Yummy and delightful meals for your kids

Hi, Selamat Hari Raya to my Muslim friends!  Hope everybody's having a good time....

I was surfing the internet when I came across some lovely bento meals created by a loving mum for her kid.  She posted some pictures which I would like to share with you:

 


Here you see a bento set with a garden theme using sweetcorn for the flowers with mushrooms and butterflies made from the ingredients.  Some stir-fry choy sum has been added in the middle - can you see?  And there are strawberries at the side, too.  Very wholesome and healthy meal!

 
The 2nd picture features a Cheesy French Toast with Cute Bunny and Granola suitable for tea break. Lovely!
 

 

 In this meal, she added some fish and star cutout carrots to her stir-fry broccoli with mushroom.  There are sausage octopus and baked cheesy salmon to complete the healthy meal. Wow....I am hungry already....
 
 What a thoughtful mummy!  She really takes the trouble to make each meal so palatable for her kid - such is a labour of love from a caring Mum. 

Keep it Up, Mummy..sure your son will grow up a chubby and healthy boy as each of your bento set is loaded with lots of love and yummy food!  Cheers!

Oh Goodness Me, Never Ending Bad News!

What's happening?  I can't believe it! Another airliner got into trouble last night...Contact with the Air Algerie flight was lost over the Sahara as it crossed Mali in bad weather and 116 people is feared dead.

However, the French military, which is leading the search operation in the desert, has not confirmed finding any remains of the plane.

Two UN helicopter crews who took part in the search also failed to locate wreckage before nightfall.

Let's pray and keep our fingers cross and hope for good news.....

NOT AGAIN! MORE HORRIFIC NEWS ON PLANE CRASHES!

Yet another piece of sad news! Heard another plane crash yesterday.  Less than a week after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine, a domestic Taiwanese airliner crashed yesterday, killing at least 47 people on board.  This time it was a typhoon, not a missile, that caused the tragedy.

We are often told that flying by plane is much safer than driving a car, but the recent aviation nightmare may make you change your mind!  But how else can we get from one part of the world to another?  Well, air travel is really unavoidable...for me, I will put on hold any travelling plan until I can get over all this bad news......



Deadly TransAsia flight GE222 crash in Taiwan

MH17

I was very much saddened over the loss of some 298 precious lives on board the ill fated MH17 on 17 July, coming so close on the heels of the recent disappearance of yet another MH plane carrying 239 passengers which seems to have been mysteriously wiped out from the face of the earth on 8 March of this year.
 
The first natural reaction on hearing news of MH17's fate was "it can't be true".  But when reality sank in, feelings gave way to grief for those who perished and their families.  It is really an outrage that a commercial flight with almost 300 innocent souls on board should fall victim to a conflict none of them are a party to.  Those responsible must be brought to justice as quickly as possible.
 
It really is both unbelievable and unfortunate that 2 catastrophes of such magnitude could have happened to MAS planes within such a short time.  The mystery of MH370 is yet to be solved.  However, unlike the families of the MH17 victims, the fa­­milies of the MH370 victims did not have closure and would continue to be in the dark about what really happened to their loved ones.

I know what the bereaved families must be going through. There is no other pain that equals the suffering people go through when loved ones perish tra­gically, just like what I have gone through when my husband died in a tragic accident some 15 years ago.  I could only  pray for strength and courage for the families affected and also for the souls to rest in peace....

And Tango makes Three

The National Library Board's recent decision to remove some children's titles, following public’s complaint about one such book “And Tango Makes Three" that it is not "pro-family", has sparked controversy.

The move has generated quite a bit of buzz, and the members of the public had mixed views about the decision.  Some thought the books should be pulled out, because it's not the kind of values which we want to impart to our children.  The prevailing norms support teaching children about conventional families, but not about alternative, non-traditional families, which is what the book in question is about.

Naturally, gay rights activists are outraged –  they  believe Singapore can be an inclusive home for its people in all their diversity.   They claim that the decision sends a message of rejection to many loving families that do not conform to the narrow father-mother-children definition of family that it has adopted.

Interesting!  I had to read the book myself to see what the outcry is all about.  Well, what is my take after the read?  My personal view is that children at this young age are very impressionable and they should be guided in what they read.  So parents have an important role to play in guiding the children and explaining to them what's going on.  But with parents nowadays being so busy, I am afraid that the children may go unsupervised and unwittingly when reading such gay themed books, think this is a “normal” way of life.  That's my concern.  Call me old fashioned and narrow minded, I still uphold the sanctity of family life based on the traditional values…sorry guys..who is with me?

For the benefit of those who have not read the book in question, I have uploaded the book for you..

 

What I feel about blogging and stuff like Facebook?

Sorry, newcomer to blog, so Mr Wong and my buddies in class, please excuse me if  I need extra time to navigate...can get lost some times, hehehe...

What I feel about all this blogging and face book kind of stuff?  Well, you can say I belong to the older generation and really, although it may be amusing sometimes to read and see what things people share with friends and the world at large, I personally am not 100% comfortable to bare my soul and communicate so openly.  I think sometimes a message can get misconstrued for something else... I actually enjoy the personal touch and prefer face to face chat over tea with my friends, than to post comments all over the face book.  But I do appreciate the speed of things and how information gets passed around so quickly!  Amazing....so I must try to learn, at least, so I will not become obsolete.  Not to know means to fall out with this world and then what, I may not be able to connect with my loved ones and friends any more....give me time to explore.....I see sometimes it is something more of the need to stay connected to the world at large, like it or not.  Sorry, guys, if I do not seem to respond to some requests, may be, I do not know what to do with it, or I may not have tuned in to read as often as I should.  Have to get used to it....

Centre Licensing Renewal Due

I am feeling quite stressed because our centre licensing is due.  All the teachers have been very busy doing up the learning corners and planning new activities for our children.  We look forward to getting  a successful renewal for our centre.