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Today is the day.

“The Nonconformist’s Guide to Parenting” is now ready!

Originally, I was going to let early bird buyers have it for 33% off.

But I changed my mind. [Read more…]

Straight up, here are the reasons:

I wrote it because I want to preserve my writings, thoughts, and experiences.

Plus, in book form, it’s easier to read and the info is more organized. Not to mention you can read it anywhere, anytime.

In fact, there’s another reason I wrote the book.

Let’s call it the UNOFFICIAL reason. In fact I didn’t want to talk about this. It makes me look un-macho.

But I appreciate you becoming my subscriber and I want to be as transparent as possible with you.

To begin with, I was sort of lazy and I had no intention to write this book. [Read more…]

One of the many skills I want my children to learn which is essential in life is social interaction.

In today’s high tech world, face-to-face interaction has become a rare commodity. Youngsters now know only how to interact via the Internet (FB, chatting, Skype, etc).

But when it comes to face-to-face communication, they are stuck. They are lost for words.

Some of them can’t even speak one complete sentence, let alone express themselves properly.

They speak as though they are texting: [Read more…]

There’s something interesting about our universe.

This runs through from as big as our solar system to as small as an atom.

If you paid attention in class, you’d have learned that the planets (earth is one of them) revolve around the sun. Meanwhile, electrons revolve around the nucleus.

In other words, the sun is the center of the solar system while the nucleus is the centre of an atom.

But what about a family?

Is there a center of a family? [Read more…]