tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30554521030398551012024-03-13T18:26:00.855+08:00My-MatahariMy thots, my musings, my ramblings...Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-89033619363051503212012-04-05T07:33:00.000+08:002012-04-05T11:36:41.031+08:00Kidzania Kuala Lumpur<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A revisit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We made a revisit on a weekday this time to avoid the crowd, so we thought a weekday visit would be a better choice.</span></div>
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April)! </span>Most Chinese schools will have a day off to make it a long
weekend to enable Chinese families to return to their hometown or to gather to
pay homage to their ancestors, spring cleaning their graves. This is a very important
and meaningful festival in a Chinese calendar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I couldn’t log in online the day before to purchase the
tickets which would have saved me some queue-time at the ticket counters. By
the time, we check in at the Immigration of Kidzania, it was 11.10am :-( <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, the little guy was all ready with his map, knowing
where he wants to start his journey attempting new ‘jobs’, to earn and save his ‘money’.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He has been eyeing an item in the Kidzania Departmental Store! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He
needed to earn <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>200Kidzos</b> </span></span>to ‘buy’ the Solar Robot (3-in-1 DIY Educational Toy)! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Image from <a href="http://www.csltoys.com/en/product_view.asp?id=115">CSLToys</a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’m actually glad to see that Max is learning to set target own-self and trying to work towards his aim. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Solar Robot would make a nice addition to his collection now, the 6-in-1 Solar Robot Kits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Max made a
new friend and started discussing and going together to queue for ‘jobs’.
I’m happy to see him learning to interact and not too much of an introvert as I
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</div>Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-69875962711751513002012-04-02T23:38:00.000+08:002012-04-02T23:38:00.490+08:00Creative Robotics with Lego<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does your kid like Lego building blocks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does your
kid spend a lot of time with Lego building blocks?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the answer to the above 2 Qs are "YES", then here’s
something that may interest you – <b>Creative
Robotics.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have enrolled
Max in Creative Robotix classes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kids learned
about robot-building with Lego building blocks and taught about programing with the
robot. Each week, a new mission challenge competition is introduced and the kids are
allowed their own freedom to build their own robot using <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Products/default.aspx#8547">Lego Mindstorm NXT V2.0</a>, a
programmable robotic kit to achieve the mission objectives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the class is adjudged based on creativity, mission achievement, strongest-toughest and
fastest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we
enrolled Max for this class, at his request, Lego being his passion, we
intended for him to have playmates with similar passion and having fun. Playing together will help kids improve communication skills and learn interactions. And, w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e thought this might make a good hobby for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surprisingly, Max won 2 awards so far, the Creative Award and Mission Award.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lego
robotics would be a natural progression from the existing creative yet static colourful
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m glad we
enrolled him for this class, he seems very happy here and is always looking
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The price is
pretty steep at RM190 per 4 lessons or RM510 for 12 lessons (once weekly 2
hours) in a class of 10-14pax.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check it out <a href="http://www.creativerobotics.com.my/home.htm">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each school holidays will have me thinking up activities for
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, we found just the one last week – at Kidzania, Kuala Lumpur!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Kidzania,Kuala Lumpur)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kids get to experience adult’s world in a mini kids-city with
some familiar brands to relate to such as Air Asia, TM, KPJ Healthcare, Nippon
Paint, Honda, CIMB Bank, BP, Hitz FM and Sony to name a few. It's an indoor edu-entertainment theme park MINUS the computer games, carousel, roller-coaster!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s in CurveNX, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, beside IKEA and connected
