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Melt in Your Mouth Pineapple Tarts at Cousin C’s Birthday Party
My aunt made the best ever pineapple tarts from scratch and they were gone in seconds. The pineapple jam filling was made from real pineapple and not the store-bought jam. The buttery pastry was crumbly and melted in your mouth. … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Aunt, Bakerzin, BBQ, birthday cake, birthday party, chicken, Cousin, culture, family, Food, fortune cookies, happiness, homemade, Life, Living, Lo Hei, oranges, party, personal, photography, photos, pineapple tarts, prawns, pretty, relatives, Singapore, Singapore Pictionary, strawberry shortcake, The Raffles Lighthouse
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Asian Kid Self-Censorship Syndrome
I was emailing my cousin D an SNL clip on YouTube, that was a little raunchy. In my email I confessed that I would have put the video on the blog if my mum, aunts and uncles were not a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged Asian, asian kids, Asian parents, culture, family, funny, grandmother, Indian, Life, Living, movies, nudity, parents, personal, R rated, self-censorship, sexy, Singapore, SNL, society, TV
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Feeling Giddy with Happiness on New Year’s Day
After my dreary post on New Year’s eve, I went over to my aunt’s place for our annual family New Year’s eve party and had a blast! We talked about strange things like the Mayan prediction that the world is … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 2012, aunts, BBQ, butterfly, Cousin, cousins, culture, death, family, Food, garlic bread, grief, happiness, lemon meringue pie, Life, Living, love, Mayan prediction, New Year, party, personal, photography, photos, uncles
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Babytard in Singapore
Well, sorry to disappoint – the cutest toddler and her family are not in Singapore. It’s actually just Babytard (the sweetest tot ever) being thrown in the air by dad Shaycarl, on the new James Blunt CD, Some Kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged babytard, CD, cute, family, goodness, happiness, happy, James Blunt, James Blunt CD, mummytard, price, princesstard, shaycarl, Shaytards, Singapore, some kind of trouble, sontard, Wholesome
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The Shaytard Episode Where Poor Mummytard Breaks Her Nose
This is a funny one. It’s the one where Sontard accidentally breaks Mummytard’s nose. The funny bit is when Shay asks sontard if he feels bad and he starts crying. You feel so sorry till you realize he’s crying because … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged breaks her nose, Callie, cute, family, funny, henna, Life, Little India, Living, mummytard, Shaytards, Singapore, sontard, travel, Video, vlog, women, YouTube
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When Shaycarl was Skinny and Princesstard was a Baby
If you’re a recent Shaytard fan and haven’t seen the older videos, this will be quite a treat. It was for me as I am now quite addicted to this channel. It also makes me wonder is having so many … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged 2007, babytard, cute, Entertainment, family, happiness, old photos, older videos, pretty, princesstard, shaycarl, Shaytards, skinny, skinny Shay, sontard, The Shaytards, toddlers, Video, YouTube
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The One Thing I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self
The one thing I wish I could tell my younger self would be not related to my career, education or money errors, but just this – to not take my father for granted and to have treasured him when I … Continue reading
Paris Jackson Tells Oprah that Michael was the Best Dad and Made the Best French Toast
In a really sweet video Paris and Prince talk about what it’s like being at school after being home-schooled all their lives. Paris is such a calm, highly articulate and intelligent young girl. She’s so beautiful too and seems to … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Blanket, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, children, cute, dad, Entertainment, family, father, father's love, interview, Katherine, Life, Living, love, Michael Jackson, Oprah, Paris, Paris Jackson, people, pretty, Prince, TV, Video, YouTube
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Insomniac Breakfast: Shaytard Vlog from May 2009
Please indulge me. I really like the Shaytards and since I only recently discovered this kooky lovable family, I was trawling their channel for some old videos and I came upon a classic one. Princesstard is so cute in this … Continue reading
How We Celebrated Deepavali 2010 – Feasting
Kolam made with coloured rice and powder. In India they use traditional clay oil lamps, but tea candles were used here. Murruku – deep fried and savoury. Imagine pretzels with indian spices. Rose flavoured acchu murukku – a variation of … Continue reading
Deepavali Never Seemed as Exciting as Christmas
Felt like re-blogging (with a few edits) what I posted half a year ago because tomorrow is the 5th of November and I’ll be celebrating Deepavali in Singapore. As a child I had always been fascinated by Christmas. Santa Claus, … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Celebration, Christmas, culture, customs, Deepavali, diwali, family, festival, happiness, Happy Deepavali, Happy Diwali, hindu, Life, Living, meaning, personal, photography, photos, significance, Singapore
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The Shaytard Family Made Even More Famous by James Blunt
