Dare
Think about the last time you watched an action thriller drama about someone being taken hostage, scissors on her throat, close to being stabbed to death. You probably agree that a psychologist is better than tear gas under such circumstances.
To call the psychologist's job difficult at this turn of harrowing event is a serious understatement. Removing the threat of a violent guy is as ghastly as a dental check for crocodiles. If I told you George is a psychologist asked to take up this job when he had just come out
Organized
We have information overload. So much so that we forget things like the password to our Facebook account, the PIN for our credit card, the digital door code of the loo at workplace - for goodness' sake, no laughing matter when there is a pressing need.
The need for taking charge of our memory cabinet has never been greater. My brain seems to be shrinking inversely proportional to the explosion of job items. In short, I'm forgetting more things than I remember.
One good explanation is that our
The need for taking charge of our memory cabinet has never been greater. My brain seems to be shrinking inversely proportional to the explosion of job items. In short, I'm forgetting more things than I remember.
One good explanation is that our
Tree
“Daddy, I don't quite understand this story,” my daughter looked nonplussed after reading Britta Teckentrup's The Memory Tree .
The story seems so very, very surreal and metaphorical.
Set in a snowy winter, the book's beginning has the death scene of Fox. One by one, Fox's animal friends in the forest came to recall the precious moments with him. Owl talked about how they raced to see who could catch more falling leaves. Bear reminisced the day when Fox looked after
The story seems so very, very surreal and metaphorical.
Set in a snowy winter, the book's beginning has the death scene of Fox. One by one, Fox's animal friends in the forest came to recall the precious moments with him. Owl talked about how they raced to see who could catch more falling leaves. Bear reminisced the day when Fox looked after
Fatherhood
It's not just mums who end in a funny mess with child care. We dads can have a tough job when mums are busy elsewhere.
To understand my situation today, try a simple mental exercise. Think about what it would feel like to prepare my daughter for school when my wife has been occupied with an early morning operation. Come to think about my domestic maid who has also left. Dads of the world - count me in please - can make neither decent lunch box nor ponytail for their daughters.
To understand my situation today, try a simple mental exercise. Think about what it would feel like to prepare my daughter for school when my wife has been occupied with an early morning operation. Come to think about my domestic maid who has also left. Dads of the world - count me in please - can make neither decent lunch box nor ponytail for their daughters.
Olympics
Thanks to the timing of our Karuizawa ski trip this year, our family have been watching the Winter Olympics much more often than before.
This also gives me a great chance to teach my daughter how the Olympic ceremony director Konstantin Ernst owned up to his mistake four years ago. The Russians faced international mockery after a technical glitch during the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, when one of the five snowflake-like figures of the Olympic ring failed to unfold. For illustration purpose, YouTube watching is
This also gives me a great chance to teach my daughter how the Olympic ceremony director Konstantin Ernst owned up to his mistake four years ago. The Russians faced international mockery after a technical glitch during the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, when one of the five snowflake-like figures of the Olympic ring failed to unfold. For illustration purpose, YouTube watching is
Influence
We have heard about the way parents shape a child's development. Well, it turns out that the other way round applies. The relationship is two-sided; parents and children shape each other.
No surprise then my daughter also changes the style of my holiday. Little did I imagine booking a ski resort before, not to mention taking a ski lesson myself. As soon as I knew our daughter's craving for skiing, I made up my mind that I'd better learn a knack for the
No surprise then my daughter also changes the style of my holiday. Little did I imagine booking a ski resort before, not to mention taking a ski lesson myself. As soon as I knew our daughter's craving for skiing, I made up my mind that I'd better learn a knack for the
Recollection
One of my most vibrant parenthood memories is the sensation I'd have when I cradled my newborn in my arms.
And as much fun as it is now to go bike riding with my eight-year-old, there's an equal thrill in revisiting beloved moments at her newborn or toddler stage. Yesterday, a photograph popped up from the camera roll of the Facebook "On This Day" feature, reminding us of the very first time we took our daughter to Shatin Central Park on our own.
That
And as much fun as it is now to go bike riding with my eight-year-old, there's an equal thrill in revisiting beloved moments at her newborn or toddler stage. Yesterday, a photograph popped up from the camera roll of the Facebook "On This Day" feature, reminding us of the very first time we took our daughter to Shatin Central Park on our own.
That
Marking
What happens when a student gets only 70% of the examination answers right but receives a score of 96?
I know this is a trick by assigning a total score of 137 instead of 100, now that I have read the book of the behavioural economist Richard Thaler, who had the temerity to let his students get a numerically higher score but the same grade. And that's not all, Thaler made a candid disclosure, printed in bold type, in his course syllabus: "
I know this is a trick by assigning a total score of 137 instead of 100, now that I have read the book of the behavioural economist Richard Thaler, who had the temerity to let his students get a numerically higher score but the same grade. And that's not all, Thaler made a candid disclosure, printed in bold type, in his course syllabus: "
Jettison
"I have such a stressful job that the only way I can get it out of my mind is by running hard."
If this is your first time reading this quote, let me tell you it's from Alan Turing. I decided to follow his advice to run tonight.
It is perhaps not surprising that I feel stressful when my department is operating at 130% of maximal capacity, foreseeing an as-yet-undetermined higher record. What just happened in my brain is an overloaded boat on
If this is your first time reading this quote, let me tell you it's from Alan Turing. I decided to follow his advice to run tonight.
It is perhaps not surprising that I feel stressful when my department is operating at 130% of maximal capacity, foreseeing an as-yet-undetermined higher record. What just happened in my brain is an overloaded boat on
Motivate
If your New Year's resolution was to exercise more but you haven't been sticking with it, don't sweat - the medal of self-control isn't that straightforward.
I'm talking about the cycle of forgetting resolutions that we have experienced over the years. This is common to all of us in ways small and large. There's, of course, the lesson of keeping the true north in mind. To paraphrase Stephen Covey, begin with the end in mind. Little do
I'm talking about the cycle of forgetting resolutions that we have experienced over the years. This is common to all of us in ways small and large. There's, of course, the lesson of keeping the true north in mind. To paraphrase Stephen Covey, begin with the end in mind. Little do