Wish to share this interesting joke pick up from Reader's Digest June 2009.
"Guess what?" yelled my teenage son as he burst through the door.
"I got a 100 on my Spanish quiz that I didn't even know we were having."
"That's great!" I said.
"But why didn't you know about the quiz?"
"Because our teacher told us about it in Spanish."
To my dear friend who is a bit upset on her daughter's UPSR result, hope this joke lighten you up and trust me 'our kids are special and unique in their own ways...if your kid doesn't score, it doesn't mean that he/she is not good enough...'
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Picture worth a thousand words
Interesting enough to find out that having fun can be depressing. The question is since when?
Nathalie Blanchard, a Canadian, had been on leave from her job at IBM in Quebec for the past year after being diagnosed with major depression.
She received monthly sick-leave benefits from insurance giant Manulife. Everything went well as she stick to her doctor's advice "to have fun". She hanged around with friends at local bars and had a short getaways to fun destinations.
The fun activities were really good therapy and she lost her benefits once the insurance agent spotted her photos in her Facebook.
'Picture worth a thousand words' did little justice in this case......
Nathalie Blanchard, a Canadian, had been on leave from her job at IBM in Quebec for the past year after being diagnosed with major depression.
She received monthly sick-leave benefits from insurance giant Manulife. Everything went well as she stick to her doctor's advice "to have fun". She hanged around with friends at local bars and had a short getaways to fun destinations.
The fun activities were really good therapy and she lost her benefits once the insurance agent spotted her photos in her Facebook.
'Picture worth a thousand words' did little justice in this case......
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Modern Fairy Tale
Snow White, Cinderella and Bawang Merah could be wrong about their step mothers all these while...actually step mothers and step daughters could team up and be perfect buddy to plot and implement their bad intentions...
The fairy tale was revealed by 15 years old girl in Kota Kinabalu who was very friendly with her 25 years old step mother.
Anyway, the step mother played the same wicked role. She was jealous with the girl's mother, the first wife to the husband, and brilliantly plotted the murder ploy and had the girl's agreement to carry out her mission.
The 38 years old biological mother, was asleep when she was awakened by a burning sensation on her face.
She fended off her attacker and was shocked to discover that it was her own daughter. The girl attempted to kill her mother by smothering her mother with a sarong laced with formic acid (cuka getah).
The tale ended when both villains were arrested by police. In this case, it won't be the tag line 'they live happily ever after'...
The fairy tale was revealed by 15 years old girl in Kota Kinabalu who was very friendly with her 25 years old step mother.
Anyway, the step mother played the same wicked role. She was jealous with the girl's mother, the first wife to the husband, and brilliantly plotted the murder ploy and had the girl's agreement to carry out her mission.
The 38 years old biological mother, was asleep when she was awakened by a burning sensation on her face.
She fended off her attacker and was shocked to discover that it was her own daughter. The girl attempted to kill her mother by smothering her mother with a sarong laced with formic acid (cuka getah).
The tale ended when both villains were arrested by police. In this case, it won't be the tag line 'they live happily ever after'...
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Plastic Bottles
The issue of plastic bottles safety resurfaced. Earlier, there was argument that the reused of plastic bottles would pose greater risk of contacting cancer.
Anyway, the assurance by Lim Kok Boon, the chairman of Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF) on the safety of plastic bottles (polyethylene terephthalate/PET) usage was really a relief.
His assurance was supported by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) that the PET bottles met standards for food and beverages packaging for both single and repeated use.
PET bottles were subjected to the FDA review and regulations before they were allowed to be used as packaging material.
Lim also provided the report from the International Life Sciences Institute that PET is biologically inert and together with its other physical properties, it is particularly suitable for food packaging applications.
At least from now on, we could have peace of minds when we need to gulp from the PET bottles to quench ourselves........
Anyway, the assurance by Lim Kok Boon, the chairman of Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF) on the safety of plastic bottles (polyethylene terephthalate/PET) usage was really a relief.
His assurance was supported by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) that the PET bottles met standards for food and beverages packaging for both single and repeated use.
PET bottles were subjected to the FDA review and regulations before they were allowed to be used as packaging material.
Lim also provided the report from the International Life Sciences Institute that PET is biologically inert and together with its other physical properties, it is particularly suitable for food packaging applications.
At least from now on, we could have peace of minds when we need to gulp from the PET bottles to quench ourselves........
Friday, November 20, 2009
Farewell
Today is the last day of school for the year 2009. The kindergarten that my six years old son attended had organised a grand farewell party this morning.
It was packed of fun activities for the kids and a magic show by 'Hafidz Osman the great'. The kids enjoyed themselves and the magic show was really entertaining as some of the kids were called to volunteers.
Of course, party was not completed without food. It was a potluck party and every body brought home cook food ranging from pizza, spaghetti, fried chickens and varieties of desserts including ice creams.
During the party, he seemed to enjoy himself very much but it was rather upset when he returned home.
Sad to be departed from his friends (12 of them of six years old) as he is the only boys going to national school. The rest of the boy buddies will be entering vernacular school.
Similarly, my two girls ended their primary school sessions for this year minus the party. My eldest was also a bit upset as next year she would be in different class from her BFF (best friends forever). My second daughter seemed not to be affected as she simply said that she would come across new friends next year and was so eager to be a school prefect next year.
