Posted in Colin's Blog, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, Yakuza Baby on September 6th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in The Sunday Times on 6 September 2009 under the title ‘Trick or Teat’:
Losing the Battle of the Bottle
by Colin Goh
I guess all parents expect to fight with their kids at some point. I just didn’t figure on entering into mortal combat with my daughter when she was just three months […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, FAMILY, Yakuza Baby on August 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 23 August 2009:
Talk to me, baby
by Colin Goh
We’ve been calling our daughter ‘Yakuza Baby’ (for latecomers to this column, she popped out during a Japanese gangster movie) for so long, I wouldn’t have been surprised if her first words were, “Mise mo nee yo, kono yarou?” […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, SINGAPORE, FAMILY on August 9th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 9 August 2009:
A Modest Proposal for Singapore Teens
by Colin Goh
Since this is scheduled to run on National Day, I thought I’d write on something of national significance – you know, for a change. And last week, when I opened my letterbox and saw the Baby Bonus […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, Yakuza Baby on July 26th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 26 July 2009:
Feeling the heat over a hot babe
by Colin Goh
Corrigenda: In my last column, I described how my Mother-in-Law had advised the Wife to avoid eating yams during the postnatal confinement period, because “people say sekali the baby’s down there will be itchy.” According to […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, USA, Yakuza Baby on July 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in The Sunday Times on 12 July 2009:
Confounded by confinement
by Colin Goh
I must confess my surprise at the amount of mail my recent pieces about the arrival of my daughter have garnered. Are my accounts of grappling with a baby touching some kind of chord? Or do people just like knowing […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, Yakuza Baby on June 28th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 28 June 2009:
Multitasking Tips for Zombie Daddy
by Colin Goh
Last column, I described how I felt the routine of changing, feeding and soothing my newborn daughter in the wee hours of every morning was zombifying my brain. I then asked readers to send me any tips they […]
Posted in FILM, Colin's Blog, Yen Yen's blog, NEW YORK, FAMILY, USA on June 14th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 14 June 2009:
Zombie Daddy Wants to Pick Your Brains
by Colin Goh
First things first: thank you for the deluge of emails in response to my last column, about my struggles with the contents of my newborn daughter’s diaper. I was heartened to hear so many of […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, USA, Yakuza Baby on May 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
The following was published in The Sunday Times on 17 May 2009:
Sunday Times 17 May 2009
Past Imperfect, Future Tense
by Colin Goh in New York
“I think I’m going to be a useless parent,” I told the Wife last week.
“Is that a supposition or a statement of intent?” she replied, eyebrows knit with alarm. “I warn you, […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, FAMILY, Yakuza Baby on May 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 3 May 2009:
Sunday Times 3 May 2009
I Give Up!
by Colin Goh
To cope with the new addition to our family, I’m having to make a few subtractions.
Even without factoring in Yakuza Baby (as we’ve taken to calling […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, USA on January 11th, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the 11 January 2009 edition of The Sunday Times:
Sunday 11 January 2009
Let it snow? Oh no!
by Colin Goh
I looked out of the window as the cab pulled onto my street, and I swore in Hokkien.
I was dog tired, having just returned to New York after another grueling flight back […]
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