關於 national twin day ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Indulging in our newest favourite home delivered #foodporn from Singapore-owned F&B business @sibayshiok started by @terencecao_guohui 🤤

Seriously these twin pack of Dry Mee Siam 🥘are one of the satisfying DRY Nonya mee siam for a cozy stay home lunch!

We didn’t managed to eat it right away, but the taste was as really sedap! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Pairing with variety of locally sourced seafood such as prawn, scallops, sotong, otah and more, these goes really well with their abundance of fried tau pok and omelette!

I got to admit that the real addictive factor is their sambal 🌶, really level up the entire experience ~ so spicy lovers you really won’t want to miss it!

Happy to #supportlocal 💪🏻💪🏻 together, especially when it’s so good! 😵😵😵

Currently they are running a National Day promo 56% off on their dry Mee siam dual set! Get carting now!

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Isaac, Joy and Papa Go Japan: Day 3 and 4, Higashikawa, Otaru, Sounkyo and Asahidake
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I did not plan to drive around the entire island of Hokkaido in the few days we had. It would not be practical or fun. So I decided to keep things within the centre of Hokkaido.

From Shikotsuko, we drove to Higashikawa (my favourite town) and stayed at my friends’ B&B. Dinner was spent watching the Rugby World Cup Finals with my friends (they were rooting for England) while Isaac and Joy played with their kids, who were a few years younger. Jody and Nina adore big sister Joy, whom they met when she came visiting during my solo trip with her when she turned 12, and the girls were happy to see her again.

The next morning, we set off again, without any plans once more. I thought, perhaps we could drive out to Otaru, just to have a look. Frankly, it was just an excuse to drive, as the drive itself is very pleasant. I told them, “Otaru is famous for their canals.”

Joy asked, “And?”

“That’s pretty much it,” I said. It is one big tourist trap, to be honest, and I told them, “Essentially, we are driving all the way to see Otaru’s Long Kangs.” They laughed and were cool with their father’s rather stupid travel plans.

“The canals are actually quite nice when it is winter, to be honest,” I added, trying to make it sound a bit more exciting.

When we got to Otaru, I found a parking lot near the canals and was quite pleased it said ¥100 for 30 minutes. After parking, I realized I read it wrongly and it was actually ¥400 for 30 minutes during the day, and ¥100 for 30 minutes AT NIGHT.

“We better not stay too long,” I told the kids. Joy, the financially-minded of the two, said, “Ya, not worth paying that kind of parking for Long Kang.”

So we snapped some photos, walked around the food court a bit, and then left Otaru. I figured we would get lunch further away, en route to Sounkyo, where we planned to stay the night.

Sounkyo is a quaint mountain resort area, located in Kamikawa. It is considered a touristy place, but a good base to hike Daisetsuzan National Park from. We stopped at a ramen place in Kamikawa called Yoshino, just off the highway. And wow, the ramen was great. They even had thick slices of Miton roast pork available as a side, in limited quantities. This is part of the fun of road trips: stumbling upon good places to eat.

After eating at Yoshino, we drove on to Sounkyo and stopped at the Twin Waterfalls rest stop. That was when we encountered some serious cold and wind chill. It was -1ºC and windy there. We looked at the majestic cliffs for a bit, stared at the waterfall which was not flowing very rapidly (Spring is when the ice melts and you get a grander sight) and then we ran into the souvenir store to enjoy some heat.

The store ladies were so kind, and offered us cups of soup. They had a hot pot set up with paper cups to serve their customers, and we were very thankful for the soup. So much so that I felt I had to buy some stuff there, in gratitude. I bought some sweets and grapes. You may have seen the Instastory of Joy and me eating said grapes in our ryokan later, and attempting to spit the seeds into the bowl.

I asked the kids if they wanted to climb the stairs to the viewing platform but the sign said, “20 minutes” and there was a sign to look out for bears. So we chickened out. Actually we were just lazy. It was too much of a climb on a cold autumn’s day just to see two off-peak waterfalls.

We finally checked into Kumoi Hotel, a nice little place that was renovated only two years ago. Many of these onsen hotels in areas like this tend to be old and tired. A couple of the hotels I saw along the way had signs with missing words in their names. But not the Kumoi.

The kids had to set up the futon beds themselves, something they learned to do in our first house, and I have to say, it is handy having two assistants to set up the beds.

