Queen Elizabeth once commented a certain year was ‘annus horribilis’. Well for me 2011 it was one, changing jobs in difficult circumstances and not a stable home front. In the first half of the year, I was trying to increase…
Car air-con
Dead blower fan means no air-con
In Conversation 7
My son said “Papa next week we are going to sleep over at school, must bring along blankie!” I said, “You bring your blankie to school everyday, there is no need to bring any extra!” He replied, “If my blankie…
Mooncakes for 2011
Last year’s mooncakes were barely satisfactory. The dough still has a long way to go to approach commercial quality. Below is the new improved recipe. Equipment Mooncake mould Round box for dusting the assembled balls. Disposable food container will do…
Go fly a kite!
I went kite flying during the weekend. First session was with my daugther’s Kite Flying Day’s kite. That did not fare very well. It kept insisting on flying the wrong way round. With the string on one shoulder, Any flight…
P1 registration
My son riding on his elder sister’s coat tail got a place in P1 in Phase 1. Every since the General Election in May, I always wanted to say that. 🙂 According to Ministy of Education (MOE) website, the vacancies…
Observations about Japan
I was in Hokkaido, Japan for a week in June 11. These are my observations. It is a very clean country, well at least in Hokkaido. Clean in a sense that people don’t litter, whereas Singapore is clean because of…
Back from a holiday
After a really long period, at least 7 years and some months, my wife and I went on a overseas holiday without the kids. Singapore being so small, staying the weekend at a hotel can get quite boring.
Tour Agents
I was trying to arrange some flight details for trip. I got my twice cancelled tickets back alive and connecting flights booked. Except that the airline decided to cancel the flight and I have to find another flight to meet…
Getting Things Done or GTD
This book has been around for some time and some people really swear by it. I am currently into my first month of doing this. Collect. Collect all your the items that you have to do into a “collection bucket/s”. …