There is this craze going on right now because of the heightened flu risk and cases in this country.  Wait, it actually started as a swine flu risk in Japan a few weeks ago and now it’s almost viral around this part of the world.  I wonder why March is considered flu season, maybe I should google it.
Regardless, I have not yet vaccinated my kids.  To be truthful, I’ve heard if 2 sides of this vaccination story.  The arguments are as follows:
1.  Why vaccinate?  The children should be able to …

Thanks to Tray, who has recently started asking me to go to play badminton again at my favourite favourite favourite badminton club – The Hong Kong Badminton Club.
I have rediscovered and rekindled my love of this sport.  I haven’t played badminton (since recently) for about 2 years prior to this (and only once) and then probably since the birth of my first daughter.  See, that’s how long it’s been – and she will be 5 in April next year!  As a record, I’ve played 3 times in 1 month!  That’s …

Kiangsu Chekiang Kindergarten (KCS) Interview
Don’t ask why I am interviewing at another school.   I like options!  Plus, my sister has been raving about KCS because her daughter is currently studying K1 there that I had to see for myself what the hype was about.
Application Process:
Application process starts probably early September of every year.
Download the application form from their website:  Kiangsu Chekiang Kindergarten (KCS) – unfortunately, there is no English version of this website for the local stream.  So I do a mouseover the hyperlinks to find the appropriate tabs.
You get …

Pardon my re-post, but as some of you know, my site crashed and burned and now I am trying to revive some of my past glorious articles.  This is one of them.
As an experimental part of lunch creation for Vanessa (and because she was getting bored of rice – on top of the fact that she eats really slow, so the teacher said it takes her over an hour to eat her lunch), I decided to try something compact, easy to eat and delicious.  What could be more fun than …

I found these really great customizable tags from artscow.com.  They serve a billion purposes in a child’s life and because as young people, having something with your name on it holds significant value and pride, it’s always nice to get customized things.  The most recent thing I made (yet to be delivered) is a customized name stamp.  The girls are beginning to understand the concept of stamping on paper (nicely) and not on their hands or table or each other.
Some uses for these tags:

School bags
Lunch bags
Knapsacks
Travel bags
Jacket
Art bag
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