Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Brushing Teeth

SG & Karen trying to get Isabelle to brush teeth & met some resistance =(

Must try the tips from this article:

Trick your kid into teeth-brushing

Getting your kid(s) to “want” to brush their teeth can be a monumental challenge. We’ve got very useful tips to make your kid excited about the brushing experience. Halitosis and tooth decay on a two-year-old isn’t exactly adorable, is it? Let’s get brushing…

http://sg.theasianparent.com/blog/articles/trick-your-kid-into-teeth-brushing/

Friday, November 04, 2011

Movie

Haven't watched one for many moons. But this looks interesting. Wondering when it will be screened in Singapore...

The compelling true story of two young ladies: one reaching the heights of the world’s tallest peak and the other descending into depths of despair.


Esther Tan, at age 23, took a chance one day that eventually became a four year journey which culminated in her being part of the first women’s team from Singapore to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Esther Mok, at age 23, was just an ordinary girl. One day, upon returning from a holiday in Hong Kong, she suddenly achieved infamy as the first carrier of SARS into Singapore and notoriety as a super-infector, transmitting the disease to over 90 other people. Among those she infected were her parents, her maternal uncle and her pastor, all of whom died from the disease. ....


http://www.ccalmm.com/support-the-production-of-a-tale-of-two-esthers/

Friday, October 28, 2011

Interesting article (Being a Spiritual Loser Pays Off)

This group of very professional publisher types who came from a different world seemed to love the non-academic approach. They laughed at my jokes, but seemed to resonate with someone who could admit to being a spiritual loser for most of his life, someone who could honestly admit it, and freely talk about it. ...(more)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Isabelle@Library

Trying to get Isabelle back into habit of reading...

And when SG brought her to library recently, she will shop around for books, and of cos, DVDs!! Here's her checking out Wiggles DVD.

Friday, September 02, 2011

Molder of Dreams

by Clark Mollenhoff

Teachers …
You are the molders of their dreams,
the gods who build or crush
their young beliefs of right or wrong.

You are the spark that sets aflame the
poet's hand, or lights the flame
of some great singer's song.

You are the gods of the young, the very young.
You are the guardian of a million dreams.
Your every smile or frown can heal or pierce a heart.

Yours are a hundred lives, a thousand lives,
yours the pride of loving them, and the sorrow, too.

Your patient work, your touch, make you the gods of hope
who fill their souls with dreams
to make those dreams come true.


Excerpted from the Focus on the Family radio broadcast "Teacher of the Year" featuring Guy Doud. President Ronald Reagan read this poem to Doud when Doud received the 1986 National Teacher of the Year for the United States of America. Used with permission.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011

An Interesting Funeral

http://www.actsweb.org/articles/article.php?i=802&d=2&c=6

Some time ago, a teacher in Decatur, Georgia, taught her fourth-grade students an invaluable lesson by conducting a funeral. She enthused her class because the funeral was to be conducted for an enemy--the "I can't" enemy.

"Each child was encouraged to list their 'I Can'ts': 'I can't do math.' 'I can't make any friends.' 'I can't hit a home run in softball.' 'I can't give a book report in front of the class,'" and so on.

When the teacher collected all the "I can't" lists, she put them in a box and took them with the class outside where they took turns in digging a grave. In her eulogy she said, "We have provided 'I Can't' with a final resting place and a headstone that contains his epitaph. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, 'I Can,' 'I Will,' and 'I'm Going to Right
Away.' May 'I Can't' rest in peace and may everyone present pick up their lives and move forward in his absence."


Monday, August 08, 2011

Counting Beans

Recently, SG's mum started bringing some beans and ask Isabelle to help to count. Good game to learn numbers & keep her occupied!!

Also, while playing with Isabelle, Karen has talked to the soft toys.

Here, Isabelle combined the two activities together- she count beans with her fav Doraemon!

Happy Birthday Mummy!!!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Approaching the Pearly Gates

I don't want to drive up to the Pearly Gates in a
shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored
clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long,
perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in
a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking
kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge
of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches
for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there
with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping
to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with
children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of
a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was
really here and that I really lived.

-- Marjorie Pay Hinckley, 1911-2004

Monday, July 18, 2011

Caleb

Besides being big size, Caleb is very curious. And here, he like demo how he can follow sound & camera at 1.5 months old!!

Isabelle turns 3

And one thing Isabelle loves is pasta!!

Monday, June 20, 2011

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Swimming

Isabelle was not brave with water. Recently, after going to a few shopping centers water play, she is more 'confident' with water.

So, we brought her to swimming pool today. Guess what! She likes swimming & even imitate daddy swimming in the pool!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Taiwan TV on 鄭秀文

Inspiring interview...2nd case I heard about people who walk out of depression without medicine =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3P3Q-Dn0cc
鄭秀文自2007年全面復出後,12月終於推出復出後首張全新粵語大碟《信 FAITH》,以11首福音歌在流行和創意元素中注入信望愛的訊息,獲得空前的成功!多年前曾經陷於人生低潮的 Sammi,在新碟中以歌詞帶出她想表達及分享的信息,希望身邊的人在迷乏中覓得人生新目標。而睽違台灣歌壇6年的天后鄭秀文也將在2010年的6月,將這張相當有意義的­作品獻給台灣的朋友!除了翻唱了原廣東專輯中的歌曲外,SAMMI還為台灣的朋友特別錄製了全新的國語歌曲,收錄的這張名為『信者得愛』的國語專輯中!

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

2011 Resolutions

Read this article on 2011 resolutions by Americans. Glad to know 30% of them got to do with health/weight. But is it surprising that only 5% involved something spiritual? Or that mostly divorced people will want make some changes in this area?

Worth pondering...

http://www.barna.org/culture-articles/465-americans-resolutions-for-2011