23
July
2012
by Darren Lim
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“Child Labour” is no abuse
“Child labour” is no abuse! After my last blog, some people asked, “Hey, do you pay your kids to do the chores at home, since they have saved you some money from not needing to hire a helper?” (Just for the record, the bulk of…
10
July
2012
by Darren Lim
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We are so helper-less
We are so helper-less! Having had domestic help for the past seven years, Evelyn and I decided early this year that we would dispense with the help of one, naturally, after much consideration. When many of our friends heard about this, their reactions were mixed….
27
June
2012
by Darren Lim
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Don’t underestimate your little ones…..
Don’t underestimate your little ones… … Over the weekend, we went on our first-ever, epic voyage to Pulau Tioman, as a family, on our sailboat. In this trip, to and fro, we covered 240 nautical miles in total; 20 hours to get there with wind…
13
June
2012
by Darren Lim
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Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart! This has to be the first time (at least after a long while) that I’ve been away from home for so long and so far (I’m now in the United States) and to say that I miss my wife and kids is an…
20
May
2012
by Darren Lim
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Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After Just last week, Evelyn and I were invited to our friends’ wedding banquet. Looking at the newly weds bask in the well-wishes of the invited guests, we were reminded of how, not too many years ago, we were walking down the aisle…
1
May
2012
by Darren Lim
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Mind your manners……Please!
Mind your manners… … please! Remember the good old days when we were taught to sing this song in school: “Courtesy is for free, courtesy is for you and me…”, I remember how our parents would take great pains (on our buttocks, especially, when we…