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Should Boys Learn How to Cook?

8 May 2012 – 12:57 am | 6 Comments

[Vai preparing breakfast for everyone]

Decades ago they’d answer you with a No, I think.
Because the common value many people believed in at the time was: Cooking and the kitchen were more for the girls.
Well, what’s …

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Reading ‘Our Everyday Things’ … in YOUR language!

15 January 2011 | Posted in: Daily | 4 Comments

Hi everyone, check this out!
Thanks to Google Translate, you can now read my blog in MORE THAN FORTY LANGUAGES!

I have this little button at the very top of my page (see the purple arrow …

Nice to be baking again!

When my morning sickness started, I totally could NOT do much in the kitchen.
And that was when I was about 5 weeks pregnant.
I couldn’t stand the thought of cooking or baking anything. I’d gag at …

Open Mind. Open Air. The Beach.

12 January 2011 | Posted in: Crafts & Activity Ideas for Kids, Daily, Parenting | 16 Comments

Before I share with you what ‘Open Mind’ has to do with ‘The Beach’, let me first share this story with you.
Sometime ago I chatted with a friend whose son is a very talented 9yo …

Visiting Hong Kong : Hong Kong Park

10 January 2011 | Posted in: Places to Visit | No Comment

Before the info gets too ‘out-dated’, I better share it with you today.
It’s about one of those places you can check out when you’re in Hong Kong.
It’s called Hong Kong Park.
The whole family went there …

Interviewed by The New Paper, Sunday Edition

9 January 2011 | Posted in: In the Media | 4 Comments

We’re featured on The New Paper today!
[Click HERE to see the actual newspaper page, and click HERE to read the online version]

The article is about parent bloggers who do product reviews on their sites, and …

When Siblings Play, It’s Better Than …

8 January 2011 | Posted in: Crafts & Activity Ideas for Kids, Daily | 2 Comments

School has started.
Both don’t get to see each other as much as they used to during the school holidays.
But when they do, playtime is definitely more fun.
Because there’s each other to laugh with, play chase with, …

Parenting : When we feel our children grow, too fast

7 January 2011 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 2 Comments

I still find it hard to believe that our Anya is already in Primary One.
I mean, we have a PRIMARY-SCHOOL-GOING daughter!
Already!
AND, Vai is now in K1 as well!
(Btw, that’s Kindergarten 1, ie. two years before …

Vai : My ‘Holiday Bumps’

5 January 2011 | Posted in: Daily, Food & Health | 9 Comments

[Six days after the bump]
If you’ve seen our recent trip to Hong Kong’s photo updates on my Facebook, you would’ve read about Vai’s ‘accidental bump’ on the forehead.
Yep, it was a bad one.
And for the …

Visiting Hong Kong: Hong Kong Science Museum

I thought I should share this trip with you, just in case you’re thinking of visiting Hong Kong Science Museum too the next time you’re in Hong Kong!
I’ve heard of the Space Museum (near Avenue …

Thoughts : New Year Gracesolution

1 January 2011 | Posted in: Inspirational | 4 Comments

Hi everyone!
So it’s the first day of the year!
*ALREADY!*
Did you make any new year resolutions? If you did, … are they different from last year’s, or are they the same ones?
[Btw, one website caught my …