Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Wow. It's our second time attending Night Festival and first time into Peranakan Museum. All of us had so much fun. 7pm: We met at Bras Basah MRT and came out from EXIT A. We headed to Kopitiam to have our dinner. 8pm: We headed to Peranakan Museum along Armenian Street and it's only 5 minutes walk. The whole facade is so well kept and looked so majestic. We went in and was so amazed by the culture of Nyonyas and Babas in the past. They really took pride in their own culture, their gifts, way of life, dressing, food and also their bedroom! And alot of them are actually lost in the dilution of modern culture. Josh loved the telephone section whereby they displayed three old phone designs and it's quite cute because they have people talking! We went pass National museum and the whole area turned into a party. So beautiful and there is a lady, tied to a crane, and danced in circles, moving just like an angel. Time passed very fast, soon it's 10pm and we headed ho...

What a post. My wife and I realized that actually quite a number of people are quite lost in their lives. In the sense that once they graduate, they went to work, not liking what they are doing. I'm saying some, not all. And that led to the birth of quite a few successful SMEs who set up their own business, daring to step out and venture their own. Initially there are a lot of try and errors, but they managed to make it through. A good one is Brownice. We frequent this ice cream restaurant and they serve vegan ice cream. Tastes very good and my children and wife love it so much. Wendy, the boss of Brownice has the passion to help those lactose intolerance people to taste ice cream. Hence she created Singapore's very own first vegan ice cream! Do go and try if you are free. Visit their website at www.brownice.com Then you may ask. What is my new found passion? One will definitely find new passion in life but I feel that he should dare to try it. If it works and you fee...

Well I recently chanced to know that an acquaintance of mine got jailed due to imposing himself onto three school boys a few years back. He scored good results but later found out that he is suffering from depression and just wanted to perform the act. He came from a single parent family. Actually I feel that one should have both parents to support the upbringing of a child. And both parents have different roles to play in a family. If one is not there for a long time, it will actually be an unbalanced equation. It certainly takes two hands to clap and I feel that the guy's actions are partially due to the parents' decision to separate. Currently, both Eve and I will spend time teaching Josh what is the correct things to say and of course, we are educating him about what is 'penis' and 'vagina'. And if there is bound to meet someone who touches his private part, he must let us know immediately. Children are really very direct people and if you ask them, ...

Well Josh has officially turned 3 and on 20th August, we invited my father in law over for dinner and we also bought a small four leaves cake -- Classic chocolate. And the funny thing is that everyone is so happy! Josh and Kate sat patiently on their table as we prepared the cake and when we sang the song, everyone clapped! Eve and I came a conclusion: actually there is no need to get a large cake. A small piece to be shared by the 6 of us are actually more than enough.

How to celebrate child's 3rd birthday? We have actually thought that is it wise to get new toys for Josh? Or a birthday cake for Josh? Either way, we didn't follow any of these ideas this year. We feel that we should actually celebrate for the parents (us) instead for taking care of him! Ha! We planned out a BBQ for him and its for our very own family members! And it's very successful!! We did it at my father in law's art studio at 10 Kampung Eunos and the whole environment and weather is just right for BBQ! I set up the fire place and later on, we took turn to BBQ and Josh and Kate had their fair share of fun. Our grandmother was present and both our parents too. My sister and Roy came along and that made the whole event so enjoyable. We prepared the whole BBQ equipment and the food too. Here is the list: Food list ---------- Salmon (300g) Cod fish (300g) 2 squids 20 prawns 1kg of big clams Lean pork meat sliced (300g) 30 Satay sticks from Adam Road...

Well now my boy is in the growing stage and at times he knew that he should do the correct things but he chose the otherwise. Eg he pushed Kate down, because he didn't want her to touch the table. I told him off and even brought him into the room and he was there alone crying. I asked him again whether he can push Kate and he said no. Sometimes I wonder am I patient enough with him actually because at times, he really just want to test my patience. And especially when I have quite a few tasks to do and he refused to cooperate, I reached my tipping point. Eve will later commented on me to hug him and kiss him after that. She's the neutralizer in the family. Sometimes I wonder do people actually understand what we are going through. Gathering ------------ Yesterday has a fun time with my community service club friends at my place. Had pizzas, made vegetable dish. The rest brought curry puffs, popiah, chicken nuggets, drinks, fruits and fruit wine. And all of us enjoyed th...

Well I have been thinking about what are the purpose of us humans living on earth. We keep polluting and polluting and it seems that the conservation effort to save the planet is elusive. My wife and I have been thinking that these two years, we concentrate on settling our mortgage loan and we may intend to go for a holiday for a year!! Woohoo!! Ain't it exciting?! Quite looking forward to it. But of course we have to ask some of our friends who are currently overseas as to how they did it. Exercise ---------- This is something that I did not do for the past two weeks and I really feel very bad about it. I just came back from my 1230am jog and I tell you, the feeling is very good. No one looking at you and I simply jog and I feel so at ease. Did static stations and honestly, I feel I should exercise daily. Cater at least thirty minutes for myself. Night jogging is good as you get to have time all by yourself and take time to reflect on what are the things you can do for ...