At least this Sounkyo area had three restaurants open till 8pm, so we did not need to tabao food. We chose an Italian place called Bear Grill, run by a handsome old man who made great food.

We also stopped by the Seicomart, the FamilyMart of Hokkaido, to resupply our drinks and junk food. And then retired to our hotel.

Because the Kumoi has its own onsen baths, I took the kids to the baths and taught the son how it works. Joy already had some experience in our previous trip so she was fine. The son took some convincing. “Nobody will look at your junk lah,” I assured him.

I gave him pointers on how to use an onsen, like putting a small towel on his head, and using the same small towel to cover his lower bits. The butt, that one cannot cover, the small towel was not big enough.

The kids enjoyed the onsen experience thoroughly, and we vowed to do it again when we could. And we ended our night at Sounkyo with a movie screening in the room, where I introduced them to The Matrix. Suffice to say, their minds were blown.

The next morning we drove back towards Higashikawa and stopped at the Seven Stars Tree. It is a scenic spot where, I later learned, a famous oak tree, that was once used on the packaging of seven stars tobacco, stood.

I only found out when I got to the Tree. Great, we drove all this way to see a cigarette advertisement. But the view was really nice lah. So it was not for nothing.

We also made a stop at the Shirogane Blue Pond, which was recently upgraded with new viewing platforms and lights. There, we spotted some dumb tourists taking photos on a tree branch that grew over the water. This is why we can’t have nice things.

By then it was close to sunset, and I didn’t want to drive in the dark, so we drove to Hotel Bear Monte, near Asahidake mountain, where I booked a night in this bigger, fancier onsen hotel. It took a lot of talking to convince the kids that it is okay to walk around the hotel in our yukata. And even to have the buffet dinner wearing our takata.

“This is how the farmers used to do it, on their vacations to onsen hotels,” I told the kids. They looked a little skeptical but took to it eventually. So we walked here walked there, like a boss, in our yukatas.

Like Japanese farmers on their winter onsen vacations.

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【我與可惡麥克風的故事】(English writing below)

我的 Blue Yeti 麥克風只用來錄一年的有聲書就掛了，而且是死在錄音要開始時。

我先生到百勝樓的Swee Lee詢問時，也既是我們買那麥克風的店，店員說類似這樣的話：「哦，你用了差不多兩年了，也是時候了。」

這是什麼話啊？不會吧？？？

把麥克風送回美國維修不划算。我也不確定是否要再花$210買回同一個可能比我還早死的麥克風。

於是，我花了很多個晚上來讀網路評價和觀看Youtube影片。坦白說，做後製時，我是聽得出Blue Yeti 錄音很多不足的地方。唯有搭配Voicemeeter Banana這音響軟件一起錄音，音質才會好很多。但這軟件只能使用在Windows. 我也花了很多個夜晚才搜索到這方法。

這些陌生的科技對我這門外漢而言真的很累人。我不是只是個風水師嗎？怎麼在看這些器材的資料呢？

但為了能把師尊的有聲書做的更好，我還是一頭栽進去這令人匪夷所思的音響器材世界裡。堂堂一個資訊科技的碩士生，我先生卻完全無法幫上忙。都說了嘛，現在做女人不容易呀！

長話短說，後來我向 Sennheiser 買了個Neumann TLM102 的麥克風。今天，我購買了一台 Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo Core。這些器材其實應該在四月時就買，但當時太忙而且舉棋不定，而最近器材的價錢都掉了幾百塊。

當初考慮了很多不同價格的麥格風和音頻接口。你知道的，只要一開始閱讀亞馬遜的網路評價和觀看Youtube影片時，就如同走進一間超大的糖果店，而裡頭的一塊巧克力可能就是自己一個星期的薪資，甚至一整個月的血......汗錢，

Sinamex員工的產品知識非常的好，人也很主動熱心。他示範了各品牌的音頻接口如 Apogee DUO, Audient and of course, Universal Audio。其實還沒踏進店裡時，我就已想買Universal Audio這品牌了。聽過店員的解說後，更慶幸沒有在網路上買Focusrite or Apogee。

據員工說，這 Universal Audio Apollo Twin 也是新加坡音樂創作者們 Dick Lee、 林俊傑、Jonathan Koh 許偉強和 Sydney Tan (2019年國慶慶典的音樂總監)。#六度分隔理論 #又與俊傑拉近一度

