My cousin has given birth!

Vanessa Mae Chambers was born on 22nd April 2007 at 2:20am, weighing 3.71kg, 54cm in length.

I think my cousin must be a big fan of Vanessa Mae and really like the sound of her name huh...heheh.....and I reckon that baby's eyes are kinda bluish-green from the original enlarged photo that my cousin emailed. Can't really see from the picture below. Her husband, Brian's eyes are also light blue btw

Cutie baby Vanessa sleeping

My aunty (her mum) can't believe she's a grandma now. I just went over to her place earlier and had dinner (she cooks so nice and simple..yum and even had some yummy apple crumble - mann...my stomach is seriously getting bigger that my appetite is increasing at an alarming rate , i'm serious , ...i think i will eat like an elephant if i ever get pregnant and will balloon like a marshmallow hahaha)...hahaha. Anywaysss....yeah shouldn't be talking about being fat...i know anyone reading this would be rolling their eyes at me.

Also, I passed my L computer test (for driving here in NSW) todayyy!! yayy hahah..not that it's a big deal coz it's not hard...but at least now i can drive even if someone with a full licence has to sit beside me. Next...book a driving exam. I'm going to go for at least 2 hours of driving lessons before that though just so that i can get official advice on how to drive properly here. It'll be nice to drive here, and i'll be able to drive people....instead of being driven all the time.

and finally...buy a car...i guess i could buy one already...

They grow up fast

Was talking to little SY on MSN - it's amazing how i'm moving on to the stage of being able to talk to her there now....And she's not even 12 yet

But i'm just shocked at the way she's typing now. Geez...

Her user name already goes something like this : "ur so cool dat peeps ditch u and say ur so freaken gay. " Some boy childishly rudely said something to her...

but anyways...did that really come out of her mouth? i wonder if she was quoting anything from those hip hop songs she listens to now. Her computer has these Gwen Stefani songs and she's singing along to them or other hip hoppy style and i'm like...woww..do kids nowadays listen to this type of music now? she uses other short forms... he thinks hes da best in da hol class. Wow...kids sure learn fast how to short cut their typing...she's a smarty pants this one.

I half stopped when she said "hell no"

and then completely stopped in my tracks when she said ' they r fuked up morons', OMFG

ahhhh

what is happening...does her mother know this??

But I must say that she is very bright and intelligent and always been affectionate and loving.

Different thoughts always gently sweep through my mind when i see different kids in different families, read magazines, books, tv etc...
I have yet to truly dwell on the thoughts ...but
it does come to mind on how best to raise the kids

It's so easy to say that yeah i'm going to do things differently

Pick the good bits here and there
but when reality hits, the challenge can seem like Mount Everest
However, everyone around us always teaches us
the people we want to follow and even the ones we don't want to
Yet, good examples are such a treasured blessing
Godly examples even more so...
For who to teach us to be better parents than God our Father

whom we ask to please change us first to be what He wants us to be, before we look to others for guidance and even to change others


And what better time to learn than now!

A Message by George Carlin

I've read this a number of times already ...all from forwarded emails i think. But I still quite like it coz it's so true

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that
we have taller buildings but shorter tempers,
wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smallerfamilies, more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense,
more knowledge, but less judgment,
more experts, yet more problems,
more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever,
but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion,
big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes....
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies,
and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the
showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones,
because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe,
because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you,
because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones,
but most of all mean it.
A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

Cute

From a forwarded email.

It's really late now - close to 4 am, haven't been up this late in ages. Today, I practically spent the whole day with my uni friends. We didn't even do anything substantial but just hang out at a picnic this afternoon and then some of us went to have dinner and then just hang out playing a board game and taboo till 1.40 am.

Playing these games is really fun and a great group activity I reckon. Next time when I have my own family in my own house, we'll have such games at home.

