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“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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Kids’ Swimming Lessons: We’ve finally started ours!

13 August 2010 | Posted in: Daily | 18 Comments

I wrote about ‘Swimming Lessons: When should we start‘ in September last year.
This was what I wrote:
We feel the ability to swim is one of the basic ’survival’ skills one needs to have, but we’re still …

Loving You. Both.

12 August 2010 | Posted in: Daily | 2 Comments

At times I lose my patience over the kinds of things you say and do.
Often I feel unappreciated too.
But here’s one thing I’m very sure of:
There’ll always be this thing called love.

Love you both.

Anya: When I grow up, I want to be …

10 August 2010 | Posted in: Daily | 6 Comments

I was tidying up our living room when I saw Anya’s choir file, with this A4-sized ‘note’ inserted into the very front of the plastic sheets.
[Anya joined our church’s children choir since she was 4 …

Photography: ‘Jumping Shots’ of Kids

9 August 2010 | Posted in: Daily, Photography | 4 Comments

I’ve been into snapping quite a lot of  kids’ jumping shots for sometime now.
It’s FUN!
And, I love the spontaneous expressions captured!
Btw.
As kids LOVE to jump around, such jumping shots would very most likely work well …

Sunday’s Food for Thought: When Blessings are Taken for Granted

8 August 2010 | Posted in: Inspirational | No Comment
Sunday’s Food for Thought: When Blessings are Taken for Granted

Whether we realise it or not, we receive God’s grace and countless blessings every single day.
Our health. Our food. The air we breathe. Security at home and where we live. Our family. Friends.
And THAT is …

Sometimes when the unexpected happens …

5 August 2010 | Posted in: Daily | No Comment

… we just need to think a little differently than usual.
Like, when it suddenly drizzled and we had no umbrella, we made an impromptu decision and used a cardboard box as our ‘cover’ instead.
[We happened …

Making: Quick and Easy Apple Pancake

3 August 2010 | Posted in: Food & Health | 6 Comments

I made this for breakfast today.
Apple Pancake.
[Found the recipe in a cook book I borrowed from the library]
I tested out this recipe, and I liked it.
Simple enough for a beginner like me (and quick enough …

Parenting Tips: Encouraging Exercise

2 August 2010 | Posted in: Crafts & Activity Ideas for Kids, Parenting | No Comment

[We occasionally bring Anya and Vai to the tennis court and let them watch Daddy play. They’d watch, run around and play with tennis balls by the court side. It’s our simple way of ‘exposing’ …

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