When I was a kid, my sister MADE me a story book. She wrote and drew every single thing in it, and looking back, it’s one of the most precious thing she has ever done for me. She was so good to me! Love you Jie Jie.

To see inside the book…

When I was younger, my sister used to tell me I was picked up from the rubbish bin. Here’s a birthday card from her I found in my memory box, sent to me when she was studying in Melbourne.

*I had to blur the family nickname given to me to save myself from public humiliation for the rest of my life!

Perhaps it’s because we’re sisters…

By the way, your last chance to vote on her ‘POP’ day and stand a chance to win 3 tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream!

CLICK HERE to take part

Ok… it’s that time again for the ‘POP’ day poll! We did this last year with about 101 votes cast.

Jie Jie’s ex-colleagues have already put in their coke bets for #2. Basically their wage is a can of coke. So if there are 9 of them, the one who guesses the right date gets 8 cans of coke.

Doctor has given the 12th February as THE day for Benjamin to be born, but it’s always + – 1 week. The poll is back and I’m going to throw in a bit of fun this year.

This pregnancy has been a bit different from the last, Jie Jie has been craving sweet stuff like ice-cream! So I’ve decided to give away 3 tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream to whoever guesses the correct ‘POP’ day! I know there will be quite a few names for each date, but when that day comes, I will get my sister to pick out a winner from a bag.

Step 1: Submit vote on the poll below.

Step 2: Leave a comment on this post and repeat your answer.

Don’t forget to leave your name and valid email address in the fields or I won’t know how to contact you!

Polls will close on POP day. Any votes cast after then will be not included into the draw. Contest only opened to those living in Singapore for obvious reasons.

Also check out these two Chinese New Year promotions for Ben & Jerry’s.

The lil fella is growing up so fast, every week he surprises me with his intelligence and abnormal growth spurts. He is only 2 1/2 and he can’t fit into trousers of a 4 year old!

Here are two photos of Jie Jie and Jules taken last year at Jalan Kebaya.

2 years back I did a fun little poll on when Julian’s birth date was. Let’s do something different for now. BABY NAMES!

Jie Jie and Kevin are debating all sorts of names for baby #2 due in February. Irish, Jewish, unusual, common, long, short.

The ones I liked were: Liam, Benjamin, Jamie, Jared, Oliver.

Here’s the poll with our choices narrowed down. Choose your favourite from our list, or you can suggest one as well.

Things to note when suggesting a name:

• Do note his surname would be Wong. So make sure it sounds right, if not the poor kid is going to be made fun of in school later on. Example: No names such as Magic!

• Because it’s a one syllable surname, one syllable first names don’t sound as nice.

• Please don’t try to be different by spelling names differently like Benjamynn, Jaredh, or anything fancy. Keep it simple.

• No geek names like alphonsus, theodore, alfafa (no offence)

• Please no silly names like Batman.

A British study of 3,000 parents released in May suggests one-in-five parents regret the name they chose for a child, many of whom were distressed over the unusual or oddly spelled names they’d chosen.

credit: Live Science

When we were young, my dad would set up the home Cine projector for Jie Jie and I, and our favourite movie on reel was The Jungle book.

Here’s our two favourite songs from the film.

Just a picture post of Jules & Georgie! No I don’t call my sister by her first name, but it has a nice ring to it for those of you who do.