And i can't sleep now...too much tea and a cup of coffee. Thank goodness i'm not helping out at kids church tomorrow morning. Anyways, hope i don't waste the whole morning and early afternoon sleeping or doing nothing substantial.

okay, good night

after a long easter weekend

can't believe it's already April, huh?! i've been at my new company for 6 weeks now! work's really going okay and i find it all really interesting. I'll talk about it another time.

Anyways, another long easter weekend is over and just got back from our annual church camp Monday evening! Church camp was awesome. This is my 5th time, but honestly, I'm just starting to realise this year how much wisdom there is in God's word. I used to think a lot of things were stuff I keep on hearing every time. It's like, I'm not really learning anything new. But God's word is seriously powerful.

2 Timothy 3:15-16 ...the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteusness... (NIV).
I thought the explanation i heard below was pretty helpful:

The bible
1) Teaches us - instructs us towards knowing what the truth is
2) Rebukes us - tells us when we leave the truth
3) Corrects - tells us the way to go back to walking in the truth
4) Trains us in righteousness - helps and equips us to keep on walking in the truth we've been taught.

God's word humbles us and just shows us how sinful we are, how selfish we are, how we think we know how to run our own life when we really don't.

my bible study group this year at camp!

The theme this year at camp was "Love is...". We learned a lot on what love is as defined by God from the main talks and bible studies and there were other related topics during our elective sessions. The rest of the time, we ate and played games or sports, hung out and relaxed!

Anyway....on another unrelated note, I'm pretty excited today coz i checked my mailbox, and I received a CD of photos from Vignesh, my cousin's boyfriend who's in Sydney. Finally it arrived when he told me he sent them a couple of weeks ago!! My cousins (2 out of 3) and their parents were here visiting in February from Malaysia and I went out with them a few times.

Captain Cook cruise dinner

with my cousins: Deepa & Durga

u know, we got to eat free lunch at a Hindu temple

I always feel so tall standing next to my aunty hehee...

we love to pose...actually, Durga just told us to turn around

With the whole Siva family at Kiama minus the youngest cousin, Shakti

Trust God no matter what

Excerpt from The Purpose-Driven Life Devotional 2 April 2007 "The Holy One of Blessing",

"We worship God when we leave it up to him to interpret our circumstances. We worship God when we take the facts that we can see and offer them to the God-who-sees-all. We worship God when we allow him to define our lives and our purpose.

We worship God when we allow our heartache and our horrible circumstances to crowd us closer to the One who grieves with us because he loves us more than any other.

So what?

· Give your circumstances to God – God sees the big picture, so he is the best one to interpret your circumstances. He is in control of all things, even when it may not appear that way.

· Look for the blessing – When faced with heartache, ask God to show you the blessing, the dark treasures, hidden within. (Isaiah 45:3)

· Instead of asking, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ ask God, “What do you want me to do in this situation?”

· Pray: “Oh Holy One of Blessing, Your presence fills creation. Thank you for this day and for the simple blessings I so often overlook. You go before and behind, and I trust you to turn these circumstances into something that brings glory to you.” "

why not to eat beef

A friend recently told me the reason why she doesn't eat beef.

She once saw a cow, that was going to be slaughtered, shed tears. For the cow knew that its time was up.

Can you imagine that? I was expecting her to say she doesn't like the taste or she was a buddhist and never touched beef in her life or red meat is bad for you or something. But after hearing that, made me want to never eat beef again. Feel sorry for the cows...actually, makes you feel sorry for animals that we eat. Chicken killing at the markets already makes me sick.

Anyways...if you're wondering, i'm not turning vegetarian yet...

started new work already

New work has been okay. The Asia Pacific manager for our division was in Sydney so after first day of work, our division went lawn bowling and had a little competition. Won the loser's prize - a small trophy of a horse's arse - with my partner. Basically, the top 2 teams played against each other and the bottom 2 teams did likewise (which we were in). Anyway it was pretty fun! Maybe lawn bowling isn't that boring after all as I initially thought hehee.....After that, we just went for dinner, all paid for.

