8th May 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

The Story of Us: Her Story (Part 3)

It was the year 2007. I was 27 going on 28 that year. Our marriage was 2 years going on 3, and we had just embarked on a new project titled ‘Trying To Conceive’ for the past few months. At that point in time, I had just settled rather nicely into a new job and » Read More

26th April 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

The Story of Us: Her Story (Part 2)

Where we left off from Part 1: It was the year 2007 and my biological clock had started ticking furiously. You know how it was when you were in Primary 1 when your friend had the latest My Little Pony toy and you wanted one too but with the fur and mane in a different » Read More

15th April 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

The Story of Us: Her Story (Part 1)

Ours was a whirlwind romance. Met on 12 February 2004.   Became an item on 20 April (20.04.2004 – the day Nicoll Highway collapsed)   Got engaged in July (can’t remember the date he proposed)   Married on 12 February 2005.   All in a year’s work. In comparison, for many of our couple friends » Read More

27th March 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

Tis The Season To Have A Baby

… FA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA! During my first two years in secondary school, my classmates and I would be subjected to singing lessons once a week, part of the school’s attempt to transform us bumbling preteens into musically-inclined young ladies. While learning to sing Christmas carols during one lesson, the music teacher enlightened us to the significance » Read More

26th March 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - No Comments

I Love Children – Do I Really?

“Zao Sheng Gui Zi” , loosely translated to mean “have children soon”, is a oft mentioned phrase bestowed upon young married couples every Lunar New Year. The Husband and I have bagged quite a few of these well-intended wishes over the duration of our 5-year marriage.   Taking comfort in the fact that the ordeal only » Read More