20th May
2012 ,
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Happily Ever After
Just last week, Evelyn and I were invited to our friends’ wedding banquet. Looking at the newly weds bask in the well-wishes of the invited guests, we were reminded of how, not too many years ago, we were walking down the aisle ourselves and beaming from ear-to-ear.
Because our wedding was captured on film »
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1st May
2012 ,
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Mind your manners… … please!
Remember the good old days when we were taught to sing this song in school:
“Courtesy is for free, courtesy is for you and me…”, I remember how our parents would take great pains (on our buttocks, especially, when we don’t show it! ) to make it a way of life for »
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10th April
2012 ,
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Technology vs Human Touch
Remember the time when the first computers were made commercially available and the promise was that with a computer, time and energy would be freed up to pursue other things in life, like having more time for interests and family?
Doesn’t seem that the promise has materialized, has it? With technology bringing about »
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1st April
2012 ,
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The Good Old Kampong Days
Remember those days when we would catch spiders, play with marbles and get wet in “lonkangs” (aka drains) to catch fishes… … or in my instance, go to the beach to swim in the sea, without my parents knowing, only to end up getting a good session of caning after that! »
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12th March
2012 ,
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I remembered when Evelyn was pregnant with our very first child, Kristen, a friend who has three kids visited us and left this very somber reminder to me, “Be warned that after your child arrives, you (Darren) will find that Evelyn will have very little time for you.” (ie she will be busy taking care »
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1st March
2012 ,
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Recently, Way (my youngest son) asked to be shorn “BOTAK”! Actually it had been a while since the first time he asked for that, but his mother and sister were adamant that it should not be done! Evelyn cited reasons like, it’s going to be Christmas soon and it’s going to be cold, then later »
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10th February
2012 ,
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Was it the hustle bustle of visiting families during Chinese New Year that got to my children, making them tired and irritable and therefore very annoying! Or was it just me—– tired and irritable from the same and therefore terribly annoyed? Either way, Kristen , Jairus and Way’s behaviour seemed incredibly out of control! So »
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1st February
2012 ,
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“A man chasing after his stolen car jumps onto it and struggles to take control of the wheel. After a few exchange of punches, the car thief loses control of the car and hits a tree nearby, flinging the man onto the road while the car thief escapes, injured. There are people at the scene »
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24th January
2012 ,
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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 »
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10th January
2012 ,
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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 »
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