Anyway, I still miss my old workmates. It was like this phase of my life that I will always remember. I miss the familiarity and how I know how certain things are and those different people and how there would sometimes be different cakes or croissants or bread etc in the lunch room that we could take or different yummy foods in the lab thanks to our chef. Many a times, had to control myself haha... I'm so in love with the iced coffee he made for Christine on her birthday and my last day....woww...YUMMM..hhehe

On my last day, after work, went over to one of my workmate's place. I used to go over to her place once a week for awhile last year. Her mum is always so nice, and we helped prepare dinner and then we had dinner with her bro and his friend. And it was so funny how 3 of them started complaining and laughing about each other to us. Mum has to hide the biscuits coz bro is like a biscuit machine and bro gets so angry when he has to clean up the other sister's mess and starts banging things around to show he's angry blah blah blah and all these spanish words start flying around me coz the friend is actually in Australia to study english and mum is better at speaking spanish. After dinner and everything, my friend brought out her guitar to show what she'd been learning at guitar lessons and we ended up singing Christian songs together while she tried to play it. Her mum was sitting opposite knitting these little woollen jumpers for poor African children and also singing along sometimes. I just had such a great time...I think i really made 2 really good friendships at my old job. Her and my other married friend, J whom I stood next to for like 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. But there were other fantastic people too and i'll miss their teasing and talking. Just'll miss them.

Anyways...time to sleep now...brand new week at work tomorrow.

Write more another day...

LOVE

"Put love first. Entertain thoughts that give life and when a thought or resentment, or hurt, or fear comes your way, have another thought that is more powerful -- a thought that is love." -- Mary Manin Morrissey

"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." -- Mother Teresa

"Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age." -- Jeanne Moreau

Happy coming CNY

Another 2 weeks at my current job, and I'll be moving to another job. I'm not feeling it yet, but i'm going to miss my workmates there. Today, my friend, Jenish and i were joking and bagging each other out so much. Laughed till we cried. Good that she worked those stomach muscles...only other form of exercise she gets besides volleyball sometimes every sunday and walking to the car. hahah =P

There's just some people that you can really laugh with until you cry, and not just call each other fat and stupid but talk serious stuff as well. Like my brothers who u know, are actually adopted (i'm only joking..) ...hahah i just remember that time back home recently when i was in my mum's room and C.Yung was there too with my mum and we were just bagging each other out so childishly with my mum looking on amusingly and wanting to laugh. I'd say something and laugh hysterically and then he'd try to counter it and vice versa.

Anyway, i don't even want to expect anything about my new job. I'm excited in a way, a little apprehensive about something but I think instead of not thinking about my new work and all, I'm going to start thinking how i'd like to approach my new position and my workmates. My technical manager was so kind to invite me to dinner yesterday with other people in our division (about 9 of us) and i hadn't even started working yet! It was just a social dinner outside work. But it was at this private shop kinda thing. You walk in and u see the kitchen and we sit at the big rectangular metal table there and that's it. Dinner was pretty goood (French chef) and it was nice to meet them even though i felt quiet. I think i'm a quiet person...maybe an ambivert (i think melissa, u talked about this word once huh? ) I was sitting right at the corner at the back and it's hard when people who are already familiar with each other get into their own conversations and u don't understand what they're talking about sometimes!

This year has just been one year so unexpected, and i don't know what i'm getting myself into at this new job, but just to trust God and ask Him to continually humble me and teach me not my ways, but His ways. Loving God, loving people.

Cool quotes

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
-Leo Tolstoy

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
-A friend wrote this on MSN which I thought was really cool.


Been reading this on Ray's blog (look to the right)...not to plagiarise, but just wanted to put it here too.. =P Just thought it was an amazing piece of writing, inspiring, not sure where he got it from tho.

