Manila

Taiwan and Tai-two

December 13, 2009 Manila

I am not sure how it started, but we were at Greenbelt 3, Makati yesterday for lunch at the Recipe. After lunch, Nina was talking to my friend, Angel, about going to Taiwan. And being a 4 year old, Nina heard Taiwan as “Tai-One” and then she said … “Tai-one, Tai-two?” Rannie and I were [...]

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Giggle and Wiggle

May 24, 2009 Manila
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Nina and Mommy

May 24, 2009 Manila

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.  ~Author Unknown

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Leaving Manila

October 19, 2008 Manila

It’s exactly 12pm on Sunday, 19 October 2008 when I started writing this. It’s exactly 6 hours before our flight back to Singapore this evening. And I am writing this with a heavy heart. We first touched down in Manila on 11 August 2006 and after 2 years and 2 months, we are heading back [...]

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Nina’s wishes

October 18, 2008 Manila

During breakfast at the Fraser 31st floor earlier this morning (I didn’t join, I was still sleeping as I just got home at 4am after packing up my stuffs in the office), Nina played with her fireball and the conversation with her mommy went like this: Nina: “Mommy, let’s make a wish” (She knocked her [...]

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Playing Mime

October 15, 2008 Manila

We had dinner at my friend’s place at Fraser. Nina played mime together with cici Elena, auntie Christine and auntie Sol. They would take turn to act and whoever watching would guess what the act was. Nina did a number of acts, couple of them were quite impressive to me considering her age. She did [...]

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Nina wants a real baby sister

October 14, 2008 Manila

Nina and her mommy had a conversation this morning during breakfast. Nina: “Mommy, Nina mau baby sister” Nina: “but, the real one” (and then Nina did a rocking motion using her two hands, showing how she would carry and rock the baby) Mommy: “Babynya mau dikasih nama apa?” Nina: “Baby Nelly” Mommy: “Nanti kalo babynya [...]

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