希望回到家後能夠學會如何操作這非同凡響的器材。我還需要到蘋果買個Thunderbolt電纜。這器材也適合用在Windows的電腦。

感謝師父做這次器材更新的大財主。

我有多次差一點又買回Blue Yeti，因為覺得這些科技太難懂，太麻煩了。但老娘怎麼說也是個新加坡人，怕輸怕死的血液在我身體流著，怎可能笨到同樣的錯誤犯兩次。😁

改變有時真的滿痛苦的，尤其是要花錢、花時間和花精神時，而偏偏這些資糧都不夠。說自己害怕改變，比說自己太驕傲太懶惰不要改變，來得好聽，因為前者能贏來同情，而後者則是輸給了命運。我們新加坡能夠有今天，絕對不是因為我們的建國一代一成不變，而是我們都願意去進步、去爭取、去拼搏、去吃苦。

這個國慶日，讓我們都不要忘記這股勇於嘗試和承擔的精神。新加坡，生日快樂，我以您為榮！謝謝您給予我和我家人的一切！🎉

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My Blue Yeti died after one year of weekly usage for audiobook recording, and it died just when our recording session was about to begin.

The Husband asked Swee Lee @ Bras Basah about it. That was where we bought the USB mic. The store staff said something like: “Oh you used for about two years. It’s about there already.”

I was like “what the duck”...

Sending the mic back to USA for repair doesn’t make financial sense. And I’m not sure I want to burn another $210 on a metal mic that is going to die before me.

So I spent nights reading online reviews and watching YouTube videos. To be honest, I hear a lot of inadequacies in the Blue Yeti recording. It only sounds better when I use it with Voicemeeter Banana, an audio application software that can only be used for Windows. Even that took me nights of Googling to find this solution.

It was exhausting. Thought I’m just a Feng Shui practitioner...why am I looking at mics and audio interfaces?

But for the sake of my Grandmaster’s audiobooks, I threw myself head first into this whole alien world of audio tech. The Husband, with a MASTERS in Information Technology, was of ZERO help. #toughbeingawomannowadays

Long story short, I bought a Neumann TLM102 from Sennheniser SG and today I purchased an Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo Core. I was lucky because I should have bought all these in April, when my mic died but I was so busy with work and couldn’t decide what was most suitable. Then the prices went down by a couple of hundreds.

There were many mics and audio interfaces I was considering. You know how it’s like when you start reading Amazon reviews and watching YouTube videos. Macham like walking into a candy store where one piece of chocolate can cost you one week of salary, and some, your entire month of blood supply.

The Sinamex staff was very knowledgeable and helpful. He demonstrated the various audio interfaces like Apogee DUO, Audient and of course, Universal Audio. I had my eyes on UA even before I entered the store. After his explanation, I was glad I didn’t buy the Focusrite or Apogee.

According to the gentleman, the Universal Audio Apollo Twin is also used by Dick Lee, Lin Junjie, Jonathan Koh and Sydney Tan (NDP 2019 music director). #sixdegreelaw #onedegreeclosertoJJLin

I hope I can figure out how to operate this impressive machine back home. I still have to buy a Thunderbolt cable from Apple. This also works with Windows by the way.

All credit goes to Shifu, for being the generous man that lays out the moolah for both the mic and audio interface. He lets me decides what to buy because in his words, a high-level Master doesn't bother himself with all these. Only a low-level one will. Okay, fine, that's me. 😀

There were many times I almost went back to buy a Blue Yeti. It was too difficult and troublesome to figure out all these tech stuff. But hey, I’m a true blue Singaporean. The kiasu and kiasi blood run deep in my veins. How can I be so dumb to make the same mistake twice? 😁

Change can be really painful and uncomfortable, especially when it involves money, time and effort and all these 3 resources are scarce. It’s easier and socially more acceptable to say we are afraid of change, instead of saying we are too proud or too lazy to change. Because the former will win you sympathy while the latter will make you a loser to your own Destiny.

Singapore is where she is today not because of our resistance to change, but for our ready willingness to strive relentlessly, to fight, to endure the pains, etc.

As we celebrate our 54th National Day, let us not forget this spirit of bravado and the quest for new frontiers.