"Live. And Live Well. BREATHE. Breathe in and Breathe deeply. Be PRESENT. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now. On a crystal clear, breezy 70 degree day, roll down the windows and FEEL the wind against your skin. Feel the warmth of the sun. If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to FREEZE your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE. Get knee-deep in a novel and LOSE track of time. If you bike, pedal HARD… and if you crash then crash well.

Feel the SATISFACTION of a job well done—a paper well-written, a project thoroughly completed, a play well-performed. If you must wipe the snot from your 3-year old’s nose, don’t be disgusted if the Kleenex didn’t catch it all… because soon he’ll be wiping his own. If you’ve recently experienced loss, then GRIEVE. And Grieve well. At the table with friends and family, LAUGH. If you’re eating and laughing at the same time, then might as well laugh until you puke. And if you eat, then SMELL. The aromas are not impediments to your day. Steak on the grill, coffee beans freshly ground, cookies in the oven. And TASTE. Taste every ounce of flavor. Taste every ounce of friendship.

Taste every ounce of Life. Because-it-is-most-definitely-a-Gift."

Friends always

When you are brought so low, the truth is unbelievable, the pain tears your heart apart. It's the most extreme shock ever experienced and you just don't know what to think. There is much sadness, much much more than anger. But amazingly, God brings us down to a level of humility and love for the other person when all we can do is ask Him for help.

Sincere love - what is it if not truly caring but demanding nothing in return.

On the day I received it from one, I had to learn to pass this gesture to another. It is so hard when it actually happens to you.

No matter what has happened, how can I hate? Forgiveness brings out the best in people rather than hating. Genuine acceptance brings a level of peace. I admire you for just the way you are, and I still thank God our paths crossed.

I never want to judge, do name calling or put you down in any way in front of any one. If ever I catch myself doing it, I will pray really hard to God about it!

Friends always.

Happy New Year =)

What do you say to a little one who tells u that a boy (around 12 yrs) who likes her told his lil' brother that he wants to do sex? And she hates boys, and so she found what he said utterly revolting. I gave her some "big sister" advice but not sure if it was appropriate for someone that age. But I definitely did not tell her to continue hating him ....

anyways..Been back in Sydney for 2 days now and started work today. AND I left my umbrella at the bench i was sitting on at the bus stop as I was waiting for the bus to work. Darn it... Really hate losing umbrellas.

I kinda miss home now and my family. I was kinda looking forward to come back to Sydney but as the days approached real soon to my departure, i wished i had another week in Msia. I was so slack in November and when December came, I had no time left, and I still had things to do and people to visit. With all the family problems as well, as all 5 of us got into the car to the airport, I felt really sad for leaving my family, leaving my grandma who said she would think of me in the morning as I flew off. I know my mum misses me, and I realised my dad too. I looked on at my dad standing there in the doorway and it made me so sad. (He didn't come as the car wouldn't fit all of us and my bags). He helped me pack the music keyboard so that I could bring it over (since it was just collecting dust at home), gave me vitamins and other things to bring over, gave me a hug as I was going to walk out the door. I felt a little annoyed when he was telling me what to do and this and that as he was packing the keyboard but yeah, that's just the way he is. I know he loves me. When I arrived in Australia, he sent me a message. "Daddy did not know you going off so soon, thought u leaving 3rd, wanted to hold dinner for u before u leave, anyway i will keep this treat for your next trip. We all miss u and keep in touch. happy NY and god bless u. Daddy." Kinda worried something will happen to him. He's got so many health problems and recently got diabetes. Heart +prostrate+ diabetes...don't know what the hell else.......

Anyways, ...honestly, i feel kinda alone now. I don't think I've ever come back to an empty house from overseas before. Been trying to call friends and stuff - wish though that I could just go downstairs and see my brothers or sister and start asking them stupid crazy questions about nothing at all.

