Why are Traditions and Cultures Important to Families?
Your Traditions and Your Values – sharing cultures February 10th 2024 is Chinese New Year; it is also known as the spring festival or lunar new year. It goes [...]
Your Traditions and Your Values – sharing cultures February 10th 2024 is Chinese New Year; it is also known as the spring festival or lunar new year. It goes [...]
The new way of connecting during the pandemic It has been a while since I last wrote... I hope you are well. I was reading through some of the articles [...]
I am not very fond of the term ‘nursing homes’ as I had my fair share of fear of such facilities. When my dad had his leg amputated a few [...]
Are card and letter writing still relevant in today’s society? How often do you write letters to your friends and families? Do your children still use pen and paper to [...]
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 [...]
Your house is your home I first heard this phrase 'Your house is your home' in an Australia comedy – The Castle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4EmJSjS-sY. If you have not seen this movie, I [...]
Don't wait until another special occasion before we connect with family and friends again! A few years ago when we celebrated my grandmother's 100th birthday, we invited a few hundred [...]
"If you don't know your roots, you are like a leaf that does not know you are part of a tree". Source: The Little Nyonya drama series I told myself [...]
Parenting in a new culture and the opportunity for stronger bonding and connections As parents, irrespective of our background or culture, our primary goal is to have great relationships with [...]
My children learning how to make gyoza (Japanese dumling) with my cousin in Japan I have to apologise for not keeping in touch for the past 2 weeks. It was [...]
I am going to take this opportunity to thank you for your support with the launch of my first book - United We Shine!. It was definitely a surreal experience [...]
Nyonyalicious store - pdf format Amazon: https://amzn.to/2M5vcvh (Kindle version) I would like to share something really exciting with you today ... Over the past few years I had been thinking of [...]
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 [...]
The benefits of hand written letters or cards I love receiving physical cards and letters, especially from friends and relatives living all over the world. Don't you? However nowadays, with [...]
The most effective way to inspire and influence your children How do you impart your knowledge to or inspire your children? How do you instill values on to your children? [...]
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 [...]
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. . [...]
I have written about making time and creating opportunities to connect as a couple, and don’t forget to have fun together. I believe that in every relationship you need to put in some [...]
Last weekend was my daughter's birthday. So how do we celebrate birthdays in Australia? Do I still follow the ritual from my childhood? It is not possible to do everything [...]
Do you really know what your life would be like in 5, 10 or 20 years? We can plan, wish and hope, and envision what it would be like, but [...]
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 [...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and family. Christmas time is a time to re-connect with your family and friends, re-evaluate your priorities and make time for [...]
Festive times are a time to share, give and reconnect with the family. As I was doing my weekly grocery shopping and met a few friends along the way, we [...]
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 [...]
Have you experienced chit-chatting with friends, and somehow the conversation ended up about your favourite childhood dishes/games. And you get very excited about it? I was having lunch with a [...]
Moving to a new country, whether it is for work or by choice, involves lots of decision making, planning, research, commitment and sacrifices on all parties involved. It may be [...]
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 [...]
Your child needs more than love and bonding; she needs you to be attuned to her emotional and physical needs to allow her to thrive both physically and emotionally. We [...]
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 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 [...]
Parenting is the most rewarding job, yet it can be the most challenging job in the world, do you agree? Do you agree that parenting is the most rewarding job [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Establishing good eating habits, just like everything, starts at home. It all starts with our family rituals, like eating at the dining table, no television or any electronic gadgets during [...]
Today, 8th February 2016 is Chinese New Year, which is the first day in the Chinese calendar. This day is also known as the Spring Festival. For Chinese, those in [...]
Why is it important to share your culture and traditions with the next generation? Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Some of you will be starting to [...]
Grandparents are an important part of the family structure. They represent the history, the traditions and the bond that binds family members together. I grew up with my grandparents around, [...]
One of the many challenges for migrants is Language! As discussed in my previous blog post, one of the many challenges that migrants may face is language. For most migrants, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When you bridge both cultures, you bridge the connections with your children Your culture is your heritage; it gives you the foundation of WHO you are and WHAT you stand [...]
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 [...]
Why are they important when it comes to empowering your children? Your core values are basically your beliefs and philosophies in life – perceptions of things that are important to [...]
"Language is fundamental to cultural identity." Kakadu National Park, Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre, NT I remembered waiting in a queue at our local post office, and I could not help [...]
Malacca Connections to our roots can occur in many places... now to Malacca! The next stop of our journey was Malacca – the third smallest Malaysian state. It is located [...]
Kuala Lumpur Going back to where you grew up brings about connections. The whole duration in Kuala Lumpur was relaxing, hectic and fun. We had the chance to relax in [...]