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Mid-Autumn Moonlit Magic

Walter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:22:00 +0000

The Mid-Autumn, Mooncake or Lantern Festival always carries special meaning for me. It is one of those occasions where you just simply have to be out at night to soak in the sights, sounds, scents and sweetness (mooncakes!) of that savoury festival where we commemorate the harvest of autumn. In Singapore, the celebrations inevitably revolve […]

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Ethan Turns Four!

Walter — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:36:00 +0000

As Ethan celebrates his fourth birthday this coming Tuesday (27 November), we had a great week of multiple celebrations. This actually felt uncannily like his third birthday, if you can recall, with pretty much the same players (close friends and relatives). Looking at the photos just makes you wish you were a kid all over […]

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A Tale of Two Birthdays

Walter — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:49:00 +0000

We celebrated two birthdays by two dear nieces this month. As usual, it was a mixture of family fun and chaos when you have multiple kids in a restaurant. There were some uncanny similarities between the two celebrations, which I thought I should highlight. 1) Both the girls’ names start with A – Ariel & […]

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Leapin’ Lions and Rollin’ Dragons

Walter — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:25:00 +0000

As some of you would know, my 3.25 year old son Ethan simply LOVES lion dance performances. He will go into a frenzy, eyes glazed and jaw agape, when he hears the heart pounding bellows of the Chinese drums coupled with the clashing cymbals. Long time readers would probably have seen him doing his own […]

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Bangkok on New Year’s Eve – A First Hand Account

Walter — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:30:00 +0000

Courtesy of AFP/Getty Images My family and I went for a short break recently in Bangkok during the New Year’s Eve and New Year period. Probably one of the few holidays that we will remember for a long time but not for the reasons you imagine. Everybody who has been following the news will know […]

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