Happy birthday, Singapore! I am so proud to be a Singaporean and thank you for all that you have given me and my family!

二卵性男女双子赤ちゃん生後1歳2ヶ月(455日)またまた大阪帰省！なんと初めての雪が！！ちょっと過ぎたかな？w雪国に行きたいな！ばあちゃんの作ってくれたケーキ！美味しかったな！ママも作れるように頑張るわ！！

過去の1日密着動画
【ママ必見】生後115日双子(男女)の1日に密着！桃の節句、初めての犬！What kind of feelings is twins baby 1st?
https://youtu.be/3Fc3P5Dxi_A

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後５ヶ月ってどんな感じ？mix twins baby What kind of feelings are five months after birth?
https://youtu.be/IwWzKpRflIs

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後6ヶ月！初めての海＆水族館mix twins baby The first sea and aquarium are six months after birth?
https://youtu.be/wjmjchXAVYw

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後200日！名古屋のばあちゃんに会いに mix twins baby To meet a grandma of Nagoya
https://youtu.be/d0yuLjxgDls

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後7ヶ月、初めてのまかいの牧場mix twins baby The first ranch
https://youtu.be/oJktPJfkNRg

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後8ヶ月、初めての花火＆プールmix twins baby The first fireworks and pool
https://youtu.be/bogpD0nkTas

【１日密着】動物園へお出かけ!男女双子赤ちゃん生後10ヶ月Mix twins baby go out to the zoo
https://youtu.be/8AtfcmGfAKs

【男女双子赤ちゃん】1歳児の1日ってどんな感じ？密着Mix twins coherence during the day
https://youtu.be/Jty-dkGU0OA

【1日密着】初めての国宝in大阪帰省！男女双子赤ちゃん生後13ヶ月Mix twins National treasure of the beginning
https://youtu.be/k0vlW9CjAYg

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【潤静】お肌の弱い我が子に使っている美容液になります。
美容液使って赤ちゃんが喜ぶ(笑う)ベビーマッサージ！男女双子生後11ヶ月
https://youtu.be/2_cGLG9qz1o
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【関連動画】
【生後2ヶ月】赤ちゃんの１日って？リアルな生活大公開！
https://youtu.be/2h1mztVfTuc

【1日密着】もしもまーななが双子だったら…おそろコーデでおはよう〜おやすみまで！お風呂も寝るのも一緒？いじわるからすぐ仲直り？【ココロマンちゃんねる】
https://youtu.be/n1MQwjCFWTY

【密着】双子赤ちゃんの1日♪〜双子育児のリアルな24時間！〜生後6ヶ月編【育児日記】One day for mixed twin babies ~ Real life 24 hours
https://youtu.be/rydq2iVKDYA

生後2ヶ月の赤ちゃんの1日ってどんな感じ？？
https://youtu.be/nAR0abCTjec

生後２ヶ月の赤ちゃんの１日ってどんな？｜赤ちゃんの１日に密着｜成長記録｜One Day With a Two-Month Old baby
https://youtu.be/Z-Jlq52GIUc

赤ちゃんの１日【生後7ヶ月のスケジュールに密着】One day with a baby.
https://youtu.be/19snSjaP8AI

二卵性男女双子赤ちゃん生後1歳1ヶ月(421日)今日は初めての鞍ヶ池公園！なんと動物園、水族館が無料！しかも芝生の広い遊び場やプレイランドまで！何と言ってもあんまり混んでないのが良い！また行きたい！

過去の1日密着動画
【ママ必見】生後115日双子(男女)の1日に密着！桃の節句、初めての犬！What kind of feelings is twins baby 1st?
https://youtu.be/3Fc3P5Dxi_A

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後５ヶ月ってどんな感じ？mix twins baby What kind of feelings are five months after birth?
https://youtu.be/IwWzKpRflIs

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後6ヶ月！初めての海＆水族館mix twins baby The first sea and aquarium are six months after birth?
https://youtu.be/wjmjchXAVYw

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後200日！名古屋のばあちゃんに会いに mix twins baby To meet a grandma of Nagoya
https://youtu.be/d0yuLjxgDls

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後7ヶ月、初めてのまかいの牧場mix twins baby The first ranch
https://youtu.be/oJktPJfkNRg

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後8ヶ月、初めての花火＆プールmix twins baby The first fireworks and pool
https://youtu.be/bogpD0nkTas

