July 2011
34 posts
Loving your parents
As we want our children to love us, we also must love our parents, aka the kids grandparents unconditionally.
My brother called and told me the other night my mums legs were numb. I was concerned. Yesterday morning, after sending my kids to childcare, and braving the heavy downpour, i was on my way to visit my mum when along the way, I saw a pickup parked by the side of the road, 2 m down,...
June 2011
27 posts
Dad-isms: Things I've Learned So Far: ...thoughts... →
Practical and telling as it is. There are good and bad things in marriage..just what your focus is. Enjoy the good. Carved in stone. Forgive and accept the bad. Write in sand. Please read below.
dad-isms:
Lately, I have been seeing more and more of this lady, “Sugar” coming across my tumblr dashboard so I decided to check out her advice. I’ll have to admit, she has a way with words, but this...
The Giving Tree →
An analogy about 2 living things, one unconditionally giving and one unconditionally taking. If one party SELFLESSLY GIVES, and one SELFISHLY TAKES, it is a unbalanced relationship and lead to physical or emotional death. In a relationship between one parent and one child, or one husband and one wife, or one leader to one follower. Lets re-examine ourselves and which are we, the SELFLESS or...
Equipping Tween(7-12 years old) Learners
A mother once came and approach me for help. Her child did not do well, and she was very troubled. This was 2 years ago.I reviewed the exam papers, but have not much clue what is happening to the girl. Low self-esteem? Child has poor competancy or poor foundation in subject? Child hates teachers?
I took the child for academic coaching. Having worked for 8 years full time, and being a volunteer...
Surviving Pain and Building Resilience: What Not... →
Life is a roller coaster. If there are no downs,the Ups will not be so exciting.Life can also be seen as a kite, there are times we need to try harder, there are times to let go.
In life, there is more than physical pain. There is emotional pain, bereavement of losses, depressions when we antagonise why things dun happen the way we want them to be, when we face failures.
I have advocated pain as...
Yoke with the Lord
Ox and cows used to plow fields with yoke. A heavy yoke, when carried by two animals, are lighter than that carried by 1.
I had a big headache as I had to go away and my son was sick. I called my wife and things are not getting better. At 8pm, my wife called and say my son was feeling better.There was a big UPLIFTING as if all the load on my shoulder that gone away.
I believe there are times of...
Loving wife and kids with Gary Chapman 5 Languages...
Jesus loved the church and his people till his death. There are people who say man should model this love and husbands should love their wife and kids, to the point of sacrificing their lives.
Do fathers and man need to wait till a life threatening exercise to die for their family? I believe that sometimes, we should make simple adjustments to:
make time to play and talk to our kids
make time...
Double-Talk. Creative Rationalisation.
Accused: I wasn’t drunk. I drank some, but I was drunk.
Judge: I won’t hold you for 1 month. I will send you for 3 days only.
Many people double talk. In fact, the kids when they do pranks, such as April Fool’ Day, is rationalise as a joke, not a lie. I was once told of a father holding a cigarette and smoking and warning his son, “Don’t smoke, smoking is bad for...
Adequate Rest, Relaxation and Exercises:...
Recently, workload was having. I also have to take care of kids, and lack of rest means I have less attention for everything. In fact, lack of exercises makes me more sick. It becomes a destructive exercise and CYCLE.
To reduce to be burnt out, having anxieties and sick, I need to schedule rest into my life. In music, there are rest or Legatos between notes. This makes music more soothing and...
My Son's Favourite song →
My 3 year old son loves this song. When possible, we grab a toy guitar and sing this song in karaoke or at home….
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus...We are... →
Cats dig holes, and are particularly clean…dogs shit everywhere…When dogs are happy, their tails are up and wagging, whereas when the tails of cats are up…they are MADDDDD, angry and frustrated….
Wives and daughters remember birthdays…my 6 year old daughter remember her classmates birthdays..at least 10 of them….I dun even remember my own birthday…but...
My Daily Battle: As a Father and Point Man of the... →
The military uses D-Day, H-Hour. There are military battles in World War, in Africa, and many more. Many died, some survived. Sniper fire, defense of beachheads, minefields, airborne.Those who survived will have nightmares, as they remember the fallen comrades, of torn limbs and broken bodies.
Personally, I see civilian life not much difference. Everyday, we are fighting wars of temptations to...