via SkyBridge from the Curve. As you turn into Jalan PJU 7/2, the Curve is on your left and IPC (Ikano Power Centre)/IKEA on your right. Further down, right after Curve, you will see TESCO, on your left and just directly opposite is Kidzania, ahead to the right. You won't miss it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The nose of a plane of AirAsia juts out of the side of the building.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(The location map to the Kidzania, Kuala Lumpur, is provided below further down the page)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the 9<sup>th</sup> set-up in the world, after Tokyo (2006), Jakarta (2007) and Seoul (2010) in Asia. It has just opened its doors on 28<sup>th</sup> Feb last month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can opt to purchase the tickets online with credit cards or Paypal, which I did so I needn't queue for the tickets at the counters in the Lobby.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, as it was the school holidays...this is the crowd! I was a little put off but I have paid for an afternoon of fun...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each kid and parent will be given a wristlet and scanned when entering the Kidzania, the wristlet allows parents to locate their kid at any one time within the premises via radio frequency, so parents, don't worry, you kid will not get lost here.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon checking into Kidzania, each kid will be given a cheque for 50KidZos (the currency in this economy!) </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1st stop, cashing the cheque at CIMB Bank for 50KidZos...see the happy faces!</span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This the Kidzania city...it occupies 2 levels of the building with built up of 80,000 sq feet space, staffed with Zupervisors to guide the kids. Parents are NOT allowed to participate or take part in this, or enter the designated areas. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shopping with earned KidZos...yep, spend your earning on some toys, and if you don't enough KidZos, go earn some :-)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>tis is REAL fun! REAL water... hehe...kids love playing as firemen ....</i>:-))</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pics of some of your kids may be taken by in-house photographers which you can purchase in 6R-size at RM20 at Sony Photo Centre...a scan of your kid's wristlet will display their pics</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, Max said to me, "Mom, can I come again?" and, "Next time, I'll go for other tasks before going for the AirAsia, the queue was just too long!"</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure you keep your kids tummy full before entering and there're plenty of snack food sold in there, ensure they are continuously fed 'cos my Max was having too much fun to eat! :-)</span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually I brought along a book with me just in case I got too bored while the little guy's having fun but I didn't get to read a single line. The kids were just too cute...here, you'll see kids listening attentively and concentrating hard on their tasks or chores. Some parents were amazed that their kids were so 'helpful' and 'diligent in carrying out the chore' when it's the opposite back home... haha! :-))</span></o:p><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some additional info...or you can visit the <a href="http://www.kidzania.com.my/child/admissions">Kidzania Malaysia</a> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baby, age 0-1 Free</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toddlers, age 2-3 RM35</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kid (Malaysian), age 4-17 RM55</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kid (International), age 4-7 RM75</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adult (Malaysian), age 18-59 RM35</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adult (International), age 18-59 RM50</span><br />
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Level 9 Menara UAC,<br />
12 Jalan PJU 7/5, Mutiara Damansara,<br />
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t forget to check out Kidzania the next school holidays or the weekend.</span><br />
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<o:p></o:p></div>Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.com3Malaysia4.210484 101.975766-3.8701774999999996 91.868344 12.291145499999999 112.08318799999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-75189651464870457022011-09-20T22:30:00.000+08:002011-09-30T23:18:09.220+08:00Computer Games and Kids<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just sharing my thoughts here on Computer Games and Kids.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, computer games are bad for kids!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;">Not entirely true. This has been disturbing us seeing many kids spending many hours in front of PC, laptop, iPhone, iPad, mobile phones, PSP and PS3. According to some researches, there are a
number of benefits. But, like all other things, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">too much of everything is not good</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After weighing the ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ of computer games, we
decided to allow the little one between 30mins to 1 hour per session, mostly
with either parent to guide and share.. (erhm…the fun!). We ensures that he
gets a balance of indoor and outdoor activities, so as not to strain his eyes and getting sufficient fresh outdoor air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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little one enjoys a few games on weekends and during the holidays when he has
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search%20into%20video%20games,%20Professor%20Griffiths%20said%20he%20wanted%20to%20redress%20the%20balance%20of%20public%20perception%20of%20their%20effects%E2%80%A6.%20%20Another%20interesting%20article%20for%20BBC%20News%20http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4682801.stm%20%20From%20the%20Guardian%20:%20Children%20who%20spend%20hours%20every%20day%20on%20their%20Playstation%20or%20Xbox%20video%20consoles%20may%20not%20be%20rotting%20their%20brains,%20as%20many%20parents%20fear.%20A%20report%20from%20the%20European%20parliament%20concluded%20yesterday%20that%20computer%20games%20are%20good%20for%20children%20and%20teach%20them%20essential%20life%20skills.%20Contrary%20to%20fears%20about%20the%20violent%20reputation%20of%20some%20games,%20there%20is%20no%20firm%20proof%20that%20playing%20them%20has%20an%20automatic%20negative%20impact%20on%20children's%20behaviour,%20for%20example%20by%20causing%20aggression,%20said%20the%20report%20from%20the%20committee%20on%20the%20internal%20market%20and%20consumer%20protection%E2%80%A6%20http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/computer-games-eu-study"><img 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-color-world/index.html">Color World</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-snorzees/index.html">Snorzees</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-civiballs-2/index.html">Civiballs 1 and 2</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">…and Maze, Feed
