Category: Living

  • As we’ve suspected all along

    We did something really stupid on the last Saturday before Christmas – we drove to Parkway Parade and tried to shop. Well actually, we were in the area for reasons beyond our control, but having said that, we could’ve avoided Parkway Parade, but didn’t. We could also have avoided dining at Olio Dome, but didn’t,…

  • Sign of things to come

    …”but sales are not as brisk as was hoped for because of the credit crunch”.And when I turned the cover of the book at Borders, I found that it was first published and printed next year:

  • Christmas cookies

    We’ve been baking (actually, Naomi’s been baking and I’ve been helping, cos I can’t bake to save my life), and it pleases us to know that no matter how we might stuff up our Christmas cookies at various stages, they still turn out prettier than the Christmas decorations on Orchard Road.

  • Our child will not be wearing squeaky shoes

    OK, these aren’t squeaky, but we dislike them too There is one thing that should be banned for the sake of your kid and the general public – shoes that squeak. They are by far the most irritating things parents can buy for their children. So far, none of our friends who’ve kids have made…

  • Mosquito spot check

    We had a really late night, and the only remedy was for a later wake up but that plan was thwarted by the door bell ringing and the dog barking. I threw on some clothes and went to answer the door, then I took off my t-shirt, put it on the right way round and…