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A Funky Monkey and Busy Bee

Walter — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:41:00 +0000

As part of his graduation ceremony, Ethan recently performed two items at his childcare centre Learning by the Park. Ethan is the boy in the green T-shirt with a shark on it wearing long red pants. The first above is a segment from the song “Funky Monkey”. The second segment above is one where the […]

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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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Just Play

Walter — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:28:00 +0000

Ethan recently had fun at our neighbourhood playground with two older kids Shaun and Amu who are brothers. Watching them leaping and laughing, slipping and sliding, and generally having a great time was pretty therapeutic for me too. If only adults like us can learn how to completely let go and have fun, I believe […]

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Primitive Love

Walter — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:27:00 +0000

Female fly: “Hey there is this kid pointing at us at the playground. Errr…. don’t you think we should be more discreet?” Male fly: “Who cares? I don’t think they are old enough to understand!” Female fly: “Oh man…. the kid’s daddy is taking photos of us now! Aarrgh… we will be all over the […]

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The Secret Chemistry between Kids and Animals

Walter — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:05:00 +0000

Ethan petting Coffee and Sugar, two absolutely adorable King Charles spaniels. Two weeks ago, we visited our favourite outdoor haunt which is the Botanic Gardens. While I went jogging around the tranquil park, my wife and son met this friendly couple who allowed Ethan to walk and play with their two toy dogs “Sugar” and […]

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What Monster Lies Within…

Walter — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:52:00 +0000

… the shutters of this vacant shop outlet at Central ©, the spanking new Japanese themed shopping centre along Hill Street? Hmmm, anybody want to guess? Is it… The spectre of poor sales. b) The beast of bankruptcy. c) The creature of customer indifference. or d) The demon of “don’t know about this place”.

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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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Happy Year of the Ham

Walter — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Ethan wishes you “Gong Xi Fa Cai, Xin Nian Kuai Le!” Here’s wishing all my friends, family members and readers a very “pork”-sperous Chinese New Year full of “ham”-some harvests, sausage days, pigging out, fat returns, and endless opportunities to go the whole hog! In the wise words of the 40th President of the United […]

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VivoCity Adventures

Walter — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:38:00 +0000

We recently went to VivoCity together with my parents, my niece Mandy and nephew Isaac. While we generally enjoyed ourselves, the entire experience would have been a lot better if certain attention to customer details were made. For a start, the air-conditioning was butt freezingly cold, and exiting from the carpark took eons. Our first […]

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Ethan Turns Three!

Walter — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:09:00 +0000

Ethan with Mummy, Papa and the castle cake (cake three) at Suki Sushi Ethan turned three on 27 Nov this year. While most pre-schoolers’ idea of a birthday party is one celebrated in their school, Ethan wanted his birthday party to be in a restaurant with a big cake. Last week he started asking for […]

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