My faithful Fujitsu laptop of 4 years is showing signs of a breakdown.
Sigh...time to burn a hole in my pocket. Unless someone is willing to write me a cheque to the tune of $3k?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Trying my faith
Faith seems to be going through a delayed terrible two at four. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have it in me to discipline her in a proper manner. Anyway, Wifey got fed up with the whole situation and broke down.
Kids, you can't understand them fully once you become an adult. Maybe that accounts for the perennial existence of a gap between generations. Funny thing is, we neither consider ourselves to be good parents nor do we want to be. But this is a responsibility thrust upon everyone with kids. Perhaps that's the way things are in this world, never having a true say in the circumstances.
So much for free will. I never believed in it for a moment. By the way, it's Faith's birthday today.
OK, back to the movie I was watching...
Kids, you can't understand them fully once you become an adult. Maybe that accounts for the perennial existence of a gap between generations. Funny thing is, we neither consider ourselves to be good parents nor do we want to be. But this is a responsibility thrust upon everyone with kids. Perhaps that's the way things are in this world, never having a true say in the circumstances.
So much for free will. I never believed in it for a moment. By the way, it's Faith's birthday today.
OK, back to the movie I was watching...
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Birthday parties
Birthday parties for kids are pretty similar. Lots of noise, crying, and a cake poked by too many little fingers before the candles are blown. Not to mention sleepy dads grabbing sofa space like it's prime real estate...
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Faith + Joy = 4 + 2
Happy birthdays to my two beautiful girls...
Thanks to Daniel & UV for the photos.
Thanks to Daniel & UV for the photos.
The pendulum
Logged on to the website of the Dept of Biological Sciences, NUS. It seems that they've hired more faculty specialising in Ecology.
So much for the dark years when biodiversity researchers were left out of the mainstream.
In 1984-ville, it seems, even academia is subjected to the pendulum of fashionability. When will they get it in their heads that people, especially the nutty ones who'd crawl through some hole full of bat guano, do things out of passion and not for the promise of well-paid job.
So much for the dark years when biodiversity researchers were left out of the mainstream.
In 1984-ville, it seems, even academia is subjected to the pendulum of fashionability. When will they get it in their heads that people, especially the nutty ones who'd crawl through some hole full of bat guano, do things out of passion and not for the promise of well-paid job.
Monday, November 02, 2009
The weather in Shanghai
So the locals tell me that there are only 2 seasons in Shanghai: summer and winter.
Had a taste of what it means over the past 24 hours. It was 28 degrees yesterday and it will be 9 degrees tonight. And I hear there's heavy snowfall on Beijing.
Crazy.
The kids are enjoying it though...
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Whole wheat bread with peanut butter
Brown Rice
Stir-fried bean curd with minced meat
Stir-fried lettuce with dried shrimp
Had a taste of what it means over the past 24 hours. It was 28 degrees yesterday and it will be 9 degrees tonight. And I hear there's heavy snowfall on Beijing.
Crazy.
The kids are enjoying it though...
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Whole wheat bread with peanut butter
Brown Rice
Stir-fried bean curd with minced meat
Stir-fried lettuce with dried shrimp
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