by Mitja on August 1, 2010
It was a marathon week and the grand finale was making a cake for Citrus’s birthday. I thought I had all of the supplies on hand but it was only at 9pm the night before the party that I realized I was missing a few things.
Those are the times when you learn that most Singapore stores [...]
by Mitja on July 27, 2010
Citrus turned five years old on Saturday. She is officially a big girl and is proving it more and more each day with defiant acts of independence. I hear parents say all the time that they cannot believe how fast time went by with their children, but I have yet to truly feel that. I [...]
If you had told me that one day I would be sitting in Southeast Asia ordering a unicorn piñata for delivery from the United States, I never would have believed it. But if you told me that I might one day see a group of small children beat the crap out of an effigy of a soldier it would seem plausible. [...]
Ah, the challenges of baking a cake with a chilled frosting in a tropical country and transporting it to the office before it melted. It was accompanied by Hainanese chicken rice, the closest thing Singapore has to a national dish, and a grande chai latte from Starbucks.
Elysia turned 39 today. 35 weeks pregnant with our [...]
by Mitja on July 27, 2009
One girl, two cakes. And I put frosting all over Barbie.
Citrus has been counting down the days until her fourth birthday since she turned three. Last year we went to a local carousel in Maryland and invited a few friends from preschool and elsewhere. But in Singapore — at least our corner of Singapore — [...]
