16
July
2021
by Nicholas Quek
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Discussing diamonds with the girlfriend
I would like to preface this blog post by saying that my girlfriend and I are not anywhere near marriage, just in case either of our parents read this blog and gets overly excited. But it has been something that we’ve talked about before, especially…
2
February
2021
by Nicholas Quek
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Dating for the first time
I was a single pringle when I first started blogging for I Love Children and about the same time last year, I blogged about ‘Why am I not dating’. Until today. Alas, the time has come, for the first time in my life – I…
24
August
2020
by Nicholas Quek
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Maintaining relationships during a pandemic
It’s finally here! My fourth and final year in university. My final year feels so different compared to my first year. Three years ago when I first moved to my dorm room, my whole family helped me move in. My siblings and I shared a…
16
October
2019
by Nicholas Quek
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How to argue well with your family
So this post is really an extension of another post I made before, ‘How not to murder your family members at dinner’. This post will specifically be focused on the second point, listening… I come from quite a feisty family. We are all loud people, though…
22
August
2019
by Nicholas Quek
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How to survive your freshman year
The new semester has just begun and the university is buzzing with activity. The canteens are flooded with crowds of enthusiastic first-year students, all eager to try the different food stalls that us seniors have long grown weary of. There’s also a student life fair…
21
May
2019
by Nicholas Quek
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Mother’s Day is just an ordinary day
Mother’s Day in my family, honestly, don’t look much different from any other day. We’d say we are celebrating our mum but really, it doesn’t pan out any differently from our regular family dinners. It’s pretty hilarious actually; we’d tell our mum to choose where to eat,…