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Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

14 July 2022 – 3:34 pm |

“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Why We Take Our Kids to Funeral Services and Hospital Visits

29 September 2017 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | No Comment

‘Why do you take Brie along to the hospital? Aren’t you afraid of her getting sick, too?’, someone asked me the other day.

Here’s what happened:
I picked Brie up from school and brought her along with …

Thoughts: Children are NOT Their Parents

28 September 2017 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | No Comment
Thoughts: Children are NOT Their Parents

‘I don’t understand you! Why aren’t you like your parents? They’re so good! Why are you like THIS???’
‘When I was YOUR age, I didn’t do THAT. Why did you do it???’

Children are children.
They are …

Day Trip to Sambolo 1 Beach, Anyer!

22 September 2017 | Posted in: Places to Visit, Video | No Comment

Should we find time to spend with the family, outdoors?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Anyer beach is only 2.5 hours drive from Jakarta.
We’d drive there in the early morning, enjoy the sun and the beach, and …

Thoughts Before We Respond or React Towards Others

18 September 2017 | Posted in: Inspirational | No Comment
Thoughts Before We Respond or React Towards Others

Before we respond or deal with others (spouse/child/student/anyone), we must always see them as ‘belonging to God’.
They are NOT an object nor our possession.
If they belong to God, then we would be extra careful before …

Thoughts: Dealing with Our Children’s Mistakes

14 September 2017 | Posted in: Parenting | 3 Comments
Thoughts: Dealing with Our Children’s Mistakes

Name one parent, one educator, one teacher, who has NEVER made a mistake in life.
Everyone makes mistakes, including our children.
I remind myself daily, that my task is to guide their hearts whenever I need …

East Nusa Tenggara: What is a ‘Rumah Bulat’ (Round House)?

12 September 2017 | Posted in: Places to Visit, Video | No Comment

 
There is so much I don’t know about Indonesia.
Recently, I was blessed to have visited East Nusa Tenggara for a week, where I learned a little more of its rich and diverse culture and people.
Here …

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