Our Drawing, Kawaii !!!

I chanced upon this hand-drawing book in Library 1 week ago and instantly I was drawn to it !

Let me show you it's attractiveness... (laughs)

This is the book cover....


2 examples of the drawing instructions....



This is so interesting and seems rather easy to do.
Suitable for the young and old. Can't hide my excitement to want to try out with the boys... Too bad I cant catch Yukuan.

My Hand. YuXiang's Hand.
Here's an end-product of ours. A Squid & a Fish.

Kids are worth it!

Came across this book recommendation in a magazine or papers mths ago. I noted down the book title and author's name under "My Books-to-Read List".

And here I am now...finally gotten my hands on it.
Im just 9 pages into the book but Im already liking it.
The content suits my style, and idea towards pple relationship mgmt.

WHAT IS MY PARENTING PHILOSOPHY?
POint 2 from the book content: I will not treat a child in a way I myself would not want to be treated.

(further extraction from the book) Read this...
If wouldn't want to be slapped across the face, why would I slap my son? If I wouldn't want to be screamed at when I made a mistake, why would I scream at my daughter when she dropped the cake I had decoated for my mother-in-law? If I wouldn't want my gardening skills to be compared with my neighbor's, why would I compare my son's math performance wih his older sisters'?

己所不欲，勿施于人。 己所不欲，勿施于人...己所不欲，勿施于人...
I just hope even when I'm tied and worn out, I can reject the tendency to parent the way we were parented. I like this idea and I'm going to TRY IT!

The Act of communication???

MYpaper (我报) dtd 21 Sept 10...An article by Ms Shenton on sharing
'HOW TO GET ALONG WITH DIFFICULT COLLEAGUES'

see the sub headers in BOLD for the 4 type of Pple - Arrogant, Cold, Show-Offs & Mean. Sorry I have tried a few times but cant seems to get the picture in the right position.

Interesting~
Well written and true for general cases... But what if... there's complication? such as a person who sometimes cold and sometimes warm? What's the matter with this kind of person? Of coz, I cant expect EVERYONE to be nice & sweet to me all the times isnt it. For everything tt happens, there must be a reason.

Ok, theory is just theory, not quite possible to illustrate all the possible scenario that can happen when it comes to practical.

I'm more of a micro perspective kind of person.
So, meaning to say...focus more on the details.
And maybe it explains why Im more interesting in pple / matters surrounding me compared to hmmm... what's gg on around the other side of the world?

PPLE surrounding me... argh... Yess. Im interested in human behaviors. THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE by Allan & Barbara Pease is one of my favourite.

This is the kind of stuffs that really interests me. *chucks*
NOt that I want to understand and manipulate pple. It's more of ermm...
understand, being sensitive to the other party's feelings. And from there use the appropriate way of communication.
The art of communication.

a few days ago, I chanced upon an application form for degree sponsorship dtd 5 yrs ago. What did I apply for? BSc Business with Psychology? haha...I'm surprised I was even selected for panel interview.

Now is the period for sponsorship again.
This year, I did some 'survey' beforehand.
More prepared this time round and I'm feeling confident I'm going to get it.
My dream to own a degree seems near. Seems so near.
Wish me luck ~

Would you do my Eulogy?

Inspired by D-Guy next Door, his expression towards current news & affairs is so natural & in his own style that it makes me ponder " If I were to express my thoughts like this, who wld b my target audience? I mean, Who wld want to know or Understand my thoughts & views?

And then, a couple of mths ago, I finished a book called "HAVE A LITTLE FAITH" by Mitch Albom.

The man of God asked the writer to do his eulogy.
He insisted that he had to know him better.

Yess...EULOGY...this is when people would want to know what kind of person I am. if that's the case... maybe this place would be a good source for the person who would be doing MY EULOGY. I have started inserting some personal thoughts / recently if one notices... hee hee

On the writer, Mitch Albom, I actually like his earlier book "Tuesdays with Morris" better.

I read it twice. It's more touching...I even thought maybe I can do some sharing from the contents... but..haiz... seems like my standard is not there yet.
Give me some time... I'll come back to it again one day.