Conspiracy

Last week, a friend told me that she has taken her 10 year old daughter out from a renowned Chinese primary school and placed her in a private school instead, after her daughter being diagnosed of depression recently. I truly salute her courage to make the change. As parents, we often want to give our children the best we could. But are we truly giving them the best we could? Do we really have the courage to listen to our heart and are we brave enough to make changes that our heart tells us to? In theory, we know that every child is unique and special. However, in practice, do we really dare to raise our children in ways different from the other parents?

We often feel trapped by the situations. We often feel that we are the victims. However, other than whining and complaining, are we doing something? Are we the change we want to see? Or are we just part of the conspiracy?



 

Revived ...

Decided to revive my almost dead garden after seeing Sheryl’s blog this morning. Kia-soo...…. Haha…Laughing

Been having very bad flu for the past 2 days. Hope not H1N1. Like every other ordinary being, I am “not ready to die yet”. Knowing that I am down with flu, Da Ge advised me this morning that it’s okay if I die tomorrow, just make sure that I finish off my outstanding work with him, or at least properly brief Lin Lin about my work. How nice of him!!

Only when I am sick, that I remember that 生命就在呼吸间。。。that人要及时发挥良能。。。。



 

Happy New Year

Time flies. Just realised that my last entry was made in last year. Haha… certainly this is not an interesting blog. No writer, no commentator, no audience….



 

iPhone 3G Challenges

gWas in a trendy mode and Got myself an iphone a week ago. Hehe…. I then realised that I have created my own nightmare. Well… the phone is cool, and I really love it… but was faced with many challenges. At first, the phone sim lock couldn’t be released. Then, its clock didnt work. After overcoming these issues, the phone sometimes detected no maxis line. And worst of all, the sms couldn’t work properly. So for all of you who sent me sms over the past few days, I am sorry for no reply because I couldn’t retrieve the messages.

So, this morning, with a “thick face”, I went back to my very nice supplier and requested a return of the phone as I noticed that this very nice phone has brought me more stress than enjoyment. To continue bearing with it would be a compromise to myself. And guess what? They allowed me to do it. So here I am, in the phone shop, waiting to restore and delete all data from the phone. I have to say that I am really grateful to this supplier.

Of course, I trust that all these are merely the sim-unlocking problems and are “solveable” problems with software updates. But I am just too tired of them.

But I am not giving up on iphone yet….



 

We are Back!

The trip to Myanmar was a very different kind of “holiday”. Physically tiring. But mentally afreshing & spiritually inspiring. Discovered more of myself, and is more certain of my path.

Getting back to work. Will write more later.



 

Myanmar, 1 - 5 Nov

Will be visiting Myanmar this 1st to 5th November. In conjunction with the “earth touching” ceremony of Tzu Chi schools there, as well as participating in the harvesting ceremony of the farmers.

Many thanks to aunty and Chai Sin who will help us to take care of the kids in our absence. Every happening in our life is a collaboration effort of many people around us. My salute to all of you….



 

Welcome, Huan-Huan

We have a new addition to the family yesterday — Huan-Huan, named after the red mascot of Beijing Olympic 2008. He is a brown-black Pommeranian, slightly darker than our dear late Mickey. In fact, Ying and Ern give him a full name — Ku Jia Huan. Ying has drawn up a wall chart to take note of Huan’s 3 meals everyday. Hehe… to make sure that we won’t make the same mistake we did to Mickey last time.



 

Good “discipline”……

After many years of trying to introduce some discipline into my own life, I think I have finally succeeded…. Hehe…. Gone are the good old days when I stayed up throughout the night.  My eyelids have become the best sleeping alarm clock for me. They start to get heavy past 9 o’clock everyday. And I am now typing with 80% of my eyes closed. Hm…. On second thoughts, is this “discipline” or is this a sign of aging? Haha….

Anyway, I am going to sleep now. Good night!



 

Christopher Moon, 17/18 November

Christopher Moon, a teacher who inspired and taught me a lot, will be in Penang this November. There will be 2 public talks on 17th & 18th November, on different topics. The talk on 17th November is entitled ”Children are Mirrors of Our Inner Self”, to be held at Penang Han Chiang School whereas the one on 18th November is entitled “Love is Always the Way”, to be held at Bukit Mertajam Jit Sin Private School. The entrance fee is only a nominal fee of RM10.00. I would think it’s an oppotunity not to be missed!  Click on the link below for more information:

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Empty Promises

Ying shared with me this afternoon that there have been a lot of things that I said I wanted to do but have NOT DONE YET… From her list, I even noticed items which I can’t even remember having said at all. Hehehe…. seems that I may have the habit of making empty promises in my life. Or rather, to put it more nicely, I have a lot of visions, dreams, should-dos, can-dos, but usually do not materialise them. Visions remain visions, dreams remain dreams…. perhaps it’s time for some REAL ACTIONS.

So, 1st thing to do, is to pack up my bag and GO HOME NOW. Haha….