That time of year again, when we come to celebrate the birthday of the lovely Naoko (Nina), and then sadly the very next day we have to commiserate her passing. It’s still as tragic today as it was then. Here she is as I think we will all remember her, beautiful and smiling. This inRead More

CNY – Chinese New Year is upon us.Year of the Horse is a matter of hours away.So we have a lovely extended weekend ahead of us. What shall we do? I know how about absolutely NOTHING!!!(Sorry Grant this is why we couldn’t come yesterday – kids were going spanners having such such fun already atRead More

Have to say I was a little disappointed today. Off we went to China Town to enjoy the Saturday of Chinese New Year – not a dragon, or lion dance in sight. Roads were closed due to engineering works. Half the stalls were shut. Restaurants were closed, causing those that were open to be packed andRead More

Off we go again with our mates – The Blowers – for a delicious lunch and fun packed afternoon at the hawker on lagoon. Similar to last time to just some snaps of the ‘difference’. My two clearly enjoying themselves, having such fun, a day by the beach, sandcastles being built, running around in the seasideRead More

Haruko, I hope you don’t mind me sharing this… My darling sister in NYC sent me this email recently. Stark reminder. We know it is coming. We have chatted together as a family. We get what she is saying. We agree with what she is saying. We are planning a family dinner only this year, notRead More

It’s happening so fast.My baby girl is growing and growing.Look what happened yesterday.  Yes, she lost her first tooth. And literally she did lose her first tooth, ha ha. So panic set in that she would not be visited by the tooth fairy as she had lost her tooth. Mary then SMS’d the ‘tooth fairy’ to askRead More

Well done Mountbatten MP, Mr Lim. We used to have a sports bar, restaurant, meeting, drinking place on our pier on the river at Tanjong Rhu. A little mecca called Cosy Bay. A great place. Closed for 5+ years now. I found out last night that there had been complaints from neighbours that they did notRead More

Let’s start with Jude.Now 6 weeks old bless him and check the face – yep he’s a smiling and interacting.I actually got this sent to my phone from Mary when I was at work.Very cute Jude my little mate. Next up is the boys early one morning in bed.This is one of his favourite positions toRead More

This is actually me, Brian, typing up what Oliver has written. His first day at his secondary school – SOTA – School of the Arts. Very proud of him as off he went at 0630 this morning, all alone to get the bus, coming home all alone on the MRT. He is indeed a BIG boy now.  NowRead More