Fribbit, Concentration, Memory, Knight Slider…</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Castle Defense 1 and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">another good <a href="http://www.boowakwala.com/kids/boowakwala-events-christmas-2000-tictactoe.html">site</a>, Max has been enjoying. He loved the turkey in Tic-tac-toe :-D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">…adults can learn
something and benefit from games, too. Research underway by the Office of Naval
Researsch indicates that videogames can help adults process information much
faster and improve their fundamental abilities to reason and solve problems in
novel contexts...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Extracted from<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://gametheoryonline.com/2011/06/07/video-games-positive-benefits-for-kids/">http://gametheoryonline.com/2011/06/07/video-games-positive-benefits-for-kids/</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's good to monitor your kids and do a review on the good and bad effects of computer or video or online games.</span></div>
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Effects of Video Games</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #af1d21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games give your
child’s brain a real workout. In many video games, the skills required to
win involve abstract and high level thinking. These skills are not even
taught at school. Some of the mental skills trained by video games
include: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Problem solving and logic </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><br />
</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Hand-eye coordination, fine motor &
spatial skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Resource management and
logistics. </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <br />
</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Multitasking, simultaneous tracking of
many shifting variables and managing multiple objectives. </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Quick thinking, making fast analysis
and decisions.</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Strategy and anticipation</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Developing reading and math skills</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Perseverance</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Pattern recognition </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Estimating skills</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><br />
</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Inductive reasoning and hypothesis
testing</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Mapping</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Memory</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><br />
</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Reasoned judgments</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"><br />
</span><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Teamwork and cooperation when played
with others</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Simulation, real world skills.</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games introduce
your kid to computer technology and the online world. You should
recognize that we are now living in a high-tech, sophisticated world.
Video games make your kid adapt and be comfortable with the concepts of
computing. This is particularly important for girls who typically are not
as interested in high technology as much as boys. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games allow you
and your kid to play together and can be a good bonding activity. Some
games are attractive to kids as well as adults, and they could be something
that they share in common. When your child knows more than you, he can
teach you how to play and this allows you to understand your child’s skills and
talents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games make
learning fun. Your kid likes games because of the colors, the
animation, the eye candy, as well as the interactivity and the challenge and
the rewards of winning. The best way to learn is when the learner is
having fun at the same time. That’s why video games are natural
teachers. Having fun gives your kid motivation to keep on practicing,
which is the only way to learn skills. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games increase
your kid’s self-confidence and self-esteem as he masters games. In
many games, the levels of difficulty are adjustable. As a beginner, your
kid begins at the easy level and by constant practicing and slowly building
skills, he becomes confident in handling more difficult challenges. Since
the cost of failure is lower, he does not fear making mistakes. He takes
more risks and explores more. Your kid can transfer this attitude to real
life.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Games that involve
multiple players encourage your child to work cooperatively to achieve his
goals. Your kid learns to listen to the ideas of others, formulate plans with
other kids, and distribute tasks based on skills. Some online games are even
played internationally, and this can introduce your kid to players of different
nationalities and cultures. This fosters friendships among different
people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games that
require your kid to be active, such as Dance Dance Revolution and Nintendo Wii
Boxing give your kid a good workout. When playing these active games for 10
minutes, your kid spends energy equal to or exceeding that produced by spending
the same amount of time on a three miles an hour threadmill walk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Kids are not
necessarily drawn to video games because of their violence. The attraction lies
in their being rewarded by awesome displays of explosions, fireworks, and yes,
blood splattering. Also, violent games have the most emotional appeal for kids.
