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If you know Chinese or even better be excelled in it, you are in advantage of getting employed and of course to demand for higher pay as it is a specialised skill.  I am lucky to get my daughter enrolled into a Chinese Primary School (SJKC) as parents, despite not having any basic in Chinese, are fighting for places to get their children to learn the language.  My daughter's class has about 40 students cramped in the room.  I remember when I was younger, there were quite limited number of non-Chinese students in the SJKC as parents probably think it would be more convenient to send their kids to school which use their mother-tongue language.  The then syllabus, especially Chinese, was quite simple and basic for non-Chinese to follow.  Fast forward 20 years, Primary 1 students would require to remember many words, the strokes counting, the pinyin (sound) etc. Some who could not cope and could not get help will probably stress out and wors...

 Source: Maoistrebelnews As a mom in 30s, I resent my ancestors evertime the weather is damn hot and intolerable. I blame them for keeping on destroying all the greens and polluting rivers in their days so call to give better lives for the next generation. The previous generations or so called the "modern" people kept on implying that using plastic is cool, buying is sort of a symbol of status, in contrary to reusing or upcycling is only meant for those who have no money and etc. Recently, I attended a seminar on Environmental issues. One of them is on waste.  Here I share the statistic from Journal of Science 2015. 1. In 2010, 99.5 million tonnes plastic were produced from 192 countries bordering the sea and led about 12.7 million tonnes went into the ocean. 2. It is estimated that each person on average consume 18gramme, or a size of credit card, in their daily food intake ie the fish, the sea salt which contain microplastic. 2. As for e-waste collection in ...

Came across an article by The New Straits Times on "Many couples choose not to have children".  It is an interesting article that discuss at length of the reasons that married couples are looking into such direction. Briefly, reasons behind the decision include inability to conceive; hardly to survive financially even with double-income family; as well as career-oriented. What shocked me more is the article stated that besides women focusing on career, it also highlighted that a marriage institution nowadays is more to high-ranking men telling their wives "you would be lucky if you see me tonight" due to job commitment. I believe it is a tough decision for every couple when it comes to whether having or not having own kids. Another human in the family, especially minors, mean there would be more expenses incured. On today's world, where everything require money. Is it wise to have many kids? Perhaply two would be ideal or maximum for family who come fr...

Daughter is turning 6 in few more weeks. It was another memorable period spent with her to see how she grows from total dependent to partial independent kid. COGNITIVE  The first six years are indeed a crucial period for parents to instill what is right or wrong, the house principle and etc.  I am glad that my girl has the idea that drink a lot of water, avoid sugary, vegetables and fruits are good for your health, always wash hands, and sleep boost her immune system.  Another thing is we do let her know about environmental especially on the issue of single-use plastic killed marine life such as turtles.  As she is already attending preschool, it is undeniable that she gets influenced by her friends and teachers on certain beliefs...and the way they speak (which is not necessarily positive) . But, I keep on reinforce the right value, although it may or may not register on her mind. After all, the kid spends 8 hours a day at school for five day...

Hi, should have posted the school fee details earlier than school opening for 2019. But I thought that it could be use for comparison in terms of fees in future. Registration fee: RM60  Building Fund: RM50 Material fee: RM260 Book Term 1, 2, 3 and 4: RM780 Chinese Book: RM110  Uniform 1 set: RM43 Gym wear 1 set: RM33 Insurance fees: RM30 Pictures of 6 year old: RM65 (Dont expect much from this, I kind of dislike how they photograph the kid pix like for funeral...touch wood). January Fees 2019: RM285 (half day)/ RM460 (full day) November fees 2019: RM285 (half day)/ RM460 (full day) Handbook: RM5 Breakfast: RM40

I  have heard checking out compability of two persons before deciding to move into romance relationship could save time for both or whether it is worth it to go out before the doom days arrived. In fact, there are people who rather be single than "wasting" time to be together and struggle to sustain the relationship when every second feels like hell.   Whenever I come across with old couples, who are still loving each other after decades, it makes me wonder what are the recipes?  Men are from Mars, while the women are from Venus. Could one of them stand the other who is totally having opposite personality? For example, a man who is a messy, inattentive, insensitive, and etc? For how long?  What is the formula of successful and sustainable love, should it be opposite attraction or having similar traits? Many of our ancestors surviving the marriage despite one of them had been treated unfairly by their spouse. I once asked them why getting d...

As we enter the first week of advent, below is the confession schedule in Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese Dec 3, 2018 (Monday)- St Paul, Dontozidon-(7pm) Dec 3, 2018 (Monday)-Holy Family, Telipok-(730pm) Dec 4, 2018 (Tuesday)- St Augustine, Kinarut- (630pm) Dec 4, 2018 (Tuesday)-St Joseph, Kiulu- (630pm) Dec 5, 2018 (Wednesday)- Stella Maris, Tanjung Aru (630pm) Dec 5, 2018 (Wednesday)-Good Shepherd, Menggatal (7pm) Dec 6, 2018 (Thursday) -St Aloysius, Limbanak (630pm) Dec 6, 2018 (Thursday) -St Philip, Tamparuli (630pm) Dec 7, 2018 (Friday) - Catholic church, Madsiang & Holy Nativity, Terawi (630pm) Dec 10, 2018 (Monday)- Holy Rosary, Limbahau (6.30pm) Dec 10, 2018 (Monday)- St Simon Likas (730pm) Dec 11, 2018 (Tuesday)-St Thomas Kepayan (630pm) Dec 12, 2018 (Wednesday)- St John, Tuaran (630pm) Dec 13, 2018(Thursday)- St Joseph, Papar (630pm) Dec 14, 2018 (Friday) -St Michael, Penampang (630pm) Dec 17, 2018(Monday) Divine Mercy Church, KKIP (7pm) Dec 18, 201...