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This post is merely on personal view of the Qdees kindergarten which I enroll my daughter in this year. The principal has recently posted in parents-teacher Whatsapp group that the franchise has been awarded SME Brand Excellence Award in Best Global Franchise Model 2016 by SME Malaysia. Well,the excellence award obviously meant for business specifically the people who want to make money from early learning institutions...the information does not really relay the significance for parents whose main concern is their children's well-being at the school.  Back to my parenting point of view, the reason I chose the school is I believe with certain standards to comply, I hope that my daughter will be taken good care of while I go to work. In short, no abuse. Image grabbed from Qdees website I paid over thousand include the monthly RM450 during registration in Dec 2016. The payment also include two (ugly) grey color uniform (with not-so-good)cloth quality, a set of...

Sign up for a fun run in your idol heroes costume this April 9- for the good cause of charity and quality time with family.   The second Amazing Heroes Run is back this year to raise fund to build new building for Seri Mengasih centre meant for the special developmental children with disabilities.  Due to ongoing Tanjung Aru Eco-development project, their existing place at Tanjung Aru has to be moved to One Sulaman, thus the need to look for fund the new building.  The centre, which is established in 1983, is significant as they help people to learn to be independent and some able to secure jobs.  There are two categories for the run- 3 and 10 kilometres to be held at Maktab Nasional from 6am. Both are meant to have fun!!! Expecting at least 2,000 participants, the organiser hopes to raise another RM120,000.  The math means the participating fee is RM60 per pax.  If you couldnt make it, there is also virtual run category whereby you are ...

Wake up and it is Feb 15.  I was like, is it real that I turn 30 today? There is not much of changes in body as I look into the mirror? Are there more wrinkles appeared on my face? Have some of my flesh turns involuntary flabby despite my consistent 10 minutes daily toning workout?  I wished I could say.."Am I taller now?" as how my 3-year-old daughter thinks of what birthday celebration is meant? But I know it is not the case.  Am working today thus not expecting much about special celebration but husband who is from me made the effort to call at the stroke of midnight to wish me; colleagues bought cakes and sang birthday song at the office; a friend bought a February birthstone pendant for me and good lunch; another tea time treat from another old friend.  Been receiving messages- whatsapp and facebook messenger- to wish me good birthday. It was a warm greeting as some have not in contact for nearly a year.

smokers are idiotly selfish Those who smoke inside a restaurant is a jerk! Full stop.  Hopefully he will die of lung cancer tomorrow. For girls who have smoking boyfriends, dump them immediately cause they will kill you and your future children.  According to World Health Organisation, passive smoking kills 600,000 a year, including 165,000 children.  He is even a fool who waste additional rm10 per packet instead of invest the money in something else. And his kiss tastes acidic and ashy (I googled it, not that I've tasted it before).  Another googling result,  "Using recent health and medical spending surveys, researchers calculated that 8.7 percent of all healthcare spending, or  $170 billion  a year, is for illness caused by tobacco smoke, and public programs like Medicare and Medicaid paid for most of these costs."

On the fourth week of Advent in 2016, people of Sabah and Malaysia are abuzz with the news of a teenage boy being slashed outside a pub at 4am for his group of friends intervened in a domestic fight between a divorced couple.  Despite the 18-year-old boy's heroic act in shielding the girl from getting hurt during the attack, Netizens are still lambasting nasty comments on the social media that the group should never be at that "dangerous" place in the first place.   I was irked by the public's comments until a conversation with my parent recently.  "It is his parents' fault for letting them out there in the wee hours, some more it is a dangerous place". My dad, who is the infamous parent among my siblings, has been a strict guardian for us that we keep on wondering why God gives us such a conservative dad.  Our duty as a young child was just to stay at home and study academic books as well as pass the exam with flying colors. Whe...

An article by dailymail.co.uk   had quoted a Canadian study in 2008 found that women with female supervisors had higher cases of depression, headaches, heartburn and insomnia than of their bosses were men. I got some of the symptoms and afraid I will contribute to the statistics of people suffering mental illnesses in Malaysia. Do cross your fingers when you know a female, worse if unmarried or still single (even worst if previous boyfriends dumped her for the attitudes) is going to be your boss. Based on the article by dailymail, women are afraid of getting old and invisible to others. It explains why married women are more rational as they believe the spouse or family will still acknowledge her.    They seem to have unpredictable mood and decisive, sometimes because of the swift changes it makes people think that she is moronic? or worse call it "time of the month" or "she needs sex" and etc. I wish doctors could prescribe some sort of drug to stablise them....

Advent means "Coming" in Latin.  The period of four Sundays and weeks before  Christmas.  Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of  Christmas including going for confession.  Below are the schedules for confession/penitential services in Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese (Penampang) November 28 Church St Paul, Bisuang 10am- 12pm November 29 Church St Theresa, Kolopis 9am-11am November 30 IMC S. Mabpai 9am-10am Dec 1 Sr Benedict, T. Sugud 9am-10am Dec 2 St Aloysius, Limbanak St Augustine, Kinarut 630pm Dec 5 Assumption, Sugud 9am-11am Dec 6 St Marcellinus, Minintod 9am-11am Dec 12 St Michael, Penampang 630pm Dec 19 and 20 St Michael Penampang 830am-10am