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
January
2019
by Flora Isabelle
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How much does it cost exactly to raise a child in Singapore?
Some of you might have known from my previous blog posts that I’ve been pre-school hunting. It’s funny how the most early (and probably insignificant) part of their education is taking such huge efforts on my part.The search has taken me months, as if I’m…
21
November
2018
by Jeremy Ratnam
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Grandparents to the rescue!
It’s finally here! The yearend school holidays can only mean one thing for me and my wife… EXTRA SLEEP! We now get to have that much needed rest and wake up at 8:30am instead of 5.30am to start the routine weekday grind. A crucial 3…
24
August
2018
by Joel Chng
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6D5N in Bangkok
Last month, my family of three holidayed in Bangkok for a week. Why Bangkok, you might ask. Well, I had never been to Thailand prior to this trip. Also, my wife Petrina and I wanted to do something different for our wedding anniversary this year. However,…
27
March
2017
by Joel Chng
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HFMD: A First-Time Father’s Perspective
One Thursday morning a few weeks ago, my son Ezra woke up with a fever. I immediately knew something was amiss, as Ezra had never been ill since he was born, and he had not recently gone for a vaccination (fever is a vaccination side-effect)….