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Educational Tour: Rimba Ilmu and Museum of Zoology of University of Malaya

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We jumped at the invitation extended to us by my wife’s former colleague and a reader of ParentWonder.com. They were the organizers of a day trip that took place last Friday.

The day trip comprised Malaysia’s top university’s Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden and The Museum of Zoology. Both places are located on the campus of University of Malaya (UM). Based on my rough estimate, the trip was joined by about 30 participants – children and adults alike.

The morning session started off with Rimba Ilmu. After lunch, the trip continued with a visit to UM’s Museum of Zoology.

All in all, both tours are highly educational, even for me. And it’s definitely recommended for parents with kids as well as school teachers looking for a trip. [Read more…]

Family Road Trip: Sitiawan, Lumut and Pangkor Island

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Since we were offered a free place to stay (from my cousin) in Swiss Court Holiday Apartment Damai Laut, we planned a visit to this wonderful places (Sitiawan and Lumut) again during the recent school holidays. It’s 3D2N trip. What is different this time is we included Pangkor Island as part of our itinerary. Our last visit was four years ago.

Detailed write-up about the last trip here. [Read more…]

What we can learn from a simple lunch box

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Photo Credit: Matthias Lambrecht

Two hours after J went to school today, only then did I realize she forgot her lunch box. It was packed nicely and the only thing she forgot to do was to put it in her school bag.

Later, K realized her sister’s snack when I was biting into it for breakfast.

He asked, “Hey, that’s sisters’s snack! Why are you eating it?”

“So what should I do instead?” I tested him.

“Send it over to sis.”

I replied, “No. I am not going to do that.” [Read more…]

Mother’s Day: “The Best Piece Of Advice Mom Ever Gave Me”

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Photo Credit: Lotus Carroll

Though it’s been 5 days after Mother’s Day, there are things that are timeless and never go out-of-date.

In conjunction with this year’s Mother’s Day, Marlo Thomas shared the best piece of advice her mother gave on her blog: 

“The most valuable [advice] being her encouragement to follow my own course and seize the career I wanted.”

Excellent! [Read more…]

Johnny-come-lately apology

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Two weeks ago, I was rushing to school to fetch K.

Out of good intention, J helped me start the car engine. This wasn’t the first time she did so. But there’s something that she did this time that was unprecedented.

Immediately after she started the engine, she locked the car and slammed the door. That happened in front of my very own eyes. I was in shock and in that instance, I had no time to warn her not to do it.

The result was dismay: the car was locked with the key inside! [Read more…]