Category: Family

Ah Ben wants young parents to cook

Always wanted to cook but somehow too busy.
Ever dreamt of serving egg benedict in bed to surprise the spouse?
Perhaps our spouse or Mum are too good with the wok? Daddy got excuse..
Hassle to prepare the ingredients?
Challenging to remember the process? Cooking is an elaborate workflow !

Or maybe if you wish to impress upon the kids that cooking is cool.
Somehow, boys do not associate cooking (home econs) as manly.
Hello, screen Junior MasterChef now 🙂

Daddy is lazy cannot cook, but he sure can conjure up a lot of excuses :p

Not to worry, Ben Yeo (normally we know him as Ah Ben 杨志龙) is here to help clueless Dads, like yours truly.

Electrolux has invited MediaCorp artiste Ben Yeo to produce a mini-series of 4 webisodes targeted at young parents. Ben is a father of two, each 3 minute episode will have him introducing simple-to-prepare recipes that even your kids can help out in.

“What’s Cookin’ Daddy!” will be launched on The Electrolux Little White Book Facebook page on 22nd August 2013.

Each week, 5 winners get to win a copy of Ben’s new cookbook “这样煮，宝宝才爱吃” and an Electrolux small appliance 🙂

More info about show can be found at the following links :
– Electrolux Little White Book
 – Trailer
– Electrolux YouTube Channel
– Electrolux products

Sengkang Babies’ HDB story

Today, we will talk about SengkangBabies’ HDB (Housing Development Board) Story. It is quite obvious SengkangBabies call Sengkang home (家) right 🙂

If we have a timeline for Sengkang’s history, it would look something like this.

1999 – we got the key to our new house

2000/2001 – ROM and Wedding ceremony

2003/2005/2007/2009 – Every two year, one baby pop out 🙂

2009 – SengkangBabies blog was born together with Boon Xin, our princess.

The Beginning

A house is not a home.
We started with a dream.
We wanted to build our future together.

As we sketch out our masterplan, colours, material, designs symbolise our ideal home (家). As the months went by, we see our Hall, Kitchen and rooms taking shape.

We are Proud owners.

As we renovate our house, Sengkang is also undergoing upgrading. Since we move in a decade ago, Compasspoint, MRT 2003, integrated interchange, and wet market slowly came on board.

Maybe the policy makers had intentionally left out the cinemas and shopping centers.
When couples are lonely, Sengkang experience a small baby boom :p

New Family

This is our HDB story.
We have build up our 5-room nest over the last decade.
Time flies !

Other than a slightly more messy nest, no thanks to the kids, you can expect to hear laughter (most likely from kids) and occasionally screams from yours truly and Mummy.

Either way, our home is always lively, never quiet.
No points for guessing who are the parent’s little nemesis haha 🙂

Our Neighbourhood

We love Sengkang so much, we named our blog “SengkangBabies 盛港宝宝” 🙂
Sengkang (and Punggol) neighbourhood is our playground, our home, our childhood.



What about the kids? Do they love their home, neighbours, school and friends? We have provided a warm loving home for our kids, and we are glad the siblings are bonding well.

Video : Boon Yee and Boon Xin sharing their umbrella, sweet 🙂

We ask our children to draw their home. Some draw HDB, while others prefer bungalows. We can see cartoons of our family and the “imaginary” pet 🙂

With our HDB flat, Mummy and Daddy’s Dream of a Happy Family has been realised.

Have you started building your nest yet?
iProperty might just help you find your dream home 🙂

Click on the following links for more details about iProperty :
– Website: http://www.iproperty.com.sg
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ipropertysg
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/iProperty_SG

Click for SengkangBabies’ bio or pop by iProperty blog for a collection of how other bloggers view their HDB heartland too (from teens, to Japanese etc)