A Day in the Life of… Didi
Some time last week, I decided to do a DIAL (Day in a Life) from Didi’s perspective on my Dayre, and thought I’d do a slightly more...
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Apr 28, 20174 min read
Friday Flips #76: Timmy & Tammy at the Esplanade and Timmy & Tammy at Jurong Bird Park (Pl
N has been learning to read in school, so we introduced some simple readers at home, to give him a bit more practice. To be honest, I...
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GWTT
Apr 20, 20171 min read
Things Noah Says / Does #25
N has been a KorKor for slightly more than eight months, and even though he clearly adores the babies, I’m beginning to think that the...
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GWTT
Apr 12, 20172 min read
Gado-Gado Kartika
A friend from church bought the gado-gado from Gado-Gado Kartika for our bible study group, and I enjoyed it so much that I got it for C...
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GWTT
Apr 10, 20172 min read
Khong Guan Biscuit Shop at Agus Salim
Ever since we relocated to Jakarta late last year, I’ve been on the lookout for familiar brands whenever we go to the supermarket,...
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Apr 1, 20174 min read
Review: Little Genie Box’s Literacy Program
Some time ago, I wrote about Little Genie Box’s Everyday Chinese Program, and promised to share our experience with the Literacy Program,...
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Mar 29, 20175 min read
To Our Dearest Twins… #4
Dearest Didi and Meimei, You’re turning eight months old soon, which means you have officially spent more than half your lives in Jakarta...
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Mar 17, 20176 min read
Getting Rid of Dust and Allergies with Masterclean
Ever since we moved to Jakarta, the kids have been falling sick, usually with runny noses and coughs. I blamed it on N initially,...
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Mar 15, 20173 min read
Review: Union Pondok Indah, Jakarta
We first heard about Union’s amazing Red Velvet pie from a friend in Singapore (I have no idea why she even knows about it), and decided...
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Mar 10, 20175 min read
Didi and Meimei Talk about… Weaning
Hello everyone! It’s us, Didi and Meimei! Mummy thought we did such a great job reviewing our favourite Pigeon products that she made...
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GWTT
Mar 3, 20178 min read
Friday Flips #75: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
When I started this Friday Flips series, I intended to write about not just children’s books, but also books suitable for adults, since I...
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Mar 1, 20172 min read
Silly Things We Say / Do #44
C went on a business trip for six days recently, which meant that I was solo parenting for six looooooong days in Jakarta. Yes, we have a...
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Feb 24, 20172 min read
Friday Flips #74: Interrupting Chicken
When we were living in Adelaide, one of N’s favourite board books was ‘Pouch!’ by David Ezra Stein, so recently, I decided to see if I...
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Feb 21, 20174 min read
Jump Till You Drop at Houbii Urban Adventure Park
Houbii Urban Adventure Park opened recently, and after hearing good things about it from our neighbour, we decided to bring N down to...
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Feb 17, 20173 min read
Friday Flips #73: 别说你快点快点
On our recent trip back to Singapore, I contacted 兒時的故事 Our Childhood Stories to ask if she has any new Chinese books to recommend. She...
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GWTT
Feb 16, 20173 min read
November & December 2016
This post is so late, I seriously considered not even writing it, but I figured I’d just do a super short one, and move on to January and...
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Feb 10, 20173 min read
Friday Flips #72: 噼里啪啦迷你立体玩具书 (6册)
Our friends from Once Upon a Bookstore gifted the twins a set of Chinese pop-up books as a going away gift, and it struck me that I...
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Feb 8, 20174 min read
N Talks About… His New 3M LED P1610 Polarizing Light
Hello, everyone! It’s me, N! Mummy asked me to tell all of you about my new light, since I have so much fun playing with it. I’m so happy...
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Feb 6, 20174 min read
Didi and the Nasty Amebiasis aka Amoeba
WARNING: THERE ARE PHOTOS OF POOP IN THIS POST. DO NOT READ ON IF YOU’RE EASILY GROSSED OUT. A few weeks ago, all three kids came down...
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Feb 3, 20173 min read
Friday Flips #71: Happy Chinese New Year, Elena! (Plus Craft)
It’s the seventh day of the Lunar New Year today, and I’m trying to keep the Chinese New Year (CNY) mood alive here in our Jakarta home...
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