But these factors are only secondary to what kids actually enjoy in these games
- the opportunity to develop and master skills and have the freedom to make
choices in the game universe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Violent video games
may act as a release of pent-up aggression and frustration of your kid.
When your kid vents his frustration and anger in his game, this diffuses his
stress. Games can provide a positive aggression outlet the same way as football
and other violent sports.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Playing video games is
safer than having your teens do drugs, alcohol and street racing in the real
world.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Effects of Video Games</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #af1d21;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Most of the bad
effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Too much video game
playing makes your kid socially isolated. Also, he may spend less time in
other activities such as doing homework, reading, sports, and interacting with
the family and friends. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games do not
exercise your kid’s imaginative thinking. Using imagination may be
important in developing creativity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Some video games teach
kids the wrong values. Violent behavior, vengeance and aggression are
rewarded. Negotiating and other nonviolent solutions are often not
options. Women are often portrayed as weaker characters that are helpless
or sexually provocative. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Games can confuse
reality and fantasy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Academic achievement
may be negatively related to over-all time spent playing video games. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">Video games may also
have bad effects on some children’s health, including obesity, video-induced
seizures. and postural, muscular and skeletal disorders, such as tendonitis,
nerve compression, carpal tunnel syndrome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">When playing online,
your kid can pick up bad language and behavior from other people, and may make
your kid vulnerable to online dangers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">A study by the
Minneapolis-based National Institute for Media and the Family suggests that
video games can be addictive for kids, and that the kids' addiction to video
games increases their depression and anxiety levels. Addicted kids also exhibit
social phobias. Not surprisingly, kids addicted to video games see their school
performance suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Extracted from <a href="http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games" style="color: blue;">http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Computer
games can aid children's health and do not deserve a wholly negative
reputation, an expert says.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark
Griffiths, professor of gambling studies at Nottingham Trent University, says
they can be a distraction for children undergoing painful treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing
in the British Medical Journal, he added that games can also help children
with attention deficit disorders gain social skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But he
said violent games, like violent films, might fuel aggression in some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professor Mark Griffiths,
Nottingham Trent University<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However,
Professor Griffiths said this group could be prone to aggression, which could
have been triggered by other factors such as witnessing violence in the home
or seeing it on TV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After
15 years of research into video games, Professor Griffiths said he wanted to
redress the balance of public perception of their effects….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">An interesting article from <b><i>BBC News</i></b> </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4682801.stm"><span style="color: blue;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4682801.stm</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>From the Guardian</i></b> : <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/children" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Children"><span style="color: #005689;">Children</span></a> who
spend hours every day on their Playstation or Xbox video consoles may not be
rotting their brains, as many parents fear. A report from the European
parliament concluded yesterday that computer <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/games" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Games"><span style="color: #005689;">games</span></a>
are good for children and teach them essential life skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Contrary to fears about the violent reputation of
some games, there is no firm proof that playing them has an automatic negative
impact on children's behaviour, for example by causing aggression, said the
report from the committee on the internal market and consumer protection…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/computer-games-eu-study"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/computer-games-eu-study</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-86461431188587087872011-09-13T23:04:00.000+08:002011-09-30T23:18:31.283+08:00So sorry for this Mom...<br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was truly appalled when I read this. While we understand that
a Company is not a charitable organisation, the Company is run by people and the
management is made of people, human with hearts! Although there are many cases of abuse by employees, it is hope HR can identify genuine cases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m sure some arrangements can be made… with humanity consideration
given to the employee concerned. </span></span></div>
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Time Off to Donate Kidney to Son</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Philadelphia, said her employer, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, fired her
