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Family Matters

Tribute To Women This International Women’s Day

8 March 2010
Mom

t seems that it’s been women who’ve had a very important influence at the various cross-roads of my life. This post is dedicated to these different women as well as all the women in my life to mark International Women’s Day 2010.
My Mom was a key figure through my youth as she constantly pushed me [...]

Tagged as: international women's day, women

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Singlish is part of Singapore’s heritage and history. Respect it for what it is.

23 February 2010
Aunty Ying And Dad

The following was written by my dad who also wrote Singapore’s first geography textbook. This article was published in the Straits Times on 5 August 2006.

s a son of Singapore, I grew up with Singaporean English, “catching spiders and playing gasing (top).” In the ‘60s and ‘70s, I was a school teacher in Singapore. [...]

Tagged as: Language, Lion City, Singlish, Story of English

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Chinese New Year Decorations, Traditions & Legends

11 February 2010
CNY_decor_3

Last year it was pink blossoms adorning the corner of the living room as well as red and purple lanterns hanging here and there in the house. This year I came back home from my ten day Singapore trip and I was greeted by potted plants & red banners, red blossoms in the living , [...]

Tagged as: Chinese New Year, CNY, Legend Of The Nian, traditions

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Silly Conversations #002

15 January 2010

Jerm says: so i meet u at 6.30 later at Plaza Sing?
we grab a quick one at the food court then go watch the movie?
Robin says:
tu peux parler en francais?
Robin says:
a quick one?
but too quick how to grab
it will run away
taken from our daily exchange of nonsense
Robin says:
I can’t run
I have bad feet
Robin says:
although I [...]

Tagged as: bad feet, nonsense, robin goh

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The Karma Of Being A Painful Kid

22 November 2009

From all accounts by my folks and various other relatives, I was quite a handful when I was a kid. Stories of me scheming to lower cousins down to the ground floor from the second storey using a woven basket and bedsheets make me laugh along with memories of screaming at the top of [...]

Tagged as: parenting

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