Monthly Archives: October 2008

Adding some colour to this blog, even if it’s brown!

Posted on 29 October, 2008

Can you guess what Caitlin is making here?

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This blog received another award!

Posted on 29 October, 2008 | 1 Comment

You know how peer reviews are among the most respected write-ups in terms of integrity, authenticity, and recognition, in respective industries and fields of studies?

Well, for me, I think endorsements from fellow bloggers and readers are just as significant.

Fellow blogger, parent, and offline friend Moomykin has given Daddeeyah! an award!

Thanks, Moomykin, for this award! This comes just a little after Daddeeyah! blog reached its first anniversary!


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The Proximidade award. It is a Portuguese word which means “proximity” or “nearness”- suppose it means this blog or blogging makes us feel close together ?

Proximidade award pic

They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship;
there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut or that they propagate?
Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.


So here are the other bloggers whom I stalk :)

  1. Since I am a Husband and Dad also
  2. Another Good Husband-related blog
  3. Toddlerdaddy
  4. Lynn Lim
  5. Derek Semmler’s The Man Page
  6. Parent Hacks! has lots of tips
  7. This Cuddly Family :)
  8. My brother’s Flickr site (I know this is cheating, but he does photo-blog somewhat with this)

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Mini Milestone :: Chopsticks and trackpad

Posted on 26 October, 2008

I wouldn’t call it expert handling, but Caitlin’s been managing to get most of her food into her mouth with chopsticks these days. She can’t open-close the sticks yet, but she makes enough of a fork-like position with them that … Continue reading →

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Daddeeyah! is OVER a year old!

Posted on 24 October, 2008 | 5 Comments

September actually marked this blog’s 13th (or so!) month – yes I even forgot my own project’s “birthday”! Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten any real human’s birthday; until and unless someone proves me wrong!

It’s been an enriching experience.

  • I have changed themes three times, trying to stick to using that smiley-faced candle / banner;
  • I have experimented with ads, and will continue to do so;
  • I have made some money, but mostly from writing reviews rather than from these ads; the total of which isn’t something to shout about, yet (?);
  • I thought I’d enlist the help of Dr Pixie, but things haven’t quite panned out that way;
  • I thought I had to be some kinda expert in all things parenting, and ended up just being myself and totally enjoying it!
  • In being myself, I guess I have found readers (or they have found me) who enjoy reading what I really am about..

But I guess not surprisingly, I have also made some new friends!

Thanks for sticking around, everybody!

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Posted in A father's POV, milestones, Parenting musing, The future

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Simple pleasures for Toddler :: Part 2 :: Daddee’s office party

Posted on 23 October, 2008 | 5 Comments

As you know Caitlin enjoys being picked up from school by her favourite human on Earth (ahem).

So since I had the day off work (actually I had taken the whole week off since I have a load of annual leave left), and also that our department had organised a lunch party, I thought to pick Caitlin up from school and head on over to the office party with her in tow, to show her the place where I work.

The party was a combined Raya celebrations as well as farewell for a staff. But little did I know that there was also gonna be performances by my peers. Some singing, some dancing, some fashion show parade.

We arrived about 50 minutes after the party started- Caitlin’s school day only ended 30min after the scheduled start of the party. By then there were thank-you speeches already by my unit head, and soon followed by performances.

The ladies in the unit danced, sang self-written rhymes to tease the farewell staff. Staff were also requested to come “dressed up”, so there were also fashion / catwalk parades. In good sportsmanship, when my peers saw me walking in with Caitlin, I was also requested to parade under the “Daddy with daughter” category. Caitlin wasn’t too appreciative of that, but she obliged since I was holding her hand. We did a walk, I wanted to twirl her but she wasn’t really in the mood, and we walked back to where we were hiding.

Soon after, lunch was served. It was only then that she started coming out of her shell, starting to respond and then started talking to the adults in my office. It was afterwards that I found out that she even volunteered info- that she spoke first instead of just responding, about her day in school, with one of the ladies here…

Hmm I wonder if it was ‘cos food was being served that she opened up….

So now she has seen “Daddee’s office”. Complete with dancing ladies, singing ladies, ladies winning (small) awards for being best-dressed, a big table full of food with tomato rice, not-spicy curry dishes, cakes, “crackers” (she didn’t know they were called papadums), and Playhouse Disney (website) on Daddee’s work laptop.

Talk about misconceptions about the adult working life from an early age!

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Peer pressure and schoolmate influences

Posted on 16 October, 2008

We are driving, in the morning, Daddee sending Caitlin to school. “CPL (not her real name) says I shouldn’t wear my jacket in class, otherwise she won’t give me a jelly / won’t be my friend..” “Uhh.. Okay. Why do … Continue reading →

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Father and son relationship begins early

Posted on 14 October, 2008

I told you he looks at his Daddee funny……

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