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…
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…
27
November
2018
by Flora Isabelle
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How to raise your child your way despite the grandparent effect
I wanted to write a post in celebration of this month’s Grandparents’ Day (25 November) but when I got down to it, I felt quite conflicted. Because I don’t know exactly how I feel about them. You see, in the days before Nate came along,…
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,…
2
May
2018
by Joel Chng
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Father-Son Bonding: Pizza-making!
Two years ago when my son Ezra started to crawl, he often ventured into the kitchen – both at home and at his grandparents’ house. Soon he became stronger and would open cupboards and drawers to access cooking utensils. Back then, his favourite thing to…