BHANTE

14th August 2010, Saturday Afternoon 

As usual, we were at VBG, Temoh (http://www.vbgnet.org/) for dana on a Saturday afternoon. 
 
Zhen:  "Mummy, how to become a bhante?"

Me:  "Well, they go to a monastery for meditation and stay at the monastery."

Zhen:  "I don't want to become a bhante.  You know why?"

Me:  "Why?"

Zhen:  "I don't want to shave... my hair."

(Bhante (Pali) is the polite particle used to refer to Buddhist monks in the Theravada tradition.  Bhante literally means "Venerable Sir.")

WHAT'S A CHILD'S WORK?

THE WORK OF A CHILD IS PLAY!
The importance of play . . .

• Play helps children weave together all the elements of life as they experience it.
• It allows them to digest life and make it their own, an outlet for the fullness of their creativity.
• It is an absolutely critical part of childhood.
• With creative play, children blossom and flourish; without it, they suffer a serious decline.

The nature of play . . .

• a natural part of the make-up of every healthy child.
• the child's love of learning is intimately linked with a zest for play.
• for a child, no distinction between work & play!

PLAYDOUGH

8th May 2010, Tuesday Afternoon 

Made some homemade Play Dough this afternoon.

My 2 girls just love it.  Zhen said it is much much nicer than those bought from Supermart.  I say, it is much much cheaper!  :D

COUNTING 1-10

22nd April 2010, Monday Evening
Min already knew her 1-10 but she simply do not want to say it, when asked.

During bed time, she would ask me to sing 'ABC'.  I would then ask her to say her '123' first.
She would go, "1, 2, 3".
When I asked her, "Then?".
She would go, "Then?".

Today when her father gave her some coins to be put into her piggy bank.  She sat by her piggy bank, counted her 1-10 quietly while putting in the coins!

"MEMBINA AYAT" (BUILDING A SENTENCE)

16th April 2010, Friday Afternoon 
I was going to my sister-in-law's place, and my younger daughter wanted to follow.  She turned to the maid and said,
"Kakak tak payah,

 kakak tak payah jalan-jalan,
 kakak tak payah jalan-jalan Koo Mah" 
(Koo Mah = aunt, father's elder sister)

JUMPING JUMPING

30th March 2010, Tuesday Night 

Zhen wants me to capture her jumping a jumping.  This is something she had been seeing some guys and girls jumping a jumping during a recent trip to Kellie's Castle, Perak and asked me "Why those people kept jumping in front of the camera?"