Category: Living

  • Plus one room for scale model maid

    Photo by fullres Real estate agents can be arseholes sometimes. A few years ago, being first time home renters, Naomi and I were conned into paying double commission by this chow ah beng of an agent, and last year, we were treated to a siao char bor show by this independent agent who got her…

  • The Taiwanese food’s better here

    There is an upside to taking your Taiwanese mother-in-law to a Taiwanese restaurant, and it is that she will prove beyond all doubt that that restaurant is not authentic, by transporting her entire kitchen to your apartment built for two people, staff it with her domestic helpers and enlist yours to the same cause, and…

  • One mosquito bite

    Last Wednesday night Naomi and Jessie the Confinement Nanny were wondering why Kai had started sporting a few freckles and moles on his face and body. We had no idea what was to follow. Thursday morning saw a few more spots on his face, some reddish, some brown, and there was a bruise on his…

  • Second month confinement

  • And in other news

    My brother’s wife gave birth yesterday morning to a baby boy. Baby Kai has a Baby Cousin. Congratulations Kenneth & Melani!