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, 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 NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY, USA, Yakuza Baby on May 31st, 2009 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 31 May 2009:
Sunday Times 31 May 2009
Poop Patrol
by Colin Goh
For those of you who’ve ever felt that your life is just an endless stream of crap, well, you’re not alone. Because that’s exactly how I’m finding the fatherhood experience. Literally.
Sure, I’ve read the books, and heard […]
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 […]
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