31st January 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 5 Comments

Work + Life = Balance?

I returned to fulltime work on 1 December last year. Today marks the completion of my first two months as a working mum. Since I know of a few mothers-to-be who would be planning how to utilise their maternity leave entitlement, thought I’d share how my maternity leave plan has worked for me so far. I also » Read More

30th January 2012 , Posted by Mandy - 4 Comments

How to Win Friends and Not Annoy Everyone on a Plane

Ok, the title is a tad silly, but I wanted to rave about Cristan’s very successful first flight! About 2 weeks ago, we left for Brunei to celebrate Chinese New Year with Tim’s family (who reside in Brunei but are Malaysian by nationality). I’ll share more about the CNY festivities in the next post, but » Read More

24th January 2012 , Posted by Darren Lim - 1 Comment

When a man loves his children!

When A Man Loves his children…. Some years ago, if anybody were to ask me, “What would be the ideal age to get married and have kids? “  My answer would be 26 and 28 respectively. And now if someone were to ask me that same question, the answer would still be the same. But, you’re now » Read More

19th January 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 4 Comments

So When?

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner. So…. who’s looking forward to the big red Gong Xi Fa Cai event? I’m feeling surprisingly blase about it this year. The house is all kitted out with red and gold decorations, fresh spring blossoms – and enough red lanterns to rival the red light district, but I’m » Read More

17th January 2012 , Posted by Dannie - No Comments

Adios 2011. Hola 2012

2011. Wow, what a year it has been. 8 months of anticipation. 8 months of worry. 8 months of planning. 8 months of hoping. And the remaining 4 months? A heady combination of joy, frustration, smugness, desperation, learning and horniness. And that’s just the work. Okay, it’s not the work. Horniness has no place at work, » Read More

16th January 2012 , Posted by Benjamin Heng - No Comments

A Man With Four Kids

I write this blog with a very heavy heart! The New Year was supposed to be a joyous occasion! But my family was shocked with very unwelcomed news around noon. I received a call from my sister and she muttered: “_______ passed away!” And I was like: “What?! Who?!” And she exclaimed: “Uncle Siet passed » Read More

14th January 2012 , Posted by Mandy - No Comments

Holidays – Redefined

Almost exactly a year ago, our social group of friends enjoyed a fantastic holiday in Bintan. Last weekend, we attempted to recreate the experience, taking a similar trip with more or less the same group of friends. Besides the logistical nightmare of hauling our bags, various baby necessities AND our food supplies across the sea, everything » Read More

14th January 2012 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

A Tale of Two Islands

Ever since Coco was born, scared as we were at the idea of introducing a tiny newborn to the strange noisy world out there (and also terrified of introducing strangers to our noisy newborn), we made it a point to continuously bring her along for outings so as to get us used to going places » Read More

10th January 2012 , Posted by Darren Lim - 3 Comments

“Precious Moments”

Precious Moments After 3 kids and with the eldest already 7, I’m finally blogging my life as dad! Or rather, finally have the time to blog about fatherhood, is this late or what?  Anyway, better late than never!  And the first thing I thought I’d write about would be on “ Precious Moments” because that was » Read More

5th January 2012 , Posted by Darren Lim - No Comments

About Darren

One of the perks about being in the entertainment industry is that I get to try out many things in life. Since my foray into the limelight at 15, I’ve acted in many drama serials spanning different genres, hosted numerous programs, like travelogues which has brought me places; done stage plays and even had a » Read More

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