Six months just flew by. Whoosh! And it is over. There is another 6 months to go before 2012 is here. The so-called ‘World is ending on 2012′ prophecy. Actually, life is a lot shorter than that. Just that we usually think we are immortal, as in cannot die one, can live forever one…. That’s [...]

Posted on June 30th, 2011 by Lilian
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There was so much hoo-haa a couple of months back when we finally realise that our Malaysian schoolchildren are mostly obese. It is like we suddenly open our eyes and see ‘OMG, fat kids, unhealthy kids, what to do, what to do!’. Sad fact is, the children are mostly overweight and many are obese. There [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2011 by Lilian
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I have often heard new parents lamenting how parenthood has robbed off the joys of travelling. They will give reasons why they no longer go for holidays because it is too much hassles and their kids stressed them out. Well, if you have a sedan car, it does get a bit packed and everyone gets [...]

Posted on June 20th, 2011 by Lilian
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I have forgotten if I have ever been hospitalised over an illness. The only times I had been admitted in hospital is to undergo some operations to remove tonsils or lumps. Or have babies. But this time, I have to stay in the hospital for two nights because of some virus. So, yeah, it was [...]

Posted on June 20th, 2011 by Lilian
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I am invited to Proton Exora session with the media, bloggers and several couples who are interested in test driving the MPV. The session begins with a talk by Dr Alvin Ng who shared about Child Development. He is the Clinical Psychologist from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). I am surprised to see a child psychologist [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2011 by Lilian
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Two weeks of school holidays, two weeks of bliss. But it is back to school again tomorrow. ‘School is very depressing,’ my very eloquent, smart eight years old said. ‘Sad face…’ such is the language of kids who grow up in the Youtube and social media age. It denotes Frankly, I agree with him. School [...]

Posted on June 12th, 2011 by Lilian
Filed under: Faith, Family | 10 Comments »

Are you aware that there is a debate going on over at Friso Tiger Mother FB discussion tab at http://www.facebook.com/FrisoGrowingUpTogether about Tiger Moms? Several Malaysian bloggers have got themselves worked up about this. Apparently, mothers have opinions of their own and they do not agree on one method of parenting. You should see what these [...]

Posted on June 10th, 2011 by Lilian
Filed under: Family, Rev | 3 Comments »