Since we found out that Nadine has a learning disability, we have been trying to find methods and means to help her or seminars and tutorials to help us. We were open to try anything that can help her to ease her academic life. Please know that we are not Tiger parents. This isn’t even…
My entire family loves chicken. We can have it in all forms—baked, fried, braised, boiled and maybe even burnt! You can imagine we can have it fillet, minced, patty, full bird etc! We really love chicken! What makes it easier to love is the fact that it is easy to prepare and there are countless…
I remember when I gave birth, suddenly everything in the house was baby-fied. The things that we use have to be baby friendly. Suddenly, I was exposed to a whole new world of Baby products. There were Baby washing detergent for baby’s clothes, Baby dish liquid for baby’s milk bottles, Baby toiletries for baby’s skin…
Have you ever tried to follow a recipe, esp when it has ingredients that you are not familiar with? For example, some strange sounding vegetable, or an unpronouncable spice or even an item that is a total unknown to you. Recently, I’ve been trying out various recipes of my favourite foods, and many of them…
I’ve mentioned before that Nadine is one very quiet girl. She is one of those well behaved, compliant and generally obedient kids that you see in the class, mall or library. With her learning disability, it is a challenge to figure out what she thinks or feels. Recently, a friend recommended a Psychotherapist, and was…
I remember this photo from long ago, when Nathan held Nicole’s hand to sleep, cos she needed to be soothed, and was afraid of some night monsters. It was very heart warming to see him take on that protective stance to take care of his sister. I don’t remember teaching him that, so perhaps we…
When you can’t think of what to cook for your kids, a sure win item is Fishballs! For my family at least, fishballs are a HUGE favourite and the kids will eat them with anything! In soup, fried with vegetable, in stews, fried with rice etc… They just love fishballs! But I learnt that I’ve…
