Days 1 and 2: Entertaining the Toddler + Addressing FAQs

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J Boy Colouring

In my previous post, I had talked about arriving in Singapore, and checking into our hotel to serve our SHN. It’s great that the government is taking great lengths to welcome its overseas residents home, and taking such good care of us. At the same time, this can also save our tourism industry. Even the receptionist we met at check-in agreed with this!

Entertaining an active toddler

Our jetlag seemed to disappear pretty quickly – we adjusted to Singapore’s time zone almost immediately. With the lack of sleep, I was still exhausted and unable to keep up with J Boy’s activity level. So we resorted to screen time, and lots of it! Chromecast + iPhone games sure have saved our sanity! And no, I’m not guilty of it – parents need their down time too! Continue Reading…



Returning Home – The Days Leading Up to Our Flight + Day -1

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J Boy with Face Mask

It wasn’t an easy decision. We are based in London because of my job, and news of hospitals in our area reaching full capacity made us anxious by the day. We had already started isolating ourselves for 4 weeks. I would work from home, and we had already stopped J Boy’s nursery a week before they announced the lockdown in the UK. Daddy Sean went for grocery runs every week, and this was a big risk factor.

When MFA first announced flying Singaporeans back in March, we held back because we didn’t wish to risk catching the virus en route. It felt safer at home at that point of time. However, as time went on, we started getting worried. What if one of us gets sick? What would happen to J Boy? There’s absolutely no extended family support where we were.
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I Married the Man Who Broke My Heart: Part Three

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Taiwan Nature Green Island Dog

Back in Part One and Part Two, I talked about how Sean went from being a good friend, to someone a little more, then back to being a good friend. By then, I’d found a nice boyfriend, N.

A Little Bit About N

N was a friend I’d known back when I was still studying. I knew him to be humorous, and very popular among friends. Before we were in a relationship, we ran into each other during an outing with my ex-coursemates a year before. After that day, he started asking me out. At that point, I wasn’t ready to be in a relationship, so I blew him off after one date. He was very persistent though, but he finally gave up after a few months of trying. Continue Reading…


11 Things to Note When Getting the Flu Vaccine

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I’m back! Sorry for the long hiatus. That’s because I was working on a very important project for the past 6 months. We took Baby J out of school yesterday so that we could all get the flu vaccine together. (Yes, Baby J has started playgroup! I will talk more about it in a separate post.) So, we got the flu vaccine earlier in the week, and I’m here with some information I’ve learnt in the process. Continue Reading…


Can a One-Year-Old Understand Two Languages?

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Daddy Reads to Baby

We have this system at home, and Daddy Sean insists we do it: He will only speak to Baby J in Mandarin, while the rest of us at home can speak to him in English or Hokkien dialect. Sean is very consistent, and may only slip in a sentence or two of English with Baby J. This way, Baby J will hopefully be able to converse comfortably in two languages as he grows up. Continue Reading…


I Married the Man Who Broke My Heart: Part Two

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Modern Toilet Taichung 2012

We went to Taiwan early this month, with both our mums and Baby J. Sure brought back some of ‘those’ memories, but I’m glad we’re back to build new ones with our loved ones.

In Part One, I mentioned a trip to Taiwan with Sean. And remember a female colleague who ‘warned’ him about me? Yeah that was the start of our troubles… Well, more of mine actually. I never knew about her ‘warning’ until Sean told me about it in Taiwan. So I was still blissfully looking forward to the trip with a great friend I’d crushed on. Continue Reading…


10 Budget-Friendly Tips For Your Taiwan Vacation

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Baby J and Grandma to Taiwan

Ah Taiwan. We Singaporeans absolutely love the country! We are so won over by the mix of good food, shopping and breathtaking scenery. There’s really nothing not to love about Taiwan. People are often warm and friendly too! Also, some of the most bittersweet memories (but nostalgic) with hubby Sean were from Taiwan. (Yup, Part 2 will be out later this week!)

So we just returned from a 10-day trip to Taiwan 4 days ago. (I will do a separate blog post on the awesome stuff we did there.) Hubby Sean and I brought Baby J and both our mums along with us. This is also Baby J’s first airplane ride! We are definitely not strangers to beautiful Taiwan. But during this trip, we learnt more about how to budget properly, and still provide comfort to the little one and the two elderly. In the past, when we travel, Sean and I would only book our first accommodation (along with our flight tickets, of course), and settle the rest of our accommodation only while we are there. We no longer have the luxury of doing that since it can be pretty risky. Continue Reading…


I Married the Man Who Broke My Heart: Part One

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Taiwan Trip 2012

I posted this on my personal Facebook page a few days ago:

Yes Daddy Sean broke my heart before we got together! And it may or may not be as bad as it sounds, depending on how you perceive it. If given a choice (maybe by means of some magic spell), I wouldn’t change a single thing though. I created this post to commemorate Valentine’s Day. Even though we don’t celebrate this day, the date is very special to us. So here’s part one of our little story, depicting my rawest feelings about how it all started. Continue Reading…