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Do new parents prefer gifts or ang pows to welcome their baby?

October 22, 2008

My good friend’s wife had just delivered their baby boy this morning. I was thinking of a gift and checked out some online baby stores for ideas. Then I stopped short and thought to myself that maybe it’s better for me to give the newborn an ang pow. This is based on my own experience. [...]

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Some great parenting tip

October 20, 2008

Over the weekend, I was helping out at a friend’s wedding and happened to chat with her photographer, Jim Liaw of Jim Liaw Photography fame. If you have not already heard of Jim and his wife Ning, they are professional wedding photographers who have won many awards internationally and come highly recommended for their services. [...]

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Beware of the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak

October 8, 2008

It’s yet another period of outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease (let’s call it HFM disease from here on) in town. A kindergarten in Miri has been shut down for 2 weeks because 3 cases of the disease have been detected there. Not only is this happening in the east, it is also [...]

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A special anniversary, with baby in tow

October 8, 2008

It was our second wedding anniversary yesterday and baby was so well-behaved the entire time we were out. He sat quietly in the car instead of how he would normally wants to be played with, read to or simply chat to. When we sat down at dinner, he was chatty most times and flashed us [...]

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A trip up the hills

October 6, 2008

Over the weekend, we decided to make a 1-day trip up to Genting Highlands. The purpose of the trip was to bring baby there for the first time and let him experience the cool weather. The weather there definitely agrees with him, he didn’t show any signs of coldness at all and he was in [...]

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