Read an interesting article in the paper recently.
It’s a survey conducted in the UK about the skills learned by children.
Want to know what those skills are?
Here they are at random order: [Read more…]
Interesting facts about Taiwan
I am home!
I just got back from our vacation in Taiwan. Though it was tiring (we changed hotel almost every day except the last 3 days) but it was fun and educational.
For the uninitiated, Taiwan is an island (with some other smaller islands) which is located in the Asian continent, near to Hong Kong and Mainland China.
We spent 12 days touring around the island and I have noticed some interesting things about Taiwan. [Read more…]
A sneaky way to protect yourself online
In today’s modern world, we can’t run away from having online accounts.
It’s part of the digital lifestyle. And this too, poses never-before-seen danger.
Many accounts (including that of celebrities) have been hacked.
Guess what? It’s not that the hackers are technically advanced but they use common sense to break into someone else’s account.
Think about it.
What do you use for passwords?
Your child’s name?
His birthday?
Your house number?
Your sweetheart’s name?
Your place of birth?
Your dog’s name?
The problem with this kind of passwords is they are open secrets. And easily available and found. [Read more…]
The parents who cried wolf
After getting home from seeing my folks out of town, we reached home quite late last Sunday. Upon reaching, to make way for the car to go in, we reversed another car. Without seeing a neighbor’s car behind, we hit and scratched it.
Since it was late at that moment and nobody was around, no one saw what happened. We had the luxury to keep the incident swept under the carpet. Or we braved ourselves telling our neighbor the truth. [Read more…]
What Skyfall taught me about parenting
Don’t get me wrong. I hardly watch movies, let alone going to cinema.
However after reading many rave reviews of the latest installment of James Bond, I couldn’t contain my curiosity but to watch it.
Last Saturday, I took my wife (yes, without the kids!) to watch Skyfall at a cinema after, God knows, how long.
To my disappointment, it turned out that I didn’t like the latest 007 movie.
Maybe I had different expectations. Maybe I am judging it based on the perceptions I have about the past James Bond movies: fast cars, latest gadgets, Bond girls… [Read more…]