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Book Fair Fiesta (3)

Today is the 10th and last day of the Bras Basah Complex Book Fair. Well, it has been quite humid during the last 3 days:

Remember the little boy who came back repeatedly for balloons? Well, he did not turn up again. Instead, a pair of Indian siblings have been coming. […]

CROSSROAD Brain Teaser

Edited on 11 June 2007

Useful tips to share

Last night, we had our 1st CPT (Certified Professional Trainers) Alumni meeting after the formation of the committee. Although we had only 10 participants, all of us had fun.
Daya was the Emcee for the event. Besides getting all present to give a short description about themselves, he also shared 2 games with us. […]

Book Fair Fiesta (2)

Today is the 7th day of the Bras Basah Complex Book Fair. Well, want to share with you folks on some interesting incidents over the past 2 days:

On Tuesday afternoon, around 1.40 pm, there was suddenly a huge crowd in front of our booth. My colleague was curious and followed the […]

Going Bananas

Do you know that you should never put bananas in the refrigerator???

Well, bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just 2 bananas provide enough energy for a […]

Book Fair Fiesta (1)

Today is the 4th day of the Bras Basah Complex Book Fair. Usually, I am the consumer, i.e one at the receiving end. For the past 4 days, it had been an entirely different experience, manning the booth and being at the giving end.First, we get to meet all sorts of people, not just […]

Delights and Woes of the Week 0710

This has been an exciting week for me. First, the delights:

Attended parenting workshop on 6/3 and 7/3. Sure got quite a number of tips from the speaker. One of it is the LOVE language which I found pretty useful and had it in my blog on 7/3 - FAMILY LOVE […]

Bras Basah Complex Book Fair

Today is the first day of the March school holidays.
Singapore parents, if you and your kids love books, do go down to Bras Basah Complex. It started its English & Chinese Book Fair cum Bonsai Fair yesterday. It will last all the way until 18 Mar 2007.Besides assessment books, there are lots of other items […]

Process of Successful Studying

This afternoon, I was at Huamin Primary School to share with P6 students on Perseverance for Success. The following processes were discussed:

Setting of clear goals
Planning and scheduling
Taking consistent action
Mind mapping

On goal setting, got the students to:

Write down what each wanted specifically, especially prelim and final PSLE results
List down the benefits and reasons for […]

Family Love Affair

The common saying is “Charity begins at home.” So is LOVE! I attended a parenting talk last night and tonight. The speaker shared about the love language. It leaves me much WRAPS for thought:
Words of affirmation or appreciationMore often than not, we take things for granted. […]