" So, Yung, what does it mean when a guy does this to you? does it mean he likes you? " haahhaha.....and my stupid brother will say something stupid or sarcastic

Anyways...i'm tired now....early night tonight coz i couldn't sleep till late last night.

nite nite =)

Last day at work

It was my last day at work today. I must have been the least-stressed person there with the least amount of work. I am thankful to be working in a job that allows me to sit on my bum 8 hours a day and be nice to people on the phone and face to face.. hahahha . Actually...I think the Indonesian tea lady-cum-cleaner was the least stressed of all of us coz she doesn't have to deal with people. She is so nice, always brings me packeted water and today she made me a mug of teh tarik. She told me to call her when I'm back from Australia again =)

And all of them there think I'm still a student. They say I look young. I wasn't that flattered to hear that, to be honest. =P Must be my short hair or coz I couldn't be bothered to put on make-up, I don't know.

Anyway, it was pretty nice working there and pretty fun sometimes. I'll miss it a little. =)

More work

It's confirmed...i'm going to have to work this week. It's nice that tomorrow is a public holiday!! yipppeeeeeee.....coz it's the Sultan of Selangor's birthday (Selangor is the state I live in). Anyway i'm going to work 4 days this week and that's it. NO more. The lady I'm replacing is still on medical leave. After that, I have 2 weeks left of holidays and then I'm going back to Sydney on NYE coz i have to start work 2 days later...

Anyway, recent picture of my mum, sis and me:

Getting my mum to get in the photo was hard enough. She followed after her parent's weird superstition about not taking photos of only 3 people. Geez mann...it's always like this. How about if I want to take a photo with both my grandparents?? or if there were 3 kids in the family? Pretty illogical...anyway, i made her take the photo by throwing a bit of a fuss....it took me some effort just to put the camera in a nice position anyway!!

hahah...anywayss...i got the photo taken !! haha..

2nd day at work

Looks like I might have to come in to work next week too because the usual receptionist might not come in. But we'll see.... hoping they won't call me actually haha...I miss my holidays.

Today wasn't too bad. I'm getting used to picking up and transferring calls and getting to know who more people are. And today I brought a book to read. Other stuff to do when there is nothing to do is to read all the forwarded emails, daydream, just write stuff and do more thinking. The HR person who taught me stuff said i could pass my time by maybe reading the newspaper or something....u know lahh how to pass time, she said. And u know, now i understand why i've seen receptionists with magazines in their drawers or reading a book at their desk.

And yeah, it's nice to smile at the receptionist. ..and say hello or bye to them. A little friendliness is nice. Since yesterday, there were some people coming in for interviews for managerial positions as well. Chatted to one yesterday and this man who came late this morning, after his one hour interview suddenly came up and asked my name and thanked me. Maybe the MD was behind him ...but it was a nice gesture.

Anyway, here is a photo of me with Noni and Boe.

Yeah, Boe actually came into the house...my father must have let her in. But miraculously she didn't bite off the Christmas ball decorations.

Noni.

She was from my grandfather's and guess what...she has given birth to 10 puppies before. But I like her the best...she's so small and cute and she stands on her hind legs and licks you gently and she's nice to touch. Not so hairy and salivary. And she doesn't jump up you so crazily like Boe.

Temp job

Guess what? I started work today as a receptionist at EPSON (Japanese company making printers, cartridges, scanners etc). But only for 3 days....unless she calls me next week to come in again.

It's my first time being a receptionist....and....it was so boring, especially when I didn't have calls to answer. Getting used to the switch board and transferring calls to all these people wasn't boring ...it took some time. One person even called up wanting to make a complaint to the head of Sales, and when I told him I'd refer him to Customer Service, he was like, what's the point? If something doesn't happen, he's just going to call the police.

Anyway, it was okay....if I was a permanent long-term receptionist, I'd make a lot of effort to get to know everyone's names, but since I'm only working for a very short time, I don't really have to learn a whole heap of other stuff as well. At the food company I work at in Sydney, we have the bestest receptionist. Her name is Odette and she is such a sweet friendly lady. She knows allllll our names....even "lowly" casual workers like me and my friends and she learned how to pronounce my name correctly without even being taught by me. And she says hello Sze Wen to me everytime and smiles.

