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First time participating in story-telling activity

January 25, 2010

Yesterday was Ryan’s first attempt at joining a story-telling session at MPH book store. There were just a handful of kids there to listen to the story-reading and they ranged from 2 to 8 years old.
It was also Ryan’s first “public speaking” experience as he was handed the microphone and to tell everyone his name, [...]

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Have you registered your toddlers?

January 23, 2010

Only a couple of weeks ago I learned from some experienced mothers that you need to register your kids to primary schools very early on if you want them to go to some good schools. I was shocked to learn that parents actually register their 2 or 3 year olds to primary schools already! All [...]

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Change of learning curve

January 17, 2010

Now that I’m in business for myself, I find that the things I learned while being an employee are useful but I still have a steep learning curve when being on my own. Most of the time I talk to lots of people and therefore need to be at least an interesting person to hold [...]

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The more difficult questions are now coming…

January 2, 2010

Ryan has always been an inquisitive child and I’ve enjoyed the questions he asks. He’s now 2 years and 4 months and he knows his alphabets (well, singing his ABCs, that is), counts up to 10 without assistance and up to 20 with some help, knows colours and his all time favourite is purple, speaks in [...]

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Bring your kids for the Dolphins & Sea Lions Show

December 20, 2009

Have you heard that there’s a Dolphins & Sea Lions Show in Malaysia? It’s held at Bandar Sunway in Subang, right next to Sunway Pyramid. It started on December 1st and if I remember correctly, it ends sometime in February 2010.
We brought Ryan to see the show and here’s our experience.
Parking was a big problem [...]

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Do you think homeschooling will ever take off here?

December 14, 2009

Homeschooling is something that’s not popular at all in this part of the world. I do wonder if this method of education will ever take off in our region. I know of many parents who aren’t happy with the public education system. Their only choice is naturally to send their children to private schools if they can afford [...]

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