Ash
"Now I am (one ... two ... three ... four) five years old!"
This is Alex's story I read with Jasmine on Sunday afternoon. My daughter loves reading story books; it's our favorite thing to do together.
"For my birthday I am having a police party. I am really excited - my daddy was a policeman!"
Let me explain: Alex used past tense since his daddy died when he was three. A true story.
If
This is Alex's story I read with Jasmine on Sunday afternoon. My daughter loves reading story books; it's our favorite thing to do together.
"For my birthday I am having a police party. I am really excited - my daddy was a policeman!"
Let me explain: Alex used past tense since his daddy died when he was three. A true story.
If
Pride
Final year examination of our medical students is around the corner. Easy? I don't think so. Tension? Absolutely.
Ask most teachers the first rule to pass oral examination and they'll likely cite the credo "not to argue with your examiners." I told my students the same advice. "Follow the cue or you'll be killed."
That's one of the reasons most doctors tend to lionise senior during ward round. As a senior myself, I have a confession to make
Ask most teachers the first rule to pass oral examination and they'll likely cite the credo "not to argue with your examiners." I told my students the same advice. "Follow the cue or you'll be killed."
That's one of the reasons most doctors tend to lionise senior during ward round. As a senior myself, I have a confession to make
Birds
Jennifer Ackerman was right to call birds "the genius." Not only do birds and humans have relatively large brains but both have brain size that correlates with juvenile period.
Most bird species, as I learned from Ackerman's The Genius of Birds , are altricial and their brains - like ours - grow a great deal after birth. In other words, nest sitters end up with bigger brains than nest quitters. Tempting as it may be to compare birds with human, Ackerman reminded us not to be accused of anthropomorphizing
Most bird species, as I learned from Ackerman's The Genius of Birds , are altricial and their brains - like ours - grow a great deal after birth. In other words, nest sitters end up with bigger brains than nest quitters. Tempting as it may be to compare birds with human, Ackerman reminded us not to be accused of anthropomorphizing
Lesson
"Raising a girl takes two parents: A mom to show her how to be a woman. A dad to encourage her to be fearless."
That's what I've learned from Harry H. Harrison Jr. I think he's right. I am not as touchy-feely as my wife, who has been truly amazing at giving our daughter pillow talk. I have absolutely no such magic power to guide my child - zilch, zip, nada!
You probably want to know my way of
That's what I've learned from Harry H. Harrison Jr. I think he's right. I am not as touchy-feely as my wife, who has been truly amazing at giving our daughter pillow talk. I have absolutely no such magic power to guide my child - zilch, zip, nada!
You probably want to know my way of
Shock
Many a time while picking a book for leisure read, say during flight, people would find one which appears to be less serious. Preferably not related to work.
Me too. Even though I'm in the middle of reading Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal , somehow I cannot resist putting away this book from my luggage for my short conference trip this weekend. Instead, I brought with me a novel not yet started: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.
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Me too. Even though I'm in the middle of reading Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal , somehow I cannot resist putting away this book from my luggage for my short conference trip this weekend. Instead, I brought with me a novel not yet started: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.
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Morning
When I decided to take half day off for my daughter's parent-teacher conference, I envisioned a pilgrimage to meet her class teacher. I made plan well ahead and booked the time slot as early as we were allowed. Perfect plan.
Only it wasn't. As it turned out, the conference was cancelled because the teacher had urgent family matter. I smiled. My wife smiled, too, when she heard that I won't drop my leave plan.
I looked her square in the eye
Only it wasn't. As it turned out, the conference was cancelled because the teacher had urgent family matter. I smiled. My wife smiled, too, when she heard that I won't drop my leave plan.
I looked her square in the eye
Valentine
Just because you've tied the knots for long time doesn't mean that Valentine's Day has to be boring. Not when you've married a lovely wife and fathered a thoughtful daughter.
You'll know when your wife bought a card and your seven-year-old wrote with oodles of heart. Guess what? My daughter didn't just write a card to her "super duper silly daddy" tonight. She went to buy chocolates for my wife after her clarinet class.
No wonder
You'll know when your wife bought a card and your seven-year-old wrote with oodles of heart. Guess what? My daughter didn't just write a card to her "super duper silly daddy" tonight. She went to buy chocolates for my wife after her clarinet class.
No wonder
Home
One of the most important things I have ever learnt from John Ahern's family story is the meaning of home to children.
Pretend that you're bringing your family to a year-long European vacation on a campervan, like what John Ahern did. One day, you find a furry grey mouse scurrying around the campervan floor. Wait - there is a lot more. I haven't told you the next thing you see is smoke billowing out of the engine.
Well, there isn't much you
Pretend that you're bringing your family to a year-long European vacation on a campervan, like what John Ahern did. One day, you find a furry grey mouse scurrying around the campervan floor. Wait - there is a lot more. I haven't told you the next thing you see is smoke billowing out of the engine.
Well, there isn't much you
Silly Dad
A confession: I’d dreamt of nomadic adventure on a campervan when I was young. Hands up if you think the dream is romantic. Yes, it might seem so at first blush, but it’s a big leap out of our comfort zone.
So before you get fooled into craving a year-long campervan trip with your wife and kids, go read the book On the Road … with Kids by John Ahern. He quit his job, rented out the house and spent a whole year on the
So before you get fooled into craving a year-long campervan trip with your wife and kids, go read the book On the Road … with Kids by John Ahern. He quit his job, rented out the house and spent a whole year on the
Technology
Those of us born before 1980 learned by literally reading. Page by page.
Not any more for the newer generations. So often in the current day-to-day lives we're inundated with information from the Internet, with twenty-four-hour accessible information juxtaposed with digital images. Click after click.
Embedded in devices like the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad are clues to the whole new world - be it the virtual world of Pikachu or that of Khan Academy's electronic blackboard
Not any more for the newer generations. So often in the current day-to-day lives we're inundated with information from the Internet, with twenty-four-hour accessible information juxtaposed with digital images. Click after click.
Embedded in devices like the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad are clues to the whole new world - be it the virtual world of Pikachu or that of Khan Academy's electronic blackboard