September 15, 2015 8 Capturing childhood memories Last week as we were eating dinner, Miss Chu suddenly asked “What bowls did we used to eat from in [...]
September 8, 2015 4 Singapore’s squeeze on family life “Mummy, why does Daddy have to work on the weekend?” Miss Chu piped up in the car on the way to church [...]
September 1, 2015 6 Snacks of Singapore A post by Miss Chu: When I got to Singapore we couldn’t find some of the snacks that I like eating. We [...]
September 1, 2015 8 Mandarin: Our foreign mother-tongue It’s been well documented that Mandarin Chinese is the hardest language in the world to learn for native [...]
August 25, 2015 3 e-city: Singapore loves its tech The other day we sat ourselves down at a Japanese sushi bar and after waiting several minutes, I flagged down [...]
August 18, 2015 7 Becoming Singaporean Step 1: Enrol in local school. The girls enjoyed Singapore’s recent nationwide celebrations marking 50 years of independence. Miss Chu [...]
August 12, 2015 8 A bit of playground fun Blast from the past: this was me in a typical Singapore 80s playground! It looks so boring to my kids but I [...]
August 11, 2015 0 The Enrichment Zone What is an Enrichment Zone? To me, enrichment sounds like something you do to bread with a few eggs and extra [...]
August 11, 2015 0 Three things about life in Singapore so far… 1. After 18 years of complaining about the weather in Scotland we are, er, still complaining about the [...]
August 11, 2015 0 Hello from Singapore Time flies! We’re over a month into our Return to Singapore, and we’re settling in pretty well, [...]