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Here’s a piece on Christmas I did for work:

I have lived in Singapore for 17 years but have only stayed in town for Christmas twice - I had to work.

Christmas is a big thing for my family. That’s why every year, I would make the four to five-hour drive back to my grandmother’s ( Read more... )

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J’s cousin’s wedding was coming up (likely the last in the family for a long while) and we had nothing to put C in. Went to the shops and although we did see the cutest formal ensemble (long-sleeved white shirt, dress pants, vest and bow tie), we thought it wasn’t very good value ( Read more... )

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We got a tree last year partly because we were expecting C. Thankfully, he loved it when we broke it out a few days ago. It’s starting to feel like Christmas in our home.
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The little boy is growing up fast! Seems like it was just yesterday we brought him home, in all his littleness.

He’s about a week away from the nine-month mark, and this past weekend, learned to stand on his own (holding on to something).


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Motherhood is hard. Very hard.

Many of us know this but no one really tells you how very hard it is. Barring one or two people, almost everyone told me - when I was preggers - that motherhood would be an amazing journey and that it would be awesome. Of course, they did warn me of ( Read more... )

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I first wrote about travelling with C two months ago. I expanded on that and wrote a piece for a travel magazine (which I edit):

Have baby, will travel

Planes and infants don’t mix. Long distance travel and a baby? Never the twain shall meet. Better stick to home ground until the ( Read more... )

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C is 5 months plus and has so far not shown any interest in adult food. J and I love our makan so we really can’t wait to share our favourite foods with him. But we won’t rush him; will just wait patiently till he’s ready.

So, of course we were thrilled when he decided to have ( Read more... )

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About a month before I went back to work, on the day after C hit the three month mark, we went on our first family trip - to London! It was, of course, his first time on the plane and I must say the little fella did brilliantly.


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