

  • Mad season

    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…

  • Christmas gift ideas: All songs must go (from Sembawang Music)

    50% off plus additional 50% off means it’s a good time to go get that CD you’ve always wanted. I can’t think of one for the life of me, and if you were to ask me when was the last time I walked into a CD shop, I couldn’t tell you. So they’re still having…