How Fast is Fast? How Slow is Slow?

It's all abt my gal, my notti little lazy gal! Dunno if she is lazy or she is notti. She simply refused to WALK!! She's 14mths+ now! My friend's gal can walk at 1yo! Both gals have a elder brother to motivate them to walk. But why my gal still don feel motivated at all?

Old folk has this belief: "The later one learns to walk, means he/she will have a better life when they grow up." How true is this belief? If it's true, i don't mind that my gal have a better life in future. But can it be used to coax the parents only? A sort of excuse to cool the impatient parents that it's ok for their babies to learn walking slower than their peers?

Last sunday, we went out for our dinner. Hb & I held one hand of JE each, & we walked from our house door to the lift. Can see that JE is excited abt walking! WL wanted to hold JE's hand too, but she refused to hold WL's hand. haha~ The very next day, I saw a big improvement from gal. Wen i went to pick the kids up from my inlaw hse, JE crawled towards me, suddenly stand up & walked few steps to reach me. Ahhh~! At least she dare to challenge that few steps... Mil also claimed JE walked a few steps in the mrng too. Hope that she will walk even more steps as days go by... Will hope that she can walk & maybe run abt during our chalet in Jan!

Last wk, i had breakfast at a coffeeshop nearby WL's school. I bumped into another parent of WL's classmates. I asked if her daughter, Gigi learned how to write alphabets. I was complaining how slow is my boy. I'm comparing him to a friend's daughter who can write her name, although not with neat strokes, but visibly can read the alphabets. The mum was saying that as they are still young, their bones r not yet properly developed. So if they learned to write ABC, it may affects their finger bones formation. So it is advised to wait till they start nursery next year, when teachers teach writing, that we can begin to coach them. No hurry..

Suddenly I felt so kiasu. Feel like looking for enrichment classes for WL... Am i stressing him? or Am i stressing myself? Shd i let nature take its course.. let them learn slowly...

Weddings

Every year, both hb & I have countless weddings to attend. Either his friend or mine or our relatives... To make sure that we wont 'underpaid' the angbao, I always check the market rate of the venue & adjust accordingly, depending on the relationship wif the bride or groom. This coming sat i've got a church weddings only! First time giving a church wedding angbao! So i need the rates! My search brought me to this little article which i hope is worth sharing wif others:

Lastly,

Happy Marriage to Adrian & Jane! See ya this sat!

Time for a Good Laugh

Everyone need a good laugh now & then. So here's one for you!

1. Go to Google Maps.
2. Go to "Get Directions"
3. Select the following:

a) Type 'Taiwan' as the start location, 'China' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 24 of the directions.
b) Type 'Japan' as the start location, 'Taiwan' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 43 of the directions, then STEP 79.

c) Type 'Taiwan' as the start location, 'USA' as the end loctaion. Read STEP 24 of the directions, then STEP 61, then STEP 112 & then STEP 123.

HAHA...

Sad Case

I guessed every singaporean will have heard or read abt darren ng's murder case at the Downtown east by now. I will not elaborate on the case as detailed info can be flashed all over yahoo, channelnewasia, etc.

Firstly, i wish darren RIP.

The case was discussed as an incident of staring issue. I heard was staring at tattoos (although no media has confirm this part yet). I don understand why the hackers mean so much abt staring? Wen i'm in deep though, i stare blankly too! Wen i c some nice interesting things, like ple clothings, tattoo, i will aso take a 2nd look, or even stare at it to admire the beauty. So does it consider as my staring being rude? So i deserved to be hacked too?

The attackers really never think thru seriously b4 acting. Or maybe the attackers have been thru a rough day, they juz wan find someone to lose their anger.. but WHY use CHOPPERS! Alamak! Y muz involve blood! Don't they know that attacking people wif a weapon will increase the penalty- CANING! They tink that govt caning is painless ar? Then now they wan attack wif a weapon and the idea of killing the victim? Ya, they did kill the poor victim, but have they though abt their own lives? Will they survive for long even if the victim is dead? Come on, this is singapore! It's death penalty for murdering! It's 10 ple lives + 1 darren = 11 innocent lives juz becoz of 1 stupid staring issue. Imagine how many ple are affected by this case: Parents, siblings, close friends, relatives of these 11 YOUNG people that are gng to die (death penalty) or has already been dead.

I'm myself is a parent of 2. I don't wish my kids to pass away via such stupid way. So no matter wat, i will try my best to educate them as much as i can. To prevent them from attacking ple based on STARING, or to attack ple wif weapons! As for being a possible victim, i can only pray for their safety, pray that they don mit such unreasonable attackers in their lives.

Lastly, to all gangster or everyone, if u don like ple to stare at u, then u stare back at them la. Stare till both yr eyes pop out lor.