24th Apr 2012

The fifty cents lesson

Today I got Samuel to mop the floor of his bedroom.  It was meant as a chore for him to earn some money. He earned 50 cents. This is the story. Samuel...

Thank you God, for the leaves

After a discouraging Spelling test, God gave me something beautiful today.  Samuel wrote this on my friend’s ipad. I don’t always understand how God works.  I only know that He...

20th Apr 2012

The Story of the Small man and the Big man (By Samuel Choo)

There was a small man and there was a big man.  Their names were Smallman and Bigman. They were both in the water.  They were playing in the water.  Bigman...

19th Apr 2012

Thank you, mum. I love you mum

Today was as good a day, as yesterday was a bad day. Yesterday was Spelling day for Samuel.  Lots of pain (for both him and me) went into preparing him...

13th Apr 2012

Planting and waiting

Today was an amazing day for three reasons.  Firstly, Samuel and I created our first book.  It is a short story about our trip to the Zoo today.  The story-writing was unplanned but thankfully...

13th Apr 2012

A Day at the Singapore Zoo (by Samuel Choo)

Today is a sunny day. Samuel Choo and his mum went to the Zoo. What animals did Samuel Choo see? He saw the Otters.  He saw the Flamingos. He saw...

10th Apr 2012

Live and leave without regrets

I always worry about losing my children, physically.  Each time I read about sudden deaths of children, I would wonder about the purpose of their short existence on earth.  My...

10th Apr 2012

Top five regrets of the dying

From theguardian (1 Feb 2012) There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the...

03rd Apr 2012

小步走路 (A step at a time)

We found this cute little book 小步走路 (A step at a time) which Samuel loved.  He loved it because there are three little brother ducklings in the story, and they...

01st Apr 2012

I knew your heart first

Last week I became ‘pregnant’. To help a friend, I agreed to act as a pregnant lady in a corporate video she is shooting. It was not very difficult for me...