Parenting

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…]

Batman was pulled over by the police.

What has got the Dark Knight into trouble?

No license plate.

In fact, he did have the plate but it was Batman emblem.

That’s WHAT got the superhero into problem.

In case you are wondering: No, this is not a scene from the upcoming Batman movie.

This is a real life scene and it happened in the US recently.

This man is real! [Read more…]

Sometimes we are too busy to notice what we are doing and we tend to complicate things.

This is what I mean.

It’s very common that almost every household in Malaysia (maybe Singapore too) has a maid.

Here’s how a typical family operates.

Since the maid is already hired, besides doing tons of house chores, taking care of children is part of the maid’s job scope too. [Read more…]

I let you in on a secret:

My wife and I never really got separated from J and K since they were born. Except our trip to Japan in 2010. Even that both of us were away together.

But this time is different.

My wife is assigned to a project in Brisbane and she is there for 10 days. Leaving me alone handling the household.

Today is the last day my wife is there.

While she’s away, I get a taste of how being a single parent feels like. [Read more…]