1
July
2022
by E-van and Terry
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Some things are perhaps better left unsaid
There is a wide array of grievances we parents have to bear with. Let’s just put it as that 😂 This blog entry is going to be a little on the touchy side, where I wished I could be straightforward enough to tackle difficult conversations…
21
August
2020
by Joel Chng
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Daddy…Where Are You?
Singapore’s 13th general election (GE) was held last month. For me, the 2015 GE and recently concluded 2020 GE have both been significant in my fatherhood journey. Not the elections per se, but the events that happened during these elections. In 2015, I drove Petrina…
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…
30
September
2019
by Flora Isabelle
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Finances And Marriage – And Trying To Make Them Work
This month’s theme for our blog posts touches on Finance and well, it got me thinking. You see, in the past 6 years that we have been married (and 14 years of knowing each other), we have been through several financial situations: There were early days when the…