21st May 2013

Campervan Travel

We toured South Island, New Zealand from 4 – 18 Dec 2012.  We saw Christchurch, Kaikoura, Greymouth, Franz Josef, Wanaka, Queenstown, Dunedin, Lake Tekapo and Mt Cook. We spent 10 nights...

04th May 2013

Easy breakfast ideas – Guest post

My last breakfast post has been long overdue. The truth is that I am still struggling with breakfast for my children. However, I have people around me whom I can...

26th Apr 2013

Tomorrow’s another big day

I love the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes”. I started reading it before I became a mother. I think that reading it prepared me somewhat for my being a mother...

24th Apr 2013

We will walk the extra miles together

It was just more than three months ago, that I started my “Extra mile” project. It was to pick up a piece of litter every day. I also started a...

19th Apr 2013

New Zealand, South Island – Overview

My family and I went to New Zealand for the holiday of our lifetime in December 2012. I posted some photos under “This is my Father’s world”. Here are the...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Christchurch, Kaikoura, Greymouth (Day 1-3)

Day 1  We arrived at Christchurch at 10:35am.  We were supposed to pick up the Campervan from Britz immediately, but due to a misunderstanding, we had to wait a few hours.  We...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Franz Josef, Wanaka, Queenstown (Day 4-5)

Day 4 We gave the children donuts for breakfast as we needed to make an early start. We started our drive to Franz Josef at 8:30am.  We reached Franz Josef...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Wanaka, Queenstown (Day 6)

Day 6 When we woke up the next morning, we saw how beautiful our surroundings were. As usual, Samuel was the first to wake up. He went to feed the...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Dunedin (Day 7-8)

Day 7 We got up and drove off early – at 8:30am. 8:50am We stopped over at the Clyde Dam. It is the largest concrete dam in New Zealand. I have...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Otago Peninsula, Lake Tekapo, Mt Cook (Day 9-10)

Day 9  We drove to the Otago Peninsula and visited the Albatross Colony the next morning. The view was beautiful. We did not see any Albatross (we did not want...

19th Apr 2013

NZ South Island – Christchurch (Day 11-14)

Day 11 We started our drive back to Christchurch at 8:30am, stopped for petrol at 9:30am, and packed a BK lunch at 11:30am. After travelling more than 300 km, we...

10th Apr 2013

谢谢你,对不起。Thank you, and Sorry.

This is written, in appreciation for, and as a tribute to Chinese teachers. Yet this story has a sad ending. I really appreciate the children’s Chinese teachers. It is not...