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	<description>Michelle and Wu Han's Blog</description>
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		<title>Still&#160;Reeling</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2012/03/28/still-reeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t recall the last time I felt so&#8230; Enraged. Used. Stupid. Here&#8217;s what transpired this morning. After I dropped the kids off at their respective schools, I headed over to the kopitiam near my office&#8212;upbeat about having a nice quick breakfast and beginning work on a custom order for a client. I had 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makeover For Children&#8217;s Room&#160;Door</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2012/02/28/makeover-for-childrens-room-door/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple door makeover using fabric and homemade cornstarch glue.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Moving,&#160;Michelle&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/08/31/get-moving-michelle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when one finds his mind disconcertingly blank in the midst of a frenzied daily routine. I feel like that now. I&#8217;m tired. Used up. And like the literal deer staring at oncoming headlights, I know I&#8217;m going to get run over by commitments that are due. How can you feel like this, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fragmented&#160;Mind</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/08/04/fragmented-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/08/04/fragmented-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, as I am working on a lengthy response to an email enquiry, these are what I am dealing with at the same time: numerous requests from Brandon to let him watch cartoons, but they were denied to him because he didn&#8217;t nap. Had to bear with his incessant whinging for a while; Andrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Kids Don&#8217;t Watch Too Many&#160;Movies</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/05/22/our-kids-dont-watch-too-many-movies/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/05/22/our-kids-dont-watch-too-many-movies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 08:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One day, about 1-2 months back, while playing with Auntie Janet, Brandon and Andrea are hanging on to light baby blankets. Auntie Janet: Come here Brandon, let me tie this around your neck. Brandon: OK. Auntie Janet: Then you can be BATMAN! Brandon: No, I want to be good man.]]></description>
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		<title>When The World Stops&#160;Turning</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/03/30/when-the-world-stops-turning/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/03/30/when-the-world-stops-turning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot begin to imagine the anguish, both physical and emotional, that Japan&#8217;s people is holding in its heart as news of its nuclear disaster worsens with each passing day. It makes it seem a bit unfair that I can go about my life as usual. And be happy. As you go about your daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Immobilize Reuben (at 9&#160;months)</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/03/21/how-to-immobilize-reuben-at-9-months/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/03/21/how-to-immobilize-reuben-at-9-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo Entries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reuben]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve discovered that if you lie him down on a hard surface, he won&#8217;t roll over to crawl off. Better still if there&#8217;s nothing under his head&#8212;in the photo above he has Andrea&#8217;s favourite Lion soft toy supporting his neck. In other developments, Reuben uses the toilet to poo and pee! Our servant has been instrumental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make-Believe Plus&#160;Reality</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/03/16/make-believe-plus-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/03/16/make-believe-plus-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We celebrated Brandon&#8217;s fourth birthday last night. It was loud, slightly chaotic, and a lot of fun amongst family members. All three kids were so well-mannered and well-behaved all day, especially Brandon who reigned in his excitement to open his birthday presents right till the end of the day, after dinner and the cake was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner&#160;Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/03/14/dinner-etiquette/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/03/14/dinner-etiquette/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I tried a new recipe for chicken stir fried with cashew nuts. Brandon loves cashew nuts, so I thought he would be quite excited about this dish. So anyway, while we were eating, I wanted to tell the kids all the different ingredients that went into the dish. Then Brandon said, &#8220;Uhm, can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could Every Day Be Like&#160;This?</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/02/25/could-every-day-be-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/02/25/could-every-day-be-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s what we did (on a whim) on a Wednesday. This is Kiara Park in Taman Tun on a gloriously sunny morning. We played near the stream for a bit and made friends with a malay grandfather and his grandson, along with a young Indonesian man who was (according to Uncle Mohd Nor) working up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day&#160;2011</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/02/14/valentines-day-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/02/14/valentines-day-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What Valentine's Day was like for us this year, and what my take on love is in its current incarnation.]]></description>
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		<title>Gobsmacked</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/02/07/gobsmacked/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/02/07/gobsmacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inklings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We just received amazing news over the weekend. I don&#8217;t want to divulge details, but what I do want to share with you is how grateful to god I am for knowing exactly what we need and meeting it (from my perspective, at least). And it&#8217;s also a precious lesson (to me) about grace, forgiveness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening&#160;Experiment</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/01/26/gardening-experiment/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/01/26/gardening-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inklings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no gardener. As a matter of fact, every single plant that has been given to us has suffered premature expiration, no matter how much attention I give it. But as the kids grow older and I find myself thinking that I Need to show them how to plant things, thinking that one day we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Line of the&#160;Day</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/01/11/line-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/01/11/line-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brunch at The Bee, Jaya One, on Saturday. (Brandon sees the waitress plonking a bowl of brown sugar on our table.) Brandon: Mummy, can I eat the sugar please? Me: No Brandon, you can&#8217;t. Brandon: But why? Me: Because you&#8217;ll be bouncing off the walls. You can&#8217;t eat sugar just like that. Let&#8217;s wait for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reservoirs</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2011/01/10/reservoirs/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2011/01/10/reservoirs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when you feel like you&#8217;re at the end of your tether; when one innocent request from a child sends you screaming down the hall at noone in particular, because you really, really would like to have some privacy and time to yourself to get something done. Or to just be alone for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Up With&#160;Progress</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2010/11/23/keeping-up-with-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2010/11/23/keeping-up-with-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blows off cobwebs * Hi. I&#8217;m Michelle. You know, the author around here? Nice to meet you. Again. I have all these thoughts dammed up in my brain. Yet while they&#8217;re desperately seeking an outlet to be expressed, I just can&#8217;t fathom where to start. Silly, isn&#8217;t it? These past couple of months have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Activities With&#160;Kids</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2010/09/24/musings-on-activities-with-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2010/09/24/musings-on-activities-with-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days Brandon usually quips that he&#8217;d rather not go to playschool. Which gets me thinking, what if one day I really need to pull them out of school? How would I keep them occupied? Doing things with the kids at this age (Brandon is 3, Andrea is 2) is challenging for several reasons: They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping&#160;Promises</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2010/09/06/keeping-promises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the school Raya break this week. So this morning I asked the kids if they&#8217;d like to go for an outing&#8212;specifically, on a train. We were all so excited about it! So we did. We went to KLCC, reciting the names of the stations along the way and checking out the scenery. Fed Reuben [...]]]></description>
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