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	<description>Michelle and Wu Han's Blog</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tonight Our Home Is Silent At&#160;9pm</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/10/31/tonight-our-home-is-silent-at-9pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The quiet is just a little unsettling. At this time almost every night, we&#8217;re all home and only just starting to settle into the evening&#8217;s routine&#8212;Brandon would be cleaned up and have his milk, then his teeth brushed, before being put to bed. He&#8217;d still be yammering away or trying to play with Papa. Andrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work, Hobbies and&#160;Dependents</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/10/10/work-hobbies-and-dependents/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/10/10/work-hobbies-and-dependents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible number of things happening at the moment.

At work, we&#8217;re preparing for a new fund to be launched on the 28th this month, right after Deepavali. I&#8217;m once again pushing for the use of Basecamp to get everyone on the same page, and again, the adoption rate could be a lot better, and I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chatty&#160;Andrea</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/09/28/chatty-andrea/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/09/28/chatty-andrea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[     
Andrea&#8217;s getting really fun to play with. 
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		<title>Brandon and Coufu&#8217;s&#160;Music</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/09/15/brandon-and-coufus-music/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/09/15/brandon-and-coufus-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brandon happily sways to Lionel&#8217;s music selection.


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		<title>Managing (Only&#160;Just)</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/09/13/managing-only-just/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/09/13/managing-only-just/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photo Entries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stress management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The camel's back broke today.]]></description>
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		<title>Family&#160;Time</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/08/31/family-time/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/08/31/family-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photo Entries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Rapid fire update on what&#8217;s been going on:

As you can see, I&#8217;ve shaved my head. It&#8217;s just a small show of support for my mom. Lots of people seem to like it, so I might just keep the buzz cut.

Andrea&#8217;s turning into the Michelin Man! And check out those cheeks&#8230; Apart from growing very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Me On&#160;Etsy!</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/08/26/find-me-on-etsy/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/08/26/find-me-on-etsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;ve found my little happy corner in the world - I&#8217;ve just set up my Etsy shop to sell handmade greeting cards online.

I AM SO EXCITED.

In the past few weeks I have gone to stationery heaven and back, bringing home all kinds of wonderful papers of different colours and textures, stamps, pigment inks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excited, Thrilled and&#160;Motivated</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/08/11/excited-thrilled-and-motivated/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/08/11/excited-thrilled-and-motivated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently decided to take up a little personal project that has kept me in the above-mentioned state almost constantly in the past week.  More details later when I can put Andrea down for her nap (I&#8217;m carrying her in one arm as I write this, because workers in the apartment are drilling and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent&#160;Happenings</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/07/30/recent-happenings/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/07/30/recent-happenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[full moon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Firstly, congratulations to Min Yen who came back to KL to &#8216;officially&#8217; tie the knot with her beau, Eugene.

Min Yen: for the record, Han and I were rather amused when the priest pronounced you &#8220;Dr and Mrs Eugene Teh&#8221;. 

This is one of the few church weddings where the crowd was purposefully kept small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Quieter&#160;Moments</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/07/16/in-the-quieter-moments/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/07/16/in-the-quieter-moments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photo Entries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Both the babies are asleep, the confinement lady and Ratih are resting, and Han is away at work. It&#8217;s been raining all morning and the clouds have finally let the sun shine through. The air is crisp and clear, I can hear some birds calling on the wing.

The recent news about my mom&#8217;s cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruel Mind&#160;Games</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/07/11/cruel-mind-games/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/07/11/cruel-mind-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It must&#8217;ve been so hard on my parents this week.

After the first diagnostic scan that uncovered the bone metastasis in my mom, my parents went down to Singapore for a second opinion on treatment options. The doctor there, who schooled with my father till sixth form in Penang, offered some hope&#8212;he said that radiation would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe: Cous&#160;Cous</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/07/03/recipe-cous-cous/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/07/03/recipe-cous-cous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you get bored with your rice as the usual accompaniment to your dishes, cous cous could be an interesting and more flavourful alternative. It&#8217;s not that much more fussy to prepare than rice either.

Ingredients (serves 3-4 people)


1.5 cups uncooked cous cous
3 cups stock (we used chicken stock)
4 tablespoons butter
shallots
garlic


Method


Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bitter and the&#160;Sweet</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/06/27/the-bitter-and-the-sweet/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/06/27/the-bitter-and-the-sweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 17th&#8212;Andrea arrived more than three weeks ahead of her expected due date of July 11th; our healthy, bawling bundle of a miracle. We were both cleared to go home the next day. The delivery itself was easy (only in hindsight). I was admitted on the morning of the 16th with mild contractions, and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smelly Cat, Smelly&#160;Cat&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/06/10/smelly-cat-smelly-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/06/10/smelly-cat-smelly-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Entries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The past few days have been quite hectic at work. We&#8217;re finally launching our new fund on the 17th, after months of delays and returned submissions to the Securities Commission. With the exception of the fund&#8217;s leaflet and our company&#8217;s master brochure, all other materials are already in production with the printer.

The annoying thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playtime Turned&#160;Naptime</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/05/31/playtime-turned-naptime/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/05/31/playtime-turned-naptime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[     
This was taken this evening, after Brandon spent a whole day with us running around shopping malls.

We had a rather fun day out&#8212;it started off with a brunch cum grocery run at Bangsar Village II, then we made an impromptu decision to go hunting for yet another LEGO Star Wars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should We Always Get What We Ask God&#160;For?</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/05/30/should-we-always-get-what-we-ask-god-for/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/05/30/should-we-always-get-what-we-ask-god-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 08:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elucidations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On my way off to KLCC after a quick lunch at our building&#8217;s food court, I bumped into a lady who goes to the TA fellowship. We started chatting and she was telling me about her godson who is part of the Selangor under-12 state team. Apparently they lost by just a single point to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furoshiki: Saying &#8220;No&#8221; to Plastic&#160;Bags</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/05/25/furoshiki-saying-no-to-plastic-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/05/25/furoshiki-saying-no-to-plastic-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stuff]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://salameander.com/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RM79&#8212;that&#8217;s the price I paid for one large square piece of cloth made of pure cotton, printed with geometric designs on both sides. A day later I went back to Isetan to get another! Just what had gotten into me?

This was the first time I had ever heard of the Japanese Furoshiki&#8212;a beautiful and ingeniously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brandon&#160;Says&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://salameander.com/2008/05/22/brandon-says/</link>
		<comments>http://salameander.com/2008/05/22/brandon-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One night while I was driving home from Han&#8217;s parents&#8217; place and Brandon was clambering all over Han as usual, I rounded a corner and asked Brandon something.

His reply was,

&#8220;mamabitch.&#8221;
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