【１日密着】動物園へお出かけ!男女双子赤ちゃん生後10ヶ月Mix twins baby go out to the zoo
https://youtu.be/8AtfcmGfAKs

【男女双子赤ちゃん】1歳児の1日ってどんな感じ？密着Mix twins coherence during the day
https://youtu.be/Jty-dkGU0OA

【1日密着】初めての国宝in大阪帰省！男女双子赤ちゃん生後13ヶ月Mix twins National treasure of the beginning
https://youtu.be/k0vlW9CjAYg

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美容液使って赤ちゃんが喜ぶ(笑う)ベビーマッサージ！男女双子生後11ヶ月
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【関連動画】
【生後1ヶ月】里帰り中・赤ちゃんとの1日に密着。
https://youtu.be/0ykM4xTdff0

生後2ヶ月 赤ちゃんの1日にリアルに密着 生後80日 昼夜逆転 ある存在に気付く おしゃべり上手で笑顔満載 / 1 day routine with 2 months old baby
https://youtu.be/AfhOswghY1c

8ヶ月赤ちゃん！一日密着24時家族ドキュメント！8 months Japanese baby child rearing! Close document at 24 o'clock!
https://youtu.be/QbUBo02yLpU

【1日密着】赤ちゃんが1歳になると生活リズムはどうなるの？？
https://youtu.be/JmIiWzc_Ejk

【密着】双子赤ちゃんの1日♡〜双子育児のリアルな24時間！〜生後9ヶ月編【育児日記】One day for mixed twin babies ~ Real life 24 hours
https://youtu.be/4JmBbr7XOl0

生後1歳1ヶ月（419日）今日は国宝の石清水八幡宮で初詣！そして初めてのおみくじ！今年を占う結果はいかに？ばあちゃんの作るご飯美味しかったね！またじいちゃんとばあちゃんに会いに行こう！

過去の1日密着動画
【ママ必見】生後115日双子(男女)の1日に密着！桃の節句、初めての犬！What kind of feelings is twins baby 1st?
https://youtu.be/3Fc3P5Dxi_A

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後５ヶ月ってどんな感じ？mix twins baby What kind of feelings are five months after birth?
https://youtu.be/IwWzKpRflIs

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後6ヶ月！初めての海＆水族館mix twins baby The first sea and aquarium are six months after birth?
https://youtu.be/wjmjchXAVYw

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後200日！名古屋のばあちゃんに会いに mix twins baby To meet a grandma of Nagoya
https://youtu.be/d0yuLjxgDls

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後7ヶ月、初めてのまかいの牧場mix twins baby The first ranch
https://youtu.be/oJktPJfkNRg

【１日密着】男女双子赤ちゃん生後8ヶ月、初めての花火＆プールmix twins baby The first fireworks and pool
https://youtu.be/bogpD0nkTas

【１日密着】動物園へお出かけ!男女双子赤ちゃん生後10ヶ月Mix twins baby go out to the zoo
https://youtu.be/8AtfcmGfAKs

【男女双子赤ちゃん】1歳児の1日ってどんな感じ？密着Mix twins coherence during the day
https://youtu.be/Jty-dkGU0OA

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【関連動画】
【生後2ヶ月】赤ちゃんの１日って？リアルな生活大公開！
https://youtu.be/2h1mztVfTuc

【1日密着】もしもまーななが双子だったら…おそろコーデでおはよう〜おやすみまで！お風呂も寝るのも一緒？いじわるからすぐ仲直り？【ココロマンちゃんねる】
https://youtu.be/n1MQwjCFWTY

【密着】双子赤ちゃんの1日♪〜双子育児のリアルな24時間！〜生後6ヶ月編【育児日記】One day for mixed twin babies ~ Real life 24 hours
https://youtu.be/rydq2iVKDYA

生後2ヶ月の赤ちゃんの1日ってどんな感じ？？
https://youtu.be/nAR0abCTjec

生後２ヶ月の赤ちゃんの１日ってどんな？｜赤ちゃんの１日に密着｜成長記録｜One Day With a Two-Month Old baby
https://youtu.be/Z-Jlq52GIUc

赤ちゃんの１日【生後7ヶ月のスケジュールに密着】One day with a baby.
https://youtu.be/19snSjaP8AI