Friday Flips #102: Support Local with Owl Readers Club (Plus Giveaway!)
It’s always a joy to discover new local authors, so we were really pleased to receive a selection of six local titles from Owl Readers...
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GWTT
Jul 5, 20194 min read
Back in Singapore for Good
We’ve been back in Singapore for slightly more than a month now, and I think we have settled into a routine of sorts, especially now that...
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GWTT
Jun 27, 20192 min read
Silly Things We Say / Do #46
Ever since we relocated back to Singapore from Jakarta, the twins haven’t been able to sleep through the night. Our routine has always...
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GWTT
May 31, 20191 min read
Friday Flips #101: Draw Really Cool Stuff
N has been into drawing these days, and when he found this book at the Periplus bookstore in Bali, he begged us to buy it for him, as he...
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GWTT
May 29, 20192 min read
Jakarta As We Know It
Selamat pagi! Good morning! We arrived in Jakarta, overwhelmed. Everything was foreign: the people, the language, the culture. But all...
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GWTT
May 28, 20193 min read
N’s International School Experience (Part 4)
I’ve left the English component of N’s international school experience to the last, as there’s just so much to write about, and I’m not...
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GWTT
May 24, 20191 min read
Friday Flips #100: Science Comics
On one of our many visits to the national library during our previous trip back to Singapore, N discovered the Science Comics series, and...
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GWTT
May 3, 20193 min read
Friday Flips #99: The Plano Adventures (Out of Order) Plus Giveaway!
In this last but one episode of ‘The Plano Adventures’, Professor Plano, Zed and Zee are called to Lord Myopic’s dream world: Machiville,...
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GWTT
Apr 26, 20195 min read
Our Long Weekend at Mulia Villas Bali
We’ll be going back to Singapore for good really soon, and wanted to go on a short holiday within Indonesia before that. Bali was our...
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GWTT
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Things Didi and Meimei Say / Do #6
N and the twins are constantly chasing each other around the house, playing “fighting”/”bad guys”/”monsters” or whatever else it is that...
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GWTT
Apr 22, 20194 min read
N’s International School Experience (Part 3)
At the beginning of N’s school year, we attended a goal-setting conference where N, his teacher, and us as parents, set goals for N and...
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GWTT
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Friday Flips #98: Books about Moving (Part 3)
‘Life Without Nico’ is a sweet story about how a little girl copes when her best friend moves away for a while. It’s an unusual...
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GWTT
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Friday Flips #97: Books about Moving (Part 2)
‘Clare’s Goodbye’ tells the story of how the three children of a family say goodbye to their home. Clare seems to struggle the most with...
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GWTT
Mar 22, 20192 min read
Friday Flips #96: Books about Moving (Part 1)
Since we are leaving Jakarta soon, I went to N’s school library and asked his librarian for book recommendations on moving, so that I can...
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GWTT
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Things Noah Says / Does #29
Noah has been really into soccer these days, and takes every opportunity to kick the ball around. At the moment, he seems to be more keen...
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GWTT
Mar 15, 20193 min read
Friday Flips #95: The Plano Adventures (Attack of the Cybugs) Plus Giveaway!
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Yeah right. Unless you have extremely thick skin, I’m pretty sure...
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GWTT
Mar 7, 20194 min read
Learning through Play with Curious Kits (Plus Giveaway!)
Now that N is in Grade One, we don’t really have much time to explore various themes like we used to. The twins keep me very busy, and...
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GWTT
Mar 5, 20192 min read
N’s International School Experience (Part 2)
N has covered a few topics in Math so far, and to be completely honest, I’m not quite sure what all the topics are. I pop into his...
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GWTT
Feb 20, 20192 min read
N’s International School Experience (Part 1)
One huge benefit of our relocation to Jakarta is that N gets to attend an international school. There are so many things we love about...
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GWTT
Jan 29, 20192 min read
Things Didi and Meimei Say / Do #5
Didi at almost 2.5 years old is a very persistent (some would say he’s stubborn) kid. Once he decides that he wants something, he begs...
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