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Wattamolla Beach 2021
A quick getaway from the city with our friends today as we visited Wattamolla Beach. …
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Year-end
Our 2012 Year-end break
Here's a log of our activities from 22 December to 6 January. 22 Dec (Saturday) …
Daddy's Toys
Bye Berlina, Hello Odyssey!
The past week or so, I have been spending a lot of time on gumtree looking for a 7-sea…
Birthdays
Ethan's 4th Birthday
Simple was the theme of this year's celebration of Ethan's birthday. No partie…
Funny
Please be careful with my heart
Nanay is very much engrossed with the ABS-CBN Teleserye Please Be Careful With My Hear…
Nanay
Health Undertaking process
I mentioned before that Nanay was asked to sign a Health Undertaking form in place of…
Nanay's visa
Finally, Nanay's visa!
So happy!
Ethan stories
The Chicka Boom Boom song
Ethan grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and handed it to Lani, asking her to write. T…
Funny
Cook the food...
Conversation in the car today. Me : Ethan you're so fat na. You're like a pi…
Ethan's chatter
Ate, your house is broken
Every weekday for the past 4 months we've been bringing Ethan to bro Denmark Serra…
Nanay
The agonising wait for Nanay's visa
I've shared recently of our heartbreak when we were informed that Nanay's 457 …
Life
The boy who can't climb... no more!
I'm just a proud and happy father. Today, as we're playing at the Harris Park…
Funny
what makes you happy?
With matching pout on his lips, Ethan told me "Daddy, I'm so sad. But if …
Learning the Aussie way
Pregnancy in Australia
For the benefit of those who are also new to the country, here's a quick step-by-…
Baby Bunny
First OB visit
Thursday, 8 November, was our first visit to our OB - Dr. Maria Cerez-Magnaye. Such a …
Funny
Little pervert
While crying after a long paluan session, Ethan went to hug Lani and placed his hand …
Parenting
If I die...
While in the car this afternoon, Ethan asked a very difficult question. "Daddy,…
Funny
A bad word
Ethan is a fond of Youtube. He watches videos all the time, be it on his iPad, our iPh…
Funny
The cupboard!
Ethan: Daddy, where am I hiding? Me: In the cabinet Ethan: No, I'm in the cupboa…
XBOX
NBA everywhere
Ain't this grand! I can now watch NBA on my computer, iPad, iPhone, and just today…
Migrating to Canada
O Canada! Here we come???
An unexpected yet pleasant surprise came in the mail this morning - a letter from Citi…
Nanay
Sad news - No visa for nanny
Terrible news we received today, our application for Nanay's 457 dependent Visa wa…
Life
Ooopppsss, we did it again!
Yup, we did it again. The same thing that had me starting this blog is happening again…
Occasions
Flowers + Card = 50-inch TV
Last friday, 21 September 2012, was our 10th wedding anniversary. Lani and I decided…
Funny
Ethan's English
Since he was born, English was the only language we used when talking to Ethan. So nat…
Funny
Do I look like Mommy?
Whenever we put on this shirt on Ethan, he asks the question "Do I look like Mom…
Life
Longanisa is the new hotdog
When we were still in Singapore, Ethan only knew one meal - Hotdog, Rice, and Egg. He …
Trips & Holidays
Blue Mountains again, after 8 years
It's been a long 8 years since we last went to Blue Mountains, a trip that made us…
Learning the Aussie way
First things first
These are the things that, as new migrants to Australia, you would want to do within t…
Iglesia Ni Cristo
Finally letting go... of my alarms.
Two and a half months since we relocated to Sydney and I finally got the will to remov…
Tips
Finding parking in Sydney (City)
Parking - just like Internet or traffic fines - are terribly expensive in Sydney. If y…
Learning the Aussie way
Internet is gold 2
I thought our Internet saga was about to end, but guess what, it was just starting. …
Learning the Aussie way
Internet is gold
This is what you should remember when in Australia - internet is very very very expens…
Life
New House = Shopping!
So the buying frenzy had already started! Lani is not happy of course. We've jus…
Tips
Australia - Driving on a 457
Posting this up in case someone else find it useful. Here's bit of my experience…
House Hunting
Our humble abode
Just got a call from the agent, we got the house that we wanted! Yey! It's the …
Learning the Aussie way
15 houses in a day, whew!
Yup, we went to view 15 houses/unit today. Started the day with worship service at …
Daddy's Toys
Our new car - 2003 Holden Berlina VY Sedan
We went to North Parramatta on Tuesday hoping to get to one of the car yards to buy…
Life
Home, Sweet, (Temporary) Home
Just arrived in Sydney at 10:10am today. Took the cab straight to North Sydney to ou…
Oh well
A broken iPhone, again
My iPhone's broken again, arrrggggghhhh! Just got back from from sending Nanay a…
Trips & Holidays
Goodbye SG, Hello AU!
The new adventure starts today. At 12:35midnight tonight, we will be on our way to Syd…
Life
Visa timelines
Yey, we just got our Visas! They are 457 Long Stay Business Visas that let us work a…
Toys
New toy for Mommy! Or was it really?
Lani's birthday is coming up (in like 15 days, hehehe), so I got her a gift - a N…
Australia
Australia - new role
The past few weeks have been a drag. No update whatsoever on the Australia job, and I …
Trips & Holidays
Hello, Sydney!
Just came back from a week and half visit to our Sydney office. The purpose of the tr…
Australia
OMG, we're going down under!!!
I'm sooo happy! Just came out of the meeting room after a 45-min telephone intervi…
Toys
FaceTime all the time
So I did say that we got an iPod Touch for Ethan and that I was trying to create a Fa…
Trips & Holidays
We go to playground!
The past Chinese New Year was a great opportunity for us - our family - to bond and re…
Toys
New Ipod Touch 4 for Ethan!
The point of JR giving us an iPhone was so that I don't have to settle on the LG P…
Toys
New Iphone 4 for Mommy
Courtesy of our dear friend, JR Mundin, Lani now has switched to Apple. She's no l…
Daddy's Toys
Seiko yata yan! Tumatagaaaaalllllllllllllllllll.....
I haven't worn a watch in a long time. Very very long time, as in years. And I am…
School
Ethan's First Day of School
Ethan attended his first day in school today. He's been excited about this his who…
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