NZ South Island – Christchurch, Kaikoura, Greymouth (Day 1-3)
Day 1 We arrived at Christchurch at 10:35am. We were supposed to pick up the Campervan from Britz immediately, but due to a misunderstanding, we had to wait a few hours. We...
NZ South Island – Franz Josef, Wanaka, Queenstown (Day 4-5)
Day 4 We gave the children donuts for breakfast as we needed to make an early start. We started our drive to Franz Josef at 8:30am. We reached Franz Josef...
NZ South Island – Wanaka, Queenstown (Day 6)
Day 6 When we woke up the next morning, we saw how beautiful our surroundings were. As usual, Samuel was the first to wake up. He went to feed the...
NZ South Island – Dunedin (Day 7-8)
Day 7 We got up and drove off early – at 8:30am. 8:50am We stopped over at the Clyde Dam. It is the largest concrete dam in New Zealand. I have...
NZ South Island – Otago Peninsula, Lake Tekapo, Mt Cook (Day 9-10)
Day 9 We drove to the Otago Peninsula and visited the Albatross Colony the next morning. The view was beautiful. We did not see any Albatross (we did not want...
NZ South Island – Christchurch (Day 11-14)
Day 11 We started our drive back to Christchurch at 8:30am, stopped for petrol at 9:30am, and packed a BK lunch at 11:30am. After travelling more than 300 km, we...
谢谢你，对不起。Thank you, and Sorry.
This is written, in appreciation for, and as a tribute to Chinese teachers. Yet this story has a sad ending. I really appreciate the children’s Chinese teachers. It is not...
听妈妈的话 – Jay Chou
My son shared with me another song yesterday. It is a Chinese song by Jay Chou. It is lovely, and touched my heart, all the more because my son was...
My two minute of fame
Woah, guess what, I am actually the “Singaporean of the Day”. Thanks to my litter-picking initiative. Here’s the video. Actually, honestly, I do not think that what I did was...
Happiness, prosperity and progress for the nation
I recently read an article by Jeremy Z Muller (Capitalism and Inequality) which describes well what I feel is wrong with society today. The key sentence is this :- “The...
Neither too little nor too much
I have some thoughts about the issue of “over-preparing” children for P1. There are three characteristics of a typical parent:- a) Parents are expected to meet the child’s needs. If...
Come picnic with us!
We love picnics. We picnic with friends. We picnic even more as a family. We do it both in the day, and in the night. Now that the children are...
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