after she took time off to donate a kidney to her son. Rendon said the school
was also trying to collect up to $2,000 from her son, a student at the school,
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a half in the school's admissions office, said she notified the school that she
planned to take leave on July 19 to undergo kidney transplant surgery on July
21 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on behalf of her
22-year-old son, Alex, whose kidney failed last January. After extensive
testing in early July, Rendon was found to be a match.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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requires at least six to eight weeks of recovery time, and Rendon said the
Aviation Institute agreed to give Rendon unpaid leave until Sept. 1. Rendon
told ABCNews.com that on her last day of work before the surgery, her manager
promised Rendon she would have her job upon her return, but one hour later,
asked her to sign a letter acknowledging that her job was not secured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sign this letter, you are abandoning your job and quitting,'" Rendon told
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Max turned 6, we persuaded him to sleep in his own room. As expected, we were met with resistance from the little one. Imagine, sleeping on his own in his own room can be daunting for a small single child of 6. Again, we broached the subject a week later, he refused.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took us a lot of coaxing, encouragements, praises, reassurance and sometimes even bribing :-( before we succeed when he began formal schooling last year. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The room, across the hall from ours, was prepared for him with his favourite blue walls when he was a baby - cartoon wall decal, photo frames, soft-toys friends, big floor yoga mat, his favourite toys etc… but we agreed to redecorate some parts of the room and re-arrange some furniture with him so he’ll have some form of control over his decision (or rather parents’ decision!). We let him placed his bookshelf beside his bed so he can reached for a book when he wakes up in the morning “What a great idea!”, we praised him. We let him arranged his soft-toys, Tigger should sit next to Stripes, Tung-tung (the oriental Pig) wants to sit next to Ping-ping (Chinese piglet)… :-D. This didn’t work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of his replies, “But I do not have any brothers or sisters to take care of me at night…”. After much coaxing and having failed… I finally resorted to bribing! Terrible Mommy! :-(( I got him the Wall-E bed-sheet set so they’ll keep him company at night. It didn’t work!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, we decided either myself or Hubby stayed with him at least for 30minutes of an hour beside him till he has settled into a deep sleep. Sigh! This went on for about 5 weeks.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the 6th week, after reading 2-pages of a story with him, I firmly told him to sleep on his own (Daddy won’t be back for another couple of weeks from overseas). I needed to scrub the pot, the kitchen floor, polish the counter…(whatever I can think of!) but I’ll be up in 5mins to check on him and again in another 10mins… I started stretching the waiting time after a couple of days to 10mins then half an hour. By a week, I noticed he's asleep within 10mins... :-)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I personally feel that being in the same bedroom gives the little one reassurance of support as parents being close-by. Max has his own baby cot in our room since birth. Much as we love our little guy, we do not encourage co-sharing of bed. I agree that having him so near, I can easily check on him at night, especially when he has flu’-fever, eczema-caused stuffy nose or when he needed to pee in the middle of the night. As he out-grown the cot, we moved in a 3½ -feet wide bed into our room with side-guards.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We maintained the old bed in our room for about 9-10 months in case he does return in the middle of the night for comfort and re-assurance. He did for a few nights, quietly and slept peacefully till morning. No, we didn’t want him to crawl into our bed! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s good to establish a certain routine with kids, where he will grow familiar with expectations. I normally gave him a warm bath, followed by a nice story by Mommy or Daddy, recount some pleasant events of the day and bring the hope of a beautiful next sunny morning’s events. A warm hug and kiss from Mommy and sometimes a hug from Dad if Dad is back early (boys don’t kiss boys! :-D)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AVOID all scary movies or stories prior to sleeping. There was once, he dreamt of the giant spider with Frodo in Lord of the Rings! Now, that gave me disturbed nights too for the next couple of weeks. Constantly being woken by Max, having him jump into my bed, refusing to go back to his own room... no thanks to Hubby! If he is very disturbed, sometimes you can encourage him to recount, it could be a nightmare or some thoughts troubling him, might be good to clear them. If so, I’ll stay awhile till he falls asleep again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We allowed the little guy to go to his bed with his favourite soft-toy or blanket, he always has his favourite baby-pillow Josh with him :-D Comforting!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When he comes back to our room, firmly and calmly I led him back to his room. Then, I gave him a pat on his back and some encouragement to go back to sleep again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took all of 7-8 months, for him to walk voluntarily to his own bedroom after his bathroom routine, get out his favourite book while waiting for either Mommy or Daddy to come over to read with him. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, we did it. :-D </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s the biggest step taken by a single child, overcoming fear of darkness and of being alone and taking a step forward to becoming more independent. It may be a small step but to a little kid, it’s a giant step. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope the above will be helpful to some parents of single child. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some helpful articles:</span><br />
