20
May
2020
by Joel Chng
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#HBL can be fun with COOK·PLAY·JAM (Repeat)
Last year, my mother-in-law bought a book for Ezra titled ‘Amanda the Panda: Outdoor Play Keeps Myopia Away’. A book for preschoolers by the Singapore National Eye Centre about preventing myopia. The colourful book with rhyming words effectively taught Ezra the dangers of spending too…
22
November
2019
by Joel Chng
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Grandparents play an important role in the family
A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. A few months ago, my family attended the wake of a friend’s grandparent. Ever since Ezra was a few months old, we have taken him along with us…
30
October
2019
by Joel Chng
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Save Your Child’s Eyes!
Last November, news broke that the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) was launching a new centre due to an urgent need to counter myopia, and the statistics shocked me. It has been a year yet I clearly remember the numbers: 20% of children in Singapore…
29
August
2019
by Joel Chng
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On Repeat: Our home, our heart, our Singapore
“Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh… Our home, our heart, our Singapore.” The catchy tune from this year’s National Day Parade (NDP) theme song has been in my head for more than a month – thanks to my son, Ezra. When I first heard Ezra singing ‘Our Singapore’ back in…
25
June
2019
by Joel Chng
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Dads are just as important
Bringing home the bacon and being present. Those, to me, are my two main responsibilities as Ezra’s dad. Being Present In this day and age of connectivity and multitasking, being present and fully engaged in my child’s life is an everyday decision that requires conscious…
17
May
2019
by Joel Chng
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And it’s all thanks to my mother-in-law
It’s the month of May. The month where mothers are being celebrated all over the world. But there’s one mum whom I would like to give my special thanks to. On the third day of Lunar New Year, Ezra was pushed off a balancing beam at…