I’m so glad my favorite guest writer Stephen’s back again to kick off the new year with a new post on what’s now an old topic — Covid. [Please check out his previous posts here and here] This time it’s an interesting account of a trip he made with his wife to Greece and Turkey … Continue reading Covid controversy in Turkey — a guest post
Hey, welcome back to my occasional guest post series! (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines by scrolling to the bottom of my About page) This year has been a bumper year for me as I was blessed with opportunities to connect with more stay-at-home … Continue reading Guest Post: There’s a “catch” to catching up! One dad’s warning
Hey, welcome back to my occasional guest post series! Now some of you might remember my good friend and fellow dad Stephen from a moving post he contributed to my blog last December. Today I’m pleased to have him back! This time though, the topic is extremely controversial. So if you’re not in the frame … Continue reading Guest post – A fellow dad’s appeal to protect SG
Today, I have the honour to introduce a new guest to my blog. Her name is Sarah Lee-Wong Mayfern, and she’s both a great educator and a wonderful stay home mom. (Click here and here for previous guests’ posts on my blog) Sarah has three kids, including two boys with special needs. Her youngest, a … Continue reading Ahead of Mother’s Day: One stay home mom and her special needs story (Part 1)
I’m so pleased today to introduce a fellow stay home dad and his musings on Children’s Day 2021 (celebrated today in my country). This is also my blog’s very first guest post on parenting! Woo-hoo!! (For more in my blog on parenting, click here) Cliff Tam’s a friend I got to know in June this … Continue reading On Children’s Day: Another stay home dad’s musings
Below’s a love letter from a devoted father to his son. It is the second guest post on my blog (do click here for the first). This is a deeply personal piece from someone I got to know while touring Israel at the end of 2018. I feel deeply humbled and honored he’s allowed me … Continue reading A letter to Seamus — “Son, daddy will be ok.”
Hey glad you came back! Always thankful when readers return. After all, it’s a big ask on my part to make you wait seven days each time before I reveal the complete list of 20 things about writing I learned. After posting my 200th blog! The good news is we’re already halfway done. And by … Continue reading 20 things I learned from 200 blogs (Part 3/4)
Since the start of July, I’ve not been writing after the kids go off to sleep, and it feels both natural and unnatural. Natural because before this year, I never had that discipline, so the ‘me’ right now is also the ‘me’ pre-2020. Unnatural because, since the year 2020 started, I wrote non-stop every night, … Continue reading No more excuses! Be “Consistent” and Write Daily
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In a previous post, I talked about the joys of learning through listening to audio books and podcasts. And how it’s a match made in heaven when you combine them with conventional reading. Of course, the joy is ultimately in the learning, no matter the medium of input. For it’s in the learning that one’s … Continue reading Podcasts that inspire me to write #1/4