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<a href="http://factoidz.com/how-to-encourage-your-child-to-sleep-alone/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to encourage your Child to sleep alone</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.mcall.com/features/family/all-5369800sep15,0,1486536.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helping children sleep in their own bed</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/child-sleep/CC00020"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Children Sleep</span></a><br />
<a href="http://parenthots.com/features/Getting-your-child-to-sleep-in-his-own-bed.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting your child to sleep in his own bed</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a noticeable difference...in dB (decibel) ... it was so peaceful and quiet for <b>47 minutes</b>! Amazing!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could see the look of concentration on the kids, creased brows, intense focus on putting the pieces together, one boy was seen chewing his lower lips, peeking at their friends work and trying to out-do with better looking robot-android..haha...wished I'm a pro photographer. The pics would be priceless!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys have at least 2000-3000 pieces available at their disposal, sockets, joints, claws, flexible tubes, wheels, gears... Yes, letting their imagination run. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, the winners get stickers. *wink-wink* All received a sticker each or their wonderful creation. And, another sticker each for clearing and putting away the unused lego pieces and for good sportsmanship. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kids love origami. We started origami as a family activity when the little guy was just 2+, showing him and then teaching him how to make a ball, a simple boat, a jet-plane and a crane.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check this up, at <a href="http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com/benefits/benefits.asp">RachelKatz</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">'s site and if you want to know more of the <a href="http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com/origami/origami.asp">history</a> of origami.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The crane is perhaps the most popular origami model, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSijU52XJ7w">click here</a> for a tutorial. Make this a fun family activity this school holiday with your kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A visit to the local shopping mall, Sunway Pyramid last month, we saw many paper cranes folded by customers and visitors, to let the Japanese know that we understand, we care and we sympathise with their loss in the recent earthquake that devastated the north-eastern coast of their largest main island, Honshu.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to a well-known Japanese legend, a thousand origami cranes will make wishes come true and the messages written on the wings will reach the desired person.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found him curled up on the sofa, faced flushed, forehead warm to the touch and moaning of pain his left ear. He was having a stuffy nose (runny nose). His lips were bright shade of red. Sigh! Ear infection again!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This time, I quickly took him to his paediatrician who gave the expected diagnosis. His paediatrician prescribed Sedilix and Progesic for his throat/nose and pain. I like this paediatrician who does not prescribe antibiotics unless very necessary. It is important to stay with the same medical practitioner, that is if you are comfortable and satisfied with him/her over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the pain persisted after five days, I decided to take him to an ENT specialist. Now this may seem like “…do u need a specialist for an infection! 8-0” We thot it may be a good time to establish a relationship (@..@) with an ENT doc since the little guy is so prone to ear infection and we wanted to get him assessed. He seems to be getting ear infection once a year and each time it happens, his hearing is affected. It will definitely affect his lessons because recovery may take 2-8 weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FwOGc-EhTwo/TdCkSnKVDuI/AAAAAAAABGI/661V9-fXBoE/s1600/middle-ear-infection-150x150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FwOGc-EhTwo/TdCkSnKVDuI/AAAAAAAABGI/661V9-fXBoE/s200/middle-ear-infection-150x150.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(chart featured in <a href="http://www.mychildhealth.net/middle-ear-infection-in-children.html">MyChildHealth</a>)</span></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meantime, his class teacher was kind enough to ensure he is seated right in front of her and also notify the rest of his other teachers, of his medical condition till recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have always made sure that he drinks plenty of water but while he is in school…he may have forgotten. We also ensure his diet has less of fried or deep-fried food, make sure he eats plenty of fresh fruits and avoids getting a cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, it is a very good practice to get small children to have a habit to drink plenty of water throughout the day.</span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have toddlers or young children, you may want to read up to keep informed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some informative sites:</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mychildhealth.net/middle-ear-infection-in-children.html">My ChildHealth</a></span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/ear_infection.html">Kids Health</a></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.babycenter.com/204_1-in-5-kids-with-cold-develops-middle-ear-infection-study-sh_10347272.bc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Baby Center</span></a></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/314/310A84DDA7F405782DD3F19F7717E69A.