The Apple's Diary!

Life is often not what as planned. We cope with the small bumpers, we lament at the medium-sized bumpers and large-sized bumpers, how do we deal with it? How do we cope with the horrid big C - Cancer that stares us in our face? I had an episode of 2 lumps scare recently. A routine health screening picked up something which the doctor suggested further checkup might be clearer. So I went, got myself a referral letter to the hospital and what followed on wasn't what I expected. I hadn't expect to go through a biopsy and in the midst of hair-tearing weeks, my herniated disc got inflamed and was bad enough that I was given hospitalisation leaves for a week. Many thoughts came to my mind while I was trying to ease off the back pain and waiting for my biopsy result. The most predicted question would be how should I settle the 2 young boys? Then there was the spiritual reflection on my life and action. While I was trying to deal with my personal crisis, a friend who I had not see...

(侯)sey Bo? That's a slang I picked up recently from the coaching workshop I attended. To get your coachee opened up, getting down to their comfort zone is initial. Now, I'm not going to go on about coaching. Rather with the new Monkey year being ushered in, how has it been for you? I always prefer the Lunar New Year to fall in February for a simple reason - there would be more preparation time. Indeed, I had got the luxury to take a day off from work, to run all the errands and to go for the much needed shopping for the whole family. Pedicure(d) for CNY with mommy dearest While the hair and nails (necessities for the ladies) were done, home decoration took a step backwards. Economy is declining so there wasn't the usual festive Pasar Malam. We picked up the pussy willows 2 days before CNY eve from Cold Storage. The pussy willows by the windows However keeping the tradition of new bag and wallet for myself. Got them from Esprit at a good deal in the c...

The N1 progress report of Matthew was returned to us today. I scanned through the comments and the checklist marked. He fared a lot better than his elder brother at the same age. I don't think that's because he was smarter or what, I would attribute to the fact that whatever he was learning in school, was in fact his second time hearing it. is that an ukulele? When I revised the work with the elder boy, the younger boy would probably pick it up too. So when it comes to the younger one's turn, it becomes his 2nd time hearing it again. So I believe this is the main factor why Matthew seems to pick up new skill or new word faster. enjoying his craft work time However as child #2 and the youngest in the family, he needs to learn to be more independent. He is also a fussy eater, probably resulted being spoon-fed most of the time. So he learnt to manipulate the adults in giving him what he likes to eat instead. what a big xylophone I am beginning...