The blog has been quite quiet. Chiefly because of the Pandemic but also because we have been facing setbacks, one after another. In fact, I am half-hearted if I should even publish this post. After all, many shared about how they successfully overcome this difficult pandemic year, but ours was riddled with endless fire-fighting. When it rained, it poured. The Pandemic: For a family who thrives on discovering new places and forging memories through new … [Read more...]
Choosing The Right School Bag For Primary School: Facts & Myths
As our son enters Primary School next year, we revisit the importance of a good school bag for our child. Fortunately, we have our elder daughter's experience to glean from. We debunk some myths about school bags so that you can make an informed choice for your school-going kids. Myth, Facts and Choices Here’s sharing some of the myths and facts about choosing a good school bag. Myth 1: All schoolbags are good school bags Fact: Nothing can be further from the truth. … [Read more...]
Home Defects Inspection: Preventing Nightmares
"Once you see, you cannot 'un-see'." The husband and I could not believe our eyes. What was our seemingly pristine perfect new home (from a new development) a moment or so ago, is now riddled with coloured tags of blue, pink and some white. Different colours depicting different types of defects found everywhere! Gosh! Full of Defects! From the perfectly painted living room walls to the bedrooms, even the back of the refrigerator and top of the shelf doors, room doors and … [Read more...]
5 Reasons To Visit The King Koil Warehouse Sale 2020
King Koil needs no introduction. Established since 1898, the name is synonymous with quality mattresses and bedding products. As a family, we have been using King Koil for the longest time, even when we ourselves were kids! For our family, we would always consider King Koil whenever we need to change our beddings i.e. CNY period. Usually towards the end of the year, I would keep my eyes peeled for good deals as I have this preference to change our pillows, bolsters and … [Read more...]
National Day Party with PartyDiva.Co
Stay Home. Stay Safe and Celebrate! National Day will be very different this year amidst the pandemic. From movies to staycations and even leisure travel, virtually everything that we Singaporeans love have been badly affected by Covid-19. Even National Day celebration is not spared! Thankfully though, we can still celebrate National Day safely with our love ones with much verve and revelry in the way Singaporeans know how to - with good food delivered to our homes, thanks to the … [Read more...]
The Real Birthday Magic in a Virtual Magic Party
There But Not There This is the first time I have organized a party for my kids without me being physically there! Imagine the stress with so many uncertainties. The pandemic has thrown many things to the proverbial wind, including the entire family’s birthday celebrations from April (Dana’s), to May (David and mine) followed by Buddy’s in June. Since this would be Buddy’s last birthday before starting primary school, I was determined to make it special for him even if it meant a … [Read more...]
Non-Bake Mango Marshmallow Cheesecake Recipe
We celebrated 2 #CircuitBreaker birthdays this month (yup, both the hubby and my birthdays are in May, only 10 days apart!). Since we are unable to head out for a nice meal, the daughter has requested that we bake a cake for Daddy. When I said 'yes', I did not expect to be dashing to various supermarkets as some of the key ingredients were literally impossible to get during this period! I SOS-ed my trusty home-baker friend, Kai Lee of @CativatingCakeAndCupcake and she got me the essentials … [Read more...]
Sudio ETT Wireless Earphones: The Perfect WFH-HBL Companion
Space – More than Physical Separation: WFH (Work from Home) and HBL (Home-based Learning) have proven to be trying for our family particularly with everyone's unique demands of personal space for work, e-learning and recreation all within the confines of an apartment. We’ve learnt that while it may be easier to separate physically (i.e. finding our own little corners in the apartment), separating sound space is more challenging. Sound permeates and intrudes into our personal … [Read more...]
My Dyson Supersonic Experience
Gleeful Faces and a ‘Conspiracy’ I’ve heard and read so much about this hairdryer and now it’s been presented to me! Along with 3 gleeful faces, one of which was the ‘conspirator’ - the hubby no less, who had secretly planned this as an early Mother’s Day and Birthday present for me, and kept it hidden in the house with the kids’ help. The ‘Candy Store’ and the Mother’s Life Holding the Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer in my hands, I’m like a kid in a candy store, hardly able to contain my … [Read more...]
One-Pot Easy Beef Stew with True Aussie Beef
Meal Planning: Tradition and Values Like many, our plans for the March school holidays were affected by the evolving Covid-19 situation but we didn’t let that thwart our quality family time. I took the chance to teach my teenage daughter to cook one of our family’s favorite dishes – One-Pot Easy Beef Stew! Cooking this dish is more than just passing-down a family tradition to my kids, I’m passing down the value of proper self-care by eating healthy, nutritious meals. Iron in … [Read more...]
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