Parenting

Oh wait, not me! I am still alive and kicking!

On a more serious note, someone had died and came back alive. This is not a story I pick from a horror fiction but it’s a real story.

Anita Moorjani was diagnosed with cancer and she was confirmed by the doctor that her chances of survival was down to zero. She actually “saw” the other side and finally she decided to come back as she has to finish her unfinished jobs.

Miraculously, despite what the doctors said, Anita recovered from her illness and she can’t feel any better.

After going through near death experience (NDE), she has learned a lot about life. She is light and more carefree compared to the old Anita. She shared her NDE in a book called “Dying to be Me – My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing” – which has become a bestseller. And by the end of 2013, “Dying To Be Me” will be available in 32 languages.

I highly recommend this book.

On another note, Anita was interviewed by Alan Steinfeld and she touched on parenting. I thought it was great and you had to see this.

For your convenience, here’s the snippet: [Read more…]

J and K love animals. Dogs especially.

They have been bugging me to adopt one since a long time ago.

But I turned them down. Reason: too much responsibility.

Their life took a turn for the better when our neighbor brought home a Rottweiler puppy last February.

J and K immediately befriended the neighbor with the intention to get to play with the dog. [Read more…]

When you’re expecting next time, be careful how you name your baby.

There are rules that you can’t break.

Yes, even though it’s your baby but you can’t just name her/him as you wish.

And this includes promoting your baby to a higher ranking such as King or Queen.

According to the Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand, it has released a list of baby names that put forward by parents but were rejected.

Reasons?

Too bizarre.

Too offensive.

Here are some examples of such names: [Read more…]

Everybody has a fever. No it’s not the virus that I am talking about.

It’s the election that I am talking about. Malaysians would go for the 13th election come May 5th.

Not that politicians are without jokes on normal days, but during election season, they are more rampant and daring to say and do things just to fish for votes.

They prompted me to write this post.

For the record, I refrain myself from touching on politics. If you notice, I have never written anything about it in the past.

It’s different this time. Because I have found some useful lessons parents can learn from our politicians… even though they are lousy! [Read more…]

Last Sunday, we had an Easter Egg Hunt for kids during our monthly run.

Somehow the organizer was short of eggs, I guess.

Even though a “rule” was already in place – that each child could only get one egg – the shortage still occurred.

It was obvious that a significant number of children did not manage to find even an egg.

It’s easy to tell from the facial expressions of the children who did not find the eggs.

They looked so disappointed and depressed. Some at the brink of crying.

Poor thing. [Read more…]