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Oh yes! This month is extra special for us because we met equally awesome girlfriends at the church. Since we don’t attend daycare yet and mostly at home all day, we need and love this great opportunity of interacting with other kids. Despite the fact that we’re shy and typically ignoring each other at first, my mom said: “first friendship is the real thing”. Okay, so I’m trying to sound like Chloe there. But I hope you did get the message across. I’m trying to expose Chloe to kids at her age to see if she’s good at socializing and if she's better than mine. Well, it can be overwhelming sometimes with kids running and yelling all around but it can be peaceful too when kept at a small number. A group of 2-3 kids is ideal when mixed with older ones. Good thing, Chloe is not possessive with her toys except to her favorite shows on youtube and that she’s a social butterfly after all. We just have to put extra effort on her progressing language skills to chat and e...

I started using flat irons since I was 18 years old (well, that was 12 years ago?) and I’m amazed at how the industry of hair straighteners had come. Man, I think we're missing out on some great deal. Flat iron over the years, We all know the humble beginnings of hair comb or some may call them hair thongs which are made of two rods heated to straighten the hair. I never get to use this one as I was introduced to the second generation of hair straighteners and that was using a standard home clothes iron. Nah, I mean the basic flat irons made with metal plates and few heat settings. Not until the early 2000s when I saw this model with ceramic plates that most people use today. Ceramic is by far the most popular material for this product as it is both inexpensive and actually safer compared to the clothing iron or heating rods back in days. Depending on your hair type, ceramic plates are believed to lock in moisture and protect hair color. But with a lot of this model...

I’ve been living here in Thailand for more than 5 years now and having been to these undiscovered territories of Koh Samui twice, I might have an understanding of the tourist life but I’m still an inexperienced guest of this Island. On this episode of “Journeys in Thailand” I’m reaching out and want to pitch with the true expert to bring you this (unedited) one-of-a-kind entry Postcards from Koh Samui , captured vividly through the lens of Mr. Somnuck Yuthithathum. Thailand-born Mr. Somnuck, popular as “P’Nuck” among colleague, started his interest in photography in his late 50’s while working as a Production Manager in our company. During his humble beginning, he spent money, time and effort voluntarily taking pictures for weddings and corporate events. I have nothing but good words for this man. By the way, he was one of the official photographers during our wedding and his initiative and dedication to this voluntary wor...