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-54369692123595573042010-05-13T23:15:00.002+08:002011-06-02T15:32:57.148+08:00Happy Mother's Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received an email a couple of days ago and thought of sharing with you...</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Batang;">FOR ALL THE MUMS,</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Batang;">HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #004080;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>For some of us, we may be biological mothers for our children, but a mother’s roles are greater than this – we can also be emotional mothers and spiritual mothers, because a mother is one who exhibits loves and cares for others, if you have done this to anyone (adults or children), happy mothers’ day ! </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #004080; font-family: Calibri;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Awesome Mom</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never tripped over toys</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
or forgot words to a lullaby.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't worry whether or not</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
my plants were poisonous.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never thought about immunizations.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I had never been puked on.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Pooped on.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Chewed on.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Peed on.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I had complete control of my mind</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
and my thoughts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I slept all night</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never held down a screaming child</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
so doctors could do tests.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Or give shots.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never sat up late hours at night</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
watching a baby sleep</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never held a sleeping baby just because</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't want to put her down.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
when I couldn't stop the hurt.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never knew that something so small</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
could affect my life so much.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never knew that I could love someone so much.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I never knew I would love being a Mom</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #004080; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't know the feeling of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
having my heart outside my body..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't know how special it could feel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
to feed a hungry baby.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't know that bond</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
between a mother and her child.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't know that something so small</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
could make me feel so important and happy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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Before I was a Mom,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I had never known the warmth,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
the joy,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
the love,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
the heartache,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
the wonderment</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="color: #004080; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">before I was a MOM</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was very moved and touched by these words. Marriage and motherhood has made my life more WHOLE. I've felt more than I thought I could ever feel for another...I've experienced more joy, happiness, challenges, pain and responsibilities.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thank God for these... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For all MOTHERS out there, I salute you on this very special day for all your pain and your tears and for making your loved ones so special.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Khv2dXHrdBA/S-wWWuVGUTI/AAAAAAAABCw/hOibBnUXxwc/s1600/Flowers+for+Happy+Mom's+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Khv2dXHrdBA/S-wWWuVGUTI/AAAAAAAABCw/hOibBnUXxwc/s320/Flowers+for+Happy+Mom's+Day.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/314/310A84DDA7F405782DD3F19F7717E69A.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403540098620075048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055452103039855101.post-82271297366531349062010-05-05T14:19:00.001+08:002011-06-02T15:37:15.442+08:00Beautiful morning<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are now into the month of May. Sunrise is much earlier as we approach the middle of the year. By 6.45am, the sky is lightening... the sun ray touching the skies just like a painter touching his paint-dipped brush to the canvas...with swift strokes, transforming the dark to deep pink, vibrant orange and yellow and lightening to pale blue....promising yet another beautiful and bright day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Staring at the pale blue skies...I can't help feeling a note of optimism that today will be another bright sunny and beautiful day. A smile touches my lips as I go about with my morning routine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, there's much to get done this week, starting with a <a href="http://ritasbasket.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-healthy-breakfast.html">healthy breakfast</a> and a cup of soymilk to start my day.</span><br />
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