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A family union

The initial euphoria of home-coming has waned off after barely 2 weeks back on home soil...
CNY is really a unique period to be back home; the streets are empty, the feast is never ending; after a year in India, Singapore seems sparsely populated and there's so much affluence; how i wish i could bring the kids over. A year is simply too short to change someone's life...

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Eric Yee said…
Spore sparsely populated?! :lol

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