YowCH & Grace

YowCH worked from home for a few days on the last week of June due home-based learning for Samuel and Joseph due to the Covid situation. Here are photos of Sam and Jo doing HBL:


YowCH made simple lunch for the boys (David was also home on Monday, 28 June):

YowCH then sent Joseph to buy a stove from the electrical shop in Bukit Merah Central (Trend Enterprises):

With the stove, we had Korean army stew hotpot (budae jigae) for dinner:

Lunch on 29 June (chicken rice):

Snacks in the afternoon:

Dinner on 29 June:

YowCH has been very consistent in his walks, doing 2.5km walks every Tuesday and Saturday.

Can see improvements in the walking time:

For working from home, this is the set-up in the bedroom, with KTP’s laptop, Chye Joo’s laptop + monitor, and the tablet:

During the Covid restrictive period, YowCH sometimes ate out, in the kopitiam or even in the car:

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David received his first Covid vaccination dose on 8 June and Joseph got his on 14 June.

It is also duan wu jie on 14 June, we had zhong.

Dinner on 14 June:

The first time a major error by Lazada, ordered some sports shorts but 10 hair brushes came instead. YowCH returned them:

Samuel had online story-time organised by the National Library. This will be over a few weeks on Wednesdays, part of school holiday activities.

Dinner on 15 June (zhong from Grace’s mom):

Some of YowCH’s tapao food at Chye Joo:

Dinner on 16 June (mussels):

Very good fuel efficiency on the Ody, at 12km/L over 400km, Covid period has some good points, too.

Dinner on 18 June (breaded chicken wings):

Samuel made a hook:

YowCH recorded a video to teach memory verse online to the church Juniors

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YowCH doing his gym exercises at home, while he also does his brisk walks and swims:

Samuel attended the online KFC camp (YowCH was conducting it, too in)

Lunch on 12 June (torched Wagyu beef cubes):


YowCH cleaned the kitchen wall and mounted the Ikea stainless steel wall-shields savlvaged from the Yong’s Bishan flat.

Dinner on 12 June (fried instant noodles)

YowCH bought some live oysters from Sheng Siong (while the children were swimming):

We had a simple lunch:

Also bought some live crabs, Samuel and Joseph had fun killing the crabs!

YowCH’s chilli crab:


Nice to be eaten with mantou:

Dinner on 13 June (crabs):

Also made one slice of siew yuk in the air fryer:

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29 May, YowCH’s second brisk walk of 2.5km, covered in 21m15s, much faster than last Tuesday night.

Completed the walk just as the rain started.

Saturday lunch:

Esther was in the worship team (recorded) for Youth service.

Grace made lava cake using the air fryer:

Resulting cake was good, but seems overcooked, no flowing lava.

YowCH recorded teaching memory verse for church juniors, presented on 29 May.

For dinner, we had wanton mee. This time, we had pork and prawn wantons.


Pork wantons were fried in the air fryer, and the prawn wantons were cooked in soup.

Sunday breakfast.

Samuel attending his Chinese tuition online.

Lunch with fresh oysters and scallops (from Sheng Siong).

YowCH did the shucking, a very new experience.

YowCH made egg tarts (with flaky skin) using the air fryer.


Cooked gong bao frog legs for dinner, very nice. Frog legs from Sheng Siong.

On Monday, we took leave to help the Yongs move home from the Bishan HDB flat to The Scala (at Ang Mo Kio).

While helping with the move, we saw Esther’s music video cover of the song “At My Worst” premier on Youtube. Then we ordered Fat boys burgers and picked them up from the Thomson outlet for dinner at home. YowCH tried the ‘impossible’ burger, which is vegetarian but tasted just like meat, quite good, but not worth the high price.

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24 May, YowCH visited his KTP and SJ sites, N111 and Simpang Kiri.

Grace made egg tarts using the air fryer.


We had clam pasta and braised pork-ribs with bitter gourd.

On Tuesday, 25 May, YowCH restarted distance exercise with brick walking, exactly 3 months after the fracture on the shin.

Managed to cover 2.5km in 24m30s. Not fast, but it is a start.

26 May, Vesak Day holiday, YowCH repaired the small green knife which handle had shattered. Carved a wooden handle as replacement.

Dinner included air fried chicken wings.

After dinner, YowCH used the air fryer to make nian gao wrapped with spring roll skin.

Dinner on 27 May, with durians!

With duan wu jie upcoming, we had Zhong for dinner on 28 May, made by Grace’s mom.

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YowCH’s current medications and supplements. Almost like a whole meal.

This is YowCH’s new profile photo at Chye Joo.

Dinner on 17 May.

Dinner on 18 May.

Dinner on 19 May.

Samuel received a small pack of Minecraft Lego from school!

We bought an air fryer from Lazada, Mayer, $80, received on 20 May.

We cooked some nuggets as a first try on the air fryer:

Dinner on 20 May, with nice mojito from a bottle of mojito mix that Grace bought.

Dinner on 21 May.

Here are some of YowCH’s tapao food at work.

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YowCH and Samuel recorded 3 worship services for Church Junior Sunday School in one afternoon on Saturday, 15 May.

On Sunday, we went for swim, the pool was very empty.

We had dimsum lunch after swim.

In the afternoon, YowCH recorded 听海 (Ting Hai) with Esther’s help. YowCH played guitar, bass and sang.

Esther played the keyboard, electric guitar and drums (using midi on keyboard).

She did the editing and balancing.

Click on the photo below for the video.

After the recording, we had a simple dinner at home.

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YowCH was working from home on Tuesday, 11 May, here’s breakfast while working.

Another change of the rubber for YowCH’s tongkat after about 6 weeks of use. The leg fracture is healing well.

Charcoal grilled yakitori for dinner.

Lunch at Duckland, on 13 May, Hari Raya holiday. Grace was working.

Dinner at Yayoi, United Square.



14 May, YowCH had breakfast with Grace near Tekka Market.

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YowCH celebrated his 47th birthday with a nice vegetarian dinner with family at Lingzhi.

We ordered some signature dishes!




A little present from Samuel.

We had a cake, sent by Adelia, our insurance agent.

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YowCH took his first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on 3 May.

Got some freebies.

We invited the Lims over for Korean BBQ dinner, as Hong Kian will be leaving for his long posting in China soon. YowCH could prepare this dinner as he was on leave. David made Japanese garlic fried rice.

We had so much food!



Then the grease in the grill plate water-ring caught fire!

After dinner, we had a nice cake brought by the Lims to celebrate the upcoming birthdays of YowCH and Hong Kian.

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) accepted Esther for Physiotherapy. We rejoice and thank God!

Our dinner on 4 May.

YowCH and Grace went out for dinner on Wednesday, 5 May. This was after visiting a friend’s mother’s wake. Hinode is at Lavender very near Singapore Casket.

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