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  • Mee Siam and Me

    Swallow this, kids. My daily staple helped me appreciate values such as perseverance One memory of my primary schooldays is how Dad bought me six pairs of school shorts when I started at St Michael’s School at Essex Road in… Read More ›

  • Dads Toolbox Snowball Giveaway: 2 Nov 2012 to 17 May 2013

    The Dads Toolbox Snowball is officially closed! Read all the GREAT Dad & Kid Ideas contributed here! Contest Summary Information: Dads, Mums, Kids & Dad Supporters were invited to submit ideas for favourite family haunts or activities for Dads & Kids to… Read More ›

  • Blue Tack – Technology for Play

    The humble Blu Tack makes its regular appearance in virtually every aspect of our lives; from our offices, to our homes and almost every school. It makes posters, notices and drawings defy gravity on vertical surfaces. We don’t think too… Read More ›

  • Dads Takes the Family – Kidz Amaze

    From spirals, steps, to the longest slide in Asia, I’ve never found myself panting so hard after three intense hour of running up and down, racing after my kids across the entire padded and comfortable platform. You know something? When… Read More ›

  • Tampines 1 Rooftop Water Playground

    I kicked myself for missing the launch of Singapore’s first wet-and-dry wildlife-themed rooftop playground at Tampines 1 mid-March this year. Then again, I was wearing my green uniform and ‘re-serving’ my nation. A month passed and I almost forgot about… Read More ›

  • Sultans of Science Exhibition

    Making it’s Asian debut at the Singapore Science Center, the Sultans of Science exhibition celebrates the scientific and technological breakthroughs made by scholars during the Golden Age of the Islamic World (eighth to 18th centuries) and their lasting influence on… Read More ›