When kids were babes to their toddler years we had an airpot so that we have constant hot water. Once they stopped taking formula milk we switched to an electric kettle and have been using that until our recent reno and we installed a water filter that dispenses hot and cold water. I still have my e...

Maybe by surname Lor. Huang (hypy) is Ng in hokkien or Wong in Cantonese. Certainly the future offsprings follow their predecessors in their surname? New citizens not sure maybe ICA can check their origin? Ng can be Teochew as well. Tan can also be Hokkien or Teochew. And there are those who only h...

Grandparents these days are also English or Mandarin speaking.

Only my paternal grandma spoke dialect to us when she was still alive. My maternal grandparents spoke English to us. My parents speak English to our kids also.

My ovens are my warmers. I put finished dishes in the oven while I cook other dishes or wash up. Come dinner time food is not piping hot but still warm. For me, steamed fish will always be the last to be cooked and served immediately once it is done. Veg and stirfries need not be piping hot when ser...

If you have a microwave oven and don't mind cooking using microwave, you can use it for steaming.

They wear bedroom slippers so their bare feet don't touch the floor. You wear bedroom slipper so you do not feel the floor.

I have always felt that whether the guy/girl is good for them or not, kiddos will have to figure out themselves. I will of course give my opinions about their characters but I will not be the one to say break off. They have to make the decision themselves. I will put my foot down though if the perso...

Bought the washing machine yesterday but delivery can only be done on Wednesday. They could have delivered as early as tonight but problem is my estate will not allow any delivery trucks in after 6pm. Management office is closed already when I went to get the machine so no way for me to make that ar...

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Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:30 am

She’s a chilli padi and she needs someone gentle to tolerate her hahaha……..

Same same. DD is all over the place and can be impulsive. So this boy with his easy going nature can tolerate her nonsense but he is also quite down to earth and cautious so can temper some of her impulsivity.

The question to ask is whether this is just while he's on his "best behaviour", or whether it is really part of his nature? Hard to know in the early days, I guess. I think this boy is genuine. He is not putting on his 'best behaviour' just to get into our good books. DD knew him since Sec sch and ...