A news report caught my attention:
“Son stages his own kidnapping”
A 25-year old son, buried deeply in debt, wanted to get his 61-old father to help clean his financial mess.
He had an awesome idea. [Read more…]
Marriage Tips from Divorcees
It sounds counter-intuitive.
How can we learn secrets to a happy marriage from people who have divorced?
Sometimes, that’s how we learn… from mistakes of others.
Meaning if we want to have a happy marriage, we must learn from divorced people. So we don’t make the same mistakes.
That’s how the world works, doesn’t it? [Read more…]
Flying Mosquito Disease
It sounds like Chinese kung fu but it has nothing to do with martial arts.
It’s less glamorous than that.
Flying Mosquito Disease (飞蚊症) is the Chinese colloquial term for eye floaters.
Last Tuesday, I noticed there are exceptionally more flying objects in front of my eyes.
I thought they were mosquitoes or flies. Upon closer look, they are not. [Read more…]
Babies know best
Think we know more than babies?
Think again.
A reader shared with me an interesting experiment she and her friends did when they weaned their babies.
I admit I don’t know about this when J and K were young (I wish I did as it must be interesting). And it’s called baby-led weaning. [Read more…]
How parents can help save a child’s life
Phew! It was close.
I almost ran over a child this morning.
As usual, after getting my supplies of vegetables, I headed home. And I would pass by a secondary school.
As you may guess, there are kids moving about in the vicinity of school.
Suddenly, a teenage boy was running and crossing the road which I was about to drive pass. [Read more…]