I also just bade farewell to one of my good friends last week as he was leaving for Saudi. It was not easy to say 'good bye' but every thing has to end somewhere.....
It was packed of fun activities for the kids and a magic show by 'Hafidz Osman the great'. The kids enjoyed themselves and the magic show was really entertaining as some of the kids were called to volunteers.
Of course, party was not completed without food. It was a potluck party and every body brought home cook food ranging from pizza, spaghetti, fried chickens and varieties of desserts including ice creams.
During the party, he seemed to enjoy himself very much but it was rather upset when he returned home.
Sad to be departed from his friends (12 of them of six years old) as he is the only boys going to national school. The rest of the boy buddies will be entering vernacular school.
Similarly, my two girls ended their primary school sessions for this year minus the party. My eldest was also a bit upset as next year she would be in different class from her BFF (best friends forever). My second daughter seemed not to be affected as she simply said that she would come across new friends next year and was so eager to be a school prefect next year.
I also just bade farewell to one of my good friends last week as he was leaving for Saudi. It was not easy to say 'good bye' but every thing has to end somewhere.....
Thursday, November 19, 2009
UPSR
UPSR results are out today. I've received a few good news from facebook contacts.
Anyway, I'm not going to talk about on the academic A's as they are well defined. As of this year, the year six students also need to complete the aptitude test as part of the UPSR exam.
The one-and-a-half hour test had 60 multiple questions to discover the students' performance on thinking skills, problem solving and decision making abilities.
The grade of the test was listed on the pupil's UPSR slip but does not carry any weightage to overall performance.
The analysis showed that generally the students were better on thinking skills than the other two areas.
Education director-general, Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom, said that based on the analysis, students should be given more training in the under performance areas.
However, I am a bit puzzle on the implementation process as normally aptitude test is carried out as a prerequisite or to determine placement in certain institutions.
For example, I had to sit for the aptitude test as a prerequisite test before given a placed at a university to pursue a tertiary education. Thus, I am not sure on the implication of the result to the students.
If the education ministry would like to introduce trainings or courses in these areas, they should be projected for long term objectives. The courses should not terminate once the students finish primary school as secondary and tertiary levels are deemed more crucial than primary in a later life although the primary level should serve as concrete foundations.
Personally, I think the test or analysis is more practical to be introduced starting at secondary level as the students are more mature and their experience exposure in lives are wider.
Normally, according to one article on children psychology, it mentioned that kids are not able to think rationally until they are above 12 years old.
Anyway, I'm not going to talk about on the academic A's as they are well defined. As of this year, the year six students also need to complete the aptitude test as part of the UPSR exam.
The one-and-a-half hour test had 60 multiple questions to discover the students' performance on thinking skills, problem solving and decision making abilities.
The grade of the test was listed on the pupil's UPSR slip but does not carry any weightage to overall performance.
The analysis showed that generally the students were better on thinking skills than the other two areas.
Education director-general, Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom, said that based on the analysis, students should be given more training in the under performance areas.
However, I am a bit puzzle on the implementation process as normally aptitude test is carried out as a prerequisite or to determine placement in certain institutions.
For example, I had to sit for the aptitude test as a prerequisite test before given a placed at a university to pursue a tertiary education. Thus, I am not sure on the implication of the result to the students.
If the education ministry would like to introduce trainings or courses in these areas, they should be projected for long term objectives. The courses should not terminate once the students finish primary school as secondary and tertiary levels are deemed more crucial than primary in a later life although the primary level should serve as concrete foundations.
Personally, I think the test or analysis is more practical to be introduced starting at secondary level as the students are more mature and their experience exposure in lives are wider.
Normally, according to one article on children psychology, it mentioned that kids are not able to think rationally until they are above 12 years old.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Separation
Normally, separation involves emotional tense especially with the love ones, but in case of twins, Krishna and Trishna, it was something to look forward to.
The twins, would be three next month, with conjoined heads had been successfully separated in a 32 hours marathon of high risk operation by Australian surgeons.
Besides conjoined heads, the twins also shared the fate of being rescued from certain death in Dhaka orphanage. Their legal guardian, Moira Kelly, who I think has a very good heart, had took the trouble to brought the twins from Bangladesh to Australia.
As of now, there was a new development as one of the twins was showing good sign as she already started talking and behaving normally after being woken from a medically induced coma.
The other one, had to be slowly brought out of coma as the separation brought more changes to her body and brain's blood circulation.
Hopefully she would make it as the MRI scans after the operation showed no sign of brain injury. Initially, the doctors said it was a 50-50 chance that one of the girls could suffer brain damage from complicated separation.
The twins, would be three next month, with conjoined heads had been successfully separated in a 32 hours marathon of high risk operation by Australian surgeons.
Besides conjoined heads, the twins also shared the fate of being rescued from certain death in Dhaka orphanage. Their legal guardian, Moira Kelly, who I think has a very good heart, had took the trouble to brought the twins from Bangladesh to Australia.
As of now, there was a new development as one of the twins was showing good sign as she already started talking and behaving normally after being woken from a medically induced coma.
The other one, had to be slowly brought out of coma as the separation brought more changes to her body and brain's blood circulation.
Hopefully she would make it as the MRI scans after the operation showed no sign of brain injury. Initially, the doctors said it was a 50-50 chance that one of the girls could suffer brain damage from complicated separation.
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