Sorry
The very idea of apology is that it means respect between two parties. The phrase "I am sorry" opens the window to restore broken relationships. Everything before and everything after might as well not have mattered at all.
It seems to me that apologies have become increasingly rare. Over one month after an unfortunate story of a young doctor, we haven't heard the word sorry . I won't describe the story in detail here, because even in print it's too distressing.
I really don'
It seems to me that apologies have become increasingly rare. Over one month after an unfortunate story of a young doctor, we haven't heard the word sorry . I won't describe the story in detail here, because even in print it's too distressing.
I really don'
Pain
Do animals have rights? Does that mean we should treat animals equal as human beings?
That's a philosophical question I happened to come across during my recent reading.
Every so often in life we get to admit we cause animals pain, for one reason or another. Not many people (me included), on the other hand, would be prepared to stop eating animals because slaughtering animals induces animals pain.
Pain may be pain, Julian Baggini reasons, but it can become more (or less) serious depending
That's a philosophical question I happened to come across during my recent reading.
Every so often in life we get to admit we cause animals pain, for one reason or another. Not many people (me included), on the other hand, would be prepared to stop eating animals because slaughtering animals induces animals pain.
Pain may be pain, Julian Baggini reasons, but it can become more (or less) serious depending
Chirps and Beeps
Today there's no hospital area - day or night - that isn't noisy. Add to this spectrum of decibels all the increasing number of machines, like infusion pump alerts, monitors that sound when patients try to leave their beds, blood pressure and heart rate alarms. Add all the pagers and hospital telephones. Ultimately the (health care worker) attention deficit-(alarm and noise) hyperactivity disorder prevails.
As a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association states, a tenet of medical alarm
As a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association states, a tenet of medical alarm
Happiness
Simplicity is the secret recipe of happiness.
I remember a blog by my mentor who wrote about the way to make himself happy. He suggested to build happiness on something simple, regular and durable. That's why writing blog has become part of his everyday life.
For me, writing blog is fun but I don't do it daily. It turns out that preparing lunch box is much more regular and generates tremendous happiness for me, my wife and my daughter.
Preparing lunch for my daughter (who is
I remember a blog by my mentor who wrote about the way to make himself happy. He suggested to build happiness on something simple, regular and durable. That's why writing blog has become part of his everyday life.
For me, writing blog is fun but I don't do it daily. It turns out that preparing lunch box is much more regular and generates tremendous happiness for me, my wife and my daughter.
Preparing lunch for my daughter (who is
Missing Mummy
There aren't too many books you wish your children don't have to read.
Last week I found one that I pray my daughter doesn't have to read, and didn't borrow it then. This week I changed my mind and feel blessed that we have read the book together.
This is how the first page of the picture book started. On a cold and rainy morning, a boy went to the funeral of his mummy. He wasn't sure where his mummy has gone,
Last week I found one that I pray my daughter doesn't have to read, and didn't borrow it then. This week I changed my mind and feel blessed that we have read the book together.
This is how the first page of the picture book started. On a cold and rainy morning, a boy went to the funeral of his mummy. He wasn't sure where his mummy has gone,
Karri
In many ways the DaveEvans Bicentennial Tree, which is the tallest lookout tree (at 68 metres) inWarren National Park of southwestern Australia, is more like a circus totemthan a fire lookout station.
Spiral pegs around the
We had a lot of funnyideas in mind during our recent Perth trip, and this tree is one of those. For onething, I kept asking myself if I should let my daughter climb the karri tree (andwithout worrying as I follow her steps up and up).
Spiral pegs around the
Perth
People get crazy whenever travel is mentioned and I can understand why. We just had an adventure in Perth, and the week is packed with fun.
I and my wife had some trepidation at the thought of holidaying with our four-year-old kid in a country after eight-hour flight. Ah, eight hours. A sudden attack of the "are-we-there-yets" is always fingernails on parents' chalkboard, and can sometimes be more serious than Murray Valley encephalitis virus.
Mention boredom on
Hueys
Guess what? When it comes to the world of the Hueys, wherever they go, whatever they do, whatever they think and wear, it will be the same.
Like it or not, in the story written by Oliver Jeffers, the Hueys eat the same and look exactly the same.
Like it or not, in the story written by Oliver Jeffers, the Hueys eat the same and look exactly the same.
By same , I mean the little cute Hueys look like a crowd of Dolly coming right out of cookie cutter. A robot way of living and seeing. My daughter exclaimed, "Oh my, I would be in great
Right brain
I attended a conference at Shinjuku last weekend. Since there wasn't much time for sightseeing, I decided to visit a bookstore that is open till night.
It's hard to limit yourself to the English session at a bookstore in Japan; it is either too small or nonexistent. Many readers may be having problem understanding Japanese book, as I did. But I'm fine with the children's books. Picture books make use of a universal language that connects us beyond country. "Just as the
It's hard to limit yourself to the English session at a bookstore in Japan; it is either too small or nonexistent. Many readers may be having problem understanding Japanese book, as I did. But I'm fine with the children's books. Picture books make use of a universal language that connects us beyond country. "Just as the
Touching
Often, when I see patients and their families, I like to let them tell their stories that, for one reason or another, might help us see the big picture. And actually, many of those stories that doctors might have considered irrelevant may turn out, the more we listen, to be important.
But listening to their stories - important though it is - is not the only purpose. The benefits of story telling go well beyond that. The idea of narration is to let both parties go through the same
But listening to their stories - important though it is - is not the only purpose. The benefits of story telling go well beyond that. The idea of narration is to let both parties go through the same