I was on the escalator with KJ and Xy in Paragon today and overhead the conversation of woman who made absolutely no effort at keeping her opinions to herself.
She was speaking in mandarin so this is a rough translation.
Seeing children everywhere makes me so sian (sick)! It’s still better during school exams period, less [...]
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Close encounters with the bitchy kind
Posted in Daily musings, Out and about on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Perth – Day 6 and afterthoughts
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It was finally time to go back to Singapore. Xy who has been pining for home was bursting with joy that she run up and down the hallways all morning while the adults packed and got ready to leave.
Since the grannies have not really had a chance to do any shopping apart from grocery runs, [...]
Perth – Day 5
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fremantle, or Freo as the locals call it, is next on our itinerary. That morning, we took the CAT bus from the hotel to the ferry terminal where we will take a ferry to Freo.
While waiting for our ferry at Barrack Street Jetty, we went up the Bell Tower.
You get a [...]
Perth – Day 4
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It started to rain as we drove out of hotel car park towards Swan Valley and by the time we reached the Margaret River Chocolate Company, it was still raining.
Despite the slight damper, we managed to have a late breakfast there . Xy ate off our plates of sauteed mushrooms and scrambled [...]
Perth – Day 3
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The next morning, we checked out of the motel and had breakfast at Margaret River Bakery (89 Bussell Hwy +618 9757 2755). It was a wonderful little place at the edge of the town (it’s one of the first things you see when you enter the region of Margaret River) and the food was [...]
Perth – Day 2
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We started the day bright and early. After a very delicious sandwich breakfast, so nice that we forgot to take pictures, at Exomod just opposite our hotel, we left the city for a 6 hour road trip to Margaret River.
Since there were so many of us, we decided to pay a bit more to [...]
Perth – Day 1
Posted in Out and about, Xinyue on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am going to attempt to post up more detailed reports of the vacation, more for my own record than anything else. Although I returned from Perth less than a week ago, the trip already felt so far away. So I really need to keep some form of memory of this. Bear with me if [...]
Perth – Nov 9 to 14
Posted in Out and about, Parenting, Xinyue on November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
6 days came and went in a flash.
We spent so much time planning and preparing that I was actually rather relieved to finally board the plane.
I had originally wanted our inaugural family trip to be just the 3 of us but in the end, I was really grateful for the extra help. Travelling with [...]
Halloween
Posted in Daily musings, Out and about on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The estate that I live in houses quite a number of American families. This is mainly because the SAS is just a short 5 minutes walk away.
Every Halloween, someone (either the school or a group of enthusiastic American parents) organises an evening Halloween parade in my estate. Over the years, it has grown from [...]
TV dinner
Posted in Out and about, Parenting, Xinyue on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When my brother was a young child, my grandmother had a routine of plonking him in front of the TV at meal times. He’d stare at the flickering screen, mouth agape into which my grandma will quickly scoop spoonfuls of rice.
Years later, I remember thinking that this is such parenting faux pas. No way [...]
