12th Sep 2013

A home for every child

Edmund and I have recently been granted approval to be foster carers. (Foster carers help to take care of children whose next of kin are unable to do so. The...

31st Jul 2013

Thank you Elias, for making me a performer

I have a Grade 8 certificate in piano. But I stopped playing the piano after I got married, because I had left the piano back at my mother’s place. When...

17th Jul 2013

Our Joyalicious June Holiday

As a family, we love to take photos. Photos are the ways by which we remember our lives together. I used to print out 4R photos to keep, and once...

14th Jul 2013

Test and help dyslexic kids early (full version)

Last Sunday, Ms Sandra Davie wrote an article titled “Master reading, maths early for a good start in life” I wrote a letter in response to it, and my letter...

06th Jul 2013

While it is hazy – go the extra mile

Some of you might have seen the video, produced by a young man, about giving out masks and “liang teh” to people, during the haze. Well, his name is Josiah....

19th Jun 2013

Singapore Kindness Day 2013

The Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) very kindly gave “A litter at a time” an award on 31 May 2013, at the inaugural Kindness Day SG, in appreciation of our act of...

14th Jun 2013

Forgive me, for doing everything wrong

I stumbled upon this post, about a young man’s relationship with his stepfather. Reading it as a mother, it made me sad. “She asked me if I thought she was...

24th May 2013

This is your path – walk in it

While catching up on my blogging, I pulled up this song “路要自己走” (You have to walk this path on your own). (The lyrics, English and Chinese, are at the bottom...

21st May 2013

Campervan Travel

We toured South Island, New Zealand from 4 – 18 Dec 2012.  We saw Christchurch, Kaikoura, Greymouth, Franz Josef, Wanaka, Queenstown, Dunedin, Lake Tekapo and Mt Cook. We spent 10 nights...

04th May 2013

Easy breakfast ideas – Guest post

My last breakfast post has been long overdue. The truth is that I am still struggling with breakfast for my children. However, I have people around me whom I can...

24th Apr 2013

We will walk the extra miles together

It was just more than three months ago, that I started my “Extra mile” project. It was to pick up a piece of litter every day. I also started a...

19th Apr 2013

New Zealand, South Island – Overview

My family and I went to New Zealand for the holiday of our lifetime in December 2012. I posted some photos under “This is my Father’s world”. Here are the...