Hearing all these computer products and problems is also a new thing to me. I don't like all these computer technicalities very much....don't even know about them very much.

Anyway, it was an overall not too difficult job even though it was so so so boring at times. Every time I do an administration kinda job, it reminds me again why I don't want to work an office job. Looking at the people in there....I don't want to work like that either...

okay...gotta jet...meeting Robyn, my roomate in Taiwan...she's here in KL!!

Eckankar

Last Sunday, just followed my mum after church to have lunch with a couple of her friends. I learned of a new spiritual group one friend is a part of. It's called Eckankar(http://www.eckankar.org/)

Sounded strange. I think I'm surrounded by and hear mostly about the major religions in the world and sometimes about the smaller sects but not much. So when she said she just went to Singapore for such a spiritual conference, it was a surprise. She says that her parents are a part of the movement too, that's how she got in it. And she's done a lot of personal research herself and has found it to make a lot of sense. It has opened her mind to how she sees the world.

Some of us can say that about the belief we follow too, huh? We strongly believe where we stand but let me ask:

- do we believe because we had some kind of spiritual experience?
- do we believe because some people showed us so much love and we were attracted to this aspect and decided to follow their faith?

If some people of another religion had shown us this love, would we have followed this religion instead? or if our parents grew up in another religion?
Or if we attended a conference of Eckankar and experienced some kinda revolutionary enlightenment?

So, what can make us decide among religions? Everybody will come up with reasonings or evidence. Which evidence seems more rational? Have we inspected the evidence? Are we also being judgmental? By just inspecting our evidence but not considering the reasonings of others? And if we have no religion...have we inspected the evidence?

And not comparing and seeing which suits our life and our view of the world. BUT which is the truth.

Boe

Isn't Boe a cutie? she's a German Shepherd, born on June 2006.

Boe playing with Marshall (the older German Shepherd). She was so small when she first came, my dad could hold her up in one hand.

BUT....look at her now..

I swear that's her. She's so big already huh? But she isn't as big as Marshall, of course. Boe & Marshall sleeping outside.

When I came back to KL, she was already big....And if you think she's a nice quiet obedient doggy, think again. In my brother's words...she is "playful". She jumps up so much and when i first came back, used to want to bite my ankles. She bites almost everything, even pulled down my mum's clothes (which was being hung up to dry). She has already ripped apart her tennis ball, have to give her another one now.

she is a naughtyyyy dogggyyyyyyy....needs some major discipline.

My dad allows her in the house...When she started biting the pillows, i really had to pull them away and beat her with them if she proceeded on doing the same thing. I haven't shown my mum these photos...she'll probably go ballistic. She already gets cranky over Boe. Plus she doesn't like dogs in the house.

And we just put up our Christmas tree. Fe said that when Boe comes in to the house and sees the ornaments on the tree, especially the shiny metal balls, she's going to go "..ahhhh...more balls to play with now!!"....hahah..and then my brother will go ballistic. He bought a new set of pretty pink ornaments a couple of years ago which cost A LOT.

Somebody better not let Boe in the house..

:P

Movie: "I Not Stupid"

Last year, I watched the first movie (I think made in 2002) and I just recently finished watched the second movie. They're not related but the ultimate aim of the stories is the same.

The movie looks at how Singaporean families are like these days.

For eg., the rich family. Both parents are career people and because of that, their children are neglected. They spend more time at work, and they get easily frustrated with their children.

Anyway, I found the movies so funny at times, and also so sad at times. The parents love their children but they show it in different ways, ways that can be so detrimental. It made me feel for the poor kids, and tell myself I never want to be that kinda parent.

But it's always the case that we see that we don't want to be like that, or we're not like that. But when we examine ourselves, we are actually treating our kids in a similar way.

Great movie.!! i loved it :)

and it doesn't just reflect how some Singaporean families are like, but also how a lot of Asian families are like these days.