I never imagined that I would one day be a fan of a self proclaimed, obnoxious, 30 year old mormon dad who lives in Idaho and who posts videos of his four kids (all under 7), wife, sister, mother and … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged American, babies, baby, babytard, before, Celebrities, comedy, culture, cute, Entertainment, family, famous, funny, James Blunt, James Blunt CD, James Blunt cover, Life, personal, real, Reality, rocktard, shaycarl, shaytard, slim Shaycarl, sweet, traffic, Video, views, vlog, without beard, younger, YouTube
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Happy Birthday Uncle
I wanted to wish my dear uncle (A) a Happy Birthday today, but the whole day long I just could not find the words. It’s because he’s so special that what I write just seems trivial and does not capture … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged birthday, childhood, family, Happy Birthday Uncle, Life, Living, personal, uncle
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You are My Sunshine
Lost my cousin recently and I sang this song softly to him when I was deeply missing him, but couldn’t continue each time, because it always choked me up. When I think of him, I think of yellow and the … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged Anne Murray, beautiful, childhood, Cousin, cry, death, Elizabeth Mitchell, family, grief, happy, Healing, Life, Missing, music, sad, song, sunshine, sweet, women, you are my sunshine
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My Aunt Bakes: National Day Cake and Sugee Cake
My Aunt is such a wonderful baker. Well, she’s actually a teacher by profession but her true love is cooking and baking. She doesn’t sell her cakes or anything but does it with love for her family, and always surprises us … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Aunt, aunty, Bake, Bakes, Baking, Burgher, Burgher People, cake, cakes, ceylonese, Cooking, Decoration, family, Food, Life, love, National Day, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, Sri Lanka
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Video of Maddox Slapping Pax and Angelina in Mum Mode
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ9aII83nyE] Pax seems to have been saying “konichiwa” before he got slapped in the mouth! It’s strange that something that happens in just seconds can produce so many photos. That’s the power that hollywood has over us mere mortals. Angelina … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Angelina Jolie, Angelina scolding Maddox, children, cute, Entertainment, family, hitting, Japan, Jolie-Pitt, kids, Maddox, Maddox slapping Pax, Narita, Narita Airport, Pax, Salt, Shiloh, slapping, Tokyo, Video, Zahara
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My Definition of Family
Since I need to inject some new life into my blog, I thought I should start sharing information about the little trips I have taken. I will start, in my next post, with my last trip which was taken … Continue reading
I Miss Old Fashioned Cream Cakes
I was craving for an old fashioned cream cake, but the one sold at Toast Box was quite a disappointment. It looked promising, but turned out to be not at all like the jellied butter cream cakes sold by the … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged 70's, blog, blogging, cakes, childhood, cream cakes, family, Food, grandma, grandmother, hougang mall, Life, Living, memories, Nostalgia, Old fashioned cream cakes, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, toast box
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Happy Birthday Darling Cousin
It’s my cousin’s birthday tomorrow and I feel like such a bad cousin. She is too far away to visit and I should have sent her a personalized greeting card by mail like I’ve been yapping about, but not put … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 2nd July, beautiful, beauty, birthday, celebrity birthdays, Cousin, family, famous birthdays, Happy Birthday Cousin, Larry David, Life, Lindsay Lohan, love, memories, Nostalgia, personal, shares your birthday
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Why I Love The Shaytards Vlog
Out of all the crap on YouTube there are some gems. One of them is the Shaytard Family where the father Shay Carl invites you into the life of his family. It’s a bit like the reality show, Jon and … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged babytard, Celebrities, comedy, cute, cutest, family, funny, happy, Humor, mummytard, positivity, princesstard, sontard, The Shaytards, Video, vlog, YouTube
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French Girl in a Singapore Household: Culture Shock
It’s so cool that I have a French relative, and I am learning so much from her. I was chatting with C the other day and asked her how she adapted so well to living in Singapore. I wanted her … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged bangles, blogging, ceylonese, culture, culture shock, ethnicity, expat, expatriate, family, French, French girl, Indian, interracial, Life, Living, people, personal, photography, pink bangles, relationships, Singapore, Singaporean, travel
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Don’t Let Your Job Define You
You’ve probably met them. The executive who brags about their job. The great company they work for. Every conversation revolves around how hard they are working and even though they secretly relish how indispensible they are. Sadly, I used to … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged corporate, death, define, family, hell, job, jobless, Life, passion, retirement, retrenchment, work
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