Haven't updated in yonks. Here's something Erin wrote last year ( Read more... )

We were watching "2012", and as scene after scene of mass destruction unfolded -- buildings collapsing like cakes without yeast, expressways breaking up like kit-kat bars, terrible explosions, blinding storms and 10-storey high tsunamis --- my daughter turned to my wife and pronounced, "This makes me feel so good to be alive ( Read more... )

Sent a care package to Eleanor a few weeks back. I was worried I wouldn't be able to fill it up, but thankfully, I managed to stuff it with quite a lot of things.


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I was walking with Erin to buy breakfast. As we crossed the courtyard (which is really a bare patch of concrete dotted with some young shrubs and trees), Erin stopped, and turned to a nearby bench ( Read more... )

Published in the June issue of Motherhood!

"Come and experience 2 hours of exhilarating fun swinging from tree to tree five metres above the ground!"

The website says.

Five metres above ground? Hmph, I swear my 5-year-old daughter Erin jumps that high when she watches Kung Fu Panda and reenacts the fight scenes on the family bed! I have a ( Read more... )

Erin turns 6 today.

This was what happened, as she was putting on her sandals.

I said, "Erin, you know what day it is today? It's your birthday!"

She probed, "Daddy, do I look mysterious? Do I look different?"It took 2 full seconds before I answered, "No darling ( Read more... )

Erin and I were in the car.

Erin sneezed. She turned to me and asked, "Daddy, do you have tissue?"

I looked around cursorily, "No dear, I don't have it."

Erin's reply?

"Let's improvise."

My jaw dropped.

Sigh. Will be joining her in NYC on 2 Jul though.

Will stay for 3 days, head up to Boston. Will spend a couple of days there before going down to Washington DC. Then hurry back to NYC for more musical-watching, shopping and whatnot before coming home to be with Erin.

Any recommendations on what to do, where to go?

Aiya, was hurt when wife said, "XX and YY behave so lovingly together, like 老夫老妻, unlike us ( Read more... )

Brought Erin to the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden on Sunday. Eleanor was in Bangkok, so it was just Erin and me.

( Some photos )