With Christmas not too far away (well in 1.5 months time), I toyed with the idea of getting a Christmas tree. In fact, I had already selected the model and tree I want (the great thing about the internet, you can find whatever you want) and even sent the picture to Dave. The tree was…
I have been shopping online for the longest since. Amazon, ebay, taobao, gmarket, Redmart, you name it. I have shopped on both international sites as well as local sites. International sites simply because I could only get those products on those sites, and they are not available locally. Local sites mainly for grocery shopping, and…
One of the basis of minimalism is to live minimally, with the essentials. Stocking up of stuff doesn’t seem to go in line with minimalism. Is that really the case? Personally I think it depends.
Before we embarked on our home remodelling project, a few friends of ours told us this “Get your carpenter to help you build up more storage. With a kid around, you’ll need that”. It wasn’t just one friend who said this. Quite a few in fact. I told this to Dave and his immediate reply…
Friends and readers living in Singapore would have seen this piece of news. Yes a very tragic accident. An eleven year-old boy committed suicide over his exam results. Apparently, he did not manage to hit the minimum grades that his parents set out for him, and that fear of being reprimanded or something else probably…
In a friend’s post on facebook the other day, he wrote, “Life is a process….”. I then commented “I think life is more like a chain of episodes, each one playing out a different part of your lifetime.” He then replied by saying “Depending on individual, some would call it a journey”.
I had a conversation the other day with a relative. Here’s what it is in essence: Relative: My boss had to work from home a couple of days back. Guess what’s the reason? Me: I guess it could be to babysit a child or something? (since this is the most often used reason for myself when…
I came across an article titled “Parenting dilemma in the digital age” the other day. As the title suggests, basically the article discusses the dilemma of parenting nowadays with the proliferation of digital and mobile devices, and how we manage the children’s expectations and “wants” to these stuff, especially coupled with peer pressure. In this case,…
The below post was shared by a popular Singaporean actor, Thomas Ong, on his facebook post. His post resonated strongly with me, hence I am sharing this. I am posting this in it’s entirety. ********** As we grow up, and hence wiser, we slowly realize that wearing a $300 or a $30.00 watch – –…
Minimalism is not all just about having less, its about having more. Personally for me, it’s having more time to do things that matters to me. One of the first things that comes to my mind is how do I add value to other people’s life. Starting this blog with Kate to share our experience…