What not to say

My 5 year old, after a trip to Stratford upon Avon was asked to share in front of the whole class. Proudly she told them she visited Anne Hathaway’s cottage.
The teacher was pleased until she said “..and I learnt that she had sex at the wrong time, that’s why she was pregnant when she married [...]

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Christmas 08

Agreed to take lots of overseas students to my home for Christmas. Thought it would be nice for these chaps who don’t have a home to go to for Christmas. unfortunately closer to the date, whole family was hit by flu last 2 weeks. Poor wife completely flattened by the virus, was in bed all [...]

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Splash

Oh no my precious……
 
It is my precious Macbook. My lovely 2nd daughter was taking a long time with her milk. Suddenly the cup dropped, and upon impact on the breakfast bar a splash of milk went all over the screen. Quick! Drain wipe, clean!
Despite my lightning relexes, the damage was done. Liquid has seaped in [...]

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Time with kids

I’ve got 3 kids. Currently 7, 4 and 2 years old. Sometimes as a dad, I can get so catch up with the essentials of keeping them alive (cooking, cleaning, bathing, dressing, rescuing them from one life threatening emergency to another), I find it hard to spend time with kids.
When I do spend time with them, [...]

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So hard to teach old dogs new tricks

Trying to learn Chinese, amongst other things. Regret didn’t learn it properly when I was young. I wouldn’t have any interst to learn it now if not for my kids. Now Chinese has become a big thing; everyone saying how important it is for the future. SO trying to push kids to study the language, [...]

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You asked for it

A gastroenterology consultant friend of mine told his wife yesterday, “All these hardship you are having: you don’t need to have them, but you asked for it yourself”. He was referring to how busy she was having to transport her kids from one place to another several times a week, and stressed from nagging the [...]

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Boasting in school playground

My aunty’s kid was having a boasting competition in the school playyard with his friends, as commonly happens.
Friend 1: My mother real special oh, she can play the piano.
Friend 2: My mother even more special lah: she can swim and play tennis, and write lots of story books.
My cousin: Heh! My mother is the most [...]

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Evasive maneuvers

Going back for CNY is a stressful thing: flights, transit in the middle of the night with young drowsy irritable kids etc. But another big potential stressor: is the nosy questions.
Being so immersed in Western culture from so many years of studies and work abroad, I find myself unable to defend myself against nosy questions [...]

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Wonderpets save the day

It is crazy trying to wake my kids. No thanks to the various MDTs and meetings that start before my clinical sessions, have to wake the kids up early, dress them, feed them and send to childminder before there is even a glimer of sunlight in the horizon.
So it is a battle ground every morning: [...]

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Diamond ring

Dear wife was asking the 2 older ones, “When mummy goes to heaven, who should she leave her diamond ring to?” The 4 year old said, “Me! Me!” The 6 year old said, “I’d rather have mummy than any diamond ring.” At that, the 4 year old thought for a few seconds (which is very [...]

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