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9 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
10 Things I Learnt About Parenting Parenting has trained me to go with my gut. Shit happens (sometimes literally), and I react before I even completely think about it. Sometimes, I’m amazed at how my instinct prevents a full-blown tantrum. No shit a...
7 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
There comes a point in time when you realise that your children are their own people. That their personalities are distinct from yours. That you heave a sigh of relief because you are not raising little monsters. Though if you are dealing with human...
26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
parenting woes #5 I don’t normally bring work home, but I took childcare leave on Wednesday to take care of my boy who inexplicably developed a raging fever. So I had to do work on Saturday because Spelling Bee finals was next Wednesday and I had 8 t...
11 Aug 2023 2 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei
Someone asked this question on r/askSingapore and I wrote a long and considered response as featured below. Cheers to all long-time suffering parents! — First, I will like to calm your nerves by bringing up the Chinese proverb “家家有本难念的经” (Ev...
8 Jan 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash This is my series about trying to find our footing in Australia. It will no doubt be a series of joy and sadness and struggle... Things will turn out alright? Won't they? We are finally out of our isolation period due to the trav...
6 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Parenting woes #1 There are some truths you don’t figure out unless you become a parent. Here’s one: my child has an uncanny ability to fall sick during my holidays. Yes, I know I’m a teacher and enjoy more protected time than other professions and s...
17 Dec 2021 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
This is my little series on the big move back to Australia. Perhaps I will look back in the future and laugh... or cry!Part 1: Finding a Moving CompanyPast 2: A Slight Travel PanicPart 3: Comparing Crypto Tax Accounting platforms (Cointracking v...
6 Aug 2021 3 minute read 3 comments bengy
It is a weird thing, but in the last week, our youngest has become completely obsessed about finding a coconut and drinking from it. She keeps saying that she had seen it on Gigantasaurous (a dinosaur TV series that she was was a huge fan of ove...
9 Nov 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
In a particularly frustrating moment, I threw caution to the wind and wrote about my struggles as a father: https://stacker.news/items/304937/r/cryotosensei. I didn’t expect many Stackers to read it actually, so I was floored and bowled over by the o...
15 Dec 2021 6 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Being a parent can be a bit like being the support/utility player for a team... you make sure that everything is in place and working smoothly... but you get none of the credit/glory... or any of the fun! Anyway, today was one of...
