Happy Chinese New Year 2020 – the year of the rat!
Chinese New Year 25th January 2020 The year of the rat Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year. How are you celebrating Chinese New Year this year? As for my [...]
5 common Chinese New Year rituals that we still practice
Chinese New Year is commonly known a Spring Festival. For Chinese, those in China and in ethnic communities around the world, the lunar new year is the most important and [...]
The rituals of giving and receiving red packets during Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year (1st of the lunar calendar, i.e. 5th February 2019) is just around the corner, and everyone is gearing up for the most important celebration in the Chinese [...]
Connect and bond with your children through meaningful interactions – Involve them!
I still whole heartedly believe that children can learn so much from HOME, play and interacting with people they love and trust. They learn through being hands on, i.e. helping you [...]
Parenting is – a partnership
Parenting is a Partnership!! I spoke about this topic previously. Yet it is such an important topic, and I would like to re-address it. Why do I say parenting is [...]
Your children believe what your believe
As some of you may know, Malaysia had its election yesterday, 5th of May, 2013. On my Facebook timeline, it was all about the election. Later today, I should be able [...]
Values… What are they?
Why are values important? Values are your beliefs and philosophies in life—things that are important to you. Your values determine your priorities in life, your interactions with people, and how your conduct yourself. . [...]
The Power of Photo Albums
Yesterday, I decided to put all my work aside and dug out several boxes from the study cupboard. Those boxes had been in the cupboard for as long as I [...]
Benefits of involving your children in festive preparations
It is only a few more days until Christmas. Have you organised your greeting cards? What about your gifts? Your presents? Your treats? Your guests? Family gatherings and hosting people? [...]
The story behind your favourite dish
What is the story behind your favourite dish? Have you been watching Masterchef? I seldom watch any reality shows, but I quite enjoy Master Chef and have been watching it [...]
From the kitchen to connections and empowerment
Your kitchen - a natural classroom! My amazing editor, Dana, sent this link to me: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/childrens-literacy-study-links-hearing-words-to-reading-ability/8697138 There are two amazing articles in there, but for today, we are going to [...]
You are your children’s guiding force
In my last blog, I shared with you that “You are your children’s role model”; today, we are going to discuss about you being the guiding force for your children. When you [...]
The challenges of Parental Influence and Setting Boundaries
I was listening to tone of the segments on the Today Show one morning, and one of the panelists was commenting whether there should be a statewide lockdown of pubs/bars [...]
Cultural Conflict – What does it look like?
Cultural Conflict is very common among migrant families whose culture is not similar with the country they migrate to. How do you overcome those cultural clashes? I was at a [...]
Bridge Generational and Cultural Gaps Through Cultural Dishes
One of many ways to bridge cultural gaps with your children is by introducing your cultural dishes to them. By introducing the cultural dishes to our children, it is also [...]
Cheng Beng – The Malaysian way
Cheng Beng (qingming) is also called the All Souls Day. Recently, on the way back from Malaysia, I came across a magazine on the plane; it had an article about [...]
What is your family’s dining ritual?
I thought this would be an interesting topic to share this week - what is your family dining ritual? Family rituals are things that you do with your family members [...]
Your culture, beliefs and habits
The other day while having lunch with a friend, we were talking about habits and beliefs, and we made some comparisons about different cultures, such as: Why do some people [...]
Family recipes
Every family has one - What is your family secret recipe? DO you have family recipes that you love? The past few nights I was on the phone discussing with [...]
5 unique things I do that only migrants can understand
Our backgrounds influence what we do. My husband and I are migrants from Malaysia. We settled in Australia after we finished our tertiary education. There were things that we introduced [...]
Connections through Family Rituals
Every family has it and we probably don't even realise – We have Family Rituals! Family rituals are things that you do with your family members only, and may not [...]