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Kuala Selangor: Family Day Trip

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Bukit Melawati Lighthouse

Our plan for camping in an orchard didn’t turn out well. My friend planned for a day trip to Kuala Selangor last Saturday. Joined altogether by three families: 6 adults and 5 children.

Kuala Selangor is famous for Bukit Melawati, fireflies, and seafood.

We only started our trip to Kuala Selangor at noon. And this was partly to coincide with the lunch plan in Ijok – where it’s famous for Beggar’s Chicken.

Overall it was a good trip but one thing stood out like a sore thumb and it was totally unexpected of. Read on and find out about the unscrupulous operator.

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Kitchen Renovation Strengthens Healthy Eating

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You know what. The type of kitchen you have determines the type of foods you serve your family.

It’s important that you have the right type that promotes healthy living.

No way! You actually believe that!

Forget about that. It was not what I meant.

That is not the case but somehow something happens to our family that made me realize how big the influence of what we teach to our children.

The story goes like this: [Read more…]

How a puppy taught my children about time and promises

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Dogs and children
Photo Credit: M&Co

J and K love animals. Dogs especially.

They have been bugging me to adopt one since a long time ago.

But I turned them down. Reason: too much responsibility.

Their life took a turn for the better when our neighbor brought home a Rottweiler puppy last February.

J and K immediately befriended the neighbor with the intention to get to play with the dog. [Read more…]

Banned baby names that parents use

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When you’re expecting next time, be careful how you name your baby.

There are rules that you can’t break.

Yes, even though it’s your baby but you can’t just name her/him as you wish.

And this includes promoting your baby to a higher ranking such as King or Queen.

According to the Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand, it has released a list of baby names that put forward by parents but were rejected.

Reasons?

Too bizarre.

Too offensive.

Here are some examples of such names: [Read more…]

What lousy politicians can teach you about parenting

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Everybody has a fever. No it’s not the virus that I am talking about.

It’s the election that I am talking about. Malaysians would go for the 13th election come May 5th.

Not that politicians are without jokes on normal days, but during election season, they are more rampant and daring to say and do things just to fish for votes.

They prompted me to write this post.

For the record, I refrain myself from touching on politics. If you notice, I have never written anything about it in the past.

It’s different this time. Because I have found some useful lessons parents can learn from our politicians… even though they are lousy! [Read more…]