http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow musings on work, world events, art, culture and food Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:49:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a long and eventful 2008. Just in general with prison breaks, larger than life political elections, devastating earthquakes, horrific terrorist attacks and of course an unthinkable financial meltdown. It's been a busy year for the news business - which means not a good year for the world in ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2009/01/01/so-long-2008-hello-2009/ It's that time of the year again, only this year there's not so much anticipation for the new year and a great deal of apprehension for the current festive season. So much doom and gloom about the economy and the security situation is being reported constantly and it can really ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/12/24/have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas/ Recently there have been a spate of reports of horrific child abuse cases and I have to admit that I can hardly bring myself to read some of them. There was one that was closer to home about a man caning his stepson over 100 times in 2 hours and ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/11/20/growing-up-together/ We've just finished our live special for the US Presidential elections and I really did feel that in some small way that I was part of history. So much was riding on this election and it's nice to know that in America, racial barriers have fallen somewhat and that there ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/11/05/historic-times/ Sometimes it's hard to fathom how deep this hole of a financial crisis goes. For me, I've been reading about doom and gloom for weeks now and through the bulletins know about bailout plans, capital injection and what this means for the markets... Still when somebody comes up with a ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/10/20/greed/ This is my younger son, Dante - aged almost 17 months. I think the gene pool acquitted itself quite well here....:) He has just started talking and one of his favourite and complete phrases is "I want milk!" - this is usually preceded by pulling you to the kitchen and ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/10/06/milk/ I remember how horrified I was personally when the United States re-elected George W Bush after what was in my opinion 4 years of incompetence. In the run up to the election, I thought there was no way this guy who had dodged the draft, lied about weapons of mass ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/09/13/working-mother/ In Singapore, when I tell most people that I'm 28 this year and have not one, but two young children, I'm usually greeted with gasps of surprise and disbelief. I know I buck the demographic trend here; most of my peers are either single or of late, married without children, ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/09/01/stopping-at-2/ There's nothing like a good meal - whether it's something someone has lovingly cooked for you or whether you enjoy pottering around the kitchen and fixing something exactly the way you want it. One of my favourite things to cook is softly scrambled eggs with just a bit of butter, ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/08/22/off-the-menu/ It's 2 days to National Day and my elder son Luca has been asked to lead the pledge taking ceremony for his daycare's national day celebrations. They were looking for a multi-racial contingent and my son was chosen because he fits into the category of "others". My children are half Italian ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/joanne-leow/2008/08/07/others/