I love the old adage, “When it rains, it pours”, and it seems like this is one of the weekends where there will be so many things going on! The Singapore Garden Festival has been ongoing since 16 August, but sadly it looks like I might have to give it a miss if the kids… Continue reading What are you doing this weekend? (August 2014)
One of my last posts was on how each family has different child care arrangements in Coping with Children #2: Support in the home. Today I would like to share with you some of my very humble ideas for what Singapore can do more for families. They may not be fantastic ideas, nor is the… Continue reading Coping with Children #3: Support in Society
Recently a few people were quoted in this BBC news article calling Singapore “Misery City”. While it is certainly true that Singaporeans could be more gracious, like giving up their seats on the MRT, giving way on the roads or even just signaling, for goodness sake; moving to the back of the bus, or even… Continue reading No misery in this Misery City
We are so lucky that from Singapore we can easily travel to so many countries in a short amount of time. And not only that, we have so many flights to choose from, since we’re a major air hub. Last month, with no holidays planned for the year (horrors!) I wanted to go on a… Continue reading How to plan a regional family holiday getaway
You might remember my previous post on Little Captains of Play, an initiative by a few of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, who initiated a campaign encouraging healthy digital technology habits amongst children, titled Screensavers. We can’t and shouldn’t avoid all forms of digital media, but we… Continue reading Screensavers
I have a love hate relationship with school holidays. I love that school’s out and I don’t have the morning rush to get everyone shipped off to school, and, we get to do whatever we want, whenever we want! I like that the kids get their own time, and I like to look for interesting… Continue reading Gardens by the Bay March 2014 Programme
Sometime last year, an impressive group of NTU Comms undergrads undertook their final year project on, well, let me let you hear it in their own words, Little Captains at Play is a national play movement by four final-year undergraduates – Claire, Kwee Fang, Madeline and Xiang Wei – from the Wee Kim Wee School… Continue reading Little Captains at Play
Every year, there are many Chinese New Year celebrations including the Chingay Parade, which has it’s roots in a traditional Chinese procession, but has grown into a massive street parade with dancers, performers, and much more. In recent years, the organizers have been taking celebrations such as Chingay to the heartlands, or organising fringe activities… Continue reading Chingay 2014
Receiving gifts is definitely not my primary love language. In fact, I’m not big on gifts unless they really have a lot of meaning. I’m against the idea of push presents because I think child rearing (birthing included) is a joint effort and I don’t want my husband to think that he can shirk any… Continue reading Gifts that give back
Gosh darn it, are we in the middle of January already? Perhaps you might have been wondering where or what we’ve been up to, (or, perhaps you didn’t even notice we were missing). Like many people, I’ve been waiting to get into the groove of things in the new year, but Abacus and I have… Continue reading Spring Cleaning – How about donating your good working items?
